Neopets FAQ/Guide
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This FAQ is Copyright (c) 2002 Alex "Compexpert" Wood
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Table of contents
1. Version History
2. Introduction and A Brief Origin
3. The First Steps (Getting Started)
4. Welcome...to Neopets
5. Important information
6. Yellow Toolbar
6.1 Pet Central
6.2 Create a pet
6.3 Neomail
6.4 World
6.5 Explore
6.5.1 Faerieland
6.5.1.1 Faerie City
6.5.2 Haunted Woods
6.5.3 Krawk Island
6.5.4 Lost Desert
6.5.5 Meridell
6.5.5 Mystery Island
6.5.6 Terror Mountain
6.5.6.1 Happy Valley
6.5.6.2 Ice Caves
6.5.6.3 Terror Mountain (mountain Top)
6.5.7 Tyrannia
6.5.7.1 Tyrannian Jungle
6.5.7.2 Tyrannian Plateau
6.5.8 Virtupets Space Station
6.6 Chat
6.7 Games
6.7.1 Puzzle
6.7.2 Action
6.7.3 Luck/Chance
6.8 Shops
6.9 News
5.10 Help
7. FAQ
8. Contact
9. Legal Thingy
10. Thanks and maybe some other stuff
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1. Version History
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1.0 Start date-End date: 7/25/02-7/27/02: First copy. Got quite a lot done,
don't you think?
2.0 7/30/02: I updated some minor stuff and one big update.
Small Updates:
*Clarified Faerie quests*
*Fixed total number of colors*
*Made an unimportant update to the Thanks section*
Big Updates:
*Added sections for the three game categories*
3.0 7/31/02:
Small Updates:
*Revised some of the sections so the grammar check would stop bugging me*
Big Updates
*Added Meridell to the Explore section*
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2. Introduction
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This is a wonderful site in my opinion. Neopets might be described as a very
unique virtual pet game. Adam Powell, the creator of Neopets, thought up of
Neopets in February 1998 (according to the About Us page on Neopets). Neopets
was launched in November 1999 (No, back then I never heard of it). That's about
2 years and 7 months as of July 25, 2002. Since then the site has collected
over 35 million signups.
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3. The First Steps (Getting Started)
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The first thing to do is simple, sign up. After picking out your username, age
and so on (since there are over 35 million players, it might take a wile to
pick out a username). After that you can pick out your first Neopet. First you
pick specie, such as Chomby, Blumaroo, Ixi, ECT. There are 46 Neopets in all.
NOTE: some Neopets are listed as "limited edition" or "reserved".
Limited edition means there are a set number of Neopets of that kind and
reserved means there is a special way of getting them. After you choose specie,
then you choose name, gender, color, and personality. NOTE: picking a name for
your Neopet is a lot harder then I sounds. A name can only be used once, so
with over 50 million Neopets running around (so to speak), it can be quite a
challenge to pick out a name. Letters, numbers, and underscores (the _
character) are allowed. You can have up to 4 Neopets, but it's best to start
out with just one. When you get your pet, you will receive some money called
neopoints, or NP for short. I believe you start out with 200 NP and get 50 NP
for creating a pet. So you should have 250 NP.
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4. Welcome...to Neopets!
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Now that you got your pet and some NP, everything is open to you! Well, almost
everything. If you want to do some stuff, you'll have to wait a while.
For example, you have to wait about 2 days before you can use the Wheel of
Excitement. Do what you want! Post a message on the message board. Play a game.
Sing up with a sponsor (Detailed later in the World section). The possibilities
are somewhat huge. And here's another plus, with the exception of most of the
games and maybe some of the links to sponsors, there is absolutely no pop-ups!
Isn't that great?
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5. Important information
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For your convenience, herrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre's common stuff!
Battledome: A place where two humans can fight with their Neopets for 2P
battles and your Neopet vs. something you unlock such as the Brain Tree or the
Jelly Chia by visiting a certain page for 1P battle.
Faerie Quest: Unlike other quests, a faerie quest is random and one stat for
one of one your pets will increase when you complete the quest. Depending on
which faerie asks you to do the quest, a certain stat will be raised.
Gourmet Food: If a food has a rarity index of 90-100, it's a gourmet food and
when your pet eats it, it'll get 1 gourmet point. If it eats enough different
gourmet foods, your pet will win a trophy.
Lab Ray: If you collect all nine Secret Laboratory Map pieces, you are given
entry to the Lab Ray assessable through the puzzle game called Treasure Maps.
The lab ray has the ability to raise/lower a stat of one of your pets up to
five points; change your pets color/specie, or gender.
Neopets Merchandise: Neopets has some stickers, toys and such at "Limited Too"
and "Claire's" stores.
Neopia: The planet you see when you click on Explore.
Paint Brush: If you get a hold on a Paint Brush, you can change your pets'
color. There are 32 different colors in all as of 7/27/02. You'll need a
special Paint Brush if you want to change your pets' Petpet color.
Petpet: A pet for your pet. Weird concept, isn't it? >:|
Quest: When you're asked to fetch an/some item(s) for someone/something like
the Snow Faerie.
Rare Item Code: If you buy certain merchandise, you'll get a rare item code you
can cash in for a rare item on Neopets.
User shops: Users can create their own shop and sell their items for some NP.
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6. Yellow Toolbar
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You'll be using the Yellow Toolbar a lot. Without it, it would be very hard to
get where you want to go to in just a couple mouse clicks.
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6.1 Pet Central
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Pet Central is pretty useful. It has a link to your inventory, link to the list
of all the trophies you have won, link to the Pound and a lot more. It can be
pretty useful, but I've gotten by without using it a lot.
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6.2 Create a pet
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Over here is where you, obviously, create a new pet. The process over here is
the same when you first singed up except for the get a username process.
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6.3 Neomail
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Neomail is like e-mail only you can only send to other Neopets users, and there
isn't any @whatever.blank. This is also where you set up your block list, send
neomails, and write in a calendar/planner thingy they call a diary.
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6.4 World
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In the World section has some pretty interesting links that should be checked
out. It contains a list of upcoming features, a calendar of events for the
year, The Gallery of Evil; which is a list of various evil creatures you might
encounter, and most importantly, a list of sponsors. The list of the sponsors
is very important. If you sign up for a sponsor, you help keep
Neopets free for everyone and you get NP out of it too.
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6.5 Explore
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Explore shows you the map of Neopia. It contains several different areas,
called worlds, each with its own theme. Such as pirate or prehistoric themes.
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6.5.1 Faerieland
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Faerieland is where all the faeries live. Here you'll find The Wheel of
Excitement, the Healing Springs, the Poogle Races, Jhudoras Cloud, Faerie
Cloud Racers, some other stuff, and an entrance to the city.
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6.5.1.1 Faerie City
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Faerie City is an extension of Faerieland. It is home to the infamous Hidden
Tower, home of some of the most powerful Battledome items. You'll also find the
Employment Agency, a good way to make NP.
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6.5.2 Haunted Woods
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The Haunted Woods has 3 quest areas, the Witches tower (Edna's quest), the
Esophagor quest, and the Brain Tree quest. All these quest a linked. The Brain
Tree wants information that the Esophagor knows and the Esophagor will only
cough it up if you feed him food from the Witches quest.
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6.5.3 Krawk Island
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When going to Krawk Island, you wont need NP. They only take Dubloons on
Krawk Island. You can buy dubloons from users shops. Krawk Island also has an
academy for increasing your Neopets stats for the Battledome. Krawk Island also
holds a secret for one of the restricted pets. Can you figure it out?
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6.5.4 Lost Desert
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The lost desert has some very fun card games you can try out for NP. You can
find the Fruit Machine in the lower right-hand corner. The game costs nothing
to play witch is a little unusual because the game is pure chance and games of
chance cost NP. It's basically a game of slots but you can only play once a
day. You'll also find Coltzan's Shrine. This is a good place for getting NP or
some free training. Like the Fruit Machine it is a game of chance and free.
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6.5.6 Meridell
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This is the latest world to come on to Neopets. According to the news page,
when the content is done being put up, it will have three or four pages like
Tyrannia and Faerieland.
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6.5.5 Mystery Island
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Mystery Island is home to the very famous Tombola. It's exactly like the
Fruit Machine except your guaranteed a prize every time you play, even if the
prize is bad. The Cooking Pot is where you mix two or three items and get a
brand new one! For example: Basic Dryer + Bubble Blower= Bubble Blaster.
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6.5.6 Terror Mountain
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A world divided in three parts
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6.5.6.1 Happy Valley
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Happy Valley will be most helpful in December, when the Advent Calendar opens
up. The Snow Wars game in the center is the same as Battleship, You pay 25 NP
and if you win you get a magical snowball to use in the Battledome.
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6.5.6.2 Ice Caves
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This place is the home of the Snowager. If you can catch the Snowager sleeping,
you can take a chance and try to get a free item. However, if the Snowager
catches you, there is a high chance it will hurt your Neopets(s).
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6.5.6.3 Mountain top
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The Mountaintop has some interesting areas to visit. The Garage Sale sells
random items such as food, Petpet, bottled faeries ect. The Snow Faeries quest
is very good. She can give you rare items such as neggs or gourmet foods and
1000 NP or so all you have to get her is some items like the
Witches quest from the Haunted Woods.
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6.5.7 Tyrannia
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It's just another world in several parts.
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6.5.7.1 Tyrannian Jungle
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There is nothing all that special here. A game of Hi-Lo is available. Other
than that it's nothing special about this place.
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This place has some more interesting stuff than the jungle. There's the Giant
Omelette where you can get a piece of omelette that can be used three times.
There is a game of checkers that is played with two humans over the Internet.
You can also sign up for a checkers competition and win some NP and a trophy.
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6.5.8 Virtupets Space Station
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If you bought Neopets merchandise from a store like "Limited Too" and got a
rare item code, you can cash it in for a rare item at the Grundo Warehouse.
Here is where you can also get a Grundo of your own.
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6.6 Chat
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It's your basic message board. It has a role-playing board, a Battledome board,
a general chat board, and as well as several others.
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6.7 Games
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The games fall into three categories. Puzzle, Action, and Luck/Chance. I plan
to get some strategies for the game out some time soon. 'Till then you'll just
have to make do. Help for a game would be greatly appreciated on how I should
set up the game guides.
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6.7.1 Puzzle
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Not much I can describe about them. Twelve of them don't cost any thing, five
costs NP, and two require you to purchase items to win.
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6.7.2 Action
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All but one of the games here cost NP to play (Pyramids costs 50 NP to play).
With the exception of Pyramids, all the games require the latest version of a
plug-in. If you don't have it, don't worry. When you bring up the game, the
pop-up window will give you a link to the site instead of the game.
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6.7.3 Luck/Chance
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Most games here cost NP to play. Some, like the Wheel of Excitement, cost a set
amount of NP to play. While others, like JubJub Blackjack, allow you to decide
how much you want to risk. Because they are games of luck, there is no strategy
I can give you for these games.
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6.8 Shops
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Where you can buy items such as food, books, toys, weapons & armor for the
Battledome, and some more. You'll find the Auction House where you can place a
bid on an item. It also has a link to your inventory (the shops link, not the
Auction House). But let's not forget the Rainbow Pool, where you can paint your
pet or your pets' Petpet.
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6.9 News
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Here is where you'll find the latest news on what is going on in Neopets such
as special merchandise being sold, new items, and the like.
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6.10 Help
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If your having problems with something, this should be the first place to turn
too. You'll also set up your preferences and change your password here.
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7. FAQ
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I'm still waiting for someone/thing to e-mail/neomail me. Either you have no
questions all, or you think I'll bite/flame/spam/hunt you down and force you to
ride a greased piggy while singing folk tunes.
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8. Contact (Man I love that movie)
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For Neomail: Compexpert
For e-mail: XLD88@att.net
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9. Legal Thingy
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This FAQ/Guide is Copyright (c) 2002 Alex "Compexpert" Wood
Copyright 2002 NeoPets.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used With Permission
No one else can use this Guide except for GameFAQs unless they ask.
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10. Thanks
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Thanks to the people I don't know personally (Have never met):
Adam Powell: For making Neopets.
Donna Williams: Head of the art department, for making the lovely art we see.
Thanks to things that are not alive:
GameFAQs: Because I was bored and decided too look around GameFAQs, I found
Neopets.
Thanks to people I do know:
Sadly, nobody.
If there is something you would like me too add, take out, or you want to give
me a suggestion, whatever, just e-mail/neomail me and I'll most likely do it.
