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The '''Moltara Mystery''', also called '''Aboard the Coincidence''', was a mini-[[plot]] in which the machine responsible for generating [[Random Events]] broke down, and players had to help fix it. It began on 19 March 2014, and concluded on 3 April. It culminated in the release of a new [[daily]] activity aboard ''[[The Coincidence]]''.  
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On March 19, 2014, a new [[plot]] began on the [[Neopets]] website. Thus far, the plot has no official title.


==Synopsis==
==Summary==
On March 19, 2014, mysterious new [[Random Event]]s began appearing on the website.  These events showed a static screen and contained a cryptic message about a machine and a portal.  On March 20, 2013, a new area opened up in [[Moltara#Moltara City|Moltara City]].  By clicking on the water tower in the city, users would be taken to the workshop of a mysterious scientist.  Inside the workshop was a robotic [[Petpet]].  This Petpet mentioned that the portal activation was on standby, prompting the user to complete the first puzzle of the event.


To commemorate the purchase of [[Neopets|the site]] by [[wikipedia:Jumpstart|Jumpstart]], [[The Neopets Team]] decided to increase the likelihood of [[Random Events]] occurring around [[Neopia]]. By the following day, however, the increased number of Random Events caused "something to go wrong", and all normal Random Events stopped. The only events that would appear were garbled messages from a [[Lutari]] called [[Dr Landelbrot]], which guided players to the [[Water Tower]] in [[Moltara]].
==User Participation==


There, with the help of [[Scintilly]], a [[Robotic Petpet]], players repaired a portal leading to ''[[The Coincidence]]'', Dr Landelbrot's spaceship in orbit above Neopia. He revealed that he had built the machine that had caused Random Events to occur throughout [[Neopia]], and that it had broken, hence why all the Random Events stopped. He needed players to go and bring him lots of different [[items]] to help him mend his machine.
==Step 1: Nifty Control Panel With Lights==
 
By the 3 April, repairs were complete, and Random Events started appearing again. ''The Coincidence'' became home to a new activity, where players can bring Dr Landelbrot the items he requests [[daily|once per day]] in order to receive a special random event, that may be good or bad.
 
==Participation==
 
=== Part 1: Nifty Control Panel With Lights ===
[[Image:Controlpanel.png|thumb|400px|right]]
[[Image:Controlpanel.png|thumb|400px|right]]


After coming upon the [[Water Tower Laboratory]], users were presented with the first part of the event, which consisted of a set of five puzzles. In each of these puzzles, users were presented with a control panel that contained a grid of lights. Clicking on a light would toggle the light that was clicked and the lights adjacent to that light between red and green. To solve the panels, users had to make all of the lights on the panel turn green by clicking on the lights in a certain order. One new panel was released each day, and every few days the puzzle increased in size.
In the first puzzle, users were presented with a control panel that contained a 3 x 3 grid of lights. Clicking on a light would change the light that was clicked and the lights adjacent to that light to a preset pattern of red and green. To solve the puzzle, users had to make all of the lights on the panel turn green by clicking on the lights in a certain order.


Each panel, along the method in which it was solved, was the same for each user. Below is the fastest solution to each panel, along with its corresponding prize and the day it was released. To complete the puzzle, simply press the buttons in the numerical order (1, 2, 3, 4, 5...) shown below.
The solution to this puzzle was the same for every user:


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{| style="margin:0 auto;" class="wikitable"
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||Click on the light in row 2 column 2.
|width="*"| '''Date''' ||width="*"| '''Puzzle Size''' ||width="*"| '''Prize'''
|-
||'''Day 1''':<br>March 20, 2013
|[[File:Moltara_panel_1.png|link=]]
||{{ItemDisplay|normal=yes|IMAGE=gif_reu2014_somalrhapcakp.gif|name=Something Already Happened Cake Plate|JNID=56491}}
|-
||'''Day 2''':<br>March 21, 2013
|[[File:Moltara_panel_2-3.png|link=]]
||{{ItemDisplay|normal=yes|IMAGE=toy_reu2014_flashlightdevtoy.gif|name=Flashy Lights Device|JNID=56505}}
|-
||'''Day 3''':<br>March 22, 2013
|[[File:Moltara_panel_2-3.png|link=]]
||{{ItemDisplay|normal=yes|IMAGE=coff_reu2014_caramoillattecof.gif|name=Caramel Oil Latte|JNID=56516}}
|-
||'''Day 4''':<br>March 23, 2013
||[[File:Moltara_panel_4.png|link=]]
||{{ItemDisplay|weapon=yes|IMAGE=spb_reu2014_lserpintrspbsp.gif|name=Laser Pointer|JNID=56519|IDBID=3839|TDNWeapID=3031}}
|-
||'''Day 5''':<br>March 24, 2013
||[[File:Moltara_panel_4.png|link=]]
||{{ItemDisplay|normal=yes|IMAGE=sta_reu2014_abanwattowstaalb.gif|name=Abandoned Water Tower Stamp|JNID=56523}}
|-
|}
 
=== Part 2: Aboard ''The Coincidence'' - Junk Collecting ===
[[File:Coincidence_junk_collecting.png|right|thumb|256px|Dr Landelbrot aboard ''[[The Coincidence]]'']]
 
Once the ''Nifty Control Panel'' step was completed, a portal within the [[Water Tower Laboratory]] activated, leading users to ''[[The Coincidence]]'', a spaceship orbiting [[Neopia]]. Here, [[Dr Landelbrot]], the [[Lutari]] who had attempted to contact various Neopians via [[Random Event]] was found. It was then revealed that Landelbrot had created a machine that had caused ''Random Events'' to occur throughout [[Neopia]], though it has recently broken due to over use.
 
For this step, users were sent out on a [[Quest]] by [[Dr Landelbrot]] to collect various items in order to repair the ''Random Events machine''. In each item collecting scenario, users were asked to find ''three'' separate items in groups ranging from ''2''-''5''. Once the items were collected and given to Landelbrot, they would be awarded a portion of the "machine", then they would be given a 10-12 hour wait in which they had to collect the next set of needed items.
 
==== Items ====
 
The items requested by [[Dr Landelbrot]] are generally common or numerous, often being given out by [[Dailies]] or [[Event]]s and thus are usually low in [[Neopoint]] value.
 
===== Pool 1 =====
 
During the first two days, requested items were randomly selected from the following a limited pool of low-priced items. Due to the limited size of the pool, the items prices began to inflate. For this reason, [[#Pool 2|a second pool of items]] was introduced.
 
{| class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;width:750px;"
!colspan="3"|Original list of items
|-valign=top
|width=250|
*Altador Stained Glass Window
*Amber Sword
*Aquatic Arrangement
*Babaa Care
*Babaa Tales
*Bag of Decorative Seashells
*Bagguss
*Banjo
*Black Cherry Tea
*Blue Ixi Plushie
*Blue Meerca Gnome Plushie
*Blue Moon Petpet Bed
*Blue Ruki Plushie
*Bone Vault Background
*Bottle of Shenkuu Ink
*Brightvale Berry Stained Glass Window
*Brown Sauce
*Camouflage Ruki Marionette
*Captain Tuan Stamp
*Carnival of Terror Clown Sprinkler
*Chello
*Cheops Plant
*Chia Clown Punching Bag
*Chuchuana
*Cobrall in a Can
*Cobrall Root
*Counting Babaas
*Cursed Wand of Shadow
*Cyodrake Scratching Post
*Cyodrakes Gaze Keychain
*Darigan Faellie Action Figure
*Deadly Attack Spork
*Drillaroot
*Eau de Korbat
*Elephante Attack Peanut
*Everlasting Crystal Apple Stamp
*Evil Hair Clip
*Evil Snowball
*Exploding Snowball
*Faellie Tales
*Fantastic Faellies
*Finneus Stained Glass Window
*Gallant Gallions Comic
*Gallion Care
*Gallion Colouring Book
*Gelert in the Box
*Ghostkerchief Banjo
*Ghostkerscarf
*Ghoti
*Gilded War Hammer
*Glow-in-the-Dark Moon
*Gold Trimmed Tunic
*Golden Moon Comb
*Greedy Kadoatie Piggy Bank
*Green Clam Shell
*Grundo Inspired Dresser
|width=250|
*Gruslen Pop-up Book
*Gummy Pirate Candies
*Haiku Stamp
*Hairy Snowball
*Hand Painted Scimitar
*Heart Toast Sculpture
*Hissi Stained Glass Window
*Icy Snowball
*Juicy Elixir
*Kiko Pop-Up Book
*Landfish
*Leaded Earth Vial
*Light Acara Hood
*Linty Bologna
*Lotus Leaves
*Lucky Pandaphant Doll
*Lurman
*Mallard Balloon
*Manacle Mace
*Maraquan Charger Plushie
*Maraquan Shieldmaiden Plushie
*Meepit Vs. Feepit Game Guide
*Meepit vs Feepit Book
*Meteor Bomb
*Money Tree Window
*Moon and Star Stickies
*Moon Paving Stone
*Mummified Banana
*Mummy Burrito
*Mutant Tigersquash
*My First Babaa
*Mystery Island Usuki Play Set
*Native Mask
*Neohome Background
*Nupie
*Nightsteed Mug
*Nightsteed Cake
*Niptor Plushie
*Orange Draik Stamp
*Orange Grundo Chair
*Orange Grundo Wardrobe
*Orange Kreludan Bed
*Organ
*Pandaphant Puppet
*Pant Devil Balloon
*Paper Dagger
*Peach Snowball
*Peopatras Petpets
*Pimplepepper
*Pink Snorkle Usuki Set
*Pirate Attack Flag
*Pirate Attack Stamp
*Pirate Bomber Plushie
*Pirate Flotsam Plushie
*Pirate Hook Candy Cane
*Pirate Potato Crisps
*Pirate Small Talk
*Pirate Warning Sign
*Plushie Chomby Balloon
*Pottery Shard Dagger
|width=250|
*Purple Scallop Shell
*Pygui Hand Puppet
*Pygui Nesting Dolls
*Quetzal
*Quintilc Throwing Star
*Raining Doughnuts Background
*Red Toadstool
*Relaxing Shenkuu Rock Garden
*Rotten Beetroot
*Rotten Carrot
*Rotten Egg Salad
*Rotten Negg and Onion Quesadilla
*Rotten Omelette Sandwich
*Rotten Tomato Salad
*Scroll of the Sea
*Shenkuu Ink Bottle
*Slime Covered Window
*Snot Umbrella
*Space Goggle Helmet
*Speak Tyrannian
*Splime
*Spooky Nimmo Stained Glass Window
*Stagnant Puddle of Water
*Starry Biscuit Jar
*Tapira
*The Gorgeous Gallion
*The Luckiest Babaa
*The Secret of Treasure Island
*Tiki Bookmark
*Tiki Brochure
*Tiki Kite
*Tomato Bomb
*Toy Pirate Sword
*Treasure Map Negg
*Tuan Stamp
*Turmac Snacks
*Tuskaninny Treasure
*Twirly Plant
*Tyrannian Acara Plushie
*Tyrannian Skeith Plushie
*Ubikiberry Elixir
*Ultra Bubble Beam
*Ummagine
*Veiled Autumn Hat
*Very Rotten Tomato
*Wartroot Snorkle Lollypop
*Water Faerie Water Blaster
*Welcoming Lupe Gnome
*Wind Up Chia Clown
*Wooden Korbat Bat and Ball Game
*Yellow Snowball
*Yellow Sticky Hand
*Yoakie
*Yurble Tales
|}
 
===== Pool 2 =====
 
Immediately becoming active during the third day, a second "pool" of requested items became available to curb the supply issues presented by [[#Pool 1|Pool 1]].
 
Unlike the previous item pool, this one had the [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=638 ability to change] based on current supplies and pricing.
 
====Prizes====
Users could choose to build each component separately or build all three components at once.  The prizes the user received changed based upon which option they choose.
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin:0 auto;"
|-
|-
||'''Build Component 1'''<br>[[Image:Collect1 item1 h7ju4wre.png]] [[Image:Collect1 item2 twv7ei48.png]] [[Image:Collect1 item3 p43wyuj5.png]]
||Click on the light in row 3 column 1
||{{ItemDisplay|normal=yes|IMAGE=boo_reu2014_assemblechaorayboo.gif|name=Assembling Chaos Rays|JNID=56540}}
|-
|-
||'''Build Component 2'''<br>[[Image:Collect2 item1 7weyg54c.png]] [[Image:Collect2 item2 eq45jui9.png]] [[Image:Collect2 item3 iu4hy5xa.png]] [[Image:Collect2 item4 o4gu5ybg.png]]
||Click on the light in row 1 column 1
||{{ItemDisplay|weapon=yes|IMAGE=spd_reu2014_mallrdtapespdspa.gif|name=Mallard Tape|JNID=56543|IDBID=3032|TDNWeapID=3680}}
|-
|-
||'''Build Component 3'''<br>[[Image:Collect3 item1 d7c5nb2e.png]] [[Image:Collect3 item2 u2g49b8v.png]] [[Image:Collect3 item3 2a3y7jur1.png]]
||Click on the light in row 1 column 3
||{{ItemDisplay|normal=yes|IMAGE=toy_reu2014_diceultprobfivper.gif|name=Dice of Ultimate Probability|JNID=56536}}
|-
|-
||'''Build all three components at once'''
||Click on the light in row 3 column 3
||{{ItemDisplay|wearable=yes|IMAGE=bg_reu2014_spcshpintbgprzfifan.gif|name=Spaceship Interior Background|JNID=56581|TDNID=12433|DTIID=69638-Spaceship-Interior-Background}}
|}
|}


In addition to this, user who build all three components, either separately or all together, also received the following items:


{|align="center"
After completing this puzzle, users were rewarded with the following item:
|-
||{{ItemDisplay|wearable=yes|IMAGE=clo_reu2014_assistsciencejackp.gif|name=Assistant Scientist Jacket|JNID=56582|TDNID=12432|DTIID=69633-Assistant-Scientist-Jacket}}
||{{ItemDisplay|normal=yes|IMAGE=rpp_reu2014_robotassispetpet.gif|name=Mechanized Laboratory Assistant|JNID=56583}}
|-
|}


They also unlocked the following [[avatar]]:
{{ItemDisplay|normal=yes|IMAGE=gif_reu2014_somalrhapcakp.gif|name=Something Already Happened Cake Plate|JNID=56491}}
 
{| style="margin:0 auto;" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="width:50px;"|[[Image:Randomevents2014.gif]]||'''Aboard the Coincidence'''<br />Built all three components during the [[Moltara Mystery]] event.
|-
|}


==External links==
==External links==
*'''Editorial:''' {{ed|368}}, {{ed|639}}
*[http://www.neopets.com/magma/portal/ The Water Tower]
*[http://www.neopets.com/magma/portal/ The Water Tower]
*[http://www.neopets.com/magma/portal/ship.phtml ''The Coincidence'']
[[Category:Plots]][[Category:Moltara Mystery]]

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