Hello, and welcome! If your having trouble understanding Lioden's genetics, or just need help getting mutations, then you came to the right place, because this is the ultimate breeding guide!

Fertility

Fertility in Lioden shows how strong a lionesses' genes are. This means a lioness with a higher fertility is more likely to pass on traits such as her base, mane color, markings and eye color to her cubs. If a lioness gives birth to a female, she will usually even pass down her general fertility regardless of her percentage . However, fertility does NOT affect how many cubs she will have. The amout of cubs she will give birth to is random, from 1-4, and can only be predicted through an ultrasound for 15 SB under the "Falcon's eye" in the "Scrying Stone," or can be changed using certain items. If you do not like your lionesses fertility, you can permanently change the fertility group with a "Vuka vuka" (while you can choose the group with this item, the percentage is random), or you can temporarily increase or decrease it by 10% by using the chastebarry (to increase) or the tackweed (to decrease). Here are the types of fertility:

Godess = 100%
High = 90% - 99%
Good = 80% - 89%
Average = 70% - 79%
Low = 51% - 69%
Very Low = 1% - 50%
Infertile = 0% (cannot be bred)

Mutations

Now, your probably thinking, "Then why would I want a lioness with low fertility?" Well here is your answer! Lower fertility Lionesses are more likely to breed mutations! Believe it or not, mutations are actually usually a good thing in Lioden. Especially ones such as dwarfism and leopons. There are even items to make your lioness more likely to breed mutations! Here are some examples:

- Cotton Root Bark
(Also increases chances of the mutation killing the cub)

- Lion Meat
(Available during the December event)

- GMO Cow
(Available during the September event)

Here are all the available mutations:

- Achromia

- Melanism

- Eyeless - cannot hunt/patrol

- Blind - cannot hunt/patrol

- Overgrown Claws

- Overgrown Teeth

- Overgrown Fur

- Mane Feathery (female)

- Mane Fluffy (female)

- Mane Fuzzy (female)

- Mane Frizzy (female)

- Mane Ruffled (female)

- Mane Silky (female)

- Mane Shaggy (female)

- Mane Scruffy (female)

- Maneless (male)

- Folded Ears

- Tailless

- Polycauldal

- Dwarfism <3

- Sirenomelia - Leathal!

- Extra Limbs - Leathal!

- Two Heads - Leathal!

- Cyclopsia - Leathal!

- Conjoined - Leathal!

- Leopons <3

Genetics

Yay! Looks like you survived through to here..... And now you get to read the hardest and longest part, Lioden genetics! Good for you!

Bases
There are many different types of bases, all described by these 4 categories: base color, range, gradient, and base rarity. There are also four main base colors: black, red, gold, and cream. They are all divided into light and dark, which is the 'range,' and then gradient which divides both light and dark of all the colors into countershaded and solid. Countershaded means that there are more than one colors or 'shades' thus the name countershaded, and solid means that is one flat color. Then there is base rarity. Base rarity divides common coats from special coats. Special coats are not always 'better,' they simply have different breeding rules. Here are all of the types of coats:

Black (dark)
Countershaded:
-Black
-Vandal
-Dikela
Special:
-Slate
-Celestial
-Ice

Black (dark)
Solid:
-Dark Brown
-Chestnut
-Dun
Special:
-Onyx
-Ebony

Black (Light)
Countershaded:
-Gray
-Silver Gray
Special:
-Cocoa
-Maltese
-Skyward
-Hematite

Black (light)
Solid:
-Albino
-White
-Vanilla
-Silver
Special:
-Lilac
-Ashen


Red (dark)
Countershaded:
-Brass
-Auburn
-Ginger
Special:
-Prune
-Unholy

Red (dark)
Solid:
-Brown
-Sienna
-Mahogany
Special:
-Sepia
-Shedua
-Manakbir

Red (light)
Countershaded:
-Copper
-Deira
-Sandy
-Tawny
Special:
Fiery

Red (Light)
Solid:
-Beige
-Fallow
-Cedar
Special:
-Sunshine
-Cinnabar

Gold (dark)
Countershaded:
-Dark Gold
-Sunflower
-Gold 4
-Gold 5
Special:
-Kimanjano
-Inferno
-Nacarat

Gold (dark)
Solid:
-Mongoose
-Sundust
-Golden 6
Special:
-Udara

Gold (light)
Countershaded:
-Bone
-Light Gold
-Gold 1
-Gold 2
-Gold 3
Special:
-Fulvous

Gold (light)
Solid:
-Lemon
-Fawn
-Dark Fawn
Special:
-Pearl
-Goldenrod

Cream (dark)
Countershaded:
-Dove Gray
-Rosy Brown
-Dusty Rose
-Savannah
-Dark Vanilla
Special:
-Blush Rose
-Cameo
-Supernal

Cream (dark)
Solid:
-Carmel
-Chocolate
-Kahki
Special:
-Russet
-Amber

Cream (light)
Countershaded:
-Hazelnut
-Deep Fawn
-Almond
Special:
-Maroon
-Buff
-Ivory

Cream (light)
Solid:
-Light Cream
-Cream Lighter
-Cream
-Cream Darker
Special:
-Hallowed
-Buttermilk

Now that you know all the possible coats, let's get into breeding them. Putting it as simple as I can, it works by taking what two coats having common, then narrowing it down to any coat in the color group(s) of the two parent coats, the range(s) of both coats, and then what ever gradient(s) of the coats. For example, if I were to breed a lioness with a dun coat to a lion with black coat, I could get a cub with a black, vandal, dikela, chestnut, dark brown, or dun coat. This is becuase both coats are in the black (dark) group, and since both parent's coats are normal, there is a 0% chance of the cub having a special coat. This narrows it down to any normal coat in the black (dark) family, because the parent's coats have different gradients, so the cub's coat could end up with either gradient in the black (dark) color group.
Now, let's get a little more complex. Say your breeding a lioness with a buttermilk base, which is a special base, to a lion with an almond base, wich is a normal base. Well, they are both in the Beige (light) color group, but different gradients and and different rarity. Already we know it could be any normal base in the beige (light) group, but what special coats could we get? Well when you breed a lion with a special base to lion with a normal base, you ultimately have a 15% chance of getting a cub with a special base. You could get the lion with the special base to pass on they're base, in this case buttermilk, but you could also get any special base in the other lion's gradient, in this case maroon, buff, and ivory. So, ultimately, we could get a cub with a light cream, cream lighter, cream, cream darker, hazelnut, deep fawn, or almond base, and a 15% chance of getting a cub with either the buttermilk, maroon, buff, or ivory base.
Now let's get into breeding two different special bases. Let's say that we are now breeding our buttermilk lioness with a sepia lion. These two bases have NOTHING in common other than being special bases. The less two bases have in common, the more possible outcomes. So, if your trying to breed a pacific coat, it is best to breed bases that have similar genetics, not always ones that look alike. Well, in this case, they have different gradients, so the possible coats can be either countershaded or solid, they have different range, so the coats can be either light or dark, they have different color groups, and are both rare. This means the cub's coat could be any coat at all in cream (light), cream (dark), red (dark), or red (light). However, since they are both rare coats, we still have a 30% chance of getting a rare coat.

I hope this helped you, and if you are still confused, comment and I will be glad to help <3