RUMOR WOODS: The all new line of Bugs on Parade Bug Jar and Specimen Board that will be at Rumor Woods was recently previewed on Discord. This unique and bug-tastic line of collectible cuties can be reviewed at the wiki in case you missed it. Look for the details at the Rumor Woods Teasers Archive page with other news (so far) for the big event. https://bit.ly/34NWT6a
More details were announced the next day in the Discord Announcement quoted below:
GM Thandiwe
The Bugs on Parade Series
on 26 May 2022 11:05am
from Official GemStone IV Discord, #event-announcements channel
The Bugs on Parade Series
The Bug Jar is a new item that will allow you to wander through Elanthia and PEER at the world of insects. You can then create a replica of the insect that you see by SHAKING your jar. At Tier 1, the jar will create replica insects that can be POINTED at the paper (just like the Flower Power Flower Press).
The Specimen Board is a new item that will allow you to store your newfound insects. Each board can house 30 unique specimens, though identical specimens can be ‘stacked’ as well.
Insects of Elanthia have been created to work with this new system. 970 Unique Species of insects can be found in the various realms, climates, and terrains of Elanthia (OSA & Ebon Gate are pending) with the exception of areas outside of the normal space/time of Elanthia. (ie: No insects in the Confluence, Rift, or on the Moons). There are 13 categories of insects:
1 – Ants
2 – Arachnid – Tarantula, Birdeater, Scorpions
3 – Beetles – Weevils, scarabs, beetle, borer, assassin bug (bug is noun), ladybirds, ladybugs, lovebugs
4 – Bumblebee – bee, bumblebee
5 – Large-Winged – aeshnid, butterfly, damselfly, darner, darter, dragonfly, dropwing, (redacted), glasswing, hawk, hawkmoth, meadowhawk, moth, skippers, swallowtails, sylphs
6 – Mantid – Praying Mantis, (redacted)
7 – Small-Winged – caddisfly, firefly, flies, gnats, horseflies, lanternflies, midges, mosquitos, sawflies, scorpionflies, starflies
8 – Spiders – orb-weaver, spider
9 – Stick – Stick Bug, Phasmida, leafbug, stick insect, treehopper
10 – Wasps – Wasps, Daubers, Hornets, yellowjackets
11 – Worms – Group 1 – caterpillar, millipede, centipede, crawler, nightcrawler Group 2 – annelid, budworm, earthworm, glowworm, flatworm, grub, inchworm, leach, mealworm, silkworm, slug
12 – Hoppers – (redacted), crickets, katydids, leafhopper, grasshoppers, locust, weta,
General – Catchall – bug, cicadas, cockroach, earwig, isopod, larva, larviform, leafhopper, midge, nymph, pillbug, (redacted) roach, silverfish, skipper, sowbug, stinkbug, strider, termites, woodlouse
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