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AMEcco

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Hey. I'm achievement hunting and my goal is to get all five prehistoric genes and the prehistoric hunter achievement. I'm playing in sandbox mode with no extension to my nichelings' lifespans and no damage multipliers. I haven't really thought much about my tribe's social structure/culture but I think I may do something similar to wolf packs; one breeding pair who mates for life with young nichelings finding their own territory to breed in.

Here is our starting couple, Kuku and Lenre. They aren't the best adapted for the mountains so I like to imagine they ended up on this island by accident. Interestingly, Lenre carries recessive heat body. Maybe they were secretly fated to end up there after all! Both nichelings have recessive webbed hind legs so I give them normal hind legs to mutate. I give Lenre runner's leg because that'll be a lot more useful for the mountain than her two velvet paws.

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Their first child Mesi, is rather odd with her gills but her two strength, medium body, and fluffy tail already make her better adapted for the mountains than both her parents. Kuku finds a permanent nest nearby. Goodbye leeches!

 

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Kuku and Lenre's second child Kulur. He will most likely stick close to the nest and gather berries. The family meets a peaceful bear in the grass. There is a bluebird nearby so he will make a good babysitter if Kuku and Lenre need to go out looking for food.

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Our tribe is quick to learn that not all creatures of the mountains are friendly. Kuku delivers a venomous bite and scares the bearyena off for now. She's not in this shot but Lenre has had her third child Elkore. She has webbed hind legs and fishing tail. Not ideal but at least she can hunt and fight. 

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Lenre's fourth daughter Ista. The tribe has a good range of immunity genes and are tight on resources, so our breeding pair are going to stop breeding for now. A derp-snouted female is wandering around nearby. Sadly, she has matching immunity genes with Kuku and no genes I'm willing to risk a sick child for so I decided to leave her alone for now. The bearyena comes back to attack Elkore so the family decides to kill it before it can cause more damage. Turns out the predators are a great source of meat in the harsh winter months!

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Feeling their little mountain sanctum is no longer safe, the tribe decides to move on, travelling in a close knit formation to keep each other warm. Kuku stumbles across their first iceberg and sensing the life within, breaks it open, revealing a rather exotic-looking nicheling with a platypus beak, toxic body, and two mammoth feet.

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He shares an immunity gene with Ista so I will probably be breeding him with Mesi.

I'm looking for name suggestions for both my tribe and my nichelings so please leave any ideas you have!

 

 

 

 

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Mesi and Privan have been spending time together and have quickly grown fond of one another. They discuss establishing their own territory over a romantic meal of rabbil meat. Back down in the valley, Lenre and Kuku have had their final child.

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There is danger lurking on the mountainside. A balance bear just woken from hibernation, dazed and hungry. It hasn't seemed to notice the tribe so they stay put, hoping the giant predator will move on. Roduk is still an infant so it would be a bad time to move to a new nest. To make matters worse, A rogue male is also skulking around the outskirts. Thankfully, he is more easily driven off than the bear.

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It is not long before the balance bear discovers the tribe's scent. With the deaths of Lenre and Kuku, Mesi, who is now carrying Privan's child, puts aside her previous plans of finding her own territory and becomes the tribe's new alpha female. She decides to guide her younger siblings across the river, where the balance bear hopefully won't follow.

The journey goes smoothly and the bear loses the tribe's scent. Mesi builds her nest in a grove of berry bushes. She gives birth to an adorable daughter. I decide to go for an insect naming theme for her children. While hunting for rabbils, Elkore finds a new face in the grass; an old male named Hazel. It is unlikely he will breed at his age but the tribe will refuse to leave an elderly nicheling to face winter alone. He moves to the central camp, where he can help gather berries and look after youngsters.

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Mesi and Privan's second daughter. With her second gem, Ladybird is eager to join her aunts and uncles on hunting trips. 

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Hazel lives out his final days serving the tribe and dies happy and surrounded by friendly faces. Mesi blesses the tribe with one more daughter before passing on herself. Privan dutifully keeps watch over the little one. It is unlikely he will take another mate in his life. The tribe's younger members are growing restless and are beginning to explore beyond the comfort of the grassy valleys.

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The tribe says goodbye to Mesi, an alpha female who put responsibility to her tribe above her own desires.

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The tribe's youngest are growing restless and the explore the mountain's slopes in search of new resources and new faces. However, the cold weather is making the snow drifts dangerously big so they must turn back or risk being isolated from their family.

Days go by and there are no signs of wanderers. Out of desperation, Ladybird takes on Roduk as a mate. The resulting children have a chance of being sick but at this point, the continuation of the tribe matters most. Both Ista and Privan have passed away of old age. The tribe pines over their loss, especially Privan. He becomes the tribe's god of warmth, the nest, and protector of the sick and elderly. 

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Luckily, their first child (name suggestions would be nice as I was feeling a bit creatively bankrupt last time I played 🤣) is healthy and strong, blessed by her grandfather's mammoth foot. Unluckily, a bearyena has discovered the nest. Determined to protect the newborn, the whole tribe works as one to kill the predator.

Butterfly finds a blind nicheling sneaking in the grass. The creature, called Bramble, is grateful to the tribe for distracting the bearyena long enough for him to escape its notice. Despite his blindness, Butterfly is drawn to Bramble. He'd have to be a resourceful nicheling to survive this long on an island filled with hostile creatures.

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The bearyena goes down, but not before injuring Lanternfly. Butterfly decides to travel with Bramble, for he has told her stories about a strange ice block, like the one her father was said to have broke free from. She was always more adventurous than either of her sisters, so she is curious to see if another secret is lying in wait in the ice.  

Ladybird has had a second daughter with brilliant purple fur. A balance bear is spotted nearby so she plans to take her side of the family to the south as soon as her youngest is able to travel. Roduk volunteers to stay behind, as he is growing old.

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Meanwhile, Butterfly's new family seems to be having a much easier time of it. Bramble has successfully guided Butterfly to the ice block. The area is abundant in rabbils and he has also found a new creature, Stoat, to help out with the hunting. And Butterfly has had her first child with Bramble, a son who takes a lot after his father and his aunt Ladybird.

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At last, with Butterfly's guidance, Bramble opens the ice block. A young female with an armoured body and a digger's paw is freed. With its cracking of the final ice block, the whole tribe feels a mystical energy leaving the island. They know they must leave this place behind soon. They have three options; a flower port to the west, a swamp port to the north, and whale island to the east.

I'm planning on staying on this island for a couple of generations to establish the ancient genes within our family tree then moving the tribe to whale island. Any suggestions? 

 

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10 minutes ago, AMEcco said:

I'm planning on staying on this island for a couple of generations to establish the ancient genes within our family tree then moving the tribe to whale island. Any suggestions? 

 

Collect all the prehistoric genes (using whale island to move to another icy island) and then try and survive on an island not suited for them?

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6 minutes ago, wikipedia (angel) said:

Collect all the prehistoric genes (using whale island to move to another icy island) and then try and survive on an island not suited for them?

That could make an interesting challenge. Thanks!

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Ladybird dies of old age. With the death of their alpha female, Lanternfly and her nieces Amethyst and Olive decide to travel as a bachelorette tribe. The mountain is no place to travel alone. They stumble upon the small grove, which unknown to them, was where their ancestors washed up all those years ago.

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Butterfly and Bramble welcome their second son. Bramble dies the next but not before impregnating Butterfly with one more child.

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Their final son is an almost carbon copy of Cardinal. Butterfly names him after her recently deceased mate. Her two older sons are beginning to develop their personalities. Oak is a bit of a homebody, who would much rather stay close to the nest, clear the grasses and gather berries. Cardinal is a much more adventurous spirit, who is already climbing the mountain to hunt rabbils with Stoat, whom he considers to be something of an uncle.

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Other than a dying rogue male, there is no sign of other nichelings on the bacholerettes' side of the island.

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Oak is of breeding age and Tatala has taken quite the shining to him but she's rather shy about confessing her feelings to him. She invites him up to go up the mountain to dig for roots with her.

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Lanternfly has passed away, her old wounds finally catching up to her. Amethyst and Olive remain together, determined to keep each other safe and warm for the approaching winter. Amethyst finds a dead rabbil and can smell the familiar scent of meat emanating from the grass. Not noticing anything suspicious, she helps herself. However, the rabbit was killed by a balance bear that has taken up residence in the area and it is not happy to see her stealing from its stash. The sisters have no choice but to run from the enraged predator. Luckily, the bear isn't all that fast and they quickly outrun it.

They find themselves on a slope crawling with rabbils.

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Cardinal teaches Bramble the best way to hunt stagmoles.

While huddling with each other to beat the cold, Tatala asks Oak to be her mate. Oak joyously accepts her offer.

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Their first son has the water body. It sure is going to be a pain in the butt to breed out all the recessive water genes this family has. At least I can put him to use as a fisher!

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Amethyst climbs to the top of the mountain to call for help for her and Olive. She was barely old enough to remember when Butterfly and Bramble I travelled to the other side of the island and she doesn't even know if they survived their journey. Her bleak howls echo along the slopes. Little does she know, her pleas have been heard (and not only by the bunny!).

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