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Olvia Academy ?
Jan 20, 2026, 16:00 (UTC)
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Last Edit : Jan 20, 2026, 16:00 (UTC)
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So, like how does Olvia Academy work for someone like me and many others that are Guru in almost every lifeskill and pretty much at end game? Do we just pick one of our characters to play through the questlines at the Academy and get some quick rewards?

From what I initially understood, it was for new players... but it now looks like it can be for everyone and I can get some rewards for meeting goals that I've already reached.

Last Edit : Jan 25, 2026, 14:18 (UTC)
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I've been doing them. It's fun.  The quests are family-wide, so you can park one character there to pick them up and hand them in and use alts to do some of the stuff like going around the map for combat, fishing or catching horses.

Last Edit : Jan 25, 2026, 15:42 (UTC)
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On: Jan 25, 2026, 14:18 (UTC), Written by Alnilam

I've been doing them. It's fun.  The quests are family-wide, so you can park one character there to pick them up and hand them in and use alts to do some of the stuff like going around the map for combat, fishing or catching horses.

They're fun....except the farming one where you need  1000 blush leaves....this should be changed to 100 blush leaves (not everyone has £££ to pay for fences or 1000 CP to rent them while not deleting inv spaces from cities or production nodes ....unless everything will cost 1 cp like in loml)

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Last Edit : Jan 25, 2026, 23:58 (UTC)
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On: Jan 25, 2026, 14:37 (UTC), Written by Zhaeph

They're fun....except the farming one where you need  1000 blush leaves....this should be changed to 100 blush leaves (not everyone has £££ to pay for fences or 1000 CP to rent them while not deleting inv spaces from cities or production nodes ....unless everything will cost 1 cp like in loml)

You don't have to get them in a day, though.  If you just keep farming it should not take too long. (PS: I'm still at the garlic part)

Last Edit : Jan 28, 2026, 19:10 (UTC)
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On: Jan 25, 2026, 23:58 (UTC), Written by Alnilam

You don't have to get them in a day, though.  If you just keep farming it should not take too long. (PS: I'm still at the garlic part)

Day 2 and I'm at 400/1000 with 8+h in game....2 fences truly wonderful game

Edit: rented 2 fences completed the mission today with 12h on the clock...total 3 days 

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