Congratulations to our newest Fashion Show Winners - kitten7up, Punk38, xSilverwing and calculus. They each won 100,000MP, the item they helped design and a Fashion Show Medal for their profile. You can now view their entries at the Fashion Show page in Lowlyhood. The items that they helped to design have been added to the Vending Machine.



If you have access to the Vending Machine you can now win these new clothing items!

• The Lottery has been drawn for this week. Carlz2 is the winner of the 42,500MP Jackpot with the winning numbers of 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 and 16! Congratulations!
  
  
• Last Week's Raffle has now ended. Joeker55 is the winner of the Red DNA and 100,000MP prize with the winning raffle ticket number 1714! Congratulations! Make sure you buy your tickets for today's raffle - only 10MP per ticket!
  
  
  
• The Game of the Week has now changed to Dagger Throw.
  
  
  
• This week's Olympic Event is Weight Lifting.
  

This new Floral Costume is now restocking in the Costume Shop. The Lorius, Rusty, Sindi, Willa, Zetlian, Zoosh and Zola are the first pets to be able to wear it.





The Costume Shop will now restock the Blue, Red, Yellow, Green, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Brown, Black, Grey, White, Orange, Pink and Purple Costumes more often. The rarity of these items has been lowered.

The new Scorpio Treasure Chest has been added to the Account Upgrades Shop. You can open this item to receive 5 random new scorpio themed items, including new clothes, shoes, wig, gourmet food, book, minipet and contact lenses. There are 14 new items avaliable from this Treasure Chest. This item will automatically retire June 16th.

The old, run down Slater Park had become an embarassment with cheap attractions and a permanent stalker. With the Maradan summer on the way, King Baspinar has paid for the park to be rebuilt. The new Slater Park map is once again the entertainment capital of the world! To celebrate the opening of the new park, the Circus mission has stopped asking for Circus tickets, all shops in Slater Park are allowing you to restock one FREE item every 2 minutes and the Murfin Madnes Roller Coaster, Ferris Wheel and Fasoro Falls are all FREE to play until further notice. We hope you like the changes! There will be a lot of exciting things happening in Slater Park this summer, stay tuned...



The Easter Egg Hunt has finished and prizes have been retired.

The Guess the Weight game in Gigantic Paradise has been updated. There are now 8 competitions per day instead of just one. A new competition starts every 3 hours, starting at 00:00MST. There can only be one winner per competition and the winner will receive a random Potato and 50,000MP. You also now have one FREE guess per hour. This means that until a player wins the competition, you will all have up to 3 chances per competition. There are 34 new Potato items now added to the prize list.





Can you find the 'Sinner' Hidden Avatar?

• The Lottery has been drawn for this week. marafreaks4clothes is the winner of the 44,200MP Jackpot with the winning numbers of 2, 6, 9, 12, 16 and 19! Congratulations!
  
  
• Last Week's Raffle has now ended. IamSusi is the winner of the Red DNA and 100,000MP prize with the winning raffle ticket number 977! Congratulations! Make sure you buy your tickets for today's raffle - only 10MP per ticket!
  
  
  
• The Game of the Week has now changed to Murfin Chase.
  
  
  
• This week's Olympic Event is Running.
  

The Gumball Machine in Candyland has been revamped. There are 17 new gourmet Gumballs that have been added to the machine and we have also revamped 40 of the older gumball items.

The Glowing Egg Nest feature in Gigantic Paradise has been updated. The artwork and layout has been improved and the description has been changed. The 'Missing Glowing Eggs' section now has pages, price check and a counter telling you how many eggs you are missing from your collection. Your nest is now in alphabetical order, the eggs you have hatched are marked and there is a progress bar and total showing how many eggs you have collected.

• The Lottery has been drawn for this week. EleventhEcho is the winner of the 39,500MP Jackpot with the winning numbers of 12, 16, 21, 13, 9 and 25! Congratulations!
  
  
• Last Week's Raffle has now ended. LoveHeart22KissesxX is the winner of the Red DNA and 100,000MP prize with the winning raffle ticket number 1973! Congratulations! Make sure you buy your tickets for today's raffle - only 10MP per ticket!
  
  
  
• The Game of the Week has now changed to Battle of Baspinar.
  
  
  
• This week's Olympic Event is Running.
  

The Farm quests in Gigantic Paradise have been updated. The artwork has been revamped and the MP payouts have been increased. You can also win this new Ball of Negative Yarn too!




These 12 minipets are the first to wear the Ball of Negative Yarn.

• The Lottery has been drawn for this week. jamiebear23 is the winner of the 65,500MP Jackpot with the winning numbers of 23, 16, 5, 8, 7 and 3! Congratulations!
  
  
• Last Week's Raffle has now ended. stevie898 is the winner of the Red DNA and 100,000MP prize with the winning raffle ticket number 988! Congratulations! Make sure you buy your tickets for today's raffle - only 10MP per ticket!
  
  
  
• The Game of the Week has now changed to 21 Blitz.
  
  
  
• This week's Olympic Event is Weight Lifting.
  

PET UPDATE
The Rusty pet has been revamped. We hope you like the changes!



The Rusty can now wear the baby, burnt, rainbow and stone costumes.

Everyone that has already completed the Easter Egg Hunt should have noticed that this year's hunt had a special surprise - our brand new Candyland map! It has now been released officially for every player. We hope you like the changes! Remember, you have until May 11th to enter and complete the Easter Egg Hunt if you haven't done so already. All Easter account upgrade items will also automatically retire May 4th.

NEW FEATURE
The new Microwave feature has been released in Ziranek. It is both a quest and a cooking feature. The microwave allows you to cook any two items that you have. Combine the two ingredients, cook them for the exact time needed, you may have the recipe for a brand new, Gourmet Microwave Food. Everytime you complete a microwave quest for Cooking Utensils, you will earn cooking time. Each recipe will have a required cooking time of between 1 and 60 seconds. When you find the correct recipe, your two ingredients will become a new gourmet food. Otherwise, your microwave cooking time will go down and you will have to try again. Once the recipe has been found, it can be shared with other players.

There are 15 Gourmet Microwave Food items avaliable - can you find the recipe?





Here is an example of how you can use the Microwave to cook new gourmet items.


Spaghetti Bolognese +
Vanilla Ice Cream Cone +
cook
for
3 seconds =
Spaghetti Ice Cream

TRADES UPDATE
The Trades in Gigantic Paradise have been improved. The layout and the artwork has been revamped. You can now cancel a trade you set up without needing to reject any offers it has first. You can also now accept an offer on your trade without rejecting all of the other offers first. Finally, trades that are older than 90 days are automatically cancelled and returned to your inventory. Please note that because of these new features, there could be a slight delay with your offers being processed at busy times - just wait for the Alert!



The Online List page has been updated. It now shows the newest player that is online right now. If you are feeling generous, you can use this to send them some welcome items and show new players how friendly we are! =)

The Community section has also been updated. The layout, descriptions and artwork has all been improved. The links are also now easier to navigate on tablets and mobile phones. It also shows the character of a random player online - this will be great for any random giveaways or contests you may run on the forums!

The Account Upgrades page has been updated. It has all new artwork and a brand new layout. We have removed everything that was unnecessary and made it cleaner. You can also quickly find the Monthly Checklist, Account Upgrades Shop, Capsule Machine and Giftbox Shop from the Account Upgrades page.



The News page has been updated. The new layout matches the Forums and Comments section and the icons have been improved. We have also removed the annoying 'There is new News' alert for automatic news updates, such as the Quest/Battle Challenges and the Lottery winners.

The Inventory and quick stock layout has also been changed.

Profiles now have the Sumo Sally Pass and City Goals shield added.

Finally, the layout of the School, Gym and Elite Gym has been improved. You should now find it easier to navigate.

For all players that celebrate, we would like to wish you all a Happy Easter. The Easter Bunny will hop in and out of Marada today and tomorrow only - but you have until May 11th to enter and complete the Easter Egg Hunt! We hope you all enjoyed the 2014 Easter events =)



The Account Upgrades Shop has these special new limited edition items on sale. They will automatically retire May 4th.




A new type of Minipet has been released. Gourmet Minipets are both a minipet and a gourmet food. Be careful when you use the item - 'Use Item' will add it as a minipet, while 'Eat Minipet' will feed it to your pet. The Gummi, Yolk and Bunns are the first gourmet minipets.



The Easter Bunny battle opponent has been renamed and is now called the Evil Bunny to avoid confusion.

The Capsule Machine has these new Easter themed items added. They will not be retiring.



Can you find the 'Bye Bye Bunny' Hidden Avatar?

• The Lottery has been drawn for this week. pitbulllover15 is the winner of the 74,200MP Jackpot with the winning numbers of 25, 1, 3, 9, 16 and 12! Congratulations!
  
  
• Last Week's Raffle has now ended. stevie898 is the winner of the Red DNA and 100,000MP prize with the winning raffle ticket number 5330! Congratulations! Make sure you buy your tickets for today's raffle - only 10MP per ticket!
  
  
  
• The Game of the Week has now changed to Domino.
  
  
  
• This week's Olympic Event is Running.
  

EASTER EGG HUNT

The 2014 Easter Egg Hunt in Candyland has just started! There are 40 new gourmet Easter Eggs hidden around the site and you have to follow the clues to find them. When you find an Easter Egg, it will be added to your Easter Basket in Candyland. Only when you find all 40 eggs can you collect them - you will receive two of each Easter Egg this year! Also, if you miss the clue, it will now be shown at your Easter Basket. You can also win MP and these new prizes...




There is one IMPORTANT RULE - you cannot list answers or give out answers on the Forums, Blogs or Club Boards, ONLY via Maramail or MaraTalk. Anyone caught giving answers anywhere publicly on the site, or linking to websites with the answers listed on the Forums or Club Boards will be banned from taking part, will have their prizes taken away from them and will be fined up to 100,000MP.





Clue 'The Easter Bunny is back this year
Spreading all his Easter Cheer
Eggs will be found if you follow his lead
To get it all done it's endurance you'll need'

WARNING : You are only allowed ONE account on Marapets. Anyone found to be receiving Easter Egg Hunt items from more than one account will have their account frozen for multiple account abuse.
Using family and friends accounts to gain Easter Egg Hunt items is against the rules.

Can you find the 'Happy Easter 2014' Hidden Avatar?



The Easter Egg Hunt will finish May 11th and all Easter Eggs and Prizes will retire. Make sure you complete it before this date!

The Newths have been working hard all week to patch the Computer Virus causing massive disruption in Ziranek. Once a city of the future, Ziranek become dated and unprotected against the hackers of today. To remove every trace of the virus, the whole city was reformatted with the latest operating system and all hardware was upgraded. Thanks to all of your help, the Snowman has sent out enough computer parts to clear the virus from the rest of Marada. The Ziranek map has been revamped, the Snowman is back to normal, the event is now over and all corrupt items are retired. The evil Huthiq from Enpiah that caused all of this mess is a criminal and needs to be caught! Look out for him...

NEW FEATURE
A couple months ago, tishalook ran an official Marapets Clothing Design Contest on the Graphics Forum and the entries we received were so good, we decided to create a permanent Fashion Show feature in Lowlyhood. If you have an idea for new character clothing on Marapets, enter and make your ideas a reality! Simply draw your ideas onto one of our Male and Female bases and email it to us. You can even print it off and design it by hand, scan or take a photo of it and then email it to us. Then everytime that we receive enough entries, we will pick winners and our artists will create them for the site. Lucky winners will be released in the news, win 100,000MP, a Fashion Show Medal for their profile, receive a set of the items they helped to design and be permanently added to the Fashion Show winners gallery!

Congratulations to our first Fashion Show Winners - Decomposition, sassygrl93731174, gregoentre, Sorci, Anatidaephobia, GERARDWAYmcr, lolalex, Angrybunny, mumu35, lolalex, Reichenbach, JahLove and Toyboks!

You can now view their entries at the Fashion Show page in Lowlyhood. The items that they helped to design have been added to the Vending Machine.



If you have access to the Vending Machine you can now win these new clothing items!

ZIRANEK EVENT
The Newths and the Ziranek geeks have been working day and night to find a patch to the computer virus in Ziranek. A newer, more upgraded version of Ziranek will be ready this Friday - virus free! This means that you all have until Friday, April 18th for this event to finish. The Computer Parts store has been revamped and to help you complete more Snowman quests during this event, it is now restocking more items! All Corrupt items from this event will retire on Friday at the end of this event.



Can you find the 'Corrupted' Hidden Avatar?

EASTER EVENT
The Easter Bunny has made her debut appearance in Marada! Decorate your profile and dress up your character for the celebrations, in pinks and golds and purples. The Easter Bunny will be visiting profiles and you may get rewarded for those who impress her. The Easter Bunny is not like Beelzebub, she is shy and easily scared away! Be nice and she will be running contests, games and giveaways on the Forums - a few lucky winners will receive a retired Lati Potion or Easter Costume, retired Easter Eggs and other great items! Naughty players will scare her away or receive only Carrots.




You do not have to have an easter/spring costume, you can dress up your doll in pinks, golds and purples, brown for a chocolate look or green colours a spring look.

If you are a younger player and you do not have access to Forums you can still take part. The Easter Bunny will visit profiles selected randomly from the Online list so make sure you are ready in case she drops by!

Want to help out? - send us items to the account 'Easter Bunny' for us to use as prizes!

A reminder that the annual Easter Egg Hunt will be starting later this week. This year will be better than ever, with a special suprise in store for all of those who find all 40 Easter Eggs and complete the hunt. Don't miss out!

Can you find the 'Hoppy Easter' Hidden Avatar?

GIFTBOX UPDATE
The Giftbox items on the Account Upgrades page have been improved. Every Giftbox item has been revamped and they are all now on sale in a brand new Giftbox Shop. Every single Giftbox has had their item description updated, so there should be no more confusion over what each one does! The most confusing 'Transmogrification Time Giftbox' has been renamed to 'Transmogrification Repeat Giftbox' and before you buy in the shop, a pop-up confirmation alert now asks you to confirm your purchase to stop accidental buys! There is also a 'what does this do?' link for each Giftbox so you can easily see what each one is for. Finally, once you have used a Giftbox, the boxes telling you about them will be removed from those sections of the site. For example, the Double Crystals Giftbox message will be removed from Elger quests page once you have used one.




The Giftbox section of every player's profile has been updated. They are now organised alphabetically, link back to the Giftbox Shop and has a progress bar of how many you have collected.

The Account Upgrades page has been updated with new links to the Giftbox Shop, Account Upgrades Shop and the Monthly Checklist - where you can win Account Upgrades credits for FREE each month. Yes, we will remove the 15,000MP entry fee next month so it is actually FREE to enter!