Verpets

We have a fun update for you all tonight, there is finally a new way to create Carvings! This was a gap that has needed closing for a while, we could always make Gemstones, but never the Carvings we actually wanted.

First up is the Whittling Bench. This is where you carve Petrified Wood into Carvings, slot your Chisels, and hope for the best! Each Carving has its own base odds of succeeding, and a better Chisel both raises those odds, and typically has more uses. A carving takes an hour at the bench (subject to change). If it splits on you, you get Wood Shavings back instead, one pile for every Petrified Wood you put in.

Two important things about Chisels. You can only have one Chisel slotted at a time, and if you slot a new one while the old one still has uses left, the old one WILL be destroyed, so use the cheap ones up first. You also cannot unslot a Chisel, because who the heck wants to buy a used Chisel?! You can pick up a Crude Chisel from the Trembling Prospectors as needed, and every tier of Chisel sits in the reward pool for Carver's Commissions.

You might be wondering, how the heck do I get Petrified Wood? It is quite rare at the moment and can still be found while Mining, but we are introducing some new ways to get your hands on it. Mining now also turns up a debris called Gemstone Dust, and 25 Pine Logs together with 10 Gemstone Dust will petrify into a single Petrified Wood in the Smelter. Pine Logs are grown from Pine Tree Seeds in a soil Garden, and those seeds are one of the rewards from Carver's Commissions, as well as findable in the Forest. Pines take their time to grow (about three days). Fishing treasure chests now have a chance of Petrified Wood as well. We are hoping all of these together make Carvings easier to reach, while still being a fun goal to work towards.

This also lets us do cool custom Chisels later on that can only carve certain pet species, which we know you will love!

There has been a fair amount of code changed across the site to make all of this work, so if any bugs pop up please report them as soon as possible so we can squash them ASAP!

Congratulations to our top players for August 2026!

Fishing - Heaviest Fish

• Gold: Velniava (44.91 lbs)
• Silver: Zelreign (42.15 lbs)
• Bronze: aeon (36.08 lbs)

Fishing - Longest Fish

• Gold: aeon (50.57 in)
• Silver: Zelreign (48.76 in)
• Bronze: Caecilius (48.00 in)

Fishing - Top Angler

• Gold: Dex (725 catches)
• Silver: Caecilius (380 catches)
• Bronze: Velniava (379 catches)

Good evening! We have an exciting update for you all tonight, sorry it took so long to get going, but life happens!

First off, we have Zippuino Racing! Think a duck race style game where you can bet on a Zippuino plushie to hop to the finish line. A winning pick pays 4x your bet, and each Zippuino has an equal chance of winning! You can stake between 50 and 500 VP, with 15 races a day. We hope in the future to change the graphics on this to a custom scene, but for now the track is drawn in the browser.

Next we have a few Coliseum updates! The Petrified Orb is now a global drop, meaning it has a chance to drop from any monster you battle. This orb randomly locks one modifier on a Rare item that already has all 4 modifiers, so if you get lucky and lock a T3, every reroll after that keeps it. We hope this will make crafting a bit more engaging and see some Petrified items on the market! Please note, the drop rate is boosted while we test it, have fun!

There are also now Battle Stances. These stances give you a boost in certain areas, but there is always a downside.

• Balanced: normal stats.

• Aggressive: +25% damage, armor down to 70%, minus 10 block chance.

• Defensive: minus 20% damage, +25% armor, +10 block chance, and a further 15% cut to any hit that gets through.

• Swift: attack power down to 85%, +0.35 attack speed, +5 critical strike chance.

Let us know how this affects your battles, we are curious to find out!

Lastly, Increased Damage Multiplier rolls have been substantially buffed. This change affects existing items as well.

There have been a few other small changes:

• Fixed a flash of light that was appearing for some dark mode users.

• Alignment on trading icons.

• Orb crafting page revamped.

• Selection in Zippuino Racing matches Dreymire Caverns and Mining selections now.

Congratulations to our top players for July 2026!

Fishing - Heaviest Fish

• Gold: mandie (42.00 lbs)
• Silver: alxqpanda (36.66 lbs)
• Bronze: Velniava (30.50 lbs)

Fishing - Longest Fish

• Gold: mandie (53.82 in)
• Silver: AutumnWyvern (46.85 in)
• Bronze: Velniava (46.63 in)

Fishing - Top Angler

• Gold: Velniava (929 catches)
• Silver: alxqpanda (661 catches)
• Bronze: mandie (650 catches)

We hope everyone has been having a good summer! I personally have been on a bit of a break, but the past week or two been back into the swing of things. We have some new things to introduce!

The newest feature is Pet Bonds. Your pets now build a bond with you the more time you spend together, and you can spend that bond on permanent perks for them. You can find the new page under My Pets, Bond Perks. We really hope to expand on this, but wanted to get some feedback first on how it is, is this something we want to continue, how "grindy" it feels, etc.

Bond points are earned by:
Feeding your pet = 1 point per 5 hunger restored
Playing with your pet = 1 point per 5 happiness gained
Winning a Coliseum battle = 3 points, 1 point for a loss
Fishing = 1 point per catch
Mining = 1 point per ore or debris found

Bond points belong to the individual pet that earned them, so the pet you take everywhere will be the one that unlocks things first. There are three perks to spend them on, each costing 2,500 points:

Coliseum Stat Point = Grants that pet 1 unspent stat point to allocate in the Coliseum, up to 10 times.
Miner's Instinct = While that pet is active, every ore strike in the Mines has a 10% chance to turn up a bonus ore, stacking up to 30%.
Angler's Luck = While that pet is active, the chance of a treasure chest while Fishing goes up by 5 points, stacking up to 15 points.

Fishing and Mining both have a new companion box at the top of the page so you can see which pet is tagging along and what they are doing for you.

We also have a new pet species, the Shorgi! You can find them while Exploring the Ocean.

"In ancient Vertua there was no equal to the prowess of the Shorgi on land or in water, they were once behemoths that roamed in packs. But in modern times these behemoths are now perfectly pet sized, and while they still roam the lands and waters in packs these hot headed creatures tumble and fight in the oceans and on the beaches of Vertua. If you can withstand their snappy mouths and rough and tumble attitude, then you have yourself a fiercely loyal friend for life."

The Shorgi Carving has been added to the Angler's Trove, and to the Verdoku reward pool alongside the other carvings.

Gardening has picked up a new plant too! Pink Flower Seeds can now be found while Exploring the Plains, and will grow into a Pink Flower in a soil garden. They take about a day to grow, with the usual chance of getting your seed back at harvest.

Reporting has been rebuilt and is now available everywhere, not just on board posts. You will see a small flag icon on shouts, user profiles, pet profiles, user shops, trades, board posts and VerMail messages. Clicking it opens a pop-up where you can tell us in your own words what is wrong before you send it, which helps our moderation tools.

Trading has had some QoL work:
Trades now have their own page and permalink, so you can link a trade directly to someone.
Every user has a public trades page, so you can see everything one player has up for offer in one place.
You can now edit a trade's buyout price and wanted description after posting it, instead of deleting and starting over.

VerMail conversations now read like a chat. Messages are no longer split across pages, the oldest sits at the top, the newest at the bottom, and the page opens scrolled to the latest message.

A few smaller changes:
The Soup Kitchen cost is now capped at 2,500VP, so our wealthiest players are not paying silly amounts for soup.
User shop items are now capped at 100,000VP each.
The header banner is now tinted in dark mode so it blends in properly instead of glowing at you.

As always, thanks for helping us create Verpets!

You might notice a new Gallery option when you visit your inventory, we have implemented a view only area where you can show off your items! Users can also search galleries using the Shop Seeker and item information search bar option. You can also use the Quick Sort to quickly move items to your Gallery.
At this time, users are only able to create 1 Gallery, and there are default sorting options, as well as a new Custom Sort option where you can hand pick the way items are displayed!

Hope this is a welcomed addition for all you collectors!

In honor of the World Cup (I am sucked in), I was inspired by a Google game to create Mystic Shootout! Your active pet is the goal keeper and you have to get it by them. Each round they get a bit faster and you get 3 misses! Thought it would be thematically cool for the World Cup and I think it turned out great (you might notice it looks a lot like Plushie Pummel)

Hope you enjoy!

Congratulations to our top players for June 2026!

Fishing - Heaviest Fish

• Gold: Zelreign (61.91 lbs)
• Silver: alxqpanda (54.12 lbs)
• Bronze: mandie (48.37 lbs)

Fishing - Longest Fish

• Gold: Zelreign (57.64 in)
• Silver: mandie (53.17 in)
• Bronze: alxqpanda (52.67 in)

Fishing - Top Angler

• Gold: mandie (1,300 catches)
• Silver: Zelreign (1,100 catches)
• Bronze: alxqpanda (589 catches)

Good evening! I have been working on a new word search style of game called Versearch! Excited to see how you guys feel about this one.

I have also made Verdoku a bit more accessible, at the bottom of the board you should see a button to switch to numbers, this will overlay the number on the board for when you get a lot of red berries in there! I have also edited the Settings page a bit so you can see the user icon and avatar before selecting it (same as the Smelter and Fishing).

We're excited to bring you a fresh word game to enjoy! Word Wrangle has been added to the Games section. Test your memory and solving skills as you unscramble letters to form words. It's a fun way to spend some time and earn rewards!

I also fixed a persistent issue in the Garden where plants weren't being watered when it rained properly, this should be resolved now.

As always, thanks for helping us create Verpets!