Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-26159244-20150603103935/@comment-1577342-20150713115212

As the Rare Mammot breeding season comes to a close, I thought I would report my progress.

I managed a pair on each of the five islands, for a total of ten new little blue buddies!

I had success with the breeding pairs as listed on the Rare Mammot page.

I also had success with Congle + Thumpies on Cold Island, so that tends to affirm the text that says a Rare Mammot can result from breeding any pair of three element parents, so long as both are 1/3 Cold.

I don't have as much faith in the claim that a Rare Mammot can result from a failed breeding where at least one of the breeding pair is a Mammot or Rare Mammot. Since I'm something of an insomniac and dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, I tried to validate this case. This is the study:

Plant Island: 2 x Enhanced Breeding Structures; 2 x Enhanced Nurseries.

Breeding Pair: Mammot + Rare Mammot

Torches: 2-10

Attempts: 500

Failed Attempts:  500 (100%)

Results:     Mammot = 500 (100%) .... Rare Mammot = 0 (0%)

Obviously, MSM has a random factor, so my results could just be bad luck. Still, after 500 attempts, my luck would have to be very, very bad and/or the possibility of getting rare variant from a failed attempt would need to be much lower even than breeding Etherials off of Etherial Island.

''Your actual mileage may vary. Professional breeder on closed island. Do not attempt.''