Lab Ray's
Original Lab Ray (Secret Laboratory Map)
Original
Lab Ray
Thanks to justice1234 for creating this
page.
Today we are gathered here to learn about the fascinating features of the lab ray. First you need to know what the lab ray does.
Every time you use the lab, one of these things will happen. It can increase or decrease your Pets Levels. It can change your Pets color, gender or species. The lab's best quality is the ability to turn your pet's color into "robot". To gain access to the lab you need to collect all 9 Secret Laboratory Maps. Put them in your Items, then go to, Laboratory. Once you use them, you can't take them back out. You can use the Lab Ray once a day.
Here's what the completed Map looks like.
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Questions and Answers (Thanks gwillyn)
The simple answer is: here!
The long answer is: collect all 9 pieces of the Secret Laboratory Map, then go
to the game room, click on Puzzles, then scroll down all the way to the bottom
and go to Treasure Hunt, then click on Laboratory.
3-How many pieces of the map are there?
There are nine pieces.
4-What does the Lab Ray do to your pet?
The changes are completely
random, and it can do almost anything. It can change your pet’s species,
gender, colour and give or take away stats, and sometimes it simply does
nothing.
5-How many times can you zap your pet?
The Lab Ray can be used once a
day, on one pet of your choice.
6-Does it cost anything to use the lab?
No. Once you've bought all the
pieces, the use of the ray is absolutely free.
7-Can you decide what happens?
No, it’s completely random.
8-Is the lab bad for your pet?
It can do a lot of bad things to
your pet. You'll lose stats quite often, especially levels. Over time you'll
usually have a net gain on stats, but you can have bad luck.
9-Can you change Lab pet?
You can only zap one pet every
day, but you get to choose which one each time.
10-Does the map disappear after you put it together?
The actual pieces disappear, and
can therefore not be sold or lent out, but once they have been put together, you
will always have access to the Lab Ray.
11-Can I borrow someone’s Lab map?
No you can’t. Once the pieces
are put together, they disappear, but leave the path to the Laboratory open.
12-Can I sell the map once I’m done with it?
No you can’t. The pieces
disappear once you put them together, and the lab will forever be accessible to
you, but you don’t have to use it if you don’t want to.
13-How do I get Lab maps?
As far as I know, the Lab map
pieces come only from a quite rare random event, so the easiest way is to buy
the pieces from other users, either through the shop wizard, auctions or trading
post.
14-What is the cheapest and easiest way to get the map?
The cheapest way is, without a
doubt, to get them from random events. It's not a very reliable strategy though.
The easiest way is to buy the whole set from someone on the trading
post, but be aware, the people who sell whole maps are almost always doing
it to make a profit. You will never get a bargain on a whole set. A fair
price, maybe; but never a bargain.
So, probably the most cost effective way to get the map is by buying it, piece
by piece, on the shop
wiz. You might even find under priced pieces and real bargains (I've come
across newbies selling for 1np). Do several searches, you won't always get the
cheapest one on the first try.
15-Can you use the Lab on your petpet?
No, the Lab does not affect your
petpets in any way.
16-How long does it take to paint a pet a certain colour?
Since it’s completely random
what happens, it can take anything from one day to an eternity. If you have a
certain colour in mind, it’s often easier to buy a paint brush. If you want a
colour that can only be got from the Lab Ray, you either have to be very lucky,
or very patient.
17-Can the Lab paint your pet any colour?
This is a matter of some debate.
The Neopian Times have, on two separate occasions (issue
74 and issue
95), written in the editorial that pets can not be painted ghost, plushie or
baby by the Lab Ray.
Apparently there was a glitch for a while, that caused pets to be painted these
colours, but this has according to snarkie
(who works as a programmer for neopets) been fixed. Quote from neocolours.co.uk,
Sun May 30:
"This was a glitch and has been fixed, sorry to report. I'd explain it but it's a long and boring story with several plot holes and bad dialogue.The Official Neopets Magazine, Issue No. 4 also answered this question:
If you're curious, the colors the Lab won't do are: Pirate, Baby, Plushie, Usuki*, Quiguki*, and Royal*. Yes, it does Ghost.
Sorry about the confusion!"
Q: Can the Lab Ray change your pet to restricted or limited edition pes? Also, what colours does it NOT change your pet? - Honeybee_girlIf you've had any of these colours happen to you after these quotes were made, I'd be happy to hear about it.
A: Yes, the Lab Ray can turn your Neopet into a restricted or limited edition Neopet. There are a few colours that are not available from the Lab Ray, such as Usuki, Plushie, Baby, Pirate, and Royal."
See previous answer. But if what
you *really* want is a baby pet, buy the paint brush, not a lab map.
19-Can the Lab Ray turn Boris Ice?
When Ice Bories were first
released TNT said that the only way to get them was by downloading the neopets
toolbar.
But later they said they might change it so it would be a very rare
result of the lab as well: Neopian
Times Editorial, Issue: 167. Whether they did is still not confirmed or
denied.
If anyone has got an Ice Bori from the lab, I'd very much like to hear
about it.
20-Can the Lab turn your pet into a Draik or Krawk?
Again, all I officially have is this quote from The Official Neopets Magazine, Issue No. 4:
Q: Can the Lab Ray change your pet to restricted or limited edition pes? Also, what colours does it NOT change your pet? - Honeybee_girlIt doesn't address draiks or krawks specifficly, but it does seem like it should be possible. However, I have never heard of anyone getting those two pets. On the other hand, I know that it does turn pets into other limited edition pets, I've had chombies and jetsams several times.
A: Yes, the Lab Ray can turn your Neopet into a restricted or limited edition Neopet. There are a few colours that are not available from the Lab Ray, such as Royal, Usuki, Quiguki, Baby, Pirate, and Plushie."
The Lab does not change your
pet’s intelligence, nor does it take away hitpoints (it does give
hitpoints).
22-What does the Lab cost?
The prices vary a lot with
demand, so always check the shop
wizard and trading
post before making a purchase. Be ware that the map pieces are all called
“Secret Laboratory Map” on the shop wizard, so when you search for them, the
results will show prices for one random piece. You might need to make a lot of
searches to get the right pieces.
It’s also important to know that the different pieces have different values.
Some of the pieces can be worth a lot more than the others, so don’t be fooled
into buying over-priced pieces.
23-Do you get any items or neopoints when putting the pieces together?
You get 10,000np when you first
put the put them together; that’s the “treasure”. After that you don’t
get anything, just the option to use the Lab Ray every day.
24-Which colours are Lab-ray only?
Robot, Snot, Coconut, Chokato (Kiko,
not Chia), Garlic, Ice (Bruce, not Bori), Alien, Jelly and Sponge can be got
only by the Lab Ray or a Fountain Faerie Quest.
Malevolent Sentient Plushie Poogle can only be got from the Lab Ray.
25-Do some pets get better results?
Not really, but high-level pets
are immune to two outcomes: They don’t get “goes down to level 1” or
“doesn't change at all”. I’m not quite sure at what level they become
immune, but it has been known to happen as high as level 49.
26-I’ve heard that the Lab map can disappear!
There was a bug that sometimes
caused people to lose their Lab Ray access. I was among the victims. However, I
haven’t heard of this happening in a long time, so I do believe it has been
fixed. If it does happen, send a bug report.
27-My pet changed gender! How do I turn it back?
Well, there are three ways that I
can think of.
1) Keep zapping, sooner or later it will turn back.
2) Buy a Strange Potion. These are so absurdly expensive it’s in 99
cases out of 100 better to just keep zapping.
3) If you refresh the select
a pet page of the Lab Ray, you’ll eventually get the Lab Ray Scientist as
a battle dome challenger. One of his weapons can change the gender of your pet.
So take your pet to fight him, it might take several tries, and he can zap your
pet back to the gender it used to be. Absolutely free!
28-Do the other maps lead to other Rays?
No. The other maps only give you
items and neopoints. Usually they are not worth it at all. Only the Secret Lab
Map leads to the Lab Ray.
29-Can I have more than one lab map, so I can zap two pets a day?
No. You can only have one lab map
on your account. But you can have several accounts with lab maps on.
30-I bought the lab map, thinking it would change my pets colour and species,
but all it's been doing is taking away levels and giving movement points?
A lot of people don't make that
discovery until after they've purchased the map. The lab isn't a fantastic
reusable paint brush. It has a wide range of features. The most fun feature is
definitely having your pet change into a rare colour for free, but this is not a
guarantee. Getting your pets painted takes time and patience. Since the results
are completely random, it can take one zap, or it can take months. Over
the time I've used the lab, I've had several foster pets painted on first zap,
but I've also had a pet zapped every day for three months before it got painted
a cool colour.
31-Is there, like a backdoor to the lab, so you can use it without collecting
the pieces?
No there isn't.
Even if you know the URL to go to, you'll get the message: Oops! - You cant
seem to find the lab anywhere... you have to use the map! if you try going
there.
32-Do you get better results at certain times of day?
No. Everything is completely random.No. Everything is completely
random.
34-My pet keeps losing levels. Can it get negative stats?
Don't worry, your pet's stats
can't go below 1. Even if your pet is level 1 and you get the loses two levels
result, it will just remain at 1.
35-How much can stats change in one zap?
Levels can go up max two points
in one zap, and down maximum 2 (unless you get "down to level one", in
wich case I think it can go down 4 levels).
Hitpoints can go up maximum 5 points in one zap.
All other stats can go up or down max 3 point at a time.
36-Do your pet lose faerie abilities if its level drops below the required
level to get the ability?
No, your pet won't lose its
faerie abilities.
It will however lose the Berserk Ability if it drops below level 50, but you'll
get it back if you go above 50 again.
37-Does zapping a pet make it unhappy?
No
38-How do you get the lab ray avatar?
If/when the lab changes your pet's species you'll get it. It can take a long time if you're unlucky.
| thebigshop 09:43AM 02/10/2003 |
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lab ray " If you train your stats, you can raise your STR, DEF and HPs evenly in line with your level and not have to spend so many codestones. If this is your plan, you have to stop lab raying when your stats approach 40, 80, 160, 200, 240, 300, 400 and 500. If a stat goes above that mark, all your codestone training will now cost an extra codestone for EVERY level and EVERY stat point you haven't yet raised. IE. My lab-rayed Cybunny is level 6, has a STR of 48, a DEF of 22 and 175 HP. If I wanted to train her STR to go up the 7 points needed for a STR boost, I would first have to bring her Level up 82 levels (requiring 203 codestones*) before I spent 4 codestones for each point of STR (28 more codestones*) to bring her up to STR 55! Don't even get me started on how much it will cost to raise her DEF! The moral of the story is that if you want your lab rayed pet to have decent stats, you really have to train the stats that don't go up as quickly (STR and DEF) early and often AND keep your level up so you can continue training all your stats. It's a matter of paying a little now or a LOT later. That Lab Ray can drive you crazy... |
| nejomettin 09:37AM 03/11/2004 |
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Lab Glitch " Some people have lost their access to the lab. Sounds terrifying right? Well it has a compensation gift too You're pets gain the retired sponsor abilities that have been released in the past and are currently unavailable by normal means. Though most of the abilities are useless, the improved defend ability will block 30% of the damage instead of 20% which the normal defend blocks. This compensation even has made people think it was made deliberately like a random event or so. Some people think it is worth giving so much neopoints for a retired ability and some think it's not. In this case you are the judge. But also keep in mind that this so called "glitch" is very rare and someone who has lost it once has never been noted to lose access again. Just thought you people might want to know |
Here's what the completed Map looks like.
| onering_ 02:46AM 08/14/2005 |
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petpet lab "
You MUST have all 9
pieces of the
ORIGINAL Lab Maps
If I remove the petpet from my pet,
will it stay the color/species it was zapped? |
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