Island News & Updates
😵💫A Scoundrel, A Saboteur, an Isomara in Trouble Event Conclusion❗
With the aid of the community, the sabotuer was captured and brought into captivity. Darwin firmly ties up the troublesome isomara to await their trial.
A crowd of isomara clambers to finally witness the capture of the petty criminal who had wrought havoc and meaningless destruction to their very own society.
"There, now please don't make this any more difficult," orders Darwin, tightly pulling on a vine wrapped around the sabotuer. "You'll have to go through the closest village's jury to decide whether you deserve exilement or not..." Darwin finishes the final knot and turns to the crowd. "Thank you all who helped out, and my heart goes out to all those who faced damages and harm from this miscreant. Change can be scary, annoying, and may seem bad, but I firmly believe that as a society, we are growing together, stronger, and more open-minded. Keep building your trinkets, wearing your new clothes, and this one is very important: cook and use fire safely and under supervision. Communication is the most important thing between you and your neighbors. I mean, look, without communication, I wouldn't have all of you here who helped with securing the arrest of this isomara." The delivery boy sighs and takes a deep breath before continuing with his speech. "And while I have no say for what may come to the sabotuer, please do not hold ill-will towards this isomara or others like them. Teach, learn, and listen. Our ways change quickly, and we need to accept that some will have a difficult time adapting. Now, please go about your normal day. I see clouds moving in, so prepare for potential storms soon."
The crowd begins to dissipate and Darwin, with the help of a few, carries the sabotuer away to the local village for the final verdict.
1st Place - Owliette
- Has chosen to adopt the troublesome isomara and 1 Black Pearl
2nd Place - 13oddeyes
- Has received a Rare Standard Isomara MYO Slot and 1 Black Pearl
3rd Place - PeachKeeper
- Has received an Uncommon Standard Isomara MYO Slot and 1 Black Pearl
All participants have been given their individual participant rewards based on points gathered during the event. If you believe you are missing a reward, please submit a claim.
A Scoundrel, A Saboteur, an Isomara in Trouble Event has ended!
Players can no longer submit entries.
Players will have until June 2nd at 11:59 PM to submit any remaining enemy encounters from the event before points are tallied and prizes are awarded.
🎊10th Anniversary Bash🎊
Firstly, A Sentimental Note from Slayer, owner & creator of the Isomara Island ARPG
Hi all, Slayer here wanting to express my gratitude towards all players here of the Isomara Island ARPG. I am beyond thankful to all of you who have taken an interest in my little species and the game. Whether you have been around since the first few isomara designs in 2014 or just joined today, thank you so much. I hope you all continue to enjoy Isomaras as much as have.
For a brief history lesson, over 10 years ago, I created the first rough design of what would be the first Isomara, our Tour Guide, Slay. After a redesign and stumbling into the original species community, Isomaras had been officially announced and released as an original species. In early 2015, we had a small blossoming community with their own isomara characters. Soon after, I created the official ARPG group on DeviantArt. Now here we are, 10 years later.
Isomara Island has been a huge ongoing passion project of mine that I will never let go of. There have been tough times, but I've persevered and strived to continue development. I'm proud of the work I've put in, the players who have stuck with me for nearly a decade, and I'm grateful I get to keep making things I love. I've made this ARPG to be as welcoming as possible to both beginner and veteran artists and writers of all skills and backgrounds. This hobby helped me develop and push my creativity throughout my college years and further. So now, without further ado, I will shut my mouth and allow you all to enjoy the activities we have on the menu for this 10th anniversary bash.
⏲️Limited Time Open Registration [ENDED]
Last September, we held our first-ever open registration event. Free sign-up was only available for one day, but this time open registration will be available for five whole days! Share this news with your friends, and we hope to see more new faces!
Open Registration Ends: 12th May 2025, 23:59:59 MST (UTC-07:00)
🎟️MYO slot & Adoptable Raffles [ENDED]
There are eight (8) different raffles for players to enter. Six (6) are MYO Slots, and the other two (2) are premade designs. To gain raffle tickets, you will need to obtain Goo Beads. Goo Beads are randomly acquired when opening Goom Favors. More info on finding Goom Favors below!
There are eight (8) different Goo Beads; each different colored Goo Bead is tied to a different raffle.
Standard Isomara |
Deustrum Isomara |
Ultra Goom MYO Slot |
Ultra Blepper MYO Slot |
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Ultra Memora MYO Slot |
Ultra Memic MYO Slot |
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Anthro Standard Isomara [I-0534] |
Note: To turn Goo Beads into raffle tickets, select the Goo Bead from your inventory and choose to open it!
All Raffles End On: 15th May 2025, 23:59:59 MST (UTC-07:00)
🟢Goom Favors Galore! [ENDED]
These Goom Favor items can be found all across the site's games and activities during this anniversary bash.
Goom Favor Drop Sources:
- NPC Shop - Slay's Concessions
- Each player can buy up to 10 Goom Favors for 10ss each
- NPC Shop - Darwin's Donations
- Who knows, maybe you'll be lucky enough to find a Goom Favor sitting in the donation basket?
- Queen's Cache & Tide Pools
- Daily stamina has increased to 10 during the 10th anniversary bash. Stamina remains shared between the Tide Pools and Queen's Cache.
- There is a 10% chance of receiving 1 Goom Favor from either of these two games per stamina spent.
- The Wishful Well
- There is a 99% chance of receiving 10 Goom Favors
- Goom Care Drops
- There is a slim chance of receiving 1-2 Goom Favors when opening a Goom Care Drop.
- Activity Submissions & Prompts
- All activities, such as exploration and training, as well as all prompts submitted, will reward the user with 3 Goom Favors, along with the normal rewards of the activity/prompt.
- Scavenger Hunt prompts do not count and will not reward the 3 Goom Favor
- 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.
Goom Favors Galore End: 12th May 2025, 23:59:59 MST (UTC-07:00)
After this date, all reward drop rates will return to normal. This will also give players 3 more days to trade/sell amongst each other and use their favors/beads to enter the aforementioned raffles.
🐲Adoptable Sales & Daycare Batch
May 10th - 10th Anniversary Batch Sale
Live at 8:00 PM - View the adoptable designs here
A batch of ten (10) designs is up for sale.
This batch will be a good mix of companions and isomara! As per all other sales, these will be available to purchase with real-life currency or in-game currency.
May 12th - The Daycare Adoptable Batch
Will be live at 4:00 PM
Three (3) isomara eggs, three (3) isolings, and one (1) memora will be available to adopt for only in-game currency in The Daycare.

😵💫A Scoundrel, A Saboteur, an Isomara in Trouble Event❗[ENDED]
The new event is live. Darwin is concerned about a troublesome isomara.
A smooth Second open registration!
Welcome all new and returning players to the island! Throughout the last five days, registration was freely available, and now we just want to do a little housekeeping of what is still going on for our 10th Anniversary Bash and what is to come for the near future. For those who missed out on the limited-time open registration, you can still get an invite key to join by supporting us with a $10+ tier. And for those who joined, you are still able to support us to receive supporter rewards. You can always gift your invite key to a friend. 🎊10th Anniversary BashFollowing up on various dates and reminders from the 10th Anniversary Bash News
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✍️The Plan NowWith the influx of players now calmed, we can continue to work hard at porting content, filling out vacant information, and refining the current content of the site. We had a lot of questions come in from new players that helped us rough draft what to focus on and prioritize for the next couple of update logs.
Feel free to drop questions about this news in the comments below, in the Support Center, or the questions section of the official Discord server. Thank you for your support, and again, welcome to Isomara Island! |
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Goal Reached!
200 cups of goo have been collected as of 1:00 PM on April 2nd!
End of day on April 6th is the deadline to enter the Goom Takeover raffles!
Goom Takeover Donation Deadline: April 3rd at 11:59 PM
Goo and ectoplasm donations have closed!
Raffle Entry Deadline: April 6th at 11:59 PM
Players will have until the end of the day on April 6th to convert the Goo Beads into raffle tickets.
This is a reminder to open your Goom Favors to receive Goo Beads. Favors and Beads can be sold and traded, and you have all weekend to do so!
Goom Takeover 2025
Goo Retrieval
General Event Guidelines & Information:
- This event is being hosted only on the official Isomara Island site
- The gooms have come to take the island from their Isomara companions. While the takeover is playful, it can still be annoying. Seems the gooms want their goo back. Work with the community to collect goo and ectoplasm and give it back.
- A goom takeover site theme is currently available by setting your account's theme choice to default. This theme will revert to normal on April 4th, but will be available for all members later in the month to use freely forever.
Event Details
"You've been kind to us the last few years, but we've gotten bored!" Joey the goom, companion to the Tour Guide, Slayer, squeaks vehemently. Gooms cannot speak the same tongue as Isomara, but his anger reaches his companion. Slay seems a bit nervous.
"Now, Joey, calm down. I get it happens to be the time of the year for y'all's mischief, but can we work this ou-" She hopes to reason with the small, angry, blubbery creature, but Joey interrupts.
"Bring us GOO!" The squeaking begins once again. Other gooms in the nearby shrubbery begin to squeak in the same tone, creating a reverberating echo through the area. Joey begins to then spew goo into the air like a broken faucet, and the other the gooms follow suit. Slayer puts a palm to their face in agony.
View the Goom Takeover Event Page for information on how to participate and prizes
This is a limited-time event that ends when 200 cups of goo are donated or at 11:59 PM on April 30th
Event Update
We underestimated the community's determination and tenacity! We've increased the goal from 100 to 200 cups of goo, and have included an additional raffle prize, this time a bundle for an Isomara Island Website Invitation Key 🔑 & Common Standard Isomara MYO Slot!
Everyone who has already donated goo/ectoplasm will be given two Red Goo Beads to use for either this raffle, to trade/sell, or to hold on to. Red Goo Beads have been added to the Goom Favor drop table.
This invitation key can be used to sign up and create an account on this website. Perhaps you have a friend or acquaintance who wants to join?
🎟️ Additionally, we have added raffle ticket limits to each raffle:
- 20 tickets maximum each for the Friendly Goom, Spikey Goom, and Goom Orbs Raffles.
- 5 tickets maximum for the Site Invite Key & Iso MYO Slot Raffle.
Reminder that the Colorful Currents Event is still live until April 21st
Village Banquet Event Prompt
This event has ended, and the prompt submission will be approved in the following days!
General Event Guidelines & Information:
- This event is being hosted only on the official Isomara Island site
- There is a version of this event on Toyhouse and DeviantArt where those who participate have a chance to earn an invite key and other rewards for the site (for more info, see below)
- You may use any isomara you own, any NPC, or Community Isomara (such as Deus) for the Village Banquet Prompt. The only NPC that cannot be used for the bonus activity is Slayer.
- You may include other player characters in the Village Banquet Prompt submissions as long as the character permissions permit being included in gift art/writing.
Event Prompt Details
As the cold sets in and the final harvests have wrapped up across the island, many villages hold a final large feast to celebrate the year and the other villagers in their lives. The banquet can only be a success with your help.
What do you choose to make or bring to your village's banquet? You may bring any edible food such as fruits, vegetables, fish, etc., or do you go all out and try making something?
View the Village Banquet Prompt Here for more details, submission requirements, and the bonus activity
This is a limited-time prompt that ends at 11:59 PM on December 9th, the bonus activity closes at 11:59 PM on November 30th
Prompt Rewards
- The Catered Meal Achievement will be awarded to all isomara included in this prompt submission, as well as all isomara who enter into the bonus activity below (achievements can only be earned once per isomara)
- Optional: Include your Isomara's companions in the prompt submission to receive x1 care bundle per companion (the care bundle will be based on which companions are entered Ex. Memora companions included will reward you a Memora Care Bundle)
- All players who participate in this prompt will also receive x1 of each food item that is made official. If an Isomara brings in a new dish or food, we may make it an official item! We would love to see unique real-life family recipes or meals make it into these submissions!
Village Banquet Event on ToyHouse & DeviantArt
We are hosting a slightly different version of this event for those who do not have an account on the Isomara Island site. Those who participate will earn a raffle entry with a chance to earn an invitation key to the website, 200ss, and a common standard Isomara MYO Slot! There will be two winners on each site.
Please feel free to share to get the word out! These giveaways end when it's no longer December 1st anywhere in the world!
Toyhouse Event Giveaway [ENDED]
DeviantArt Event Giveaway [ENDED]
This event has been extended. This limited-time event now ends at 11:59 PM on April 28th.
Colorful Currents 2025
Fro-la-whats-this?
General Event Guidelines & Information:
- This event is being hosted only on the official Isomara Island site
- As this event has scavenger hunt portions, we ask that you keep your knowledge and clues to yourself. Players can refer to the Scavenger Hunt Hints forum thread for help on those portions of the event.
- You may use any isomara you own, any NPC, or Community Isomara (such as Deus) for this event.
- You may include other player characters in the submissions as long as the character permissions permit being included in gift art/writing
Event Details
A crowd of isomara congregate at the shores to gawk and cheer at the return of the pink currents teaming in nutrient-rich algae, salt, and most importantly skrill. Many isomara have already dived in with their nets and other gear to begin fishing for the succulent jumbo skrill.
While eager to do some fishing, you may want to find a less crowded area. Perhaps, Aycorn, watcher of the Tide Pools, knows of a more vacant yet lucrative area? Aycorn keeps an eye on the population of the skrill and other creatures that wash into the pools from high tide, and who knows maybe he will be allowing more casting attempts at the pools.
View the Colorful Currents Event Page for phase #1 information
This is a limited-time event that ends at 11:59 PM on April 21st April 28th
Updates, Changes, & Fixes since Update 7.6. 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 right away in Discord, but we want to ensure the entire community knows the latest news and fixes.
View all past Update Logs
Website Updates
Updates
- Players can now make their own shops to sell to and buy items from other players! At this time, only items can be stocked in shops. Later on, we will implement and allow equipment, accessories, and critters into shops.
- Once a player makes a shop, it will appear in the Player Shop Index, and a new section will appear on the player's profile.
- Each player can make up to two shops, which is great if you want to sort out items, or roleplay that certain shops are owned by certain characters.
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Player Shop Index |
Create A Shop! |
- The Bramble Thicket is the first of the new areas that players can discover. Various NPC companions reveal these small hidden areas after gaining their favor.
- You can do a new quest for Thyme to receive Lydia's favorite treat. Once you use the treat to gain Lydia's favor, you can assist her in providing bedding and chow to abandoned Memora kits. In return, these kits may leave you gifts or may even want to join your side once they've gained their strength.
🎉 Upcoming Isomara Island 10th Anniversary
- May 10th will be the ARPG's 10-year anniversary. We plan to hold another Open Registration during this time, character raffles, adoptables, mini-events, and more.
- Stay tuned for more information as we get closer to this date, and feel free to read up on the brief history of Isomara and the ARPG on the About page!
Changes
🟣 Special Trait Earning Requirements
- Reduced the amount of art needed to earn the Trail Special trait from 5 to 4 pieces of art
- Reduced the amount of words needed to earn the Trail Special trait from 1,600 to 1,200 words
🫧 Miscellaneous
- Mystery Candy and Ultra Mystery Candy now provide 0 hunger points (previously 2 hp and 5 hp, respectively)
- Pumpkin Drops' stat gain on consumption reduced from 12 to 8 stat gain
- Moved the Toyhouse Profile button on character pages to the profile section
- Can only be seen if the owner of the character adds a link through the edit profile button on a character (Example: See Pacings' profile section)
- Added ArtFight Profile button on character pages to the profile section
- Can only be seen if the owner of the character adds a link through the edit profile button on a character (Example: See Pacings' profile section)
- Added ArtFight Social link to community navbar dropdown
- Players can now link their Artfight profiles by going to user settings
- Removed Instagram socials from the website
- We hope you appreciate these updates and changes. Enter 3C0N0MY into the secret code redemption, you'll receive 50ss!
🛠️Fixes
- Fixed miscolored "Miscellaneous" Item Category text in shops on various site themes
- Minor UI cleanup and optimization at various screen sizes, including mobile sizes (Recommended to clear browser cache [CTRL+F5])
- Removed companions from dropdown selection when choosing to attach an achievement to a character, as only Isomara are intended to have achievements
🐛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.
New issues on our radar:
- Item sources are removed from Items when removed from a player's shop stock
- Badge sections on player profiles will continue to display recently earned/owned badges even if the badge has since been transferred to a character
DeviantArt Group Updates
Updates
- We will no longer be cross-posting all update information on DeviantArt. There will still be status posts on both the IsomaraIndex Account and SlayersStronghold's account, which will link to the on-site update news post.
- The Update Log hosted on DeviantArt will also not be updated anymore. A new Update Log has been created on-site and is referred to in the old DeviantArt Update Log.
Two issues were brought to our attention during adoption day, and we are looking into them. Thank you for informing us and providing all the information you can.
Adoption Day Bugs:
- Sometimes, a different currency is spent than the one selected when adopting from The Daycare
Player Reports: 2
- If you found that the incorrect currency was used and want a refund of that currency and exchange for the correct currency, please submit a claim
- Sometimes, the error "Not enough currency to make this purchase." is thrown when attempting to adopt a character despite the player having enough of the chosen currency
Player Reports: 3
We are looking into both of these issues and intend to resolve them before the next large adoption day. 🙇
Adoption Day is January 17th @ 12:00 PM
As of 1:15 PM, 3 Isomara and 1 Isomara Egg are left!
(One of the Isomara left, I-0390 also comes with a Memora Companion!)
Tomorrow at noon, all the following isomara, companions, and eggs shown will be available to adopt via The Daycare.
Daycare Adoption Details
- All adopts in The Daycare are first-come first first-served
- E-0038 will be bundled with the purchase of I-0390
- Egg prices do not reflect potential trait rarity or species breed, unlike normal adoption sale prices
- Seashells
, Sand Dollars
, and Queens Conch
currency will be available to use to adopt from The Daycare
- Eggs will only be available to buy with
and
(We seemed to have enabled
to be used, whoops! If you'd like a refund of
in exchange for the ss or sd submit a claim)
- Eggs will only be available to buy with
- If anyone has any issues buying a character from The Daycare when these adopts go live, please either:
- Comment on this new post with 1. The currency you're trying to use & 2. Which character(s) are you attempting to buy
- Ping or DM SlayersStronghold on Discord with 1. The currency you're trying to use & 2. Which character(s) are you attempting to buy
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- We cannot promise to 100% reserve the character you are trying to buy if an error occurs when you try to purchase from The Daycare but will be diligent in resolving any issues or hiccups.
Black Friday Sale 2024
Please enjoy the 20% discount to all adopts and MYO Slots of $5 or more (20% off rounded to the nearest dollar).
I appreciate all of our players here and am very happy that people continue to enjoy the ARPG.
OPEN ADOPTS |
MYO SLOT SHOP |
Sale Ends: December 8th at 11:59 PM
Darwin has come across a bunch of different coupons to shops in his lost and found!
Get them while they last!
Darwin's Donations

(You can only collect 1 item per every 10 minutes)
There was an issue with the coconut coupon's discount being incorrectly set to 10% off instead of 50% off. If anyone has used a coconut coupon since joining the site please submit a claim, so we may refund you half of the original purchase price that was made when the coconut was used.
- All coupon items have had their descriptions updated to include the shop and price discount
- All coupon items have been added to their own item category which you'll see in your inventory