Character Creation

Welcome to Character Creation! Below, you will find an extensive guide on how to create and care for your picoo.

In the Skytree, picoos of all colors, shapes, and sizes live harmoniously under the protection of the Pockatrice. You* have joined the ranks of the Picoo Pals defense in the Skytree to serve your fellow picoos. Your picoo starts as a rookie, but slowly climbs the ranks as you continue to be active in the server.

Step One: Pick a Color

First, you need to pick a color. While every picoo is unique and can vary in all kinds of ways, the picoo’s base color is a great starting point to jumpstart your new character. Look below for more information about each color:

• 🔴 Red - Strength
  Red picoos originate from the Isles of Aakra, a series of tropical islands to the south of Pockra. Their ability is strength, meaning that they are physically stout and tough-skinned. Their elemental power is fire, meaning that they can create and manipulate flames and heat to their will. Many red picoos become blacksmiths and craftsmen, as their rocky and intense climate gives them some of the best equipment to work with. They are resilient to heat, so they often live near volcanoes to use their forges, and some of the most extreme red picoos even live inside these volcanoes. The hot springs around the islands bring signs of good luck, and they are often used to traverse the island safely. When not at work, they like to relax and trade with their fellow picoos, and they are more than happy to offer a luxurious stay for a foreign visitor.

• 🟠 Orange - Agility
  Orange picoos originate from Drifter’s Basin, a vast badlands biome to the west of the mainland. Their ability is agility, meaning that they are physically limber and have a very high endurance. Their elemental power is air, meaning that they can manipulate the wind to their will–some of the strongest orange picoos can even control the weather. Orange picoos are fairly solitary and often live on their own or in small groups. They don’t usually stay in one place for long periods of time, since they enjoy traveling and running across their long planes. The settlements found within Drifter’s Basin are few and far between, often hard to spot within the tall reeds they are built in. They also enjoy resting within trees found in the tall grasslands and occasionally build treehouses. Orange picoos aren’t ones to indulge in riches, but they love a challenge and enjoy competing with other picoos.

• 🟡 Yellow - Communication*
  Not much is known about yellow picoos at this time. Currently, there are only two known to exist: Meech, the royal advisor of the Pockatrice, and his son Tweech. Neither have any idea about their color’s history. Their ability is communication, meaning that they can speak to all sorts of creatures and understand all kinds of languages. Their elemental power is light, meaning that they can create and manipulate light and light sources.

• 🟢 Green - Vitality
  Green picoos originate from Sylvania, a large area of moor and marsh in the center of the mainland. Their ability is vitality, meaning that they are in good health and have high spirits. Their elemental power is earth, meaning that their unique connection with the planet allows them to extend the grace of life and health to others. As the most abundant and social of all picoos, they work best in groups and are rarely found on their own in the wild. Green picoos are the most likely to be an all-around talent as opposed to being dedicated to specialized fields like many of the other colors. They like to gather their food more than they like to farm or hunt, and they are often skilled foragers. The only two pockatrices left in existence, both from an ancient lineage of monarchs, are green, hinting to a past of power, respect, and leadership.

• 🔵 Blue - Charm
  Blue picoos originate from Three Fang Falls, a small piece of territory to the south of the mainland identified by its vast waterfalls, rivers, and iconic Crystal Lake. Their ability is charm, meaning that they are inspiring and compelling, often attracting other picoos to their vibe. Their elemental power is water, meaning that they can manipulate water and water-based liquids to their will. Their bodies are specially adapted more than any other species of picoo to live within aquatic environments, including webbed feet and hidden gills to breathe underwater. Blue picoos are quite social and creative, and art and music is deeply ingrained into their culture. Although Three Fang Falls is the origin of the species, many blue picoos live on the edge of Sylvania as well, adapting to the moist land environment as opposed to the waters of the Falls. Legends from the Isles of Aakra also claim that a third adaptation of blue picoos populate the deep sea, living within colorful reefs and grand underwater palaces.

• 🟣 Purple - Intelligence
  Purple picoos originate from the Underglow, a large system of tunnels and caverns found underneath Sylvania, Drifter’s Basin, and the open ocean off the northeast of the mainland. Their ability is intelligence, meaning that their high levels of development are capable of learning magics that other picoos cannot. Their elemental power is aether, meaning that they have the power to imbue objects with magic. Living in almost complete darkness, purple picoos have exceptional night vision and adorn large talons for digging. The caves they live in are filled with large pools of water and streams, illuminated by the bioluminescent fungi and plants within. Purple picoos love to create studies and libraries in their main hubs, and they create telescopes to observe the night sky, inspired by the crystals dotted within the ceiling of their caves. Purple picoos are most likely to indulge in riches, and many go into artistry and jeweling thanks to the abundance of clay and gems in their habitat. Others become librarians, historians, professors, and other forms of educators.

• ⚪ Fell - Entropy*
  The Fell are a subspecies of picoo that reside and most likely originated in the Bloody Crags. Their ability is entropy and their elemental power is darkness, but it has not been studied as to what exactly these things entail. While not every Fell is a dangerous killer, they have a primal instinct to hunt any living creature. It has been observed within Fell in the Picoo Pals that they have the ability to turn other picoos to stone to increase their own power. Few individuals know any more information about the Fell, and those that do refuse to talk about it. It may never be known how this subspecies came into existence.

Step Two: Choose between a NORMAL SKIN or a CUSTOM SKIN

Both of these options have pros and cons. Consider the differences and decide what would work best for you!

Normal Skins

A normal skin is a picoo skin that has the default patterns and is created through the official creator (i.e. the shop). These picoos are able to be modified, which means that any Modifications in the shop can be applied to them, ranging from color modifications to mutations to dootdoot mods to whatever else is available.

Normal skins are recommended for your first picoo, as you can explore the full range of functionality with the character creator.

You get one free character for your first ever picoo, in which you can customize using accessories and modifications. To obtain any subsequent picoos with a normal skin, buy the base "Egg" item from the shop and any modifications you would like to go with it.

Custom Skins

A custom skin is a picoo skin that has completely unique patterns and is created by official team artists. These picoos cannot have Modifications applied, as mods are often a given within skins themselves and it can be disrespectful to the original artist to modify their artwork. However, they can still have Accessories applied to them.

To obtain a picoo with a custom skin, you can either (1) purchase a skin from the Custom Skin Shop for an existing picoo, (2) purchase a custom egg for the Egg + Skin bundle (limited availability), or (3) wait for Hatch-Harvest (February) and Hatchday (April) seasons for a free custom egg with unique items included.

Step Three: Choose a name and build your character’s identity

What is your character’s name? How old is your character? Where is your character from? Fill out the fields of the following sheet below to get to know your character a little bit!

Step Four: Register your character with LOLLO

Once you have your character figured out, you can register them with our custom Discord bot Lollo for safekeeping! Below is a list of commands that you can use in #🤖┃bot-fun to document the character using some of the same information you inserted into the character sheet last step.

1. p!character register <charactername>

2. p!character setmain <charactername>

3. p!character edit <charactername> color <newvalue>

4. p!character edit <charactername> pronouns <newvalue>

5. p!character edit <charactername> age <newvalue>

6. p!character edit <charactername> rank <newvalue>

7. p!character edit <charactername> birthplace <newvalue>

8. p!character edit <charactername> description <newvalue>

9. p!character equip <charactername> <modification/accessory> <input>

10. p!character view <charactername>

For more help, use p!help to see a list of all the commands that Lollo can do.

Step Five: Change your nickname

Your picoo is complete! If this is your main picoo, you should reflect this by selecting the appropriate name color in #👑┃reaction-roles. Then, change your nickname to the following format:

Preferred name | Picoo name

Step Six: Share your creation!

You're all done! Go ahead and share your new character with everyone!