Random Saturday Ep 36: Guides

Hey everyone! Welcome to another Random Saturday, this week's episode with your host Shade! Today, we are gonna be going into a lesser-known fact about the beginnings of Animal Jam. That is the Guides, found around Jamaa during 2010 and early 2011. 

Guides were Wildworks (then called Smart Bomb Interactive) 

 employees that were found around Jamaa during the beta days. Their main purpose was to interact with Jammers and help out new players getting used to the game. These guides are similar to AJHQ's Animal Jam account today, except it was more than one person interacting with the AJ community. Their accounts were very similar to normal Animal Jam accounts, being able to do basically the same type of things a normal account could do. There were a few differences, though: Jammers could not buddy them, jam-a-gram them, or go to their den, like you could with a regular AJ account. 

Guides also had a green tint to their chat boxes, so Jammers could know where they were and wouldn't get them confused with others. They were also noted to have an AJ badge next to their name tag, something that wasn't available to other members. Sometimes, guides played games with jammers around Jamaa, most notably a game called "Shaman Says," 'shaman' being what alphas were called in the beta days. The winner of this game would be gifted gems. 

Another cool thing about Animal Jam guides were their ability to become alphas (or shamans, as they were called back then). As seen in the photo above, one AJ Guide was sighted as Graham in the Lost Temple of Zios. However, this is the only alpha (at least that I've been able to find) that has been seen as a Guide. Sadly, there isn't that much information out there about Guides, partly due to the fact that had so little of a presence in Jamaa until they disappeared. But they are an interesting and cool concept! I believe it could've grown into a much bigger thing if given the time to, especially with the concept of Alpha Guides. What do you think about this feature? Should AJHQ have kept it in the game?

Agent Insights Ep 27: Super Sapphire Scam

What's up everyone, I'm here with your next edition of Agent Insights. Today, I'm gonna talk about a possible scam in AJPW. I'm not sure if it has a name yet, but for convenience, I will call it the Super Sapphire Scam, or SSS for short.

So, as you probably can guess, this scam involves a super sapphire potion. I've seen people advertising before that they will drop a super sapphire potion when others trade them good items. Trading others well is usually not a problem, but we must always know the value of the items on trade. If the items are of low value, then it probably isn't worth trading them a good item for a bad one.

The thing that makes this a possible scam is that we do not know if they really have the potion. AJHQ has made it so that potions can't be traded. Therefore, they could claim to have the potion when they may not. There is also no way for us to prove that they don't have the potion, because we can't ask them to put it on trade. As a result, they could get good items for bad items, and leave without dropping anything.

So, how do we avoid this scam? One way is to trade fairly. You could trade them stuff that is of equal value to the item on trade. If they reject, then it's fine. I do not recommend you to push the value of your trade higher, because you may get scammed. If you really want the sapphires, you could watch the ads on AJPW. They give you a good amount of sapphires, if you're lucky.

Alternatively, yes, AJHQ, if you're reading this. I'm speaking to you (again). To prevent such scams from happening, you can make it such that potions can be traded. This way, people can trade items directly for the potions and get it for themselves through a fair trade.

That's all from me for now. Have fun, but remember to stay safe too!

-Dew

Agent Insights Ep 26: Impersonation

Hey everyone, Flint here to talk about impersonation scams in another Agent Insights. 

Impersonation scams are when someone pretends to be someone they aren't to trick you into giving them items. This scam takes many forms, which are listed below.

Famous Jammers

Sometimes, people will pretend to be famous jammers to try to get people to gift them items. To avoid this one, only give gifts to the main accounts of famous jammers/known alts that have been confirmed by the famous jammer.

Random jammers claiming to be alts are most likely lying. Look closely at the username and make sure it's spelled correctly. And, of course, anyone who says they are famous whom you haven't heard of should be ignored. They're probably lying for attention/items. 

Hackers

Sometimes, people will claim to be hackers, and tell you if you don't give them your items, they will hack your account. This is a scam because, if they really are hackers, they could just hack your account anyways without asking anything. Plus, if you get hacked shortly after, you'd know exactly who it was and would be able to report them.

 The only reason people would claim to be hackers and ask for items is if they were not hackers and just wanted to scare you into giving them items. Ignore anyone who says they can actually hack your account (they almost certainly can't), and keep your passwords secure. 

AJHQ

Sometimes, people will claim to be AJHQ, and then tell you to give them items. Reasons vary, but they include "your items are glitched and we need to check on them", "do it or we'll suspend you", "your items may have been hacked in and we need to check on them", and more.

AJHQ does not need you to give them items. If items may be hacked/glitched, they can just look at them and delete/fix them without your permission. AJHQ will not threaten you either, as they can just spawn in items and thus don't need yours. Ignore everyone who says they're AJHQ unless they are the username "ajhq". (Note that individual staff members whom you don't like can't ban you for no reason)

If you want to avoid these scams, a simple way is to just not give anyone items unless it's in exchange for a fair trade. If anyone demands items, ignore them. Stay safe out there, jammers!

Update Post - November

Hey all, Jade here with your update post for November! 

First, we’d like to extend a thank you to our Gammas Cat and Shade for their first posts on the blog! 

Next, the team event, “The Search for Moku’ahi” is still going on our Discord! Anyone can participate, if you want to join or just to watch, you can join our Discord through the link in the sidebar! 

We’ve also made good progress this month in revamping and updating many of our documents, mainly thanks to our very own Delta Dew! 

Finally, we’ve decided that for this upcoming month of December, we will be cutting off posting halfway through the month in order to give our agents plenty of time for the holidays. We’ll still be following our typical schedule up until then! 

That’s about it for this month! As always, if you want to be an agent, head to the joining tab up above and fill out the form there! Stay safe, and jam on!

Random Saturday Ep 35: Feral (leaks!)

Hey all, Blue here with today's Random Saturday!

Today, I am going to be talking about what has changed in relation to Feral since I made the last Random Saturday about it. And yes, a lot has changed.

Since I last talked about Feral, a couple new things have come out. I'll start with the biggest one yet: Feral beta signups!

Feral has posted the signups for its beta testing, which is speculated to be happening sometime around late December. You have to be over 13 to sign up.

The next awesome thing is that a bunch of new leaks have been released,  including what some of the animals are going to be! There are a lot of pictures, so the rest of the post is under the cut!

Agent Insights Ep 25: Gifting Wars

Hey, Jade here, with a new Agent Insights. Today we’ll be talking about another type of scam- Gifting wars.

As the name implies, gifting wars are a sort of contest where two Jammers gift each other items, each item better than the last, to see who can gift the best. The items may or may not be given back at the end of the contest, it’s up to the participants. This kind of contest can be a fun game to play with friends. However, it can also be easily turned into a scamming scheme. For example:

One day, in Jamaa Township, you see a Jammer dancing and saying “gift me, i gift back better!” Intrigued, you gift some item to them, maybe a Rare Item Monday. You wait for a little, then get a Jam a Gram: They gifted back a den beta! You decide you can trust them, since they gifted back a better item, so you trade them a Spiked Wristband. They gift back a better color of the Wristband, so then you gift them a long Spiked Collar! Maybe they’ll even gift you a Headdress back..... but then, as you’re waiting for their gift, you see them log off of Animal Jam without gifting anything back. You’ve just been scammed out of your spike!

As shown in the scenario above, scammers will repeat the cycle of trading a few times in order to build up your trust, until you’ve gifted them a rare enough item that they want to keep: then, they’ll disappear. 

Luckily, this scam is relatively easy to avoid! Simply use the trade system instead of gifting, and they won’t be able to take an item without giving anything back. Don’t fall for scams like this! Stay safe, and jam on!

Random Saturday Ep 34: Speedo Sands and Sandy Shores

Hello everybody, and welcome back to another Random Saturday; today's episode hosted by yours truly, Gamma Shade! Today, I decided to bring up something a little bit different: the two unreleased lands originally discovered by jammers in 2017, Speedo Sands and Sandy Shores. The news of this came out only two years ago, but somehow, I didn't find out about it until now!
So, here's a quick overview of the topic. In 2017, a group of hackers had gotten into AJHQ's files of Crystal Sands and had somehow leaked the concept art out into the public.

Some believe this concept art was the original ideas for the Crystal Sands remodel that we see today. For those who don't know, the first Crystal Sands looked pretty different than today's, with it a little bigger and (in my opinion) way better than the one we have now.

The old Crystal Sands was remodeled into today's in 2011, with the concept drawings above being the possible early ideas for what the modern version of Crystal Sands would look like.

Jammers were able to get into both Speedo Sands and Sandy Shores by following any buddy who had gotten access to it, similar to how people got into the Untitled Room, another unreleased area. 

They were also able to walk around inside of these lands, getting to see the early sketches of how Crystal Sands changed into its final project. See a video about this here.

For awhile, jammers were crowding into these rooms, eagerly wanting to look into what these unreleased lands were and what was around them. But AJHQ found out and quickly put a stop to all of it. 

Every jammer who went into these rooms were suspended. According to the AJ Wiki, this suspension often depended on how long people spent inside these rooms. The rooms were quickly removed from the game and that was the end of all of it. 

Hearing about these lands now, I think it's pretty interesting, not only realizing the lands existed but also hearing what it takes to create the lands in Animal Jam. It's pretty cool that we're able to get a glimpse of how it all works. What do you guys think? Were any of you guys able to get into Speedo Sands and Sandy Shores when they were available? 

Welp, that's all I gotta say for this topic. Hope everyone has a spectacular Feast of Thanks!

Adios,

      Shade

Agent Insights Ep 24: How Not to Confront Scammers

Hello everyone. Flint here to do an Agent Insights, talking about what you shouldn't do when confronting scammers.

Hopefully, we all know scamming is bad, and you should respond negatively to it. However, some methods of responding to scammers are unhelpful, counterproductive, too extreme, or unnecessary. I'll tell you some things you shouldn't do in order to be the most helpful. These go for agents and non-agents.

Note that you can't convince scammeres they're wrong right at that moment. That really needs to be done organically, by the scammers. They need to do it themselves. Yelling at them that scamming is wrong won't work. Have you ever changed your mind after being yelled at or snarked at?

Do Not Harass the Scammer

Harassing includes insulting, demeaning, snarking at, threatening, or spamming the scammer. Doing this isn't actually going to help anybody. You aren't warning anyone, you aren't gathering evidence, you aren't investigating the scam, you aren't even making the scammer regret scamming. You're just being mean. I think people might do this because they want to be mean anyway, and have found an acceptable target. Either way, harassing is unhelpful and mean, so don't do it.

Do Not Scam the Scammer

This makes you a scammer. Even if you scam back your items, you're still scamming. Scamming is never justified for any reason. Don't.

Do Not Go Undercover

While this is especially a rule for our agents, this also applies to you. There's a very good chance that if you try to go undercover as a scammer, you will get reported/suspended, outed as a non-scammer before actually doing anything, and/or end up actually scamming someone and being unable to return their items. For these reasons, you should not go undercover as a scammer/part of a scam team.

Do Not Stalk the Scammer

Every so often, I see people who follow the scammer around long after the scam is complete and they have stopped scamming. They aren't anonymously tracking a known serial scammer and only making themselves known when they are actively engaged in scamming. They aren't remaining in the scammers' den or following the scammer after they left a world to make sure they aren't still scamming. The people I'm talking about here randomly show up where the scammer is hours, sometimes days, after they've scammed someone and harass them or scream about how they're a scammer during their FNAF roleplays. This is ultimately pointless. You're wasting your time. You aren't helping anyone, you aren't convincing the scammer. You're just being mean.

In summary, a checklist of things you should make sure of before confronting a scammer.

• Will this gather evidence, warn others, or impede the ability of the scammer to scam?
• Am I being mean? If I were the scammer, what would I think of this action?
• Do I truly want to help, or do I want to look cool?

Goodbye, everyone!

Random Saturday Ep 33: Ostriches in Play Wild

 

Hey all, Jade here with your Random Saturday! Today we'll be talking about the newly announced animal coming to Play Wild: the Ostrich!

This new animal looks to be a fun and streamlined player character- with animations including hiding its head in the dirt and gliding across ice.

Their design is quite aesthetically pleasing, and there seems to be a nice variety of clothing items that go well with these birds.

Since it is coming to Play Wild, we can reasonably assume that it is also in development for AJPC. Are you excited to play as this animal in Play Wild? Or are you waiting until it comes to AJPC Whatever your thoughts on this new animal, stay safe and Jam On!

Agent Insights Ep 23: Cross-Platform Trading

What's up everyone! Today, I bring to you your next installment of Agent Insights! Today's topic is cross-platform trading, also known as cross-trading.

So, first things first. What is cross-trading? Well, it could be seen as a form of trust trading (because there is a certain level of trust involved) across platforms. Say if you are rare on AJPC but not on AJPW. Say there is another jammer who is rare on AJPW but not on AJPC. Therefore, you two struck a deal for you to trade them a good rare for a typically bad item in AJPC, and they will do the same in AJPW.

Now, however, this system has a huge loophole. After you trade them a good item for a bad item on AJPC, they may not keep their side of the deal and not turn up on AJPW. If that happens, then, it's a scam.

Now, I understand that different people are rare on different platforms and both are run by AJHQ/WildWorks. With Feral coming up, I can see how cross-trading can become more and more common. Therefore, AJHQ, if you are reading this, I have an idea.

There could be a "holding system" in which the trade will not fully go through until the itens have been given. So, there could be an option to indicate that this trade will be completed in AJPC/AJPW. Then, both items will be taken from you and the other jammed, placing them in a cloud system. If the other jammer doesn't trade yoi the items on AJPW within a certain time limit, you get your items back from the cloud. You are able to view the trade from the cloud option, and the time remaining.

Well, that's all from me now. Till next post!

-Dew

Random Saturday Ep 32: Snails!

Hey guys, Cat here. Today we will be taking about pet snails. Yes, you heard me. Pet snails are on Animal Jam PC!

They are cute little pets with a lot of different personalities.

They are full of fun and joy!

They come in a wide variety of colors too! 

This one's pink! When I bought it, it had an interesting personality

of Zany, likes a sweatband for a toy. It also loves sunflower seeds. 

I suggest picking up one of these cuties

in the Diamond Shop today!

They cost only 3 diamonds to purchase. Cat out.

Agent Insights Ep 22: Phishing

Hey everyone. Flint here to talk about phishing, and as it relates to Animal Jam. 

(I know there's an old post from 2017 talking about this, but I'd like to make it an updated Agent Insights, so everyone can find it easier.)

Phishing is when scammers pretend to be legitimate people/websites/companies/whatnot in order to fool people into giving them personal information like passwords or credit card numbers. 

 The most common example is getting an email/text claiming to be from a company you do business with (e.g. Netflix, Apple, etc). Said email/text will say that they have detected suspicious activity on your account/hackers have tried to log into your account. They will then give a link to a place where you can supposedly do something to stop hackers getting into your account, involving entering your password/personal info.

Phishing is a scam. Any links they provide will go to scam sites that will steal your info/give you viruses. However, the point is to look legitimate, so that you trust them enough to enter your info. There's actually a good image that AJHQ provided a while ago, in response to scammers pretending to be AJHQ. It shows the signs of a fake email from scammers. 

Note the following, in case you can't see the image.

• The email is not the official email of AJHQ. The official one is support@animaljam.com. 
• Animal Jam will never ask for your password over email. Clickable links are only sent from the actual Animal Jam site. 
• Spelling errors, or any errors in punctuation, grammar, etc.
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And, some tips for spotting phishing emails in general.

• Spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors
• Generic, non-personalized greeting. Animal Jam might send you links with Animal Jam Parent, but most sites will address you by your name or username.
• Links that redirect to weird places. If you hover your mouse over a link, and it does not go to a place you'd expect it to go (e.g. instead of animaljam.com, it goes to bit.ly/838383838383.)
• Panicky language, such as demanding you reset your password now, you need to click this link or you will be hacked, etc. If it makes you feel panicked, there's a reason for that. 
• Wrong email addresses. If the address doesn't make sense or it contains errors, it's fake.

Basically, to avoid these, never click on links from emails unless you were expecting the email. If you are concerned, go to a new tab and pull up the site independently, then reset the password or whatever you think needs doing.

That's all, folks. Bye!

Random Saturday Ep 31: Animal Jam Membership Bundles

Hey all, Jade here with the latest Random Saturday! Today, we'll be discussing membership bundles.

Recently, Animal Jam came out with their latest bundle- Rags to Riches. This bundle includes the Pauper and Aristocrat outfits, a lemur, the Ol' Barn, the Princess Castle, and other various den items, and it is available to anyone purchasing a membership in the month of November.

On the Animal Jam site itself, these bundles are described as a way to encourage new people to try member benefits. In the past, Animal Jam has released 19 of these bundles through gift cards (some of these are reoccurring), and 21 bundles through online purchase. These bundles include a variety of items, animals, dens, and other perks, and those who receive them are very lucky indeed! However, there may be some mixed feelings about these bundles in the Animal Jam community, for a few different reasons.

First: If you already have a membership, the majority of these bundles aren't available to you. Why buy another membership when you already have one? The only way to get every bundle would be to buy a monthly membership every time- which is tedious, a waste of money, and won't even guarantee that you could get every bundle, since there have been multiple bundles within one month before! 

Second: For those who don't have any way to get the bundles or a membership at all, this simply adds another layer to the separation between members and non-members. More animals, more dens, and more items that non-members can't get easily or even use.

However, many Jammers who have the opportunity to get these bundles do love them! It adds a bonus to the perks of membership, and it can be a fun surprise to see the mystery den items you receive with the bundle.

Overall, there are a lot of pros and cons to the membership bundle format, and there is no real consensus within the Animal Jam community to whether these are enjoyable or not. What's your opinion on the bundles? Do you enjoy them, or do you think they're unfair? Well, whatever your thoughts on the bundles, stay safe and jam on!

Update Post - October

What's up everyone! I'm here with your update post in the month of October! Without further ado, let's go!

Firstly, I'd like to extend a warm welcome to Gamma Shade, who recently joined the society. Welcome!

Next, Omega Cat has passed the training and is now a Gamma! Congratulations!

Next, the team event, "The Search for Moku'ahi" is currently ongoing. Anyone can participate, even non-society members! Just head over to our discord server if you want to participate.

Finally, we are in the process of revamping our society documents to reflect the current way we do things.

That's all the updates right now. As always, if you want to join our society, head over to the joining tab above and fill the form in!

That's all from me now. Till next post!

-Dew

Agent Insights Ep 21: Generators

Hello, everyone. Flint here to talk about generators. 

Generators are non-Animal Jam sites that claim to be able to give you free stuff. “Stuff” includes memberships, currency (gems/diamonds/etc.), and items. They could possibly promise to give other things. Usually they only want you to enter in your username and password, and they claim they will transfer the items/currency/whatnot directly to your account. 

Generators are always scams. There is no instance in which giving your login information to random people is a good idea. They will take your info, log on to your account, and steal all of your items. Some sites may even give your device viruses/malware that steal all of the info on your computer. Not to mention that they are against AJ’s rules. 

The way to avoid these scams is by not entering your username or password into any site that is not Animal Jam. This Site is Animal Jam. Any site that is not this site is a place that should not have your password. In fact, the only people that should know your password are you and your parents. 

If you come across such a site, you should attempt to report it to either AJ or the platform the site is hosted on (e.g. Blogger, Weebly, Wix, etc.). These sites are scams, and nobody wants scams lying around, including site platforms. 

If you have already entered your password into a generator, change it ASAP. See if you can install an antivirus as well. 

That's all I have now. Bye!

Agent Insights Ep 20: Signs of Scams

Hello, everyone. Flint here, talking about the general signs that what you're involved in could be a scam.

There is little "new" in scammer methods. They usually use the same tricks over and over, with only slight modification. Sometimes, though, it can be a pain to remember them all, or the circumstances can be fuzzy and hard to tell if it's a scam. So, I'll share some general rules for telling scams from non-scams, regardless of type.

1. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. 

This is not a universal rule, but if someone claims you'll get a bunch of very rare items for relatively little in return, this is a warning sign that it's a likely scam. 

2. Does it involve the exchange of items outside of the normal trading system?

If they want you to gift-trade, indirectly trade them something, trade through a third account, or gift them and they'll gift back more, or log onto your account and put stuff on it, it is a scam. Another way to put this is "Do they, at any point, hold or have the potential to hold your items without having given you a fair trade in return?" Also note that all these rules also apply in giveaways.

3. Does it involve trusting the other jammer more than you would a random guy on the street?

You wouldn't trust some random guy to hold your valuables. He might run off with them. Similarly, you should not trust random jammers to hold your valuables, in case they run off with them. This also applies to trusting them not to accept the trade/share your password/etc. This does not mean you're hostile to others. It means you have good boundaries and good sense. 

That's all, folks. Stay safe!

Random Saturday Ep 30: Bittersweets

Hey all, Blue here with another rand Sat!

Today I am going to be talking about Bittersweets, Animal Jam's (PC) seasonal adventure for Halloween.  

Bitter Sweets is an adventure where you play as your pet, and you go around collecting candy by dissipating Proto-Phantoms, which will drop one candy if you touch them. for every different amounts of candy you collect, you can open a chest. the first one is at 100, second at 200, third at 400, fourth at 700 and last at 1000. 

The rewards are various halloween-themed den items.

There are also special pet passages, for clothing items. There is a passage for bees, kittens, bats, peacocks, puppies, tarantulas and probably some others. They give out different clothing items and sometimes clothing betas.

1000 candies seem like a lot? Yeah, it is. However, there is a quick way I have discovered that can finish the adventure for you fast.

Get a group of four people together, and go find one of the candy jackpots, located at the end of each of the maps legs:

Activate the Jackpot by each sitting on a stump, and grab your candy from the chest when it pops out.

Walk away from the jackpot until you can no longer see it, wait 15 seconds, then go back. It should have reset and you can get the candy again!

This strategy made the whole 5 chests take 10 minutes for me. Its quick and easy!

Thats all from me today,

Stay safe, Jam on!

-Blue

Update Post - September

Hey all! Jade here, with the update post for September.

First of all, we've slightly updated the rules for promotion - we will now not allow time spent on leave to contribute to the minimum time requirements for promotion.

Marshmellow was removed from the society due to inactivity. Cat, however, has rejoined us!

Finally, we are beginning a new contest on our Discord server, "The Search for Moku'ahi". If you would like to participate in this or any of the other games we hold from time to time, you can join our Discord through the link in the sidebar!

Well, that's about all for this month. Stay safe and jam on!

Agent Insights Ep 19: Donations

Hello everyone. Flint here, doing an Agent Insights. I'm happy I'm only doing Agent Insights now. I am here to talk about people asking for donations.

"Asking for donations" includes people saying they got scammed/hacked, people saying it's their birthday, people saying they don't have any items, etc. Basically, anything where people ask for things without promising anything in return.

This last part is important. If they don't ask anything in return, it's not really a scam. They didn't deceive you into thinking you'd get something back for your item. When you gave it away, you knew full well you would not get the item back and would get nothing in return. Thus, with few exceptions, people asking for donations are not scams.

You can make a case that people claiming they are new accounts or got scammed or hacked of a certain item are scamming if you discover evidence that they are lying (e.g. they have a bunch of achievements for a new account, they have the item they say got scammed, etc.). In this case, it would be appropriate to make a post/report them for scamming. If you have no evidence that they are lying, you should assume that it is not a scam, or not done maliciously, because there is no way to prove that it is a scam. 

We should not make posts about people who we aren't sure are scammers. This is why we don't usually make posts about donations people. It's almost always impossible to tell if they're legit or not, and they don't do anything that involves promising you stuff in return.

You should not give people asking for donations your rares. There is always a chance that they are lying, and even so, it's not good policy to hand out your valuable items to random people. You should instead either ignore them, or give them RIMS or other such not-very-valuable items. This way, you can help people who legitimately just want items, and you won't lose your good items.

Goodbye!

Random Saturday Ep 29: Feral

Hey all, Blue here with today's Random Saturday!

Today I will be talking about Animal Jam's game-in-development, Feral.

Feral is Wildworks' way to try to get some of the older players in AJ to stay in the game. It's going to be focused on the older generation, and won't have as many chat filters. You can talk about Instagram or YouTube or whatever you want!

Feral is going to be a mythological-based game. Not much is known about it.
The developers in Wildworks have leaked a character, which can be seen in Approx's video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InSPU8srLKg



The only other character that the community knows of is the Kitsune, a many-tailed fox-like animal.
No images of it have come out yet.

Think that sounds cool? There's more!

Similar to AJPC and AJPW your animal can be customized and patterned so that it is unique, and of course you can dress it up with items. But here's the twist. While there will probably still be items you can win or buy, Feral will let you make, yes MAKE, your own items to use and trade! I don't know the exact details, whether you can design them from scratch or whether you have to use a base, but thats pretty cool!

Feral will also have things similar to Adventures, but they will be called Quests and be slightly more involved with the game's storyline. Similar to Minecraft, you use materials you gather in quests to craft items.

Feral will be for all platforms, and it will not be solely download. Feral's Beta testing has been said to be coming December this year or early 2020.

This new game is being developed by PlayWild's team, so it will be 3D. I cannot wait!

Hope you guys liked this post!!
Stay safe, Jam on!
-Blue

Random Saturday Ep 28: Eggstravaganza

Hey all, Jade here, with the latest Random Saturday! Today I'll be talking about Animal Jam's Eggstravaganza pets.

The Eggstravaganza was introduced on April 13, 2017. This event allows Jammers to buy eggs that randomly hatch into one of multiple pets. There have been several different incarnations of this event, including the spooky version, the summer version, the fall version, and more. Each egg costs three diamonds and takes three days to hatch into a pet.

There have been a variety of different pets used as Eggstravaganza releases. The Pet Falcon, Pet Baby Chick, Pet Crocodile, Pet Platypus, Pet Echidna, Pet Crow, Pet Poodle Moth, Pet Vulture, Pet Millipede, Pet Sparrow, Pet Cardinal, and Pet Frilled Lizard have all been released in the past. Currently, the Pet Millipede, Pet Poodle Moth, and Pet Vulture are available for purchase.

Jammers have many different opinions on the Eggstravaganza pets. Some think that the challenge of getting a certain kind of pet from the randomized process is fun and makes for an exciting surprise, while others think that it is unfair and you should simply be able to pick which pet you get, rather than wasting diamonds. But, whichever side you take, we can all agree that these pets make a cute addition to the game of Animal Jam!

Monthly Update - August

What's up everyone! I'm back with your next Monthly Update!

One of the more important things I want to address is the new rule of probation. A member will be put on probation if they rejoin after being removed from inactivity, get 3 warnings as a gamma, or when they just got promoted from omega to gamma. When someone is on probation, they cannot get any warnings during the period of probation. Otherwise, they will be removed from the society.

Next, Gamma Tiger has been removed again due to inactivity, and Gamma Marshmellow has been put on probation due to getting three warnings.

Also, I apologise on behalf of the whole society for the inconsistent posting last month. Sorry about that!

Finally, we finished the Race Through Jamaa Event with Flint winning the prize! Don't worry though, I have ideas for future contests.

That's all, have fun and stay safe!

-Dew

Random Saturday Ep 27: Birthstones

Hey guys, Flint here to talk about birthstones. 

Birthstones are a collection of items sold in Epic Wonders. They were introduced in January 2013 along with the Birthstone Display. Each birthstone is 1,500 gems, with the Birthstone Display being 1,000. 

The items are small pieces of crystal/gem surrounded by gold in small holders. The crystals correspond to real birthstones, and each month has its own. The list goes as follows:

January = Garnet

February = Amethyst

March = Aquamarine

April = Diamond

May = Emerald

June = Pearl

July = Ruby

August = Peridot

September = Sapphire

October = Opal

November = Topaz

December = Turquoise

There is a display item that has spots for each birthstone. It looks like this, with all the spots filled.

For any interested, birthstones are a real thing, and you can find out more about them here. 

Bye!