Hi guys, I'm going to try and crank out a post everyday this week because it's February break!
Today, Samantha wanted to learn how to garden. I helped her out with making a video and here it is.
Hi everyone! This is really exciting getting my very own post on Blaze's blog! I'm here today to show you a cool new video that Blaze helped me make. It's of me learning how to garden! It was so much fun! I hope you all enjoy it!
(Note: The audio and video get out of sync gradually through the video. So for the YouTube upload, the audio is replaced with music of Samantha's choice. Thank you.)
I hope you all learned something from that video. Gardening is SO much fun!
Thanks guys!
Love,
Samantha
Thanks, Sam! I hope this will help you guys who skipped through the tutorial, or just need a quick refresher on how to garden in the game.
Tomorrow's post will be about a change in the game that has some mixed feelings.
[The person mentioned in this post's first name was Nigie. If you are worried that you may have this person added, just shoot me an e-mail (blazesilverfist@gmail.com) and I can provide you their last name. I just don't want to post it out in the open.]
Hi everyone. I just was on my Wizard101 Facebook and I got this chat: (Read through it and I will discuss after)
Them:
hey
can you shared your wizard101 account pls!!!!!
Me:
I'm not giving you my account and password. That's against the rules
You don't even know me
Them:
pls
Me:
I don't even know you for that matter
Nice try. Cya
Them:
pls i see you every day in wizard
Me:
Who are you
Them:
my name there is cody dragonblade
Me:
I don't know a Cody Dragonblade
Sorry
Them:
oh
pls
maybe your lvl is lower
Me:
No. It's against the rules. I've worked hard to level my characters. I'm not just going to give away all my hard work
Them:
i am a legendary of fire and life
Me:
Good bye
That's great
I like my account
See you
Them:
pls
Me:
I said no
Them:
pls
why
Me:
You're just making me angry
Them:
every one can trust me
Me:
It's against the rules. I've worked hard on my chars. I don't know you. I'm not trusting someone I don't know. I'm not stupid
Blocked.
This was a classing case of a scammer. They try to come off nice and innocent and sometimes stupid, but all they really want is your account.
Now maybe you'd say "oh, well, he's just a poor kid who is having a hard time with the game." Well 99% of the time you'd be wrong. There's bad people out there, and if I were to give him my username and password he could easily access my parents' credit card, my e-mail, and other personal information.
Even if this was one of your friends, you still shouldn't give out your username and password. Why? Because when you registered for Wizard101 you had to sign an agreement saying that you wouldn't give out this info, otherwise they could remove your account. This is 100% true, and I have no doubt that they've had to do this numerous times because people are careless and don't read the 'End User License Agreement' when they sign up for something. (That's the thing where you have to check the box where it says you agree.)
The reason I'm posting this is just to keep you all aware of scammers and other people that break the rules and could hurt you. (And possibly your family with the information they get.) If you need to know the consequences, your family could easily lose their house, money, and even all the computers in the house, just because this one person gained access to this seemingly harmless information.
I don't want to keep rambling on and on, but just be aware of what can happen, and think before you give out information. (Or ask for it. People may think these things about you and get the wrong idea.)
If you're having a hard time with the game don't get frustrated. It just takes time and hard work. It took me a year to get my first wizard to Grandmaster (lvl 50.) If you need help, there's plenty of nice people in this community that you can ask for help. And always remember, it's just a game.
Hey everyone! The test realm is open and here are the new updates that are coming!
Celestian Housing:
Direct from Celestia - Two new Castles!
We know you've been wondering when these Castles & Lands would arrive and the industrious residents of Celestia are ready to open up shop. Here's a peek at the two new houses.
The Island Getaway
This item can be purchased for Crowns or Gold in the Crown Shop.
The Celestial Observatory
This item will challenge our players, as it will need to be crafted. See the housing turtle in Celestia for the recipe.
Those are both really cool looking! I like the Island Getaway, but the outside walk-able area (first picture) looks too small for my decorating space needs. :)
The Celestial Observatory is AMAZING! I love how it has the three different sections and the teleporters (second picture) are really cool! It even has a dueling circle! I love it! Great new incentive for crafters!
Next part:
How does your Garden Grow?
Since we've released Gardening to the Spiral, you've given us some feedback that let us see how players are Gardening, what's missing, what's confusing and what needs to be made more fun. Here are some updates to Gardening that will address some of these issues
There is a new tab in your Gardening window for pots and items.
The base of plants will now glow when they are ready to be harvested.
New Dorm rooms will start with two pots of soil.
To avoid confusion, the wording "Time to harvest" has been changed to "Time until Harvest" to better reflect the time is indicating how long before you can harvest that plant.
Gardening Treasure Cards can now be trashed by right-clicking them in your deck.
Also to avoid confusion, the icon indicating your plant needs magic now has a white pip to represent magic, and no longer a yellow pip which was easily confused with the 'needs sun' icon.
All plants now like pixies.
Stinkweed will now grow faster!
Once a plant is in a pot, you cannot pick them up!
You can now harvest plants while you are in the Gardening window.
Gnomes will no longer trip you up as you run around your Garden.
Treasure Cards that affect all plants now clarify that they only affect plants in the current zone of your house (indoors/outdoors)
Pots and plants now count towards your housing item count. There is no longer a 'gardening' item count. Each pot, plot and plant individually counts as an item in your house.
Enchanted soil spells now cost the correct amount of energy shown on the spell.
For those of you who navigate the Spiral using your mouse to move, you will no longer cast a gardening spell when you release the mouse button used to walk.
The Imperial Palace contained an area that you could plant on, but not reach to harvest. You can now click on plants in those areas to harvest them.
Ok, so since I haven't started gardening yet, due to my opinions on it, I can't really comment on this, but I don't like the idea of plants counting as housing items. I find that stupid. Anyway, next update.
Life is change. Here are some minor changes in the worlds and creatures of the Spiral.
Wizard City
So as not to confuse our new players, Pet Snacks and Reagents will be removed from the creatures in Unicorn Way.
Boris Tallstaff has taken up a new location in the library.
Players will be given the quest "Grim Tales" at a higher level.
More chests have been added to Unicorn Way
Players will be able to get the quest "Pesky Pirates" after they have completed "Stop the Maker".
Grizzleheim
Orn in Grizzleheim has a new quest!
Krokotopia
The clue to direct you to Oka's chest is a little clearer to decipher.
Mooshu
Ahn Fu has decided to take a new ancestral name and is now known as Ahn Nao.
The Emperor is no longer missing from his bed when the player is on the quest "An Imperial Cure".
Dragonspyre
Dungeon time indicators have been adjusted to more accurately represent the approximate time it will take a player to complete the area.
Celestia
Selwyn Skywatcher and Unimatus have learned the error of their ways and will no longer cheat.
Celestia creatures that were appearing to resurrect after defeat should now stay defeated.
Speak up! Celestia characters that had no voice will once again speak their mind! You will download individual files for those that were missing their voice chat.
Other than a new quest in Grizzleheim, and Selwyn Skywatcher and Unimatus no long cheating, nothing too exciting there.
Here's some membership updates.
Current active subscribers who have paid with a credit card are now part of our Wizard101 Membership Program! As part of our Wizard101 Membership Program, players who have made a subscription purchase with a valid credit card in the last 30 days, or have an active recurring subscription will have these added features:
Energy will refill twice as fast.
Your backpack will grow to 120 slots.
Your Crafting Timers will now reset twice as fast.
Your friends list will expand to 120 people.
This does not apply to players who use their credit card to purchase Crowns.
This does not apply to players who use Gift Certificates or Gift Cards to make their purchases in Wizard101.
You will have these benefits as long as you have an active renewing membership. These benefits expire when your membership expires.
Please note, when your membership expires (you are no longer an active subscriber) your backpack will return to 100 slots and you will not be able to put more items in your backpack until you empty out the overflow. Your friends list will also return to 100 maximum, and you will not be able to add new friends until you remove the overflow.
So that's pretty cool for subscribers. I don't need to mention my views on the discrimination of crowns players
Here's some shopping updates.
Crown Shop
Some Gold prices have changed.
The 'Sale' Tab has been renamed to the Featured Tab and will now Feature items that are both on sale, and not on sale.
Henchmen will now sort by level not school. You can easily reorder the Henchmen in List View.
The following items will be removed from the Crown Shop, and from Zeke where applicable:
White Mare Mount (permanent, 7 day and 1 day rentals)
Purple Glider Mount (permanent, 7 day and 1 day rentals)
Faithful Dragoness (permanent and 7 day rental)
Celestian Sword
There's always the chance these items will return in the future, but for now, they will be removed from the Crown Shop & Zeke.
So nothing terribly exciting there either.
Here's the next (and possibly coolest) part of this coming update.
Crafting
Golden Pearls and Pearls will be slightly easier to find.
Arcane Ampule recipe now calls for Mutate Minotaur Treasure Cards, not Elucidite Treasure Cards
Celestian Stilletto recipe now calls for Giant Treasure Cards, not Simplify Treasure Cards
Pets
Ice Hounds will now cast their own spells, and won't make the player cast for them!
The Polar Cat now gives 1 Dragonblade Card as intended.
Jade Oni and Earthwalker pets will now have the chance of manifesting spells that match their school.
Mounts
The Charity Meowmodon has had its speed increased to 40% to match the other permanent mounts.
Housing
The Housing menu will now indicate how many free Housing slots you have.
Owners of the Castles & Lands that contain a PvP circle can now boot any players engaged in a duel in their house.
Players can no longer sell a house that still contains pets.
Grizzleheim wallpaper & tile are available at the Grizzleheim furniture store!
Spells
A new Treasure Card Pack has arrived in the Crowns Shop: The Hand of Doom Pack! Summon world bosses to fight at your side!
Efreet's Weakness effect can now be removed by Cleanse Charm
Level 60 Ice Henchman has an improved deck and will taunt less frequently.
Energy
So as not to confuse our new Wizards, the Energy globe will not appear until a player has a pet or completes the Gardening introduction quest.
So, easier crafting, better pets, increased Meowmodon speed (should have been +40% from the start,) more control of who's in our house, safer pets, new Grizzleheim housing supplies, and what's this? Yeah, 'The Hand of Doom' is going to be beast as heckhound! I can't wait to pull out a Meowiarty card and fight with that cool cat! And it's not little bosses like Lady Blackhope, (although she IS pretty powerful [Ambrose to Zeke's fan-fic]) it's going to be JUST world bosses! (Lord Nighshade, Krokopatra, Meowiarty, Jade Oni, Malistaire, and Mithraya [possibly Astraeus and Ptolemos too!]) It'll be SO cool!
So, hop onto that test realm and let me know how that is!
Hi everyone, just wanted to make a quick post to tell you the story with my banner.
So the other day (Sunday) was the day that the W101Central banner contest ended. It said 12:00pm EST, without thinking I figured that meant midnight when the date would change to the 24th, as this is how most contests end. Just to make sure, I checked the post on the homepage. It hadn't been marked as closed, so I didn't think anything of it. That night at 7 I put the finishing touches on my banner design and worked really hard to make it look nice. I go to the submission thread, and guess what? It was closed! So I pm'ed Jester and he told me he couldn't accept my submission and that he's had to turn down many others.
Now, if I were running a contest like this, I would value all submissions. I honestly wouldn't care if it was a few hours late. I mean, if it were the next day I'd have to say no, but if it's the same day, then there wouldn't be any hesitation with me accepting it. True, if it was just one person, I might turn them down, but if it was a bunch of people, I'd snatch up those entries in a minute, I mean, it's for the good of my website, why not accept it?
So anyway, I couldn't get Jester to take my work, but here it is. (Yeah I put a watermark on it.)
As usual, you can click to make it bigger. I mean, I think I did a really nice job on it and it would've had a good chance of getting picked, but I guess I just need to hurry to submit net time. So, let me know what you think, and don't forget to enter MY contest. (Yeah, I WILL take entries on the night of the 31st. ;D)
Hi everyone! I just wanted to give a big "thank you" to all of you out there for supporting me in my time of blog sickness, I guess you could call it. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments and such.
The contest WILL continue and I encourage all of you to enter if you want to. I just need a comment on any post (up until the post concluding the contest) giving me your name (the name you go by in the W101 community) and an e-mail or central username. I understand that I've "lost" a few potential entries because of the song choice. I'll just know for next time, maybe to take song suggestions from you guys and use them in a poll, rather than just my ideas. After all, blogs are more than just the blogger. (They're YOU!) Also, I'm definitely going to start getting some more in-game content as suggested. I'm going to get back into the game. (I need to fight Nereus [I think. The one in the castle with the starfish blocking the door] in the grotto. So if anyone would like to help me or are at that point also, or you just wanna tag along, you certainly can.)
Thank you all so much. I'm going to try to be a little less concious of how many comments I get and more on the hit counter ;D Thanks again.
Hi guys. It's another snow day. That's 3 in the past week (and we had yesterday off for Martin Luther King day.) At this rate, we'll get out in July. Haha.
Anyway. I've just been noticing a lack of feedback since I've starting blogging again and I just want to make sure that you guys are still listening. I think I'm doing good stuff. I'm having a contest, I do polls, I mean, I love you guys. I just need to know you're there sometimes I guess. I've only gotten 3 entries so far in the contest and I haven't heard any feedback on my Facebook deletions. (Which I suppose isn't a bad thing.) Please, though, even if it's just a quick "hi I love your blog." I'd be happy. I really like hearing from you guys.
Now, I'm not here to just whine and complain. I've also got some cool news for you guys. Wizard101 Central is holding abanner design contest. Since I love graphic design (and obviously Wizard101) I've decided to enter.) I'm not going to be able to show you guys my work until the contest is over (in case people try to pass it off as their own.) and even then, I will put a watermark on it.
Hey guys, I finally downloaded Wizard101 onto my new computer! I'm finally coming back into the Spiral!
So as I'm downloading all the files onto my computer I see this:
You're going to have to click and make it bigger to see it, but in the top left corner where you can see the file download process it said: "ThePhantomZoneWorld - World Data" Now, for those of you that don't pay attention to the names of the files that quickly flash by as we load up W101, there is a file for everything in Wizard101; the different gear, objects, areas, etc. So, if I'm correct in studying these file names for the year+ that I've been on W101, this means that there is a "Phantom Zone" somewhere in one of the worlds (World Data is where the areas show up.) I haven't played through all of Celestia yet. I wouldn't even say I'm halfway yet, so this might be a legit area, but I haven't heard it anywhere before. So, if any of you have any ideas of what "The Phantom Zone" might be, just let me know in the comments.
Before I go get into Wizard101, let me just remind you about my contest here. To enter just post your name and a way for me to contact you (W101Central username, e-mail, blog, etc.) in the comments. Thanks
Ok, so a few of you know about a page that was created on Facebook about Jason Willowheart. The title of the page was explicit so I will not repeat it. The reason I found out about this page was because it was suggested to me. Now, I of course reported the page and it was taken down, and myself, Jason, and the creator of the page worked things out, but this leads me to a big issue.
Treat others the way you want to be treated. Yeah, I know it's a cheesy thing to say, but it's true. Don't do things that you wouldn't want done to you. We need to do our best to keep this world a nice place. Now,m I don't want to get all crazy guru-esque on you guys, but I just wanted to throw that out there.
I know I haven't been porting a lot, but like I say on Twitter on occasion "High School Isn't A Musical." Midterms are coming up (For those who don't know what those are, they're big tests halfway through the year that test your knowledge of all that you've learned so far in the class that year.) and I've been busy studying and whatnot.
When I first started this blog, my goal was to post every single day like Friendly. Now, I broke that way back in August. (Not including skipped-a-day posts.) I really want to try getting back into my blogging groove, but it's difficult, and I really appreciate all of your support.
Anyway, back to today's topic. I've been getting really frustrated with all the application requests and posts on my wall with inappropriate things, so I decided to go through my friends list and weed out those who I don't know. So, I made a list of all those that I've removed. So, here is the first of many to come. Now if you are on this list and do actually read my blog or know me, then just post a comment letting me know that. Thank you. Here it is:
Aaron Sandmask
Abdullah Al-shkanbeh
Adam Mythhunter
Alex Checkerez
Alex Drake
Alexander Moonwraith
Alexis Sungrove
Alicia Hellgirl
Alistar Soulslayer
Alyssa Blood
Alyssa Mistbreath
Amanda Moonhorn
Amanda Willowheart
Amber Dark
Amy Soulwielder
Angel Winterspear
Angela Louie
Anna Icegem
Anthony Blade
Anthony Nevergiveup Fortney
Anthony Nguyen
Ariel Abraham
Artur Mooneyes
Ashley Aaron Raether
Autumn Dark
Blaze Firesword
Blaze Shadowhorn
Blaze Starbreaker
Brenna Burgess
Brian Cofradia
Bridger Skye
Caleb Legendblood
Cameron Ironblade
Ok, again, if you are on that list and know me and read my blog, then just post a comment and I'll be happy to add you back. Thanks.
And now for the ketchup. Not many of you have commented on my Music Video Post. If you don't know what I'm talking about, then after this you finish this post go read that one. In short, I'm having a contest for my Wizard101 music video. All the details are in that post. Yeah, I'm pushing the link. Mainly because I've only had one entry. Not good. The contest will end on February 1st so, just make a comment saying you'd like to enter with your e-mail / central username / or some way for me to contact you to let you know if you win. Thank you.
Also I have a cool thread sent by Isaiah Boomcaster (one of my devoted readers) from The Central (Wizard101Central.com) with all the best Level 60 gear. Here it is. That's going to be really helpful. Thanks Isaiah! Also, he sent me the link to his blog. He's just starting out, so give him a good ol' follow. He really loves Wizard101, so I'm sure it will be a fantastic blog!
That's all for today, and be sure to enter the contest...here. ;D Thanks.
Hey everyone. That's right. It's time to put out all those details about my contest.
As many of you know, I'm going to be creating a Wizard101 music video to celebrate the release of Celestia. You have decided we will use the song "Saltwater Room" by Owl City. I will be using the 'Ocean Eyes' version.
"Blaze, how do I enter?" Simple, Inquiring Reader ,
How Do I Enter:
All you have to do is post a comment on this post (or any of my posts in the future up until the contest is closed.) with your name and some way for me to contact you if you are chosen to be in the video. (Wizard101 Central Username, e-mail, diary of a wizard, etc)
I will be using Random.Org to choose the winners, so there is no controversy about if it's bias or not. If there is a smaller number of people that enter, I might do small auditions.
Requirements: My only requirement is that you know the words to the song. YOU DO NOT NEED ACCESS TO CELESTIA TO BE IN THE VIDEO. This way anyone can be in the video.
Parts: Male Singer Female Singer 10 Dancers (5 of each if possible.)
Ok, that's pretty much everything. Here's the song, so you guys can practice some more. ;)
The lyrics to the song are in the video description.
Thanks guys. Please pass this post on to your friends if you think they'd like to enter.
Hey guys. Sorry I haven't been blogging for a long time. I wasn't allowed to use my computer.
Anyway. I'm here to let you all know that I missed you very much and to get all my blogging needs out of my system after being bottled up for about two weeks. :) While I was gone, the gardening feature went live. Now, before I give you all the info on how to garden and whatnot, I just want to rant a little.
One of the many reasons I like love Wizard101 is because it's not one of those games that you have to go one every single day and get your stupid daily bonuses or what have you. Putting this feature into the game is just going to turn Wizard101 into just another 'Webkinz.' (Not that Webkinz wasn't a ton of fun for about a year in 4th grade. It just got really old really fast.) I just don't want that to happen to Wizard101. It doesn't deserve to go in the Gaming Graveyard and be put in the same category as.... x shudder x Neopets.
I understand that you don't HAVE to have a garden, but I mean it's cool and another way to interact with our housing. "But, Blaze. How could we make gardening a better feature and not have Wizard101 be a 'Boring Everday' kind of game?"
Well, my Inquiring Reader, simple. Just create an option so that the timer for your plants' needs only runs while you are logged onto the game. That way, our plants don't die while we sleep, or have to go to school, do homework, etc.
So, after that, here's your newsletter on the 'Feature Which Shall Not Be Named.'
Hello everyone! Professor Moolinda Wu here and I'm excited to tell you all about a new feature in the Spiral: Gardening! To get started on your path to a greener thumb, come visit me in my classroom in Ravenwood if you are level 12 or higher.
Students at Ravenwood can plant and grow amazing plants in their Dorms and Castles! Wizards of all schools can garden, so my hope is that every student will learn the joy of shepherding new life!
A plant's journey of life begins as a seed. There are many types of seeds, each with a different destiny. With enough energy, you can prepare soil of your choice in your Castle (if you have one) or a planter in your dorm. Then you can place the seed into the readied soil. After a time, it will begin to grow. You can shepherd its growth through spells and other means of caring for it, creating an environment for it to thrive.
After you've planted your seed, it starts to grow, from seed to seedling, young plant, mature plant to elder. You can use a number of helpful spells to usher it along as it grows, keeping it healthy and happy. Once you have planted a seedling, either in a plot or in a pot, it cannot be moved.
This is a seedling, the youngest phase of life for a plant. You will need Energy to plant a seed in a planter or the ground. After a seed is planted, you can use plant growth spells on it to help it flourish. Plants require some things to thrive and survive: water, sunshine, pollination, magic and even music.
This is a young plant, in its next stage of life after seedling. You can observe your plant's growth visually and you can move your cursor over your plant to Inspect it. This provides you with information about your plant's health and needs. You can also affect your plant by using some simple spells: The Plow spell allows you to remove a plant or dirt pile, if you wish to do so. The Revive spell allows you to transform a dead plant into a new seedling, ready to grow once more. This is a mature plant, in the fullness of its growth. When a plant becomes mature, it can be harvested. You can harvest a plant by interacting with it. Each type of plant yields a different harvest: reagents, pet snacks, gold, treasure cards, or more seeds! You can harvest from a plant as long as it's in its mature stage of life. When a plant is in its mature stage that doesn’t mean that you can harvest it right away or that it’s continually harvestable. It means that once every day or so it will be harvestable so long as it’s in that mature state.
This is an elder plant, the final stage of a plant's life cycle. Many plants won't reach this stage! An elder plant can be harvested one final time, with much greater possible rewards. Once an elder plant is harvested, it disappears and cannot be revived.
I'm sad to say that gardening isn't all nurturing and happiness. Plants can be endangered by some very real threats.
This plant is wilting. It will die before too long if it is not taken care of. Plants can die if their needs are not met, if they are in surrounded by things they dislike, or if they are killed by pests. Plants have likes and dislikes, things that encourage or discourage their growth. A plant's likes are things it enjoyes being near. These can include other types of plants or gardening items. A plant will flourish if it is near things that it likes, while things it dislikes will cause it to become unhealthy. An important part of gardening is learning how to arrange your plants, and create a healthy garden for them.
This plant is dead. Now all that can be done is to plow it over, or to revive it. The greatest threat to plants are pests. Pests can infest a plant and hinder its growth. If pests are not eliminated, eventually the plant will begin to wilt and die. When a plant is infested by pests, it cannot be harvested. To eliminate pests, you must use pest fighting spells. To eliminate a pest, the spell must be of high enough rank. You can purchase pest fighting spells from vendors throughout the Spiral, or even win them as treasures. It's a sorry state to see plants doing so poorly, but it's important to know what risks there are when gardening.
"But, Blaze. How do I garden?"
Let's find out.
Where do I get Seeds?
You can get seeds from gardening vendors throughout the Spiral. Farley is the gardening vendor in Wizard City's Golem Court, look for his cousins Marley, Charley and Harley in other worlds. You can also earn seeds as rewards through defeating enemies in magic duels, or get them in other ways. How do I Plant? To prepare an area for planting outdoors in your Castle, you must cast a soil preparation spell. Soil preparation spells cost Energy. To garden in your dorm room or an indoor space in your Castle, you must buy a planter from the gardening vendor. There are different sizes and types of plants, but some types of plants cannot be planted indoors.
When you're ready to plant a seed in prepared soil or a planter, you must select the seed from your Gardening panel then select the location. This places the chosen seed into the soil or planter, where it can begin to grow.
Plants require attention to grow in the form of plant growing spells. All plants have needs that must be met, and plant growing spells fulfill those needs for a period of time. Plants needs include water, sunlight, pollination, music and magic. Plant growing spells cost Energy to cast, and are cast through the garden interface in your home.
Plants have likes & dislikes, conditions that can help them grow or hinder their development. A plant will grow faster if it is surrouned by things it likes, and it will grow slower if it is surrounded by things it dislikes. You can learn what a plant likes or dislikes by using the Inspect spell on it.
Plants go through several stages as they grow, from seed to seedling to young plant to mature plant to elder plant. Once a plant is mature, you can harvest it by interacting with it. A plant can be harvested repeatedly until it reaches the elder stage. Harvesting yields rewards such as reagents, pet snacks, gold, treasure cards or other seeds. When a plant reaches the elder stage, it can be harvested only one more time. This harvest will yield the greatest rewards. After this, the elder plant will disappear.
Gardening Tools Utility spells are useful for many aspects of gardening. The plow spell removes a targeted plant or dirt pile. The Inspect spell lets you look at a targeted plant's characteristics and progress. The Revive spell lets you turn a plant that has died into a young plant of the same type.
Pests
Plants can sometimes suffer from pests. Pests are annoying critters that will cause it to wilt and die if they are not dealt with. To get rid of pests, you will need to cast the appropriate pest fighting spell. Different types of pests require different types of spells. Pests are ranked and require spells equal to or greater than their rank. If you have a high enough gardening rank, you can cast pest prevention spells to keep pests away from your garden. You can buy pest fighting and pest prevention spells from certain trainers throughout the Spiral, you can buy them at the Crown shop or you can earn them through treasure rewards. Each plant differs by how easy they are to garden, how long they take to grow and mature and how long they live.
As you continue to garden you will earn gardening experience through successfully harvesting plants. There are 10 ranks of gardening:
Novice
Neophyte
Apprentice
Initiate
Intermediate
Journeyman
Expert
Adept
Master
Grandmaster
The types of seeds you can plant may be restricted, requiring a minimum gardening rank. Additionally, some kinds of gardening equipment and spells require minimum gardening rank to use.\
"Is that all that's been added to Wizard101, Blaze?"
No, my friends! there's more!
Celestian Furniture
Yes you read that correctly! Celestian Furniture has come to the Spiral, as well as recipes for furniture from our newest underwater world!
Keyboard Shortcuts
The Keyboard Shortcut to enable/disable the Quest Tracker has changed from T to CTRL-T. This should prevent many young Wizards from accidentally disabling their Quest Tracker when attempting to chat.
Menu Chat
New phrases have been added to Menu Chat, including a quick 'You're Welcome' for our very polite Wizards!
No Trade Items
No Trade and No Auction stats have been removed from many Celestia items.
Pets
Zombie pets will no longer be stuck swimming.
The Myth Imp pet spell is now properly casting to dispel both Life and Death spells.
The Seraph pet's card will no longer show damage to all enemies.
Pets with 'May Cast Trap' will no longer be casting those traps on their owners!
Energy
Since your Energy is shared by both Pets and Gardening, Max Energy has been increased. Energy now begins at 40 at level 1, and increases by 1 at each even-numbered level.
References to Pet Energy are now just "Energy".
Quests
The Final Countdown quest can now be completed by a solo player. There is no longer a timer to activate the power crystals and there is also no longer a timer for the two set of creatures that trigger the doors to be opened that are right before Malistaire's room.
Crowns Shop
When an item is on sale in the Crowns Shop, you will now see both the full price with a strikethrough and the sale price, so you can see how much you are saving.
Polymorphs
Players should no longer see their names change when they use a Polymorph spell.
Treasure Cards
Polymorph Treasure Cards now have level requirements and will not be received as rewards for duels.
Spells
Mildred Farseer has something interesting for you!
Helping Hands will now heal on the first round, and resurrect fallen players.
Travel
Mounts can now be used in the Spiral Chambers of Marleybone and MooShu.
Recipes
Equipment, furniture, pet snack, treasure card and transmute recipes have been added to Celestia!
Furniture
Heavy Dining Table can be placed in more locations now.
Reagents
Sandstone and Sunstone can now be found on bosses in The Solar District and the Trial of the Spheres.
The one of those that excites me most is the 'Helping Hand' spell change. As all my fellow sorcerers out there know, when you cast the spell, it would heal the next round, not on the round casted. Also, you were able to cast on fallen players, but since it healed the next round, it would disappear before then and do nothing. But, now with this update, I'll finally be able to heal a significant amount without treasures or amulets. (I do have an amulet with a Seraph and Satyr on it. Just can't equip it yet. It's level 56, and I'm like 52.) So that's really cool.
Polymorphs. We won't get to see Arlen as [Can't remember. Need to check picture] anymore.
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Celestian furniture! Huge deal with that! So pumped! I can make the main room of my house a sick Celestian room now! I love it.
Level requirements for polymorphs! So awesome! Now we don't have to deal with those crazy kids running around PvP with 9 billion health. (I've never actually seen that happen, I'm just assuming it did.)
'The Final Countdown' can now be solo-ed. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I mean, a huge part of the "Malistaire's Lair" event of the game was getting together with your friends and banning together to fight this huge powerful wizard boss. But, now that it's not required. I don't know if that takes away some of the significance of that battle. I mean, sure, it will be a huge challenge to solo and I'm sure some players were itching for that to be possible, but I'm not sure. Let me know what you guys think.
Oh, before I forget. I can't post any pictures yet, so just be patient. I got a new computer for Christmas and all my files haven't been transferred over yet, so I can't really post any of the pictures that I have locked up in the Picture Vault, just yet.
And by one vote. The song choice for my Wizard101 Celestia music video will be:
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The Saltwater Room by Owl City.
Great choice, everyone.
Here's the runners up and the song:
Under The Sea - The Little Mermaid - 2 votes Umbrella Beach - Owl City - 2 votes Everything Is Not What It Seems - Selena Gomez - 1 vote Magical - Selena Gomez - 1 vote Magic Carpet Ride - KSM - 1 vote Magic - Selena Gomez - 1 vote
The following songs received no votes:
Part of Your World (Little Mermaid) - Miley Cyrus Part of Your World (Little Mermaid) - Jessica Simpson Part of Your World (Little Mermaid) - Skye Sweetnam Bottom of The Ocean - Miley Cyrus Magic - Honor Society Magic - Meaghan Martin Strange Magic - Steve Rushton Disappear - Selena Gomez You Can Do Magic - Drew Seeley Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Mitchell Musso Some Call It Magic - Raven Symoné
I will be using the 'Ocean Eyes' version, just because that's the one that I have. (If you guys would rather me use the 'Maybe I'm Dreaming' version, just let me know, and I can do that instead.)
I will be needing two singers for the video. (And a few dancers. About 5.) I'll get 3 understudies for dancing / singing because as we all know, time gets in the way 99% of the time.
So. If you want to enter in the contest. Just post a comment in this post. and the next post I will make which will be all about the video. Thanks. :)
