Probably one of the most exciting aspects of the event (at least in my opinion) is the ability for players to find and obtain loot! Loot are items that your characters/ riders find while exploring the Forbidden Zone. Some may only be good for trading into your Team Leader while others may offer secondary effects to your team should you chose to keep them and apply them to your Drac.

To earn/find loot, players should submit 'Exploration Pieces'. These images or stories will qualify for loot if they depict or mention things like:

• Traveling through the Forbidden Zone

• Mentions of looking around areas for life, minerals, treasures, etc

• Referring to loot already found, Ex: in a previous image you discover a companion that later steals your hat and runs into the woods! You give chase! Along the way you find things...

•  Specific mention to investigating the area, IE- digging in the ground, panning for minerals, setting traps for wildlife etc.

•  Literature pieces describing these things must be at least 600 words long.

Submissions about characters thoughts on their travels or idle talking will not earn you loot. However doing things like setting up a camp for the night can since they are still exploring an imaginary space.

When these pieces are submitted, an admin will roll via RNG what loot items the players team finds. Once this is rolled, they will comment on the piece with what these items are and how many you find!

Optionally, admins may tag on a prompt about something that may have happened. Say they found a strange shiny rock or caught sight of something in the distance? These 'prompts' can be replied to with the players next image or not. This AGAIN, is totally optional. Players who chose to regard some of our crypt messages however, may be pleasantly surprised >3

Rare and Ultra Rare items will be listed specifically and not automatically converted into tokens. If you do wish to turn these items in, please proceed to this journal! There are featured threads at the bottom of the journal where you can have your loot processed and logged!

All items that players can find in their exploits fall into one of three categories:

1. Artifact
2. Mineral
3. Organic

Artifact items are things like ship wreckage and crafted objects.
Minerals include things like stones, geodes and crystals.
Organic items cover everything else like plants, animals and general companions.

Team captains will value items of a certain item types more than others and will list the bonus they offer for turning in such items on their page. Be sure to take this into consideration when trading in items!

All companions are considered to be Rare Organic items.

Items, in addition to having a type, will also all have rarities. In general, most items will fall under a set rarity, an example being: Companions are rare.

Common and Uncommon rarity items are automatically converted into tokens for players and included in the comment left on your exploration pieces. Rare and Ultra Rare items however will be listed specifically so players may choose what they want to do with them.

In general, items that fall under the below rarities will trade in for the listed price:

• Common Item- 2-5 tokens

• Uncommon Item- 10 tokens

• Rare Item- 15 tokens

• Ultra Rare Item- 20 tokens