Random Webkinz Tips #4

Random Webkinz Tips #4 

 Here are some more random Webkinz Tips!  I'm really starting to run out of them, but I managed to think of a few more for this post!  This is the fourth installment in my Webkinz Tips series. You can read my other tips posts here, here, and here.

Tip #1: If you buy a W-Shop item with a coupon that is worth more than 50% off, you can sell the item back to the W-Shop for a small profit.

Tip #2: I have said this before but it is a good trick: if you have two accounts, buy that day's rare item on both accounts.  That way you have one for yourself and one to trade.  The advantages of having multiple accounts are numerous; if you are adopting another pet, I highly suggest opening a free account and adopting the pet on that account instead of your main one.  You will get a free pet and PSI when you open up a free account.

Tip #3: Certain challenges require you to feed a particular food to your pet.  For a recent Winter challenge, for example, I had to feed my pet 5 Adventure Snack Bars.  If your pet is full and their hunger level at 100, and you feed the snack to them, they will refuse to eat it but it will still count towards the challenge.  You can then continue feeding it to them however many times is required, and they won't eat it but it will still count.  This is especially useful for when you have to feed your pet a special food that you have to go to the Clubhouse to get, for example.

Tip #4: If there are no jobs at the Employment Office that you're interested in doing, wait until the end of the hour.  Every hour the jobs change and new ones appear.

Tip #5: Check the Curio Shop even if you already bought the rare item that day and you know Arte isn't planning on selling more.  Certain items (like the Medieval Side Table and Trophy Pedestal, for example) are not technically rare items, but are part of rare themes.  They are called 'Arte's Favorite' items and they are available at random times throughout the day.

Tip #6: You can trade gems with Doug the Dog multiple times a day if you just switch pets. Go to Doug's Collector Room in the Clubhouse, trade with Doug, then go to the Arcade or your house, switch pets, and then go trade with Doug again. The same pet can't trade with Doug twice, and the prize levels start at the beginning (i.e. if you've been trading with Doug for a long time, and then trade with him with a new pet who hasn't traded with him before, you will receive the first prize: the Rocky Road Ice Cream Cone). Thus, you can earn duplicates of all Doug the Dog prizes!  Make sure to save your gems so you can trade with Doug.

I hope this helps!

Xoxo, 

Pippa

Room Decorating: Before & After (Noah's Room)

I have decided to start a new room decorating series, Before & After.  In this series, I will show what a room looked like before I redecorated it, and then what it looks like after I redecorate!  The first room in this series is Noah's Room.  Noah is my Brown Dog.

Noah's Room

Before

By now, this is the only bedroom that has not been upgraded to a large room.  All my other pets have large rooms.  I actually quite like this design for a medium room, but I prefer to have my pet's bedrooms be large rooms so that they have more space.  I originally made this to be a Dex Dangerous themed room, and I think I will keep it like that.

After

As you can see, I bought a large room for Noah.  I also added a kitchen area, some more decorations, and an air hockey table.  I changed up the wallpaper too, and made the kitchen blue instead!

Thanks for reading!

Xoxo,

Pippa

Webkinz Doug the Dog Prizes

 Webkinz Doug the Dog Prizes

Once you have collected several gems at the Curio Shop, you can trade them with Doug the Dog for cool prizes.  Simply go to the Clubhouse at a time Doug is there, go to Doug's Collector Room, click on Doug, and trade the gem he wants in exchange for a gem-related prize.  Doug is now in the Collector Room all day, so you can trade with him anytime.

Prizes (in order):

 

If it's your first time trading with Doug, he will ask you for a common gem.  Once you have been trading with Doug for a while, he will begin asking for multiple gems and / or uncommon or rare gems.

Tip: You can trade gems with Doug the Dog multiple times a day if you just switch pets. The same pet can't trade with Doug twice in the same day, but a different pet can. Simply trade with Doug and then go to the Arcade or your room and switch pets (you can't switch pets in the Clubhouse). Then, go back and trade with Doug again. The prize levels reset when you switch pets (i.e. if you've been trading with Doug for a long time, and then trade with him with a new pet who hasn't traded with him before, you will receive the first prize: the Rocky Road Ice Cream Cone). Thus, you can earn duplicates of all Doug the Dog prizes!

I hope this helps! Good luck finding the Gem of the Day!

Xoxo,

Pippa

Guide to Selling Webkinz Items

 Guide to Selling Items

 

 

Here is a guide for what to sell and what not to sell on Webkinz World!  Almost all items and prizes can be sold back to the W-Shop for half their original value/price, though some items are very valuable and shouldn't be sold.  

See my guide for trading and the value of Webkinz items here.

Do Sell:

Duplicates of most things (that you can easily win again or aren't worth trading)

Low value prizes/items that you don't like (from Today's Activities, daily log-in, etc)

Non-deluxe clothing that you don't like

Challenge prizes you don't like (like the smaller, less exciting prizes from the 1st or 2nd part of the challenge)

Common and uncommon Magical Forest prizes

Crown of Wonder 

Farm Fresh Food

Extra food (worth 10kc or more)

Vacation Wheel prizes

Kinzville Academy Recess prizes

Spree! Shopping Bag prizes

Wacky Snack Pack foods

Anything else that is not worth trading but that you don't want

 

Examples of what to sell: 

 

                 

 

Don't Sell:

Rare items

Exclusive items (never sell these!)

Pet Specific items (never sell these!)

Pet of the Month exclusives (never sell these!)

Deluxe prizes (Deluxe Day, Deluxe challenges, etc) 

Deluxe clothing

Most challenge prizes (these are sometimes turned into exclusive items after the challenge is over and made available at the Wish Factory)

Most click-to-win prizes

Grand prizes (Magical Forest, etc)

Some Wheel of Wow / Deluxe Wheel prizes

Most Winterfest or other seasonal prizes (with the exception of duplicates, esp. clothing)

Jumbleberry Fields Jar prizes

Kinzville Academy class prizes (never sell these!) 

Plushies (non W-shop)

Retired items (unless you can still buy it at the Curio Shop)

Spree! Mall prizes

Trophies

Webkinz Newz prizes

Foods worth less than 10 kc (just feed it to your pet, it's not valuable enough to bother selling it)

Examples of what not to sell:

Tip #1: Even if you don't want any of the items mentioned above, I still strongly recommend keeping them and trading them later. That's what I do.  I actually purposely buy extra rare items just to trade (I use my secondary accounts to do this).  Unless you are in serious need of immediate kinzcash, it's not worth it to sell these items. They are just too valuable and difficult to find, and worth a lot more than the kinzcash you will receive for them (especially exclusive items; for some reason these only sell for a couple hundred kc, though they're way more valuable than that).  It's better to trade these items for another valuable item that you do want.  You can trade in the Clubhouse obviously, but I also recommend using the Webkinz subreddit page or the Webkinz Newz trading forum to make trades.  Be patient!  Some items might sit in your storage room for awhile, but someone is likely going to want them at some point (especially as time goes by and the item becomes older and increases in value).  I have multiple storage rooms in my Webkinz house where I keep these items.  Sometimes, items from challenges are made into exclusive items after they have already been released.  Once I won several Dragonfly Wall Art pieces in a challenge and then sold them.  Now you can get them at the Wish Factory for over 30 tokens each!  I definitely regret selling them.

 

Tip #2: The only time I would ever recommend selling a rare item is if you need the money to buy a different rare item (that you want more) from the Curio Shop. Since you don't have much time to do that (>1hr), selling a rare item is a quick way to make the necessary kinzcash. However, I would recommend selling an expensive W-Shop item or two instead, as they can be repurchased far more easily.  I only recommend selling a rare item if you have a duplicate of it and haven't been able to trade it, and don't have any W-Shop items to sell.

Tip #3: As mentioned above, if you need kinzcash quickly, sell large W-Shop items (ex: a TV,  a pool, a stove, or a bed). These items cost the most kc so you will earn back more kinzcash and have to sell less things. It's better to sell one bed than two counters + a chair.  If I need to do this, I choose an item or two from an unfinished room rather than a completed one so I don't mess up any finished designs.

Tip #4: If you have multiple accounts and need kinzcash on one of them, buy three of the most expensive item you can find in the W-Shop and send them to the account that needs kinzcash (I believe the most expensive item is the Oak Paneled Pool), and then sell them on that account.  However, I only recommend doing this when you have a few W-Shop coupons, as you still technically lose kinzcash overall unless you buy the items with coupons that are worth 50% off or more.  See my post about the advantages of having more than one account here.

 

Tip #5: Again, as mentioned above, if you have an extra coupon that is worth more than 50% off (it must be worth at least 60% off or more) you can buy a really expensive W-Shop item and then sell it back right away for a small profit.

Tip #6: Some items can't be traded or sold, which is annoying. If you acquire an item that you don't like and you can't trade it or sell it, put it in a room in your house labelled "Storage" or "Stuff I Can't Sell."  I now have two rooms full of stuff I don't like but can't sell.  It doesn't matter how it looks; I just cram those rooms full of as many items as I can fit.  It's annoying, but this way those items don't take up space in my dock.  I also put wallpaper/flooring that I don't like + can't sell in these rooms.

I hope this helps!

Xoxo,

Pippa

How To Find The Gem Of The Day

Curio Shop Rumours & How To Find 

The Webkinz Gem Of The Day 

Read my other post about the Curio Shop here.

It is known that the higher on the pyramid within each colour category a gem is, the more kinzcash you'll receive for it.

White gems are generally the most valuable, though common gems sell for very little regardless of colour.

The background colour of a mine corresponds to the rarest gem that can be found in it.  

Ex: the background colour of the Buried Bones mine is white, and the rarest gem that can be found in that mine is the white Webkinz Diamond.

 

Mine Colours:

 
Buried Bones Mine: White

Barking Mad Mine: Yellow

Muzzle Mouth Mine: Red

Howling Horse Mine: Blue

Flea Floater Mine: Green

Order Value (highest to lowest):

Rare

1. Webkinz Diamond (Buried Bones Mine) - the most valuable of all gems

2. Red Ruby Heart (Muzzle Mouth Mine) - the second most valuable of all gems

3. Ocean Sapphire (Howling Horse Mine)

4. Earth Emerald (Flea Floater Mine)

5. Corona Topaz (Barking Mad Mine) - the least valuable of rare gems

Uncommon

1. Aurora Rox (Buried Bones Mine, Barking Mad Mine)-the most valuable of uncommon gems

2. Pyramid Plunder (Buried Bones Mine, Barking Mad Mine)

3. Yum Zum Sparkle (Muzzle Mouth Mine, Buried Bones Mine)

4. Unicorn Horn (Muzzle Mouth Mine, Buried Bones Mine)

5. Moss Marble (Howling Horse Mine, Flea Floater Mine)

6. Cat's Eye Glint (Howling Horse Mine, Flea Floater Mine)

7. Tear Drop Tower (Barking Mad Mine, Howling Horse Mine)

8. Sea Stone (Barking Mad Mine, Howling Horse Mine)

9. Ember Amber (Flea Floater Mine, Muzzle Mouth Mine)

10. Volcano Viscose (Flea Floater Mine, Muzzle Mouth Mine)-the least valuable of uncommon gems

Once you have collected all of the gems, you can obviously trade them for the Webkinz Crown of Wonder. If you already have one or if you don't like it, you can sell the Crown of Wonder for 2,250 kinzcash.  However, if you sell your gems instead, you will probably earn an average of about 250 kc for each rare gem and an average of about 100 kc for each uncommon gem. In total, you would earn about 2,200 kc (not including kinzcash from common gems) over time. I kept my estimates on the lower end, but even still, if you count the earnings from common gems, you would technically still earn more (or at least the same amount) by just selling all of your gems to Arte rather than keeping them and trading for + selling the Crown of Wonder.  However, you do get a lot of kinzcash all at once if you sell the crown, rather than a little bit over a long period of time like if you sell gems. Selling your gems is one way to establish rapport with Arte however (I think it helps you advance through the Curio Shop levels, though I'm not certain; tipping is definitely the better/quicker way to do this).

The prices Arte offers for different gems varies and is not the same each time, but here are some Webkinz World rumours regarding the prices he offers.

Rumours:

• The Gem of the Day usually sells for double its going rate, and then plummets in price the next day and is worth a lot less than normal. I don't know if this is true, but the Gem of the Day does always sell for more than it usually goes for.
• Sparkling rocks have gems in them (this isn't necessarily true, though rocks with two sparkles seem to often have gems).
• The Bat or the Spider in the cave will lead you to a gem.  This seems to be generally true, but not always. There is usually a common gem near where the Bat goes or where the Spider is, though not always and it's usually not a rare gem (in my experience, anyway).
  
• Arte offers you more kinzcash for a gem if you don't have it yet. This seems to be true based on my  experience.
  
• Being level 6 with Arte gets you higher sale prices for gems (I am level 6, and I don't find this to be noticeably true). 
• If you tip Arte 100 kc right before you do your gem hunt, you will get offered higher sale prices for the gem you find.  I have tried this, and it does seem to work (remember small tips offend Arte, so tip 100 kc).
• The Webkinz Diamond will sell for 1000 kc when it is the Gem of the Day (I'm not sure how true this is, as I only received 325 kc when I found the Webkinz Diamond yesterday, though it was not the Gem of the Day.  If it's true that the Gem of the Day sells for double its usual rate, then the Webkinz Diamond wouldn't sell for 1000 kc, as double its usual rate would be 650 kc).

These are just rumours, so don't take them as fact!

Tip: When I hunt for gems, I like to scroll to one of the ends of the caves and choose the furthest or second furthest rock. This doesn't always work, but then again there isn't a foolproof strategy for finding gems anyway (at least that I know of). But it's usually best to scroll a bit rather than just clicking on the first rock you see.  I also like to choose rocks that are extra sparkly and/or are near the Bat or Spider. Also, I find that it's worth it to search the cave that is the same colour as the Gem of the Day, so that you have a better chance of finding it.

I hope this helps! Good luck finding the Gem of the Day!

Xoxo,

Pippa

Room Decorating Tips #3

 

 Decorating Tips #3

 

 Hi there! Welcome to the third room tips post in my Room Decorating series!

Room Decorating Tips #1

Room Decorating Tips #2

Tip #1: Buy food items (tea cups, pies, etc) from the W-Shop or E-Store to put in your rooms (you can also get these as daily log-in / Wheel of Wow reward). They make kitchens/dining rooms look especially good. You can also get them in Jumbleberry fields as prizes (see example below).

Tip #2: Try basing a room around just one colour. I did that with my Pink Diner (see below).

Tip #3: Centre both wall decorations and furniture. It looks more symmetrical and thus pleasing to the eye.  

 

        Incorrect                            Correct

Tip #4: Buy other small items to place in your rooms, like books, toys, card games, and flowers.

Tip #5: Large items are really useful for covering doors.  Personally, I find that rooms without any doors on the walls usually look the nicest (though doors sometimes look good incorporated into the room).  Since my house is very large now, I often don't have enough space on my map to position all of my rooms so that there are no doors on any of the walls. My solution to this is to place a large piece of furniture over the door so that it is hidden.  Make sure the item is large enough, however; see examples below.

Ex:                  

                      

  Incorrect (door showing)             Correct (door hidden)

Tip #6: Try basing a room off of a book / movie / TV show.  Make a room for a specific character or copy one of the rooms in the show.  I did this loosely with Gwendolyn's NYC Apartment (Gossip Girl) and Spot's Apartment (Big Bang Theory).  

Tip #7: Try starting with a specific item and basing the room around it.

Tip #8: Use outdoor items in indoor rooms.  This used to not be an option but it is now!

Ex:

          

Tip #9: If you have E-Store points, buy a bed with them. If have a chance to buy a rare bed in the Curio Shop or choose one as a prize, do.  I find that the W-Shop is lacking in bed options (as is the E-Store, but at least there are more choices).

 

Tip #10: Design your rooms so that sections look good by themselves (i.e. you could take a screenshot of just that area and it would look nice on its own). For example, in an apartment, have a reading area, a sleeping area, and a kitchen, and make each area complete with decorations. 

Ex: One of the reading nooks in my Reading Room.

Tip #11: Use rugs and floor tiles. They make the floor look much better and make the room look cozier and more detailed. The more rugs the better. You can arrange floor tiles together to make one big rug as well. Also, don't place most furniture items over top of rugs as they cover it (though this can look good occasionally, especially with smaller items, in which case do it).  I like to place furniture around the rug. Rugs are also relatively inexpensive at the E-Store, and there is a decent variety of options.

Ex:

                        

  

Tip #12: Buy textured or patterned wallpaper/flooring instead of plain colours.  By textured, I mean wallpaper/flooring that is made to look like wood, stone, or brick. It adds more to the room. The Ancient Civilization wallpaper, for example, looks much better than just plain white paint, but is still a white shade. Wallpaper/flooring is also a good thing to buy at the E-Store, as there is a large selection and it is relatively inexpensive (about 100-2500 points each).

Examples of textured wallpaper: Ancient Civilization wallpaper/flooring, Café Playset wallpaper/flooring, Classic Gaming Room wallpaper/flooring, Medieval wallpaper/flooring.    

   

Tip #13: You don't have to use an item for its intended purpose. You can use a dining table as a desk, a kitchen counter as a table, or a bookshelf as a divider.

Tip #14: Check the 'More Stuff' section of the Decorating page in the W-Shop for random things to add to your rooms.

Tip #15: You can make one large window with multiple small ones.

Ex:

         

I hope this helps! Happy decorating!

Xoxo,

Pippa

How to Complete Webkinz Kinzville Academy Levels

 The Kinzville Academy

 

Taking classes at the Kinzville Academy helps you win Quick Events and Webkinz Stadium competitions.  You can also win cool prizes by completing level 10 of basic courses and level 5 of talent courses.  After 15 days of classes at the Kinzville Academy (3 classes per day - Deluxe classes don't count), your pet can attend Recess. There are 4 activities to do at Recess: Hopscotch, Buried Treasure, Hide and Seek, and Merry-Go-Round. After Recess you get a lunch bag that you can open in your room.

Classes Offered:

Basic - There are 6 Basic Pet Courses at the Kinzville Academy. Each course has 10 levels. When you complete level 5 in any course, you will unlock a new action for your pet. When you complete level 10 in a course, you'll get to choose from a selection of cool prizes. When you complete level 10 in all 6 Basic Pet Courses, your pet will be awarded the diploma from the Kinzville Academy. You are also sure to win Gold in any Quick Event.  The Basic Pet Courses are split into two categories:

Physical: Agility Class, Running Class, Strength Class

Mental: Painting Class, Language Class, Fashion Class

Talent - Deluxe members can complete Talent classes.  Pet Talent Courses do not count towards your diploma. When you complete level 5 in a Pet Talent Course, you'll be awarded a special gift (the Beauty Class Vanity or Cooking Class Griddle). When you complete level 10 in a talent course, a special game (similar to the class) will be unlocked that you can play whenever you want.  Categories:

Cooking: Griddle Class

Grooming: Hairdresser Class

If you reach level 10 in any class, the number of classes that your other pets have to do supposedly decreases significantly.  *Note: I think you have to have finished all 6 classes and have the diploma for this to start working, as my pet Shep has completed level 10 in the Running class but my pet Cassie just reached level 4 in Running and still has 20 classes to do before she gets to level 5, not 16.

                     1st Pet          2nd Pet        3rd Pet       4th Pet      5th Pet

1	5 classes	4 classes	3 classes	2 classes	1 class
2	10 classes	8 classes	6 classes	4 classes	2 classes
3	15 classes	12 classes	9 classes	6 classes	3 classes
4	20 classes	16 classes	12 classes	8 classes	4 classes
5	25 classes	20 classes	15 classes	10 classes	5 classes
6	30 classes	24 classes	18 classes	12 classes	6 classes
7	35 classes	28 classes	21 classes	14 classes	7 classes
8	40 classes	32 classes	24 classes	16 classes	8 classes
9	45 classes	36 classes	27 classes	18 classes	9 classes
10	50 classes	40 classes	30 classes	20 classes	10 classes
Totals:	275 classes	220 classes	165 classes	110 classes	55 classes

 

Tips:

Agility Class

- The green hurdles are the easiest, the yellow ones medium, and the red ones the hardest.

- You will need some speed to get over the red hurdles.

- If the hurdles are close together, make sure you go slow, otherwise you will trip over one of them.  You will have to adjust your speed throughout the game once you reach higher levels.

- You can jump and go forward at the same time by pressing the forward and up keys.  Don't jump and brake at the same time.

Running Class

- If you spin too fast, you may have to pause the spinner so that the bar goes back down.

- Make small circles on the inside of the spinner instead of large circles around the outer edge. You'll have to move the cursor less if you do this.

Strength Class

- I find this class to be the hardest once you get to level 8+. 

- The only advice I have for this game is to go slow and to not click too fast.  There's not much else to it.

Painting Class

- If you aren't sure how much to fill the dropper, fill it on the lesser side.  I find that the paint often looks bigger on the canvas than it does in the dropper, and that you often need less paint than you think you do.

- If the picture is of a circle, set the spinner to level 1. If it is of a blob, set it to level 2.

- Sometimes the order in which you put the paint on the canvas matters.

- The more you play, the better you will get at recognizing what setting to put the spinner on / how much paint to use.

Language Class, 

- Do the words with the most spaces blanked out together first.  They are by far the easiest to figure out, and by doing them first you narrow down the options for the harder words you have left.  Ex: if there is a word with the first four letters blanked out, look for that word first by scanning the first four letters of all the other corresponding words.

- Do words that have spaces blanked out all over the place last; they are the hardest to figure out.  The less options you have to choose from, the better.

- You can also try matching the words in order from first to last; this looks neater but isn't necessarily easier.

- If you have two or three words left and no strikes yet, just randomly choose a word and match it. Even if you get it wrong and receive a strike, it won't matter and you will know the correct answer to choose next (or at least have a better idea).

Fashion Class

- I find this class to be really easy but boring.  A clever trick is to give a one to two-word name to each piece of clothing, and then say those words repeatedly in your head while making the outfit. 

Ex: if the model is wearing the Blue Bubble Vest, White Jeans, Red Bow, and Cowboy Boots, the names would be "bubble, white, bow, cowboy."  Note: it is better to say a word that is specific to the clothing item rather than the colour of the item, as there could be another clothing item that's the same colour in the set (ex: for the Red Bow, don't say "red" - say "bow").

- Another trick is to just take a screenshot (command 4 on mac) of the model's outfit and put it beside the screen.  If you are playing on the Webkinz Desktop app you can't do this as it only lets you play in full screen mode, but you can still take a picture with your phone instead. This is kind of cheating, but it is a useful trick for higher levels if you need it or if you don't have a good short-term memory.

Griddle Class

- If you keep making perfect pancakes (pancakes that are perfectly golden), this will increase the amount of time you have left.  As you advance through the levels, it will become pretty much essential to make perfect pancakes in order to have enough time to complete all of the orders, though it is not necessary on the lower levels.

- Once you complete an order, you have to serve it before you can finish or flip more pancakes. Thus, before you flip the last pancake onto the order, flip all of the other pancakes that haven't been flipped for the first time yet. 

- If a pancake is really under-cooked or burnt, you can throw it out.

Hairdesser Class

- I like to do things in the following order: hair colour, style (curl, straighten, or braid), cut, then bows last.

- I ask Plumpy what she wants, then do either 1 or 2 of the tasks (ex: colour and style, ask again, then cut, ask again, then bows) 

- All of the tasks are reversible except for hair cutting, so pay the closest attention to that task.  You can always ask again and cut more, but you can't put hair back so it's best to cut less to be safe.

- Like in the Fashion class, a good trick is to take a screenshot (or picture with your phone) of Plumpy's hair and put it beside the screen.  This way you can know what she wants without having to ask 5 times (because sometimes you'll need to ask more than that, but can't). Again, this is kind of cheating, but it works.

Prizes:

 Basic Course Prizes

Agility Class level 10 Prizes: 

 

Running Class level 10 Prizes: 

 

Strength Class level 10 Prizes:

 

*Note: the Dumbbell Weight Rack can also be won in one of the challenges that every account gets to do, so if you don't need two of them don't choose it as your prize.  

Painting Class level 10 Prizes: 

 

Language Class level 10 Prizes: 

 

Fashion Class level 10 Prizes: 

Talent Course Prizes

Hairdresser Class level 5 Prize: Beauty Class Vanity

Griddle Class level 5 Prize: Cooking Class Griddle

Personally, I find the Running and Painting classes to be the easiest, and the Agility, Intelligence, Griddle, and Hairdresser classes to also be pretty easy.  I find the Fashion class to super easy but extremely time-consuming and boring (which is unfortunate since it has my favourite prizes), and the Strength class to be the hardest!  My favourite prizes are the Art Spinner, the Class Act Chalkboard, the Manicure Chair, and the Superstar Makeup Vanity.

Good luck in class!

Xoxo,

Pippa