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Genus Insight
October 7, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Fixed internal links to point at existing pages
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.
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:
Genus | Korean | Main stat | Other stats | Pets in the global client data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cogni | 지성 | Critical Hit | Might, Intelligence | 41 |
Fera | 야성 | Additional Accuracy | Dexterity, Intelligence | 65 |
Natura | 자연 | Critical Resistance | Precision, Willpower | 48 |
Varian | 변형 | Additional Evasion | Constitution, Willpower | 46 |
Special | 특수 | Not listed | Special pets such as the Pagati | 8 |
As an example, a Cogni pet at level 5 gave 10 Critical Hit before the January 14 change and 5 after it.
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).
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.
NCsoft's probability page publishes the grade chances by Insight level, which are the same for every genus:
Insight level | Common | Rare | Epic | Unique | Hero |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 90% | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
2 | 70% | 30% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
3 | 55% | 45% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
4 | 50% | 45% | 5% | 0% | 0% |
5 | 45% | 45% | 10% | 0% | 0% |
6 | 40% | 40% | 20% | 0% | 0% |
7 | 35% | 34% | 30% | 1% | 0% |
8 | 30% | 30% | 35% | 5% | 0% |
9 | 25% | 25% | 39% | 10% | 1% |
10 | 20% | 30% | 30% | 15% | 5% |
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.
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:
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.
Date | Change |
|---|---|
November 21, 2025 | Obtaining a Special pet no longer adds Special species experience |
January 7, 2026 | Pets and Genus Insight shared across the server; souls needed cut by half |
January 14, 2026 | Per-level pet stats halved |
April 8, 2026 | Experience 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, 2026 | Special species pets also shared across the server; duplicates converted into exchange tickets |
August 12 and 26, 2026 | Automatic analysis added, then given an option to use soul crystals that work for every species |
February 4, 2026 | Genus Insight analysis achievements shared per server; mission rewards gain genus Soul Crystals |
September 16, 2026 | Soul Crystals sold for 500 Kina up to 30,000; mission Soul Crystals tripled; growth pet boxes from the Odylium Repository doubled |
October 7, 2026 | Presets 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 |
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.
