Traits

Hard horns grow from this ixi's head.

• Can be any color lighter or darker than the base coat, can be any marking color on the Rixixi, can be any natural skin tone color, or can be any color on the base coat swatch.
• Markings in the area can extend to this mutation.

Alternate design packs exist for this mutation:
Beak and Horn Expansion Pack
Starters' Starter Pack
Primal Blood Design Pack
Domestic Horns and V.Wings Expansion Pack

A hard shell protects the Rixixi's back.

• Markings in the area can extend to this mutation.
• The shell itself can take on the color of any base coat.
• The rim of the shell can be any color lighter or darker than the base coat, can be any marking color on the Rixixi, can be any natural skin tone color, or can be any color on the base coat swatch.

Webbed and bat-like in nature, but small, these wings are not capable of true flight.

• Wings are considered an extra appendage and markings in-range can spread to them. Markings that cover points can treat wings as if they were another limb.

Wings with webbing have specific rules:

• The webbing itself is considered a skin zone, and can be any color lighter or darker than the base coat, can be any marking color on the Rixixi, can be any natural skin tone color, or can be any color on the base coat swatch.
• The opacity of the webbing can be freely altered as long as it is still clearly visible.
• Markings can still spread to the webbing, but need to be present on the body somewhere - they cannot only appear on the skin unless the marking specifically says otherwise (eg. Flourish).

 
Light blue: Markings must appear somewhere here.
Medium blue: Markings can appear somewhere here, as long as they also appear in the light blue zone.

Alternate design packs exist for this mutation:
Alternate Vestigial Wings Design Pack
Domestic Horns and V.Wings Expansion Pack

The Ixi's natural vents are constantly open and do not contract to the point of being closed and giving the illusion of being invisible.

• Can be any legal flesh or skin color for the Rixixi!
• Markings can appear on this mutation as long as they could also appear on skin.
• Can show the Rixixi's blood color on part or all of the mutation if desired - by default, Rixixi blood is red, but it can be modified by certain markings and mutations.

Alternate design packs exist for this mutation:
Primal Blood Design Pack

A weapon on the end of the Ixi's tail.

• Spines and webbing, if present, can be any color lighter or darker than the base coat, can be any marking color on the Rixixi, can be any natural skin tone color, or can be any color on the base coat swatch.
• Markings in the area can extend to this mutation.

Alternate design packs exist for this mutation:
Primal Blood Design Pack

Presentation with Contradicting Mutations:

Multiple Tail Mutations:

When multiple tail mutations present in the same geno without Multi Tail, any of the following approaches can be taken:

-The tails can be edited so that they all appear at once. As long as the tails appear at roughly their original size and shape, no Mutation Station is required. Lenience is given for size/shape here, as tails may need to be shrunk to better show the other tails, etc.

-Parts of the tails can be taken and pieced together into one tail - eg. Mackerel's fins on a Whip Tail, a Tail Spike on a Bushy Tail, etc. A mutation station is only required here for heavy customization.

-One tail can show, leaving other tails in the geno as invisible carriers. All tails in the geno can still pass in breeding, but they do not have to show in the design if there's just too many tails to work with.

MORE THUMBS

• Markings in the area can extend to this mutation. Markings that cover limbs can also affect Polydactyl.
• Additional thumbs can be added. Thumbs may be moved around on the hand to create strange types of hand.
• The dewclaws on the back feet are optional and can be removed without a scarification kit.

Not only does the ixi have enlongated canines, they have eight enlongated canines instead of four.

• Should match the color of the Rixixi's existing teeth.

What a wonderful whorl of teeth you have! Looks bizarre and rather intimidating.

• Should match the color of the Rixixi's existing teeth.
• Gums can be any color lighter or darker than the base coat, can be any marking color on the Rixixi, can be any natural skin tone color, or can be any color on the base coat swatch.

Fish tail, complete with alternate frill!

• The fins of Mackerel can take on the color of any base coat or any marking found on the Rixixi.
• Markings in the area can extend to this mutation.

An aquatic adaption, this mutation causes the rixixi to have gills along their neck, with frills. Can take on the color of any base coat.

• Can take on the color of any base coat or any marking found on the Rixixi.
• The opacity of this mutation can be freely altered as long as the mutation is still clearly visible.

When closed, it just looks like an odd fish mouth, but this jaw can stretch open wide to wild proportions.

• Whether the Open or Closed variant is used is a design choice - it does not depend on genetics or change how the Rixixi can appear in art. In fact, optionally, both an Open and Closed variant can be designed, with one being the import image and one linked in the description.
• The Open Fringehead Variant is considered skin and therefore can be any color lighter or darker than the base coat, can be any marking color on the Rixixi, can be any natural skin tone color, or can be any color on the base coat swatch. Teeth should match the color of the Rixixi's existing teeth.
• The Closed Fringehead Variant is considered an extension/modification of the area around it - markings in the area can extend to this mutation.

Alternate design packs exist for this mutation:
Tuxedo Catfish Fringehead Design Pack

Parts of the Ixi are covered in crystallized protrusions and horns, can cause the skin and eyes to glow.

• Can be any color. Is typically bright, but does not have to be.
• The mutation itself is bioluminescent, and can optionally cause the skin and eyes to glow.
• The opacity of this mutation can be freely altered as long as the mutation is still clearly visible.

A guide on custom Fogshard (mainly shapes and glow) exists:
Short Fogshard Tutorial (with bees)

Commonly found in rixixi who migrated to Nskanetis and got up to all sorts of trouble with mad science. A hard, translucent beak now protects the ixi's snout from harm, with 6 nostril-like slits to breathe through.

• Can be any color lighter or darker than the base coat, can be any marking color on the Rixixi, can be any natural skin tone color, or can be any color on the base coat swatch.
• Markings in the area can extend to this mutation.
• The opacity of this mutation can be freely altered as long as the mutation is still clearly visible - this applies to the design pack beaks as well as the default Aexent-style beak.

Alternate design packs exist for this mutation:
Beak and Horn Expansion Pack

An extra pair of eyes sprout over the Ixi's main pair.

• Can optionally match the color of the main pair of eyes, but does not have to, as heterochromia is free to use.
• Does have to match any existing eye color rules (such as from albinism).
• Does have to match the existing rules on pupil shape (must match the shape of an existing earth animal if not using contact lenses - something strange like a cuttlefish is fine!)

A hard, scaly skin covers the limbs of the Ixi - most commonly the front limbs - somewhat reminiscent of an avian form.

• Can be any color lighter or darker than the base coat, can be any marking color on the Rixixi, can be any natural skin tone color, or can be any color on the base coat swatch.
• Markings in the area can extend to this mutation.
• A shine effect can be freely added to this mutation.

This mutation was updated in August 2019 to improve the art - the old art is still legal to use and will not be rejected in design approval. The Standard version of the old art is still available in the Starter Starter Pack if you preferred it.

Alternate design packs exist for this mutation:
Starters' Starter Pack

A medium-sized, fluffy tail, often compared to a fox's!

• Markings in the area can extend to this mutation.

Presentation with Contradicting Mutations:

Multiple Tail Mutations:

When multiple tail mutations present in the same geno without Multi Tail, any of the following approaches can be taken:

-The tails can be edited so that they all appear at once. As long as the tails appear at roughly their original size and shape, no Mutation Station is required. Lenience is given for size/shape here, as tails may need to be shrunk to better show the other tails, etc.

-Parts of the tails can be taken and pieced together into one tail - eg. Mackerel's fins on a Whip Tail, a Tail Spike on a Bushy Tail, etc. A mutation station is only required here for heavy customization.

-One tail can show, leaving other tails in the geno as invisible carriers. All tails in the geno can still pass in breeding, but they do not have to show in the design if there's just too many tails to work with.

A tuft of feathers covers the very base of the Ixi's tail.

• Markings in the area can extend to this mutation.
• Unlike other Tail mutations, Feathered Tail does not replace the existing tail, but instead lays on top of it. Multiple Scarification Kits (or a Void Poison) are required to amputate the non-feathered tail.

A rooster-like comb and wattle.

• Can be any color lighter or darker than the base coat, can be any marking color on the Rixixi, can be any natural skin tone color, or can be any color on the base coat swatch.
• Markings in the area can extend to this mutation.
• A Scarification Kit can amputate the comb or the wattle, but one of the features should still be visible. (For example. the Pig Farmer only has wattles.)
• A Mutation Station can change the shape into any sort of crest or wattle - this is not limited to rooster-like shapes or even avian shapes. Any sort of crest - even those found in dinosaurs, or fantasy versions thereof - works when making a mutation station edit to Gallus combs. Any sort of dewlap or wattle, including those of mammals and reptiles, works for the wattle piece.

Long ears that flop down by default. Some Ixi can hold them up to listen in better, but at rest they flop back down.

• Markings in the area can extend to this mutation.

Presentation with Contradicting Mutations:

Lop Ears and Perky Ears:

When Lop and Perky Ears both present in the same geno, any of the following approaches can be taken:

-Both ear types appear at once, the Rixixi has four ears whether or not they have the Split Ear mutation.

-The Rixixi can have long ears with a semi-pricked or button ear shape.  Let 'em stick up and flop forward a bit.
There currently is not a design pack for this, and would need to be custom-made. This would not require a mutation station.

-The Rixixi can have one ear up and one ear down.

Long, perky ears!

• Markings in the area can extend to this mutation.

Presentation with Contradicting Mutations:

Lop Ears and Perky Ears:

When Lop and Perky Ears both present in the same geno, any of the following approaches can be taken:

-Both ear types appear at once, the Rixixi has four ears whether or not they have the Split Ear mutation.

-The Rixixi can have long ears with a semi-pricked or button ear shape.  Let 'em stick up and flop forward a bit.
There currently is not a design pack for this, and would need to be custom-made. This would not require a mutation station.

-The Rixixi can have one ear up and one ear down.