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Alley Cat helps keep smaller bundles grounded when a deal starts leaning too hard on hype.
Alley Cat is a useful lower mid tier reference page for keeping everyday trades grounded in the same lane as the site calculator.
This page follows the same broad long-tail value lane used by the site calculator, so it is most helpful as a quick compare point for live trading.
Alley Cat helps keep smaller bundles grounded when a deal starts leaning too hard on hype.
Before you move on Alley Cat, compare it against Puffin, Purple Butterfly, and Honey Badger. Those nearby pages are the fastest way to see whether an offer is really in the right lane.
Watch this page when you want to keep mid-sized bundles and side adds grounded in the same lane as the calculator.
This page follows the same broad value lane used by the site's calculator for current long-tail trade checks.
These release and source notes come from The Patch's audited pet-origin dataset. We only publish this section when the source trail is confirmed.
Retired - Released Aug 2023
750 Bucks - Ultra-Rare hatch
Retired Jan 2024
These pages sit closest to Alley Cat in real trade conversations and give useful sanity checks before overpaying.
Use these pages to keep moving once this pet page has done its job.
Use the value list when you want the short answer first before comparing both sides of a trade.
Jump back into the full pet catalog when this page turns into a wider research session.
Switch from a single-pet read into a full trade comparison with potion lanes and both sides of the offer.
These quick answers cover value lanes, nearby compare pages, and how to use this guide.
Alley Cat works best as a current reference page for everyday trades in the lower mid tier range, using the same broad value lane the site calculator relies on.
Right now, no-potion Alley Cat sits at 3.75 versus 4.35 for the default version, so the cleaner copy is slightly softer by about 0.6 in this lane.
The fastest sanity checks right now are Puffin, Purple Butterfly, and Honey Badger. Those pages sit close enough to Alley Cat that they help you keep offers grounded before you move ahead.
Alley Cat first shows up in the audited dataset through Urban Egg from Aug 2023. That source is currently retired in the site's audited pet-origin data.