Chased and Special Befriended Wolves

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Chased Wolves
Special Befriendable Wolves
NBW-Exclusive Traits
Bases
Markings
Eyes

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At certain lead wolf levels, you unlock the ability to befriend special wolves in explore. The process of befriending them is the same as with a normal wolf, but these wolves have special icons that denote their importance. You can learn more about befriending on the Befriending page!

What makes special wolves so special? It depends on what type of icon they have. Every special wolf found while exploring will have a Star icon in the top left corner of the befriending menu, next to their sex symbol. There are six different kinds of stars that represent different things.

Chased Wolves

Chased Wolves

At Level 10, players can start finding wolves that have been chased from a pack by another player. These wolves will have a purple Shooting Star icon on their befriending screen, as seen below. The chased wolf star will say 'Chased' if you hover over it.

When a wolf is chased by a player, there is a small chance that it will enter the chased wolf pool. Not every chased wolf will end up befriendable. It's completely random which wolves will make it into the chased wolf pool, and many don't make the cut. Wolves that had previously been chased and then found one time will not reappear in the pool either if they are chased a second time. You can tell if a wolf has been chased previously on their page- next to their sex, there will be a "Chased" label. Players that encounter chased wolves will have the opportunity to befriend one of the wolves out of the pool at random. You will never encounter your own chased wolf. It's also important to note that only wolves that are chased will have a chance to appear in explore- wolves that are sent away instead will not have a chance to join the chased wolf pool.

Wolves that are chased have the chance to show up for other players in any biome, not just the one they were chased in, after a random amount of time (usually between 6 hours to a few days). Chased wolves retain the appearance and sex they had before chasing. If the wolf was older than 5 years before they were chased, their age will be rerolled. If they were younger than this, their age will stay the same. Wolves do not age while they are in the chased pool. The chased wolf's heritage, stats, personality, and pack history will all be wiped.

Chased wolves who previously had mutations will have their mutations wiped. All chased wolves, however, have carrier status rerolled after they are chased. This means that a chased wolf who previously wasn't a carrier for a mutation could become a carrier for a mutation after they were chased. Alternatively, a chased wolf who was previously a carrier for a mutation could become a carrier for a different mutation, or lose their carrier status entirely.

Chased wolves will be removed from the chased wolf pool if they were not befriended successfully, if the player befriending them leaves the befriending, or the player attacks them. They do not disappear from the chased wolf pool after a certain amount of time. Skipping over a befriending encounter also does not remove a potential chased wolf from the pool, as long as you never actually hit the "Befriend" button.

Special Befriendable Wolves

Special Befriendable Wolves

At Level 15, players can start finding Rated/Special wolves. Special befriendable wolves will have exclusive markings, bases, and eye colours, unobtainable elsewhere except through breeding (or RMAs in the markings' case). These wolves will have an ordinary star icon on their befriending screen, as seen below. There are five different star icons that these wolves can have, each corresponding to the number of exclusive attributes on the wolf.

Every possible star icon and its meaning are listed below.

	Wolf has one exclusive trait
	Wolf has two exclusive traits
	Wolf has three exclusive traits
	Wolf has four exclusive traits
	Wolf has five exclusive traits

NBW-Exclusive Traits

NBW-Exclusive Traits

These traits can be found on special befriended wolves after your lead wolf reaches level 15. While they can also be bred from wolves who already have them, NBWs are where they originate from. For more specific information about wolf genetics, check out the Genetics page!

Bases

Bases

There are twelve NBW-exclusive bases, one of each color and shade and all Tier II.

Sky Cool Light II	Diorite Cool Medium II	Nocturne Cool Dark II
Feldspar Muted Light II	Tuff Muted Medium II	Ebony Muted Dark II
Yellow Warm Light II	Rust Warm Medium II	Dravite Warm Dark II
Nepheline Monochrome Light II	Sterling Monochrome Medium II	Biotite Monochrome Dark II

Markings

Markings

These marking shapes may also come in colors not listed here- however, these are the only colors that can be found on special NBWs.

Inverted Manicou
Beige	Cream	Gray
Honey	White

Inverted Opossum
Beige	Cream	Gray
Honey	White

Manicou
Black	Brown	Dark Brown
Henna

Opossum
Black	Brown	Dark Brown
Henna

Points
Black	Brown	Cream
Dark Brown	Gray	Honey
Red

Sallander
Beige	Black	Cream
Dark Brown	Gray	Red
Yellow	White

Shaded
Black	Brown	Honey
Red	White	Yellow

Smoke
Black	Brown	Dark Brown
Gray	Red

Eyes

Eyes

Chestnut Brown	Copper	Glass
Fails to Amber, Black, and Brown	Fails to Amber, Brown, and Orange	Fails to Blue, Brown, and Green
Honey	Mercury	Warm Gray
Fails to Amber, Brown, and Orange	Fails to Clay, Gray, and Orange	Fails to Black, Clay, Gray, and White