What Was Wizard101 Like Back In The Olden Days? (Castles)

Hello Wizards!

Welcome to another installment of "What Was Wizard101.." yeah you get it! On this post, I wanted to discuss something that we all love in Wizard101... our Castles! Castles these days are used for decorating and dueling parties. However, we didn't always have a dueling circles & many other awesome things in our homes. Today I'm going to talk about what castles/homes were like before the start of this decade.

I remember buying my first castle, the Wooded Cottage. I had to farm Kraken quite a bit in order to get gold for both the castle and the decorations used in the castle. At the time, I thought I was one of the best wizards in the game because I had a castle! I remember inviting the friends that I had over to see my castle/decorations. I also got to see the homes of my friends. My friends were a higher level than I was, so were able to buy houses that were also sold for gold from the other worlds.

Wizard City

Wooded Cottage - 8,000 Gold

Royal Playhouse - 15,000 Gold

Krokotopia

Oasis Camp - 10,000 Gold

Desert Villa - 20,000 Gold

Marleybone

Metropolitan Manor - 12,000 Gold

Royal Estate - 30,000 Gold

Mooshu

Tranquil Cottage - 15,000 Gold

Imperial Palace - 40,000 Gold

Dragonspyre

Grand Citadel - 20,000 Gold

Grand Fortress - 50,000 Gold

As I said earlier in the post, we were unable to duel each other, but it was still a lot of fun to hang out with friends and talk about how awesome it would be if we had mounts. Okay, we didn't do that, but it still would have been amazing to have them! Wait, that has nothing to do with housing.. or maybe it does? I guess we'll just have to wait for another post for that! What a time this was before we had Bundles, Gauntlets, Customizable Items, Roaming Mounts, etc. etc. Kingsisle has certainly did a great job improving the game. Anyway, I should get going! Thank you all so much for reading. Until next time I'll see you around the spiral.

 Do you remember your first house? If so, which house was it? Comment Below! 

Stay tuned for a somewhat part two of this post. Hmm, I wonder what the topic of this next post will be?

School Mounts - Seven Years Later!

Hello Wizards!

It's 7/11 and I realized that seven years ago, today, I made a post about School Mounts! I made this post before many of the mounts that we have now were even added to the game. Today, I wanted to update the list with a list of new school-themed mounts that should be added to the game!

Balance: Scorpion, Chimera or Sand Worm! 

We have scorpion mounts in Pirate101, but we do not have them in Wizard101. I think it would be awesome if Kingsisle added scorpion mounts to Wizard101. A few new spells I'd choose to be a school-themed mount for Balance Wizards would be a Chimera or Sand Worm Mount. Both are amazing spells and I'm pretty sure many balance wizards would be feared if they had mounts like that.

Storm: Leviathan, Storm Owl, Glowbug

These three spells are all amazing spells. Leviathan was one of the spells that I listed about seven years ago. I think it would be amazing if Kingsisle was able to add this mount to the Crowns Shop or to a Bundle. I'd also think it would be amazing to see Storm Owl & Glowbug mounts because why not? The spells are amazing and the mounts would be even more amazing!

Myth: Orthrus, Basilisk, Earthquake Mount

Years ago, I listed a Blood Bat for a perfect myth school mount. Yeah, I take that back! I'd say an Orthrus & Basilisk Mount would be amazing mounts to have. One new one I'm sure others may have thought of is an earthquake-type of mount. For this, I was thinking that the myth wizard could somehow float over wherever he or she is going and everywhere they go, the ground splits open. 

Death: Dr. Von's Monster, Avenging Fossil, Khrulhu

Death has a ton of amazing spells. I think the three out of many amazing spells would make amazing mounts. Dr. Von's Monster would be amazing if he could carry you like the Gobbler mount carries wizards. Avenging Fossil & Khrulhu are both equally amazing. My death wizards would be very happy death wizards if they released mounts like this in a pack and/or bundle.

Fire: Firecat, Fire Dragon, Sun Serpent, Fire From Above, Raging Bull

Okay, I can't even describe all of these spells as mounts like I did with my previous choices for spells. I mean imagine what these would like and you'll get the idea. Fire is full of school-themed mounts. All of these would be amazing! Out of all of them, my top two would be Fire Dragon and Raging Bull. Those would be epic! 

Life: Spinysaur, Hungry Caterpillar

Life doesn't have as many school-themed mounts as fire does, but at least there are two spells that would be perfect as mounts. I'd say it would be awesome to have another dinosaur mount in the game. Spinysaur seems more likely as a life school mount. So if they ever add it, yay, I was right!

Ice: Woolly Mammoth, Climaclysm

I know there are other ice spells that may be converted into a mount, but the woolly mammoth needs to be added to the game. Out of all of the spells I've listed above, I am mostly looking forward to the day that Kingsisle adds the Ice School Woolly Mammoth mount to the game! Please, Kingsisle! There are a lot of ice wizards out there that want to see this mount added to the game. Maybe this Christmas.... in July? Okay, I'm kidding. But I'm sure they'll add this mount one of these days. :D 

The spells above would be my choice for school-themed mounts. I don't know how Kingsisle would add them, but however they do, it's going to be amazing. Did you know that some of the spells I mentioned seven years ago as mounts in the game? I look forward to seeing what Kingsisle has planned for us. I'll see you in seven years! Who knows what type of mounts we'll have in the game at that time. Maybe flying mounts (in the sky)? ;) ;) Who knows! Anyway, I should get going! If you would like to read my mount ideas for seven years ago, click on the link below:

http://www.edwardlifegem.com/2011/07/school-mounts-and-new-around-spiral.html

Until next time, I'll see you (Read Top Line in Image Above)

Josef Hall Joins Artcraft Technlogies (Crowfall)

Hello Wizards,

Today, Todd Coleman, creator of Wizard101, Pirate101 and Shadowbane, announced that Josef Hall has joined a new division for the creation of Crowfall. Josef Hall worked at Kingsisle as the co-creator of Wizard101 and Pirate101.

I wish Josef the very best of luck. Thank you both for working on such amazing games. A lot of us in the Wizard and Pirate community appreciate the work that you put into the Kingsisle games. I look forward to trying out Crowfall and other games you plan on creating!