Lost Desert Plot
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| Proper summary at beginning, plot summary, plot participation, and possible reworking of prizes section |
The Lost Desert Plot ran from August 30th through November 29th, 2005. This puzzle Plot revolved around Tomos, Nabile, Jazan and Princess Amira, all new characters to the world of Neopia.
The Neopets Lost Desert Plot was one of the more comprehensive plots Neopets had ever released. Not only were the puzzles difficult, it is the first time Neopets implemented a plot which required people to actively participate if they wanted to progress. The large Temple of 1,000 Tombs, unique to each user and requiring extensive mapping, as well as the enormously large Scroll Repository brought on a phenomenon known as OLDPD (Obsessive Lost Desert Plot Disorder).
During the beginning, most of the participants barely left their computers for fear of missing out on an important event that would possibly exclude them out of the plot; this would not be the case, however.
Extremely long waiting times, sometimes weeks long, drove Neopets’ users crazy with anticipation for new clues and/or parts to be released that would allow them to continue. This, combined with increasingly harder tasks sometimes taking 5-6 hours to complete, eventually weeded out most of those who had been there from the start.
The Neopets Team portrayed the marriage of Jazan and Nabile as the end of the plot.
On November 29, 2005, the real ending was released. This second ending, involving the return and defeat of Razul, tied up several loose ends and tied in the end of the puzzle part of the plot.
The Plot
Marriage Proposal
Jazan took hostage the city of Sakhmet...
The Scroll Repository
The Desert Scarabs' leaders followed Jazan into the ruins...
Razul
Razul attacked...
Plot participation
To complete the tablet, users had to find parchments revealing the location of each tablet piece. To receive the third parchment, participants had to bet and feed a Poogle in Poogle Racing. To find the parchment that revealed the location of the 11th tablet piece, users had to lose a game of Fetch!.
Battledome
| Opponent | Difficulty | |
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| Spirit of the Ruins |  |
50 |
| Scordrax |  |
150 |
| Razul |  |
100000 |
While it was a puzzle plot, the Battledome was used as part of the puzzle solving.
Prizes
 Sand Mite (1000-? points) |
 Furniture Merchant (4,000-6,450 points) |
 Desert Scarab (12,850-22,800 points) |
 Dune Explorer (23,800-62,800 points) |
 Scroll Specialist (134,300-164,300 points) |
 Qasalan Archaeologist (179,300-194,300 points) |
 Aegis of Sakhmet (199,300-229,300 points) | |
Prizes were awarded on January 30, 2006, in the form of a gift shop, which people spent their accumulated points. upon visiting the shop, a trophy was added to the User Lookup of those who scored any points during the plot. they were...
Top winners released by the Sakhmet Royal Prize Commission...
First place with 229,300 points
- parkersc
Tied for second with 214,300 points
- dolphinling
- dragon_cleric
Tied for third with 204,300 points
- cran_b
- sum41girl2k
- ub3r_g00b3r
There were also trophies handed out for sand and block movers, which were only available to view through the each users individual plot stats page.
 Sand Mover |
 Block Mover (in the user's symbol)
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| Top Sand Movers | Top Block Movers | |
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| 1. | lordjetro - 73 | sinisten - 14 |
| 2. | majacal_daze - 70 | sunshinebubbles - 14 |
| 3. | jenlynng - 68 | soerenl - 13 |
| 4. | princess_peace001 - 64 | indisguise - 13 |
| 5. | rosebud2554 - 64 | kimik000 - 13 |
| 6. | parkerchempro - 62 | takumi0830 - 13 |
| 7. | pretiful - 62 | tracy17901 - 13 |
| 8. | marigoldd - 62 | barrymanglow - 13 |
| 9. | samniann - 62 | bassexe_04 - 13 |
| 10. | devingl - 62 | Still lost in the Repository. :( |
The furniture mover statistics were never released, said to be stolen. It may be a joke on The Neopets Teams part, as they say they can't continue to find the statistics, as the Sakhmet guards are looking for those who stole The Foremans missing toenail polish, and can't bother to look into something as furniture. It's generally believed the TNT lost the data, or had no way to gauge how many were taken into the Scroll Repository.
External Links
- Plot Info: Lost Desert Plot
- Prize Redemption: Gift Shop of 1,000 Rewards
- Caption Competition: #621, #625, #639