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http://www.neopets.com/savethewheels/

Sink hole for nps!

Donate to the Wheel of the day and receive a prize for the amount.

Wheel of Excitement

1 - 1000: No prize
1000 - 10,000: Conservancy Newsletter
10,000 - 25,000: Conservationist Play Set
25,000 - 50,000: History of Neopian Wheels
50,000 - 100,000: Faerie Statue
100,000 - 250,000: Tote Bag
250,000 - 500,000: Faerie Mazzew
500,000 - 750,000: Gift of Misfortune
750,000 - 1000000: Wheel of Excitement Stamp
1000000 - 2,500,000: Wheel Shield
2,500,000+: Wheel of Excitement Background

You get 1 prize per donation. The total does not accumulate, you need to make individual donations for each prize.

Looks to me like they've updated the graphics of the wheel of knowledge.

Yep, News Flash on the homepage gives us the heads up:

Brightvale's Wheel gets a makeover...
Help restore Neopia's other wheels!


It is listed as an Event......interesting......it is like a mini - miniplot.

I think this is one of the dumbest ideas ever to combat inflation. It essentially is a shop with an unlimited(?) supply of items. However, I do hope that this will lead into a real plot because the guy collecting money says "but I'm—I mean, the Neopian Conservation Society is nearly broke." Hopefully he'll abscond with the money and we'll have to find him. And they won't put neon signs on all the steps like they did in the AotA "plot."

At least the Wheel of Knowledge has gone down in price -- to 400 NP/play. And maybe I can finally get the avvie?

ETA: I suspected that items would fall in price below their minimum donation price as more came on the market. I priced the History of Neopian Wheels book and discovered a few for under 25k already. I'm not sure that'll work for the most expensive items (e.g., the stamp), but I'll probably wait and buy any items off the SW/TP (probably only the book and stamp). I did make a small donation yesterday just to see what would happen, and in case it's necessary for the subsequent plot. But I'll let other people waste their NP, thanks.

You took the words right out of my mouth. If they decide to make it into a plot of some sort, then maybe it'll all be worth it, but until then, it's just another money sink. If nothing else, it's a clever way to introduce the new artwork for some of the wheels.

Checked the prizes for this event. Here are the prizes:


Recently, the Wheel of Excitement got renovated. Now, it's kiddified as much as possible, and comes with the price tag of...

500 NP

Good news is, there is still an avatar, and the grand prize is 20,000 NP.

What's the new Wheel of Excitement disease? Or is it still Chickaroo?

Jellyneo still says that it's the same disease. I spun it, but I was one spot away from getting it. I don't want to hurt my pets, but I could buy a cure. The Top Benefactor list has been posted.

Are any of these items actually worth buying? I'm on a faerie quest right now so I can't check, but I'm guessing at least the faerie mazzew might be worth it. Isn't the price of the paintbrush alone around that much? I haven't checked for a while so correct me if I'm wrong.

You can buy many of the items for cheaper (sometimes much cheaper) on the SW than you can get them by donating. Remus, painted petpets are often worth less than their corresponding paint brush -- sometimes worth not much more than the plain petpet. I know when I found a pirate petpet paint brush, I decided I wanted a pirate poppit. I was able to buy the pirate poppit for over 25k less than I sold the petpet paint brush for! I don't know about the mazzews, though. It just depends on how popular a combination is.

At any rate, I definitely recommend searching the SW/TP/auctions before donating to obtain an item. Most (if not all) of the items are R101, so they'll probably retire after the event. I've bought the two books (several copies of each) and the stamp (only one of these -- stored in my SDB for now), all from other users, saving well over 100k by doing so.

I've been thinking about investing in some of the prizes, not by donating, but by buying them off the TP or SW. Wouldn't it be a good idea to wait longer into the event when the prices on the TP/SW have gone down more? There are still three more wheels left to save, so these prizes should be available for almost three more weeks, and in that time supply will be increasing, and price will be going down, right? So in a couple weeks, maybe I will buy a bunch of stamps off the TP. As far as I can tell, books, wearables, and stamps are the best buy.

I think this is a good thing if it works. I get so frustrated with inflation, because all my work earning NP only seems to keep my bank account at the same value. So when I try to save up for something, the price of it increases at the same rate that I earn NP. If this can get NP to deflate a bit, I will be very grateful.

Timing the market's tricky, because later in the event, more people will be buying up items in anticipation of prices going up once the items retire. Some of those are "quick resellers," who buy up a lot of the available stock and try to turn around and resell it immediately for a quick profit. They can drive prices up very quickly.

There's no way to predict donation rates, but I suspect many people will taper off as the event drags on and they realize they're selling items at a loss (these are instant gratification people, who never store stuff in their SDB waiting for it to appreciate). The key is to start buying just before all the other collectors start.

That's difficult to predict of course, but one way is to just check prices every day or so (checking more often as the event draws closer to an end or prices get more volatile). Once they seem to have leveled off, buy. If you notice they're starting to inch up again, definitely buy. I watched the stamp for over a week before I decided to buy it. I may have gotten it cheaper, but prices didn't seem to be moving at all, and I didn't want to miss the boat and overpay.

You can also earn two more items. To get them, you must spin the Wheel of Knowledge. They are randomly given out.

I submitted the following to the editorial about the new WoK's glitchiness:


Feel free to submit it or something similar if you have the same concerns.

NF says,




12,000,000,000 NP! (12,371,691,860 NP, to be exact ) How many neggs can you get? Now after they have all been saved, which one do you like best?

Wheel of Knowledge

Wheel of Excitement

Wheel of Mediocrity

Wheel of Misfortune

Wheel of Monotony