@djphllps Check if the "special raptor essence" is the same as the "raptor type" u wanna use onto. I mean raptors have 4 types 1) normal; 2) tek; 3) aberrant; 4) x-raptor. U can use the extracted essence only on the same type.

you are exactly right @luna i tried breeding again with that distinction in mind and it worked so ill try the essence with that in mind thank you very much.

Is there a way to change the limitations on "class" in the .ini files or somewhere to make it possible to extract from one dino and give to a different dino? Our server is set to have the Shiny's well above the level cap so transferring to the same type of dino is pointless. We love this mod and that idea is just to good not to ask for.

We wanted to limit to the same type of dino so as to keep the rare types rare. If you can find an Endurant giga, snatch its essence, then give that to your beautiful fully imprinted giga with 86 mutation points in melee that you spent ages breeding and getting the colours just right, that's special and you worked hard for it. If you could snatch that Endurant essence from a dodo, or a coel... well, everyone would have them. And when everyone's special...

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We wanted to limit to the same type of dino so as to keep the rare types rare. If you can find an Endurant giga, snatch its essence, then give that to your beautiful fully imprinted giga with 86 mutation points in melee that you spent ages breeding and getting the colours just right, that's special and you worked hard for it. If you could snatch that Endurant essence from a dodo, or a coel... well, everyone would have them. And when everyone's special...

I get it, it's just that we play with super jacked settings and heavily modded so any Shiny that spawns is the max-150 lvls higher already. They're pretty OP as it is so breeding is obsolete compared to the Shiny's :/

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We wanted to limit to the same type of dino so as to keep the rare types rare. If you can find an Endurant giga, snatch its essence, then give that to your beautiful fully imprinted giga with 86 mutation points in melee that you spent ages breeding and getting the colours just right, that's special and you worked hard for it. If you could snatch that Endurant essence from a dodo, or a coel... well, everyone would have them. And when everyone's special...

Everyone being special is ok if they put in the work. Consider my thought below. There is a way to make it much harder even if you make it 5x the essence needed instead of 3 like I suggest.

My server will second wanting to apply them to a different dino as well. I actually came here to ask the same question as I am about to pull the mod from my cluster after we discussed it and other mods.

After discussing it, no one is hunting shinies anymore. They look at the tracker, see that they would not use the class that is the good buff and move on. In the last two weeks, I have noticed me doing it too.

I open shines once every few days or what brought up the discussion this week is I had not opened it till last night in over a week instead of being excited to see what’s out there.

I use Rock Elementals as pets. I saw one last night and got excited till I saw he was a normal variant and I did not bother. I then saw a Dino that had a great effect but I don’t use the class so I did not bother.

A suggestion to make the mod much better while still making it hard to get the right one for you. It would make everyone consistently check the mod to look for what you want.

Make it a server switch in the .ini as a flat out option or if you want to still keep the rate feel but let people enjoy the excitement of the mod.

Make it where you have to have 3x or 5x the dust of that effect for it to apply to a random.

Example:

I want a flame otter. Why? Who knows but let’s go with it.

I would have to hunt for 3 different flame essences, does not matter what class just have three. That would mean, I would have to have hunted 9 enraged to be able to charge my prod 3 times and successfully hunted down the dinos, without someone else taking them as well. Adds some competition to the mod.

So now I have 3 x fire essences and I can make my flame otter. Without having to wait on pure RNG of spawns. If I put in the work. I can buff my Dino in f my choice.

To me 9 enraged kills, having to kill the fire mob in 60 seconds and gathering 3 is a lot of leg work and that would make the mod worth using again.

Having to have 3 means people always checking for shinies and wanting to hunt them down as if it’s a flame stegosaurus, it’s still worth hunting so you can use the essence plus 2 more to make your X-Emelental flame, etc.

Currently there is no reason to hunt anything but a perfect or enraged Dino. Makes the mod not a good use for server resources.

Either way, loved the mod, you did a great job. It has just gotten old waiting to actually see something you would use.

Being able to pick where you apply the effect means you set out to make your chosen pet Dino more powerful. Not forcing you to a class you would not venture to use.

That does sound like a lot of work and the balance is well thought out. Something to consider!

Love your mod but there isn’t currently a reason to hunt the creatures unless you absolutely find the perfect one. This allows you to actually get excited about any of them that you see to go run and collect essences or kill ever in raged you see because you need 9 or 12 if you mess up one.

Hope it helps. I know personally, it would be amazing to be able to try different effects on my Elemental.

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If it's the raw essence you got from killing an Enraged (looks like an oil-slick coloured rock), you can't feed that. Use three of these to charge the Shiny prod, then use the Shiny prod on a wild Shiny with extra-special abilities. If you can then manage to kill it within 60 seconds, you will get the essence of that dino's abilities-- it looks like a little pile of rainbow dust. This is the thing you will be able to feed to a dino of the same class.

Is there a video or something showing how raw essence should be used? im a bit confused about it. I have some from killing shinys but i don't know what to do with them.

@Big Lou Raw Essence is used to craft the Shiny Prod, which you can use on a wild Shiny (wild only) with an Extra Special Ability-- something that's not just a colour, such as Burning, Rubber, Skeletal etc. You zap the don with the prod, which makes it very angry at you. If you can manage to kill the dino within one minute of zapping it with the prod, you'll be rewarded with Essence for that dino's ability. This looks like a little pile of rainbow dust, and can be used to give the Shiny ability to one of your tame dinos of the exact same kind (it must be exactly the same: if it was an Aberrant Raptor, it can only be used on another Aberrant raptor, not a regular or an X-raptor). The Shiny prod can only be used once before it breaks. Once broken, you'll need more of the raw essence to repair it.

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@Big Lou Raw Essence is used to craft the Shiny Prod, which you can use on a wild Shiny (wild only) with an Extra Special Ability-- something that's not just a colour, such as Burning, Rubber, Skeletal etc. You zap the don with the prod, which makes it very angry at you. If you can manage to kill the dino within one minute of zapping it with the prod, you'll be rewarded with Essence for that dino's ability. This looks like a little pile of rainbow dust, and can be used to give the Shiny ability to one of your tame dinos of the exact same kind (it must be exactly the same: if it was an Aberrant Raptor, it can only be used on another Aberrant raptor, not a regular or an X-raptor). The Shiny prod can only be used once before it breaks. Once broken, you'll need more of the raw essence to repair it.

I finally get it now. The Prod part was throwing me off because im a dummy

I have a question, does the shiny essence stack on a Dino? For example you give your argy the shinobi essence and then afterwards you give it the endurant essence. I’m only curious because you can obtain a shiny with two abilities in the wild if you’re lucky.

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If it's the raw essence you got from killing an Enraged (looks like an oil-slick coloured rock), you can't feed that. Use three of these to charge the Shiny prod, then use the Shiny prod on a wild Shiny with extra-special abilities. If you can then manage to kill it within 60 seconds, you will get the essence of that dino's abilities-- it looks like a little pile of rainbow dust. This is the thing you will be able to feed to a dino of the same class.

How do I get a shiny prod?

Does anyone know if there’s any way to find a shiny argy or giga? I’ve been looking for a while to the point that I started spawning in shinies but I only get certain types of shinies and they’re all the same. If anyone can help me please let me know

I just unclaimed my colossus rex and hit it with the shiny pod then killed it but i didnt get the essence