SURVIVAL IS HERE

The Voluntary Infection Program is finally open! Gunner has given his program a bit of a facelift which you can find here. With the program now on kumos.subeta.net, you'll have an easier time distinguishing new strains from older ones.

As some of you older zombies know, when you choose a strain you get thrown into a queue before you are properly infected. To make that time go by faster, you can get bitten by zombies on the Survival forums with that same strain. You will see your queue status on the VIP page!

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Louis of L'amour Parlor fame and the Zombie Den's own Skitters are back with a new selection of items.

Skitters only requires your hard earned sP while Louis will want any candy hearts you receive from kissing users.

Speaking of kissing users!

You can now create a kissing booth on the Survival Forums.

When you create a new topic, you'll have the option to make your thread a booth. Note: Once a booth, always a booth. You can't just turn it off.

What are the limits to kissing, because lips need to rest! You can be in 3 kissing booths as a regular user, 5 with a gold account. NPCs like Qazim and others will be joining booths to give a kiss or two.

You'll be able to see interesting stats like most kisses given, most candy hearts, as well as other features like a quick chat and a kiss feed. We hope you enjoy!

Do you have fond memories of different stages of past viruses? Well, you can relive them with the help of Rachelle in the Underground.

You can choose any stage from any virus you have already unlocked. We can't wait to see how y'all incorporate some of the middle stages! Rachelle will have this feature available year-round. 💋

WHEW. That's a lot! Just a few last things to be aware of.

💋 Snowballs have been closed until the end of Survival. 💋 Survival will end on March 15. 💋 The Survival forums will close with the holiday.

March 8, 2026, 10:34 am by blooming
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just want to say thank you for working so hard to fix all the bugs while this event happens in the middle of a migration!! i know that must be so stressful and difficult.

my only complaint is, usually louis l'amour is my favorite shop every year but this year it's a bit lackluster ;~; only one top in different colors/patterns and really no other outfit pieces. :c

March 1, 2026, 6:50 pm by FaerieQueen
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I’m so confused. How do we get candy hearts? What do we do with the survival flowers this year?

February 27, 2026, 7:55 pm by SolusAurora
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Is there no random kiss this year?

February 27, 2026, 7:08 pm by CassieFenix
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I love the fact you can get frozen stages of previous viruses to wear again! I loved the third stage of Sickura and wanted to be able to use it again!

They don't obstruct us getting bitten for a new virus, do they?

February 24, 2026, 7:33 pm by Grishiu
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Omg did you guys use my skin suggestions I am flapping around wildly at the sight of the Hearty strain :D

February 24, 2026, 5:28 pm by omg_carrie
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:)

February 24, 2026, 2:29 pm by FENNEC
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Seeing all these new ones so far have been amazing 😍

February 24, 2026, 11:42 am by Tex707
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Does Kumos have a thirteen year cache? It won't let me take off my zombie skin and I've been waiting since launch yesterday, I can't get infected at all

February 24, 2026, 7:55 am by flipsahoy
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wait, who stole my hair? lol

February 24, 2026, 7:53 am by flipsahoy
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I just got home from work and there's kisses everywhere! :D I have no idea where to start as I'm so tired. Going to get some ZZZZZsss and get into it tomorrow. Love a new event to get into!

February 24, 2026, 4:12 am by Ewok
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I'm finally here during a survival. I've got years of Louis items to catch up on.

I don't think I get what the kissing booth is though.

February 24, 2026, 3:47 am by ColdDragon
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Hi, the Rachelle in the Underground is really confusing. I thought I could go through and buy all the different stages and they would then live in the wardrobe as skins I could take on and off. Instead, you can only buy one stage at a time and if you click to buy another the previous one is gone. I have plenty of sp so no big loss but I just wasted a lot of time buying stages for no reason and I'm disappointed I'll have to go to Rachelle in the Underground if I ever want to use a different stage.

February 24, 2026, 1:35 am by Thia
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You could have mentioned in the news post that the virus stage thing is only available for gold accounts.

February 24, 2026, 12:08 am by Sprinter137
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Does anyone have the kiss code thingy? It's not on this page like it usually is (I rely on that because I never remember it from year to year lol)

February 23, 2026, 10:42 pm by stars_water
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I, um..... I might have also already forgotten which one I bought?! Maybe an indicator of your active choice would be good.

February 23, 2026, 10:39 pm by stars_water
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February 23, 2026, 10:38 pm by stars_water
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YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS, Rachelle to the RESCUE!!! That said, it is a bit hard to see the strains right now, with the thumbnails being so tiny, and some of them blending in the the background (like Lotus on dark theme). I clicked on one hoping for a better preview and just purchased it instead.

February 23, 2026, 10:36 pm by Greg
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sorry for the ping but I just regressed by mistake and have no idea how to take it off 😭 VIP says I'm infected with Metal, when I was already infected with Cozy, help please? (also maybe add a confirmation popup before regressing?)

February 23, 2026, 9:36 pm by Jack
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Thanks, that's good to know! I haven't joined one yet since it just feels awkward to me lol

February 23, 2026, 9:33 pm by GalaxyEyes
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-- the kissing booths now have a "spread the love" feature where you can automatically kiss the person with the least amount of kisses, and it also gives you one less minute on your cooldown time. so hopefully that'll help!

-- I like "Innoculated Viruses", I feel like a name like that would more clearly show what the feature is meant to actually be. Even "Virus Regression" would be better I think. When I saw "Age Regression Treatment" I went "what???" because I immediately thought of the trauma response thing first. I hope I'm not being weird in saying the current name is kind of uncomfortable. 😖

February 23, 2026, 9:24 pm by Jack
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Being able to use the in-between stages is awesome! Been wanting a feature like that for years. Not sure how to feel about the kissing booths. It's definitely more organised, but people can definitely get missed or favoured. Posting in forums meant you were mostly guaranteed to get kisses/dances/flowers/etc. from the person below, unless they were being stingy. Maybe it's just because I'm not the most social person but it feels kind of weird to join a group rather than just post "claim" on a thread lol

February 23, 2026, 8:31 pm by CameronHartman
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As a user that was around when the first outbreak happened, and then not any of the years afterwards, this sounds insane 😆 what is HAPPENING

February 23, 2026, 8:13 pm by Marcus
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I'm very excited for Survival--it's easily Subeta's most unique holiday and it's always a lot of fun to see the viruses progress! The option to change your HA to show a middle stage of a virus is also a FANTASTIC feature and I'm eager to see what people do with it.

I also do agree, though, that the "Age Regression" name could be better, since it's a term used to describe a sort of reaction to trauma/triggers, to my understanding. I could be misinterpreting its precise use. What about something like "Mild Cases" (as in, "a mild case of the flu") or "Innoculated Viruses" to indicate that it's a weaker form that won't progress further?

February 23, 2026, 6:33 pm by GalaxyEyes
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I love the Age Regression feature as an option, but I don't love the name tbh

February 23, 2026, 6:31 pm by Laurey
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I know things are kind of glitchy, but just want to say THANK YOU for making the in-between stages available to use! I know people have been asking for that for a long time, so it's great that it's finally a thing :)

February 23, 2026, 6:22 pm by Kiarda
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yay!

February 23, 2026, 6:17 pm by magicallabbiata
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Happy Survival to everyone.

February 23, 2026, 6:05 pm by ShinketsuKarasu
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First Survival as an active player, so excited!

February 23, 2026, 6:04 pm by Bliss
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I'm late to the party! I was at work. Just signed up

February 23, 2026, 5:39 pm by Jesus
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finally... moth turd beauty pageant...

February 23, 2026, 4:51 pm by fizz
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February 23, 2026, 4:45 pm by Regenerator
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Why are we gradually having fewer and fewer items on event shops?

February 23, 2026, 4:42 pm by Chef
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February 23, 2026, 4:34 pm by Leila
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its here!!!!

February 23, 2026, 4:28 pm by obliviate
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Anyone know how to remove an Age Regression Treatment? 😅

February 23, 2026, 4:25 pm by Sheap
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I've get the503 also, but, after twice or trice refresh it worked normally. Now I'm the queue for the fresh strain

February 23, 2026, 4:21 pm by Lucifer
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HELL YES MID STAGE DRESS UP TIME

February 23, 2026, 4:21 pm by Queer
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I'm also getting 503s. 🥲

February 23, 2026, 4:21 pm by Chef
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At least the Parlor and Zombie Den, which are on the Legacy site, are working....

February 23, 2026, 4:20 pm by Balloon
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I can't do anything on Kumos; it only gives me the 503 Service Unavailable error. Hoping it's related to lag and will clear up after the rush calms down a bit!

February 23, 2026, 4:19 pm by Evy
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Took the fast option, got the Hearty strain, worked for a minute, but now my avatar is broken.

February 23, 2026, 4:14 pm by BoaConstrictor
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I click the forum link and get "you must be logged in" (which obviously I am, I went to the forums and there is no Survival forum, yet still Luminaire...

February 23, 2026, 4:14 pm by Kat77
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thank you for that example. Now to talk to my group before I set up the board... :)

February 23, 2026, 4:08 pm by Clea2003
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I got the 503 error but refreshed the page and eventually was able to click on the 25k 'any 2026 virus without the wait' option. It's telling me I am now incubating Fresh. It did work for me, it just took a few refreshes.

February 23, 2026, 4:08 pm by Keith
February 23, 2026, 4:06 pm by Aurelynn
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Happy Survival!

February 23, 2026, 4:03 pm by Kat77
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I would like a little more information on how the "kissing booth" works before I set my thread as a booth status!!

February 23, 2026, 4:03 pm by moonstarr
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Also, I see a dedicated Luminaire forum but not one for Survival. Am I just missing something?

February 23, 2026, 4:02 pm by gemajgall
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I'll admit, not my favorite holiday. Not a zombie fan. But I hope everyone who loves zombies thoroughly enjoys this! Have fun everyone, and thanks for the hard work, staff!

February 23, 2026, 4:02 pm by furiousflamewolf
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Of course it doesn't work on Kumos. Like literally nothing really works on Kumos. 🙄

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