Mechanics Changelog

This section contains a chronologically ordered list of notable changes to this document.

Updated August 15th, 2024

• Updated Step Efficiency Ratings by level for Steps to Energy conversion formula.

• Added section on Stage-based Energy Multipliers

• Added section on Banking Streaks

• Added section on Challenges

Updated October 23rd, 2023

• Updated KI to Energy conversion rate based on community proposal.

Updated August 7th, 2023

• Added Augment Upgrading & Recycling

• Updated L2-L3 Habitat Upgrade cost based on community proposal in DNA

Updated June 6th, 2023

• Updated Mood tier ranges and how Love is scored and decayed.

• Updated Mood Calculation based on the change to Love.

Archive

Updated May 23rd, 2023

• Clarification on how Nutrition & Joy decay.
• Added section on Reroll.
• Added section on Expedite.

Updated May 19th, 2023

• Updated Mood & Nurture section with simplified framework and quantitative values.
• Added Stats section.

Updated January 4th, 2023

• Added Daily Banking Rewards section.

Updated December 8th, 2022

• Expanded on Augment and Cosmetic attributes within Items.
• Updated How It Works under Alchemy.
• Added Cosmetics section to Alchemy.
• Updated Augments section to replace Rarity with Class and remove outdated graphic.
• Updated Components section of Habitat Management.
• Updated Crafting Recipe Book in Game Elements.

Updated November 21st, 2022

• Added revised Items section, including expanding the Item Classification system and cleaning up terminology.

Updated November 9th, 2022

• Updated Petting cost and mechanic.
• Removed Item Classification from Crafting. This section is being revised.

Updated October 21st, 2022

• Added Habitat Hibernation to Habitat Management.

Updated September 26th, 2022

• (UPDATED) Changed Step Efficiency formula and values. Added note on Practical Energy Gain. (Effective in game 10/3/22) - See Discord Announcement for full details on implementation
• Added Steps to Energy conversion bonus for Genesis Genopets. (Effective in game 10/3/22)
• Updated Leveling requirements for Stages 1 through 3. (Effective in game 10/3/22)
• Added Types to General Parameters.
• Added Harvesting Efficiency decay for Guild Habitats. (Effective in game 9/26/22)

More context on these changes as a result of our observations of the Game Economy and Community feedback in the Game Mechanics Update post on Medium: https://medium.com/@genopets/update-new-genesis-genopet-boost-harvest-efficiency-for-guild-habitats-and-leveling-up-your-5106070171e3

Updated September 6th, 2022

• Reframed Ki Harvesting Bonus (based on Waiting Periods) as Energy Savings for clarity.
• Nutrition will decay on an interval basis (instead of hourly).
• Joy will decay on an interval basis (instead of hourly).
• Love will decay on an interval basis (instead of hourly).
• Removed Universal Item from Nurture Items.

Updated August 9-10th, 2022

• Added information around sub-Habitat disconnection in Primary & Sub-Habitat section.
• Edited Habitat Usage Limits for clarity.

Updated August 8th, 2022

• Clarified parameters around windows and cooldowns for Harvesting KI
• Added Primary & Sub-Habitat page to Habitat Management section
• Added information about how Augments will be visually displayed on the marketplace under Usage

Updated July 27th, 2022

• Added Processing Fee to Delegation section.

Updated July 12th, 2022

• Expanded and renamed "Renting" section to "Delegation."
• Added Mood & Nurture section

Updated June 30th, 2022

• Reorganized structure of changelog to sort by section

• Changed section title from "Crafting Mechanics" to "Crafting"

  • "Alchemy (Item Crafting)

    • "How It Works" is now its own sub-page

      • Replaced "The System" with "Requirements"

      • Expanded "Item Classification" with additional types and crafting costs

      • Added "Mechanics" section

      • Added "Augment Crafting" as sub-page, inc. diagram of Augment crafting process

• "Habitat Management"

  • "Unrefined Crystal Spawning"

    • Clarified the rules around daily spawn rates

Updated June 21st, 2022

Changed

• Habitat "Revival" replaced with "Restore" as a term. No system changes.

Updated June 16th, 2022

Added

• "Habitat Management"

  • "Harvesting KI"

    • 24 hour cooldown after connecting a sub-Habitat

• "Crafting Mechanics"

  • "Alchemy (Item Crafting)"

    • Added "How It Works" section

Changed

• "Habitat Management"

  • "Harvesting KI"

    • Increased Daily Harvesting caps for Level 1 and Level 2 Habitats

    • Increased Daily Harvesting caps for Genesis Habitats

  • "Upgrading Habitats"

    • Increased upgrade KI cost

  • "Maintenance & Decay"

    • Increased revival KI cost

Updated June 10th, 2022

Added

• "Habitat Management"

  • "Harvesting KI"

    • Added note on the increased Harvesting potential of Genesis Habitats.

    • Introduced "Connected Habitat Bonus"

  • "Maintenance & Decay"

    • Clarified Habitat Lifespan, Durability, and Repair

  • "Upgrading Habitats"

    • Effect on Durability

Changed

• "Leveling Up"

  • Reworked XP requirements for leveling

• "Habitat Management"

  • "Harvesting KI"

    • Habitat KI Harvesting caps can be increased by upgrading as well as connecting sub-Habitats

    • Adjusted Daily KI Harvesting cap values to fit new framework

    • KI to Energy rate set at 0.022 to 1

  • "Terraform Seeds"

    • Adjusted KI costs for activating each grade of Terraform Seed

  • "Maintenance & Decay"

    • Extending Habitat lifespan requires Crystal usage instead of refinement

    • Increased Habitat Revival costs to account for increased Harvesting caps

  • "Upgrading Habitats"

    • Upgrading a Habitat now increases its individual Harvesting cap

    • Upgrading a Habitat now requires crystals in addition to KI & GENE, similar to Terraforming

Removed

• "Habitat Management"

  • "Harvesting KI"

    • Special Energy to KI exchange rates for Genesis Habitats

Updated May 27th, 2022

Added

• "Habitat Management"

  • "Harvesting KI"

    • Introduced KI to Energy conversion.

    • Added note on the increased Harvesting potential of Genesis Habitats.

Changed

• "Habitat Management"

  • "Harvesting KI"

    • Replaced static exchange rate for Energy to KI with variable exchange rates based on Waiting Period selected.

    • Clarified terminology around "connected" Habitats.

  • "Maintenance & Decay"

    • Changed revival cost of L3 Habitats from 14,000 to 5,500 KI.

Updated May 19th, 2022

Added

• "Staking" section.

Changed

• Edited the Steps to Energy conversion graphic and surrounding text for additional clarity. Conversion rates & reference values remain the same.

Updated May 13th, 2022

Added

• "Calculating Steps to Energy" section.

• Introduced Step Efficiency Factor and Rating.

Changed

• Changelog format

• "The Formula "Calculating Steps to Energy" section.

• Improvements to energy conversion rate now occur by Level, instead of Stage.

• Increased Daily KI Harvesting caps by 10X across the board.

• Reduced maintenance requirement for daily crystal refinement. Instead of all crystals, at least one crystal must be refined per day.

• Clarified Habitat decay rules. Replaced "decay threshold" with lifespan.

• Increased crystal refinement KI cost to 10.

• Increased Revival KI costs to 10x previous values.

• Increased Habitat upgrading KI costs to 10x previous values.

• Increased KI costs associated with Terraforming Seeds by 10x previous values.

Removed

• "The Formula," "Conversion Rate Calculation" and "Improving Decay Rates" sections.

Updated May 5th, 2022

Added

• Added Changelog section

• Added Steps Banked to Total Energy Converted table

• Added Terraform Seed claiming

Changed

• Clarified interval size (i)

• Edited language for clarity in Maintenance & Decay section

• Expanded on Terraform Seed generation

Removed

• "The Formula," "Conversion Rate Calculation" and "Improving Decay Rates" sections.