Agent Insights Ep 47: Session ID Hack

Hey all, Jade here with this week's Agent Insights! Today, we'll be talking about how to avoid getting hacked through your Session ID. Someone recently tried to hack me using this method, so I figured it would be a good idea to spread awareness of it!

This hack often begins with someone promising you that they can generate items on your account. They'll tell you that they only need one thing in order to generate into your account- your Session ID, which is a string of numbers generated when you log into Animal Jam on your browser. They'll often claim that their method is "risk-free", since they don't need your password. However, the ID can be used to find your password, which is why they want you to give it to them. Often, the hacker will contact you on a platform other than Animal Jam itself, so don't assume that it's not a hack just because you're not talking to them on the game.

If you happen to give them your Session ID, they will tell you that the items have begun generating, and to not log into your account until they tell you that the generation is done. This is so that they have the chance to get into your account and take your items without you realizing and trying to stop them.

There is also a version of this hack where the hacker has you download a certain file/program and run it in order to generate the items. This file will actually be a virus which will automatically grab your Session ID and send it back to the hacker.

If you have given someone your Session ID but they haven't taken your items yet, don't panic. Log into your account to make sure they aren't in it, then go to your Parent Dashboard and disable your account while you are still logged in. Then, log out. This will prevent them from getting into your account until you have the chance to change your password and/or transfer your items.

In order to avoid this hack, the most important thing to remember is that you should never believe anyone who says that they can get you free items. Item generators are always a scam/hack, and even if they weren't, they would be against the Animal Jam TOS. Additionally, never give anyone personal information related to yourself or your account, and never open suspicious links/files.

Well, that's all for today! If you have any other questions about how to avoid this hack, feel free to leave them in the comments or on our Discord server. Stay safe everyone, and Jam On!

Random Saturday Ep 55: The Beta Party

Hey everybody, Shade here! For this Random Saturday, I thought it would be cool to look back at one of the rarer Animal Jam parties: The Beta Party. 

The Beta Party was released so far for only three years for a couple of days; the latest date of the party being available to everyone being in 2018. Introduced on July 23, 2014, the party was meant to celebrate Animal Jam's early beta stage back in 2010 and was set in the original den given to all players in the beta. 

Players were given a shop of den items that they could chose from. Although not den items from the beta stage, a lot of them were inspired by different beta items or were made accessible as den items when they wouldn't have been before. For example, the monkey statue as seen below was originally located in The Lost Temple of Zios in the place of the Zios Statue and was not a den item. 

The last Beta Party I ended up going to, had these items above to buy but over the years, the items ended up changing a little. 

In its first release, the party was said to have a few glitches, with the shop not being able to be clicked on as well as there being no music to the party. However, this was soon fixed by AJHQ, given the music that you can listen to here.

As someone who joined the game in 2012, the Beta Party ended up being one of my favorites. It gave newer players a chance to get a small feel of what the beta was like and gave older players a place to remember old times and to celebrate how far the game has grown. 

coffecold (AJPC)

Do not attempt to track down or harass any of the scammers we post. We only ask that you report them, and maybe block them.

Hellooo! Agent Quacc here with another scammer that I found in Jamaa Township advertising for their giveaway. coffecold claimed that they would be giving away their list which had an orange long spiked collar.

I went to their den to investigate and see how it was all going to go. coffecold then said that they would be doing accept, accept decline to find a winner. This is a more popular method that scammers are using a lot more. Usually, they say that you should trade their bad item for your better items. You're then supposed to accept twice then decline at the end. Some jammers don't realize that you can only ever accept two times in a trade request before the items are traded.

 

I asked about how they would find a winner and coffecold said that the rarest person wins the spike.

 

Even after warning, someone ended up trading coffecold and no one else did. Even if they gave the prize to them, they were still using a method that could lead to a scam.

They tried to act like they accepted the request even when they traded for a second.

Everyone ended up being locked out and no one won anything. 

Don't forget to report coffecold for scamming and stay safe!

Agent Insights Ep 46: Sapphire - Diamond Conversion Rate

What's up everyone! Today, I bring to you your next episode of agent insights! Today, I'm gonna be talking about what the conversion rate of sapphires to diamonds (and vice versa) is. This episode might be a little mathy, but the math has to be done to get the conversion rates. Without further ado, let's go!

For this post, I will be basing the conversions on multiple things. They are namely Animals, Pets, Dens, Items and the premium currency - gem conversion rate.

The first one I will touch on is the animals. A premium animal in AJPC costs 10 diamonds. A premium animal in AJPW costs 150 sapphires, assuming that it is not on sale. Assuming that the animals cost the same across both games, that means 1 diamond is equal to 15 sapphires. Alternatively, it can be seen as about 0.067 diamonds per sapphire.

Next up is pets. One premium pet in the diamond shop costs 3 diamonds. One premium pet in the sapphire shop costs 50 sapphires. This means that 1 diamond is equal to 16.7 sapphires, or 0.06 diamonds per sapphire. Note that these values are similar to the ones calculated above.

Next are the dens. One premium den in the diamond shop costs 7 diamonds, while one premium den in the sapphire shop costs 150 sapphires without a sale. Doing the math once again, this means that 1 diamond is equal to about 21.4 sapphires. It can also be seen as 0.047 diamonds per sapphire. These values are noticeably different from the ones previously calculated. I'm not sure why, but WildWorks decided to price it that way.

Now, I will touch on common items that both shops share. For this post, I will be comparing the prices of the full Ice Armor Set. The helmet costs 2 diamonds in AJPC and 10 sapphires in AJPW. This calculates to 5 sapphires per diamond, or 0.2 diamonds per sapphire. The amulet follows a similar rate. It costs 1 diamond on AJPC and 5 sapphires on AJPW. The rate is also the same for the armor. It costs 3 diamonds in AJPC and 15 sapphires in AJPW. However, the rate gets a little different from here. The gauntlets cost 1 diamond on AJPC but 10 sapphires on AJPW. That means that for the gauntlets, the rate is 10 sapphires per diamond or 0.1 diamonds per sapphire. Similarly, the tail armor costs 2 diamonds on AJPC and costs 20 sapphires on AJPW. That rate is the same for the gauntlets. Overall, it costs 9 diamonds for the full set in AJPC and 60 sapphires for the full set in AJPW. That tallies to about 6.67 sapphires per diamond, or 0.15 diamonds per sapphire. Note that this rate is significantly different from those above, so bear that in mind if you are looking to do a cross-platform trade! (Though, I do not encourage that. More can be found here.)

Lastly. I will look at how they compare by using gems. For this comparison, I will be using best dressed as a means to compare gems across the two games. In AJPC best dressed, the winner wins 200 gems. In AJPW, the winner wins 250 gems. Therefore, 1 gem in AJPC is worth 1.25 AJPW gems. In AJPC, 1 diamond is equal to 1000 AJPC gems. In AJPW, 10 sapphires can be exchanged for 1000 AJPW gems. Doing the math, 1 AJPC gem is equal to 0.001 diamonds. 1 AJPW gem is equal to 0.01 sapphires. However, since 1 AJPC gem is equal to 1.25 AJPW gems, we can conclude that 0.001 diamonds is equal to 0.0125 sapphires. Multiplying both sides by 1000, 1 diamond is equal to 12.5 sapphires.

After all that math, I decided to summarize everything for easy reference:

Animals: 1 diamond = 15 sapphires
Pets: 1 diamond = 16.7 sapphires
Dens: 1 diamond = 21.4 sapphires
Items: depends on the item itself, but generally it is 1 diamond = 6.67 sapphires
Comparison using gems: 1 diamond = 12.5 sapphires

Phew, that all the math from me now, till next post!
-Dew

Mxnicaramel (AJPC)

Hey all, Jade here with another scammer post! A couple days ago, I found this scammer advertising in Coral Canyons for a blue short giveaway at their den.

Someone told them that their den was locked, and they apologized and unlocked it. I began to be a bit suspicious after this, because their den being locked likely meant that they had just locked someone out from a previous scam. So, I went to their den to investigate.

They didn’t come to their den for a few minutes, so I took a second to find out their username- it was Mxnicaramel.

 

They finally came to their den, and everyone started telling them to put the blue short on trade so that we knew they had it. They ignored us for a while, then finally decided to give us a “hint”. They then put on a pink Fox Hat as some sort of proof that they had the short.

Some people got pretty mad about their “hint”, so they told anyone who thought they were a scammer to leave.

 

They then told us that they were going to be doing trust trading for the giveaway. This method, where you trade someone your items and then they trade them back, is a common scamming technique, because if they want to keep the items they can just not trade back.

Someone traded them a necklace, and they asked if anybody wanted to challenge. I traded them one Rare Item Monday item, just to see what they would do.

The three other people in the den continued to ask for proof that they actually had the blue short and that they weren’t scamming, and the scammer continued to ignore them.

They told us that I was winning and that it was the last chance to trade anything else. Nobody else wanted to trade, and the scammer got fed up with their accusations, so they finally locked us out.

Unfortunately, you can’t search the scammer’s username yet, because they’re a New Jammer. As soon as they become searchable, please report them for scamming!

That’s all for today! Everyone stay safe out there, and Jam On!

Random Saturday Ep. 54: Leilani on Moku'ahi

Hello, readers! It's Rose again with your newest Random Saturday. Although the topic of Moku'ahi has been done before, I'd like to focus on Leilani and the items she trades to Jammers in AJPW (or Animal Jam). 

First of all, Leilani is an NPC, or a non-player character. She stands at the top of Moku'ahi every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday (in GMT). If you find her on these days, she will offer a new rare-tagged variant of an already existing item for another item that was previously available. When you trade Leilani, you will get a popup that asks for the item you need to get the rare variant. 

Some of these items are quite valued by Jammers because of the rarity of the item traded or because of the similar appearance to another popular or rare item. For example, Rare Ice Dragon Wings, although Leilani wanted Fancy Frozen Claws, a less popular item, are quite popular and are very wanted. 

I think that Leilani is a good addition to AJPW, and she's introduced more items and an easier way to work up the rarity system to newer Jammers. 

Thanks for tuning in, 

Rose out <3

clevermaster8 (AJPC)

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Hi guys! It's Neutron here to tell you about a scammer I found in Jamaa Township. Clevermaster8 was advertising, saying that the items on their trade were glitched and worth a solid.

These were the items on their trade list. None of them were glitched, and none of them were worth a solid.

People began catching onto them and calling them a scammer. They began to tell people that the items had the wrong names and that was why they were glitched. (This was not accurate, all the items had the correct names.)

They then tried to defend themselves and told everyone not to make such a fuss. Shortly after, they logged off. So, please remember to report clevermaster8 for attempted scamming!

Bye guys! Remember to stay safe!

ayesha8 (AJPC)

Do not attempt to track down or harass any of the scammers we post. We only ask that you report them, and maybe block them.

Hellooo! Agent Quacc here with another scammer post. I found ayesha8 advertising in Coral Canyons that they would be giving away den betas in their den. I checked their list and they had two betas which are the tan floor and brick wall.

I went to their den to investigate. After it was filled up, ayesha8 brought up how the winner was going to be announced. 

  

ayesha8 then said that they would be using the accept, accept, decline method to find a "winner" for their giveaway. If you don't already know, you can only ever accept two times in a trade request before the trade completely goes through. Of course, there's still some time to press cancel but by then, the other person probably already completely accepted. This usually ends with the scammer leaving/locking you out and taking your items with them. ayesha8 then said that there was going to be a wheel after to help make jammers stay until the end.

  

For some reason, ayesha8 decided to switch to using a wheel. They even said that if you gift them, you'll get another spot on the wheel. It's highly likely that they just said that to get gifts and were trying to get even more items from jammers. In less than 10 seconds, ayesha8 said that they managed to write down everyone's names. Less then half of the jammers in their den said their name for them to write it all down and in a very short amount of time. This allows me to believe that they didn't even try to use a wheel at all.

  

ayesha8 said the winner's username (which I believe is a random username that they saw) and then very slowly blocked everyone in the den one by one. Blocking a jammer immediately makes you locked out of their den.

I jagged the winner just to be sure if they actually gave out the prize or not. The winner then replied with confirmation that ayesha8 did not give them anything at all.

Don't forget to report ayesha8 for attempting to scam and stay safe!