If you've been on Lioden long enough to see the Friday updates, you may notice that at the end of each news post, there is a special announcement about a raffle lioness. Raffle lionesses are special lionesses designed and created by Lioden's admins to contain new and exclusive markings that can only be achieved through breeding to these ladies!

Each Friday, the raffle lioness is swapped out for a new one, and the old one goes to her new pride!

Let's find out some more information.

What are Raffle Lionesses?  

As mentioned above, raffle lionesses, aka "special lionesses", are lionesses designed and created by site's admins to contain new and exclusive markings that can only be achieved through breeding!



Each Friday, the raffle lioness is swapped out for a new one, and the old one goes to her new pride.

Raffle lionesses have their own unique bases (referred to as "raffle" or "special" bases) and markings (referred to as "raffle" or "special" markings) that they can come with. However, these lionesses can also have regular custom or NCL bases and markings, and may even come with a marking only applicable by an event applicator!

You can find a list of all raffle markings on the Special Markings page!

There are certain bases, eyes, markings, and mutations that you will never see on a raffle lioness. If you head on over to the Base Genetics page, you'll see a wide array of different bases. Any bases that can be applied using event or gem applicators, received from the July event, or bred from hybrids will not show up on a raffle lioness. Any eyes that come from Gorilla Enclave applicators are not able to be used, and applicator markings purchased with referral markings or from the Gorilla Enclave will not be used, either. In regard to mutations, there will never be a raffle lioness with the Deaf, Double Uterus, Dwarfism, Overgrown Fur, any Patches, any Piebald, Primal, Primal (Felis), or Primal (Ferus) mutations. Hybrid raffle lionesses are exclusive to the Christmas season.

If there is a trait that you'd like to see on future Raffle Lionesses, you can suggest them via the Raffle Lion Attribute Requests thread.

If you see a mutated lioness in the Special Lioness area, you're not dreaming - occasionally, the admins will decide (at random!) to make a lioness mutated! Any mutation that is not listed above can be chosen, with the most common ones being mane mutations. For Christmas 2016 and 2017, second-generation Leopons were given out as a way to show the players some appreciation. For Christmas 2018, a second-generation Tigon was given out... and for Christmas 2019, a first generation Tigon was the raffle lioness!


How to Impress  

So, you're interested in this lady and want to have a chance at welcoming her into your pride. The first thing you have to know is: your king must be at Dreamboat Impression in order to impress her. Any other impression level will not be permitted to enter her raffle — she only has eyes for the best of the best!

If your king is a Dreamboat, make your way either to the Explore page or the News section!

In Explore, you'll see this image - click on it to go to her page.





On the News section, you'll see this image - click on it to go to her page.





Impressing a lioness can only be done by a Dreamboat king, and costs a one-time (for the week) 50 SB fee. If there's a special lady your king has his eye on, make sure you boost his impression up before the end of the week in order to have a chance to bring that lovely lady home! Impression can be boosted using Dove Feast (which raises your impression by 20% for each item used), fighting NPCs, or claiming lionesses in Explore.

Note that your entry for the raffle lioness stays even if you retire your king during the week. Have no fear about retiring your king - you paid for your entry, and your last king was a Dreamboat, so it still counts!

Winners of the Raffle Lionesses are pulled automatically at 3:00 AM Lioden time each Friday. When the winner is pulled, they receive a message to their inbox, asking them to accept the lioness into their pride. Alongside the winner, four (4) runner-ups are also pulled, and stored secretly by the system. In case the original winner of the Raffle Lioness does not claim her within 28 real-life days, the next person from the runner-up queue will be pulled as the next winner, and they will also have the same time to claim her, and so on. In case none of the four runner-ups claim the lioness on time, her design will return to the Admins, and she will be re-raffled again.


What Happens if I Win?  

First off, congratulations on being the special player out of all others to win a raffle lioness!

When you are the lucky winner, you'll receive a Game Notification entitled "New Lioness!", which looks like the following.






Now, in order to claim the lioness, all you need to do is visit the link from that message and click to accept the lioness! You'll need to have enough Territory space to claim her.

Important note: You have 28 real-life days to accept the Raffle Lioness into your pride. If you fail to claim her during that time, another winner will be pulled from the runner-ups, and you will lose the chance to receive her.

Along with the message, you'll also receive an achievement for impressing the Raffle Lioness: "Won Her Heart"! If you've already been lucky enough to win a raffle lioness before (wow!), you won't receive the achievement again, of course. It's a one-and-done deal.

The lioness will be waiting for you in your Unsorted Lions section, freshly 2 years of age and in heat for your handsome pride leader!

You can do anything you wish with her, as she is your lioness, after all! You can breed her, sell her, kill her, keep her as a trophy, change her appearance, what have you. If you're the winning recipient of a raffle lioness with a newly-released marking, you may want to make sure you have an Ochre Gnawrock on hand to pass down this marking securely. Raffle markings can certainly fetch a pretty penny when they are first released.

While using an Ochre Gnawrock to secure the passage of one of her rare markings may be a swell idea, an even better one would be to use a Crunchy Worm on her! Crunchy Worms work per litter and have a 25% chance per litter to activate and duplicate the mother's appearance onto one of her cubs. Note that this only counts for her appearance, not her heritage, mutation, or stats. Duplicated cubs can be either female or male, and can even have mutations of their own!


Raffle Studs  

Raffle Studs were introduced later in March 2025 and run alongside the weekly Raffle Lionesses. They usually contain traits resembling the Raffle Lioness from the previous week, and were introduced to be an additional form of spreading traits like raffle bases and raffle markings! Raffle Studs come with randomly-generated names, they will always have the Fatherly (Kind) personality, and all of them can be found within a special, admin-managed account.

Raffle Studs can be found on the same page as Raffle Lionesses. You need to click on the "Raffle Stud" category button above the Raffle Lionesses' image. You can also visit the direct link here!






How to Impress  

Just like with Raffle Lionesses, in order to try impressing the Raffle Stud, your pride leader needs to have the Dreamboat impression level. However, the price is increased to 20 SB, and each account may try to impress him once (per raffle). Additionally, there are always 50 winners in total, which means that 50 accounts may breed to this male once.

All litters produced from a Raffle Stud are guaranteed to contain 4 cubs (or 8 cubs, in the case of Double Uterus lionesses). This is to make up for breeding items not being able to be used on raffle studs.

Raffle Stud breedings are always successful on the first attempt, meaning it bypasses your lioness's fertility. Breeding items can still be successfully used on lionesses that are bred to raffle studs. This does include Cotton Root Barks, so be careful you don't CRB a raffle stud litter!


What happens if I win?  

When you are one of the 50 lucky winners - congrats! You will receive the following message:




Now, you should click on the special link from the message and breed with one of your in-heat lionesses! You have 7 real-life days to breed with the stud. After this time passes, your breeding will be forfeit, so plan your time accordingly!

Keep in mind the following when breeding with the Raffle Stud:

  • You can only breed with him once, and the breeding is guaranteed to produce 4 cubs (or 8 if your lioness has the Double Uterus mutation).
  • You cannot use any breeding items on the Raffle Stud, but you can use them breeding items on the lioness.
  • You have 7 real-life days to breed with him. If you miss that time window, it cannot be extended.
  • Breeding to a raffle stud bypasses your lioness's fertility. Breedings will be successful on the first attempt.
  • Unlike raffle lionesses, there isn't a cooldown on winning. If you win a breeding with a raffle stud, you can enter the following week's raffle stud as well.


Raffle Backgrounds  

Along with raffle lionesses having their own unique bases and markings, they also have VERY special backgrounds, only achievable from winning a raffle lioness! These backgrounds are easily identified by the "[Raffle]" located in the beginning of their item names. Let's take a look at these backgrounds!

An important thing to note is that raffle backgrounds are cycled in four at a time. When each background in a cycle reaches a rough total amount of 11 in game, they are then retired, and in comes a new cycle! If you have your eyes set on a background that's from a retired cycle, fear not—they are available to purchase within the Gorilla Enclave shop, at a price of 200 Monkey Teeth per background!

First Cycle

[Raffle] Coast
[Raffle] Hottentots Mountains
[Raffle] Lush Oasis
[Raffle] Night Vegetation

Second Cycle

[Raffle] Cave Waterfall
[Raffle] Knysna Lagoon
[Raffle] Kyambura Gorge
[Raffle] Wild Forest

Third Cycle

[Raffle] Rainforest
[Raffle] Simien Mountains
[Raffle] Sunset Over Entabeni
[Raffle] Wilge River

Fourth Cycle

[Raffle] Lake Malawi
[Raffle] Moroccan Dunes
[Raffle] Rwenzori
[Raffle] Woodlands of Zanzibar

Fifth Cycle

[Raffle] Lake Nakuru
[Raffle] Mount Kilimanjaro
[Raffle] Sunset Over The Serengeti
[Raffle] The Drakensberg

Sixth Cycle

[Raffle] Coffee Bay
[Raffle] Dindefelo Falls
[Raffle] Mayombe Forest
[Raffle] The Serengeti

Seventh Cycle

[Raffle] Ankasa Forest Reserve
[Raffle] Blue Nile Falls
[Raffle] Lake Tanganyika
[Raffle] Shores of Burundi

Eighth Cycle

[Raffle] Dzanga-Sanga Reserve
[Raffle] Harenna Forest
[Raffle] Himba Village
[Raffle] Lake Victoria

Ninth Cycle

[Raffle] Bioko
[Raffle] Climbing Tree
[Raffle] Fourteen Falls
[Raffle] Great Rift Valley

Tenth Cycle

[Raffle] Ashlands of Dabbahu Volcano
[Raffle] Flowering Lake Bisina
[Raffle] Kongou Falls
[Raffle] Mount Kenya

Eleventh Cycle

[Raffle] Lopé National Park
[Raffle] Mauritania
[Raffle] Ruacana Falls
[Raffle] Wan Caza Dunes

Twelfth Cycle

[Raffle] Epupa Falls
[Raffle] Goualougo Triangle
[Raffle] Kubu Island
[Raffle] Meerkat Mounds

Thirteenth Cycle

[Raffle] Arangieskop
[Raffle] Gorongosa National Park
[Raffle] Obudu Mountains
[Raffle] Ruins of Gedi

Miscellaneous Questions  

If I retire my pride leader, is my entry in the raffle removed?  

Nope! As stated above, if you entered the lioness raffle with a Dreamboat leader, then you retire that leader, your entry still remains in the raffle. This is because entries are tied to your account, not your leader - although your leader must be a Dreamboat in order to unlock the ability for you to enter the raffle.


If my territory is full and I am chosen to win the lioness, what happens?  

If you are at maximum territory (say, you have 50 territory and 50 lionesses occupying this territory) when the raffle lioness is pulled, and you are chosen as the winner, the system will not allow you to claim her into your pride until you make space for her. You have up to 28 days to claim her since you were pulled as the winner.


If I've won a raffle lioness before, can I win another one again?  

Of course! As the raffle lioness winner is randomised, it is entirely possible that one player can win multiple raffle lionesses within their Lioden lifetime.

That being said, there is a restriction set into place. If you win a raffle lioness for one week, you are prevented from entering the raffle for the next week. You will have a one-week cooldown before you can enter the raffle again, to make it more fair for other players! If you do try to enter anyway, you'll receive the following error message.

You won the affections of the last lioness. Try again next time.

What happens if a raffle base or marking dies out?  

Fear not! If a special lady is awarded to a leader, and they end up lying dormant for a few weeks, there's still hope yet for that unique base or marking. You can always ask for bases, eyes, mane colours, and markings to be re-released on the official Raffle Lioness Attribute Requests topic! Dry up those tears, because those bases and markings won't vanish forever; they'll be re-released on another lady in the near future.


Miscellaneous Links  

Raffle Lioness Directory  

Click here to go to the Raffle Lioness Directory!
The above page is an archive of nearly all of the raffle lionesses that have graced Lioden with their presences!

Raffle Stud Directory  

Click here to go to the Raffle Stud Directory!
The above page is an archive of all of the raffle studs that have graced Lioden with their presences!

Marking Slot Rarity  

Click here to go to the Marking Slot Rarity page!
The above page is an informative archive of how populated certain slots are for certain markings.