you can breed them for colours and stats, but yeah, cant get more of the effects. kind of good, as I feel that would eliminate the "specialness" of them if you could make a heap.

Still, it should be up to server owners or single players to config that

The thing is that Shiny doesnt add new special dinos, only adds buffs to existing ones - and in Ark it's not possible to clone or inherit buffs.

While true, I could imagine a custom structure from the mod that adds in said functionality.

There already is a Shiny variant/color gun. You can use Debuff gun from Dino storage to apply any buffs you wish. Shinies are cool because they are rare. If everything is shiny, then nothing really is.

Originally posted by Kat:

There already is a Shiny variant/color gun. You can use Debuff gun from Dino storage to apply any buffs you wish. Shinies are cool because they are rare. If everything is shiny, then nothing really is.

so admin cheats to get copies instead of having a legitimate way to grind and find what I want?

Breeding out mass amounts of shinies wouldnt really be grinding tbh, the whole point of the shinies is their scarcity, if theres too many it stagnates as it doesnt feel special

The best that you can do is get lucky with a Shiny spawn with something you want and use a prod to get the essence which you can apply (the effect) to your desired dino. I just got shinobi for my Maewing.

Originally posted by Novia:

The best that you can do is get lucky with a Shiny spawn with something you want and use a prod to get the essence which you can apply (the effect) to your desired dino. I just got shinobi for my Maewing.

This is essentially the only way to "farm" for better dinos with shiny buffs and imprinting.

So, you can't breed a spectral with a spectral to get another spectral ?
Then it's like Eve Online. If you can't afford to loose it, you shouldn't fly it. If it is unique*, or near unique*, you should keep it locked and protected behind walls.
And if you can't use it and/or show it off, what's the purpose of having it?

*Unique/ Near Unique: Over the past year+, when I've found a particular shiny I decided I wanted, I got the one but over the next weeks to months, I've never seen another of its kind on the server. If only one shows up over the course of months, it is basically 'Unique'. (But, I guess, if you can't breed them, they are basically 'Unique' and should be locked away for protection.)

Well, enough whining on my part.
It is an excellent mod.
Thanks for making it.