The new, clean Genesis 2 migration map is now open - available to join after the midnight restart.

Our Genesis 2 map has been so over built, over used and abused since it's launch 18 months ago that its save file is a bloated lagfest - and there is nothing I can do to fix that. I'm working on getting us new hardware (will be in the new year, possibly early spring)... but that is unlikely to fix the problem.

But I'm not letting the FS have a bad map - so we are going to make Genesis 2 a playable space again - playable for harvesting, doing missions, game progression, bosses, collecting explorer notes/etc.

The only way to do this, is to get rid of the all the historic overbuilding and worldfile bloat.

So we are going to migrate to a new, clean Genesis 2 map.

THIS IS NOT A WIPE. YOU WILL LOSE NOTHING.

This isn't a "wipe"... it's a migration. You will have THREE MONTHs... until Easter 2023... to move your stuff to the new map.
We have developed an S+ Dedi Storage Moving tool to help with this process.


The Rules have been updated... see our rules page. Near the bottom of the list - rule 32 details the additional restrictions that apply to Genesis Part 2.

These are:

32. Genesis 2 is reserved for map gameplay content only - taming, harvesting, note collection, missions and bosses. No bases.

Players will be allowed one very small outpost for the purposes of enabling the gameplay - maximum size:

• one platform with shield (no walls)
  
• or one foundation build max 100 foundations and max 4 walls high (or 1x S+ "large" wall) (plus roof)
  
• or one mushroom hut with external non-build structures (tp/geny/transmitter/etc) within an area of 100 foundations total size

Shields on foundation or mushroom structures must not exceed 10x10. No shields permitted on the bridges. No building in air-locks.

Minimal internal structures "within reason" for gameplay - such as beds/tp/geny/transmitter/basic storage/etc/etc... but not breeding, mass storage, mass processing.

Outposts can be pretty, some decor is OK but keep it small and simple.

Today, we have been graced by a visit from our great friend The Philanthropist.

During our conversation it was revealed that, a long time ago, he travelled to the Exiled Lands and embarked on many adventures in that place. He has many stories to tell. As we have exiles within the Friendship of the FS - he has decided that he will also share some of his great treasures with the Exiles of Conan. He may, in the future, share some of his stories too.

We reviewed the treasures he left with us in the Arks, and found that most of his statues had been found, but not claimed. Which is rather dismaying - but he is undeterred and has left us with new treasures for the Arks too.

For now - he has left us with 5 treasures to find in the Exiled Lands, and 12 Treasures to find in the Arks. They are listed below. He has promised to return again in a few weeks.

Each treasure is represented by a token, held in a statue of the philanthropist, located somewhere within our maps. When you find a statue - take the token and bring it to Phokxx to swap it for the treasure that he has left us.

• A prying kit (removed kits from gear) (token #1)
  
• A Healing Waterskin - fill it with water and each sip will heal you. (token #2)
  
• The Pokey Pokey. A unique weapon, once owned by the leader of a secret peoples. There is only one Pokey Pokey. (token #3)
  
• An everburning torch - a torch that never burns out. (token #4)
  
• A spyglass - a handheld telescope that lets you see great distances (token #5)

• A Spectral Polar Bear, Level 350
  
• A Plum Lipstick Holographic Kentrosaurus, lvl 350
  
• A Bare Metal Taser Tek Raptor, lvl 365
  
• A Burnished Copper Revitalising Kaprosuchus, lvl 350
  
• A 1.3 sized, Rideable, Vanta Shinobi Hyaenodon, lvl 345
  
• A Bolstering Burning Pygmy Dimorphodon, lvl 365
  
• A Spectral Titanosaur, level 250
  
• A Black & Gold Endurant Allosaurus, level 364
  
• An Iced-Wine Tazer Tardis Ice Wyvern, level 360
  
• A Tek Refridgerator, taken from the laboratory of Edmund Rockwell
  
• A Psychotropic Rubber R-Xenomorph, level 350
  
• A 2.7 size Rare Sabertooth Salmon, level 350

The two Friendly Server server mods will be updating on the servers within the next half hour.

Please make sure you resub to the modpack to pick up both updates.

Amongst other backend thingies - these updates bring:

• A nice new little feature for giving prizes being premiered at the GREAT BIG CHRISTMAS PARTY tomorrow night.
  
• A feature for a new Arena event we'll be testing out in the next couple of days.
  
• A new mini-challenge feature being added to the Market Map

and...

An S+ Dedicated Storage Moving Tool
With this tool - you can pack up the entire contents of any S+ Dedicated Storage and move it elsewhere... just across the room, across the map, or to another map.

It is a lvl 90 engram and requires the dedi-storage being unlocked to learn it.

This should make your base relocations much much easier, as well as payments for Auction in non-element currencies.

Enjoy.

We've got something new added into the mix from this month!

Every month - from today - all paid patrons will get one additional free self-service paint per month.

There are two paint-shack locations on the Market Map:

• one for land dinos behind the lockers (where the old market used to be)
  
• one in the water for aquatics

There is a portal between them.

Make sure you've figured out your colours in single-player first then stand / fly / float your dino over the ring and use the terminal to paint your dino.

One go per month and it's self-service/automatic so... please make sure you get your colours chosen first time, 'cos if it's wrong you'll need to wait til next month (or spend a paint point)!

HAVE FUN!

Huge thankyou to our voters - we've got two days of boosts this weekend because you racked up over 2000 votes during July!

ARK

• From midnight tonight - double harvesting on all server except Genesis 2, (24 hours)
  
• From midnight tomorrow - double taming and boosted shiny's on all servers (24 hours)

Conan

• From midnight tonight - double harvesting (24 hours)
  
• From midnight tomorrow - double XP (24 hours)

Enjoy, with thanks!