Upcoming Events: March 15th to March 22nd

All of March:

March Log In Challenge: Log in to your Whyville account on 15 separate days and win 100 pearls, log in on 30 separate days and you will also receive a one-month why-pass!

March is Whyville's birthday month! Whyville is turning 16 and to celebrate there will be 16 contests which are:

Most Clams Earned from Salary

Highest Star My Avatar Rating

Most Akbar's Sales

Most Popular Welcome Guides

Most Dedicated Y-mail Helpers

Top Clams Earned from Whyville Games

Top Clams Earned from Raven Island Games

Most Helpful to Distressed Avatars

Most Saves in Wilson City Rescue

Most Clams Earned from ACT Career Quest

Most Clams Earned from Project Tricho

Most Clams Earned from ACT Job Center Jobs

Most Clams Earned from BIOlympics

Most Clams Earned from Vampire Power

Most Clams Earned from Dragons

Most Unique Games Won in PlayMath

For each citizen who places in the top 10 of each category, they will receive 160 pearls and a special trophy. The top scorer in each category will also win a special limited edition face part.

March 15th

4 PM: Special Meet the Makers event with Times editor Amae at the Greek Theater

March 17th:

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

All Day: Find a four leaf clover in a chatroom and you could win some pearls!
5 PM: Trivia with Coolethan at the Greek Theater

Everything You Need To Know About Pearls (Including How To Get Them FREE)

**Note** Scroll to the bottom of this post to get to the good part, how to get FREE pearls!

What are pearls?

Pearls are a form of Whyville currency that are purchased with real money that give you special perks to enjoy on Whyville. Pearls replaced the whypass and buying clams features that Whyville had years ago, but you still have mostly the same benefits. When you buy pearls, you are contributing to helping keep Whyville running.

What can I do with pearls?

• You can purchase face factory vouchers to create your own faceparts.
• You can buy premium Elvis and Raven Simmone themed face parts.
• You can buy a WhyPet.
• You can beautify your chat with Chat Candy.
• You can use your pearls like clams in Akbar's Face Mall, the Projectile Shop, The Furniture Farm, and The Brick Emporium. Sorry, you cannot use pearls to use at the Style Studio or the Trading Post.
• With a monthly pearls allowance, your satchel holds twice as many items (1000).
• With a monthly pearls allowance, your address book holds twice as many people (100).
• With a monthly pearls allowance, you can wear twice as many face parts (50).
• With a monthly pearls allowance, you get on-the-grass seating at the Greek Theater.
• With a monthly pearls allowance, you can buy animated face parts.
• With a monthly pearls allowance, you have twice as many friend finder locations (10).

How Do I Buy Pearls?

Ask a parent and click the pearls icon at the top of your screen when you log in or select *Buy Pearls on the destination bar.

How Much Are Pearls?

• 500 pearls costs $5
• 1200 pearls costs $8
• 2500 pearls costs $15

Do pearls expire?

Nope!

Can I Buy Pearls With Clams?

No. However, you can ask someone who has pearls to buy you face factory vouchers or animated face parts in exchange for clams. Be cautious about this though, they could try to scam you.

and finally...

How do I get FREE pearls?

Good question, there are lots of ways to earn FREE pearls!

• For Y-mail Helpers, earn pearls for being the Y-mail Helper of the Month. First place gets 500 pearls, second and third places get 250 pearls, and the rest of the top ten get 100 pearls.
• Log- in Challenges. These happen every so often, and all you have to do is log in on 15 seperate days during the month to earn 100 free pearls. BONUS: If you log in on 30 seperate days during the month, you will not only get the pearls, you will also get a FREE one-month WhyPass, which gives you all the perks of a pearls allowance!
• For Club Why Members, you can test the PlayMath Beta games, and when you review four out of five games, you will receive 100 free pearls!
• When you own a Whypet, you can train it how to dig. They can dig up clams, projectiles, vouchers, and sometimes even FREE pearls!
• Vampire Power. Earn the most points playing Vampire Power and you could earn 100 FREE pearls. If you come in second place, you will receive 50 FREE pearls, and in third, you will receive 25 FREE pearls. This contest goes on every week, so get to unplugging!
• Wilson City Rescue. Earn the most points in Wilson City Rescue and get 100 FREE pearls. Second place, receive 50 FREE pearls, and third place, receive 25 FREE pearls.