July 2011 Scavenger Hunt

At the end of the January Mini Scav, Slash posted a small teaser about the upcoming July Scavenger Hunt. According to Slash, the basic details are:

JULY 2011 500 TASKS 20-MEMBER TEAMS ONE WEEK OF EXTREME MADNESS

Through a little prompting in the News Comments, Slash posted the projected dates July 8th - 15th. It is unknown if they are completely set in stone, or if the dates have possibilities of changing in the future.

July 2011 Rules
1. Teams can consist of twenty or less players.

2. Each player, inactive or not, on an account counts toward a slot.

3. Staff will not hash out prize disputes.

4. Team leader has the power to kick any player off their team.

5. Teams are responsible for the action of all team players.

6. Unsportsmanlike conduct will not be tolerated in any form. Respect your team members, other teams, and the event.

7. Cheating will result in the entire team being disqualified without any prize.

8. Screenshot proofs must be dated with time and date. No exceptions this year.

9. Photo proofs must include a piece of paper in the shot that has the team name. No exceptions, and no photoshopping in text.

10. Art proof only requires the final image and the team's name on it.

11. Writing proof only requires the final draft and a word count. Feel free to link a Google Document in your proof slot if the result is too long.

12. Judges can assign full, partial, or no points based on the task proof submitted. Quality of the submission is not taken into account as long as it follows all the task's requirements. However, recall that the Art Gallery will award prizes to the coolest Scavenger Hunt entries that are submitted to it.

13. Tasks cannot be combined this year. Every task must be done uniquely.

14. Tasks must be followed to the letter. If you have a question about a task, use the brand new Scav Rules Forum, but keep in mind that tasks will NOT be twisted or given exceptions, so don't ask questions like that.

15. Off-site Scavenger Hunt forums are not allowed this year - please use your team's private forum.

16. The list/proof system is automated this year, so you must get your entries in by the deadline, or you'll be locked out.

17. Please keep all non-private Scavenger Hunt related discussion on the Scavenger Hunt Chat board, where you can talk to other teams' members and discuss Scav.

Task List
1. Using a pet with no battle experience (screenshot it beforehand), explore with the pet until it has 1,000 battle experience. (10)

2. Using a pet with no battle experience (screenshot it beforehand), explore with the pet until it is level 100. (10)

3. Own 1,500 clovers among all team members. (5)

4. Complete the Desert Gatherables museum set. (5)

5. Complete the East River gatherables museum set. (5)

6. Complete the Mountains gatherables museum set.(5)

7. Complete the Scrublands gatherables museum set. (5)

8. Complete the Fissures gatherables museum set.(5)

9. Complete the West River gatherables museum set. (5)

10. Complete the Fields gatherables museum set.(5)

11. Complete the Rainforest gatherables museum set.(5)

12. Open a plush box.(2)

13. "Hybrid Stone" a hybrid.(10)

14. Use Random Phanto Potions until you get a Machine Ghost Phanto. (5)

15. Use a Genus Changing Amulet to change a Melo custom into a Gael Custom.(10)

16. Have 5,000 pet slots(5)

17. Breed together two site pets using a Metal Breeding Coin that are not Melos.(5)

18. Submit a Derp Breeding Coin breeding between two kabas. (2)

19. Fail a cooking recipe with a pet level 25 cooking or above, setting it to 1.(10)

20. Rogue Zap a custom. (5)

21. Get a 10/10 on a Trivia Game.(5)

22. Get the Jackpot on Throwing Bones. (5)

23. Have Tam ask you for an Octoberry in Tam's Item Quest. (2)

24. Get on the "Eatting" game high score list. (10)

25. Adopt a pet from the Adoption Center. (1)

26. Make a I love Kaba-themed profile layout and sport it on your profile proudly. (5)

27. Have an entire page cleared on the Aywapedia with no sorting, in which you have every pet on that page. (10)

28. Have an inventory with 10 items or less in it (not counting Deposit Box or Shop). (2)

29. Have no pets in the Unsorted group in one team member's lair (2)

30. Have all pets in the unsorted group in one team member's lair. (2)

31. One team member has 1,000 forum posts. (5)

32. Help a user in the Help forum. (2)

33. Open a team-sponsored Newbie Giveaways forum, giving away anything you'd like. (2)

34. Create a custom design for every member on another team. (10)

35. Collect 1,000 raffle crystals among team members. (5)

36. Visit Shoe and have him ignore you. (2)

37. Send 1 GP to an active member not on any Scav Team. (5)

38. Create predicts for someone not on your team who needs it. (10)

39. Redraw the Ay world map infested by aliens. (10)

40. Get a Fauna to lv25. (5)

41. Have 100 notices in your My Notifications screen. (2)

42. Have 500 points worth of alcohol items, among all team members. (5)

43. One team member starts a "Character Chat" thread. The thread reaches 1,000 posts. (10)

44. Create a word search centered around aywas hybrids. Get another team to solve it. (5)

45. Create a crossword centered around aywas features, like Lair and Phoenix Tree. Get another team to solve it. (10)

46. Create your own weekly "aywas trivia." (5)

47. Collect a r100 item from Kaz. (5)

48. Collect a Millionaire Melos scratch card from the Scratch Card page. (5)

49. Get a jackpot of dead leaves on Slots. (10)

50. Catch a fish in the Bridge Fishing game. (5)

51. Catch an Ebony Melo in the Tents game. (5)

52. Complete a Gourmet Cooking recipe. (10)

53. Have Rogue Zap your pet's type from the same...to the same. (2)

54. Create a real life Gold Shard made of metal and something clear and crystal-like. (25)

55. Draw a picture of your Scav Team trying to complete Scav. (5)

56. Draw a "family tree" picture for any Gen 3+ of your choice. (5)

57. Create an SCC species, lined and shaded, and release the base for free use. (15)

58. Edit a Vyne with 50% edits and release the base for free use. (10)

59 Draw what hybrid you think a Chromo and a Rogr would make. (5)

60. Draw what you think three NPCs would look like as pets. (10)

61. Create an edited alt melo and release the base for free use. (5)

62. Create a 25-page manga/comic set in Ay, lined and half-toned without color. (30)

63. Doodle all over an Aywas screen shot with something cute. (2)

64. Redraw a pet so that it looks "realistic." Make sure it has realistic fur/skin/scales and everything. It can be a shaded grayscale or colored. (10)

65. Design a pirate map based off the Ay continent. (5)

66. Design a "medieval/fantasy"-styled map based off the Ay continent. Create fake cities and landmarks on it. (5)

67. Create a political map of Ay set in 3500, when technology has taken over and there are states and governments. (10)

68. Make a complete sprite set of all the Aywas genuses. (30)

69. Create an MMO-style game map for one explore area of your choice. (15)

70. Model a pet genus of your choice in 3-D. (15)

71. Paint, on canvas, a picture of a pet with an Apple Coconut. (10)

72. Sculpt and paint a Vion coloration of your choice. (10)

73. Make an image of a Soli using coins of the same sort (all Pennies, all quarters, etc). (5)

74. Make a snow Quetzal. (10)

75. Make a Soli out of sand and water on the beach. (10)

76. Compose an Aywas theme song. Give it a music sheet of notes and everything. (30)

77. Sing a made up song related to Aywas. Upload it to youtube. (15)

78. Print out five of your pets and create a puppet show, five minutes minimum time. Upload it to youtube. (20)

79. Make a pottery bowl, then paint it like the Fissures. (10)

80. Mold a 3-D metal model (real metal!!) of a genus of your choice. (15)

81. Use a MIG or ARC welder to write "Aywas Scav" on a piece of metal.(5)

82. Make a diorama of an explore region, and include some of the pets too. (15)

83. Photograph an official Aywas plush exploring somewhere by your house. (10)

84. Draw a fully colored and shaded picture of a custom pet on another team. (15)

85. Draw your explore pet exploring in your favorite explore region - colored, shaded, with background. (25)

86. Draw a comic with at leas three panels in which you meet one of the NPCs. (10)

87. Film "Aywas: the Movie." Interpret that how you wish. It has to be at least 5:00 minutes. (30)

88. Design the movie poster for "Aywas: the Movie." Use free stock photos - no drawings. (10)

89. Design a cereal box for some Mel-O's. (10)

90. Photograph a large pile of satin sheets. (5)

91. Design a hybrid between a kaba and a ryba. (5)

92. Design a hybrid between a finx and a bumble. (5)

93. Design a hybrid between a vion and a serrul. (5)

94. Select a pet genus you think looks male or female, and draw the opposite gender version of the pet. (5)

95. Create an all-new human avatar base. (10)

96. Design a human avatar clothing set based off an NPC. (10)

97. Select one Aywas pet for each staff member, label and write a short description why that pet was chosen. Arrange in a picture. (10)

98. Select one site coloration and color all of the Ay common genuses like that. (15)

99. Make a painting of a Breeding Coin on the floor. (10)

100. Sculpt and paint a melo figurine. (15)

101. Write a 1,000-word story about someone trying to steal eggs from the Phoenix Tree. (10)

102. Write a 75,000-word Aywas novel about Ay being reunited with Ara. (100)

103. Write a 500-word story about one of your pets mutating into another genus...randomly. (2)

104. Write a 5,000-line epic poem featuring your HA and active pet visiting all the regions of Ay. (15)

105. Write ten short poems about the land of Ay, meant to describe the landscape. (5)

106. Write a short paper (3-5 pages) discussing what the government in the land of Ay is like with the pantheon being around.(5)

107. Write a 5,000-word story in which Xero decides to try poisoning Chaos.(15)

108. Write a short poem for every rare genus. (5)

109. Write a 1,000-word stream of consciousness about exploring. (5)

110. Write a 3-5 page paper as a scientist exploring Ara for the first time. (5)

111. Write up short descriptions for what kind of monsters live in the Ay rivers. (5)

112. Design and write up a completely new Aywas feature that you would enjoy playing. (10)

113. Design a newspaper that contains, at minimum, 10 articles regarding made-up events in Ay. It must look like a newspaper. (25)

114. Write up the abstract for ten Aywas-related scientific papers. (10)

115. Write a 1,000-word story in which a SCC species of your choice suddenly breeds its way as a common on the ay continent. (5)

116. Write a 1,000-word story about a mutant hybrid x hybrid offspring living in a secret lab. (5)

117. Write a 2,500-word story about what would happen if all the Aywas on the Ay continent suddenly vanished, in character. (10)

118. Write a 10,000-word suspense story about Ay continent genuses dying off one by one as your HA seeks out an answer why. (25)

119. Write a 5,000-word romance between two NPCs of your choice. (15)

120. Write up the script for an Ay television show's first episode, in character, as if it were broadcasted on the island. (5)

121.Write a 500-word essay about what lives in the sinking sands. (5)

122. Write a 500-word story in which another hour is added to the day, and Kaz and Shoe fight over who is awake through it. (5)

123. Write a 1,000-word story in which Spense decides to haunt you for the day. (10)

124. Write a 500-word comedic piece about something Aywas-related. (5)

125. Write a 1,000-word angstfic starring Xero and whoever you choose. (10)

126. Write a 500-word story about pets going on strike and refusing to breed or explore. (5)

127 Write a 3-5 page scientific paper about the discovery of Ay in the very beginning (only six common genuses then!!). (10)

128. Write up a news post about a special event of your design. (2)

129, Write a short explanation for a new type of breeding coin. (2)

130. Write a short explanation for a new type of custom making item. (2)

131. Write a ""Wikipedia article"" for a pet genus of your choice (for an example, see ""cat"" on wikipedia). It must have many different sections. (25)

132. Create ""Rainforest city"" out of fruit. (10)

133. Use breadcrumbs to recreate the Aywas logo (including the crystal). (5)

134.Build a quetzal out of sunflower seeds. (5)

135.Make a manticore out of cheese. (5)

136.Make a chromo out of noodles. (5)

137.Spell out ""I love Scav"" with alphabet soup. (5)

138.Bake a gold custom crystal cake, shaped like the item. (25)

139. Make a single, beautiful Apple Coconut cookie. (10)

140.Make Custom Orb cookies (metal, bronze, blue, gold). (5)

141.Make chocolate cupcakes with ""Aywas"" written on them in frosting. (5)

142.Make blue and teal pudding (Kaz and Shoe's favorite colors!). (5)

143.Make pink pudding. Appease Asher. (5)

144.Carve a Soli out of a slice of bread. (5)

145.Carve a paleo out of a slice of salami. (5)

146.Bake a pretzel...but not any pretzel, no, a pretzel shaped like a Phanto. (10)

147.Draw a Soli evolving into a snake. (5)

148.Design the hybrid between two hybrids of your choice. (5)

149.Have a carrotfish on a fishing pole in real life. (10)

150.Write a short response: how did the Apple Coconut come to have its name? (2)

151.Take a Gen 2 custom, and ""redraw"" a design of it. (5)

152. Create a stone carving (like ye olde artists!!) of an Aywa genus. (15)

153. Carve a Chiro out of balsa wood. (10)

154. Using sticks and branches, create a giant custom crystal on the ground. (5)

155. Using stones, create a giant breeding coin on the ground. (5)

156. Draw the Standing Stones on the sidewalk with chalk. (5)

157. Design a raw crystal species. (5)

158. Design your own Neura. (Note: the best Neura from all Scav teams will be sent to the team leader!) (10)

159. Create 5 Cirris designs. Put them up for an autobuy of 10 GP each, with one design per buyer. (10)

160. Create a 10-piece edited premade set of a genus that is not the melo. Put them up for autobuy at 10 GP each with max one per buyer. (25)

161. Draw a colored, shaded, with background ""anime screenshot"" style screenshot of your pet exploring. Include a caption. (10)

162. Draw a gijinka (human version) of a Lunaris. (5)

163. Draw a gijinka (human version) of a Vion. (5)

164. Draw a gijinka (human version) of a Serrul. (5)

165. Draw a gijinka (human version) of a Neura. (5)

166. Draw a picture of the Aywas regions as pets. What would they look like? For example, a pet to represent the Fissures. (10)

167. Level an explore pet so it can access all the areas of Explore for another person not on your team. (25)

168. Screenshot an encounter with a rarity 100 monster, not using a Monster Detector. (5)

169. Breed together a scene pet and a gore pet. Use predicts. (10)

170. Do a Livestream where you take a few full-color drawing requests from Aywas users. (15)

171. Write a 50,000 word story about the Ay apocalypse. (75)

172. Create a ""coloring book"" based on Aywas using only your original artwork that is a minimum of ten pages. (25)

173. Create a series of short comic strips featuring Aywas pets. (10)

174. Get the jackpot on slots. (15)

175. Get the jackpot on Melo Millionaire scratchcard. (10)

176. Win a breeding item off the Melo Millionaire scratchcard. (10)

177. Develop the game mechanics for a trading card game for Aywas. Include the rules, and a description of what the cards in the first series (40-60 cards) would do. (40)

178. Spell out Aywas using shoes. (5)

179. Spell out Scav Hunt using empty cans. (5)

180. Program a script that overlays two pets and produces a derp baby. As a hint, try the GDLibrary if you're using PHP. (25)

181. Program a system where two linearts can be uploaded, and the script computes the percentage difference between them. (25)

182. Program a script that allows you to try on all the different HA items, dressing a model. All the items must be included, if possible. (50)

183. Design an anime based off Aywas. Create it a poster and an episode guide. (25)

184. Between you and another team member, have a roleplay through pet comments concerning those pets. (10)

185. Create a five minute animated short regarding something Aywas related, with fully colored backgrounds and shaded characters. Think animated/anime style. It must not be sketchy. (50)

186. Make a collage of all the snake-related Aywa colorations. (5)

187. Transfer an old melo custom into a new melo custom using a Dawn Crystal. (5)

188. Make an aywas-related stamp. (5)

189. Create a quetzal out of flower petals. (5)

190. Write a 2,500-word story about your HA encountering and befriending a fearful Xaoc. (15)

191. Paint a mural of an Aywas region on a wall. (15)

192. Draw your HA. (5)

193. Create a magnet that is Aywas related. (5)

194. Create Aywas-related stamps, the sort where you peel off the back. (5)

195. Paint a round rock to look like a titbird. (5)

196. Paint a flat rock to look like a Breeding Coin. (5)

197. Sew an Aywas-related hat, like a kitty hat but Aywas style. (10)

198. Sew an Aywas-related plush based off an item. (15)

199. Sew an Aywas-related plush based off a pet. (15)

200. Sew an Aywas-related plush based off an NPC. (15)

201. Make a Vyne out of cabbage. (5)

202. Make a Chiro out of pine shavings. (5)

203. Re-create the Ay landscape by stacking coins to create depth. (15)

204. Make a fens out of glitter. (5)

205. Draw all of the constellation birthday Lunarises together in the night sky. (25)

206. Make a Gael out of ash. (5)

207. Find a gryphon figurine and color it like the Baby Girl Griffin. (10)

208. Paint a glass like a Baile Sors. (5)

209. Print out the Ball Python Lacer and take a photo of it next to a real ball python. (5)

210. Draw a fully colored and shaded image of a Beltane Arion. (15)

211. Use markers to color a banana like a Bengal Oske. (5)

212. Paint, using traditional media, an underwater scene containing at least three underwater Aywas. (10)

213. Design a t-shirt that shows a Binary Melo eating a computer. (10)

214. Make a titbird cake, shaped like a titbird. (15)

215. Make a Chiro out of leaves. (5)

216. Using mac and cheese, spell out Aywas. (5)

217. Cut a custom crystal shape out of a piece of cooked steak. (5)

218. Carve a Slith out of pineapple. (5)

219. Carve an Aywas-related design on an apple like you would on a pumpkin. (10)

220. Carve an Aywas-related design on a pumpkin. Put a candle inside it. (15)

221. Design an aywas-related pet collar, and photograph a pet wearing it. (5)

222. Create a carrotfish out of an actual carrot. (5)

223. Make an aywas-related piece of art with stained glass. (10)

224. Reach Level 5 in Magic Quest. (10)

225. Have 25 items or more in your wardrobe. (5)

226. Have a completely empty Aywas inbox. (5)

227. Create an origami Oske. (5) 228. Take a shot glass and fill it with pink sand. Asher would appreciate this. (5)

229. Create a paper bag Lacer. (5)

230. Create an Apple Coconut out of paper mache. The color must match the item. (10)

231. Paint a balloon to look like a Kaba's head. Inflate it and take a photo. (5)

232. Create the Standing Stones out of cardboard. Paint or marker them so they are the right color. (5)

233. Make an aywas-related parade float out of a shoebox. The design is up to you. (10)

234. Create a BC Candy Necklace using string, brown paper bags, and markers or paint. (5)

235. Make a quetzal accordion out of supplies of your choice. (10)

236. Make a rogr-themed mobile out of supplies of your choice (straws, wood, string, etc). (5)

237. Create a diorama of the Scrublands using only food and candy (a platform like a shoe box is acceptable). (10)

238. Create an Aywas-related candy sculpture and then suspend it in any sort of edible gelatin substance. (10)

239. Make five Aywas genuses out of the cups from egg cartons. (5)

240. Make an aywas-themed wind sock. (5)

241. Make an aywas-themed pinwheel out of paper and other supplies of your choice. (5)

242. Make an aywa-related totem pole by carving balsa wood. It does not need to be painted. Have it contain a minimum of three heads. (15)

243. Sew an aywas-related pillow. It must have more than just the name ""aywas,"" it must have at least one pet on it. (15)

244. Sew a pair of socks with a pet of your choice on them. (15)

245. Design an aywas-related book mark in your graphics program. (10)

246. Design the cover of an Aywas-related book or manga in your graphics program, using only your own material. (15)

247. Create a ""fursuit"" outfit based off an Aywas pet. It must include a head or mask, gloves based on the paws, shoes based on the paws, and a tail if the pet has one. (100)

248. Needle-felt something Aywas-related. (10)

249. Silk-screen an Aywas-related shirt with at least one pet on it. (15)

250. Carve a piece of soap to look like a Maki. (10)

251. Construct a table-sized train layout based off the Ay island using model train layout supplies. (100)

252. Create a thread in the junk pile labeled 24 Hours. A single user from the team without an account partner must post in that thread every hour for 24 hours straight. (15)

253. Embroider an explore region with at least one pet in it and a full background. (25)

254. Create a blue and white (aywas colors!) piece of weaving art. (10)

255. Paint ten rocks with aywas-related designs, using white paint only. (10)

256. Design an Aywas-related greeting card using your graphics program. (5)

257. Carve a thick candle to look like a Custom Crystal. Make sure the wick is intact so you can light it. (15) 258. Create a phanto out of seaweed. (5)

259. Take a Christmas bulb ornament and paint it something aywas-related. (5)

260. Correctly name the pets in these checkits: http://images.aywas.com/scav/scav1.png http://images.aywas.com/scav/scav2.png http://images.aywas.com/scav/scav3.png They are worth 5 points each. (15)

261. Make a User-Created guide about something Aywas related that you feel needs a guide. (10)

262. Between all team members, own a complete set of site pets. (100)

263. Create a new Adoptables shop with at least five pets up for adoption. You may not charge a fee for the first five.

264. Create a Roleplaying Profile Hut that contains five new characters with profiles 1,000 words or more each.

265. Get a Lunaris Wedding Cake from Zave's Free Food. (5)

266. Score 45,000 or higher on Graverobber. (10)

267. Submit at least one creation from your Scavenger Hunt into the Art Gallery - you don't need to win. (2)

268. Score 1,000 or more on Hangman. (10)

269. Score 2,000 or more on Falling Blocks. (10)

270. Score 300 or more on Classic Snake. (10)

271. Win a Bottled Elemental Storm from Chaos. (5)

272. Complete all of the Museum Plush collections. (15)

273. One player has 25 referrals. (10)

274. Create predicts for a radioactive breeding of your choice - but make the predicts all different weird-looking mutants. (5)

275. Turn in a Silver CD. (5)

276. The entire team has 100 referrals or more. (10)

277. Put 10,000,000 BP in a 90-day CD. (5)

278. Draw what you think a real life plush of your favorite pet genus would look like. (5)

279. Design in your graphics program an Aywas-related soda. (5)

280. Design in your graphics program an Aywas-related magazine cover. (5)

281. Write a 10-12 page essay about what the various people of the Aywas regions eat. (15)

282. Write a 2-3 page essay about the magic behind Standing Stones breedings, and how it works. (5)

283. Design a custom after each member of your team. (15)

284. Hatch 25 Truly Random Eggs in a row without getting an AD pet. (10)

285. Find the first custom design you made. Redraw it. (5)

286. Sacrifice 5,000 items using Discard. (10)

287. Hit the Captcha in Throwing Bones or Slots. (5)

288. Find and capture a fauna in Fauna Safari. (2)

289. Find and capture a Legendary Rare in each explore region.(15)

290. Defeat a Legendary Rare monster in explore and collect only BP as spoils. (5)

291. Complete a quest in explore that requires you to find 25 or more monsters of R7 or higher. (10)

292. Create an outline - including beginning, rising action, climax, falling action, and ending for each book - for a seven-book series about something Aywas related. Each book outline must be at least 10 pages long. (50)

293. Create an outfit design based on a unique and recognizable Aywas food item, like the Apple Coconut or Boar Mallow. (5)

294. Design a dress after a Manticore. (5)

295. Map out the roads and highways on a bird's eye view map of the Ay island. (5)

296. Create a new landmark - like the Standing Stones or Phoenix tree - for the Ay island and explain what it would do. Include a drawing. (10)

297. Make a Cerby out of pencil shavings. (5)

298. Carve a Roku out of chocolate - a 3-Dimensional carving. (10)

299. Carve a Kyre out of stone. (25)

300. Record with a webcam a video of you holding your hands over your eyes and reciting all the Aywas genuses - all 74 of them!!! Upload it to Youtube. (50)

Prizes
For all teams:
 * Tier 1 (+2 Standard Deviations) - Silver Potion, Metal Scav Paint, 3 SP
 * Tier 2 (+1 Standard Deviation) - Gold Custom Orb, Metal Scav Paint, 2 SP
 * Tier 3 (Average) - Bronze Custom Crystal, Metal Scav Paint, 1 SP
 * Tier 4 (-1 Standard Deviation) - Bronze Custom Orb, Metal Scav Paint, 1 SP

Item prizes stacked with any below the Tier achieved (so a team placing in Tier 2 would get the Tier 2, 3 and 4 prizes) but SP was only awarded for the top Tier reached. The Top eight ranking teams took home all the Tier prizes + 3 SP added to their Rank winnings.

Top Eight: