Spikes Return to Jamaa & New Wild Explorers Tent [Weekly Digest: Issue #1]

Hey jammers! Reporter Panda here, with a copy of this week's Weekly Digest fresh off the press! As a refresher, this Digest will be posted on this blog every weekend, and will summarize the events of the week!

• This week's Rare Item Monday (Plus a Rare Item Tuesday!)
• Any and all newly released items from this week
• Major updates and new features from the weekly edition of the Jamaa Journal
• New and concluded contests or informational posts from The Daily Explorer
• Exclusive graphics relating to this week's events
• A round-up of AJGC's posts for the week

Reporter Ineffable here, ready to tell you all about this week's Rare Item Monday (RIM)!

 

The Rare Sombrero is sold at the Summer Carnival and costs 4,000 tickets. Sadly, this colorful hat is for members only!

The Rare Sombrero sports the usual RIM colors with it's neon purples, bright pinks, and fresh greens. Although these hats do look a bit silly, you can definitely make quite the festive outfit for your next summer adventures with this Rare Sombrero!

However... there was a very special item sold on Tuesday this week as well! It was rare, so you could technically call it a Rare Item Tuesday!

This Rare Guitar Rug was released in honor of Make Music Day, which was also celebrated on The Daily Explorer!

Reporter Cosmic here, with the weekly report with all of the new items arriving in Jamaa this week!

An epic edit by Reporter Cosmic!

This week brought some exciting updates to Animal Jam! Handing it off to Reporter Cosmic, from The Animal Jam Comet!

A special spike-y sale! For four days only (Thursday 6/23, Friday 6/24, Saturday 6/25, and Sunday 6/26), you can purchase short-spiked collars and wristbands for 3 Diamonds a piece! These jam-tastic new items are available in 8 unique colors, ranging from a soft pink to a milky white! What I find particularly unique about these spiked items is that each of the spikes on the collars and wristbands, have a soft icy blue tint to them! 

Reporter Panda popping in here, just to clarify that the rarity of the original rare spiked collars and wristbands will likely not change. This is because there is a diamond icon on these new spiked items, which will make it easily recognized. Additionally, those blue-tinted spikes that Reporter Cosmic mentioned earlier will also play a role in distinguishing the original rare spikes and these new ones.

Now back to Reporter Cosmic...

If you go to the Diamond Shop to purchase some of these spiked items, there will most likely be a crowd of people! Jammers sure are eager to purchase these spikes!

Above is a picture of what these spikes look like. Of course, there are many more colors in which these items are available, but the blue tinted spikes on both the collar and wristband remain throughout all of the different color options.

Say hello to the Pixelated Rug, the Pixelated Writing Desk, the Pixelated Window, and the Pixelated Armoire! These new items come along with the new Pixel Place, Animal Jam's newest den!

However, it is our belief that this was a copy of Play Wild's (one of Animal Jam's mobile games) pixelated features.

Above are some of the new pixelated items!

Pet penguins are on sale in the Diamond Shop for two diamonds! They will only be for two diamonds for this week, so make sure to purchase one if you haven't! 

Hey, the Freedom Party is returning too! This party has got to be one of the smallest rooms in Animal Jam, but it makes up for lack of space with it's epic decorations! This party is all decked out in red, white and blue, and also has some clothing and den items for sale! 

A brand new room has come to Jamaa! It is called the Wild Explorers Tent, and is located on a rocky cliff above Epic Wonders (in Coral Canyons). At this very location, you can watch all of the latest Wild Explorers episodes, and download special Animal Jam Academy printables! 

Above are some snazzy pictures of what this new building looks like!

(Left) Entrance to the Wild Explorers Tent

(Right) Inside of the tent

Some new Masterpiece frames have been added to the ever-growing frame collection! So make sure to head over to the Art Studio and place your newest creations inside these paw-some new frames!

Hmm... it looks like the alphas have left us some clues as to what perhaps the newest animal will be!

Scroll all the way down to the bottom of this post for the SPOILER ALERT with the answer to this riddle!

But if you'd like to figure out this little puzzle by yourself, here are what the pieces of torn paper say:

• Have long legs
• Are nocturnal
• They live in trees

Can you figure it out?

Reporter Ineffable here again, with some updates straight from The Daily Explorer!

Here are some of the current contests you can enter in to win a prize!

To enter either of these wonderful contests, simply go to Jamaa Township, and submit your artwork or writing through Jammer Central!

One of the amazing art contests that ended this week was the James Audubon contest! Here were some of the jam-tastic entries!

To celebrate this paw-some week, here are some fun graphics you can use! All of these can be used without any credit to me (Reporter Panda) or this blog (AJGC)!

Sunday: Commission Coupon

Monday: Campfire Tales (Short Stories)

Tuesday: @Ineffable (Commission)

Wednesday: Den Decorating Tips

Thursday: A Trade?

Friday: New Trading Joint

Thank you so much for reading the very first issue of the Weekly Digest!

What did you think of this issue? What ideas and suggestions do you have for Issue #2?

As always, the amazing Animal Jam Graphic Central Management Team never manages to disappoint! If it weren't for the endless dedication and hard work of all members of the team, this blog and this new Digest series wouldn't be up and running. A big round of applause for them, no?

We'll see you next time!

Did you really read to all the way down here? Good for you!

As a bonus for you, here are 2 bonus graphics of an adorable pet panda! These can be used without credit for edits, in blog posts, or for YouTube thumbnails!

Are pet pandas just paw-tastic?

Which of the epic pets of Jamaa is your tippety-top favorite?

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*SPOILER ALERT* The newest animal is a sloth! How paw-tastic!

Adventure Prize Guide Help

Hey, Cosmic Here! Today, I need some help. On my adventure prize guides. The guides will be free to use on the Animal Jam Comet and on the Animal Jam Graphic Central's Adventure Guides page. However, if you are using them for your blog, you must get permission from me, Cosmic, at theartsyjammers@gmail.com OR via comments of one of my blogs.

Anyways, this is the text gadget that I just put up on CosmicEdits, Inc.:

"Hello, Cosmic here! You probably know that I've been doing adventure prize guides lately, and I need help with the prizes. This gadget will update when I've gotten one of the few prizes I need, and it will change when I change the Adventure.
***
ADVENTURE: The Hive
TYPE: Hard
***
-- Phantom King Statue: 0/1
-- Phantom Pod: 0/1
-- Blue Fire Drum: 1/1
***If a prize is italicized, that means that I have it and nobody needs to email me a picture of it.

Thanks for your interest in Adventure Prize Guides! I will announce whenever the Adventure Prize Guide page for The Animal Jam Comet opens."

That's only for right now. Once I have a graphic of a Phantom King Statue and the Phantom Pod, I don't need to do The Hive Hard anymore. I can move on to The Great Escape Normal.

Then, that's about it! Happy Memorial Day if you celebrate it! If not, happy Monday.

Ciao, and Comet On!

90,000 Views Giveaway WINNERS!

Hey jammers! It's Panda! :D

I'm sorry that I haven't posted much this week... my teachers gave us tons of homework, and I had 3 major tests as well. :P Plus, they all apparently thought it would be fun to give us homework (double the amount that we normally get on weekdays) over the weekend.

*Slow clap*

But enough of my complaining. Since I'll actually be very busy on March 1st, the date that the giveaway was supposed to end (it's my mom's birthday and my teachers gave us a heads-up that we'll have a lot of homework for that entire week, and I didn't want to keep you guys waiting for that long!) I decided to announce the winners today!

I highly doubt that anyone who wanted to enter the giveaway hasn't already since it has been over a week since the giveaway began.

So, without any further ado, let's get into the winners!

As a refresher, here were the prizes:

One person will win each of the prizes. ^.^

So, to decide who won which prize, I used a random number generator, and whomever chose the closest number to the one the generator chose won that item.

Prize #1: Globe

The number chosen for this prize was 18, meaning that citybunny won the beta globe! Congrats! 

Prize #2: Bow & Arrows

The number chosen for this prize was 1, meaning that cookycupcake won the bow and arrows!

Prize #3: Rhino Helmet

The number chosen for this prize was 49, meaning that spiritpaw won the rhino helmet! Yay!

Prize #4: Worn

The number chosen for this prize was 18 again, meaning that Lovely1147046 won the red/brown worn!

Prize #5: Pigtails

The number chosen for this prize was 10, meaning that thecakebake won the yellow pigtails!

Prize #6: Spirit Amulet

The number chosen for this prize was 48 meaning that CosmicCheetah won the spirit amulet! Congrats! :D

Prize #7: Rare Beard

The number chosen for this prize was 8, meaning that crystalgirl7024 won the rare beard!

Prize #8: Legendary Glove

The number chosen for this prize was 55, meaning that nafaria9 won the legendary glove!

Prize #9: Rare Heart Glasses

The number chosen for this prize was 6 meaning that svanthemaster won the heart glasses! Congrats! ^.^

Alrighty... now that the prizes have been handed out, let me just tell you how to retrieve your prize if you won something. Since I'm a nonmember and can't just gift all of the prizes to you, we'll have to meet online at some time. 

Have a lovely day! 

-Panda

Updates + New Paint Studio Items + Clover Balloon + New Adventure + Lucky Armor + So Much More!

Hey jammers! ^.^ Yet another snow day today... thankfully I can post these updates early. And boy, oh boy, there are a lot.

The new Jamaa Journal came out! ^.^

Awesome! A new adventure! ^.^ Look later in the post for a few pictures of the new adventure, as well as some of the prizes you have a chance to win! 

The Paint Studio items came out! Look later in the post to find out what new items there are!

That is so cool, I had no idea that March 14th this year would be the first digits of Pi! I can't wait to see these awesome items that will be on sale for two days only!

The Animal Jam retail gift cards are on sale at some Target stores in the U.S.! Make sure to snag one if you would like a membership!

Lions will be returning soon! Yay! I joined Animal Jam as a member right after the lions left, and I have been wanting one ever since...

Here are the new paint studio themed items! They are perfect for your animal to create some beautiful artwork!

These new items are so cute! ^.^ I especially like the adorable paw prints! 

Another new item is the clover balloon in Jam Mart Clothing!

Cute item! ^.^ And the price is amazing! :D

In the Diamond Shop, there is brand new lucky armor and the seal claw! 

Now, onto the new adventure! It is a lot like the previous 3 seasonal adventures, where you had to find a large amount of a type of object (in this case it is clovers) to get some awesome seasonal treasures!

You can access this new adventure from the Parties menu. It will be in place of Special Delivery.

When you first join the adventure, a koala named Patrick will greet you!

After you are finished talking to Patrick, his speech bubble will disappear and you will see this beautiful clover-filled land! Start roaming around and try to find clover keys. They are scattered around on the clover patches, so keep an eye out! When you find a key, look for a treasure chest and unlock it! You will either receive 2 Happy-Go-Lucky prizes (one member, one non-member) or gems (an amount ranging from around 25-100).

Here are some pictures of the new adventure!

And here are some prizes that you can win!

And the prizes from the epic key:

They all go so well together, so you can make an amazing den out of the prizes!

Like the previous adventures, the map is shaped like a seasonal symbol, in this case, a clover! ^.^

On the DE, they posted something about this new adventure! Take a look:

Hmm... what do you think they mean by "spiky treasures"? Do they mean spiked collars? If anyone figures out what they mean by "rare treasures" and "spiky treasures", please let me know! ^.^ I think that by completing the adventure you get 2 rares, but I am not totally sure.

Yikes, and after all that, we still have to cover the Think About it Thursday... XD

Okay, here are some questions...

What do you think AJHQ means by "spiky treasures"?

What do you think about the new adventure?

What types of items do you think will be released on Saturday and Sunday for the Super Pi Day?

Make sure to answer those questions in a comment down below! ^.^

Also, Jamaa Township is now spring-themed!

Ciao for now jammers! If you have a full collection of prizes, make sure to send them in to us!

-Panda