Breeding
Breeding your dinosaurs is a big decision! Below you'll find all of the requirements and rules that come with deciding to breed them. To submit a breeding, go to the Clutches page under the Activities tab!
To view all current breeding items, check out this page here!
To view all current breeding items, check out this page here!
Requirements
Below is what's required of a dinosaur before they can participate in breedings:
- Dinosaur must be an Adult
- Dinosaurs must not have a common relative in their visible lineage
- A Courtship entry must be drawn of the two dinosaurs, unless it is a Starter x Starter breeding
- All breedings require a Nest item, which can be crafted with any 5 materials
- The Dinosaurs cannot be injured. Irradiated and chronically Impaired dinos can still breed
- The Dinosaur must have breeding slots left
Breeding Slots
Each dinosaur has a limited amount of breeding slots in its lifetime. This can be found in the import information on the site
New breeding slots are granted every 10 levels! If your dino hits level 10, make a claim and a mod will grant the new slot to you!
Read more about exp here
Managing Breeding Slots
New breeding slots are granted every 10 levels! If your dino hits level 10, make a claim and a mod will grant the new slot to you!
Read more about exp here
Managing Breeding Slots
- To send your own dino's breeding permission to another user, go to the character's profile, click on "Breeding Permissions" and then "Create New Permission". From here you can choose whether its a full or split slot, and leave any notes!
- To view breeding permissions that you've received, go under User > My Breeding Permissions, and you will be taken to a page where you can see all the permissions you own! You may also send these permissions to another user, even if its not your own dino!
Courtship Entries
Courtship Entries are drawings that depict the two dinosaurs going through mating rituals or other courtship events. These encounters can be tense, sweet, tentative, ect - It all depends on your dinosaur's personality and standing with other dinosaurs!
Art Requirements:
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Literature Requirements:
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Quality Disclaimer for Artwork:
- Courtship images must meet all the quest requirements and quality standards
- Any artwork submitted will be compared to your gallery for a quality check! If the artwork submitted for said quests or events is considered to be drastically lower quality than your typical style, it may be denied (You will still be able to claim EXP for it). You will be permitted to edit the artwork in order for it to pass!
- Dinosaurs drawn for quest entries MUST match their import! While you are allowed to exaggerate features, stylize your dinosaurs, and customize their body shapes, you are not permitted to add features that are not present on the import, such as feather crests, spikes, quills, etc. for quest artwork. This includes adding/removing markings!
- Re-used linearts/sketches/backgrounds, writings, and poses will not be able to pass in quests.
Submitting a Breeding
To create a new breeding, go to the Clutches page from the Activities Tab.
- Hit 'New Clutch'
- Select each parent - you can delete the auto-filled text and type in the characters name or ID
- Hit 'Initialize Clutch'
After initializing, you will be taken to a page where you can you add items, courtship image url, and preview potential offspring!
Note that previewed offspring do not exist. It is a potential outcome of a pairing. Items you attach will affect these previews, but they will not be consumed until the breeding is submitted and approved - so preview to your heart's content!
- After adding items/links to the breeding, don't forget to hit "Adjust" to save your settings!
Note that previewed offspring do not exist. It is a potential outcome of a pairing. Items you attach will affect these previews, but they will not be consumed until the breeding is submitted and approved - so preview to your heart's content!
Breeding Chances
Every time you submit a breeding between two characters, the amount of babies your dinosaurs produce and the offspring's genotypes will all be up to chance.
The lower rarity a species is, the more likely it is to have more offspring. Lower rarity species also have a greater maximum amount of offspring that can be produced with a breeding.
Markings also pass based on rarity. Rarer markings will be less likely to pass than the more common ones. Homozygous markings only have a chance to pass if both parents have the marking in some form (or if a Mimic Frog is used).
The lower rarity a species is, the more likely it is to have more offspring. Lower rarity species also have a greater maximum amount of offspring that can be produced with a breeding.
Markings also pass based on rarity. Rarer markings will be less likely to pass than the more common ones. Homozygous markings only have a chance to pass if both parents have the marking in some form (or if a Mimic Frog is used).
Random Chance
Every offspring also has random chances to obtain something new and different from its parents! If you receive an offspring from a breeding with a marking, color modifier, or base color that isn't related to either parent, it means the offspring randomly developed something new.
Offspring can also randomly mutate! This is completely random and parents having a mutation will not affect the chances, nor the kind of mutation an offspring could end up with. [Irradiated dinosaurs could have some influence over mutated offspring in the future!]
Offspring can also randomly mutate! This is completely random and parents having a mutation will not affect the chances, nor the kind of mutation an offspring could end up with. [Irradiated dinosaurs could have some influence over mutated offspring in the future!]