Happy April!

As per usual, please check out our Winner’s Showcase to see last month’s winners.

FREEBIE: Pet Potion (Doodle)

It seems Salt has scribbled on the banner again this year, but that means a freebie is available for pickup! Click here to claim your Pet Potion (Doodle) in honor of April Fools Day. This freebie will only be available until 04/07/2023 11:59PM so don't forget to grab it!

EVENT: Enlightened Event

The annual Enlightened Event has returned! Complete prompts with art or literature, or even via roleplay with a friend! Each of the main prompts reward a Golden Pupa, with the final main prompt also awarding an Ancient Sprout! Once you’ve completed the main prompt there are also bonus prompts if you’d like to earn some extra special prizes. This event will run from 04-01-23 until 05-05-23 11:59PM (until next month's rollover day!)

Check it out here or under “Activities” in the navigation!

UPDATE: New Baker's Recipes

Five new recipes have been added to the site and are available in Baker's Prize Pool! Spaghetti and Meatballs, Dino Nuggets, Bagel, Pancakes, and Buttermilk Waffles can all be found in the site catalogue in you'd like to check them out! (Please note: Any user who previously submitted a combination that would have awarded one of these has been sent a prize and notification telling them the combination they had submitted! If you don't have a notification then you haven't submitted the correct items yet!)

All activities have been rolled over and are ready for the new month!
Featured Midveilers to be added once we hear back from this month’s winners.

Seasonal rollover is complete and it is officially SPRING in Midveil!

Trees have been cut down for the season and orchards cleared for lumber.
Seasonal seeds/saplings/starters are now appropriately purchasable from the Farmer's Market!

Happy March!

As per usual, please check out our Winner’s Showcase to see last month’s winners.

NEW GAME: Baker's Kitchen

Baker's Kitchen is a mess, can you help them craft a successful recipe? Submit 2-3 items once per day and see what the result is! A successful result will award either the crafted item or recipe along with a chance at additional prizes like crumbs, Bakers Grab Bag, or a pet! Failed recipes will reward either Mysterious Sludge or nothing. You can find it in the Games Room or click here to check it out!

NEW ITEMS: Foraging Additions

Two new mushrooms have been added to Foraging: Hen of the Woods Mushroom and Beefsteak Mushroom. Maybe these will be useful to Baker?

UPDATE: MotM Voting

Voting for MotM wasn't ready in time for a rollout last month so we have pushed to this month! The voting page is linked under the Activities menu beneath BC voting and ready to go for the 25th!

All activities have been rolled over and are ready for the new month!
Featured Midveilers to be added once we hear back from this month’s winners.

Happy February!
As per usual, please check out our Winner’s Showcase to see last month’s winners.

UPDATE: Expanded Workbench Levels

Levels 7-10 of the Crafting Workbench have been released! Once you reach the new levels you can craft new weapons using ingredients from the lower levels. Additionally, the recipes for the three pre-Workbench weapons have been adjusted, as have their market sell prices.

COMING SOON: New Quests and Random Events

A selection of new quest hub quests and random events are in the works! These are being targeted to utilize (and reward) newer items that haven't yet been incorporated and will be released later this month. A changelog will be posted when they are live!

ACTIVITY UPDATE: Member of the Month Voting

As a reminder from last month's newsletter, one winner for Member of the Month will be decided via user voting! This voting will open later this month alongside the voting for Behr's Beauty Contest, so be sure to get your entries in!

PATREON UPDATE: As a notice for patrons, the Repair Kit blueprint from last month's goodie bag can now be added to your collections and is craftable in the Workbench! Likewise the Enchanted Hammer is now live. If you have an Enchanted Hammer in your inventory and an item currently crafting, you will now see a “skip” button on the Workshop page to the right of the remaining time. Clicking this button will (after a confirmation prompt) use your Enchanted Hammer to immediately finish the crafting process! This can be used on any craft with time remaining, but we recommend saving them for the higher level recipes with a lengthy craft time! (Note: For the time being the Enchanted Hammer can skip both Workbench and Cooking timers but this may change in the future.)

All activities have been rolled over and are ready for the new month!
Featured Midveilers to be added once we hear back from this month’s winners.

Happy New Years, Strudel Cafe! 

As per usual, please check out our Winner’s Showcase to see last month’s winners.

We thank you all for spending another year with us, and to our newcomers, we hope you enjoy your time with us this year. 2023 will be a bit different in terms of updates and events. In order to keep everyone on the same page, we’ll be going over what you can expect from this year.

Due to limited resources, we will be cutting down on some of the activities we offer. These activities were popular at our species’ inception, however, as we have grown over the past few years, we’ve seen a drastic decrease in participation. Activities such as Part-Timing and Random Contest will be discontinued until further notice. Next month, the Monthly Prompt will be replaced with a monthly user gallery that will operate similarly to Behr’s Beauty Contest. Members can submit their proudest works, and the winner will be voted on! The winner will be one of the Midveilers of the Month, with the second being rolled from the previous Midveiler of the Month entrants as happens now. Homeroom, Great Pet Rescue, Lottie’s Luck, and Crabby Chef will remain unchanged.

Though we are saying goodbye to some activities this year, they will be replaced by some exciting new additions to our site mechanics. This month, we are releasing an extension of the crafting area: the Workbench! In this area, you can turn crafting materials found in the foraging area into weapons and armors. Six levels are being released to start, and will follow with more advanced recipes later on. More projects are in the works, and will be periodically released throughout the year. You will need to have completed 100 Crafted Items to unlock the Workbench. To upgrade or check how many crafted items you have completed, simply visit your unlocked Crafting Workshop.

Events this year will include our annual events such as Enlightened, Shipwrecked, Halloween, and the Advent. We will not be introducing any new events this year. Our efforts will be placed into continuing to improve and add to gameplay. Growth will be slow but steady this year. 

We will rebalance the site as necessary over the next few months by observing patterns in crumb earnings. Treats will also be repurposed into new areas.

Some additional notes for this month:

• Several new crafting ingredients for the Workbench have been added to Foraging. For a limited time they be purchasable in the General Store with unlimited quantity (for the same price they can be re-sold to the Farmer's Market) until there are more in rotation.
• When foraging you can now obtain a higher quantity of the items you find! Most items will drop 2-3, while pets will remain 1.
• The higher level Workbench recipes will be released in the near future. We are ensuring there is balance in the recipes before releasing them all. As such, the Rough-Edged Sword, Flimsy Bow, and Basic Bomb will be temporarily un-craftable until the higher levels are released.
• The Crafting: Workbench Collection has been released!
• Don't forget, the Advent Prize Shop is still open and you can now discard your extra tokens!

All activities have been rolled over and are ready for the new month!
Featured Midveilers to be added once we hear back from this month’s winners