BREAKING NEWS
An unexpected, dangerous Storm has hit Marada. It's different to the Rain that Marada has recently experienced and it's like no weather the residents of Marada have ever experienced! As soon as we know more about it, we will let you know... but so far it's brought the following changes to Marada...


The School is currently closed as a result of the severe weather across Marada.

Unfortunately the Magic Carpet cannot fly through the storm and has been grounded. You will not be able to use the Magic Carpet to pass any mission level until the storm passes.

While the Magic Carpet is grounded, you can visit the Telescope and are guaranteed to spot it if you haven't already done so!

The Account Upgrades Shop has a 2 for 1 promotion on all Blood items.

The storm isn't all doom and gloom! Play Cloud Nine and all three storm cloud multipliers will show, automatically awarding you with the highest multiplier.

To help prepare for the worst of the storm, the Batteries, Canned Food and Candle Shops all have a 2 for 1 special on all items.

The storm has the Sugar Stack falling over so easily the stack cannot get as high as usual.

Every time you play Pie Throw, the storm will blow a pie at a random player online.

The storm is much worse in Vortex Park, forcing the Diner, Fake Dukka Coins, Fake Pirate Ship and Fake Costumes Shops to close.

Shusan has also had to stop her quests, as her socks were blowing away.

The storm has the Nutty Tree dropping it's nut items each time you visit.

Every time Pembe throws her Pixie Dice, they blow away! Until the storm passes, she will give out either 1 or 2 random stats each time - guaranteed!

Since the release of Fairy Flight, the fairies have been improving their flying skills daily and there has been a lot of healthy competition between them all to be the best. All of this competition has caught the attention of the ultimate Winner, who is the newest addition to Minipet Island.

He is so great at all sports, he's never lost a game! He needs more pets in Marada to be as good as he is. The higher your pet's Sports stat is, the greater he will reward them. You will receive prizes for each of your pet's sports stat levels - the higher you train, the more you are rewarded! There are currently prizes for 140 or more Sports Stats.




The Winner has been added to the Minipet Island world map and the Rewards page.

There are even more winners today, as the Santa Claws New Year Raffle has been announced.
There were 100 winners of 1,000,000MP, 3 winners of £25 Account Upgrades Credit, 10 winners of £10 Account Upgrades Credit and 25 winners of £5 Account Upgrades Credit. If you were a winner of MP or Account Upgrades Credit you should now have them and an alert. Any Bonus Prize items won will now be in your Inventory if you were a winner.


The following players won a Christmas costume:

Toshiyori63, gabbygirl95929, Gwylynnsgarden, Culli, illusionistdave, ImAly, cupuchino, Gamzee, Sonya, Megnifique, tamadude123party, Kolae, Affection, ZyuohTheWorld, Vicki, mepopmad, Meggy, fluffy57142, magenta2977, puzzlesme2pieces

All Simerian pets will receive FREE TRAINING at the Gym and Elite Gym until February 5th and FREE LESSONS at the School and University until January 31st.

The Bolimo, Crikey, Feliz, Jessup, Poera, Sindi and Walee can now wear the Simerian Costume that is still on sale at Account Upgrades.




The 29 Stamps and 20 Glowing Egg Flash Game Bonus Prizes that could be won from our old games are now restocking in the Stamps and Glowing Egg shops.

Sadly, the Rainbow in Marada has faded away. Luckily, these rainbows may appear whenever we've had a period of Rain in Marada. Can't wait that long? A new 'Marvelous Rainbow' experience has been released. Can you find it?

You can also bring a little more colour to your life at the Hair Dye Shop which now has a new shopkeeper.

Now that our new Arcade Games are being released, we can finally reveal some of the changes intended for the old flash games without ruining the surprise! The 46 Video Game bonus prizes that could be won from each of the flash games will remain as items on the game but now restock at the Video Games Shop for Score Points.

BREAKING NEWS
When it rained in Marada, the fairies were stuck. Their wings get wet and they can't fly around. This isn't good enough! Now that the rain has stopped, the Royal Fairy has commanded all fairies to practice their flying skills and she needs your help! You can play Fairy Flight up to 3 times per day for FREE. Fly each fairy through each doughnut, without missing a doughnut, flying too high or falling to the ground and you'll earn points. If you send score, you can earn 35MP per point up to a maximum of 2,000MP per game.




Fairy Flight is the first of many new Arcade Games we have on the way to replace the Flash Games we retired beginning this year. These games can be played on any browser and on any device - including Mobile! This game will also pay 5 Score Points for each play (or 10 if you have the Arcade Giftbox). You may also win a random bonus prize whenever you send score and there is a High Scores list to compete for the top score. Score Points and the Arcade Fairy will remain as a currency and counter based on all Arcade Games, Free Games and Points to Play Games. However, a new counter for these new Arcade Games will start from now and will include all future games released, most likely with a new reward fairy.

Can you find the 'Fairy Flight' Hidden Avatar?

Over the next couple of weeks and months, more details will be revealed about changes to the Monthly Checklist, bonus prizes from the old Flash Games and all of the other exciting changes and improvements we have on the way. Once again we'd like to thank all of our players, especially those who have continued to play and support us over the past 15 Years and those who purchase Account Upgrades. Without your help we'd not be able to continue to improve and grow.

A new Rainbow Treasure Chest is on sale at the Account Upgrades Shop. It will automatically retire March 10th. You can open this item to receive 8 different, random new items, including new clothes, scenery, minipet, gourmet food, toys, holograms and hair extensions. You will not receive duplicate items inside a single treasure chest.




Can you find these new Hidden Avatars?

As soon as the rainbow appeared in Marada, all citizens rushed out to have a look. Sadly, the Contact Lenses Shopkeeper was unable to see the rainbow. All of the years he's been selling these contact lenses, he never once used them himself! He finally used a pair of today and for the first time saw how badly he looked. Thankfully he has now had a makeover!

BREAKING NEWS
After a week or so of rain, it's slowly stopping and the sun has come through, creating a beautiful Rainbow. The Rainbow Fairy informs us that a rainbow in Marada lasts around 6 to 24 hours usually but she thinks this time it'll be around for about 48 hours or 72 hours at the most! What happens when there is a Rainbow? Well...

All Rainbow Pets will receive FREE training at the Gym and Elite Gym and FREE lessons at the School and University.

Whenever there is a rainbow in Marada, the Operations Portal, Whirlpool, Vortex Park Reservoir and Foxfire Pond are guaranteed to change your pet's colour, species or both!

The Account Upgrades Shop has a 2 for 1 promotion on all DNA items.

With all the beautiful colours in the sky, Drew doesn't need any more colour! He will only ask for the colour white, which is default for every player. This means you can complete his quests without the Glowing Egg collection requirement.

The Leprechaun is busy chasing the rainbow. You'll have to wait until this rainbow leaves to complete his quests.

The Costumes, Contact Lenses, Eye Make Up, Face Make Up, Fake Costumes and Hair Dye Shops all have a 2 for 1 special on all items.

Complete a Farming quest and if you win a Ball of Yarn you will receive 2.

And finally, if your minipet can change colour, it will change colour when it rides the Fasoro Falls.

The Simerian Costume was first released in August 2008 in Account Upgrades and the costume has been retired and forgotten about ever since. A new Simerian Account Upgrade Set has been released, with 7 new Simerian themed items, a retired Simerian Costume and either a Simerian Enchanted Plushie or Simerian Potion. This set is on sale until February 29th. You can choose if you would like the main prize to be an Enchanted Simerian Plushie or Potion. There is 1 in 3 chance you will receive a restricted Vlad instead of Crindol, Gonk, Osafo, Paffuto, Speiro, Tantua and Yakubi.




The Crindol, Gobble, Gonk, Ike, Paffuto, Pucu, Rofling, Sybri, Tantua, Vlad, Yakubi and Zoosh can now wear the Simerian Costume.



The Simerian Addow, Osafo, Speiro, Yuni and Zoink have been updated to match the new style.

There are 8 new species of DNA Minipet that can now be cloned at the Laboratory. The Fasafo and Azow have also been updated.

We've had 6 days of Rain in Marada and some residents are getting used to being under water. For a limited time only, the retired Underwater Treasure Chest from 2012 is back on sale at the Account Upgrades Shop. It will automatically retire again January 31st.

There are other ways for your pets to wrap up in this Rain. Twelve more Mummy Pets have been updated. This means all 77 pets now have the updated design!

Day 3 of Rain in Marada and poor old Gladys from the Charity Shop almost blew away trying to tell residents all about the changes at her shop. She now restocks much more items each restock and she can stock items that are up to Rarity 20 now instead of 10. Be sure to check by and grab a bargain!
Much like Gladys' umbrella, these pets are now Defective.

There are new Profile Settings to give you greater control over what you allow/share. You can now hide the time/date on your Activity Log so that it only shows for your friends or best friends (or no one if you set it to best friend and have none of these). You can do the same for comments on your Blog and comments on your activity, which is coming soon.

You also have much more control over each player contacting you. You can click on the friends icon on any player's profile and change the ways that this player is able to contact you. For example, you could have your default MaraTalk setting at 'Best Friends Only' but still visit the new 'friendship' page on a player's profile to always allow or always block a specific player from contacting you.

The Ercuw, Eyru, Oglue, Phanty, Pucu, Tasi, Troit and Zetlian can now wear the Recycled Costume.

BREAKING NEWS
Borak has had such a negative response from the residents of Marada, he has stopped trying to change the weather. Hours after he stopped, the Rain has returned. The Rainy Account Upgrade that was supposed to retire today has been extended by a week. The Chibs, Decadal, Hump, Leido, Renat and Xoi can now wear the Rainy Costume.

For those who missed it last time it was Raining in Marada, the following is happening again...

Heatwave items are not retired but now that it's raining and not a heatwave in Marada, they are not currently available. If you haven't already noticed, Marapets has a new rainy layout and the Cleaning Products shop also has a new shopkeeper!

Completing a level on any Mission during this rain and you'll win one of these new Umbrellas for your Wardrobe.


The Books, CDs, DVDs and Video Game Shops all have a 2 for 1 special on all items to help you keep your pets entertained inside while it rains.

The rain has made the Lake in Lush Lake flood. For your own safety, you cannot currently visit.

With Lush Lake flooded from the rain, the Coffee, Contact Lenses, Hair Dye, Lipsticks and Olympic Shops are all closed.

With the miserable rainy weather outside, pets are concentrating better at School, the Gym, Elite Gym and University and earning Double Stats.

Pets are all working harder at their jobs as it rains outside. This means there is TRIPLE the chance of receiving a Job Promotion random event and DOUBLE the chance of the promotion actually being given by your pet's boss!

This rain has the residents of Marada doing a lot more indoor activities, like Shopping. But it also is a chance for Shopkeepers like you to increase your shop sales and the amount of items you have on sale! Upgrading your Shop Size is currently Half Price!

And finally, Queen Eleka will be giving out extra FREE Loyalty Raffle Tickets for players who fill up and price their own Shops. While she won't reveal her secret formula, the more new items you add and price in your Shop, the more extra tickets she will give out!

Major changes have happened with our Friends and Feeds features. There is now an Activity Log on each player's profile. It's a page that puts together some of the public features of Marapets, like your topics and blogs with a few other things you acheive, such as complete a goal, find an avatar, complete a mission or take a selfie and shows this in a timeline. The old feeds feature allowed you to subscribe to a certain player's trades, topics, blogs etc and be notified whenever they used these.

Feeds are now a News Feed based on what your friends are doing and what you subscribe to. You can now click on the friendship icon on any player's profile and change the settings for each player. You can allow or block them from contacting you from certain features and you can also subscribe to their activity, just like before.

By default, what your friends are doing will show on your brand new News Feed. This will be expanded over the next few months with much more options on what you would like or not like to share with other players. There will also be more options to allow any player, just friends (or totally disable) comments on your activity.

You have total control over what shows on your News Feed. You can click on any friend from your News Feed or click on the Friendship icon on any player's profile and change what you follow, what you don't, if they can contact you or not and many other options.

This is a brand new feature and is obviously very complex. If you have any issues, please report them so that we can fix and improve this right away. Once we're happy this all works as it should, we will start to add more features to it.
What is the point of the new News Feed?
Our Maramail/MaraTalk features allow you to contact players in private and our Alerts keep you notified of any game related notifications. News Feed is and will be for more social parts of the site. If you create a topic, notifications will go here rather than popup and bother you as you play.

One of your best friends just started a mission and has 30 minutes to go and may fail. You will see this on your news feed and you may have the item they need to be able to help them pass.

A new Hidden Avatar is released - 4 or 5 of your friends have found it. You can see this now on your news feed and ask them for the solution. Or a friend finds an avatar you've been stuck on - you can see this and ask to borrow their pet.
There are many different benefits (or not for some people) to these new news feed to see what your friends are doing. If you don't care or don't want to see these, you have total control over what you see or don't miss!

As much as we'd love to never have any errors or bugs, sometimes these can happen. We've updated our Error page - if you ever find any errors or problems around the site, please let us know about it at the Errors or Bugs Forum so these can be fixed right away.

The Justin, Kujo, Lorius, Mordo, Newth, Vlad and Zoosh can now wear the Recycled Costume.

Happy New Year
It's 2020 and we have a fantastic year ahead of us at Marapets! Sadly, it also means the end of our Flash Games. If you did not already know, on December 31, 2020, Adobe Systems will officially stop updating and distributing Adobe Flash. It had already had limited or no support on most browsers and all mobile devices.

As flash will be totally obsolete by the end of 2020, we decided to start 2020 without it. This sadly means that all of our Flash Games no longer award any MP, Score Points or item prizes.

The 2 levels of Candyland Goals and the level of Undying Woods Goals and the City of Marada Goals have both been changed to remove the flash game requirements.

The Monthly Checklist also does not require you to play these games this month either. Other changes will be made later this year.

The Azul, Crindol, Dakota, Decadal, Echlin, Fasoro and Kidlet can now wear the Recycled Costume.