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Common | Uncommon | Rare | Extremely Rare | AoA | T1 Bonding | T2 Bonding | T3 Bonding | Alpha | Elemental | Unique | Unique - Non-Hereditary
Common
  • Balanced
    • Grants +5 to the chance to heal Tokota's Sprained injury. Stacks with healing items and other traits.
  • Caver
    • Caving items retrieved by the tokota are worth 20%+ of their usual reward when redeemed at Toko Tokens Bank.
  • Diver
    • Diving items retrieved by the tokota are worth 20%+ of their usual reward when redeemed at Toko Tokens Bank.
  • Durable
    • Grants +5 to the chance to heal Tokota's Scraped injury. Stacks with healing items and other traits.
  • Excellent Conformation
    • Provides a +10 to all Performance Competitions.
  • Excellent Conformation II
    • Provides a +15 to all Performance Competitions.
  • Explorer
    • Exploration items retrieved by the tokota are worth 20%+ of their usual reward when redeemed at Toko Tokens Bank.
  • Fisher
    • Fishing items retrieved by the tokota are worth 20%+ of their usual reward when redeemed at Toko Tokens Bank.
  • Flexibility
    • Provides a +10 to all Sporting Competitions.
  • Flexibility II
    • Provides a +15 to all Sporting Competitions.
  • Fortified
    • Grants +5 to the chance to heal Tokota's Bruised injury. Stacks with healing items and other traits.
  • Friendly Foe
    • Grants +15 bonus points to a PvP Entry when competing against a Tribemate.
  • Hardy
    • Injuries received by this Tokota are reduced by 1 step of severity. This affects all injury types. Stacks with Tenacious/Leg Protectors.
  • Hunter
    • Hunting items retrieved by the tokota are worth 20%+ of their usual reward when redeemed at Toko Tokens Bank.
  • Impeccable Stamina
    • Provides a +10 to all Working Competitions.
  • Impeccable Stamina II
    • Provides a +15 to all Working Competitions.
  • Impervious
    • Grants +5 to the chance to heal Tokota's Concussed injury. Stacks with healing items and other traits.
  • Keen Senses
    • Provides a +10 to all Teamwork Competitions.
  • Keen Senses II
    • Provides a +15 to all Teamwork Competitions.
  • Lucky
    • Increased chance of encountering a random event.
  • Natural Competitor
    • Grants +10 bonus points to any PvP entry.
  • Resilient
    • Grants +5 to the chance to heal Tokota's Sore injury. Stacks with healing items and other traits.
  • Swift Feet
    • Provides a +10 to all Racing Competitions.
  • Swift Feet II
    • Provides a +15 to all Racing Competitions.
Uncommon
  • Ardent
    • Tokota is able to be bred 1 time over the Starter Thread monthly limit.
  • Brawny
    • 25% chance to retrieve up to three extra pelts while hunting large prey. (Moose, bear, mountain lion, etc)
  • Brawny II
    • Applies to Dires and Makhatas - 50% chance to retrieve up to three extra pelts while hunting large prey. (Moose, bear, mountain lion, etc)
  • Camouflage
    • Provides a +10 bonus to Racing and Sporting Competitions when depicted in a canon location from Maquraq or Taniya.
  • Camouflage II
    • Provides a +20 bonus to Racing and Sporting Competitions when depicted in a canon location from Maquraq or Taniya.
  • Cleverness
    • 25% chance to retrieve up to three extra pelts while hunting small prey. (Hare, fox, birds, etc)
  • Cleverness II
    • Applies to Tokis, Dakinos, and Miraltas - 50% chance to retrieve up to three extra pelts while hunting small prey. (Hare, fox, birds, etc)
  • Companion Tracker
    • Increased chance to locate companions in a hunting or dangerous game activity.
  • Creature Whisperer
    • Increased chance to locate companions in an exploring or caving activity.
  • Critter Finder
    • Increased chance to locate companions in a fishing or diving activity.
  • Equipped
    • This tokota earns an extra +2 HP bonus from every full body image in which it is depicted with either generic tack or Small/Large item(s) depicted on its official import. Items must be objects and cannot be mane/expression/line edits. All depicted tack or decor must be moderately detailed, overly simplified art/descriptions will not apply.
  • Gregarious
    • Provides a +10 bonus to Working and Teamwork Competitions when depicted in a canon location from Alurik or ???.
  • Gregarious II
    • Provides a +20 bonus to Working and Teamwork Competitions when depicted in a canon location from Alurik or ???.
  • Passionate
    • Tokota is able to be bred 1 time over the standard monthly limit.
  • Passionate II
    • Tokota is able to be bred 2 times over the standard monthly limit.
  • Patience
    • 25% chance to retrieve up to two extra fish while fishing.
  • Patience II
    • Applies to Akota and Tokharas - 50% chance to retrieve up to two extra fish while fishing.
  • Primal Hunter
    • Tokota can hunt Raptors, Mammoth and Smilodon in Dangerous Game hunting.
  • Snow White
    • Up to three companions allowed.
  • Snow White II
    • Up to four companions allowed.
  • Social
    • +2 HP earned per every collaborated image in which it is depicted. (Collaborated by the owner)
  • Social II
    • +3 HP earned per every collaborated image in which it is depicted. (Collaborated by the owner)
  • Thermoregulation
    • Provides a +10 bonus to Working and Racing Competitions when depicted in a canon location from Fosbir or ???.
  • Thermoregulation II
    • Provides a +20 bonus to Working and Racing Competitions when depicted in a canon location from Fosbir or ???.
  • Thick Coat
    • Provides a +10 bonus to Performance and Teamwork Competitions when depicted in a canon location from Tartok or ???.
  • Thick Coat II
    • Provides a +20 bonus to Performance and Teamwork Competitions when depicted in a canon location from Tartok or ???.
  • Thrill Seeker
    • Provides a bonus to PvP based on risk level of competition. (+5 for Safest / +10 for Risky / +15 for Dangerous)
  • Waterproof
    • Provides a +10 bonus to Sporting and Performance Competitions when depicted in a canon location from Narnvak or ???.
  • Waterproof II
    • Provides a +20 bonus to Sporting and Performance Competitions when depicted in a canon location from Narnvak or ???.
Rare
  • Ancient Blood
    • Pups from breedings in which Akotas are possible, have a 5% higher chance of being Akota built.
  • Ancient Blood II
    • Pups from breedings in which Akotas are possible, have a 10% higher chance of being Akota built.
  • Big Boned
    • Pups from breedings in which Dires are possible, have a 5% higher chance of being Dire built.
  • Big Boned II
    • Pups from breedings in which Dires are possible, have a 10% higher chance of being Dire built.
  • Birthright
    • Provides a +5 HP Bonus to any HP gained through a Sprite.
  • Borgas Blessing
    • Extremely Common and Common genes have a -10% chance of passing on to offspring.
  • Ferocious Claws
    • Pups from breedings in which Makhata are possible, have a 5% higher chance of being Makhata built.
  • Ferocious Claws II
    • Tier Two: Unlocked once Dominance is reached.
      Pups from breedings in which Makhata are possible, have a 10% higher chance of being Makhata built.
  • Kings Blood
    • All pups in litters bred from this Tokota will be born Male.
  • Leadership
    • Reduced HP required to move up hierarchy statuses. (Submissive > Average - 50 HP / Average > Dominant - 200 HP)
  • Leadership II
    • Reduced HP required to move up hierarchy statuses. (Submissive > Average - 50 HP / Average > Dominant - 200 HP / Dom > Alpha - 250 HP)
  • Loner
    • Provides a +2 HP bonus when the tokota is pictured alone (no other tokotas) in full body images. Stacks with Skunk companion.
  • Mediator
    • Provides a 50+ increase to taming odds when depicted in a taming entry. (Must be full body)
  • Mediator II
    • Provides a 60+ increase to taming odds when depicted in a taming entry. (Must be full body)
  • Nanooks Shadow
    • Pups have a +10% chance of inheriting the coat of the darker parent. (Eg Breedings between tundra and tawny base coats will have a higher chance of tawny, breedings between brown and black base coats will have a higher chance of black, etc.)
  • Nanooks Shadow II
    • Pups have a +20% chance of inheriting the coat of the darker parent. (Eg Breedings between tundra and tawny base coats will have a higher chance of tawny, breedings between brown and black base coats will have a higher chance of black, etc.)
  • Oddball
    • Pups will have a higher chance of inheriting physical traits (such as a bob tail, short ears, curly tail, etc.)
  • Oddball II
    • Pups have a significantly higher chance of inheriting physical traits. (such as a bob tail, short ears, curly tail, etc.)
  • Queens Blood
    • All pups in litters bred from this Tokota will be born Female.
  • Quick Learner
    • Provides a chance to find small amounts of additional HP in activity rolls. The additional HP can only be applied to the Tokota itself. (Link the admin-posted results comment in the Tokota's HP tracker beneath the image from which it was earned.)
  • Quick Learner II
    • Provides a chance to find 1-3 HP Tokens in all activity rolls.
  • Sednas Light
    • Pups have a +10% chance of inheriting the coat of the lighter parent. (Eg. Breedings between tundra and tawny base coats will have a higher chance of tundra, breedings between brown and black base coats will have a higher chance of brown, etc.)
  • Sednas Light II
    • Pups have a +20% chance of inheriting the coat of the lighter parent. (Eg. Breedings between tundra and tawny base coats will have a higher chance of tundra, breedings between brown and black base coats will have a higher chance of brown, etc.)
  • Small Stature
    • Pups from breedings in which Tokis are possible, have a 5% higher chance of being Toki built.
  • Small Stature II
    • Pups from breedings in which Tokis are possible, have a 10% higher chance of being Toki built.
  • Spicy Soul
    • Pups from breedings in which Tokharas are possible, have a 5% higher chance of being Tokhara built.
  • Spicy Soul II
    • Pups from breedings in which Tokharas are possible, have a 10% higher chance of being Tokhara built.
  • Sticky Feet
    • Greatly increases the chance to find Tapetoe.
  • Stout Heart
    • Pups from breedings in which Dakinos are possible, have a 5% higher chance of being Dakino built.
  • Stout Heart II
    • Pups from breedings in which Dakinos are possible, have a 10% higher chance of being Dakino built.
  • Superstar
    • Bonus HP awarded to other Tokotas included in the same work: +2 for art and literature, +1 for crafts. (Your tokota will give an HP bonus for being depicted in the same image, but will not receive one itself.) This trait does NOT stack.
  • Superstar II
    • Bonus HP awarded to other Tokotas included in the same work: +3 for art and literature, +1 for crafts. (Your tokota will give an HP bonus for being depicted in the same image, but will not receive one itself.) This trait does NOT stack.
  • Talented Lineage
    • Pups will have a higher chance of inheriting non-physical traits. (Does not stack with Pygmy Goat or Lovebirds.)
  • Talented Lineage II
    • Pups have a significantly higher chance of inheriting non-physical traits. (Does not stack with Pygmy Goat or Lovebirds.)
  • Timid Toes
    • Pups from breedings in which Miraltas are possible, have a 5% higher chance of being Miralta built.
  • Timid Toes II
    • Pups from breedings in which Miraltas are possible, have a 10% higher chance of being Miralta built.
Extremely Rare
AoA
  • Courage
    • Provides a +5 bonus to Racing and Teamwork Competitions.
  • Dignity
    • Provides a +5 bonus to Performance and Teamwork Competitions.
  • Earnest
    • Provides a +5 bonus to Working and Teamwork Competitions.
  • Fellowship
    • Provides a +5 bonus to Sporting and Teamwork Competitions.
T1 Bonding
  • Baker
    • When depicted in a Taming this Tokota counts as up to 3 regular Treats. (Does stack with Totems, does not stack with other Bakers, and only works for the Owner)
  • Loyal
    • Tokota receives additional +1 HP when depicted with a Handler and/or Starter.
  • Prominent
    • Tokota has a chance to roll Average Pups in Breedings that don't normally get Average Pups.
  • Resourceful
    • Allows Tokota to find Abandoned Supplies while Fishing, Hunting, and Exploring. (Does not work in Tribe Activities)
  • Tenacious
    • Removes chance at Severe Injuries from all injury rolls. This affects all injury types. Stacks with Hardy/Porcupine/Porcupine Totem.
T2 Bonding
  • Baker II
    • When depicted in a Taming this Tokota counts as up to 4 Treats.
  • Loyal II
    • Tokota receives additional +2 HP when depicted with a Handler and/or Starter.
  • Prominent II
    • Tokota has a 12.5% chance to roll +1 Pup in any litter.
  • Resourceful II
    • Allows Tokota to find Abandoned Trunks while Fishing, Hunting, and Exploring. (Does not work in Tribe Activities).
  • Tenacious II
    • Removes chance at Severe Injuries from all injury rolls and counts as Free +10 Healing Item in on-site healing. This affects all injury types. Stacks with Hardy/Porcupine/Porcupine Totem.
T3 Bonding
  • Baker III
    • When depicted in a Taming this Tokota counts as up to 5 Treats.
  • Loyal III
    • Tokota and Tribemates receive additional +2 HP when depicted with a Handler and/or Starter.
  • Prominent III
    • Tokota has a 25% chance to roll +1 Pup in any litter.
  • Resourceful III
    • Allows Tokota to find Abandoned Carriers while Fishing, Hunting, and Exploring. (Does not work in Tribe Activities).
  • Tenacious III
    • Removes chance at Severe Injuries from all injury rolls and counts as Free +20 Healing Item in on-site healing. This affects all injury types. Stacks with Hardy/Porcupine/Porcupine Totem.
Alpha
  • Aippaqs Bonds
    • Grants the Tokota and other Tokotas pictured +3 HP if the trait holder is present in their visible lineage. (Unrelated Tokotas do not receive this bonus from being in the same image.)
  • Aippaqs Boon
    • Increases your Tokota's chance of finding Trait Tokens in any activity.
  • Aippaqs Guidance
    • Allows this tokota to be used in the place of a handler in a CE or PvP entry.
  • Aippaqs Inheritance
    • All Direct Descendents of this toko have reduced HP required to move up hierarchy statuses. (Submissive > Average - 50 HP / Average > Dominant - 200 HP / Dom > Alpha - 250 HP)
  • Aippaqs Luck
    • Greatly increases the chance of encountering random events. Your Tokota can only encounter positive random events. (Does not stack with Blessed Trait)
  • Aippaqs Navigation
    • 25% chance to find up to three extra items on a caving and/or diving expedition.
Elemental
  • Apothecary
    • Provides a small chance to find healing items as an addendum in any activity.
  • Blessed
    • Your tokota can only encounter positive random events. (Does not stack with Aippaq's Luck trait.)
  • Elemental Sight
    • Allows your tokota to find Elemental Hearts in Exploration.
  • Fishmonger
    • Provides a chance for this Tokota to bring back a Scant Fishing Cooler while participating in Activities.
  • Fragmented Sight
    • Allows your tokota to find matching Totem Fragments in their Activities and Totem Pouches in Dom Activities.
  • Mimic
    • If this tokota is used in a breeding with a Hereditary Mutation, they would count as a parent with the same mutation for pass chance. This does not boost above two parents.
  • Predator
    • Provides a chance for this Tokota to bring back a Scant Deer Hunting Game Bag while participating in Activities.
  • Runic Sight
    • Allows your tokota to find Stones of Aippaq in Fishing and Hunting.
  • Studious
    • HP Tokens retrieved by the tokota are doubled when redeemed at Toko Tokens Bank.
Unique
  • Blessed Union
    • If this Tokota is depicted in a breeding image and is in the breeding, then they may gain the use of a Stylist Token for that breeding. This may only be used by the Tokota’s owner.
  • Bribery
    • You may apply a Small Sacrificial Bag as a consumable to your CE & PvP entries. Item will be consumed and taken out of your bank account, and will confer a +15 bonus to the entry applied to.
  • Brother Bear
    • +2 HP bonus to any dire tokota(s) depicted with this tokota. (Your tokota will give an HP bonus for being depicted in the same image, but will not receive one itself.)
  • Brute Buddy
    • +2 HP bonus to any Makhata depicted with this tokota.
  • Counterfeiter
    • Allows for recipes scrolls to be crafted into a one rarity level higher than normal. Limited to 5 uses per month.
  • Cursed
    • When the Tokota is depicted in an activity piece, Random Events rolled by any Tokota in the same activity may optionally be cursed. Random Events affected by Cursed have a greatly increased chance to receive a negative/neutral result, but the item rewards from positive results are doubled. This trait may not be used when turning in REs at the same time as Blessed or Aippaq's Luck. This trait only effects Random Events where negative or neutral outcomes are possible.
  • Devotion to the Spirits
    • In every breeding, you can sacrifice one Small Sacrificial Bag or one Large Sacrificial Bag to gain an increase to mane variant pass rates.
  • Dream Boon
    • Grants Tokota's owner access to the Sikrinerk shrine at the Shrine of the Seven Stones year round.
  • Elemental Expansion
    • Allows this tokota, when equipped with an Elemental Companion to have a chance of finding trait tokens with the companion in Exploration.
  • Envoy
    • Allows this tokota to be used in the place of a handler in a rehoming, outpost, or TCA Rank entry.
  • Fast Friend
    • +2 HP bonus to any Tokhara depicted with this tokota. (Your tokota will give an HP bonus for being depicted in the same image, but will not receive one itself.)
  • Finders Keepers
    • Allows this tokota, when depicted with a tribe mate to have a +5% chance to find rare items in any activity.
  • Forager
    • Provides a 15% chance to find berries, plants, and other forage as an addendum in any activity.
  • Fortune Boon
    • Grants Tokota's owner access to the Nagruk shrine at the Shrine of the Seven Stones year round.
  • Fun Size
    • +2 HP bonus to any tokota(s) with dwarfism depicted with this tokota. (Your tokota will give an HP bonus for being depicted in the same image, but will not receive one itself.)
  • Gaskin Experiment
    • When this tokota is in a breeding, guarantees at least one pup will be born a chimera. Chimera pups from this trait will be “blank” on one side.
  • Gold Digger
    • Provides a 7% chance to find a Gilded Pouch in any activity.
  • Guardian Boon
    • Grants Tokota's owner access to the Aga shrine at the Shrine of the Seven Stones year round.
  • Heros Journey
    • Base HP is doubled in Literature for this Tokota.
  • Hollow Boon
    • Grants Tokota's owner access to the Meelanik shrine at the Shrine of the Seven Stones year round.
  • Inspirational
    • If the Tokota is depicted in AoAs (Full body), all other Tokotas are awarded an Excellent score and get 1 FP no matter which prompts were completed. Must be included in all 3 images. Only Tokotas that are also owned by the owner of this Tokota are eligible for this bonus.
  • King Size
    • +2 HP bonus to any Akota depicted with this tokota. (Your tokota will give an HP bonus for being depicted in the same image, but will not receive one itself.)
  • Limit Breaker
    • Allows +1 additional legendary craft attempt per recipe per month.
  • Mascot
    • Allows a Tribe Owned Tokota to provide the Starter HP bonus to any tokota depicted with this tokota.
      This may not be stacked with the Starter HP bonus, and is subject to the same limitations.
      The Tokota can also replace a Starter in Rites to give that bonus. This does not work if the Tokota is participating in the Rites.
      This Tokota must be Tribe Owned at the time of the HP being counted or rites being processed, and does not need to be an actively leased Tribe Tokota. If this Tokota is transferred to a user, all previous Mascot bonus HP is void and the Rites bonus will no longer apply.
  • Medic
    • Grants +20 to the chance to heal another Tokota’s injury. Limited to 5 uses per month.
      This bonus affects all injury types, and stacks with healing items.
  • Mentor
    • Gain +1 additional T1 Adventure entry per month. Stacks with Budgie Totem.
      Toko must be bonded to use this trait.
  • Middle Child
    • +2 HP bonus to any Dakino depicted with this tokota. (Your tokota will give an HP bonus for being depicted in the same image, but will not receive one itself.)
  • Nagruks Vision
    • Allows this tokota to use Elemental Sight while Fishing and Hunting.
  • Nightmare Boon
    • Grants Tokota's owner access to the Sivoganik shrine at the Shrine of the Seven Stones year round.
  • Offering to the Gods
    • In every breeding, you can sacrifice one Small Sacrificial Bag to gain 10 increase OR decrease of the chance to pass a gene of your choice, or one Large Sacrificial Bag to gain 15 increase OR decrease of the chance to pass a gene of your choice.
  • Overachiever
    • Raises the limit on maximum Hereditary Traits by 2. This trait is included in the Tokota’s hereditary trait count.
  • Packmate
    • Allows this tokota to be used in the place of a handler in a bonding entry.
  • Peaceful Soul
    • If the Tokota is depicted in full body in a taming entry it will sooth the wild tokota into a peaceful state and provide a +5 bonus to the taming odds. Only usable by the owner of the tokota. This trait unlocks after 5 taming entries have been completed.
  • Perceptive Partner
    • +2 HP bonus to any Miralta depicted with this tokota. (Your tokota will give an HP bonus for being depicted in the same image, but will not receive one itself.)
  • Phoenix
    • The Tokota with this trait always succeeds when healing its own injuries. Injuries will be fully healed regardless of severity.
  • Popular
    • This Tokota may be rolled in a Hunting, Fishing, Exploration, Caving, or Diving activity even if it would otherwise exceed the Tokota limit for that activity. Only one Tokota with this trait may be rolled in excess of the standard activity limits.
  • Quester
    • If the Tokota is depicted in a Monthly Quest (Full body) then rewards are doubled when redeemed. Only usable by the owner of the tokota. This trait may not be stacked and may only affect a quest once per player.
  • Radiant
    • Allows this tokota to use Holiday candles and lanterns in any activity.
  • Representative
    • Allows this tokota to be used in the place of a handler in a taming entry.
  • Savage
    • Chance to "accidentally" destroy a pelt or fish, instead finding a random non-trash exploring item. Non-pelt or fish items will not be affected.
  • Scriptum
    • Allows your tokota to find recipes in fishing and hunting.
  • Shapeshifter
    • Tokota can be depicted in one (1) alternate animal form, allowing them to earn HP and participate in group activities when in this form. The alternate form must be officially registered on TotemSpirit and follow the guidelines laid out on the Shapeshifter Guide.
  • Silvertongue
    • Counts as Bison, Bobcat, Python, Burro, Clownfish or Mustang when redeeming items retrieved by the tokota at the Toko Tokens Bank.
  • Skill Seeker
    • Trait Tokens retrieved by the tokota are doubled when redeemed at Toko Tokens Bank.
  • Storm Boon
    • Grants Tokota's owner access to the Borga shrine at the Shrine of the Seven Stones year round.
  • Tack Master
    • Enables the tokota to find an openable containing a choice of one piece of crafted tack relevant to its activity roll as an addendum.
  • Tailor
    • Provides a 15% chance to find cotton, thread, flax, and other textile items as an addendum in any activity.
  • Temperament
    • A well tempered Toko does well in shows and earns a +10 bonus in any group-sanctioned competition for being such a sweet heart.
  • Thief
    • +1 to Agility or Charm (randomly rolled at the start of the Adventure) for all other owned Tokotas.
      If a Bonded Tokota with Party Leader is owned, this increases to +1 to Agility and Charm.
      Toko must be bonded to use this trait.
  • Totemic Blessing
    • If a totem is being used in the activity, this trait will increase the rarity chance of items in the base roll by 5%.
  • Trialist
    • Chance to find a Forged Gold Medal when participating in Continuous Events
  • Tribute to the Fates
    • In every breeding, you can sacrifice one Small Sacrificial Bag to gain a smaller increase OR decrease of the chance to pass a mutation of your choice, or one Large Sacrificial Bag to gain larger increase OR decrease of the chance to pass a mutation of your choice.
  • Unique Heritage
    • Provides a small increase to chance to pass down unique traits in Breeding. Reduces max litter size by 1.
  • Warrior
    • +1 to Brawn or Endurance (randomly rolled at the start of the Adventure) for all other owned Tokotas.
      If a Bonded Tokota with Party Leader is owned, this increases to +1 to Brawn and Endurance.
      Toko must be bonded to use this trait.
  • Wise
    • Provides a 3% chance for this Tokota to find an addendum roll of one Stone of Aippaq in any exploration.
  • Wizard
    • +1 to Intellect or Spirit (randomly rolled at the start of the Adventure) for all other owned Tokotas.
      If a Bonded Tokota with Party Leader is owned, this increases to +1 to Intellect and Spirit.
      Toko must be bonded to use this trait.
Unique - Non-Hereditary
  • Aurora Boon
    • Grants Tokota's owner access to the all special deity shrines at the Shrine of the Seven Stones year round. Gives a rarity boost to offerings at all shrines. This stacks with other shrine rarity boosts, with diminishing returns, to a maximum of three bonuses.
  • Party Leader
    • Increases the effectiveness of Warrior, Thief and Wizard, so they grant +1 to two stats rather than one.
      Toko must be bonded to use this trait.