Ebon Gate Festival/saved posts 2026
Announcements
Announcement 1 - Dates
Ebon Gate Festival Runs from October 9th - November 3rd
Announcement 2 - Feeder Fun
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Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 9/26/2026
Leaves have begun to fall as the year turns toward its quiet sleep, the veil between Elanthia and the twilight of Naidem grows as brittle and thin as a held breath. Strange things have begun to drift across the threshold between the living and unliving, washing ashore like forgotten flotsam from a dream. What purpose do they carry? Will their forms take root and linger in the waking world, or dissolve back into the mist that birthed them? Few can tell, though those who listen closely to the dark may soon begin to understand.
From now until the gates of the festival open, feeders across the realms will occasionally drop unique curiosities. Some of these oddities will fade away once their secrets are shared, while others will hold their shape, waiting for observant hands to coax their meaning into the light. Enjoy the hunt and welcome the unfolding mystery!
Announcent 3 - News & Updates
We've been working hard; the day is nearly here, and we are as excited as you are to return to Naidem. With October 1st on the horizon, and the opening close on its heels, we’ve got a lot of updates and changes to share with you.
Evermore Hollow Hotel
We’ve heard your discussion and feel your concern; there were many pain points about the hotel stay that were confusing or upsetting to some players. As such, we are taking the following steps to ease confusion and merchant anxiety.
There is a new hotel verb that will present you with information on your stay. Primarily, it will tell you if you have a reservation or not. It can be used with HOTEL or HOTEL HELP. This verb will be live soon.
All hotel stay purchasers, regardless of whether it is a suite or a regular room, will be able to SPLIT their key upon receiving it and gift it to whomever they desire. Additionally, we’ve done away with waiting around for a merchant to get to your floor. Instead, we’ve increased the alteration book count to 10, and you will receive it immediately in your welcome package.
Conference goers will still receive a single ‘pass’ into the conference areas, which will be opened up once the conference is over.
Distribution:
Batches of 6 Suites & 9 Room Hotel Stays
- Tuesday, October 6 - 9 am, Noon, 3 pm, 9 pm, Midnight
Raffle for Hotel Room Stay:
- In Zul Logoth - 1 - Prime - 9 pm - October 7
- Mist Harbor - 2 - Premium - 10 pm - October 7
- Mist Harbor - 2 - Platinum - 11 pm - October 7
The cost to enter the raffle is 250,000 silvers.
Merchant Week
Merchant week will from from Friday, October 16th at Noon to Tuesday, October 20th at Midnight. Here are the changes for the services pass this year:
Service Pass (Flyer): 3,000 SimuCoins
- No F2P
- 10 service will be the cap
- Account-based
- Access to Trove
- 10 Trove tokens on TEAR
- They can pass these off to anyone on their account.
- No alter book
- No RPA anymore
Last Year's Passes
For those of you who found yourselves inundated with passes, fear not. You'll be able to destroy the pass for 20 barrel keys.
Trove
The trove will run from the 16th - the 26th. It will still draw nightly. The only way to get tokens is through the Service Pass.
Live Games
- Live Games will continue again this year. They will take place over the weekend of the 24th and 25th. There will be four games.
- Also, Seynne will be running her games outside of Merchant Week. You can look for her on the 21st and 22nd.
Vault Update
The Spidersilk Apothecary takes on a new cosmetic look this year to help you differentiate it from last year’s box. This year, it is an octagonal witchwood apothecary. When you look at it, you’ll see the bronze hooks.
The apothecary will come with 10 Transmorphing Spiders. They are:
- The Confectionery Spider – This spider takes any foraged item and turns it into a spun-sugar specimen. It can be eaten for a tasty, sweet treat.
- The Websmith Spider – This spider takes 1 row from a skein of yarn and turns it into 25 pieces of {yarn adjective} yarn for weaving.
- The Minimalist Spider – This spider will remove the long description from any qualifying item.
And lastly, you’ll get 7...
- Metallurgy Spiders – These spiders will change the base metal of a piece of jewelry to the metal of the spider. This year, the apothecary comes with a gold, white gold, rose gold, copper, sterling silver, faenor, and vaalorn spider.
- None of the Transmorphing Spiders can be altered.
In lieu of a searchable spiderweb, a new shop has been added to the Graveyard. Inside it, you’ll find the new Alteration Spiders. These spiders will allow you to add long descriptions to:
- Chopsticks
- Utensils
- Cigars
- Paper
Lastly, fishing has been updated to offer alteration spiders as prizes.
Vault Cost: 6,500 SimuCoins
- Two 25-entry keys (SimuCoin Store Event Entries)
- a death certificate (Exp Modifier, +50% for 30 days - Character Attuned)
- a vial of iridescent oil (Locus Charge Item - Account Attuned)
- an octagonal witchwood apothecary (the Spidersilk Apothecary)
- Alteration Book (5 uses)
As always, everything in the vault is attuned.
Speaking of fishing...
Fishing Updates
Fishing has been broken for a while, but we are moving it into the same odds as the Duskruin Boosts (1d250). Many of the prizes in fishing have been updated, but this will be the last year for fishing. Those prizes will be moved to a new event next year.
Witch's Hut and Arena of the Abyss
As mentioned last year, entry to these activities was updated to match the universal barrel key entry. The rewards have been updated to match the appropriateness of the entry (ie: soul shard return and incidentals).
Sonreeva will also be changed to a flat-cost entry. This new cost will cover the upgrade of the thumb-ring.
There will be more information on this during opening week.
Guide Book to the Unliving
The guidebook has had a couple of updates. Primarily, obtaining one has been updated to QUEST. Additionally, you will now be transported directly TO the merchant in the list, provided that you are IN Naidem.
Last Year of the Mandrake
This year will be the last time you can find the Mandrake in the Herb Hunt. Next year will see a new prize.