Summer Solstice 2026 Has Started!

Welcome to the Summer Solstice!



The temperature is heating up, and that can only mean one thing: Summer is here! It's time for warm sunshine and cool drinks, for catching fireflies at night, and hosting daytime parties at the beach. But, even before any of that, the village is first getting ready to welcome in summertime with the annual festival celebrating the longest day of the year, the Summer Solstice.
Everyone has been busy at work making vibrantly coloured candles, setting up celestial themed decorations, or scheming about where to hide their candles this year to stump the other team.
As Teia and Kate begin preparing their respective teams, Rumb cheerfully hands out drinks to keep everyone hydrated (also testing out a few of his own riddle ideas on anyone who will listen), while Mik reminds everyone to please take care not to disturb the environment if their candle hunting takes them outside of town. It looks like it's going to be another exciting Solstice!

Today marks the start of the Summer Solstice, an event honoring the goddesses Ziya and Indu of the sun and moon. During this time, the local sators will play games of hide and seek with candles, each sator a part of one of the two teams - Sun team or Moon team - with the goal of either lighting or putting out the candles, depending on their team. At the end of the event, the team with the most points wins a special prize!




The event will run from rollover to June 20th to rollover to June 27th.

The purpose of the event is to use the given riddles to find as many candles as possible! You can find up to 200 candles per day (refreshing at midnight) and are also able to hide new candles on various pages around the site for other users to find.

You can find more info about how to participate in the Solstice on the About Solstice page.
This page and the rest of the event can be accessed by clicking the event icon in the top left of the site.


The Special Prize
You may have noticed an item in the raffle labeled "Special Prize". Winners from both teams will win a special prize, differing depending on which team wins the most rounds of 1k lit/unlit candles.

The winning team's special prize will be a free custom with up to 5 marks, while the losing team's special prize will be a breedchange with up to 5 marks.

Please keep in mind:

-The custom/breedchange are only awarded to one user on their respective teams.

-The custom/breedchange can be any breed but Nephrochi or Bettafly.

-The custom/breedchange can have up to 5 markings and no mutations.

-The custom/breedchange will be done by SchattenspielRex (#1746)

-The custom winner should PM Rex with details for their custom upon winning! Likewise, the breedchange winner should PM Rex with the sprout and what they would like it changed to.

-The custom/breedchange specifications (or at least a PM stating you’re still deciding, please keep Rex updated!) must be sent to Rex within two weeks of the end of event, or the slot will be forfeit.

-Note! Due to Rex’s ongoing health concerns, there may be a wait time for these prizes, we appreciate the patience!



Updates

-Due to the ongoing struggles for the admin team, candle acceptance will be particularly slow this event. We apologize for the inconvenience.

-Both rares have been placed 1k points lower in the prize tiers! Additional prize tiers have also been added. Please remember that rares do tend to rerun in the future, so if you miss the new rare this time around, you will have another chance at a later date! This will be especially true if we notice that very few new rares go out at this event.

-The new Sproutmint item will be spawning in explore for the duration of the week long event.




Artist Credits:

Fresh Watermelon rare done by Sorrel (#600)
Sproutmint done by DestinyFate (#35)




Please feel free to ask questions or report any errors or issues with the event in the comment section below.

Good luck, and have fun everyone!