Fly and Ride Potions in Adopt Me: What Each One Changes

Go on to any Adopt Me trading chat and the same abbreviations ring out repeatedly: FR, NFR, R, F. These labels are not for show. They say about potions used on a pet and they alter the value of the pet. 

What the potions do

There are two potions which are important for trading. A ride potion allows you to sit on the pet and ride it. A fly potion will allow the pet to fly with you. These are permanently attached to one pet and are transferred with it if the pet is traded. This difference becomes especially noticeable when players buy adopt me pets in their natural state and compare them with the same pets that already have both potions applied.

If a pet has both, it can be ridden and flown. The common labels are derived from that combination, which is also why the price differences can become significant.

Reading the shorthand

• R means ride only
• F means fly only
• FR means fly and ride, both applied
• NFR means neon with fly and ride
• MFR means mega neon with fly and ride

The neon prefixes are where the numbers get large, because an NFR already contains four full-grown pets plus the potions on top.

Why potions move the price

The amount of money required to produce a potion is a real cost. Someone got it and decided to use it on that particular pet. With an FR pet, both the pet and the two potions are being purchased.

That’s why the plain pet and the FR version of the same pet have different numbers. They’re not identical. 

The mistake that costs people trades

Assuming a pet has potions because the other player said so. The window shows what the pet actually is. If you cannot confirm fly and ride status from the window itself, treat it as plain and price it that way. The same applies to age: an FR newborn and an FR full-grown are different trades.

Should you potion a pet yourself?

For a pet you’re in the process of keeping, potions will be something you use again and again, and again. When you fly across the map, you fly faster than walking and after a day or two, it’s no longer a novelty.

If a pet is in your inventory on its way to being traded, it’s not the same calculation. Potions increase value, but they increase the cost to acquire the potion and you won’t always get that back in the trade. 

Bottom line

Fly and ride potions are permanent, they transfer with the pet, and they change its trade value. Learn the shorthand, verify status in the window rather than in chat, and price plain and FR versions as the separate things they are.

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