In our last release we changed Webkinz forever with the ability for players to earn free pets just by regularly playing the game. Your response has been overwhelmingly positive to this new feature. Who doesn’t like free stuff?
We have also heard your requests to make the medallions easier to collect. And we will be making some exciting changes in this regard.
First though, let us explain that yes, we rolled out Pet Medallions knowing that they would be difficult to collect a lot of them over this first release. We did this for two reasons:
- We want trading in your medals for a new pet to be exciting. Like that first time you traded in your Gems for the legendary Crown of Wonder. Something that you worked hard for and that is very satisfying when you succeed at reaching your goal.
- To get that balance right, it’s always easier to add new methods of collection, than it is to take methods away.
So far we’ve had three ways to collect:
- Our initial floating medallion event that awarded one per day.
- Our arcade prize system that can award up to 10 per day.
- Our Daily Gift award, as many of you were surprised to discover as we kept this one a secret for you to find
Starting in our next release we will be making the following changes to give you even more chances to find medallions:
- We are significantly improving the odds of getting a prize drop when reaching a good score in the arcade, and we’re improving the odds of your prize being a pet medallion.
- We are improving the odds of getting a medallion from the Daily Gift.
- Starting in August, Deluxe Members will receive pet medallions in their monthly Gift Box in addition to the current monthly awards.
- We will be adding Medallions to the Wheel of Wow and as prizes for some of our Daily Activities in a future release. We had hoped to have these in the next release but we’ve run into some technical issues.
- Finally, in our August release we will be replacing the current Magic W floaty-clicky prize pool with Pet Medallions! Yes, you’ll have a chance to find another pet medallion every day!
We are also adding another SIX pets for you to collect in this next release, taking the total available up to 18. Here’s a sneak peek of these pets:
Do you have a favorite medallion pet? Let us know in the comment section below…
Awesome news. I’m so glad to see you guys taking our feedback into consideration. As it was, I didn’t see any chance of getting one of those pets in this lifetime. Now I have some hope.
Thanks for making some improvements to the ability to get medallions. It was kinda discouraging to be playing games that you are not always good at and not getting anything. this will help and make it more fun to do things in webkinz. I love all the different pets. Looking forward to obtaining some.
Awesome!
APPRENTICE OWL, Apatosaurus , Apricot Schnoodle , Golden Dragon , Arctic Hare , Baby Penguin , Bush Baby , Charming Panda and Charming Rat last maybe the Chinchilla and the LUCK DRAGON . Magical Retreiver would be so very mice I never got it collecting the cards but this would give us 1 more way to dream ;) !!
Apatosurus chair is awesome for Halloween add cauldron and grass skirts for head hunter . Quick sand works here so nice.
With even more pets, it will seriously take years to earn a single pet. I already gave up on trying to earn them with the games. Not worth it to play 8 hours and earn 2 coins and no medallions. It took me a decade to graduate one of my pets from a class at the Academy. I might not be alive a decade from now to earn one free pet with the medallions! :)
awesome. Thanks Ganz
Arctic fox? Arctic fox!?! ARCTIC FOX!!!!!! AND LOTS of new ways to receive medallions?!? It’s like my birthday, Christmas, and summer vacation all rolled up together! A million thank yous Ganz team!!!!!!
Thank you for this exciting new feature AND for all the thought and care put into updating it so quickly! I love the challenge of the medallions, but these changes will bring them into the realm of possibility :D! Thank you for your dedication to this wonderful world of Webkinz!
yay! also please make every area on the pet of the month wheel a medallion- this would be awesome!
I am lucky to get 1 medallion a day playing games . I sometimes beat the game but only 1 a day is all I get.