Newly Claimed Lioness Changes!
We have decided to make a few changes to the lioness encounter in explore.

Firstly, the buttons will randomly switch places so make sure to pay attention what you click - this might be a slight change of habit for you, but here's a sweet cherry on top to make this change and extra attention nicer - a new, somewhat rare button that might appear as extra!

Sometimes, an [Approach Her?] button will appear, allowing you to take a quest.

If you accept it, it will automatically take you to the Questing Snake area and tell you what you need to do!

The quest is always the same (claim 50 lionesses) and there is no time limit to do it - it can take you one day or one month, whatever is convenient for you - but the faster you do it, the faster you can take a new quest again and receive fancy prizes!
Important: There's a 2 rollover cooldown after you complete the quest so that it's spaced enough - you won't be able to find the button again during that time. Once it expires, and the smell of dying lioness is gone, a new one might come and the button can be found again!

- You can chase/kill/get rid of the lionesses in any way you wish during this quest. The counter only cares about the claiming itself.
- A button to submit the quest will appear once you're done filling up the counter!
- There's no reason to cancel the quest because there's no other variants you can get.
- The rewards are gently randomised, but there's 2 tiers, and you get 1 reward from each tier:

Tier 1: A big chunk of experience, adjusted to your level [or] 100% Impression + energy refill [or] Lion Meat [or] in future, special stuff we'll add during future Fridays, because we plan to enrich this area a bit from time to time!

Tier 2: 12x Murex Shells [or] Food Bundle [or] Toy Bundle [or] 1000 SB

:O! What are Murex Shells? They're here for you to collect for now - in future updates we will introduce cool crafting options for them, like decors and applicators! We also plan to update that part more than once!

Tweaks and Improvements!
Wardrobe: We've added tiers to the wardrobe so you can filter marking types by the way you can obtain them - this should help you with planning designs! They will display [Tier 0], etc. next to their names so you can be 100% sure what is and what isn't available in Oasis, for example.

Tier 0 - common markings, such as ones found in NCLs, rolled males and Oasis
Tier 1 - custom markings, such as ones found in Marking Applicator and Oasis
Tier 2 - raffle markings - these are breed only
Tier 3 - event markings - these are obtainable via special events such as monthly NCLs, event applicators, NCL exclusive etc
Tier 4 - rosette markings - these have unique breeding patterns
Tier 5 - these are disabled from Random Marking Applicator due to unique raffle applicators, event applicators that aren't unlocked yet, mutation markings and so on.
Tier 6 - these are RMA exclusive

We try to update these always as tiers open!

Hunting - added an action for skipping hunts in user logs.
Modbox - added a system that helps staff keep better track of the tickets. When a ticket is claimed by staff, the player that reported it will receive more detailed and helpful information in Game Notifications.
Private Messages - in Account Settings, you can now disable Private Messages. This will not block admins.
Patrolling - when your patrol is finished, you will now receive an alert! No more forgetting as you browse the game, it will pop a nice notification on the page, just like hunting alerts!
Forums - we have added a fancy spoilerino button! You can enable spoilers with [*spoiler]text[*/spoiler] (without asterisks, of course).

Art Updates - we have refreshed a few banners: Monkey Business's decor crafting, Scrying Stone's Ultrasound Bat, and the Lion Wardrobe.

Fixes:
- Removed various pages from accessing if not logged in, ie. Flood Pit, Branch Search, etc.
- Inactive lion names not being properly reset after 12 months; any names which have been inactive for 12 months or more have had their names released as of today
- VIP star toggle working in reverse mode
- December not showing Wet Season properly everywhere
- Fake Krampus encounter dropping only Rib Bones - oops! Should be any toy!
- "Set All Lionesses to Hunter" button would overwrite broodmothers
- Dead broodmothers could still protect cubs
- Answering security question incorrectly on "Lost Password" page would tell users there is no email on file for the account
- Giving Tree item grabbing would display success and cooldown even if item was already grabbed by somebody else - we hope we nailed it and it will no longer happen!
- Negative fertility bug should be finally nailed down as well. Lionesses can now drop below 1% fertility from natural fertility loss (beginning at 8 years of age) if they currently have Tackweed applied - and yes, they can even drop into negative fertility. There is a new button under Questing Snakes to [Reset Fertility Boosts], which will remove any negative boosts applied if the lioness has dropped below 1% fertility.
- Clawless for males working in Wardrobe but not on actual lions
- Cub stages not showing toothless linearts

New decors!

You can now find the White Bengal Tiger bodywear and headwear in Oasis - it will be there until Dec 31st!

Whack-A-Snake can now drop 3 new decors - Red Ruffed Lemur, Black Crested Mangabey and Collared Mangabey.



Flood Pit will now feature new decors as well as Cloudburst Mane applicator :O


Flopping Garfish
Arum Lily Frog
Common Reed Frog
Dotted Reed Frog
Olive Striped Frog
Spotted Snout-Burrower
Tinker Reed Frog
Isihlobane


Yay! Gorilla Enclave is featuring now new theme you guys voted for! The Himalayas!

The Himalays BG
Himalayan Tahr
Tibetan Fox
Temminck's Tragopan
Himalayan Black Bear
Sacred Lotus
Snow Leopard

Crafting will now feature these recipes:

Feathered Leg Wraps Muddy will require Muddy Feathers
Featherd Leg Wraps Albino will require Albino Feathers
Black Bedlah will require a few dead beetle species
White Sarong will require a few dead beetle species
Glass Shard Necklace will require Bottles from the Wallowing Pit
Maghreb Magpie will love the shiny stones
Curious Cheetah will craft from Cheetah Skins

Raffle Lioness

Congrats CreamCrow (#148973)! You have won last week's Orchid lady, with the second Lake Nakuru background!
A new Sepia lady with Cream Rims, Saffron Underfelt, and the second Mount Kilimanjaro background is up for impressing in the Special Lioness area in Crossroads, or in the NEWS section under the News Post list!

Gorilla Enclave Information: We will be removing Egyptian themed decors from Gorilla Enclave in January and moving them to June event. Last chance to grab those!
Decor Name Update: Several expression-type decors have been renamed to "Expression: [NAME]" - for example, "Anger" was changed to "Expression: Anger", "Fury" to "Expression: Fury", and so on! We hope this organisational tweak helps you all when decorating your lions.

Tags!
Shad has added new tags this week in the Appreciation, December, Doodles, and Miscellaneous categories!

LINK - New poll! What's YOUR favourite event? :D

Next Update: Community Update - December 21st!
Next Big Update: January 11th!

Friday goofy doodle comic: