JOHANESS FOUND AN EGG

• Johaness has found a mysterious egg and wants your company while he waits for it to hatch. Humour him!
• Roll tasks each day to help fill the progression bar and unlock progress in the story.
• You can roll tasks up to 25 times per day, and each roll will give you a set of 3 tasks.
• Gain points for each completed task and redeem prizes which will unlock throughout the event.
• There will be overtime reward goals unlocked after the main event bar is filled, with rewards for these goals unlocking for all event participants!
  

To access the event quest, visit the new seasonal area - the Shipwreck! Go to the World Map and find it next to Aviar Cove.

• Speak to the First Mate at the Shipwreck to begin the quest "The Captain Behind the Curtain"
• There are 5 quests in total, to be unlocked in succession.
• 2 quests will be repeatable, allowing for progression and accumulation of rewards.
  

• The Neat Ship Shop will open on the second day of the event on June 22nd at 12AM DVT.
• The shop will remain open until July 8th at 11:59PM DVT.
• Shop stock will include all seasonal spring clothing, totems, and more!
• All rewards obtainable via the Co-op event page and quests will also be purchaseable in this shop.
  

WAYS TO OBTAIN SAND DOLLARS
Sand dollars are the currency for the Spring Event and will be obtainable the following ways:

• Claiming prizes in the Johaness' Egg Hatch Co-op Event
• Completing the Seasonal Event Quests, starting with "The Captain Behind the Curtain" at the Shipwreck
• Adventuring Gifts and Bar Rewards
• Playground Minigames
• Random Encounters
• Random Item Alchemy
• Event Contest Participation Rewards
  

• We'll be drawing some new seasonal anniversary content to be made available on June 23rd on site.
• Info on how to obtain these items will be posted when the Anniversary content is released!
  

Since the oldest pet will officially be 1 year old today, we'd like to inform you of a Pet Birthday feature!

• On your pet's birthday, it will be showered with confetti on its profile page.
• You can click on the birthday cake button to present your birthday pet with a gift from your inventory.
• Each pet species has one most favourite item, which will give you extra affection and go towards a new achievement!
• Presents which aren't the pet's favourite will be received depending on the pet's nature.
• Happy birthday to all one year old pets!
  

UPCOMING SPRING EVENT INFO
Here are some details on the upcoming Spring Event!

• You'll be rolling tasks each day in order to help fill the progression bar and unlock progress in the story!
• Each roll will give you a set of 3 tasks, you can roll up to 25 times per day.
• Gain points for each completed task and redeem prizes which will be unlocking throughout the event.
• There will be overtime reward goals unlocked after the main event bar is filled, with rewards for these goals unlocking for all event participants!
• We've made a good deal of changes to the way the event works as well as grind balancing and we're looking forward to seeing how it pans out.
• We'll be making a conclusions news post after the event ends which will include future plans for improvement for the next event!
  

SEASONAL MAP, NPC, QUEST, SHOP

• There will be a special seasonal mini town available to be visited during the event!
• A new seasonal NPC also inhabits this new area, with a set of event quests which can be completed for seasonal rewards.
• The new seasonal town along with its NPC will disappear once the event ends, to return annually.
• An event shop will become accessible at 12AM on June 22nd, stocked with all seasonal items for spring.
• Event currency will be earned through the CO-OP event, Seasonal Event Quests, and various site mechanics.
  

There will be an Avatar Contest and a Creativity Prompt contest held during the event!

• Every month, Pai and Oran from Peddler's Port will have different sets of items in their shops that will retire at the end of the month to be replaced by new stock.
• These items are obtained from far away lands and follow the theme of the land they visited each month.
• All retired items from Monthly Shops will eventually be able to be obtained very rarely from Grandma Agnes later on.

• The recipe for this seasonal pet's hatching item is unlocked by default, the ingredients are in Pai, Agnes, and Oran's shop Bonus Prize pools.
• This Seasonal Pet will remain in the shops for 3 months and rotate out at the end of August to be replaced by a new pet.
• Seasonal pets will be obtainable annually on a rotation! The items the seasonal pets hatch from can be alchemized at any time of year as long as you have the shards.
• The item alchemy recipe for the hatching item is automatically unlocked for all users, you can view it in your item alchemy page.

WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON
Here's a look into what we're currently prioritizing, among other smaller bug and QoL fixes!

SPRING EVENT
Some of our progress was previously delayed by IRL circumstances, but we're hard at work on the upcoming spring event! We're excited to show you what we have in store, but here's a quick sneak peek at the upcoming features for now.

• A mysterious place awaits your wandering spirit.
• A series of quests accompany your journey.
• An event feature with a much needed revamp!
• An event shop!
• Event Contest forum threads!

DAPPERVOLK ANNIVERSARY
June 21st is the date of Dappervolk's first anniversary! We're so excited to celebrate one year with our lovely community. There will be some small collectibles to obtain and a development art stream around the Anniversary. More details will be posted once they are concrete!

CUSTOMS QUEUE
Our main artist is currently working on 5-10 items/pets as the first completed batch of custom maker requests! We're aiming to complete one batch like this per month for the time being. If you have a request in the queue that is marked as assigned, that means that it's currently being worked on! We'll also be making an expansion on the custom system with the completion of the first batch that will allow copies to be created by custom owners.

ARTIST HIRING
We're getting ready to start on a search to expand our artist team! The first step will be to find artists with the potential to match the site's style who are willing to join our new Junior art team. We'll be easing our team into creating site assets with simpler tasks initially. More info on this will be posted once we finalize details.

We've prepared 21 new items which are alternative colours for the following:

• Pet Affection Milestone Loyalty Items
• Adventuring Bar Reward Clothing
• Adventuring Encounter Gift Clothing
• NPC Affection Animated Items
  

We updated a total of 317 items this time, here's a list of which items were adjusted!

• Newbie Clothing
• Starter Class Clothing & Features
• NPC Shop Items
• NPC Affection Items
• Adventuring Clothing Items
• Misc (Nico's Ties & Belts, Lief's Wings & Legs, Musician's Teal Hairstyle)
  

The changes should reflect once the site cache catches up, try hard refreshing the wardrobe if changes don't appear.
Most items that needed an update have been fixed now, any remaining ones will be adjusted in a future update!

Hello everyone! This update is here to launch the Custom Maker submission queue as well as to introduce some new items to Agnes' Shop! We'll also be outlining the next update below. Thanks for reading!
What are Custom Makers?
Custom Makers are legendary rare items that all NPC shops have a chance of dropping. If you obtain one, you can visit the submission page, along with the FAQ here!

Queue Production Info
Custom pets and items are drawn by official site artists. We will be completing one batch of custom content per month, the size of the batch depending on our overall art work load that month.

Custom Pet Rarity
Custom pets will now all be Mythical rarity rather than the existing Quaint, Fantastical, and Legendary rarities. Mythical rarity pets have the stats and affection of Fantastical pets but also have a chance at being born with luck, similar to legendary pets.

Custom Item/Pet Copies
There will be a way to buy copies of your custom item/pet added some time next month, once some completed designs are added to the system. We'll provide more details on this function when we finalize them!

If you are a Kickstarter Backer for the Custom Maker Tiers:
Please include the item redemption code associated with your Kickstarter bundle in the description area and after verifying that you're the backer, we will expedite your place in the queue to the front. If you've misplaced your code, your Kickstarter/Backerkit email that you pledged with can also work. Please send in a ticket to double check if unsure!Agnes has some items with new functions in stock in her Perpetual Shop! This should help add some variety to her shop stock as well as provide some functions that have been popularly requested by our community.
Note: An "Additional x amount" in this case means that the upgrades will stack on top of your basic/premium amount of slots for each of these items.

• Kickstarter Designer Backer Content Update
• Louise Hill Riddle Contest Results
• Item Outline Updates
• Additional Content (Items, Alternate colour items, Pets, etc)
  

• Every month, Pai and Oran from Peddler's Port will have different sets of items in their shops that will retire at the end of the month to be replaced by new stock.
• These items are obtained from far away lands and follow the theme of the land they visited each month.
• All retired items from Monthly Shops will eventually be able to be obtained very rarely from Grandma Agnes later on.
  

WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON
Here's a look into what we're currently prioritizing, among other smaller bug and QoL fixes!

CUSTOM MAKER SUBMISSION
Read our FAQ and Submission Rules here! We'll be doing our utmost to ensure a smooth launch as well as prioritizing our Kickstarter backers who pledged for the custom maker tiers. Read our FAQ for submission instructions if you are a Custom Maker Kickstarter backer.

SPRING EVENT
Our team is hard at work on the upcoming spring event which will most likely take place some time this month! We are planning on a series of quests and seasonal content, a revamped version of the 2020 Summer Event (the summer event this year will be a new event type!), various contests and other goodies!

NEW UPCOMING CONTENT
We have a lineup of new content coming this month, including but not limited to:

• A first batch of Kickstarter Backer designed content.
• Some items with new functionalities added to Agnes' Perpetual Shop.
• A new batch of outline updates on existing items.
  

LOUISE HILL RIDDLE CONTEST RESULTS
We've been dedicating bits of time in our schedule as much as we can to finishing the contest judging and the entries are almost fully judged now, we'll be rolling prizes and announcing winners some time this month. To apologize for the wait, we'll be coming up with some extra prizes or other bonuses to be announced with the winners news post. Thank you for your patience all this time!

For any future riddle contests, we'll be making sure to judge entries as they come in so that results can be announced quickly after the contest ends. This contest was unfortunately tangled up in our early post-site launch work load.

BALANCING & CHANGELOGS
Coming up is a changelog outlining a summary of every update/fix that occurred during closed development after Beta Testing ended. This task has been on our list for a while, but other updates and tasks affecting the current state of the site had higher priority. We'll be rolling out this changelog once we can dedicate some time into compiling it. 

• Every month, Pai and Oran from Peddler's Port will have different sets of items in their shops that will retire at the end of the month to be replaced by new stock.
• These items are obtained from far away lands and follow the theme of the land they visited each month.
• All retired items from Monthly Shops will eventually be able to be obtained very rarely from Grandma Agnes later on.
  

WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON
Here's a look into what we're currently prioritizing, among other smaller bug and QoL fixes!

CUSTOM MAKER SUBMISSION
We are prioritizing our custom maker launch fully now after the Winter Event. Read our FAQ and Submission Rules here! We'll be doing our utmost to ensure a smooth launch as well as prioritizing our Kickstarter backers who pledged for the custom maker tiers.

VAER REEF QUEST UPDATE
As the Winter Event is now over, we're continuing forward with remaining adjustments and the affection milestone side quests for Vaer Reef!

KICKSTARTER DESIGNER CONTENT
Since the end of the Kickstarter before Beta, we've been in touch with our Designer Tier backers and have been slowly working with them in the background. Some opted to wait until launch to finalize their designs and some are still in the process of decision making, but we're slowly building up batches of completed content which will be added to the site periodically as things are completed! We're excited to showcase what our backers have come up with with the rest of the community. Designer Backed content (ie. Items, pets etc) will contain written credit in the form of the backer's username and ID.

BALANCING & CHANGELOGS
We've been working on a number of balancing plans and changelogs, including the following:

• A roadmap for extensive adjustments to improve the game's flow and sense of reward, as well as boosting play longevity. This would include adjustments to daily quests, certain story quest requirements, and other QoL and content improvements. This is something in our priority list that may take some time as it requires a great deal of care put into balancing.
• A changelog outlining a summary of every update/fix that occurred during closed development after Beta Testing ended.