An Enigmatic Halloween Adventure

[Kathis]

 

The shadows are growing longer, the nights are getting chillier, and you know what that means~
The Halloween festivities has began. This year we brought back the classics that a lot of you had fun with last year, and we even brewed up something extra special in our cauldron of tricks for you to sink your fangs into. 

 

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Someone New

 

We are pleased to announce the hiring of a new staff member.

Phantoon

While Phantoon may be able to assist in game, if you catch them, they will be assisting with the backend.

In fact the new thing we added to Halloween was their first script. So we hope you enjoy it.

 

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This is Halloween Classic

 

 

As tradition goes we have brought back the  

P u m p k i n F e s t i v a l

 . For the players that have been here for a while and participated in the past iterations. For the players that have not yet partook in the  

P u m p k i n F e s t i v a l

  here is a recap.

General

There are lots of things you can do during this event. Several sub events will be offered in different towns, and participating in said events will get you a Pumpkin Festival Certificate  . These can be exchanged for prizes by Hermann, the Ticket Master in Prontera (/navi prontera 147/198). He distributes the Pumpkin Festival rewards in return for Pumpkin Festival Certificates. However his stock is a little dry at the start. Visit him daily to see what he offers you. Rumor has it, that he will have a very special prize after he has replenished his entire stock of 20 prize items. Remember to use the certificates before the event ends, however, or they will no longer be valid.

Trick or Treat

 

Halloween lasts for one day, but during the Pumpkin Festival, it's still custom and practice to dress up and go from house to house to ask for candy for the entire month. You will be able to trick or treat in the five towns Izlude, Rachel, Geffen, Alberta, and Niflheim. On the minimap you will see the locations of the houses where you can knock to ask for candy. But wait! You need to put on a costume first! In all of these five towns, you will find the Unhappy Mask Salesman, and he will assist you in creating a mask that disguises you as a monster to go trick or treating! Keep in mind that for each town, you need to put on a different mask. When using the mask, your costume will only stay for 1 minute, so better stand in front of a door, or else your mask will go to waste. In order to make it easier for you to find the Unhappy Mask Salesman, here are his locations for each town:

Izlude 102,67 South of Rachel (ve_fild02) 183,380   Geffen 39,124 Alberta 28,240 Niflheim 27,157

 

In the past every town except Izlude had 10 houses but now even Izlude has 10 where you can knock on the door. You can only knock on a door once each day, and there are different kinds of candies or ... "things" ... that you can get depending on the town. You can go trick or treating 10 times each day per character. For every successful knock on a door, you get 1 certificate. Now go, and find out which types of candy you can get from all the towns!

Mysterious Pumpkins

 

Mysterious Pumpkins will appear in the towns of Payon, Aldebaran, Comodo, and Morocc. They are quite harmless, but among them, a few Mischievous Ghosts are hiding, disguised as a pumpkin. Find the Mischievous Ghosts, and drive them out of the towns, so they stop scaring people. But be careful, they are quite swift... After 30 minutes, if all the ghosts have not been found, all of the pumpkins will disappear again. You will see an announcement when they're back! You get Certificates when you reveal them and when you manage to defeat them! After the sub event ends, they will be back in 60 minutes. 

 

This sub event has been revamped so that we can run it as a GM weekly event. So look forward to earning those extra festival certificates if it gets voted. 

Old Cobby's Spirit

Old Cobby's spirit is a monster that respawns every 10 - 20 minutes, in prt_fild08. Defeating Old Cobby, will reward 3 certificates and 1 old purple box. 

Powerful Pumpkin Pies

 

 

If you have already been online, killing monsters, you might have noticed that sometimes, you receive an Edible Pumpkin or some Raw Dough. You can use these items to create a Powerful Pumpkin Pie that boosts your stats for a short while. To do that, bring 3 Edible Pumpkins and 1 Raw Dough to Casper, the not-so-dead travelling cook (/navi prontera 145/200). You can only get 1 certificate each day for creating pumpkin pies, but you can create as many pies as you wish.

Uneasy Cemetery

 

When Night falls in JellyRO, the undead rise from their graves in Prontera. Bring Holy Water to Mother Mathana (/navi prontera 257/313), to ease the dead. She won't appear until the undead stir for the first time. She requires 1000 holy water, but as a community you can work together to keep Prontera safe. For every 100 holy water you hand in you will get a Pumpkin Harvest Certificate. When day comes, the dead will return back to their sleep to haunt another night. Mother Mathana will take all your holy water, even if you give her a surplus that covers more than one day. However, bringing more than the required amount of holy water can earn the city additional peaceful nights when the dead will not stir. A day in Ragnarok has been set for 12 hours. Night occurs at midnight and noon server time.

Something new

A mystery is afoot in JellyRO, and we need your sleuthing skills to solve it! Poor Miss Agatha (/navi prontera 113/258) has lost her beloved companion Salem, and she’s beside herself with worry. She’s leaving it to you, brave adventurers, to find them—but don’t expect this to be a walk in the park. Miss Agatha has provided a Codex filled with cryptic messages written by Salem, and it’s up to you to decipher the clues and track down her companion. These clues are tricky—each one hidden behind a cipher that you must crack to reveal the next location in this mystery. What awaits at the end of the trail? Well, we can’t spoil the fun.

So sharpen your minds, gather your courage, and help reunite Miss Agatha. Decoding the messages is no easy task, but the rewards will be well worth it. Are you up for the challenge? Good luck, adventurers, and remember: not all clues are what they seem…

While we know that a lot of ciphers and codes can be decoded online, bonus points for those who show their work.

 

 

Event ends on November 4, 2023!

All event items will vanish after the event ends

(Obviously not the rewards, though the food items may expire when next Halloween rolls around)

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And Now A Message from Kathis

 

I wanted to take a moment to let you all know that I will be unavailable from October 16th until the first week of November. During this time, there is a chance that our usual Weekly GM Events may not take place. As many of you know, I typically run these events myself, and while our staff is incredibly dedicated, I don’t want to place any added pressure on them to fill in for me during this period.

Over the past few weeks, many of our staff members, including myself, have had to deal with various real-life commitments and unexpected situations. While we always strive to maintain the activity and events you enjoy, the reality is that sometimes life outside the game needs our focus, which can limit our availability.

I understand that this may affect your ability to earn Jellybeans during October, and for that, I sincerely apologize. We always aim to provide an engaging and consistent experience, and we truly appreciate your understanding during these more challenging times.

That being said, I have some good news to share. Thanks to the generosity and teamwork of our amazing community, you’ve pooled enough resources this month to help cover the server fees!  As a thank you, we’re rewarding everyone with autoloot for the rest of the month. I know how much you all enjoy it, so we hope this makes your adventures a little sweeter during this time.

Rest assured, we remain committed to making JellyRO the best experience it can be, and we're excited to return with more fun and events in the coming months. Thank you for your continued support and patience during this time.

 

Take care and see you all soon!

Sincerely,
Kathis
Server Owner – JellyRO

 

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Monthly Updates

 

Additional Notes

• Auro Shop and Jellybean exchanger have been updated.
• Jellyblob was updated to reflect change in Auro Shop costumes.
• Reduced fame points by 10% for all characters on accounts inactive for 90 days.
• pet_db has been updated.
• Uneasy cemetery has been enabled. 
• Mysterious pumpkins have been enabled.
• Prizes have been updated for Halloween.
• All old event candies have been turned into Expired Event Food
• Old Cobby has been enabled.
• Trick or treat has been enabled.
• Pumpkin pie has been enabled.
• Autoloot has been enabled.
• Prontera music has been updated
• Prontera has been changed to Halloween themed
• Several npcs have been shifted a bit to fit into halloween prontera.
• Phantoon has been added to the staff list.
• Enabled falling leaves on many maps.

 

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[Mindy]

Page 1

This is a Caesar cipher, with a shift value of 7.

This means the alphabet is shifted by 7 spaces, so an A would mean T, a B would mean U, etc.

Translates to: In yuno field, where the green meets the brown, and blue is seen, find records of man, where men’s turf shifts.

This leads you to an npc near yuno_fild01 192, 154

The clue 4 vertical lines with 1 horizontal is saying the next shift field will be 5.

The twist was the alphabet is now backwards. An A would be F, a B would be G, and so on.

You use this on the provided key to give you REBIRTH, for the next cipher.

Page 2:

This page uses a Vigenère cipher with the key rebirth.

You take the first letter of the provided text, and the first letter off the key. Subtract the value of the two, giving the rank of the now decrypted letter. So Z-R=I or 26-18=8

You do this with the rest of the message to give you: I buried his things on the first floor of anthell. Near the giant carcass in the south. Near anthell01 194. 26

The NPC gives you a shift value of 10 and the word collar.

Page 3:

Take the provided text, Caesar cipher it with a shift value of 10, then Vigenère cipher the result of the Caesar cipher.

Result of Cesear: acf'ge tqap qai vc nwidd hsp mfwbelie. Kb Wtgyvvlwzvp ttpluu mzf wznz qtnu vvp qolphltn

Result of Vigenère: You’ve come far to climb the mountain. In Lighthalzen fields you will find the fountain. Near lhz_fild01 213, 120 This gives you the key “Life”

Page 4:

This is an extended Vigenère cipher. When you make your code normally you use a chart that has A-Z on the Top side and A-Z on the left side. Now the chart goes A-9 on the sizes, just extending the values.  So A = 1, Z = 26, 0 = 27, 9 = 36  The first value is 0-L=P 27-12=15

Prt_fild08 324, 171

Gon 39, 17

Pay_fild08 116, 294

Ve_fild07 84, 222

Yuno_fild04 353, 86

Cmd_fild03 131, 191

 

Page 5:

 

The coordinates give you the entire alphabet, and the values. To be honest, I’m not sure if this is a true Caesar cipher, I just stared at the letters I wrote long enough and realized I just needed to use the letters backwards. So Q=B, N=R.. all the way to the word BROTHER.

 

Page 6:

This will be a regular Vigenère cipher with the keyword BROTHER.

P-B=O 16-2=14

Over a bridge near the water, visit a gravestone in niflheim.

You’re looking for a gravestone and find a cat near niflheim 85, 195

This is the last NPC, and for good measure I talked to the lady in Prontera one more time.

 

[Mindy]

What is "uneasy cemetary" - is that the holy water thing?