Template:Breeding mechanics

Griffin concept art.

These are some concept iterations of exactly how the animal husbandry profession's going to work as you create the offspring of different combinations of animals and you find and discover types of mounts. For example this Griffin: You will have the ability to open up an in-game character customization screen for the animals; and you'll be able to use certain dials to touch different aesthetic aspects of the actual animal's features: On its wings, on its head, its beak, its armor that's going to be present; the claws and talons. You will be able to actually make a unique representation of this mount, so you're just not a cookie cutter like everybody else. – Steven Sharif

Animal husbandry will have discoverable blends of breeding.

• Rare creatures can be captured and tamed to breed animals with specific traits.
  • Pets, Mounts and Livestock have unique traits that can be bred.
• Special mounts such as Dragons are not breedable.
• Breeding will change the stats of the mount that is being bred.
• There is a form of genetics, but it won't be complex. Genetic lines react to the type of mount or creature that has been captured or tamed.

Animal husbandry and taming create unique mounts with unique abilities and stats.

• Speed.
• Health.
• Armor.
• Energy.

Animal husbandry involves a tree of its own that players get to discover via what pairings they choose... That's going to be a pretty fun aspect of creating rare mounts that haven't been seen in the world. – Steven Sharif

There are stages of development within breeding.

• Youngling stage: For mammals this relates to baby animals. For lizards (reptiles) this is an egg stage.

A modified character creation system allows customization of Summoner pets and Animal husbandry.

• Changes at the Youngling stage affect the appearance of the animal at adulthood.
• During the Youngling stage there may also be quests for specific types of cosmetic features.

There is a compendium of acceptable parameters for breeding, which isn't going to be known until players discover it.

• This discovery may be different for different players.
• Trial and error and exploration and discovery of certain breeding habits and different quests may grant access to slots in the compendium.
  • This may grant access to specific types of mounts.

There's definitely going to be odd combinations, whether it's a butterflyger, giraffealope I don't know, but there will be definitely caps that are present. – Steven Sharif