Wizard101 Fishing Tournament June 18th!

June 18th is "National Go Fishing Day" but that's not the exciting part!  What's exciting is that Wizard101 is having a fishing contest!

Get your gear ready and if you're off school jump into the water from 9:00 AM to 11:59 PM.

Your goal is to catch the new "Basking in the Sun" shark as many times as you can. For every "Basking" shark you catch you'll get an entry into a drawing for either 60,000 crowns or one of several possible 10,000 crown prizes.

So get out there and catch some fish!

But remember... the Dekos and Cudas won't do... you need the summer fish to get entered into the contest!

Vale

Terror's Hoard Pack

The new Darkmoor-themed card pack gives some cool new gear and decorations as well as cards and gems. Here are a few shots of the packs that I opened recently.

I didn't manage to get a pet or a mount but I found a few really cool things...

Some cool paintings and gear for the house.

A bunch of new housing decorations and a pair of boots for a different school. 

A gem and of course books are appreciated for the house. Also mote's are hard to find so keep these for crafting.

And more castle decorations.

And more ...

And more

And more

I got really excited thinking the Diamond was a gem but it's a crafting ingredient. 

More housing items AND a robe! Yay!

And shoes! Yay!

On the right you can see the stats of the coat. It looks like you might be able to build a set of gear that work actually help with cross-school spell casting.  Like if you're using a second school amulet! That would be way cool to be able to cast a strong second-school spell.

As you can see the boots also help with cross-school spell casting.  Nice!

That's pretty awesome.  I'll throw on a storm amulet and get dressed for battle and see what happens!

So. I'm assuming that the gear may not be exactly fit for PVP in the high ranks but I bet it's pretty fun to quest with a second school set up and a few good treasure cards!

Let me know what you think of the new Terror Hoard pack and if you've found anything really awesome in it!

See you around the spiral!

Vale

Aztecan Builder's Bundle

There's an awesome new bundle called the Azteca Builder's Bundle and here's the first half of a sneak peek at it.

Check out this awesome wand!  May cast Blinding Light!  If you're a Death wizard and you're fizzling on your spells all the time this wand is a must-have.

If you want a peek at the other wand options see the details at the bottom of the post.

As for the Toucan't pet... this is a Fire wizard's dream. It has Fire Dealer and a friend's Toucan't got Infallible which is helpful to a Fire.

 Now for a peek at the castle...

 This isn't an ordinary castle, it's a builder's castle so you can use the housing controls to move pieces and reconfigure your castle any way you want.

 Here's builders view of the roof if you zoom out so you can imagine how you can build it up.

What castle would be complete without a secret door?

Here's a view of the spiral door at the home.

There are the neighbors... good thing they're quiet!

Now things are getting interesting... a waterfall

That leads to...the inside of the island and...

your bank and...

a whole other pyramid builder house.

Taking a stroll on the roof.

A fountain that is a tribute to the schools.

And that's not all!!!  There's clothing that comes with the bundle and a mount that seems to be just in time for Jurassic Park (I'm guessing that's a coincidence)

Check out this bundle and if you're like me, it's one of my favorites so far.

Vale

Wand detail...
level 10 wand 4% accuracy 110 block 3% stun block +1 power pip - level 90+ only
level 9 wand 4% accuracy 90 block 3% stun block +1 power pip - level 80+ only
level 8 wand 4% accuracy 70 block 3% stun block +1 power pip - level 70+ only
level 7 wand 3% accuracy 50 block 3% stun block +1 power pip - level 60+ only
level 6 wand 3% accuracy 30 block 3% stun block +1 power pip
level 5 wand 3% accuracy 2% stun block +1 power pip
level 4 wand 2% accuracy 2% stun block +1 power pip
level 3 wand 2% accuracy 1% stun block +1 pip
level 2 wand 1% accuracy 1% stun block +1 pip
level 1 wand 1% accuracy 1% stun block

Jewels Gems Socket Wrenches and Powering up Your Wizard

Are you into "bedazzling?" If you believe the AT&T commercial that was "so last year"... but it's "so this year" in Wizard City!  Check your backpack periodically for gems just in case you have one you can embed in one of your gear items.  It's worth it to boost your stats when every little bit helps in questing.

I've had a whopping 2 gems drop in combat so far  +11 crit and +60 mana both of them were in Cloud Burst Forrest in Azteca.  One was in   No socket wrenches have dropped for me yet.  What kinds of gems have you had drop for you and where?

The cool thing with bedazzling your gear is that you can take a so-so item like a so-so athame and boost it like crazy even more than one of the "better" ones.  Because adding gems is a semi permanent thing you want to choose carefully so you don't waste a good gem on a lesser item if you can win one a bit better for your level that can accept gems.

But if you do happen on a great item you can super power it with lesser gems and just break them when you find better ones to replace them with.




Have fun!

Please share some good gem farming locations in the comments.

Vale

Mount-a-Palooza in Wizard101

There are give-aways around the spiral and sales on mounts including buying mounts for 5,000 crowns or less!  KingIsle has also released the Jeweled Scarab a new mount that has to be seen to be believed.  Rare and retired mounts will be back for a little bit like Purple Glider and Bat Wings and the White Mare Mount. (If you're a knight you need a white horse to round out your outfit right?)

But we don't want to leave you without a chance to WIN something for free!

We've been selected to give away Bat Wings permanent mounts.

Enter to win one of 9 bat wing permanent mounts.  These are retired and impossible to find so if you're collecting mounts this is an essential collectors item.

I'll be giving these away between now and the 19th. >>a Rafflecopter giveaway<<