News and Updates

We’re excited to announce the next official grid-wide Bloodlines Event – The Haunted Tour 2025! We’re giving everyone extra lead-time this year, so it will start today, September 16th and run to October 24th. We are giving away a combined total of 10,000 $L worth of containers to the winners! So we want to see your best decorating! Please see the end of the post for guidelines if you want a chance to win.

The Haunted Tour is an event for people who wish to show off their haunted houses, dungeons, clubs and bars for the spooky holiday ahead.  Anyone owning a Bloodlines Haunt can opt-in and anyone with a HUD will be able to participate in the tour.

What specifically does this mean for Bloodlines players? It means during that time we’ll be connecting participating Haunts up via the website and the HUDs, so that you can easily travel from haunted location to haunted location, and meet up with people while discovering new Bloodlines-friendly places. (If you need to acquire a Haunt you can visit our stores here).

For Haunt owners, this event means a chance to get your location on the map! The Haunted Tour will provide an influx of new visitors, as well as give you a chance to network with other Bloodlines friendly locations. Players will be able to vote on their favorite Haunts, and prizes will be awarded at the end. Mars Bracken, Lyle Maeterlinck, Liquid Designs Resident and other officials will be visiting participating locations to help with the final judging of the top locations, and we hope to see you there!

Voting will start in a few days and run until October 24th. During that time, all you need to do to vote is press the ‘Vote’ link next to the Haunted Tour icon on the profile of participating haunts.

Prizes (Awarded at the end of the Tour):

A picture of your haunt immortalized on the prize container texture! Gold, Silver and Bronze get their own textures, and Runners-Up will be on a texture together.

1st Place Winner: Empty 100L equivalent container of their choice + Banner on Bloodlines Homepage for a week following the event, from Oct 24th – Oct 31st.

2nd Place Winner: (3) 20L equivalent containers of your choice + Gold Crown rare texture + Banner on Bloodlines Homepage for a week following the event, from Oct 24th – Oct 31st.

3rd Place Winner: (2) 20L equivalent containers of your choice + Gold Crown rare texture + Banner on Bloodlines Homepage for a week following the event, from Oct 24th – Oct 31st.

5 Honorable Mentions: (1) 20L equivalent container of your choice + Silver Crown rare texture

Haunted Tour Participation Rare: Given to anyone who opted-in their location to the event, awarded at the end of the month (limit one per avatar).

Getting involved is simple:

Location Owners – If you already have a Haunt, just log into your profile, Edit Haunts, and opt-in via the radio button for the Haunted Tour Event. Make sure to use the Haunt Events calendar to schedule specific times for your events.

Bloodlines players – The Haunted Tour will automatically generate locations in your HUD, under the Haunt button. We’ll also make it clear on the website which locations are participating, so you should be able to easily find the next great location to visit!

Rules and Guidelines:

All locations opted-in will receive the Participation Rare at the end of the contest. However, a few things to think about when trying for prizes are:

1. Store Haunts – If your store is decorated and the haunt is part of the decor it will be considered. Non-decorated stores will not be considered for top prizes.
2. Clan Land / Other Haunts – If your family location does not have any event-specific decor, it will not be considered for top prizes.

Judging is subjective and will focus on quality, sticking to the spooky / haunted theme, and also ease of access. If the area you’re looking to share with the Bloodlines community is difficult to find / hard to access from the Haunt landing, that will affect your ability to earn a top prize.

Happy decorating, and good luck!

We are pleased to announce Season 29! As a reminder:

1. MORE TEXTURE REWARDS – There is a Collectible Texture available at EVERY step of the Season Map. That’s 25 total available to you, drawn from 35 unique textures on the reward path, spread among the 5 container styles + reapers.
2. SEASON LENGTH OF 6 WEEKS – Checkpoints must be completed during this time to earn rewards, and rewards must be collected prior to the end.

You earn points for doing challenges, the points increase a progress bar, and when you reach checkpoints you unlock rewards. Both Bloodlines and Legends activities are included in the challenges. The rewards can include: Bloodlines / Legends Products, Metrics, Resources, Rare Goods and Gift Cards.

For full reference information, check out the Seasons Guide.

The Seasons HUD is available free in vendors at our RP regions.

SEASON DURATION: Up to midnight on October 31st, 2025

We are pleased to announce Season 28! As a reminder:

1. MORE TEXTURE REWARDS – There is a Collectible Texture available at EVERY step of the Season Map. That’s 25 total available to you, drawn from 35 unique textures on the reward path, spread among the 5 container styles + reapers.
2. SEASON LENGTH OF 6 WEEKS – Checkpoints must be completed during this time to earn rewards, and rewards must be collected prior to the end.

You earn points for doing challenges, the points increase a progress bar, and when you reach checkpoints you unlock rewards. Both Bloodlines and Legends activities are included in the challenges. The rewards can include: Bloodlines / Legends Products, Metrics, Resources, Rare Goods and Gift Cards.

For full reference information, check out the Seasons Guide.

The Seasons HUD is available free in vendors at our RP regions.

SEASON DURATION: Up to midnight on September 15th, 2025

We are pleased to announce Season 27! As a reminder:

1. MORE TEXTURE REWARDS – There is a Collectible Texture available at EVERY step of the Season Map. That’s 25 total available to you, drawn from 35 unique textures on the reward path, spread among the 5 container styles + reapers.
2. SEASON LENGTH OF 6 WEEKS – Checkpoints must be completed during this time to earn rewards, and rewards must be collected prior to the end.

You earn points for doing challenges, the points increase a progress bar, and when you reach checkpoints you unlock rewards. Both Bloodlines and Legends activities are included in the challenges. The rewards can include: Bloodlines / Legends Products, Metrics, Resources, Rare Goods and Gift Cards.

For full reference information, check out the Seasons Guide.

The Seasons HUD is available free in vendors at our RP regions.

SEASON DURATION: Up to midnight on July 31st, 2025

We’re so pleased to announce the winners and honorable mentions of our 2025 Gallery Tour Contest. There were many wonderful entries this year, and it was difficult to make final decisions. Thanks to everyone who participated! Within the next few days, textures will delivered automatically to your Rare Library, as well as the prizes for the winners.

Thanks everyone for making this event a success! And be sure to visit all the Haunt locations you can while they’re up, to check out all the great decor.

Winners

1st Place Winner:  The Arcane Steampunk Arcade ~ LilahCeleste Lovelace   100L equivalent container  + Gold Rare Texture Showing 3 Winning Locations + Banner

2nd Place Winner: Sacred Alliance ~ Lance Redenblack (3) 20L equivalent containers of your choice + Gold Rare Texture Showing 3 Winning Locations + Banner

3rd Place Winner: Alidome My Son ~ Bebs Darkheart (2) 20L equivalent containers of your choice + Gold Rare Texture Showing 3 Winning Locations + Banner

7 Honorable Mentions   (1) 20L equivalent container + Silver Rare Texture Showing 7 Honorable Mentions + Banner

vs. The World ~ RainNight

Crimson Court ~ JZychowicz

R.I.P. Grishy ~ Altariel Rosenstar

Nosferatu Kin ~ Samarabliss

Enchanted Citadel ~ Suzi Marquette

Sempiternal ~ ShaeShaddo

Seadancer 3 ~ ChristopherDwyer

We are pleased to announce Season 26! As a reminder:

1. MORE TEXTURE REWARDS – There is a Collectible Texture available at EVERY step of the Season Map. That’s 25 total available to you, drawn from 35 unique textures on the reward path, spread among the 5 container styles + reapers.
2. SEASON LENGTH OF 6 WEEKS – Checkpoints must be completed during this time to earn rewards, and rewards must be collected prior to the end.

You earn points for doing challenges, the points increase a progress bar, and when you reach checkpoints you unlock rewards. Both Bloodlines and Legends activities are included in the challenges. The rewards can include: Bloodlines / Legends Products, Metrics, Resources, Rare Goods and Gift Cards.

For full reference information, check out the Seasons Guide.

The Seasons HUD is available free in vendors at our RP regions.

SEASON DURATION: Up to midnight on June 15th, 2025.

We’re excited to announce an official grid-wide Bloodlines Event – The Bloodlines 17th Anniversary Gallery Tour and Party!

As the texture collecting has really ramped up lately (and we’ve just released the new Reaper Curator achievement), we decided to make this grid-wide event a Gallery Tour. This means you’re encouraged to decorate your Haunt location in a way that shows off you or your family’s collection of Bloodlines Rares*, to the envy of all those who visit!

The event starts now and runs through Saturday May 10th, when we’ll announce the winners at our Anniversary Party. The party will be one of our most epic, running from 11am to 7pm SL, and there’ll be live DJs, raffles, Best Attire giveaways, and more!

Starting today, we’ll be connecting participating Haunts via the website and the HUDs, so you can easily travel from event to event, while discovering new Bloodlines-friendly locations. Bloodlines judges will be visiting participating locations to help with the final choosing of the top Haunts.

For Haunt owners, this event means a chance to raise awareness of your clan land, club, bar, or RP area. The Anniversary Gallery Tour will provide an influx of new visitors, as well as give you a chance to network with other Bloodlines friendly locations. Players will be able to vote on their favorite Haunts up until Thursday May 8th, when voting will close so we have enough time to make final judgements before the party.

To vote on your favorite Haunts, all you need to do is press the ‘Vote’ link next to the 17-year anniversary icon on the profile of participating haunts. These tallied votes will be combined with voting by the judges to determine the winners.

*Although this is a Gallery Tour and we encourage you to display your rare textures, your space doesn’t have to be a bona fide gallery – it could be a dungeon or a room in your house, or any place you like to show off your collection. Also, to win you don’t necessarily need to have the largest collection of Rares – judging will include looking at the style and atmosphere of the place, organization, etc.

Prizes:

***For the first time ever, the prize winners will have a picture of their haunt immortalized on the prize container texture! The three Gold winners will be on one texture, and the silver honorable mentions together on another.

• 1st Place Winner: 100L equivalent container of your choice + Gold Crown rare texture + Banner on Bloodlines Homepage for a week following the event.
• 2nd Place Winner: (3) 20L equivalent containers of your choice + Gold Crown rare texture + Banner on Bloodlines Homepage for a week following the event.
• 3rd Place Winner: (2) 20L equivalent containers of your choice + Gold Crown rare texture + Banner on Bloodlines Homepage for a week following the event.
• 7 Honorable Mentions: (1) 20L equivalent container of your choice + Silver Crown rare texture
• Gallery Tour Participation Rare: Given to anyone who opted-in their location to the event, awarded at the end of the month (limit one per avatar).

Getting involved is simple:

• Location Owners – If you already have a Haunt, just log into your profile, Edit Haunts, and opt-in via the radio button for the 12th Anniversary Event. Make sure to use the Haunt Events calendar to schedule specific times for your events. We’re keeping the theme wide open – as long as your space is Bloodlines (or Legends) themed in some way, we’re excited to check it out!
• Bloodlines players – The 17th Anniversary Event will automatically generate locations in your HUD, under the Haunt button. We’ll also make it clear on the website which locations are participating, so you should be able to easily find the next great location to visit!

Dates to Remember:

• April 14th through May 8th – Building, displaying, and voting on Haunt locations.
• May 10th – Anniversary Party from 11-7 SL, Winners Announced, Prizes Given.
  • Where: Bloodlines North
  • Music by DJ Lord | Hosted by Maze Atheria
  • Suggested Attire: Ballroom / Formal

We look forward to seeing you at the party, and thanks to everyone for making Bloodlines a vibrant community for 17 years running!

We are pleased to announce Season 25! As a reminder:

1. MORE TEXTURE REWARDS – There is a Collectible Texture available at EVERY step of the Season Map. That’s 25 total available to you, drawn from 35 unique textures on the reward path, spread among the 5 container styles + reapers.
2. SEASON LENGTH OF 6 WEEKS – Checkpoints must be completed during this time to earn rewards, and rewards must be collected prior to the end.

You earn points for doing challenges, the points increase a progress bar, and when you reach checkpoints you unlock rewards. Both Bloodlines and Legends activities are included in the challenges. The rewards can include: Bloodlines / Legends Products, Metrics, Resources, Rare Goods and Gift Cards.

For full reference information, check out the Seasons Guide.

The Seasons HUD is available free in vendors at our RP regions.

SEASON DURATION: Up to midnight on April 30th, 2025.

We are pleased to announce Season 24! As a reminder:

1. MORE TEXTURE REWARDS – As of Season 24, there is a Collectible Texture available at EVERY step of the Season Map. That’s 25 total available to you, drawn from 35 unique textures on the reward path, spread among the 5 container styles + reapers.
2. SEASON LENGTH OF 6 WEEKS – Checkpoints must be completed during this time to earn rewards, and rewards must be collected prior to the end.

You earn points for doing challenges, the points increase a progress bar, and when you reach checkpoints you unlock rewards. Both Bloodlines and Legends activities are included in the challenges. The rewards can include: Bloodlines / Legends Products, Metrics, Resources, Rare Goods and Gift Cards.

For full reference information, check out the Seasons Guide.

The Seasons HUD is available free in vendors at our RP regions.

SEASON DURATION: Up to midnight on March 15th, 2025.

We are pleased to announce Season 23! As a reminder:

1. DOUBLE TEXTURE REWARDS – There are 35 unique textures available on the reward path, spread among the 5 container styles + reapers.
2. SEASON LENGTH OF 6 WEEKS – Checkpoints must be completed during this time to earn rewards, and rewards must be collected prior to the end.

You earn points for doing challenges, the points increase a progress bar, and when you reach checkpoints you unlock rewards. Both Bloodlines and Legends activities are included in the challenges. The rewards can include: Bloodlines / Legends Products, Metrics, Resources, Rare Goods and Gift Cards.

For full reference information, check out the Seasons Guide.

The Seasons HUD is available free in vendors at our RP regions.

SEASON DURATION: Up to midnight on January 31st, 2025.