2026 CALENDAR:

5/9 Lost Sock Awareness Day
5/9 - 5/16 Shusan Quest Challenge
5/25 Battle Booster

NOTE: We didn't get Lost Sock Awareness in 2026. Ian posted 5/11/26
https://www.marapets.com/topics.php?id=1079455&fid=46&latest=1

"honestly I was hoping it would happen too but the artist who usually does them didn’t send any new socks

I was looking at bringing back old retired socks but then saw that the event has been every other year for the past few so maybe that’s why

Hopefully shes ok that’s all that matters really

I could probably make some socks myself with a few patterns online but the time it takes me to make below average art is not worth it haha"

LOST SOCK AWARENESS DAY (from 2025)
Today is May 9th, which everybody knows is National Lost Sock Awareness Day. This is Shusan's Day where the whole world joins her in celebrating having matching pairs of socks!

Today is the day to say good bye to all of the single socks. Now is the time to let go and move on. Clean out all of your left behind socks! Or you can complete her quests between now and May 20th and she will give a random player online a brand new matching pair of socks

BATTLE BOOSTER (from 2025)
* The Account Upgrades Shop has a 2 for 1 promotion on all Booster items between now and June 1st
*The Time Machine has a new Battle Booster promotion
Use the Time Machine between now and June 1st 4th, 2025 and you can choose between the current prize list (that changes automatically every Saturday) or a special TRADING CARDS ONLY Prize List. Select the Battle Booster Prize List to win one of 74 retired Trading Cards

SHUSAN QUEST CHALLENGE
In honor of Lost Sock Awareness Day, here's a Shusan Quest Challenge.

The challenge starts Saturday, May 9, 2026 on Lost Sock Awareness Day and will run until the end of Saturday, May 16th.

Everyone who enters will win 10,000 club points. Winners will be awarded points in addition to the entry award. So for example if you come in 3rd place you win 50K + 10K = 60K

FIRST PLACE: 125,000 Club Points
SECOND PLACE: 100,000 Club Points
THIRD PLACE: 75,000 Club Points
FOURTH PLACE: 50,000 Club Points
FIFTH PLACE: 25,000 Club Points
SIXTH PLACE: 10,000 Club Points

Prizes will be award to the per

Hi everyone,

Spring is in the air and the Easter Bunny returns to Mara today. If you haven't already found all your Leprechaun stuff, you have until the end of Monday to finish up.

We also have one St. Paddy's day event with a couple days left -- you have until end of Monday 3/30 to get your wordsearch answers in. (bluetaz2001)
https://www.marapets.com/blogs.php?entry=504436&id=2734210
Find as many March/St. Paddy's Day words as you can and mm your word list to bluetaz2001. There will be 3 winners with the most answers and everyone earns a participation prize.

Thank you to everyone donating items. Here is April's quiz/raffle focus if you would like to help out.

APRIL (Easter, Spellbound Stories, Pirate Plunder) Easter Eggs, Glowing Eggs, Easter items, Easter Bunny items, any prizes from previous Easter Egg Hunts, Carrotastrophe Event 2016 items, spring, pastel, floral, flowers, bloom, plant, Earth, splatter, carrots, bunny, rabbit, chick, duck, doll, Wonderland, lambit, yolk, sprout, sprouted, lilac, teal, books that don't fit in another category, sunshine, retired shine footwear, pirate, Buccaneer, scurvy, swashbuckler, bootleg, Fake Hieroglyphics for Bootleg Pyramid, mafia, dukka, smuggler, items from the Smuggler shop, April

CALENDAR:
4/1- end of day 4/8 ATM April Fools Dress-Up Contest (DayravenB ) https://www.marapets.com/profile.php?do=blogs&id=5312326
4/5 Easter Egg Hunt
4/16 Pirate Plunder
4/28 Spellbound Stories

ATM EVENT:
April Fool's Dress-Up Contest (DayravenB ) - 4/1 thru end of day 4/8
https://www.marapets.com/profile.php?do=blogs&id=5312326
Let's be foolish for April Fool's Day! Let's have a dress-up party! Dress up as a fool, a jester, a joker, or a prankster. The sillier the better! You can start posting your dolls on April Fools' Day.

REMINDER: The Easter Egg Hung starts on the 5th. Be sure to save your games and dailies for the EEH. This is especially important for things that have 12 and 24 hour timers.

As always, Ian can always change things up, but here is event information from last year.

EEH (from 2025):
We've scrambled to hide 40 new gourmet Easter Eggs around the site. You eggs-plorers should whisk together to solve our cracking clues. Omelette you all have two of each egg and prize this year. And eggs-tra MP with each clue you solve.
Poa

Begins: April 9th
Ends: April 15th



Find the 22 Mara Easter words and items. When you are done, the leftover letters form a hidden message.

Send me a maramail with the hidden message. Do not post the answer below or in club chat.

Everyone who enters will receive a random Easter related item from my attic. All correct entries will be entered into a lottery for the grand prize.

GRAND PRIZE:

Bunny Glowing Egg (from Apr 2020 AU) - winner nicecat2

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nicecat2 - sent Cherry Flower Chocolate

2026 Calendar
4/1- end of day 4/8 ATM April Fools Dress-Up Contest (DayravenB ) https://www.marapets.com/profile.php?do=blogs&id=5312326
4/5 Easter Egg Hunt
4/16 Pirate Plunder
4/28 Spellbound Stories

April Fool's Dress-Up Contest (DayravenB )
https://www.marapets.com/profile.php?do=blogs&id=5312326
Let's be foolish for April Fool's Day! Let's have a dress-up party! Dress up as a fool, a jester, a joker, or a prankster. The sillier the better!

The contest will run from Wednesday 1st April to end of day Wednesday 8th April.

From Thursday 9th April to end of day Sunday 12th April, you can send DayravenB a maramail to vote for your favorite.

Possible events - dress up in Easter best?, word scramble?, cryptogram?


Quiz/Raffle Items
APRIL (Easter, Spellbound Stories, Pirate Plunder) (Easter will be April 5, 2026 and March 28, 2027 and April 16, 2028)
Easter Eggs, Glowing Eggs, Easter items, Easter Bunny items, any prizes from previous Easter Egg Hunts, Carrotastrophe Event 2016 items, spring, pastel, floral, flowers, bloom, plant, Earth, splatter, carrots, bunny, rabbit, chick, duck, doll, Wonderland, lambit, yolk, sprout, sprouted, lilac, teal, books that don't fit in another category, sunshine, retired shine footwear, pirate, Buccaneer, scurvy, swashbuckler, bootleg, Fake Hieroglyphics for Bootleg Pyramid, mafia, dukka, smuggler, items from the Smuggler shop, April


REMINDER: The Easter Egg Hung starts on the 20th. Be sure to save your games and dailies for the EEH. This is especially important for things that have 12 and 24 hour timers.

EEH (from 2025):

We've scrambled to hide 40 new gourmet Easter Eggs around the site. You eggs-plorers should whisk together to solve our cracking clues. Omelette you all have two of each egg and prize this year. And eggs-tra MP with each clue you solve.
Poach all 40 eggs and you'll also win Account Upgrade Credit! All clues egg-spire June 30th

There's one rule you can't egg-nore! You cannot list answers or give out answers on the Forums, Blogs, MaraTalk or Club Boards. Or link to any lists, pages or answers. Only privately, via MaraMail or MaraTalk.

The Egg Hunt starts with the first clue below. Use this clue to find the first egg. The egg will be added to your Easter basket and you'll be given the next clue. E