Link: https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=110721&page=2#20 Author: TailsFox12 Time Posted: 11/13/2025 at 12:52 PM I'm aware of the fact that you can stay away from the portal areas. However, I was asking because I want to fight the zone bosses at tier 5 (to have a chance at better drops) but I would rather not risk running into pumpkin minions. I feel that the pumpkin minions are way too tough at tier 5. I can fight the zone bosses just fine at tier 5 but the minions can wipe out my entire team in an instant. And getting to some of the bosses is not possible without passing by a portal area.

Festival Zone Named on Tier 5, while definitely harder than at lower Tiers, aren't typically meant to be all that difficult. They all share the same set of abilities and they are pretty basic encounters. You can pretty easily just mash through the fight with decent pets without much issue.

However, the Festival Zone Event Enemies on Tier 5 are calibrated to be more for end-game Ancient Temple difficulty. It's expected that players are using max stat pets with good Wild Stats, as well as nearly maxed equipment. On top of that, it's also still expected that players are somewhat paying attention to mechanics, or at least running a good team composition. All of these factors can definitely make it very challenging if a player isn't at that point in progression. However, that's why I try to make it very quick and easy for players to go down to lower Tiers and still have a chance to get valuable rewards.

The payoff for being able to handle Tier 5 during the Zone Event is that you get much higher encounter rates for Themed Pets, higher chances of Fabled Themed Pets, higher chances of more Visible Traits, higher chances of more valuable item drops, and some exclusive item drops only for the higher Tiers.

I do understand the predicament you are describing, but unfortunately, there isn't anything I can really do about it. The good news though is that this only occurs during the 20 minute window of Stage 2 of the Zone Event and there's only a few iterations of the event per day. So it should generally be a pretty avoidable situation for players not wanting to deal with it.

Hello, all! Just a reminder that today is the last day of Round 2 of the Leaderboard Contests! Don't miss your chance to make the leaderboards and earn your participation pouches!

Just a reminder that the final round, Round 3, of the Leaderboard Contests will begin TODAY, Friday, at 12 PM! This will be your last chance to battle it out for leaderboard placements and to earn those pouches!

I have also handed out prizes for the Fall Festival Themed Pet Design and Fall Festival Avatar Item Design contests. Thank you again to all of the participants and I apologize for taking so long to get those prizes handed out.

The Winter Festival Themed Pet Design thread has also been posted. The end date for this contest is December 7th.

Additionally, I have tweaked the 'rules' on the Ask Me Anything thread. Players can now ask however many questions they would like. This applies to those who have already asked questions. Please just be mindful and try not to ask like 10 questions in one post. =P

Lastly, the Black Friday Extravaganza is right around the corner! It is scheduled to begin next Wednesday, November 26th. With it will come a few fun festivities, the Wheel of Themed, and of course, our mega-biggest-bested sales of the year! I hope everyone is ready!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone celebrating today! We wish everyone a happy and safe holiday weekend!

In celebration of the holiday, I will be handing out a [Trick or Treating Basket] to anyone who Trick or Treats me today!

I have also handed out the last round of Leaderboard Contest rewards. Congratulations to all of the winners.

The Black Friday Extravaganza is up and going! Don't miss out on the Pick a Door Series and Holiday Cooking Forum Game! Lots of amazing prizes await!

Lastly, just a reminder that the Fall Festival will soft close after Monday, December 1st. This means that the Exploration Zone will close, Forum Games will end, Trick or Treating (Visiting) will end, the Spooky Shop will end, Maws of Madness Keys will stop refreshing, and the Daily Tasks from Task Log will end.

The Fall Festival has reached its full conclusion. Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's festivities! I hope everyone had a lot of fun!

Uncollected Sylesti Brews were handed out based on the Brew having any of the following criteria:

- Brew was a Majestic Catalyst
- Brew was a Fabled Catalyst AND had any Blood used on it
- Brew had at least 65% Growth OR had an Exceptional or Greater Blood used on it


As other reminders, the Black Friday Extravaganza is in its final week and will end after this Sunday, December 14th! This includes the following: Diamond Sale, Progressive Diamond Event, Diamond Shop Offers, Dream Pet Raffle, and Boost Events!

The Advent Calendar and Stocking Stuffer features are also currently available. Make sure you're claiming your free prize every single day!

The Winter Festival Themed Pet Design contest is in its final days. If you haven't posted your designs yet, do so before time runs out!

Lastly, I will be posting the Gingerbread House Forum Game very soon so keep an eye out for that.