New to Papillon? A Beginners Guide! v0.08
How do I get started?
What are Papillon?
Papillon is a free to play, community driven garden ecosystem breedable! No food/upkeep costs, no hidden fees! Experience a lax community passionate about growing amazing plants and breeding fantastic bugs/critters!
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Q: If the breedable is free to play, how does the creator make money?
A: Starters and a wide range of accessories are available at the main store but are not required to enjoy the breedable as a whole.
Q: Is it possible to Get accessories without paying?
A: Yes! In step one you will be getting two rewards cards the basic "Rewards Card" and the "Mondo Card" Which you can use to recycle unwanted Seeds/Eggs for points that are exchanged for random prizes!
(Mondo Costing more points per prize, but offering better prizes overall)
For questions please see the bottom of the Notecard for Group and Website information.
*****How to Get Started *****
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Get yourself a HUD.
Go to the main store:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Grouse/41/26/1240
Click the white box that says "{Papillon} HUDs and Goodies"
Then equip your "{Papillon} Data HUD"
This handy HUD will tell you various traits about your Papillon!
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Choose your Papillon:
There is a ton of paps to choose from and it can be hard to choose what is right for you! I usually suggest having a few plants as a base then introducing some critters over time! Mix and match and go with the flow!
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Plants: (Feeds Your Bugs/Critters!)
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Flowers and Flora:
Roses, Anthuriums, Orchid, Lily, Tulip, Blossom, Daisy, Sunflower, Clovers, Poppies, Alien Flower, and Birds of Paradise,
Crops (Fruits & Veggies)
Melon, Strawberry, Tomato, Carrot, Radishes, Pumpkin, and Agave,
Aquatic:
Sand Dollars, Clam Shells, Terrors, Snellits, and Eye Stalks
Shrubbery & Forestry
Bonsai, Fiddler, Fronds, Shrooms and Glowshroom
Not Plants, But yes...
Crystals, Clusters and Magic Circles!
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Plants are self reproducing in Papillons, only requiring weeding and watering. Which can be preformed manually, or automatically by classed Bugs/Critters or Accessories.
Weeding - Maintains the Health of your plant
Watering - Restores Resources More quickly
Resources - Food for your Bugs/Critters
Light - Food For your plants (Various Bugs, Accessories can produce light but it's not required)
Treating - Some plant seeds can be used as a snack for the rest of your garden!
(Note: Seed is lost when Treat is clicked)
Care Note: Various Accessories and classes such as a "Familiar", "Gardener" and/or "Tender" Can Weed and water your garden for you!
*Glowshrooms Can produce additional Light for your Garden.
https://papillonarchives2.com/papillon-breedable-plant-details
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Bugs/Critters: (Eat plant Resources and can care for your garden)
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Butterflies (Flutters), Fairies, Fireflies, Dragonflies, Snails, Ladybugs, Hoppers, and Fishies!
Requiring one male and one female to breed Bugs/Critters will flourish in your garden as long as they are well fed by the plants in your garden.
Note: Fish require a Helpful Starfish/Snail to eat properly. Which can be obtained for free in the "{Papillon} Fishie Goodies! box at the main store.
(Fish Do not require Fishtanks to live/breed/function)
Note: Fairies require a Fairy Shelter. Which acts as a safe-haven for the tiny fey while they are sleeping
Some lucky Bugs/Critters will be endowed with special classes that can help you care for your whole garden!
https://papillonarchives2.com/classes
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Other: (Feeds on Magic, can care for your garden!)
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Wisps, Embers
♦Wisps are a strange combination of plant and critter magic. They do not require a mate to reproduce much like plants, but they can have special Classes like typical critters to aid in your garden.
Food Note: Wisps create new Wisps by collecting Light and Energy from your garden. All paps have a tiny bit of magic in them which wisps can collect. (They can even collect from you!) However Various accessories and classes can produce a lot more Light and Energy then others!
♦ Embers are not technically a breedable. They reproduce, but not in the traditional sense. They can make new Embers over time, but they do not mate. They typically take the place of many Classes that care for your garden if your lacking some in the garden or needing to save prims.
https://papillonarchives2.com/papillon-ember-information
https://papillonarchives2.com/papillon-ember-qa
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Birds and the Bees:
Now either from buying starters from the main store, or seedling/eggs from a community market, or perhaps you were just given some as a gift! You now have a few Papillons!
For a small Papillon garden I suggest a land with at least 100 land impact as prims will run you around:
4-9 Prims per Critter
3-7+ Prims per Plant
Leaving you with enough room for a few Plants and a few breeding pairs with enough room for your new friends to rez their offspring! (I personally suggest leaving at lest 15% Of your prim count open for new Seeds/Eggs)
100 prims Minus %15 for eggs you can have about 15 paps per 100 Prims (average of 5 prims each)
I suggest rezing and birthing plants first and letting them run for a few hours before starting to rez Critters/Bugs. As your Bugs will be eating the resources your plants produce! If your plants are lacking in resources you will have unhappy Papillons ):
As for breeding your bugs it's just as simple as the plants. However after birthing it's suggested that you find a mate for your new bugs! Bugs can not cross breed with other species so you'll need one of the same type (Ex: dragonfly female needs a dragonfly male)
You can pair your critters by first naming them and then setting their mate by clicking on them and following through on their menus.
Setting mates is not required if you wish to let your critters make their own life decisions.
Critters/Bugs Breeding takes about 3 days
Plants However have a % chance to produce a new seedling daily! (the % raises daily based on care and accessories) Every day they will attempt to make a new seed, and if they fail their % chance, the % goes up! (Minimal cool down time of 2-3 days per seed)
Note: The fairies only reproduce at dawn and dusk (6Am to 7AM and 6PM to 7PM, SL Time).
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Special Traits and Mutations!
It's been a few days and you managed to get your first few babies! Congrats! But now what?
There are many aspects of Papillons you can breed for! Be it, color, size, Class, Radiance, Racial Type and Even Mutations!
Mutations are exactly what they sound like, rare "genes" so to speak that can ether be passed down or pop up in new lines! There are three slots that can be filled or replaced. Which can be seen by using your HUD when you click on a Papillon!
[♥ Body Mutation]
[♦ Wing/Fin/Flower/Shell Mutation]
[♣ Effect Mutation]
If you don't have any mutations yet don't worry!
As your Papillon ages, and grows in your garden they will tier up (think leveling up!) Increasing their odds for mutating with each new baby they produce! Various accessories, classes, and treats also can be given to help boost your chances!
Pure color breeding, and Inbreeding siblings also further boosts your chances of your genes mutating!
On a special note; while Papillon is free to play I highly suggest picking up a Stocking from the main store. A donation of 100-200L depending on the style. Your donation for this stocking will give you daily goodies that change seasonally that can help your garden mutate! Do support the creator!
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And you're done!
There is a lot more information to be had about paps but far too much to cover in a simple introductory card! If you have any questions feel free to Join the official Papillon group and have a gander at our community driven information archive!
Welcome to Paps and take care!
For more information of traits please visit the Papillon main group:
"Papillon Breedables"
Written/Composed by:
Goldenstar Sands
Change log:
v0.08 - Updated links, clarified Plant breeding time, added new plants/Critters
v0.07 - Clarified some feeding and care requirements of wisps & Plants
v0.06 - Clarified the requirements on fairies.
Categories
Applicable Breedables
- Butterfly
- Dragonfly
- Agave
- Alien Flower
- Anthurium
- Bird of Paradise
- Blossom
- Bonsai
- Calla Lilly
- Carrot
- Patch
- Crystal
- Crystal Cluster
- Daisy
- Fairy
- Fiddler
- Firefly
- Fish
- Frond
- Glowshroom
- Hopper
- Ladybug
- Magic Circle
- Melon
- Orchid
- Poppy
- Pumpkin
- Radish
- Rose
- Sand Dollar
- Shell
- Shroom - Double
- Shroom - Fairy
- Shroom - Single
- Snail
- Snellit
- Strawberry
- Sunflower
- Tentacle Terror
- Tiger Lilly
- Tomato
- Tulip
- Turtle
- Wisp
- What
- Eye Stalk
- Cattail