Mutation Carrier Revealing Item

Even if it means I never get one, I want mutations to remain rare and up to chance. No support. 

I would like this feature in some form or the other! Preferably as a scrying option, but an event item is fine, too!

I like this idea but I think it should be difficult to acquire the item, maybe it's found during explore or it's an expensive grove item/service or the likelihood of a wolf carrying said mutation gene should be lowered and the service cheap. Part of the fun is finding out during breeding that you've a wolf that's a carrier. 

OH! An event once or twice a year would be a wonderful way to do this! It's expensive and rare but possibly, but rarely!

I'd definitely support if it doesn't tell you which mutation your wolf has. Especially later on, when/if we get more mutations that wolves can passively be carriers of. That way you don't know what it is and can't guarantee you'd get that mutation. What if it's albinism, but you breed it to a melanism carrier? You still wouldn't get the mutation, just more possible carriers. Also support if it's per-wolf and not a vague by pack measure. 

I'm not entirely sure how to balance it more, though. I personally wouldn't want it to be GC because I struggle to get GC as-is (I don't have the money to be dropping onto games whenever I want). But SC is hard to balance, especially with how much the market value can fluctuate.

Maybe make it adult only? You'd be able to scry your NBWs, but not your pups. It'd also give extra value to actually holding onto more of your pups until adulthood; spending the resources on them to ensure they grow up to see if they even carry the mutation at all. Or, if you can scry pups, maybe the scrying process lowers their survival or something? I don't know. Those were just the first ideas to come to mind. The only other thing I can think of is if scrying your wolf lowers the chance of them actually passing the gene (if they have it). Which means you'd have the trade-off of knowing which wolves are carriers, but lowering the odds for yourself of passing it. Would 100% need a warning and possibly a confirmation prompt before doing if it does though.

If it's done through an NPC, I really like the idea of a two-headed snake being the NPC (or some other mutated animal).

Support?

I don't think it should be a grove item, but I do think there should be something to confirm pups are mutation carriers, even if it doesn't say which mutation(kind of like AMPs in lioden). As Lesbirds said, the carrier mechanic feels like its being exploited by people selling possible carriers at really high prices when in reality its just another gamble and you might just be paying a much higher price for a normal pup that you can get in the tc for 100sc.

god please this in some form and it being decently affordable 

i Hate the way you just have to guess and spend 500-1k sc on a carrier stud with it being such a low chance of it passing. even something that costs 5 gc and only shows if they have the gene, not the mutation id be happy with 

I definitely agree with your point that getting two carriers that as well produce a pup with a mutation. I think your suggestions are quite good, especially since they still require effort to obtain  

huge support— i understand why some players profit from the unsureness of mutation carrying, but its just way too easy right now to confuse players, especially new players, about whether a wolf is a carrier or not. i can't even figure out half the time why a wolf is a character (saw a wolf listed as a potential mel and albinism carrier earlier, and i hunted the heritage (checked bios too!) and for the life of me could not find a hint of albinism! no way to tell if that player was telling the truth or not, and a newer player might not even check). at the very LEAST, there should be a FREE option that says "wolf may be a carrier of X and/or Y mutation" because the scamming possibilities atm are endless