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No. Wyrms are hand made, completely one-of-a-kind collectable creatures which are only available through Hopeful Monster Studios. You cannot buy them from any walk-in or online store.

The Wyrmhandler's Guide has a lot of good information about Wyrm adoption.

However, the simple answer is that there are a number of ways to adopt a Wyrm:

• Go to a convention: Visit a convention that Hopeful Monster Studios is attending (you can find a list HERE under the 'Welcome Message') and stop by our booth. Tea-Cup Wyrms are usually sold in a blind-draw, but larger Species are sitting out and just waiting for new owners.
• Watch us online: Watch our Deviantart or Furaffinity groups, and wait for a clutch to be posted for sale. They will usually be cross-posted to both sites. Tea-Cup Eggs are sold on a first-come-first-serve basis when they are posted online. Additionally, sometimes larger Species are sold individually, or auctioned through these groups.
• Breed a baby: During the breeding season, you can as people who already own Wyrms if they will breed their Wyrms together to make a new baby Wyrm for you. For more information on this, please see the Breeding Guide.
• Commission us: Sometimes, Hopeful Monster Studios will open commission slots, or waiting list slots. Watch our Deviantart or Furaffinity groups to keep an eye out for slots being opened. These are only for larger Species of Wyrms (sorry, you can't commission a Tea-Cup Wyrm), but it is a great way to get a custom creation from us.

Clutches are released periodically throughout the course of the year. The next known clutch will be sometime in Late-September/Early-October and will be for first-time Handlers only. They will be able to get one egg a piece to get them started in the game. The next clutch after that will be in Late-October/Early-November and will again be one-egg a piece, but open to all handlers. The exact dates that these clutches will be available is currently unknown. A post will be made to Deviantart and Furaffinity giving at least a day's notice so that people know when to expect the eggs. They may be posted at any time of day.

Wyrms are sold on a first-come-first-serve basis. Wyrms cannot be reserved ahead of time, nor can you skip ahead of others who have been patiently waiting. Please do not contact Cruinndrac Farms or their staff asking to skip ahead of others. The only way to get a Wyrm is to wait, be patient, and pick one up during one of the clutches, or during the next breeding season.

Each type of Wyrm has two prices, depending on if it is a bred-baby or not. Bred Wyrms cost slightly more due to the extra work of having to chart the genetics of each Wyrm, as well as working with sometimes more complex combinations of Wyrm genes. The following are the current prices for each of the Wyrm Species. Please note that prices are subject to change depending on the cost of materials.

• Tea-Cup Wyrms: $20.00 / Bred-Baby: $25.00
• Standard Wyrms: $70.00 / Bred-Baby: $75.00
• Great Wyrms: $150.00 / Bred-Baby: $170.00
• Leviathan Wyrms: $250.00 / Bred-Baby: $275.00

In general, the number of breedings a Wyrm has is determined by their rarity. The more rare a Wyrm, the less breedings they have. This is done in order to keep certain genetic traits more rare within each Type. Some more unusual hybrid/crossbreeds may not quite follow the numbers below.

• Commons = 10 breedings
• Uncommons = 5 Breedings
• Rares/Ultra Rares = 2 Breedings
• Hybrids/Crossbreeds = Parents' base breedings / 2

Exceptions: Prizes won through contests held by Hopeful Monster Studios may allow a handler to add additional breedings to a Wyrm.

Check out the Breeding Guide for information on genetics and how they work!