Editing Random Event

'''Random events''' are chance happenings around [[Neopets|the site]] that can help or hinder the player. There is a chance a random event will appear whenever the player loads a page: they appear above the page content (but below the navigation bar), and feature an image and a little snippet of text explaining what happened. 

By visiting more site pages, the player increases their chance of receiving random events - [[wikipedia:PHP|PHP]] [[games]] such as [[NeoQuest]] or [[Pyramids]] are popular for this. The birthday [[site theme]] slightly increases the chance of any page load giving an event. 

Certain items exclusively or almost exclusively enter the economy through these events - this includes [[Treasure Maps|map pieces]], [[Transmogrification Potion]]s, and [[Codestones]]. Random events appear in the [[Neopets TCG]] in the form of ''Something Has Happened!'' cards. 

==Something Has Happened!==
The most common random events are captioned "Something Has Happened!" in a yellow bar above the event. These events can help the player, such as by rewarding them with an [[item]] or [[Neopoints]], or by allowing them to send extra scores in a game. 

{| style="margin: 0 auto;"
|{{RandomEvent|http://images.neopets.com/events/slothpotion.gif
|2=<span style="color:#008000;">'''Dr. Sloth'''</span> appears and hands you a '''Cybunny''' Transmogrification Potion!!!}}
|{{RandomEvent|http://images.neopets.com/games/games_mp.gif
|Since you have been so nice, your game plays for '''[[Meerca Chase II]]''' have been reset. You may now play three more times today! Hoorah!}}
|}

Other events are more harmful, such as causing a [[Neopet]] to become [[disease|ill]], or losing Neopoints or items. Random events that take absolute amounts of Neopoints can push the player's on-hand cash into negative numbers. Percentage-based thefts take only from on-hand Neopoints and not from the [[bank]] or [[shop]] till. 

{| style="margin: 0 auto;"
|{{RandomEvent|http://images.neopets.com/events/hubrid.gif
|Hubrid Nox stares at you, and his eyes glow. All your Neopets have come down with a bad case of '''<nowiki>'Ugga Ugga'</nowiki>'''!!! }}
|{{RandomEvent|http://images.neopets.com/items/kadoatie_mutant.gif
|The incessant mewing of a Mutant Kadoatie drives you completely mad, and you give its owner '''5,000''' Neopoints to take it away! }}
|}

Still others have neither helpful nor harmful effects - such as a passing Neopet saying hello. Some events may be good or bad depending on the player's point of view - such as [[Boochi]] zapping their active Neopet and turning it [[Baby]].

When some characters visit a player in a random event, they issue a [[1-player challenger|challenge]] - this adds the character to the list of those the player can fight in the [[Battledome]]. A few events appear under the "Something Has Happened!" banner but are not necessarily random - players receive these as notifications when they receive an [[avatar]] or a [[site theme]]. 

===Local events===
There a few Something Has Happened-style events that occur in a specific world: while exploring [[Terror Mountain]] the player may receive a Winter Random Event, with a blue banner, and while exploring [[Tyrannia]], they may receive a [[Tyrannian Random Event]], with a brown banner. 

Like normal random events, these can help or hinder. Avatar award notifications will still appear as normal, but other Something Has Happened events do not appear in these places at all.

{| style="margin: 0 auto;"
|{{WinterRandomEvent|http://images.neopets.com/items/snowball_4.gif|Somebody from high up throws a Yellow Snowball at you! You pick it up!}}
|{{TyrannianRandomEvent|http://images.neopets.com/events/fungusball.gif|A fungus ball is sitting on this page... and it '''EXPLODES!'''. You get confused and drop '''55''' Neopoints :(}}
|}

==Battledome challengers==
Some opponents in the one-player Battledome must be unlocked before the player can fight them. While some of these are always unlocked whenever a player goes to a certain page (e.g. the [[Tiki Tack Man]] challenges anyone who visits his [[Tiki Tack|shop]], or [[Edna]] challenges anyone who completes her [[The Witch's Tower|quest]]), others are only unlocked randomly: either as part of a Something Has Happened-type event (e.g. the [[Down for Maintenance Pteri]] or [[Boochi]]) or randomly when visiting a certain location (e.g. [[Commander Garoo]] appears randomly at the [[Space Station]]).

==Faerie Quests==
While playing Neopets a user may be confronted by a [[Faerie]] and be given a [[Faerie Quest]]. The user must purchase an item without the use of the [[Shop Wizard]] for a reward. The exact type of items as well as the rewards depend on the faerie.

==Trivia==
*Some people are of the opinion that doing nice things on the site increases their chances of getting random events. The text of the game play reset random event (see above) no doubt encouraged this view, and [[The Neopets Team]] [http://www.neopets.com/nf.phtml?nf_date=2003-10-27 referred to it] when releasing it: "Our new software installed on the Neopets servers can now detect whether you have been nice to people, and if you have you may get the following random event!"

==External Links==
*'''Neopets TCG:''' [http://neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=1&id=130 Nothing Has Happened], [http://neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=6&id=3 Bag of Neopoints], [http://neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=7&id=117 Something Will Happen], [http://neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=10&id=1 Bag of Neopoints (2nd Print)], [http://neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=10&id=193 Something Will Happen (2nd Print)]
*'''Help File:''' [http://www.neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=286 I never get random events, what do I need to do?]
*'''Editorial:''' [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=3 3], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=40 40], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=60 60], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=72 72], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=73 73], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=74 74], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=84 84], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=85 85], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=94 94], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=116 116], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=117 117], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=127 127], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=130 130], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=131 131], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=132 132], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=134 134], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=138 138], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=139 139], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=141 141], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=150 150], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=152 152], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=157 157], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=160 160], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=164 164], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=165 165], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=166 166], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=175 175], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=184 184], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=190 190], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=193 193], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=205 205], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=209 209], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=211 211], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=212 212], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=213 213], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=219 219], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=220 220], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=221 221], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=224 224], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=228 228], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=235 235], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=241 241], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=245 245], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=249 249], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=250 250], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=252 252], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=254 254], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=255 255], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=256 256], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=258 258], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=259 259], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=261 261], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=263 263], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=264 264], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=265 265], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=273 273], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=274 274]

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