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The 2024 Rumor Woods Event (April 19th- May 5th) includes:

  • Pixie/Fox hunt
  • Jousting
  • Shopping
  • Mounts
  • Summit Academy Customizations at Elenesse Atelier - signature verbs, custom swears, features, spell preps, spell customizations, log-in and log-out messaging
  • Weight Reduction provided by the Seamstress at Couturier's Retreat: This once-a-year service will apply a percentage of weight reducing to your favorite container/s. The higher the percentage, the higher the cost to have this done.
  • Flare Add-ons
  • Rolton races?

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Shop Listing

Announcement: Wiki / Discord

**New** Refreshed Reopened
All About That Lace Can't Stop That Weaving Baaarnyard Bounty
Artistic Expressions Charmed, I'm Sure Bad Wolf Clothing
Call of the Wind Clodhoppers Barn with It
Chitinous Creations Container Yourself Been Shanked Lately?
Creative Couture Couturier's Retreat Born to Adorn
Eight-legged Innovators Crafter's Hearth Braid and Mane
Enlightened Pages Curio Minds The Brass Ring
Little Ticker Fanfare Bugs on Parade
Merited Metals Gnomish Gnails Cervidae Corral
Horsing Around Channeled Affection
Peaked Interest Cog & Zephyr
Purls of Wisdom The Colorful Carapace
Roundabout Racers Common Weaves
Sweetie Pies The Daily Dip
Tempered Threads Deerner Time
The Knight Way Devout Alloy
Tinkers Toys Earthtones
Unfurling Battle Ewe Vixen
Vaunt It and Flaunt It Ferocious Eyes
What Remains The Flanked Bag
Flypaper Designers
The Folded Lotus
The Gallant Groom
The Galloping Gait
GemStoned
The Gift Horse
Gifts of Atan Irith
The Girlybird
Goin' Stag
Grand Stables
The Greater of Two Weevils
Holy Sheaths
Horn and Mane
ImPressions
Irons in the Fire
Lamb Among Wolves
Leaping Leezards
Legendairy
The Lesser of Two Weevils
The Lizard Nest
Lizard Vivarium
A Lofty Affair
Milkin' It
Moving on Up
Mount'N'Cloak
Notcher Style
Obsidian Raiment
Of Sand and Rain
Off the Chain
On the Wing
Ostler's Den
Pigments of Memory
Poiret & Company
Quit Stallin'
Robes of Resistance
Rollin' In The Greens
Rolton Pens
Saddle Me Up
The Spirits Within
The Starry Lotus
Steaming Mugs
Tiu & Qaiteke
Tortoise Holdings
Trim and Polish
View from a Stag
Vintage Visions
Whirl and Twirl
Woodn't Yew

Closed from 2023

New for 2024 Rumor Woods

A Tale of Two Gnomes

New lore for Rumor Woods!

Discussion Link: Discord

New Customizations

All previous offerings will have a new home that will be announced at a future date, 660 customizations at Rumor Woods this year are brand new across a range of spells and other items including urchin guides.

Elenesse Atelier

A small handful of Ornathian vendors from the Agora Promenade will be offering automated item alteration services, the Papermaker at Enlightened Pages and I Dream of Geology Series at Merited Metalworks, and finally: something new at Little Ticker.

Teaser: Wiki / Discord

Eternal Wedding Verbs debut

Starting this Rumor Woods, the Eternal Wedding Verbs will be available for purchase. You can purchase the wedding verbs alone (a gold-edged certificate) or you can purchase the various wedding packages (Deluxe – a gold-edged ebon marriage license, Choice – a silver-edged ebon marriage license, or Classic – a copper-edged ebon marriage license).

Teaser: Wiki / Discord

New Mounts revealed

Beetle mounts:

  • Common: Dragonspine beetle, giraffe stag beetle
  • Uncommon: longhorn beetle, elephant beetle, goliath beetle
  • Rare: rhinoceros beetle - will create a mechanical flower

Spider mounts:

  • Common: wolf spider, velvet spider
  • Uncommon: birdeater, huntsman, tarantula
  • Rare: orbweaver - will spin metallic-hued yarn
Details: Wiki / Discord

In addition, Donkeys, Mules, and Zebras have been added to the equestrian options! These animals bray and plod.

Teaser: Discord

2024 Tourney Titles

Beetle Titles

100 Wins for Beetle: Coppery Scion of the Clattering Wings
500 Wins for Beetle: Clockwork Knight of the Bloodied Scarab
Victor Title for Beetle: Gear-worked Engineer of the Ineffable Swarm
Loser Title for Beetle (Spider wins): Crushed Gadgeteer of the Sable-stomped Throng

Spider Titles

100 Wins for Spider: Shadowed Leg of the Skittering Spider
500 Wins for Spider: Clockwork Knight of the Sable Arachnid
Victor Title for Spider: Sable-shadowed Inventor of the Clockwork Brood
Loser Title for Spider (Beetle wins): Conquered Manipulator of the Clicking Web

Teaser: Discord

Tourney Vault and Claim boxes

Coming April 23rd, expect to see CLAIM GIFT and CLAIM EVENT active. This event's Tourney Vault will be similar to February's Battle Vault at 6,500 simucoins, with some quality of life improvements and a new ANALYZE added, and will contain the following:

  • Two 25-entry markers (SimuCoin Store Event Entries)
  • 90-use death's sting salve (SimuCoin Store Utility Items)
  • a hollow metal exoskeleton (Special Item - used to build a mechanical beetle/spider spinner)
  • a patent of nobility (+50% experience boost for 30 days)

Teaser: Discord MechSpinner details: Discord

2024 Rumor Woods Item Teasers

Creative Couture

Following in the vein of Veolas and Deck the Halls, this new script from GM Elysani will allow you to create worn items with up to nine customizable sides depending on what is attached. Even fishing lures!

Teaser: Discord

Artistic Expressions - Face painting kit, Custom face paint, and Replica face paint

New paintstick systems and storage, as well as Clockwerke and Beetle vs. Spider inspired designs!

Teaser: Discord

  • Face paint has been updated to use the CONSENT system: Wiki / Discord

Look At Me Jewelry pliers

Similar to the Jeweler's Pliers, these new pliers will allow you to add the Look At Me Jewelry script to existing items at tier 1.

Teaser: Discord

Two new Moody Garments moods

A refreshed Tempered Threads brings this year's new additions: joyfully cheerful and confident determination.

Teaser: Discord

Two new Papermaker tiers

Tier six will unlock the abilities to create butcher paper for wrapping food items and bags for hiding bottles, while tier seven allows the papermaker to create a small variety of specialized organic writing materials.

Teaser: Discord

Least Moods Flourish

If you think lesser is better than greater, get ready for least! Available at The Starry Lotus for 2,500 raikhen, this new weapon and armor mood is applied via flourish certificate with no GM intervention, while leaving the script and subscript slots available, with some compatibility provisos as always.

Teaser: Discord

Little Ticker

Available at the shop of the same name, these new devices will allow you to run raffles for up to 99 individuals at will, customizable in appearance and content with the addition of a Life Aquatic Sea Critter, a Bugs on Parade Insect, or a Flower Press Flower in combination with a writable ticket from a papermaker.

  • Winners are not required to be in game
  • One winner per raffle, ticker must be CLEANED and new tickets issued in order to draw another raffle
  • Tickets produced are unscripted

Teaser: Wiki / Discord

News and Updates

2024-03-13

  • Thandiwe announces the Battle of the Beetle and the Spider! The event colors are: a copper beetle on a field of turquoise and a sable spider upon a field of crimson. The mounts will be Clockwerke beetles and spiders. Discord

2024-04-07

  • Elenesse Atelier, a new Manor House has opened at Summit Academy. Located in the center of the southeastern path of the Ellipse, Elenesse Atelier has some unique offerings. More details will be shared in the coming days. Discord

2024-04-11

2024-04-12

  • Papermaker updated with a new articles and nouns, including splodgy as well as improved reservoirs and some quality of life improvements. Wiki / Discord

2024-04-13

  • In preparation for all the new customizations at this year's Rumor Woods, the limit of available customizations under the Player Customization System has been raised to 150. Discord
  • One new unlockable tier for the Mini Smelter adds options for a chatelaine, back pendant, and ring/band. Wiki / Discord

2024-04-17

This page was last updated on Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 5:48:00 AM GMT.