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What are Site Updates? We're actively improving Subeta across all platforms. Updates show the latest changes to the main site, Kumos, and the Wardrobe — your feedback helps us build a better Subeta! View full changelog →
January 31, 2026
SUPER Crystal Shop Restock
Jolly Star Sticker
Blackavare
Edward
Bloodshot Eye Jelly Shot

Subeta Birthday Cake
3000 Items Plushie
Friendly Visitor
Platypus Mascot Piece

Baby Orangutan
Abused Banana
Grablagh
Pickled Artist
Celebrate the end of January with this Flash Restock in the Crystal Shop! What's special about this restock? We've stocked a ridiculous amount of items for you to grab. Enjoy!

I have not included every item restocked at the top of this post, so make sure to take a look for yourself. :eyes:
January 30, 2026
January 29, 2026
January 27, 2026
πŸ‘‘Wardrobe Organization Page! Kumos New Feature

There's a new "Organization" link in the wardrobe navigation bar! This page lets you:

  • Manage your drawers - Create, rename, and delete your item drawers

  • Toggle Smart Drawers - Show or hide system smart drawers from your wardrobe view (don't need "Hats & Hair"? Just toggle it off!)

  • Create Custom Smart Drawers - Build your own rule-based collections! Filter by layer, color, rarity, custom wearable status, recent additions, name text, or labels. Combine multiple conditions with AND/OR logic, choose your sort order, and optionally limit the results. Create up to 20 custom smart drawers!

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_How many filters you have access to in a smart drawer_

πŸ”Increased Gift Limits! Kumos Improvement

You can now send more items in a single gift! Normal accounts can now send up to 10 items per gift (up from 5), and Gold accounts can send up to 25 items per gift (up from 10). Combined with the new quantity selector, it's easier than ever to send big bundles of items to your friends!

πŸ›Tile Collection Display Fixed! Kumos Bug Fix

Fixed a bug where the tile collection page was showing debug data (always showing Ruffie species and marking certain tiles as collected when they weren't). Your collection now displays correctly!

πŸ”Simplified beta tiles layout Kumos Improvement

The (Kumos) Tiles game has received a significant UI overhaul:

  • Cleaner home page - removed redundant elements and focused on the essentials: play button, collection link, and game modes

  • Streamlined game interface - controls moved to a compact top bar, removed the overwhelming sidebars, and deck info is now collapsible

January 26, 2026
πŸ›Quest "Try Again" Now Actually Works! Kumos Bug Fix

Fixed a long-standing bug where clicking "Try Again" after running out of time on a quest would leave you stuck, unable to start any new quests. Some users were stuck for months! If you were affected, you should now be able to quest again. The daily quest reset will also automatically clean up any future stuck quests.

January 23, 2026
January 22, 2026
πŸ”§Item Transforms Now in Wardrobe Kumos Technical

You can transform items directly in the Kumos wardrobe without needing a copy of each item 😲. This likely doesn't work for *every* transformable item (I might have missed a few, let me know!)

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πŸ‘‘Headshot Editor in Wardrobe! Kumos New Feature

You can now customize which part of your avatar appears in forum posts, news comments, and other places around the site on Kumos! Head to the new "Headshot" tab in your wardrobe to:

  • Drag your avatar to position it within the circular frame

  • Preview with your avatar border - see exactly how it'll look around the site

  • Quick link to change your border - jump straight to the avatar border cosmetics page if you want a different frame

πŸ›Colors Now Works on Older Browsers! Kumos Bug Fix

Fixed an issue on Kumos where some users on older browsers were seeing an entirely white site with no colors. The site was using modern color technology (OKLCH) that older browsers don't understand, so they just... gave up and showed nothing.

Now the site includes fallback colors that older browsers can read, so you should see proper theming even if you're using an older version of Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Thanks for the reports!

πŸ›Major Drills Now Tracks Kumos Actions! Kumos Bug Fix

Fixed a bug where Major Drills quests weren't recognizing progress when you used migrated Kumos features. If you had a "send a gift" task from Major Drills, sending gifts through the new Gift Center wasn't counting toward your quest. Now gift wrapping, vending machines, and giving stickers all properly track progress for your Major Drills tasks. Thanks @hipster for the report!

Glacier Pherret Revamp!
The winter is long, cold, and troublesome: much like this glacier pherret revamp. Unlike winter, you can drape this little pal around your neck like a scarf.
January 21, 2026
🎨Theme Colors Feel More Like Home! Kumos Visual Update

Worked on pulling in more legacy-like colors for each Kumos theme - the navigation bar and dropdown menus should now feel more familiar and cohesive with each theme's color palette. I'm still actively working on the Kumos layout and taking feedback all the time, so keep it coming!

The logo is rendering as a kind of weird color on each theme right now, that should be resolved soon.

πŸ”Events Now Grouped by Category! Kumos Improvement

The Events sidebar widget and Events page now group your notifications by category (like "Auctions", "Quests", "Dance Machine", "Forum Mentions") instead of showing them as one big list. Even better - you can now dismiss an entire category at once with a single click! Each category shows up to 2 events with a count of how many more there are. This makes it much easier to scan your notifications and quickly clear out categories you don't need to see. Forums events are now split into specific categories: Forum Mentions (@mentions), Forum Groups (#hashtags), Forum Subscriptions, and Forum Replies. Training Center and Cash Shop events also now have their own categories. Thanks sweetvalentine for the feedback!

πŸ”User Info Widget Enhanced! Kumos Improvement

The sidebar User Info widget now shows more of the info you're used to seeing! Your username (with a link to your profile), your active pet's name (with a link to their pet page), your status (click to edit it right from the sidebar!), and any active buffs you have. This brings the Kumos sidebar closer to feature parity with the legacy login widget.

πŸ”§Smarter 'Stable Price' Validation! Kumos Technical

Fixed an issue where stale or wildly inaccurate stable prices could cause quests to request items that are way more expensive than they appear. The system now validates stable prices against current shop listings - if a stable price is too old (30+ days) or doesn't match reality (e.g., shows 59k when items are actually selling for 999k), it will use the actual lowest shop price instead.

This prevents quests from asking for unreasonably expensive items and gives you more accurate price information everywhere stable prices are shown.

What is the "stable price"? It's what we use to make determinations around the site that use our years of purchase information, auctions, etc to come up with for each item. This is usually close to what they are in user shops, unless they get bought up or something funky is going on.

πŸ‘‘Collapsible Sidebar Widgets! Kumos New Feature

You can now click on any widget header in the sidebar to collapse it, just like on legacy! Your collapsed/expanded preferences are saved locally and will persist across sessions. This is super helpful when you have lots of widgets but only need a few visible at a time - collapse your Quests widget after you've finished for the day, or minimize widgets you only check occasionally. The collapse state is remembered per-widget, so you can customize exactly how you want your sidebar to look!

πŸ”Full-Size Pet + Minion Images on Pets Page! Kumos Improvement

Pet images on the Kumos Pets page now display at their full size instead of being shrunk down, matching the legacy page. Much easier to admire your beautiful pets!

Also fixed a bug where the minions were showing up blank.

πŸ›Explore Page Shops Now Restock! Kumos Bug Fix

Fixed a bug where shops found on Explore pages (like Carnival Stand, Half Baked, Rathskeller Inn, Beach Shack, Icy Goods, and others) weren't being restocked by the shop system. They'll now be included in regular restocking cycles alongside the main "shopping district" shops.

πŸ›Discount Savings Now Track Properly! Kumos Bug Fix

When using your discount card effect in Kumos shops, your lifetime savings are now tracked in both the new Effects system AND the legacy counter (shown in your Discount Card stats). This ensures the "Total sP Saved" stat stays accurate no matter which shop system you use.

πŸ›Discount Card Effects Now Work Everywhere! Kumos Bug Fix

Your discount card effects from the Effects page now work in both the new Kumos shops AND the legacy main shops. Previously, only the old inventory-based discount cards worked in legacy shops - now the Effects system is properly connected. If you have a discount card sitting in your inventory, you'll see an alert in the shops encouraging you to activate it as an Effect for a better experience.

January 16, 2026
January 15, 2026
πŸ”Lag + Errors Kumos Improvement

We've been having a day full of errors on Kumos + legacy. I've just turned off the process that ran away hours ago, and am working to get the database load to equal out.

You should start seeing less errors and lag, and hopefully it'll level out over the next 30 minutes or so!

πŸ‘‘User Shop Search Now Shows Your Own Listings! Kumos New Feature

When searching for items in user shops, you'll now see a highlighted section at the top showing any copies you have in YOUR shops. This includes a handy "Remove" button to pull items back to your inventory without having to navigate to your shop. Perfect for questing when you realize you already have the item stocked!

πŸ”§Major Page Load Speed Improvements! Kumos Technical

The News page and other pages with lots and lots of items should now load significantly faster. Pages that were making 100+ database queries now make closer to 20. This is the kind of under-the-hood work that makes everything feel snappier, let me know in the comments if you're seeing any improvements to the Kumos speeds

πŸ”§Quest and User Shop Performance Improvements! Kumos Technical

Optimized the Quest Bar's NPC shop lookup queries, streamlined quest completion processing, and reduced unnecessary logging during user shop purchases. If you've been experiencing slowness when doing quests or buying from user shops, this should help!

January 14, 2026
πŸ›Custom Wearables Can Now Be Auctioned! Kumos Bug Fix

Fixed a bug where trying to auction Custom Wearables (rarity 200 items) for Cash Shop Credits would fail with a "Only items worth 100,000+ points can be auctioned" error. Since custom wearables are unique items without great market price information, this check now correctly skips for CSC auctions.

January 11, 2026
Give us your memories!
New Year Token


Happy New Year, Subeteans! Are you still trying to collect those New Year Tokens for every item that you need? Well, you can earn 100 of them by thinking back on a fond memory you've had on Subeta.

Scroll to the bottom for the submission, but also take some time to read the entries and connect with old friends ❀️
January 9, 2026
January 8, 2026
πŸ”Mobile + Accessibility Kumos Improvement

Fixed some important mobile issues based on feedback:

  • Pinch-to-zoom now works! You can now use two-finger pinch gestures to zoom in and out on the site

  • Sidebar now scrolls! If you have lots of widgets in your sidebar, you can now scroll through them instead of them being cut off at the bottom

  • Better touch targets: Buttons and links are now at least 44px in size for easier tapping.

  • Higher visibility sidebar button: The sidebar toggle button is now larger, higher in the layer stack, and respects iPhone safe areas (so it can't hide behind the top bar)

πŸ”Forum Signatures Now Scroll! Kumos Improvement

Long forum signatures are now contained in a scrollable area (max 200px tall) instead of taking over the whole post. If someone has a signature that's taller than that, you can scroll within it to see the rest. Excessively tall signatures (over 600px) won't render at all!

This is a solution to the (imo very silly!) rule of warning people who have signatures a little too large. It removes. a common sense of frustration that folks feel with the forums and just getting started, and gives way more space overall.

I'll be adding a space to "edit signature" in the Kumos forums soon!

πŸ›Mobile Sidebar & Navigation! Kumos Bug Fix

Fixed several issues with the mobile kumos layout. The sidebar (with your widgets and events) now has a toggle button in the bottom-left corner to open it, and an X button to close it.

The navigation menu button is now properly positioned in the top-right corner of the screen. The sidebar also no longer hides behind the header - it starts below the navigation so you can see and use everything! I'm looking for feedback specifically on the color of the sidebar, I assume this isn't great across themes right now.

πŸ”Forum Activity Feed Cleaned Up! Kumos Improvement

The "All Activity" section on the forums page is now smaller and easier to scan. I've also filtered out Forum Games threads from the activity feed since the rapid-fire posts there were drowning out discussion from other forums. You can still visit Forum Games directly to see all the fun - it just won't fill up the main activity stream anymore!

I'm also considering how to turn those games into something a little more interactive, but I've had that thought before..

January 7, 2026
πŸ‘‘Kumos Updates Now Visible on Legacy News Page! Kumos New Feature

The legacy news page now shows the latest Kumos changelog entries in a special light blue section at the top! This makes it easier to see what's being actively worked on without having to visit the new site. Each entry shows the update type (features, bug fixes, improvements), a description, and links to try new features.

We're rebuilding Subeta piece by piece on Kumos, and your feedback is more valuable than ever!

January 4, 2026
πŸ›Present Opening from Previous Years Fixed! Kumos Bug Fix

Fixed a bug where users couldn't open Christmas presents from previous years (like 2025) and were getting "Presents cannot be opened yet!" error. Now you can always open presents from any previous year - only the current year's presents are locked until December 25th during the holiday season!

January 3, 2026
Cash Shop: Carved Diamond Malticorn Figurine

Carved Diamond Malticorn Figurine
Forgive me, I could not bind Shinwa's dream-magic in time. Makar is here and is as powerful as I feared. To those who can help defeat Makar, I am deeply grateful, though ashamed that it has come to this and that I have failed in my mission here on Subeta. I have one last plan to seal Shinwa's dream-magic for good, but it is a route I was hoping not to have to take.

Use the Carved Diamond Malticorn Figurine from the Cash Shop to summon Makar to you - but beware, do not underestimate her.

Garnet Fox Figurine
We’ve changed the special item for our Subscription Quester, Councilor, and Goddess plans. We will be changing this special item slot every month.
January 2, 2026
January 1, 2026
January 2026