Sharkie Guide [2k22 update]

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1. A BEGINNER'S GUIDE
2. Making your own Sharkie
3. Lore + FAQ + size chart
4. Selling adopts and customs
5. Selling self-made Sharkies
6. Making adopts
7. Trait guides
8. Group
9. Terms and conditions & tl;dr



General important information:



This is a semi-closed species!!

Jelly Bean by Redo3o
(art by Redo3o )





1. HOW TO GET STARTED

A BEGINNER'S GUIDE


What is a semi-closed species?

You get some free "make your own" slots for designs but can
also purchase some if those aren't enough

A species connects people with similar interests and lets them
find new friends, share their amazing art and compete against
others in events and challenges!

Sharkies have a system where you can upgrade your Sharkie
with items you can buy in the shop. These items can be bought
with species-currency: pearls. You can earn them by participating
in events and prompts!

How do you join the Sharkie family?
It's simple!

1. Make a Sharkie!!


be sure to follow the rules below (read carefully ♥!!!)
You can either draw them floating like this




or put them on a full reference sheet to earn 500 Pearls ♥

Maki ref by LoveViolently

if the art on the ref sheet is not by you
you don't earn anything!


2. Have your design approved


You need to have your Sharkie-design 
approved before posting a reference
sheet or anything else!!

To have your Sharkie-Design approved,
please read this journal and fill
out the form that's written there:

3. Make your own Sharkie Tracker


after you get your very first Sharkie, you
can make a Sharkie Tracker for them 
if you want to participate in events 
that require Pearls or want to buy items at the shop!

How to make a Sharkie Tracker:

Sharkie Trackers + new rules (updated 11.02.18)What you can find in this journal:
1.   Introducing the new Sharkie tracker
2.   New MYO approval System
3.   What is sta.sh?
4.   Pre-made Sharkie Tracker
5.      Penalty System
1. Introducing the new Sharkie tracker
From now on, you will be managing a list of your sharkies, your pearl balance, and your inventory. To do so, you will need to make a journal called “Sharkie Tracker”. All you will have to do is copy and paste the information under the “Pre-made Sharkie Tracker” section in this journal and fill it out.
If you want to buy an item and add it to your inventory, you will need to take a number of steps:
1. Comment on the shop journal, and say which item you want to buy.
2. Update the amount of pearls in your bank while leaving a link to the comment chain where you say you want to buy an item.
3. Add the thumb/full image at the ‘Inventory’ section of your tracker.
What is a ‘thumb


*Note: we do NOT have an owner list or bank journal anymore, so
making a Sharkie Tracker is the best way to keep everything accounted for


4. Earn Pearls


this is described in the Sharkie tracker journal but I'll include it here too!

You can earn pearls by participating in events like the weekly prompts,
by drawing our weekly prompts and by joining DTAs, raffles and event games ♥
Again, you can earn 500 Pearls for making your own reference sheet!

You do not earn Pearls for regular artwork.

5. Buy items and traits


Items and traits can be bought here!
How to buy things is described over there:

6. Breed


You can breed 2 Sharkies of any gender by buying a breeding potion in the shop!
You can breed your own sharkies or your and a friend's sharkie

Ownership of the babies can be shared


7. Events


Sharkie-Pond offers prompts, DTAs, festivals and other events for your
enjoyment! Be sure to make a tracker before participating
and to always read the descriptions of the events carefully to
have the best experience! ♥





2. Rules for making your own Sharkie(s):



you may make 3 personal Sharkies with 
common and uncommon traits for FREE

It's like a starter pack! 
These 3 free starter/personal Sharkies should
however not be confused with other (free) 
MYO events! They are always handled separately!

every additional Sharkie MYO can be bought here

Again: You may only use common and
uncommon traits when designing your 3 free Sharkies
(I know this is annoying but some people keep overlooking this)
If you want to add higher trait tiers to your free MYOs you can buy them by replying here
You can buy MYO slots here

Prices for traits are mentioned HERE and here:



About trait tiers:


You have to pay for each trait tier individually!
e.g. you want to use rare traits and legendary traits - you pay
 for rare and legendary traits, but not for ultra rare and uncommon traits!
Therefore you only have common, rare and legendary traits!!

Common traits are always included in the base price of the MYOs
In that situation you could use common, rare and legendary traits when making your MYO.

 1 purchased trait tier can only be used on 1 Sharkie MYO / existing character.

By buying a trait tier, you get the whole spectrum of that tier:
e.g. rare fins, rare body types, rare accessories, etc...

If you want to change an existing Sharkie's traits, please reply to this comment 
and tell me which Sharkie should get what new traits! You need to buy every trait tier for your 
Sharkie's new traits, even if they e.g. had a rare trait before and you want a new rare trait



09.05.2019 UPDATE:


Soon, traits and sub types will be available in the shop instead of having
to buy trait tiers to use accessories!! You will be able to buy them with pearls!


3. Visual Species Guide - Lore + FAQ:


Lore:

Lore - last updated 5/22 by lemonscribs

FAQ (frequently asked questions):

Sharkie FAQ by lemonscribs

 Size Chart:

7e9b186b-534d-48d8-a214-165832e1bf9c by lemonscribs

L = Large - strong, slow swimmers, fast runners, can be mounted by children
S = Small - weak, fast swimmers/runners, can be carried easily
M = Medium - mediocre swimmer, fast runner, can be carried



4. Reselling adopts and customs


You can resell any adopt/custom for any price.



5. Selling self-made Sharkies


You may sell unused purchased MYO slots. Free personal/starter MYO slots are of course unsellable.

Self-made Sharkies can be sold for pearls/points/money.
You can choose any price.


You can put your selling/trading journal here:





6. Making your own adopts: mods and guests



Your adopts it may be sold for any price

You can use any trait you like. Note me,
if you want to make up a special trait that's
not on the trait sheet.

Apply here to become a guest adopt designer:

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7. Trait Guide:



Sharkie Trait Guide 2022 by lemonscribs

Sub-types (croc-Sharkies, jelly Sharkies, whale Sharkies,...)
and accessories can be purchased in the shop






8. Group


:iconsharkie-pond:

The species' official group offers fun activities like weekly prompts, 
contests and other events, as well as a discord chat for all Sharkie fans.




9. Terms and conditions tl;dr


This is basically a tl;dr version of everything important
that I mentioned above



- By joining the group, you automatically 
receive 3 common/uncommon MYO slots. 

- You can not make more than 3 Sharkies without paying! If you want 
to make more Sharkies, you'll need to buy a MYO slot.

- MYO slots can be bought by replyingHERE

- If you sell one of your free MYO Sharkies,
you can
not make another one for free,
if you already used up your 3 free MYO slots.

- if a MYO slot is won in an event, such as a raffle, it can be sold,
Adoptables can be resold for any price

- MYO slots which have been purchased from 
lemonscribs can be resold for any price, traded or gifted.

- Approved MYO Sharkies can also be sold for any price, traded or gifted.

- Sharkies obtained through any free event such as: DTA, Raffles and so on,
can be sold for any price, be traded or gifted, unless stated
otherwise in the description of the deviation/raffle journal

- When joining DTAs and other contests, you may not trace my or other user's artwork!
By misbehaving a couple of times, you could be banned from the group!
Read more about our penalties here:


Selling any merchandise of 
my species and my personal Sharkies
is prohibited, unless you've talked to
me about it beforehand and I agreed to let you sell
something. Selling any of my drawings/art
on merchandise is strictly prohibited
unless you got my written permission to do so.

Definitely allowed:
making & selling plushies
crafting, sculpting, clay work

Talk to me beforehand if you want to sell these:
shirts
stickers
prints

It's okay if you get commissioned by someone to make a print of a Sharkie for them
but as I said, please contact me to be on the save side! :3

Have fun in the Sharkie community!
- Sara


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