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The Herald

News from across the colonies

Updates, new recipes, release notes and community notices — published on the forum and mirrored here. Every card opens the original discussion.

Out with the old, in with the new

Out with the old, in with the new Our old website looked alright. It just did not encompass everything we do as a system, and it did not integrate with any of our products. Players would go to the main website, then…

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Your Gems are Money now

Gems used to sit on your profile doing nothing. As of today they spend in our shop, at one gem to L$1 — no conversion to work out, no exchange rate to check. If something costs L$600, it costs 600 gems. What they buy…

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Online Shop Progress

Our online shop is taking form and I have tested some of our products already! I have finished listing our HUD and our Craftables, with fancy new artwork and automatic discounts. No longer do you need to wait on an…

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Talking is now worth something

We have just switched on a community reward system across everywhere SL Colonies lives — in-world group chat, Discord, and these forums. It is all connected now, so it does not matter where you turn up. Turning up is…

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Solo But Not Alone: Finding Your Pace in SL Colonies

Introduction There’s a particular kind of loneliness that comes with loving a game your friends don’t play. You discover something special — a world that clicks with you, systems that make sense, activities that fill…

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[NEW RECIPE] SLC Backpack

Want to make a backpack that you can wear on your back and comes with 10 storage slots? Here’s the details! Research First, you will need to learn the plan for Backpack at the Research Bench. Engineering You will need…

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[UPDATE] Region Servers

New Updater Released — Small Hoe Added A new updater has been deployed that will: Update your Region Servers Add the Small Hoe tool if it’s missing from your setup Action Required: Run the updater to ensure your region…

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[NEW RECIPE] Cherry Juice

With the addition of the cherry tree - cherry juice has been added as a recipe to the wine press. [RECIPES] Wine Press Recipes The Wine Press is used by a brewer to press juices and oils from different fruit. [Wine…

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[UPDATE] - Alchemy Potion Bottling

Hello All, We have some exciting news for all of you. The Alchemy Station has received an update! You do not need to update your station, this one is automatic for you. There is now a new menu for herbalists called…

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XMAS Gift for You!

We are giving away FREE patreon memberships over Christmas as a thank you for all of your support, as players and as paying customers - whichever you may be. To grab your membership, visit:…

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New Banner & Subheading Themes

I’ve spent a few hours working on our forum theme to make it feel more lively and a welcoming community. Our Welcome Banner will change automatically every season and every special holiday based on the Northern…

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Player Recipes - Come share them!

A new category has been created to enable the community to share recipes they would like to make public to everyone else. The category is within the Support & Help Center and is known as Support & Help Center >…

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New Events Calendar

Hello All! I have renamed our Promotions category on the forums to Events & Promotions . We have added a few plugins within that category, including a large calendar that displays at the top and shows all upcoming…

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New Bug Reporting Category

A new category has been created in the forums to separate “Support” from “Bug” posts. Bug Reports is available for you to create a post when you discover that something isn’t working as it should and it is something…

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[NEW RECIPES] - Potion Bottles!

With the update coming up to our Alchemy system, where players will be able to bottle their potions - yes you read right - bottle your own potions! We have released some new research plans for bottle molds in the…

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Database Improvements

For the last few months, you may have noticed a dip in our releases and new feature posts. While a lot of that may include some real life for both Drakkhis and I, one of the other major reasons was us troubleshooting…

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SL Colonies Basic Training Academy

Hello All, Veronica Oberueng (ReginaSedgwick) being our Community Service Representative has very kindly built SL Colonies a Basic Training Academy for new players and existing players that would like to learn more…

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[NEW RECIPES] - Flours

New recipes have been added to the game using the flour mill. You can now make: Recipe Name Level Ingredients Barley Flour 1 10 x Barley Buckwheat Flour 1 10 x Buckwheat Millet Flour 1 10 x Millet Rye Flour 1 10 x Rye…

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[RECIPES] - Barrels

All barrel recipes for brewing have just been added to the recipe wiki on our forum. Recipe WIKI - All Starter Recipes & Tools Recipes NOTE: All recipes have been moved to our Documentation . If you are looking for a…

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[UPDATES] - Storage and Vendors!

There have been some updates to the Storage system! All vendors are now modifiable and have a Master Prim, so you can change their appearance to your hearts desire. You can also choose not to use any mesh at all if you…

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[COMPASS] - New Ingredients

There have been a few new ingredients added that you can obtain through the compass! Resin Sticky, aromatic sap collected from trees, often used for crafting, incense, or medicinal purposes. Cinnamon Fragrant bark…

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[NEW RELEASE] - Furniture Root Prims

Our patrons had exclusive access to our furniture root prims for some time now, and we are releasing them to the rest of the community right now! Read about how to use them and watch the tutorial here: SL Colonies…

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