(In light of the news, I am aware that there is now a direct conversion for arena tokens! However, I think this idea is still plausible as it gives crafting materials that are difficult to get a good number of, so I will be leaving the suggestion up.)


So this is hardly fleshed out, but I want to get this down on a page.

There is a dramatic surplus of arena tokens for most players. I propose a solution of a game of chance. It might be better than a direct conversion because it'll be less "overpowered", but will at least give some use to this resource that isn't too high stakes.

The basic mechanic:
The tombola would require a number of tokens to enter (10?) and would produce either nothing or a small prize.

The "story" of it:
I imagine the tombola is fitting for an already pretty fun 'party' atmosphere that May has. In my head, the NPC is a lion who really just cannot win a single challenge and is trying to get arena tokens off the participants to be able to fight in the arena. Maybe they spin particular pebbles/trinkets in a ball of tumble weed.

The prizes:
Nothing would probably show up between 1/4 and 1/3 of the time.
Common prizes might include: the new energy berry item, as it's currently surprisingly hard to collect to craft a mediocre energy item; small carcasses; underbrush; and perhaps other small crafting items like sticks or logs.
Uncommon prizes might include: a small amount of SB; a small number of manticora beetles; trophies like shiny stones and similar; rock salts and opal saltlicks.
Rare prizes might include: a sum of SB; a single GB; a sum of manticora beetles; trophies like tail tuft hair, fangs and teeth.

I will make a decisive and detailed list later when I can peer the relevant crafting materials in detail! Any suggestions are welcome as well, though I strongly believe none of the current applicators, decor or breeding items from the May shop should be included.

For flavour text, I might suggest this from a scarred, maybe quite scrawny but very eager lion:
"Hey- hey! Come closer! You got tokens? That's great! I've never won a challenge, you see, and I feel like I'm REALLY missing out on the arena hype. How about you give me some of those tokens of yours, and I give this little tumbler a spin?

What do you mean, what for?! Prizes! If you pull out a red pebble, you get the prize associated with the red pebble. Good deal, right?! Come on!"

- upon winning nothing
"Better luck next time! How about another go?!"

- upon winning a common prize
"Could be worse! Could've got nothing, hehe."

- upon winning an uncommon prize
"Oh! Well look who lucked out!"

- upon winning a rare prize
"Ohoho, now that's a prize worthy of a champion!"

Let me know your thoughts! Constructive comments to improve the suggestion are very much desired as I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed and I don't want to overlook something!
I also think it'd be fun for the NPC to be named, so if anyone has any suggestions that are lore-friendly, I wanna see them!