A Guide To Being A Newbie

Hello! I am Sara. So being a newbie is hard no matter where you are. But it's especially hard to be a Newbie on Lioden! The game can be confusing and gets hard at times. This is why I've decided to create a guide, in order to help direct any Newbie in the right direction and become a TOP Lioden player. Please note that all this info can be found on the wiki, I've simply compiled a lot of it and added in my own experiences.

Terminology

Definitions by Sock (#115301) and Rephrased by Me.
As a newbie, you will hear terms like "Mutie" or "Potato". So here are the words and their meanings.

Stud Racing - Stud Racing is when you send a breeding request to multiple males, for one in-heat lioness. Then, the males compete or "race" to see who gets her pregnant first. This is often disliked amongst the community so make sure to read the "stud rules" of a male before making them compete

Studding - Studding is a feature that can be utilized if you want your female to breed with another male. If you have a rolled king, this is often a good course of action, as you can get special bases, markings, and good stats from this! Studding can be requested if you go to a user's profile, click on their main male, then scroll down to "Studding Rules". You can send a request for a certain amount of silver beetles. Make sure to read their rules first!

Rolled King- This is the king that you'll choose when you first join the game. They often have very generic NCL bases, few or no markings, and low stats. They're generally pretty undesirable for breeding and overall aren't the prettiest of lions.

Potato - Used to describe a cub (or a lion in general) with a very generic base, little or no markings, and few stats.

CRB - Stands for "Cotton Root Bark" which is an item that increases the chance for a mutation, particularly lethal ones. It can be purchased in the oasis for 1 gold beetle.

Ster|f60|vit6|strshne|diabol|633 - this is a way to list all info on a lion without you having to view the actual lion! Trade names have a word limit so you cannot make names too long. This allows the seller to share this info in a quicker and easier way. Reading this can be hard, but once you learn Mane Types, Eye Colors, General Markings, and Bases, this becomes easier to understand. (This particular listing stands for; Sterling Base, Feline 6 Onyx, Vitiligo 6, Starshine Eyes, Diabolic Mane, and the lion has 633 Stats)

Colorbomb - A very colorful and contrasted lion.

NCL - Stands for Newly Claimed Lioness, can be found in Explore.

ICD- Stands for instant cub delivery; it's an item that causes your lioness to give birth immediately rather than having to wait three days. It is available in the oasis for 2 Gold Beetles.

BG - Stands for background.

Bone Marrow - An energy item available under "monkey business" for 80 Silver Beetles. It will refill your energy by 20% but can only be used once per day.

MoD - Stands for, Mutie on Demand. This is an item available during events and can equip a mutation (primal, overgrown fur, or piebald) to a lion of your choice.

Buffy/Buffy balls - Affectionate name for buffalo scrotum, which is a breeding item that guarantees your lioness will have at least 3 cubs in her next litter. These can be purchased at the shops during the August and February Events or bought from members at other times of the year.

GOP - Stands for "Grain of Paradise". It's an item that guarantees your lioness will have at least 2 cubs in her next litter.

Cubbin - An affectionate name for a cub.

Mut - The name for a lion with a mutation.

Mutie - The name for a lion with a mutation.

Lethal - The name for a lion with a lethal mutation.

Lethal mutation - A mutation that a lion can have, which causes them to die shortly after being born. They're incredibly rare and are often frozen by players to prevent them from dying.

Frozen Lions - A feature that stops a lion from aging, getting hungry, losing mood, and dying. Often used on leopons and lethal mutations.

Pon - Stands for leopon; a lion, leopard hybrid (female lion, male leopard).

Gon - Stands for Tigon; a lion, leopard hybrid.

Karma - Every choice you make in explore affects your "karma". Good actions give you good karma, bad actions give you bad karma. How evil, good, or neutral you are will affect your title. That's what the adjective in front of your king's name is!

BS - Black stallion; an item that guarantees pregnancy the next breeding regardless of fertility

Traditional Studding - This is getting another male to breed with your female, by sending her to their territory and having them nest her. After her cubs are born, all your lions will be sent back.

Reverse Studding - This is where a male pays you to breed with your female. Often, they keep all cubs.

Fert - Stands for fertility, a lion's likelihood of getting pregnant. Fert also controls mutation chance. Low fert lions have a higher chance of producing mutations.

Bean/beans - An affectionate name for a dwarf lion (look at them, they're so damn cute).

VLF - Stands for "very low fertility". This is in reference to the fertility level of a lioness.

Stats- How strong, fast, smart, etc your lion is. These help with battling, breeding, and earning territory. The higher your stats, the better!

Tips

✔ Take a Veterans Advice!!

✔ Have Patience with other players.

✔ Don't be scared to ask questions.

✔ If you need to find an item, go to the oasis, choose "Item Catalog" and narrow your search down. It helps so so so much!

✔ Never buy territory! All it does is wastes your SB. Instead, fight for territory! Battles cost 20% energy and can only be done once per hour. Other lions can also only be attacked for territory a certain number of times daily. Choose a lion that is below your level, and has lower stats than you. {They can only be 2 levels or lower than you.} Doing this will improve your chances of you succeeding. Do remember though that it's really luck in the end, and sometimes, you just won't win! To get to this, go to a lion's territory, scroll down until you see the option of "attack this lion", then, press or click on the drop-down list and choose "territory" then finally, press attack!

✔ Play the game how you want! Too often, people become sucked into what everyone else deems best. This isn't always what is best. You can choose to ignore all aesthetic, stat, and lioness aspects, and play only to explore or have fun in the community. Or you can choose a primal Felis with a special base and 20 markings, and train him to become a stat monster. How you play, is up to you!

Your Den

Do want a cool Den? Like these?


Well, I have Good News! You can get cool dens! I personally LOVE to use PUNNY SIDE UP CSS.
You can also use these:
Free Noob CSS!
🌷 Katie's Free CSS! (+ HTML!)
Kraft's FREE Premade CSS v2
Tawny's FREE CSS and HTML!

Coding

You can even do your own coding.
Here are some Codes. Remove The Astrics! ***

Questions

Ask some questions Below!! I will put questions on this list:
✔ How do I freeze a lion if it gains a lethal mut?
Buy a Turritopsis Jellyfish. This item will freeze a chosen adolescent or adult lion forever in time. It will never age, breed, get hungry, hunt, lose mood, or patrol. You have up to one hour after freezing to reverse its effects (the item will be refunded).
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Have a great day/night! - Sara Q