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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]]''.  
On March 19, 2014, a new "[[Plevent]]" began in which users worked together to fix the broken ''[[Random Event]] Machine'' created by [[Dr. Landelbrot]]. Thus far, the event has no official title.


== Synopsis ==
==Synopsis==


In the [[Month of Running]], [[Year 16]], following the purchase of [[Neopets.com]] by [[JumpStart]], [[The Neopets Team]] decided to increase the likelihood of [[Random Events]] to commemorate the occasion. This all went wrong, however, when ''too many'' Random Events caused "something to break", thus ceasing any form of Random Event all together.
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]].


Days later, a new type of Random Event featuring a [[Dr Landelbrot|mysterious Lutari]] began appearing on site, eventually leading users to the [[Water Tower Laboratory]] hidden in [[Magma City]]. Here, they were instructed by a [[Robotic Petpet]] to repair a portal leading to ''[[The Coincidence]]'', a spaceship orbiting Neopia.
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.


Once aboard the ''[[The Coincidence]]'', users were introduced to [[Dr Landelbrot]], the [[Lutari]] who had previously attempted to contact them via Random Event. It was then revealed that Landelbrot had created a machine that had caused ''Random Events'' to occur throughout [[Neopia]], thus making their existence all together his responsibility. Explaining the lack of Random Events lately to be the fault of his machine, Dr Landelbrot then asked users to collect various [[item]]s around Neopia in order to help him fix the machine.
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.  


== User Participation ==
==Participation==


=== Part 1: Nifty Control Panel With Lights ===
=== Part 1: Nifty Control Panel With Lights ===
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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.
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.


Below, is a list of items presently reported to have been asked for, in no specific order:
===== Pool 1 =====


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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.
 
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!colspan="3"|Original list of items
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*Chello
*Altador Stained Glass Window
*Blue Ruki Plushie  
*Amber Sword
*Lotus Leaves
*Aquatic Arrangement
*Babaa Care
*Babaa Tales
*Bag of Decorative Seashells
*Bagguss
*Banjo
*Black Cherry Tea
*Blue Ixi Plushie
*Blue Meerca Gnome Plushie
*Blue Meerca Gnome Plushie
*Plushie Chomby Balloon
*Blue Moon Petpet Bed
*Organ
*Blue Ruki Plushie
*Gold Trimmed Tunic
*Bone Vault Background
*Bottle of Shenkuu Ink
*Brightvale Berry Stained Glass Window
*Brown Sauce
*Camouflage Ruki Marionette
*Camouflage Ruki Marionette
*Light Acara Hood
*Captain Tuan Stamp
*Carnival of Terror Clown Sprinkler
*Chello
*Cheops Plant
*Chia Clown Punching Bag
*Chia Clown Punching Bag
*Carnival of Terror Clown Sprinkler
*Chuchuana
*Meepit vs Feepit Book
*Cobrall in a Can
*Snot Umbrella
*Cobrall Root
*Rotten Beetroot
*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
*Finneus Stained Glass Window
*Pirate Flotsam Plushie
*Gallant Gallions Comic
*Pirate Potato Crisps
*Gallion Care
*Pink Snorkle Usuki Set
*Gallion Colouring Book
*Pandaphant Puppet
*Gelert in the Box
*Pant Devil Balloon
*Evil Hair Clip
*Altador Stained Glass Window
*Paper Dagger
*Chuchuana
*Maraquan Shieldmaiden Plushie
*Brightvale Berry Stained Glass Window
*The Gorgeous Gallion
*Wind Up Chia Clown
*Earth Vial
*The Secret of Treasure Island
*Yellow Sticky Hand
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*Rotten Carrot
*Ummagine
*Ghostkerchief Banjo
*Ghostkerchief Banjo
*Orange Kreludan Bed
*Ghostkerscarf
*Orange Grundo Wardrobe
*Ghoti
*Treasure Map Negg
*Gilded War Hammer
*Red Toadstool
*Glow-in-the-Dark Moon
*Pirate Bomber Plushie
*Gold Trimmed Tunic
*Golden Moon Comb
*Golden Moon Comb
*Space Goggle Helmet
*Greedy Kadoatie Piggy Bank
*Wartroot Snorkle Lollypop
*Green Clam Shell
*Tomato Bomb
*Grundo Inspired Dresser
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*Gruslen Pop-up Book
*Gummy Pirate Candies
*Haiku Stamp
*Hairy Snowball
*Hand Painted Scimitar
*Heart Toast Sculpture
*Hissi Stained Glass Window
*Hissi Stained Glass Window
*Icy Snowball
*Juicy Elixir
*Kiko Pop-Up Book
*Landfish
*Leaded Earth Vial
*Light Acara Hood
*Linty Bologna
*Linty Bologna
*Fantastic Faellies
*Lotus Leaves
*Counting Babaas
*Lucky Pandaphant Doll
*Gallion Care
*Lurman
*Glow-in-the-Dark Moon
*Mallard Balloon
*Everlasting Crystal Apple Stamp
*Manacle Mace
*Tyrannian Skeith Plushie
*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
*Mummified Banana
*Very Rotten Tomato
*Mummy Burrito
*Gilded War Hammer
*Mutant Tigersquash
*Rotten Egg Salad
*My First Babaa
*Kiko Pop-Up Book
*Mystery Island Usuki Play Set
*Bone Vault Background
*Native Mask
*Gallant Gallions Comic
*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
*Pottery Shard Dagger
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*Purple Scallop Shell
*Pygui Hand Puppet
*Pygui Nesting Dolls
*Quetzal
*Quintilc Throwing Star
*Raining Doughnuts Background
*Red Toadstool
*Relaxing Shenkuu Rock Garden
*Relaxing Shenkuu Rock Garden
*Blue Moon Petpet Bed
*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
*Starry Biscuit Jar
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*Tapira
*Grundo Inspired Dresser
*The Gorgeous Gallion
*Veiled Autumn Hat
*The Luckiest Babaa
*The Secret of Treasure Island
*Tiki Bookmark
*Tiki Bookmark
*Tiki Brochure
*Tiki Kite
*Tomato Bomb
*Toy Pirate Sword
*Treasure Map Negg
*Tuan Stamp
*Tuan Stamp
*Hand Painted Scimitar
*Turmac Snacks
*Cyodrakes Gaze Keychain
*Tuskaninny Treasure
*Ultra Bubble Beam  
*Twirly Plant
*Lucky Pandaphant Doll
*Tyrannian Acara Plushie
*Speak Tyrannian
*Tyrannian Skeith Plushie
*Rotten Omelette Sandwich
*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 Snowball
*Amber Sword
*Yellow Sticky Hand
*Bagguss
*Yoakie
*Pirate Attack Flag
*Yurble Tales
*The Luckiest Babaa
|}
*Splime
 
*Mallard Balloon
===== Pool 2 =====
*Bag of Decorative Seashells
 
*Elephante Attack Peanut
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]].
*Scroll of the Sea
 
*Darigan Faellie Action Figure
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.
*Purple Scallop Shell
 
*Babaa Care
====Prizes====
*Orange Grundo Chair
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.
*Shenkuu Ink Bottle
 
*Cyodrake Scratching Post
 
*Tapira
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin:0 auto;"
*Drillaroot
|-
*Gallion Colouring Book
||'''Build Component 1'''<br>[[Image:Collect1 item1 h7ju4wre.png]] [[Image:Collect1 item2 twv7ei48.png]] [[Image:Collect1 item3 p43wyuj5.png]]
*Ghostkerscarf
||{{ItemDisplay|normal=yes|IMAGE=boo_reu2014_assemblechaorayboo.gif|name=Assembling Chaos Rays|JNID=56540}}
*Rotten Tomato Salad
|-
*Nupie
||'''Build Component 2'''<br>[[Image:Collect2 item1 7weyg54c.png]] [[Image:Collect2 item2 eq45jui9.png]] [[Image:Collect2 item3 iu4hy5xa.png]] [[Image:Collect2 item4 o4gu5ybg.png]]
||{{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]]
||{{ItemDisplay|normal=yes|IMAGE=toy_reu2014_diceultprobfivper.gif|name=Dice of Ultimate Probability|JNID=56536}}
|-
||'''Build all three components at once'''
||{{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:
 
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||{{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]]:
 
{| 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:Year 16]][[Category:Plevent]]
[[Category:Plots]][[Category:Moltara Mystery]]

Latest revision as of 14:27, 7 October 2014

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.

Synopsis[edit]

To commemorate the purchase of the site by 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.

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.

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 once per day in order to receive a special random event, that may be good or bad.

Participation[edit]

Part 1: Nifty Control Panel With Lights[edit]

Controlpanel.png

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.

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.

Date Puzzle Size Prize
Day 1:
March 20, 2013
Moltara panel 1.png
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Something Already Happened Cake Plate
Day 2:
March 21, 2013
Moltara panel 2-3.png
toy_reu2014_flashlightdevtoy.gif
Flashy Lights Device
Day 3:
March 22, 2013
Moltara panel 2-3.png
coff_reu2014_caramoillattecof.gif
Caramel Oil Latte
Day 4:
March 23, 2013
Moltara panel 4.png
spb_reu2014_lserpintrspbsp.gif
Laser Pointer
Day 5:
March 24, 2013
Moltara panel 4.png
sta_reu2014_abanwattowstaalb.gif
Abandoned Water Tower Stamp

Part 2: Aboard The Coincidence - Junk Collecting[edit]

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[edit]

The items requested by Dr Landelbrot are generally common or numerous, often being given out by Dailies or Events and thus are usually low in Neopoint value.

Pool 1[edit]

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, a second pool of items was introduced.

Pool 2[edit]

Immediately becoming active during the third day, a second "pool" of requested items became available to curb the supply issues presented by Pool 1.

Unlike the previous item pool, this one had the ability to change based on current supplies and pricing.

Prizes[edit]

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.


Build Component 1
Collect1 item1 h7ju4wre.png Collect1 item2 twv7ei48.png Collect1 item3 p43wyuj5.png
boo_reu2014_assemblechaorayboo.gif
Assembling Chaos Rays
Build Component 2
Collect2 item1 7weyg54c.png Collect2 item2 eq45jui9.png Collect2 item3 iu4hy5xa.png Collect2 item4 o4gu5ybg.png
spd_reu2014_mallrdtapespdspa.gif
Mallard Tape
Build Component 3
Collect3 item1 d7c5nb2e.png Collect3 item2 u2g49b8v.png Collect3 item3 2a3y7jur1.png
toy_reu2014_diceultprobfivper.gif
Dice of Ultimate Probability
Build all three components at once
bg_reu2014_spcshpintbgprzfifan.gif
Spaceship Interior Background

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

clo_reu2014_assistsciencejackp.gif
Assistant Scientist Jacket
rpp_reu2014_robotassispetpet.gif
Mechanized Laboratory Assistant

They also unlocked the following avatar:

Randomevents2014.gif Aboard the Coincidence
Built all three components during the Moltara Mystery event.

External links[edit]