Buyer's Choice - Rumor Woods 2025

The TownCrier put the call out for your favorite buys in the 2025 Rumor Woods Shops (part 1). From big mechanical boons to rich roleplay enhancers, Rumor Woods is full of buys for everyone.

With huge thanks to our fellow players and their incredible nominations, you can find your niche and claim it in style with some of these Best of the Fest picks featured below:

Item	Recommendations From Adventurers	Shop
The Bee's Knees!	Imagine that, Trallihn recommending a perfume making bee in a bottle! But it really is a neat little thing, quite a few notes to select from (even some not so savory ones... hence the recommendation!) and fun interactions with a friendly little bee (fully swappable with the Bugs on Parade gem bugs too! Note, they do fly away if you decide to change them out so "bee" sure to keep plenty of your favorite on hand!) Wave it at your favorite fruit or berry and your favorite flowering plant... and the bee gets to work gathering pollen to create a scent just for you! It really is the Bee's Knees!	The Bee's Knees
Baker's Rack	Traiva is enthusiastic bout the new Baker's Racks. "Such a handy storage tool, and so much fun! Now that I can stack cooking ingredients (and, ok, bake bread; this player is a sucker for bread), it's time to learn more of the cooking system. I really appreciate that as long as all the ingredients are in the rack/pantry, you can just push your cookbook at the rack/pantry, and everything will mix up for you. Less Tedium, More Fun!"	Breaking Bread
Silver Knitting needles	Darrgo gives two thumbs up for the knitting needles. "As someone that loves to create custom items, this Needle and its upgrades has it all"	Purls of Wisdom
Spell Book	Lylia suggests, "Gather all your best scrolls and transfer them to a single fancy spell book at Tomeward Bound, where you'll find books, additional pages, unlocks, and RP verbs for your new magnum opus. Spells stack to 40, and while tiered unlocks let you increase the capabilities of your spell book, they're also useful right off the shelf at 5k raikhen."	Tomeward Bound
Cheese Wheel (and all the unlocks) and the Milk Pail	Traiva says, "Cheese is good. All the kinds of cheese. Adding cheese to bread and other food is even better. Make your own cheeses with the fully unlocked cheese wheel and don't forget to get the new Finishing Touches unlock to be able to ADD your cheese to other foods! And if you're going to make cheese, you'll need milk. So much milk. You and your cheese loving friends will thank you for this, or kick you if you let it pass by."	Milkin' It
a vault expansion contract to the Family Vault	Maylan reminds everyone, "Expand your family vault by 5 items, up to 50 max, with the family vault expansion."	Couturier's Retreat
Sangria Making Carafe	Berrasi loves the new Sangria Carafe! "I love that you can forage fruit and add wine to either drink as sangria or dump out the wine and just eat the wine-soaked fruits!"	Pitcher Perfect
Shank Knives!	Ordim likes the Shank knives, "They allow you to create cuts of meat from living animals to use in cooking or crafting of other fun things!"	Been Shanked Lately?
Veola Flourishes	GM Vanah stopped by to remind us that the shop Creative Couture returns, selling an array of Deck the Halls and clothing that allow you to swap out various items to tailor your private property, stable, loft, or outfit in many different ways depending on the item you choose to display. Five more sides join the lineup with the Birds of a Feather and Pane in the Glass flourishes, which add sides for Jeepers Creepers birds and Ferryman's lantern panes. These also work for the original Veola headpieces as well as the Fisherman's Hats.	Creative Couture
Summit Academy customizations	Leafiara asked, "Is the daily grind feeling too routine as you cast the same spell or use the same combat maneuver a thousand times a day? Spice up that messaging with customizations at Summit Academy for just 1000 raikhen each! You can even buy multiples for the same ability and use the CUSTOM SET RANDOM feature to make combat--and your character--look a lot more dynamic!"	Summit Academy customizations
Pigments of Memory Tattoos	Full of customizable, scripted tattoos that let you memorialize or celebrate a loved one, Pigments of Memory is leaving Rumor Woods after this season. Keep the memories of a child, a lost love, a sibling, or a comrade-in-arms with you for only 2,000 raikhen.	Pigments of Memory
a bird-shaped certificate for Creative Couture	Lylia points out, "Don't miss out on the chance to add new sides to your Creative Couture, Veola, and Deck the Halls items with the bird-shaped certificate with the "Birds of a Feather" flourish! Using it opens up sides for talons, eggs, individual birds, or a flock of them."	Creative Couture
The Bee's Knees!	Berrasi raved to Newsby, "I love that you can create your own perfumes and that the possibilities are limitless!!"	The Bee's Knees
The Papermaker	The number of things you can make with paper is pretty amazing! Correspondence, Posters, bouquets, butcher paper wraps for freshly made food, envelopes, and postcards. Choose between mailing paper or writing paper. Dye your paper or embed amazing natural fibers into it. You'll always have the right paper for the job at hand with this incredible piece of engineering.	Enlightened Pages
Dermal Piercer	An Ordim is a big fan of the dermal piercer. "It comes in two versions, one for you and other players, while the other is for mounts. They both let you decorate yourself, others or your mount by injecting gemstones directly into your face and upper body! there are so many locations to pick from and with how much you can change gemstones, its amazing! Try sticking bugs on your body!"	GemStoned
Creative Couture Clothing and Accessories	Lissaya is a fan of the Creative Couture line. "It is saving my locker space one clothing piece at a time! In addition to the base description there are nine (yes, count them, nine!) sides off the shelf just awaiting your creativity to alter."	Creative Couture
Cheese Wheel and Ice Cream Churn	Can Vanah have a favorite, too? Sure looks like it from what she said: "Bend dairy to your will with the Cheese Wheel from the Milkin' It or the ice cream churn from Legendairy. Add milk and two flavorings and you on your way to delicious, edible cheese or ice cream tailored to your specific tastes. 16 different cheese types are on offer, plus specialty cheeses if you provide the right type of milk. The Cheese Wheel can take more than 1000 flavor additives. New for this year is a Finishing Touches unlock, as well as bread in the cooking system for you to serve your cheese on."	Milkin' It
Mage's Gauntlet	Brigit recommends the Gauntlet: "Tier 2 allows use of treasure found wands to store mana you can use later. She also loves the shop design :)"	Fist Class Plane Ticket
Custom Dyes	Arshathian is a fan of the custom dye mixer, "It's a lot of fun to mix and match and a good price to stock up on fun dye colors."	Palette Perfections
Weight reduction	Luxelle gets practical: "Take the container/s you use the most to the Seamstress at Couturier's Retreat and have her shore them up to reduce the encumbrance on you from the things inside. She adds 1% weight reduction at a time, so you can add as much as you and your budget like."	Couturier's Retreat
Robe-engulfed scholar at Elenesse Atelier	Complete your wardrobe or add detail to a favorite item with the Elenesse Atelier's customization NPC! Look for the robe-engulfed scholar who can embellish your plain items with flora, lines of poetry, spiders, and other designs. These are great for turning simple props like trays or teacups into custom pieces for gifts.	Elenesse Atelier
Gnomish Nail Press	"Have you ever wanted to jazz up your humdrum nail polish colors? The Gnomish Nail Press allows you to use gems, birds, bugs, or sea life from the wildlife catching items, OR foraged flowers to create lovely designs on your nails! The only limitation is your imagination for the designs you can create!" Thanks for this hearty ensorsement, Issalya!	Gnomish Gnails

Previous Lists

Enjoy the favorite items from previous events. Many of the Rumor Woods shops are still open and you can still obtain previous recommendations.