Editing Festival of Neggs 2012

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The '''[[Festival of Neggs]]''' in '''2012''' began on 2 April 2012, and finished on 22 April. [[Kari]] the Negg [[Faerie]] hid special [[Neggs]] around [[Neopia]] and gave players clues as to where they could find them. She also hid mini plastic neggs in other locations that could be redeemed for a bonus prize. 

Alongside the Negg hunt, Kari's assistant [[Zaira]] was researching a story about a powerful, mysterious Negg. The player had to solve a logic puzzle to find out where this Negg went. Part of the puzzle would return as the [[Mysterious Negg Cave]] [[daily]] from 28 August 2012.

At the [[NC Mall]] during this event, players could help [[Edolie]] search for items in [[Edolie's Phantastic Finds]], and help "[[The Real Negg Faerie]]" enlarge some miniature Neggs for Neocash prizes. 

==Negg hunt==

Kari had hidden special patterned Neggs around Neopia. Each day, the player could find a new one by solving Kari's riddle. There were four Neggs of each of four different types of patterns, making sixteen Neggs to collect in total. The player didn't have to find the Negg on the day it was released, although the player received bonus prizes if they did. 

The riddles would direct a player to a world, but not a specific page. They had to explore that world until they found the Negg. 

When the player returned with all four Neggs of a certain pattern, they could choose one of four prizes. 

Additionally, each day there were ten mini plastic Neggs hidden around the [[Neopets|site]]. If they player found all ten of these, they could receive a bonus prizes. The player had to find all ten in one day - they couldn't turn in less than ten for a prize, and the next day, different mini plastic Neggs could be found.

===Plaid Neggs===

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 auto;text-align:center;width:550px;"
!Date
!style="width:275px;" colspan="2"|Riddle
!Negg
|-
|2 - 3 April
|colspan="2"|
[[Daily Dare 2012|Infested by bugs]]<br />
With the new [[Games]] Room's release<br />
It's now good as new! <br />

Answer: [[Roo Island]]
|
[[Image:Fon 2012 plaid1.png|Plaid Negg]]
|-
|4 April
|colspan="2"|
Brave arid terrain<br />
To browse some fine [[Osiri's Pottery|pottery]]<br />
Or spin [[Fruit Machine]]<br />

Answer: [[Sakhmet]]
|
[[Image:Fon 2012 plaid2.png|Plaid Negg]]
|-
|5 April
|colspan="2"|
If you're in search of<br />
[[Faerieland Employment Agency|Employment]] or some [[Healing Springs|healing]]<br />
This land is for you<br />

Answer: [[Faerieland]]
|
[[Image:Fon 2012 plaid3.png|Plaid Negg]]
|-
|6 April
|colspan="2"|
Take a [[Cyodrake's Gaze|flying ship]]<br />
To this mystical city<br />
High in the mountains <br />

Answer: [[Shenkuu]]
|
[[Image:Fon 2012 plaid4.png|Plaid Negg]]
|-
!colspan="4"|Plaid Negg prizes
|- style="background-color:#ffffff; color:inherit;"
|style="width:137px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/clo_fony14_negg_necktie.gif
|style="width:137px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/fur_fony14_negg_chest.gif
|style="width:137px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/boo_fony14_negg_collect.gif
|style="width:137px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/foo_fony14_negg_vancream.gif
|-
!Negg Tie
!Chest of Neggs
!The Negg Collection
!Vanilla Negg Cream
|}

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===Swirly Neggs===

===Striped Neggs===

===Zigzag Neggs===

==Mysterious Negg==
[[Image:Fon 2012 cast.jpg|right|thumb|300px|From left to right, [[Rutu]], [[Voughn]], [[Selvin]], [[Ricky]], and [[Hurok]].]]
On the 10 April, [[Zaira]], Kari's assistant who had been left in charge of the [[Neggery]], discovered an old, cryptic journal. It described a team of adventurers who banded together to hide a powerful, Clockwork Negg. The five adventurers each took a Negg - the real Clockwork Negg and four decoys - to different locations around Neopia. Over the next week, the players found one more journal entry a day that would help them find the Negg. 

The puzzle was a logic puzzle, like the [[Usurper!]] mystery or the future [[Desert Diplomacy]]. In order to solve where the Clockwork Negg went, players had to figure out which of the adventurers took decoys and which took the real one, as well as figuring out what jobs the adventurers had. The solution was: 

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:500px;margin:0 auto;text-align:center;" cellpadding="5"
!Adventurer
!Job
!Negg
!Destination
|-
|[[Hurok]]
|Blacksmith
|Sand Negg
|[[Lost Desert]]
|-
|[[Ricky]]
|Knight
|Glass Negg
|[[Brightvale]]
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
|[[Rutu]]
|Botanist
|Clockwork Negg
|[[Shenkuu]]
|-
|[[Selvin]]
|Wizard
|Plant Negg
|[[Kiko Lake]]
|-
|[[Voughn]]
|Explorer
|Cloud Negg
|[[Altador]]
|}
[[Image:Fon rutu.jpg|left|frame|Rutu had guarded her Negg until the end.]]
Users could submit a guess after only four clues were released, but could change their guess as more clues became available. Better prizes were awarded depending on how early the player submitted the correct answer - that Rutu took the Clockwork Negg to Shenkuu. Even if the player got their guess wrong, they could continue with the mystery.

From 19 April, players could visit the cave in Shenkuu where Rutu went. There, they find Rutu's skeleton and the Clockwork Negg. The Negg has three sides, each with a three by three grid of nine squares on it. Using Rutu's notes by clicking on the scrolls sticking out of her bag - the Ancient Negg Scrolls - the player could get to work solving the Clockwork Negg's puzzle. 

The player had to fill the grid with three different symbols that can be three different colours. The player needed to have exactly one symbol of each colour (red, yellow, and blue) on each side. Consulting Rutu's notes for the side of the Negg they are looking at - by looking at the icon at the top of the Negg - they can see a number of clues. These show some of the relative positions of colours and symbols. The puzzles were generated randomly for each player.

When all three puzzle were solved, the Negg opened, and a fumes of orange and purple "dark matter" forced the user to flee - but not before grabbing some prizes from the cave for their trouble. 

The next day, the fumes had coalesced into the fearsome [[Neggbreaker]]. He was a very powerful [[1-player challenger|challenger]] in the [[Battledome]]. 

<blockquote>"Taking a long, hard look at the Neggbreaker, you conclude that going toe-to-toe with this behemoth would indeed be a tall order. Scanning the area around you, however, doesn't offer many options for using something as an impromptu weapon. You now have to choose: grab something and fight with it, or take your chances against the Neggbreaker with what you've got?"</blockquote>

The player could chose to fight it immediately, but if they looked into the Clockwork Negg, the player could find and Ancient Negg Amulet that had been trapped inside with the creature. When a Neopet had it equipped, it greatly improved the damage they would do to the Neggbreaker if used against him in the Battledome. No matter how the user defeated him, beating the Neggbreaker earned the player an Ultimate Negg of Destruction. 

After defeating the Neggbreaker, the player could return to Zaira and choose one out of four prizes, and received three extra prizes.

===Prizes===
Players received prizes for guessing who took the Clockwork Negg where. The earlier they guessed, the more prizes they received. If they guessed incorrectly, they only received the first prize, ''[[Siniri]]s Puzzle Book''. If they guess correctly on the last day, the received the first two prizes. If they guessed correctly on the second-to-last day, they received the first three prizes, and so on. 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 auto;width:660px;text-align:center;"
!colspan="6"|Logic puzzle prizes
|- style="background-color:#ffffff; color:inherit;"
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/boo_sinsipuzzles.gif
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/bg_nightcity.gif
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/bvb_brightvales_brightest.gif
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/sta_bd_puzzlebox.gif
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/boo_math_puzzles.gif
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/usuki_nerd.gif
|-
!Siniris Puzzle Book
!Nighttime in Brightvale Background
!Brightvales Brightest
![[Hubrid Nox|Hubrids]] Puzzle Box [[Stamp]]
!Math Puzzles
!Clever Clogs [[Usuki]]
|}

Finding the Ancient Negg Scrolls and opening the Negg rewarded the following prizes:

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 auto;width:660px;text-align:center;"
!colspan="6"|Clockwork Negg prizes
|- style="background-color:#ffffff; color:inherit;"
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/boo_fony14_negg_scroll.gif
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/gif_hangingvines_garland.gif
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/sta_neggnoodles.gif
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/bak_cyneggcookie_rain.gif
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/clo_fony14_wig_spring.gif
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/gar_strawberries.gif
|-
!Ancient Negg Scrolls
!Hanging Vines
!Negg Noodles Stamp
!Rainbow [[Cybunny]] Negg Cookie
!Spring Negg Wig
!Strawberry Plant
|}

The player could retrieve the Ancient Negg Amulet and defeat the Neggbreaker for the following prizes:

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 auto;width:550px;text-align:center;"
!colspan="5"|Neggbreaker prizes
|- style="background-color:#ffffff; color:inherit;"
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/bd_fony14_negg_amulet.gif
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/bd_fony14_negg_ultimate.gif
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/green_negg.gif
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/bg_spring_path.gif
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/boo_negg_faerie_diaries.gif
|-
!Ancient Negg Amulet
!Ultimate Negg of Destruction
!Green Negg
!Spring Path Background
!The Negg Faerie Diaries 
|}

and their choice of one of the following four prizes: 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 auto;width:550px;text-align:center;"
!colspan="4"|Neggbreaker prizes
|- style="background-color:#ffffff; color:inherit;"
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/gif_fony14_fg_darkmagic.gif
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/foo_fony14_negg_metallic.gif
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/plu_fony14_neggbreaker.gif
|style="width:110px;"|http://images.neopets.com/items/boo_fony14_neggsociety_secrets.gif
|-
!Cloud of Dark Magic Foreground 
!Metallic Negg
!Neggbreaker Plushie
!Secrets of the Hidden Negg Society
|}

==Neocash component==

''...to be added...''

==Bug==

Defeating the Neggbreaker awarded the player 100,000 points to their battle score. However, [[The Neopets Team]] realised this was too much considering how easily it could be defeated with the Ancient Negg Amulet. They intended it to award 10 points per victory, but were unable to implement this retroactively. They held a [http://www.neopets.com/comps/neggbreaker.phtml poll] on 28 April to see what users thought about their proposed solution: they could either leave the battle scores as they were, or lower players' scores to 10 points per Neggbreaker win. They were unable to lower the battle scores for individual Neopets, however. 

On 9 May, they announced they would implement the partial fix, but this was not implemented before the old Battledome scores were taken down with the Battledome revamp in November 2012. 

==External links==
*[http://www.neopets.com/neggfest/y14 Festival of Neggs], [http://www.neopets.com/neggfest/y14/bd.phtml The Neggbreaker... unleashed!], [http://www.neopets.com/neggfest/y14/progress.phtml The Negg Faerie Assistant's Alcove], [http://www.neopets.com/neggfest/y14/cave.phtml Negg Cave], [http://www.neopets.com/neggfest/y14/logic.phtml Journal]
*[http://www.neopets.com/comps/neggbreaker.phtml Neggbreaker glitch poll]

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