The Forgotten Desert is a popular adventure in Animal Jam Classic. Most people usually play this adventure several times since it is the only way to get spikes for free, and spikes are quite rare and popular in the game. However, there are countless other great items you can get from the Forgotten Desert which can help boost your rarity. Here are some tips to help you get rares and betas in this adventure.

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Joining the Forgotten Desert

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    Go to the server, Aldan. Click the gear icon in the top right corner locate the blue button beside the world icon. The button will have the name of the server you're currently on. Click it and find the button that says Aldan.
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    Turn into a flying animal, or buy one if you do not have one yet. The flying animals available are:
    • Eagles
    • Owls
    • Falcons
    • Toucans
    • Flamingos
    • Great Horned Owls
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    Join a Forgotten Desert adventure. Search for someone who is hosting the adventure and join them, or host it yourself. Wait for the lobby to fill up.
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Playing the Adventure

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    Go down to the lake right by the adventure portal and get a watering can right away. You'll need this just in case you find an oasis.
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    Make sure your map is up. Most people don't use the map but it is actually very useful. It allows you to see which areas you've gone through before so that you can search for shards in new parts of the desert instead of going in the same places over and over again without finding any shards.
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    Know how to collect each shard and where you'll usually find them.
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    Collect as many shards as you can within the time limit. If 3 or 4 people are playing the adventure, you'll have 15 minutes to complete it. If 1 or 2 people are playing the adventure, you'll have 17 minutes to complete it.
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    Open any ground chests you find. There are a total of 5 ground chests. Most people say that ground chests give you bad luck, but that is only a myth. Ground chests do not lower your chance of getting a good prize - the prize is planned from the very start of the adventure, and if you still get bad rewards, it's only a coincidence and you need to keep playing the adventure in order to get good items. It's also only a coincidence if you get a good item and you didn't open chests.
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    Ignore myths you hear about the Forgotten Desert. Sometimes when you play with other people, they'll tell you to collect the shards in a certain sequence or to not open the ground chests, but these are just myths. If you do end up getting a good item using these methods, then it's only a coincidence. The only way to get good items from the Forgotten Desert is to keep playing it until you do. There is no specific method. Some myths you should ignore are listed below:
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Getting Better at The Forgotten Desert

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    Memorize where each shard is. You might think this is impossible since there are so many shards to collect, but if you do the Forgotten Desert enough, you'll know exactly where each shard is, or at least where most of them are. This will help you complete the adventure faster so that you can play it again and again and earn some rares.
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    Memorize where each ground chest is. Again, this may seem impossible since you'll have to remember so many things, but the more you see the shards and chests in the same place adventure after adventure, you may start to get a good idea where each of them will be. Knowing where each of the 5 chests in each chest version will help you get rarer because you'll be able to open all of them and not miss out just in case a spike or other good item was in one of them.
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    Collect the shards as quickly as you can.
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    Go on a certain route across the map and collect shards from there. If you take a certain route, you can finish the adventure faster, as long as it's in a different area that the other 3 players are in. For example, in each adventure, you can start off clearing the bottom right area of all shards first, then move on to the bottom left area, etc. This will also help you memorize the shards in each area more easily since you're memorizing one section of the desert at a time.
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Community Q&A

  • Question
    How likely am I to get a spike when I play The Forgotten Desert?
    Linnie
    Linnie
    Top Answerer
    Spikes can sometimes be awarded by collecting purple shards, but most people skip collecting the purple shards completely as you need all four players to be in one location to collect them.
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