Buyer's Choice - Rumor Woods 2026

The TownCrier put the call out for your favorite buys at the 2026 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:

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Item	Recommendations From Adventurers	Shop
Apiculture Jar	Traiva: Honey. Need I say more? Actually, yes, I need, because also beeswax and being able to make custom mailing wax (sorry post office shops!) and custom-colored lip balm to always have the perfect shade available. And eat all the honey on all the things. (Plus, the introduction of this jar brought in more adorable honeybees across Elanthia.)	Wax Poetic
Mount Feature Customizations	Maevie gushes, "So you got your mount ready for combat? Don't forget to visit the groomer at The Ostler's Den to customize your mount's features!"	The Ostler's Den
Mage's Gauntlet	Vorlash: For the features, and ability to utilize wands in new and interesting ways	Fist Class Plane Ticket
Weight reduction	Darrgo: The Couturier Retreat Seamstress can reduce the weight of the contents in a container (backpack, pack, etc) to not weigh you down as much. A must have for any solo hunters out there, especially KS warriors like myself	Couturier's Retreat
a flesh-toned monstrosity doughnut	Brigit: Can't crush a monstrosity in SoS ? Crush it in doughnut form. YUM! Then visit The Pit!	Dessert Vibes
LooseLeash Anchors	This item lets owners of private properties, bungalows, or lofts add more ambiance to their homes, while giving their favorite companion-pets a place to roam freely. A lovely (and inexpensive!) way to improve one's Elanthian home!	Song Sung Blue
Basketifier Goodies	Cylnthia: For the food lovers of Elanthia, basketifiers are one of the best things that could ever exist... and now they've gotten even better! With the addition of they're availability at Rumor Woods (previously only at Ebon Gate), we can now stick up on them twice a year... plus, they now have a fifth tier, unlocking the ability to have tableware added to them! Huzzah!	Bowl Me Over
Papermaker + (final!) Unlocks	If you are the type to use paper in your daily Elanthian life, the Papermaker is one of Those Devices(tm) that may make your life so much easier. This year, at Rumor Woods, it gets its final(!!) unlocks... for Treat Boxes (send candy and baked goods to family and friends!) and Awards (ribbon-type roleplay enhancers; think 1st, 2nd, 3rd place ribbons)!	Enlightened Pages
Bugs on Parade Jar and Specimen Boards	Traiva: First, if you don't have a jar and at least one specimen board by now, you're really snoozing on some of the wonders of Elanthia. Second, make sure you have enough ways to store all the pretty new honeybees released with the new beehives - the jar is the only way you can collect the specimens to gaze at and use for various projects like decorating stationery or beautifying items that can accept the gembugs or making bug-shaped chocolates and candies.	Bugs on Parade
Knitting needles + Unlocks	Cylnthia: For the adventurer who wants to create their own clothing, the silver needles in Purls Of Wisdom are your best friend. Add in the all the additions that you can add via the vouchers that are available, and you can create a whole outfit all in your own! New this year, also, are vouchers for Transformable Blankets, Animal Companionwear, and Tehiri Clothing. Huzzah for knitting!	Purls of Wisdom
Bee's Knees Perfume Creation	What's better than perfume? Perfume that you can create and (partially) customize each time you do! That's what the vials at The Bee's Knees do, just add a gem-style Bugs On Parade bee, let it find flowers, et voila, perfume! (Disclaimer: read the ANALYZE for proper instructions!)	The Bee's Knees
Surita Staff	Surita isn't new, but it's still the most amazing runestaff a magic user can utilize! With two varieties, you are already set to win with your choice. Pick up a beautiful lesser surita staff at 40k raikhen. or the Greater Surita staves run 400k, but you can upgrade to them from a lesser one after saving up the scrip. Add more fluff scripts with an affordable unlock. Add your favorite flares or scripts to it as you go. This is the hands-down singular Project Runestaff to begin building your dream runestaff. Which one are you going to pick?	Gifts of Atan Irith
Spell Books	A wonderful way to reduce scroll inventory, the books in Tomeward Bound are so much more than just "scroll combiners", at higher unlocks they let you add charges to a single spell slot every day or cast 1750 some number of times per day, They've also got a fluff been unlock so you can get your book nerd on!	Tomeward Bound
Papermakers	Luxelle: Never travel to the far corners of Elanthia for writing paper again. No need to stockpile up pretty paper from Festivals. The Enlightened Paper shop sells Papermaker mechanisms that will let you customize nearly any papers thing in a vast array of styles and colors, exactly when you need it. It lets you choose between mailing paper or writing paper, makes envelopes, butcher paper to wrap flowers or food, and now the last unlock to this modern marvel came out this year with Treat Boxes and Awards.	Enlightened Pages
Ferocious Eyes mask	These are a rich roleplaying tool that becomes invisible once worn. It lets you change your eye color, gives you many commands to interact with, and lets you stack up cutomized eye colors and charactics to choose from. Several commands are demeanor-based, as well. Read about it and imagine the possibilities!	Ferocious Eyes
Creative Couture	Lissaya: I am nominating Creative Couture for the second year in a row for 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
Gilded locus	Remember to spruce up your Gilded Locus while the Festival is open! Look for the Traveler in the Common Room of the Aspen Tavern.
Holy Sheath	Make your Arkati statement enthusiastic or subdued with the incredible line of Holy Sheaths at Rumor Woods. Pick the place you want to wear it with a voucher. It will even hold a runestaff.	Holy Sheaths
Dreamfire Panel Bracelets and Collectible Panels	Luxelle: Don't miss an opportunity to purchase your very own Dreamfire Illusion Bracelet and special Rumor Woods themed Illusion panels. No waiting until Ebon Gate for the basics to get you started on this amazing system of illusions for performing, gambling, divination, and entertainment.	Curio Minds
Surita Runestaves	Seazarius: I built a poor man's sigil staff with a lesser surita as it's base, I then enchanted to 8x, and added/unlocked it to a T4 Sigil Staff from Duskruin. Thus far. It is amazing! It hits hard with the dispel flares, and the SMR attack that goes with it.	Gifts of Atan Irith
PERM-ifier Get Permified Glue for Resin	Tearieyes: If you're loving the new resin side of the gnomish candy maker, grabbing a bottle of fletching glue and having it permified at the obelisk in Diminishing Demises for 300 is a MUST this year! Save time and your locker space.	Diminishing Demises
Potion of Naming	Maylan: You no longer have to wait until EG to name your mounts. Check out a multicolored glass bottle for 2.5k raikhen!	Insurmountable
Apiculture Jar	Riend: We love customization and this item is full of it! Cooking honey, sipping honey, mailing wax and lip balm... the customizations are endless. It's a really fun, versatile item.	Wax Poetic
Gnomish Nail Press	Issalya: 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!	Gnomish Gnails
Custom Dyes	Mix and Match your dream dyes for all the custom colors at Palette Perfections! Then take the very best of them to the Permifier!	Palette Perfections
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