Forum:Which Approach to Breeding Valuables?

When I have a valuable frog and want to breed more of them to sell, I've noticed that the expense of breeding the two really cuts into the profit. I'm wondering if it's best to just breed the two, or is it more profitable to breed one with an anura in hopes of getting the valuable one? If the result is anura, it was an expensive breeding for that outcome.

How do the rest of you approach breeding for sale?

68.227.83.218 23:51, January 22, 2012 (UTC)

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I use this guide for making money:

http://www.thonky.com/pocket-frogs/money-making-tips/

I think it is more profitable to breed the two of the same frogs together. Also you know that you'll make exactly half the sale value of the frog each time you breed. Whereas if you breed an expensive frog with an anura, you could get lucky but you could also end up making a loss many times in a row.

jesslc84

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Doing the maths with some of my frogs:

Breeding the 2 identical Lucas frogs I've been using for money making 8 times will give me $2596 x 8 = $20768 after breeding costs.

Breeding one of these frogs with an Anura 8 times (and assuming the breeding probability comes out exactly as expected - ie. I get half lucas frogs, half anuras) will give me $5192 x 4 + $43 x 4 - $1308 x 8 (breeding cost) = $10476.

So I'll do nearly twice as well breeding the identical frogs. Of course I do have to wait longer for all 8 frog of the first set to grow up. As in the guide I breed them before bed, they hatch in the morning and then I can just let them sit around in a habitat while they grow up and I use my nursery for other things.

I think it's better if you breed two of the same types of frog, because there's a 100% chance you'll get a profit from it, and you'll gain exp, which is important to unlock better frogs and get a bigger amount of money :)

PlUs+ ID: Ebilkrystallion

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Thank you for the good information! And thank you again for the Marinus, jesslc84!

Miche124 19:01, January 23, 2012 (UTC)