The Planet Crafter

The Planet Crafter

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species variants - a visual guide
By riverfoot
This guide shows all five variants for all eight species.
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Intro
For each of the species, the only genetic trait that is different is the variant. I kept the colors, patterns, and sizes the same for each group so that the difference in variant would be easier to see. In general, variant 5 results in the most "complicated" representation for the species.

I apologize in advance for photo quality. Some of my little friends just wouldn't stand still!
Species 1 - Sharky
Variant 1 - simple horns, no spikes on back


Variant 2 - no horns, simple spikes on back


Variant 3 - simple horns, simple spikes on back


Variant 4 - fancy horns, no spikes on back (and cheesing for the camera!)


Variant 5 - fancy horns, fancy spikes on back
Species 2 - Allyca
Variant 1 - back spikes, no ears


Variant 2 - no spikes, small ears


Variant 3 - back spikes, small ears


Variant 4 - no spikes, extra ears (and extra cuddly!)


Variant 5 - back spikes, extra ears
Species 3 - Tilopina
Variant 1 - two horns, smooth back (having a snack)


Variant 2 - one horn, smooth back


Variant 3 - no horn, back plates


Variant 4 - one horn, back plates


Variant 5 - two horns, back plates
Species 4 - Snoober
Variant 1 - little tusks, round horns, round knobs on back (photobomb by everyone else)


Variant 2 - big tusk, big horns, round knobs on back


Variant 3 - big tusk, round horns, round knobs on back


Variant 4 - little tusks, big horns, fancy back


Variant 5 - big tusk, round horns, fancy back
Species 5 - Muthus
Variant 1 - two-part horns, smooth back


Variant 2 - small horns, smooth back (with variant 5 on the left)


Variant 3 - spiky horns, spiky back


Variant 4 - circle horns, smooth back


Variant 5 - fancy horns, spikes on shoulders
Species 6 - Hydrequs
Variant 1 - small head feathers, small elbow feathers


Variant 2 - small back ridge from head to tail


Variant 3 - head feathers, elbow feathers, tail feathers


Variant 4 - tall back ridge from head to tail


Variant 5 - tall back ridge, head feathers, elbow feathers, tail feathers
Species 7 - Carachnid
The nicknames make sense to me, so sorry if they don't make sense for you.


Variant 1 - thin flexible spines (Harry)


Variant 2 - three variable shells (Celery)


Variant 3 - large spiral shell (Conch)


Variant 4 - large straight shell (Bouffant)


Variant 5 - thicker straight spines (Spike)
Species 8 - Arbatillo
Variant 1 - Smooth skin, no crest on head.


Variant 2 - Triangular feathers all the way from head to tail.


Variant 3 - Rounded pyramid feathers from head to tail.


Variant 4 - Mixture of triangular and pyramid feathers, small crest on head.
Variant 5 - Triangular feathers, large head crest, large tail.
12 Comments
Shimspect 6 Jul @ 3:04pm 
then perhaps screenshots of them, with the highest bioluminescence possible?
riverfoot  [author] 4 Jul @ 6:50pm 
@Shimspect After a lot more work with Arbatillo (8), I've noticed that the skin pattern color can be seen in the shaft of the feather. On Carachnid (7), skin pattern color is on both the shell and the legs.
Shimspect 29 Jun @ 11:55pm 
i see what you mean
riverfoot  [author] 29 Jun @ 1:30pm 
@Shimspect Bioluminescence and skin pattern are there but very faint. Also, these screenshots don't quite do them justice.
Shimspect 28 Jun @ 8:23am 
for the Bioluminescence/skin pattern traits, they don't appear on the last 3 species, huh?
DJ_999 24 Jun @ 10:31am 
@Melissa If you have the Humble DLC you can also make them from Oesbe larvae I think
riverfoot  [author] 21 Jun @ 5:46pm 
@JeyEuphorik A Variant is not the same as a species. If you're looking for species 4 (Snoober), they like dark places on Prime and Humble.
JeyEuphorik 21 Jun @ 6:02am 
How can we get the 4th Variant, Snoober please ?
Teque 18 Jun @ 3:51am 
Thank you so very much!
riverfoot  [author] 4 Jun @ 8:18am 
I found species 6 on Humble in caves near the southern sea. I have not seen them appear in the wild on Prime (yet).