Pirate101 Monthly Newsletter

 
 
 

April 2020

A FESTIVAL OF SPRINGY THINGS


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Did you adopt a super cute and cuddly Giant Panda Mount during the Spring Festival? We saw so many of these cute creatures roaming around Skull Island with their Pirate companions. Some of the other springy items from the Spring Festival included the Spring Flower Mount, Marshadillow Pets, Batik Eggaloon Pet, and of course the classic Spring Yeti pet, among several others.

There’s still several days to adopt this list of pets and mounts. Let us know what you pick up!

macOS CATALINA NOW SUPPORTED


We’re happy to announce that Pirate101 is now compatible with macOS Catalina’s 64-bit platform! You can install Catalina at any time and should have normal access again to the game.

As a thank you for your patience as we worked to ensure this compatibility, we have applied 5000 Crowns to all macOS player accounts confirmed to have actually played within the last 12 months. For our Wizard101 players, we’ve also added 5000 Crowns to your account (you get 5000 TOTAL if this is the same account between games).

If you have any questions about your access to Pirate101, please contact KingsIsle Customer Support.

KI LIVE WITH SPARCK & PROFESSOR FALMEA


KI Live for March showed off some cool content in the upcoming Wizard101 2020 Spring Update. Some of the items were previously given out as exclusives to fansites and livestreamers to show off! If you also play Wizard101, you’ll want to check out our livestream:


Secret Reader Bonus - As of this newsletter's announcement, for those who didn't get a chance to redeem the KI Live giveaway code yet, we opened it up again (SPRINGPACKS2020) for another 500 redemptions! You get a bunch of packs in Wizard101 and Pirate101. See the description in the video linked above for all the details.

For more videos and livestreams, be sure to subscribe to KingsIsle's YouTube channel.

A great Pirate101 tip from KI Live comes from community member Amazingshot123:

“For the fresh sailors out there, don't move around too much in broadside combat, it draws unwanted attention.” - Amazingshot123

ZONE OF THE MONTH - ISLE OF DOGS



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Name: The Isle of Dogs

Location: Westminster Skyway, Marleybone

Description:

The Isle of Dogs is the center of trade and shipping in Marleybone, a working-class neighborhood in comparison to the refinement and industrial wealth of Marleybone City, which is faintly visible from the docks. The isle is dominated by massive docks that bustle with shipping from all over the Spiral, and just about anything can be found in the markets and warehouses of the Isle of Dogs if one knows where to look.

The Isle of Dogs is also home to the Admiralty, headquarters of the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy's shipyards are also located here. During the war with the Armada the Islae of Dogs served as the center of the war effort, the front line that protected Marleybone City the Marleybonean heartland.

Don't Miss this Quest!

The Isle of Dogs has a number of side quests – the chain Marleybone Steel has a really nice Doctor Who homage as its payoff, and Kidnapped! Is based on the novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Treasure Island. But the two promotion quests that center on the Isle of Dogs, Bonnie Anne and Ratbeard's third promotions, are Blind Mew's favorite quests in the entire game.

Behind the Dev Process:

The Isle of Dogs is named for an area in London (just as Marleybone itself is named for the London neighborhood Marylebone), which historically was replete with docks and a center of trade and shipping.

We knew when we started working on Marleybone that the quasi-Victorian steampunk flavors from Wizard101 wouldn't stand up so well in our Age of Sail game, so we pulled the visuals back from the Victorian era to the time of Dickens. That gave us a strong look and feel, and made the game fit with Pirate a lot more smoothly.

Ardent Anglophiles, the writers strove to fill the Isle of Dogs with as many English reference as possible, from the real-life history of the Napoleonic and Second World Wars to Dickens to Stevenson to Doctor Who. Blind Mew himself watched Master and Commander 5 times daily before writing this chapter, and still loves the results.

PUPPET PIRATES COMMUNITY CHOICE


Congrats Llewella Rubyflame, the community chose your funny quote for Puppet Pirates #89!

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Leprechaun: "Try as they will and as they might, who steals me gold won't live through the night!"

Gandry: “Can we talk this out? We weren't stealing, right? *sweats nervously*”

~ Llewella Rubyflame

Join in on the fun by watching Twitter and Facebook for the next Puppet Pirate reveal!

COMMUNITY VIDEO SPOTLIGHT


From The Craft Box, they continue their walkthrough of the Privateer with The Hydra!


FAN SCREENSHOT SPOTLIGHT


For this month’s fan art spotlight, we are showcasing Pirate, Ash, hanging out with one of his favorite pets – Rex the Manticore!


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Capture an amazing screenshot like a magnificent sunset or a monster about to eat your ship and send it to us at community@pirate101.com. We’re always interested in showing off more art, gameplay guides, and other content!

Thanks, Pirates!

COMMUNITY NEWS


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Keep updated on what’s happening in the community right here in our Community News section. Thanks to the following creators for their contributions this month!

Final Bastion:
If you have an upcoming event, blog post or other pieces of news you wish to share with the community, please send it to community@pirate101.com. Include a link on social media if you have one and we may share it on social and here in future newsletters!

Also, the unaffiliated-with-KingsIsle “Community Newsletter” had a great selection of Pirate101-related links this month from around the web. NOTE: Be sure to visit and follow their Twitter page for more information. To subscribe to their newsletter, send a Direct Message to them over Twitter inquiring to be added or email them at community.newsletter.101@gmail.com. You can unsubscribe at any time by sending them an email with the phrase “UNSUB”.


FOLLOW PIRATE101


Question for our newsletter readers - is there a newsletter section we should add? Tweet your suggestion to @Pirate101 and we’ll select the top idea we can implement to win 5,000 Crowns!

Be sure to follow the game and its community on social media!


If you didn’t get to read our article on online safety, please take a moment to stop by our KingsIsle Blog and read the post titled Account Security Best Practices. There’s important information in the article to manage and protect your entire family’s accounts.