Difference between revisions of "The Tale of Woe"
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===Gravedigging=== | ===Gravedigging=== | ||
The next puzzle was collaborative, involving lots of players working together to exhume graves and test the bones. There were three parts to this puzzle - finding ingredients, digging up the graves, and testing the bones. The tasks were not performed in sequence like the puzzle to find Ilere - the player could choose to do any of them in any order any number of times, although they had to wait | The next puzzle was collaborative, involving lots of players working together to exhume graves and test the bones. It began on 20 October and finished on 23 October. There were three parts to this puzzle - finding ingredients, digging up the graves, and testing the bones. The tasks were not performed in sequence like the puzzle to find Ilere - the player could choose to do any of them in any order any number of times, although they had to wait five minutes before performing the same task again. | ||
When the Caretaker was satisfied that his records were complete, he could show players to some of the graveyards. Each graveyard was given a complicated name of random letters and numbers, "according to a complex coordinate scheme that [the Caretaker] devised" but would not explain. He gave the player a list of 25 - 30 graveyards, and when a graveyard was fully explored, he removed it from the list and replaced it with another. | When the Caretaker was satisfied that his records were complete, he could show players to some of the graveyards. Each graveyard was given a complicated name of random letters and numbers, "according to a complex coordinate scheme that [the Caretaker] devised" but would not explain. He gave the player a list of 25 - 30 graveyards, and when a graveyard was fully explored, he removed it from the list and replaced it with another. | ||
Clicking the 'Enter graveyard' button brought the user to a map of the graveyard. Each graveyard was divided up into many squares. The square the user was currently on had a black border around, and the player could move around by clicking other squares. The user could only click on squares they could reach from their current position without walking over graves or barriers. | |||
Many of the squares contained gravestones. If the gravestone had a small pile of dirt in front of it, it signified that the digging was underway. If there was a large section of dirt in front of it, it signified that the grave was open and had already been tested. If there was a large section of dirt with bones in front of it, it signified that the grave was open and the coffin exposed, but the bones hadn't been tested yet. If there was no dirt in front of it, digging had yet to begin (although diggers may be waiting to commence). | |||
====Finding ingredients==== | ====Finding ingredients==== | ||
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Sophie needed ingredients in order to produce the bone-testing potion. She would give a player an ingredient she needed and sent them to her shack to bring it to her. Unfortunately, the bottles on the shelf in her shack were unlabelled, and it took some trial and error for players to figure out which bottle was which. Sophie started off asking for one of eight ingredients, and then asked for different ones several hours later. The next day, she asked for a third group of reagents. Two of the bottles - [[Slorg]] Slime and Water [[Dung]] - were never used. | Sophie needed ingredients in order to produce the bone-testing potion. She would give a player an ingredient she needed and sent them to her shack to bring it to her. Unfortunately, the bottles on the shelf in her shack were unlabelled, and it took some trial and error for players to figure out which bottle was which. Sophie started off asking for one of eight ingredients, and then asked for different ones several hours later. The next day, she asked for a third group of reagents. Two of the bottles - [[Slorg]] Slime and Water [[Dung]] - were never used. | ||
{| | {| class="wikitable collapsible" style="margin: 0 auto;" | ||
|- style="text-align:center;" | !colspan="3"|Sophie's ingredients (left to right) | ||
|- style="text-align:center;" | |||
!Top Shelf | !Top Shelf | ||
!Middle Shelf | !Middle Shelf | ||
!Bottom Shelf | !Bottom Shelf | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | | ||
#[[Bagguss]] Juice | #[[Bagguss]] Juice | ||
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If the player returned with the correct ingredient, they were rewarded with 50 [[Neopoints]]. | If the player returned with the correct ingredient, they were rewarded with 50 [[Neopoints]]. | ||
===Exhuming graves=== | |||
[[Image:Tow open grave.gif|left|frame|An open grave.]] | |||
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="float:right; margin:0;" | |||
!Digging prizes | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
*Spooky Doughnut | |||
*Ghost Marshmallows | |||
*Fetch! Stamp | |||
*Meowclops Statue | |||
*Sludgy | |||
*Mystery Of Halloween | |||
*Halloween [[Ixi]] [[Plushie]] | |||
*Crystal Ball Table | |||
*Slorg | |||
*Magic Ghost Marshmallows | |||
*Halloween [[Kau]] Plushie | |||
*Halloween [[Wocky]] Plushie | |||
*Halloween [[Koi]] Plushie | |||
*Halloween [[Kacheek]] Plushie | |||
*Halloween [[Lupe]] Plushie | |||
*Pink Spooky Popcorn | |||
*Candy Skull | |||
*Halloween [[Petpet]] [[Paint Brush]] | |||
*Halloween Paint Brush | |||
|} | |||
To interact with a grave, the user had to be on a square adjacent to one, then click the grave's square. To dig up a grave, there had to be exactly four users (represented by their active Neopet) at the grave site. When a digging team of four was assembled, they had to dig in sequence, with each user's turn indicated to them by a pink highlight around their Neopet. To join a digging team, there had to be at least one empty space. Between their turns at digging, the users clicked the "Wait" button. | |||
A player had fifteen seconds to dig when it was their turn, or they would be skipped. If a player missed their turn three times, they were kicked from the digging team and the rest of the players had to wait for a new fourth player to join them. Players could also leave the team voluntarily to try joining another team, but would have to wait five minutes before trying again as if they had successfully completed the task. | |||
Every time the player dug, there was a one in three chance of uncovering an item. Mostly commonly, this would be a ''Pile of Grave Soil'', which the player would leave behind so they didn't clutter up their Inventory. Any other items the player uncovered would be added to their inventory - this ranged from a Spooky Doughnut (the most common) to a Halloween Paint Brush (the most rare). | |||
==Prizes== | ==Prizes== | ||