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The Burrowed Word — 2026-W05

Issue 2026-W05 Published Feb 2, 2026 7 sections

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Weather & Events 1 item · Weather Watch: snow — Snowfall settles in — quiet trails, colder paws, and slower movement.… Colony Stateboard & Resources 3 items · 🥕 Pantry at a glance:Each icon is a site-wide total across living colonies.Herbs7,851Dried… New Arrivals & Growth 1 item · New arrivals & growth:🏡 New colonies planted:Death's PromiseLittle SilliesKits that grew up… Trail Report 1 item · 🗺️ Trail GuideTrail Breakers are the big world-changing moments — breakthroughs, firsts, ex… Scouting & Dens 3 items · Scouting activity:On 2026-02-01, scouts left the den for 5 runs.Most active scouts (players… From the Scribe's Desk 2 items · 📚 New wiki pages:Snail Bonding (by Ittermat)Snail Trail (by Ittermat)Snail habitat (by Itte… Other Whispers 1 item · 🏔️ Strongest footprint: Reambe Den (NPC) — 154 tiles🌾 Frailest footprint: The Cliffside Sta…

Weather & Events

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Weather Watch: snowsnow — Snowfall settles in — quiet trails, colder paws, and slower movement.
Giveaways: Pride bandanas (no end date) • Bun clothes set by FRAGMENTIOUS (no end date)
Seasonal adopts:
Artic FoxCold Fox
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Colony Stateboard & Resources

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🥕 Pantry at a glance:
Each icon is a site-wide total across living colonies.
Herbs
Herbs
7,851
Dried Herbs
Dried Herbs
1,166
Meat
Meat
1,694
Dried Meat
Dried Meat
1,275
Wood
Wood
62,843
Rock
Rock
69,489
Water
Water
9,325
Herb Seeds
Herb Seeds
818
At modest rations, stores could feed the den for roughly **7 days**.
📦 Hoard Watch:
🌿 4,792
🌾 929
🍖 274
🦴 194
🌱 468
🪵 50,595
🪨 59,937
💧 5,409
o.o — 13831
🌿 1,901
🌾 0
🍖 749
🦴 738
🌱 0
🪵 5,165
🪨 3,993
💧 1,285
Fox Spark — 12914
🌿 1,064
🌾 113
🍖 371
🦴 0
🌱 333
🪵 5,188
🪨 4,170
💧 1,675
Swamp Dwellers — 2139
🌿 20
🌾 124
🍖 40
🦴 337
🌱 3
🪵 837
🪨 518
💧 260
Sparkers — 1290
🌿 33
🌾 0
🍖 186
🦴 6
🌱 8
🪵 434
🪨 312
💧 311
🧊 Lean Larders:
FlameRun — 48
🌿 0
🌾 0
🍖 0
🦴 0
🌱 0
🪵 10
🪨 10
💧 28
🌿 -2
🌾 0
🍖 3
🦴 0
🌱 3
🪵 11
🪨 7
💧 38
🌿 -1
🌾 0
🍖 0
🦴 0
🌱 0
🪵 21
🪨 8
💧 72
Death's Promise — 374
🌿 26
🌾 0
🍖 56
🦴 0
🌱 3
🪵 98
🪨 100
💧 91
🌿 18
🌾 0
🍖 15
🦴 0
🌱 0
🪵 484
🪨 434
💧 156
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New Arrivals & Growth

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New arrivals & growth:
🏡 New colonies planted:
Death's PromiseLittle Sillies
Kits that grew up:
• Sorrel#306 of Fox Spark (player Meesh) — Sorrel#306 grew to Juvenile (L2). [2026-01-25 02:00]
• Swift#800 of Fox Spark (player Meesh) — Swift#800 grew to Juvenile (L2). [2026-01-25 02:00]
• Archer#851 of Fox Spark (player BFNIFfan2763) — Archer#851 grew to Juvenile (L2). [2026-01-26 02:00]
• Rory#467 of Fox Spark (player BFNIFfan2763) — Rory#467 grew to Juvenile (L2). [2026-01-26 02:00]
• Comet#538 of Fox Spark (player BFNIFfan2763) — Comet#538 grew to Juvenile (L2). [2026-01-27 02:00]
• Swift#294 of Fox Spark (player BFNIFfan2763) — Swift#294 grew to Juvenile (L2). [2026-01-27 02:00]
• Bandit#304 of Fox Spark (player BFNIFfan2763) — Bandit#304 grew to Juvenile (L2). [2026-01-27 02:00]
• Scamp#229 of Fox Spark (player BFNIFfan2763) — Scamp#229 grew to Juvenile (L2). [2026-01-27 02:00]
• Corbin#892 of Fox Spark (player BFNIFfan2763) — Corbin#892 grew to Juvenile (L2). [2026-01-27 02:00]
• Percy#404 of Fox Spark (player BFNIFfan2763) — Percy#404 grew to Juvenile (L2). [2026-01-27 02:00]
• Swift#115 of Fox Spark (player BFNIFfan2763) — Swift#115 grew to Juvenile (L2). [2026-01-27 02:00]
• Sage#224 of Fox Spark (player BFNIFfan2763) — Sage#224 grew to Juvenile (L2). [2026-01-27 02:00]
• Cosmo#488 of Fox Spark (player BFNIFfan2763) — Cosmo#488 grew to Juvenile (L2). [2026-01-27 02:00]
Wanderers adopted:
• Silvor joined Fox Spark (claimed by BFNIFfan2763) — A wanderer has joined the colony as a reserve. [2026-01-26 13:29]
🍼 Cradled in moss:
Daffodile (pregnancy)Adopted Autumnal (pregnancy)
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Trail Report

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🗺️ Trail Guide
Trail Breakers are the big world-changing moments — breakthroughs, firsts, expansion, and events that push the story forward.
Trail Tails are the personal legends — bonds, losses, lore, and the little moments colonies share along the way.
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Scouting & Dens

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Scouting activity:
On 2026-02-01, scouts left the den for 5 runs.
Most active scouts (players):
1. Xenomorph — 5 runs
Trail-true foxes:
1. Ripplepelt (with Xenomorph) — 5 runs
💊 Healing Den notes:
Living foxes in dens: 805 / total ever known: 1,031.
Currently under the healer’s eye: 6 (1% of living foxes).
Average health across living foxes hovers around 99.
Paths most trodden:
Top scouts (players, last 7 days):
1. BFNIFfan2763 — 29 runs
2. Xenomorph — 17 runs
Top explorers (players, last 7 days):
1. Xenomorph — 4 excursions
2. Artichoke — 1 excursions
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From the Scribe's Desk

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📚 New wiki pages:
Snail Bonding (by Ittermat)
Snail Trail (by Ittermat)
Snail habitat (by Ittermat)
The Spiral (by Ittermat)
🃏 Rarest Card Pulls This Week
A quick shoutout to the rarest pulls recorded this week (no images — just pure brag rights).
★ Xenomorph pulled a ULTRA — Template #5 · Holo (holo-glitter)
★ Ittermat pulled a ULTRA — Template #43 · Holo (holo-orbit)
★ Ittermat pulled a ULTRA — Template #41 · Holo (holo-shard)
★ Ittermat pulled a ULTRA — Template #16 · Holo (holo-rain)
★ Xenomorph pulled a ULTRA — Template #12 · Flag: frost
★ Xenomorph pulled a ULTRA — Template #16
★ Xenomorph pulled a ULTRA — Template #49
★ Ittermat pulled a ULTRA — Template #59
★ Ittermat pulled a ULTRA — Template #37
★ Ittermat pulled a ULTRA — Template #14
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Other Whispers

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🏔️ Strongest footprint: Reambe Den (NPC) — 154 tiles
🌾 Frailest footprint: The Cliffside Starfall — 1 tiles
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