Something new to collect

Awards are finally in use on Realms Away! In order to get proper use of them, 5 awards covering the events and inception of Realms Away on lorekeeper have been created & distributed to those of you who qualify.  In future, we plan to add awards for reaching certain milestones in species ownership, and want to continue adding them for completing specific event related prompts.

Pioneer  - For users who signed up before July (and thus were very early here)
Quibon Enjoyer - For those who completed prompts during or at the Quibon Festival
Faun are Friends - For those who participated in the Faun VS Zombies event
Dragon Tamer - For everyone that collected a dragon egg (How to tame your dragon)
Snake Charmer - If you completed a serpent or apple related prompt. You can still earn this by completing the Snake Bites prompts until the 31st!!

How many awards did you collect? Did anyone get all five? : )c

a big companion update

It's finally time to reveal the two new companions from the creator contest - Spidel and Geodo! Both of them have been released and are up for sale in Freaque Antique and the Greenhouse respectively. Even better- they come with 2 additional elemental forms beside their regular form! They are available for 50 just like all regular companions.

Seasonal friends

ON TOP of that, prepare for two spooky new seasonal companions in Shadorb and Zomon! These two will be available for 10 all autumn, and retire in december until next year.

Cultivate off-season traits

I mentioned it on the server before, and the start is finally here! No more sitting on your magic , because from today on, you can cultivate off-season traits, and you will need magic for it. A lot. The way it works is simple, so read on!

Unlock the greenhouse and magic laboratory

Two new cultivation areas are available: The greenhouse and the magic laboratory. You will not have access by default, but if you check out these two new activities, maybe you will soon....

Prepare for cultivation and plant the seeds!

If you ever find yourself unsure on what you can plant where, there is an all new cultivation guide that's got your back! The items you will need for the seasonal cultivation are available in the same shops as the items during their season. For now, we offer the Lava Pepper Seeds and Enchanted Wax for 200 each, at the Greenhouse and Freaque Antique. The tools to prepare their respective plots are sold at 50 at the same shops!

And finally...

Of course, every feature is still a wip, but we hope to keep adding off-season traits to cultivattion, and new companions and elemental forms where we can! The amount of effort that it takes me (cylunny) to draw all of the art is very high, however. So I hope you enjoy this update as much as I do, and please have patience with me in future  too <3

Companion masters

After careful deliberation and mulling over it, we came to a decision on who should win the contest, and which small little critter will become an official companion! The decision was hard and while there were many designs we liked, these are just the ones that we believe will best fit Realms Away (for now!). I (Cyl) will be working on getting to draw these and make them official as soon as I can when there is a gap in my workload. It will happen! For now, enjoy their original designs~

Congrats greypij and MisterMonster! Check out these adorable beings.

Give a sweet girl a home

From the contest, we go straight into another raffle! I would like to give you a chance to win this cutie, who has been left unsold from a valentines batch this year. You can collect your ticket here! The raffle will close on November the 10th.

+1 EXTRA TICKET

If you would like to get an additional raffle ticket, please comment on this toyhou.se post or below and advertise this raffle on any social media you want. Simply link back to your ad with your RA site username so I can send you your extra ticket :)

It's finally time to officially introduce the new cultivation feature on Realms Away! As many of you have probably seen, we have a new Cultivation page to play with. But what does it actually do, and how does it work? If you have been visiting the Serpent's Apples daily diligently, you will be granted all items you need to get started for now.

Cultivation is here

The goal of cultivation is to earn/grow specific items over time. For this, you will need to follow these steps:

1. Unlock an area for cultivation by using the exploration item for it! Midgardsormr should have awared you with a Map to Serpent Glade
2. Prepare an unused plot with a tool item. Fortunately, Midgardsormr prepared a Snake Rake for you. Beware though that not every area can be perpared with every tool.
3. Now that the plot is ready, you can plant seed items! Not every seed item works on every plot, but you an find seeds for apples at the Apple Tree that work with this first plot!

With something planted, now is the time to keep tending to the plot daily. You may tend to 10 plots each day, so in future you may want to choose wisely. Your plot progress is displayed when you click on it, letting you know when the next stage of progression is reached. Once the final stage is there, you will be able to harvest your reward!

future thoughts

Cultivation has a lot of potential, and I don't want this to go unused. Other than elemental apples, I plan to use it for cultivating off-season trait items. There will be new types of areas for this, as well as many new items and a lot of new art that needs to be drawn (plus, Fengarion will return with a new store, offering you the items to plant for a sizable amount of magic)...As such, please be patient with me- it will happen, I just need some time cx

Midgardsormr

More adventurers...I should have known. Recently, you've been arriving in droves.

Midgardsormr

Can't exactly fault you with how big of a rift the guardian tree created, but I digress. You must return. Neo Maera does not need any strange creatures freely roaming around.

Midgardsormr

Our kind has suffered enough. I can offer you to take a look around my glade, but that is the extent of my generosity.

Midgardsormr

Do not try me. You will regret it.

Midgardsormr

...although, maybe you can be of help.

Duration:  October 1st - November 1st, Realm: Neo Maera

Through an enourmous rift, you stumble into the realm of serpents - and find yourself in a forest of gigantic proportions, with a rather annoyed looking serpent man looming over you.

Neo Maera, the realm of Serpents has been discovered! Unfortunately, your advances are blocked by a suspicious serpent by the name of Midgardsormr, who tells you that you may not proceed out into the world. It seems you will need to stick around and gain his trust within this mysterious forest for now! But not to worry, there will be perks for you as well.

magical apples

As per usual with events,  you can earn magic , by completing the newly released Event Prompts! The main currency for this event, however, are appleseeds - which you will need to collect. If you collect enough seeds, Midgardsormr may grant you some of his mysterious magical apples...and, eventually, his trust. These all new apple items can be used to change the variant of your companion!  There are multiple ways to go about it:

• Feeding your sleeping companion an apple of their (base) element will cause it to awaken instantly
• Feeding your companion an apple of their (base) element will awaken artefact powers in them if they do not have any
• Companions with artefact powers can eat apples of other elements, and may be granted a second element and different form (if it exists).

You will also want to have an eye out for the new daily, Serpent's Apples, and check in on Midgardsormr every day. If you do it for 10 days, he has a special gift for you that goes hand in hand with another reveal to happen on the 11th of october!

Serpents unleashed

With the reveal of Neo Maera comes the reveal of the serpents- and some new items! You can buy the new serpent MYO item from Midgardsormr during october, or mayhaps the travel location Serpent Glade interests you? The Soft Egg will be regularly available in Aknaras grotto for coins as well. The Tetrapodophis (multi arms) trait for serpents can be achieved by buying a Stone Snake Idol from Freaque Antique!

Monthly Prompt

It's a hatch! Or is it?
Some dragon eggs were found, but were they all hatched? Show us the state of your dragon egg and earn 80 !