This page is for the history buff who wants to see what has
changed and how Neopia has evolved over the years. Most people will find this
list of no use. Some of the links and information is outdated. This is just
to give you a feel of how things have changed.
Our archives are incomplete, so if you have information that might help fill
in the gaps, please let
us know.
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Your pet can now find Faeries lurking around the site.
(14th January 2000)
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The Neopian Times starts today - if you have any articles
you want to send in then please let us know! (25th January 2000)
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Today a new feature was added where your pet sends you
a card when its your birthday. (27th January 2000)
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All the NeoPets are available in both milk and white
chocolate to buy in the shops. Some are rarer than others though, so keep
looking for them all. (1rst February
2000)
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Every day we are now sending out birthday cards to people!
(7th February 2000)
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Trading Cards are now in the shops :) (8th February 2000)
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Pet Fighting arena coming soon. Don't worry, they can't
really die! (8th February 2000)
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The Battle Magic shop and the Defence Magic shop have
been opened up! (8th February 2000)
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New feature - limited edition pets! (10th February 2000)
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You can access your NeoDeck, and upgrade its size. Your
NeoDeck is where you can put your trading cards. (10th February 2000)
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The Bank now has a Safety Deposit Box
where you can store things away from thieves and evil monsters! (29th February 2000)
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More random events, in which your pets will talk to
you! (8th March 2000)
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The Soup
Kitchen is a cool place to feed your pets if you don't have any
money :( (8th March 2000)
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The Wishing
Well has been added to the marketplace! (8th March 2000)
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The NeoLodge
opened today. (16th March 2000)
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Magical Paintbrushes are now lurking around the site.
Grab one and go paint your pet at the Rainbow Pool.
(10th May 2000)
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ILLNESSES ARE HERE Yes, your pet can now get ill!
If this happens (its a random event) then diagnose the illness at the
Hospital, and
buy a cure from the Pharmacy.
(20th July 2000)
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The Theme Park
is completed. So far you can go on rides, and we have also added some
funny ride entries. We will be adding more stuff, and more rides very
soon. Also your pets will be able to find random theme park items like
candy floss and balloons. (11th August 2000)
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Banks
now give out interest. Because there are SO many accounts, we can
only give interest to people with over 15,000 Neopoints in their
account. Sorry about this (there are over 600,000 bank accounts in Neopia!
Poor database!) (29th August 2000)
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A Magical Cooking
Pot has been found on the Mystery Isle. If you go there you will
meet a young Island faerie called Jhuidah. (31st
August 2000)
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As you most probably know, the Trading Post
has been launched!!! We hope you like it. (29th
September 2000)
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We have redone the Faerie Quests - the faeries
are tired with giving out so many of them, so now instead of going to
them for a quest... they will come to you! (2nd October
2000)
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The halloween bug has been fixed :) Yeah!!! Why not
check out the start of our new Halloween World
by clicking here. Lots more coming tomorrow, and all the way up to the
31st... (13th October 2000)
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The Esophagor
is hungry, and we need you to feed him! I wonder what he is going to tell
you if you give him his meal? :) (19th October
2000)
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Check out our new quest - The Brain Tree
- this horrible morbid fellow will help you out, if only you can answer
his riddles. (19th October 2000)
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GUILDS!!! - We have been working on Guilds for the past
few weeks, and here they are - ready at last. Be one of the first to create
a guild, by clicking here. (7th November 2000)
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We have added a secret laboratory to the site today...
can you find it? It is rumoured that inside there is a secret ray that
can really, really change your pet... (9th
November 2000)
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A new discovery has been made, hidden deep underneath
the main town shops is an intricate maze of dark caves. What magical secrets
can you discover there? Can you even find the entrance? (10th November 2000)
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Winter World was introduced over the Dec 1-15 news pages.
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We are adding an important new feature today, its called
the Neopedia.
Every day we will be building up a massive database of articles, stories,
and lots more - all about the world of Neopia. Check it out, we start
with a story about the Aisha Thieves, and there will be more to come soon!
(31st December 2000)
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HALF PRICE DAY! - Yes, on the 3rd day of Sleeping,
in the Year 3, all the shopkeepers got together and decided that from
now on the third day of every month will be half price day! Yes, all the
items in all the shops will be half price! (3rd January 2001)
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BATTLEDOME BETA TEST - We shall be opening up the
Battledome to everybody today, just for a short test. You will only be
able to play for a while, we are doing this to stress-test our servers.
Click here
to enter the Dome! (11th January 2001)
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NEW WORLD! - Over the next month Neopets will be releasing
a new world... the fun-filled, exciting, game-packed city in the sky...
FAERIELAND!!!. Look out for an Employment Agency, Faerie Paintbrushes,
new Battledome Items, a Healing Spring, super-super-rare items costing
over 1 million Neopoints, a Hidden Library, and much much more. How do
you get there? Well.. its not open yet, but you will need a faerie totem
to get there! Click here
for more information! (12th January 2001)
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The Faerie Queen has discovered a secret, hidden tower
in her castle. Inside are ancient, rare artifacts that she will be selling
to the denizens of Neopia. Click here
to learn more! (16th January 2001)
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The Hidden Tower
is now open for business! If you can afford it - we suggest you take advantage
of these powerful artifacts! (17th January 2001)
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Book Update
We noticed that there were huge numbers of discarded books lying about
Neopia. To keep books valuable they are now all magical and will disappear
once you have read them to your Neopet. This is not a bug, it helps to
keep the game balanced. (15th February 2001)
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NEOHOMES ARE HERE!!! - We just launched the Alpha
Version of our NeoHomes.
You can go ahead and start building today!!! We are still working on them
so there may be a few bugs, but we should get those sorted asap. (8th March 2001)
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News Flash!
A gigantic earthquake has just torn through Neopia disrupting construction
work, traffic and shop sales. The extent of the damage is not yet known,
although the Ice
Caves have been badly hit. (20th March 2001)
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Skeiths and Grarrls can now eat any item in the
game, not just food :) (4th May 2001)
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Sorry about this, but we have to remove all chat rooms
from across the site. If you have a chat room in your guild or shop, please
remove it. Thanks! (10th May 2001)
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There is a new class of objects... retired ones. A Retired
object is something that has left Neopets and will never be coming back
(and therefore worth a lot of neopoints!). These will be denoted in Your Items
as (retired). We have also gone
through and changed some of the rarity levels. (23rd May 2001)
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THE LOST DESERT has just been added to the
map of Neopia. Click here
to explore the new world! We are still in the process of adding things
to it, so there won't be much there to start with. (21st June 2001)
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Important - Please do not put pop up windows on the
noticeboard. If you do so we will remove your notice and not refund the
money.
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We have just opened the Rainbow Fountain. Its not
working yet, but you can get your Fountain Pass today! UPDATE
: We are currently having some problems with the fountain - it will be
back later. (21st and 22nd July 2001) The Rainbow
Fountain is once again open for business!
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We haven't finished working on it yet, but you can collect
your Fountain Pass by going there now.