New Combo Base!

Just like the past years, we feel it's best to kick off the news with this!

Mistletoe is a Black Light Countershaded Special base (tied to Plain skin) and requires the following factor bases in order to be bred!
Factor 1: Citron, Moss Agate, Murk, Bushveld, Green + Mistletoe
Factor 2: Cream, Cream Darker, Cream Lighter, Fawn + Mistletoe

Remember that with these types of combo bases, you must breed a base within the Factor 1 list to a base within the Factor 2 list!

The Mistletoe combo base only requires it to be December in order for it to be bred, just like Pulsar requires July and Temporal requires October. This time, there's no boost - there are no extra hard conditions for the base to be bred!

Thank you, ✺ Vera ✺ (#158086), for your suggestion!

Winter Breeding Challenge!

This challenge is repeated from last year, so if you already know it from 2019, 2020, and 2021, you can skip to the new rewards! :D

All the albino love this month has inspired us to create a community challenge with extra personal goals to achieve!

We give you the Albino Cub Challenge!

Community Goal: breed 2000 total Albino cubs!
Personal Goal: breed 3 Albino cubs!

The challenge begins at midnight on December 12th (12am Lioden time)!

Where can I access the information about this challenge?
The Gorilla Enclave will provide all information, as well as an extra small area on the sidebar panel on your layout! We also have an Albino Cub Challenge wiki page dedicated to this challenge.

What are the rewards?
Community Rewards: 5% chance for a Snowflake-based cub to be born to Albino x any parent, 5% chance for a Hoarfrost-based cub to be born to Interstellar x any parent, and 5% chance for a Rime-based cub to be born to Orchid x any parent for the rest of December when the 2000 Albino cub goal is hit! The Gorilla Enclave will also ask for more Albino-based cubs for their quests.
Personal Rewards: A special title ("Special Snowflake"), the "Albino Cub Challenge" achievement, a background based on your king's karma at the time of completing the 3 Albino cub goal, a Hoarfrost Markings applicator, and a Rime Markings applicator!

What is the time limit?
The challenge and its in-game rewards end on December 31st 11:59pm Lioden time.
The sooner you guys complete the goal, the longer you can enjoy the in-game rewards, as the 5% chance for a combo-based cub to be born to Albino, Interstellar, and Orchid + any parent pairing expires on December 31st 11:59pm Lioden time! This means that the only way to breed the Snowflake, Hoarfrost, and Rime bases after the challenge ends is to breed their factor bases together during wet season, or additionally, day or night time.

Of course, the achievement and title you receive are permanent! The background items you receive will also last until their uses are gone, as with all other backgrounds and decors.

Will this repeat next year?
Yes! We will add or replace rewards, change combo bases, etc., but we think the Snowflake base will always be its core, and we may add something fresh as an extra every year.

What are the background rewards?
You will only receive one background for completing the personal goal, and the background you receive depends upon the karma your king has at the time that you claim your rewards!

Challenge: Winter [Cub Cave] Evil Karma Reward

Challenge: Winter [Pelt Cave] Neutral Karma Reward

Challenge: Winter [Fur Cave] Good Karma Reward

What are the karma thresholds for receiving backgrounds?
The karma thresholds are the same for these backgrounds as they are for your eyes changing in Explore.

Evil: -400 or lower karma
Neutral: between -399 and +399 karma
Good: +400 or higher karma

New Personal Rewards in 2022
Mistletoe Markings applicator!

- Mistletoe Debris
- Mistletoe Mesh
- Mistletoe Nuzzle
- Mistletoe Reverse Indri

As well as a three-item Ice Armour set!



Note: The Mistletoe base does not apply to the challenge, so there is no bonus for breeding it!

Event Content Update!

Advent Calendar Items

The new set for 2022 and 2024 has been added and will be unlocked for you all starting on December 22nd 12am Lioden time! The items will unlock in the Item Catalogue and Lion Wardrobe minutes before midnight on December 21st.

New Event Encounters

Four new encounters have been added to Explore, unlocked by Tier 3 of the Mantis Shop! Watch out for them!

New Mantis Shop Item

The Christmas Spider decor has been added to Tier 2 of the Mantis Shop!

Development Update Content!

Inverted Fiery Rosettes

We hinted at these in the May Development Update #44 news post, and it seems like quite a few of you were interested in them, so we've decided to add them in! There were a few suggestions overall for Fiery Rosette recolours (both regular and inverted), so no specific credit link is being provided, but we do appreciate all the players who posted their requests for Fiery Rosettes!

Inverted Heavy Rosette Fiery and Inverted Soft Rosette Fiery modelled on an Ebony-based lioness with other markings!

- Inverted Heavy Rosette Fiery
- Inverted Rosette Fiery
- Inverted Soft Rosette Fiery

These will officially be added in on December 10th and will be able to be bred for tomorrow! We're still tweaking coding!

Seal Markings

Following September 2021's poll regarding new marking colours, Seal markings are here and are joining Briar, Cimmerian, Algae, and Pistachio!

A variety of Seal markings modelled on a Ragdoll-based lioness!

Custom (Tier 1)
- Darken Seal
- Seal Blanket
- Seal Coat
- Seal Dapple
- Seal Mantle
- Seal Points
- Seal Roan

Raffle (Tier 2)
- Dim Seal
- Seal Brindle
- Seal Crackle
- Seal Dorsal Line
- Seal Freckles 1
- Seal Freckles 2
- Seal Freckles 3
- Seal Indri
- Seal Margay
- Seal Panther
- Seal Pelage
- Seal Rogue
- Seal Siamese
* These will be locked in Tier 5 until they are officially released on raffle lionesses, at which point they will be changed to Tier 2.

Rosette (Tier 4)
- Seal Heavy Rosette
- Seal Rosette
- Seal Soft Rosette

As with the Fiery Rosettes, these will officially be added in on December 10th and will be able to be bred for tomorrow!

Thank you for the Seal marking colour suggestion, ✺ Vera ✺ (#158086)!

Art Bugs?

We'll be fixing some this weekend and next week, as well as updating some files. We're trying to take it easier this month due to the coming holidays. Everyone's busy preparing!

Coding Bug Fixes

* The "Earned that Pension" achievement, intended to be earned by retiring a lioness that had 500 or more successful hunts, was also able to be earned by retiring a male lion. This is no longer possible.
* Choosing a king name with special characters and apostrophes could result in a broken name due to the number of characters being stored. This should now be fixed when choosing a name going forward.
* Lion trade search results are now correctly sorted by date (recently created & recently bumped). Previously they were ordered only by when they were created.

Raffle Lioness

Congrats to the winner of last week's raffle lioness!
A new Sepia lady with Fiery Margay, Goridhe Crackle, and the fifth Climbing Tree background is up for impressing in the Special Lioness area linked here! She also has the first Umber mane colour, which is new and breed-only!

Tags!
Shad has added 16 new tags this month in the Breeding, Event ➜ December, Miscellaneous ➜ Lions, Miscellaneous ➜ NPCs, and Miscellaneous ➜ Other categories!

Poll Results - Thank you all for voting on last week's poll! It looks like a lot of people would like free decors from storylines. Got it, we'll see what we can do!

NEW POLL - Where did you learn about Lioden? Let us know in this week's poll!

Next Update: Community Update - December 16th!
Next Development Update: January 13th!!



Where's the official raffle and Friday comic?
Community raffles and Friday doodles are only released on community updates. This is a development update, so no raffle or doodle will be released this week, sorry!