Friday, 30 January 2015

Posted by Sneaky Kevin On Friday, 30 January 2015

Have you heard the news? Tomorrow, Pirate101 will be hosting an official in-game contest where you can win up to 60,000 Crowns! Are you excited? We sure are!

How Do I Participate?

Starting tomorrow at 12:01 am, all pillow drops from bosses will be automatically recorded. Your job is to acquire as many of these pillows as possible before 11:59 pm Central Time, at which the contest will close.

You don't have to keep all of the pillows you get - though you certainly can if you want to make an awesome pillow fort - so feel free to sell them to vendors or the Bazaar. Just be careful that your backpack isn't full, or else they will be destroyed and not count towards your total!


What Can I Win?

The answer is simple: Crowns!

The grand prize winner, aside from becoming an expert pillow collector, will take home 60,000 Crowns. Ten runner ups will also win 10,000 Crowns each. Excited yet?

Plenty of players will be participating, so you'll have to be quick! If you do manage to win one of these awesome prizes, you can spend your Crowns in the Crown Shop for a new mount, crew members, pets... and more!

So, Where Can I Get These Pillows From?

Skull Island bosses, of course! Practically every boss will drop at least one type of pillow, but some bosses will drop more than one kind - these are the bosses that we suggest to farm. The Pirate101 Central Wiki has a great list of which bosses drop what pillows - be sure to take a look at it here!

Finally, be sure to check out the official page for this contest over at pirate101.com. Are you ready to pillow hunt?

Have fun, pirates!



Thursday, 29 January 2015

Posted by Unknown On Thursday, 29 January 2015

The B.O.X.E.S event has returned and with it comes some new recipes that enable us to craft the once elusive new music players! If your castle is feeling a bit dull, here’s a quick guide to crafting the new players!

All of the new music player recipes are sold by Rose Piper for 1000 gold. Rose Piper can be found in the main area of any of the 5 B.O.X.E.S.


Deep Sea Music Maker


Requires:
Crafting Rank: Grandmaster Artisan
Crafting Station: Housing Crafting Station

Ingredients:

1 Sonic Spring
Recommendation: The sonic spring is considered a rare drop. You can obtain it by fighting various bosses in each of the 5 B.O.X.E.S.

1 Celestia Main Theme
Recommendation: This scroll can be found in the bazaar, but it might be difficult to find now that everyone is trying to craft these recipes. The only other way to obtain this scroll is as a drop from Mithraya, the final boss in the Trial of the Spheres dungeon.

5 Amethyst
Recommendation: This reagent can be easily found from reagent vendors in each world or from the bazaar.

15 Pristine Vial
Recommendation: Pristine Vials can be found either in the bazaar or from reagent vendors in worlds Celestia and higher.



Dragon’s Roost Player

Requires:
Crafting Rank: Master Artisan
Crafting Station: Housing Crafting Station

Ingredients:

1 Sonic Spring
Recommendation: The sonic spring is considered a rare drop. You can obtain it by fighting various bosses in each of the 5 B.O.X.E.S.

1 Dragonspyre Main Theme
Recommendation: This scroll can be found in the bazaar, but it might be difficult to find now that everyone is trying to craft these recipes. The only other way to obtain this scroll is as a drop from Malistaire Drake, the final boss in the Great Spyre dungeon.

5 Amethyst
Recommendation: This reagent can be easily found from reagent vendors in each world or from the bazaar.

25 Cat Tail
Recommendation: Cat Tail is a very common reagent. It can be found in the bazaar, or as a normal harvest within Wizard City, Krokotopia, Marleybone, Mooshu, Zafaria, Avalon, Azteca, Grizzleheim, and Wysteria.



Jade Palace Music Player

Requires:
Crafting Rank: Adept Crafter
Crafting Station: Housing Crafting Station

Ingredients:

1 Sonic Spring
Recommendation: The sonic spring is considered a rare drop. You can obtain it by fighting various bosses in each of the 5 B.O.X.E.S.

1 MooShu Main Theme
Recommendation: This scroll can be found in the bazaar, but it might be difficult to find now that everyone is trying to craft these recipes. Other ways to obtain this scroll are as a drop from Jade Oni, the boss in the Emperor’s Throne Room, and from Mika Skarka, the boss you must defeat in order to enter Avalon, though he is not repeatable.

5 Jade
Recommendation: This reagent can be easily found from reagent vendors in each world or from the bazaar.

25 Mist Wood
Recommendation: Mist Wood is a very common reagent. It can be found in the bazaar, or as a normal harvest within Wizard City, Marleybone, Mooshu, Celestia, Zafaria, Avalon, Azteca, Khrysalis, Grizzleheim, and Wysteria.



Marleybonaphone

Requires:
Crafting Rank: Initiate Crafter
Crafting Station: Housing Crafting Station

Ingredients:

1 Sonic Spring
Recommendation: The sonic spring is considered a rare drop. You can obtain it by fighting various bosses in each of the 5 B.O.X.E.S.


1 Marleybone Main Theme

Recommendation: This scroll can be found in the bazaar, but it might be difficult to find now that everyone is trying to craft these recipes. The only other way to obtain this scroll is as a drop from Meowiarty, the final boss in the Big Ben dungeon.

5 Onyx
Recommendation: This reagent can be easily found from reagent vendors in each world or from the bazaar.

10 Stone Block
Recommendation: Stone Block can sometimes be tricky to find at the Bazaar. It is a normal harvest within Wizard City, Krokotopia, Marleybone, Mooshu, Dragonspyre, Celestia, Zafaria, Avalon, Azteca, Khrysalis, Grizzleheim, and Wysteria.



Olde Town Turn Table

Requires:
Crafting Rank: Novice Crafter
Crafting Station: Housing Crafting Station

Ingredients:

1 Sonic Spring
Recommendation: The sonic spring is considered a rare drop. You can obtain it by fighting various bosses in each of the 5 B.O.X.E.S.

1 Wizard101 Theme
Recommendation: This scroll can be found in the bazaar, but it might be difficult to find now that everyone is trying to craft these recipes. The only other way to obtain this scroll is as a drop from Alicane Swiftarrow, the final boss in Firecat Alley.

5 Sapphire
Recommendation: This reagent can be easily found from reagent vendors in each world or from the bazaar.

15 Simple Vial
Recommendation: Simple Vials can be found either in the bazaar or from reagent vendors in each world.



Pigswick Player

Requires:
Crafting Rank: Initiate Crafter
Crafting Station: Housing Crafting Station

Ingredients:

1 Sonic Spring
Recommendation: The sonic spring is considered a rare drop. You can obtain it by fighting various bosses in each of the 5 B.O.X.E.S.

1 Wysteria Main Theme
Recommendation: This scroll can be found in the bazaar, but it might be difficult to find now that everyone is trying to craft these recipes. Other ways to obtain this scroll are as a drop from Lord Bramble, the final boss of Wysteria, and from various tiers of Rusty TinderSpark, who can be found in the Spiral Cup Gauntlet.

5 Peridot
Recommendation: This reagent can be easily found from reagent vendors in each world or from the bazaar.

25 Cat Tail
Recommendation: Cat Tail is a very common reagent. It can be found in the bazaar, or as a normal harvest within Wizard City, Krokotopia, Marleybone, Mooshu, Zafaria, Avalon, Azteca, Grizzleheim, and Wysteria.



Pyramid Player

Requires:
Crafting Rank: Apprentice Crafter
Crafting Station: Housing Crafting Station

Ingredients:

1 Sonic Spring
Recommendation: The sonic spring is considered a rare drop. You can obtain it by fighting various bosses in each of the 5 B.O.X.E.S.

1 Krokotopia Main Theme
Recommendation: This scroll can be found in the bazaar, but it might be difficult to find now that everyone is trying to craft these recipes. You can instead purchase this scroll for 500 gold from Aubert Quickhammer, the Wizard City furniture shopkeeper found in the Shopping District.

5 Sapphire
Recommendation: This reagent can be easily found from reagent vendors in each world or from the bazaar.

10 Stone Block
Recommendation: Stone Block can sometimes be tricky to find at the Bazaar. It is a normal harvest within Wizard City, Krokotopia, Marleybone, Mooshu, Dragonspyre, Celestia, Zafaria, Avalon, Azteca, Khrysalis, Grizzleheim, and Wysteria.



Ravenscar Turntable

Requires:
Crafting Rank: Apprentice Crafter
Crafting Station: Housing Crafting Station

Ingredients:

1 Sonic Spring
Recommendation: The sonic spring is considered a rare drop. You can obtain it by fighting various bosses in each of the 5 B.O.X.E.S.

1 Grizzleheim Main Theme
Recommendation: This scroll can be found in the bazaar, but it might be difficult to find now that everyone is trying to craft these recipes. The only other way to obtain this scroll is as a drop from Othin Stormfather, the final boss in Ravenscar.

5 Onyx
Recommendation: This reagent can be easily found from reagent vendors in each world or from the bazaar.

25 Mist Wood
Recommendation: Mist Wood is a very common reagent. It can be found in the bazaar, or as a normal harvest within Wizard City, Marleybone, Mooshu, Celestia, Zafaria, Avalon, Azteca, Khrysalis, Grizzleheim, and Wysteria.


Overall, these recipes aren’t too difficult, but make sure you don’t forget about crafting them! These recipes are only available during the B.O.X.E.S event, so pick them up before they disappear! Good luck!

Saturday, 17 January 2015

Posted by Anonymous On Saturday, 17 January 2015

Our adventure started on March 30th, in 2013. We had a dream. Our dream was to harness our love for KingsIsle games and project that to the community in a postive way. In the beginning, we were a small and unknown blog. Nearly two years later, and we have come so far and have had amazing support from the entire community in the process. With that, it brings us great pleasure to announce that Adventures of the Spiral is now an official Wizard101 fansite!

One year ago, in January 2014, we were asked by One-Eyed Jack to join the ranks of Pirate101’s official fansites. We had already created several post segments [Segments101], a complete Companion Database and plenty of posts about one of our favorite games [Pirate101 posts]. Becoming an official fansite allowed us to not only expand and improve on all of these aspects of Adventures of the Spiral, but also host more contests and become a greater part of the community!

Shortly after our Pirate101 success, we decided to take a similar approach to the Wizard101 portion of our site. We had interviews, recaps, and, of course...contests! Our biggest achievement on the Wizard side, however, is definitely our Fishing Database. Whether you’re just starting out or are an advanced angler, you can find practically anything you need about fishing on our complete database.

This week, we were asked by Dworgyn and Professor Greyrose to become an official Wizard101 fansite. All of us at AoS were thrilled to have received such a great opportunity, and we’re certainly planning to start off with a bang! We’re already part of the Fansite Festival, a party hosted by several fansites from both games to create a full day of fun in Wizard101 and Pirate101. We’re also planning to start up some more post segments soon, taking a closer look at some unexplored corners of the Spiral…

We would like to thank our readers for another great year at Adventures of the Spiral - we’ve already exceeded our own expectations in terms of Pirate101 content, and we will definitely continue to do so - now it’s time to further build on our Wizard101 content too!

We would like to also congratulate Johnny from Wizards of the Spiral for also becoming an official Wizard101 fansite!  Keep up the good work!

Saturday, 3 January 2015

Posted by Unknown On Saturday, 3 January 2015


First off, happy new year!  Hope you all have a wonderful 2015!  

2014 was definitely a very big year for KingsIsle with many exciting things that went on for both games!  Here are most of the things that happened throughout 2014.  This will be a path down memory lane so we hope you enjoy this post!




6th: (Pirate101) Rogue’s Gallery: Old Scratch (Watch it Here)
6th: (KingsIsle) Read about what it takes to become a concept artist (Blog Post)
9th: (Pirate101) Marleybone, Aquila, and “Other” critical attack music added to ringtone list (Ringtone List)
15th: (KingsIsle) Check out how they made the Live Action commercial (Blog Post)
20th: (Pirate101) Farewell to the Talkin’ the Plank podcast (Final Podcast)
21st: (Pirate101) New Mooshu and Marleybone wallpaper (Desktop Wallpapers)
28th: (Pirate101) Dueling Diego on Free KI Games now gives Pirate101 rewards! (Dueling Diego)
30th: (Wizard101) Minor Game Updates (Read About Them Here)

Commercial Actors


3rd: (Pirate101) Rogue’s Gallery: Gracie Conrad (Watch it Here)
3rd: (Wizard101) Friendship Festival Arrives to the Spiral!
3rd: (Wizard101) Many different tapestries start to be given out by fansites!
3rd: (Wizard101) Pagoda Gauntlet becomes available online (Pagoda Gauntlet information)
5th: (Pirate101) New Vine - Gracie Conrad (Watch it Here)
5th: (Pirate101) Don’t Fear the Pirate (Guest Blog Post)
7th: (Wizard101) Valentina HeartSong arrives in the Spiral!
7th: (Pirate101) New Vine - Witchdoctor’s Lab teaser (Watch it Here)
11th: (Wizard101) Wizard101 Makes the 2014 MMO Hall of Fame Class (Read About it Here)
12th: (Wizard101) Minor Game Updates (Read About Them Here)
12th: (Pirate101) Hoodoo Bundle announced and available at Walmart! (Hoodoo Bundle information)
18th: (Pirate101) The Pirate101 Twitter account reaches 4,000 followers!
21st: (Pirate101) First Avery Courtcam (Watch it Here)
21st: (Pirate101) Second Avery’s Courtcam (Watch it Here)
24th: (Pirate101) Third Avery’s Courtcam (Watch it Here)
24th: (Pirate101) Fourth Avery’s Courtcam (Watch it Here)
26th: (Pirate101) The Evolution of Pirate101 Combat Part 1 (Behind the Scenes Blog Post)
28th: (Pirate101) Fifth Avery’s Courtcam (Watch it Here)
28th: (Pirate101) Sixth Avery’s Courtcam (Watch it Here)




3rd: (Pirate101) Rogue’s Gallery: Blind Mew (Watch it Here)
3rd: (Pirate101) After many years of blogging, farewell Autumn and Secrets of the Spiral!
5th: (Pirate101) Seventh Avery’s Courtcam (Watch it Here)
5th: (Pirate101) Eighth Avery’s Courtcam (Watch it Here)
6th: (Pirate101) New Vine - Blind Mew (Watch it Here)
6th: (Pirate101) The Evolution of Pirate101 Combat Part 2 (Behind the Scenes Blog Post)
10th: (Wizard101) Pat O’ Gold arrives in the Spiral!
13th: (Wizard101) Many new and useful features added! (Read About Them Here)
16th: (Pirate101) Ninth Avery’s Courtcam (Watch it Here)
19th: (KingsIsle) Where Do KingsIsle Employees Get Their Inspiration? (Blog Post)
21st: (Wizard101) The Wizard101 Twitter account reaches 30,000 followers!
27th: (Pirate101) Sneak Peek to what’s coming in Spring (Watch it Here)
27th: (Pirate101) Creativity and Pirate101 (Guest Blog Post)
28th: (Wizard101) New Khrysalis weapons are added to the Crown Shop

Team Up Update
Dungeon Recall Update

1st: (KingsIsle) The Mighty Steed reaches the Spiral! (Wizard101) (Pirate101)
2nd: (Pirate101) Rogue’s Gallery: Ratbeard (Watch it Here)
4th: (Pirate101) New Vine - Ratbeard (Watch it Here)
7th: (Wizard101) Mount-A-Palooza comes to the Spiral!
10th: (KingsIsle) Tabletop Gaming at KingsIsle! (Blog Post)
14th: (Wizard101) Eggbert arrives in the Spiral!
14th: (Wizard101) New Spring Mounts become available in the Crown Shop (Read About them Here)
24th: (Wizard101) Many new features and content including Khrysalis Part 2 come to the Spiral! (Read About Them Here)
24th: (Wizard101) Reagent bundles can be bought in the Crown Shop


Tabletop Gaming



2nd: (Pirate101) Rogue’s Gallery: Shiruku Neko (Watch it Here)
2nd: (Pirate101) Tenth Avery’s Courtcam (Watch it Here)
6th: (Wizard101) Olympian Bundle becomes available online (Olympian Bundle information)
9th: (Pirate101) Goblin Shark Fun! (Blog Post)
12th: (Pirate101) Advanced Pets, Advanced Companions, and more updates! (Read About Them Here)
13th: (Pirate101) New Vine: Shiruku Neko (Watch it Here)
30th: (Wizard101) Pet-A-Palooza comes to the Spiral!
30th: (Pirate101) Rogue’s Gallery: Gortez (Watch it Here)
31st: (Wizard101) Arcane Builder’s Bundle is announced and available in GameStop! (Arcane Builder’s Bundle information)





2nd: (Pirate101) Rogue’s Gallery: Mustang Sally (Watch it Here)
4th: (Pirate101) New Vine: Gortez (Watch it Here)
16th: (Pirate101) Pirate101 Twitter account reaches 5,000 followers! (@Pirate101)
20th: (Pirate101) New Summer Daisy Eyepatch is released in the Crown Shop!
24th: (Pirate101) New Mechanical Owl Pet is released in the Crown Shop!
24th: (Pirate101) Eleventh Avery’s Courtcam (Watch it Here)
25th: (KingsIsle) Brand new way to get crowns by answering Trivia questions! (Check Out the Blog Post Release Here)
26th: (Wizard101) Two new flying bug mounts in the Crown Shop (Check Them Out Here)
Summer Daisy Eyepatch


8th: (Pirate101) New Vine - Mustang Sally (Watch it Here)
8th: (Wizard101) Vine Vine Teaser! (Check Out the Vine Here)
9th: (Pirate101) 30+ new Marleybone themed furniture items in the Crown Shop!
10th: (KingsIsle) Throwback Thursday - Gardening Fun (Blog Post)
11th: (Wizard101) Spiral Cup Gauntlet is announced and available in Target and Walmart! (Spiral Cup Gauntlet information)
16th: (Wizard101) Fishing comes to the Spiral! (Check Out the Fishing Update Here)
16th: (Pirate101) Stormtiger Shark pet available in the Crown Shop!
30th: (Pirate101) New Aquila Wallpaper available (Desktop Wallpapers)





1st: (Pirate101) Rogue’s Gallery: Fin Dorsal (Watch it Here)
1st: (Wizard101) New Opportunities announcement! After six years of having a wonderful Community Manager, Kiersten Samwell, she has moved on to become a Wizard101 game developer.  Tom Purdue takes Kiersten’s place as Community Manager for Wizard101 (Read More in the August Newsletter Here)
1st: (KingsIsle) Introducing New Faces announcement! Leala Ulrich has joined the KingsIsle staff to work alongside with Tom as Community Manager for Wizard101 and Pirate101! (Read More in the August Newsletter Here)
12th: (Pirate101) New Vine - Fin Dorsal (Watch it Here)
13th: (Pirate101) Behind the Scenes of Pirate101 Puppet Shows (Behind the Scenes Blog Post)
25th: (Pirate101) New Aquila Furniture in the Crown Shop!
28th: (Wizard101) First Bundle-A-Palooza comes to the Spiral (More information Here)





2nd: (Wizard101) Happy 6th Birthday Wizard101!
2nd: (Pirate101) Rogue’s Gallery: Chantal Livingstone (Watch it Here)
3rd: (Pirate101) Tower of Moo Manchu, Cool Ranch Revamp, and more upates! (Check them out Here)
3rd: (Pirate101) Grizzly Beast Hoard Pack newly released in the Crown Shop! (Grizzly Beast Pack information)
5th: (Pirate101) New Vine - Chantal Livingstone (Watch it Here)
12th: (Pirate101) Twelfth Avery’s Courtcam (Watch it Here)
12th: (Pirate101) Thirteenth Avery’s Courtcam (Watch it Here)
13th: (KingsIsle) Participating in the Ice Bucket Challenge! (Watch it Here)
15th: (Wizard101) Blog Post Contest Announcement (Read About it Here)
17th: (KingsIsle) First KI Live with the Community Managers! (Watch it Here)
17th: (Pirate101) A Pirate’s Portal was a great site that had to take some time off, goodbye and good luck!




1st: (KingsIsle) KingsIsle gamers round up to raise money for charity using Extra Life (Read more in October newsletter)
1st: (Wizard101) Gear-A-Palooza event comes to the Spiral!
1st: (Pirate101) Rogue’s Gallery: Mormo (Watch it Here)
2nd: (Pirate101) New Vine - Mormo (Watch it Here)
3rd: (Wizard101) The Five B.O.X.E.S. Event begins! (Read About it Here)
13th: (Pirate101) Become Captain Avery for Halloween for Less Than $10 (Blog Post)
14th: (Wizard101) The Five B.O.X.E.S. Event ends
14th: (KingsIsle) Second KI Live event with the Community Managers! (Watch it Here)
15th: (Pirate101) Pirate101 Celebrates its 2nd Birthday (Blog Post)
15th: (Wizard101) New Halloween themed pack is added to the Crown shop, Harrowing Nightmare Pack, in addition to the original Nightmare Pack (Halloween Hoard Packs information)
21st: (Pirate101) Fourteenth Avery’s Courtcam (Watch it Here)
22nd: (Wizard101) New Vine - dance emote teaser (Watch the Vine Here)
28th: (Wizard101) Mystic Fishing Bundle is announced and available in Walmart! (Mystic Fishing Bundle information)
28th: (Wizard101) New Vine - second dance emote teaser (Watch the Vine Here)
28th: (Pirate101) Dress as Madame Vadima With 6 Items From Your Mom’s Closet (Blog Post)
29th: (Wizard101) New Vine - National Cat Day teaser (Watch the Vine Here)

Five B.O.X.E.S. Event



3rd: (KingsIsle) KingsIsle Gamers raise over $9,000 for Extra Life (Blog Post)
3rd: (Pirate101) Rogue’s Gallery: Calamity Jane (Watch it Here)
5th: (Wizard101) New Vine - Jungle Cruise teaser (Watch the Vine Here)
5th: (Pirate101) New Vine - Calamity Jane (Watch it Here)
6th: (Wizard101) Jungle House Boat castle is available in the Crown Shop
7th: (Wizard101) New Enhanced Spells Coming Soon video (Watch it Here)
13th: (Wizard101) Evergreen Bundle is announced and available in GameStop (Evergreen Bundle information)
13th: (Wizard101) Evergreen Bundle video preview (Watch it Here)
13th: (Pirate101) New Eye of Ursus Battle Standard in the Crown Shop!
14th: (Pirate101) Vine Teaser - No talking directly to the boss! (Watch it Here)
17th: (Pirate101) Vine Teaser - Knock, knock.  Who’s there? (Watch it Here)
18th: (Wizard101) Harvest Hannah returns to the Spiral!
18th: (Pirate101) Vine Teaser - Do ye even dare?! (Watch it Here)
19th: (Wizard101) New Dungeons, Enhanced Spells, and many new features! (Read About them Here)
19th: (Wizard101) New Crown Shop items including two pets, one mount, and 6 new multi-tank aquariums!
20th: (KingsIsle) Third KI Live event with Community Managers! (Watch it Here)
24th: (Pirate101) Fifteenth Avery’s Courtcam (Watch it Here)
25th: (KingsIsle) 50 million Wizard101 and Pirate101 players combined!

Extra Life Goal Reached!




1st: (Pirate101) Rogue’s Gallery: One-Eyed Jack (Watch it Here)
3rd: (Pirate101) Vine Teaser - A Pirate’s Secret to Success (Watch it Here)
4th: (Pirate101) New Vine - One-Eyed Jack
5th: (KingsIsle) New Vines - International Ninja Day (Wizard101) (Pirate101)
9th: (Wizard101) Darkmoor Dungeon Design (Blog Post)
10th: (KingsIsle) Tips Every Gamer’s Parent Should Know (Blog Post)
10th: (KingsIsle) With the start of 12 Days of the Spiral, the Charity mount is announced - Bah Humbug (Wizard101) (Pirate101)
10th: (Pirate101) Captain’s Quarters, Black Market and several other new updates! (Check them out Here)
10th: (Pirate101) The Smuggler’s Cove available in the Crown Shop!
12th: (Wizard101) New Winterland Pack is added to the Crown Shop (Winterland Pack information)
12th: (Pirate101) New Yuletide Pets - Ostrich in a Pear Tree and Santa Claws! (Check them out Here)
15th: (Wizard101) New Yuletide Housing Items are added to the Crown Shop (Wizard101) (Pirate101)
15th: (Pirate101) Edward at Around the Spiral with Edward Lifegem is taking a long break, good luck and farewell!
16th: (KingsIsle) Fourth KI Live event with Community Managers! (Watch it Here)
16th: (KingsIsle) 8 Situations Made Much Better with Pirate Lingo (Blog Post)
18th: (Wizard101) New Yuletide items added to the Crown Shop (Wizard101) (Pirate101)

New Yuletide Pets - Pirate101


There was definitely many updates this year.  If you want to go even farther back, check out our 2013 KingsIsle Recap Post!