Planet Calypso News

Lootable Calypso Land Deeds Information

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:23:59 GMT

As announced in the press release made earlier today, $100,000 worth of Calypso Land Deeds will be added to Planet Calypso loots starting on May 16th, and distributed throughout the rest of 2012.

Each of the 1000 deeds is paired with a unique numbered token item that will trigger a discovery global chat message when looted. To redeem a discovered token for a Calypso Land Deed, place the token in your avatar’s storage and submit a support case on the Planet Calypso official website and request that the token be exchanged.

Deeds will be distributed as follows:

Hunting loots - 400 deeds, available starting on May 16.
Mining loots - 200 deeds, available starting on May 21.
Crafting loots - 240 deeds, available after June 5th.
Event prizes - 160 deeds, distributed during special events throughout 2012.

For hunting, each and every creature and robot type found on Planet Calypso (including Crystal Palace and F.O.M.A) has been assigned one or more of the special numbered Calypso Land Deed tokens, giving participants of all skill levels the chance to loot a Calypso Land Deed.

The CLD tokens allocated to mining can be discovered while mining anywhere on Eudoria, Amethera or F.O.M.A, and will become available starting on May 21.

The CLD tokens allocated to crafting will become available after June 5.

Corrected results from the inactive participants hunting event April 27 – 29.

Sat, 12 May 2012 07:22:35 GMT

Corrected results from the inactive participants hunting event April 27 – 29.

Due to an unfortunate mistake in our administration, the wrong winner was appointed.

The correct order of winners are:

1st Place - $2000 Alienware Gift Card: Lizzie PERKy Borden - 495.2 points
2nd Place - $750 Alienware Gift Card: Thorkell Wizze Viking- 455.5 points
3rd Place - $250 Alienware Gift Card: Cunning Cunning Linguist-103.7 points

The avatar that was incorrectly placed third initially, keeps the prize:

4th Place - $250 Alienware Gift Card: Andre Psychos Pereira -102.9 points

We sincerely apologize for the mistake and congratulate the now four prize winners of the event.

Mission Creature Spawns Update

Wed, 09 May 2012 14:59:08 GMT

To assist Calypso participants wishing to complete Iron Challenge missions before the mission rewards rebalancing takes effect, the following temporary creature spawns have been created and will be active until May 21, 2012:

Rippersnapper - East of Fort Zeus (87200, 96900 Eudoria)
Foul - Land Area 6 (31400 x 34000 Amethera)

After which time two different mission creatures will be spawned in those areas. This procedure will be continued every two weeks until the Planet Partner release scheduled for August 21, 2012.

Happy Hunting!

Results from the inactive participants hunting event April 27-29

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:10:06 GMT

The exclusive hunting event for inactive participants was a resounding success: More than one thousand eager hunters accepted the invitation!

We hope that you had great fun and that you enjoyed being active in Entropia Universe once again.

In the invitation to the event, valuable prizes were promised to the three most successful hunters, with the winners determined by the three highest single loots on the following creatures: Daikiba, Tripudion, Caudatergus, Exarosaur.

Those winners are:
1st Place - $2000 Alienware Gift Card: Thorkell Wizze Viking- 455.5 points
2nd Place - $750 Alienware Gift Card: Lizzie PERKy Borden -104.1 points
3rd Place - $250 Alienware Gift Card: Andre Psychos Pereira -102.9 points

I would like to congratulate the winners and wish all of you very welcome back into the game again!

Kind regards,

Jan Welter Timkrans
Humble Creator of Entropia Universe

P.S. An exciting new planet has been added to Entropia Universe: Planet Cyrene, soft launched on May 1.

CDF Priority Alert Update

Fri, 04 May 2012 18:09:51 GMT

The Calypso Defense Force reports significant robot reinforcements arriving at Zychion Citadel and Solfais Crater over the past 24 hours. Additional breaches at Nate Valley and Wolverine Hope have now also been confirmed, placing the Amethera portion of the teleporter infrastructure at serious risk.

Colonial militia forces have been ordered to redouble their defense efforts while CDF engineers work frantically to find a way to secure the planetary teleporter network.

Compromised Teleporters

Ashi
Drone, Droka, Harbinger, Warrior, Defender, Drone Coordinator

Fort Victoria
Warrior, Droka

  Fort Troy 
Warrior Elite, Drone Elite  

Zychion Citadel
Big Bulk, Warlock, Second Entity, Eviscerator, Warrior Exterminator, Warrior Commander, Mulciber

Nate Valley
Droka

Wolverine Hope
Legionnaire, Trooper

  Fort Ares (Shared Loot)
Warlock, Big Bulk

Solfais Crater (Shared Loot)
Big Bulk, Eviscerator, Warlock, Hydra

PLANET CALYPSO CONTENT RELEASE 2012.3

Tue, 01 May 2012 12:22:14 GMT

2012-05-01
***PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PLANET CALYPSO! IT MIGHT PROVIDE THE INFO YOU NEED BEFORE CONTACTING THE SUPPORT DEPARTMENT!***

SETTLEMENT UPDATE
Fort Isis has been constructed in the swamp west of Chug’s Hideout.
Fort Cayuze has been constructed in the ocean south of Cayuze.
Admiral Herman Ahab at Fort Cayuze is overrun by Leviathan and calls to skilled hunters to help him with this challenge.
Caperon have been spotted on Calypso. Colonists are warned to approach with caution.
Silver Argonaut challenge has been added.

FIXED ISSUES

Medusa apartment owners can now place items on the ground.

CDF Priority Alert Update

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:18:17 GMT

Fort Victoria has been added to the CDF list of compromised teleporter nodes. Disappointing news, since the combined CDF and colonial militia forces had seemed to effectively contain the robot invasion to a small portion of Calypso's teleporters for the past several days.

Further analysis of the classified military documents obtained by EBN two days ago reveals that several members of the Wastelander insurgent group have planned a meeting with Harbinger robots at the Calypso Oil Rig early tomorrow evening. Bounties have been offered by CDF Intelligence for all confirmed kills of Wastelander rebels.

Compromised Teleporters

Ashi
Drone, Droka, Harbinger, Warrior, Defender, Drone Coordinator

Fort Victoria
Warrior, Droka

Fort Troy
Warrior Elite, Drone Elite

Zychion City
Big Bulk, Warlock, Second Entity, Eviscerator, Warrior Exterminator

Fort Ares (Shared Loot)
Second Entity, Legionnaire, Trooper, Defender

Solfais Crater (Shared Loot)
Big Bulk, Eviscerator, Warlock

CDF Priority Alert Update

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:56:55 GMT

CDF's special liason to milita forces, Major Ushakov, has issued a priority alert. Intelligence concerning the location of one of the robot technologies desparately being sought by the RDI has become available.

CDF Intelligence operatives lost track of a Wastelander insurgent confirmed to be carrying one Robot Power Transformer. The Wastelander's last known location was in the vicinity of a crashed robot spaceship. All CDF tracking signals were then lost when the individual entered the ship, apparently due to robot electromagnetic interference. CDF experts were unable to confirm to which of the Akbal Sectors the Robot Power Transformer was transported.

Available colonist militia teams are requested to investigate all accessible Akbal Sectors and recover the Robot Power Transformer as quickly as possible.

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Compromised Teleporters

Ashi
Drone, Droka, Harbinger, Warrior, Defender, Drone Coordinator

Fort Troy
Warrior Elite, Drone Elite

Zychion City
Big Bulk, Warlock, Second Entity, Eviscerator, Warrior Exterminator

Fort Ares (Shared Loot)
Second Entity, Legionnaire, Trooper, Defender

Solfais Crater (Shared Loot)
Big Bulk, Eviscerator, Warlock

CDF Priority Alert Update

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:12:37 GMT

The invaders from Akbal-Cimi have ramped up the assault on Calypso with fearsomely powerful robot invaders now wreaking havoc in Zychion Citadel. Brig. General de Souza was quoted in an official CDF press release saying "We need all the firepower we can possibly mobilize to combat the heavily armored robots assaulting Zychion."

EBN has also received classified military documents from an anonymous source that mention a clandestine Wastelander rendezvous suspected to take place in approximately three days.

Compromised Teleporters
Ashi
Drone, Droka, Harbinger, Warrior, Defender, Drone Coordinator

Fort Troy
Warrior Elite, Drone Elite

Zychion City
Big Bulk, Warlock, Second Entity, Eviscerator, Warrior Exterminator

Fort Ares (Shared Loot)
Second Entity, Legionnaire, Trooper, Defender

Solfaris Crater (Shared Loot)
Big Bulk, Eviscerator, Warlock

Robot Event Update

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:41:21 GMT

CDF Intelligence reports both good news -- the robot infiltration of the Fort Pandora teleporter node has been repelled -- and bad news -- a new infiltration has erupted at the Solfaris Crater teleporter.

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Compromised Teleporters

Ashi
Drone, Droka, Harbinger, Warrior, Defender, Drone Coordinator

Fort Troy
Warrior Elite, Drone Elite

Fort Ares (Shared Loot)
Second Entity, Legionnaire, Trooper, Defender

Solfaris Crater (Shared Loot)
Big Bulk, Eviscerator, Warlock

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Rewards

The Research & Defense Institute is offering rewards for recovered robot technology. RDI representatives will be available to collect samples and issue rewards on May 26-27.

Protector of the Empire Armor Set
325 Exceptional Robot Optical Lenses
AND
100 Exceptional Robot Hyper Chargers
AND
1 Exceptional Robot Contraction Unit

Improved Omegaton Fast Aid Pack
100 Exceptional Robot Optical Lenses
AND
15 Exceptional Robot Hyper Chargers
AND
1 Robot Dynocyclic Relay

Adjusted Omegaton ASG-3 Warthog
200 Exceptional Robot Optical Lenses
AND
35 Exceptional Robot Hyper Chargers
AND
1 Rare Robot Secret Transmitter

Adjusted Rip M6600
3000 Exceptional Robot Optical Lenses
AND
600 Exceptional Robot Hyper Chargers
AND
1 Robot Power Transformer

Adjusted Dagger of Despair
180 Exceptional Robot Optical Lenses
AND
25 Exceptional Robot Hyper Chargers
AND
1 Robot Nanomodulator

CDF Utility Helicopter
12 Exceptional Robot Optical Lenses
AND
5 Exceptional Robot Hyper Chargers
AND
1 Robot Magnetomic Throttle

Calypso Land Deed
50 Exceptional Robot Optical Lenses
AND
10 Exceptional Robot Hyper Chargers
AND
1 Robot Speech Emulation Unit

Necromancer Armor (L) Blueprint (L) - Complete Set (100 attempts of each blueprint)
25 Corrupt Optical Lense Blueprints
OR
15 Corrupt Hyper Charger Blueprints

Eon Armor (L) Set
340 Exceptional Robot Optical Lenses
AND
100 Exceptional Robot Hyper Chargers

Tiger Armor (L) Set
150 Exceptional Robot Optical Lenses
AND
50 Exceptional Robot Hyper Chargers

Martial Armor (L) Set
150 Exceptional Robot Optical Lenses
AND
25 Exceptional Robot Hyper Chargers

Electric Attack Chip XI (L)
25 Exceptional Robot Optical Lenses
AND
8 Exceptional Robot Hyper Chargers

Mission Creature Spawns Update

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:39:03 GMT

Based on feedback received from hunters, the temporary mission spawn location for Sumima has been moved to Land Area 6 (31400 x 34000 Amathera).

CDF Priority Alert Update

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:06:29 GMT

Claire Jameson, spokesperson for CDF Intelligence has only moments ago confirmed independent reports that the robot infiltration of the Calypso teleporter network has spread to Fort Troy.

Ms. Jameson also reported that two CDF Intelligence agents were killed in action by a group of Wastelander insurgents a short time before robots appeared at Fort Troy. The two deceased agents were part of an undercover mission charged with monitoring Calypso's teleporter infrastructure, in hopes of discovering just how the robots have defeated the security protocols so effortlessly.

Mission Creature Spawns

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:58:50 GMT

Cornundacauda - East of Fort Zeus
Sumima - South of East Scylla Mountains

After which time two different mission creatures will be spawned in those areas. This procedure will be continued every two weeks until the Planet Partner release scheduled for August 21, 2012.

Happy Hunting!

CDF Priority Alert Update

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:30:39 GMT

CDF commanders report that the robot infiltration of the teleporter network has now spread to Fort Pandora. Military and civilian engineers are working frantically to harden the security of nearby teleporter nodes in hopes of containing the robot intrusion, and emergency teams are busy evacuating civilians from the compromised regions.

Reports of Wastelander insurgents spotted at Fort Pandora minutes before the robot attacks erupted there have fueled suspicions that humans may be collaborating with the merciless robots.

When pressed by EBN reporters about the possible insurgent involvement in the infiltrations, Brig. General de Souza retorted "At this juncture the military's only objective is quickly defeating the robot menace and restoring security to Calypso. I'll leave the speculation and finger pointing to the pencil pushers."

CDF Priority Alert Update

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:41:12 GMT

Despite the valiant efforts of the CDF and colonial militia forces, the robot infiltration of the Calypso teleporter network has spread to Fort Ares.

Brig. General de Souza has reissued his appeal for all able-bodied colonists to report to either the Fort Ares or Ashi teleporters to assist in the defense effort as soon as possible.

Priority CDF Alert

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:23:46 GMT

Brig. General Yevgeny de Souza, Commander of CDF Ground Forces, hereby alerts all colonists that recent reports of disruptions to the teleporter network have been confirmed by CDF military engineers. The circumstances leading to the disruptions appear identical to those associated with hostile robot infiltrations experienced on Calypso in the past. Higher than usual robot activity in recent weeks also supports this indication.

The initial breach appears to have taken place at the Ashi teleporter, where local CDF and colonist militia forces have been battling Steel Bird aerial robots for the past fortnight. Hundreds of robots are now pouring through the compromised teleporter and decimating colonist settlements in the region. The CDF urgently requests that all active members of the colonial militia report immediately to Ashi and assist in containing the situation. All other civilians are strongly encouraged to evacuate the area until the robot threat has been defeated.

One theory being investigated by CDF Intelligence is that the robot reconnaissance forces were somehow assisted in this infiltration by the mysterious insurgents known as the Wastelanders. Colonist militia forces are authorised to use any force necessary to apprehend or eliminate any Wastelander traitors encountered.

In hopes of preventing future infiltrations, CDF robotologists are particularly interested in obtaining robot technology for analysis, and are offering valuable rewards to colonists who can recover any of the following components from neutralised robots:

Exceptional Robot Optical Lens
Exceptional Robot Hyper Charger
Exceptional Robot Contraction Unit
Rare Robot Secret Transmitter
Robot Power Transformer
Robot Speech Emulation Unit
Robot Nanomodulator
Robot Dynocyclic Relay
Robot Magnetomic Throttle

Urgent Request from the Colonial Xenobiological Institute

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:59:22 GMT

Scientists from the Colonial Xenobiological Institute request assistance to gather specimen samples from a previously undocumented Merp breed that has recently been spotted in wild areas of Amathera and Eudoria.

Xenobiologist Charles Marvin tells us “We are delighted to have this rare opportunity to collect samples from what appears to be a mutated strain of Merps. Unfortunately, the highly territorial Mul tribes seem threatened by these unusual Merps, and have reacted violently to our efforts to gather data.”

Colonists willing and able to assist in this scientific excursion are requested to report to the Akmuul Island outpost as soon as possible for further instructions.

Additionally, increased mutant activity has been reported in the area northwest of Fort Zeus. At this juncture, Dr. Marvin is unable to confirm whether this mutant activity is somehow related to the mutant Merp phenomenon.

PLANET CALYPSO CONTENT RELEASE 2012.2

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:05:22 GMT

PLANET CALYPSO CONTENT RELEASE 2012.2
2012-03-13

***PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY IN PLANET CALYPSO! IT MIGHT PROVIDE THE INFO YOU NEED BEFORE CONTACTING THE SUPPORT DEPARTMENT!***

SETTLEMENT UPDATE

The vast majority of the outposts on Eudoria have been redesigned using modern assets.
Forests have been thinned out around the Fort Troy, East Scylla Mountains region.

BEACON MISSIONS

Beacon interiors have been enlarged and redesigned to improve playability.
Beacon robots have been renamed and rebalanced, they are now slightly tougher but not as many.
The number of storage container loot boxes in each Beacon has been increased to 21.
Storage container loot boxes are now randomly placed within the Beacon.
Real-time team member statistics display- damage, healing, kills, deaths, etc.
Timers have been adjusted in balance with the recent level design changes
Loot from unopened storage container loot boxes is now added to the storage container boxes in subsequent Beacon missions.
Each Beacon level now has its own unique end boss that guards a storage container loot box which holds a large part of the total loot for each Beacon mission.
Minimum number of players required to enter Beacon missions has been lowered from 4 to 2. Note that the recommended team size is a minimum of four players to complete Beacon missions effectively.
The number of checkpoints have been reduced in all Beacon missions.

NEW ITEMS

Weapons
Armors
Blueprints
Iron Challenges for all Puny creatures - speak to Ingrid at the Port Atlantis swamp camp.
New Traeskeron mission - speak to Henry Johnson at Camp Poseidon.
New Rextelum mission - speak to Private Brian at Triton's Landing.

MISC

The Longu and Molisk creatures have received graphical updates.

FIXED ISSUES

The Daily Hunter mission has been fixed.
Exploring the area mission has been fixed.
The Volcanic Island mission has been fixed.
Kill the Aetherex on mountains mission has been fixed.
Finding water mission has been fixed.
Clear the area mission has been fixed.
Hunt Some mission has been fixed.
Kill'em all! mission has been fixed.
Fixed a bug with the shared loot feature on Hussk.
Flying land area objects near the Emerald Lakes mall have been landed.
Fixed a problem with the terrain under some houses at Lake Penzance.
Fixed the name of the quest object in the Feffoid Cave.

KNOWN ISSUES

Breakable glass in the Beacon Missions can cause performance issues when it destructs.
It is not possible to purchase the more expensive items from the market traders.
Global/HoF messages and effects are currently disabled in beacons.

Special offer to Land Area managers

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:33:03 GMT

Based on feedback received for the recent Land Area development price adjustments, we are extending a special offer to participants who purchased upgrades under the original price plan.

All Land Area managers who had previously purchased Land Area developments and would like to take advantage of the new lower prices will receive an additional 25% discount.

This offer is available for all orders submitted before June 1, 2012 and is only available to participants who purchased Land Area developments prior to Feb. 12, 2012.

For full details and prices of all available Land Area developments, please see the Land Areas section of the Opportunities page on the PlanetCalypso.com website.

Kind regards,

The Calypso Development Team

New pricing of Land Area development updated

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:49:34 GMT

To support business development for land area entrepreneurs, we have
modified the pricing structure of land area developments.

We now offer attractive package prices for service centers and
terminals. As an example, the package price for a four-terminal service
center is 80,000 PED.

The prices for stand-alone terminals have also been reduced.

For full details and prices, please see the Opportunities page on the PlanetCalypso.com website.

Kind regards,

The Calypso Development Team