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# Panda Lab

## Introduction

The Panda Lab is where the customization of your Panda happens. The lab unlocks the use-case for Panda Points by enabling the purchase and placement of new traits on your Panda, effectuating the dynamic rarity system. 

<figure><img src="/files/XnC9kDuqlCN3jT77Q2v0" alt=""><figcaption><p>Panda Lab Example</p></figcaption></figure>

* The Panda Lab is where you’re able to purchase and equip traits for your Panda, which changes the on-chain metadata of your Panda, and subsequent rarity ranking
* To give insight before purchasing a new trait in the Panda Lab, a user can see how this new trait will alter their rarity score in real time compared to other Pandas
* A user won’t be able to equip, swap, or sell original traits as a Panda, they can only use newly introduced traits
* A user will not be able to equip the same exact traits as another Panda, so there will be no duplicate Pandas on-chain. Users can have duplicate items, just not the exact same loadout
* Panda trait counts are now flexible in the Lab. If a Panda had six traits previously, users can purchase items to fill previously empty slots up to the maximum fourteen traits
* Some trait types cannot be combined with others, so although the option to increase a Pandas trait count is possible, there are certain combinations of traits that are not compatible (eg - Ninja 'Clothes' and 'Head' traits)
* Note that a user cannot remove the baseline amount of traits from the metadata of a Panda. However, A user can ‘hide’ the traits that they don’t want to be visible on their Panda, where these will reside in the users inventory
* An example of this is a 9 trait Panda that only wants 4 traits to show; the user will have to select ‘hide’ for the particular traits that they do not wish to show
* A user can sell traits, but only back to the house, where you will receive a 50% refund of what you purchased the item for (House keeps 50%)
* A user is able hide every trait that they have equipped, with the exception of the 'Mood' and 'Background' traits. There is a button to toggle the 'hide' function at the top of each trait category

## Inventory of Traits

Once you've purchased a trait, it will be immediately equipped. To store a trait in the inventory, simply click on the icon of the item to be stored.

Your inventory will hold all your previously purchased traits while indicating which are in use.&#x20;

## Customize/build your panda step by step

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Crafting a Panda Video
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{% embed url="<https://youtu.be/YlzrI0BvWp4>" %}

## IMPORTANT NOTES

* NO DUPLICATES: There will not be two *published* on-chain Pandas with the same trait set due to identical metadata causing a miscalculation in the rankings. There is functionality in the alogrithim that prevents this from happening
* A user can activate more traits than panda originally came with. If a Panda originally held 6 traits, you will be able to add more traits with a maximum of 14 total
  * A user cannot remove the baseline number of traits on the original pandas metadata; however, they can be hidden. If your original panda came with six traits but you only want four to show, you can hide the remaining two
  * The only trait that cannot be hidden is the 'Mood' trait, as this would render a Panda completley featureless
* Some trait combinations are not compatible such as 'Ninja' clothes trait, and 'Head' traits
* However, a user can remove the 'Ninja' clothes trait to utilize a 'Head' trait if desired
* It is possible to "right-click save" any combination of traits in your inventory, but it will not affect rarity/metadata
* There are one trait per Panda purchase limits on newly released traits