First things first: a fancy leader needs a fancy name, do they not? When naming your lead lion, you must choose a name that no other leader has on the site! As well, your leader's name has a hard limit of 30 characters. This means that, if you really wanted to, you could name your leader "Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123", or "asdfghjkl;qwertyuiopzxcvbnm,.", or... well, you get the idea. There's quite a bit of room to work with, and you can utilise numbers, spaces, and symbols to give a personal touch to your leader's name.

Many players like to use UTF-8 symbols within their leaders' names in the form of fancy fonts and lettering. Keep in mind that these symbols are generally three (3) to four (4) characters long at the minimum.

Let's say that you want to name your leader "Royal Kitty Cat Boy IV". Okay, not a bad name, clocking in at 23 characters... but you want some pizazz! No regular plain letters for this player, no sir. "𝓡𝓸𝔂𝓪𝓵 𝓚𝓲𝓽𝓽𝔂 𝓒𝓪𝓽 𝓑𝓸𝔂 𝓘𝓥", now that's the stuff. Hey, wait a minute! The name field for your leader only goes up to "𝓡𝓸𝔂𝓪𝓵 𝓚𝓲𝓽𝓽𝔂 𝓒𝓪𝓽 ", but the fancy font name appeared to have exactly the same amount of characters as the regular font name did. What gives? Well... that is because, as stated, each UTF-8 symbol is 3 to 4 characters long (at minimum). "𝓡𝓸𝔂𝓪𝓵" looks like it's only 5 characters, but it's actually 20. If you try to use that as your leader's name, it will end up being cut off at "𝓡𝓸𝔂𝓪𝓵 𝓚𝓲�". A sad day for Royal Kitty Cat Boy IV indeed, but it's nothing that can't be adjusted using some clever thinking skills.

If at any point in time you'd like to change your leader's name, there is an option to do so at the bottom of the Oasis on Lioden! For a fee of 1 GB, you can give your leader a new identity that fits them more than their old one did.

Important Note: If you decide to take a hiatus from Lioden and you're attached to your leader's name, you may wish to rollover at least once per yaer. Your leader's name will be reset if you are inactive and do not rollover for an entire year. This is because leader names are unique, so only one leader can have a certain name at one time. If you return to the site and someone else took your leader's name while you were gone, you'll have to wait for them to change their leader's name in order to get it back. Keep in mind that Lioden does send automated reminder emails in 3 month intervals to inform you that your leader's name will be reset!

Titles  

Your leader can also have a title in addition to a fancy name! What are titles, exactly? They're words or phrases that can describe your leader's personality to other players.

As you can see, Royal Kitty Cat Boy IV's title is "the Sapphic". Titles can be applied either before your leader's name or after your leader's name.

If you were to choose "Before my name", your leader would then display as "Sapphic Royal Kitty Cat Boy IV".

Your leader's title displays on your den page, on your leader's page, and underneath your icon and player name on the forums.

As seen above, Royal Kitty Cat Boy IV's player displays the "Sapphic" title in the forums!

If you choose to hide your title via the "Hide Title" button on the Questing page, your leader will have no title on your den page or their own page, and no title will display underneath your icon and player name on the forums. You can re-enable titles at any time.

Please click here to view a complete list of all titles on Lioden!

Lions come in many different colours and patterns, some rarer than others.

Your leader displays stats on their page, just as lionesses do. When a leader takes over a pride, they keep the stats they had when they were just your heir. If you've chosen to re-roll a lion, then new stats are generated. Leaders can increase their stats in many ways, including the following.

• Leveling up. Every time you level up your leader, their energy will refill up to 100% and they will gain stats equal to their new level multiplied by two. If your leader has leveled up to 10, they will earn 20 random stats.
• Food. Certain food items have a low chance of granting stats. These foods vary, though the most common "stat foods" are Egg Yolks and Honeycomb. View a full list of stat-granting items on the Stat Items List page!
• Eating beetle larvae you come across in Explore.
• Playing Baoball. Twice a day, your leader can play the minigame Baoball. They are guaranteed to earn 2 stats, though they can gain up to 4 per day.
• Player vs Player (PVP). Leaders can attack each other via PVP for Skill! Your leader can fight for Skill, up until
• Sparring with submales.
• Increasing Impression. Once your leader reaches Dreamboat, each time they refill their Impression bar again, they'll earn 5 stats: one in each category, minus Skill.

Some mutations can also affect your leader's stats. Check out the Mutations page for more information.

Experience refers to your leader's progress towards their next level. All new leaders start off at a lowly Level 1 with 0% progress and no Experience. There is no cap on how high your leader's level can go.

Important Note: It is a complete waste to level up an heir or submale before they are made leader of a pride. New leaders are wiped down to Level 1 with no Experience, even if they were Level 30 as a submale.

Levels are increased by earning Experience ("EXP"), which can be gained through the following methods.

• Winning battles against NPCs in Explore. If your leader has the Arrogant (Snarky) or Vicious (Evil) personalities, they will receive extra EXP (depending upon their personality) from winning battles.
• If your leader has the Humble (Good) personality, they can chase off lions within their pride and earn +2 Experience per lion chased.
• Participating in PVP against other players' leaders. Attacking for Experience grants the most EXP out of all options.
• Completing snake quests.
• Completing Gorilla Enclave quests.
• Sparring with a submale once per day.
• Certain explore encounters, both event-exclusive and year-round, will grant a small amount of Experience.
• Completing certain event-exclusive quests.
• Participapting in (and completing) event-exclusive storylines.
• Participating in certain event-exclusive features, such as August's Vulture Chase.
• Using EXP-granting items, such as Broken Drones, Coconuts, Giant Tortoises, and UAV - Search and Rescues.

Broken Drones

Use

Give to a lion to boost their Experience by +50.

How to Get

* Purchase from The Boneyard for 2 LB.
* Purchase from The Peddler for 25 DB.
* Potential prize for sending a score between 2000 to 2499 in Serengeti Shuffle.
* Low Reward from Slots.
* Dropped from an encounter during wet season.
* Dropped from an encounter during March's event.

Coconut

Use

Give to a lion to boost their Experience by +50.

How to Get

* Potential reward from Cups.
* Potential prize for sending a score between 2000 to 2499 in Serengeti Shuffle.
* Low Reward from Slots.
* Potential prize for sending a score between 200 to 999 in Whack a Snake.

Giant Tortoise

Use

Give to a lion to boost their Experience by +400 to 800.

How to Get

* Purchase from the Gorilla Enclave for 60 MT.
* Purchase from The Boneyard for 20 LB.
* Purchase from the Champion Shop for 50 MB.
* Purchase from the Shaman Shop for 50 ScB.
* Potential reward from Cups.
* Potential prize for sending a score between 3500 to 4444+ in Serengeti Shuffle.
* Low Reward from Slots.
* Potential prize for sending a score between 500 to 999 in Whack a Snake.
* Reward for completing Novel 3 pool quests during the January storyline.
* Potential bonus item when buying $100 worth of GB in one transaction during the Black Friday sale.

UAV - Search and Rescue

Use

Give to a lion to boost their Experience by +20.

How to Get

* Dropped from a very rare encounter during August's event.

Impression refers to how easily your leader can claim lionesses in Explore. All new leaders start off at Barely Noticeable Impression with 0% progress. There are ten Impression levels to work through.

Impression Levels  

1. Barely Noticeable
2. Not Very Impressive
3. Not Impressive
4. Average
5. Slightly Impressive
6. Somewhat Impressive
7. Impressive
8. Very Impressive
9. Extremely Impressive
10. Dreamboat

What does Impression actually do? It really comes into play in three areas: claiming lionesses, entering the weekly special lioness raffle, and participating in Adventuring quests. The higher your Impression, the easier it is for you to claim lionesses in Explore. You must also be Dreamboat, the highest Impression level, in order to enter the weekly special lioness raffle and participate in Adventuring quests.

Depending on your leader's Impression level, you will come across better lionesses whilst exploring.

Starting at Average Impression, your leader will find lionesses in Explore that have been chased by other players. This means that they will tend to come with slightly better stats, more markings, nicer bases, etc. You can generally easily tell the difference between a basic NCL and a chased NCL, as basic NCLs are capped at three markings and have very basic bases and markings.

Starting at Impressive Impression, your leader will now be able to find lionesses with attributes that are exclusive to leaders with higher Impression. This includes a pool of three different marking colours that come in different shapes, special eye colours, and special skin colours. An example of an NCL with exclusive attributes would be a lioness with Mosaic eyes, Clouded skin, and Clay, Copal, and Marigold markings. Your Impressive leader may also claim lionesses who are already in heat, as well as lionesses that come with poses that match their personality types.

Exclusive to Dreamboat, your leader will now be able to find special rarity-based lionesses, as well as lionesses that have had miscarriages induced on them, which increases their chances of producing mutated cubs. Your Dreamboat leader also impresses the ladies so much that every single lioness they claim will already be in heat!

Raising Impression  

You can raise your leader's Impression through several different methods.

• Claiming lionesses in Explore. If your leader has the Confident (Kind) or Self-Absorbed (Evil) personalities, they will receive an extra +1% Impression from claiming lionesses.
• Winning battles against NPCs in Explore.
• Participating in PVP against other players' leaders.
• Completing snake quests.
• Completing Gorilla Enclave quests.
• Certain explore encounters, both event-exclusive and year-round, will grant a small amount of Impression.
• Completing certain event-exclusive quests.
• Feeding Dove Feast to your leader. Each Dove Feast grants +20% Impression per item used, and you can give a maximum of fifty (50) Dove Feasts to your leader each rollover. This is enough to boost a Barely Noticeable leader all the way up to Dreamboat in one go! Dove Feast can be crafted in February, is a prize from Serengeti Shuffle, and can be purchased from various site shops.

Dove Feast

Use

Give to a pride leader in order to boost their Impression by +20%.

How to Get

* Craft out of 10 x Speckled Pigeon during the February event.
* Purchase from the Referral Shop for 8 RP.
* Purchase from the Gorilla Enclave for 50 MT.
* Purchase from the Manticore Shop for 50 BB.
* Potential prize for sending a score between 3500 to 4444+ in Serengeti Shuffle.

For more details on Impression, check out the Impression section of the FAQ!

Pride leaders are the only genetically-male lions on Lioden that can breed with lionesses. Players have the option to put their leaders up for studding, which means that other folks can breed lionesses to their stud in exchange for Silver Beetles or Gold Beetles. To put your leader up for stud, go to their page and scroll to the bottom, where you'll find the "Studding Services" panel. You will find a table that allows you to set a stud fee. ,

Personalities are a fun aspect of Lioden that can give your leader a sense of character and added depth, as well as presenting some awesome bonuses throughout your leader's lifetime!

The Personality Snake is available for all your personality needs. He resides within the Crossroads navigation map. At the Personality Snake, you can view all the different personalities for leaders. You can also purchase three personality-changing masks from him if you need to change your leader's personality, or another lion within your pride.

Important Note: Your leader's personality can conflict with the personalities of your pride members. Each time you rollover, your pride members will lose mood, but the amount of mood they lose can differ depending on their personalities compared to your leader's. Evil and Good conflict with each other, resulting in major mood drops. Snarky and Kind conflict with each other and will result in the same major mood drop. Matching personalities, such as Evil and Evil or Good and Good, will result in the lowest mood drop possible. Any other personality combinations will lower your pride members' moods as usual.