[center][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/ann/1396173][img]http://flightrising.com/dropbox/4-6-15.png[/img][/url][/center][br] Gigantic beetles are causing agricultural mayhem! [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/ann/1396173]Click here to read more.[/url][more][br][br] [br][br][size=4][b]Armored Familiars[/b][/size] Dragonkind has been abuzz since the first sightings of these massive invertebrates. Most recently, these beetles have causing damage to the gardens and forests of the land. Help your fellow gardeners by[url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=gather] [b]Catching These Insects [/b][/url]in any elemental region. Only skilled entomologists will be able to catch these giants, so a level of 25 is recommended to have any sort of success! [center][item=goliath mountain beetle][item=tufted leaf beetle] [img]http://flightrising.com/dropbox/goliath-mountain-beetle.png[/img] [img]http://flightrising.com/dropbox/tufted_leaf_beetle.png[/img][/center] [br][br][b][size=4]Coliseum Rewards[/size][/b] The flora and fauna of the [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=coliseum]Woodland Path, Scorched Forest, Forgotten Cave, and Arena[/url] are dropping new materials and rewards! Can you guess which opponents drop these items? [center][item=dragon coral][item=reefsnail egg][item=iron nugget][item=corroded iron nugget] [item=owlcat journal][item=forest field guide][item=blooming pods][item=strangler seeds][/center] [br][br][b][size=4]Mire: Skin Additions[/size][/b] Clans who enter [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=coliseum]The Mire[/url] may return bearing the marks of their travels. Additional Mire foes now have a rare chance of dropping themed skins when defeated! Thanks to @LadyKilana and @Raikdow [center][skin=9656][skin=9657][/center] [br][br][b][size=4]Additional Updates[/size][/b] [LIST][*][b]Coliseum Updates:[/b] [list][*][b]Stranglers[/b] have a lowered chance of dropping emerald ratsnakes. [*][b]Blooming Stranglers[/b] have a lowered chance of dropping dust slither. [*][b]Warcat Protectors[/b] no longer drop iron. [*][b]Double Tailed Warcat[/b] no longer drop chimera fangs.[/list] [*][b]Encyclopedia Updates Updates:[/b] [list][*]The [b]Mire[/b] entry [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=wiki&article=45]in the Encyclopedia[/url] has been updated to include new skin drops. [*]The [b]Kelp Beds[/b] entry [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=wiki&article=44]in the Encyclopedia[/url] has been updated to include new skin drops. [*]The [b]Golem Workshop[/b] entry [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=wiki&article=64]in the Encyclopedia[/url] has been updated to include new copper filigree pieces. [*]The [b]Retired Apparel[/b] entry [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=wiki&article=28]in the Encyclopedia[/url] has been updated to include Mistral Jamboree 2015 items. [*]The [b]Cycled-Out Items[/b] entry [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=wiki&article=42]in the Encyclopedia[/url] has been updated to include Mistral Jamboree 2015 items.[/list] [*][b]Forum Issues:[/b] Earlier this week we released a complete rewrite of our forum system. There are still outstanding issues and we are going to continue to address them, but here are some of the ones that have been cleaned up. If you are experiencing issues when visiting the forums, we strongly recommend [url=http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser%27s-Cache][b]clearing your cache.[/b][/url] If you still experience issues on the forums after clearing your cache, please [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/bug/1390266][b]report them here[/b][/url] so that our engineers can correct them![LIST] [*]Forum avatars have white background boxes instead of allowing parts of the vista/beige to peek through. [*]Nocturnes have been re-added as a dropdown option when previewing apparel. [*]Image spacing in signatures is the appropriate width again instead of stacking partially onto their neighbors. [*]Sticky threads no longer unsticky when posted to. [*]Profanity filter applies to forum signatures again. [*]Players can no longer post to the forums during rollover. [*]Forum threads display in chronological order (descending) by most recently replied to again. [/LIST] [/LIST]