Happy New Year! I hope the few first days of 2025 have been treating everyone well. To cap off the anniversary celebrations, the Merry Show Raffle has been rolled. Congratulations to the winner! In addition, winners of the Sticker Sheet raffle will be rolled and contacted on-site at a later date.

As of now, January in Latorre means--Wait, what's wrong, Whitlea?

event: cupid's waltz

Ends march 5th 10PM EST

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While the Starlit Masquerade takes place elsewhere, it seems Whitlea has received a mysterious invitation to the even more exclusive Cupid's Waltz. Only the most elite of the elite are usually invited so why was Whitlea? Perhaps it has something to do with the strangers who recently visited her family farm... Accompany her to the waltz to find out!

Cupid's Waltz Currency: Ice Hearts

Intricately crafted charms exchange among those who attend Cupid's Waltz. They melt away once the waltz end, symbolizing a fleeting love.

• Collect one ice heart daily from the Ballroom Entrance for the duration of the event. (Note: For balancing reasons, event currency dailies will no longer give out a goldleaves rewards.)
• Exchange hearts with other attendees for various goods at the Frozen Table or place them in Odette's Fountain for gratitude.
• Earn more hearts from completing the limited-time event prompts: Forbidden Dance, Iced Out, Odette or Odile?

Completing all three event prompts will let you complete Cupid's Waltz with an award of goldleaves, ice hearts, and one of the special event mementos: Ice Swan

All Ice Hearts will melt by Monday, March 10th 10PM EST so make sure to use them before then!

And it should be no surprise that such an exclusive waltz has stock of January's souvenir!

Nightsky Wine will be available until February 5th in Cosette's Souvenirs and until February 10th in Frozen Table.

And that's not all with the waltz... but first--

laurel update

As stated in a previous newsletter, there would be another way to progress through laurel and crown laurels quests besides submitting prompts. Now there is!

With a new daily activity, A Quiet Place, you can exchange gratitude to contemplate Ideas that will help your cossetlings progress through their respective laurels. When you have an Idea, make sure to apply it to the right cossetling!

Additionally, a handful of new laurels and their respective questlines have been added along with another new feature!

New Feature: Tableau Scenes

Tabalaeu Scenes are limited-time scenes, usually tied to an event, where you can select from a variety of options for a chance of a reward. Think of it as a stage play! The current scene takes place in The Ballroom where the Cupid's Waltz is being held. Although the full Dancing Daffodils competition isn't taking place, the judge's patoy herald is monitoring everyone who dances. For each step that impresses the duck, you'll earn a Golden Step.

Collecting 50 of these steps will help you complete a limited-time quest to earn an exclusive cosprout: Swan Lake Patoy

And what's this? Winter seems to have brought another cosprout galumphing from the sea!

Winter's Cosprout: Secallo

Available in January, February

These curious seal-like cosprouts are somewhat withdrawn, much preferring to spend their days swimming in icy waters instead of playing with cossetlings. But when winter's chill come overs Latorre, secallo are noticably more friendlier as they love the cold.

patreon update

The Patreon has been unpaused! If you are able, any amount of support would be very much appreciated. Not only is Cossetlings run mainly by one person, the majority of funds go directly back to the site including hosting costs, bugfixes, and new features. If you like the site and want to see it continue as is with new content and features, please support if you can! That being said, the Patreon will eventually become more of a tip jar as there are plans for an on-site premium shop where you can purchase rewards directly instead of waiting for manual delivery. And, of course, a huge thanks to everyone who has supported so far, both past and present patrons. It means a lot!

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That's all for now! There are many things planned for this year including the 'A Full Moon' storyline's epilogue! Thanks for playing Cossetlings! As always, you can share feedback about the site here. Hope everyone has a nice first month of a new year. ❄️