Editing Neopoints

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'''Neopoints''' (or '''NP''') are the currency used in [[Neopia]]. Neopoints can be gained through playing [[Game]]s, buying and selling [[item]]s in [[shop]]s or shares on the [[Stock Market]], and through winning various [[Contest]]s.

Neopoints don't have 'physical' denominations, that is, they are not items like [[Dubloons]]. There have been several ways of representing Neopoints attempted in various games and random events, the most successful of these being the ''swagbag''. These are usually labelled with their various amounts (usually 10, 50, 100, 500, 750, or 5000) or occasionally a question mark signifying an unknown quantity. <!-- Swagbags found at http://images.neopets.com/events/xneopoints.gif with x signifying amounts -->

In a [[Neopian Times]] editorial, it was stated that a 1 [[NP]] coin was small and gold. The Bag Of Broken Neopoints supports this, as broken gold coins are seen spilling from the bag.

==Random Events==
Neopoints are a large part of [[Random Event]]s, where random happenings around [[Neopets]] give you a little or a lot of Neopoints...

===Regular===
*''Some messy person has spilled 10 '''NeoPoints''' on the floor on this page. You hastily pick them up!''
*''Some messy person has spilled 100 '''NeoPoints''' on the floor on this page. You hastily pick them up!''
*''Congratulations, (username), you just found 20 '''NeoPoints''' on the floor!''
*''Congratulations, (username), you just found 50 '''NeoPoints''' on the floor!!!''
*''Congratulations, (username), you just found 100 '''Neopoints''' on the floor!''
*''Congratulations, (username), you just found 200 '''Neopoints''' on the floor!!!''
*''Congratulations, (username), you just found 500 '''Neopoints''' on the floor!''
*''Congratulations, (username), you just found 750 '''Neopoints''' on the floor!''
*''Congratulations, (username), you just found 1000 '''Neopoints''' on the floor!''
*''Congratulations, (username), you just found 5000 '''Neopoints''' on the floor!''
*''For a lost tooth, the [[Tooth Faerie]] gives you (random number of) '''NeoPoints'''!!!''
*''Congratulations, (username), you found the Secret [[Mystery Island]] Treasure of (random number of) '''Neopoints'''!!!!!!!''
*''A Ghost takes (random number of) '''Neopoints''' from you and puts it on the money tree!''
*''A Ghost cackles insanely and steals (random number of) '''Neopoints''' from you...''
*''The incessant mewing of a [[Greedy Kadoatie|Mutant Kadoatie]] drives you completely mad, and you give its owner 5,000 '''Neopoints''' to take it away!''
*''Not been paying your bills eh? The [[Tax Beast]] arrives and takes 10% if your '''Neopoints''' away.''
*''[[Dr. Sloth]] has his "associates" take 20% of your '''Neopoints''' away to support his next Neopian invasion effort.''
*''The Bug Brothers jump up and steal (random number of) '''Neopoints'''!!''
*''Oh look, a delicious biscuit is on the floor. You bend down to pick it up, and spin around - somebody has stolen (random number of) '''NP''' from you while you were distracted!''
*''Icy Skeletons surround you and steal (random number of) '''Neopoints'''!''
*''All your '''Neopoints''' have been stolen, and all your [[items]], and all your [[Neopets|pets]] are sick, and your stocks have ... oh wait, it was just a horrible, horrible dream.''

===Winter===
*''You have stumbled upon the great Ice Treasure of (random number of) '''Neopoints'''!!!''

===Tyrannian===
*''A fungus ball is sitting on this page... and it EXPLODES!. You get confused and drop (random number of) '''Neopoints''' :(''

==Trivia==
*When referring to large sums of Neopoints, it is common for users to abbreviate one thousand Neopoints to ''k'', which stands for ''kilo''. ''Kilo'' comes from the [[Wikipedia:Greek|Greek]] word for ''thousand'' and is used by [[Wikipedia:SI|SI]] to denote 10<sup>3</sup>: 10k NP, for example, represents 10,000 NP. 
*On February 28, 2000, if a user had less than 100 NP at the end of the day, it would be raised back to 100. This has been discontinued.
*A ''Bag of Broken Neopoints'' can be received from [[Underwater Fishing]], which can be repaired at the [[Toy Repair Shop]], giving a maximum of 2,000 Neopoints. Some users have tried to scam other users in the past by saying it's possible to receive 1 million Neopoints from this method, but it was disproven in an [[Neopian Times|Editorial]].

==See also==
*'''Neopian Currency:''' [[Codestone]], [[Dubloon]], [[Lutari Feather]], [[Neocash]], [[Nerkmid]]

==External links==
*'''Neopets TCG:''' [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=6&id=3 Bag of Neopoints], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=10&id=1 Bag of Neopoints (2nd Print)]
*'''Help File:''' [http://www.neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=6 Neopoints FAQ], [http://www.neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=28 I am not getting Neopoints from the games!], [http://www.neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=148 How to give someone their item and collect your NeoPoints], [http://www.neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=164 What is the referral program?], [http://www.neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=298 Is it true that Coltzans Shrine gives out 1 million Neopoints?], [http://www.neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=320 How do you know if you have a winning lottery ticket?], [http://www.neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=345 What does 100K mean?]
*'''Editorial:''' [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=255 255]

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