Lutari Island
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| Pronunciation: | loo-tar-ee ahy-lund | ||
| Released: | June 24, 2006 | ||
| Yooyuball team: | n/a | ||
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Lutari Island is a mysterious tropical island that floats around the oceans of Neopia, and is the home of the Lutari race.
It was accessible only through the Neopets Mobile application, and presently never on Neopets.com. Since Neopets Mobile was discontinued in 2009, there has yet to be any form of access to the island due to fierce storms plaguing the area.
As of 2014, there is still no way to access the island.
Attractions
There were several attractions the player could access on Lutari Island via the Mobile service:
Bog of Charity
- Main article: Bog of Charity
This was a Lutari Island equivalent of the Meridell Rubbish Dump, with items being 'donated' by the islands various residents. One item could be taken per hour. The list of items available could be made to updated by changing one's active Neopet.
Briana's Quests
- Main article: Briana
Resident Air Faerie, Briana, would sometimes give the player a Faerie Quest, offering feathers in return (Which could be used at the Lutari Island Training Academy to update your pet's stats).
Fluorescent Pools
- Main article: Fluorescent Pools
These could heal the player's Neopet, like the Healing Springs. They did not give out potions.
Island Market
- Main article: Island Market
This restocked primarily Lutari Island-exclusive items. Three items could be purchased from here per hour. Like the Bog of Charity, swapping active Neopets updated the list of items.
Island Gossip
A text-only New Features page.
Lutari Savings Bank
- Main article: National Neopian
This branch of the National Neopian allowed the player to access their savings while on Neopets Mobile.
Survival Academy
- Main article: Survival Academy
A training school, courses were paid for in feathers. Training only occurred while Neopets Mobile was connected - logging off would suspend training.
Wheel of Happiness
- Main article: Wheel of Happiness
This wheel could be spun every thirty minutes, costing 100 Neopoints. Possible prizes were 250 NP, 500 NP, 10,000 NP, feathers, healing a Neopet, or making a Neopet more happy. Possible penalties were having some Neopoints stolen, having half of the user's on-hand Neopoints stolen, having an item stolen, or a Neopet getting ill or hurt.
Older attraction names
In an unused map, released by The Neopets Team through their Facebook account and captioned "Lutari Island, before the storm", some of these activities were shown missing or renamed - the Island Market was "Shop", the Flourescent Pools were "Healing Springs", the Wheel of Happiness was "The Wheel of Luminescence", the Survival Academy was "Training School", the Lutari Savings Bank was "Bank", the Bog of Charity was "Bog of Chance", and Island Gossip and Briana's Quests were absent entirely.
Climate
According to it's entry on the
Neopian Weather page, the island is shown to be mostly warm with occasional periods of humidity and rain.
On the world map, however, the island is shown to be experiencing an endless storm, driving both the island's inhabitants and wildlife away.
Trivia
- An item named Lutari Paint Brush has been released, however as no Lutari colour has ever been made available it is still unusable. Various characters associated with Neopets Mobile have been drawn with bright face paint and feathered headdresses - this may be representative of the 'Lutari colour'.
- In the Neopian Times editorial #579 (26 January 2013), The Neopets Team explained that they did want to make Lutari Island available again but had not been working on it.
External links
| The World of Neopia |
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| Neopia Altador - Brightvale - Faerieland - Haunted Woods - Kiko Lake - Krawk Island - Kreludor - Lutari Island - Maraqua - Meridell Moltara - Mystery Island - Neopia Central - Roo Island - Shenkuu - Terror Mountain - The Lost Desert - Tyrannia - Virtupets Space Station |