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by Aurora Storm » Thu Nov 07, 2019 3:34 pm
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Thread's Purpose
This thread aims to help players understand pet values without the influence of demand - explaining what rarities mean, how/why they change and providing a basic guide to trading using rarity. Rarity changes are also recorded here for all very rare, extremely rare, and OMG so rare pets across their entire lifetime.
How It Works
Every rarity change that VR and OMGSR pets, and all store pets have gone through is recorded here as a resource/archive for rarity changes (with sources). All pets are then listed in order of most-least rare in three separate lists - OMGSR Rarity List, VR Rarity List, and Store Pet Rarity List. Pets with fluctuating rarities are placed based on their most recent change whilst taking previous changes into account. If pets share the same fluctuations for at least two of their most recent changes, they are listed together as being equal in rarity. However, most gaps in between tiers are very small (only a month or two) so it would likely be fair to swap pets within a couple of tiers of each other.
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by Aurora Storm » Thu Nov 07, 2019 3:34 pm
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Rarity Explained
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What are rarities?
The CS pet rarity system was first introduced in October 2009. Rarities are calculated based on how many of each pet exists on active player accounts, and therefore how many accounts would be trading to obtain each pet. Pets adopted without an account or pets that exist on inactive accounts are not included in rarity calculations, as they are effectively unavailable to trade for. Pets that exist on most active accounts are considered common, while pets that only exist on a few accounts would be considered rare. Rarities are typically updated every month during the Mid Month Update (around the 15th), where pets from the previous month will be assigned their rarity tags and older pets may increase or decrease in rarity.
Why do rarities change?
Rarities can go up or down as pets become rarer over time, when more are put into circulation (such as after the December 18th re-release that takes place during the Advent Calendar event each year), or due to fluctuations in the number of active accounts. Sometimes adjustments are made to the way rarities are calculated, and this can cause a bunch of pets to suddenly shift up or down at once. The biggest updates have been; August 2012 when inactive accounts were first excluded from calculations and the "OMG so common" tag was introduced; the early months of 2014 where multiple drops in rarity occurred after an influx of spam accounts created in 2013; the January 2019 overhaul; and the most recent September 2023 update where four new rarity categories were added to spread rarities out more evenly.
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. Rarity tag abbreviations
You will likely see people using these terms when trading/discussing pets:
★ OMGSC = OMG so common!
★ EC/XC = Extremely common
★ VC = Very common
★ C = Common
★ UC = Uncommon
★ VUC = Very uncommon
★ EUC = Extremely uncommon
★ R = Rare
★ VR = Very rare
★ ER = Extremely rare
★ OMGSR = OMG so rare!
2010-06-01....................2021-03-29......... Are all pets of the same rarity worth the same?
Even though two pets may share the same rarity tag, that does not always mean they are equal in value. Older pets are generally considered to be more valuable than more recent pets of the same rarity (particularly for pets that are rare and above), because the userbase has grown over time and there could arguably be less older rares than newer rares. However, we cannot know for certain where a pet sits on the "scale" of its rarity (whether it is close to the rarity below it, above it, or if it's in the middle) and so the difference in trade value for pets with the same rarity tags is largely dictated by demand.
What about store pets?
Store pets cannot accurately be included alongside other pets in a rarity list. These pets are only available to purchase through the C$ Store for two months at a time, and they are not re-released, meaning their value only increases slowly over time. How you choose to value them in comparison to general release pets is up to you. Generally, store pets are considered to be more valuable than general release pets even if they share the same rarity tag - and tend to be traded for older rare pets to compensate for their higher value status.
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by Aurora Storm » Thu Nov 07, 2019 3:36 pm
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Rarities Needing Confirmation
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. The pets listed here have gaps in their rarity data which prevents them from being added to any rarity lists accurately. Before "recent rarity changes" threads, there wasn't anywhere to record the earlier updates so a lot of the data used is from general posts/screenshots found around the forum. If you have any information (especially links or screenshots with visible dates) regarding the original rarity tags of these pets or any changes they've had over the years, please let me know by posting on this thread!
Help fill in the blanks!
Searching through over a decade worth of rarity histories is a very time consuming task, so any help is hugely appreciated. All rarity data is recorded in a Google Spreadsheet which you can view here, and it also includes many more pets than the ones listed on this thread. Any pet's names that are coloured blue are missing data needed to prove their complete rarity change history; and the specific months that data is missing from are also coloured blue. This helps us narrow down the time frame we need to be searching within, and also helps make educated guesses on when that pet's rarity most likely changed by comparing its known rarity data to other pets with similar data.
If you are able to help with rarity data research, below is a how-to guide on the most efficient ways to find information as well as some of the best resources used to build this thread. However, there is no such thing as unhelpful information!
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The good ol' CS search function is an invaluable tool in finding old rarity data hidden across the whole site, whether it be mentioned in a text post or shown in an old screenshot. This function along with the Internet Archive/Wayback Machine are the best first steps to take when researching rarity histories.
After choosing the pet you want to find data on, type its name (see CS Wiki for pet name guides) into the search bar along with some helpful terms such as "rarity", "rare", "uncommon", etc. and sort the results in ascending order. You can also search using a pet's archive image URL, but only include the unique ID part of the URL, shown here in bold:
"static.chickensmoothie.com/archive/image.php?k=766529E4E82EF25D3E794E4A308FEF6E&bg=99c57c"
It usually helps to narrow down the search results to the "Adoptables" forum only. Be sure to only read posts from October 2009 or later as this is when rarity tags were first introduced. Any rarity mentions from before then are based on very old user-made rarity guides that we cannot use here as factual data. Also, save time by checking the Google Spreadsheet to see what time frame that pet is missing data from, otherwise you may find something we already have recorded!
If you are using the Wayback Machine, try searching for the pet's archive month first, and look for results from the time period we are missing data from. No luck? Try the same archive search but specify the pet's species, for example:
> Try searching "chickensmoothie.com/archive/2008/July/" first, then;
> Try "chickensmoothie.com/archive/2008/July/Dog"
Tip! If the pet you're looking for is part of a "litter" with other species (e.g. Hollyfox & Hollycat) you can also try searching under its littermate's species, as that pet will still show up.
This is just a small guide on possible research methods you can try, but there are many other ways to find information! If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask me or post here on the thread. If the Google Spreadsheet is a little too confusing to understand, below is a list of pets with missing rarity data including the months we are missing data from. Happy hunting! c:
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by Aurora Storm » Thu Nov 07, 2019 3:38 pm
8th June 2022 - Thread update
"Rarity Explained" post added to the front page to make the guide more accessible to new/inexperienced players.
16 May 2022 - Rarity Lists updated
Plains Zebra moved from OMGSR Rarity List to VR Rarity List after rarity update.
15 January 2022 - Rarity Lists updated
Mountains Zebra, Plains Zebra and Rainbow Mane moved from VR Rarity List to OMGSR Rarity List after rarity update.
2021 UR Flamingo and UR Pumpkin Pie added to OMGSR Rarity List.
Green Liontail and Brown Sleipnir moved into the OMGSR tier of the Store Pet Rarity List.
15 April 2021 - Rarity Lists updated
Plains Zebra moved from OMGSR Rarity List to the VR Rarity List after rarity update.
14th January 2021 - Rarity Lists updated after 2020 Dec. 18th
UR Bee, Mountain Zebra & Rainbow Mane moved from the OMGSR Rarity List to the VR Rarity List after rarity update.
2020 UR S'more and UR Longma/Kirin added to OMGSR Rarity List.
28th December 2020 - VR Rarity List extended
Pets that turned VR during 2013 added to the VR Rarity List.
9th August 2020 - VR Rarity List added
Rarity histories completed for all pets that turned VR before 2012, and VR Rarity List for these pets was published to the front page.
1st June 2020 - Google Spreadsheet released
Made by Asvoria, the spreadsheet originally used to help finish the VR Rarity List was released as a public resource for an alternative rarity changes archive. The spreadsheet includes data on all pets in this thread and more, and is also used to make educated guesses on gaps in rarity histories.
3rd February 2020 -Rarity Lists updated after 2019 Dec. 18th
Pink Sorbet and Natural Blue Rat moved from the OMGSR Rarity List to the VR Rarity List after rarity update.
2019 UR Avocado and UR Squid added to OMGSR Rarity List.
16th January 2020 - All VR pets added to guide
Every pet currently listed as very rare was added to the rarity histories page with un-sourced rarity change dates - to be confirmed with links as data is gathered.
7th January 2020 - Picture version of Store Pet Rarity List completed
6th-9th January 2020 - Thread makeover
Entire thread was re-arranged to have rarity lists on the first page along with more detailed posts on how the guide works, rarity histories on page two (re-written with shorthand dates), and pictured rarity lists on page three.
31st December 2019 - VR Rarity List drafted
First official draft of the VR Rarity List was released to include pets that turned VR before 2012, excluding those still missing data.
15th November 2019 - Store Pet Rarity List added
Store pet rarity histories and Store Pet Rarity List completed.
7th November 2019 - Thread created
The Guide to CS Rarities (originally Guide to CS Rarity Histories & Rarity List) was officially published along with the OMGSR Rarity List completed.
5th July 2019 - Thread drafted
Rarity histories started being recorded on Aurora Storm's trade thread, focusing on the changes OMGSR pets went through.
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