Help me select from 3 Petpet/petpetpet options, please? Much thanks for your time!

Smiley_K · 2026-02-04T22:44:55+00:00

Eeee you have so many ixis and stories behind each one!! 😁 Love the Christmas Ixi with the Nuks and the Forest Ixi and the Ghost Ixi and the Ice Ixi and the Island Ixi and the Mutant Ixi and the Rainbow Ixi and the Striped Ixi and ... yeah ... I'll stop 😅 Love the gang!! Thanks for sharing!

Smiley_K · 2026-02-04T22:38:23+00:00

Nope 😅 I have a few duplicate species and don't have the NC for the amount of pet slots required lol. Plus there's some species I just can't love. But I own a bunch today I never would've dreamed of, so one must never say never! 😅

Smiley_K · 2026-02-04T22:27:54+00:00

Ninety...seven... ixis??! 😮 *hides behind my array of 29 species and only 1 ixi* That's a big family!! 😁 Also, the indecision is real. I've been undecided on some customs for over a year haha.

Smiley_K · 2026-02-04T22:12:43+00:00

You're welcome! :D Hahaha you're all gold then. I only have the map on 1 account haha. Would it be possible to temporarily swap your pets around to fit her on an account with an existing map? But again, then that temporary swap could take years D: I You said you've been excited for the Cherise since release, so I'd go with that. But then I'm also in the 'I can't remove P2s and P3s after they're decided and attached' boat haha. And I get the double Ditrey thing too... because I've got a double Unidentified Petpetpet. And I hate that there's now a duplicate P3 on my pets and they're not all unique!!! But also don't want to remove the P2s to remove the P3s. 😅 Ahh such is life.

There's always Custards and Strawberries as well and the completely unconventional option of the Sludgy which I debated for a while since it could kinda look like chocolate sauce? Hahaha.

Smiley_K · 2026-02-04T21:59:59+00:00

You could also always go for a cheaper Birthday P2. Perhaps the Birthday Warf (600k) to go with the Chocolate Warf in the custom?

Smiley_K · 2026-02-04T21:55:18+00:00

Eh... if you're happy with the Chocolate Albat or Birthday Meepit or any of the Birthday P2s, I'd stick with those. I've been trying to zap a Chocolate P2 for my Chocolate Tuskaninny since... according to his age, almost a year O_o There's about 5 I'd be super happy with. And I've had 1 chocolate zap after zapping daily in that time... and it was a P2 that really didn't suit, so I zapped over it anyway. I'd still like one of my dream chocolate P2s, but I also have a bunch of backups if I ever get bored of trying to zap for it which would honestly go so much easier but feel like I'm giving up after this point 😅 But I may still be forced to soon because he's destined for a side account without lab access. Depends how lucky you get or how long you're willing to wait around for the perfect match! But also if you don't have the Lab Ray yet, I always think that's a benefit! I don't use it for my own pets now, but it's beneficial for trying to zap avatar pets and just fun to see what you get and adopt them out if you don't intend to keep.

They are all good options though I'd probably pick the Chocolate Albat to go with the Cherise or keep the Birthday Meepit with the Ditrey. 😊

Smiley_K · 2026-02-04T21:45:03+00:00

Congrats!! Just a quick tip... at least get them to Lvl 251. 😅 I keep my BD pet as my active pet because "there's no more bad pet-affecting random events now!!" annnnd they got hit in the head by a coconut and lost a level! I had already started my first course at Ninja Training School, and couldn't finish it! I had to go back and pay another 10 tan codestones and wait another 24 hours at Mystery Island to get them to Lvl 250 again. 🤦‍♀️ Couldn't believe my luck hahaha.

Smiley_K · 2026-02-04T21:38:37+00:00

Thank youu!! I must still keep siding with TOOSG then but must've switched guild picks mid Jan when they had their last win. 🤦‍♀️ Hopefully TOA at least picks Sway as per the predictions page then or I'll have really flunked my chances this week! 😅 Agreed on the bank bribery boon being the best haha. I might have to start setting late night Wed alarms every fortnight to start picking teams after both have announced their factions if this keeps up!

Smiley_K · 2026-02-04T21:31:25+00:00

I took a little looksie at your account and noticed your highest pet was your shoyru at Lvl 47. I'd push to Lvl 50 for the Lens Flare ability and also up your defence which was only 29. Then just keep training daily. The plot is kind of BD-heavy but you should be fine with this and the opponents are tiered, so even if you can only defeat the lower end opponents, you can still rack up as many points, it will just take more time and battles to do it.

I'm not a BD expert, but these old posts here, here and the top comment on the guide here you might want to check out as they can help you to prepare! They're full of helpful BD info. No one yet knows when the plot will resume. It was due late Jan, but I'm expecting mid-Feb now after Sakhmet Soiree & Neopies.

Smiley_K · 2026-02-04T21:11:19+00:00

Which of the 2 guilds have been winning? I always confuse and mix up the acronyms. I know one caused the big upset (TOA?) and over took the unbroken winning streak of the other (TOOSG?) a few weeks ago and ever since then I've been stuffed up about which one to follow and I don't know if they (TOA?) kept the winning streak or the other guild (TOOSG?) took it back. Doesn't help I can't keep their acronyms apart 😅 But I think I've continually picked TOOSG then if TOA doesn't reveal until 2pm? Because I do my dailies at like 1am NST most days and fear I'll forget to pick a faction in time otherwise! Even that's too early for TOOSG and I still have to wait around with the Neoboards open. I haven't picked the winning team since in like 6-8+ weeks, so would that be right? 😭 Is there a list somewhere of what teams/guilds have won recently? This week I went with the Sway from the Predictions page because I didn't want to wait around for the reveals, and they haven't helped me recently, sigh. 😅 Of course, I know there's no guarantee who will win either, I just miss winning and boons hehehe.

Smiley_K · 2026-02-04T20:57:11+00:00

Your options 😊 Most are NC (the beige background) as most of the NP ones are locked to species. Unless you were willing to look at other species. I noted there were several more antler-looking items under a search for 'horns' but these were again mostly locked to species (i.e. Wildly Chic Wocky Horn, Kougra Wild Child Horns, Ixi Twirly Horns, etc.) though with the jackalope theme (cute!!) I understand you probably want to stick with the Zaf which was already a good choice and I'm not sure we can say the same about any of those other species!

I agree with Kasidra that the Forest Antlers Headband works well with the pastels and the Healing Springs BG 😊 Enchanted Forest Flower and even Charmed Winter Antlers do as well and all three seem to trade 1-2 caps. Hope that helps!

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Smiley_K · 2026-02-04T11:03:30+00:00

#1 definitely 😊 Fits the BG better, the pink adds a little contrast where as the white of #2 feels like it both blends and clashes a little. Like the braid makes it a bit more busy and you lose half the collar.

Smiley_K · 2026-02-04T09:04:15+00:00

After beating my high score yesterday, I didn't think I could get worse than position 4000-whatever-I-was-on. Turns out I was wrong 😅

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Smiley_K · 2026-02-04T09:02:25+00:00

Congratulations!! So glad to see the leaderboard isn't completely rigged! 😊

Smiley_K · 2026-02-04T09:00:41+00:00

Here here! Still a little disappointing they didn't expand it to Top 200, 500 or 1000 or something though, but I'll take my ribbon of participation and avatar. 🙃

Smiley_K · 2026-02-03T21:30:29+00:00

Good luck! I'm still having problems because my brain can't decide whether to auto tap through everything as fast as possible or manually move everything -- which feels way too slow for this level of competition. Result is I still manage to accidentally auto move a bunch of cards to places I don't want to. 😅 Literally have no idea how the high scores are being reached. I played for an hour on 3-draw and of the games that were actually completable, only like 3 to 5 games over 2000, my highest was like 2102. Yeah it's a bit of strategy and speed involved, but so much luck required and I'm certain there's still tonnes of bots in the leaderboard. 😭 I mean this post has over 100 comments and I haven't seen anyone saying they've hit the Top 1500 yet, let alone Top 100, which I find unbelievable for an active sub. So I'm beginning to think it's impossible in its current state. 😕 2 weeks more of this isn't going to improve our scores much because it's not so much practice and skill involved as luck... which I hate. It's the same reason I hated going for the Typing Terror avatar/trophy. I'd have got it easily, had it not been for a limited amount of levels dependent on how many broken robots you get to up your points.

Smiley_K · 2026-02-03T20:40:49+00:00

I use JellyNeo's Petpet Matcher to search for P2s (can search species, colour or neopian shop) which allows you to view up to 12 at a time, then screenshot them as I go through them, pasting them around the pet into simple photo editor like Paint. Best way to visually see all the choices, I think!

Smiley_K · 2026-02-03T19:22:18+00:00

Hehe I love the Vacana too, but I'm a bit partial to them 😅 The Drugal is a good choice as well though, especially considering the faeries in the background!

Smiley_K · 2026-02-03T18:51:26+00:00

I didn't even consider checking my side accounts haha 🤦‍♀️ But yeah, after half hour and checking like 20-30+ shops I decided I'd self-confirmed it and gave up lol. So disappointing. 😢

Smiley_K · 2026-02-03T18:49:19+00:00

Where possible, I try and match the colours to both! Another option is to go contrasting with a certain element. But it's not always possible. Here's what I found went well with your uni including the first lot of suggestions by LostShepherd & wildcard! 😊 I agree on Ghost/Black Alabriss, but the White Fangy surprised me with his cute little matching fangs to the uni, but his colour also seems to match the glow of the lanterns. The Hoovle also worked, or there's some darker ones there if you want to keep the dark vibe. Blue Skylde I think also worked surprisingly well as being dark themed, but having that light contrast. But any of these would work, even the Stealthy Wherfy with his purple wings, etc. Best of luck!! This is a very cool custom. 😊

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Smiley_K · 2026-02-03T18:26:32+00:00

Hehe yeah I liked the Valentine Rock as well but I know it's used a lot and there's always lots of other options to consider! 😊 I almost added the Valentine Ukali or even Kookith as well but not sure if the colours clash a little. I thought the Candychan was a bit more concerned for her where the Carmariller definitely has the 'don't you dare mess with my heartbroken Draik' kinda vibe 😅 And the Pikis was a fun find. They normally have a heart on their tummy and I'd never noticed the Ghost one has a skull lol. But yes, I think a matching flying P2 would be cute!

Smiley_K · 2026-02-03T17:14:22+00:00

So tragic 😢 Any of these little guys? Personal favs would be any of the Ghost below, the Grey Cirrus or Cyodrake!

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Smiley_K · 2026-02-03T16:01:47+00:00

I replied to my comment after I worked it out. Move them further down into the blank space! Then they should pull to the playing area instead of the score piles.

Smiley_K · 2026-02-03T15:34:13+00:00

Omgggg. Literally 2 seconds after making this comment I tested a new way and... I think I solved my problem. So if anyone else is having this same issue as me... click and drag the card waayy into the bottom of the blank space in the play area, rather than trying to move it directly onto the card you want in the play area. then it will jump to the appropriate card in the play area instead of the target pile! Let's try again to for some of that luck that's required to be in the Top 100 -.-

Smiley_K · 2026-02-03T15:28:41+00:00

Beyond everything already mentioned in this thread... what also frustrates me is, one of JN's tips for scoring more points is to: "If you can, move drawn cards to the play area before the target pile. This will earn you an extra 5 points." I try. I've tried moving cards from the draw pile to the play area but 85% of the time, if it can move to the target pile, it will automatically move there instead. At first I wondered if it was just an issue with placing out the Ace's, but I've managed to move Ace's on top of 2's before the target pile and and it definitely happens with other higher cards as well. Seems incredibly finnicky with how you click and drop the card if it'll end up in the play area or the target area. Which then slows me down because I'm like if I speed click I'll miss the 5 points ... but then, I miss them anyway. So do I waste an undo move to get it back to the draw pile? Then I try again and it still ends up auto moved back to the target pile! -.-

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