Scavenging

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Cs Pagemarker Scavenging By Aiggy-d96g258 by EyeOfGalyx
Revised 9/5/2022
Scavenging for rare gems, geodes, and other items is one of the best ways, outside of Jobs, to make currency. Plus, it's the only way you can find some of the items you need to make Mash, a very useful food item for your Stryx!

>>You can find all available Scavenging Items here<<

You can use these items in Crafting, or you can turn them in to the Treasury for Bauble rewards!

Rules:


GENERAL
You can not re-use or recolor these images! All images must be original.
Maximum 5 entries per day.

INBRED STRYX
If your Stryx is blind they must receive Blindness Training before they can scavenge!
Unlike with hunting and fishing, Crippled winged and Brittle boned stryx may scavenge

Requirements:



To Scavenge, simply depict your Stryx, with or without its rider, partaking in this activity, whether that be by digging with their talons, rooting around in bushes, or picking around in caves! Any geographical location is acceptable. In order for the entry to count as Scavenging Stryx should be shown actively poking around in the environment or with an object clutched in their talons or mouths, not merely standing idly still, or flying/walking through in an area.

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:new: You may depict a maximum of up to 3 Stryx in Scavenging entries.

Art

Fullbody, Colored or Shaded, Background
Stryx must be drawn interacting with the environment or a scavenged object

Images must be able to count for full AP (see The Path to Ascension)
Stryx should be at least 300 x 300 pixels.

Literature 

1 stryx - 600 words
2 stryx - 700 words
3 stryx - 800 words
Scavenging MUST feature in the story!

Each Stryx in the story should engage in 5-6 sentences (about 100 words) minimum of active scavenging.

(Literature posted to dA in July 2019 and earlier may count for four Stryx at just 600 words)

Are AP Sheets Allowed?
New as of 9/5/22 activities are not allowed in sheets anymore due to how long it takes us to count them. 

What if I have old activity sheets? 
These will still be honored but they will have to be in a offsite tracker or submitted through the offsite art queue if they are older than 8/28/2020
Sheet-style hunting/fishing will ONLY be allowed if they look like this...
Ap Pageee by Tinadactyl
Panels must be clearly separated.

If your sheet looks like this, it will not be counted.

Biomes


There are many biomes in Wyvera for your stryx to explore. Each biome has unique items that can be used in a variety of ways.

Our current list of biomes include:
Cavern, Coastal, Desert, Forest, Grasslands, Jungle, Mountain, Volcanic and Settlement

A list of drops is coming to a theater near you....

Success Rates


The higher your Stryx's status, the better their chances are of scavenging successfully!
Scavenging drops are randomized and every successful scavenge will bring back 1-4 items. 

Omega:
25% success rate

Alpha:
50% success rate

Legendary:
75% success rate

Ascended:
100% success rate


Partnership Boost


Sending out a non-ascended Stryx to hunt or fish often ends in them coming home unsuccessful. To prevent your non-ascended Stryx from failing a hunt, though, you may pair them in entries with a more experienced partner to ensure they don’t return with empty talons.

Drawing your Stryx alongside another player’s Stryx of higher rank in activity entries will give them a Partnership Boost and allow your Stryx’s entries to be rolled at the Partner Stryx’s rank. If your Stryx is Omega and pictured alongside an Alpha Partner, your Stryx can be rolled at the Alpha success rate. The same is true of Legendary and Ascended.

The Partner Stryx in the image doesn’t have to be a flock member in order to receive the Partnership Boost, but it must be owned by another player (no starters), and should be rollable in the entry. You’ll need to link the import of the Partner Stryx pictured in your entry comment to receive the boost under the line in the form for “Partnership Boost”. Leased Stryx owned by another player and being rolled by you will still count for the Partnership Boost.

Corruption


  • Stryx with Contagious Corruption roll activities at a higher tier, for example Alpha rolls as Legendary, ect
    • Ascended stryx can choose between two roll results
    • Corrupted stryx also serve as higher-level companions
  • There is a 10% chance for a Corrupted stryx to take 10 hitpoints of damage from any activity
  • Contagion has a chance to spread to a non-corrupted stryx while performing any activity with a Corrupted stryx; however, leasing permission must be given from the Corrupted stryx's owner in order for it to be rolled. This can be avoided by equipping a stryx with an Immunity Cuff. Corrupted stryx equipped with an Immunity Cuff cannot pass on Corruption

To learn more about corruption and how they effect activities go here






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Hello! Sorry if this isn't the place to report this, but I thought I might mention it. The journal seems to have a few copy/paste errors from the hunting/fishing journals.

"Prey MUST feature in the story!

Each stryx in the story should engage in 5-6 sentences (about 100 words) minimum of active hunting/fishing."