Many of you may have already come across images of the split color lamb and sheep and some of you may be well on your way to learning how to breed them. Though the breeding rules may be less predictable due to the many different variables in this sheep, knowing more about them may help you in determining which sheep to pare them with in order to get your desired results. So here is some basic information about the split color Lambs and Sheep.
First of all this is an example of what the split color sheep looks like. This type of lamb will most likely have a design, a base color, a secondary color, and in addition to this one or more special features such as split color, mask, or flashing features.
Here are two examples of sheep that may result from a split color lamb. The Ram has a polka dot design, a purple secondary color as can be seen on the dots, and its base color is flashing. In addition to having the flashing feature, it also has a mask and is split in color through the middle as you can see from the blue and the purple which are each flashing different colors. The Ewe has the same color family, a belted design, is flashing, has a mask and has the split color feature.
There is no doubt that the multi-feature sheep has got to be one of the neatest type of sheep on Farmville. However, I wouldn't put it passed Zynga to come up with something even more spectacular. So, when you get one of these sheep, you will want to know how to breed and share them. Here is some information that can help.
Knowing What You've Got
There are a hand full of variations when it comes to the types of multi-feature sheep, so here are the elements that go into them.
Color: This includes a base color, secondary color and sometimes a third color. Flashing is a feature that is considered a color.
Design: Multi-feature sheep can have any of the existing designs in addition to special features. The designs are Camo, Collar, Belted, Polka Dots, and Stars.
Features: The special Features so far are Flashing, Masked, Split Color, Electric, Popping, and Devil Sheep. The split color lamb will usually have one or more of these features.
Getting a Split Color Lamb
I wish I could tell you the formula for producing your own multi-feature sheep, but if it it possible, this secret is still unknown to me. So there is no need re-inventing the wheel when you can ask one of your friends to send one to you. However, I must caution you that you may need to try to get this several times before you get a sheep that has all three features; Split color, Mask and Flashing. From hear on out, I will abbreviate all three features as SMF. Make sure to ask your friend to breed two SMF for better chances of producing an SMF or to breed the Ewe SMF with a Ram with no special features. Also, you want to ask them to send you an Ewe since special features behave like colors and are passed on primarily through the Ewe. However, if they only have the SMF Ram, they should click on the Ram first when breeding. Finally, even if your neighbor does all the right things, you may click on the split color lamb and place it on your farm to find the lamb color has changed to a flashing lamb or a mask lamb. This is a strange occurrence indeed, but this means that you lost 2 of the 3 possible features and you will have just a flashing or a mask sheep.
Breeding a Multi-Feature Sheep
Once you have a SMF sheep on your farm, you will be ready to breed. You should try to get both an Ewe and a Ram SMF before you start to share so you will have better chances of your friend getting a SMF sheep. Though breeding a multi-feature sheep follows much of the same rules that at I defined in How to Breed a Flashing sheep, you will find some differences and less certainly in the outcome. I will start off with some of the differences and then recap the general rules that apply to breeding the different sheep features.
1. You can breed the same two SMF Sheep over and over and get different results each time. Your may vary even more by choosing the Ewe first or the Ram first when breeding. This may sound discouraging if you are trying for something in particular, but it is most likely due to having so many features which could be selected.
2. You cannot tell what features you will get from a split color lamb. You only know that it will have two or more of the special features. The only instance that this does not happen is when sharing; as I mentioned before, sometimes the lamb will become a mask or flashing type of lamb when placed on ones farm. Another instance has been a case where the base design transferred from the Ewe to the Ram. This Ram had only the Mask feature though it came from a split color lamb.
3. Pairing a SMF with a Sheep with one special feature such as a Flash or Mask Sheep most of the time removes the one or more of the special features in the resulting sheep.
4. If you don't have two SMF, you will have better luck breeding an SMF Ewe with a plain design of Ram. If you have only an SMF Ram, breed it with a patterned Ewe with no features, but select the Ram frist every time to favor the Ram's colors an features. The only bad thing is that you may get more Rams instead of Ewes doing this; however it is the best way to get the special features to go into the lamb.
5. The best rule to follow for producing a SMF sheep, is to use two SMF sheep with two different base patterns. For example, breed a Cam SMF Ram and a Belted SMF Ewe. On the same token, you will have better chance of producing an SMF if you breed an SMF Ewe with a Ram that has a base design but no special features.
Though breeding multi-function sheep is still somewhat new, you may have more luck trying these types of combinations first. As for the basics that apply to all sheep breeding here is a rundown of the most important factors which are Gender, Color, Design and Sequence Selection:
Gender: Rams = design/ Ewe = base color and special feature. For multi-feature Sheep, it is best to have the color and special features in the Ewe when breeding.
Color: Special features act like colors. Sometimes it is easier to breed a particular design by breeding it with a sheep with a neutral color. Likewise, with features, this seems to be a similarity since breeding an SMF with a sheep without features will often give you a SMF sheep. Colors and features compete with each other, so you are essentially eliminating the competition for color dominance. With that said, lighter colors are less dominant than darker and brighter colors.
Design: Design is usually determined by the Ram. However, in some instances the Ewe's design will be selected. Most of the time this happens when you select the Ram first for breeding. With respect to breeding in general, you should breed the Ram with the design you want, and then select the Ewe first to favor the Ram's design. With respect to multi-feature sheep, breeding two different designs seems to give better chances of getting a SMF sheep with all three special features.
Sequence Selection: Deciding which sheep to select first can change the outcome of the resulting sheep. Here are some factors to remember. Selecting the Ram first favors the Ram's color, special features, and gender and may sometimes give you the Ewe's design. Selecting the Ewe first will favor the Ewe's base color, special features and gender. Most of the time, selecting the Ewe first will give you the Ram's design. Though these rules remain, it gets very confusing with the mult-feature sheep since there are so many different factors to choose from.
I hope that this information on split color lambs and multi-feature sheep will be helpful to you. The most important thing to remember is that the special features are dominant in the Ewe, so get the Ewe first. Also, breed different base designs in order to have the best chance of getting a Split Color, Mask, Flashing Sheep. As you know, Zynga changes how things work from time to time. So, please feel free to post comments about changes if this happens.
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First of all this is an example of what the split color sheep looks like. This type of lamb will most likely have a design, a base color, a secondary color, and in addition to this one or more special features such as split color, mask, or flashing features. Here are two examples of sheep that may result from a split color lamb. The Ram has a polka dot design, a purple secondary color as can be seen on the dots, and its base color is flashing. In addition to having the flashing feature, it also has a mask and is split in color through the middle as you can see from the blue and the purple which are each flashing different colors. The Ewe has the same color family, a belted design, is flashing, has a mask and has the split color feature.There is no doubt that the multi-feature sheep has got to be one of the neatest type of sheep on Farmville. However, I wouldn't put it passed Zynga to come up with something even more spectacular. So, when you get one of these sheep, you will want to know how to breed and share them. Here is some information that can help.
Knowing What You've Got
There are a hand full of variations when it comes to the types of multi-feature sheep, so here are the elements that go into them.
Color: This includes a base color, secondary color and sometimes a third color. Flashing is a feature that is considered a color.
Design: Multi-feature sheep can have any of the existing designs in addition to special features. The designs are Camo, Collar, Belted, Polka Dots, and Stars.
Features: The special Features so far are Flashing, Masked, Split Color, Electric, Popping, and Devil Sheep. The split color lamb will usually have one or more of these features.
Getting a Split Color Lamb
I wish I could tell you the formula for producing your own multi-feature sheep, but if it it possible, this secret is still unknown to me. So there is no need re-inventing the wheel when you can ask one of your friends to send one to you. However, I must caution you that you may need to try to get this several times before you get a sheep that has all three features; Split color, Mask and Flashing. From hear on out, I will abbreviate all three features as SMF. Make sure to ask your friend to breed two SMF for better chances of producing an SMF or to breed the Ewe SMF with a Ram with no special features. Also, you want to ask them to send you an Ewe since special features behave like colors and are passed on primarily through the Ewe. However, if they only have the SMF Ram, they should click on the Ram first when breeding. Finally, even if your neighbor does all the right things, you may click on the split color lamb and place it on your farm to find the lamb color has changed to a flashing lamb or a mask lamb. This is a strange occurrence indeed, but this means that you lost 2 of the 3 possible features and you will have just a flashing or a mask sheep.
Breeding a Multi-Feature Sheep
Once you have a SMF sheep on your farm, you will be ready to breed. You should try to get both an Ewe and a Ram SMF before you start to share so you will have better chances of your friend getting a SMF sheep. Though breeding a multi-feature sheep follows much of the same rules that at I defined in How to Breed a Flashing sheep, you will find some differences and less certainly in the outcome. I will start off with some of the differences and then recap the general rules that apply to breeding the different sheep features.
1. You can breed the same two SMF Sheep over and over and get different results each time. Your may vary even more by choosing the Ewe first or the Ram first when breeding. This may sound discouraging if you are trying for something in particular, but it is most likely due to having so many features which could be selected.
2. You cannot tell what features you will get from a split color lamb. You only know that it will have two or more of the special features. The only instance that this does not happen is when sharing; as I mentioned before, sometimes the lamb will become a mask or flashing type of lamb when placed on ones farm. Another instance has been a case where the base design transferred from the Ewe to the Ram. This Ram had only the Mask feature though it came from a split color lamb.
3. Pairing a SMF with a Sheep with one special feature such as a Flash or Mask Sheep most of the time removes the one or more of the special features in the resulting sheep.
4. If you don't have two SMF, you will have better luck breeding an SMF Ewe with a plain design of Ram. If you have only an SMF Ram, breed it with a patterned Ewe with no features, but select the Ram frist every time to favor the Ram's colors an features. The only bad thing is that you may get more Rams instead of Ewes doing this; however it is the best way to get the special features to go into the lamb.
5. The best rule to follow for producing a SMF sheep, is to use two SMF sheep with two different base patterns. For example, breed a Cam SMF Ram and a Belted SMF Ewe. On the same token, you will have better chance of producing an SMF if you breed an SMF Ewe with a Ram that has a base design but no special features.
Though breeding multi-function sheep is still somewhat new, you may have more luck trying these types of combinations first. As for the basics that apply to all sheep breeding here is a rundown of the most important factors which are Gender, Color, Design and Sequence Selection:
Gender: Rams = design/ Ewe = base color and special feature. For multi-feature Sheep, it is best to have the color and special features in the Ewe when breeding.
Color: Special features act like colors. Sometimes it is easier to breed a particular design by breeding it with a sheep with a neutral color. Likewise, with features, this seems to be a similarity since breeding an SMF with a sheep without features will often give you a SMF sheep. Colors and features compete with each other, so you are essentially eliminating the competition for color dominance. With that said, lighter colors are less dominant than darker and brighter colors.
Design: Design is usually determined by the Ram. However, in some instances the Ewe's design will be selected. Most of the time this happens when you select the Ram first for breeding. With respect to breeding in general, you should breed the Ram with the design you want, and then select the Ewe first to favor the Ram's design. With respect to multi-feature sheep, breeding two different designs seems to give better chances of getting a SMF sheep with all three special features.
Sequence Selection: Deciding which sheep to select first can change the outcome of the resulting sheep. Here are some factors to remember. Selecting the Ram first favors the Ram's color, special features, and gender and may sometimes give you the Ewe's design. Selecting the Ewe first will favor the Ewe's base color, special features and gender. Most of the time, selecting the Ewe first will give you the Ram's design. Though these rules remain, it gets very confusing with the mult-feature sheep since there are so many different factors to choose from.
I hope that this information on split color lambs and multi-feature sheep will be helpful to you. The most important thing to remember is that the special features are dominant in the Ewe, so get the Ewe first. Also, breed different base designs in order to have the best chance of getting a Split Color, Mask, Flashing Sheep. As you know, Zynga changes how things work from time to time. So, please feel free to post comments about changes if this happens.
You may also be interested in:
How to Breed Devil Sheep Descendants
Changes to Farmville Sheep Breeding
How to Breed Popping Colors Sheep
How to Breed an Electric Sheep
Farmville Sheep Breeding: Changing Star and Dot Colors
Farmville Sheep Breeding Patterns
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