A bit of a rocky start, but the Great Pandemic aka Survival is on. There are some new items in both L'amour Parlor and The Zombie Den, as well as new zombie strains from Gunner and a new method for kissing (the old method works too).

The Great Pandemic/Survival will run through March 15, 2026.

You can now create and/or join Kissing Booths on the Kumos Survival Forum

The booth allows for quicker/easier kissing within a group. You can be a part of 3 booths and you cannot turn it off once you've joined/made one.

You can also find Gunner in the new VIP Page on Kumos

There are 4 new strains to be had for 25k:
Cozy
Fresh
Hearty
Pleasure
The old strains are all also available. All the way at the bottom of his page you can also choose a random new strain for a faster infection.

New items can be found at the L'amour Parlor for Candy Hearts:

Cutiecorn Puff Snacks	Fantastic Fiction: Slow Burn	You Make My Heart Pop Sticker	Sweetheart Bunny Bon Bon Beanbag

Skitters also has some new items for you at the Zombie Den for sP:

Underground Gift Catalogs	Putricorn Puff Snacks	Biodoominescence Heart Sticker	Incubus

Also new this year, you can visit Rachelle's Kumos Age Regression Treatment for access to unlock specific stages of any past virus you have already earned.

It will cost 10,000 sP to unlock a stage, however for the moment it seems you must have an active GA to access the treatments. We do not know if this is an error or not.

The

Wild Potion

is available in the Cash Shop for 800 CS (soon to be 1000 CS). 

Enjoy this appropriate Free Gift...

Bag of Wigs

...but remember, Maureen does not like to be manhandled.

For a limited time, this figurine is available in the Cash Shop:

Carved Diamond Malticorn Figurine

You can use this item to unlock this month's challenger, Makar.  She's classified as an "Impossible" opponent.  Defeat her five times and collect this loot:

Capricorn Lore and Facts	Dazzling Diamond Dagger

Also, the new subscription monthly item has been released:

Garnet Fox Figurine

The New Year's Shop has released 15 new items for 2026, including

Boom Boom Sticker	Champagnal	Cherry Bomb Blub	Last Light Cocktail	New Years Pina Park Popper

A complete list of new items can be found here.

---

I offer my heartfelt thanks to all of you for sticking with us through another year.  I offer my deepest appreciation to Reaper and Mayla for their support and professionalism during challenging times this year for each of them.  I couldn't imagine a nicer, better team of people to work with.