Papillon 101

The longer any of the breedables remain rezzed and active, the more it does whatever it happens to do, and the higher its tier becomes.  Higher-tiers work more productively (scare away spiders faster, heal better, etc).  A high-tier king/queen/prince/princess can dramatically affect the production and consumption speeds of your pets. All the breedables DO all have a maximum potential age, but even after reaching that point they simply become pretty cosmetic toys.  They no longer do their jobs or eat, but they continue fluttering around and filling your garden with color.  Most of them will live at least half a year, and can survive upwards of a year and more, particularly when combined with longevity pools. A higher tier will make it more valuable, you’re more likely to get a better mutation from a Tier 6 flutter than a Tier 1. A Tier 6 has had a chance to gain mutation points and other stuff.

Pets usually begin with 12 mating cycles.  Plants do not have a specified number of mating cycles.

Various classes and accessories can grant additional cycles. The following classes are known to give additional cycles: Godparent, Magi, Guardian

Accessories are papillon objects that will help your garden live its best life! They give your pets and plants boosts to morale (M), loyalty (L), food (F), and social (S). 

Most accessories have a limited amount of tokens and will turn black when they run out UNLESS it is an eternal version. This excludes the pile of sugar, lots of sugar, sparkling motes of light, energy pool, omni tree, sim-wide happiness tool, sim-wide breeders tool, and eternal wide range multi-accessory…they all last forever.

Spiders, which are no longer activated, are elements that appear randomly and can damage your pets or plants.  Various accessories will combat spiders and their webs like a gardening hoe, spooky log, starter accessory, and birdy bird, to name a few. Some classes will also combat spiders like assassin, gardener, and worker.

Plants occasionally attract a spider, based on how many pets are buzzing around. The more pets you have, the better the chances of your pretty plants acquiring some webbing. Spiderwebs trap your pets momentarily and hurt their poor little delicate wings. Spiders are scared away with gardening rakes (hoes), Soldier, Hunter, and Culler classes, and bee hives. Damage caused by spider webs can be healed by Priest/Priestess, Oracle, and Seeker. Babies are, of course, immune to spider webs because they’re still too tiny to get trapped! When spiderwebs are cleaned away the plant regains a small amount of its resources while the busy little pets tend to it.

Loyalty, usually represented as L, affects how much your butterflies eat, and how naughty they tend to be with each other (how often or quickly they use their mating cycles)

Morale, usually represented as M, affects how well your butterflies do whatever they do; it makes soldiers kill spiders better, priests heal faster, workers work harder, etc etc. Morale and Loyalty points change depending on the types of foods and accessories available in your garden.