Moltara Mystery

The Moltara Mystery 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.

Summary

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

Part 1: Nifty Control Panel With Lights

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		Something Already Happened Cake Plate Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Day 2: March 21, 2013		Flashy Lights Device Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Day 3: March 22, 2013		Caramel Oil Latte Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Day 4: March 23, 2013		Laser Pointer Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Day 5: March 24, 2013		Abandoned Water Tower Stamp Stats Attack None Defence None Links

Part 2: Aboard The Coincidence - Junk Collecting

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 Events and thus are usually low in Neopoint value.

Pool 1

During the first two days, a pool of randomly selected "cheap" items were requested to be found by users. Unfortunately, as a result of supply and demand, numerous items became nearly extinct thus causing prices to skyrocket. For this reason, Pool 2 was introduced.

Below, is a list of items presently reported to have been asked for, in alphabetical order:

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

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

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.

Unlike the previous item pool, this one had the 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.

Build Component 1	Assembling Chaos Rays Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Build Component 2	Mallard Tape Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Build Component 3	Dice of Ultimate Probability Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Build all three components at once	Spaceship Interior Background Stats Attack None Defence None Links

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

Assistant Scientist Jacket Stats Attack None Defence None Links

Mechanized Laboratory Assistant Stats Attack None Defence None Links

They also unlocked the following avatar:

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

External links

• Editorial: #368, #639
• The Water Tower
• The Coincidence