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Neopets Premium is a service offering a variety of benefits and site enhancements to players willing to pay a subscription fee.

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Information on the old version of Premium is available in our Premium archives.

Premium Basics

Like the NC Mall, Neopets Premium is a way for players to support the Neopets site by spending real-world money. However, while the Mall takes one-off payments in return for single items, Premium is a longer-term commitment, taking a monthly or yearly subscription fee until the player chooses to cancel. In return, Premium subscribers have access to a variety of perks that aren't normally available. Despite TNT's occasional jokes about outrageous Premium privileges, in reality they're nothing mysterious or game-breaking -- just a few small tweaks and additions to the site that make Neopets a more interesting or convenient experience.

Subscribing

Interested users can sign up by going here.

Payments

At the moment, there is no option to pay for Premium with Neocash. However, you can use Paypal, the same service you may well have used at the NC Mall. Alternatively, you can use a credit or debit card (remember to ask the card-holder's permission if the card is not in your name). You'll need to enter your real name, address and billing details, but don't worry -- they won't be available to other players on Neopets.

Prices

Subscribing to Neopets Premium will cost you (or your friend or relative) $7.95 per month (roughly €5/6 Euro), which works out to $95.40 for twelve months. You can also choose to be billed every four months, at a cost of $24.95 every cycle, or $74.85 a year. If you choose to get billed by the year, the cost is $69.95. If you're a young person on a budget, getting billed every four months is a great option - it's $20 less a year than by-month, but isn't such a big chunk out of your budget at one time as the by-year plan.

Referrals

Signing up for Premium used to require a referral from a current member. This is no longer the case. There is no longer a Premium Referral system.

Side Accounts

Unfortunately, you cannot have Premium on your side accounts. You can only subscribe to Premium on your main account. (If you decide to switch your main account, you should wait until your active Premium subscription runs out.)

Premium Benefits

No Advertisements

The first thing you'll notice is that all the adverts you'd normally see around the site have vanished. As a Premium Member, you'll never see another advert or sponsor spot again — that includes banners and preloaders. (Some sponsor activities, like hunts for item prizes, will still be available, but you'll have to visit them yourself.)

Never again!

Premium Toolbar

The next thing to become obvious is the toolbar at the bottom of the page - it includes the Super Shop Wizard, a special Premium Featured Game, Dailies Links, Space Faerie Scratchcard Redemption, a link to your Premium Neodeck, a link to the Premium Neoboards, and a link to the Premium FAQ.

Premium and Charter Neoboards

You'll also have access to the Premium Neoboards. There are six of them. Three of them are available right away - Help, Main Hall, and Spotlights and Games. The other three - Charter: Main, Charter: NC Mall, and Charter: Trading/Auctions - are only available once you've been a Premium Member for around four months. Because access to these boards is limited, they're quieter and more relaxed than most of the Neoboards, but that doesn't mean they don't see some really interesting conversations and a strong sense of community. They make a nice place to hang out and chat about Neopian life with other Premium subscribers.

Premium Avatar and Site Theme

You'll automatically receive the 'Premium Space Faerie' avatar and the 'Space Faerie Premium' site theme. Both the avatar and site theme count as default ones, rather than 'secret' ones, and disappear if you cancel Premium.

Space Faerie Charm

The Space Faerie Charm, like the Lutari Talisman, is not a virtual item. It appears on your userlookup among the Site Feature Trophies. This valuable trinket can double the Neopoints you earn from Flash games when you send your score. (Yes, this means you can earn more than 1000 NP from a game, if the doubled score is high enough. If you send a score for 1000 NP on the Featured Game, you may even get 4000 NP!) The charm activates randomly, though; you can't choose which Flash game it activates for, and it doesn't differentiate between a high-scoring game and a low-scoring one. This doubling occurs prior to any additional Neopoint bonus granted by your Lutari Talisman.

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Premium Cards

You'll notice a new addition to your Neodeck -- a section called 'Premium Cards'. These aren't items you can sell or trade; they're just exclusive little pieces of art you can show off that measure how long you've been Premium. They're often themed around the name of the Neopian month in which they were awarded, and you can see a collection of them in our Image Emporium. Neopets zombie paint brush.

The Super Shop Wizard (SSW)

One of the most talked-about benefits of Premium, the Super Shop Wizard can be found on the bottom left section of your toolbar. It looks and acts a lot like the regular Shop Wizard, but with one major difference: it searches every user shop in Neopia, rather than just a few at a time. This means you can find the lowest price a lot faster!

However, there are a few limitations. First, you can't use the SSW to search for paintbrushes, transmogrification potions, Nerkmids or lab map pieces of any kind. Searching for any of these items will return the message 'Sorry, you are not allowed to search for ______ with the Super Shop Wizard'. Secondly, the number of times you can use the SSW per hour is restricted. After a random number of searches, the Wizard will become 'tired' and ask you to come back later. You can still use the regular Shop Wizard if this happens.

SSW bans always last until the top of the next hour. If you are banned at 1:15, your ban will last 45 minutes; if you are banned at 1:59, your ban will last only one minute. If you find yourself getting banned from the SSW a lot, you may want to space out your searches more. Constant searching will tire the Wizard faster, and may also lead to him taking longer resting periods.

Like the regular Shop Wizard, the SSW may not be used on Faerie Quests. (Briefly following the initial release of the Premium overhaul, however, users on quests could use it, but no longer.) It also isn't any more powerful for gallery searches than its ordinary cousin. So if you want to rummage through other users' galleries, it's probably better to use the normal Wiz and save the SSW for when you really need it!

Additional Random Events

You may already recognize the message 'Something Has Happened,' which announces a Random Event. Premium has its own Something has Happened! events. Just as Random Events pop up while you're browsing the main site, so do Premium Random Events. (It is possible to get both a regular random event and a Premium one on the same page).

Premium Something Has Happened! Events, unlike the regular kind, are always good, though they are much more limited in variety. You will either receive a random amount of NP (usually between 1,000 and 3,000), or have a random item (r1-r75) fall into your lap.

The Cosmic Dome

If you're a Battledome fan, you'll know there are several different arenas your pet can fight in, from the creepy Rattling Cauldron to the futuristic Neocola Centre. Premium Members have one more to choose from: the Cosmic Dome. This star-studded arena is currently home to a couple of unique 1-player challengers. You can read about them and their prizes here.

Additional Pet Slot

Since 2012, all Premium members received an additional pet slot. From 2012 through October 2017, this meant a Premium account could have 5 Neopets to take care of. From October 2017 onward, with the release of the 'fifth' Neopet slot for all Neopians, Premium members can take care of up to 6 Neopets.

If you cancel Premium, you'll retain the extra pet slot until your membership expires, at that point you'll have two options. The first is to transfer one of your pets to another account. The other is to select a pet to forfeit and place into the Neopian Pound. If you choose the latter option, the pet will go into limbo for 90 days, during which only you are able to re-adopt it on that account (either by transferring another pet or by re-subscribing to Premium). After those 90 days, it will be dropped into the pound, where anyone can adopt it. You must choose one of these options when the time comes, or you will not be able to continue playing on the site.

Note About Lutaris: When you cancel Premium, even though the Neopet you select to give up into limbo isn't immediately placed into the Pound, Lutaris cannot be re-adopted if you re-subscribe or make room for another Neopet. They act just as if you were to abandon a Lutari like normal. (If you abandon a Lutari, it will 'run away' and cannot be re-adopted.) It is highly recommended that you do not abandon a Lutari as part of the Premium extra slot forfeit process.

Space Faerie Scratchcards

Every Friday, you will receive a special Space Faerie Scratchcard. This isn't a regular item, so you can't sell or trade it, and it doesn't affect your ability to purchase other scratchcards around Neopia. You can access the Scratchcard by clicking the Space Faerie Scratchcard link on the middle right of your toolbar.

Here are the current prizes:

Check out our Space Faerie Vending Machine guide for more information on the machine and what you can win.

The prizes below were available until November 2013, when new prizes were introduced:

Premium Featured Game

In addition to the regular featured game, every day Premium members have an additional featured game that can be played for double NP. Clicking on the featured game spot on your Premium Toolbar will allow you to view the game for the day; it also gives a link to the game itself.

Dailies Panel

With the new Premium Toolbar, there is a 'Dailies' spot that allows you to add, order, and customise your dailies routine. Clicking on the spot will bring up a small window in which you can select a daily you've already added, rearrange your dailies (by clicking on the lock icon), and manage your dailies (by clicking on the cog icon).

To add or modify which dailies options you have, click on the cog icon. A page of popular dailies will appear, ordered by land. You also have the option of choosing five custom dailies that are not on the page.

To rearrange your dailies, simply click on the lock icon to 'unlock' it, and move your modules on the dailies window around!

Extra Gallery Categories

Normally, you're allowed to create up to 20 different categories for your gallery to divide up your items. However, while you're a Premium member, you can create up to 30 categories. This perk became available on August 1, 2018.

This perk does not affect the upgrade cost for your gallery. It is currently unknown what will happen to extra categories once your Premium membership expires.

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Customisation Journal

The Journal became available to Premium members on August 1, 2018. It allows you to take a snapshot of any of your Neopets on a given day to save an image of their current customisation. You can then write a short description, and have it on display for other Neopians to view.

The Journal is accessible from the Premium Neopets bar at the bottom of every page. If you have the bar disabled, you can also access the Journal from your userlookup (it's located under where the NC Mall Album would normally exist).

You may make up to 6 entries per day. Each entry you make can have a custom title and description, and it will automatically record the colour and species of your Neopet, along with a list of the current clothes it is wearing. The list of clothing is accessible by clicking 'Petinfo' under each entry.

Free Species Change

Once a year, Premium members have access to change the species of any one of their Neopets. This perk is only available once per 365 days per account. That means that if you sign up for Premium for 1 month in November and then cancel, you cannot sign up for another month in January to use the perk again. You will need to wait a full year to use the perk on your account again.

Using the perk is simple. Select your Neopet that you would like to change, and then select the new species that you could like to convert it into. When you make the change, the colour that your Neopet is will transfer over. For example, if you currently have a Mutant Grundo and you wish to change the species to an Acara, you will get a Mutant Acara.

If the colour of species you wish to change into does not exist, then you will have the option to select an entirely new colour. The list of available colours does not have any restrictions like the Rainbow Fountain.

You may not use this perk to change your Neopet into a Draik or Krawk.

Of particular note, this means that you can create an Ice Bori, which was only available for a limited time in 2004. To do this, you will need to paint your existing Neopet that you wish to change into a colour that is not available to Bori. (Check out our Rainbow Pool for list of colours that Bori cannot be painted.)

At the time of writing, Sketch is not available to Bori, so if you took a Sketch Chia to change into a Bori, you would have the option to create an Ice Bori. (Make sure you research beforehand to confirm that Bori still lack a particular colour—they receive new options every year in October for Bori Day!)

Space Faerie Quests

On March 15, 2019, it was revealed in editorial 859 that Space Faerie quests are only available to Premium users. This was previously unconfirmed by any official sources. For more information on the Space Faerie's quests, see our Faerie Quests guide.

Occasional Perks

Naturally, it's impossible to know what TNT are going to think up next, and from time to time they may award an extra perk that doesn't fall into any of the above categories. An example would be the free Floating Space Faerie Doll that was given away to Premium Members in a limited-time promotion at the NC Mall.

Premium Bonus Collectibles

In January 2013, another new premium perk was introduced: free monthly Neocash items. The collectibles are awarded on or about the 15th of each month during your active subscription. Premium members are notified via Neomail, and the item is automatically deposited in your inventory.

The items are special Neocash items awarded only to current premium players. They can be traded or gifted using a Neocash gift box like any other Neocash item and are yours to keep even if you cancel your subscription.

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When you sign up for premium, you will also receive the last collectible given out. For example, if you sign up on March 3rd, once your membership activates, you should receive a Neomail awarding you the collectible from February 15th. This means each collectible is available from around the 15th of each month until the 14th of the following month.

Premium Bonus Collectibles - 2020

Premium Bonus Collectibles - 2019

Premium Bonus Collectibles - 2018

In addition to the usual monthly collectibles, a special item was awarded on December 11, 2018 to all active Premium members:

Premium Bonus Collectibles - 2017

Premium Bonus Collectibles - 2016

Premium Bonus Collectibles - 2015

Premium Bonus Collectibles - 2014

Premium Bonus Collectibles - 2013

On April 1st, 2013, Premium Members were awarded an extra-special Bonus Collectible item - much to the distress of customisers everywhere! You can view TNT's other 2013 shenanigans at our April Fools guide.

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Premium Boons

Certain factions give the opportunity of activating the Full Pockets boon or the Premium Dreamium boon if you side with them and they emerge victorious from the Battleground of the Obelisk. The Full Pockets boon awards you additional Neopoints when scratching a Space Faerie Scratchcard. The Premium Dreamium boon allows you to send 4 scores per day on the Premium Featured Game, instead of 3. (Or more generally, +1 score sends if there are any gaming events that allow more than 3 game sends.)

Birthday Training

In February 2013, TNT confirmed in an editorial question that, in addition to free training on their respective pet days, Premium subscribers can bring their pets to the Swashbuckling Academy on the pet's personal birthday for free training as well. To check your pet's 'official' birthday, simply go to their pet lookup, and ensure that - if you're in a different time zone - you're matching the date to NST.

Premium Customer Support

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The Premium Boards include a Help board where you can ask questions to other Premium users concerning any difficulties with Premium. The Neopets Help page used to include a dedicated FAQ about Premium, but it's not currently available, so if other users can't help you then you'll need to submit a traditional support ticket outlining your issue.

Checking the Status of Your Account

Your current subscription runs out at your next billing date, which you can find here. If your plan is listed as 'recurring,' you will be billed automatically on that date, and your Premium membership renewed.

Updating Your Payment Information

If something about your bank details changes -- for instance, if your debit card expires and you have to get a new one -- you may find that your Premium features suddenly vanish into thin air. Don't panic! This is a common occurrence with a fairly easy fix. Simply go to the Premium drop-down link, and update in order to re-subscribe.

Canceling Premium

In an ideal world, we'd all have enough money to pay for Premium indefinitely. Unfortunately, that isn't always the case. If you've decided you want to end your time as a Premium Member, you'll need to go here. You'll be asked why you wish to cancel; this is for the company's records, and will not have a bearing on your account.

You will be able to continue using your Premium services until the next time you would normally have paid for them. After that, you'll return to being a normal Neopets player, and no longer be able to get or use:

• Space Faerie Scratchcards
• The Premium Boards
• Your Space Faerie Charm
• The 'Space Faerie' avatar
• The Sixth Pet Slot
• Premium Featured Game
• The Super Shop Wizard
• The Monthly Premium Collectible

You will also no longer be able to see the Premium Cards section of the Neodeck.

However, you will still be able to keep any prizes (other than the Space Faerie Charm) that you received for referring other players, as well as any Neopoints and items you received from Premium Events. The Space Faerie site theme may stay on your account if you were still using it when your subscription ran out, but if you then change to a different theme, you will not be able to return to Space Faerie later.

If you quit Premium and then re-subscribe at a later date, any perks that you've previously gained, such as your Premium Neodeck cards, will automatically reappear.

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