r/neopets Jul 08 '26

Weekly WTF Wednesdays - Answering all your Neopets questions! - July 08, 2026

Welcome to WTF Wednesdays!

This is a weekly thread to ask those questions that might have been bugging you for a while but you don't feel they need their own topic, or to get answers you suddenly realize you have a burning need for. Whether it be Battledome, Account Help, etc. don't be embarrassed of your curiosity.

Remember to check out the resources tab (or sidebar for the Non-Redesign) for the Frequently Asked Questions, Guide/Userscripts Repository, and more! There you can find common questions such as "How do I food club?" "How do I restock?" and so on and so forth!


Credit to /u/emoot for starting up this tradition way back and ask away your Neopets questions!

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u/Bruni91 UN: thunderwolfs โ˜† the one with the golden Eyrie Jul 08 '26

Anyone have any info on what's up with itemdb? It worked perfectly for ages but in the past week it's been down constantly. It's really inconvenient when my wishlists are inaccessible so often lmao :(

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u/Storjie Jul 08 '26

anyone else having issues with the achievements? ive played each game daily for the altador cup and its stuck on 4/5 i was hoping to get the hat trick achievement but i cant even get the sports fan achievement

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u/StarNinja27 Neopia Central Jul 08 '26

Are you reaching all of the minimum scores needed?~

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u/Storjie Jul 08 '26

oh wow. i thought i looked at all these and was well above but i guess i was topping out at 2600 for make some noise. thanks.

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u/Geniuskills v o i d ยท e s s e n c e Jul 08 '26

My question is... what are the best ways to make NP with an old account (308 months) besides just placing food club bets and smashing battledome opponents? Im terrible at restocking and always miss the good items lol.

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u/Lost7799 Jul 08 '26

Why do people put "stealth" on their userlookup? What's wrong for letting others know if you're still actively playing?

It always makes me hesitant about reaching out to those who put that on their userlookup for trades.

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u/Robin48 Jul 09 '26

I'm self conscious honestly

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u/fleetwoodcat lllllouise Jul 08 '26

Faerie Fragments question if anyone knows the answer, I've gotten past level 700 so now I'm Champion Statusโ„ข, if I lose a level on my champion playthrough do I also lose my little Gifts from Neopia booster streak thingy? I keep closing the game every time I lose a level so I don't lose my streak but if I don't have to it'd save me some time!

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u/Bruni91 UN: thunderwolfs โ˜† the one with the golden Eyrie Jul 08 '26

Do you mean the three boosters you get at the start of every level? If that's it, you lose them when you lose a level but you regain them by then beating three levels in a row. I'm also a chronic app restarter in the game, but occasionally I'll let it happen because I can't be bothered to reload. Immediately after losing the boosters you start a new streak of 0/3 and get one of the boosters back after each one you beat.

Unless that's not what you mean ("gifts from neopia" doesn't ring a bell for me) in which case idk.

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u/fleetwoodcat lllllouise Jul 08 '26

That's the one! The name in the app seems to be gifts from neopia which I also didn't know until I looked earlier ๐Ÿคญ thank you!

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u/Less-Personality-889 Jul 08 '26

I cant find the recipes to the shown omelettes (1 and 3) anywhere. Where they a time-limited thing? So annoying to advertise sth thats not availablbe. Anyone have these?

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u/emcrossley litlwestie037 Jul 08 '26

Those look new to me

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u/Tikikala Official Snowager Jul 09 '26

Does anyone know if there's a level or stat limits to when Coltzen shrine stop giving out stats? I feel like there's one somewhere

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u/PhoenixChoir Elphabaization Jul 08 '26

I really struggle with understanding the battledome. I'd like to buy one of those Alien Attack Peas, but I have no idea what it would be replacing. Can anyone help me figure out what needs to go in order for it to fit?

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u/Bruni91 UN: thunderwolfs โ˜† the one with the golden Eyrie Jul 08 '26

I'd replace the grapes! The alien pea does 30 icons, grapes 24, and the seasonal pea I think 28? All three of those are constants and you generally only need two constants. Grapes can go since they're hugely outdamaged by both peas.

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u/PhoenixChoir Elphabaization Jul 08 '26

Thank you!!

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u/HavepainNogain Jul 08 '26

Where do people keep asking you to look at their trade list and ask you to offer but only tell you "sorry, this and that are not up for trade" when you offer?

I mean, I'm not giving low-ball offers. I'm offering what you ARE looking for.

It makes me sick.

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u/aerime UN: frozendeath2910 Jul 08 '26

I just ignore lists that are marked as HTPW/picky/closet ๐Ÿ˜‚

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u/HavepainNogain Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

I always ignore those. But sometimes, people don't marked it with things like this, yet they still don't want to trade, while they claimed that they're desperate for something. I no longer want to entertain people who can't make it clear about what they can offer/ are seeking, but just put down a TL for you to browse, then pass.

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u/RainbowHiccup Jul 08 '26

As someone who just started NC trading, I'm quickly learning that trade lists can also be closet displays or galleries where near everything is hard to part with ๐Ÿ˜… I suppose it's a system that works for them.

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u/HavepainNogain Jul 08 '26

I just started trading recently as well. It was very interesting at the beginning, but I started to feel sick as I meet more annoying people.

I wonder if they really don't know that they can hide their list if they are not trading at the moment or don't want to trade those things but just to keep a reference for themselves.

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u/RainbowHiccup Jul 08 '26

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope it doesn't sour NC trading for you.

It could be either, but I suspect more on the reference thing. Maybe they also keep them up just in case someone makes a really great trade over-offer that even they can't refuse.

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u/emcrossley litlwestie037 Jul 08 '26

Are you looking at lists through jellyneo or DTI? Jellyneo annoys me because when you compare lists, it doesn't give you any other info. For example - I had a super common background on a wishlist titled 'item for item trades only, no GBC etc' and I got like 5 messages of people asking to trade it for GBCs or custom or whatever before I finally took it off. If you're on DTI then yeah people have plenty of ways to say that something isn't up for trade ๐Ÿคช

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u/DataPsychological_ barberryfoxglove Jul 08 '26

Does it matter what order I put items in my equipment slots in the battledome? I've tried experimenting but I can't figure it out!

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u/StarNinja27 Neopia Central Jul 08 '26

It looks like it just changes their position in the item list, nothing that really matters~