Get a Rare Spike on Animal Jam

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Do you really want a Rare Spike so you can be a Rare Jammer or just for its looks? Well, this article will teach you how to do so!

Steps

Standard Preparation to Trade

  1. Go to Adventure Base Camp. Choose an adventure to collect some good rares. Good choices for adventures to play could be:
    • Return of the Phantoms - this is a non member adventure, but there is an arctic wolf gate, allowing you to possibly get 2 rares in one adventure. Bows and arrows (the raspberry bow and arrows is included), pirate swords, worn blankets, and more items could be rewarded from this adventure.
    • Forgotten Desert - this is a member adventure. This adventure is also the only adventure that actually rewards spikes themselves (besides the lucky clovers adventure). However, it is rare, but den betas, bows and arrows, worn blankets, top hats, and several more good items such as these can be rewarded from here. Items such as these could be used to get actual rare spiked collars and wrists.
  2. Check rare item Mondays. You never know when the next rare to come out becomes the rarest item in the game, or goes on clearance a day after it's in stores. Buy them, even if they look unrare, they still may have an immense rarity soon. An example could be the glitched ring. It was removed from stores a day after it came out, making everyone who bought them became automatically rare. Buy new items, diamond shop items, items that are leaving soon, on clearance, etc.
  3. Get about 15 good rare items. Betas are items that were released during the beta testing period, which lasted from July to September 2010. Examples include Fox Hats, Viking Hats, gloves, top hats, etc. Trade them for one good beta item or more (most of these items, such as solid colored top hats, are worth more than one den beta. make sure to trade fairly).
    • Items that say BETA or 'Beta' in the name aren't beta! Be cautious of scammers! Those items are from the beta party, which comes back every year. Make sure you when you trade, you say real den betas, and decline all fake den betas.
  4. Know your rares. Get long/short spike wrists. One short wrist is worth about 3 den betas, but a black one is worth 4. A black long wrist is worth 6 den betas, and good long wrists are worth 5. Bad long wrists are worth 4 den betas.
  5. Know the rarity of each spike. Spikes' rarity type depends on their colors. This will be ordered from greatest to least in value.
    • Black long - 62 den betas/3 good longs/6 bad longs
      • Black short - green long/14 den betas/an orange long and a den beta
    • Red long - 25 den betas/2 okay longs/a different good long and add small
      • Red short - 8 den betas
    • Blue long - 22 den betas/a green and orange long
      • Blue short - 7 den betas
    • Purple long - 20 den betas/2 bad longs
      • Purple short - 8 den betas
    • Yellow long - 15 den betas
      • Yellow short - 7 or 8 den betas
    • Green long - 15 den betas
      • Green short - 6 den betas
    • Pink long - 13 den betas
      • Pink short - 6 den betas
    • Orange long - 13 den betas
      • Orange short - 6 den betas
    • Make sure you are trading for a RARE spike, not a diamond shop spike. They are often confused to be equal in value, which is obviously not true. Diamond spikes used to sell in Diamond Shop for members only, and will come back to stores one day. People will try to scam you using a diamond spike instead of a rare spike.
  6. Get at least 6 to 8 den betas. If you're going for a long spiked collar, at least 13 to 25 den betas would be suitable.

Actual Trading

  1. Go to the server Aldan. Aldan is where people mostly have spikes and expect you to offer 4 den betas for wrists. Try to trade your betas for a spiked wrist. Get at least 4 long spiked wristbands or 6 good short wrists (if possible, 4 black short wrists).
  2. Offer 4 or 3 den betas for a wrist, depending on what type you want. See above for the guidelines of the rarity of spikes. Try to get the spiked wristbands you need before trading for a spiked collar.
  3. Trade fairly. Do not try trading fake den betas - you would have basically scammed that jammer you traded if they accept the fake den betas you offered. Some examples of den betas are Cami's frog (most jammers think this is not a den beta, but it actually is), pot o' gems, robots, televisions, etc.
  4. Trade 2 beta walls/floors for a short wrist. Most walls or floors are worth spikes themselves, or 2 smaller den betas. Trade a good wall/floor and a bad wall/floor for a short spiked wristband.
  5. Trade 2 bad long wrists for a good short collar, and 3 good long wrists for a black short collar. Use your wrists to trade for short collars, and trade your short collars for long collars. You can also try trading den betas for anyone who wants den betas for their spiked collars. If you have 62 den betas and someone wants them for their black long spiked collar, you might be very lucky.

The Forgotten Desert

  1. Try The Forgotten Desert. This is a place that takes place in a dry desert, and as said before, is the only adventure that actually rewards spikes straight off. You can also get a number of different rares from here. Some examples are:
    • Den betas
    • Clothing betas
    • Rare bows and arrows
    • Neon bows and arrows
    • Worn blankets
    • Rare fox hats
    • Rare viking hats
    • Top hats (includes solid black top hat)
    • Party hats (extremely low chance of getting one)
  2. Look for white gems and blue gems. These are also known as quartz and sapphire. They present the most likely chance to get a spiked wristband, or a spiked collar. However, do not go for the diamond shop ones. As it suggests, many rumors showing dancing or sitting backward on the last cacti will give you black longs or rares. However, this isn't true. It may have worked sometimes, but those were just coincidences.
  3. Open ground chests. No matter what anyone says, you should always open ground chests. Jammers think the rumor about opening ground chests make the regular prize worse, but this is not true. Believe it or not, it is possible to get spikes from ground chests themselves. The proof is on the animal jam wiki.
  4. Find yellow and green shards. It's a low chance, but you can get spikes from yellow shards. Either way, good rares and den betas can still be rewarded from those shards.
  5. Find purple gems. Jammers sometimes think that founders' hats, headdresses, and glitched rings can be rewarded from here. This is not true. Those items are on clearance - most clothing clearance items cannot be won from the forgotten desert. Purple shards do have the highest chance of winning spikes, even though it's a waste of time.
    • If you are somehow fast enough to find all the shards (it is possible), go back to Liza and talk to her. A chest will appear and will reward a free long spiked collar.

Giveaways

  1. Join any or all giveaways to ensure that you can win big! There are tons of giveaways on YouTube and in the game for countless good items.
  2. Go on YouTube. YouTube is the best place to go for giveaways. Just check the description to see when this was published. You can get items that can help you get a spiked collar, (for example, the wrists, the betas, etc.) or spiked collars themselves.
    • On YouTube, try searching for an item that you could use to get a spike, or a spike itself. Watch the full video for giveaway details and enter with everything necessary. Be sure to like the giveaway video and subscribe to the channel, even if it isn't necessary. Wait until the giveaway is over, and receive your item if you won!
    • Use proper grammar and spelling. Avoid abbreviations and slang.
    • Watch the whole video, as watching the entire video will help you to understand the rules and who is currently in the lead and when the giveaway will end. If it is by a New Jammer or a noob, don't bother, though.
  3. Trade your best. If it's an OP person like Wolffeycat, trade away. You will have that 10 % of winning.
    • Consider joining giveaways in streams or ones by famous jammers. These giveaways are obviously free of scams, since a famous jammer cannot scam their own fans.
    • In-game, most giveaways are scams, but you will find a few legit ones. Watch out for trust trading, flash trading, or gifting your items. These are three main ways to get scammed. Instead, look for giveaways where you directly get gifted(or traded) the item(s), or you tell the host a reason why you want that item.

Tips

  • When you are trading your spikes, double check to make sure you are trading the correct items.
  • Every once in a while, you may get lucky and receive an overtrade for a specific item you have. Remember, there are days when you are fortunate, there are days when you aren't.
  • Trade some fair items at first. People tend to like Jammers to overtrade for their spikes, so be careful. If they decline the fair trade, try offering a little more to the plate. If they keep demanding more, they are obviously trying to make you overtrade. Always be aware.
  • Don't believe in most rumors.
  • Make sure you trade fairly. Watch out for over-trades. These are when a Jammer wants you to trade even more than there item/items are really worth.
  • Don't trust trades that are unbelievable. For example if you have a necklace on trade and someone trades a black long for it, it is a joke or some kind of scam!

Warnings

  • Never flash. There is a generator (now patched) that you can hack auto accept into the game. Flashing and trust trading can get you banned on Animal Jam. You should never trust those generators because you can get deleted from the game.
  • Do not scam. Scamming will make it worse. People might remember you and warn others that you scam and you might get banned from trading.
  • Recognize the differences between scam giveaways and legit ones. Types of scam giveaways include gifting the items, trading the items and having to accept, and flashing. Non scam giveaways include trading the items but not having to accept, explaining why you want to win, and choosing who wins automatically.

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