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Hi there and welcome to Freebie Hunters! One of our favorite pastimes in Second Life is scouting the grid for fantastic hunts, sales, events and gifts from all the wonderful creators. We thought we'd share the wealth and showcase some of our finds in this blog, with an emphasis on the goodies available in various SL events and hunts. We do our best to show ALL items from a hunt/event and in the manner the creator intended, but this is not always possible.

***UPDATE August, 2018- We are still finding freebie/nearly free items to share with you, but due to RL time constraints, a lot of what we find is being posted solely on Flickr. If you would like to follow the events being posted there, here is a link to the album page for our account: Flickr Albums. These are not blog posts, but simply pictures of the gifts available. Thank you!

Thank You to all of the creators!

Tuesday, March 29

Kiyomizu Spring Treasure Hunt

Kiyomizu Spring Hunt
This was an interesting hunt TJay and I stumbled across. I hadn't seen much about it on the hunt sites, but this was actually a lot of fun. The hunt begins at the Kiyomizu mall, and runs through several of the shops there and also ventures out onto the grid to a ton of other stores. It was a little confusing at first, mostly due to the language barrier since neither TJay or I am fluent in japanese, but once we got it figured out, we had a great time.

There are floating "information boxes" scattered around the mall - you will want to click on one of them when you arrive there to start the hunt. It will take you to a webpage that has a list of all the store SLurls, how many gifts are at each stop (i.e. Tokoyo.Girl has 11 hidden all over their sim!), and it tracks which gifts you have found already. Without that page, you WILL get lost, because some of the mall shops have a sign, but no gift since the signs direct people to their main stores not in the mall.

In total, there are 70 stores and 81 gifts, but according to the tracking page, some people have found up to 83 - not sure if we missed a few extras or if the tracking system counts it more than once if you get the same gift more than once.

In any event, the "ninja cats" you are hunting are cute, and the gifts cover a broad range from modern to traditional clothing, some gorgeous furniture, and some really interesting scripted items like a hover craft and an inventory arranger. The hunt runs until April 7th, so be sure to squeeze in some time and take a stroll through this great hunt! Also - I did my best to get all the store names correct, but with the language barriers, there may be errors, and they are all mine. If one of these stores is yours, and I got the name wrong, drop me a comment and I will get it fixed ASAP. =)

Cheers, and Happy Hunting!

~Shadowed


When:
March 12 - April 7

Site:
The mall has information cubes that link you to the SLurl page, there is no official site otherwise that we found

Start:

Search for item: purple ninja cat
KSTH
Information Cube:
KSTH
Number of stores:
70

Problems at the time I went through:
None, once we figured out how to use the information cubes =)



KSTH
9. Yam's House
70. -K12-Fashion (top only)
13. Nano*style



KSTH
11. **milky-way
2. Bella Donna (fatpack of colors included)
38. Aiko Shop
54. Sweet Strawberry
5. M*Motion



KSTH
23. Mizuki
66. Tokyo.Girl



KSTH
66. (a-pants come in several flare leg options)



KSTH
47. ANAHEIM ELECTRONICS JAPAN (full avatar)
20. Unclouded Happiness (full avatar)
39. lemon ginger (skin, shape, eyes)



KSTH
49. Kitty Boom (shape, 2 skins)
59. tsukikabe (2 shapes, 2 skins)



KSTH
66. Tokyo.Girl (a-ae sook shape with suzu sunkissed skin, b-yukari shape with suzu fair skin, eyes fatpack)
65. .::*FOP*::.



KSTH
42. pINK
43. QTHoney
66. Tokyo.Girl (hair not included)
22. TWINE'S
50. Tukiyobana
6. [[RKA]]



KSTH
10. Jukkin-ya
36. Aibeat Hair Shop
25. peek-a-boo
64. atelier MIRACLE
61. *HL* House of Furniture Design



KSTH
66. Tokyo.Girl
53. Green Tea Pudding
61. *HL* House of Furniture Design



KSTH
69. [MIYABI ~ Rabbit In The Moon~]
34. *ryo*ryo* (blows bubbles)
29. Chiaro di Luna
67. ++Chiruno Works++



KSTH
19. Textures Shop
26. Flower Shop
30. M's Factory Animation Studio
1. Shop AYA
3. *LOPERA*



KSTH
8. +eChau+
63. +zill+
41. *atelierRK*
58. Ayame' Design
7. TINYBUCKS (touch cube, gives food)



KSTH
55. WaniWani-Dan
62. *QP*
37. MMu's Shop *R&R*
33. RON SHOP
46. Kidd's Factory



KSTH
27. Over The Rainbow
45. R & A* Shop
58. Ayame'Design (bucket is inventory arranger)
51. Tukiyobana



KSTH
18. shop GARDENIANs kana (a-animated wall of falling flowers, b-particle emitter)
60. SHOP CHIHIRO
28. Nympheas Textures
4. =[Level -K-]=
35. *ryo*ryo* (slideshow frame)



KSTH
61. *HL* House of Furniture Design



KSTH
44. Donfan's Factory
21. Rakurakudou
40. .:*Natural mind*:.



KSTH
32. *muu workshop**



KSTH
57. L's-c@mpany (skybox)

Monday, March 28

Diamond Is Mine Hunt 2: 51-101

Diamond is Mine 2 Hunt
The second half of the Diamond Is Mine Hunt 2 went just as smoothly as the first half. We had no problem at all going from store to store - the official blog has up-to-date hints and SLurls for each location, and it was a pleasurable jaunt from store to store. We got to see some old friends along the way and explore a few new (to us) spots that I plan on shopping a bit more extensively now that we've finished the hunt. When unpacking, however, we again ran into a problem with a gift and were unable to get another copy from the store because of the use of 1-per person scripts in the hunt items. This was particularly frustrating because both TJay and I had gotten the gift, remembered the store/location, etc, but neither of us was able to find it in our inventories when we unpacked.

If this happens, you can always contact the store owner and explain the issue, most times they are happy to send you a copy of the gift item. In our case though, given the time constraints to get things unpacked/photographed quickly so it can go online, we don't have the luxury of being able to wait to catch the owners online or for a response to a notecard. So, our apologies to the stores we do not blog for that reason, but for the hunters out there, please know that the missing stores DO have items, and the gifts are pictured on the official blog for this hunt.

Cheers, and Happy Hunting!

~Shadowed


When:
March 1 - March 31

Previous Post:

Number of stores:
101 (51-101 below)

Problems at the time I went through:
65 - Skipped per official blog
67. Champagne - folder missing from inventory when unpacking but item IS in the store



DIMH2
80. SOPHIA Collection (M-comes in multiple colors)
89. ouTRage Clothing (M-shirt only)
68. Utopia (M-multiple wear options)



DIMH2
69. Egoisme
54. MEB Fashion
60. *~::Sassy Kitty Designs::~*



DIMH2
91. CANCOON Fashion
94. Clio
76. KIM (tops only)



DIMH2
56. A&k Designs
92. AMERICAN BAZAAR
57. Angel Dessous
88. ALEIDA
58. ~Sassy!~



DIMH2
71. ~Simply~ (includes jewelry)
83. IBIZARRE
79. Thalia's Fashion Collection
75. Trendstyle
53. Bubblefish
61. Candydoll (top not included)



DIMH2
101. Pink Fuel (skin)
97. LionSkins (skin)
59. JeSyLiLo (skin)



DIMH2
73. Maverick Designs (F-skin, M-shape)



DIMH2
74. Tellaq (includes shape, 2 skins, 3 eyes)



DIMH2
55. Alli&Ali Designs
98. Vanity Hair (also in blonde)
52. LOVE TATTOOS + Sandwritings
51. AIDORU



DIMH2
82. Concrete Flowers
72. n-creation
63. Fierce Designs
95. Beertje's Gallery & Jewelry
87. *Amaranthus*



DIMH2
66. Shoe Fly Shoes (pumps come in fatpack of colors)
90. Duh!
93. DivaLicious
99. Nardcotix



DIMH2
85. B&F Poseworx
84. Icarus Home & Media
96. .::Poise::.
100. Capalini Spirits
62. Twisted Thorn Textures



DIMH2
78. AKEYO (3 dance anims & not shown: AO)
70. X-Clusive Animations
86. QQ Creations



DIMH2
77. .:FluiD Furniture:.
64. DrLife (fireworks)
81. Kucinta

Sunday, March 27

Diamond Is Mine Hunt 2: 1-50

Diamond is Mine 2 Hunt
This is the second edition of the Diamond is Mine Hunt, and it is chock-full of great gifts from some pretty amazing stores. There are gorgeous clothes for men and women, skins, shapes, and accessories that will look fantasic with just about any fashion statement you want to make. The hunt went fairly smoothly - this post covers the first half, and we had no problems finding any of the stores. We had a couple issues with the give scripts in the diamonds due to SL lag, but all in all, it was an enjoyable run and we definitely recommend doing the hunt. You don't have much time left, it ends on April 11th, but that should be more then enough time to get through all 101 stores at a comfortable pace. Some locations have more than 1 diamond and the blog provides SLurls to each location in case you get stuck somewhere. Diamonds are a girl's best friend, and this hunt definitely proves that! =)

Cheers, and Happy Hunting!

~Shadowed


When:
March 14 - April 11

Site:

Start:

Search for item: sculpted diamond
DIMH2

Number of stores:
101 (1-50 below)

Problems at the time we went through:
Some lag issues with the give scripts in a few heavy lag stores, but no problem getting to each place



DIMH2
5. Bad@zz (M-pants not included, shirt also comes in blue)
36. MadeForYou
21. Eclectic Firefly



DIMH2
39. Urban Republic Co.
34. Zenith Fashion
47. Shiki Designs



DIMH2
41. Wildz Creations & Pimp Daddy Trivia
11. Ali Couture
16. Butterfly Effectz



DIMH2
48. Vero Modero
30. Snowpaws
12. Tres Beau



DIMH2
13. Alphamale
29. BellaDonna
25. Blacklace
15. Alexohol



DIMH2
20. ChiChi of London (official blog shows 3 outfits, the diamond we found had 2 in it, and we didnt see another diamond)



DIMH2
1. Sophistishapes (shapes)



DIMH2
3. Al Vulo (skin)
42. Dulce Secrets (skin)



DIMH2
6. Emo-tions
7. Diva (comes in several colors)
23. Birth



DIMH2
35. Studio Nails
28. KOSH (fatpack of 10 eyeshadows)
17. Role Optic
4. Vassnia (there is also a female gift of hair which is not shown, SL ate it from inventory, and scripts only allow 1 per person)



DIMH2
50. RoseHaven Designs
49. Aurora Borealis Jewelry
46. Culture Fine Jewelry
37. Whittentons
27. Epic



DIMH2
45. Mustang Trading Post
43. Kento
26. ICED
24. Bandit Jewelry
18. ::MOOD::



DIMH2
14. Grumble
38. LOULOU&CO
22. FM Shoes
44. Bedlam



DIMH2
8. aDORKable Poses (props included)
10. Essential Soul
33. Kabuki Creations



DIMH2
9. Diesel Works
31. TT Designs



DIMH2
2. CD Designs
19. FD Decor
40. [croire]
32. PRIME Furniture