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Wolf Market Survival Guide - What Is "Good?" [HEAVY WIP, UNDER CONSTRUCTION]

Wolf Market Survival Guide - What Is "Good?" [HEAVY WIP, UNDER CONSTRUCTION]
Posted 2022-10-01 17:46:27 (edited)
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DISCLAIMER:

The wolf market is bad. What is considered "valuable" in wolves is very subjective and changes frequently. This guide is only meant to provide basic help for new users or people unfamiliar with the market. Value in selling wolves depends on the buyer and what they like, so it is impossible to get a definite price on any wolf in particular. Also, I'm not good at coding. I'm sorry.



Wolf Market Survival Guide



Hey! So, I see new users in the chat all the time asking about whether their wolf is valuable or not, and other questions like that. I thought I'd put something together that's meant to help with this. So... here it is! Hello!

You can find a FAQ here.


These are the main questions you should ask yourself about your wolf to help determine its value. I've placed them in categories based on (subjective) importance. Click on the header to go to where I explain these in more detail.

Make or Break

- Does it have a good base?
- Is it inbred?
- What's its generation number?

Also Pretty Important

- Does it have good markings?
- Does it have good stats?
- What is its age?
- What is its sex?

Cool Bonuses

- Does it carry or have any mutations?
- Does it have rare eyes?
- Does it look cool?
Rippleskip
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Posted 2022-10-01 17:46:34 (edited)
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Make or Break



- Does it have a good base?



The first thing most people look at with any given wolf is what base it has. You can check your wolf's base under its image. Take a look at the wolf's base tier- you'll find it in the Looks category, under Base Genetics. At the end of the box it'll say I, II, III, or *.

Wolves with Tier 3 (T3) or Special Tier (T*) bases are generally considered good, as these bases are hard to breed and are generally pretty cool-looking. T3 bases are only available through breeding with other T3 wolves, with the exception of Fox and Badger, which can be applied via crafted applicators. T* bases are obtained through breeding with T* wolves or through applicators obtained during events.

T1 bases are not considered good, and unless your wolf has something really special going for it, a T1 wolf is not going to be worth much. T2 bases, while slightly better than T1 bases, are about the same sales-wise.

TL;DR: T3 and T* bases are good. T1 and T2 bases are not good.


- Is it inbred?



While inbreeding (breeding related wolves to each other) has no effect on gameplay, a large majority of Wolvden's userbase will not buy wolves that are inbred.

This means that if, on your wolf's family page, the COI and Instances of Inbreeding are anything other than 0, you will have a very difficult time selling it, even if it's really good otherwise. If you want to breed for profit, inbreeding is not a great idea.

TL;DR: Inbreeding is not good.


- What's its generation number?



Another thing that does not affect gameplay but that the market cares a lot about is the wolf's generation number, commonly referred to as the wolf's gen. You can find this on the wolf's family page.

In general, the higher the wolf's generation is, the less it's worth.

By current market standards, anything higher than G3 or G4 is not good and will not sell easily unless it has something really special going for it. Even if you have a wolf with a T3 base, if its generation number is high, its value is not going to be high.


Note: Chased wolves are generation 1 wolves that show up in befriending encounters after having been chased from someone else's pack. If you're lucky enough to come across a chased wolf with a T3 or T* base, you have basically hit the Wolvden jackpot, as those are the only wolves that consistently sell for a lot of GC.

As a general rule, the Wolvden market highly prefers chased wolves over wolves with lineages.
Rippleskip
#53693
Posted 2022-10-01 17:46:42 (edited)
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Also Pretty Important
Rippleskip
#53693
Posted 2022-10-01 17:46:47 (edited)
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Cool Bonuses
Rippleskip
#53693
Posted 2022-10-01 17:46:54 (edited)
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FAQ



Q: What about my wolf's skin/nose/claws?
A: Nobody cares about skin/nose/claws beyond if they look good with the rest of the wolf's design. For example, Selenite skin, an event skin that is very blue, is infamous for looking terrible with 99% of wolf designs. While skin/nose/claws obtained from event applicators are technically slightly harder to obtain, they don't really add anything to your wolf's value.

Q: Does a wolf not being valuable by market standards mean that it's a bad wolf?
A: No. Any wolf is a good wolf if you love it; the market is just terrible.

Q: Why is the market so terrible?
A: I don't know, dude.
Rippleskip
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