What is the difference between themed and tagged, and why are themed or their offspring more valuable than normal sylesties? I thought i understood all this but now i'm reconsidering


Edit: Also, should i have put this thread in FAQ?

Well..... tagged are themed, but they're the first generation and have purple 'tags' on their profiles. Themed are themed by definition because they each have a specific colour scheme that goes with their 'theme' (usually denoted by their name). They're seen as valuable because of that designated colour scheme and the purebred offspring are valuable because, it is assumed, those offspring are all descended from tagged ancestors and are, therefore, those themed colours but with more traits. Exclusive themed, and especially exclusive tagged, and more especially fabled exclusive tagged, are more valuable because they are harder to get than their tamed cousins.

Not sure if that told you anything you didn't already know XD

Why can't you just use an essence or something to have the same color scheme and traits?

Because then they would not be descended from the originally caught / gifted tagged themes. Only those that are tagged and descended from tagged sylesties are considered themed. You can create pets with the same colours if you want, but they won't be considered themed (the value comes from the limitation inherent with the tagged parents and the effort of making sure that the offspring all go back to those relatively limited ancestors).

Oh! Okay, thank you very much. That answers my questions.

I'd like to add one thing that there are 1st gen themed pets that aren't tagged. These are themed pet that originated before the tagging system was put in place. These are the original reindeer qitari from 2012, the valentine and chocolate bulbories from Valentine's 2013, and the spring 2013 themes.

The reindeer qitari and valentine bulbori returned and thus there are tagged versions of these as well.

There is a guide somewhere that lists the names of all of these older themed pets. Here's examples of them from my collection. (Haven't regenned my sylvorpas yet though.) Also color swing was more severe back then so some of these I'm not sure how much are swung.

Ah! Thanks for bringing that up, Sav. Totally didn't even think to broach the subject of the pretag themes! Sad, given my obsession with the Rose Petal qitaris XD

Np! I think it's easy to forget about them since you don't see them that often.

For the sake of completion, the names of the Spring 2013 pretagged:

Pastel Aurleon
Easter Bulbori
Stormy Draeyl
Spring Blossom Faelora
Clear Sky Lupora
Cotton Candy Morkko
Marshmallow Nytekrie
Rose Petal Qitari
Sunrise Sylvorpa
Spring Peach Vulnyx
Springtime Zolnixi