Published by: The Santae Team
Clearing The Landslide
The trio slowed to a halt as the landslide blocking the cavern entrance came into sight. The pile of dirt and stone looked as impenetrable as ever...but there were signs of scurrying movement on and around the rock walls of the canyon.
There were Minimals climbing and digging all around the Echoes Cavern entrance -- but they had spotted Vespera and her companions at the same time as Vespera saw them. Every Minimal except one quickly darted away, diving into hidden burrows to take shelter underground.
"Wait!" Vespera called out -- but the creatures had all but vanished. Only one was still visible, standing curiously on its hind legs and peering back at Vespera, River, and Ripple.
It was a Moonshade Giggleroo!
For a moment, the trio and the Giggleroo simply stared at each other. Then, Ripple made a move. The Quenaris crept closer to the cavern, keeping its head low and being careful to avoid any sudden movements.
Despite Ripple's fearsome mane of glowing Netherflame, the Giggleroo slowly hopped closer to meet the mighty dragon. Closer, and closer...then, the huge Quenaris and the tiny Giggleroo touched noses.
As soon as they touched, an aura of magical energy swirled from the Giggleroo and surrounded Ripple. The Quenaris drew its head back, shocked for only a moment, before it flexed its foreclaws thoughtfully.
"Did that Minimal just share its Burrowing 
ability with you?" Vespera asked, walking up to Ripple and the blocked entrance to the cave.
Ripple tossed its head, snorting out a proud burst of flame. The Giggleroo let out a squeak, then ran over to the dirt blocking the cavern entrance and began to dig. Ripple followed its new Minimal friend and started digging, too!
Ripple and the Giggleroo disappeared in a shower of dirt as they quickly began to tunnel into the cavern wall. After only a few moments, Ripple's head popped back out. The Quenaris was standing in a newly made passageway.
"Amazing!" Vespera exclaimed. "Let's look inside."
Vespera ducked to enter the freshly-dug tunnel, traveling into the depths of the cavern. At first it was too dark to see, but as she entered a larger space her eyes began to adjust.
Vespera found herself in an enormous vaulted cave dotted with shining blue crystals. The floor was carpeted in soft greenery that surrounded several clear pools of water. Vespera could see the silhouettes of fish darting around in the watery depths.
"We're in!" Vespera cheered. "This place is amazing. I wonder what we can Gather here?"
Vespera, Ripple, and the Giggleroos have discovered the way to get inside Echoes Cavern and discover the treasures within!
To start Gathering at Echoes Cavern, you will first need to Dig a tunnel to open the way. Use the unique abilities of your Pets and Minimals to Dig or Burrow a passage!
Some Pets are great natural Diggers who can get into Echoes Cavern on their own: Direfang, Ogreling, Rattlinz, Wolperjack, Wispyr, and Grusim!
But never fear if you don't have one of them in your adventuring party. By equipping a Minimal with the Burrow ability, any type of pet can enter Echoes Cavern.
Dig your way into Echoes Cavern to discover all kinds of new items to Fish and Gather:
We would also like to share two new redeemable codes that will help enhance your explorations of Echoes Cavern:
★ BURROW
★ MININGGEAR
Happy Adventuring!
Santae's First Official Meme Contest Results
We want to thank everyone in the community for taking part and voting on your favorite submissions for the Meme Contest that we held to ring in the new year! We are excited to say it is now time to reveal what Memes our community found the most enjoyable and relatable. You can view the results here.
In 3rd Place was, Lexicon!
You have won a Divine Synthwave Blepp Figurine for your Entry!
In 2nd Place we have, Zin!
You have won a Synthwave Shimmer Dust for your entry!
And finally, in 1st Place was....
Densunes
with this meme:
You have won a Glitched Pet Paper for your Entry! Congratulations!
All of these rewards have been issued, Congratulations! The Jar of SanDust Participation Prizes have already been awarded to all participants as well.
You can review the statistics for this contest like you could for our previous Mixology Contest on the [Contest Page Link Here]! Feel free to review the gallery of everyone's submissions again and have a good chuckle. You all had the staff team in fits of laughter as these entries came in and we appreciate everyone's participation in this contest.
Thank you again for users continued feedback regarding the meme contest, we know that there were some concerns regarding specific submissions and whilst we definitely have felt this contest was a lot more straightforward than our previous contests in regards to voting and submission reviews, this feedback will help us to continue to improve our future Official Contests across site.
Registration Opens, Account Verification Update
Registration is back open! Thank you all for your patience during the maintence we had to perform.
Users must now verify their account via an email that will be sent to the email you register with. This allows you to be able to use the sanMail system and post on the forums.
For Current Users: If you have never verified your email, you will be prompted to verify your email before posting on the forums or sending sanMail.
Users must now be verified before any referral point is awarded to an account.
TL;DR
Burrow into Echoes Cavern!Dig ability Direfang, Ogreling, Rattlinz, Wolperjack, Wispyr, and Grusim!Dig or Burrow ability to enter Echoes Cavern and begin Gathering and Fishing there
