Thank you to everyone for their patience the past week or so. As you probably noticed, Marapets had over a week of loading problems, which caused a lot of weird glitches. Several of our hard disks broke at the same time and the disks they fail over to were not as fast as we're used to. To avoid any problems we've had in the past, we closed right away and tried our best to find the best long term solution and install/prepare everything in 48 hours. It took nearly 69 hours but I had to have some sleep ha!

We had plans to move away from all of our last remaining SATA disks (even at 15K RPM they are still so much slower and less reliable than SSD) but they were only here as back up.The plan was to move all of our servers from Canada to the UK in 2020 and replace it then once our Canada lease was up. Last week changed all of this, as we needed Marapets fixed ASAP. We've now extended the lease in Canada for another 24 months and completed all of the upgrades we had planned for 2020 in Canada. Marapets has been hosted in North America for the past 15 years because the majority of players are from there and it meant a faster site for those players. These days, with Cloudflare and fibre connections, it makes very little difference and is more of a hassle to have everything so far away from us.

Don't worry if that made no sense to you, all that matters is that a) we have new hardware and software now and hopefully we'll be good now for many years and b) it was a total success and we should be running the best we ever had.

We will start our Halloween events as planned shortly. Those who changed their pets to Midnight for free training should keep them midnight - midnight is a halloween theme costume and it will be included in Halloween free training.

The Basil, Paffuto, Reese and Tantua can now wear the Thunder Costume.



The Double or Nothing game has been updated with brand new artwork.

Your loyalty is important to us! King Baspinar rewards you for how old your account is and Queen Eleka rewards you for the number of days you visit us. Mara also enters you into a FREE Progress Raffle every day that you visit us. Visit us every day of the week and you receive 8 raffle tickets. You will be entered into either a Bronze, Silver or Gold raffle depending on what level you have progressed to. Winners are announced every Friday. Congratulations to last week's winners:

A new Weekly Job Contest has just started. The challenge is to earn the most MP in wages this week from the Freelance Agency in Vortex Park. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a Orange Lidge, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy. Congratulations to the winners:

Gold : Sweetangeleyes, Fork, Sweetdemonicangel
Silver : MissNora, partout, Beth, blueberryfruit, xenious, abc123d
Bronze : waterlogged, SunPam, stilla, delloyd, AuroraCopernicus, valyria, skycruiser1, Sarsaparilla, fluffynkacy

The Lottery has been drawn for this week. Kyreecie is the winner of the 3,102,100MP Jackpot with the winning numbers of 9, 10, 26, 27, 42 and 47. Congratulations!

Fast Food is back under new ownership and can be invested in again. Shares are starting at 462MP.

Last Week's Raffle has now ended. oglitterkittyo is the winner of the Red DNA and 1,000,000MP prize with the winning raffle ticket number 4992. Congratulations! Make sure you buy your tickets for this week's raffle - only 10MP per ticket!

The Game of the Week has changed to Muffin's Bricks.



The Mission of the Week has now changed. Earn 50% more MP completing levels of Circus this week.



Voting has closed and a new Shop of the Week has been decided. For the next 7 days, the Chocolate shop has a 2 for 1 sale. Every time you buy an item from this shop you will pay for one and receive two. Vote Now for next week.


All pets wearing a Earth Fairy Costume will receive Double Training stats this week at the Gym and Elite Gym. Vote Now for next week. All pets wearing a Orange Costume will receive Double Education stats this week at the School and University. Vote Now for next week.

Mara really appreciates all of the players that have completed his Progress Goals to help him build a better Marapets. As an extra thank you, he is rewarding all players the following benefits for the next 7 days. These rewards change automatically every Saturday.


The Time Machine has selected the following 30 items as the prize list for the following 7 days.

The Transubstantiation Temple and Transuranics Temple have been updated.



The Zetlian can now wear the Splatter Costume.


Fifty of the oldest Stamps have been updated with newer artwork.

Your loyalty is important to us! King Baspinar rewards you for how old your account is and Queen Eleka rewards you for the number of days you visit us. Mara also enters you into a FREE Progress Raffle every day that you visit us. Visit us every day of the week and you receive 8 raffle tickets. You will be entered into either a Bronze, Silver or Gold raffle depending on what level you have progressed to. Winners are announced every Friday. Congratulations to last week's winners:

A new Weekly Quest Contest has just started. This week's quest game is Drew. The challenge is to complete as many of these Quests this week. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a Toy Costume, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy.
Congratulations to the winners:

Gold: Draebun, Affection, Black_Tea
Silver: Loyalty, tahlia_lea, LauluLintu, PrincessDanielle, megalosaurus, Peekaboo
Bronze: marapetuniverse, rainbow54, Goosebumps, AmyMarie, sophiachia, SiruisSeriousBlack, Shizuhu, Nicky, willowsong


A new Ugly Contest has just started. Congratulations to last week's winners:

Praimfayadesire

cupuchino

Yonaka

A new Crossword has been added for you to complete this week.

Your loyalty is important to us! King Baspinar rewards you for how old your account is and Queen Eleka rewards you for the number of days you visit us. Queen Eleka also gives you a FREE Loyalty Raffle Ticket every day that you visit us for this Weekly Raffle. Visit us every day of the week and you receive 8 raffle tickets. Winners are announced every Wednesday. Congratulations to last week's winners:


A new Weekly Item Contest has just started. This week's item is Blue Chibs Pen. The challenge is to delete as many of this item as you can this week. You will earn 1 Point in the contest and 1 Memory Point for every Blue Chibs Pen deleted. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a Leaf Rolls, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy. Congratulations to the winners:

Gold : s57v58, Yumm, delloyd
Silver : PinkIcee, jennymay73, Ichikurasaishi, PurrfectlyPink, dreamlover11359, colleenmurphydevlin
Bronze : skycruiser1, flannelbutch, AmyMarie, ViolinVixen, azmegan, meesha9980, Jgbcgirl, GoddessOfKaos, greenmonkey14

A new Word Search has been added for you to complete this week.

Full Advent Tree Instructions

A new Monthly Mission Contest has just started. This month's mission is The Fates. The challenge is to complete as many levels of this Mission in a month. You will earn an extra point for each level you complete. Complete level 1 and receive 1 point, complete level 2 and receive 2 points and so on. Congratulations to the winners:
Gold: mymysweetiepie, dreamlover11359, Nicky
Silver: Merchant, Tzologeist, Sweetdemonicangel, Sarsaparilla, ScrappingGirl, MissAmericana
Bronze: coke, Susi, Bethy, Mahjonggmom, nickie415, mepopmad, Newday, Toni1826, Anglwngss

The September 2019 Monthly Checklist winners have been announced and the prizes have been rewarded. Congratulations to all of those who have won. Don't forget, this is a monthly permanent feature that you can enter for FREE. If you haven't already, it's time to start entering the October event!

1st Prize

£150 Account Upgrade Credit

2nd Prize

£100 Account Upgrade Credit

3rd Prize

£50 Account Upgrade Credit
Bonus Prizes

30 more winners of £15 Account Upgrade Credit
20 more winners of £10 Account Upgrade Credit
10 more winners of £5 Account Upgrade Credit

Click Here to see September 2019 Winners

A new Weekly Battle Contest has just started. This week's opponent is Iolan. You will need to have a Iolan Trading Card in your Battle Deck. The challenge is to win as many battles against this opponent this week. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a Pembe Trading Card, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy.
Congratulations to the winners:

Gold: Sizzle, tommyg01, ZyuohTheWorld
Silver: Violotta, Lux, Adoration, dreamlover11359, Cleola, _Dee_
Bronze: KA, finchman, ThePlushieKing, Newday, RainbowGemstone82, freemo, Christy, Syddorra, iammom


A new Beauty Contest has just started. The theme to dress up as this week is Masquerade Ball. Congratulations to last week's winners of the Dragon Trainer theme:

Rkane911

Bonehead

PrincessDanielle

The CD Shop in Ziranek has 42 new CDs restocking. Treat your pet to some of the latest music in Marada right now, with classics from Selene Dion, Hick Jagger, Meltin John and Susan Doyle and newer albums from Demi Plushato, Piggy Azalea and Justin Beaver. The artwork for 13 of the oldest CDs has also been updated.

All Midnight pets will receive FREE TRAINING at the Gym and Elite Gym and FREE LESSONS at the School until October 15th.

There seems to be a lot of confusion recently about changes to the Marapets Layout. Over the next couple of months, Marapets will be becoming more Mobile Friendly. Players on mobiles, tablets and desktops will all be able to play Marapets just as easy as each other. For the past 15 years, we've been 100% made for desktop computers. It has taken us many years to gradually change the site, so that it works well on mobile. Some of these changes are already here but many are not. When it is finished, hopefully by the end of the year, it will be clear why we have been making changes around the site. Until then, there may be the ocasional mis-aligned text, some text that is too big, some that is too small, random white space, etc. None of this should effect the way that Marapets can be played - the site will still work as it should, it just may not look it's best. If you find any parts of the site where the design makes it difficult to play, please report it on the Help Forums. In the mean time, please be patient with us - the end result will be worth it!

Basil can now wear the Baby Costume and the Minipet Astro has been updated to the newer design.


The winners of the 15th Birthday Hunt have been announced. If you were a winner, you will have received your prizes and the alert by now.
Congratulations to the following winners of:
Forum Art Contest : Succulents, Nim, Overalls, Wheeker, robot
Forum Doll Contest : waffle, Florence, Lumos, Snookles, Ateez
Party Costume : LittleKitten570, Gylly, PURPLE232, batouttaheck, Rumor, Cleola, xxMelyndaxx, Hunnie, misstree, crazyee1521, Detain, raenarabbit, Bastean, ShockWave, zumadays
£15 Account Upgrade Credit : Yikes, kanrise, fOOt, Dream51296, Dianne, gabbygirl95929, shellan82, Neko, daisylou16, Cleola, JavannaLynn, becacat, Rellycanth, Spiderman, littleheart50
Decadal Birthday Hunt Prize : Joanne, MaplePrincess, dreamer4darkness, GarlandsOfGrace, Mordo, laughATme, Lumos, lhdc, _DragonLady_, Quill, marapetuniverse, Sinner, Patrick, Pukwudgie, Selection

A new Weekly Job Contest has just started. The challenge is to earn the most MP in wages this week from the Freelance Agency in Vortex Park. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a Black Gingerbread, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy. Congratulations to the winners:

Gold : Sweetangeleyes, Sweetdemonicangel, skycruiser1
Silver : Fork, xenious, partout, SunPam, abc123d, AuroraCopernicus
Bronze : stilla, Beth, blueberryfruit, Reese, Augmented, waterlogged, nicecat2, delloyd, Froggy

The Lottery has been drawn for this week. Raphael_in_Red is the winner of the 2,636,400MP Jackpot with the winning numbers of 14, 16, 17, 32, 40 and 47. Congratulations!

Stars is back under new ownership and can be invested in again. Shares are starting at 433MP.

Last Week's Raffle has now ended. Eudora is the winner of the Red DNA and 1,000,000MP prize with the winning raffle ticket number 5647. Congratulations! Make sure you buy your tickets for this week's raffle - only 10MP per ticket!

The Game of the Week has changed to Item Collector.



The Mission of the Week has now changed. Earn 50% more MP completing levels of The Fates this week.



Voting has closed and a new Shop of the Week has been decided. For the next 7 days, the Potions shop has a 2 for 1 sale. Every time you buy an item from this shop you will pay for one and receive two. Vote Now for next week.


All pets wearing a Pixie Costume will receive Double Training stats this week at the Gym and Elite Gym. Vote Now for next week. All pets wearing a Fade Costume will receive Double Education stats this week at the School and University. Vote Now for next week.

A new Midnight Account Upgrade Set has been released, with 7 new midnight themed items, a retired Midnight Costume and either a Midnight Enchanted Plushie or Midnight Potion. This set is on sale until October 25th. You can choose if you would like the main prize to be an Enchanted Midnight Plushie or Potion. There is 1 in 3 chance you will receive a limited edition Mordo instead of Crindol, Gonk, Grint, Paffuto, Reese, Tantua, Xoi or Zetlian.





The Mordo and Reese can now wear the Midnight Costume.


All 21 Midnight pets have been updated to the new style - we hope you like the changes!

Mara really appreciates all of the players that have completed his Progress Goals to help him build a better Marapets. As an extra thank you, he is rewarding all players the following benefits for the next 7 days. These rewards change automatically every Saturday.


The Time Machine has selected the following 30 items as the prize list for the following 7 days.

Summer is nearly over in Marada but the Apollo, Kissy, Pyri, Spoopy, Sugarmites, Dapurtle, Kuork, Scorpi, Sue and Yoop minipets can now wear the Ball of Summer Yarn.




We have a new Summer Layout - we finally have all 4 seasons in Marada! We have also changed the site's layout - it's much wider now and the 'reminder' box has moved. It will take a few more months for the whole site to be finished but we're working on hard on making Marapets more responsive, so that it fits better and is easier to play on all browsers and devices. This means you may experience mis-aligned or messy pages here and there as we make the switch. If you notice any that are really bad, please let us know on the Help Forums.



The Ice Cream shop has six new items restocking.



The Tombola drink prizes have been updated. They are now gourmet items and there are 12 new items to be won.

Your loyalty is important to us! King Baspinar rewards you for how old your account is and Queen Eleka rewards you for the number of days you visit us. Mara also enters you into a FREE Progress Raffle every day that you visit us. Visit us every day of the week and you receive 8 raffle tickets. You will be entered into either a Bronze, Silver or Gold raffle depending on what level you have progressed to. Winners are announced every Friday. Congratulations to last week's winners:

The Basil, Dakota, Fasoro, Feliz, Ike, Jessup, Sindi, Speiro, Yakubi and Zoink can now wear the Checkered Costume. This means that all 77 pets can now wear this costume!

A new Weekly Quest Contest has just started. This week's quest game is Simerian Excavator. The challenge is to complete as many of these Quests this week. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a Swamp Costume, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy.
Congratulations to the winners:

Gold: Alcyone, Rin, Toshiyori63
Silver: Yelawolf, Nicky, delloyd, ellen44dugas, tommyg01, kittycatslover
Bronze: Ichikurasaishi, Malfoy, valyria, Bethy, TannyB, Rebo, robinh00d, aslion, Sarsaparilla


A new Ugly Contest has just started. Congratulations to last week's winners:

Rkane911

Elusiveunicorn

Xxcupcake

A new Crossword has been added for you to complete this week.

The old Sushi items have all been updated to newer artwork.

Your loyalty is important to us! King Baspinar rewards you for how old your account is and Queen Eleka rewards you for the number of days you visit us. Queen Eleka also gives you a FREE Loyalty Raffle Ticket every day that you visit us for this Weekly Raffle. Visit us every day of the week and you receive 8 raffle tickets. Winners are announced every Wednesday. Congratulations to last week's winners:


A new Weekly Item Contest has just started. This week's item is Sliced Crusty Blueberry Bread. The challenge is to delete as many of this item as you can this week. You will earn 1 Point in the contest and 1 Memory Point for every Sliced Crusty Blueberry Bread deleted. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a Large Caramel Apple Spice, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy. Congratulations to the winners:

Gold : Tinkerbel, MissKagome, Furship
Silver : erikaz13, Diza, greenmonkey14, delloyd, Kaylesha, cupuchino
Bronze : ChipLips, dreamlover11359, tahlia_lea, Ichikurasaishi, ViolinVixen, Nicky, skycruiser1, jnielsen, fluffy57142

A new Word Search has been added for you to complete this week.

The Voodoo Costume is the latest costume to be revamped. The Voodoo Ercuw, Fasoro, Tantua and Troit have been updated to the newer design. The Decadal and Huthiq can now wear this costume. Remember, you can win this costume from The Fates mission.

A new Weekly Battle Contest has just started. This week's opponent is Punk Xoi. You will need to have a Punk Xoi Trading Card in your Battle Deck. The challenge is to win as many battles against this opponent this week. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a Punk Xoi Trading Card, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy.
Congratulations to the winners:

Gold: Alcyone, Gwylynnsgarden, Sizzle
Silver: Christian, Spice, JavannaLynn, tommyg01, honor111, _Dee_
Bronze: dreamlover11359, Cleola, Sweetdemonicangel, freemo, ellen44dugas, nicecat2, mymysweetiepie, Nicky, Joanne


A new Beauty Contest has just started. The theme to dress up as this week is Dragon Trainer. Congratulations to last week's winners of the Campus Queen Bee theme:

NativeNancy

Elusiveunicorn

joshgarrelsfan

A new Weekly Job Contest has just started. The challenge is to earn the most MP in wages this week from the Freelance Agency in Vortex Park. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a Scarfy, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy. Congratulations to the winners:

Gold : Sweetangeleyes, Sweetdemonicangel, Beth
Silver : partout, skycruiser1, Fork, SunPam, xenious, fishdoctor
Bronze : waterlogged, DW, MissNora, aslion, Augmented, abc123d, Mordo, fluffynkacy, stilla

The Lottery has been drawn for this week. Topaz is the winner of the 2,508,400MP Jackpot with the winning numbers of 4, 7, 17, 28, 31 and 47. Congratulations!

Charms is back under new ownership and can be invested in again. Shares are starting at 504MP.

Last Week's Raffle has now ended. evercia is the winner of the Red DNA and 1,000,000MP prize with the winning raffle ticket number 17847. Congratulations! Make sure you buy your tickets for this week's raffle - only 10MP per ticket!

The Game of the Week has changed to Free Cell.



The Mission of the Week has now changed. Earn 50% more MP completing levels of Theatre this week.



Voting has closed and a new Shop of the Week has been decided. For the next 7 days, the School Supplies shop has a 2 for 1 sale. Every time you buy an item from this shop you will pay for one and receive two. Vote Now for next week.


All pets wearing a Sketch Costume will receive Double Training stats this week at the Gym and Elite Gym. Vote Now for next week. All pets wearing a Angel Costume will receive Double Education stats this week at the School and University. Vote Now for next week.

All Fairy pets will receive FREE TRAINING at the Gym and Elite Gym and FREE LESSONS at the School until October 6th.

The Poera, Rusty, Straya, Vixen and Willa can now wear the Fairy Costume that is still on sale at Account Upgrades.