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Into the Cosmos
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Written by SnowyKitty
Edited by Calliequeen
Hello everyone, and welcome to this Daily Diviner issue! July is just around the corner and with only one week away; it's time to get excited! Summer officially started already, but it doesn't quite kick into action until next month. While I’m ecstatic about all the fun under the sun, a new month means something else on Potterworld. As you might know, a store release comes out on the 1st of each month. This past week, I’ve gotten to learn more about what we can expect in this pack. Let’s get into it, shall we?
I had a chance to talk with Sunnya, one of the Store Manager leads, and I cannot believe what the Store team has planned! This upcoming store release is titled the Celestial Store Release. As you can guess from the title, it’ll be themed around the cosmos, and it sounds stellar. I’ve been told it has been “uniquely designed” and we can expect to see some truly magical items this July.
What exactly will be in it, though? Sunnya wouldn’t share that with me, but my brain got to dreaming! I automatically thought of a broom design with a starry theme. I’m a big fan of the Cherry Blossom Broom and the idea of a similar broom with stars trailing behind as I fly across the night sky sounds divine. But wait! We haven’t gotten an emote pack in a while! We have a stargazing emote right now, but what if we had an entire emote pack themed around the cosmos? Personally, I want items with sparkly stars all over them, however, the theme has gotten me thinking. What could it even entail? I’m on the edge of my seat waiting for next week.
The Celestial Store Release isn’t the only thing hitting the store this month. Guardians will also be experiencing a major change! Currently, Guardians are purely cosmetics and can’t be accessed without completing a series of quests. The Store team has been working on a way to make them more appealing to buyers.
If you don’t know what a Guardian is, don’t fret. While it used to be a more popular activity, the Guardian Challenge is a quest made up of difficult challenges that can be found in the Headmaster’s Office. It contains activities like mazes and parkour that require certain spells for you to complete. The reward for it is Animus Exto. With this spell, you can summon your Guardian at will, which is a perfect defence for The Dark Prison’s Dementares.
The Store team has been working on a marketing plan to gain more traction for the Guardian Challenge. I was told that the main plan is to update the challenge as much as they can. If you’ve played any part of the quest, you’ll know that the builds used throughout it are in a different style than the rest of the server. With the help of the Build team, the Guardian Challenge will receive a new look. This doesn’t mean the challenges will change! The goal is to simply update the builds and not the actual gameplay. I completed it many years ago, but with the entire look planned to be changed, I’m tempted to play through it again.
The Store team isn’t the Build team though, in case you haven’t noticed. They’ve been working hard on redesigning Guardians and their overall attractiveness. Right now, Guardians are simple animals you can find around the map, some even being default Minecraft mobs. With this update, Guardians will be shifting over to custom creatures. They won’t be your average magical creatures, though! They’ll be taking on an otherworldly appearance to show the magic they contain.
Since Guardians can only be used after you complete the Guardian Challenge, there’s some common confusion when new players look at the store. You’re able to buy a Guardian even if you can’t cast it. The Store team has found a solution to this! When you purchase a Guardian, you can also summon it as a pet. It won’t have the same ethereal look as when you cast it with Animus Exto but it will allow you to show it off no matter what.
I don’t personally have a Guardian, but when Sunnya told me they could be pets as well, I knew I’d be getting one. While there’s no information on what the Guardians will be quite yet, I’m sure to find one I love. Exploring The Dark Prison will be a lot more comforting with a celestial friend at my side!
I know I’m super hyped for this upcoming month. The Store team is bringing pretty stars and cool Guardians? What more could you ask for? I can’t wait to see how it turns out! Thank you to the Store team for working so hard and thank you to Sunnya for providing the exciting information on this issue. Until next time!