Habitarium

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“Welcome, fellow nature lovers! I'm Professor Milton Clodbottle, and I'd love to tell you all about my greatest discovery: Habitariums! What's a Habitarium, you ask? Why, it's an enchanting miniature ecosystem—almost a world unto itself, you could say—where Petpetpets of all kinds shuffle about, their tiny little lives unfolding right before you: eating, sleeping, gathering resources, putting up buildings... even getting into occasional skirmishes with their neighbours. Fascinating stuff, I tell you! Don't just take my word for it, though—set up a Habitarium of your own and see for yourself!”

Professor Milton Clodbottle's Astounding Habitarium (or, more simply, the Habitarium) is a game where players raise a group of petpetpets inside one of Prof. Clodbottle's Habitariums. Much like a real-life formicarium, the petpetpets (P3s) work together to gather resources, build structures, and defend the Habitarium from pests, under the observation and occasional guidance from the player. Players can breed their desired mix of P3s in their Habitarium, and customize buildings and P3s through colour changes.

Habitariums

When a player first establishes their Habitarium, they must choose one from three types that the Professor offers:

Seedling Grove"

"Blossom Meadow"

"Puddle Lake"

descriptions, appearances. Multiple P3s can harvest from a single tile, so it is uncertain whether the differences in the number of resources is meaningful (other than being able to lose more of those tiles to pests).

Resources

Needed to construct buildings and obtain supplies and ink. Each tile can decay if attacked by pests - if too damaged, P3s will not be able to gather any resources from the tile. Tiles regenerate on their own in approximately 3 hours or through the help of a friend.

Tree tiles = Wood

Bog tiles = Mud

Rock tiles = Stone

Flower tiles = Pollen

Water tiles = Water

Grass tiles = Grass

Petpetpets (P3s)

Petpetpets are abbreviated "P3s" throughout the game. They are the central characters of the Habitarium and act autonomously, with a basic level of intelligence. The player guides their P3s to perform desired tasks to advance forward in the game.

Life Cycle

Eggs, depends on species of nester on next when laid, can be stored ("harvested"), can "escape" if left alone too long. Hatched by player, lives in Habitarium. Must take care of well to slow ageing? Produces gem when they pass away.

Status

Health, hunger, fatigue - what drains them (gathering - hunger and fatigue, getting attacked - health, fighting - hunger only?), effects of each on skills and lifespan, how to recover each (Houses).

Jobs

From birth, each individual P3 is specialized as a Nester, Worker, or Soldier.

Nesters

These P3s are the only ones that can lay eggs in nests and incubate them until they are ready to hatch. When not nesting, they can gather resources at a somewhat slower pace than Workers. If necessary, they can also defend the Habitarium from pests however they are not very good at it and will most likely lose. They cannot build or repair buildings. Nesters also require no sleep and no health in order to lay eggs. after birth they can either be a worker, soldier, nester, dier, or cheese eater.

Workers

Workers are specialized in resource gathering, and building and repairing work. If necessary, they can also defend the Habitarium from pests, though they will not automatically do this unless attacked directly. Once again, they are not particularly good at fighting and lose energy fast.

Soldiers

Soldiers are much more proficient in fighting than the other two types. They are the only P3s that can be sent out to fight other players' Habitariums. If your habitarium is invaded by pests, these guys will immediately march out to fight. They can also build structures and repair damage to buildings from pests or raids. However, they cannot gather resources or nest, so most of their time is spent patrolling your habitarium.

Species

Three types (Mootix, Pinchit, Larnikin), can be painted via ink droppers, and can be upgraded once a certain level is reached. The three species vary only in appearance, so a Mootix, Pinchit and Larnikin Worker will all harvest at the same rate. Images. Any functional differences between species, or after upgrades?

Pests

One species, occasionally appearing at random when online. Can attack structures, P3s, and resource tiles. Repair structures, heal P3s in houses. Each enemy drops a gem worth 30 XP each.

Structures

Five types, can be painted. Tables with function, capacity, costs, appearance (including painted), upgrades. Caution - icon order in the shop is different from everywhere else.

Storage: stores resources, have individual capacities

Resource Cost: 1550 mud, 1450 stone, 1850 wood

L1: Stores 2500 of each

L2: Stores 3500 of each

L3: Stores 4500 of each

Houses: heals, feeds, and rests multiple P3s at a time

Resource Cost: 1200 mud, 950 stone, 1200 wood

L1: Holds 3 P3s

L2: Holds 5 P3s, about twice? as fast

L3: Holds 7 P3s

Nests: allows nesters to lay and incubate eggs

Resource cost: 950 mud, 650 stone, 800 wood

L1: ?

L2: ?

Hospitals (unlocks level 15)

Resource Cost: 1800 mud, 6750 stone, 2450 wood

Allows P3s to regain full health

L1: Holds 2 P3s

L2: Holds 3 P3s

L3: Holds 4 P3s

Barracks (unlocks level 25)

Resource Cost: 4250 mud, 6800 stone, 2550 wood

Houses soldier P3s

Lookout Towers

Resource Cost: 150NC

Alerts the player to incoming raids

Progression

As players and their P3s perform actions in the game, they will earn experience points (XP), which count toward the player levelling up. At each level, the player gains a Neopoint award, and potentially bonuses for their Habitarium, such as random gifts, expansions in territory or population cap, eggs and unlocked structure and upgrade capabilities.

Table: XP Sources

• Harvest resource: 1 XP per unit
• Red gem from defeated enemy: 30 XP
• Construct Structures: 200 XP
• Repair building fully: 5 XP per level
• Hatch egg: 30 XP
• Gem from P3 end of lifespan:50 XP/100 XP/150 XP, depending on the length of the P3's life
• Discard egg: 200 XP

Table: Levels, XP total, XP from last, rewards, structures unlocked, upgrades unlocked and their functions and costs, max population, resource tile count(?)

Items

Items are supplies that are nessesary in sustaining a P3's life. There are different items with different prices and different uses (functions).

Food

Cornmeal

Resource Cost: 40 pollen, 40 water, 160 grass

Reduces P3's hunger slightly.

Apple Bite

Resource Cost: 40 pollen, 160 water, 40 grass

Reduces P3's tiredness slightly.

Small Droplet of Nectar

Resource Cost: 160 pollen, 40 water, 40 grass

Heals P3's slightly.

Speck of Cheese

Resource Cost: 80 pollen, 80 water, 280 grass

Reduces P3's hunger.

Candy Sprinkle

Resource Cost: 80 pollen, 280 water, 80 grass

Reduces P3's tiredness.

Medium Droplet of Nectar

Resource Cost: 280 pollen, 80 water, 80 grass

Heals P3's.

Bacon Crumb

Resource Cost: 150 pollen, 150 water, 520 grass

Largely reduces P3's hunger.

Bit of Berry Jelly

Resource Cost: 150 pollen, 520 water, 150 grass

Largely reduces P3's tiredness.

Large Droplet of Nectar

Resource Cost: 520 pollen, 150 water, 150 grass

Fully heals P3's.

Magic Meatball

Resource Cost: 50NC

Gradually reduces hunger of P3's.

Magic Marshmallow

Resource Cost: 50NC

Gradually reduces tiredness of P3's.

Magical Mini Honeycomb

Resource Cost: 50NC

Gradually heals P3's.

Tools

Twig Hammer

Resource Cost: 90 wood, 10 mud, 35 stone

Removes a level of decay from a building.

Seed Hammer

Resource Cost: 110 wood, 25 mud, 90 mud

Removes two levels of decay from a building.

Pebble Hammer

Resource Cost: 75NC

Removes all levels of decay from a building (5 uses).

Pluburb Magical Seeds

Resource Cost: 125NC

Increases hunger, rest and health regeneration by four times.

Bronze Hourglass

Resource Cost: 150NC

Maintains current status of your Habitarium for 24 hours.

Silver Hourglass

Resource Cost: 250NC

Maintains current status of your Habitarium for 168 hours.

Gold Hourglass

Resource Cost: 300NC

Maintains current status of your Habitarium for 336 hours.

Ink

Blue Ink Bottle

Resource Cost: 650 pollen, 450 water, 300 grass

Paints buildings blue.

Red Ink Bottle

Resource Cost: 650 pollen, 450 water, 300 grass

Paints buildings red.

Yellow Ink Bottle

Resource Cost: 650 pollen, 450 water, 300 grass

Paints buildings yellow.

Chocolate Ink Bottle

Resource Cost: 200NC

Paints buildings chocolate.

Faerie Ink Bottle

Resource Cost: 200NC

Paints buildings faerie

Larnikin Ink Bottle

Resource Cost: 200NC

Paints buildings in a Larnikin-like appearence.

Mootix Ink Bottle

Resource Cost: 200NC

Paints buildings in a Mootix-like appearence.

Pinchit Ink Bottle

Resource Cost: 200NC

Paints buildings in a Pinchit-like appearence.

Pirate Ink Bottle

Resource Cost: 200NC

Paints buildings pirate.

Snow Ink Bottle

Resource Cost: 200NC

Paints buildings snow.

Ink Droppers

Larnikin Chocolate Ink Dropper

Resource Cost: 100NC

Paints your Larnikin chocolate.

Larnikin Faerie Ink Dropper

Resource Cost: 100NC

Paints your Larnikin faerie.

Larnikin Pirate Ink Dropper

Resource Cost: 100NC

Paints your Larnikin pirate.

Larnikin Snow Ink Dropper

Resource Cost: 100NC

Paints your Larnikin snow.

Mootix Chocolate Ink Dropper

Resource Cost: 100NC

Paints your Mootix chocolate.

Mootix Faerie Ink Dropper

Resource Cost: 100NC

Paints your Mootix faerie.

Mootix Pirate Ink Dropper

Resource Cost: 100NC

Paints your Mootix pirate.

Mootix Snow Ink Dropper

Resource Cost: 100NC

Paints your Mootix snow.

Pinchit Chocolate Ink Dropper

Resource Cost: 100NC

Paints your Pinchit chocolate.

Pinchit Faerie Ink Dropper

Resource Cost: 100NC

Paints your Pinchit faerie.

Pinchit Pirate Ink Dropper

Resource Cost: 100NC

Paints your Pinchit pirate.

Pinchit Snow Ink Dropper

Resource Cost: 100NC

Paints your Pinchit snow.

Decorations

Grarrl Tooth

Resource Cost: 50 mud, 350 stone

Twig Fence

Resource Cost: 350 wood, 40 mud, 100 stone

Pine Cone Shard Fence

Resource Cost: 350 wood, 150 mud, 50 stone

Costs, functions. Categories: Decorations

Friends

Once-per-24-hours help (refresh a P3, repair building, or repair all resource tiles). Can give gifts. Can raid.

Miscellaneous

• Since the game gives out Neopoints, one should not create Habitariums on side accounts. (Seriously though, did whoever edited this one in actually went by their own advice, having taken notice of the massively profitable NP exploit of the idea of leveling multiple Habitariums sincerely suggesting to look the other way?)
• The game entered private beta testing on 9 November 2010. The public beta had a wikipedia:false start with the release of the 19 November news, but was released properly on 22-23 November, as the following post from The Neopets Team on their official Neoboard describes:

  Habitarium Open Beta Launch Plan

  Posted: 22 Nov 2010 - 3:49 pm

  Hello, Neopians! We wanted to let you know that we're going to be launching Habitarium again soon. We'll be opening up to small groups of players at a time until we get to everyone. No reason. We're not afraid of a server exploding or anything. *shifty eyes*

  We'll start by releasing to the Premium beta testers tonight and, if all goes well, we'll add groups in the morning and continue throughout the day. So if you can't access the game but your friends can, don't panic! Everyone will be able to play soon.

  If anything changes, we'll let you know. Thanks for your patience!

• Nesters require sleep to be able to lay eggs. However, Nesters appear to be sleeping when they are on a nest.