- Only a handful of Neopets are chosen each Christmas to actually be converted, so this gives an extremely rare opportunity to obtain an Ice Bori. Premium Perk Species Change The less rare and much easier option to create an Ice Bori is to take advantage of the Premium Species Change perk, which became available in August 2018.
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Bori are timid Neopets who live underground, and they they have built many miles of mines using their sharp claws. Although not a Limited Edition Neopet, their Ice colour was only made available as part of a Yahoo! Toolbar promotion. In the Neopets Trading Card Game, Bori are associated with the element of Earth.
Original Release
Prior to August 2018, there was only one way to turn your Neopet into an Ice Bori: the toolbar Bori special. The special was available towards the end of September 2004 and required that you downloaded a Yahoo toolbar.
Back in the fall of 2004, the Hannah and the Ice Caves Plot was released. Around the same time, Neopets was partnering with Yahoo to release the 'Neopets Toolbar', which was just a rebranded toolbar from Yahoo. To entice Neopians to download this toolbar, a promotion was created in that anyone who downloaded the toolbar would be eligible to create a brand new species of Neopet: the Bori.
The Bori played a large role in the Ice Caves Plot (which took place on Terror Mountain). The explanation for their existence was that they had been frozen in ice for a millennium until Hannah was able to break the curse to release them. Thus, a whole new Neopet species was discovered in Neopia.
And so, anyone who downloaded the toolbar had the opportunity to create a Bori, coloured either Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, or Ice. Only one Bori (Ice or otherwise) could be made per account with the promition, and after the promotion was discontinued, Ice Bori were discontinued as well.
They could not be created at the Rainbow Fountain, through the Lab Ray, and no paint brushes or morphing potions were introduced for the Ice Bori.
To make the Ice Bori even more rare, when you tried to abandon a Bori coloured Ice at the Neopian Pound, it would turn into a plain Blue Bori. It wasn't until the Pound was updated in August 2008 and the transfer option was introduced that you could move an Ice Bori to a different account.
However, over time, the Ice Bori has become far more common due to a few new ways to create them.
Obtaining an Ice Bori Today
There are two ways to create an Ice Bori today:
Holiday Dream Neopet Giveaway
Each year since 2010, the Holiday Dream Neopet Giveaway has been put on in December. It allows Neopians to select one of their Neopets to be converted into any available species/colour combo, with the Ice Bori being an option.
Only a handful of Neopets are chosen each Christmas to actually be converted, so this gives an extremely rare opportunity to obtain an Ice Bori.
Premium Perk Species Change
The less rare and much easier option to create an Ice Bori is to take advantage of the Premium Species Change perk, which became available in August 2018.
This perk only offers the ability to change the species of one of your existing Neopets to another species. There's one small caveat: if the current colour of your Neopet doesn't exist for the new species, you are able to select a new colour from the list of available options for that species, with no restrictions.
This means that if you have a Neopet that is currently painted a colour that Bori cannot be painted (see our Rainbow Pool for a list), then you can change that Neopet into an Ice Bori.
For the full rundown, see our Premium guide.
Original Toolbar Creation
On the very off chance you never redeemed your original opportunity to create a Bori after participating in the toolbar promotion, you can still visit the Toolbar Promo page and create a Bori. Obviously, most Neopians today would no longer have this option.
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Bori Facts
Pronounced:BOR-ee
Discovered: 13th October 2004
Species Day: 13th October
Native Land: Ice Caves
The Bori is a furry Neopet and a quadruped, meaning it walks on four legs. Its biggest distinguishing feature is the tough plates on its back, which serve as a kind of natural armour. It has a fluffy chest and two large ears, and its paws end in heavy claws suited to digging. At about 40cm, it is a medium-sized Neopet.
Bori originate in the Ice Caves deep beneath Terror Mountain. They excel at all the local sports, such as skiing, skating and dancing, and are also quite possibly Neopia's best diggers. They are timid little pets, and prefer to spend time in familiar places or underground.
The Bori was introduced as a createable pet on the 13th day of Collecting, Year Six (known outside Neopia as October 13th, 2004). However, its official introduction would come slightly later, as part of the Hannah and the Ice Caves plot. Hannah discovered a forgotten colony of Bori in the Ice Caves, who would go on to help her in her struggle against the Thieves' Guild. The pet has barely changed since its first appearance.
The Ice Bori
A special thank you to Neopian glitterkitty69 and her Ice Bori guide and directory for the screenshots used.
The Bori is unusual in that one of its colour combinations, Ice, is nearly as rare as an Unconverted pet. For most species, Ice is a lab colour; however, as part of a sponsor offer running at the time of the Hannah and the Ice Caves plot, users were given the chance to create an Ice Bori in exchange for downloading a special toolbar.
Now, how did this work? Well, the Neopets/Yahoo! toolbar was created in fall of 2004. In order to entice users to download this toolbar, they were given the opportunity to own some of the very first Bori in Neopia. Anyone who downloaded the toolbar was allowed to either morph an existing pet into a Bori, or create a Bori from scratch. They could pick from five colours: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, and (you guessed it!) Ice. Each user was allowed only one Bori creation. Anyone eligible will see the below information when visiting the Create a Bori page.
Once the toolbar was discontinued, so were the Ice Bori. However, you can technically still obtain one today if your account downloaded the toolbar (and therefore was eligible for a Bori) but never 'redeemed' its free pet. Otherwise, you'll have to trade for this special pet because they cannot be obtained by Fountain Faerie Quests, morphing potions, or the Lab Ray. You can also wish for one in the (now) annual Dream Pet Giveaway hosted by TNT in December. You'll never find one floating in the pound, either—Ice Bori turn Blue if they're ever disowned!
Neopets Bori Colors
A Few Famous Bori
- Armin the Small is probably the most famous Bori of all. It was he who helped protect the famous adventurer Hannah during her travels in the Ice Caves, and his efforts brought down the Bringer of Night.
- Donny is a crotchety old Bori with a heart of gold. He works on Terror Mountain, fixing Neopets' broken items and making them like new again.
- The Keeper of Time is the leader of the Bori tribe that inhabits the Ice Caves. He led them to victory over the Thieves' Guild, also healing Hannah of a lingering curse.
- Altador Cup fans can keep a lookout for Rinok Fitel (Team Terror Mountain). Garven Hale is the goalie for Team Krawk Island, and has been offered the position of team captain. Whether Dasher Soley's die-hard fans will ever accept Hale is another matter.
More Characters
The 'Wise One'
Garven Hale
Armin
Neville Londerson
Abominable Bori
Rinok Fitel
Keeper of Time
Rasala the Bright
Bori Miner
Bori Guard
Alhana the Patient
Donny
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This page was written by Dream & noileh and last updated on May 2, 2019.