Make-Your-Own Slots

See also: Mothcats Trait Information

Mothcats is a closed species owned by floramisa on deviantART.com, meaning they cannot be created and used freely within the group. Make-Your-Own Slots are available for purchase and as participation prizes for various group events. Slot owners are able to make one (1) Mothcat based on the rarity of the slot they own.

Designs made without the use of an MYO slot are not officially recognized by the group and cannot be used to participate in events or the ARPG.

Slot Types

There are several types of MYO slots available in for Mothcat creations, based on the Mothcats Trait Information page. All prices are in USD and remain consistent between sales (the prices never change).

Slot Type	Cost	Trait Limitations	Availability
Event	$7	Event traits only.	MYO events
First-Time Owner (FTO)	$7	Common traits only.	Regular MYO sales
Common	$10	Common traits only.	Regular MYO sales, Patreon, ARPG/event prizes
Rare	$25	Up to 2 rare traits per slot.	Regular MYO sales, Patreon, ARPG/event prizes
Ultra Rare	$75	Up to 1 ultra rare and 2 rare traits per slot.	ARPG/event prizes, sales on special occasion
Exclusive/Variant	$100	1 Exclusive trait per slot, only.	ARPG/event prizes, sales on special occasion

** Please note that all MYO slot sales are final and non-refundable. Users caught back charging for MYO slots will be banned from the group.

Ways to Obtain MYO Slots

There are various ways to obtain MYO slots. The most common way is through the general MYO slot sales that occur about once every other month.

In addition, MYO slots can be obtained by:

• Purchasing them through floramisa's Patreon page from certain rewards tiers

• Earning them as prizes in Mothcats events and/or ARPG

• Winning them from Birthday and Easter eggs

• Winning them in group contests and raffles

• Winning them from member raffles

• Bribing floramisa

Slot Ownership Rules

In general:

• MYO slots are one-time use only (individual slots can only be redeemed once)

• There is no limit to how many MYO slots a single user can own

• Slots may be resold, traded, or gifted per the status listed on their entry in the MYO slot masterlist

• Designs may not be blatantly referenced from copyrighted/licensed characters

• Designs may not be blatantly copied from existing designs (Mothcat or non-Mothcat)

• Only the traits available on the trait sheet can be used for MYO designs

• Slot owners may commission other artists to design their Mothcats for them

Official Artist Design Service

Mothcats offers a special design service run by a set of group-sponsored guest artists, otherwise known as Mothcats Official Artists. It is possible to commission or even request an MYO designed for free by one of the Official Artists.

More information about the Mothcats MYO design service can be found at this link.

MYO Approval & Registration Process

** All MYO-related questions should be noted to the Mothcats group or to Mothchive on deviantART. **

You Will Need:

1. Art of the finished design you want to submit
2. (For Mothcats) A filled in Mothchive base
   • These bases can be found here!
   • Remember when filling out the base not to edit the lineart or add eyeshine.

To Submit:

• Navigate to the entry for the slot you wish to submit on the Mothcats.com site.
  • You can view your owned slots here!
• Click "Submit MYO Design" in the sidebar.
• Click the "Create Request" button.

You will now have a draft of your MYO submission! You can spend as much time working on this draft as you like before submitting it.

The Comments tab

For Mothcats, provide a link to the filled in Mothchive base.

Click "Save".

The Masterlist Image Tab

Upload the finished art of the design here. This should be the art that you would previously have submitted to the deviantArt gallery for approval.

Enter in the deviantArt username of the designer(s) of the character, as well as the artist(s) who drew the approval image. You can add additional usernames by clicking the plus sign to the right of each row. If a designer or artist does not have a deviantArt username, enter in a URL in the second box in the row.

Click "Save".

The Add-Ons Tab

If you intend to apply any items to your MYO-- for instance, Trait Changes or essences-- select them here.

You may also select accessories to apply at this time.

Click "Save".

The Traits Tab

Click the "Traits" tab.

• For Mothcats, first select the character's subtype. For instance (and most commonly,) this will be "Standard".
  • Then, click "Add Trait" and select one of the character's traits.
  • Repeat this until all of the character's traits are listed.
  • For eyes, remember to list both the appropriate traits for the eye type and pupil type!
  • Coat type does not need to be listed unless it is non-standard.
  • When entering in applied traits, state in the "extra info" box where they occur, in broad terms (for instance, "Mane", "Antennae", "Markings")
• For subspecies, the species and subtype will already be set. Select the rarity "subspecies".

Click "Save".

Submitting

Check the information you've entered on each tab.

When you're ready to submit, click the "Status" tab...

...And click "Submit Request"!

Approval

Once you've confirmed your submission, it will be added to the MYO submission queue. It will then be reviewed by the Mothcats admins.

If there are issues with your submission, it will be returned to draft form with admin comments-- at which point you can make any necessary changes. Again, you can take as much time as you need when working on drafts.

Upon being accepted, your submitted MYO will be incorporated directly into the masterlist! You can now use your new character within the group!

Additionally, we strongly recommend submitting approved designs to the Approved MYO Designs gallery in the group!

Disclaimer

Other artists and people who own moth-cat hybrid characters are welcome to create and own them as they please. We, at Mothcats, do not police or condone the harassment of moth-cat character owners.

The only thing we ask is that the owners of these characters do not claim that their design is part of the Mothcats closed species on deviantART.