Pirate101 Monthly Newsletter

Welcome to 2018! A new year is upon us, and we hope you enjoyed 2017 in Pirate101. If you’re looking to catch up, please review Professor Falmea’s Producer’s Letter, which talks about how Pirate101 has grown wider. As for the future, Professor Falmea says, “We’re already talking about our plans for 2018. While it’s much too early to confirm anything specific, we’re really excited to continue to add fun to the Spiral next year!

December was a month full of presents and prizes in Pirate101, and it was our most festive season yet thanks to all the holiday updates mentioned in Falmea’s Producer’s Letter. Did you find all the hidden snowmen in the Spiral? Did you find a hidden spot you think would be perfect for another Snowman? Let us know on the Message Boards!

Read on for more great information and regular articles about Pirate101.

We had a request early in the month to show off Tyson’s backstory and agreed that he’d make a good jumping point from the Magnificent Seven. Tyson doesn’t say much, but the moments you spend with him (and the interesting figures in the crowd) in the Medicine Show Fighting Ring are quality moments you won’t soon forget. If you’re a Musketeer, he’ll aid your cause freely...if you’re another class, he’ll be convinced to come along for a few Crowns. Enjoy!

Scrooge: "Are you the spirit whose coming was foretold to me?!"
Boochbeard: "Uh... no. We be yer laundry service. There's been a slight problem with yer sheets."
~ Noble Blaine Bellamy

Who will caption the next Puppet Pirates? Stay tuned to our Facebook page to enter your caption on the next Puppet Pirates.

Thank you for sending us your screenshots every month...what’s that? You don’t send us your screenshots every month?! FOR SHAME! It’s easy to do. Just press Control+G and then press Print Screen. Send your best three screenshots in an email to community@pirate101.com. We’d love to see more of our world through your eyes here at KingsIsle.

Silver Dino Hawkins sent us this great picture this month of him and his twin elf buddy, Alex. In his own words, this screenshot “…captures the magic of friendship and fun, both which are some of the best gifts one can ask for this Christmas.” We couldn’t agree more! Thanks for sending us this screenshot, Dino!

For more tips, check out this blog post with helpful screen shot hints. Don’t forget to press Control+G before you snap your picture!

We’ve been getting a lot of great fan art the past few months, but it’s never enough for us. We need more! If you’re artist that likes to draw fan art of Pirate101, we’d love to see your stuff. Sure, go ahead and post it on Tumblr to your friends, but don’t forget to also send it our way in an email to community@pirate101.com. Thanks!

Our Fan Art Spotlight this month goes to a player named Bloody Scarlet. Scarlet sent us this fan art along with a touching story about her friend Dead-eye Omar Devereaux, who she hadn’t seen in years. I guess you could call this a wanted poster! If you’re out there Omar, Bloody Scarlet misses you!

Bloody Scarlet also added a few thoughts for our readers: “I'd just like to say that ever since I played Wizard101 in 2009 and Pirate101 in 2013, I've met some of the most amazing people that have changed me and made me who I am today. Moments on both Wizard101 and Pirate101 were some of the best ones in my entire life. Although questing and all the fun activities you can do were a blast, it was the people that made these games memorable and it was an honor to draw one of those people!”

Our Pirate101 Message Boards are a great place to meet up with friends and talk about your favorite game. Here are a few posts that caught our "one good eye" this month:

• Feel free to join these Message Board posters who give it up for Nanu Nanu!
• Is there such a thing as too much pirating? Not for Indigo Ring!
• Congrats to Alex FirePyre for finding the Yulecore pet!
• Looking for insights on the new Gingerbread ships? This message board post will be right up your alley.

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”

• Flash33 showed how people DO care what you say.
• On MMORPG and the Untold Spiral, Vanessa Mythdust shared the many activities that can be done throughout the Spiral.
• Frostcaller created an illustrated guide on where to find all the hidden snowmen.
• Flash33 shared tips on how to provide someone with positive and helpful feedback.
• To celebrate the holidays, Paige Moonshade created a fun poem for pirates.
• Frostcaller took a look at the three new holiday companions.
• If you are interested in looking like Samurai Jack, Flash33 shared how.

With the new December updates, several Pirates explored what was new:

• Frostcaller
• Kyle IceWielder
• Blaze Lifehammer