Rumor Woods Teasers Archive by The TownCrier

New items, shops, services, and features are released often at Rumor Woods, sometimes only for Rumor Woods. The TownCrier Team will be keeping track of these teasers and their release dates here for posterity.

Because ... sometimes you just want to know!

Most Recent Teasers

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?

Quick Links

• Shop Listings at Rumor Woods 2024
• Main Rumor Woods Article
• 2024 Saved Posts
• Areas of Interest at Rumor Woods
• Review Shop Listings from previous years (for the curious)
• Rumor Woods Adjustments & Bug Fixes (Discord)

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

• The Silken Lotus
• Sweetie Pies
• Fanfare
• The Kindred Plaid
• The Tartan Cloth

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.

• Urchin Guide options

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.

• Least moods provide identical messaging and similar functionality to Lesser Armor and Weapon Mood, and should work with (nearly) anything eligible for lesser moods
• The item's script and subscript can have custom messaging for GET, WEAR, or REMOVE, but cannot trap those verbs for complex functionality
• Confirmed to work with: Sigil Staff, Mana-Infused Armor, Briar flare items, Voln armor, Forest Armor, Spore Staff, Spore Bow, Parasite weapon, Parasite Armor, Sprite Weapon, Sprite Armor, Rotflares and Flare affinity
• Confirmed incompatible with: Realm Weapon

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

• The enhancive hiders at What Remains and tourney containers of Container Yourself have been updated with this year's theme with beetles and spiders! Discord
• The Knight Way has been updated for tournament themed items: Discord

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

• Urchin Guide options have been updated on the wiki. Discord

This page was last updated on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 4:20:03 AM GMT.

All Teasers (Previous Events)

• Rumor Woods Teasers Archive by The TownCrier/2024 April
• Rumor Woods Teasers Archive by The TownCrier/2023 June
• Rumor Woods Teasers Archive by The TownCrier/2022 June
• Rumor Woods Teasers Archive by The TownCrier/2021 June