Mutations

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This is the recode-only page for Mutations. To read information about the legacy-only Mutations, see Mutations/Legacy.

• A creature with multiple cosmetic mutations
• A creature with multiple cosmetic mutations, and double traits

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Pop-up notifying a player of their mutation

Mutations are cosmetic effects (with certain exceptions, such as Dwarfism or Gigantism, which modify model and hitbox size, and thus can slightly alter combat and travel gameplay mechanics) that have a small chance of being applied to creatures under certain circumstances. There are currently two types of mutations: nesting mutations, which can only be acquired by hatching in another player's nest and are applied to a creature the moment they spawn in, and growth mutations, which have a chance to occur during certain growth milestones and will inform the player with a pop-up. Included in the latter category is the original game's Glimmer, which has a chance to apply under the same circumstances as its Legacy version. A creature cannot receive growth mutations if tokens are used to grow it.

In the Legacy game, mutations were originally stat modifiers that were eventually removed and replaced by plushies. Since then, similar mutations have been re-added and are now known as traits or stat traits. For more information on these stat-modifying mutations, see Traits.

Creatures which possess mutations are marked with a double helix emblem resembling DNA, while creatures with traits are marked with colored hexagonal cells; these emblems appear both on the main menu and the in-game stat menu, and can be hovered over to reveal the mutation/trait's name. Creatures with mutations that have died can be restarted with their mutations for a fee of 50 Shooms; otherwise, they will lose their mutations upon restart. Whether a player restarts the creature slot fresh or to keep its previous mutations, it can still receive growth mutations. Creatures with mutations obtained through nesting can also receive growth mutations. As such, a creature can possess multiple mutations, specifically up to three.

Recode Mutations Classification

Mutations can be classified according to diverse criteria, not necessarily exclusive to each other, that help determine their availability and ways to stumble upon a specific mutation:

Natural Mutations

These mutations are available year-round either via nesting or growth without the use of special methods, meaning there's always a chance to be born with these mutations when hatched from a nest or when growing a creature to a certain age, albeit some may have special ways to get boosted. The list is as follows (click on them to see more information):

• Albinism
• Diamond
• Dwarfism
• Gigantism
• Glimmer
• Glow Tail
• Leucistic
• Melanism
• Overgrown
• Piebald
• Shadow
• Shimmer

Event Mutations

These mutations are available during the month of specific limited events, either via nesting or growth, and may sometimes be boosted through special methods. They can also become available at least a week before the event, as was the case with the Halloween mutations. The list is as follows:

• January Events:
  • Garnet
• February Events:
  • Amethyst
  • Blossom
• March Events:
  • Clover
• April Events:
  • Fools Error
  • Rose Quartz
• May Events:
  • Emerald
• June Events:
  • Pearl
• July Events:
  • Clownfish
• September Events:
  • Sapphire
• October Events:
  • Ghosty
  • Headless
  • Zombified
• November Events:
  • Harvest
• December Events:
  • Coal Chunk
  • Frostburn

Special Mutations

These mutations, either via nesting or growth, receive a chance or boost through special methods, such as the use of limited event plushies, redeem codes, or a combination of them. The plushies can be purchased directly using in-game currencies (excluding Robux) during specific limited events or indirectly through the Trade Realm. Unlike event mutations, these special mutations are usually available year-round, via plushie in most cases. The list is as follows:

• Blood Moon (Catalyst, all year round)
• Elemental (Elemental, all year round)
• Fool's Gold (Golden Bulb, all year round)
• Smore (Smore Cat, all year round)

Premium Mutations

These mutations, either via nesting or growth, are special mutations, but their special methods, such as the use of plushies, are purchased directly with Robux or indirectly through the Trade Realm. They may also be seasonal or event-themed. The list is as follows:

• Available (via plushie):
  • Bewitched (Magic Frog, all year round)
  • Clownfish (Clownfish, all year round)
• Boosted (via plushie):
  • Any available mutation (Octroma, all year round)

Content Creator Mutations

These mutations have been made exclusive to Creatures of Sonaria Content Creators. Users with this role can obtain or give the mutations with the help of exclusive plushies that only they can use. While the plushies themselves are untradable, other users are able to receive the mutations from Content Creators via nesting or trading stored creatures that has it. The list is as follows:

• Creator Star (Creator Star, all year round)

Developer Mutations

These mutations exist and can be encountered rarely in-game. Some creature slots with these exclusive mutations belong to players who have had unique encounters with the core developer team. The core developer team are the only users capable of generating these "Developer Mutations" as they are unobtainable from any other source. It is speculated that these mutations are provided to users who encounter extremely rare issues that prevent normal gameplay to the point where developers are involved to repair problems. The list is as follows:

• Glow Head
• Shadow Reverse

Mutation Layering

Players are able to obtain up to three different mutations on a single creature, however, only one mutation will be shown on the creature in-game, with the exception of Glimmer. Glimmer is the only mutation that will show alongside a different mutation. This is because it is coded differently than the rest of the cosmetic mutations. For example, even though the Shimmer and Glow Tail mutations add neon parts to a creature just like Glimmer does, they will not stack with each other because they are not coded to do so.

Recode Mutations Alphabetical Table List

Table of all mutations

Name & Symbol	Type	Chance	Description	Example
Albinism	· Nesting	Common.	Turns a creature's entire body white and its eyes red. Based on real world albinism.	Albino Galtekron
Amethyst	· Nesting	Rare.	Gives a creature a smooth, reflective texture and purple and white coloration.	Amethyst Anutill
Bewitched	· Growth · Nesting · Premium · Special	Per Magic Frog plushie equipped: · +10% at age 67. · +10% to user hatchlings.	Turns a creature's entire body shades of slimy purple and dark blue, as well as neon sky blues and electric greens.	Bewitched Urzuk
Blood Moon	· Growth · Nesting · Special	Catalyst plushie equipped (non-stackable): · +10% to user hatchlings and growing up.	Turns a creature's entire body shades of red and dark red.	Blood Moon Fyranili
Blossom	· Event (February Events) · Nesting	Uncommon.	Partially changes a creature's body to display a flowery material with a pink and hot-pink color scheme. Regions unaffected by the mutation will display the colors of the creature, whether default or custom.	Blossom Verza
Clover	· Event (March Events) · Nesting	Uncommon.	Partially changes a creature's body to display a clover-like material with a green color scheme. Regions unaffected by the mutation will display the colors of the creature, whether default or custom.	Clover Kendyll
Clownfish	· Event (July Events) · Growth · Nesting · Premium · Special	· Uncommon. · Clownfish plushie equipped: · +3% to user hatchlings and growing up.	Turns a creature's entire body into an array of orange, black, and white.	Clownfish Heiboktoruk
Coal Chunk	· Event (December Events) · Nesting	Rare.	Turns a creature's entire body shades of black with the glass material.	Coal Chunk Parahexilian
Creator Star	Content Creator Exclusive · Growth · Nesting · Special	Creator Star plushie equipped: · A 75% chance when both nesting and growing to age 67.	Changes a creature's entire body to display gold or golden brown, black, and white colors, with some glowing body parts.	Creator Star Aereis
Diamond	· Nesting	Rare.	Gives a creature a smooth, reflective texture and bright turquoise coloration.	Diamond Keruku
Dwarfism	· Nesting	Rare.	Gives a slight reduction in the creature's default size.	Dwarfism Noctla'Lune
Elemental	· Growth · Nesting · Special	Elemental plushie equipped: · +10% to be born or grown.	Changes a creature's body to feature dark green, light green, light blue, grey, and dark red/brown colors, with some blue transparent parts. In some cases, unaffected regions retain their default or custom colors.	Elemental Lotremum
Emerald	· Event (May Events) · Nesting	Uncommon.	Gives a creature a smooth, reflective texture and green coloration.	Emerald Yggdragstyx
Fools Error	· Event (April Events) · Nesting	Unknown.	Gives the creature a pink and black checkered texture and coloration.	Fools Error Corsarlett
Fool's Gold	· Growth · Nesting · Special	Per Golden Bulb plushie equipped: · +10% at age 67. · +10% to user hatchlings.	Gives a creature a smooth, reflective texture and goldish brown coloration.	Fool's Gold Astrothi
Frostburn	· Event (December Events) · Nesting	Uncommon.	Partially changes a creature's body to display layers of ice, with pale glowing eyes and claws. Regions unaffected by the mutation will display the colors of the creature, whether default or custom.	Frostburn Banishii
Garnet	· Event (January Events) · Nesting	Uncommon.	Gives a creature a smooth, reflective texture with pinkish-purple hues, a deep, nearly black shade with subtle reddish tones, and white coloration.	Garnet Angelic Warden
Ghosty	· Event (October Events) · Nesting	Rare.	Changes several different parts of a creature's body into green slime aspect and some areas into forcefield. The forcefield areas retain their original/custom colors.	Ghosty Archalium
Gigantism	· Nesting	Rare.	Gives a slight increase in the creature's default size.	Gigantism Xeleviprex
Glimmer	· Growth	5% at age 100.	Changes several different parts of a creature's body into neon, giving it glowing markings. Identical in appearance and function to the original Glimmer.	Glimmer Kaluaka/Vin'rou
Glow Head	· Developer Exclusive · Generated	Given by the core developer team (for people that helped with hard-to-fix bugs).	Changes the head of the creature, making it glow.	Glow Head Venuella
Glow Tail	· Growth	Rarely when growing to age 67.	Changes the tail of the creature, making it glow.	Glow Tail Koipise
Harvest	· Event (November Events) · Growth · Nesting	· Uncommon. · Age 67 (growth).	Changes a creature's body to feature orange and tan grassy tones, smooth beige/yellowy and brown/mud coloration, and, in some cases, greener grasses and layers of leather.	Harvest Moonelle
Headless	· Event (October Events) · Nesting	Rare.	Changes a creature's head into dark forcefield material and the neck to a translucent material.	Headless Sang Toare
Leucistic	· Nesting	Common.	Turns a creature shades of off-white, beige, and tan, with white eyes. Based on real world leucism.	Leucistic Polymonstrum
Melanism	· Nesting	Common.	Turns a creature's entire body black and its eyes yellow. Based on real world melanism.	Melanistic Arrainoa
Overgrown	· Nesting	Rare.	Changes a creature's material and color, giving it a gray, stony appearance with mossy green markings. Claws and eyes turn a bright, glowing green.	Overgrown Mijusuima
Pearl	· Event (June Events) · Nesting	Uncommon.	Gives a creature a smooth, reflective texture and pearl-like coloration.	Pearl Ghibli
Piebald	· Nesting	Uncommon.	Turns a creature white with stark, brown markings and blue eyes. Based on real world piebaldism.	Piebald Ghalgeya
Rose Quartz	· Event (April Events) · Nesting	Uncommon.	Gives a creature a smooth, reflective texture and pink coloration.	Rose Quartz Woodralone
Sapphire	· Event (September Events) · Growth · Nesting	Rarely when nesting or growing to age 67.	Gives a creature a smooth, reflective texture and blue coloration.	Sapphire Noxiouk
Shadow	· Growth	Rarely when growing to age 67.	Turns a creature's whole body black with the neon material, making the color solid. The creature also receives glowing white eyes and/or teeth, and black smoke/particles.	Shadow Gobli
Shadow Reverse	· Developer Exclusive · Generated	Given by the core developer team.	Internally known as "Light", it turns a creature's whole body a light grey with the neon material, making the color a solid white. The creature also receives solid neon black eyes and/or teeth, and white smoke/particles.	Shadow Reverse Ahri'Tahmuk
Shimmer	· Nesting	Rare.	Changes several different parts of a creature's body into neon, making it glow. Glowing patches are different from that of Glimmer creatures.	Shimmer Parux
Smore	· Growth · Nesting · Special	Per Smore Cat plushie equipped: · +10% at age 67. · +10% to user hatchlings.	Applies a smore-themed color scheme to the creature, consisting of browns, black, and white. The creature also receives red/yellow eyes.	Smore Sochuri
Zombified	· Event (October Events) · Nesting	Uncommon.	Applies a zombie-themed color scheme to the creature, consisting of dark reds, greens, black, and glowing yellow eyes (if the creature has eyes).	Zombified Dowatt

See Also

• Elder
• Glimmer
• Nests, Storages and Territories
• Missing Automated Mutation Image, a wiki category to help with our mutations gallery project

Trivia

• The white mutation icon seen in-game serves as a placeholder for new mutations until their official icons are created and added to the game.
  • During 2023, the mutation placeholder icon was slightly different, as it did not have any sparkles around it.
• It's possible for creatures to receive double of the same mutation, though this is extremely rare and possibly a glitch. However, it is not possible to receive triple of the same mutation, as the third slot is solely reserved for Glimmer.
• There was a glitch where players could combat log to acquire growth mutations more quickly.
  • As of April 19^th, 2024, combat logging no longer works for growth-based missions, however this unintentionally fixed the quick method bug players used to get growth mutations, with the exception of Glimmer.
• Previously, the exact mutation chances (excluding event mutations) were shared with the community. However, due to how Roblox perceives the game's code, mutation percentages constantly become inaccurate and outdated and are thus no longer revealed to the public.
• Before the Recode version of the game was released, Glimmer was the only cosmetic mutation during the Legacy version.
  • It is also the only mutation that is coded differently than the others and isn't tied to the mutation system.
• Players can toggle any mutations on/off for their creature in the customization menu. However, this wasn't the case for Glimmer until the May 3^rd, 2024 update.
• In the customization menu, the toggle buttons for mutations use different icons from their actual mutation icons, such as Signature Look icons or letters, like 'G' for Glimmer.
• The Glow Head and Glow Tail mutations currently share the same icon.
• The Shadow Reverse and Shimmer mutations currently share the same icon.
• The Bewitched and Headless mutations shared the same icon until February 7^th, 2025, when the Bewitched mutation was given its own icon.
• The Clover and Emerald mutations shared the same icon until May 31^st, 2024, when the Emerald mutation was given the placeholder icon.
  • On June 7^th, 2024, the Emerald mutation received its own icon.
• The Garnet and Pearl mutations shared the same icon until January 31^st, 2025, when the Garnet mutation was given the placeholder icon.
  • On February 7^th, 2025, the Garnet mutation received its own icon.
• Typically, some event mutations are released a week before their corresponding events. Examples include Blossom, Clover, Frostburn, Ghosty, Headless, and Zombified. Except for the Harvest mutation, which was first released two weeks before its event.
• Around December 15^th, 2023, the Coal Chunk mutation was accidentally released to the public and borrowed the Frostburn icon. This issue was quickly patched.
  • After the patch, players who had obtained the Coal Chunk mutation had experienced issues where the mutation wouldn't show in some servers but would appear in others.
  • On December 22^nd, 2023, Coal Chunk was officially added to the game along with its correct icon.
• The Clownfish mutation was originally meant to be attached to the month of the Summer Paradise Events, however it received its own plushie on August 1^st, 2024, allowing it to remain available after the month ends.
• The Headless mutation sometimes affects other parts of a creature's body that have true faces or mouths, which are often located on their tails. Some examples include the Angelic Warden, Hellion Warden, Kretsnik, and Sigmatox.
  • As of October 13^th, 2023, the Headless mutation received an update where the head on creatures appear more invisible.
  • On December 22^nd, 2023, the Headless mutation received another update where the neck of most creatures has little to no transparency. Before, the creature's neck was more transparent.
• Around December 22^nd, 2023, the Glow Tail mutation received an update where it affects mostly the tail. Before, certain parts of the creature's body would also glow, such as the thighs, back feet, and sometimes thumbs or other areas.
• On April 26^th, 2024, the Shadow mutation received an update where creatures with teeth appear neon white. This was to accommodate no-eye creatures. Before, most creatures with this mutation only had glowing white eyes.
• As of May 24^th, 2024, some brown colors of the Harvest mutation were changed to a smooth beige texture. This was due to Roblox changing a material.
  • The mutation received an update on August 30^th, 2024, where some beige colors were changed back to brown, but still retained some of its yellowy smooth texture.
• As of September 13^th, 2024, the Frostburn mutation received an update where its snowy Glacier material was changed to a smooth texture. This was likely due to Roblox changing the material.
  • The mutation received an update on January 31^st, 2025, where its smooth texture was changed back to its Glacier material.