Update:Player Appreciation Week/2020

Player Appreciation Week 2020 began on 17 August 2020.

Day 1 - 17th August

Growtopia Gazette

File:Day 1-2020.png August 17th: Player Appreciation Week Day 1 - AWWpdate! Ah, PAW! A week of festivities, items, and features suggested by you, our awesome players. Every day will bring something new to the game, so keep coming back for more fun! For today, we've started the celebration with a new Axolotl item set and re-balancing for the Ring Master Quest, plus we've tweaked the Growtopia theme and lowered the volume down a bit! Also, you can now easily keep track of your locked worlds with the new My Worlds feature! Woohoo! Now get going (and growing) and have fun discovering all the features! Make sure to check out the full announcement and ThePsyborg's daily Dev Diary for more details!

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New Items

Item	Recipes
Axolotl Hood	One has a chance to be dropped from defeating any villain.
Axolotl Hoodie	Up to 4 drop from harvesting its tree, which is made by splicing a Magic Infused Stone seed with a Pastel Pink Block seed.
Axolotl Onesie	One has a chance to be dropped from defeating any villain.
Axolotl Scarf	The recipe is currently unknown.
Axolotl Slippers	One has a chance to be dropped from defeating any villain.

Other Changes

My Worlds

• Added a "My Worlds" button in the player info menu, which can be accessed by wrenching oneself.
• The button displays a full list of the worlds they have World-Locked.

Start Music

• Plays more quietly in general.
• Added a slider that allows users to adjust the volume of the Growtopia's Theme by moving an indicator horizontally.

Ban Reason

• Allows temporarily-banned players to see the reason of their ban upon logging on.

The Ringmaster

• Tweaked to be easier.

Account Changes

• Implemented some changes to comply with statutory law, affecting account creation for underage players below the age of 13:
  • GrowID and in-game name will be pre-generated and cannot be changed.
    • Birth Certificates will not work and it is impossible to rename oneself.
    • Neither Customer Support nor the Community Managers will rename one's account.
  • TapJoy will be unavailable.
  • Refer-a-Friend feature will be unavailable.

Day 2 - 18th August

Growtopia Gazette

File:PAW-2020 DAY-2.png Today we're adding a cool new Personal Notepad where you can take notes anytime and anywhere for your important activities! The Train-E does not give points during Clash events and we've made some balancing adjustments to the Pandemic! Check out everything new! Make sure to check out the full announcement and ThePsyborg's daily Dev Diary more details!

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Items

Item	Recipes
Waist Tied Sweater - Red	One can be obtained from sewing a Silk Bolt - Red, Silk Bolt - White (Saddle Stitch), and Silk Bolt - Red (Blind Stitch) on a Sewing Machine.
Waist Tied Sweater - Yellow	One can be obtained from sewing a Silk Bolt - Yellow, Silk Bolt - White (Zigzag Stitch), and Silk Bolt - Yellow (Saddle Stitch) on a Sewing Machine.
Waist Tied Sweater - Green	The recipe is currently unknown.
Waist Tied Sweater - Blue	The recipe is currently unknown.

Other Changes

Chat

• Added timestamps for all messages that appear on the chatbox, which can be toggled in the player's Options.
• Timestamps are set according to Growtopia's /time.

Notebook

• Added the Notebook, which can be accessed by wrenching oneself, where one can take down notes to remember for later.

Elegant Anomalizers

• Recipe balancing for elegant anomalizers.
  • Anomalizing Elegant Trowel now requires 20 Toffee Blocks instead of 2.
  • Anomalizing Elegant Cultivator now requires 2 Carrot Blocks instead of 10.
  • Anomalizing Elegant Bone Saw now requires 20 Operating Theater Lamps instead of 2.
  • Anomalizing Elegant Scythe now requires 2 Bloccoli Mini-Trees instead of 5.
  • Elegant Anomarod now requires 10 Naval Mines instead of 25.
  • Anomalizing Elegant Hammer now requires 2 Carrot Blocks instead of 10.
  • Anomalizing Elegant Rolling Pin now requires 10 Encapsulated Galaxy instead of 1.

Pineapple Tragic!

• Removed the Pineapple Tragic! mod from players who have the effect outside of Pineapple Week.

Train-E

• No longer rewards the player Caduceus and give points during the Surgery Stars Clash Event.

g-Virus Pandemic

• Starts at 500,000 infections.

World Architect

• Only allows the world's owner and admins to view grids.

Day 3 - 19th August

Growtopia Gazette

File:PAW.png August 19th: Player Appreciation Week Day 3 - Friendship Ahoy! Today we bring you updates on your Friends List! You can now choose a status, mass edit friends list, and in case you need some time alone, you now also have the option to mute your friends, hoho! We've also created a Guild Inbox so you can keep your guild mates updated properly! Oh and what is this? New Growtoken items! Make sure to check out the full announcement in ThePsyborg's daily Dev Diary more details!

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Items

Item	Recipes
Growboy	One can be purchased from the Growtoken Store for 100 Growtokens.
Tactical Stealth Espionage Device	One can be purchased from the Growtoken Store for 150 Growtokens.
Really Dangerous Pet Llama	One can be purchased from the Growtoken Store for 200 Growtokens.

Other Changes

Guild Notebook

• Allows Guild Leaders, Co-leaders and Elders to add a guild notebook, which can be edited by wrenching oneself.
• The Guild Notebook is seen by everyone in the guild upon log-in or by wrenching oneself.

Friends List

• Allows players to edit their status to Online, Away, and Busy by wrenching oneself.
• Allows players to mute/unmute their friends or block/unblock trades.
• Allows players to select multiple friends to unfriend, mute/unmute, or block/unblock trade.

• Online
  Online
• Busy
  Busy
• Away
  Away
• Offline
  Offline
• Muted
  Muted
• Blocked trade
  Blocked trade

Issues

Recipes

• Recipes of Waist Tied Sweaters didn't work properly.

Day 4 - 20th August

Growtopia Gazette

File:PAWDay4.png August 20th: Player Appreciation Week Day 4 - Give it some PAWlish! On Day 4, we're adding new items like the Zodiac Wings and the Eldritch Cross Bow! We also did some balancing changes across a wide number of systems, recipes, and more! Go forth and discover them all! Make sure to check out the full announcement in ThePsyborg's daily Dev Diary more details!

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Items

Item	Recipes
Zodiac Wings	One can be purchased from the Growtopia Store for 300,000 Gems.
Eldritch Crossbow	One can be dropped from combining 1 Electric Bow, 10 Eldritch Flame, and 100 Death Spikes in any Chemical Combiner.

Other Changes

Keybinds

• Specific actions (Jump, Punch, Move Left/Right, Pause Menu, Open Chat, and Toggle Wrench) can now be assigned a key. This can be accessed in options.

Player Names

• Maximum character length for a player name has been changed from 12 to 18.

DNA Blocks

• Prehistoric Flowering Fern, Prehistoric Red Fern, Prehistoric Fern, Purple Devourer Plant, Blue Devourer Plant, Prehistoric Vines, Prehistoric Candy Vines, and Seussian Tree now drop 5 blocks instead of 1 when made in a DNA Processor.

Block Glue

• Will no longer be consumed when removing placed glue.

Tea Basket

• Now has a lower chance of breaking.

Farmability

• Xenoid Blocks, Ion Conduits and Alien Blocks now drops seeds and are farmable.

Ignore Players through Wrench

• Players can ignore other players by wrenching them.

Super Pineapple Guardian Charm

• Cooldown has now been lowered from 30 minutes to 5 minutes.

Waist Tied Sweater

• Recipes of Waist Tied Sweaters now work as intended.

Inventory Search Bar

• Touching anywhere else on the screen now stops focus in the search bar.

Issues

Textures

• Pet textures of Really Dangerous Pet Llama went missing.
• Textures of the inventory icon and equipped clothing were still available.