Important Note: Snowmelt activities will become available at midnight. This update was posted early (before the start of the event) as I do not typically stay up that late.
Special Snowmelt Item Drops
Special Snowmelt-exclusive flower recolor clothing, decor and adventuring snacks are dropping for this week in Gathering, Daily Scenarios, Adventuring, and the Post Office. These items will return every year.
NEW Flower Decor
Note: The "standard" colors of the new flower garland items will be available all year round, while the recolors will be Snowmelt-exclusive
Returning Items
Snowmelt Stamp Mini-Currency
Get Snowmelt Stamps through your dailies, or by sending a card using the Snowmelt Messenger Services. Snowmelt Stamps can be redeemed for collectables, snacks, and more at the Snowmelt Flower Market.
Coloring Contest Winners
Thank you to everyone who submitted your wonderful springsnails! As always, we agonized over the decision trying to get it down to 16. Congratulations to the 16 winners!
@Pigeom (Calico Springsnail)
@caecilius (Springsnail Mail)
@Joshiepopop (New Life Springsnail)
@lastwazy (Chamomile Honey Springsnail)
@Zinfandel (Matcha Milk Tea Springsnail)
@Minccino (Apple Springsnail)
@spacialrift (Sneppermint Springsnail)
@LeaIsa (Pondering the Springsnail Snorb)
@Kieren (Teal Springsnail)
@Duffleglump (Super-Sweet Springsnail)
@zir (Unicorn Springsnail)
@Krookodile (Bottle Springsnail)
@blebb (Copper-Coated Springsnail)
@Rurus (Unfinished Painted Springsnail)
@Nestor (Snaxi Cab Springsnail)
@Vero (Android Springsnail)
Since choosing is so hard, we did choose an additional 12 "honorable mentions." We'll be sending a small number of essence fragments over to these users as a bonus treat! Special shoutout to these users!
@MarshSiren (Patchwork Springsnail)
@xinhe (Notebook Springsnail)
@smores (Snorman the Normal Springsnail)
@SpiritOwl (The Wishing Springsnail)
@L1teralsatan (Sunrise Springsnail)
@Mintkit (Trinket Jar Springsnail)
@Olm (Badly Coloured Springsnail)
@larva (Petri Dish Springsnail)
@Amorii (Boardwalk Springsnail)
@scout (Fishbowl Springsnaill)
@Kishinyu (False-Eyed Springsnail)
@PrinceofMoths (Fox Springsnail)
All of the users above will get a PM from me tomorrow (December 17th) with information about prizes.
Note: The springsnails will be soft retired after this week.
Soft-Retired Springshrews
The Springshrews from the First Snowmelt will be returning this week with very, very low odds (you may or may not get one). These odds have been tentatively set at 1:500 for the start, but this is most likely too rare and will need to be adjusted over the course of the week as I evaluate how much time people are spending on the activities.
Snowmelt-Themed Dailies
For this week only, many activities will have special flavortext and events.
- All cats have a 50% chance of bringing a Snowmelt item home during their day job.
- There are Snowmelt-exclusive social scenarios which drop Snowmelt items. In addition, the odds of a cat forming a new relationship are increased this week.
- There are Snowmelt-themed letters at the post office and users are guaranteed to get at least one Snowmelt-themed letter a day.
- Each battle in Adventuring has a chance of having a special Snowmelt crate in it with special Snowmelt items. Note: The odds of encountering this are twice as high as they were for the first Snowmelt and Leaf Day.
Event Hub Activities
There are two event activities over at the
Event Hub. Make sure to check them out!
Snowmelt Messenger Service
Visit NPCs Dandelion (orange cat) and Cauliflower (tan cat) to decorate your very own Snowmelt greeting card and send it to a friend, a stranger, or even yourself.
There are three options for sending cards, and with each you get to decorate the card and pick a type of flower item and a poem by the fantastic
@argante. Bury everyone you know in flowers and engage in the greatest flower fight of all time.
Options include:
- Sending a gift to a specific user costs 25 notes. You receive a Snowmelt Stamp and your recipient receives a flower item of the type you chose.
- Sponsoring a gift from the NPCs to a random active user costs 25 notes. You receive a Snowmelt Stamp and Dandelion and Cauliflower will send a card and gift to a random user.
- Treating yourself with a Snowmelt Card costs 50 notes because you will receive both the Snowmelt Stamp and the gift item.
Snowmelt Flower Market
RNG not cooperating? You can purchase all of the Snowmelt-exclusive items at the Snowmelt Flower Market. Clothing and decor are available for notes. Snacks, collectables, and more are available exclusively for Snowmelt Stamps.
Snowmelt Flower Market Exclusives
Were you wondering what Acorn's been up to for the last year? Well, as it turns out, she's taken up cross-stitch. If you have extra Snowmelt stamps from sending way too many cards, she'll sell you some of her cross-stitch flowers for 4 stamps each. These will return every year as a shop-exclusive item:
Not-Snowmelt New Craftscat Crafts
Unrelated to Snowmelt, a new craftable item set is now available in the craftscat menu! These "pillar" items have a versatile use as support beams, posts for your hanging flower planters and garlands, bird feeders, or street lanterns.
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After Snowmelt?
We are approaching the best time of the year! That time being the time I get 2 full weeks off of my irl job and can work on the site full-time. This year's goal is to finish the custom content system and get as close to finishing mercats as possible.
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