Town Square

This is the hub of the town. From here, you can visit the Bulletin Board for the latest news and updates, get information from the books at the Library, check out the local rules, or visit the F.A.Q. to ask some questions about the group!

<sub>Bulletin Board Event Board Rules Town Calendar

Raccolto The Mines Divine Spring Safari Zone

Resident Application RP Bazaar Inventories

Business People Farmers Ranchers

Main Chat Roleplay Chat Crafting</sub>

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Table of Contents

_{About Ranchers
Work-related Submissions
Ranch Animals
Breeding
Upgrades and Purchases}

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Ranchers

All art and writing, to count towards evolution of animals, must appear as if effort was put into them. We reccomend at least flat colors and a background for visual pieces or around 1000 words for a written piece.

About ranchers
Ranchers in Raccolto raise livestock. Animals and the products from animals will be shown in your inventory, and your character can, indeed, have the animals you buy for them. A Ranch upgrade will increase the sturdiness of the barn and fence that a Ranch will have. Consequently it will be much safer for the livestock.


Basic (default for Ranchers) -- Cheaply made, easily damaged by weather. Gets cold in the winter. Included fence is made of unprocessed branches. Comes with a barn that holds 4 Pokemon.
Medium -- Slightly stronger, can withstand a bit more. There is sometimes a chill in the winter. Fence is now made of processed wood: sturdier and larger. Barn now holds 6 Pokemon.
Large -- Strong and reliable. Winter isn’t a problem. The fence is upgraded to stone. Barn now holds 8 Pokemon.
Luxury -- Will never get damaged by weather. Climate is properly controlled to keep your Pokemon happy. The fence has been upgraded to Golden Timber. Barn now holds 10 Pokemon.


Work-related submissions
It may seem a little boring to draw your character hanging out with their animals all over again but let your creativity flow. There are more facets to ranching than what meets the eye. How about making a new fence to keep dangerous carnivores away? Or maybe the Mareep need to be clipped, the cows milked, stables need to be cleaned? Provide some others with your animal products, 'sell' them at the market or prepare them for a transport. Don't limit yourself to drawing the same kind of pictures again and again, it is not needed for livestock to grow. As long as they are included in the picture (even if they are not the focus), it counts towards their growth.


Animals
Ranch animals must be purchased, and will always be at the youngest evolution. After your character has interacted enough with the animal (in art or writing), the Pokemon will evolve. Once they're evolved, your character must interact with them in art before you can obtain the animal products.

Miltank & Skiddo/Gogoat
Miltank are the Cows and Skiddo are the goats of Harvest Pokemoon. They produce milk. Gogoat produce milk of higher quality.
Females produce milk while Males are breeders.


Mareep/Flaffy/Ampharos
Mareep are the Sheep of Harvest Pokemoon. They produce wool.
Flaafy produce a higher quality wool. Mareep will evolve into Flaafy after producing for a long enough time and having enough love.
Both Males and Females can produce wool.

Ducklett/Swanna & Psyduck/Golduck
Ducklett are the Ducks of Harvest Pokemoon. They produce eggs.
Psyduck also produce eggs, but may get confused on this task and will not lay them. However, when they do, they are worth more than Ducklett eggs. Psyduck are RARE and are granted in event by Mod. Golduck eggs are worth their weight in gold!
Females produce eggs while Males are breeders.

Torchic/Combusken/Blaziken
Torchic are the Chickens of Harvest Pokemoon. They produce eggs.
Combusken produce a higher quality of eggs. Torchic will evolve after producing for a long enough time and having enough love.
Females produce eggs while Males are breeders.

Doduo/Dodrio
Doduo are the Ostriches of Harvest Pokemoon. They produce eggs.
Dodrio produce a higher quality of eggs. Doduo will evolve after producing for a long enough time and having enough love. Doduo and Dodrio may be used, for RP purposes, as mounts.
Females produce eggs while Males are breeders.

Swinub/Piloswine/Mamoswine & Tepig/Pignite/Emboar & Spoink/Grumpig
Swinub are the Pigs of Harvest Pokemoon. They produce truffles.
Piloswine produce a higher quality of truffles. Swinub will evolve after producing for a long enough time and having enough love.
Both Males and Females can locate truffles.

Wurmple/Silcoon/Beautifly/Cascoon/Dustox & Caterpie/Metapod/Butterfree & Burmy/Wormadam/Mothim & Sewaddle/Swadloon/Leavanny & Scatterbug/Spewpa/Vivillon
Wurmple, Caterpie, Burmy, and Sewaddle are the silkworms of Harvest Pokemoon. They produce Silk.
Evolutions produce a higher quality of silk. Wurmple will evolve after producing for a long enough time and having enough love. The path it will take evolving will be completely random. The others will evolve after enough love, but of course their evolution is set.
Both Males and Females can produce silk.

Weedle/Kakuna/Beedrill & Combee/Vespiqueen
These are the Bees of Harvest Pokemoon. They produce Honey.
Beedrill and Vespiqueen produce Royal Honey. They will evolve after enough love has been given to them.
Both Males and Females can produce Honey.


Breeding Pokemon
Has your ranch pokemon found love? Is there some striking beauty strolling by? Then perhaps you may want to consider breeding! Here are the rules for bringing your own cute little babies into this world!

Breeding Your own Pokemon
To breed two of your own pokemon you will need:
One male and one female Pokemon of the same egg group.
Draw a picture of these two Pokemon bonding.
Note the group announcing their love and desire!

Breeding with Another's Pokemon
To breed with another member's pokemon you will need:
One male and one female pokemon of the same egg group.
Members of the breeding should either produce a collaborative piece, or two separate pieces of the Pokemon bonding.
Note the group announcing their love and desire, and who the baby will go to!

Some rules to remember are that:
A female can only breed once a month.
The baby will be the mother's species.
Pokemon do not have to be in the same category to breed. Meaning Pets can breed with Garden, or Ranch with farm.
If it is anything other than a Ranch pokemon, then a slot must be paid for accordingly.
The baby will come in the form of an egg which the owner may hatch, with artwork, after the breeding.


Upgrades and Purchases
Now, your character gets to start out with a basic home and a basic ranch. But don’t you want more for your character? Here is a list of everything you could possibly buy for your character, and a few things you can buy as an RPer!

Please note, all upgrades build on top of the other: That is, you can’t buy a Large Home without first having paid for a Medium Home.

To buy something, note the group, put in the subject "I'd like to buy..." and make sure to tell us what you want to buy and your character's name. If you have enough Pokedollars, it will be added to your character's inventory.
When purchasing an animal, please give it a name and a gender.

Home Upgrades
Medium Home Upgrade -- 1,000
Large Home Upgrade -- 3,000
Family Home Upgrade -- 5,000
Mansion Upgrade –- 10,000

*Boat -- 2,000
*Yacht Upgrade –- 5,000

Ranch Upgrades
Medium Ranch Upgrade -- 4,000 (6 Pokemon)
Large Ranch Upgrade -- 5,000 (8 pokemon)
Luxury Ranch Upgrade -- 10,000 (10 Pokemon)

*Livestock -- 1,000 each
-- Livestock, bought from Juan Vaquero, always begins at its earliest evolution. Please choose a species, gender, and name for your new buddy! Remember to check out the Animal Pokemon Info for what you wish to have as your livestock.

*Pond-- 500 (Adds room for +1 Pokemon)
*Pigpen -- 500 (Adds room for +1 Pokemon)

Additional Business/Farm
Basic Business -- 5,000 (5 Customers at a time)
Basic Farm -- 5,000 (6 Plots available)
-- To buy a second career path your character must already have upgraded their Ranch to Large.

Pet Slots
*Pet Slot (up to three) -- 2,000 each
*Pet Slots four -- 4,000. Five -- 6,000. Six -- 8,000
-- To obtain a pet, you also need to have unlocked the mine level where the type of the pet resides in. If it is a dual type, both types of the pet needs to be unlocked. You can see what types are unlocked per level are at The Mines blog.
For example: If you want a Ghastly and you have unlocked level 1 of the mines, you cannot have that as a pet because Ghost is not unlocked at mine level 1. The pet can only be a single evolution or a first stage evolution.
Then to catch a pet you need to draw or write your character catching the pet. Note this must appear as if effort was put into them. We recommend at least flat colors and a background for visual pieces or around 1000 words for a written piece.

-- Amount of pets:
6 purchasable pet slots. 2 bonus slots are available. One can be obtained as a Garden Pokemon bonus, while the other can be obtained by donating to the Divine Spring. These eight pet slots do not include the your starter.

Garden Pokemon Slots
*Garden Pokemon Slot (maximum of three) -- 3,000 each
*Flower garden (a fourth Garden Pokemon spot) – 10,000

*Benefits from Garden Pokemon (please note: You cannot skip on slot to get the benefit from the next)
First Garden Pokemon – 250 Pokedollars off your upgrades
Second Garden Pokemon – Extra pet slot
Third Garden Pokemon – Growth for all Pokemon
Fourth Garden Pokemon – Double produce

<sub>Available Garden Pokemon: Pretty much every Grass-type is fair game as long as you start with the first evolution (in case it can evolve). This includes the new Gen 6 Pokemon: Chespin, Phantump and Pumpkaboo.

Exceptions are:
Legendaries, the Lileep line, Leafeon, Rotom (mower form), Wormadam (leaf cloak), Cottonee line, Deerling line and the Skiddo line</sub>

Mounted Animals/Transportation
*Mount Animal -- 4,000
-- Mount animals, bought from Juan Vaquero, always begin at their earliest evolution. Please choose a species, gender, and name for your new buddy! You can also buy the slot and decide on which animal you would like at a later date. Only evolved mounts are eligible for riding!
Regular mounts are:
Numel/Camerupt
Ponyta/Rapidash
Blitzle/Zebstrika
Stantler
Bouffalant
Tauros
Phanpy/Donphan
Doduo/Dodrio (as mounts, these will NOT produce anything)
Swinub/Piloswine/Mamoswine (as mounts, these will NOT produce anything)
Skiddo/Gogoat (as mounts, these will NOT produce anything)
Venipede/Whirlipede/Scolipede
Deerling/Sawsbuck (Event only)
Shieldon/Bastiodon (Fossil only)

*If you have a Pokemon in mind that is NOT on the list, you may request it as a mount. If the mods approve, you may purchase your “exotic” mount for 10,000 Pokedollars. Pokemon that are more likely to be accepted are Pokemon that are tall enough to ride. In addition, to train a Pokemon you see on the list that you already own as a pet will be 10,000 Pokedollars.
**Event/ Fossil mounts may not reproduce.

Second Player-Character Slot
*Second Player-Character Slot -- 15,000 & must be in the group for at least 4 months
-- Secondary characters must go through the same approval process as the original applying characters. While you may purchase a secondary character slot, they need to have their own character sheet, as well as the filled-out character info form below before they will be reviewed and officially accepted or denied.

Third Player-Character Slot
*Third Player-Character Slot -- 50,000 & must have had your second character for at least 4 months
-- Third characters must go through the same approval process as the original and secondary applying characters. While you may purchase a third character slot, they need to have their own character sheet, as well as the filled-out character info form below before they will be reviewed and officially accepted or denied.

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