Updates



April 17, 2021 - NPC Shops Revamp
Book Bargains Healthy Food Stand  Squishy Shop  Cain's Hoard

NPC Shops have been entirely recoded to accommodate several popular asks by our users!

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What's different?

You can now sort the items in a shop by price, rarity, inventory count, and stocked count.

Sorting settings are saved on a shop-by-shop basis. This means when you return to a shop it will be sorted in the same manner in which you left it. Each shop will save its own sort settings.

The CAPTCHA has been updated to something much more accessable and to something you are likely more familiar with.

Finally, Malcolm has eased up his restrictions and will no longer kick you out of the Black Market when you are shopping.

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If you experience any bugs with the new shops please let staff know so we can resolve them as quickly as possible!

Comments: 43



Symbiote - April 26, 2021
I love the captcha and the organizing system, but mine will not save my preferences for the store organization. I have been setting it to Rarity and Desc, but every time i get logged out, it resets to Price Asc
wolfspirit25 - April 24, 2021
I've noticed that a lot of the time when it asks for "parking meters" one or more of the "correct" required responses is actually a mailbox.
Albion - April 22, 2021
Thank you Patrick, our cookies are always cleared at session end. Maybe Angus below should have the deciding vote on suitability.
Bitzski - April 21, 2021
I love the new captcha so much!!
NocturnalApples - April 20, 2021
I had an easier time on mobile with the last captcha system. D: It does seem to give you multiple captcha tries before it registers anything and I honestly find it easier to type after Ive zoomed in than tap on a bunch of pictures that are barely identifiable or comeplete wrong. It asked for a fire hydrant and gave me the engine portion of a red car. :/ Desktop mode doesnt affect this either. However! I find it much easier to use on an actual pc than I did with the last captcha. Its strange.
Patrick - April 19, 2021
@Albiono The settings persist locally so if you change devices, clear your cookies - anything like that, they won't persist.
Albion - April 19, 2021
" I think mine returned to Price Ascending over night after I set Rarity Descending. 04 19 21 ." It did again after I logged out and back in againon the same day. Not a big deal, just mentioning it.
wolfspirit25 - April 19, 2021
Update on my previous post. Apparently you DO get an error if the item is out of stock after you try to buy it, so that's good.
wolfspirit25 - April 19, 2021
I have to agree with Titanium that I do miss knowing if I succeeded in a purchase or not. Maybe there's an alert if you fail and I just never have but I have no idea. Additionally, the reordering randomly (items A, B, C all with the same inventory count, buy A, now the other two might show up as B, C or as C, B) is still happening. The initial order on reload seems consistent as far as I can tell, the issue is after an item purchase.
Titanium - April 19, 2021
Loving the new captcha even with the mobile difficulties xD however it no longer tells us if we are successful in buying the items, not sure how other people feel about it but I would love it if we could bring that back please! Thanks 8)
Albion - April 19, 2021
" Each shop will save its own sort settings " .~ I think mine returned to Price Ascending over night after I set Rarity Descending. 04 19 21
Eiji - April 18, 2021
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!!!!!!
Patrick - April 18, 2021
We will take a look at the mobile issues mentioned here and try to make some improvements.
Toxoplasma - April 18, 2021
After having spent a while with it, I actually think the new captcha system isn’t very good. My prior comment about issues on mobile still stand, and in addition other people’s complaints as well: making you go through multiple screens even when correct (sometimes upwards of 10 times) which then leads to the item being gone, the grainy-ness of some captchas making it near impossible for people with vision issues or on small screens, the lack of usability when a captcha ‘breaks’, ect
Jzbelle - April 18, 2021
Angus (my husband's very spoiled, very fluffy black cat) would like to thank you for this update. Previously he had to move from his position sprawled across my hand every time I needed to type a captcha. Now I can one-hand it with ease so he never has to move a whisker. Bonus: I'm a lot less loud and sweary without the old captchas, so it's less terrifying for him now. 4 paws up from Angus, 2 thumbs up from me.
Albion - April 18, 2021
re" being off screen ", I used to have problem on PC as I enlarge screen view to 170 -200 and bottom of it for letters to type in was not accessible. The new capta is still in full view with those enlargements for me so something works better.
Titanium - April 18, 2021
I’m struggling with the new captcha on mobile, when the screen with the image loads it’s half off the screen so I have to hope the squares I’m selecting are on the right side
Redrock - April 18, 2021
I had to do 21 different screens before being able to buy 1 item....
Albion - April 18, 2021
Re ? ? Capta . I bought some squishes to try it out. Then on first attempt to purchase a book in a different shop it kicked in. with picture so effectively the staff comment is not quite how it feels ..... " If you buy a lot of stuff though you'll start getting image captchas, just to let you know " ...... Actually it seems you can only buy a first item a day before being hand cuffed by it. in any other shop ??
Samarkand77 - April 18, 2021
I prefer the letters/numbers combo, it's just one screen. With the new system you have to click on 2 or more screens, it complicates things. I don't see the point of the new captcha system as it takes longer to purchase items.
Otachie - April 18, 2021
Everything about this new update its awesome! But the capthas are the best!!!!! I cant say how easily i buy sqishies for the quest now and it doesnt returns me to the 1st page everytime.
Rosette - April 18, 2021
Love it! Thank you :)
Rosette - April 18, 2021
Love it! Thank you :)
Albion - April 18, 2021
Getting locked on a capta and nothing happening when only one discernable image. Many very grainy or same tone so indistiguishable. Having to make more repeat attempts than with the letters which also didn't have a tonal value different from the back ground.
Redrock - April 18, 2021
I don't like this new way of purchasing items. I've had to go through 8 multiple screen many times just to buy a item. It was fine for maybe the first 7 or so items. But after that I've had to do 8 different screens for each purchases. This last one I had to do 13 different screens. With the old way, I only had to do 1-3 times.
KiRAWRa - April 18, 2021
its about time, Malcolm!!
Mahogany - April 17, 2021
The new CAPTCHA is BLESSED THANK YOU
FluzzMe - April 17, 2021
I am so !!!! happy !! about the captchas!! all of the updates in this are things I've seen users requesting for a while. It's so, so good to see you guys listening to user requests and accommodating our ideas in a way that is functional for the site. You guys really killed it with this one c;
Toxoplasma - April 17, 2021
This new update is great, but I’d like to mention that the new captcha system is highly finicky on mobile; just in that it doesn’t stay completely on the screen and jumps position on the screen when trying to zoom in to be able to see
Redvelvet - April 17, 2021
This is so cool! Thanky!
wolfspirit25 - April 17, 2021
Yes, yes, a million times yes! Thank you for these changes!
Autumn - April 17, 2021
AHHH THE NEW CAPTCHAS!!! Blessed!!!!
Halloween - April 17, 2021
Ty muches!
Buzzard - April 17, 2021
this is soo much better :D
Zenithell - April 17, 2021
I love the new shop captcha update It makes purchasing food for my food pen so much easier. I also didn't know you could be kicked from the black market but it's good to hear that I'll never know what it's like!
Spooky - April 17, 2021
This has to be my new favorite update hell yes! This helps a ton~
Leo - April 17, 2021
Thanks Patrick :)
Patrick - April 17, 2021
@leo "stock count" is referencing how many of the item is stocked in the NPC shop at the time of your search.
Leo - April 17, 2021
What is the difference between "inventory count" and "stocked count"? Does stocked count include your merchant shop inventory, item gallery, storage, etc.?
SecretsOfTheShadows - April 17, 2021
XD yay! I can’t be kicked out of the BM anymore!
Evelyan - April 17, 2021
Thank you, buying stuff is so much easier now. :)
Butter - April 17, 2021
amazing update, such a great move tbh, thanks a lot and hopefully we see more cool updates like this :D
Pegasus - April 17, 2021
:0 woah