Congratulations to the following winners of Luck of the Draw, winning $100,000 PB :
twinkle23
LittleBoPeep
mistyeyes
Equinox
gavriela

If you want to be a winner next time, check out the Luck of the Draw - Available at the House of Luck in Badgeria!

Congratulations to Dragonflower for winning PLAYER OF THE DAY!
Just for being active on Powerpets, they won a free one month account upgrade which comes complete with a free item that is handed out once a month and all other upgraded account benefits.

The poll booth has a new poll available for you.

This time, we would like to know:
Will you participate in the July 2023 250k Staff Mini Bubbles Challenge?.

Go There: Poll Booth

Thanks for participating!

Just want to ask for all of your patience while we start trying to figure out what is going on. From reports, some users are getting 500 errors on some devices and some browsers, but nothing consistent yet.

Mostly wanted to let you all know that we are aware and will update you as soon as we know something.

-Silvery

Edit: Quad here, oops looks like a small update to the index page caused a problem. Should be fixed now, sorry about that!

Last week's round of What Am I has ended.

The item description was: After you have repaired the Sky Seal take a break and learn about its history.
The answer was: History of Sky Seal.

6 out of 6 Ichuans answered correctly.

A new round of What Am I has started. Good luck!

Congratulations to blueeyes for winning PLAYER OF THE DAY!
Just for being active on Powerpets, they won a free one month account upgrade which comes complete with a free item that is handed out once a month and all other upgraded account benefits.

Congratulations to our Snapz! of the week winner: weehuneybee1


If you want to have a chance to win next week, make sure to keep your Snapz! updated and current for the season.

Today's winning Mega Money Madness number is: 1875

There were NO winners.

If you want to be a winner next time, check out the Mega Money Madness under the GAMES icon.

Whew!
It sure is hot today!

Guess I will head to the beach and go catch some gnarly waves.


I was having a blast, the swells were fantastic for surfing, when suddenly.....
a most massive and totally radical wave came out of no where and I lost control and
landed head first in the sand of ARB408's beachscape!

Congrats! You have won a free month account upgrade and a trophy for your profile!


Don't forget to sign up here daily for your chance to win!

Something lurks beneath the sands...

[Image Description: A banner image of a rocky landscape. In the foreground is a horned dragon, her neck curved and pulled back as if to strike. She has a large frill on her head which runs down to the dorsal frill/fin on her back. Her gens are Sailfish and Marlin that display dark blue, light blue, pale yellow, pink, and bright purple with dark blue spot markings in columns down her fin and body. The words "Ancient Breeds" and "Sandsurge A New Ancient Breed" are overlaid on the image.]

We¢re excited to announce that the next addition to our ancient breeds system, the Sandsurge, have now been launched. Ancient Breeds are a way for the Flight Rising team to release more regular dragon content, with a few restrictions to make that possible. You can read about the ancient breed system in our Developer Update on the subject.


Sandsurge
Working beneath the sands of the Shifting Expanse with only a telltale fin in the distance to mark their prescence, the Sandsurge have been uncovered, ...much to their dismay. Now they have all these dragons coming to visit them, talking to them, asking them for things, and offering suggestions on how to improve their workflow; it's awful! Dragons are the worst. Perhaps your clan will offer shelter to these independent engineers!

You can read more about public discovery of the Sandsurge in our short story, The Cost of Efficiency, and gain some knowledge of their characteristics in the Encyclopedia.

If you¢re looking to change your dragons into an Sandsurge, breed change scrolls may be purchased from the gem marketplace.

Glorious Gifts and Brews:
To celebrate the debut of the Sandsurge breed, all active players can visit Galore¢s Glorious Gifts and pick up a Sandskink to celebrate the release of the Sandsurge Dragons! Additional copies of Sandskink can be brewed at Baldwin's for this release, after which they will retire.

You will have until Wednesday, July 26th @ 06:00 server time to claim your gift and start your brews.



Sandsurge Genes: Unique & Parallel
It wouldn't be an Ancient Breed release without an impressive slate of unique and parallel genes!

Unique Genes
You can pick up the following unique Sandsurge genes in the Treasure & Gem Marketplace:

You can create the following unique Sandsurge genes using Baldwin¢s Bubbling Brew:

You can find the following unique Sandsurge genes by battling monsters in the Coliseum:

Parallel Genes
In addition to the unique genes above, Sandsurge can also exhibit some parallel genes that resemble those found in modern dragons. These genes will be available through the same type of gameplay (with the exception of Boulder, Myrid, ground, Fissure, and Smirch, which are available through Baldwin) that their modern counterparts are. The parallel genes releasing today are:

Sandsurge Forum Vista
You can show off your newfound Sandsurge appreciation by sporting the following forum vista, now available in the Treasure Marketplace:

New Emojis
A set of frilly Sandsurge emojis are now available!

New Achievement
A new achievement It's Electrifying is now available! To unlock this achievement, obtain a Sandsurge dragon through hatching, Crossroads, or the Auction House.

Ancient Issues
We want to acknowledge a couple of outstanding issues with ancient breeds.

Ancient Gene Bloat:
As we mentioned previously, we are aware of the gene bloat that ancient genes present and how it's negatively impacting your experience in scrying workshop, the auction house, the marketplace, and around the site. We are actively discussing how to address these areas around and after updates to accessibility and the skin system revamp. We apologize for the inconvenience and any frustration caused by the gene bloat and thank you for your patience while we work to address this. The Ancient Gene exchange shop detailed previously will be launching in late summer/early autumn.

Ancient Gene Errors:
The gene error threads for Undertide and Aether are incomplete. We acknowledge that the delay in correcting these has been egregious, and we apologize for the extended delay and the impact these gene errors have had on your dragons. We intend to focus on any immediate Sandsurge errors for this week, but after Thundercrack Carnivale it is our intention to return to the Undertide and Aether threads and correct any issues we can confirm as being errors. Thank you again for your patience while we work to address this.

Congratulations to jenboop20, who has just won the Ichu Lottery! The jackpot was worth 35,500 iP and the item prize was Magical Yellow Ichu Mirror Shard!

This week's item prize will be Eye Bomb! Lottery is drawn every Wednesday.

Tomorrow (July 20th) we will be holding our monthly 250k Mini Bubbles Challenge.

Staff and moderators will be putting up challenges in the Games Room. Once you have beaten a staff/moderator, please DO NOT challenge them again. It is our goal to get everyone who wants to win a vault code for a brand new Onda Farnee Bubble. Vault codes will be handed out on Friday.

Good luck and may the bubbles be with you.

Congratulations to miss_sparklz for winning PLAYER OF THE DAY!
Just for being active on Powerpets, they won a free one month account upgrade which comes complete with a free item that is handed out once a month and all other upgraded account benefits.

Whew!
It sure is hot today!

Guess I will head to the beach and go catch some gnarly waves.


I was having a blast, the swells were fantastic for surfing, when suddenly.....
a most massive and totally radical wave came out of no where and I lost control and
landed head first in the sand of chiquitabonita8's beachscape!

Congrats! You have won a free month account upgrade and a trophy for your profile!


Don't forget to sign up here daily for your chance to win!

Every week, we will be selecting a random pet's blog from the Pet Zone. Only up-to-date blogs will apply for this.

This week, the award goes to Velma, who has been seeing the vet a lot, along with a specialist for hip/knee issues.(read the blog to find out more)
For having an up-to-date blog with cute pictures, they have earned their owner Newtatious a free account upgrade! Congrats!

Make sure you don't forget to put your real life pet images in the Pet Zone and ADD/keep UPDATED BLOGS to your pet images, so you have a chance to win!

Who knows, they might win the next weekly Pet Zone contest.