A new and improved Mining feature is back in Foxfire Forest. You can now use any Mining Tools from your Inventory. Using them will make the item disappear and you will earn Seconds to spend mining in one of six different mines!

Each Mining Tool item you use will earn you a random amount of seconds for a random mine. The rarer the tool, the greater the chance of a rarer mine! All six mines are full of Minerals needed for the Beast in the Woods mission so this feature will actually make it easier to get these items than before. Each mine has different items for you to dig. You will get to keep any items you pick up before the timer runs out. Collect all items from a mine and the prizes inside the mine will change. If you earn time to dig in the rarer mines you can win prizes like Newspapers, Magazines, Poop, Keys, Fake Dukka Coins, Dukka Coins, Bones, Worms, Beans, Magic Beans and new Elements for your wardrobe!
The rarest mine you can dig in is the Gold Mine. A new 'Gold Mine' game will be released in the future and this game will give you another way to earn 'seconds' to dig inside this mine.

BREAKING NEWS
It's been over two months since King Baspinar has been outside his castle. He's still in lockdown after hearing of Queen Eleka's assassination plot. Even with the Foxfire Forest mines closed, Queen Eleka was able to run her secret Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry and rebuild her castle training thousands of new wizards. Closing the mines did very little to limit the magic Queen Eleka was able to bring back to her castle and King Baspinar is hatching a new plan as we speak. ..

Our fourth level based Game has been released. Mineral Match has been added to the Foxfire Forest map and has 60 levels for you to complete. This new puzzle game requires you to drag and connect matching minerals. You will complete each level when you connect all of the minerals using the number of moves allowed.


Mineral Match (just like Pearl Hurl, Wacky Workshop and Pumpkin Patch) has 60 Level Reward Prizes. These are one time prize rewards you will win as a bonus prize for each level. You only receive these once, as you can only complete each level once. You can play Mineral Match up to 4 times per day for FREE. Earn 1MP per point. Earn up to the maximum of 2,000MP each play - if you complete a level with MP for its Level reward, you will receive the bonus MP too! Play and complete a level for the first time and you must send score to unlock the next level. Game resets at 00:00MST.



The main item prizes for this game are 2 retired items, Glowstick Necklace and Jar of Dark Matter and a Capsule Machine Token.

Another great prize for this game is the chance to skip any level of the Beast in the Woods Mission.
There are 15 levels that you will earn this reward, they stack and will be saved to your account to use at Beast in the Woods whenever you need to.
Whenever you start a Beast in the Woods mission, you can use one of these to pass the level without bringing the items that the Beast has asked for. You will move to the next level of the mission but you will forfeit any MP or item reward that mission level was to reward you but still gain any Hidden Avatar and pass any Goal related to that mission.

The Arcade Fairy originally rewarded players only for the number of times they played our now discontinued Flash Games. As each year passed, these games were becoming more outdated and unplayable for a growing percentage of the site and before we had made a final decision about replacing these flash games with our new HTML5 Games, we rushed out changes on 31st March 2019 to the way games are counted. The Arcade Fairy started to count all plays of our Free Games and Pay to Play Games but then didn't count our new HTML5 Games released this year, as this counter was to be used for a future Gamer Fairy.

To try and make things slightly less confusing, we have changed the Arcade Fairy to count plays of (almost) all games on the site. This means that every player's counter should have increased today as we added all plays you have made this year of our new HTML5 Games. This is counted per play and not based on Score Points, which is an additional currency earned from playing these games.

There is a separate count for our newer HTML5 games that may still be used for a future Gamer Fairy but not until we find a better way to organise all of the different types of games we have - it's getting very confusing!!

The Arcade Fairy now has new prizes to be won for up to 35,000 plays of all of our different games.

The Games Shop, where you can spend the Score Points currency you also win from playing all of our different games, now has these new items on sale.Remember, having the Arcade Giftbox in your collection means that you earn double score points each game you play.

Sixten Years of MaraPets has taken its toll on these pets! The Crindol, Fasoro, Flab, Straya and Yuni can now wear the Old Costume from the current Account Upgrades set.

We will be turning 16 Years Old in three weeks time - MaraPets is getting old! Be sure not to miss this year's Birthday Event...

The Azul, Oglue, Reese, Rofling and Sybri can now wear the Old Costume from the current Account Upgrades set.

BREAKING NEWS
Heatwaves bring thousands of extra visitors to Minipet Island and most of these visits involve some kind of Fishing. Only greedy Crikeys dare fish this far from land. With just her rubber ring (and without a fishing licence) help Coraline catch these sharks in our newest game, Word Shark.

As each wave of sharks swim towards Coraline, you must type each letter of each word above a shark to catch it. If a shark reaches you before you can type each word, you will lose a life. The game ends when you have run out of lives.

Earn 4MP per point. Earn up to the maximum of 2,000MP each play. Word Shark can be played up to 3 times per day.

A new Old Account Upgrade Set has been released, with 7 new old, vinatage themed items, a retired Old Costume and either an Old Enchanted Plushie or Old Potion. This set is on sale until August 16th.

You can choose if you would like the main prize to be an Enchanted Old Plushie or Potion. There is 1 in 3 chance you will receive a limited edition Ercuw instead of Addow, Equilor, Knutt, Leido, Osafo, Tantua and Xoi.

BREAKING NEWS
Queen Eleka (the self-proclaimed leader of all that is dark and evil in Marada) once ruled the dark side of Marada. King Baspinar took control when she lost the Minipet Island war of 2007. She was inprisoned for five years, leaving her castle derelict. She has been gradually regaining her power, plotting her triumphant return to power. She secretly opened her Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry June 1st 2020. Over 85,000 enrolled and Marada now has over 10,000 newly graduated Wizards - with 5,614 graduating Silver and 2,011 graduating Gold. These wizards have finished with great pride, a renewed loyalty to the Queen and the highest levels of dark magic... helping to bring life back to Eleka's Castle. She's making her comeback...

Queen Eleka announced the winners of her Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry as she introduced her new castle to the rest of Marada.


Yes - there were actually joint first place winners! Hocus Pucus spent 12 days of the event in first place and Enchanting Ercuws also spent 12 days at the top. When the final scores were in, they were so close that we tried many different ways to calculate the winner (as each team had slightly different numbers taking part) and each time they were too close to make the final decision. Both teams earned over 675,000 points each and even when we calculated averages per player it was 62.52 vs 62.49!

First and second place prizes will be won by both of these teams and the 3rd place prizes will go to the Levitating Latis! Unfortunately the Spellcasting Snookles came in 4th place and will not receive any team prizes. Remember, there are also different prizes for the players who earn the most points regardless of what team they are on!

Congratulations to all winners! We will let you know in the news shortly when you can claim your prizes. We hope you enjoyed a truly magical event!

With much of the magic of Eleka's Castle returning, you can now visit her world in full during both day and night time hours. Here you can see how her castle has changed through the past 15 years...

What better way is there to spend this heatwave than relaxing on Minipet Island? The Azul, Astro, Kronk, Huthiq, Gizmo, Dakota and Kujo can now wear the Island Costume that you can win from the Hospice mission.

Remember, all pets wearing this costume will receive FREE TRAINING at the Gym and Elite Gym and FREE LESSONS at the School and University during this heatwave.

BREAKING NEWS
Even though it's summer in Marada right now, unusally warm conditions have brought a Heatwave to the whole of Marada. As always, whenever there is Heatwave in Marada the following happens: All Summer, Island and Shaved coloured pets will receive FREE training at the Gym and Elite Gym and FREE lessons at the School and University.

Whenever there is a heatwave in Marada, the retired Summer Treasure Chest is back on sale at the Account Upgrades Shop.
It will automatically retire again when the weather changes.

The Snowman is melting - Biala really can't cope in this heat! Obviously this means he won't be able to quest.

Borak quests will reward BBQ Tools instead of the usual Cooking Utensils. These can only be earned during a heatwave event and will be needed for a BBQ feature in the future.

There is very little wind and conditions are calm even in Vortex Park! The Windmill is barely spinning but if you do wait for it to stop you will be guaranteed to gain 2 stats for your pet.

The Earth Fairy is a climate expert and has once again warned the citizens about climate change in Marada. To spread her message, she is rewarding DOUBLE item and DOUBLE MP reward prizes during the heatwave. She was once again quoted saying: 'Unless we act fast, this warm weather will be permanent'

To help farmers out during this heat, the Account Upgrades Shop has a 2 for 1 promotion on all Fertiliser.



To adapt to the new weather, the Frozen Food Shop is now restocking Melted Frozen Food gourmet food items instead.


The Sultan has had to DOUBLE the cost of his tax though, to help pay for the air conditioning bills!

The Kamilah Desert is having some of the hottest temperatures on record! All of the Candle Shop stock has melted. There are 63 Melted Candles restocking instead. These items are only available during a heatwave.




The Smoothies, Soft Drinks and Ice Cream Shops all have a 2 for 1 special on all items.

It's so hot in Biala that elves have stopped making Toys. They had Twigs in storage, waiting to be made into toys and are selling these instead.

Introducing the new and improved... MaraTalk

The news has been pretty quiet for the last couple of weeks as we were busy working on the new and improved MaraTalk. There was a rare moment while the June event was running that we had some spare time to focus on the new MaraTalk. Expecting to get a huge project like this done in a couple of weeks was a stretch and our unplanned, emergency maintenance July 1st delayed us even further.

The maintenance was a huge success (completed 8 hours earlier than estimated) and enough of MaraTalk is complete for us to officially release it now, allowing us to return to normal news and release the event winners later this week.

MaraTalk is our instant messenger and was first started in 2005. We were ahead of our times in many ways, giving players many different ways to communicate. Those who like to chat in a slower, simpler way have MaraMail, Forums, Club Chat and those who prefer fast, shorter instant chat have had MaraTalk. The new MaraTalk is an upgrade to the way that these chats happen - they are not a replacement of the old way! This is an ongoing project and we have many, many exciting changes and additions to come but now is the time to announce some of the changes made so far...


The new MaraTalk has many new features but the main improvement is that Group Chat works again (it was closed for several years) and it is all 100% mobile friendly, fast, light on data and works on all devices. As MaraTalk really is only useful for those who like 'instant chat' we have made it faster, easier to switch between MaraTalk, Adult Chat, Group Chats, Private one to one chat and your Club Chat. They all use the same system and you receive real time alerts, sounds and notifications while you chat. You can open this full screen or in a new window - as its fully responsive, you can resize the window to the size and shape that works best for you.


Our free image upload service Mara.Pics is also linked with each chat. Simply press the Mara.Pics icon (the paperclip) and you'll be able to browse each of your folders and images. Simply press 'Share' and it will be added to any conversation. The upload icon also redirects you to Mara.Pics, automatically logging you in, to allow you to upload images with ease.

We have also integrated the site Alerts into the new MaraTalk system. This new system is not a replacement, its in addition to the current Alerts system. The new system means you will not miss any site alerts while you are chatting. All alerts are grouped together by type and each can be viewed in order like a MaraTalk conversation. The benefit of this is that you can Mute Specific Alerts - this is especially useful for those with lots of pets being inundated with Fairy Rewards!!

There are also new alerts that appear inside of MaraTalk conversations. Club Chat will tell you when a new player joins the club, leaves the club and close to 500 more messages in the club. MaraTalk will tell everyone when a Random Event prize is won inside that chat and when a player is about to hit another 1,000 message count goal.


And finally, the way that Feeds work has been improved. As Feeds are designed to be instant like MaraTalk, they have been integrated into this new system and follow a similar design. Feeds will update automatically in real time whenever you have this feature opened. It can be opened in full screen, a new tab or resized to suit your needs. There will be lots of new features and improvements coming to feeds in the future too!

King Baspinar has hired even more of Marada's top scientists to find out what Queen Eleka is doing. The Addow, Astro, Azul, Doyle, Equilor, Feliz, Flab, Gizmo, Grint, Huthiq and Ike can now wear the Mad Scientist Costume.

Remember, all pets wearing this costume will receive FREE TRAINING at the Gym and Elite Gym and FREE LESSONS at the School and University until July 1st.

All Wizard and Mad Scientist pets will receive FREE TRAINING at the Gym and Elite Gym and FREE LESSONS at the School and University until July 1st.

A new Wizard Account Upgrade Set has been released, with 7 new Wizard themed items, a retired Wizard Costume and either an Wizard Enchanted Plushie or Wizard Potion. This set is on sale until August 31st. You can choose if you would like the main prize to be an Enchanted Wizard Plushie or Potion. There is 1 in 3 chance you will receive a limited edition Sindi instead of Addow, Equilor, Murfin, Newth, Osafo and Tantua.





Can you find these new Hidden Avatars?

One of our oldest missions, Ublish's Lair has been updated. We have also started to revamp the stars that his mission can ask for.

The Figaro, Kaala, Paffuto, Quell, Reese, Speiro and Yakubi can now wear the Recycled Costume.

Can you find the new 'Water Me' Hidden Avatar?

The Organic Minipets that can be grown at the Gardening feature in Gigantic Paradise have been updated.

The shopkeeper of the Illegal Concoctions Shop on the planet of Enpiah has been updated. There are new bonus prizes you can win randomly while playing Kamilah Codes.

The Kamilah Code item artwork has been updated to match the new design we used for the game.

There are new rewards that you can win from the Kamilah Codes game. Every time you send a score that is high enough, you will win one of these new item prizes. Just like the other High Score Rewards, you will only win one prize each time you send a score high enough. These prizes are additional to any MP, Score Points or Bonus Prizes you may also win. You can click the 'High Score Rewards' link on any game to see which score you need for each prize. Prizes include a new Kamilah Code 00, asked for at the Kamilah Pyramid, which can only be won from this game.

BREAKING NEWS
Ever since the Yeti family of Biala Mountain discovered oil, huge quantities have been extracted from the ground in Mine Marada. All of this activity brought the ants of the Ant Hill closer to the surface but it also disturbed the Wallop and brought them above ground - just in time for King Baspinar's Palladium Jubilee! He loves Wallops so much he passed laws to protect them and restrict their ownership but they've become a nuisance, popping up and leaving mole holes over Marada.

With the King hiding away in his castle, the residents of Marada are taking on the Wallop problem themselves. Whenever you see a Wallop appear from a mole hole - give it a whack Wallop! To be sure that the King doesn't catch you hitting his beloved Wallops, you'll have to do it before the timer is up.

Earn 1MP per point. Earn up to the maximum of 2,000MP each play. You may also win a random bonus item prize whenever you send your score. Wallop! can be played up to 3 times per day.




Can you find the 'Wallop!' Hidden Avatar?

BREAKING NEWS
Queen Eleka's secret Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry has been open for almost a week now and King Baspinar is starting to find out small pieces of information here and there. Will he find out and close it down? For now he only knows that it has some thing to do with magic so he demanded the immediate closure of Mining, restricting the supply of the minerals needed for magic to happen. He's determined to find out what Queen Eleka is doing...

As the Yeti family continue to Mine Marada of its oil, the ants of the Gigantic Paradise Ant Hill are being forced closer to the surface. It's no secret that a huge society of ants live in under Marada but until today, very little has been known about it. Seven of these ants have been caught and domesticated as Bug Minipets.
The Ant Hill has been relaunched. You can still visit for FREE once per day but you are now guaranteed a prize at each visit. You can still win an Injured Costume and the other prizes from the Ant Hill but there are also 45 new prizes to be won - including 7 new Bug Minipets and 30 new Injured Plushies!

The shopkeeper of the Footwear Shop in Puchalla Village has been updated.
The Capsule Machine has been refilled with new items. The previous items have now been retired.

The Laboratory in Enpiah, where DNA is used to illegal clone pets, has been updated with new artwork. To celebrate Dr Yekyll's new look, every operation between now and midnight June 6th is guaranteed to change one pet into a Mutant pet.


The Mining Tools shop has 70 new items. These extra items should, with time, ensure that this shop has more items in stock and this will help with the exciting new changes coming to the Mining feature.

The Cup Shuffle game in Vortex Park has been relaunched as the Swindler

The Lazy Fairy is very deceitful and has earned the notorious name of the Swindler. She will hide a random prize under one of her bins and then shuffle it. Follow the prize as she shuffles and each time you guess correctly, you will move to the next level. Guess incorrectly and you will lose the game.

Keep guessing correctly until she gets bored and she will let you keep the prize. But remember, she is very deceitful... you may find that she cheats and you walk away with nothing... You can still play for FREE once every hour but the game now requires both luck and skill. There are four types of game you could play, each with a different coloured bin:

The Computer Repair quests have been updated.

There are new bonus prizes you can win randomly while playing Rune Rescue.

BREAKING NEWS
Queen Eleka's secret Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry opened to the citizens of Marada at midnight June 1st

All players are automatically sorted into one of four teams. There are over 125 different types of challenges you could be asked to complete - including quests, missions, games, restocking and battling! You will earn a point for your team after you complete each challenge and you may also win MP or an item prize. All prizes retire July 1st, at the end of the event.

There are 30 different badges for you to collect - one for each day in June. Complete 20 or more challenges each day and you will receive the badge. Each challenge will expire after 15 minutes if you do not complete it and you will be given a new challenge. Earn all 30 badges for a gold trophy on your profile, 20 for silver and 10 for bronze.

The more badges you earn, the more prizes that will unlock for you to win! Earn 5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 badges to unlock a larger selection of prizes to win. This means that a small amount of the item prizes can only be won from players who earn most badges!


Queen Eleka's academy is a secret and King Baspinar must not find out about it! More information will be revealed as the event progresses but we can tell you that there will be prizes for the players who earn the most points and there will also be extra prizes for all players (that earn enough badges) on a team that comes in 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

A new Wizard Treasure Chest is on sale at the Account Upgrades Shop. It will automatically retire July 31st. You can open this item to receive 8 different, random new items, including new clothes, wigs, footwear, minipet, gourmet food, scenery and accessories. You will not receive duplicate items inside a single treasure chest.




Can you find these new Hidden Avatars?