In order to breed a Hound must spend a breeding assessments. Breeding assessments are stored in your Hound's bank, as a type of currency. There is no upper limit to the amount of breeding assessments a Hound can earn. Breeding assessments can be won or earned in several ways. The page details each way, and provides a rubric for show award breeding assessments.
Explorations and Expeditions
Breeding Assessments can be found as rare results in both explorations and expeditions. They occur more frequently in city based explorations than wilderness based explorations.
Trade Guilds
Some trade guilds may offer opportunities to win or earn Breeding Assessments. The breeder and fancier guilds offer them more frequently than other guilds.
Merchants
Breeding assessments can randomly stock in city merchant shops, and travelling merchants may offer breeding assessments as rewards.
Training Classes
Some training classes offer breeding assessments as part of their rewards. These are typically on higher level classes, and are noted in the class description!
Show Awards
Breeding assessments are granted for achieving certain cumulative numbers of show awards. Below is a rubric that show how many show awards of each types are needed for a breeding assessment.
Ribbons
1st Place Ribbons
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - +1 Assessment
6, 8, 10 - +1 Assessment
15, 20, 25 - +1 Assessment
50, 75, 100 - +1 Assessment
Each increment of 25 thereafter - +1 Assessment
2nd Place Ribbons
1-3 - +1 Assessment
5, 10 - +1 Assessment
20, 30, 40, 50 - +1 Assessment
75, 100 - +1 Assessment
Each increment of 50 thereafter - +1 Assessment
3rd Place Ribbons
5, 10 - +1 Assessment
25, 50 - +1 Assessment
100 - +1 Assessment
Each increment of 100 - +1 Assessment
4th Place Ribbons
10 - +1 Assessment
50, 100 - +1 Assessment
Each increment of 250 thereafter- +1 Assessment
Rosettes
1st Place Rosettes
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 - +1 Assessment
12, 14, 16, 18, 20 - +1 Assessment
25, 30, 35, 40, 50 - +1 Assessment
75, 100 - +1 Assessment
Each increment of 10 thereafter- +1 Assessment
2nd Place Rosettes
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - +1 Assessment
6, 8, 10 - +1 Assessment
15, 20, 25 - +1 Assessment
50, 75, 100 - +1 Assessment
Each increment of 25 thereafter- +1 Assessment
3rd Place Rosettes
1-3 - +1 Assessment
5, 10 - +1 Assessment
20, 30, 40, 50 - +1 Assessment
75, 100 - +1 Assessment
Each increment of 50 thereafter- +1 Assessment
4th Place Rosettes
5, 10 - +1 Assessment
25, 50 - +1 Assessment
100 - +1 Assessment
Each increment of 100 thereafter - +1 Assessment
Trophies
1st Place Trophies
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 - +1 Assessment
22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50 - +1 Assessment
55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100 - +1 Assessment
Each increment of 5 thereafter- +1 Assessment
2nd Place Trophies
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 - +1 Assessment
12, 14, 16, 18, 20 - +1 Assessment
25, 30, 35, 40, 50 - +1 Assessment
75, 100 - +1 Assessment
Each increment of 10 thereafter- +1 Assessment
3rd Place Trophies
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - +1 Assessment
6, 8, 10 - +1 Assessment
15, 20, 25 - +1 Assessment
50, 75, 100 - +1 Assessment
Each increment of 25 thereafter- +1 Assessment
4th Place Trophies
1-3 - +1 Assessment
5, 10 - +1 Assessment
20, 30, 40, 50 - +1 Assessment
75, 100 - +1 Assessment
Each increment of 50 thereafter- +1 Assessment