I do love the casual nature of pixpet, but a problem I'm already seeing is how similar pixpets are to other pixpets. Aside from mini details, the only things that contribute to their gameplay are color groups and WU. All color groups already have a minimum amount and combined with WU you can get every item just by using a small amount of Pixpet species and proper resources. This means any pixpet can do the same job that almost any other pixpet can. A Black Tuxo even though rarer and takes longer to hatch has the same usage as a common Black Velibolt. The same relationship also affects Ponyata and Girafira and many other pixpets. This is of course is ok, but it doesn't make any other pixpet species anymore special than their worth when compared to pixpets that are similar to them. Because of this players don't often switch their Pixpets and try them out because they already their main Pixpets able to handle anything they want. A player that likes yellow items a lot could just have a team of a Yellow Drax (0-30), Yellow Rootax (30-60), Yellow Girafira (61-91), and a Yellow Finngriff (70-100).


So I propose an idea to give species a special trait which are passive abilities that affect their gameplay, which will not only help with this but open up to much more possibilities to make each pixpet special.



Traits can be viewed on the page directly or the pixdex so if a player doesn't have the pixpet they can just view their pixdex to find the trait they like if they are looking for one to help them.

Multiple pixpets can have the same trait though unlike WUs or color groups, if a trait has too much pixpets that have it for whatever reason they can be balanced by giving/making new traits.

Multiple traits for each species such as a 50-50 chance for whatever trait could work though it would most likely be the same situation with colors and gender ratios where the player would have to constantly hunt a certain pixpet so they can match the Color Group, Gender, Trait they desire or an item that can reroll which I think is not the best idea as most of these items cost a lot of resources and players may find that some traits are a disadvantage to them though they have to keep them.

Example Traits:

Hibernate - This Pixpet rests longer than usual, but they require less Pixpet Food
(Pangox, Armospike, Doealith, Shluppbun)

Early Bird - During the day (hours 8 AM - 8 PM) this Pixpet takes shorter rests
(Sunobra)

Night Owl - During the night (hours 8 PM - 8 AM) this Pixpet takes shorter rests
(Nightshade Sunobra, Owluck, Royowl)

Berry Gatherer - This Pixpet will usually find Blueberry and Bearberry seeds
(Unicubb, Ursufuzz)

Tropical Gatherer - This Pixpet will usually find Mini Banana and Dragonfruit seeds
(Troffinch, Parrogrine, Tuxo)

Vanity - This Pixpet will find items with higher rarity, the rarer their color group the better this effect
(Fluffpaxa, Girafira)

Levitate - This Pixpet will take slightly less time on their hoards
(Pandstar)

Legendary Scouter - This Pixpet has a slightly higher chance of finding other Legendary Pixpets
(Finngriff, Noo-Long, Albino Noo-Long, Xeldron, Albino Xeldron)

@Klaora, I was going for that too but mixing it with others that aren't related to passive effects would also be nice. For example Berry and Tropical Gatherer would mostly be just for people that are hunting down specific seeds while traits like Hibernate would be for players that don't really care about resting time though they need to save on Pixpet Food.

I'd definitely support this. Making each pixpet have a unique purpose. Maybe it could tie into pixpet breeding? Doubt we will be getting stuff like this anytime soon though. Wouldn't support the legendary scouter trait, maybe something else.

I really like the idea with the traits. Although I'm not sure if it is useful to apply it to hoards? I'm currently thinking about a big new feature to give the pixpets more personality and traits could play a good role in this.

I'm aware of that!

That could work pretty well.

Make up some more traits, iguroar and velirex could have 1 that only works when they are together

@Mrinja ooh I like those

Glutton: requires more pellets, finds heavier items more often
Zen Tea: placing tea in room with Noo Long causes it to levitate or fly around the room occasionally, time interval decreases with more placed tea

I just want to say that I absolutely love the idea of traits. Even where they make minimal impact, I just generally enjoy adding more "flavor" and uniqueness to an individual Pixpet!