Hey, fellow Aquilans!
This guide is about a new method to determine certain pet stats, the so-called ‘‘Genome Reading’’.
I assume that this method is not known for you at first view, but don’t worry, that is what I am here for.
Before I will explain this method to you in further detail, we should ask ourselves a few questions:
- What is Genome Reading and are examples of it given?
- What is it good for?
- Does it affect the game for me and if so: How??
- Pros and cons of Genome Reading
1st question: What is Genome Reading?
Genome reading can be explained like this:
It is a method in Wizard101 to determine which stats a pet can have.
To understand this method a bit more, let’s take a quick look at the pet stats existing in Wizard101:
- Common ability ( e.g.: Balance-Boon)
- Uncommon ability ( e.g.: Balance-It )
- Rare ability ( e.g.: Spell-Defying )
- Ultra-Rare ability ( e.g.: Balance-Sniper )
- Epic ability ( e.g.: Spell-Proof )
After
you have received a short introduction to a few pet talents to each
ability, let’s look at a few pets and see how this method works.
As you can see above, we have an example of 2 Coldfire Dragon pets.
This picture shows a composition of 1 damage and 1 healing talent, as well as 1 other damage, 1 other healing and 1 defense talent.
Once combining the 2 pets with each other, another one will be created.
Considering that it is a damage pet, let’s find out the pet talents of the hatched pet:
The rare ability is in most cases Pain Bringer, sometimes Pip O’Plenty or a selfish talent ( e.g.: Spirited ).
Since it is a damage based pet, it is Pain Bringer.
Let’s move on to the next pet talent: The uncommon ability.
Once looking at the first picture we see the uncommon ability Fire-Giver.
Comparing the 2nd picture with the first one, it is clear that it must be the Fire-Giver ability too, as it is similar to the first picture.
So, the uncommon ability is the Fire-Giver one indeed.
Continuing with the epic ability it has to be Spell-Proof in basically all cases of damage pets. Why?
Because after the ability several rare talents appear, which means that the other component, Spell-Defying , is obviously one of these.
The next talent can be copied from the 2nd picture; it is Spritely.
The pet ability after Spritely can be taken from the 2nd picture too, which is Spell-Defying ( also: it confirms the theory above regarding Spell-Proof and Spell-Defying ).
After that, a 3rd rare talent is shown. Once you are looking at a 1st generation ( a dropped or bought version ) Coldfire Dragon pet, it can be assumed as a selfish talent which has been pushed upwards.
Examining the Coldfire Dragon pet leads us to following options:
Either Durable or Tenacious. Since Durable comes first, it is that talent.
In the following, we can see an uncommon ability on the hatched egg.
Once looking at the 1st picture you find out fast that it is Fairy Friend.
Regarding the 3rd last talent, turning out as an ultra-rare ability, we can see from the 2nd picture that it is the Fire-Dealer ability.
Finally, we reached the last 2 pet talents, which are Incredibly Infallible and Armor Piercer.
These 2 pet talents can be determined from the 1st generation Coldfire Dragon pet once looking at it.
That was an example of 2 hatched pets turning to 1 pet without any trained talents. Let’s look at a 2nd example of a Fennec Fox pet:
Comparing the notes from above, we can tell that this rare ability is Pain Bringer.
The uncommon ability is Fire-Giver since it has a similar structure to the
Coldfire Dragon pet ( see the picture of Coldfire Dragon pet again ).
The epic ability underneath the Pain-Giver one is probably Spell-Proof as it is the first epic ability listed on the Fennec Fox pet.
( Since there is no rare ability underneath it, I can’t precisely tell you ).
Continuing with the uncommon ability it must be Fairy Friend since it follows after a resistance talent ( Spell-Proof ).
The other epic ability can be taken from the first generation Fennec Fox pet which is Critical Striker.
After that, we can see a common ability which has to be fire related, as we have a fire related pet.
In all cases of Fire Damage pets ( since we do not have enough information about the first generation version of the pet ) it is Fire-Boon.
Underneath the Fire-Dealer talent, we can see an ultra-rare ability.
Since the Fire-Dealer is already given, we have only 2 possible options:
Either Critical Hitter or Fire-Striker.
Assuming from Critical Fire pets from the kiosk, it is Critical Hitter.
Last but not least, we have the epic ability.
Since we do not know the hatching partner of this pet, we’ve to assume.
In most cases it is a maycast ( either Ward Wrecker, Charm Chopper or Armor-Breaker ).
2nd question: What is it good for?
There are several reasons for what Genome Reading is good for.
In this paragraph, I will give you only a few, important information on it:
- Once hatching a pet, the stats may differ. In worst-case-scenarios all pet talents will be pushed forward, disappear and will be replaced or first generation stats which will go through for some reason. If you are an expert at Genome Reading, you can decide for yourself whether you train the pet or not, as pets may fail a lot.
- Before hatching your pet with another, you can think about how the stats may look after the hatch. Let’s say your pet is a damage based pet and your friend’s pet is a damage pet with an aura maycast ( e.g.: Triple double Furnace Maycast ). Once having experience with Genome Reading, you can assume how good the chance is that the hatched egg out of these receive the Furnace MC.
- Genome Reading also is good for creating base pets in order to make clean pool stat pets. Why?? Once you create a base pet and hatch with a friend’s or a kiosk’s pet, you can distinguish between selfish pet talents or stats you want ( let’s say it’s a little extra ).
3rd question: Does it affect the game and if so: How??
It even interests me, so does it affect the game now?
Yes it does, if you think about the first aspect from question 2, which is pet training, because it saves you a lot of pet snacks and gold too.
Once you are able to read all the pet talents your pet has learned out of a hatch, you will be able to tell yourself whether to train a pet or not.
Regarding the final aspect from question 2 which is the creation of a final clean pool pet then it definitely helps you out, as you can train pets step by step and avoid wasting a lot of snacks on a pet, you received after one hatch ( as it has a lot of selfish talents which will be received during pet training ).
So looking back on the question, ‘‘if Genome Reading affects the game’’, then I can tell you that it does, even in a positive way for you.
4th question: Pros and cons of Genome Reading
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→ Once looking at the pros and cons of genome reading, you can see that the pros are quantitatively stronger than the cons but qualitatively weaker. The risks at failing Genome Reading are way too high.
In conclusion, we can see that Genome Reading is a fun and interesting method to definitely benefit from, once you’re doing it correctly!! I only recommend it to those who are ready to distinguish between several pet types and first generation pets, in order to determine future pet outcomes.