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11 Genus Insight is the progression layer of the pet collection. Pets belong to species, and each species has its own Genus Insight level, which opens slots for analysis effects on top of the stats individual pets give. NCsoft's English announcement of the April 8, 2026 Season 3 update used the name when it said Genus Insight experience requirements had been eased. The details below come from NCsoft's official Korean guidebook (pet page updated August 13, 2026), the Korean update notes and NCsoft's official probability page. Genus names (Cogni, Fera, Natura, Varian and Special) are the global client's; stat names follow Character Stats.
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33 Species
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55 Pets fall into five genera (종족 in Korean). When the per-level pet stats were halved on January 14, 2026, the patch note listed the stat line each genus gives as its pets level:
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77 GenusKoreanMain statOther statsPets in the global client dataCogni지성Critical HitMight, Intelligence41Fera야성Additional AccuracyDexterity, Intelligence65Natura자연Critical ResistancePrecision, Willpower48Varian변형Additional EvasionConstitution, Willpower46Special특수Not listedSpecial pets such as the Pagati8
88 As an example, a Cogni pet at level 5 gave 10 Critical Hit before the January 14 change and 5 after it.
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1010 How It Works
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1313 Since January 7, 2026 the pet system is shared by every character on a server. Genus Insight opens at level 1 and the highest level reached in each species applies to all characters. The same patch halved the pet souls needed to obtain and level pets.Insight levels deleted by that change were refunded as species soul crystal points, from 50 points for a level 2 Insight up to 10,000 points for level 10.Each pet also has its own understanding level. Since the Chapter 1 update on July 1, 2026, pet understanding feeds the frontal stats as well.Genus Insight also has analysis effects, rolled on its slots using soul crystals. Since April 8, 2026 presets can store analysis results (three at first, five since October 7, 2026), and since August 12, 2026 an automatic analysis option rolls until it finds the chosen option at the chosen grade, levels up, or runs out of currency.A Total Effects tab shows the combined result (since March 25, 2026).
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1515 Analysis
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1717 Genus Insight effects are rolled by analysis (분석), which spends that genus's Soul Crystals and some Kina. Each analysis also adds Genus Insight experience, and each genus levels to 10 separately. A higher Insight level raises the chance of higher-grade effects and, at set levels, opens more effect slots; the probability page lists nine slots per genus. An effect you want to keep can be locked so the next analysis does not change it, though locking can raise the cost of each attempt. The automatic analysis stops when any slot shows a result matching its chosen slot, option and minimum grade, when Insight levels up, or when the currency runs out.
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1919 NCsoft's probability page publishes the grade chances by Insight level, which are the same for every genus:
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2121 Insight levelCommonRareEpicUniqueHero190%10%0%0%0%270%30%0%0%0%355%45%0%0%0%450%45%5%0%0%545%45%10%0%0%640%40%20%0%0%735%34%30%1%0%830%30%35%5%0%925%25%39%10%1%1020%30%30%15%5%
2222 The grade is rolled first, then the option. Lower grades roll genus-specific stats such as Cogni Defense (지성족 방어력, 40 to 80 at Common in slot 1), with Evasion, Critical Hit Resist and Block versions, plus HP and MP; higher grades add PvE, boss, front and back stats. Values within a range are rolled evenly.
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24+Option Pools by Slot on the Korean Service
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26+The probability page lists a separate option pool for every slot. On the four main boards (Cogni, Fera, Natura and Varian) the nine slots share four layouts, and the Special board has its own. The ranges below are the Hero-grade values from the Korean probability page (checked October 7, 2026); lower grades roll smaller ranges, and some options only appear from Unique grade upward. Within a grade every option in a slot is about equally likely, around 5 to 6 percent each on the main boards and 9 to 10 percent on the Special board.
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28+Board and slotsPoolNotable options at Hero gradeMain boards, slots 1, 4 and 7Defense and utility (17 options)Boss Attack 10 to 20, Critical Hit 15 to 30, Additional Accuracy 20 to 40, Additional Defense 80 to 160, PvE Defense 100 to 200, Block, HP, MP, plus front and back Critical Hit and their resistancesMain boards, slots 2, 5 and 8Attack (18 options)Max Attack 10 to 20, Additional Attack 8 to 16, PvE Attack, Critical Attack, Front Attack and Back Attack 10 to 20, plus the same utility statsMain boards, slots 3 and 9Amplification (21 options)Double Chance, Damage Boost, Perfect Chance and Weapon Damage Boost 1.2% to 2.4%; Critical Damage Boost, Front Damage Boost, Back Damage Boost and PvE Damage Boost 1.5% to 3%; damage against that genus 2.4% to 4.8%; plus the utility statsMain boards, slot 6Tolerance (21 options)Damage Tolerance, Endurance and Restoration 1.2% to 2.4%; PvE Damage Tolerance 1.5% to 3%; weapon, critical, front and back damage tolerance; tolerance against that genus 2.4% to 4.8%; plus the utility statsSpecial board, slots 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and 8Attack (10 options)Max Attack 10 to 20, Additional Attack 8 to 16, Penetration 80 to 160, Power Shard bonus damage 8 to 16, PvE Attack, Critical Attack, Front Attack, Back Attack, HP and MPSpecial board, slots 3 and 9Amplification (11 options)Double Chance, Damage Boost, Perfect Chance and Weapon Damage Boost 1.2% to 2.4%; Critical, Front, Back and PvE Damage Boost 1.5% to 3%; Penetration, HP and MPSpecial board, slot 6Tolerance (11 options)Damage Tolerance, Endurance and Restoration 1.2% to 2.4%; weapon, critical, front, back and PvE damage tolerance; Penetration, HP and MP
29+At Unique grade the same amplification slots roll Double Chance at 0.9% to 1.8%, so a high Unique roll can beat a low Hero roll.
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31+Choosing Analysis Targets
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33+NCsoft does not recommend particular options, so the priorities below are player guidance rather than official rules. They target damage in group PvE and change with class and content.
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35+Korean Service
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37+Level a board to Insight level 10 before locking anything. Hero-grade options only appear from level 9 (1 percent) and reach 5 percent at level 10, alongside 15 percent Unique, so locks bought earlier mostly protect lower-grade lines. The usual exception is an unusually good roll in a key slot.Use automatic analysis to hunt one target at a time, for example Double Chance at Unique or Hero grade on slots 3 and 9.Players often accept lower rolls on a first preset and keep refining a second, endgame preset.
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39+SlotsCommon targetHero-grade rangeMain boards, 1, 4 and 7Boss Attack, then Critical Hit10 to 20; 15 to 30Main boards, 2, 5 and 8Max Attack, then Additional Attack10 to 20; 8 to 16Main boards, 3 and 9Double Chance, ideally 2% or more1.2% to 2.4%Main boards, 6Damage Tolerance1.2% to 2.4%Special board, 3 and 9Double Chance1.2% to 2.4%Special board, 6Damage Tolerance1.2% to 2.4%Special board, other slotsMax Attack, then Additional Attack10 to 20; 8 to 16
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42+Players on the global service report that its option pools are laid out differently from the Korean tables above. NCsoft had not published a global probability table for Genus Insight as of October 9, 2026, so the global priorities below are player-reported and provisional. The most cited difference is slot 4, which reportedly rolls a genus-specific offensive stat on each board:
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44+BoardSlot 4 target players reportFallbackCogniCritical Damage BoostDamage Boost or PvE Damage BoostFeraWeapon Damage BoostDamage Boost or PvE Damage BoostNaturaPvE Damage BoostMulti-hit Chance, then Perfect ChanceVarianFront or Back Damage BoostPvE Damage BoostSpecialDouble ChanceNone; players reroll until it appears
45+Players also report attack stats (Max Attack, then Additional Attack) on slots 1 and 5, Power Shard bonus damage on slots 3, 6 and 9 (or Critical Hit and Accuracy while a character is below its caps), a tolerance stat on slot 7 and HP increases on slots 2 and 8, which many skip because rerolling them costs more Soul Crystals and Kina than they return. The usual global routine is to analyze without locks until a board reaches Insight level 9, then switch to automatic analysis for a Unique-grade slot 4 target, starting with the Special board, and afterwards work through slots 1 and 5, then 6 and 9, then 7.
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2447 Soul Crystals
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2649 Each genus has its own Soul Crystal points (for example 지성 영혼 결정), and there is also a general Soul Crystal (영혼 결정) that works for any genus. When a pet is already at its maximum understanding level, further souls of it turn into its genus's Soul Crystals automatically. Soul Crystals and Insight progress are shared by the characters on a server. On the Korean service they also come from:
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2851 Duty and Duty Scroll quests (genus Soul Crystals added February 4, 2026; general ones April 8, 2026; amounts tripled September 16, 2026) and Abyss orders (March 25, 2026).The Wind Breeze Merchants special tab: 500 Kina each, up to 30,000 (since September 16, 2026).The Hidden Cube: 1,000 per key-opened reward instead of 100 since October 7, 2026, with the difference for Chapter 1 openings paid back.The Shugo Festa shop (bundles of 50, up to 15 a week) and the Nightmare shop (bundles of 50), both changed on October 7, 2026, plus Expedition wing feathers and painting remnants through Material Conversion.
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3053 Changes on the Korean Service
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3255 DateChangeNovember 21, 2025Obtaining a Special pet no longer adds Special species experienceJanuary 7, 2026Pets and Genus Insight shared across the server; souls needed cut by halfJanuary 14, 2026Per-level pet stats halvedApril 8, 2026Experience needed for pets and Genus Insight cut to 70% of the old amount. Excess pet understanding and excess Insight experience convert into species soul crystal points (one point per 20 excess Insight experience).July 1, 2026Special species pets also shared across the server; duplicates converted into exchange ticketsAugust 12 and 26, 2026Automatic analysis added, then given an option to use soul crystals that work for every speciesFebruary 4, 2026Genus Insight analysis achievements shared per server; mission rewards gain genus Soul CrystalsSeptember 16, 2026Soul Crystals sold for 500 Kina up to 30,000; mission Soul Crystals tripled; growth pet boxes from the Odylium Repository doubledOctober 7, 2026Presets for Genus Insight (and gear, wings, titles, the Pantheon, skills and Arcana) raised from three to five; Hidden Cube Soul Crystals raised to 1,000
3356 On a server transfer, a character keeps its pets, which merge with those on the new server, and the player chooses whether to keep the Genus Insight from the old server or the new one.
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3558 Related Pages
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3760 Pets and MountsGear and ProgressionShugo Festival