The Village Post, October 26
Hello hello, my little lambs!
It's almost Halloween (and our dear Community Ambassador's birthday, which is on Saturday, don't forget) so I'm going ALL OUT CREEPY for this newsletter. I'm not good at creepy, so don't set your expectations too high.
BOO!
Ahahaha I got you. I got you so good. I tricked you. I'm actually very good at creepy >:)
Let's get into this week's news, starting with the biggest:
MOONSTONE ISLAND WILL BE 20% OFF FOR ONE WEEK TO CELEBRATE OUR MEGA HALLOWEEN UPDATE!!! What is our Halloween Update? I'm so glad you asked...
MEGA HALLOWEEN UPDATE
Let's go into a little bit more detail about what the gigantic update tomorrow will include! Some of it is new content, and some is bug fixes and quality-of-life updates, making this our BIGGEST UPDATE YET. All of this is free for all players
- New things
- THREEEE new Spirits!
- A new Haunted House exterior
- Spooky graveyard-themed decor (Bones! Skulls! Graves!!!)
- Ofelia and Gaiana now sell saplings that grow into full trees
- Rocks and grass can also be purchased and placed anywhere
- Paolo will sell you an even bigger greenhouse
- A Skill Reset Potion
- Updated things
- Paolo has more furniture to sell
- Close mine-holes
- Move whole stacks in one click
- Day length options
- Egg Spirits in the wild
- Beefier wild Earth, Water, and Poison Spirits
Our second batch of DLC is also out tomorrow! If you've been paying attention to our socials you probably already know all about this, but here's the brief:
- It's $3.99/3.99 EUR/£3.49 (with a 10% discount for the first week)
- Includes a Carved Pumpkin house exterior
- A new eyeball rug
- Candles!!!!!
- Lots of different cobwebs
- Two Jack-o'-Lanterns
Events
We're also running TWO EVENTS!
Holo-ween Hunt
From October 30 (9:00 AM PST/12:00 PM EST/18:00 CEST) to Nov 1 at (9:00 AM PST/12:00 PM EST/18:00 CEST), hop into the game to pick up three LIMITED-TIME Holo-Hunter Potions, which increases your chances of finding Holo Spirits from 0.2% to a whopping 10%. It lasts until the end of the day, or until you find a Holo. Happy hunting, peeps!
Haikuween
It's a competition! We're giving away Steam codes for the Eerie Items DLC as a prize, and all you need to do is submit a short poem or haiku about Moonstone Island (make it spooky)! You can do that through our Discord, our Twitter, or in the comments on this post and we'll enter you into the draw. The competition ends on November 1st. Haikuweeeeen!!!
Just in time for the spookiest of seasons, @ClicketyCrow brings in this eerie offering!
We think @IndiV might have a type. I mean, where Ferra is involved, us too!
Meowmeowmeowmeowmowmowmow meowmeow mow mowmow meow meow meow. MEOW
Translation: If you bought a Fishbo plushie during our MakeShip campaign, they'll be shipping out in January!
Wow, Mr Morris. You're so insightful and wise. Thank you.
See you tomorrow for patch notes, lovely Moonstoners!
~ Studio Supersoft