Pirate101 Monthly Newsletter

 
 
 

October 2019

HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY PIRATE101!


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Pirate101’s 7th birthday is coming up on October 15th! Many Pirates joined us for last week’s birthday themed KI Live as we spilled the beans on new content for the game. Hot on the heels of KI Live, a new content update was released earlier this week as we gear up to celebrate the birthday. Check out both the Update Notes and last week’s Producer’s Letter for details on what’s been added to the game!

A Pirate's Preview of the update notes:

  • New Skeleton Key Bosses of an evil sort: Black Annie Rackham and Verminius Blightbeard
  • Improvements to the FTUD (First Time User Difficulty)
  • A bunch of new bubbly elixirs
  • Shiny new 7th Birthday Gifts
  • Various gameplay improvements
Have you challenged Black Annie Rackham and Verminius Blightbeard? Let us know what you think of these new bosses!

We also have coming up later this month a new Pack, Halloween Mount, and more!

To keep ye in the know, let’s take a look back at the September skyway activities: Keep updated daily on the latest news to hit the skyways for next month on Twitter and Facebook!

Read on for more fun with our community and their Spiral activities.

macOS Update Warning – Access to Pirate101


Apple will be releasing the macOS Catalina update anytime now. If you upgrade right away to Catalina, you will not be able to play Wizard101 or Pirate101.

The good news is that we’re working on making both games Catalina compatible. To ensure your game access is not interrupted, please wait to install Catalina until we announce full support for the new OS.

Thanks for your patience as we work on this functionality. We will notify you once support for Catalina becomes available!

KI Live Livestream with Bat Masterson & Professor Falmea


KI Live in September was rockin’ the boat with all sorts of Pirate101 shenanigans, including both the game’s birthday and the new content that just went into the game! Watch the show below on YouTube:


A great Pirate101 tip from this month’s KI Live comes from community member Lookit Light:

“Aside from the fun combat and the exciting Skyways, one of the great elements of Pirate101 is its great storyline. Take some time to listen to the character's dialogue, and you'll see a well-written plot, exceptional speech, and just flat out humor here and there!” - Lookit Light

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


2019 Halloween Decorating Contest


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Screenshot from Alexandra Dragon

BOO! Get the cobwebs out of the attic and candy out of the cupboards, because it's time to celebrate Halloween in spooky style! Put your decorating skills to the ultimate test in our new 2019 Halloween Decoration Contest! This contest is for both Pirate101 and Wizard101.

Share your ghoulish creations as instructed below throughout the contest period. You’ll get a chance to win some great prizes, plus receive tons of design tips from your fellow players. We’ll even be featuring contest winners this October 31st on KI Live! Since KI Live is on Halloween, we may even have a few of our developers transform into nightmarish creatures for the show.

Prizes include the following:

Pirate101
  • 1 Grand Ghoul: 30,000 Crowns + HooDoo Bundle!
  • 2 Runner-Up Spiders: 20,000 Crowns + Haunted Galleon
  • 5 Honorable Zombies: 10,000 Crowns
Wizard101
  • 1 Grand Ghoul: 30,000 Crowns + Obsidian Mimic Pet + Spider Rider Mount
  • 2 Runner-Up Spiders: 20,000 Crowns + Obsidian Mimic
  • 5 Honorable Zombies: 10,000 Crowns
Click here for all the details on how to participate in this creepy crawly contest.

Special Swordroll's Blog Guest Post

With KingsIsle’s QA Tester – Kayly Ginsberg (aka Vanessa Mythdust!)


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Swordroll’s Blog released a new developer article with our very own Kayly Ginsberg, aka Vanessa Mythdust! Kayly has always showed interest in sharing her unique journey, so we were both eager and happy to collaborate and make this post happen!

“The tricky part of game development is that if you fix one bug, ten more could potentially be created. Some issues are super easy to spot (a feature not working), but others are harder to find and sometimes almost unnoticeable. For example, each terrain in Wizard101 and Pirate101 has a different sounding footstep. Whenever I test a new zone, I check to make sure that the footstep sound you hear corresponds with what you're walking on. If you're running up to a boss across some dirt, I'm going to make sure that you're actually hearing the dirt sound and not wood, stone, or grass. Little things like that are small details that I never really thought about as a player.” - Kayly Ginsberg

Read the rest of the article over at Swordroll’s Blog!

Puppet Pirates


Congrats to Davy Jones! The community chose his quote for Puppet Pirates #83!

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“And it was at that exact moment when Gandry realized that Sky Jellies make for poor camouflage.”
~ Davy Jones


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

Fan Screenshot of the Month


The following screenshot is from Friendly Jesse Pew. Thanks for your sending it to us Jesse! He captured this image of his Pirate enjoying the game’s birthday with his new Dark Sea Outfit:


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Fan Art Spotlight


For this month’s fan art spotlight, we are showcasing a neat drawing from Eclipse FoxArt of her buccaneer, Victoria:


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"This is my buccaneer, Victoria. I tried to use marker this time because I had the right colors for her and I haven’t used them in a while." - Eclipse FoxArt

Capture a screenshot of that magnificent sunset, secret discovery, or that monster about to eat your ship and send it to community@pirate101.com. We like showing off fan art, guides, and other content in our newsletters!

Thanks, Pirates!


Fan Video of the Month


This month’s Fan Video comes from Kyle IceWielder and covers the recent Producer’s Letter!


Do you have a gameplay video, such as a Guide or Let's Play, that we can spotlight in our monthly newsletters? Send a link to us at community@pirate101.com!

Community News



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