Edit: Thanks for all the feedback! After reading everyone's thoughts and opinions, I see a lot of valid points and decided to make an adjustment to the original suggestion - what if instead of an item, we get like this guarantee once every lets say 50 lvl 10 wolves released? (might be more than 50 if that's still too little)

Benefits:
- incentivizes breeding, training, and releasing aspects of gameplay
- is rare enough to not disrupt the fun of planning and achieving the colors manually (hopefully)
- can be piecemeal so this item only guarantees one color for one part (eyes, accent, etc) so it can partially keep the fun of a randomized outcome
- could possibly be capped at x per month to prevent grinding burnout, and also encourage market trade

Please let me know if I forgot to account for anything else, or if this can still be improved or reworked entirely! :00

Original post:

Im not sure if this is already a thing, or if someone else has suggested this already, but i think itd be great if there was a special rare item that could guarantee a puppy with the pattern selected from the potential offspring display! I think itd help lessen the amount of unwanted wolves at least...?

No support. Part of the fun about breeding is those ranges. Choosing a pup’s patterns will make the game too pay to win.

On the fence about this one.

On one hand, the breeding system is an intricate thing and I thoroughly enjoy mapping out how to get to where I want for pups. "How do I narrow down the color range?" "Do I care about the pattern, or should I do that too?" etc. are all questions I enjoy considering.

However, on the other hand, I know not many people would enjoy that process. It takes time and often quite a bit of work in the form of sheets, docs, etc. that they might not have to spare.

Dunno. I'll have to think about it.

Want to add in, something like this would be a convenience feature. Typically those would go for premium currency. With not having enough pebble sinks yet, it will make it harder in the long run for people to progress without buying from the site or taking forever.

no support for a specific color select, maybe guaranteeing one is a bit much, but removing one [1] per item use per nest could be a nice convenience since that's not enough effect to just 'buy' a specific puppy but enough to affect the odds enough to speed it ever so slightly without feeling broken

could be a pebble item like the eye besprinkler for that similar less consequential impact

No support. Unwanted wolves are a normal part of the gameplay and it's good and alright to release them, or sell them to people who will. I genuinely do not think this would really improve gameplay in the long run.

Thanks for all the feedback! After much thought I've decided to make some adjustments to the og suggestion (idk if this is appropriate or if i should've started a new thread entirely..?) Anyway this edit is also subject to change as i get a better understanding of what regular gameplay is like on this site. I appreciate any further criticism/discussion! :>>