Being a gamer is tough, but someone’s got to do it! It’s an emotional roller coaster out there with ups and downs, and twists and turns. Here are are just a few of those emotions every Wizard101 player goes through in the Spiral:
- When you get the item you wanted from a Pack:
2. When you are trying to avoid enemies on Marleybone rooftops:
3. When your pet gets to Mega and doesn’t get the talent you want:
4. When you beat a tough boss:
5. When you don’t get first place in a PVP tournament:
6. When you hit yourself with Insane Bolt:
7. When you’re questing and get the “Did Not Collect” message:
8. When your quest buddy gives you a balance blade:
9. When you make a new friend in game:
10. When you get your One in a Million Badge:
What feelings do you go through while gaming? Let us know in the comments!
We don’t know a lot of organizations out there in the world that celebrate the 101st day of the year, but who better to celebrate this momentous day than KingsIsle Entertainment? We are the makers of Wizard101 and Pirate101 after all! So let’s celebrate this simple day and raise our potion bottles to the games we all love.
Now that we’re all in agreement that we should celebrate, what should we do? First things first, you should head over to Wizard101.com and redeem the code “101day” for a free 101 Crowns! That code will also get you a free Ultra dandelion plant for your garden in Wizard101—so head over to your garden and get that planted right away. Also bundled with our special 101st day of the year code is a free 101 eyepatch for Pirate101. Now that’ll show your pride to everyone you see in Pirate101 today.
If you’re level 101 or higher in Wizard101, make sure you put on your Excelsior title in game and show off your pride for the day—that’s the special badge you get for obtaining level 101 and today’s a great day to show it off.
Ever wondered why there’s a “101” in Wizard101 and Pirate101? Back in the early 1900’s, colleges and universities began using a three-digit course number system and a “101” level course was an introductory course. In Wizard101 you’re a new student attending Ravenwood, a school of magic, and thus “101” refers to you being a wizard in training. Wizard101 set the standard and Pirate101 followed suit. Pirates in Pirate101 are pirates in training, and your instructors on Skull Island are ready to help you unlock your potential. With that said, perhaps a good way to celebrate the 101st day of the year is to learn something new!
Head back to this blog post and let us know what you did with your 101 Crowns and tell us how you celebrated today.
Thanks for playing our games!
The Spring Update to Wizard101 brought some fun additions to the Spiral. With new ways to earn rewards, challenging bosses, expanded fishing holes and more, there’s a little something for everyone. Let’s dive in and take a deeper look at some of the latest changes to the game!
Skeleton Key Bosses
For those who love a little challenge in Wizard101, three new Skeleton Key bosses are now available to duel. The most difficult is Omen Stribog in Polaris at Rank 17. For a little guidance on what to expect from this battle, check out this guide from Mercenaries for Hire. If you defeat this shadowy boss, you’ll even get a chance to win a permanent mount that looks just like Omen’s wings! So grab a gold skeleton key and 3 friends and head on over to the River of Frozen Tears to check out this cool new boss.
Daily Assignments
Need a little extra gold, arena tickets or even Crowns? Daily Assignments have you covered. Wizards who are level 12 and over can take on these fun little tasks each day by visiting Aegon Statz in Ravenwood. The Gravulum Order needs your help locating Pekuliarities by measuring Pekrons in various areas. Then when you log in, Aegon will give you a new assignment to complete for a different reward every day. The system repeats on a 15 day cycle with progressively better rewards each day. So make sure to not skip your Daily Assignment! But if you miss a day, don’t worry, you can pick up right where you left off next time.
More Spells
If you’ve ever wanted to delve deeper into a secondary school of magic, now is the time. The scholars of the Arcanum can now teach even more spells from their schools of focus to Wizards over level 100. Each spell will cost 1 training point, so study wisely. A new damage Aura for Life Wizards was also added to the Star School Trainer in Azteca. Theurgists will love this highly requested new spell called Devotion. If you would like to learn some of these spells, but don’t have the training posts, the free training point buyback Member benefit is active in Wizard101 through April 10, 2016.
Zafaria Fishing
For those Wizards who love to cast a line, new ponds are available to explore. Go fishing in the jungle waters of Zafaria and discover new fish. The tricky new sentinels MsPacuman and Pacuman are ready to snatch your line if you don’t banish them away using your Banish Sentinels spell. The new Zebra, Rhino, Lion, Elephant and Hippo Tang fish fit in perfectly with the Zafaria theme. Take a look at these and more in this guide from Stars of the Spiral.
Gear Vault
Good news, fashionistas of the Spiral! You can now store hundreds more gear items using the new Gear Vault in your home. If you are familiar with the Seed Vault, this works just like it. Just place it down in your home, click on it in item placement mode, and move items into the vault. You can pick one up in the Crown Shop for 1995 Crowns or craft your own using the recipe from Toshio in Mooshu. Get some ideas for decorating with your vault in this feature from the April Ravenwood Bulletin.
New Crown Shop Items
Along with all the other exciting goodies with this update, are some new items in the Crown Shop. This includes the new Wild Hare mount and three Khrysalis Furniture Sets.
You can read all about these changes and more in the April 2016 Update Notes for Wizard101. What is your favorite addition from this Spring Update?
To help you get started, the first 2000 to redeem the code “key” will get a random skeleton key in Wizard101! 🙂
Our Wizard artists have been hard at work this winter creating some really beautiful art including drawings, paintings, and everything in between! Each month we like to feature Wizard101 fan art submissions through or official social media like Facebook and Pinterest. There are always tons of creative works from dedicated Wizard101 players, and this month is no different!
We had many talented artists submit in the past few months, but here are some of our recent favorites:
Want to submit something creative of your very own? If you are under 13 years of age, ask your parent or guardian for permission to send us your screenshot. If you would like to submit something, send the picture and your character name in an email to community@wizard.com! Please attach no more than three images per email, and please limit total submissions to no more than nine screenshots in a month. Try to only submit your very best images!
Have you ever heard of South by Southwest (SXSW)? It is an annual set of film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas. This past week, KingsIsle was lucky enough to host a booth at the SXSW Gaming Expo! It was an awesome experience as our first time hosting a booth, and we certainly hope it continues at future cons and expos. Check out some of our favorite moments from the event below, including our first ever KI not Live!
Crutch buddies unite!
While hosting the booth at SXSW, I noticed a mini-me on crutches and yelled out “Crutch buddies!” He smiled and came over to give me a fist bump. I promptly sat up and said, “Let’s race!” The crowd parted before us and we hobbled off. I don’t want to say I let him win, but HE WON THE RACE!
“You cheated!” I teased him and asked him if he had ever played Wizard101. He hadn’t so I got him and his family set up with a bunch of free Crowns codes and talked with them a bit. Next I asked him how he broke his limb, and he said, “I fell out of a tree!” Without batting an eye I yelled out, “ME TOO!” I told him and his family the story, and we all had a good laugh. Meeting my new crutch buddy was my favorite highlight of SXSW. -Tom
Mario, Luigi, and . . . Leala?!
Cosplay is always a big part of going to conventions and we saw some great costumes over the SXSW Gaming weekend. One of our favorites were a couple of very familiar plumbers who dropped by the KingsIsle booth, and we introduced them to Wizard101. “This-a is-a my new-a favorite-a game-a,” said the Mario cosplayer in full character. We had a good laugh and took some pictures with our new friends in familiar disguise. Mario and Luigi’s mom told us this was only the beginning of their cosplay antics.
Friendly Neighbors
Part of hosting a booth at a show is that you get to know the people at your neighboring booths and talk network a bit around your games. We had a great time talking with the guys who ran the “Brawlhalla” game booth, Minecraft booth, and also the Reaper Miniatures booth. At the Reaper Miniatures booth they actually let you paint your own plastic miniature for free! Vanessa Mythdust was visiting us for the day, and Tom and Vanessa took some time during the last hour of Friday night to paint a couple of miniatures together. Vanessa talks about it on her blog, the Untold Spiral.
The Voice of Dalia Falmea
We all know Professor Falmea from the forums is our beloved Leah Ruben, senior producer, but we had a surprise visit from the voice of Dalia Falmea (also known as Kat). Tom made a vine of the occasion to celebrate and selfies were taken left and right.
KingsIsle Devs Galore!
We were so happy to host a whole troop of developers from KingsIsle during SXSW. Officially hosted were Leah Ruben and Joel White from Wizard101 and Pirate101, Kevin Chin and Kevin Wienecke from the Mobile Team, and master doodler extraordinaire, Jeff Toney. Outside of our officially hosted devs, we had a ton of others who dropped by to help us out and talk about the games–it was hard to keep track of them all! One thing is for sure, our KingsIsle group is a fun loving and hardworking bunch.
KI not Live:
Where do you want to see KingsIsle host a booth next? Let us know in the comments and be sure to stop by and say hi at the next event we attend! 🙂
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