• The best place to begin your Neo adventures is on the map. Click on Explore in the navigational (nav) bar at the top of the page.
  
  



• To rotate the globe on the Explore page, use the compass rose at the bottom right-hand corner.
  
  



• Most words found in bold and pictures where your cursor turns into a hand are clickable links.



• 1000 divided by a games NP ratio will tell you what score you must beat in order to receive the maximum NP award per game. (current max = 1000 np) ** If there is a fraction, ALWAYS round up one point for score total. **



• Neopian days go by NST (Neopian Standard Time) which is the same as PST (Pacific Standard Time).

The Basics:

1. Click your name (following "welcome") at the top in the right-hand corner above the nav bar to see your User Lookup.



2. Click your active pet's picture in the Pet Module on the left-hand side to see your pet's private stats page, aka Quick Reference (Ref) page. (To view your pet's public stats page, click on the arrow by their picture and select View Lookup from the drop-down list on the Quick Ref page.)
   
   



3. Click your total NP (neopoints--currency of Neopia) at the top in the right-hand corner above the nav bar to see your Items page, aka your Inventory .



4. Go to your Items page and collect your newbie pack, if you haven't done so already.



5. Clicking an item in a Neopian shop, brings up a page where you can haggle (tell what you want
   to pay) for the price.



6. Clicking an item in a player's shop, buys the item unless you don't have enough NP. (The item
   automatically goes into your Inventory, items that you are carrying.)



7. Typing something into the Search box (left-hand side; bottom of the page) and clicking Go!, finds things with that name: pets, owners, items, etc. (except extremely rare items--some can be found in the Hidden Tower in Faerie City )
   
   
   
   
   
   



8. Clicking on something you have searched for, will take you to: the description of that item, to that User's Lookup, to that pet's public stats page, to the article in the Neopedia, etc.



9. Read your pet's webpage to learn more about them. (found on their public stats page)



10. Download the Neopets Toolbar . It is full of helpful links, and if you're quick enough to catch the flashing alert, you might get a prize from Tarla.

Use Your Items:

1. Go to your Inventory , and click on the item you wish to do something with.



2. Select the action you wish to do from the drop-down list, and click the submit button.
   
   



3. Click on the close and refresh button. (unless you put it into your gallery or shop)



4. If you put something into your gallery/shop, you will want to close and go to your gallery/shop to
   sort/price the item.

• When your pet is hungry and you don't have any food or very little NP, take him/her to the Soup Kitchen located in Neopia Central. You have to go to the Bazaar, and then to the Market Place to find the Soup Kitchen
  
  

Earning NP:

1. Play games and submit your scores. (some--daily limit; some--no limit)
   
   



2. Spin wheels. (throughout Neopia; Luck/Chance games)



3. Find NP on the floor through Random Events.



4. Sell things in your shop.



5. Play the Neopian Stock Market . ( Homepage --News Flash box-- Neodaq Index )



6. Play the Neopian Lottery . (Luck/Chance games)



7. Auction items off in the Auction House .(Neopia Central)



8. Trade items at the Trading Post . (Mystery Island)



9. Enter contests. ( Pet Central --Contests and Activities box)



10. Answer the Daily Puzzle. ( Pet Central --Daily Puzzle box; Puzzle Help )

Important Things To Do:

1. Put your valuable items into your gallery, closet, or SDB to keep them from being stolen through a Random Event.
   
   



2. When you start earning lots of NP, put some in the bank to begin earning interest.



3. Read the NeopianTimes Editorial (Neopia Central--Art Centre--Neopian Times; answers Neopian's most asked questions)

Dailies:

1. Giant Omelete (Tyrannia--Plateau)



2. Snowager (Terror Mountain--Ice Caves)



3. Garage Sale (Terror Mountain--Top of the Mountain; multiple visits)



4. Giant Jelly ( Neopet's toolbar )



5. Tombola (Mystery Island)



6. Deserted Tomb (Mystery Island--Lost City of Geraptiku)



7. Coltzan's Shrine (Lost Desert)



8. Fruit Machine (Lost Desert--Sakhmet)



9. Underwater Fishing (Maraqua--Maraquan Ruins)



10. Healing Springs (Faerieland; multiple visits--30-minute time delay)



11. Turmaculous (Meridell)



12. Symol Hole (Meridell)



13. Answer the Daily Puzzle. ( Pet Central --Daily Puzzle box; Puzzle Help )



14. King Altador (MUST complete Altador plot; Aardax's Plot Guide )



15. Advent Calendar (Terror Mountain; December only )



16. News (nav bar; keeps you up-to-date on what's new in Neopia)



17. Bank Interest (Neopia Central)



18. Freebie Give Away (once a month only)



19. Meteor Crash Site 725-XZ (multiple visits)



20. Lunar Temple(Shenkuu)



21. Qasalan Expellibox (NC Mall)



22. Weltrude's Toy Chest (Petpet Park)



23. Lunchables Snack Bar (Neopia Central--Plaza)



24. Celestial Snack Bar (Neopia Central)



25. Movie Central (Neopia Central)



26. GLA Red Carpet (Neopia Central--Bazaar)



27. Discarded Grundo (Faerieland)

Keeping Your Pets Happy:

1. When you have more than one, take turns with which one is active.



2. Unable to play for a while, put them in the Neolodge . (Neopia Central)



3. Feed them.
   
   



4. Give them toys to play with.



5. Groom them.



6. Read books to them.



7. Customize them.



8. Heal them when they are sick or HP (health points) are low.



9. Build them a Neohome.



10. Take them on the Merry-Go-Round . (Roo Island)



11. Snazz up their public stats page and webpage. ( My Account --Neopets box)



12. Give them a petpet. (Petpet Shops--most worlds; player's shops; Trading Post ; Auctions ; prizes)



13. Train them. (Mystery Island-- Training School --codestones and Secret Ninja Training School --red codestones; Krawk Island-- The Academy --dubloons)



14. Train their petpet. (Meridell--Darigan Citadel-- Petpet Arena ; Turmaculous )

Changing Your Active Pet:

1. Click on your active pet's picture in the pet module on the left-hand side.
   
   



2. Click on the arrow by the pet's picture that you want to make active, and select Make Active from the drop-down list. (active pet explores Neopia and plays games with you)
   
   

Naming/Interacting With Petpets:

1. Click on your active pet's picture in the pet module on the left-hand side.
   
   



2. Click on your pets picture to view their stats and see their petpet.
   
   



3. Scroll down and click on the petpet you wish to name or talk to.



4. Click in their name box, and erase *no name*.
   
   



5. Type in a name for the petpet.



6. Click on the rename button to save their new name.



7. Type in the box below "say something to *petpet's name*" and click on the Go! button to talk to them.
   
   



8. To remove the petpet, click on the "stop playing with *petpet's name*" button.
   
   

Faerie Quests:

1. Find the item that was asked for.



2. Buy it and keep it in your Inventory.



3. Go to Pet Central . (nav bar)



4. Scroll down and to the far right, and click on the Faerie Queen . (tells you which Faerie wants something, and the item that she wants)
   
   



5. When you have the item, click on the "yes, I have your *name of item*" button.

• Faeries reward you with several different things for completing their quests. It's best to complete them as fast as you can.

Finding Quest Items:

1. Check the Neopian shops.
   



2. Check your friends' shops.



3. Check the Notice Board for a shop with that type of item.



4. Search the shops in the Market Place . (Neopia Central--Bazaar; Mystery Island Market Place ; Haunted Woods Market Place )



5. Search the Trading Post . (Mystery Islandl)



6. Search the Auction House . (Neopia Central)

• During random quests, you are banned from the Shop Wizard . I suggest that you start making a list of player's shops as you find them when you like their prices and items they have for sale.



• Do not add them to your friend's list as most shop owners hate that!

Making/Using A List Of Player's Shops:

1. Write down the owner's name. (not the shop name--changeable)



2. When you're ready to go back, type the owner's name into the Search box. (left-hand side; bottom of page)
   
   
   
   



3. Click on the one that says User at the top of the box.
   
   



4. On their lookup, scroll to the far right to the Shop & Gallery box.



5. Click on the name of the shop.



6. Look for the item and buy it.

Neopets Cards, TCG Cards, and Stamps:

1. Neopets cards go into your Neodeck . (removable; Neopia Central--Bazaar-- Collectible Cards Shop )
   
   



2. TCG cards are the cards that you collect in real-life, and come with rare item codes that you can turn in online for NP and items. There is a checklist of all the cards in your TCG Album . (Inventory "jump to" link)
   
   



3. TCG virtual cards are the online cards that match the ones you collect in real-life. These go into your TCG Album . (removable; rare item codes; player's shops)



4. Stamps, Coins, Sea Shells, and Charms go into your Stamp Album . (not removable; Neopia
   Central-- Post Office ; Neopia Central--Art Centre-- Coin Shop ; Maraqua-- Collectable Sea Shells ; Neopia Central--Bazaar-- Toy Shop ; Terror Mountain--Ice Caves-- Ice Crystal Shop )
   
   

Avies:

1. Avies are what people see when they search for you in Neopia and when you post on the public, guild, and premium boards. (also found on your User Lookup)
   
   



2. Click on Boards in the nav bar to go to the public chat boards.



3. To unlock Secret Avies, you must meet special requirements: certain game scores, eat/drink certain items, visit painted pets, visit shops with certain shopkeepers, read articles in the Neopedia, carry certain things, visit certain places, etc.



4. Total unlocked Secret Avies can be found on your User Lookup. (Collections box)

Changing Your Avie

1. Touch Boards in the nav bar.



2. Click on preferences.
   
   



3. Choose a new av from the drop-down list. (Avies above dashed lines--everyone has; Avies below dashed lines--unlocked Secret Avies)
   
   



4. Click the submit button at the bottom of the page to save your new Avie.

Customizing Your Pet:

Adding Items To Pet

1. Place your wearables into your Closet.
   
   



2. Click on "customise" below your pet's picture.
   
   



3. Click on the item you want to wear in the icon view box.
   
   



4. In the selected item box below your pet's picture, click on the apply button.
   
   



5. Save your changes when you're done.
   
   

Removing Items From Pet

1. Click on "customise" below your pet's picture.
   
   



2. Put the items view dot in applied.
   
   



3. Click on the item you want to remove in the icon view box.
   
   



4. In the selected item box below your pet's picture, click on the remove button.
   
   



5. Save your changes when you're done.
   
   

Removing Items From Closet

1. Pet must not be wearing the item. (see above on how to remove )



2. Go to your Inventory .



3. In the "jump to" links, click on Closet.
   
   



4. In the remove box at the far right of each item, fill in the number you want to remove.



5. Scroll to the bottom, and click on the move selected items button.

Nav Themes:

1. Themes allow you to customize the color scheme of your Neopian pages.



2. On special days in Neopia, everyone has a "holiday/event" theme for that particular day. (overrides personal settings)



3. To unlock Themes, you must meet special requirements: visit certain places on specific days, participate in site events such as plots, and possibly even visit a painted pet with a matching painted petpet.
   
   *hint* *hint*
   
   



4. Total unlocked Themes can be found on your User Lookup. (Collections box)

Changing Your Theme

1. Touch my account in the nav bar.



2. Click on preferences.
   
   



3. Scroll down towards the bottom of the page.



4. Choose a new theme from the drop-down list. (Neopets Basic is the default theme, and everyone now has Neopets: yellow, red, blue, and green. Your unlocked themes will appear below these.)
   
   



5. Click the change your details button to save your new Theme.

Premium Perks:

1. No ads



2. Access to the Portal page



3. Access to the Super Shop Wizard (SSW)



4. Beta testing (your input on games before they go public)



5. Space Faerie Scratchcard (every Friday)



6. Premium cards for your Neodeck



7. Portal view surfing of Neopia (click on the arrows at the far right above the nav bar to switch to this view)
   
   



8. Email account



9. Occasional extra Something Has Happened (SHH) in your inbox

• We still have premium invites available for those Neopians who are serious about subscribing. Neomail cdew or furball or salt_n_pepper or wovengold for your invite with subject line premium invite request.

Portal Preferences:

1. Click on portal preferences in the quick links box on the portal page at the top in the middle section.
   
   



2. In the preference menu box on the left, click on the category you wish to customize.
   
   



1. Site prefs = allows you to customize a portal theme, and arrange the modules on the right and left sides of the portal page. (also seen in portal view on all pages except: shops, galleries, and guilds)



2. Locale info = allows you to enter your time zone and zip code for accurate movie and weather information.



3. Home page = allows you to arrange the modules found in the middle section of the portal page.



4. Calendar = allows you to arrange the order of the calendar modules.



5. Current events = allows you to arrange the order in the current events module.



6. Dailies = allows you to arrange the order and content of your dailies bar found on the portal page. (also seen while surfing in portal view)


3. Click on the save button in each section where you made changes to save those changes.



4. Click on the close window button to return to the portal page.

Portal Surfing:

1. Click on the arrows at the far right above the nav bar to switch to portal view.
   
   

Navigation Changes

1. Click on set active pet at the bottom of the pet info module or pet's name below the left-hand module to go to your quick ref page.
   
   



2. Clicking on your pet's name under their picture in the pet info module takes you to their public stats page.
   
   



3. Clicking on a non-active pet's name at the bottom of the pet info module, places their picture and info in the module for quick viewing of their stats.
   
   

Advantages

• Pet info module allows you to see your NP, shop till, and bank totals at all times, and are clickable links for faster access to them. (defaults on the right-hand side but can be moved to the left-hand side--see portal prefs above)



• Easier access to other pet's stats by clicking on their name in the pet info module.



• Easier access to your selected modules on the portal page by clicking on the mod list found under the pet info module and calendar module on the right and left sides of your pages.



• Shows your webmail as a clickable link for faster access when you receive mail.



• Puts your portal theme on all pages except: shops, galleries, and guilds.



• Dailies bar set with your preferences for faster access to the places you prefer to go. (see portal prefs above)

Disadvantage

• No friends module

Accept/Reject Items:

1. Click the alert to go to your Item Event Log , or go to your Inventory and click on Item Event Log found in the "jump to" links.
   
   



2. Put the radio dot in the accept or reject column by each item.
   
   



3. Click on the process button located below the table on the right-hand side. *Note: button now says submit*
   
   

Neopets Stock Market ( Neodaq Index ):

The Battledome:

Maps:

• Collect all nine pieces to a map.



• You MUST have the pieces in your inventory to turn them in.



• Go to Treasure Maps . (found in the puzzle section of the game room)



• Click on the play button and choose your map from the word link list.
  It will put your pieces together for you.