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Welcome to August!

Hello everyone! Welcome to August, we hope you're energetically living well this summer!

Our 38th month of limited shops has arrived:
August's theme is the Blight Corvus!
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Swirling ash and jagged rocks dot your path, a shrill cry announces your arrival to the land of blight.

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See Full Item Previews here.
What are Turnips & Monthly Shops? Click here for information!

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This month we have some special treats, 2 new pet species have arrived respectively in Pai's Shop of Wonders and Oran's Emporium!

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Pai's Shop of Wonders
Pai's Shop of Wonders is stocking these 9 clothing items for 200 turnips each, and 500 turnips for the hatching item.

A chest containing all 10 items is available at 1900 turnips  - a discount of 200 turnips!

Blight Corvus Dove Legs • Brambles • Witch Hat • Raven Legs • Staff • Dark Waves • Coat • Frock • Bright Waves • Ashen Potion

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Agnes' Perpetual Shop
Agnes' Perpetual Shop stocks a chest that contains a set of Pai's 10 shop items for a discounted 1900 Turnips.

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Oran's Emporium
Oran's Emporium is stocking these 8 clothing items this month for 9,000 potatoes per spin! Additionally, the Blight Corvus Feather Bulb hatch item is available in both his Spin Pool and Bonus Prize Claim!

Blight Corvus ♦ Lamp • Dove Wings • Shade Bob • Sorcery • Pin Feathers • Bright Bob • Raven Wings • Valley • Feather Bulb

These monthly shop items will run until August 31st, after which they will be removed to house September's monthly items!

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INGI'S FESTIVAL
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The lucky feline leaps into the horizon, followed by vibrant sparks.
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Speak to Lilia in Louise Hill for an adventure.

AD THEATER STREAK REWARD
Visit the Theater and click on the "CHECK REWARDS" button to see the new rewards!

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MARCH ART DEVELOPMENT STREAMS
This month, the art development stream will take place on...

AUGUST 18TH, 3PM DVT
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A status post with a link to the stream will be posted when it begins!
We'll be working on wishes from the Wishing Well thread.
Hope to see you there!

KELBI EVENT STATUS
While our overall progress was delayed due to some IRL weather events impacting part of our team during July, we did still make some background progress on our upcoming updates. Our current progress on the Kelbi event is the following: 
Art Assets: 80%
Writing: 95%
Coding: 100%

We'll be working hard towards announcing this event's start date some time this month, thank you for understanding!

STAFF HIRING STATUS
We're currently in the process of going through all applications and making our selections. No replies have been sent out yet as we'd like to send them out all at once in order to keep our new recruits on the same page.

AVIAR COVE BALANCING PLANS
Our team is working hard on the upcoming Aviar Cove balancing update as well, which we'll have more info on once we're ready. We have also been preparing content to be added to an upcoming potato sink to be released with future balancing updates to help offset inflation.

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As always, thank you so much for playing and supporting
Dappervolk. We'll be back with more updates soon!

Dappervolk is Recruiting!

Hi everyone, as we've been planning, we're now going to be looking for both Junior Moderators to bolster our current team as well as a new team of Community Managers who will be responsible for community related communication as well as forum events and contest management! 

We're hoping to expand and bring our current staff together further to create a closer team environment to develop Dappervolk together.

We will be keeping applications open for the next few weeks or until we get a good collection of applications. Thank you very much for applying if you do so!

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JUNIOR MODERATOR DUTIES
  • Helping and guiding users on the forums (answering questions in the help forum, bug forums etc)
  • Keeping the site clean and organized
  • Keep track of bug reports for admins
  • Helping to discover and address misconduct
  • Handle general forum and query related user tickets

IDEAL SKILL SET
  • Detail oriented
  • Available for a few hours each week according to your availability/timezone

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Username & ID: Your on site Username and ID.
Name/Nickname: What you'd like us to call you!
Pronouns: Your correct pronouns.
Timezone: We’re looking for moderators in many different timezones in order to ensure that there are staff available at all times on site.
Preferred work schedule: Outline the hours and days of the week you would be available to work as a moderator! This will also help us ensure staff can be available at all times on site, and can be a loose approximation. 
Username on Discord: This is required in order to join our staff Discord Servers.

You consent to providing your full name if accepted: Type “Yes” to consent. This is required as you will be signing a moderator contract and an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) in regards to any unreleased Dappervolk content you may see as a moderator. It is however fully confidential and will remain with the site owner only.
Confirm that you are over 18 years of age: Type “Yes” here, only adults over 18 years of age are legally able to enter into a binding contract.

Introduction: Tell us a little bit about yourself, and why you want to become a moderator on Dappervolk! What qualities do you have that would make you a great addition to our moderator team? Feel free to also include information about yourself outside of Dappervolk too, such as any hobbies/interests, major/career goals, or even a bit about your pet or favorite houseplant!
Experience in Moderation: Any previous experience you may have. 
Experience on Pet/Avatar Sites: What other pet or avatar sites have you played?
Username(s) on Social Media: If applicable!
Username(s) on other Petsites/Communities: If applicable!
Any other Details/Information: Optional.

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COMMUNITY MANAGER DUTIES
  • Actively engaging the community on the forums (welcoming newbies, helping in the help forum, responding to user made threads)
  • Help plan, organize, maintain, and moderate official event threads 
  • Help judge official contest entries
  • Keeping track of and responding to user suggestions and other threads

IDEAL SKILL SET
  • Active and positive presence on forums
  • Able to commit to responsibilities surrounding staff run contests
  • Experience with Google Sheets
  • Experience with graphics making (Photoshop etc) is a plus

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Username & ID: Your on site Username and ID.
Name/Nickname: What you'd like us to call you!
Pronouns: Your correct pronouns.
Timezone: Your timezone and available/online times!
Preferred work schedule: Outline the hours and days of the week you would be available to work as a community manager!
Username on Discord: This is required in order to join our staff Discord Servers.

You consent to providing your full name if accepted: Type “Yes” to consent. This is required as you will be signing a moderator contract and an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) in regards to any unreleased Dappervolk content you may see as a community manager. It is however fully confidential and will remain with the site owner only.
Confirm that you are over 18 years of age: Type “Yes” here, only adults over 18 years of age are legally able to enter into a binding contract.

Introduction: Tell us a little bit about yourself, and why you want to become a community manager on Dappervolk! What qualities do you have that would make you a great addition to our team? Feel free to also include information about yourself outside of Dappervolk too, such as any hobbies/interests, major/career goals, or even a bit about your pet or favorite houseplant!
Experience in Community Management: Any previous experience you may have. 
Experience on Pet/Avatar Sites: What other pet or avatar sites have you played?
Username(s) on Social Media: If applicable!
Username(s) on other Petsites/Communities: If applicable!
Any other Details/Information: Optional.

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APPLICATION SUBMISSION
If you fill out an application form, please email it to [email protected]!

WORK TIME
Jr. Moderators and Community Managers will be expected to help out on the site at least a few hours each week and can schedule their own work times each month.

COMPENSATION
These are volunteer positions with an added bonus of periodically granted turnips as long as you continue to be regularly active!

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Due to the potential volume of applications, we may not be able to reply to every email coming our way. We're looking forward to meeting new members of our team, thank you so much for looking and applying!

Welcome to July!

Hello everyone! Welcome to July, we hope you're staying healthy and happy!

Our 37th month of limited shops has arrived:
July's theme is the Biodome Ecologist!
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Like sky, like earth, to the sea. A reflection of clear waters and growing
green. Inquiring minds cultivate the sciences in secluded earnest.


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See Full Item Previews here.
What are Turnips & Monthly Shops? Click here for information!

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This month we have a special treat, an animated background is stocked in Pai's Shop of Wonders!

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Pai's Shop of Wonders
Pai's Shop of Wonders is stocking these 8 clothing items for 200 turnips each, and 400 turnips for the animated item.

A chest containing all 8 items is available at 1600 turnips  - a discount of 200 turnips!

Biodome Ecologist ♦ Body Suit • Fern Locks • Sleeves • Hydroboots • Garden • Incubation Jar • Crystal Coccoon • Helm

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Agnes' Perpetual Shop
Agnes' Perpetual Shop stocks a chest that contains a set of Pai's 8 shop items for a discounted 1600 Turnips.

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Oran's Emporium
Oran's Emporium is stocking these 8 clothing items this month for 9,000 potatoes per spin!

Biodome Ecologist ♦ Depths Skin • Curiosity • Herb Locks • Shallows Skin • Gloves • Aeroboots • Hydrator • Lips

These monthly shop clothing items will run until July 31st, after which they will be removed to house August's monthly items!

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IVITA'S PRANCING
The many faceted one looks on in benevolence as the lucky feline prances into view.

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AD THEATER STREAK REWARD
Visit the Theater and click on the "CHECK REWARDS" button to see the new rewards!

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JULY ART DEVELOPMENT STREAMS
This month, the art development stream will take place on...

JULY 20TH, 3PM DVT
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twitch.tv/dappervolk


A status post with a link to the stream will be posted when it begins!
We'll be working on wishes from the Wishing Well thread.
Hope to see you there!

KELBI EVENT PROGRESS
Here's a peek at our current progress on the upcoming Kelbi event: 
Art Assets: 75%
Writing: 80%
Coding: 100%

News on this event's launch is coming after mid month!

STAFF RECRUITMENT PLANS
We're doing final preparations and will be posting our staff recruitment information early this month! We had originally planned to post it later in June, but shuffled things around to allow for smooth event updates.

AVIAR COVE BALANCING
We'll be embarking on artwork and quest updates for Aviar Cove balancing this month, and are aiming to release it in the next month or two. We're also going to plan out some potato sink content drops in order to combat the inflation that will be caused by additional town balancing.

ROADMAP UPDATES
After our current event plans and other priorities are complete, we'll be updating our Roadmap thread and moving certain plans up in priority to focus on them next!

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As always, thank you so much for playing and supporting
Dappervolk. We'll be back with more updates soon!

Welcome to the 3rd Anniversary!

Hello everyone and welcome to our 3rd Anniversary!
We're so excited to be ushering in the third year of Dappervolk.
Building this community and getting to know everyone over time
has meant a great deal to us, and we have so many plans
for the future that we're excited to share with you all.

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" You are cordially invited to the Pearl Gala taking place at Peddler's Port. Wishing you an enjoyable time should you choose to attend. "

Awaiting your Presence,
Officiator

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Visit Peddler's Port and speak to Officiator to begin the Pearl Gala Anniversary quest!

  • The quest is repeatable twice a day, you can obtain Pearl Trinkets to spend in the Pearl Gala Gift Shop!
  • After several days, you will be able to choose to attend the banquet.
  • After you attend the banquet, you can continue repeating the quest for smaller rewards until the end of the Anniversary festivities on July 5th, 11:59PM DVT!

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The Pearl Gala Gift Shop opens June 22nd 12AM DVT
All items from previous years are available in this shop along with the following new items for the duration of the anniversary!

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NEW THIRD ANNIVERSARY ITEMS!
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There are 21 new Anniversary items as well as one new pet species!

SECOND ANNIVERSARY ITEMS!
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FIRST ANNIVERSARY ITEMS
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The Party Hat item alchemy chain is back!

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Pearl Trinkets can be used to buy Anniversary items.

They can be obtained in the following ways:
  • Anniversary Daily Quest: "The Pearl Gala"
  • Agnes' Daily Gift Quest
  • Officiator's Official Token Exchange Quest
  • Random Events
  • Random Alchemy
  • Alchemizing 5 Decorations together

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Thank you so much for playing and supporting Dappervolk all this time, we'll be back soon with more updates!

Carnival Conclusions!

As you wander the stalls and thrills of the Carnival, you notice
that the lights and festivities are gradually dwindling.


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Shopkeepers are preparing to return to their respective towns
along with the many visitors. Some booth owners prepare for a
long travel with the Carnival itself, and bid you farewell until next time.


The Winter Carnival will close at June 21st, 11:59PM.
Thank you for participating in our first Winter Carnival!
We hope everyone enjoyed meeting a new cast of characters, and
the games they offered at their booths. Did you get any big wins? 

Here are some end of event stats you might be interested in!
In total, 2203 users participated in wrapping up 203840 gifts in The Secret Gift Exchange!

64 users made 163 submissions in the Bauble Decoration Contest!
63 users made 156 submissions in the Creativity Prompt Contest!
137 users made 337 submissions in the Avatar Contest Thread!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our contests, it's always thrilling to see what people will come up with in our contests and we'll be remembering how fun the Secret Gift Exchange tent looked decorated with everyone's bauble entries!

Here are the different winners we rolled or picked for each contest!

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STAFF PICKS WINNERS
Here are our Staff Team's favourites! All of the submissions were amazing to go through and so difficult to narrow down, we had a great time picking them out! Click on each thumbnail to see the full submission.

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 DirtyRamen (#71472) ♦ Daisy (#8274) ♦ Sherushi (#20587)
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buggleboos (#12249) ♦ AttilaThePun (#58903) ♦ CloudyCatte (#12062)
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Jubatajuno (#68935) ♦ Ciphers (#5049) ♦ Celestilium (#37838)

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Leonine (#7013) ♦ Elkcrown (#3063) ♦  Ferris_ (#67993) 

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 Greyz (#71871) ♦ puuur (#56257)BrightShadow (#14875) 
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L1ttl3W4nderer (#65580) ♦ Crown (#2585)  ​​​♦ CopperSunset (#7396)
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R000P (#13367) ♦ beanskoala (#60830) ♦ Yawnty (#4812)
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LotusMoon (#9931) ♦ MoogleMagic (#50305) ♦ MouseyPounds (#23596)
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Museless (#1016) ♦ Notos (#40719) ​​​​​​ ♦ pantalaimon (#60345)
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poppinkiwi (#54688) ♦ Purpsy (#29360) ♦ Johannabelle (#31826) 


RAFFLE PRIZE WINNERS
Visit the thread here to see all Raffle Prize Winners!

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All Fefin's Pick winner submissions were added to the Secret Gift Tent as bauble wrapping selections! Visit the thread here to see all Fefin's Pick Prize Winners!

RAFFLE PRIZE WINNERS
Visit the thread here to see all Raffle Prize Winners!

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FINAL WINNERS
Here are the outfits that won each round of preliminary voting!
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Liminal (#63842) ♦ LotusMoon (#9931)
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Iroh (#23603) ♦ Celestilium (#37838)

PRELIMINARY WINNERS
Here are the preliminary winners and their outfits selected for each round of voting!
VOTING ROUND #1 ♦ VOTING ROUND #2
VOTING ROUND #3 ♦ VOTING ROUND #4


RAFFLE PRIZE WINNERS
Visit the thread here to see all Raffle Prize Winners!

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Congratulations to Moonthrilled (#53215) and ivoryandgold (#13937) for winning the thread and social media Custom Maker Giveaway grand prizes!

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The Winter Carnival area and additional content and NPC's for it will return every winter season from now on!
Here are some plans for improvements for future events like this that we've accumulated from hosting this event.
  • Better balancing for distribution of Decorations, as it was a little bit overtuned this time due to consideration for the number of items available to be obtained.
  • QoL and UI improvements for the Gifting event type such as:
    • Individual task reroll buttons
    • Adding a “GO” button next to certain tasks that will take a user to the page for it (ie. Item Alchemy, Minigames)
    • Adding some bonus daily gift giving/embellishment rewards to the event

Our next event is going to be our Third Anniversary celebration and then Kelbi's Event!
Also, hang on to your Decorations as they will be useful in upcoming festivities!

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Thank you so much for playing and supporting Dappervolk, we'll be back with more updates soon!
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