Welcome, campers!

Our annual festivities took a turn this year when the Merfauns arrived. Seeing so many Faunids in one place– appreciating and learning about the world around them– encouraged Merfauns to come out of deeper waters to ask for help. 

The meteor’s crash early this year has impacted ecosystems all across Atalav, especially the waters. Shifting tides, flash floods, unearthed water flows along rocky cliffs, changes in the behavior of wildlife, and even more forces unknown… All of that chaos has left Merfauns and other species alike displaced from the places they once called home. 

Come help by participating in our challenges to win some Pebbles to spend in the shop! 

This news post will be updated with a site notification for each new activity as they open throughout the month. More in-depth information to help users.

The Event Hub page is now live, and accessible through the dropdown menu for easy access! 
Rules and Guides -> Summer Camp Guide

[Summer Camp Event Hub]

How summer camp works

  Summer Camp lasts about one month. In that month, you will be able to enter prompts/activities with a Faunid and interact with dailies.
Once a prompt is open, it stays open for the rest of the event. With each prompt submission, you will receive Pebbles, which are a currency exclusive to this event that can be spent in the Summer Camp shop.

For every prompt that requires a creative submission, you can turn in traditional and digital artwork, handmade crafts, or writing. Not every prompt will require you to make something to participate. 

We will also have raffle adoptables for this month that you can enter for by participating in all the prompts!
They will be revealed at the mid-month mark. This year, we have some guest artists making adopts, too! 

Guidelines

You do not need to own the Faunid you use for prompts, but you must have permission from the owner. 

All creatives made during this event must be made by the submitter. Collaborations are allowed but only count toward a single user, not all collaborators.

Pebbles (Event exclusive currency) cannot be sent to other users.
Items gained through Pebbles or activities can be traded to other users. 

event updates for 2026

Coding Updates

Our Coder, areallifeonion,  has been working on a few things that are relevant for us this season.

Trophies 

Our goal for individual user pages is for Trophies, achievements, and other seasonal account-bound awards to display on user pages in their own showcase separate from other items. The Lorekeeper extension we need to do that is currently being cleaned up for conflicts in our code and will then be tested for public release. For now, Trophies are their own item category above all others, so if you gain any, they will still be visible on your profile!

Companions 

Testing is in progress on the ‘Pets’ extension to get it to the point where staff can access settings and the code works as intended across the site. Until that's up and running to our standards, our solution was to create a new masterlist for Companions. One of the prompts this year will allow users to create Companions that can be uploaded to the site as real characters. Having those companions already uploaded will give us a great pool of initial Companions to test with so that we can then open to those who want pre-existing companions uploaded.
Companions have their own masterlist, so they won't clutter the masterlist for Faunids.

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Participation Badges

Participation Badges will be granted for participating in activities during the event!
They are stored separately from other items and are bound to user accounts.

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Friend Referrals 

If you refer a friend to join Faunids and they participate in the event, both the new user and the one who referred them will receive an extra 10 Pebbles when submitting their first Prompt during Summer Camp. If you choose to enter the raffle for the adopts, both of you can also request one additional raffle ticket. 

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Event Shop

Click the banner above to be directed to the store, or access it through Explore -> Site Shops.

All items that can be purchased this year are stocked in the event shop. 

There is a new item this year:

Trait Replacer [Standard]

This item allows the removal and addition of a standard trait to a Faunid with a single item. 
It can be used to edit your existing reference or can be applied alongside a re-reference token.

This item costs 20 Pebbles to purchase, which is less than a Trait Removal and Trait Applicator combined. 
It will be available for purchase with Barters after the event shop closes. 

Item Stock

There are not limited amounts of any item for the entire community, but Trait Applicator [Exclusive] and Trait Applicator [Mutation] are limited to one per user for the year. However, as with any other item, they are tradable amongst users if one is purchased. 

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Camp Counselors

You'll find that a few friendly faces have some things to say in the Event Hub as the event progresses. 

Eekel

Eekel is a deep-sea Merfaun who often surfaces near anchored boats to trade with the Faunids on land. After the meteor landed, he took a chunk of it off and traded it to another Faunid. Eventually, that chunk passed hands until it made its way to a few strange occultists who seemed to have a plan in mind for it...

But that thing is long gone! Eekel's reached out on behalf of his Merfaun friends to join up with the campers this year. 

The Amnesiac

The Amnesiac is a strange little thing who introduced themself and their Hooflet companion to Faunids not long after the meteor landed. They quickly fit right in with other Faunids, and have devoted their life to learn everything they can about being a Faunid! They were present during Fawning Season this year as the Strange Baubles shopkeeper. They asked if they could help out the campers this year, and have quickly become acquainted with the Merfauns as well!

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New Activities 

Aside from the Camper Application prompt, as well as a prompt with similar coloring requirements as last year's bugs, all of the other prompts are new. 

The new daily will allow users to obtain items for the event that can be traded with other users and turned in with the final prompt to receive rewards. 
When turned in, each item will net a user with 1 Pebble. Ten of them together can be used to redeem a different prize. 

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To access activity prompts, you'll find them them through Explore -> Prompts or by clicking direct links on the news post or Event Hub.

Prompt #1: Camp Application

If you want to participate in our camp, we should to get to know you first!
This prompt awards 10 Pebbles and the New Camper participation badge. 

Please read all instructions on the prompt by clicking the button above! 

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Daily Activity: Go Fishing!

Thanks to your participation, campers, we were able to rebuild some of our docks!

This event's daily is Fishing. You'll be able to fish once a day for the rest of the event. Who knows what you might hook! If you're lucky, you might even find some treasure. One of the items you can reel in is our first item that can be opened.
When opened from your inventory, you have a chance to receive up to two fishing items and 1 Pebble. Good luck!

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Prompt #2: Shelter a companion

We've collected quite a few baubles and trinkets while fishing. Not only are we cleaning up the coasts and rivers, we're also catching some things that could be quite useful for our displaced companion species!

Color one of the new companion bases or write about an experience with companions for this activity. 

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prompt #3: OPENS JULY 26th

See more soon! 

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prompt #4: August 2nd

See more soon!