The July event launches on July 1st 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.

July Event - Premise

In explore you can gather unique Meteorite Shards. They become a new special form of "energy".

Starting immediately on July 1st at 00:00am LDT, 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.

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 event's 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.

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.

New In 2022
* 2 new backdrops
* 12 new variables
* 2 new Prismatic bosses
* 11 new enemies
* 8 new encounters

Note: 2 previous egg encounters were removed from Celestial Explore.

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.

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 Prismatic base (new for 2022), Neutron eyes (new for 2022), and a random Celestial, Leonid, Sidereal, Skyward, Sunset, or Stratosphere marking in any slot.
Type 2 will have the Celestial, Leonid, Sidereal, Skyward, Stratosphere, Sunrise, Sunset or Dawn base; Dawn, Draconid, Galaxy, Starshine, Sunglow, or Stellar eyes; and a random Dawn marking (new for 2022).

The Prismatic base has Red Dark Solid Special genetics and is tied to Dusky skin.

Neutron eyes are a new Celestial Raffle eye colour. They are not a factor for Cosmic eyes. We will start a new set in the following years.
Neutron Genetics: 50% Neutron, 10% Sapphire, 10% Blue, 10% Aqua, 10% Starshine, 10% Fog.

Gem: Star Ruby will now be able to be crafted into an eye applicator!
Star Ruby Genetics: 50% Star Ruby, 10% Tyrian, 10% Pink, 10% Red, 10% White, 10% Albinoid.

Dawn markings are the new Celestial Raffle marking set. The shapes are as follows!
* Dawn Dapple
* Dawn Lace
* Dawn Margay
* Dawn Shine

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.

General and Extra Event-Related Content

New in the Draco Demiurge Exchange

Nebula Pendant	Nebula Tailwrap	Nebula Gentle Bracelets	Starburst Horns
Starburst Bodyspikes	Draconic Eyes [Yellow]	Draconic Eyes [Pink]	Draconic Eyes [Red]
Draconic Eyes [Blue]	Draconic Eyes [Green]	Small Dragon [Felid]	Small Dragon [Gryph]
Eccentric Radiation	Gas Outflow	Ionized Gas	Plasma
Star Formation	Wispy Gas Cloud	Small Wormhole

Backgrounds

Swirling Galaxy

Milky Way

Merging Galaxies

Infrared Radiation

New in the Oasis
The new background in the Oasis this year is Massive Wormhole, inspired by us planning to expand the Celestial map next year!



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, Peridot, Howlite and Star Ruby.

We will give you a nice update to July's crafting during the upcoming Development Update on July 8th, but for now, we can confirm that Star Ruby eyes, a Meteorite mane colour, and maybe even a Howlite base are coming for sure!

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

If you would like to review the retired July event, a wiki page also exists for this here for any newcomers and older players alike to reminisce on older times: https://www.lioden.wiki/july-falling-stars

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.

Another Look at Interstellar

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!

Storyline

The Civil War comes back...

Note: As we have re-enabled the old storyline but kept the new mechanics of the July event, we will try to merge the lore between the July event and the old storyline next year.



Note: Pending mutation files for July's content will be uploaded by the 8th!