🌱 Keke hold a power, supposedly within their belly scales, to develop 'upgrades'. This can come about neutrally, intentionally, accidentally, or seemingly randomly
🌱 Do not draw your Snakekey with an upgrade unless they have earned it!
🌱 Some upgrades require a specific piece of art to be done. This must be drawn before the upgrade is applied!
🌱 Once you've earned the correct amount of stars and done the corresponding prompt for an upgrade (if there is one), you can automatically apply it to the keke that earned it
🌱 If drawing an art dump of a keke and they reach the requirements for an upgrade within that drawing, they may upgrade there (but only past the point where you earned it)
🌱 If you've drawn a required art piece for a specific upgrade with 3 different Snakekeys/PCs you own, it becomes optional from there on out! This applies per specific upgrade. If you'd done the prompt for the brows upgrade with 3 different keke, you no longer are required to do it for any more keke (though you still can if you'd like). However, you would still have to do the required art for simple pupils until you drew that with 3 different keke. A keke will still need to have the correct amount of stars to apply an upgrade
🌱 The above rule does not apply to base swap and morph changer. You must draw the prompt for those upgrades every time you wish to use it and it does not become optional
🌱 Some upgrades require a Snakekey to be in a certain age phase. These can applied to that age and older, but not younger
🌱 If the upgrade requires additional art, you must link to this art in the description of the drawing where you're applying it
🌱 Once obtained, an upgrade can be removed, reapplied, and generally edited as much as you want as long as the description allows! Be careful not to change an upgrade into another one in the process of doing this, as that's not allowed
🌱 If an upgrade says 'evolves from x', a keke must have been drawn with 'x' upgrade visible at least once
🍓 In this tier: 44 upgrades (as of wool). Accessories, base swap, head fluff, nostrils, eye color changer, scale swap, heat pits, brows, thumbs, ear morph, bonus teeth, freckles, simple pupils, paw changer, nub tail, claws, shimmers, slices, eyelashes, shed, loops, fuzziness, lil horns, half n half eyes, lovely markings, iris, scale shaper, saddle, smooth mouth, rex, hazy markings, bun tail, fluff edits, blepper, baby horns, velvet bumps, floof tail, bib scales, slit pupils, colorful, morph changer, bald, bloodflip, wool
🌿 Simple 🌿
Easy to obtain starter upgrades
🍃 1: > Accessories - 0 stars
Cover yourself in clothing and accessories of your preference! There used to be a rule on not making accessory legs, but as this is now viable in-canon, go ahead! : )
🍃 2: > Base swap- 0 stars - Must have drawn your Snakekey at least once besides the approval image
Change a keke's base colors and/or accent to whatever you want (if allowed by their subspecies). It can also be used to alter the design (phases young and up). If the Snakekey does not have markings, this cannot be used to give markings to them. This upgrade cannot be used to add more colors. Exception: if you have a young+ who did not use all of the colors possible when growing to young, you may add more until you hit the max. Ex, if you grew a regular hatchling to young and only used one color, this upgrade could add two more for a max of three. Note: Base swap no longer can shift colors out of a subspecies' restricted palette. Head to the peculiar category and look for 'unnatural swap' instead!
🍃 3: > Head fluff - 4 stars
Fuzz anywhere on the head. Maximum length is just above the jawline, it should not pass this. Can be any color
🍃 1: > Nostrils - 8 stars
These can go anywhere on the body in any amount, but must lie flat, as there is no 'nose' part that comes with them. Must be simple, straight lines and cannot be fused to form anything more complicated
🌷 Evolves into: Soft nose [ST]
🍃 2: > Eye color changer - 10 stars
Change the eye color to any solid color. Eyes must still match unless upgraded otherwise
🍃 3: > Scale swap - 10 stars
Change the belly scale color to another that the keke would have had access to upon creation. Note that this does not change blood temperature and cannot be used to give a keke a belly color that doesn't match their temperature. So, a warm-blooded keke could get light grey scales, but not black ones. Can change other features that are the belly color (such as the mouth) to the new color as well, but this is optional
🍃 1: > Heat pits- 12 stars
Like a ball python's! Small holes that allow for sensing heat. Can go anywhere on the body in any amount
🍃 2: > Brows- 15 stars - Draw your keke with some kind of fake eyebrows (drawn on, made of paper, etc)
Some kind of eyebrows that go just above the eyes
🍃 3: > Thumbs - 20 stars
A thumb or dew claw (minus the claw) somewhere on the wrists
🍃 1: > Ear morph - 20 stars
Change the type of ears a keke has to anything you want! Must only be one set
🍃 2: > Bonus teeth - 25 stars
Small teeth for the inside of the mouth. Must not jut out. Can be any type of teeth from human to shark!
🌷 Evolves into: Snaggletooth [ST], sabers [U], pierce teeth [SC]
🍃 3: > Freckles - 25 stars -Draw your keke sneezing
Small dots of color that can go on the base and/or cheek pouch. Can be any color
🍃 1: > Simple pupils - 30 stars -Draw your keke looking at themselves in a reflective surface
Simple, round pupils. Can be any color. Must match unless upgraded otherwise
🌷 Evolves into: Unique pupils [U]
🍃 2: > Paw changer - 30 stars
Shape the paw pads into anything you like or remove them. Color can also be changed so that it does not match the accent anymore
🍃 3: > Nub tail - 35 stars
A tiny bob tail that sprouts at the base of the torso. Can have short fur, but doesn't have to
🌷 Evolves into: bun tail [SI], floof tail [SI], wiggly tail [ST], simple tail [ST], prehensile tail [ST], slither tail [U]
🍃 1: > Claws - 35 stars
Three (or more, in case of thumbs) claws per hand. Then again, who is to limit you on claws? Not this. They just...have to be on the hands
🍃 2: > Shimmers - 40 stars
Your keke starts to sparkle! They can have glitter coming off of them, seemingly embedded in their scales, appear to have iridescent/opalescent qualities, and so on
🍃 3: > Slices - 40 stars - Draw your keke chopping up some form of food
Simple stripe markings that can go on the base and/or cheek pouch. Must not connect to form bands. Note that these aren't tiger stripes! Can be any color
🌷 Evolves into: Feral stripes [ST]
🍃 1: > Eyelashes - 40 stars
Add prominent eyelashes to a keke's eyes. Can be any color. Small, simple eyelashes (such as 1-2 solid lines) do not need this upgrade
🍃 2: > Shed - 45 stars
Removes a Snakekey's mane
🍃 3: > Loops - 45 stars
Band markings that can go on the base and/or cheek pouch. Must be connected at both ends. Can be any color
🍃 1: > Fuzziness - 50 stars
Short fur/hair on the body. Can go anywhere below the jawline. Length should not exceed two inches
🌷 Evolves into: Wool [SI], tail tuft [ST]
🍃 2: > Lil horns - 50 stars
1-2 inch horns that can go anywhere on the face and/or neck in any amount. Should be just simple points in shape like shown above! May be any color
🍃 3: > Half n half eyes - 50 stars - Draw your keke using only two colors
A new color is added into the eye and forms a split. The split can be vertical, horizontal, or diagonal. Each color should take up near 50% of the eye. Eyes must still match unless upgraded otherwise
🍃 1: > Lovely markings - 55 stars
Heart-shaped markings that can go on the base and/or cheek pouch. Can be any color
🍃 2: > Iris - 55 stars
An additional layer of color in the eyes. These go below the pupils (if there are any) and can be circular or mirror an applied pupil's shape. Can be any color, but both eyes must match unless upgraded otherwise
🍃 3: > Scale shaper - 65 stars
Change the shape of the belly scales from rounded/pointed into something else. Can also reverse the direction, making them face up. Scales should still fill the same area as before and cannot be placed elsewhere. Exception: The top portion of the scales can be changed to take up slightly more or less area. For example, if you have a joey and want to make the top of the scales form a heart instead of round out, this would be allowed!
🍃 1: > Saddle - 65 stars
A large, generally saddle-shaped patch. Despite the name, this can go anywhere on the body and/or cheek pouches. Can be any color. May have simple divots or bumps
🍃 2: > Smooth mouth - 70 stars
No more jagged lines, the mouth is smooth now! Unfortunately, this means the attached teeth are gone...
🍃 3: > Rex - 70 stars
Makes fur and/or hair on a keke take on small, tight curls like on a rex cat. This often makes fur appear to be shorter, making wrinkles in the skin stand out more. This upgrade does not add fur itself
🍃 1: > Hazy markings - 75 stars
Add gradients to the design. Can go on the base and/or cheek pouch. Can be any color
🍃 2: > Bun tail - Evolves from nub tail - 75 stars
A bit longer, but still useless. The nub tail curls on itself once. Can have fur, but doesn't have to
🍃 3: > Bald - 75 stars
Completely remove some or all of the fluffy bits on a keke
🍃 1: > Fluff edits - 80 stars
Change the length of any already applied fur upgrades or existing traits, such as the mane, to whatever you want
🍃 2: > Blepper - 80 stars - Draw your keke with their tongue out
Tongue and mouth no longer have to match the belly color and can now be any color. Can also change in shape, but not in length.
🍃 3: > Baby horns - 90 stars
Small nubs that go on the head. Must be little! Can be above or below the skin. May be any color. Maybe one day these'll grow into something...
🌷 Evolves into: Basic horns [ST], flat horns [ST]
🍃 1: > Velvet bumps - 90 stars
Small nubs that go on the head and are covered in soft velvet. Must be little and may have a max of two branches. Can be any color. Maybe one day these'll grow into something...
🌷 Evolves into: Velvet antlers [ST], arena antlers [U]
🍃 2: >Floof tail - Evolves from nub tail - 90 stars
A small, puffy tail like a deer or rabbit's. Can be any color
🌷 Evolves into: Swish tail [ST], string tail [U]
🍃 3 > Bloodflip - 95 stars
The blood no longer has to match the accent color. Instead, it may be any single, solid color (which can of course vary a little based on how oxygenated it is)
🍃 1 > Bib scales - 100 stars
Carry the belly scales from the chest up the front of the neck. These stop at the jaw, not reaching the face
🍃 2 > Slit pupils - 100 stars - Draw your keke at night
Slit, cat-like pupils. Can be any color. Must match unless upgraded otherwise
🍃 3 > Colorful - 100 stars - Draw your keke covered in something colorful
Adds another color to a Snakekey that can freely be used for markings. This upgrade can only add 1 extra color, which can be anything you like
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1 > Wool - Evolves from fuzziness - 100 stars
Dense, wavy wool that can go anywhere on the body in any amount. Length should not exceed four inches. The tips of the wool can be colored, but otherwise, this doesn't change colors!
🍃 2 > Morph changer - 100 stars - Adult only - Make an animation or comic of your Snakekey with a minimum of 2 frames/panels
Switch a keke's adult morph to another of the main four (joey, fae, reach, or goblin) or another if you've unlocked such. Requirement must be done once per switch