A Guide Index ~ Posting Welcome!

[kivr & fireflii]

A Guide Index
-originally created by Bolt1784-

Edit: Thread will be updated soon to reflect changes with the new CS Trading Advice board.

This is an index of many useful guides that various members of the community have created. The topics widely vary from basic topics for new players to general pet name guides to complex, detailed list of pet/item values. If you are new and not sure where to start, please check out the Newbie Guide here.

Feel free to comment suggestions to improve the thread or if you'd like a guide to be added. Please note that some guides may be repeated if they're relevant for more than one topic.

Only currently relevant and/or up-to-date guides are in the first post. That means if they are old but their content is relevant and not misleading (ex. pet outcomes), they will be listed here with a note on when they were last updated. See the second post for old guides that aren't relevant for current content (such as rarities that are no longer up-to-date), but may be useful as references for context or archive purposes.

Rarity Guides
Guides addressing pet and item rarity, value, demand, and rarity changes over time.

• Guide to Trading Every Pet on CS by Horror
• Recent Rarity Change List V.2 by lufi
• Rarity Changes Archive by Nadine (2011-2012)
• CS Rarity Change Archive by lufi (2009-2021)
• Guide to CS Rarities by Aurora Storm

Pet Outcome and Information Guides
A guide to the current month's outcomes will always be stickied at the top of the "Chicken Smoothie Discussion" forum.

• The CS Guide to 2nd and 3rd Gen Pets by DaDwarf [last updated Feb 2019]
• The Beginners Guide to Butterfly Wolves by DaDwarf [last updated May 2020]
• Beginner's Guide to Malk Pets by Seasonal
• The official guide for Dragons by Malk
• Guide to Unreleased Pets and Zebras by DaDwarf
• Guide to PPS Pets by DaDwarf [last updated May 2020]
• Guide: Extended release pets by nickjr
• How many pets are on CS? {Pet Collecting/Sorting Help} by IsABlueBean
• Pet/item/GUPPS design archive V.3 by bark [last updated Oct 2020]
• Pets Based Off The Reindeer by wonderlandfox [last updated Dec 2022]
• Customs Gallery by DisabledLlama
• Staff Dog Resource Guide by Magen
• GH Cat Resource Guide by Magen
• April Fool's 2010 & 2012 Archive by Icescape
• April Fool's 2014 Archive by Icescape
• April Fool's 2015 Archive by Icescape
• April Fool's 2016 Archive by Icescape
• April Fool's 2017 Archive by Icescape
• April Fool's 2019 Archive by Icescape
• April Fool's 2020 Archive by Icescape
• April Fool's 2021 Archive by Icescape
• April Fool's 2022 Archive by Icescape
• A Complete Pet Collection Count Guide by DaDwarf
• The Hatchery - A guide to eggs and other mystery boxes by Minimanta
• CS Pet Unique Lineart Guide by Icescape
• A Store Pet Guide by DaDwarf [last updated May 2022]
• CS Plushies & Matching Pets by angelknives
• All bug themed pets by demonsdays
• catplushie's guide to pets that look like cats by catplushie
• Pride Pets & Items Guide by Aaron✦
• Pet Themes Collection Guide by Eagle's Eye
• Guide to CS Mini-Events by Lennie
• Spider Rarity Guide by Solloby

Trading Advice and Help
Guides addressing how to trade fairly, making trade rules, hoarding, and pet/item values. A guide to the current "Is this a fair trade?" thread will always be stickied at the top of the "Chicken Smoothie Discussion" forum.

• The "Understanding Rarities" Guide by Hekomi
• The "Is this a fair trade?" Thread by winx
• The "How much is this pet worth?" Thread by DaDwarf
• The ”How Much is This Pet Worth in C$?” Thread by Solarsonnet
• A 'How to' Guide to Trading by DisabledLlama
• Guide to Creating the Perfect Trade Rules by Megannator
• Guide to Nice Trade Rules by Memories
• How to Get the Dog of your Dreams by Shian
• Guide to Hoarding by Seasonal
• The “How to Bid in & Run an Auction” Guide by Merilin
• An In-Depth Guide to Trading! [Fairness/Etiquette/Demand] by DaDwarf

Item Guides
Information about items and their value

• "How much is this item worth?" by Skysong
• CS Items Guide by SabrinaB [last updated Mar 2019]
• Share Your Item Trades by SabrinaB
• The "What item is this?" thread by Wookieinmashoo
• CS Items Popular Values Guide by quid

CS Pet Names and Naming Help
Unofficial names of CS pet outcomes; please note some of these are out of date, also check the ChickenSmoothie Wiki

• A Guide to Naming Pets and Groups by Chry
• Guide to Organizing Your Pets by Ziel
• Guide to ‘Official’ CS Dog Names by Atwood [last updated Aug 2018]
• A Tess Cat Guide for Beginners! (The "Warrior cat" lineart) by Seasonal [last updated February 2019]
• New Cat Guide for Beginners by DaDwarf [last updated May 2020]
• The NEW Guide to (Un)Offical Horse/Pony Names by Cyrinus [last updated Feb 2015]
• The Beginners Guide to Butterfly Wolves by DaDwarf [last updated May 2020]
• Guide to Official CS Malk's Pets' Names by EnochianGhost [last updated Oct 2019]
• Guide to 'Official' CS Lion Names by DaDwarf [last updated Jan 2022]
• Guide: Bunnies, Guinea Pigs & Hamsters by DaDwarf [last updated Feb 2019]
• Guide to 'Official' CS Rat Names by Qah [last updated Jan 2018]
• Guide: Bats, Squid, Trees & Unicorns by DaDwarf
• Guide to CS Horses 2008-2019 by HappyPineapple
• The guide for all your dragon needs! by DaDwarf [last updated Jan 2022]
• Guide to Deer by Tazmir
• Guide to Fennec Foxes by Tazmir
• The Official Unofficial CS Rat Name Guide by iHolli [last updated Nov 2022]

Miscellaneous Guides
Any guide or thread that relates to ChickenSmoothie, but does not belong to the other categories.

• A Guide to COPPA by AquilaFuga
• "How to Bookmark a Topic" Guide by Mayorati
• How to Get a Picture of a Pet From the Archive- by Arouria
• A "How to use the search function" Guide by DaDwarf
• The Trade Rules Review Thread by chirp.
• CS Dress Up / Dress Up Challenge Guide by Simon
• Archive: Past Summer Event Images by nickjr
• Hidden Features & Tips and Tricks! by [deleted acc]
• CS Transparent Archive by Soratha [offsite link]
• Chickensmoothie Abbreviations & Terminology Guide by Aaron✦
• Oekaki Editable Directory by Loelya
• CS Archive of Monthly Discussions, Events, Trades and Others by Lufi
• OMGSR, UR, & Store Pet Count by huskyhiccups

[kivr & fireflii]

OLD Guides

These guides are no longer relevant for current content, but are kept here in case they are useful references for context on past trades/values or changes over time (but aren't currently updated), etc. This is mostly for the rarity threads that aren't updated anymore, but some name or outcome guides may be listed here since they were transferred to the wiki, just extremely out of date (more so than the ones left on the first post), or they had too many broken images they were deemed unhelpful.

Old Rarity Guides

• Rareness Guide 2008 by Solloby
• Guide to 2009 Dogs/Rarities by shez
• Guide to 2010 Rarities by shez
• "The" Rares List Guide by Thovatos
• The 'Popular Demand & Value' Wiki 3.6 by Byuller
• Rat Rarity Guide by Solloby

Old Pet Outcome and Information Guides

• The Beginners Guide to Store Pets! by huskynerd
• Beginner's Guide to CS Horses by Icesky

Old Item Guides

• Guide to Discontinued items by bruises

Old CS Pet Names and Naming Help

• Guide to the CS Chickens by DaDwarf

[Bolt1784]

..You realise that my post about guides lovingly mocks them, right? 8D

XD No idea. I hope this was alright to post...

[Moonflight]

Omai. I love that the Guide to Making Guides is actually up there XD

Why, may I ask? It was a sarcastic joke C:

[Shian]

There's only 16? Seems like there was more than that. Good to see this. Now they're all in one spot.

[Bolt1784]

There's only 16? Seems like there was more than that. Good to see this. Now they're all in one spot.

There are more, but I am still looking for the PPS guide...<3
Funny Moonflight

[Bolt1784]

Added PPS.

[Keatchi]

Omai. I love that the Guide to Making Guides is actually up there XD

Why, may I ask? It was a sarcastic joke C:

'Coz it rocks, I bet. XD

[Bolt1784]

-enters and looks around nervously- Okay...It's stickied...83 Unexpected.

[Shian]

Nah. Guides are usually stickied