UPCOMING EVENT INFO
Here are some details on the upcoming Carnivale!

• This event type is a gift exchange system.
• Complete tasks to help wrap up presents to add to the pile.
• Select presents from your inventory to wrap up for fellow players!
• Claim a certain amount of random presents from the tree each day for donating presents.
• Claim additional prizes for reaching donation milestones.
• Give and receive decorations to help wrap your presents.
  

SEASONAL MAP ♦ 3 NEW NPC'S ♦ REPEATABLE QUESTS ♦ EVENT SHOPS

• Unlike deity related seasonal maps, this area will be available for the full winter season annually, with additional content added to it each year until the area is fully filled up!
• This year, there are 3 new NPC's residing in the carnival, each with their own repeatable quest and shop.
• There will be unique seasonal currency obtainable through these quests, the gifting system, through general site mechanics, as well as via the forum contests.
• This currency can be used in each NPC's shop, which contain seasonal carnival clothing, pets, and other items exclusive to this area.
• Shops will be accessible on the second day of the event on May 18th at 12AM DVT.
  

There will be a Bauble Contest, Avatar Contest and a Creativity Prompt Contest held during the event. A Custom Maker Raffle will also be held on site as well as on social media!

• 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 currency.
• The Neat Ship Shop is stocked with Aeolin items and will be open all month, taking Sand Dollars as currency!
• Other than quests, Sand Dollars can also be obtained through Random Encounters, Adventuring, and Vaer Sea Forage.
  

STAFF HIRING
We'll be posting our recruitment post for community and event managers as well as new moderators during the event this month. We're excited to welcome some new faces into our team and grateful to our staff for keeping Dappervolk going!

KELBI PLANS
Our preparations for the Kelbi storyline are going smoothly alongside the upcoming event! We're aiming to launch the Kelbi event relatively quickly after the upcoming event concludes.

AVIAR COVE BALANCING
The update to Aviar Cove will commence preparations once we finish working on the upcoming events!

• Speak to Lian at the Lotus Pavilion to begin the seasonal quest "A Drop in the Lake"
• There are 3 quests in total to be unlocked in succession.
• "The Lotus Festival" is a daily repeatable quest which can be completed 4 times per day.
• Lian's Temple Stall is open again for the month of April!
• Stocked are Signi's items, with 2 new items available!
• Signi's seasonal currency "Ceramic Scale" can be obtained from seasonal quests in the Lotus Pavilion as well as through several other regular site mechanics.
  

EVENT PROGRESS
We're working steadily on both the Winter and the Kelbi event, some more detailed progress was outlined in our previous news post. Our plan is to aim to start the Winter Event some time mid April, so we'll have more news for you on that as soon as we're ready. The Kelbi event will follow relatively soon after the Winter event ends!

Though our event progress is late, we're confident that the stories and lore will not feel out of place, and we're excitedly hoping to finish creating storylines for all 12 of our deities by early 2024. Dappervolk's world and lore is intrinsically tied to the deities and how NPCs view them, which is why so much emphasis is placed on them currently. Creating stories for the Deities with events does a vital job of expanding the world lore.

STAFF HIRING PLANS
We'll be releasing our staff recruitment post some time during the coming event when we have an activity boost!

QOL UPDATES
We're working on some more QoL Updates and bug fixes which we'll be releasing in changelogs through the month.

AFTERWORD
We're currently hard at work on both the Winter Event as well as Kelbi's storyline. Here is their current progress!

Winter Event
Art Assets: 80%
Writing: 65%
Coding: 100%

Kelbi Event
Art Assets: 20%
Writing: 40%
Coding: 70%

We're hoping to have a definitive start date as well as teasers either late this month or early next month! Thanks for your patience and we hope you enjoy this content in the meantime.

• The ingredients to make the hatching item can be found in Pai, Agnes, and Oran's shops' Bonus Prize pools.
• The item alchemy recipe is available in your recipe book and shown above.
• This Seasonal Pet will remain in the shops for 3 months and rotate out at the end of May to be replaced by a pet for the next season.
• Seasonal pets are obtainable annually on a rotation! The hatching items can be alchemized at any time of the year.
  

WINTER EVENT PROGRESS
Our current progress on the upcoming winter event is the following: 
Art Assets: 70%
Writing: 45%
Coding: 100%
We'll be announcing a start date some time this month when we're ready! In the meantime some info - this event will create a new seasonal town that will be expanded each year with new activities and rewards. It's planned to be the first of one area for each season that will be available along with new events featuring deities and permanent storyline additions.

STAFF HIRING PLANS
We're in the process of preparing materials and updating our system to be ready to bring new staff on board. We're aiming to post a recruitment announcement later this month or early next month.

KELBI SEASONAL PLANS
Kelbi's season is originally this month, however since the Winter event is planned for this month, we're working on still releasing it this spring some time after the Winter event is over. Currently, we're working on the storyline with our writers and will keep you posted on progress for it! We have 4 deities left to release stories for, and we're looking to achieve this by the end of the year with Vaer's month if all goes well.

CUSTOM QUEUE STATUS
Due to various IRL obstacles last month, we had to push the current batch of custom releases to this month. We're on the way to completing and claiming the next batch before mid month. Thanks for your patience as we worked through priorities!

NEXT PRIORITIES ON THE ROADMAP
Once the winter event and staff recruitment are complete, we're planning to focus on the following as our main priorities:
Pet Accessory Market
Customs Market
Tradesmarket Upgrades
Kelbi Event/Storyline
Aviar Cove Balancing