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The Year Creature of 2023: The Hoxrin

January 19, 2023 at 12:00 AM

The Hoxrin

Say hello to the Hoxrin, the year creature of 2023. Hoxrins live high up in caves in the mountain and occasionally fly down toward the lowlands of Ark, near Ark City. When you see one in the lowlands, it's often a marvelous sight of sparkling colors especially in the sunlight.

Find Hoxrins in the Cave through February 19. Then, beginning on February 20, it will be available for purchase in the Cash Shop for 200 CC in case you couldn't collect enough while it was available.

Comments: 45

mastergemma • 19 Jan 2023, 12:01 AM

Adorable ❀️

twinkle • 19 Jan 2023, 12:04 AM

So pretty!! I love the colors 😊

salvalli • 19 Jan 2023, 12:06 AM

I love my new fish-butt dragon./pos No really, the tail fins are adorable and I wanna squish the face on the first stage.

snowywinter • 19 Jan 2023, 12:11 AM

So shiny, so pretty, absolutely LOVE it! (was totally expecting something like this for the 9000's milestone, but oh well *shrug* better late than never.) *Squeezes a future Hoxrin so tightly it's hissing from the future* // psst Ian found a small 'it's' typo in the description.

snowywinter • 19 Jan 2023, 12:12 AM

@salvalli lol, "fish-butt dragon" ^^ thank you for making me laugh. love it! I didn't even think of it that way, but now I can't un-see it! >.<

wonder404exe • 19 Jan 2023, 12:16 AM

WOOOOOT

sartre • 19 Jan 2023, 12:29 AM

I love it, it’s beautiful 🀩

dragrawr • 19 Jan 2023, 12:33 AM

I’m gonna need 40

snowywinter • 19 Jan 2023, 12:53 AM

@dragrawr Only 40, but there's so many rainbow travels to pair them with ; ) // Best wishes to everyone on catching lots! ^^ (Realistically I'm *hoping* for six myself.)

faerienova • 19 Jan 2023, 1:09 AM

I definitely misread this and thought it was only available for a day. πŸ˜… I'm glad we have a month to find it. Super cute!

heatherm19 • 19 Jan 2023, 1:39 AM

EEEEEE SO COLORFUL!!!! Omg I love it! Personally I like the child-stage the best, that face! ... Oh dang, that means adding to my 'need to freeze' list, yikes.

dragrawr • 19 Jan 2023, 1:49 AM

@snowywinter good luck! sending you good cave luck~~

dragrawr • 19 Jan 2023, 2:01 AM

I must mention that the description is so beautiful @Ian It speaks a lot about exotic creatures and preserving beauty ❀️

lothar • 19 Jan 2023, 2:09 AM

Beautiful creature! The color reminds me of my grandpa's aquarium(many shining fish) and New Year's fireworks show

kleineprinz • 19 Jan 2023, 2:19 AM

He's very beautiful. i hope i will get it soon

murfijs • 19 Jan 2023, 2:39 AM

so pretty! i especially like stage 2 those big ol eyes O.o didnt find any at the cave today :c oh well, we still have time!

nexu • 19 Jan 2023, 4:42 AM

I also thought at first ist was only one day to find it at the cave, so glad it is a month. Such a preety egg with amazing colors

sparklefox • 19 Jan 2023, 6:41 AM

Very pretty and very vibrant.

ida92 • 19 Jan 2023, 8:44 AM

Oh wow, it's amazingly beautiful! ❀️ I love the colous and the design!

murfijs • 19 Jan 2023, 9:44 AM

edit. just got one! horray! named him ''horray'' too XD

lia • 19 Jan 2023, 11:05 AM

love this creature !

daisycat • 19 Jan 2023, 11:26 AM

Blep. πŸ˜›

snowywinter • 19 Jan 2023, 11:44 AM

(my own typo in my first post to this has been bothering me. meant 1000th creature. - but we had been in the 900's for so long it imposed itself on my brain >.< )

kataclysm • 19 Jan 2023, 1:16 PM

I do have to chuckle at the description. 'Wild beasts! Never to be tamed!' ... Get yours now from the cave! πŸ˜‚

hinokazes • 19 Jan 2023, 1:16 PM

@faerienova omg thank you for saying you misread, because I misread too and only realized it when reading your comment xD What a relief, because this pet is very pretty

faerienova • 19 Jan 2023, 1:26 PM

@hinokazes @nexu I'm glad I wasn't the only one to misunderstand. πŸ˜… Good luck to both of you! πŸ˜ƒ It is such a cute pet.

stefrawr • 19 Jan 2023, 2:03 PM

My birthday is tomorrow, maybe I will get lucky and find one on it! So cute!!! 😊

Ian • 19 Jan 2023, 2:10 PM

@stefrawr good luck! 😸

xxcouchxx • 19 Jan 2023, 2:39 PM

I missed this post til I saw a new egg and freaked out. What a pretty creature!

dragonnn • 19 Jan 2023, 4:10 PM

Wonderful! Very good posing too.

pegasasu • 19 Jan 2023, 4:47 PM

Pretty colors!!!

pewpewkachu • 19 Jan 2023, 6:14 PM

@faerienova Same, though...>.>. Apparently my brain thought it was already February for some reason...

snowywinter • 19 Jan 2023, 9:48 PM

Me, soon to make my 40th attempt today - 0 Hoxrin, other player who almost never logs in, makes 11th attempt before bed and snags one. // Wondering about name origin. I was confusing rin for ryu (dragon), only for it to mean 1/10.

snowywinter • 19 Jan 2023, 10:00 PM

best of luck @stefrawr ! ^^ I feel fortunate they'll be available for sale one of the dates I want. Too bad they won't be yet for the Lunar New Year. // Had my hopes up we'd get a rabbit like we got the Cye last yr. I mean the Hoxrin looks a *bit* like a bunny if you squint. lol

snowywinter • 19 Jan 2023, 10:03 PM

"fish-butt dragon" Ohrrrrrrr... Chicken/pheasant, fish, bunny, sparkler/fireworks, space dragon? OMG, this cutie has so many elements, and there's more to it the longer you look.

jlya • 19 Jan 2023, 10:42 PM

GORGEOUS ❀️ Happy birthday @stefrawr! ^^

saturna • 20 Jan 2023, 12:00 AM

I do like the colors, but I struggle to tell what this creature could be. Is it a bunny... dragon? Description says dragon but I thought this year was the year of the rabbit?

wonder404exe • 20 Jan 2023, 8:44 AM

@stefrawr πŸ₯³ πŸŽŠπŸŽ‰πŸŽˆπŸŽ‚πŸŽ happy birthday!!! @snowywinter My first look at the 4th stage, I thought the back feet look like webbed duck feet xD

brookie • 20 Jan 2023, 10:39 AM

Such a cool creature!

sunflxwer03 • 20 Jan 2023, 2:00 PM

so pretty! thanks for the new creature eggcave! ❀️

sunflxwer03 • 20 Jan 2023, 2:00 PM

so pretty! thanks for the new creature eggcave! ❀️

netherling • 24 Jan 2023, 2:03 PM

It's so beautiful, omg

crazyangel4life • 3 Feb 2023, 7:42 AM

This looks so nice. I like it.

dibabeebees • 3 Feb 2023, 9:40 AM

Oh my gods :0 I love it

zircon • 3 Feb 2023, 11:33 AM

The first stage is adorable!

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