Luminaire FAQ

It’s the jolliest time of the year, didn’t you know? Let’s unpack just what you can do during Luminaire.

Each day throughout the month, Melody will be giving out new treats. There are two achievements regarding Melody’s Cottage. If you visit every day through the 25th, you’ll receive an Essence of Melody, which is essential to making a nostalgic pet! If you make it every day of December, you’ll get the Melody Regular 2021 achievement. We haven’t added an item prize yet, but there will be one before the month finishes.

For those worried about old Melody items they still need, we will be re-releasing them sometime this holiday and not through the Free Shop. <3

What would Luminaire be without a tree? Choose your 2021 tree and have fun decorating it. You can even add a backdrop to your tree! If the tree or ornaments aren’t showing up, clear your browser cache and try again. You can mass add all ornaments from your inventory to your ornament inventory here.

How do you get ornaments? You can donate sP to Melody after visiting her cottage for the day and receive an Old Box of Ornaments. When you open the box, you’ll find a random selection of ornaments. [I]If you are missing ornaments, please file a ticket.[/i]

Only want friends to leave your gifts under your tree or maybe no gifts at all? You can adjust your Luminaire gift settings here.

Just a reminder that trees "open" on December 25th! We will have a news post when you are able to receive your gifts. <3

Mysterious Melody, as you may have noticed, is still closed even though Luminaire has started. There will be some fun changes this year and there will be a news post explaining it when it reopens in a few days!

Note: When the feature gets released, this section will be edited with the changes for quick reference for everyone!

Keep an eye out for the snow fairy minions, which you can give via random event. There’s an achievement, Fairy Catcher!, when you find one.

You can release snow fairies from your inventory for the Free all the Fairies achievement. There is also an achievement, Fairy Collector for having one of each color snow fairy in your inventory.

I know you are all itching to throw a snowball or two but the Snowtapult won’t be opening until Winter properly starts on December 21. When the feature reopens, we will have a post explaining how it works and items that may help you avoid getting hit in the face with snow.

Spread joy on the [url=https://subeta.net/forums.php/forum/208]Luminaire Forums[/b]. We’ll keep these forums open until January 5, so any contests can be finished up after Luminaire ends.

Luminaire ends at 11:59 pm on December 31.

The Free Shop will not be happening during Luminaire.

December 26, 2021, 6:49 pm by vvitch
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aw hell I commented then found the updates - aight

December 26, 2021, 6:47 pm by vvitch
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Any chance we're still getting some version of Mysterious Melody? lol

December 13, 2021, 2:31 pm by Noelle
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we've had ZERO communication regarding Mysterious Melody since this original post. It was stated, "and there will be a news post explaining it when it reopens in a few days!"

I don't know what constitutes a few days to the staff members, but it's been almost 2 weeks and nothing. Is there a time frame that MM will actually become live? Is it going to be extended since we've missed out on 13 days so far? I'm not trying to be rude, but this is an integral part of Luminaire that many of us enjoy and to have it closed down for almost 2 weeks is very disheartening. It probably wouldn't be so bad if we could actually get a little bit of an update as far as what's going on and when we can maybe expect to be able to participate in it. Not only that, but why couldn't we have used the old system until the new changes became implemented? Again, I'm not trying to be rude, but it's a bit frustrating when there has been silence regarding a major feature of Luminaire.

December 13, 2021, 8:39 am by Lighthouse
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Christmas is next week, I'm starting to think MM is not happening this year, which is a shame, that is the reason I come on every year.

December 11, 2021, 11:23 am by Noelle
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I know, we are almost half way into the month and still no MM. I can't help but hope they'll extend MM as we've missed out on 11 days of it so far. They said, "there will be a news post explaining it when it reopens in a few days!" Well it's been MORE than a few days and still silence. We are almost at 2 weeks of nothing.

December 10, 2021, 5:23 pm by Lighthouse
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Still No MM :(

December 7, 2021, 4:39 pm by Noelle
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Well, it's been a week into Luminaire and still no Mysterious Melody. Honestly, that's the funnest part of Luminaire for me. I have to wonder how much longer before it's up and running? I really hope it's soon! Happy Lumi everyone! :)

December 5, 2021, 12:14 pm by Vivi
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Thank you for clarifying for me!! I couldn't remember if it was supposed to be sooner or not lol

December 5, 2021, 2:27 am by Nidoqueen
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- Winter starts on the 21st of December, so the MC should be autumn-themed until then. At least that's what I've always noticed, also with the Quest Shop seasonal change-over. If I'm wrong feel free to correct me.

December 4, 2021, 8:39 pm by Chef
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I had my tree decorated and showing on my profile, but it's no longer working. Avatar images aren't loading either.

December 4, 2021, 7:32 pm by PetiteUnikin
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Have done all this and STILL can't decorate tree, it's not there. I can't decorate it.

December 4, 2021, 6:55 pm by TeaTales
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Argh. Am going to have a naked tree this year. Have cleared my cache, even tried a different browser, used up all my 'free trees' in an attempt to be able to see my tree.... All to no avail, still cant see it so cant 'dress' it

December 4, 2021, 1:24 pm by Vivi
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(The MC is still on the Fall season! Was this supposed to change?)

December 4, 2021, 12:30 pm by Egypt
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is it safe to assume they won't offer a way to make up the missed day? i checked site for 6 hours. never came back up.

December 4, 2021, 11:58 am by Xuanmeng
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Sucks that the site was broken all yesterday and I couldn't visit Melody :( I was looking forward to getting the achievement this year. Lost my almost 40-day streak at the bathhouse, too.

December 4, 2021, 2:52 am by Edgeworth
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i also missed day 3 due to the site being down :( spend all day at work, finally get off and then can't get my reward before rollover. fml.

December 4, 2021, 1:22 am by oki
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I missed day 3 because the site was broken!!

December 3, 2021, 5:26 pm by Lighthouse
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I miss MM I liked being able to do it the entire month of dec hope it opens soon ^_^

December 3, 2021, 2:41 pm by METROID
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It kept getting delayed iirc. xD So that's understandable. It was like...around Freyalise? (my brain can't remember, I've been so busy with work this week, it's suddenly December now)

December 3, 2021, 1:53 pm by Kismet
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Ohhhhhh, ok thank you.

December 3, 2021, 1:47 pm by Nidoqueen
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- At some point during Lumi the quest givers will have a chance to reward any retired restockable holiday items (Morostide included). I don't believe Trick-or-Treat items fall into that item pool (but there are other ways to get those items).

December 3, 2021, 12:56 pm by Kismet
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Ah, shoot, I missed the first couple days because I was moving. T-T No achievement for me. Excited for Luminaire though! Can't wait to see what we get from Melody for the rest of the days though.

Side note, I think I recall a previous post saying we'd be getting morotside goodies from quests during Luminaire due to the huge lag fiasco? Fingers crossed we do!

December 3, 2021, 12:20 pm by Sebyashka
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dang, missed the first two days once again >_< love lumi tho

December 3, 2021, 11:02 am by Nidoqueen
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What a lovely news post! I'm still taking holiday notes to compile my little holiday guides and I apologize for not getting the handful of things up on Ashlynn's page. I did write some things down, but I never got on the laptop to actually add them to her page. This post is very helpful for when I have the guide ready for next year!

I hope everyone is enjoying the Lumi season and that it all goes swell! If you guys need the different color fairy achievement, feel free to drop a comment! I'm going to work hard these next two weekends to pick up lots of fairies to offer to those who would like the releasing achievement as well!

December 3, 2021, 11:01 am by MarchOnOff
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Super, thanks :)

December 3, 2021, 11:00 am by Flygon
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Jessi mentioned on the November 20 2021 News Post that CW Pawn Shop will be from Dec.19-21st

December 3, 2021, 10:09 am by MBacon
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? Dang, I had no idea I missed it. I thought I had been pretty active this past year. I remember it being advertised as "Coming soon" but then it never came. I suppose I took my break right when it happened, but I was so tired of waiting for the nebulous "Soon" I half-thought it was scrapped.

December 3, 2021, 10:05 am by METROID
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We literally just had a free shop bonanza a couple months ago.

December 3, 2021, 10:03 am by MBacon
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Is this website's "economy" so bad that The Free Shop will just like... never happen anymore? The website is 1s and 0s with a loyal fanbase that dwindles each year. But man, y'all are quick to give people who subscribe monthly a free item each month.

December 3, 2021, 5:05 am by MarchOnOff
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Ok, we're moving towards Lumi spirit :D Will it be a Hustler CW shop?

December 3, 2021, 4:20 am by Rick
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Oh, Dungarde's decorating quests were retired! More 5 achievements retired xD

December 3, 2021, 3:53 am by Chef
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that backdrop is called either Candlelight or Fireplace I believe. The Candlelight one is in front of the windows with the menorah.

December 3, 2021, 3:23 am by SynapseError
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Sad panda...I already missed a day cuz of work :I There's always next year lol

December 3, 2021, 2:51 am by Net
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Happy lumi!!

December 3, 2021, 1:21 am by Flygon
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Amber already explained it

December 3, 2021, 12:53 am by Frieda
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I love the Snowtapault! There's nothing quite like surprising your friends after they spent hours dressing up in their Luminaire finery! Hey! Could you leave the Snowtapault operational during Masquerade like you did during the Murder Mystery when I started a snowball fight in the Ballroom? That was epic!

December 3, 2021, 12:16 am by Ange
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appreciate all the achievements reminders ^^

December 2, 2021, 11:55 pm by Penemuel
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Will the trees be made more compatible with tablets? I’ve tried to move ornaments on my iPad, and it keeps opening the long press menu instead…

December 2, 2021, 11:27 pm by Mabon
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I had that happen to me, but clearing cookies and cache fixed that

Now I'm having the issue where I can't see any trees on the forums or in profiles, but at least as of today I can see trees when I click the link to gift trees. Hopefully that's fixed before the empty tree stuffing happens in a few weeks cos it'll make things a bit harder if it's not.

December 2, 2021, 11:06 pm by Tekki
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Why no free shop?

December 2, 2021, 10:50 pm by Avel
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Can we have some option to opt back into gift settings once you've selected the "no thanks?" I prefer not having to remember or rush to turn it off every year. People mean well but I really don't want anything under my tree.

December 2, 2021, 10:43 pm by Hello
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I ALWAYS MISS THE FIRST DAY WHEN WILL MY TIME COME. >:(

December 2, 2021, 10:31 pm by Desilyna
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Thank you and Happy Luminaire, everyone!

What's the backdrop that is inside and has soft Christmas lights please?

December 2, 2021, 10:08 pm by Flygon
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Mixed Opinions on that I rather not

December 2, 2021, 10:03 pm by Bibliophilia
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omg soo excited! happy holidays everyone!

December 2, 2021, 9:44 pm by Greg
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This virtual holiday fills me with joy

December 2, 2021, 9:43 pm by Lawnbuddha
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oh, dang, I missed the first day of the Cottage too (it's on me, but since there was no news post about it, I totally forgot about checking the sidebar!)

December 2, 2021, 9:41 pm by Thistle
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Have you tried going into Wardrobe and making sure you are signed in to New Subeta? That's usually what the issue is if forums aren't loading.

December 2, 2021, 9:40 pm by StarShadow
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And I wish we could organize the ornaments in our ornament inventory in some way. Took forever to locate all the of animal ones I wanted to use. Also hope we get some new ornaments in the boxes this year. :)

December 2, 2021, 9:36 pm by StarShadow
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Looking forward to snowballs. Please hit me with the Icy Snowballs, they're SO pretty! :D But it will take years to get the achievement, darn.

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