Island News & Updates

🎊11th Anniversary Belated Celebration🎊

Conclusion

The official conclusion to the Rainbow Basking Experiment will be announced within a couple days along with the distribution of the rewards. Thank you everyone who participated, donated, and just had a fun time playing, drawing, or joking around in Discord chat! Please stay tuned for the next event.

     Happy June everyone! Slayer here wanting to thank all of our supporters and players for another good year. As you may have noticed we did not celebrate Isomara Island's Anniversary in May. There was some sickness going around the Stronghold that led myself and other bedridden during that pivotal time, so celebrations had to be pushed. Now that we are feeling much better the festivities can begin!

💎Hasha's Artificial Rainbow Basking Experiment🌈[ENDED]

The new event is live. Hasha has a new theory she'd like to test, but needs your help gathering the materials.

🚨Goal #1 & Goal #2 has been met! Over 60 Diamonds and 100 gems have been donated!🚨
Final Count:
73/60 Diamonds
165/100 Other Gems

Event Ended: 30th June 2026, 23:59:59 MST (UTC-07:00)

⏲️Limited Time Open Registration [CLOSED]

🎟️MYO slot & Critter Raffles [ENDED]

There are nine (9) different raffles for players to enter. Six (6) are MYO Slots, and the other three (3) are critters. To gain raffle tickets, you will need to obtain Goo Beads. Goo Beads are randomly acquired when opening Goom Favors. Info on finding Goom Favors below!

There are now nine (9) different Goo Beads; each different colored Goo Bead is tied to a different raffle. 

Note: To turn Goo Beads into raffle tickets, select the Goo Bead from your inventory and choose to open it!

All Raffles Ended On: 15th June 2026, 23:59:59 MST (UTC-07:00)

🟢Goom Favors

These Goom Favor drops have increased during the celebration. Here are ways to obtain them:

• NPC Shop - Slay's Concessions
  • Each player can buy up to 2 Goom Favors a day for 5ss each
• NPC Shop - Darwin's Donations
  • Who knows, maybe you'll be lucky enough to find a Goom Favor sitting in the donation basket?
• Tide Pools
  
  • There is a small chance of receiving a Goom Favor or a specific colored Goo Bead per stamina spent.
• Goom Care Drops
  • There is a slim chance of receiving 1-2 Goom Favors when opening a Goom Care Drop.
• Player Shops
  • Scour the community shops, as you never know if there will be players out there looking to sell off goom favors or specific colored beads.

After June 30th, all goom favor and goo bead drop rates will return to normal.

🏳️‍🌈 June Goodies

During the month of June you can pick up the Rainbow Site Theme and a new collectible Pretty Shell from Slay's Concessions.

• The new collectible Rainbow Pectin Pretty Shell also has a small chance to drop from the Tide Pools during the month of June!

🦤Goom & Blepper Adoptable Batch [SOLD OUT!]

An Adoptable Batch of 15 Characters consisting on Isomara, Gooms, and Bleppers goes live at 6:00 AM

Adoptable Sales Batch

What's This?! Seems Carmen and Frio have had a few dozen eggs in The Daycare and are ready for adoption as well! Check out the Daycare for over 30 eggs along with a few isomara and Memora up for adoption at 6:00 AM

The Daycare

Updates, Changes, & Fixes since Update 8.3. This journal outlines additions and changes to the Isomara Island ARPG since the previous update. You may be familiar with some of the topics below. At times, we announce new features immediately in Discord, and we want to ensure the entire community knows the latest news and fixes.
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Website Updates

Updates

🌠 Achievement Hunting Commences

• All achievements have received description text on how to earn and what rewards and perks they may grant.
• Not all achievements can be earned yet, but now they state if they cannot.

ℹ️ Information Documentation

• The following pages have been added and/or updated with new information:
  • Achievements Page

🪟 Character Masterlist Layout Options

• A new layout can be chosen on your character's masterlist page by going to the "Edit Profile" button in the Profile box section on the page. A toggle will be available when on the edit profile page.
  • Slayer's Note: "No one asked for this, but I did it anyway! Also, I frankly prefer the default layout, but some of y'all might, and I like to provide players with more customization options."

Default Layout The default layout for character masterlist pages. Preferred for characters with images vertically longer. Easier to view character info alongside the image.	New Optional Layout A new optional format for character masterlist pages. Preferred for those who want their character's image larger and put on a sort of pedestal.

🗨️ Community Through Comments

• Comments can now be enabled on player profiles. Comment feeds are disabled by default.
  • Head over to your account settings to change your player comment visibility to open your profile up to receiving comments
• Characters can now also have a comment feed! Comment feeds are disabled by default.
  • Character comments can either be mass-enabled through your account settings, or you can go to your character's masterlist page and select the "Edit Profile" button in the Profile box section, locate the Character Comment Status dropdown to override your global account setting.

🖼️ Where is Your Character Hanging Out?

• Players can now apply background environment images to their characters! These background images are called Hangouts. To apply a Hangout to a character, go to your inventory, select the Hangout, and select transfer to the character of your choice.
• Only one (1) hangout can be equipped to a character at a time. To swap out hangouts, go to the character's inventory and remove it. 
• Slay's Concessions is stocking a couple of these Hangouts for free! These and other hangouts may only be found while exploring.

📝New Prompts

• Sting or String - Earn the sting or string achievement by playing with the island's local danger cats
• Emergent Freedom - Depict your isomara's hatching to earn the Breakout achievement

🐉 Isomara Traits

• New Glimmer Body Special trait

Changes

🥕 Hunger Mechanic

• Berries now provide 1 hunger point per berry. Previously was 1 hunger point per 2 berries.
  • Berries can now be consumed from a player's inventory

🤧Infictions & Ailments

• Witch Hazel can now be used as a cure from player inventories

🫧 Miscellaneous

• Sugar has replaced Sugar Cane in Darwin's Exchange Center, and the price has been reduced from 3 to 2
• Reduced the amount of Berries needed to craft Berry Jelly from 25 to 14 berries
• Various items, including ones found in Hasha's Hut, have had their descriptions and information added and updated
• Use code N3yY34r2026 to receive some goodies

🛠️Fixes

• Added missing item descriptions to various items,
• Equipped accessories and equipment no longer incorrectly list characters they are attached to when viewed from the player's inventory
• Sigils are placed in the character achievement basket when earned. Sigils have now been separated into their own tab on character master list pages.
• Fixed some images in the Prompt Pavilion that were not linking to proper prompts
• Eggs can no longer be fed items
• Select character dropdown when attaching critters, equipment, or accessories now displays the full character's name, not just the ID numbers
• Isoling Growth prompt is now visible on the prompt pavilion page
• Most Rice Paddy Field text has been updated to be more tailored to that Conservation area
• Minor UI adjustments made to character masterlist pages
• Fixed daily stamina, NPC quest, and other daily activities not always resetting
  • Note: The fix in place is a fail-safe, as the original issue falls on our server host.
• Updated some older item art and missing art

🐛Known Bugs

You can find the full list of known issues here. These are issues reported by players or noted by staff that have not yet been resolved but are on our radar.

Redeem Code: W3eklyFr3shF41L

for five (5) Queen's Cache Rolls, Five (5) Tide Pools Rolls, twenty-six (26) Seashells, and one (1) White Pearl

Howdy villagers, sometimes our server host has hiccups where the dailies such as queen's cache, tide pools, and the daily npc quest item fails to refresh for the day and staff are not always around to catch it, so here is a code you can redeem that hopefully will make up for a bit of those missing daily redeems. The code above will expire  at end of day on January 17th. 

As of today, January 11th, we have manually reset the dailies as of 11:00 AM! If you notice the dailies not reset at midnight please do not hesitate to post in the Discord, or submit a report. We will continue to work with our server host to reduce the occurance of this issue and in the meantime will manually reset the dailies when around, or in the case where we are not, grant all you villager a redemption code.

🎉Happy New Year 🎉

Happy New Year, Villagers! We missed you!

     We are back home from our vacation and will begin rolling on the submission, gallery, and other queues this week, so please sit tight!

     For those unaware, we got the pleasure to host a panel at the Painted Desert Fur Convention (PDFC) in Phoenix, Arizona this past weekend. There was some miscommunication and unfortunately some missed the panel due to a relocation and reschedule of it, and we apologize for that. I, SlayersStronghold, would like to personally thank those who attended and bared with me as I nervously tried to present the topic, when we did not have the promised set-up for the presentation I prepared. Things happen and that's alright. I like to think we all had a little fun doing some coloring and designing of Isomara!

     Speaking of the PDFC panel, if you were there, designed an Isomara, and had it scanned those will be uploaded, and you will receive a message on the provided account/ platform by the end of the week. If you don't see your isomara on the masterlist, or a message to your preferred social platform by end of day Friday, January 9th, please reach out either through the isomaraarpg@yahoo.com email or message us on Discord (isomaraisland.com).

Painted Desert Fur Con Redemption Codes

     At the convention, we gave out codes for some currency and items. If you attempted to enter this code prior to today, you may have noticed it did not work. This is now fixed! We apologize for any inconvenience this may have had, and we have included a Sand Dollar as an additional reward as an apology for not catching this issue previously.

Note: The exclusive item mentioned is a special Bahrū critter! This Bahrū will be gifted separately to those who redeem the code. For those who did not attend PDFC or receive this exclusive code through our Patreon you will be able to earn one of these Bahrū through a limited-time prompt that will be released with the upcoming update 8.4.

What is to come...

     Next up on our calendar is update 8.4 which will reintroduce achievement earning and voyaging. Later in the month, expect a new event to kick off the year. It will involve voyaging, so ensure your adult isomara have some stat points built up! 

We hope everyone has had a good new year so far, and we hope we can entertain you through the rest of the year! 

 Thank you from the bottom of our hearts,
     Isomara Island Staff / SlayersStronghold

Double Stat Gain Event

This event ended on December 7th, 2025, at 11:59 PM

General Event Guidelines & Information

• Training Activity Information 
• Double stat gain only applies to training prompt submissions and does not include stats gained from consumption, enemy encounters, or other means
• While this is an event, training submissions will not count toward the event seashells bonus when submitting to the gallery
• Any of the NPC/Community Isomara can be trained

Double Stat Gain Trainings

     During this time, all isomara in trainings will receive double the amount of stat points earned in training submissions.

• Trainings Gallery Folder - Submit your isomara training images/literature here
• Training Prompt - Once in the Gallery folder submit them to the training prompts to earn the rewards

A Thousand Steps At A Time - Bonus Activity

     Train your body and mind alongside your isomara by submitting a daily step count. For every 1,000 steps walked (or 0.5 miles / 0.8km walked) you will receive +1 stat gain for a specific isomara of your choice for the day (can be any Isomara you own or an NPC). If you reach 10,000 steps (5 miles) you will receive a bonus +5 stat gain for that isomara of your choice for the day.

Guidelines & Rules

1. When submitting images for your proof of steps / distance walked, ensure the image is cropped just to include the necessary information.
   • If we see any photos that include potentially personally identifiable information, we will remove the image from the site.
2. You can only submit your steps ONCE per day, even if you take more steps after! Each day resets at midnight island time (UTC-7 / MST)
3. List one Isomara's Name or ID# that you'd like to apply the stat points to (You can list a different isomara each day) either in the gallery submission or add the character in the Character's section when submitting to the gallery.
   • You may only list isomara who own or and NPC/Community owned isomara
   • You cannot list eggs

• Steps Walked Gallery Folder - Submit Steps/Distance Proof to this Gallery Folder
  • Players can instead submit their proof of steps/distance walked to the Discord thread here if they would rather.

Note: For those with limited mobility or those unable to leave the home and may not be able to participate in the bonus activity of this event which is focused on walking, you may submit another form of proof to showcase exercise or brain training in another way. Whether it be a small checklist of strength training reps, an image of a completed exercise routine or crossword puzzle, timer of how long you were reading a novel, or other unique form to you (for example a screenshot you played # of minutes of a VR game). You will receive +1 stat point per 10 mins of exercise/brain training, and the bonus +5 stat points for 100 mins of exercise/brain training in the day. If you find yourself unsure or want to be private with these submissions, you may reach out to SlayersStronghold on Discord instead of submitting to the site or linked Discord thread.

F.A.Q

Black Friday Sale 2025

All Isomara Island adoptable designs adopts and MYO Slots of $5 or more are discounted 20% off their USD($) price!
I appreciate all of our players here and am very happy that people continue to enjoy the ARPG.

This sale ended on December 7th at 11:59 PM

Notes:

• The 20% discount on open adoptables is rounded to the nearest dollar
• Discount only applied to real currency (USD) prices. In-game currency price is not discounted.

🎟️ Chillin December Raffles 🎟️

     Two (2) different raffles are live for players to enter. To gain raffle tickets, you will need to obtain and open Goo Beads. Goo Beads are randomly acquired when opening Goom Favors from your inventory. To turn Goo Beads into raffle tickets, select the Goo Bead from your inventory and choose to open it!

There are eight (8) different Goo Beads; each different colored Goo Bead is tied to a specific raffle. 

TIP: Looking for Goom Favors and Beads? Be sure to claim and open your goom's companion care drops, and scour the player shops!

Updates, Changes, & Fixes since Update 8.2. This journal outlines additions and changes to the Isomara Island ARPG since the previous update. You may be familiar with some of the topics below. At times, we announce new features immediately in Discord, and we want to ensure the entire community knows the latest news and fixes.
View all past Update Logs

Upcoming Staff Vacations

All Isomara Island ARPG staff will be on vacation on the following dates. There will be no updates during this time, and all reports, submissions, and claims in the queue will be on hold during these times:

• November 26th - November 29th
• December 24th - January 4th

Website Updates

Updates

📢 Black Friday Sale - LIVE NOW!

• Ends on December 7th at 11:59 PM
• 20% off on all adoptables and MYO Slots of $5 or more!
  • Discount only applies to real currency prices and not in-game currency prices

💪 Double Stat Gain Event - UPCOMING

• Starts on November 25th; Ends on December 7th at 11:59 PM
• All training submissions will earn double the stat gain during this time
  • There will be an optional bonus daily activity for players to earn even more stats for their isomara. Stay tuned!

Changes

🥕 Hunger Mechanic

• Added debuff to the starving status
  • When an isomara's hunger reaches zero (0) they will be unable to participate in any activity, prompt, or event until they have at least 1 hunger (the character can be included in artwork/stories, but will not factor into any rewards or be eligible to earn rewards which includes but is not limited to: stats, items, and experience).
• Courtship Tradition prompts (date prompts) now reduce hunger by 10 (previously was 3)
• Snow item now grants -1 hunger points (previously was +0 hunger points)

🤧Infictions & Ailments

• The percentage chance of certain items curing an ailment when used/consumed has been removed. Now, using/consuming said item will always cure at least one instance of that ailment, and some items can cure more than one instance of an ailment. We took notice that some isomara were accumulating a lot of a single ailment.
  • Honey has changed from "35% chance to cure a bee sting" to "cures one instance of bee stings"
  • Avocado has changed from "5% chance of causing an Upset Stomach" to "Causes one instance of Upset Stomach ". Avocado item description now clearly states cures one instance of both Scurvy and Joint Pain.
  • Filler Smoothie cures three instances of each of the ailments: Dehydration, Scurvy, and Upset Stomach
• These items can now be used as cures from your inventory:
  
  • Ice
  • Honey
  • Snow
• Aloe Vera no longer cures splinters
• Ramen now cures dehydration and frostbite (three instances each, too!)
• Snow no longer can cure dehydration
• Tomatoes no longer cure joint pain
• Tomatoes no longer have a chance to cause an upset stomach

🍑Item Categorization

• All items under the Specter Fruit category have been moved to the Edible Category
• The Specter Fruit category has been renamed to Designer Fruit
• All fruits that can alter the color or markings of characters have been moved from the Edible to the Designer Fruit Category

🫧 MYO Slot Shop

• Common MYO Slots now have unlimited stock
• Increased purchase limit of uncommon myo slots from 1 per player to 2 per player

🫧 Miscellaneous

• Some of the clues for the insect scavenger hunt have received some clarity and updates. We know some of you have been having a hard time sniffing out the bee.
• Added a line of text when selling items from inventory that informs players of the player shop
• Use code FallB00n to receive some seashells

🛠️Fixes

• Added missing item descriptions to various items,
• Fixed some image overflow on mobile devices
• Fixed the empty companion box on isomara profiles. Now correctly says "no companions".
• Fixed blepper and goom images being swapped on the traits index
• Added many links to the MYO Character Design Guide, where certain text references other parts or relevant information
• The Character Design Guide has reached many updates, including clarification, links, and added information. This document is still a work in progress.
  • The oldest feral and anthro adult standard isomara bases are now available for download to use. Keep in mind, as these bases were made in 2014, many traits are not available and will need to be drawn yourself.
• Purchasing redesigns can now be accomplished by buying a manemi fruit item from the MYO Slot Shop. There are other ways to procure this fruit in the game, but you'll have to discover how.
• Minor visual UI fixes and cleanup

🐛Known Bugs

You can find the full list of known issues here. These are issues that have been reported by players or noted by staff and have not been resolved yet, but are on our radar.

• Equipped accessories and equipment incorrectly say what character they are attached to when viewed from the player's inventory

Hallows Extravaganza Event 2025

The month of October has just begun, and with that begins the Hallows Extravaganza. While there are many things planned not everything can roll out at once, so we ask for your patience while activities are steadily rolled out.

To start things, why not start gathering mochi for the return of the limited time event shops?

Start of the Month & Every Day with free Treats! - ENDED

NPC Shop Trick or Treating - ENDED

Visit the following NPC Shopkeepers to collect a free mochi every day for October:

• Slay's Concessions
• Pacings' Shop
• Carmen's Fabrication Station
• Hasha's Hut
• Charlotte's Iron Emporium
• Thyme's Taming Tavern
• Darwin's Exchange Center

Along with the daily free mochi from the other shops, Darwin's Donations will have a hefty supply of mochi refilled daily. Players can collect one item from Darwin's Donations once an hour for free.

Prompt - Mochi Making 101 - CLOSED

Carmen, Aycorn, and little Deus have set up a booth for those not only to watch the process of making mochi, but also to get hands-on and learn the tradition of making these treats. Join them and take part in the mochi-making, and even take home some of your very own handmade mochi!

Mochi Making 101 Prompt Closed: November 5th, 2025, 23:59:59 MST (UTC-07:00)

Activity - Rice Farming

Prerequisite: Must complete the Mochi Making 101 prompt to earn Aycorn's Map, which will grant access to the Rice Paddy Fields conservation nook.

Activity - NPC Carnival - ENDED

Treat Trade-In shop Sugar has propped up a tent selling a plethora of hand-crafted daifuku, legendary finds, charms, and mystery candy.   Shop Closes: November 9th, 2025, 23:59:59 MST (UTC-07:00)

Tantalizing Treasures The suspicious red isomara is back with many foreign fruits, pretty shells, and other treasures.   Shop Closes: November 9th, 2025, 23:59:59 MST (UTC-07:00)

Prompt - Trick or Treat

Dress up in costumes with friends and go around gathering mochi from others on the island.

Trick or Treat Prompt Closed: October 31st, 2025, 23:59:59 MST (UTC-07:00)

A Sudden Interrogation Bequeaths Knowledge!

Stop playing these games and tell us about these foreign foods and seeds! Our curiosity must be satiated, but only slightly, as this odd shopkeeper will not fold so easily. They avoid telling us all the secrets, but provide the knowledge that the Altered Rice Seeds and Strange Beans can both grow by being submerged in water just like the normal rice seed, but specific water is required...