-LOCKED - JULY EVENT!
Posted on 2021-07-07 18:09:04
The July event launches on July 8th at 00:00am LDT, and will end on July 31st at 11:59pm LDT. All unused event currency will be stored on your account until next year. In future years, it will start right away on July 1st at 00:00 LDT.


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Previous July Event Information


As had been mentioned within the July event news for 2020, all mechanics relating to July's past storylines and quests have been retired. The Firefly Shop is retired, and the Firefly currency is retired as well. We are debating on creating a conversion system to convert Fireflies to Silver Beetles. If one is added, we will announce it this weekend.

All items that we could shuffle have been moved from one shop to another, and all previous storyline items were added to Tefnut's Temple (now Tefnut's Memories). We listed some items in July 2021's development update, but here's an extra list.

* The following items have been relocated from the Firefly Shop to Tefnut's Memories: Abaddon Skies, all sets of "Celestial Wings", Apollyon's Grace, Menhit.
* All items that were removed from Tefnut's Memories (listed in the July 2021 development update) have been added to the new Draco Demiurge Exchange: Celestial Horn Crown, all "Celestials" decors, all Shard Growths, Interstellar Wing Bands.
* The Frivolous Apedemak decor has been relocated from the Oasis to Tefnut's Memories and is now available for the duration of July at a price of 4000 SB.
* All generic Celestial-themed backgrounds and decors from the Firefly Shop have been relocated to the Draco Demiurge Exchange. Any backgrounds and decors left from the Firefly Shop that are African-themed will be introduced to the game through other sources within the next development update.
* Tefnut's Memories no longer uses Meteorite Shards, all Meteorite Shard prices have been converted to Silver Beetles. All items in Tefnut's Memories cost Silver Beetles except for the base, mane, and marking applicators, which still cost Meteorite Shards.
* All future special items and unique applicators will appear in the Draco Demiurge Exchange instead of Tefnut's Memories.


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July Event - Premise


This year, we're laying down the foundations for the new Celestial event. You can still gather Meteorite Shards while you explore the African lands. These Meteorite Shards become a new special form of "energy".

Starting immediately on July 1st at 00:00am LDT in future years, you will be able to access Celestial Explore, where you can use the charged Meteorite Shards to move across the space-time. A new map will open, which we will expand upon every year or so to add in new zones. This year, you will be able to access the world of the Draco Demiurge - the Draco Constellation.


A mockup of the Celestial Explore UI.



Celestial Explore is not affected by Earth's day and night cycles, nor is it affected by dry and wet seasons.

Each explore step in Celestial Explore costs 5 Meteorite Shards. You can battle and encounter alien beings native to this zone in order to collect a new currency, Axion Cores. Battles use normal energy and do not deplete your Meteorite Shards.

Speaking of battles, there's something a little special this month. Each normal alien enemy that you encounter in Celestial Explore can count towards a hidden bar. When you defeat and win against 10 alien enemies, you will then encounter a boss enemy. This boss enemy cannot be skipped—even if you click past them, the next enemy encounter you get in Celestial Explore will always be a boss.

You can use Lucky Feet on normal alien enemies, but not boss enemies. The bosses are powerful, but they do give out better rewards. Whether you win or lose against a boss, the counter will restart again. You can build this counter up and cycle through it endlessly throughout the duration of the event.

The battles do not have to be sequential, either. If you win against a normal enemy, then lose, then win again, your counter will still go up and will not be interrupted or affected by your loss. You do not have to win 10 battles in a row to encounter a boss.

Going back to the new currency, Axion Cores can be spent in the Draco Demiurge Exchange shop, which also unlocks upon reaching Tier 1 of the Meteorite Shards collected bar.

This currency is also necessary to enter the Celestial Raffle, which is available when the Meteorite Shards collected bar reaches Tier 2.

There is no new lore or storyline this year. We needed to introduce new mechanics and refresh the event's premise first. We will slowly build upon this world each year, like we used to do in the old days of Lioden.


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July Event - Tiers of the Meteorite Shards Bar


The bar is a global collective of all players gathering them on the site.


Tier 0

As soon as the July event starts, Celestial Explore is unlocked, which is available on the Event page.

Tier 1

Tier 1 unlocks the Draco Demiurge Exchange, which can also be found through the Event page. This new shop contains both new and old backgrounds and decors. There are no tiers to this shop, everything is available to purchase as soon as it unlocks.


A screenshot from the Draco Demiurge Exchange shop.



Tier 2

Tier 2 unlocks the Celestial Raffle, which is unchanged from last year. The mechanics are identical to previous years.

Every 12 hours, a new lioness will appear with a base, eye colour, and a marking that are unique to this month! You can pay 5 Axion Cores for a chance to impress her.

There will be a 50/50 rotation of Type 1 and Type 2 Celestial lionesses. There is no set order, it is random which type will be generated.

Type 1 will have the Dawn base (new for 2021), Stellar eyes (new for 2021), and a random Celestial, Leonid, Sidereal, Skyward, or Sunset marking in any slot.
Type 2 will have the Celestial, Leonid, Sidereal, Skyward, Stratosphere, Sunrise, or Sunset base, Dawn, Draconid, Galaxy, Starshine, or Sunglow eyes, and a random Stratosphere marking (new for 2021).


A mockup of a Dawn-based lioness with Stellar eyes.



Dawn is a Red Light Countershaded Special base and is tied to Dusky skin. It is from this suggestion—it fits the subtle Celestial lioness theme as well as the new colour palette of the Draco Constellation. Thank you, Dal 1st Gen Heavy F1-F9 (#149529), for the design!

Stellar eyes are a new Celestial Raffle eye colour. They have been added as a factor for Cosmic eyes, on the same side as Dawn (so to get Cosmic, you must breed a Cosmic/Galaxy/Jasper-eyed lion to a Cosmic/Dawn/Draconid/Starshine/Stellar/Sunglow-eyed lion).
Stellar Genetics: 50% Stellar, 20% Sapphire, 10% Saffron, 10% Tyrian, 5% Dawn, 5% Galaxy

Stratosphere markings are the new Celestial Raffle marking set. The shapes are as follows!
* Stratosphere Feline (4)
* Stratosphere Lycaon (Heavy Inverted)
* Stratosphere Undertone
* Stratosphere Vitiligo (5)


Tier 3

Tier 3 unlocks the "Murder Stone"—or, as we will call it from now on, the One-Way Portal. Mechanic-wise, it is unchanged from last year, and is identical to previous years.

When you give up a lion, you will receive a wonderful reward for sending the lion to the Celestial world. Rewards are the same as they have been, and are randomised as usual. Remember that we cannot bring back a lion you've sent on accident. There are many confirmations, though. It's best to give special names to lions that you intend to send through the portal.

To send a lion through the portal, they cannot be pregnant, nursing cubs, in a reverse breeding, set as a broodmother, offered in a trade, offered in a raffle, on a trade cooldown, cannot be frozen, cannot be secured, cannot be hunting, and cannot be patrolling. Cubs cannot be given up. Even if you chase a lioness's cubs, the mother is still considered as nursing until 5 days of cooldown pass.

The One-Way Portal does not affect your pride leader's karma.


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General and Extra Event-Related Content


New in the Oasis
The new background in the Oasis this year is M87* Supermassive Black Hole, inspired by the recent data flow.

Crafting and Gems
Under Decor Crafting in Monkey Business, crafting will be available right away. This month's favoured gems are Celestite, Jasper, Labradorite, Meteorite, Moonstone, and Peridot.

We have not expanded on gem crafting in 2021 due to the event rehaul workload. We will focus on this area next year, with a new base, eye colour, mane colour, and new decors based on the new gems (Howlite and Star Ruby).

The new Comet Shard, Prismatic Scale, and Space Rock items will be craftable next year. For now, you can sell them for SB to Monkey Business, or just collect them!

Wiki Information
Our Wiki Team will be updating the July event wiki page with all new content and information as soon as possible.

The Wiki Team has also created a new Retired Events page, which hosts a link to the retired July event, if any newcomers or older players alike would like to reminisce on older times.


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A Reminder of July's Combo Base
This is your yearly reminder that the Pulsar base can be bred again! What's unique about Pulsar is that it can ONLY be bred during the month of July, with the following factor bases.

Base Factor 1: Arctic, Pulsar
Base Factor 2: Anjeer, Blazing, Inferno, Prune, Pulsar

Outside of July, you can only breed Pulsar x Pulsar to produce more Pulsar lions.

Keep in mind that Pulsar is not technically affected by or tied to the event. Whether you participate in the event or not, you can breed for Pulsar using its factors starting immediately on July 1st at 00:00am LDT up until July 31st at 11:59pm LDT. Again, outside of this timeframe, you can only achieve Pulsar by breeding Pulsar x Pulsar, or using Crunchy Worms on Pulsar lionesses.


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Another Look at Interstellar


A mockup of an Interstellar-based lioness. It is a Black Dark Solid Special base.


As a reminder, the Interstellar base is applied using the Interstellar Remnants applicator. This applicator can be found while exploring in normal African biomes, and only if you come across a successful Meteorite Shard encounter. It is a very rare drop, so if you find it, congratulations!

You can also earn this applicator by completing the Journey to Vredefort Crater. This epic quest can only be taken during the month of July via the Adventuring page within Crossroads. Once you take this quest, you can finish it at any time of the year. There is no time limit for finishing the quest. However, once you complete the quest, that's it—you cannot take it again, it is once per account.

Check out the Journey to Vredefort Crater guide on our official Lioden wiki!


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Extra Information


In the following days, we will upload the Dawn base mutation files and fix various art bugs, including the new Draconid eye files that seem to have been overwritten with the old version for various stages. We will include that list of fixes in the August news post as a summary, but the work will be done this week.



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Edited on 08/07/21 @ 04:27:39 by a Moderator

Arya [Ebony Full BO)
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Posted on
2021-07-07 19:14:45
honestly I'm a little disappointed with the event. I spent hours collecting meteorite shards in order to get the sunset and sunrise apps 😔



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Posted on
2021-07-07 19:14:57
I've been thinking about a suggestion. Just like with V'Kai event, what if there was a way to convert the shards into like another currency? Like maybe Meteorite Slivers for the event store rather than SB? That way users can still technically use the shards for both the quest and the event shop?



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Posted on
2021-07-07 19:18:52
When did tefnut's temple/memories go to sb? I feel verry discouraged that I sepnt all my meteor Shards on items in the shop before it switched to sb, now I have nothing but a few meteor Shards to explore with now. This is verry Discouraging.



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Edited on 07/07/21 @ 19:22:17 by Glacier-rose (neutral) (#91340)

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Posted on
2021-07-07 19:19:38
Today

It's not fair for those of us that don't pour money into the game



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Edited on 07/07/21 @ 19:20:07 by YeetSkeet (#217039)

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Posted on
2021-07-07 19:20:37
I’m speaking for most here, we are all pissed that the event currency to buy the apps in tefnut’s temple was changed to only buying it with Sb, us non-hardcore players can’t just pull 15k Sb out of our back pocket, I wanted some of the decor as well but since it’s all changed now I can’t get any? You’ve made it a pay-to-play event and it isn’t fair for some players like myself.



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OllieBeanzz (#171374)

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Posted on
2021-07-07 19:21:21
I'm not a fan of such a change, especially with meteorite shards being used to explore instead of as actual event currency, I would honestly have been fine with these new "axion cores" to be used for the "special exploring" instead of the meteorite shards. So many people may not be able to afford all the expensive SB stuff in the event shop and thats just no fun.

I'm fine with the retirement of the fireflies and the story being retired but what I mentioned above just isn't cool. Or fair. We aren't all currency rich.



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Edited on 07/07/21 @ 19:32:47 by OllieBeanzz (Clean G3) (#171374)

Xenoko (#233400)

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Posted on
2021-07-07 19:24:59
I was disappointed to see that meteorite shards were swapped for SB in Tefnuts shop



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AlkrinalisGone (#143757)

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Posted on
2021-07-07 19:25:44
You that dawn base is so pretty oml



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ajax! (g1 piebino) (#174912)

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Posted on
2021-07-07 19:25:53
ms no longer used for currency ?? i had saved up like 12k ms to go crazy with the event and now the base apps are 10k sb... not to mention the marking apps are 15k sb... yeah no thanks, miss me



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Edited on 07/07/21 @ 20:27:41 by razor ^-^ (e) (#174912)

Gizmo (#221615)

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Posted on
2021-07-07 19:27:46
Yay its neeeeeeeews!



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Ebonixi (#95756)

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Posted on
2021-07-07 19:32:38
I was so excited for this event and to get an applicator but I don't see a good reason to remove ms from the temple, let alone pricing the applicators so steeply. It excludes a large majority of people from obtaining them given people have jobs, families, and potentially classes to take care of. It doesn't leave a lot of time to grind out 15k sb (which is obsurd in my opinion). Before the changes, at least the applicators were within reach and not just a hope and dream to have - especially for casual players.

Guess I'll sit this one out.



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Aprycas [clean
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Posted on
2021-07-07 19:33:26
I wish there had been a warning about switching from shards to SB for the shop, no way most of us can get those apps now



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Kitkat891 (#217004)

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Posted on
2021-07-07 19:34:05
@Aprycas I agree with you, there’s no way I’ll get 15k Sb for the app I wanted.



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🖤King🖤 (#104782)

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Posted on
2021-07-07 19:39:39
Frankly, I love everything but Tefnut's shop.

First off, this single-handedly crashed the GB market/economy. GB around this time already goes down for the Journey to Vredefort Crater, but by changing the event currency prices in the shop to SB, then increasing completely crashed the market. Selling GB will make everything worse and lower the price even more. There was no issue to the prior shard prices, expect you had to grind a bit more. The change was also sudden and abrupt, derailing everyone's plans.

Second off, by increasing the prices (at the request of one person), the crash became worst and the GB has hit one of it's worst lows in price. It's going to take months to recuperate if the event continues on like this. SB of this amount will take an impossible amount to grind if you are a newbie/casual player. This makes it unfair for other players who may not have SB stocked up to this amount.

I love the general idea, concept for the event and i'm excited for the new bases and the idea of the the story-line next year, but Tefnut's Memories SB decision is single-handedly the worst decision yet. Seemingly, majority of players agree that it should be changed. Instead you could move the applicators and turn them into Axion Core shop items or as others recommend, add an option to turn the shards into SB or add a GB / Meteorite Shard option. People are offering solutions for this to prevent the market from crashing further.

Nonetheless, i'm excited for what comes next!



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Dante (#200112)

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Posted on
2021-07-07 19:41:21
Yeah this update...isn’t looking too great right off the bat. The prior July event was tied with February as my favorite event, and while I understand this is the first year with brand new content it’s very disheartening to see how completely different it is. I’m a bit apprehensive about the Celestial explore-the “rewards” you get for the alien battles wasn’t mentioned, unless I missed it-and changing the prices in Tefnut’s Temple to SB only is fuckin crazy to me. While 15K SB isn’t a lot compared to say, 25 GB, it’s still a lot of liquid currency to just have lying around for a single app. I can’t speak for everyone, but I always ensure I have less than 5K SB on me at any given time so I can still get some from explore-so converting my GB to the right amount of SB is going to be difficult with the oasis prices tanking. The apps might end up being a net loss in the long run if one is looking to resell.

I’m with a few of the other commenters that the prices should be meteorite shards and silver beetles, with an option to choose between either or. If anything I think it would keep the newer July stuff at a nice high value because you’d have to choose between spending your MS on the celestial explore, apps, or whatever shops we might get.



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Edited on 07/07/21 @ 19:44:47 by Dante (#200112)



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