Evolving Items
From: The Gaiapedia, the community encyclopedia about Gaia Online
Evolving Items (EIs) are unique because they change or "evolve" over time. These items are exclusive to the the Cash Shop, meaning they can only be bought with Gaia Cash. To date, there has been only one exception, the Titan's Legacy (Seed), which was the first free EI, and was released through the aquariums via the Overseer.
Evolving items are usually released in generations, or "gens" for short. When a new EI arrives in the Cash Shop, the 1st generation is available for purchase, containing the starting poses for that item. After a time, the item will "evolve", and the starting poses will be replaced by the new second stage poses. At the same time, the 1st gen of that EI is no longer available for purchase from the Cash shop. If you buy the EI from the shop at this point, you will receive the 2nd gen of the EI, which will contain the starting poses. Each time the item evolves, a new generation replaces the old one in the Cash Shop until the item reaches its final stage.
When an EI reaches its final stage, all the previous stages are finally unlocked and are available for use. But please note that when the 1st gen reaches the final stage, the 2nd gen and all proceeding gens will still be in the process of evolving. The 2nd gen will not reach the final stage until the next time the item evolves and the 3rd gen the time after that. Eventually, every generation of the EI will reach its final stage, and all poses will be available for use.
