Factions represent different focuses with in the world of Tokotna. When joining Tokotas, you have a choice to join one of the below factions. Every faction has a specific focus with benefits for those areas. Regardless of which faction you choose, you may still participate in any discipline or type of show with your tokota and rider.

You may choose to stay neutral and not join a faction. However, this does not bestow any benefits. Additionally, for certain tasks such as the Rites of Fertility, you must choose either path to temporarily take for your award. (e.g. you are neutral, but decide to finish your Rites of Fertility with Rite of Strength) Factions compete against each other to collect Faction Points and win the quarterly competition to become the season's Dominant Faction. More information regarding Faction Points can be found on its journal in the Cycling Journals Hub.

How to Join a Faction

Go to your profile and click 'manage profile' on Tokotna.com!
If you are changing your faction, having joined one already, check under 'manage profile' to see if you have a faction switch left!

Remember:

• You may only change your faction four times a year. Your faction switch count resets on the 1st of January each year.
• Your faction is anchored to your dA name. Feel free to create any characters you may want, but they will not affect the faction bonuses you receive.

Pack Leader

Pack Leaders are known to be one of the stronger and most enduring factions in Tokotna. They tend to live simple lives as farmers, herders, or other practical professions. This does not mean their expectations in life are low. Instead they thrive in pushing their Tokotas to be the best at whatever task they breed for especially ones that benefit the handler and Tokota. The bond between them and their Tokotas is built on trust in the other to pull their weight.

Primary Focus

• Activities, Hierarchy/Rites

Secondary Focus

• Random Events, Shrine

Benefits

• 25% Chance to Find an Extra Item in Activities.
• Small Chance to Find a Common Trait in Activities.
• +1 Additional HP earned per Activity image.
• Chance to reroll Common Random Events.
• Small boost in Rarity when leaving offerings at the Shrine of the Seven Stones.

Prestige Breeder

Prestige Breeders are known to be one of the most competitive and beautiful factions in Tokotna. They tend make their livings as breeders, groomers, and on the bloodline circuits. Competition is the bread and butter for anyone in this faction including the handlers and Tokotas. The bond between them and their Tokotas is built on the pride both are striving for perfection.

Primary Focus

• Breeding, Hierarchy/Rites

Secondary Focus

• Continuous Events, Design Central

Benefits

• 3% Boost to Rare Mane pass rate in Breedings.
• 25% Chance to roll an additional pup in Breedings.
• Grants +25 HP to all owned Tokotas.
• +1 additional monthly entry for Continuous Events. Stacks with other additional CE entry bonuses up to a maximum of 15 entries a month.
• Grants x1 Free Scar Pack, Hand Paint Dye, or Small Item per New Design.

Lore Keeper

Lore Keepers are known to be the most spiritual and peaceful faction in Tokotna. They tend to be teachers, historians, and shamans for a living. They know all of the history and stories of deities throughout the land including the best ways to practice worship with their Tokotas. The bond between them and their Tokotas is built on a collective respect for the spirits and gods of Tokotna.

Primary Focus

• Hierarchy/Rites, Breeding

Secondary Focus

• Shrine, Crafting

Benefits

• Allows for +1 Additional Tokota per Rites of Fertility image and increases HP gained from Arms of Akna by +5.
• +1 Additional HP earned per Activity image.
• 25% Chance to roll an additional pup in Breedings.
• Small boost in Rarity when leaving offerings at the Shrine of the Seven Stones.
• +5% Success rate in Crafting & allows +1 additional legendary craft attempt per recipe per month.

Knowledge Seeker

Knowledge Seekers are known to be one of the most inquisitive and educated factions in Tokotna. They tend to make a living as scientists, researchers, or academics studying the practical mysteries of the world. Projects and experiments are common occurrences when this faction pursues the answer to a new question. The bond between them and their Tokotas is built on the mutual pursuit of understanding the world around them.

Primary Focus

• Breeding, Activities

Secondary Focus

• Continuous Events, Bank

Benefits

• 3% Boost to Rare Mane pass rate in Breedings.
• Small Boost to Physical Trait, Non-Physical Trait, & Mutation pass rate in Breedings.
• Moderate chance to find TT in Activities.
• +1 additional monthly entry for Continuous Events. Stacks with other additional CE entry bonuses up to a maximum of 15 entries a month.
• Receives 5% discount off Tack, Companions, Crafting Ingredients & Crafting Tools purchased through the Trading Post.

Wilderness Tracker

Wilderness Trackers are known to be one of the most adventurous and wild factions in Tokotna. They tend to make a living as explorers, hunters, or anything else that keeps them in the Tokotna Wilds. Members of this faction rarely stay in one place for long, preferring to always find out just what is beyond the next ridge. They rarely stay on the beaten track, and know the most about the untamed regions of Tokotna. The bond between them and their Tokotas is built on the companionship formed over their many journeys.

Primary Focus

• Hierarchy/Rites, Activities

Secondary Focus

• Crafting, Design Central

Benefits

• Allows for +1 Additional Tokota per Rites of Fertility image and increases HP gained from Arms of Akna by +5.
• Grants +25 HP to all owned Tokotas.
• Small Chance to Find a Common Trait in Activities.
• +5% Success rate in Crafting & allows +1 additional legendary craft attempt per recipe per month.
• Grants x1 Free Scar Pack, Hand Paint Dye, or Small Item per New Design.

Token Broker

Token Brokers are known to be one of the most industrious and wealthy factions in Tokotna. They tend to make a living as merchants, bankers, or the more wild as treasure hunters. The spread of commerce can almost single handedly be attributed to people in this faction. Together with their Tokotas, they have stoked the growth of Tokotna's cities. The bond between them and their Tokotas is built on the drive to pursue the finer things in life.

Primary Focus

• Activities, Breeding

Secondary Focus

• Bank, Random Events

Benefits

• 25% Chance to Find an Extra Item in Activities.
• Moderate chance to find TT in Activities.
• Small Boost to Physical Trait, Non-Physical Trait, & Mutation pass rate in Breedings.
• Receives 5% discount off Tack, Companions, Crafting Ingredients & Crafting Tools purchased through the Trading Post.
• Chance to reroll Common Random Events.

FAQ

• Can the free Decor item be applied to an uploaded Tokota?
• No, free Decor can only be applied to a new design being submitted to the Soul Pool thread in Design Central.
• Does the +25 HP bonus stack with the Lamb Totem/Toko Teddy?
• Yes, these HP bonuses will all stack. Please make sure to list them separately in your HP trackers however!
• What Common Traits can you find in Activities?
• You can find any random common Activity Trait such as Hunter, Fisher, Explorer, Caver and Diver.
• Does the discount on Tack and Companions stack with the Tribe Discount/Trading Post Coupon?
• Yes, these discounts can all stack together!
• Does the chance for an extra pup work on Akota breedings?
• No, this bonus does not apply to breedings with Akotas.
• How does the WT and LK 4th toko in AoA's bonus work in practice? Do I have to be WT or LK in order to have 4 Tokotas in my AoA set?
As long as someone with a Tokota participating in the AoA set belongs to either the WT or LK faction, you can have 4 Tokotas in that AoA set. Basically one of the 4 Tokotas participating must belong to a person in WT or LK in order to have 4 Tokotas in a set.