During the Leafdusk Fete, the plants around Lunerest are fading from their normal colours to bright yellows and oranges. The xyns celebrate the changing of the seasons with the Leafdusk Fete! The weather is cooler and light from the moon doesn't last as long. Many xyns enjoy this change from the hot months to the cooler ones. During the Leafdusk Fete there’s always a huge scavenger hunt! Ryu and Yuhi hide dawnberry flowers among the changing leaves and xyns that bring one to them are rewarded with sweets! There’s a huge sky-dance among the changing leaves that happens every night around bonfires. Xyns start to sell cozier accessories like scarves and earmuffs and there’s a craft market that starts up! There’s always good food and merriment to be had during the Leafdusk Fete!

Get to this prompt by going to Play -> Prompts -> Event Prompts

happy 7th anniversary, lunerest!!!!!!!!

Happy 7th anniversary to the Lunerest ArtRPG!!!! I can't believe it's already been so many years. Thank you to each and every one of you for your interest and support through the years! Nothing brings me more joy than seeing people enjoy and engage with my lore and game. 🥺💞🌙I put a lot of time and heart into this site so it really means the world to me!! As a thank-you, there's a free goodie bag in Spright's Shop!!!!

We have a few more things going on this month to celebrate!!!!

This month (September 1-30th), any MYOs (including xynlets/gacha eggs/etc) created will be able to use an additional uncommon, rare or limited trait for free!!!! Faefolk MYOs will be able to use an additional uncommon, rare or seasonal trait!!!

Referral envelopes are back!!!!

If you refer a friend/acquantaince/random passerby to sign up for Lunerest this month, you and your referral will each get a Lunar Referral Envelope!
Please submit a claim with the name of the person you referred to claim your envelopes!

*This is the month to get your friends into Lunerest finally because starting January 1st, 2027 free-for-all site registration will be closed.
This wasn't really an easy decision but I'm pretty happy with the population of the site and we get a ton of sock puppet/spam signups.
There will occassionally be sign-up windows opened in the future.

There's also a 7th Annivesary giftart prompt to earn either a Moonlight Leafawn, Moonlight Lambrock or Moonlet (faefolk pet)!!!

Let's populate Lunerest together!!!! There's an additional mural prompt for everyone to enter!!!! Draw your lunerestian to fit into the mural collab to earn a 7th anniversary vexyn plushie and loot roll!!!!

Check both prompts out under Play -> Prompts -> Event Prompts!!!!

Legendseekers part 5: Darkness falling

Legendseekers continues!

The moons continued to dim and supplies were starting to run out. The grass was crunchy and dying, the moonwater drained of its power. Less Lunerestian wildlife was seen and corruption beasts were more frequently smashing into the barrier. The knights were being run ragged between supporting the barrier, rescuing corrupted xyns and supporting remote villages and cities. The good news was that there was progress made on reconstructing the relics. They were coming together as a sort of pillar shape, but it was difficult to fit the tiny pieces together. Oberon wasn’t sure that all the pieces had been found yet either.

Moonreach was a safe haven, the barrier worked incredibly well, but drained Lunerest of magic quickly. Ryu was rarely seen or heard from, her spell was the main one so she was required to keep it up as much as possible. Hush could occasionally fill in when needed but their magic was drained much more quickly than Ryu’s. 

Slowly, rumours that the villainous xyn was going to attack soon became facts. Knights had snuck out and had infiltrated the villain’s lair. They’d seen corrupted xyns breathing voidlike breath magic onto huge walls of eggs. The villain was pleased that their corrupted relic, now known as Thr’zair, had an effect on the queens and was preparing a large attack. Even though Moonreach was safe, xyns weren’t sure how long this could be kept up. A royal council meeting was held. 

The next day, Samson appeared atop the Moonreach castle to make an announcement. Everyone gathered around, anxious to hear what the vexyn would tell them.

“Everyone,” Samson’s deep voice boomed across Moonreach, enhanced by wind magic, “it has been decided among the royalty that we will prepare for battle. Yuhi is still recovering but Ryu will lead us in battle with advice from Yuhi. We will face the villain head-on.” Murmuring and fretting broke out among the crowd. “We simply cannot avoid this anymore. We cannot allow them to take Moonreach. We know this relic, “Thr’zair, is the source of their power, that will be the target during the battle. We will seek to separate them from the voidlike orb artifact we’ve seen floating above him.” The murmuring grew louder. “We’ll take as much time as we can to prepare strategies. Scouts will be working to keep track of when they start moving to attack Moonreach. Knights, immediately meet with Hush and I for discussion. Everyone else, continue supporting Moonreach as best you can. We’ll have more information for everyone soon.” With that, the vexyn bowed to the crowd and went into Moonreach castle. There was some panic but xyns mostly ran around beginning to help.

The big battle is here, what is your xyn going to do?

Check the prompt out under Play -> Prompts -> Event Prompts!

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New Enchanted Accessory!!!!

Enchanted Fae Mask: An enchanted mask made from magic and materials from Etoille!
When given to your xyn, it gives them a mask that they can summon and dismiss at will. It can be made of faefolk materials!
When given to your faefolk, it gives them a whole extra mask they can swap between!

These masks have minor protective qualities.

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In addition to Revel's Shop update, Mello's Moonstone Shop, Sprinkle's Resource Exchange and Calliope's Treasures has been rotated!
Additionally, Patchwork's shop has rotated to autumn!!

September 2026 raffle!

This month's design is Sparkling Celebration by key!!!! This raffle runs through September 30!!!!

Get to the raffle prompt by going to Play -> Prompts -> Raffles category

A reminder that users can participate in creating raffle designs in exchange for moonstones and special traits! Find the rules under the "Raffle Design Creation" prompt by going to World -> Prompts -> General Prompts category.

lunerest ko-fi memberships

Join to get monthly moonstones, event currency and a special monthly goodie bag at the highest tier!
See the membership tiers HERE

misc updates

-All the shop art has been updated to be the same size and all in key's style!!!! The donation shop finally has a shopkeeper and the original moonstone shopkeeper, Isis, has retired to Elysium Heights.
There's a new moonstone shopkeeper, Mello!!!! And a new donation shopkeeper, Bauble!!!!
-A bunch of other site art has been updated!!
*You may need to hard refresh the page to see the new art!
-Lorekeeper v3 is going to be delayed a bit due to IRL job responsibilities cutting our time short. ): Hopefully we'll have it out in the next 1-2 months!!! Will keep everyone updated!!

Writing Bonus Currency Update:

-Before, we didn't allow claims on writing for companions or extra characters, but we've edited the rules to allow extra characters/companions be claimed!!
-As long as the companion/extra character plays a significant role in the writing (must be involved in about 20% of the writing), they can be claimed for bonus currency! (Cannot be a one-off line.)
-If this ends up being difficult to moderate (fighting about the 20% inclusion, trying to claim companions for things like "and his pwigi was on his shoulder the whole time" etc) we'll end up reverting this new rule!