September 2012 promotion

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Chocolate Mystery Box Promotion

During the Chocolate Mystery Box Promotion, players will receive a "mystery box" gift with purchases of $9.95 or more made between 3:00 PM PDT September 7th, 2012 and 3:00 PM PDT September 17th, 2012. This promotion is open to players using whichever payment method they prefer, including credit card, Paypal, PayByCash, and even mailed check. Purchases of either doubloons or subscription during the promotion period are eligible. You can be certain that your purchase qualifies if an image of a Chocolate Mystery Box shows up next to your chosen package on the subscription or doubloon billing page when you go to make your purchase.

Your mystery gift will be redeemable on any one pirate associated with your account. If you made your qualifying purchase while logged in to the game, you may need to log out and back on again for it to appear. Available mystery gift items include...

  • Chocolate Monkey Familiars
  • Tan Octopus Familiars
  • Chocolate-Painted Sloops and War Frigates
  • Chocolate Dog Pets
  • Chocolate Furniture
  • Chocolate Chromas
  • Chocolate Mystery Box Trinkets
  • Chocolate Clothing

Clothing rewards do NOT include rags and are of Good quality or better.

In addition to the mystery gift, every participant of the Chocolate Mystery Box Promotion will also receive a commemorative "Yococoa Cake" trophy!

About Chocolate

Chocolate is a special seasonal item color that will not be available for general sale from Tailors or other in-game shoppes. It is available in this promotion as the color of all the clothing prizes, as the colors of the pet and familiar prizes, as the primary and secondary color of the furniture prizes, as the color of the ship prizes, as the color of the trinket prizes, and as a special chroma item.

About Chromas

Chromas are items that are carried in the Miscellaneous section of your Booty panel. They can be used to permanently change the primary or secondary color of any existing piece of clothing, except the Savvy Hat and any clothing item that lacks color options.

Promotion Details

  • Purchase must be made between 3:00 PM PDT September 7th and 3:00 PM PDT September 17th to be eligible.
  • Each purchase of $9.95 or greater is eligible. Smaller purchases cannot be combined to meet this limit.
  • Purchasing a doubloon package larger than $9.95 will earn you multiple mystery gifts, at the rate of 1 mystery gift for every $9.95 spent.

Subscriptions

Paypal

  • It is important to note that some Paypal payment options can take several days to clear. All purchases must clear during the promotion period for them to be eligible for mystery gifts. If the payment clears after the promotion period, you will not receive a mystery box. Bank transfers and eChecks are the most common form of "delayed" payment.

Checks & Money Orders

  • Checks and Money Order purchases must be received before the last day of the promotion, September 17th, in order to be eligible for a mystery gift.

Collecting Your Mystery Gift

Your bonus item can be collected in-game by logging in and viewing the "Ahoy" panel on the pirate with which you would like to receive the gift.

Mystery Gift Distribution and Value

All eligible purchases will receive a bonus item but the distribution is arbitrary, regardless of the amount of the transaction or the frequency with which purchases are made. The probability of receiving a specific item is always the same, regardless of how many purchases you make during the promotional period.

The distribution of probabilities for various mystery gifts will be as follows:

  • 0.3% - Chocolate Monkey Familiar
  • 0.5% - Tan Octopus Familiar
  • 1.0% - Chocolate-Painted Warfrig
  • 1.2% - Chocolate-Painted Sloop
  • 2% - Chocolate Dog
  • 5% - Chocolate/Chocolate Furniture: One of Painted Chest, Painted Sword Rack, Rowboat Bed, Paper Lantern, or Ming Vase
  • 5% - Chocolate/Tan Furniture: One of Pirate Flag, Crest Tapestry, Exotic Canopy Bed, Sofa, or Striped Chair
  • 10% - Chocolate Chroma
  • 20% - Chocolate Mystery Box Trinket: One of Chocolate Milkshake, Book of Confections, Chocolate-Covered Apple, Can of Cocoa, Chocolate Cupcake, Abacus, Messenger Bag, Chocolate Wooden Box, or Chocolate Cloth Bag
  • 55% - Chocolate Clothing

Clothing rewards do NOT include rags and are of Good quality or better.

Three Rings offers no substitutions for these items. These items are offered as a bonus to doubloon and subscription purchases and have no cash or redemption value with Three Rings and cannot be returned for a discount.

If you are unable to retrieve your mystery gift or have any questions, please contact us through the Support Form so we can resolve the problem.

* The Chocolate-Painted Sloop and War Frigate will be bestowed as "sealed deed" items which can be used from your pirate's inventory to cause the prize ship's deed to appear. The prize ship will be docked at your home island. Chocolate-Painted Sloops and War Frigates are standard ships, and thus do not have a special "Limited Edition" icon on their dock/vessel image.