When one is new, Sylestia can be confusing. While Sylestia one of the friendliest and most welcoming communities on the 'Net, many new players are uncomfortable asking questions about how things work.

This thread is for newer players to have a chance to learn about how Sylesti auctions work by participating in "Auctions with training wheels." The prices are low, without those huge, intimidating sums of gold and Diamonds changing hands, yet one can still purchase a valuable pet.

Here's how it works. First, read at least the first post in each of these threads--

Pet Sale Conduct (Read Before Selling Pets)

Pet Auction Rules {Please Read Before Posting}

As you can see, these rules are just ordinary politeness plus common sense. The enormous majority of players follow these rules without even thinking about it, which is one reason Sylestia is such a cool place.

To these rules I add the following, specific to this thread--

1. You may only participate in an Auction here if your account is at least 30 days old but no more than 120 days old.

2. I will allow a bidder to withdraw a bid if the bidder realizes they bid more gold than they could afford, realizes they don't have room for the pet, etc., providing the bidder lets me know about their mistake. Please note that ordinary Auctions do not allow this! This is my special rule to help newer players participate in their first Auction with confidence. If you goof, it's not the end of the world.

3. If you don't understand something, or an aspect of an auction isn't clear, please post your question here. You see, if you have a question, there's probably two or three other people who have the same question and are too shy to ask it. Help everyone out by asking your question here in this thread. You don't have to be participating in an auction to ask questions. I especially urge players whose accounts are less than 30 days old to ask questions, even though they can't bid (yet).

4. Have fun! Learn things!

Current Auction Has Ended

Begins: Monday, 5:00 pm on 11Apr16
Ends: Saturday, 11:59 pm on 16Apr16

Each pet image links to the pet.

Note: Final bid must stand for 15 minutes. This means if someone bids at 11:59 pm on Saturday, everyone else has until 12:14 am on Sunday to out-bid that person. If that person is outbid, the 15-minute clock starts over again. This keeps happening until 15 minutes has passed with no further bids, at which point the last high bidder wins the pet. This rule is to prevent sniping.

Pet #1 is a Purebred Anthias Lunemara with three Carried traits in addition to his one Vis--


My name is Phos Yellow 2. It's
also the name of a fluorescent dye.
Gene One: None
Gene Two: None
Gene Three: June/Faded Glowlight
Mutation One: Branch Wings
Mutation Two: Firefly
Mutation Three: Glow Dust

Starting Price: 50 gold
Buy-it-Now Price (Optional): 200 gold

Minimum Bid Increase: 5 gold

Current high bid: Sold for BIN Price to Sakqia.

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Pet #2 is a Purebred Whispering Shadows Zolnixi todd. His new owner will probably want to change his name, since it is just a code for his Theme and his traits. He's also a Level 60 Adventure Party pet, so if the new owner isn't Level 60 yet, I'll hold him for them, no cost.

I would like a cool name!
Gene One: None
Gene Two: Dapple
Gene Three: Advanced Runes/Rainbow Life Runes
Mutation One: None
Mutation Two: Ball Mask
Mutation Three: None


Starting Price: 50 gold
Buy-it-Now Price (Optional): none

Minimum Bid Increase: 5 gold

Final high bid: 600 gold, by Mittens23309.

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Pet #3 belongs to a Fabled species. Her name is Sabine Wren,* and she is a Purebred Imperial Peacock Griffi!

Fabled species are special, and the Imperial Peacock Griffi is very special indeed. You can read all about them here--

https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=31777

The Restricted traits, found only among Majestic Peacock Griffies and Imperial Peacock Griffies, are as follows: Gene 3 Majestic Peacock ; Mutation 1 Majestic Peacock Tail; Mutation 2 Majestic Peacock Crest; Mutation 3 Majestic Peacock Wings. Amazingly, little Sabine Wren has three of those four Restricted traits--

Gene Three: Majestic Peacock
Mutation One: Majestic Peacock Tail
Mutation Two: Majestic Peacock Crest
Mutation Three: None


Starting Price: 100 gold
Buy-it-Now Price (Optional): none

Minimum Bid Increase: 10 gold

Final high bid: 8000 gold, by Zalladane.

Special thanx to Nightrosefey for donating this amazing Hatchling to the "Auctions With Training Wheels" cause.

*Tip of the hat to Star Wars fans.

(Pets being auctioned change roughly twice per week. Times are in Sylestian Time. Ping me if you'd like to see a particular species or Theme for sale.

can i buy the first two please

I'd like to put down a starting bid of 100 gold on the Springtime Nixi. Please ping me when outbid.

Zalladane, are you saying you want to place the starting bids on Pet #1 and Pet #2? Or are you offering the Buy It Now prices on Pets #1 & 2?

Sakqia, your bid on Pet #4, Bertopeng Terbang, has been recorded. You are the current high bidder.

buy them please

Pet #1 (Zarina) and Pet #2 (Macha) are yours, Zalladane. Congrats!

Pinging a few more folks who might be interested. Look up, please. Two pets left! (Until the next auction.)

If your account is less than 30 days old, you may wonder why I pinged you. I did so in order to give you a chance to see how an auction works, and so that you will know this Newer Players' Auction thread exists, for when your account is over 30 days old.

Note that if your account will be 30 days old before the auction ends, you are allowed to bid right now, if you like.

(Thanks for the Ping!)
I'd like to bid on PET #4 for 55g

Bookie, I made a mistake. The current high bid on Pet #4 is 100 gold, not 50 gold. My apologies.