So I'm pretty sure users gained the ability to create them in a site event a while back. My question is, can you gain that ability at a certain time of year or is it kinda whoever did it is all that can do it forever, period?

I dont mind that it's kind of a rarity thing and i know of users who dont mind making them for people, I guess my concern is what happens if all the people who can create them go inactive? They would be near impossible to get then.

only people who participated in the plot can make them at the crystal or whatever it is. the rest of us can zap for bhakoru or make a nostalgic one (and then change the color after).

Ah that's true. I didn't even think of doing the nostalgic one. Still seems like it could get awfully expensive in the future. But hey who knows what else might happen to make it different later.

i guess technically if you save your advent calendar essence of melody, a nostalgic bhakoru could be pretty cheap? (free essence + instructions + wood carvers kit, etc = ~200k, maybe) but yeah, it's kind of a pain to go that route. hopefully the regular way is opened to everyone at some point.

Why not make a suggestion thread for that? I was here during the plot, so I have the ability to make one at will, so I wouldn't make the suggestion myself, but I'd support it.

There isn't a Steamwork Bhakoru now, but there could be one. That might be an alternate way to get them too.

I think it could be part of the story of the third and final pillar keeping the goddess Merana trapped. They would be released into the world available through Shinwa or the Oracle. Or that there'd be another batch of users who participated in that site event who could be attuned to that crystal to adopt one.

fun fact: i was here during that plot but couldn't figure out one of the puzzles toward the end, got frustrated, and gave up - so i never completed it and i never unlocked bhakorus. :(

i kinda wish the site would do some sort of throwback that would let people unlock them. even though it's easy enough to get one using the roundabout methods, i still feel really bad about that huge loose end.