h2mk Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Hey! So far, we've had a year of the Gobbler, a year of the Varg, a year of the Pig King, a year of the Carrat, a year of the Beefalo, a year of the Catcoon and we're probably going to have a year of the Bunnyman next year, but it could also just be year of the rabbit, like the ones you dig up. Anyway, I made this thread because I wanted to know what some community members on the forums would like to see in the upcoming years, and maybe some predictions to cash in on when the year does come along. Also, I wonder if the characters various Zodiac signs will eventually play a role in lore and/or gameplay, since their birthdays are made note of in their Compendiums. (Also, I know it's not really CNY, but I grew up calling it CNY, and that kind of has more of a ring to it than Lunar New Year, if anyone wants me to change the title you can message me ) To start, I think year of the horse is going year of the Clockwork Knight. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike23Ua Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 So we’re halfway through the CNY chart? Hopefully Klei will still be doing support for the game by the time we reach the final zodiac sign. But I have my doubts.. For Rabbit I’m pretty sure we will get that Playable rabbit character a lot of the forums wanted.. Dragon I hope makes some of the dragon labeled skins into actual game mobs. Snake I hope brings SW/Hamlet snakes and poison mechanics.. snakes can swim too so they would help make the ocean less empty Horse I’d imagine will be themed around the clockwork knights. Goat Billy & Mumsy finally return??? Monkey- well we got Wonkey, Powder Monkeys, Prime Apes, Splumonkey so pretty sure that one’s covered. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
minespatch Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 3 hours ago, h2mk said: To start, I think year of the horse is going year of the Clockwork Knight. hat for the event. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primalflower Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 heres to hoping that year of the rabbit makes bunny puffs drop from rabbits Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h2mk Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, Mike23Ua said: Snake I hope brings SW/Hamlet snakes and poison mechanics.. snakes can swim too so they would help make the ocean less empty Goat Billy & Mumsy finally return??? naw be prepared for year of the depthsworm and volt goat lol Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h2mk Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, minespatch said: hat for the event. this would be hilarious in game if it really made player heads smaller and just two little eyeholes in the darkness Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinkamena11FazP Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 . I have ideas for a bunny character that can dig under the ground and have a form if you resort to eating any meat on 1 hunger point. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lokena Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 I have already suggested this and I can easily repeat. Moon bunnies making mooncakes. Medicine is optional. There is nothing screaming "Chinese New Year" more than that and if they don't do it for next event, I'll honestly be a little upset. We have the moon and we have bunnymens, it's too perfect to miss such an obvious opportunity. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassielu Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 I hope the year of the Loong will be year of Lucky beasts. This is a great opportunity to truly add it into the game. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
minespatch Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Cassielu said: I hope the year of the Loong will be year of Lucky beasts. This is a great opportunity to truly add it into the game. I'd be for that! Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BezKa Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 I wish year of the snake could be the year of the Pugalisk. I love that thing, if only something similar could be in DST. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArubaroBeefalo Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 1 hour ago, BezKa said: I wish year of the snake could be the year of the Pugalisk. I love that thing, if only something similar could be in DST. imagine the Dorado island with the fountain of youth and the pugalisk on it as raid boss Q.Q Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ornge Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Year of the dragonfly sounds like hell Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyNamedChris Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Year of the Dragonfly sounds downright amazing. Dress it up as the lucky beast, make it the center of the festivities, burn down the world, go all out! Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capybara007 Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 11 hours ago, Mike23Ua said: So we’re halfway through the CNY chart? Hopefully Klei will still be doing support for the game by the time we reach the final zodiac sign. But I have my doubts.. For Rabbit I’m pretty sure we will get that Playable rabbit character a lot of the forums wanted.. Dragon I hope makes some of the dragon labeled skins into actual game mobs. Snake I hope brings SW/Hamlet snakes and poison mechanics.. snakes can swim too so they would help make the ocean less empty Horse I’d imagine will be themed around the clockwork knights. Goat Billy & Mumsy finally return??? Monkey- well we got Wonkey, Powder Monkeys, Prime Apes, Splumonkey so pretty sure that one’s covered. i dont think anyone wants a rabbit character Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echsrick Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 it tells me i have to survive 2 more years to finaly see the year of the dragon, the only true one of course Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzzydzzy Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 I love the residual functionality that we've gotten from these already existing creatures in events past( ie Beefalo customization/riding, ransacking ability on Catcoon dens), so moving forward I'd love to imagine that same pattern happening and less of adding mobs that serve little purpose beyond fitting the zodiac sign (ie Carrats; most useless mob imho). Year of the Rabbit: in-game Rabbits are all about speed. What if there were rabbit-powered generators for Winona! Little hamster wheel-looking things you have to add a carrot to to get 'em to run. Maybe it scales in range/power with how many carrots you add or maybe implement carrats into it somehow, one chasing the other! Or What if there was a new speed item related to rabbits. We have yet to see in DST a hat slot speed booster, what if it were some sort of magic item only craftable at pseudo science stations with rabbits in the recipe. Or could be a Warly dish that uses rabbits similar to coffee in shipwrecked that when consumed gives limited speed boost. Or year of the Bunnymen, in which case maybe a trading mechanic for this underdeveloped faction. Maybe their society will be more farming oriented and add new content in that way somehow, they love their carrots! Maybe a Bunny King similar to Pig King and Merm King to make some other resource more easily renewable. Could add roads as part of world generation to the underground to find the Bunny King. Year of the Dragon: Could be Dragonfly maybe give even more structures/items that use scales like a cold equivalent to the scaled furnace for summer usage. Maybe revisit what functionality lavae eggs have instead of just a lengthy process to get a cosmetic pet. Or could be Saladmanders since they produce dragonfruit! could have super cool games to play and help give them more functionality beyond being terrified of accidentally aggroing them. Like feeding and taming them. Maybe they eat meat or leafy meat and produce dragonfruit seeds, would give Wurt a use for meat. Maybe they have eggs so you can transport them and hatch new ones like tallbirds. Year of the Snake: Could be Depths worms- would love the addition of a new cave boss if possible! Some sort of mega worm or even spawning dens. Maybe making Glow berries can be farmed in some way. That being said; worms ain't snakes. But this is also three years down the road and with big updates happening minimum 4 times a year, there's plenty of time for additional mobs to be added before then so that they're not just shoe-horning a mob for the sake of lunar new years event. Year of the Horse: Def Clockwork knight- maybe it'll be about all clockworks in general. Perhaps additional pawns mobs could be implemented and have chess themed mini-games. Year of the Goat/Ram: (depends on the zodiac telling): Could be year of the Volt Goat which would be dope. Give Electricity more use in-game. Maybe there could be some way to harness a charged goats energy somehow and give Winona/Wx buffs. Maybe we see them become more weather related, and can summon rain with enough offers to a shrine. Could also be year of the Ewecus, less dope. But could give a purpose to phlegm, and more use to steel wool with new items/structures. Maybe making them pacifiable and able to sheer them for steel wool. Year of the Monkey: Maybe Splumonkeys. Could add ransacking ability to the Splumonkey pods. maybe trading mechanics (although redundant with Queen Quay). Monkeys in a barrel mini-game. Could make them able to come on the surface? idk Maybe it'll be Powder Monkeys maybe you can acquire them to be your crew to help boat if you build shrines and make enough offers. Could do something with Quests for buried treasure to return to the Queen Quay. Although i like this less since they're not indigenous to the constant. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581694 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheggf Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Rabbit or bunnyman. Dragonfly or saladmander. Depths worm or snake (SW). Clockwork knight or zeb (unused). Volt goat. Splumonkey. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Nick- Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 I do hope year of the Rabbit is bunny men. Some minor lore on them would be nice, plus it could make them more distinct from Pig men and have thier own culture. Bunny Men don't have much for them so i would love a event for them. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maradyne Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Ah, so we get the Wilbur refresh in 6 years. Got it. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainChaotica Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 23 hours ago, h2mk said: it could also just be year of the rabbit, like the ones you dig up. Hey, I don't do that! It ruins the spawner. : P 14 hours ago, minespatch said: I'd be for that! This is just seriously adorable. I love how...concerned...the kitcoon looks. XD 18 hours ago, Lokena said: Moon bunnies making mooncakes. Medicine is optional. There is nothing screaming "Chinese New Year" more than that and if they don't do it for next event, I'll honestly be a little upset. DUUUUUUUUDE yes, that'd make sense. Oh! Can I have a nameable bunny pet/familiar thing? And name it "Usagi Tsukino"? Well, failing that, my oldtaku Sailor Moon fan self can just have a mooncat named "Luna"...but seriously, an actual rabbit of the moon. Perfect. Can we make rice cakes as a new food recipe? (I guess we'd need rice first, huh. If done properly, it'd require you to water it way more often than other crops.) Anyway, my guesses. Year of the Rabbit: Might involve both bunnymen AND regular rabbits being featured/temporarily different in some way. Maybe we can make a rabbit shrine and put a carrot on it to lure bunnies near, I dunno. Year of the Dragon: Oh you KNOW it's gonna be the Dragonfly, you ALL know it, it's the dragon we already have in the game. Pros: Finding and hoarding treasure of some kind! Cool costumes/props! Dragonlet pet should definitely get at least one skin. Cons: Well, if it was me, I'd be evil and have the Dragonfly go back to her singleplayer DS behaviour during the event, as in you'd better have enough fling-os during summer. But that'd probably freak out too many people, especially players who have NEVER known the Dragonfly as anything _but_ a stay-put raid boss, so... But if it was me, I'd re-introduce THE TRUE TERROR of the queen of flame during that year. Just once. Year of the Snake--I dun want depths worms. We've introduced a lot of other Shipwrecked-esque content recentlyish, let's just have regular snakes. They don't have to be poisonous, but they could, say, have a random chance to appear out of grass tufts while you're picking them and freak the player out.. Maybe a pet snake could be added, too. Snakes can be cute! Year of the Horse--clockwork knight, definitely. In general I feel that anything that already KINDA sorta exists...esque, in the game, that thing will be used for the Year of the ________ instead of making a whole new creature, unless that's absolutely necessary. (See: how close to the Year of the Rat carrats were first introduced...) Year of the Goat: Definitely volt goats. We already have those. Maybe something involving lightning/storms? I've LOVE Gorge lore to make a return, but somehow I don't think so. Year of the Monkey: We do have monkeys. boy do we ever. whether we want them or not. : P The Year of the Monkey celebration might involve some kind of tricks or games, since monkeys are known for that in mythology. (The Monkey King, etc.) The problem is balancing it in such a way that it feels tricksy enough to be monkeyish without driving the players TOO insane... ...Notorious Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
minespatch Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 Maybe they'll bring the zebs from Hamlet and make them official? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h2mk Posted July 4, 2022 Author Share Posted July 4, 2022 Just now, Cheggf said: Rabbit or bunnyman. Dragonfly or saladmander. Depths worm or snake (SW). Clockwork knight or zeb (unused). Volt goat. Splumonkey. No way in hell it will be zeb Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581820 Share on other sites More sharing options...
minespatch Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 2 hours ago, h2mk said: No way in hell it will be zeb They're cool though... Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GelatinousCube Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 19 hours ago, ArubaroBeefalo said: imagine the Dorado island with the fountain of youth and the pugalisk on it as raid boss Q.Q You mean lost city of El Dorado? Something based off of that would be amazing... I've never actually seen or fought the Pugalisk personally but I've seen videos and pictures and it is honestly amazing aesthetically and mechanically. I would love for it to be added on some secret hidden island with amazing treasures and a fountain of youth. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/141411-upcoming-cny-animals/#findComment-1581894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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