Season's Greetings

Happy December, everyone! I'm so excited for this month! I have a lot planned and I can't wait to get started! First, a quick recap on what happened in November!

In November, we got a new bundle: The Jewel Crafter's Bundle! We got a cool Veteran's Day gift, graduated, we ventured into Polaris, and met our new teachers at The Arcanum. Harvest Hannah came to the Spiral and we got a plateful of fun Thanksgiving items.

I almost made it to 3,000 pageviews! I know that this is gonna be the best month yet! My goal was to get to 5,000, but I'll be happy with 4,000. Also, it was a record month as I posted 12 times! Woo! And. my blog turned 5 months old today!

December is going to be the best month ever! I'm planning on posting for the 12 Days of Christmas. I'm going to attempt to create a post a day for 12 days! These posts will be guides, parodies, stories, lists, and other neat stuff! 

Unfortunately, I have nothing to give away. I wish I could, but I can't. Sorry guys. :( Maybe these fun posts will make up for it?

It's amazing that it's already December! Christmas is only a few weeks away and the year is drawing to a close. Wow, time flies when you are saving the Spiral! 

Remember to save those crowns, because Felix Navidad and all the cool crowns items are coming to the Spiral very, very soon! Items include pets, wands, gear, mounts, and the Yuletide and Winterland Packs! Don't miss out on these amazing items. 

Feliz Navidad!

Top 10 Greatest Houses

Wizard101 has a large variety of houses available. Some are extravagant, others are simple. Whether you like small, cozy houses or large, beautiful houses, I've created a list of what I think are the best houses in the game! This includes the showy houses and the useful houses!

10) Royal Playhouse

The Royal Playhouse is one of the first houses players encounter, and most buy it. For a small price of 15,000 gold, wizards get a nice big house, huge yard, and large theater to entertain guests. This house is perfect for new players and decorators alike! It's design and versatility makes Royal Playhouse number ten.

9) Polarian Shipwreck

The Polarian Shipwreck is the newest house in the game! It's stunning details, such as the Northern Lights and Huge Glaciers are an excellent touch. This house is useful and is part of an awesome bundle! It's impressive sky pushes the Polarian Shipwreck into the number nine slot!

8) Sun Palace

The Sun Palace is a picturesque house with tons of surprises! It's fun layout makes it ideal for housing games such as tag. The house itself is very big and is very fun to decorate. There's so many places to explore in the Sun Palace! The Sun Palace's amazing layout places it number eight.

7) Watchtower Hall

Watchtower Hall is a unique house! This house brings Grizzleheim to you. It's refreshing waterfalls and lakes are a real crowd-pleaser. You can even spend some time watching the beautiful sky above you! This gorgeous house with its beautiful surroundings land it the seventh greatest house!

6) Death House

The Death House is no doubt the spookiest house in the spiral! It's ability to go nicely with Halloween makes it a really fun house, especially for parties! The house is scary-good and all around awesome! The Death House screams it's way into sixth, but don't be fooled. This house is known to give out good candy!

5) Royal Estate

The Royal Estate is one of the most charming houses in game! Live the life of luxury and glam in this amazing house from Marleybone. With some decorating in mind, the Policemen's Ball could be held at your place. Not about that life of hosting parties? Go crazy and decorate it to your heart's content. The boys in blue think number five is kewl!

4) Island Getaway

When it starts to snow, everyone wishes they could be at the beach. Skip it all and live in paradise at the Island Getaway! It's easy to throw epic parties or just relax at this house. Not only do you get the comforts of the beach, but you also get a nice view! Island Getaway surfs up to four! Hang ten, dude!

3) Wysteria Villa

The Wysteria Villa is a beautiful home nestled above the sea! With a great view, cascading waterfall, and plenty of space, the Wysteria Villa is the greatest houses! This lovely house has so much character and works nicely with all kinds of furniture. This classy house slides into the top three!

2) Treetop Getaway

The Treetop Getaway is a pretty house with so much to see! It's winding vines, towering trees and beautiful scenery make for a great house. A truly fun and unique house for all wizards alike! Towering in at number two is the Treetop Getaway!

1) Red Barn Farm

The Red Barn Farm is an excellent house for gardeners. With huge gardening plots, this house pays for itself! Beyond gardening, this house has room for everyday decorating. If you like to drink out of a mason jar and enjoy barn weddings, this IS your house! The Red Barn Farm's green thumb stamps it into number one for being the most useful house!

This list is solely my opinion. If you don't think this list is correct, you are right. That's because both my opinion and yours is correct.

If you are looking to buy a house, I wish you the best of luck! Have fun and happy house shopping! 

Watchtower Hall Crafting Guide

Watchtower Hall is one of the coolest houses in the game. I like it for obvious reason. Unfortunately, the house requires a lot of time, effort, and gold to create. This guide not only has a list of the recipe, but also the recipe for each item.

Watchtower Hall is a luxury-sized castle that is not tradeable and not auctionable. It can hold 250 items inside and 250 items outside. It does not have a dueling circle.

The recipe is available for 60,000 gold from Torald Wayfinder in Northguard, Grizzleheim. You must have the Master Artisan crafting level. It takes 24 hours to cool down.

• 10 Blizzard Treasure Cards
• Easily available from the Bazaar
• 20 Ghost Fire Reagents
• Bazaar
• Yuji Hamada - MoosShu
• Many other vendors through out the spiral
• 4 Wooden Water Towers - Outdoor 
• Recipe from Balthazar Dragonthorn - 2,150 Gold
• 4 Evil Snowman Treasure Cards
• 5 Shadow Oil 
• 1 Glass Vial
• 50 Mist Wood
• 24 Scrap Iron
• 16 Frost Flower
• 60 Bronze Gear
• 4 Carved Stone Towers - Outdoor
• Recipe from Toshio - 1,000 Gold
• 2 Locust Swarm Treasure Cards
• 3 Shadow Oil
• 1 Glass Vial
• 42 Stone Block
• 20 Diamond
• 12 Scrap Iron
• 44 Bronze Gear
• 15 Ornamental Stepstones - Outdoor
• Recipe from Wul'yahm - 595 Gold
• 4 Shadow Oil
• 1 Simple Vial
• 14 Ore
• 6 Nightshade
• 20 Ectoplasm
• 30 Stack of Wood Planks - Decoration
• Recipe from Eudora Tangletree - 138 Gold
• 3 Black Coal
• 1 Simple Vial
• 6 Mist Wood
• 8 Grassy Mounds - Outdoor
• Recipe from Balthazar Dragonthorn - 2,370 Gold
• 4 Nature's Wraith Treasure Cards
• 6 Shadow Oil
• 1 Glass Vial
• 68 Deep Mushroom
• 26 Water Lily
• 20 Parchment
• 2 Water Fountains - Outdoor
• Recipe from Balthazar Dragonthorn - 2,700 Gold
• 2 Seraph Treasure Cards
• 1 Shadow Oil
• 2 Glass Vial
• 80 Ore
• 30 Waterlily
• 18 Frost Flower
• 64 Bronze Gear

Total Price for Recipes: 68,953 Gold

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello wizards! Today is Thanksgiving! In the spirit of thanks, here is 5 things I'm thankful for!

1. My Readers: From page views to comments on Twitter, I'm so thankful you take the time to read everything I work hard to bring you!
2. Five People: Swordroll, Frostcaller, Vanessa Mythdust, Soultamer Gaming, and Sophia Lifecaster. You've helped me set up my blog, spread the word, reached out to me and have been an inspiration for my blog... Thank You!
3. My family and friends: Who love me and are always there for me. They already know what they do, so Thank You!
4. Food: Food is awesome! Who doesn't love food? Thanks for being awesome! :)
5. Wizard101: For being an awesome game with all around awesomness!

Give thanks this year by entering the code "givethanks15" for a bunch of Thanksgiving themed items in both Wizard101 and Pirate101!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Bones of the Earth

Story by Ymir

Retold by Cheyenne Caster

Child, you have journeyed so far to find me. Perhaps you've noticed all that Grizzleheim has? Such a beautiful world! I long to see the tall trees and cold creeks. You know, there is quite a good story about them.

The creatures of Grizzleheim think I'm dead. You see, in their minds, I was killed by brothers Odin, Vili, and Ve. They think I was so huge that I covered the entire Earth. My body became the Earth. I am the Bones of the Earth.

I am the trees, the creeks, the mountains. I am the soil, the plants, the animals. 

Maybe it's true, though I am not dead. Perhaps I live on in these things. Perpetual sleep I must carry out. Child, if you find this true, that I live on in these things, please treat them well. 

I must go on, living in this world but not truly alive in it. Child, perhaps you have broken, in a way, my perpetual sleep? Though my body sleeps, my mind will wander through the trees, the creeks, the mountains, the plants, the soil, and the animals. 

Child, I thank you for your deed. You'll never truly know what you've done, but I will forever thank you.

The Future of Fishing

With the new Polaris Update, magical fishing has become more competitive and useful. Players can earn arena tickets, badges, prizes, and gold. Fish are now swimming in the waters of select houses. House Fishing Chests are dropping bundle mounts and gear. All this is happening as our energy is going down the drain.

Fishing Chests in the House

One of the most controversial topics of the Polaris update is the fishing chests. They aren't just dropping gold, seeds, furniture and reagents. They're dropping mounts and gear to their respective bundle homes! Some people love this idea, others... not so much. Let's look at the pros and cons of this concept.

Pros

• For wizards who don't get to buy stuff for the game, this is an excellent opportunity to get much-needed and very-wanted items
• For free-to-play wizards, there's something fun to do with out loosing interest in the game
• Wizards can transfer items to other wizards on their account to make them more successful

Cons

• Wizards who bought the bundle get a slap in the face- why buy it if you can fish for it? Ultimately, it's a waste of money
• More wizards with the same gear makes the bundle less unique and the novelty wears off

In my opinion, since its really hard to get the items, its a good idea. KingsIsle isn't just handing out free stuff, you have to work hard for it. But, it has to be making bundle sales dip down, so why would they do this?

Fishing in Houses

One thing I wonder about is why they decided to add fish to houses in the first place. It kind of cancels out reasons to buy the Mystic Fishing Bundle. You can get a First Mate Otter through hatching, similar fishing gear with Arena Tickets, and get a Mount that adds energy. Also, why get the Private Fishing Escape when you could just visit a bundle house?

Then I started thinking, are people really buying the Mystic Fishing Bundle a lot? I don't think they are. One thing businesses do is promote a product to help sales out for something else. Let's see what House Fishing is helping sales with:

• Energy Elixirs: With all the fishing, you run out of energy quickly. You probably bought a few elixirs, which is money to KI
• Bundles: When you visit bundle houses, you are exposed to all the cool stuff it offers. It sparks a need for it, so you end up buying the bundle for yourself
• You probably will never complete a set of gear through fishing, so speed up the process and actually get the bundle
• Fishing Luck Elixirs: Self explanatory
• Aquariums: You probably want to show off all those cool fish, so buy some of the crowns aquariums 
• Fishing: When you get into the activity, you'll buy anything and everything to make you the best. Anything that is bought with crowns that helps you 
• Hey, why not? Just get the Mystic Fishing Bundle because there's more fish to catch!
• Locations: Even though it's not related to houses, players may want to expand their fishing and buy locations to fish at

KingsIsle can afford to take a minor hit to promote sales in other areas. It honestly makes sense from a business perspective. (I take business and my family owns a business. I know what I'm talking about)

In the Future
KI will probably add fishing to all houses with water. Perhaps chests will grant unique items for that their respective house.

Magical Fishing Poles
Something I think KI should add is Magical Fishing Poles. For one, it looks kinda weird throwing a lure with a sword or wand. Fishing Poles shouldn't be required, but could grant amazing stats. This includes cards, luck, and energy. They can be school only, universal, auction, no auction, tradeable, no trade, crowns, gold, and dropped!

The item would be equipped and only visible while fishing. Rods can have different looks, such as long and shorts, varying colors, varying types, and varying casting animation styles. It would be fun to watch wizards fighting and reeling in a fishing. It gives fishing a more realistic aspect, and *gasp* more money opportunities with crowns items.

So...
I think KI sees fishing as a money making machine. It's hard, addictive, and almost has the same affect as packs. Fishing could become one of the most updated and played past-time in game. As KI moves towards making more money, do not be surprised if fishing requires more crowns than skill.

Do you think fishing will be a major source for money? Do you think KI is planning to make fishing a major source of money, or am I getting to extreme? Any thoughts?

Harvest Hannah Hype Song

During KI Live, Tom & Leala announced that Harvest Hannah is returning to the Spiral, They also mentioned Harvest Hannah Hype, and someone making a Harvest Hannah Hype Song. I decided to do it. 

"Harvest Hannah Hype" by Cheyenne Caster

**To the tune of The Addams Family theme, Lyrics also Parody**

Harvest Hannah

Harvest Hannah

Harvest Hannah, Harvest Hannah, Harvest Hannah

She's tall and dressed like a pilgrim

A black hat with a brim

She's all together slim

Harvest Hannah

Her shop is a stand

When wizards come to buy wands

They end up spending one grand

Harvest Hannah

(Wheat)

(Meat)

(Treat)

So load up on some crowns

Some gear you can stitch on

We're gonna pay a visit

To Harvest Hannah

She's tall and dressed like a pilgrim

A black hat with a brim

She's all together slim

Harvest Hannah

And, if you still didn't get the hint... Harvest Hannah is coming to the Spiral!