Wizard101 Butterfly Mount & Pirate101 Pets

Wizard101 has introduced the brand new Monarch Butterfly Mount as well as a Dual Skimmer which is like the Dual Dragonfly except it's all pink. Dual Skimmer is also 2,500 crowns less than the original Dual Dragonfly mount.

The Monarch Butterfly reminded me of a fundraising project that was tweeted by our lovely Wizard101 community manager a while ago. Apparently there's not enough Milkweed plants for them to help their species survive. It's actually shrinking, so there's a massive spotlight on fundraising where people can buy milkweed plants to support the beautiful butterflies. You could join the below fundraiser at Kickstarter where you can buy Milkweed plants for your outdoor gardens.

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Sunny Side Up

People were getting confused about pet eggs, which egg belongs to which pet and what type of egg. So I created an guide on Pet Eggs!

http://www.starsofthespiral.com/pirate101eggs

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(Mooshu Badge Photo Credit To ChrissyTheBlesser)

Want an Imperial Lion?

Since a lot of people are having a hard time completing the badge that gives them an Imperial Lion pet as a reward. ChrissyTheBlesser has made this awesome guide on which quests, where, who and more. Check it out and soon you will have your own Imperial Lion pet!

http://www.starsofthespiral.com/mooshu-mystic-badge-guide

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(Photo Credit To Pirate101)

Whooooo Is There?! It's Me, Owl!

And best of all, the Mechanical Owl is finally out in Crown Shop! It only costs 2,500 crowns too!

A Successful Hybrid in Pirate101!

I was so excited when I hatched this pet from my Golden Sky Rattler and Cheyenne's Deathstalker Scorpion. But apparently the Golden Dragon as I call it since it doesn't fit the "Golden Sky Rattler" at all is not a true hybrid. It's a bug. And they are planning to turn them all back into true rattlers or snakes. What a let down. But suddenly I heard rumors of another hybrid in the morphing tent...

Introducing the Grimtooth Reaper that came from a Ebon Spectre and a Not So Great White Shark (NSGWS). Thank you Swordroll for hatching with me!

But the work on hybrids is not stopping here and Decius has given nice information and hints for us to focus on.

So there's more hybrids among the most common pets? That would be the Ostrich, maybe the pack pets, the new pets for gold, chameleon or the badge pets maybe?

If you're doubting that they exist on live, don't fret. Decius have confirmed that they are!

We have been having an extremely hard time trying to copy over the new Grimtooth Reaper and what Decius said might explain why. The reaper probably doesn't allow itself to be copied over at all. The only way you can get it is if you hatch its parents. It took me NINE tries while my lovely friend, Chrissy The Blesser had to do it up to 25 times. Persistence and Patience are the keys here. Don't give up! One day you could be an owner of a Grimtooth Reaper or a brand new hybrid!

Here's a few suggestions:

-When farming for gold, try out the chests in Aquila. If you find the coveted 2 person or especially the 4 person chests,  you can earn up to approx. 11k in one shot! This does make Friar Sands look cheap. I also like this because it helps me work toward my treasure chest badge anyway. There's one for 500 chests! In no time, you'll be an Expert Treasure Hunter!

-Keep an hybrid hatching journal, write down every combo you have tried, so this will keep you on track. Also write down your theories as well. Here's mine: http://starsofthespiralforums.com/topic/10298423/1/?x=0#post8300477

-Just remember, it takes MANY tries to get a new hybrid, so it's all about luck. So don't get so upset if you continue to fail. If you're tired of doing a certain combo, try something new. You can ALWAYS come back to the previous theories later.

-Don't forget, there is a bunch of us hatchers like you on the Wizard101 Boards and other sites. So if you need help, just post away and we're here for you.

The Brand New Arcane Builder's Bundle!

 

Coming soon from Gamestop; the Arcane Builder's Bundle!

It will be sold for $39 at your Gamestop store. It comes with a cool Build-A-Castle place where you can create your own house design! It also comes with a cool Arcane Helper pet as well as an Arcane Minecart cart. The gears and weapon are also pretty awesome. It gives you that retro, steampunk feel which I really love!

The Contents of the Bundle

Here's the most interesting part. The first time you purchase the bundle, you will get the Midday Estate.

Midday Estate

The second time you buy the same bundle and redeem it on the SAME character as the first house, the Midday Estate, you redeemed, you get another house, the Meadows at Dusk.

Meadows at Dusk

Then finally, if you purchase it for the THIRD time and redeem it on the same character where you also redeemed the previous two houses, you get the Night Garden.

Night Garden

Each time, you get the SAME large plot of land with a castle outdoor and another castle in a large cave. The only difference is one is in a daytime setting, one is at dusk and another at nighttime. Also obviously each castle looks different has its own parts to offer for you to use!

The Ultimate Build-A-Castle!

You can tear it down, rebuild it into anything you can imagine it to be!

The Pet Stats

This pet gives 3 Wild Bolt cards when maxed out at Mega.

One at Baby, Second at Ancient, the Third and Last at Mega.

The Mount Stats

The Gear Stats

The Weapon Stats

I want to thank Paige Moonshade for letting me take pictures of her gear and houses.

Adventures in Pet Hatching

My babies lurvvvvvvvvvvvves me!

So, I've been called a Crazy Pet Hatcher. That's probably true. I've hatched so many times, working on so many different goals and few of them are to get new pets and find out new hybrids.

If you want to know what to expect in pets that were seen in test,

check my guide at: http://starsofthespiral.blogspot.com/2014/04/pirate101s-upcoming-new-pets.html

The only pets that are not included that I will talk about next.

Once test came to live, we were surprised with THREE new pets in Crown Shop - the Clown Fish, Thresher Shark and the Hammerhead Shark.

Now that's a mighty fine afro on the brand new Clown Fish!

Not So Great White Shark on left, Thresher Shark in middle and Hammerhead Shark on right.

The Not So Great White Shark you could get from Pet Wrangling. Apparently it drops from the Sky Snakes near Paths of Penance in Subata Skyway, Mooshu.

I have been hatching like mad and of course what you need most is SNACKS!

How do you get snacks? There's FIVE methods.

1 - Pet Wrangling

You can set your companions on the Pet Wrangling Tasks. They will get you Pet Gear, Pet Snacks and if you're really lucky, a pet!

2 - Pet PvP

It doesn't even matter if you win or lose. Even Practice PvP gives you snaks! You still get some really good snacks! If you're confused how Cheering works or all of the Pet PvP stuff, check out my guide about it at: http://starsofthespiral.blogspot.com/2014/05/pet-training-cheering.html It isn't perfect. But it does cover the basics!

3 - Battles

Any battle you go into will have a chance of snacks dropping!

4 - Second Chance Chests

They do have a chance of giving you snacks as well!

5 - Packs!

There's two brand new packs in the Crown Shop. Mega Snack Packs which gives you Rank 9 and 8 Pet Snacks which normally costs 2,500 crowns each. They also have a much cheaper Snack Pack which goes for 115 crowns. If you 're lucky, you can get a Rank 7 Pet snack along with lower rank snacks. Now don't think this is cheap. I have bought the cheaper Snack Pack and used them a lot if I have to. If you pay to skip the training, you can easily raise a pet from baby to adult within 10 minutes on those same snacks.

So far, there's only a few "special" pets. I think of them as Hybrids, but Pirate101 doesn't think of them that way. Here's the Skull Island Macaw. You can't get a copy of the original Beta pet, the Skarakeet, so instead of that you get a different pet that looks like it. Although, it is named differently and even looks differently.

There's one more pet that I'm totally stumped over if it's a Hybrid or a mistake.

I hatched my Ostrich who's normally very pink with a Ice Scarab and got a blue Ostrich. They both have the SAME name and well, it doesn't make any sense to me! I just found out from one of the developers on the Pirate101 message board that the Pink one is a special pet and the Blue one is the normal pet. Kinda like our special Skarakeet and its Macaw hybrid.

And I discovered a bugged pet when I was using my Golden Sky Rattler..

I was so excited when I hatched this pet from my Golden Sky Rattler and Cheyenne's Deathstalker Scorpion. But apparently the Golden Dragon as I call it since it doesn't fit the "Golden Sky Rattler" at all is not a true hybrid. It's a bug. And they are planning to turn them all back into true rattlers or snakes. What a let down. But suddenly I heard rumors of another hybrid in the morphing tent...

Introducing the first TRUE Hybrid, Grimtooth Reaper, this pet came from a Ebon Spectre and a Not So Great White Shark (NSGWS). Thank you Swordroll for hatching with me!

But confirmed pets in-game that I KNOW that you can get:

Ice Scarab - Dropped by Cadmus, Illios, The Caves of Ruin, Aquila (Not Confirmed)

DinoLizard - Pyramid of Fire, Xol Akmul, Blood Shoals, Skull Island (Confirmed)

Quackosaurus -

Marie Celestia, Skull Island Skyway, Skull Island (Confirmed)

Prawn Emperor, Skull Cap Cove, Skull Island (Confirmed)

Inky Octopus - ?

Violet Puffer Fish - ?

Not So Great White Shark - Sky Snakes, Subata Skyway, Mooshu

Coconut Crawlie - ?

Now so far, we've noticed new animals in the surrounding lands of each world.

Both found in Aquila

But nobody noticed this incredibly interesting new monster in Cool Ranch, the Rollie Pollie!

It even acts like the Armadillo!

So what does this mean? Is it possible that there's a new pet out there based on this monster? Why did it suddenly pop up? What is its purpose?

 Finally, then I decided I neglected Wizard101 long enough, so I visited it. While wandering around and chatting with a dear friend, I accidentally stumbled into a room and found the Stormzilla Eggs.

Then I realized, HEY! Pirate101 should let us have an egg and raise a Stormzilla pet! :D Yes, yes, I know I'm a bit overboard with this pet hatching and all that. I just had an genius idea! I should have a special badge that says "Pet Hatching Maniac!" 

By the way, Pirate101, can I PLEASE have this Panda as a pet?!