Blaze's Tips & Tricks No. 7 Process of Elimination

Have you ever been out fishing and trying to catch a certain fish? If so then I presume you have used (once or twice) the 'Reveal Fish School' Spell. Although this is a very useful spell, sometimes, (when having to continuously catch multiple fish of the same school) it is hard to remember which fish is which!

A way to fix this little problem is by eliminating the fish of schools that you don't want! 

Let's say I was after a life fish from this pond in Grizzleheim...

After casting the 'Reveal Fish School' spell, you can see that there are many fish not of the life school.

After a quick run through, eliminating all the non life fish, the pond looked a bit like this...

A few bites later...

And a Lifeacuda is mine!

Hopefully this trick helped you out on your fishing adventure and make sure to put it to good use!

Until Next Time!

- Blaze

Have Fun.... Stay Safe.... Merry Christmas Friends!

Hey everyone,

Well we are almost at the big day now, and the bad news is that I did not quite get time to complete my garden renovations. As you may recall, I was attempting to make the garden easier on the eye by using "Second Spring" to change most of the elder Happy Holidaisy plants back to red and white.

As you can see, I have managed to change a fair number of them, but the 50 energy hit was just too much. I had quite a few Energy Elixirs from Grub Guardian, and my standard level of energy in the game is 138. At present about 60% of them have been reverted to Red and White. I'm guessing that things will look good when this level gets to about 75%. I will continue to change them until I'm happy with the result!

 In the meantime, it is time for this Wizard to go on holidays. So I'd like to wish you all a safe and fun Christmas with your friends and family.

I have enjoyed sharing my Spiral adventures with you this year, and hope you guys have found them both entertaining and useful.

See you in 2015!!

Tabitha.

Been waiting 5 months for this Spell!!!

Hey Everyone,

The time has finally come for me to get my spell. I had to pop over to Halfang for a bit of farming to sell gear at the Bazaar to replenish my Gold, and then I was all set.
The is a little quest and will see you off collecting a couple of Shrubbery items (I can just hear the Monty Python crew saying "Shrubbery!")

The quest ends saying that Roger has been restored to his rightful place in the Shrubbery, I just didn't know where! Well... actually I did. Luckily for me, Morgrim had taken me through this part of Avalon a while back and I sort of remembered the spot he would appear in... so it actually didn't take long to find him :)

This moment had been a long time coming. Ever since I finished my Christmas in July garden I have been hanging out for this spell!

I don't know if you remember that particular post. It started a conversation about whether the Happy Holidaisy looks better at Elder or at not. I had decided that a field of them at Elder was hard on the eyes, and difficult to actually pick out the individual plants.

So I decided that I would buy the Second Spring spell as soon as I could and start changing them to Red and White and see what looked best. I'll do another little post on that soon.

As you can see - it has taken Aug-Dec to get this spell. I'm now officially Spiral broke, but I have the spell. I see quite a bit of Halfang time in my immediate future as I need gold for the Reagents for Deer Knight..... but I have the spell.

Time to go back to my Winter Castle and start waving my new spell at those Happy Holidaisy plants. I wonder how it will all look for Christmas?

Have fun, until next time,

Tabitha

Crafting Deer Knight - Part 1

Hey Everyone,

I've been seeing the stork pop up quite a bit recently. Keeps telling me that I wasn't able to pick up a reagent because I have to many already. The reagent in question is Mist Wood. There is an abundance of it in Avalon, and I am now fully stocked.

This in itself is not an issue, the real problem starts when the Yuletide Pack is released and I can't buy any because my reagents are full! Luckily for me though, I was about to stumble on a new crafting quest that would fix these problems and give me a challenge to boot :)

Over at Avalon I have been mentioning a spell that I really want. I have been holding onto 250,000 gold for a while as I knew this was the cost. And then I found Grady, after I defeated the Indigo Giant. And Grady is quite a find - he sells craftable spells. Not TCs - actual spells. And so my 250,000 gold was seriously depleted as you can see left....

Deer Knight - 60,000 Gold thank you very much!

There is also Lord of the Night, and if I hadn't been hanging out for the other spell I would have purchased it too, but the Lord can wait. Deer Knight will be more than enough for now.

As you all probably know by now, I am a collector of many things. I try to keep my reagent levels up for most items should the need arise. And the need has indeed arisen here! As you can clearly see, I have the bottom row sorted included the ever elusive Amber. I know a lot of Wizards struggle getting Amber. Me? I have Morgrim to thank. His posts and eBooks on gardening have taught me a great deal, and in this case - gardening to get reagents. Nevertheless, the top row is lacking. Let's start with Blood Moss. I have 18 - I need 100. Hmmmm.

Time to go back to the Barn and my crafting tables to see what I have in the way of Transmute Cards that can increase this rather pitiful number. OK - so Red Mandrake will do for a few more, but nowhere near enough!

I use all of them and then start running through the rest of my Transmute Cards to see if I have anything else useful.



Good news! I have another card that Transmutes Mist Wood and Deep Mushrooms into Red Mandrake.

Now this is a double good find, as using Mist Wood will allow me to stop seeing the Stork for a while, and that means I can buy some Seasonal packs if I so wish.

I would always say to pick up any reagent you see as you wander around the Spiral. You can clearly see I have lots of these, which means lots of Red Mandrake will be the outcome. Let's see how many I can get and how that relates to the the Blood Moss numbers......

Well that's not bad going really. I have spent no further gold to go from 18 to 60 with reagents I have in my back-pack. I still have a way to go, especially the remainder of the Blood Moss and the Deer Knight TCs too. But my journey to gain Deer Knight has started well.

Now I need to pop over the Halfang to get my gold stores back up to 250,000 - I just know that spell is around the corner!

I'll let you know how I go on both counts!

Have fun, until next time,

Tabitha

'Tis the season for giving and singing!

Top stories this week.....

• 12 Days of Christmas Wizard101 Style
• 12 Days in the Spiral
• New Seasonal Pack = More Giveaways!

Christmas in the Spiral is officially on, with the start of the 12-days in the Spiral. I couldn't resist re-releasing our Keep Song for last year. It really was heaps of fun, and who cares that we can't sing. It is true festive spirit and showcases the fun we have here at the Keep :) So this week is a week of giveaways - each day in the lead up to 22/12, KI will give us something new, a competition, a new pack or a new discount. Make sure you visit the Spiral every day to find out what is on offer! This week also saw another new pack available for all Wizards - the Winterland Pack. There are free code give-a-ways on Mmorg if you're quick too!

Of course there are other stories around, so to catch up on all the other stories shared by Wizards around the globe, click on the paper.

Hope you enjoy and we'll be back with another copy next week.

Until Next Time,
Tabitha

Winterland Pack - Free Codes!

Alright, just a quick post to let you know (if you haven't heard) that there are free codes for Winterland Pack items over at mmorpg :)

Click the link to get yours!

http://www.mmorpg.com/giveaways.cfm/offer/582/Wizard101-Winterland-Pack-Giveaway.html

At the time of posting this, there were 17,000+ codes left.

Possible prizes include:

• Galloping Reindeer Rug
• Ninja Figgy Pudding
• Snowflake Rug
• Evil Snow Peas Seed
• Santa Hat
• Holiday Fireplace
• Snow Apples Seed
• Yuletide Christmas Music Scroll
• Maple Moose
• Winter Solstice Augury
• WinterGlide Skates (Permanent) **Rare
• Winterland pack itself **Rare

Me, I got the Holiday Fireplace...I'll let you know once they are all gone.

Good luck!

See you 'round the Spiral.

Morgrim

King Artorious!!!!

Firstly, my apologies

After recently finishing Azteca (FINALLY!!!!) and doing the quests to unlock Khrysalis, I was asked to have a chat with the King of Avalon; King Artorious.

After asking if he wanted to join the Council of Light and the answer being 'I'm busy with things here,' The King thought that he would be able to help me in another way. The next minute, I had a new spell and was off to Unicorn Way to bash some souls.

I obviously couldn't wait to see this spell in action so I went to a quiet Realm and waited for my pips to gain.

Once I had them, I hit that spell and....
Fizzled.


After that first fail I was ready to try again, and The King doesn't disappoint!

Until Next Time!

- Blaze

12 days of Christmas - must be time for a song!

Hey Everyone,

Like all of the Wizards out there in the Spiral, I received an email from Wizard101 declaring the start of the 12 days of Christmas. So I thought it was time to bring out our video from last Christmas, along with all the words (thanks to Morgrim).

You can check it out here:

THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS - WIZARD101 STYLE!

On the 1st day of Christmas Ambrose gave to me
An Alligator in a Pear Tree


On the 2nd day of Christmas Ambrose gave to me
2 Turtle Mounts
And an Alligator in a Pear Tree

On the 3rd day of Christmas Ambrose gave to me
3 Boom Shrooms
2 Turtle Mounts
And an Alligator in a Pear Tree

On the 4th day of Christmas Ambrose gave to me
4 Wyvern’s Flying
3 Boom Shrooms
2 Turtle Mounts
And an Alligator in a Pear Tree

On the 5th day of Christmas Ambrose gave to me
5 gold por-tals
4 Wyvern’s Flying
3 Boom Shrooms
2 Turtle Mounts
And an Alligator in a Pear Tree

On the 6th day of Christmas Ambrose gave to me
6 minstrels playing
5 gold por-tals
4 Wyvern’s Flying
3 Boom Shrooms
2 Turtle Mounts
And an Alligator in a Pear Tree

On the 7th day of Christmas Ambrose gave to me
7 sharks are swimming
6 minstrels playing
5 gold por-tals
4 Wyvern’s Flying
3 Boom Shrooms
2 Turtle Mounts
And an Alligator in a Pear Tree

On the 8th day of Christmas Ambrose gave to me
8 wizards crafting
7 sharks are swimming
6 minstrels playing
5 gold por-tals
4 Wyvern’s Flying
3 Boom Shrooms
2 Turtle Mounts
And an Alligator in a Pear Tree

On the 9th day of Christmas Ambrose gave to me
9 ladies dancing
8 wizards crafting
7 sharks are swimming
6 minstrels playing
5 gold por-tals
4 Wyvern’s Flying
3 Boom Shrooms
2 Turtle Mounts
And an Alligator in a Pear Tree

On the 10th day of Christmas Ambrose gave to me
10 lords are leaping
9 ladies dancing
8 wizards crafting
7 sharks are swimming
6 minstrels playing
5 gold por-tals
4 Wyvern’s Flying
3 Boom Shrooms
2 Turtle Mounts
And an Alligator in a Pear Tree

On the 11th day of Christmas Ambrose gave to me
11 dills are laughing
10 lords are leaping
9 ladies dancing

8 wizards crafting
7 sharks are swimming
6 minstrels playing
5 gold por-tals
4 Wyvern’s Flying
3 Boom Shrooms
2 Turtle Mounts
And an Alligator in a Pear Tree

On the 12th day of Christmas Ambrose gave to me
12 Drums for drumming
11 dills are laughing
10 lords are leaping
9 ladies dancing
8 wizards crafting
7 sharks are swimming
6 minstrels playing
5 gold por-tals
4 Wyvern’s Flying
3 Boom Shrooms
2 Turtle Mounts
And an Alligator in a Pear Tree

Hope you enjoy our efforts. It was a lot of fun to make.

Let the official countdown begin!!

Have fun, until next time.

Tabitha

Before Christmas Crazy!

Top stories this week.....

• House of Scales & Lower ZigZag Gear Guide - lvl 60
• Annual Advent Calendar Contest
• CodeWeavers

Here we are heading full speed into the silly season, so before everything goes Christmas Crazy I am keeping the festive stories to a minimum this week! The Duelists are continuing to provide some awesome guides on the new dungeons - new this week is the details for the level 60 gear for both the House of Scales and the Lower ZigZag. The AoS team have confirmed that the Advent Calendar is back for the second year and the great news is that it looks like this will become an Annual treat for us all. Lastly, Codeweavers. Do you know what they are. What they do? Read on to find out more!

Of course there are other stories around, so to catch up on all the other stories shared by Wizards around the globe, click on the paper.

Hope you enjoy and we'll be back with another copy next week.

Until Next Time,
Tabitha

1 in 142 people play in the Spiral!!

Top stories this week.....

• 50 million - that's equivalent to 1 in 142 people!!
• Energy Pets
• Darkmoor Guide

It looks like Wizard101 is going from strength to strength, with KI sharing that 50 million players are enjoying the Spiral and all it has to offer. They are giving a free gift to every single one of us too!  In other news, I was very pleased to see at least one of the new pets are giving us an energy boost. And the duelists have created a guide to Darkmoor - very useful!

Of course there are other stories around, so to catch up on all the other stories shared by Wizards around the globe, click on the paper.

Hope you enjoy and we'll be back with another copy next week.

Until Next Time,
Tabitha