{"id":3910,"date":"2026-11-02T03:15:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T03:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krafties.com\/site\/?p=3910"},"modified":"2026-11-02T05:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T05:51:12","slug":"day-of-the-dead-reaping-of-spirits-event-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krafties.com\/site\/day-of-the-dead-reaping-of-spirits-event-kicks-off\/11\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Day Of The Dead &#8211; Reaping Of Spirits Event Kicks Off!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>For two weeks Reaper Stufflies will spawn from ALL Home Temples, dropping Reaper Tokens!<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Boss Reaper Stufflies are spawning in Sanctums across the grid and round the clock on Krafties Island, dropping huge piles of Reaper Tokens and massive XP gains!<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reaper Tokens can be traded in at the Credit Board for goodies &#8211; Surprise Candy, Beer, and Crypt Tickets &#8211; or convert them directly to Bounty Credits!<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Among other rewards, Reaper Tokens can be traded in for Crypt Tickets, with each ticket providing one single entry in a drawing for one of three Reaper Stufflie Limited Edition creatures on Saturday, November 7th!<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Candy Ghosts, Skelefish, and Sprits! Oh my! <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Check out an attached Dev Note covering things like in-progress changes to our backend systems, upcoming support changes, and more!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u26a0 <strong>NOTE: A (now patched) glitch allowed a small number of spawned Reaper Stufflies to be caught. This is unintended behavior! LEs with Reaper souls will be available soon, which will be detailed further on in the blog post. All Reaper Stufflies have been removed from player accounts. Any packaged Reaper Stufflie creatures MUST be removed from packages, or unforeseen errors may cause player accounts to be impacted. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ALL SOULS BONDED TO REAPER STUFFLIE BODIES WILL BE RETURNED TO PLAYER ACCOUNTS. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IF YOU HAVE USED ITEMS SUCH AS SCROLLS\/MANUSCRIPTS\/CODEXES\/CANDIES ON A REAPER STUFFLIE, PLEASE DROP A NOTECARD ON &#8220;KRAFTIES RESIDENT&#8221; DETAILING THE EXACT TYPES OF ITEMS ALONG, WITH THE EXACT AMOUNTS, AND THE ITEMS WILL BE RETURNED TO YOU. PLEASE INCLUDE &#8220;REAPER STUFFLIE&#8221; AND YOUR ACCOUNT NAME IN THE NAME OF THE NOTECARD. RETURNED SOULS WILL RETAIN THE EXTRA EXPERIENCE APPLIED BY THESE ITEMS AS AN ADDED BONUS FOR PLAYERS.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We apologize for the massive inconvenience!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udfe9 <strong><em>FOR EVERY REAPER STUFFLIE <\/em>REMOVED FROM A PLAYER ACCOUNT, THE PLAYER WILL BE REWARDED 30 REAPER TOKENS! These tokens will appear in your account on November 2nd<\/strong>! \ud83d\udfe9 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/krafties.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/11-1-2026ReapingOfSpiritsBlogProject.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krafties.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/11-1-2026ReapingOfSpiritsBlogProject.png 512w, https:\/\/krafties.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/11-1-2026ReapingOfSpiritsBlogProject-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Two Week-Long Reaping Of Spirits Event! Read it and Reap!<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WILD AND BOSS REAPER STUFFLIES ARE DROPPING REAPER TOKENS!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark your calendars for this special <strong>two-week long event<\/strong>, where Reaper Stufflies are spawning from Home Temples all across the grid, rewarding players with valuable <strong>Reaper Tokens<\/strong>! And for those brave enough to venture into <strong>high-level sanctums or battle on Krafties Island, incredibly powerful Boss Reaper Stufflies<\/strong> offer massive rewards including huge piles of tokens and significant XP boosts! Though, even the most experienced handlers may need a friend or two to help out with these monstrous challengers\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, what are Reaper Tokens for, you ask? Players are able to <strong>trade in their collected Reaper Tokens at the Credit Board on Krafties Island<\/strong> in exchange for special rewards like Surprise Candy, Beer, and Crypt Tickets. Or, convert them directly to Bounty Credits that can be spent on an even larger variety of goods!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wait\u2026 What&#8217;s that about\u2026 Crypt Tickets\u2026? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>REAPER STUFFLIE DRAWING! REAPER STUFFLIE LIMITED EDITION BONDED PETS AVAILABLE SATURDAY, 11\/7\/2026!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/krafties.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/CryptTicketTEMP.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3918\" style=\"width:184px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krafties.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/CryptTicketTEMP.png 256w, https:\/\/krafties.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/CryptTicketTEMP-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among other rewards,<strong> Reaper Tokens can be traded in for Crypt Tickets, with each ticket providing one single entry in a drawing for one of three Reaper Stufflie Limited Edition creatures on Saturday, November 7th<\/strong> when sales for the LE go live! Each collected, non-transferable ticket provides a player with ONE, single CHANCE at <strong>one of the three available LE Reaper Stufflie prizes<\/strong> (not a guarantee, but an entry in a drawing). Are you willing to spin the wheel of fate? If not, well\u2026 Candy and Beer awaits! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CANDY GHOSTS, SKELEFISH, AND SPRITS! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Candy Sprits are spawning<\/strong>!\u00a0These spooky friends will\u00a0leave behind Halloween Surprise Candies when captured. Halloween Surprise Candies may give you delectable treats when you crank that handle, or\u00a0maybe\u2026.\u00a0not. You\u2019ll never know until you give it a turn! These are <strong>VERY valuable items<\/strong> that are able to give mass amounts of XP in a unique way, and sell well year-round. Get them while you can!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"971\" src=\"https:\/\/krafties.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Skelefish.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3192\" style=\"width:123px;height:123px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krafties.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Skelefish.png 971w, https:\/\/krafties.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Skelefish-512x512.png 512w, https:\/\/krafties.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Skelefish-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/krafties.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Skelefish-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Skelefish are\u00a0lurking\u00a0in the waters!<\/strong>\u00a0When placed into tanks, these boney undead friends dig up Surprise Candies for their caretakers. Stock up while you can.<em> This very special candy only drops during Halloween, yet these fish are able to dig it up at any time!<\/em> Historically, they have also been one of the most sought after Krafties assets on the secondary market year round!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s a giant patch of ghostnip growing underground at Krafties Island, and we&#8217;re being invaded by an army of Sprits! All varieties of Sprits will spawn on Krafties Island around the clock, including ultra rares. Come help us fend off these cute little spirits during the spooky season!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>A NOTE FROM THE DEVELOPER<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>TECHNICAL REDESIGN: A Tale of Seven Servers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Here&#8217;s another (fun?) technical update. As many of our beautiful players know, at the end of April Krafties had some database woes due to a security incident tied to a third party software used for database administration. We were, thankfully, able to recover all of our data, and along the way redesigned\/upgraded a significant portion of how that particular server runs. Success!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Then\u2026 the real fun began. Due to some minor changes in the way this particular server behaved, a series of itty bitty cascading errors began to manifest in sly ways. These errors were subtle things, and would only occur at seemingly random times or under a specific amount\/type of load. Krafties currently runs 7 different types of servers (for the technically inclined these are: load balancer, caching servers, backend application logic, modern sockets, legacy sockets, database, and a specialized server to deliver the code tied to our site\/web app to players.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To add to ALL THE FUN, ask anyone who maintains any type of server accessible to the world-wide-web and they&#8217;ll tell you that this year has been a particularly taxing year for server admins due to the sharp increase in both the number of, and capabilities of, AI systems poking gaping holes in all manner of software. I won&#8217;t go too far into the nitty-gritty details with all of this, but I&#8217;ll say that it&#8217;s kept me quite busy, and quite distracted, from other things I&#8217;d rather be doing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>With that said, here are a few changes in the works:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Instead of 7 different, smaller servers with different roles and varying security boundaries, I&#8217;m working to consolidate things into a few larger servers running multiple virtualized environments to accomplish the same goals. In simple terms, with the need to upgrade systems to current releases accelerating by the day, keeping 2 or 3 types of servers up to date and secure is more viable than managing and monitoring 7 different types of servers with varying requirements. This has the trade-off of making these systems more tightly coupled and interconnected, with possible faults in one software potentially affecting all of them, along with a decrease in the horizontal scalability of the system. However, this new setup should be much more efficient and easier to maintain once it&#8217;s deployed. Additionally, this year has already shown me that one seemingly minor issue in a remote system that barely ever gets used (in this case, our legacy socket server) can grind the entire system to a halt in hard to trace ways. Which brings me to\u2026<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Related to the above, with the noble goal of reducing the amount of maintenance required on our servers, our legacy socket server is going to be yanked from the mix when this new setup goes live. This will result in our legacy apps breaking. While this change only affects a VERY small number of players, I do sincerely apologize to those of you who are attached to the legacy app system. However, it&#8217;s a necessary sacrifice in order to keep me sane, if nothing else.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Just to make sure this whole migration isn&#8217;t too easy for me, a not so insignificant portion of the specialized software that runs the heart of Krafties backend systems requires tweaking and testing in a new environment. This is by far the most time-consuming part of the migration. But, it will all be worth it in the end.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Once this is all done, Adventures will return! <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>So, you can see that there&#8217;s quite a lot of &#8220;busy work&#8221; going on that feels less like progress and more like doing chores. This, sadly, has affected my ability\/willingness to release FUN stuff for players (it doesn&#8217;t make sense to release any content\/feature expansions until everything is as stable as possible), along with the level of support I am able to dedicate to solving player issues.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>However, the groundwork is being laid to improve both of those areas in the near future, which brings me to\u2026 <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>NEW SUPPORT FLOW FOR PLAYERS IS IN THE WORKS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A significant update is in the works to address ongoing support delays. The current system, which relies on players using a single text input to describe their problems in a free-form format, is a crude solution that has proven to be difficult to manage in the backend. This approach isn&#8217;t especially helpful for players, who (due to the complexity of the game&#8217;s mechanics and the wide breadth of issues that may present themselves) understandably find it difficult to describe their problems in a concise manner while including all the necessary details to solve their problems, and it creates unnecessary friction, frustration, and thus delays, for everyone. This has a compounding effect in periods of high activity or when system errors cause players to experience multiple issues simultaneously. When that friction multiplies over the course of an increasing number of tickets, it leads to a significant backlog of tickets. And that backlog becomes and ever-growing source of friction! To those of you who are affected by this, I am truly sorry. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>With that said, it&#8217;s time for a change! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To tackle these challenges, Krafties is designing a new support flow that focuses on streamlining the process. This approach will provide players with a curated list of common problems they might encounter. Once selected from the list, each particular issue will be outlined with specific steps to follow along with separate inputs for required information upfront. The idea behind this is to decrease the hurdles on both the player and admin side of things to the point that it can be integrated into an automation pipeline designed to handle our most frequent issues, such as item loss, pet issues, experience problems, etc. End result, Krafties will be able to respond more quickly and effectively to reported issues. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>While this new system is still in the early stages of development and not yet fully deployed, it&#8217;s a positive step forward in improving the community&#8217;s experience. I&#8217;m hoping to have this live in the coming months, at which points players will be able to file their issues in the new streamlined system and receive MUCH faster and more efficient support! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>MORE FUN UPCOMING OVERHAULS <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Last year I began work on what I saw as the &#8220;future of Krafties&#8221; &#8211; the Immersion Deck. By &#8220;began work&#8221; I mean\u2026 well, I got it to the point where it&#8217;s just about ready for players to beta test it! This nifty little item provides a sort of &#8220;holodeck-like&#8221; gameplay addition that allows Krafties to &#8220;transport&#8221; you to new environments and create completely new, immersive experiences delivered right to your doorstep, wherever that may be. This represents a drastic increase in the options I have to introduce new experiences to the world of Krafties. Imagine moving from forests to caves to towns, all with different interactive items and structures, while still carrying out the core Krafties experience of battling, collecting, and more. To add to that, I&#8217;ve been sort of obsessing over how this expansion can be tied to the briefly introduced creature &#8220;painting&#8221; application we saw a few moons back, alongside other player-driven creative elements. I am extremely excited about what this could do for the game! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>However, needless to say, I&#8217;ve decided to delay the future a bit. I&#8217;ve made the decision that improving the game&#8217;s stability and maintainability is more important than rushing to release new content and features. Before pushing for our next big thing, I want to make sure that we&#8217;re in the best possible shape to handle it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I do want you all to know, however, that there most certainly IS a next big thing!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Once I finish my chores.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&lt;3<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:133px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u26a0 NOTE: A (now patched) glitch allowed a small number of spawned Reaper Stufflies to be caught. This is unintended behavior! LEs with Reaper souls will be available soon, which will be detailed further on in the blog post. All Reaper Stufflies have been removed from player accounts. 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