Andymac106
01-19-2022, 06:57 PM
Ever been curious about the magical world of Unconverted Pets, or UCs as we call them nowadays?? How it happened, how people felt about them, how they traded, and what is going to happen next?? Do you think your precious BN UC is worth more than what the current guides say?? Now is your chance to look back in time on Neopets and see how these elusive pets have survived and the legacy that they have created :takdir:
The Conversion - 2007
In the beginning, Adam created Pets...:rolleyes: But all religious jokes aside, when Neopets came out, the art styles of pets were incredibly different! If you would like to take a look and explore all the old options, check this SunnyNeo page out ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) and see for yourself what every Neopet used to look like!
All of that changed when the Fire Nation attacked...erm I mean when the conversion hit. On April 26th 2007 Neopets launched the new site layout along with their new project - Converted Pets. This project allowed users to dress up (customize) pets. In order for people to be able to dress up their pets, all the pets had changed their look a little so they would be able to wear the clothes.
Pets fell into 2 categories: Pets that were Automatically Converted and Pets with the option to stay Unconverted
Example of an Auto Converted Pet:
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Example of Pet with the option to stay Unconverted:
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After the conversion, pets were able to wear clothes and hold objects, and ultimately be more customizable. And from that point onward, any pets created were created in the new image. Seen below is a new example of customization
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This pet is also wearing over $1,000 in NC items :P
Who would I be if I didn't give additional resources that creative Neopians had made before me!! This guide ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) gives a heavily detailed description of what pets could stay uncoverted or not, what UC pets could and couldn't wear, and provides pictures of all the Unconverted pets :D So shoutout to Koneko's owner and the hard work that was put in there!
People excitedly converted their pets to be able to enjoy the site in a new way, but as more and more people converted their pets, the questions began arising about trading UC for Converted Pets or for Battledome Pets. Since UCs could no longer be created and converted pets were being created by the boatload, trading began to get complicated!
The Dark Ages - 2008-2011
Although this was by no means a bad time during Neopets, there is just very limited information from this time period! Many of the petpages that existed during this time have long since disappeared whether through pet trades, or their guides being cleared for more updated ones.
For this section, if anyone in the cK community has any insight or memories from this time period on trade, I would be overjoyed if you shared!! But for now, I will provide information that is still somewhat recorded.
At this point in time, the number of converted pets is still rising, but still faired well to be able to trade with UCs. Users could train up a pet (to an undisclosed amount of stats that I simply cannot find a record of), hatch a Draik ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) or change a Krawk petpet ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) to trade and get their own UC!!
9/09/09 Draiks
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On September 9th, 2009, a glitch on the site allowed Users to create Draiks for free just as if they were any other pet! This was big news as Draik Eggs at the time were in the millions of Neopoints, which to 99% of the player base was an absolute luxury. JellyNeo reports that a few hundred Draiks were created before TNT patched the glitch. The players were allowed to keep the Draiks however! Despite the influx of these Draiks, their value was not heavily dropped and could still break into the UC trading market
Update: Prior to 9/9/9, Krawks & Draiks traded for T3/T4 UCs, before Draiks took a slight hit to T2 UCs after the "event". Excluding collectors, Draiks created on this day simply became equal to normal Draiks in regard to trading value
They (Draiks) certainly did within the first year of conversion, as they were so hard to get and people wanted to dress up Draiks! I recall having a few different offers around T7-T9 (current tiers). They dropped fairly radically in the year following 9/9/9, and people wanting Draiks were often excluding 9/9/9 Draiks, they were almost a bit 'tainted 'so to speak. - Zapdos for wonderful insight!!
Very interesting to see the shift in values from at Conversion being T7-9, to 2 years later being T3-4, to falling further because of Anchor Management! Very dynamic pet values
Pea Chias
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During this time period, Pea Chias also traded very well, often receiving T2+ offers! The demand for these little guys came from their exclusivity - You had to feed your pet a Magical Pea Chia Pop or get a lucky Laby Ray zap! Additional value came from the Super Attack Pea avatar you could possibly earn if you owned one of these guys and a Super Attack Pea.
UC Random Event Immunity
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From 2007 until early 2010, Unconverted pet owners were unable to have UCs as their active pets. Random events such as Boochi would fire upon the active pet and make them the color Baby. This would also automatically convert the pet. However, on April 16, 2010, TNT made a change where Unconverted pets were immune to these random events, presumably due to backlash from the community. To quote Koneko, "UC pets can now leave the shadows of obscurity without fear and be set as active pets without risk of being changed". Rather dramatic, but aren't we all as a Neopets community!!
Anchor Management & Forgotten Shore
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In August of 2011, The Forgotten Shore ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) and Anchor Management ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) were released after the Krawk Island Disappearance plot. And in those new dailies, users had the option to earn Pirate Krawk and Draik Morphing Potions in addition to Pirate Draik Eggs. Users were now able to have MUCH easier access to these elusive pets, but they were still rather rare at this time and only dropped over the years as more and more users gained free eggs and MPs
Fountain Faerie Quests
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Although not started during this age of Neopets, FFQs are still a major point of UC trading and received an availability upgrade in 2011. Users could take their pets and have them take a dip in the Rainbow Fountain to receive any color they desired (few exclusions found here ([Only registered and activated users can see links]:~:text=Faerie%20Quest% 20Events,faerie%20quests%20to%20all%20Neopians.)). Starting in 2011, Fyora created a week where users could go receive a random Faerie Quest once a day. Paired with a VWN/RW/RN pet, users were able to use their FFQ Custom to trade for lower/mid tier UCs during this time period!
Ice Boris
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These frozen beauties were INCREDIBLY rare, as they could only be created by downloading the Neopets Tool Bar in 2004. Again, not created during this era of Neopets, but still traded for lower-end UCs at this point so worth including!
clraik Enters the Scene!!
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Although not necessarily UC related, I just believe it is important to note that this site began during this time period, providing a better community and place for people to buy and sell UCs to one another :)
The Renaissance Age - 2012-2014
Much like the real Renaissance, this era of Neopets featured a large amount of creativity and guides being created! Although not every one still exists, there is still a solid amount of information that can be recovered on Pet trades and tiers from almost 10 years ago!
Raulies Guide Database
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This page ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) contains a variety of guides from 2013-2014! Although most of them are gone or mentioned in this guide, feel free to go visit and click around and get a glimpse at older Neopets culture!
Ligthspark - Oldest Surviving UC Guide
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Created in 2012, ligthspark ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) was created to showcase the UC tier system. The guide also sheds light on the same VWN/WN/DN/BN system that we use today. However, one of the biggest differences is that this guide predates numbered tiering and instead uses: "Lesser, Lower, Middle, and Upper", with additional divisions if need be in bigger UC colors. I am a little sad the formatting got messed up over the years, but if you can look past that, you can see the oldest look at a community agreed-upon standard for UC trading!
Aid - 2012-2014 BD Trades
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This petpage ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) is not as much of a guide as it is a record book for BD pets that trade for UCs (or Draiks even, back when they had that high of a value). It is divided into sections by HSD (Hitpoints + Strength + Defense for a total HSD used to describe the pet's BD number if you will) and into Even/Trainable and then Labbed/Untrainable pets.
Trainable vs Untrainable - Trainable pets refer to pets having a high enough level to train any stat, whereas untrainable refers to pets that have been repeatedly zapped by the lab ray and must train level before being able to train any other stats. Untrainable are typically HP lopsided with lower levels
Ena - 2014 Tier Guide
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Welcome to the Ena UC Tiered Guide!! ([Only registered and activated users can see links]). Started in 2013, but we do not have a record of what the tiers were in the past, but we do have the last update posted in 2014. What is interesting in this guide is that there are 16 tiers and the tier numbers are inverted from what we see in modern guides. Tier 1 is the highest tier, reserved for Royals and Plushies and Tier 16 is a place for Mutants.
Note: at some point, between Ena in 2014 and 2016, the UC system flipped to the 10 tiers we know today
The Middle Age - 2015-2017
I called it the Middle age because it started in the middle of the timeline between the conversion and the present in 2022, and there is not a ton of information remaining, so we are essentially "stuck in the middle" filling in the blanks. This time is not as bad as the 2008-2011 era with no guides remaining, but this period in UC trading contains very few remaining guides. But! We still have enough to go on and can compare and contrast this time to the past and present!
Wastelanders - Pet Trades Database
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Wastelanders ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) was created to be an extension of the 2018+ petpage Haunted (but we will get there!) and serves as a Database of previously traded UCs and what they went for, while maintaining previous owners anonymity! This guide breaks down trades by month for every UC color and pet! Additionally, there are sections for BD Pets and RW/RN!! The guide was maintained exceptionally well and was filled in by community involvement so that future traders would understand fair offers (excluding the personal biases that pet/PC trading will always bring no matter what anyone does!)
Tier List from 2016
I am unable to link this guide because it is found on a foreign NP selling site, and in order to abide by the rules, I will be posting screenshots instead!! Looking at this guide, it may be one of the first/earliest remaining 10 Tier examples that we have left!
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Trade Chain Example
Attached is an example of trade chain images that are commonly used across the PC to track people's progress on how close they are to achieving their dream pet. It also shows the subjectivity of trading as often both parties may think they are upgrading! But also, both parties may be getting what they want so that is swell too :) This chain was found during this period and sheds even more light on specific trades and uptrades that took place
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Gone but Not Forgotten
A few honorable mentions for this section are ~Efflie, ~Trelm and ~Treid. Both of these guides were groundbreaking and widely used by the Community (including the reddit and other neopets forums) and began the "PC Law" era, where what was placed on this guide was completely accepted across the board and would not be questioned. But alas, I cannot link them since both of them have been taken down and removed for more updated/recent guides. I felt it would be important to include them here though for the impact that they made in the pet trading community!
Modern Age - 2018-2022
Welcome to the era of Neopets that we are in now!! UC trading is partially in shambles due to the mention of Neocash UCs, but I will address that below. There are guides that have come and gone during this period, but the ones that reign supreme are the ones that I will be listing! Real Name and Real Word pets have skyrocketed in value during this time period as well, and will be addressed in the "Future Age" of pets :)
Premium Perk
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Feel free to read about the Premium Perk here ([Only registered and activated users can see links]). This perk allows users once a year/every 365 days to change the species of their current pet. Although not exceptionally common, PPs would occasionally trade for lower end UCs or Higher Tier ones if used on RW/RN pets. This essentially replaces the need for an unlimited custom!
Solae's Guide Database
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Solae is a petpage ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) That provides links to 24 other UC related guides. Would highly recommend checking it out if you want to learn more! I will be covering a few of them on this board, but this very helpful petpage is still worth checking out!
Klyko's UC Guide
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This guide from Klyko ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) provides UC tiering information up to October of 2021. This guide follows the lesser common "Lowest, Lower, Middle, Higher, Highest" format! So if you want to view pet trading from this perspective, the guide is divided into sections by species and the creator provides a short blurb about trying to trade those pets as well. A guide in addition to just listing the pets in their places.
Also provides an interesting read on Pet Trading reversals at the bottom of the guide
Ofu's Battledome Pets Database
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Ofu's petpage ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) provides past Battledome pet trades back to 2018! Although it not currently still updated, it provides a good look back into the ever-changing BD pet values ranging from 2018 to 2021
Za's UC Tier List
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Za is a UC Trading Guide ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) that predated Danpo (seen below) and Efflie (RIP). This guide follows the silimar format of 6 Low-High pet rankings, with red boxes to distinguish rare pets! It shows the shift in how some pets have always been rare and popular, and some have shifted to become common now (probably thanks to cK). This guide stopped being updated in 2020 but was used widely during this time period!
Heat's UC Pet Heat Index
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Heat is such a cool guide ([Only registered and activated users can see links]). Although it arguably does not provide much more information than other guides on this list, the way it is formatted is so unique and special that I had to include it!! This guide was created in 2020 and follows the 10 Tier format. BUT! When a pet was trading well or poorly, it received a special image next to it. When pets were trading poorly, they received an ice cube, and popular pets received a flame next to them! A very creative guide that just made me smile and worth checking out to appreciate a clever design
Danpo - The Law of the Land
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Danpo ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) is the guide you must use if you want to trade UCs. It is the guide that EVERYONE uses. I say that with no ill intent because the guide was created and maintained by a fantastic Neopian, and above that, as of the new year, was updated. Danpo takes into account community votes for tier changes and is updated accordingly, which is why it is so widely used. The guide is a culmination of all previous Neopets guides combined into one. When you look at Danpo, you see UC tiers, whether the pets are Common, Rare, or Popular, and include what HSD of BD pets could trade into that tier! This guide is the jack-of-all-trades
I do think it is funny that Danpo's owner explicitly posts that the guide is not meant to be law, but PC recognizes it as the Constitution for pet trading right now :P
Haunted - Current Pet Trading Database
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Haunted ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) is the "big brother" and most updated version of Wastelanders (mentioned in the previous section). The guide contains recent pet transfers dating back to 2018. Again, this database provides users with similar trades divided into months sorting pets by Colors, BD Stats, and RN/RW pets. The database was made possible by user submissions and ran successfully for roughly 6 years. Haunted and Wastelanders are currently no longer being updated after years of meticulous work. For those who ran and updated the petpage, we thank you greatly for your service so that we can trade our pets better and get a glimpse into the history of Neopets :)
cK UC Price Guide
Although not regulated anymore, cK used to have an updated price guide ([Only registered and activated users can see links])!! This guide was created by members of the community who had a positive reputation of UC trading and selling and was a trusted source for numerous years! This guide sheds light into previous UC values and how they compared to one another during this time! Not a whole ton has changed with UC relative values, but it is crazy to see the prices drop after the hinted release of NC UCs
UC Generating
In March of 2021, a UC Generation glitch was discovered where you could make new UCs from existing pets. And no, it doesn't work anymore! But you can read all about it on this board ([Only registered and activated users can see links]). A lot of the UCs that were discovered to have been generated have been since frozen, but there are still some out hiding on shells, waiting to enter the market. I won't cover too much on this board since our lovely cK community has discussed it a lot on the other board so if you are curious, go take a look!
NC Pet Slots & Unlimited Transfers
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On December 20th 2021 after much anticipation, Neopets released additional pet slots that could be purchased for NC. +1 slot sold for 500 NC, +5 slots sold for 2250 NC, and +10 slots sold for 4250 NC! Additionally, premium users received 3 slots for free with their subscription! So for those who see lots of numbers and panic, here is what it means:
Free Users: Still have 6 slots
Premium Users who do not spend: 10 Slots
Non-premium Users: Can own up to 16 pets
Premium Users + Slots: Can own up to 20 pets!
With the hecticness that this created, TNT countered this by initiating unlimited transfers so that users could move their pets from their sides to their mains in an effort to make more money (which definitely worked LOL). This caused a demand in UCs, RW/RN, and even 3/4L pets to rise!
Where we are now
RN/RW pets are HIGHLY sought after and are trading very well, up to T10 pets
3/4L pets are also trading very well (unless they are wildly unpronounceable) with mid to higher tier offers in some cases
Cvcv (Consonant vowel consonant vowel) is the most popular format for names in that category!
Upper-tier Plushies are dropping in value, especially after the Danpo update in January of 2022
BD pets are not super sought after and are decreasing in value and probably will continue until NC UC pets come out.
Draiks and Krawks are still not worth much
Honorable Mentions
Moonscape ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) provides a nifty petpage of pets that are currently up for trade. Although it does not provide any past insight, it is still cool to see how pets are trading right now right now
x_patch ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) attempted, and no ill intent saying that
to be a full-blown UC trading database, but is incomplete but is still a semi-resource to check out
5kull ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) is an out-of-date petpage that listed previously UFT UCs. Not super helpful, but still a resource to check out what owners once expected for their pets
The Future Age - ???
This section is personal speculation! But it is meant to address the potential future of UCs and pet trading!
There is confirmed information out in the Neoverse that eventually some form of Neocash item can be spent to create/change current and new pets into a form of UC. Neopets released an official video on Youtube ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) pertaining to site updates if you want to check it out! There is MUCH speculation about the details of this ordeal, like if these pets will be no-trade pets, if they will have slightly different art styles, will cost a fortune in Neocash, or how the process will be done at all! Because of this, RN/RW/VVWN pets to increase in value because everyone is preparing for "new UCs" to come out. I must say, for me personally, it is very, very exciting to see this happen. As a member of the community, it could shake a lot of things up! Names would become infinitely more valuable, as would BD pets.
But as Danpo mentions, UC trading is very volatile right now. Values are constantly changing, people are in LOVE with names right now and if you have a BN pet, I apologize, but it may be nearly impossible to trade.
For the future of UCs and trading in general, we are all in TNT's hands and on their timeline. People will keep playing in Shuffles and H&H and Roulettes to try and trade and pass the time until they get their dreamies or the new pets come out. The future may be uncertain, but at least we are able to look back on the past to see where we have been :)
As an avid Neopets player and person who loves to trade, I hope this guide provided a little nostalgia and insight into UC trading and where we have been as a community, and hopefully where we will go in the future :D Happy trading!!
Shoutout Section!!!!
Without these helpful community members, the guide would not look as great as it does or be as complete as it is!!
PeeweeFurman - HUGE help with Dark Ages pet trading information and linking 3 new UC guides :takdir:
Zapdos - More information on Draiks shortly after the conversion!! Can you imagine if they still traded for
T7-9 pets now?! Bat and the other community members for the contributions on the old UC Price/Value Guide!
The Conversion - 2007
In the beginning, Adam created Pets...:rolleyes: But all religious jokes aside, when Neopets came out, the art styles of pets were incredibly different! If you would like to take a look and explore all the old options, check this SunnyNeo page out ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) and see for yourself what every Neopet used to look like!
All of that changed when the Fire Nation attacked...erm I mean when the conversion hit. On April 26th 2007 Neopets launched the new site layout along with their new project - Converted Pets. This project allowed users to dress up (customize) pets. In order for people to be able to dress up their pets, all the pets had changed their look a little so they would be able to wear the clothes.
Pets fell into 2 categories: Pets that were Automatically Converted and Pets with the option to stay Unconverted
Example of an Auto Converted Pet:
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Example of Pet with the option to stay Unconverted:
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After the conversion, pets were able to wear clothes and hold objects, and ultimately be more customizable. And from that point onward, any pets created were created in the new image. Seen below is a new example of customization
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This pet is also wearing over $1,000 in NC items :P
Who would I be if I didn't give additional resources that creative Neopians had made before me!! This guide ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) gives a heavily detailed description of what pets could stay uncoverted or not, what UC pets could and couldn't wear, and provides pictures of all the Unconverted pets :D So shoutout to Koneko's owner and the hard work that was put in there!
People excitedly converted their pets to be able to enjoy the site in a new way, but as more and more people converted their pets, the questions began arising about trading UC for Converted Pets or for Battledome Pets. Since UCs could no longer be created and converted pets were being created by the boatload, trading began to get complicated!
The Dark Ages - 2008-2011
Although this was by no means a bad time during Neopets, there is just very limited information from this time period! Many of the petpages that existed during this time have long since disappeared whether through pet trades, or their guides being cleared for more updated ones.
For this section, if anyone in the cK community has any insight or memories from this time period on trade, I would be overjoyed if you shared!! But for now, I will provide information that is still somewhat recorded.
At this point in time, the number of converted pets is still rising, but still faired well to be able to trade with UCs. Users could train up a pet (to an undisclosed amount of stats that I simply cannot find a record of), hatch a Draik ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) or change a Krawk petpet ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) to trade and get their own UC!!
9/09/09 Draiks
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On September 9th, 2009, a glitch on the site allowed Users to create Draiks for free just as if they were any other pet! This was big news as Draik Eggs at the time were in the millions of Neopoints, which to 99% of the player base was an absolute luxury. JellyNeo reports that a few hundred Draiks were created before TNT patched the glitch. The players were allowed to keep the Draiks however! Despite the influx of these Draiks, their value was not heavily dropped and could still break into the UC trading market
Update: Prior to 9/9/9, Krawks & Draiks traded for T3/T4 UCs, before Draiks took a slight hit to T2 UCs after the "event". Excluding collectors, Draiks created on this day simply became equal to normal Draiks in regard to trading value
They (Draiks) certainly did within the first year of conversion, as they were so hard to get and people wanted to dress up Draiks! I recall having a few different offers around T7-T9 (current tiers). They dropped fairly radically in the year following 9/9/9, and people wanting Draiks were often excluding 9/9/9 Draiks, they were almost a bit 'tainted 'so to speak. - Zapdos for wonderful insight!!
Very interesting to see the shift in values from at Conversion being T7-9, to 2 years later being T3-4, to falling further because of Anchor Management! Very dynamic pet values
Pea Chias
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During this time period, Pea Chias also traded very well, often receiving T2+ offers! The demand for these little guys came from their exclusivity - You had to feed your pet a Magical Pea Chia Pop or get a lucky Laby Ray zap! Additional value came from the Super Attack Pea avatar you could possibly earn if you owned one of these guys and a Super Attack Pea.
UC Random Event Immunity
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From 2007 until early 2010, Unconverted pet owners were unable to have UCs as their active pets. Random events such as Boochi would fire upon the active pet and make them the color Baby. This would also automatically convert the pet. However, on April 16, 2010, TNT made a change where Unconverted pets were immune to these random events, presumably due to backlash from the community. To quote Koneko, "UC pets can now leave the shadows of obscurity without fear and be set as active pets without risk of being changed". Rather dramatic, but aren't we all as a Neopets community!!
Anchor Management & Forgotten Shore
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In August of 2011, The Forgotten Shore ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) and Anchor Management ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) were released after the Krawk Island Disappearance plot. And in those new dailies, users had the option to earn Pirate Krawk and Draik Morphing Potions in addition to Pirate Draik Eggs. Users were now able to have MUCH easier access to these elusive pets, but they were still rather rare at this time and only dropped over the years as more and more users gained free eggs and MPs
Fountain Faerie Quests
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Although not started during this age of Neopets, FFQs are still a major point of UC trading and received an availability upgrade in 2011. Users could take their pets and have them take a dip in the Rainbow Fountain to receive any color they desired (few exclusions found here ([Only registered and activated users can see links]:~:text=Faerie%20Quest% 20Events,faerie%20quests%20to%20all%20Neopians.)). Starting in 2011, Fyora created a week where users could go receive a random Faerie Quest once a day. Paired with a VWN/RW/RN pet, users were able to use their FFQ Custom to trade for lower/mid tier UCs during this time period!
Ice Boris
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These frozen beauties were INCREDIBLY rare, as they could only be created by downloading the Neopets Tool Bar in 2004. Again, not created during this era of Neopets, but still traded for lower-end UCs at this point so worth including!
clraik Enters the Scene!!
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Although not necessarily UC related, I just believe it is important to note that this site began during this time period, providing a better community and place for people to buy and sell UCs to one another :)
The Renaissance Age - 2012-2014
Much like the real Renaissance, this era of Neopets featured a large amount of creativity and guides being created! Although not every one still exists, there is still a solid amount of information that can be recovered on Pet trades and tiers from almost 10 years ago!
Raulies Guide Database
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This page ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) contains a variety of guides from 2013-2014! Although most of them are gone or mentioned in this guide, feel free to go visit and click around and get a glimpse at older Neopets culture!
Ligthspark - Oldest Surviving UC Guide
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Created in 2012, ligthspark ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) was created to showcase the UC tier system. The guide also sheds light on the same VWN/WN/DN/BN system that we use today. However, one of the biggest differences is that this guide predates numbered tiering and instead uses: "Lesser, Lower, Middle, and Upper", with additional divisions if need be in bigger UC colors. I am a little sad the formatting got messed up over the years, but if you can look past that, you can see the oldest look at a community agreed-upon standard for UC trading!
Aid - 2012-2014 BD Trades
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This petpage ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) is not as much of a guide as it is a record book for BD pets that trade for UCs (or Draiks even, back when they had that high of a value). It is divided into sections by HSD (Hitpoints + Strength + Defense for a total HSD used to describe the pet's BD number if you will) and into Even/Trainable and then Labbed/Untrainable pets.
Trainable vs Untrainable - Trainable pets refer to pets having a high enough level to train any stat, whereas untrainable refers to pets that have been repeatedly zapped by the lab ray and must train level before being able to train any other stats. Untrainable are typically HP lopsided with lower levels
Ena - 2014 Tier Guide
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Welcome to the Ena UC Tiered Guide!! ([Only registered and activated users can see links]). Started in 2013, but we do not have a record of what the tiers were in the past, but we do have the last update posted in 2014. What is interesting in this guide is that there are 16 tiers and the tier numbers are inverted from what we see in modern guides. Tier 1 is the highest tier, reserved for Royals and Plushies and Tier 16 is a place for Mutants.
Note: at some point, between Ena in 2014 and 2016, the UC system flipped to the 10 tiers we know today
The Middle Age - 2015-2017
I called it the Middle age because it started in the middle of the timeline between the conversion and the present in 2022, and there is not a ton of information remaining, so we are essentially "stuck in the middle" filling in the blanks. This time is not as bad as the 2008-2011 era with no guides remaining, but this period in UC trading contains very few remaining guides. But! We still have enough to go on and can compare and contrast this time to the past and present!
Wastelanders - Pet Trades Database
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Wastelanders ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) was created to be an extension of the 2018+ petpage Haunted (but we will get there!) and serves as a Database of previously traded UCs and what they went for, while maintaining previous owners anonymity! This guide breaks down trades by month for every UC color and pet! Additionally, there are sections for BD Pets and RW/RN!! The guide was maintained exceptionally well and was filled in by community involvement so that future traders would understand fair offers (excluding the personal biases that pet/PC trading will always bring no matter what anyone does!)
Tier List from 2016
I am unable to link this guide because it is found on a foreign NP selling site, and in order to abide by the rules, I will be posting screenshots instead!! Looking at this guide, it may be one of the first/earliest remaining 10 Tier examples that we have left!
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Trade Chain Example
Attached is an example of trade chain images that are commonly used across the PC to track people's progress on how close they are to achieving their dream pet. It also shows the subjectivity of trading as often both parties may think they are upgrading! But also, both parties may be getting what they want so that is swell too :) This chain was found during this period and sheds even more light on specific trades and uptrades that took place
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Gone but Not Forgotten
A few honorable mentions for this section are ~Efflie, ~Trelm and ~Treid. Both of these guides were groundbreaking and widely used by the Community (including the reddit and other neopets forums) and began the "PC Law" era, where what was placed on this guide was completely accepted across the board and would not be questioned. But alas, I cannot link them since both of them have been taken down and removed for more updated/recent guides. I felt it would be important to include them here though for the impact that they made in the pet trading community!
Modern Age - 2018-2022
Welcome to the era of Neopets that we are in now!! UC trading is partially in shambles due to the mention of Neocash UCs, but I will address that below. There are guides that have come and gone during this period, but the ones that reign supreme are the ones that I will be listing! Real Name and Real Word pets have skyrocketed in value during this time period as well, and will be addressed in the "Future Age" of pets :)
Premium Perk
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Feel free to read about the Premium Perk here ([Only registered and activated users can see links]). This perk allows users once a year/every 365 days to change the species of their current pet. Although not exceptionally common, PPs would occasionally trade for lower end UCs or Higher Tier ones if used on RW/RN pets. This essentially replaces the need for an unlimited custom!
Solae's Guide Database
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Solae is a petpage ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) That provides links to 24 other UC related guides. Would highly recommend checking it out if you want to learn more! I will be covering a few of them on this board, but this very helpful petpage is still worth checking out!
Klyko's UC Guide
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This guide from Klyko ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) provides UC tiering information up to October of 2021. This guide follows the lesser common "Lowest, Lower, Middle, Higher, Highest" format! So if you want to view pet trading from this perspective, the guide is divided into sections by species and the creator provides a short blurb about trying to trade those pets as well. A guide in addition to just listing the pets in their places.
Also provides an interesting read on Pet Trading reversals at the bottom of the guide
Ofu's Battledome Pets Database
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Ofu's petpage ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) provides past Battledome pet trades back to 2018! Although it not currently still updated, it provides a good look back into the ever-changing BD pet values ranging from 2018 to 2021
Za's UC Tier List
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Za is a UC Trading Guide ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) that predated Danpo (seen below) and Efflie (RIP). This guide follows the silimar format of 6 Low-High pet rankings, with red boxes to distinguish rare pets! It shows the shift in how some pets have always been rare and popular, and some have shifted to become common now (probably thanks to cK). This guide stopped being updated in 2020 but was used widely during this time period!
Heat's UC Pet Heat Index
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Heat is such a cool guide ([Only registered and activated users can see links]). Although it arguably does not provide much more information than other guides on this list, the way it is formatted is so unique and special that I had to include it!! This guide was created in 2020 and follows the 10 Tier format. BUT! When a pet was trading well or poorly, it received a special image next to it. When pets were trading poorly, they received an ice cube, and popular pets received a flame next to them! A very creative guide that just made me smile and worth checking out to appreciate a clever design
Danpo - The Law of the Land
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Danpo ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) is the guide you must use if you want to trade UCs. It is the guide that EVERYONE uses. I say that with no ill intent because the guide was created and maintained by a fantastic Neopian, and above that, as of the new year, was updated. Danpo takes into account community votes for tier changes and is updated accordingly, which is why it is so widely used. The guide is a culmination of all previous Neopets guides combined into one. When you look at Danpo, you see UC tiers, whether the pets are Common, Rare, or Popular, and include what HSD of BD pets could trade into that tier! This guide is the jack-of-all-trades
I do think it is funny that Danpo's owner explicitly posts that the guide is not meant to be law, but PC recognizes it as the Constitution for pet trading right now :P
Haunted - Current Pet Trading Database
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Haunted ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) is the "big brother" and most updated version of Wastelanders (mentioned in the previous section). The guide contains recent pet transfers dating back to 2018. Again, this database provides users with similar trades divided into months sorting pets by Colors, BD Stats, and RN/RW pets. The database was made possible by user submissions and ran successfully for roughly 6 years. Haunted and Wastelanders are currently no longer being updated after years of meticulous work. For those who ran and updated the petpage, we thank you greatly for your service so that we can trade our pets better and get a glimpse into the history of Neopets :)
cK UC Price Guide
Although not regulated anymore, cK used to have an updated price guide ([Only registered and activated users can see links])!! This guide was created by members of the community who had a positive reputation of UC trading and selling and was a trusted source for numerous years! This guide sheds light into previous UC values and how they compared to one another during this time! Not a whole ton has changed with UC relative values, but it is crazy to see the prices drop after the hinted release of NC UCs
UC Generating
In March of 2021, a UC Generation glitch was discovered where you could make new UCs from existing pets. And no, it doesn't work anymore! But you can read all about it on this board ([Only registered and activated users can see links]). A lot of the UCs that were discovered to have been generated have been since frozen, but there are still some out hiding on shells, waiting to enter the market. I won't cover too much on this board since our lovely cK community has discussed it a lot on the other board so if you are curious, go take a look!
NC Pet Slots & Unlimited Transfers
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On December 20th 2021 after much anticipation, Neopets released additional pet slots that could be purchased for NC. +1 slot sold for 500 NC, +5 slots sold for 2250 NC, and +10 slots sold for 4250 NC! Additionally, premium users received 3 slots for free with their subscription! So for those who see lots of numbers and panic, here is what it means:
Free Users: Still have 6 slots
Premium Users who do not spend: 10 Slots
Non-premium Users: Can own up to 16 pets
Premium Users + Slots: Can own up to 20 pets!
With the hecticness that this created, TNT countered this by initiating unlimited transfers so that users could move their pets from their sides to their mains in an effort to make more money (which definitely worked LOL). This caused a demand in UCs, RW/RN, and even 3/4L pets to rise!
Where we are now
RN/RW pets are HIGHLY sought after and are trading very well, up to T10 pets
3/4L pets are also trading very well (unless they are wildly unpronounceable) with mid to higher tier offers in some cases
Cvcv (Consonant vowel consonant vowel) is the most popular format for names in that category!
Upper-tier Plushies are dropping in value, especially after the Danpo update in January of 2022
BD pets are not super sought after and are decreasing in value and probably will continue until NC UC pets come out.
Draiks and Krawks are still not worth much
Honorable Mentions
Moonscape ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) provides a nifty petpage of pets that are currently up for trade. Although it does not provide any past insight, it is still cool to see how pets are trading right now right now
x_patch ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) attempted, and no ill intent saying that
to be a full-blown UC trading database, but is incomplete but is still a semi-resource to check out
5kull ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) is an out-of-date petpage that listed previously UFT UCs. Not super helpful, but still a resource to check out what owners once expected for their pets
The Future Age - ???
This section is personal speculation! But it is meant to address the potential future of UCs and pet trading!
There is confirmed information out in the Neoverse that eventually some form of Neocash item can be spent to create/change current and new pets into a form of UC. Neopets released an official video on Youtube ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) pertaining to site updates if you want to check it out! There is MUCH speculation about the details of this ordeal, like if these pets will be no-trade pets, if they will have slightly different art styles, will cost a fortune in Neocash, or how the process will be done at all! Because of this, RN/RW/VVWN pets to increase in value because everyone is preparing for "new UCs" to come out. I must say, for me personally, it is very, very exciting to see this happen. As a member of the community, it could shake a lot of things up! Names would become infinitely more valuable, as would BD pets.
But as Danpo mentions, UC trading is very volatile right now. Values are constantly changing, people are in LOVE with names right now and if you have a BN pet, I apologize, but it may be nearly impossible to trade.
For the future of UCs and trading in general, we are all in TNT's hands and on their timeline. People will keep playing in Shuffles and H&H and Roulettes to try and trade and pass the time until they get their dreamies or the new pets come out. The future may be uncertain, but at least we are able to look back on the past to see where we have been :)
As an avid Neopets player and person who loves to trade, I hope this guide provided a little nostalgia and insight into UC trading and where we have been as a community, and hopefully where we will go in the future :D Happy trading!!
Shoutout Section!!!!
Without these helpful community members, the guide would not look as great as it does or be as complete as it is!!
PeeweeFurman - HUGE help with Dark Ages pet trading information and linking 3 new UC guides :takdir:
Zapdos - More information on Draiks shortly after the conversion!! Can you imagine if they still traded for
T7-9 pets now?! Bat and the other community members for the contributions on the old UC Price/Value Guide!