Our first open registration was Bumpy, but overall a success!

Updates, Changes, & Fixes since Update 7.1. 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 the Discord, but we want to ensure the entire community knows the latest news and fixes.
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Website Updates

Updates

🍖 Edible Items Version 1.0

Most edible items can now be eaten from a player's inventory! Items with the small pink tag labeled "Consumable" can be eaten by selecting the item in your inventory and choosing which of your Isomara to feed it to. Once fed the Isomara's hunger meter will rise or fall depending on the item.

• • Edible items with other multiple effects such as curing ailments, raising stats, and granting traits will still need to be fed using the Item Consumption Forums. We need more time to implement those features, but now most items can be fed to Isomara instantly!
  • If you see any issues when using consumable items please submit a bug report with a description of what items and isomara were involved.
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🐈 Companion Care Drops

• Added Memora care drops
  • Memora must be companioned to an Isomara to have care drops. You can learn how to tame and companion Memora here.

Changes

🪽Stat Capacity

• All stats have received a maximum capacity limit. Never before has there been a hard set-in-stone limit to the amount of fight, flight, and hunger stat points an Isomara can have, but as we implement more features to the website there are times when we need to limit data and work within the bounds of some backend limitations. With the addition of Edible Items V1, we need to implement a cap on hunger and the other two stats. There will be ways to increase this cap in the future.
• Fight and Flight are capped at 500 each
• Hunger has been capped at 200
  • For any Isomara over the 200 hunger cap, they will automatically have their hunger cap increased rounded up to the nearest hundred (Ex. Hunger of 223, the cap will be 300)
  • The Stuffed hunger status will remain for Isomara over 100 no matter what their hunger cap
  • Note: Once an Isomara reaches the hunger cap they can still eat items, but their hunger will not go above that count

🫐 Item Details & Effects
All items in the edible category have had their descriptions fleshed out with additional information such as flavor text, location source, and uses. 

• Flowers have been changed from a Tier 1 item to a Tier 0 item
• Consuming flowers now causes -1 hunger for each flower eaten (used to be +1 hunger for x3 flowers)
• Coconut Water now cures Dehydration
• Added sale price to all edible items which means all edible items can now be sold from the player's inventories
• Using honey now only has a 35% chance of curing bee stings
• Added critter bite cure to honey (35% chance)
• Using Aloe vera now only has a 35% chance to cure sunburns
• Added critter bites cure to Aloe Vera (35% chance)
• Increased hunger for eating a Pumpkin from 3 to 5
• Added new item -
  • Bandage - made of aloe vera or honey and fabric grants a 100% chance to cure bee stings, critter bites, and sunburns
• Removed item
  • Height Changer - No longer needed as players can alter their character's height whenever they please

• Filler Smoothie Recipe
  • Added Apple Juice and Orange Juice as alternatives to Coconut Water
  • Increased amount of water/juice items from 1 to 2
  • Added Watermelon, Kiwi, Apples, and Oranges as alternatives to fruit items
  • Increased amount of fruit items needed from 2 to 3
  • Replaced Mystery Candy x1 ingredient with Honey x2
  • Filler Smoothies now also cure Upset Stomachs
• Grapes, Grape Juice, & Grape Jelly
  • Grapes are now worth 1 HP (previous 1 grape = 0.5 HP)
  • Reduced amount of grapes needed to craft grape juice and grape jelly
  • Increased HP of grape juice from 5 to 9 and grape jelly from 7 to 14

🫧 Miscellaneous

• Added White Pearl Currency Icon
• Added Black Pearl Currency Icon
• Added Tomato Item Art

🛠️Fixes

• Dark Blues site theme has gone through an adjustment pass to adjust some aspects of the site to fit the dark mode theme (Change your site theme via account settings)
• Fixed various broken links in the FAQ page
• Exploration and Training permission toggles on character pages are now appropriately updated with selected choices.
  • We advise players to double-check the badges on the top of the character's page to ensure they are set to their preferred choice. You can change these permissions through the "Edit Profile" button in the profile section on the character's master list page.

• Various crafting recipes no longer list unreleased or incorrect items (Ink and Mushroom soup were a couple of the few recipes that were fixed)
• Duplicate ingredients no longer are being listed on some crafting recipes (Valor Juice and Super Height Changed were a couple of the few recipes impacted)
• Fixed a 500 error when viewing the crafting recipe for Pumpkin Drops
• Removed scallop and coconut cracking crafting recipes and added the ability to crack/open them from inventories (now in parity with how clams can be cracked open)
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• Horizontal line dividers and header 4 fonts were incorrectly colored in the Rainbow site theme
  
  

🐛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.

• Isomara of the Month will sometimes display a companion species
  • Low priority bug: staff will manually roll an Isomara if the site pulls a non-Isomara species for the IOM for the time being
• Sigils are placed in the character achievement basket when earned. The plan is to separate sigils into their own tab on character master list pages.
• Critter images will sometimes overlap on character profile pages
• Roll rewards of "Nothing" are not clear when presenting this information
• Chance of multiple stamina to be used when playing Tide Pools or Queen's Cache games
• Countdown timers on various games will reset to 59:59 when reaching 00:00 (Workaround is to refresh the page)
• Companion Care Drops fail to populate at the start of the month automatically

This Event Has Ended

The prompts close at 11:59 PM today, July 31st!
Thank you to all who voted in the poll to extend the deadline.

Basking in Rainbows Event

Event Ends: July 31st (11:59 PM)

An onslaught of rain was gifted to the island over the last month, but now the rains are over and the havens have blessed the island with an abundance of rainbows. The beautiful vibrant arches have lured numerous Cloud Hoppers to them in numbers never seen before. As the Cloud Hoppers flock to the rainbows so do Isomara to watch the critters bask in the vibrant color causing an all-new type of cloud hopper to appear.

Prompt #1 - Sun Bathing

     The sun is shining bright putting everyone on the island in a cheerful demeanor. They've all come to gather under the sun and rainbows to bathe in the light.

Draw / Write about three Isomara basking in the sunlight and rainbows together. The Isomara do not need to be owned by you.

Rewards:

• x1 Sand Dollar
• Rainbow Site Theme

Submit Sun Bathing Prompt Here

Prompt #2 - Rainbow Basking

     While enjoying this wonderful event you may even make a new friend.

Draw / Write about your Isomara encountering a cloud hopper or watching the cloud hoppers bask in rainbows.

Rewards:

• Convert an owned Cloud Hopper to the Rainbow Variant
  or
• Adopt a new Rainbow Cloud Hopper
• Bonus Reward: Attach a Diamond as an Add-on when submitting this prompt to convert it into a Prisma Diamond.

Prerequisite: Must complete Basking in Rainbow Event Prompt #1 - Sun Bathing
Submit Rainbow Basking Prompt Here

Your Companions have brought their Care Drops for July. Oh? What's this it seems the Memora are also bringing gifts!
From this month forward companioned Memora will now also be eligible for Companion Care Drops.

Not only that, for July only we will be allowing players to companion their Memora and Isomara together without the need to be tamed!

This offer is only valid until July 31st @ 11:59 PM. After Memora will need to go through companion taming to be eligible for companionship.
Submit a claim with your Memora and Isomara of choice to companion them while the offer lasts.

Updates, Changes, & Fixes since Update 7.0. 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 the Discord, but we want to ensure the entire community knows the latest news and fixes.
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Website Updates

Updates

New Event - Basking in Rainbows

• A new event has gone live. You can find the event in its entirety here.
• Complete the two event prompts to earn items, a new rainbow site theme, and even a new cloud hopper variant.
• Event ends on June 30th

New Game - Sink or Soar

• Sink or Soar has been released with much praise from the community. For those visiting the Tide Pools, you'll likely spot Aycorn waiting to play a simple number-guessing game of Sink or Soar.

Added Guides & Information Pages

• Island Inhabitants - Find all information and page resources for species and animals living on the island. This page has been added to the Inhabitants tab on the navigation bar. This page is still a work in progress and contains placeholder images.
• Isomara Communication - Goes over how Isomara communicate through verbal, and nonverbal means, and alongside the new Sink or Soar game implements the number written notation of the Isomara species.
• Hunger Mechanic - Learn all about that hunger meter that is present on the Isomara Masterlist pages, how to increase it, and what hunger affects. This page has been added to the Resources tab on the navigation bar.
• Inflictions & Ailments - Isomara can contract illness and be harmed in some activities. This informative page tells you all about the ailments an Isomara can contract along with the effects and cures to them. This page has been added to the resources tab on the navigation bar.
• Courtship - Mating traditions for Isomara are not too different from our own. Courtship describes what preparations two Isomara must take which will lead to producing eggs.
  • The Courtship Traditions Tab in the Prompt Pavilion has also been updated with the new prompts.

Site Themes

• A dark mode theme has been implemented on the site. To enable a site theme go to your settings and select which theme you would like. Choosing no theme will revert the appearance of the site to the default blue/white theme.
• A rainbow pride theme is also available to those who complete the new Basking in Rainbows event.

Changes

Courtship

• Reduced max amount of times a single isomara can court from twice a month to once a month
• Unified the amount of date prompts an isomara needs to complete to court to two dates
  • Previously only one date was needed if courting your own isomara, now is two. And if courting with an isomara not owned by you each person can do one date each (which has remained the same).
  • We have decided to stabilize the number of dates to two to ensure the isomara get to know each other and build their relationship.

Miscellaneous

• Renamed any uses of "bust" to "bust/halfbody" as when we referred to art busts it was for 25-64% of the character being visible, and as we know a bust typically refers to just a portion of the upper body.

Fixes

• Fixed formatting of various pages with contents extending off the page on smaller window sizes.
• Fixed being unable to adopt a character from The Daycare if the character had multiple ways to purchase
• Hyperlink over an entire paragraph in the FAQ page
• Added some missing or incorrect links in the Beginner's Guide
• Prompt rewards correctly state "stat points" instead of "character points"
  
  

Known Bugs

These are issues that have been reported by players or noted by staff and have not been resolved yet but are on our radar.

• Isomara of the Month will sometimes display a companion species
  • Low priority bug: staff will manually roll an Isomara if the site pulls a non-Isomara species for the IOM for the time being
• Sigils are placed in the character achievement basket when earned. The plan is to separate sigils into their own tab on character master list pages.
• Critter images will sometimes overlap on character profile pages
• Exploration and Training permission icons will default to allow when editing a character's profile
• Roll rewards of "Nothing" are not clear when presenting this information
• Chance of multiple stamina to be used when playing Tide Pools or Queen's Cache games
• Countdown timers on various games will reset to 59:59 when reaching 00:00 (Workaround is to refresh the page)
• Companion Care Drops fail to populate at the start of the month automatically

During this event, all training submissions will receive double stat Gain!

The event ends Monday, May 27th, 2024 at 11:59 PM Island time.

Information & Rules:

• Stat points are doubled per isomara
• Training guidelines and information 
• Submit to this prompt
• Double stat Gain only applies to training prompt submissions and does not include stats gained from consumption 
• This is not considered an event and submissions will not count toward the bonus event ss
• Any of the NPC/Community Isomara can be trained

Reminder all Deustrum Isomara give an additional +1 stat gain to all other Isomara in the training!

Past Update Journal: Iso-Island 6.4.9
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• Website updates, changes, and fixes below have already been applied to the site unless specified.

Website Updates

Updates

• The forum boards have been fully implemented. Users can chat, role-play, write stories, and post threads for trading items and characters.
• If you have suggestions for additional forum sections, please submit a suggestion report.

Item Consumption

• A new forum sub-topic has been made specifically for item consumption. Please refrain from submitting claims to feed your Isomara; instead, make a new thread with your username as the title. This thread will be for you to use for all your characters.
• This will be a temporary measure until automated item consumption has been implemented on the site.

Additional Character Profile Settings

• A new icon for exploration permissions has been added to all character profiles. This icon will inform players if the character's owner allows others to use it for exploration.
• You can change these settings to allow/disallow by selecting the Edit Profile button on a character's profile section.

• Separation of content boxes - Based on some opinions and preferences on the Isomara Island Discord, we've updated the character pages so that the content boxes containing companions/critters and equipment/accessories can now be condensed as they were or separated.
• By default, they are now separated. If you prefer the condensed look, you can go to the Edit Profile button on your character's profile section and change it there. You can set this for each character, adding a bit of further customization to the character pages.

Visual Trait Index

• There is now a visual index of traits. Currently, we only have a moderate selection of Isomara traits with images and additional image examples. There is also now a dedicated visual trait page location in the encyclopedia and sidebar.
• Visual Isomara Trait Index - You can select a trait to view information and additional example images.

New Prompts

• A Lesson in Give & Take - Can be found in the Prompt Pavilion under Lifetime Beats > Isoling Grow-Up

New Awards

• The Give Sigil can be earned through A Lesson in Give & Take prompt
• The Take Sigil can be earned through A Lesson in Give & Take prompt

• In-Game Currency - This fully explains how many seashells are earned per drawing / written literature. It is being improved, and more example images are being worked on.
• Development Roadmap - Made the site page for the roadmap that includes the known bugs that are mentioned in updates

Changes

In-Game Currency Rewards

• Word Count SS reward change, slight change to the formula to even out the curve (the exponential growth for longer stories was a bit too insane) for reference a 1,900 word story decreased from 303ss to 288ss, but 250 words increased from 17 to 19!
• Increased General Craft rewards from +15ss to +60.
• Added Enhanced Craft rewards

Art Gallery

• Added Gallery folders for Crafts & 3D art and General Literature
• Increased amount of gallery and submission preview images from 4 to 6 on homepage, user profiles, and character profiles

Miscellaneous

• Renamed Baby wings trait to Cherub
• Miscellaneous minor UI cleanup
• Added clarification note about max image size when submitting an image to the gallery
  

Fixes

• Age now automatically is populated (previously staff had to alter it by hand in the database) and all Isomara properly display their age
• Baby (cherub) Wings traits has been applied to all Isolings
• Added missing 6'4" height option for character profiles
• Inventory, equipment, critter, and accessory boxes on profiles now correctly display 8 of each item content
• Items in the encyclopedia now redirect to their page when selecting their image or name instead of a keyword search redirect.
• Item listings in the encyclopedia no longer duplicate and cover up other items

Known Bugs

These are issues that have been reported by players or noted by staff and have not been resolved yet but are on our radar.

• Isomara of the Month will sometimes display a companion species
  • Low priority bug: staff will manually roll an Isomara if the site pulls a non-Isomara species for the IOM for the time being
• Sigils are placed in the character achievement basket when earned. The plan is to separate sigils into their own tab on character master list pages.
• Critter images will sometimes overlap on character profile pages
• Exploration and Training permission icons will default to allow when editing a character's profile (This a high priority bug we are working on fixing right now)
• Roll rewards of "Nothing" are not clear when presenting this information
• Chance of multiple stamina to be used when playing Tide Pools or Queen's Cache games

Past Update Journal: Iso-Island 6.4.6
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Updates will become more sparse as the holidays roll around. This update contains updates, changes, and fixes from the previous month that have already been applied to the site.

• DeviantArt Group updates, changes, and fixes will take effect and go live soon after this post is live (All of these have already gone live on isomaraisland.com unless specified)

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 16th - November 20th
• November 23rd
• December 7th - December 14th
• December 24th - December 26th

Website Updates

Updates

Prompt Pavilion

• All biome exploration prompts have been added
• All directional voyaging prompts have been uploaded
  • Note the voyaging page is still under construction. You can read all about voyaging here

New Items

1. Kiwi Daifuku
2. Mango Daifuku
3. Mixed Berry Daifuku
4. Paw Charm
5. Hallows Gift Bundle
6. Spooky Cowry Shell
7. Strange Beans
8. Carrot Chips
9. Queen's Conch
10. Sand Dollar
    • Added item versions of the Queen's Conch and Sand Dollar
    • Due to current limitations with shops, we cannot make a currency act as an item and vice versa. If you receive a Queen's Conch (item) or Sand Dollar (item), you can sell it from your inventory for the currency version of the item. The item version will not have any use in the game, so we encourage people to sell these item versions once they have one.

Changes

• Daily NPC Item Request
  • Increased the minimum seashell reward from 10 to 20 when delivering a wanted item
  • Increased the maximum seashell reward from 100 to 150 when delivering a wanted item

• Exploration Activity
  • Increased minimum amount of seashells that can be found in the snow biome
  • Increased maximum amount of tall grass able to be found in the infected biome
  • Increased maximum amount of seashells able to be found in the desert biome
  • Increased minimum and maximum amount of moss able to be found in the snow biome
  • Added vines to Goom Infected biome exploration loot pools; vines are an uncommon find
  • Moved sticks from an uncommon drop to a common drop when exploring the Goom Infected biome
  • Removed chance of Dehydration ailment when exploring jungle biome
  • Added chance of bee sting ailment when exploring forest, jungle, or Goom Infected biomes
  • Added chance of joint pain ailment when exploring the mountain biome
  • Reduced the chance of Sunburn, splinters, and critter bite ailments when exploring the desert biome
  • Slightly increased chance of dehydration when exploring the desert biome

• Miscellaneous Website Formatting Tweaks
  • Minor format edits to the way prompts are displayed
  • Added some quick links and daily game links to the account page
  • Added submit art/literature to gallery quick link under "submit" on the navigation bar when logged in
  • Added all carnival games to the Games dropdown on the nav bar

Fixes

• Unbolded some header fonts to increase readability
• NPC page url directs are functioning (pages remain mostly vacant for now)
• Added item art for Skrill, Jumbo Skrill, Crab, and Clam items
• Changed font size of critter and companion names on character pages
• Fixed a bug where only two instead of three of the most recent adopts were visible on the homepage
• Fixed 404 error when attempting to view user awards
• Fixed overly large images on the account page and encyclopedia page
• An issue where multiple critters on a characters page would not line up neatly in a row
• Fixed a discrepancy in how seashells awards for literature gallery submissions were calculated (Everyone who has submitted a literature piece to a gallery has been given the proper amount of seashells)

Known Bugs

These are issues that have been reported by players or noted by staff and have not been resolved yet but are on our radar.

• Isomara of the Month will sometimes display a companion species
  • Low priority bug, staff will manually roll an Isomara if the site pulls a non-Isomara species for the IOM
• Equipment is listed twice in some shops, such as Charlotte's Iron Emporium [Fixed in 6.4.8]
  
  • Some equipment is still labeled as an item in the game with equipment as a category name. Converting the equipment items to proper equipment is a lower priority but will happen before the end of the year
• Some item's information displays shops that they cannot be purchased at [Fixed in 6.4.8]

DeviantArt Group Updates

Updates

Upcoming Closures

• Sunday - November 26th - The Daycare
  • The Daycare will be closing and no longer have new Isolings and companions available for adoption. The Daycare was often used to sell new isolings, eggs, and companions at low prices. The onsite Daycare is now primarily a rehoming service for those who want to donate their character back to the game for other users to adopt with in-game currency.
• Sunday - December 3rd - Achievement Turn-In
  • After this date, we will no longer be accepting turn-in comments and adding achievements to Isomara profiles on the IsomaraIndex account. We used to display five of the achievement images on each import page and then list the rest. We have experienced issues with the thumbnails disappearing and cannot always confirm which achievements an Isomara had if they earned it far in the past. Users can submit a claim on-site with a link to proof on DeviantArt if their character has earned an achievement they do not have on their masterlist page.

Past Update Journal: Iso-Island 6.4.7
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Updates will become more sparse as the holidays roll around. This update contains updates, changes, and fixes from the previous month that have already been applied to the site.

• DeviantArt Group updates, changes, and fixes will take effect and go live soon after this post is live (All of these have already gone live on isomaraisland.com unless specified)

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:

• December 7th - December 14th
• December 24th - December 26th
• December 31st, 2023 - January 2nd, 2024

Website Updates

Updates

Loot Table Reward Fairness

• Many games and activity rewards are rolled from loot tables, and we know unlucky streaks can be annoying, so we have enabled guaranteed loot drops for some loot tables to avoid cases of incredible unlucky reward streaks.
• This feature works where rewards with low drop rates on loot tables will certainly drop after a set number of rolls to avoid unlucky streaks. For example, an item with an expected 10% (1 in 10) roll drop chance will guaranteed to drop on the 20th roll (this is an example and does not represent any specific loot table drop chance in the game).
• At this time, the only loot table rolls that have this in place are the wishing well, legendary items via exploration, and some special trait-related loot tables such as the Radiant trait, where there is a slight chance to earn it by consuming ectoplasm and the Dyed Maw (Achromatic) trait that can be acquired by consuming ink.

Character Lineage & Relations

• Character family trees have been expanded upon and can now list siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins. You can find two new links on the sidebar labeled Lineage and Relations. The new lineage page displays all known ancestors and descendants of your character, while the new relatives page will display any siblings, niblings, auncles, and cousins.
• Renamed the lineage tab to Relations on character profiles
• Added images to the lineage tree on character profiles (previously only displayed names)
• Added list of children to relations tab of character profiles (previously non-functional)
  • View the new Relations tab, Lineage page, and Relatives page in action: I-0103: Sugar & I-0001: Slayer

Changes

Art / Literature Gallery

• Added a button to view all recent gallery submissions on the top-right-hand side of the gallery as well as in the sidebar
• We have added a recent gallery section on each character and user profile near the bottom to promote and show off user submissions.
  • The gallery section on a user's profile will only display that user's recent submissions.
  • The gallery section on a character's profile will only display submissions that include the character.
  • These sections will not be visible until the user/character has at least one thing to show in the gallery.

Equipment / Accessory Items Classifications

• All equipment and accessories were incorrectly categorized as everyday items. Due to this, users could not attach them to characters, and thus, their uses and abilities would not take effect. We have corrected this issue, and if you owned any equipment or accessories in your inventory, they have been removed and replaced with their properly categorized counterpart.
• Charm items have been appropriately classified as Accessories. Charm items have been removed from all user inventories and replaced with Charm accessories. You can now correctly equip these charms to your characters.

Fixes

• Equipment and Accessories were listed twice in some shops. Some equipment and accessories were labeled as an item in the game with equipment/accessories as a category name. All of these items have been adequately converted. If you owned any of these items, you should have received a notification of the items being removed from your inventory and a notification of staff granting you the new version. You can now also equip your characters with these equipment and accessories!
• Removed duplicate items being listed in Pacings' Shop
• The equipment box on user profiles now only shows equipment (used to include accessories)
• The accessory box on user profiles now shows owned accessories
• View Achievement Logs on Character Profiles no longer leads to a 404
• Fixed missing badge images on user profiles. Also fixed the issue where badges would scale incorrectly
• Minor formatting adjustments on profile pages
• Removed duplicate backend settings
• Updated some incorrect text strings
• Removed some unintended links in the nav bar
• Removed the lingering mochi/daifuku scavenger hunt targets, as this ended early this month
• Resolved issue where staff were unable to remove currency from users
• Increased image size of critters, equipment, and accessory images on character profiles
• Fixed the name of the critter not correctly displaying underneath the critter image
• Fixed character design updates not being functional
• Fixed issue where users could not login via alternate logins
• Fixed incorrect URLs being linked in some site notifications
• Fought back the ever-encroaching achievement basket on character profiles

Known Bugs

These are issues that have been reported by players or noted by staff and have not been resolved yet but are on our radar.

• Isomara of the Month will sometimes display a companion species
  • Low priority bug: staff will manually roll an Isomara if the site pulls a non-Isomara species for the IOM for the time being
• Some item's information displays shops that they cannot be purchased at [Fixed in 6.4.9]

DeviantArt Group Updates

Updates

Activity Game Closures

As mentioned in a previous update, some features of the DeviantArt version of the ARPG have now officially closed.

• Sunday - November 26th - The Daycare
  • The Daycare is now closed. The Daycare was often used to sell new isolings, eggs, and companions at low prices. The onsite Daycare is now primarily a rehoming service for those who want to donate their character back to the game for other users to adopt with in-game currency.

Upcoming Closures

• Sunday - December 3rd - Achievement Turn-In
  • After this date, we will no longer accept turn-in comments and add achievements to Isomara profiles on the IsomaraIndex account. We used to display five achievement images on each import page and then list the rest. We have experienced issues with the thumbnails disappearing and cannot always confirm which achievements an Isomara had if they earned it far in the past. Users can submit a claim on-site with a link to proof on DeviantArt if their character has earned an achievement they do not have on their masterlist page.

Past Update Journal: Iso-Island 6.4.8
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• Website updates, changes, and fixes below have already been applied to the site unless specified.
• DeviantArt Group updates, changes, and fixes will take effect and go live soon after this post is live.

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:

• February 17th - February 21st

Website Updates

Updates

Companion Care Drops

• The Companion Care Drops feature has been revived and fully implemented. Players who own companion species such as Gooms and Bleppers and are companioned to an Isomara can now start receiving care drop bundles every first of the month. This update came a bit late, but the first bundle for February is available to collect!
• To claim a companion's care drops, go to the companions master list page, and a new tab will be available next to the profile. If they have a care drop bundle for you, there will be a button to claim. You can also go to the sidebar and select care drops.
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• To companion a character to an Isomara, submit a claim that contains the companion(s) and the Isomara they will be companioned to. Due to the nature of companioning, this must be completed by staff and cannot be done manually by members. Please submit only one claim per Isomara.
  
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• Due to the site's inner workings and limitations, we have had to change the perks of the companion-related achievements. You can find that information below in the Changes section of this journal.

New Prompts

• Fire Safety Training - Can be found in the Prompt Pavilion under  Lifetime Beats > Educational Intrigue
• Dumb Love - Can be found in the Prompt Pavilion under  Lifetime Beats > Educational Intrigue

New Items

• Cane Juice - can be made through crafting Sugar Cane. x1 Sugar Cane = x2 Cane Juice. Has been added to Pacings Shop
• Sugar - can be made through crafting with cane juice. x1 Cane Juice = x2 Sugar. Recipe can be obtained by completing the Fire Safety Training prompt. Has been added to Pacings Shop
• Boar Jerky - can be made by crafting with Boar Meat
• Infected Mulch has the nutrients plants crave
• Cinnamon is a highly coveted spice rarely seen; only a few know where to get it. Maybe you'll be the one to find where and share the knowledge.

New Awards

• A new type of character achievement, called sigils, has been introduced. As the Isomara society grows and evolves, more written symbols will be founded and introduced to help communicate between characters and society. These sigils represent a word or concept and show that your Isomara has gained the knowledge to use and read the sigil. These sigil awards can be kept on player accounts and assigned to characters through the awards inventory page.
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• The first sigil, flame, can be earned through the Fire Safety Training prompt
• The second sigil, Blepper, can be earned through the Dumb Love prompt

Miscellaneous

• Added resale values to many items. You should find that more of your items can now be sold for seashells.
  • To sell items, go to your inventory, select the item you want to sell, check the box to choose which and use the quantity drown to choose the amount, then select the Sell Item drop-down and press the Sell button.

Changes

Recipe Changes
We have gone through and updated a lump of some of the recipes to improve crafting and utilize a wider range of items.

1. Berry Jelly
   • Before: Berries x25 + Sugar Cane x1 + Coconut Husk, Clay Jar or Glass Jar x1
   • After: Berries x25 + Sugar x1 or Honey x1 + Coconut Husk x1
2. Grape Juice
   • Before: Grapes x15 + Sugar Cane, Clay Jar or Glass Jar x1
   • After: Grapes x15 + Cane Juice x1 + Clay Jar or Glass Jar x1
3. Lemonade
   • Before: Lemons x3 + Sugar Cane x1 + Sugar Cane, Clay Jar or Glass Jar x1
   • After: Lemons x3 + Cane Juice x1 + Clay Jar or Glass Jar x1
4. Mystery Candy
   • Before: Any Specter Fruit x3
   • After: Any Specter Fruit x3 + Fresh Water x1 + Sugar x2
5. Normal Nest
   • Before: Feathers x25 + Sticks x30 + Goo x1
   • After: Feathers or Tall Grass x50 + Sticks x30 + Goo x2 + Cotton x5
6. Luminous Nest
   • Before: Feathers x25 + Sticks x30 + Ectoplasm x1
   • After: Feathers or Tall Grass x50 + Sticks x30 + Ectoplasm x2 + Cotton x5
7. Orange Juice
   • Before: Oranges x3 + Sugar Cane, Clay Jar, or Glass Jar x1
   • After: Oranges x3 + Sugar x1 + Clay Jar or Glass Jar x1
8. Peanut Butter
   • Before: Peanuts x10 + Coconut Husk, Clay Jar, or Glass Jar x1
   • After: Peanuts x10 + Honey x1, Coconut Husk x1
9. Prisma Diamond
   • Before: Diamond x1 + Any Gem or Ore x5
   • After: Diamond x1 + Any Gem x3 + Any Ore x5
10. Pumpkin Pie
    • Before: Pumpkin x3 + Wheat x4 + Sugar Cane x1
    • After: Pumpkin x2 + Wheat x6 + Sugar x1 + Cinnamon x1
11. Apple Juice
    • Before: Apple x3 + Sugar Cane, Clay Jar or Glass Jar x1
    • After: Apple x3 + Cane Juice x1 + Clay Jar or Glass Jar x1
12. Cookie
    • Before: Wheat x7 + Memic Egg x1 + Grapes or Peanuts x10 + Sugar Cane x1
    • After: Wheat x7 + Memic Egg x1 + Grapes or Peanuts x10 + Sugar x1
13. Grape Jelly
    • Before: Grape Juice x1 + Sugar Cane x1 + Coconut Husk, Clay Jar, or Glass Jar x1
    • After: Grape Juice x1 + Grapes x3 + Sugar or Honey x1 + Coconut Husk x1

Companion Care Drops

• As we implement and bring over features from the DeviantArt version of the ARPG, some additional things must change to fit the new medium and format of the official website. Beginning in Update 5.5, players could include a piece of art or a short story to their care drop comment and would earn x1 Sand Dollar along with their rolled drops. Since drops are now automated monthly, there is no way to include artwork or stories to receive a bonus sand dollar reward. Instead, we have implemented a chance for a sand dollar to drop in every companion bundle.

Achievement Ways to Obtain

• Ally of Goo achievement now has a small chance to be obtained by opening a Goom Care Bundle
• Careful Coexistence achievement now has a slight chance to be obtained by opening a Memora Care Bundle
• Dumb Love achievement now has a slight chance to be obtained by opening a Blepper Care Bundle
  • These three achievements can be kept on player accounts and assigned to characters through the awards inventory page.

Achievement Perks

• Ally of Goo
  • Removed: Increased reward drop chance for Goom Care Drops
  • Added: Goom companions will always bring back a Care Bundle in explorations
• Maze Runner
  • Removed: Doubles the drops of Goom Care Drops
  • Added: +5 to flight encounters
• You Tried
  • Removed: Goom care drops x3 Grapes instead of nothing
  • Added: Goom companion has a chance to find pearls in explorations
• Mint Mercenary
  • Removed: Memora care drops x1 Mint instead of nothing
• Careful Coexistence
  • Removed: Increased reward drop chance for Memora Care Drops
  • Added: Memora companions will always bring back a Care Bundle in trainings
• Dumb Love
  • Removed: Doubles the drops of Blepper Care Drops
  • Added: Blepper companions will always bring back a Care Bundle in explorations
• Memic Menace
  • Removed: Memic care drops x2 Feathers instead of nothing
  • Added: Memic companions will always bring back a Care Bundle in explorations & trainings
• Tactical Retreat
  • Removed: Gives double the drops from Companion Care Drops for Memic companions
  • Added: Increased chance to find Memic Eggs while exploring

Miscellaneous

• Some noticeable empty pages now have better suitable placeholder images and text, including Goom Races and Extended Map
• Renamed Fertilizer to Mulch
• Changed cooldown of claiming free items from Darwin's Donations from 5 minutes to 10 minutes
• Added Bluesky social icon to the home page (will be updated to match other icons come next FontAwesome update)
• Updated text on the support page to no longer mention the June 2nd early access launch to clarify invite codes are sent and able to be used the same day as the donation is sent
• Removed the old adopt sale banner from the home page

Fixes

• Resolved issued where comments could not be made or edited (Note: comments still cannot be removed)
• Critters attached to characters appropriately display what variant they are
• Fixed crafting recipes not displaying the name of the intended crafted item
• Deustrums are now correctly placed in the Isomara profile box instead of the companion's box
• Equipment and accessory items now will list shops they can be purchased at
• Fixed a bug where some items said they could be purchased at some shops when they could not

Known Bugs

These are issues that have been reported by players or noted by staff and have not been resolved yet but are on our radar.

• Isomara of the Month will sometimes display a companion species
  • Low priority bug: staff will manually roll an Isomara if the site pulls a non-Isomara species for the IOM for the time being
• Sigils are placed in the character achievement basket when earned. The plan is to separate sigils into their own tab on character master list pages.

DeviantArt Group Updates

Updates

Activity Game Closures

As mentioned in a previous update, some features of the DeviantArt version of the ARPG have now officially closed.

• Sunday - December 3rd - Achievement Turn-In
  • We will no longer accept turn-in comments and add achievements to Isomara profiles on the IsomaraIndex account. We used to display five achievement images on each import page and then list the rest. We have experienced issues with the thumbnails disappearing and cannot always confirm which achievements an Isomara had if they earned it far in the past. Users can submit a claim on-site with a link to proof on DeviantArt if their character has earned an achievement they do not have on their master list page.
• Companion Care Drops
  • Due to low popularity, Companion Care Drops ceased in 2022; we have now automated the process on the site and have no intentions of updating or bringing back the DeviantArt version, as it would require time spent on manual rolling, banking, and updating of the journal and comment threads.