Breeding is one of the core systems in Mewgenics, and it is the key to creating cats with perfect stats. The process takes time and patience, but once your setup is running, it becomes a steady background system that keeps improving your bloodline while you play normally. This guide focuses on building an reliable breeding farm and step-by-step methods to raise cats with ideal stats.
How Breeding Works in Mewgenics
When two cats produce a kitten, the child inherits stats based on the parents’ base stats. Base stats are the original values before collars, injuries, or mutations change them. A few important rules shape the system:
- Higher room stimulation increases the chance of inheriting strong stats
- Mutations are fairly common later, but perfect base stats are harder to get
- Inbreeding increases the risk of harmful stat penalties
- Cats have hidden traits like libido and compatibility that affect breeding
Early on, your priority should be improving your relationship with Tink so you can see deeper stat details. Without this, you may waste time pairing cats that cannot reproduce effectively.
Early Setup: The Two-Room Starter Farm
You can begin with a simple two-room house, but aim to unlock a third room quickly. Here is what you need:
- A dedicated breeding room with high stimulation
- An attic or storage room for backup cats
- Plenty of furniture to boost breeding chances
- Regular kitten donations to unlock stat visibility
Donate at least 11 kittens to unlock base stat viewing, but pushing to 41 donations gives much better insight into cat traits.
Each day, a stray cat appears. If it has a stat of 7 in any category, move it into your breeding room. If it does not, send it to the attic. Once you gather four attic cats, use them for adventures and give them to NPCs to unlock upgrades like house expansions and inventory space.
Creating Your First Stud Cat
When high-stat strays breed, check every kitten carefully. If a kitten inherits the strongest stat from both parents, it becomes your first “stud.” This cat is the foundation of your bloodline. If possible, breed until you get two strong kittens of opposite genders to ensure the line can continue.
Once the stud is secured, remove the original parents from the breeding room. They have served their purpose and can be donated or sent on missions. From here, search for new strays that have 7s in stats your stud lacks. Pair them repeatedly to stack strong traits into future generations.
The Three-Room Advanced Farm System
After unlocking a third room, your breeding system becomes more structured.
1. Breeding Room
This room pairs your stud with selected strays. Maximize stimulation to improve stat inheritance. This is where you chase perfect stat combinations.
2. Royal Family Room
This room houses elite bloodline members. It should prioritize comfort and health to keep cats stable. Two types of cats live here:
- Parents that produced successful studs
- Strong kittens that almost reached perfect stats
These cats generate powerful adventurers and occasionally produce rare stud replacements. They also help reduce heavy inbreeding by mixing genetic lines.
3. Barracks Room
The barracks stores adventure-ready cats. Keep comfort low and mutation chances high. This environment encourages stat changes and prepares cats for missions. These are your expendable soldiers, not breeding stock.
Managing Genetics and Inbreeding
Avoid heavy inbreeding. Mild inbreeding is manageable, but excessive overlap leads to negative mutations and stat loss. A practical long-term strategy is to alternate between:
- Breeding perfect cats with distant relatives
- Outbreeding with strong strays
- Reuniting cousin generations to stabilize stats
This cycle adds genetic variety while preserving strong stat lines.
Organization Tips for Efficiency
Marking your cats is essential for tracking bloodlines. Use a consistent system to label:
- Royal bloodline members
- Valuable strays
- Adventure soldiers
- Breeding candidates
Also expand food storage quickly. Keep your total population under about 20 cats to conserve food and extend breeding cycles between adventures. More days at home means more chances to produce elite kittens.
Breeding perfect cats in Mewgenics is less about luck and more about building a structured system that runs continuously. With the right room setup, careful stat selection, and smart population control, you gradually stack advantages into each generation. The process rewards patience. Over time, your farm shifts from random breeding to a controlled dynasty capable of producing near-perfect cats on a regular basis.