To start this off, I actually really love the January event! It makes sense that last month’s snow would cause such a drastic change that would negatively impact the creatures of lioden.

However, as it is, it really feels like the food pit is a feature that some players totally ignore! Once we get to tier 1, there is no real reason to donate anymore as you can simply stop your lions from gaining significant hunger with the 20% feed.
While I don’t think the percentage needs to be lowered I do think there needs to be some incentive for players to continue to donate past tier 1.

My suggestions are one of three things:

1. Add a challenge like December’s gifting challenge, something like 5,000 - 10,000 uses of food donated gives you a special base/marking applicator, or item. Maybe something called ‘generous’ or ‘giver’. I do not think this number is too high, as someone who hunts usually 5-15 times per day, I usually have at least 500 uses of food in my inventory at any given time. Once the first tier is unlocked players are able to donate food without worrying about their lions starving, after all. If others think this too high however I’m sure staff could find some sort of good goal.

2. Add a rare dropped craft-able item parts to the boneyard that can be obtained when digging or donating skulls (applicator, marking, useful item) These parts drop chance increases as the tiers of the bone pit go up. While there is no immediate incentive here to donate, the chance boost would encourage people looking to craft to get that tier higher. Perhaps what’s found could even be some sort of status condition whose chance goes up with tier.

3. Add in some good, tier locked items into the boneyard. I do think that a lot of the decor there is cool! However as it is a purely ‘for function’ player or someone who doesn’t like the decor will only worry about opening to tier one to get to the lion meat, torts and primal MOD. Maybe add in a stat food/ amusement item into tier 2, some sort of breeding item into tier 3, or something similar. Said breeding item could be something as like “Hyena head/heart (or vulture or whatever fits) ‘This item when fed to your lioness will cause all cubs in her next litter to have a random marking (or maybe 1-3 random markings?) as if rolled by an RMA”

All of those details in number 3 aside, I think we just need something useful tier locked if people / staff like that idea.