Scheduled Maintenance: Monday, October 12th – Client & Server Updates
The Virtual World There.com will be temporarily closed for scheduled maintenance on Monday, October 12, 2026, while our team rolls out a new client and server release. This update includes improvements to the Quest system, a fix for certain types of ThereQuakes, and an important Paintball bug fix.
Scheduled Maintenance Window:
- Date: Monday, October 12, 2026
- Pacific Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM (PDT)
- Eastern Time: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (EDT)
During this maintenance window, members will be unable to access the Virtual World.
What’s Included in This Update?
Quest Improvements – New Test Mode
We’re introducing a new Test Mode for Quest authors! This feature allows creators to run through and test their Quests without being interrupted by an endless stream of pop-up messages. This improvement will make testing Quests a smoother and more enjoyable experience for our creative community.
Server Improvements – Reducing ThereQuake Disruptions
Our team is implementing a server-side fix designed to lessen the impact of certain types of ThereQuakes. While this update won’t eliminate every ThereQuake, it should help reduce disruptions caused by a particular type of server issue and improve the overall experience for members.
Paintball Fix – Protecting Infinite-Capacity Paintguns
We’ve addressed a bug affecting certain rare infinite-capacity paintguns during Free Paintball Thursday sessions. Previously, crossing a sector boundary while using one of these paintguns could occasionally cause the gun to become “damaged.”
This release includes improvements to the Free Paintball system to prevent this issue from occurring, allowing members to enjoy their paintball adventures without worrying about this particular bug.
Important Reminders After Maintenance
Following a client and server release, it can take up to 12 hours for all decorations and other in-world items to fully reload. If you log in after maintenance and notice that decorations in your Neighborhood, PAZ, ThereHouse, or favorite hangout appear to be missing, please don’t panic! Your items may simply need more time to reappear as the world finishes loading.
Occasionally, a ThereQuake following a server or client release may also cause decorations or other items to shift out of position in your saved layout. If you notice that items are no longer where you originally placed them, you can try clearing your current layout and redeploying your saved layout. This should restore your items to their previously saved positions.
We encourage members to allow sufficient time for the world to finish reloading before reporting missing decorations. Thank you for your patience as everything settles back into place!
Reporting Issues After Maintenance
Our team continues to work on improving the There experience, and we appreciate the community’s patience and feedback as we roll out new features and fixes.
As with any client or server update, unexpected bugs or technical issues may occur. If you encounter a problem after maintenance, please report it to feedback@thereinc.com.
When submitting a report, please include:
- Your There username.
- A detailed description of the issue.
- The exact steps you took leading up to the problem so we can attempt to reproduce it.
- Screenshots of the issue, if possible.
- Your There.log file, when applicable.
If you experience missing decorations immediately after maintenance, please allow up to 12 hours for items to reload before submitting a report.
Thank you for your patience and understanding while we work behind the scenes to keep There running smoothly. We look forward to welcoming everyone back into the Virtual World once maintenance is complete!
Get Your There Home Ready for Halloween!
October has arrived, and spooky season is officially underway in the Virtual World There! It’s time to dust off the cobwebs, summon your spooky side and give your virtual home a Halloween makeover.
Whether you’re decorating your Neighborhood, PAZ, ThereHouse or favorite hangout, Halloween is the perfect excuse to get creative. Go creepy, cute, mysterious or completely over the top. There’s no wrong way to bring a little Halloween spirit to your corner of There.
Our talented designers have been busy creating all sorts of seasonal goodies to help you bring your ideas to life. Head over to Auctions and search Halloween to browse the selection, support your favorite designers and maybe discover something unexpected for your Halloween display.
Need a little inspiration? Here are a few ideas to get you started!
🎃 Build Your Own Pumpkin Patch
Nothing says October quite like pumpkins! Create your own pumpkin patch by mixing pumpkins of different shapes, sizes and styles. Scatter them across the ground, line a pathway with them or arrange a few together to create the perfect fall photo spot.
Want to make your pumpkin patch a little spookier? Add jack-o’-lanterns, creepy lighting or Halloween props among the pumpkins. You can even turn your patch into a gathering place for friends by adding seating and making it part of your Halloween hangout.
Whether you want something cute and cozy or creepy and haunted, our designers have created plenty of pumpkins to help you grow the perfect patch.
💀 Raise a Graveyard
Every haunted property needs a graveyard!
There are all sorts of gravestones and cemetery decorations available in Auctions that can be mixed and matched to create your own spooky resting place. Arrange your headstones in neat rows for an old cemetery or scatter them around at different angles for something that looks long forgotten and abandoned.
Add skeletons, dead trees, cobwebs, fog, fencing and eerie lighting to make your graveyard even creepier. You could build a tiny cemetery beside your house or go all out and dedicate an entire property to the dearly departed.
🏚️ Create a Haunted House
If pumpkins and gravestones aren’t scary enough, it might be time to build a haunted house.
There are several spooky houses, shacks and abandoned-looking structures available from There designers, giving you a great starting point for your own haunted attraction. Search the Auctions and you’ll find haunted houses, old furniture, vortex tunnels, abandoned buildings, and fog.
Once you’ve picked your haunted home, the fun really begins. Fill it with cobwebs, creepy fireplaces, witches, monsters, strange lighting and whatever else you can dream up. Create dark hallways, hidden rooms or a path that leads visitors from one frightening surprise to the next.
Better yet, invite your friends over and see who is brave enough to explore it!
🍬 Get the Front Porch Ready for Trick-or-Treaters
Don’t forget the front porch! Halloween is coming, and your There home needs to be ready for trick-or-treaters.
Put out the pumpkins, hang your Halloween decorations, add a spooky doormat and leave a candy bowl by the door. The current Auctions even include Halloween banners, a Disturbed Door Mat and a Halloween Candy Bowl Prop, so you can dress up your entryway from the walkway all the way to the front door.
Your porch can be cute, creepy, funny or downright terrifying. The important thing is to have some fun and let your personality show.
👻 Start Decorating!
Halloween is one of the best times of year to get creative in There. Whether you’re building an elaborate haunted attraction or simply putting a few pumpkins outside your ThereHouse, we’d love to see the world filling up with Halloween spirit.
Our designers have been busy creating decorations for the season, so be sure to browse through Auctions and support their creativity while you’re building your spooky masterpiece.
Now get those pumpkins dropped, raise a few gravestones and get that front porch ready.
Trick-or-treaters will be arriving before you know it! 🎃👻🍬
Scheduled Maintenance & Client Release – October 1st
There.com will be temporarily closed for scheduled maintenance on Thursday, October 1st while our team rolls out a new server and client release.
Maintenance Window:
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Pacific Time
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern Time
During this maintenance window, the virtual world will be unavailable while our team updates the servers and releases the new There client.
This release includes several exciting improvements to Quests, the removal of our old XSL-based web pages, inventory performance improvements, Organizer updates, and several bug fixes.
Quest Improvements Are Here!
A big focus of this release is expanded support for Quest authors.
We want to give a huge THANK YOU to the members who volunteered their time to help us test these new Quest features in our special QA client! Your testing and feedback helped our team prepare these features for release to the entire Thereian community.
Teleport to Clue
Quest authors will now see a “Teleport to” option for clues that have been dropped in-world, making it much easier to travel directly to a clue’s location.
Retrieve All & Put Back All
Quest authors can now retrieve all of their clues back into inventory at once and later “Put Back All” to return those clues to their previous locations.
Rename Quests
Quest authors can now give their Quests names in their inventory, making it much easier to organize and identify different Quests.
Improved Quest Progress Page
The Quest author’s Progress Page now includes a list of clues along with convenient links that allow authors to travel to the clue location, view the clue, and edit it.
Improved Quest Security
Links to Quests will no longer include IDs that could potentially be manipulated to expose clues without properly solving or traveling to them. This change helps protect the integrity of member-created Quests and keeps the challenge fair for everyone.
Goodbye, XSL!
When There was originally created in the early 2000s, XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) was one of the latest technologies available for building web pages, and There’s web pages were built using it.
Technology has changed quite a bit since then!
Modern browsers have begun warning that support for XSL is being deprecated and will eventually be removed. This release moves There away from those old XSL pages so those browser warnings will go away.
You shouldn’t notice much of a visual difference, although anecdotally, some people have reported that the updated pages seem a little faster!
Inventory Performance Improvements
We’ve made additional behind-the-scenes improvements to inventory performance, particularly for members with large inventories.
Bug Fixes
Free Paintball Shot Sounds
During Free Paintball periods, an empty paint gun could sometimes make the normal empty gun sound even though it was actually firing free paintballs.
This release fixes that issue so a proper firing sound will play during Free Paintball Thursdays.
Organizer – Purchased & Try It Items
The Organizer could sometimes fail to display recently purchased add-on items or continue displaying Try It items after the trial had expired.
This issue has been fixed.
Help Us Squash Any Bugs!
Our team has been testing this release with the help of members using a special QA client, but testing can never recreate every situation that might happen once a new release reaches the entire Thereian community.
That means there may still be a few bugs or unexpected technical issues hiding out there.
If you encounter something that doesn’t seem right after the release, please be patient with us and report it to Staff as soon as possible at Feedback@thereinc.com. The sooner we receive detailed information about an issue, the sooner our team can investigate it.
When submitting a bug report, please include:
- Your There username.
- A detailed explanation of what happened.
- The exact steps you took before the problem occurred so Staff can try to recreate the same scenario.
- Screenshots of the issue whenever possible.
- Your There.log file, if applicable.
How to Find Your There.log File
Your There.log can contain valuable technical information that helps our team determine what happened when you experienced a problem.
To attach your There.log to your email:
- Click the attachment button in your email.
- Click the folder icon on your taskbar to open File Explorer.
- In the left sidebar, click This PC.
- Find and open Windows-SSD (C:) to access your C: Drive.
- Open the Makena folder.
- Open the There folder.
- Open the ThereClient folder.
- You’ll see quite a few files in this folder. Scroll down until you find There.log. The files should be listed alphabetically.
- Select or double-click There.log to attach the text file to your email.
You can also navigate directly to:
C:\Makena\There\ThereClient\There.log
Providing your There.log along with detailed steps and screenshots can make a big difference in helping our team recreate an issue and track down a fix.
Thank you to everyone who helped test this release, and thank you to the entire Thereian community for your patience while the virtual world is temporarily offline.
We’ll see you back in There after maintenance!
Five Thursdays, Five Games: One Epic October of FREE Paintball!
October is shaping up to be an action-packed month in the Virtual World There!
The Chooms are bringing the Thereian community a special series of paintball events every Thursday throughout October, with five different games, five different adventures, and plenty of paintball chaos along the way.
Even better? Each event takes place during FREE Paintball Thursdays, which means members can enjoy 11 hours of unlimited FREE paintball ammo every Thursday!
The fun kicks off during Superhero Week and then heads straight into Halloween celebrations for the rest of the month. Costumes are encouraged during Superhero Week and all month long in October, so dust off your capes, masks, bodysuits, and creepiest creations and come ready to play!
Who Are the Chooms
The Chooms are a social group in There dedicated to bringing fun paintball and racing events to the Thereian community on a weekly basis. The Chooms Paintball Host Team includes BR34D, tttayttay2, and _Synergy, who work together to dream up creative challenges, build unique games, and give Thereians another reason to grab their paintball guns and gather with friends each week. From competitive challenges to events that are just plain silly and fun, the Chooms are all about bringing people together for a little friendly competition, plenty of laughs, and, of course, lots of flying paintballs!
So, what exactly does choom mean?
Choom is slang for a close homie or family member, but it means a little more than simply calling someone a friend or mate. Being someone’s choom implies a special level of trust, loyalty, and camaraderie. When you find the people who genuinely have your back through all the fun, adventures, and maybe a little paintball chaos along the way, they’re more than just friends, they’re chooms for life!
Join the Chooms Club in There. Check out their club clothing in Auctions.
Now, where is this zig-zag road of October fun taking us? Let’s take a look!
🎃 October Chooms FREE Paintball Event Schedule
Thursday, October 1
🦸 Superhero Shooting Gallery
7:00 PM Pacific / 10:00 PM Eastern
📍 Bamboo Terrace
Thursday, October 8
🎯 Skee Ball
7:00 PM Pacific / 10:00 PM Eastern
📍 Kore Lounge
Thursday, October 15
🌀 Into the Void Paintball
7:00 PM Pacific / 10:00 PM Eastern
📍 Kore Lounge
Thursday, October 22
🧟 Zombie Tag – Outbreak
7:00 PM Pacific / 10:00 PM Eastern
📍 Kore Lounge
Thursday, October 29
👻 Haunted House Shooting Gallery
7:00 PM Pacific / 10:00 PM Eastern
📍 Mahaloween
🏆 Five Events, Five Chances to Take Home a Trophy
Think you’ve got what it takes to become a Chooms Paintball Champ? With five different events, you’ll have five chances to score a Chooms Paintball Champ Trophy! This special trophy was created by tttayttay2, with the model designed by Flattering, exclusively for the official Chooms Paintball Events. Whether you’re showing off your superhero aim, mastering Skee Ball, surviving the Void, braving the Haunted House, or helping contain the Outbreak, there’s a trophy waiting to be earned. So, bring your best aim, a little competitive spirit, and your chooms then see if you can add one of these special trophies to your collection!
🦸 October 1: Superhero Shooting Gallery
Thursday, October 1, 2026
7:00 PM Pacific / 10:00 PM Eastern
Location: Bamboo Terrace
Host: _Synergy
Co-Hosts: L0AF and tttayttay2
Calling all heroes and villains! Superhero Week happens October 1st through the 8th, and the Chooms are kicking off their October series with the Super Hero Shooting Gallery event.
Suit up, grab your paintball gun, and prepare to put your super-powered aim to the test!
Make your way along a wild zig-zag road where six targets are waiting to challenge you. Your mission is simple: take aim, fire, and see if you have what it takes to conquer the entire gallery.
Dress as your favorite superhero or supervillain grab your paintball gun, bring your best aim, and join the crew for an evening of fun.
No superpowers required…but good aim definitely helps!
🎯 October 8: Skee Ball
Thursday, October 8, 2026
7:00 PM Pacific / 10:00 PM Eastern
Location: Kore Lounge
Host: _Synergy
Co-Hosts: L0AF and tttayttay2
Roll up and get ready to test your aim with a There twist on the classic game of Skee Ball!
Take your shot, aim for the ball provided, and try to rack up as many points as you can. Sounds easy enough, right?
Just remember…the higher the target, the bigger the bragging rights!
Aim carefully, go for those high-point targets, compete for the best score, and cheer on your friends or distract them responsibly!
Whether you’re a Skee Ball superstar or your aim has a mind of its own, come hang out with the Chooms and join the fun.
Roll it. Aim it. Sink it. BRAG ABOUT IT!
🌀 October 15: Into the Void Paintball
Thursday, October 15, 2026
7:00 PM Pacific / 10:00 PM Eastern
Location: Kore Lounge
Host: _Synergy
Co-Hosts: L0AF and tttayttay2
Think you’re brave enough to enter the unknown?
Step Into the Void and prepare for a mysterious paintball adventure where your aim, your nerves, and maybe even your sense of direction will be put to the test!
Navigate the darkness, keep your eyes open, and take your shots carefully. You never know what might be waiting around the next corner.
Grab your paintball gun, venture into the unknown, keep your aim sharp, and expect at least a little chaos along the way.
And whatever you do… try not to get lost.
Enter if you dare but remember: The Void doesn’t give directions.
Enter. Aim. Shoot. SCREAM!
🧟 October 22: Zombie Tag – OUTBREAK!
Thursday, October 22, 2026
7:00 PM Pacific / 10:00 PM Eastern
Location: Kore Lounge
Host: _Synergy
Co-Hosts: L0AF and tttayttay2
WARNING: A CONTAGIOUS OUTBREAK HAS HIT THERE!
Grab your crew and your paintball guns because this time, you’re going to need teamwork!
During Outbreak, players will work together to find contagious targets and shoot them into their proper containment goals before the outbreak spreads.
Find your targets. Shoot them into the goal. Contain the outbreak. And expect plenty of teamwork and chaos while you’re doing it!
LOCK. LOAD. CONTAIN THE OUTBREAK!
👻 October 29: Haunted House Shooting Gallery
Thursday, October 29, 2026
7:00 PM Pacific / 10:00 PM Eastern
Location: Mahaloween
Host: tttayttay2
Co-Hosts: _Synergy and L0AF
This is the final stop on the Chooms’ October road of paintball fun, so throw on your Halloween costume, round up your friends, and get ready to be spooked! Things get extra creepy on October 29th when the Chooms take the action to Mahaloween, There’s special Halloween-themed Neighborhood!
Welcome to the Haunted House Shooting Gallery, where the ghosts aren’t the only things going BOO!
Grab your paintball gun and enter if you dare. Make your way through the haunted house, keep your eyes peeled for creepy targets, and prove you’ve got both the aim and the nerves to survive the night.
Hunt down spooky targets, take your best shots, brave the haunted house, and prepare yourself for scares, surprises, and plenty of chaos.
There’s just one little problem…
You might want to make sure the ghosts haven’t locked the door behind you.
🎃 Costumes, Paintball & Halloween Fun All Month Long!
The Chooms kick things off with Superheroes on October 1st and keep the paintball fun going straight through to Halloween!
Members are encouraged to dress up throughout the entire month of October, whether you’re joining the heroes and villains during Superhero Week, exploring the Void, braving a haunted house in Mahaloween, or trying to contain a zombie outbreak. Check out the costumes available for sale in the Auctions.
And don’t forget: all five of these special events happen during FREE Paintball Thursdays, giving members 11 hours of unlimited FREE paintball ammo every Thursday to practice their aim, play with friends, and enjoy even more paintball fun before and after the Chooms events.
Five Thursdays. Five games. One epic October of paintball!
Suit up. Grab your paintball gun. Bring your chooms.
We’ll see you There!
Thanks to Thereian Community member, BR34D for the use of images in this article.
There Media Crew
Join the There Media Crew: See It. Capture It. Share It.
There.com is a big, beautiful Virtual World, and we would love your help showing it off!
We are excited to introduce the There Media Crew, a new community group for members who enjoy taking photos, recording videos, exploring the world, attending events, or simply capturing those unexpected moments that happen every day in There.
Our goal is simple: we want to share more of There and the incredible community that brings our Virtual World to life across our official Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok channels.
And who better to help us capture it than all of you?
You Don’t Have to Be a Content Creator
Don’t let the word “Media” scare you away!
You don’t need to be a professional photographer, videographer, video editor, influencer, or social media expert to join the There Media Crew.
If you can take a screenshot or record a short video clip, you can contribute.
Maybe you’re out exploring and discover a beautiful build. Maybe you’re watching a buggy go flying through the air during a race. Maybe your dog does something adorable. Maybe you’re at an event when something completely ridiculous happens and you think, “Someone should have recorded that!”
Well… now you can!
What Are We Looking For?
We’re interested in photos and video footage that show off all the different ways members experience There.
Take us sightseeing! Capture interesting locations, landmarks, Neighborhoods, PAZ communities, member creations, gathering places, and scenery from around the world.
Show us some action! We’d love footage of buggy racing, hoverboats, hoverbikes, hoverpacks, hoverboards, Paintball, and all the creative activities our community dreams up.
Show us everyday life in There, too. Dogs, card games, quests, games, shopping, decorating, exploring, hanging out with friends, and spontaneous community gatherings can all make great social media content.
And, of course, we’d love to capture our community throughout the year with photos and video from themed events, holidays, seasonal celebrations, special events, contests, parties, and member-hosted activities.
Sometimes the best content isn’t planned at all. It’s simply being in the right place at the right time with your camera ready.
Raw Footage Is Great!
Here’s some good news: you don’t have to edit anything!
In fact, There Staff generally prefers receiving your original, unedited photos and raw video footage whenever possible. This gives us the flexibility to crop, edit, combine, caption, resize, and turn your submissions into content for different social media platforms.
Video clips don’t have to be long, either. A great 10- or 20-second moment can be incredibly useful.
So don’t worry about adding music, transitions, captions, logos, or fancy effects. Just capture the moment and send it our way.
We Want Your Ideas, Too!
While raw content is incredibly helpful, we certainly don’t want to put a lid on anyone’s creativity.
Have an idea for a TikTok or Reel? Tell us!
Think five of your photos would make a great Instagram carousel? We’d love to hear how you envision it.
Have an idea for a funny video, montage, location showcase, or other social media post? Send us your concept.
You’re also welcome to create your own edited content and submit it for consideration. We simply ask that, whenever possible, you include the original photos or video footage along with your edited version.
The There Media Crew isn’t just about submitting photos and videos. We want it to be a place where members can contribute ideas and creativity, too.
Watch for There Media Crew Content Calls
From time to time, There Staff may put out a content call to members of the There Media Crew club when we’re looking for something in particular.
For example, we might be looking for action footage from Free Paintball Thursday, Halloween costumes, cozy winter locations, buggy racing clips, playful dogs, or footage from a themed event.
Of course, you never have to wait for a content call. If you see something great happening in There, capture it!
Ready to Join the Crew?
If this sounds like fun, we’d love to have you.
Join the There Media Crew Club
Once you have something you’d like to contribute, use the official There Media Crew Submission Form to send your photos, videos, and creative ideas directly to There Staff.
Submit Content to the There Media Crew
You can use the submission form again whenever you capture something new.
Please keep in mind that submitting content does not guarantee that it will be published. There Staff will review submissions and select material based on our current social media needs, subject matter, quality, timing, and available opportunities.
Help Us Show Off Our Virtual World
Our virtual community is what brings There to life.
The races. The quests. The parties. The beautiful builds. The events. The friendships. The adventures. The hilarious mishaps. And all those little moments that happen when nobody is planning them.
Those are the stories we’d like to share.
So, the next time you’re exploring There and something catches your eye…
See it. Capture it. Share it.
Welcome to the There Media Crew!
Suit Up for Superhero Week in There!
Superhero Week is flying into There October 1–8, 2026!
It’s time to choose your side, assemble your outfit, and prepare for a week filled with heroes, villains, games, costumes, and plenty of super-powered fun.
Whether your Avatar fights for truth and justice, prefers causing a little harmless mayhem, or simply has a really fabulous cape, everyone is invited to dress as their favorite kind of superhero or supervillain and join the festivities.
Superhero Events
Members are already putting their superpowers to work hosting special events throughout the week, with more Superhero Week events being added daily! Here are a few already on the calendar:
💥 Superhero Shooting Gallery!
Hosted by _Synergy
Thursday, October 1
7:00 PM Pacific / 10:00 PM Eastern
Make your way through the Superhero Shooting Gallery, where six targets are waiting along a zig-zag road. Take aim, fire, and see if you have what it takes to conquer the gallery!
🃏 Rowdy Superhero Gin
Hosted by Rowdi_Designs
Saturday, October 3
4:00 PM Pacific / 7:00 PM Eastern
Join the fun for a Superhero-themed evening of elimination gin! Dress up in your best superhero costume and you’ll be entered into a drawing for a super prize. Doors close 15 minutes after the hour, so don’t let your secret identity make you late!
🦸 Misty Hero Spades!
Hosted by LadyMisty
Sunday, October 4
12:00 PM Pacific / 3:00 PM Eastern
Put on your superhero gear and head over for an afternoon of Spades and socializing. Players should already know their way around the There Spades tables, but socializers are welcome to come hang out and join the fun!
Find More Superhero Week Events
This is only the beginning! More Superhero Week events are being added to the There Events Calendar daily, so keep checking throughout the week to see what our community hosts have planned.
Search the There Events Calendar for the keyword SUPERHERO to find the latest additions.
And hosts, there is still time to add your own super-powered gathering to the lineup! Card games, races, paintball, parties, quests, costume contests, or something entirely new, put your imagination to work and give your fellow heroes and villains somewhere to gather.
🦹 Heroes, Villains & Capes… Oh My!
Of course, you can’t save or take over the virtual world without looking the part!
There Designers have created all kinds of fun superhero and supervillain-inspired fashions for both men and women, and you’ll find plenty of choices available through the There Auctions. Whether you’re feeling like the good guy, the bad guy, or something mischievously in between, there’s no shortage of ways to create your own super-powered look.
You’ll find masks, costumes, capes, props, and plenty of creative designs to help transform your Avatar for the week.
And if simply looking super isn’t enough, there’s even a superhero cape HoverPack that lets your Avatar take to the skies! Fly around in a horizontal superhero pose while your cape waves behind you in the wind. Now that’s an entrance.
Search the There Auctions for SUPERHERO to start putting together your Superhero Week look.
Choose Your Side!
Will you protect There from the forces of evil?
Will you embrace your inner supervillain and cause a little playful chaos?
Or will you spend the entire week dramatically flying around in a cape because you can?
Whatever you choose, Superhero Week runs October 1–8, so suit up, create your alter ego, gather your super friends, and join us for a week of heroic and villainous fun in There!
FREE Paintball Thursdays!
Ready, aim… FIRE!
Thursdays just got a whole lot more colorful in There.com!
Introducing FREE Paintball Thursdays, a new weekly event featuring eleven hours of FREE unlimited paintballs. Grab your favorite paintgun, round up your friends, and start blasting because during the free hours, you can shoot as much as you want without using your purchased refills. The fun starts this Thursday, September 3rd.
FREE Paintball Thursdays Hours
Every Thursday:
1:00 PM – 12:00 AM Pacific
2:00 PM – 1:00 AM Mountain
3:00 PM – 2:00 AM Central
4:00 PM – 3:00 AM Eastern
How FREE Paintball Works
Participating couldn’t be easier. During FREE Paintball Thursdays, simply log into the Virtual World and take out your paintgun.
Normally, when your paintgun is out, a small blue Shots Left window appears in the upper-right corner of your screen showing how many paintballs you have remaining.
During FREE Paintball Thursdays, that window will instead display:
FREE
∞
If you see FREE and the red infinity symbol, you’re ready to go!
There is nothing to activate, nothing to purchase, and no special refill you need to claim.
Just take out your paintgun, point, and shoot!
IMPORTANT: Do NOT Purchase Refills During the Free Hours
FREE Paintball Thursdays provide unlimited ammunition automatically. You do not need to purchase paintball refills.
Purchasing a refill is a separate transaction and will still cost 200T per refill, even during FREE Paintball Thursdays.
During the free hours:
DO NOT go to My Things > Paintgun > Reload and purchase a refill.
DO NOT use your paintgun’s Action Tag > Refill option.
DO simply take out your paintgun, make sure the Shots Left window displays FREE ∞, and start shooting!
Please note that refunds will not be provided for 200T paintball refills purchased during the 11 hours of FREE Paintball Thursdays. Any refills you purchase are still yours and can be used during regular paintball hours.
So remember:
FREE ∞ = POINT AND SHOOT! No refill purchase necessary.
Host a FREE Paintball Thursday Event!
We encourage members to get in on the action by hosting their own paintball events during FREE Paintball Thursdays. Sign up for Paintball Events on the Activities page.
There are several public open hosting Paintball FunZones available for members to use:
Explorer’s Rock
Mura Kami
Pocket’s Paintball
Sutter’s Butte
Schedule a match, challenge your friends, organize teams, or just get everyone together for eleven hours of unlimited paintball mayhem!
Want Your Own Paintball FunZone?
Orion’s Perch, located on Cangrejo Island, is currently available to rent for 35,000T per month.
Simply visit the FunZone, click This Place, and rent it to make it your own.
Level Up Your Sharpshooter Skill
FREE Paintball Thursdays are also a great opportunity to work on your Sharpshooter Skill without worrying about running out of ammo.
Whenever you hit something with your paintgun whether it’s another Avatar or a target, you’re building your Sharpshooter Skill.
There are five Sharpshooter achievement levels:
Casual → Avid → Expert → Renowned → Legendary
Each time you level up, you’ll receive a fun gift. When you reach Legendary, you’ll also gain access to the Oro Lounge, a special location reserved for Legendary members.
Want to Skill Faster?
Distance matters! Try hitting targets or other players from as far away as you can while still being able to land your shots.
You don’t have to shoot other Avatars to build your skill, either. Targets count too. Put out some targets, move back as far as you can, and start firing.
You can also find a friend who wants to level their Sharpshooter Skill. Head to a Paintball Zone, move as far apart as possible while still being able to hit each other, and take turns blasting away.
Paintball activities with more members participating can make the experience even better, so FREE Paintball Thursdays are the perfect time to gather a crowd and shoot, shoot, shoot!
Paintball Ratings & Rankings
Want some competition?
You can earn a Paintball Rating by participating in an official Paintball event with two or more members in a FunZone equipped with a Paintball Course.
The first time you complete an official match, your rating will appear as a number in parentheses on your profile.
Everyone starts with a rating of 1200. From there, your rating can increase or decrease depending on your performance and the ratings of the players you’re competing against. Performing well against a highly rated opponent can give your rating an especially nice boost.
You can also check the Paintgun Rankings on the Activities page, where the day’s Top 50 Paintgun Players are displayed. Think you can get your name on the list? FREE Paintball Thursdays with unlimited ammo is a pretty good time to try!
Find and join a Paintball League.
View the daily list of the Top 50 Ranked Paintball teams.
Need a Paintgun?
Paintguns are available in Shop Central under the Playthings category.
Choose from two types:
Basic Paintgun
The classic blaster. Grab one, head to a Paintball Arena, and start covering your friends in paint.
Tommygun
Looking for a little more paintball power? Grab a Tommygun and splatter the competition in style.
Don’t have another Avatar around to practice with? No problem! Paintball Targets are available in Shop Central. Look for the Bulls-Eye Target, designed especially for paintball practice. These targets will fall over when you successfully hit them with a paintgun, but stay standing if bumped by an Avatar or buggy.
Drop a few targets, back up as far as you can while still landing your shots, and start working on that Sharpshooter Skill. With unlimited ammo during FREE Paintball Thursdays, it’s the perfect time to practice your aim!
Ready, Aim, FREE!
Every Thursday, you’ve got eleven full hours of unlimited paintballs waiting for you.
Take out your paintgun.
Look for FREE ∞ in the Shots Left window.
Then point, shoot, and have fun!
Visit our Virtual World and play free paintball at There.com.
We’ll see you on the paintball field! Your friends are There.
UPDATE: On 8/31/26 we added two extra additional hours to the free event and updated the times in this article from 9 hours to 11 hours.
Mystery Hour: Something New Is Coming to There…
Something mysterious is happening in There this Wednesday!
On Wednesday, August 26th, we’re setting aside one hour to try something new in the virtual world. We’re calling it Mystery Hour, and for now, that’s about all we’re going to tell you.
Wednesday, August 26th
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Pacific Time
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Mountain Time
9:00 PM – 10:00 PM Eastern Time
What is Mystery Hour?
That’s the mystery!
Our team will be using this hour as a test period for something new in There. We don’t want to spoil the surprise ahead of time, so we’re intentionally keeping the details under wraps.
What we can tell you is that you’ll want to be logged into There during Mystery Hour to see what happens.
Because this is a test, we’re also asking everyone to keep in mind that we’re experimenting. Things may change, behave unexpectedly, or work a little differently than you might expect. That’s part of the reason we’re testing it!
There is no special registration required. Just make sure you’re in There during the designated hour and keep your eyes open.
Will there be clues? A surprise? Something you’ve never seen before?
We’re not telling.
You’ll just have to show up and find out.
Scheduled Maintenance Notice 8/20/26
There.com will be temporarily offline for scheduled maintenance on Thursday, August 20th from approximately 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Pacific/4:00 to 5:00 PM Eastern.
Visible Quest Kit Special Auction – Phase Three
Visible Quest Kits are returning to There.com in a special limited-time Auction event. The Phase Three Auctions are now live!
This third release features 10 total 2-Week 20-Clue Visible Quest Kits, with five of each quest type available:
Bottle Quest Kits
Lock Box Quest Kits
The 2-Week 20-Clue Quest Kits only come in the Bottle and Lock Box versions. The Balloon, Runestone and Journal Book Quest Kits are not available in the 2-Week 20-Clue option.
These special Auctions will run for three days and will end on Thursday, August 20th.
Visible Quest Kits are permanently bound to the winning account and cannot be returned, traded, given away, or sold.
How the Auctions Work
Because Visible Quest Kits cannot be sold through the Auction system, each Auction listing features a placeholder Shop Central item. Winning bidders will automatically receive the placeholder item shown in the Auction listing. There Staff will then manually deposit the associated Visible Quest Kit into the winner’s inventory within 24-hours of the Auction ending.
You can only win an Invisible Quest Kit through the special Auction listed by There_Quester. If you were to go to Shop Central and buy one of the placeholder items by itself, be aware that you will not receive the Invisible Quest Kit. Visible Quest Kits are permanently bound to the winning account and cannot be traded, given away, or sold.
Below are links to each of the Phase Three Auction listings.
2-Week 20-Drop BOTTLE Visible Quest Kit | Placeholder Item Orange Burst Vase
2-Week 20-Drop LOCK BOX Visible Quest Kit | Placeholder Item Tiki Chest
Whether you’re a longtime Thereian who remembers Visible Quest Kits from the early days or you’re looking to own one for the very first time, we wish everyone the best of luck in the Auctions. Happy questing in the virtual world There.com!
If there is continued demand, additional Auction phases may be scheduled in the future. There may eventually be another distribution method. We may also explore the possibility of offering Visible Quest Kits at a fixed price through a reservation system, allowing interested members to join a sign-up list for a direct purchase. There may be other possibilities we haven’t considered yet. Nothing is set in stone. No decisions have been made. For more information about Quest Kit questions and feedback, please read our recent blog.
