News and Updates

Season 15!

December 15th, 2023 by Mars Bracken

We are pleased to announce Season 15!

As a reminder:

  1. DOUBLE TEXTURE REWARDS – We’ve added many more prize options along the path, as well as double the collectible texture rewards. There are also bonus Soul Reaper textures on intermediate steps, and a crown texture for season completion.
  2. SEASON LENGTH OF SIX WEEKS – The season runs to January 31st, which is only six weeks rather than two months.
  3. 15% EASIER COMPLETION – The points total for completion is 35,000 instead of 50,000. That means you’ll get all the rewards, with 15% less time and activities to achieve them.

As usual with Seasons, you will 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 are a wide mix including but not limited to: Bloodlines Products, Legends Products, Metrics, Resources, Rare Textures and Gift Cards.

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

For full reference information, check out the Seasons Guide.

CURRENT SEASON DURATION

The current season will run to midnight on January 31st, 2024.

Merry seasoning!

Collect Winter Treats!

December 7th, 2023 by Mars Bracken


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our annual winter treat quest is live! You can go to any of the our sims and click on any of the characters (they can be alive, dead, animal, or human, but they won’t be inanimate objects) and they *may* give you something to snack on. There are 18 treats to find in all and each gives you 20 stamina. This mini game is only available for a limited time, so get the treats while you can!

Seasonal Winter quests will be available through midnight on 12/31.

*Note: We’ve also shifted the “Winter’s Warmth” quest start to Patrick Sawyer’s cup of cocoa, to help cut down on accidental cross-quest chatter.

Legends Hoard Trophy: Bloodstone

December 6th, 2023 by Mars Bracken

Hello Legends! These textures are available now in the Prize Machine, and will be at least for a month. These take 20 Bloodstone Resources to purchase. Happy hunting!

Zodiac Sagittarius Textures

December 4th, 2023 by Mars Bracken

Another Zodiac set is out! Again, for ease of keeping track of the releases, we’re attempting to do the new set on the 1st of every month (rather than on the exact dates of the Zodiac calendar) so please keep that in mind. They are in Piper’s Prize machines for Legends Coins now, and the L$ machines are at their respective regions below!

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines Midland

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines East

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines South

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines North

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines West

New Quest: Seasonal Sleuth

December 2nd, 2023 by Mars Bracken

Posy Trumane is in need of some top secret assistance this season! Report to her shop and let her know you’re ready to help.

This is a seasonal quest, which will run until December 15th, when it will go away for another year.

The quest starts by touching Posy’s Pumpkin Pie on Badlands.

Bloodlines Party: Ghost Town

December 1st, 2023 by Mars Bracken

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You’ve wandered into an old western town that’s been deserted for ages – or has it? Join us for a party filled with music, dancing, and raffles of rare textures.

When: Saturday, December 2nd, 12-4pm

Suggested Attire: Old West / Cowboy / Cowgirl / Ghost

Where: Bloodlines Mildland / West

DJ: Lord    Host: Maze Atheria

New Quest: Clue to a Brew

November 18th, 2023 by Mars Bracken

Bonnie Stoneclaw wants to do something special for the store owners of Moondocks, but she needs you to help her do some reconnaissance first!

This is a seasonal quest, which will run until December 15th, when it will go away for another year.

The quest starts by touching Bonnie’s Pumpkin Pie on Woodlands.

New Quest: The Prying Pie

November 12th, 2023 by Mars Bracken

Elric Beauregard is in need of some juicy new gossip, and he recruits you to help him get it!

This is a seasonal quest, which will run until December 15th, when it will go away for another year.

The quest starts by touching Elric’s Pumpkin Pie on Midlands.

Warning, and How To Spot a Scam

November 6th, 2023 by Lyle Maeterlinck

In Second Life, you may have received a message that looks like this:

Are you tired of paying your Linden Dollars?
Well, we have an interesting solution for you!
with our SecondLive Viewer, everything is free and open.
Unlock unlimited Linden Dollars (L$) for all your virtual adventures.
Fly to unlimited heights.
Build freely on any land of your choice.
And that’s just the beginning.
Link: https://urlz.fr/(redacted)
We’re grateful to everyone who joins us in our mission to make SecondLife entirely free.
Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity!
Best regards.
note:
Linden Labs is currently attempting to shut down our site and blacklist the IP addresses used to host our free land.
we will not be fooled by a multinational that thinks it can do everything! Here is a direct download link in case our site goes down. https://mediafire.com/file/(redacted)

If it isn’t obvious to you, this is a phishing scam, and it is not a good idea to download the file they point to. Here are a couple of ways you can identify it as a scam. First, the URL shortener urlz.fr is used, this could forward to nearly anywhere, but it probably forwards to a domain the attacker controls. As soon as you visit it, it will know your IP address and other information about your computer. Anything you type into that website, they will get. Second, they make false claims. It isn’t possible for them to do what they are claiming they can do. The servers that track Lindens and control Second Life land are operated by Linden Labs, and they keep those resources secure. A custom viewer can’t get around this unless it is exploiting some vulnerability in the security of the Second Life servers, but that vulnerability can be patched by Linden Labs. What a viewer can do is collect your Second Life name and password and send it to an attacker who can then take over your account. For that reason, you shouldn’t use any third-party viewer that isn’t listed in the official third-party viewer directory. Also, never type your Second Life password into any site that you clicked on from a link. Type www.secondlife.com into your browser, or use a bookmark you made yourself. Someone could make a domain that is like www.secondlife.fakedomain.com. If you go to this site, you are really going to fakedomain.com, and www.secondlife is just a subdomain. If you own a domain, you can name subdomains whatever you want. Third, if they could hypothetically do what they are claiming, it would be crime. It is not wise to place any trust in online criminals or download things they link you to.

Good luck, and be careful out there!

Edit: here is someone who did some analysis on what the download actually does (spoiler: installs remote administration tools). This link is safe to click, you can see it goes to github.com.

Season 14!

November 1st, 2023 by Mars Bracken

We are pleased to announce Season 14!

As a reminder:

  1. DOUBLE TEXTURE REWARDS – We’ve added many more prize options along the path, as well as double the collectible texture rewards. There are also bonus Soul Reaper textures on intermediate steps, and a crown texture for season completion.
  2. SEASON LENGTH OF SIX WEEKS – The season runs to December 15th, which is only six weeks rather than two months.
  3. 15% EASIER COMPLETION – The points total for completion is 35,000 instead of 50,000. That means you’ll get all the rewards, with 15% less time and activities to achieve them.

As usual with Seasons, you will 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 are a wide mix including but not limited to: Bloodlines Products, Legends Products, Metrics, Resources, Rare Textures and Gift Cards.

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

For full reference information, check out the Seasons Guide.

CURRENT SEASON DURATION

The current season will run to midnight on December 15th, 2023.

Happy seasoning!