For newbies to the World of Neopia, the problem with money is that you don’t have it, so you spend your days playing games and frequenting the Shop of Offers, or going on Faerie Quests in hopes of getting some rare items you can sell. You set up a shop, get a bank account, feed your pets from the free Giant Omelet and work very hard to build up your neopoints so you can buy the things you want. Eventually you will, you’ll build up interest, and find games that you excel at, and accumulate items just by working your way through the worlds. You’ll have all the money you could ever want and then…You’ll have nothing to do with it. Which is where this article picks up, what do you do when you have so much money you don’t know what to do with it?
In this article, I will suggest a few avenues for the Neopian who has everything, ranging from the normal, to the downright strange.
1. Collect something
Stamps, trading cards, plushies, rare items, anything you want to. It’ll give you something to do with all those extra points and it’ll give you a proud, happy feeling when you further or complete your collection. When you get enough for display purposes, you can open a gallery, so that all of Neopia can admire your treasures.
2. Style your pets and petpets
Paintbrushes and Usukis are great fun for personalizing your pets. What better way to journey through the worlds than with a pet that is totally you? If you have enough money you can change your pets appearance with you mood, feeling evil? Try the Darigan brush, Cute and cuddly? Try baby or plushie, my personal favorite is the Starry brush (which is what I will be buying if I get the 100,000 neopoints for this article).
3. The Wishing Well
This is a neat little place in the Neopian Plaza and this is how it works: you wish for something that you would like to have, like a special petpet, or item that you just can’t seem to find or maybe can’t quite afford, and then donate an amount of neopoints of your choosing, if you’re lucky, you’ll get a message in your Neomail telling you that you’ve gotten the item, if not, at least you’ll feel good about having given something back.
4. Neohome
Here’s a cool little feature for the hopelessly wealthy, build you own home in Neopia and decorate however you like. Put in furniture like sofas, chairs, wardrobes, beds, and tables in all styles, and then move outside and put in a garden, want man-eating plants? You can have ’em, want a nice, normal little bush? They have those, too. You can also choose a location that suits you.
And last, but certainly not least:
ZZZap Your Pets!!
And if you’re too skittish to do it to your own pets, you can adopt some from the pound, take them to the Pet Laboratory, zap them with the magic ray, and see what different combinations you can make. It’ll be fun, just plain fun, and when you run out of pets to do it with, you can do it with petpets, too.
Well, there you go, you need never again wonder what to do with all those hard-won neopoints, happy spending, and don’t be afraid to come up with some things of your own!! It’s your money, after all. – fallenangelhope