A greenhorn question, but I'm more lost than a egg on easter day.

There are a couple ways to get new pets.
Essences (species-specific) each can make one new pet from generating. You can buy them from the Broker, earn some from Nurturing, you can sometimes get them dropped from Battling, and you can earn them from Jinxie's Jamboree. When there are events, it is usual that essences are wheel prizes, forum prizes, and so on. Each type of essence can only be used in the appropriate generator (Mystical > Enhanced > Regular)

Traps (buyable at markets) can catch wild pets. Look at the star color to determine the rarity of the pet (it determines the GP). No color < Green < Blue < Purple < Orange. Certain traps can only trap up to certain rarities (look at the mouseover in shops/inventory/broker).

Buying pets (through search or forums). You can look by species, maturity, genes, mutations, etc. Make sure to set the "For Sale" option to "Yes". You can also look in the Pet Auction/Pet Breeding forums.

Breeding pets (your own, and through search). You can breed Adult pets (make sure they're not Adolescents) through the Breeding generator if you have adult male and female sylesti of the same species. If you wish to breed with another's pet, go through search and set the "For Breeding" option to "Yes". You can also look in the Pet Breeding forums.

Hopefully that all made sense!

Link: https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=14998&page=1#2 Author: Maident Time Posted: 6/20/2014 at 5:10 PM There are a couple ways to get new pets. Essences (species-specific) each can make one new pet from generating. You can buy them from the Broker, earn some from Nurturing, you can sometimes get them dropped from Battling, and you can earn them from Jinxie's Jamboree. When there are events, it is usual that essences are wheel prizes, forum prizes, and so on. Each type of essence can only be used in the appropriate generator (Mystical > Enhanced > Regular) Traps (buyable at markets) can catch wild pets. Look at the star color to determine the rarity of the pet (it determines the GP). No color < Green < Blue < Purple < Orange. Certain traps can only trap up to certain rarities (look at the mouseover in shops/inventory/broker). Buying pets (through search or forums). You can look by species, maturity, genes, mutations, etc. Make sure to set the "For Sale" option to "Yes". You can also look in the Pet Auction/Pet Breeding forums. Breeding pets (your own, and through search). You can breed Adult pets (make sure they're not Adolescents) through the Breeding generator if you have adult male and female sylesti of the same species. If you wish to breed with another's pet, go through search and set the "For Breeding" option to "Yes". You can also look in the Pet Breeding forums. Hopefully that all made sense!

How do I buy stuff?
I haven't the money to get Diamons, and I got only gold, and I'm not exactly sure how to get scales.

Depends on where you buy it from. Broker is through Trade -> Trade Broker. Markets can be found in the three Towns (most likely you will only be able to access the one in Viridian Meadows-> Esior's Haven).

I recommend doing missions to help with gold-making (go to the Barracks).

Scales can be earned by nurturing hatchlings and egglings. (Hatchery -> Help Nuture Sylesties).

If you want to get some pets I recommend you visit The Pound, you get free sylesties everyday there

Here's the link to it >_>
Click meh!