Your jnAccount: Limited and Restricted Neopets
The Neopets site boasts 54 different species of pet for you to own, however some of them require that you work that little bit harder if you want to create one of that type. In particular, getting a Krawk, a Lutari or a Draik can be a bit tricky; so much so that they get their own guides. Click on the images below to be taken to a specific guide for either the Krawk, the Lutari or the Draik.
Creating a Pet on Their Day
Each pet has its own special day to commemorate the day that species first appeared in Neopia. On this day TNT will usually release a bunch of items related to that pet along with a limited number of the actual pet itself for creation. The pets are released at random times throughout the day in groups of about 1,000; once they are released the option to create one is made available at the create a Neopet page. Here is a list of the limited edition/restricted pet days:
 March 22nd |
 April 27th |
 May 4th |
 October 16th |
 August 24th Available to create all year around here |
 July 17th |
 May 25th |
 April 19th |
 September 19th |
 February 21st |
But how do I know when they've been released?!!??!
Good question... By checking the Top Neopets page, you can see how many of each pet exists in Neopia. You'll be most interested in the bottom of this page, this part:
The number in brackets is the number of pets that TNT has released; the number outside the brackets is the number of that pet which has been created (not including any pets that have been zapped by the lab ray or morphed). When a certain pet is available to be created the number in the brackets will be higher than the number outside of it; that is your cue to run and create one while you can. However as you can see with the number of Cybunnies in the above screenie the numbers are sometimes a little bit out and it can look like there are pets available to be created when there aren't; the best way is to look for a large gap between the two numbers of about 1,000 or so before getting excited. Tonus are released every time the Giant Omelette is completely devoured, but only in batches of 50 at a time so you'll have to hurry if you want one!
Magical Means
If you're feeling a bit impatient though and don't mind spending some neopoints there are a number of potions you can feed one of your existing pets to morph them into a different species. A Morphing Potion will change your pet to whatever colour and species is specified by the potion itself. For example if you fed your blue Jubjub a Faerie Poogle Morphing Potion then it would turn into a faerie Poogle. Alternatively there are Transmogrification Potions (handed out by the great Dr. Sloth himself in random events) which will turn your pet into the mutant version of whichever potion you feed to it. For example, feeding your red Shoyru a Cybunny Transmogrification Potion will turn it into a mutant Cybunny.
I feel pretty, oh so pretty…
You can also change your pet using a Magical Plushie of the colour and species you want your pet to turn into. For example, if you have your pet play with a Magical Blue Krawk Plushie then your pet will be transformed into a blue Krawk. The plushie will then become a regular Blue Krawk Plushie.
Play with me
and I drop in value :o
A more hit-and-miss approach would be to use a Mysterious Swirly Potion on your pet. These can be fished up at the Fishing Vortex and when you feed it to your pet it will turn it into a random limited edition pet though it will keep it's current colour. For example, if you fed your desert Wocky a Mysterious Swirly Potion then it could turn into any desert limited edition pet. However if the potion was to turn your pet into a Jetsam, because Jetsams are unable to be painted desert, then it would revert back to one of the basic colours.
The Lab Ray
As well as changing your pet's colour and altering it's stats in the battledome, the Lab Ray can also change your pet's species. To answer a popular question, TNT have stated that it is indeed possible to get Krawks and Draiks from the lab ray, but it seems to be a very rare occurrence.
I have the
wooden spoon award for a reason you know
The Pound
Every now and then you will see a limited edition pet that has been abandoned in the Pound, but they are very popular so you'll have to be quick if you want to give them a loving home yourself :) Your account must be at least 4 months old though to be able to adopt one of these pets (except Grundos), if your account is younger than that then they won't show up in your search.
This article was written by: Weepit
