This thread is where you can ask questions about how game mechanics work and get advice about raising your pets.

Be sure to read the Getting Started guide and the FAQ page first, as many common questions are answered there as well.

I don't seem to know how to get that last lump-style for the stamp book. It may well be my last stamp. I don't think I saw a watery lump on the list of my lumps released so far, but am also beginning to wonder if they even exist?

Water lump style does exist: https://dopcom.net/creechers/p/released_pet/EtcaACSuACT2
When going for specific forms, I like to use flaming hot chilli, silver lock, and umbrella charms. (Suspicious Concoction and Devious brews are good for creatures you can't get any more eggs for, but lumps should be easy to acquire en masse)
Seasoned pan + Melon Bubble Smoothie is good, but all cooked food increases heart. Creepy pumpkins will reduce that without decreasing water affinity.
Adding puzzleboxes after Water affinity is your highest aspect is good too!
If you're minmaxing, clarity charm can show you twice as many trace aspects that have a chance to give you the wrong form.

Thank you!

is paper used for anything other than selling for curio tickets?

Currently, the only use for paper is selling it to the general store or the curio shop. Eventually, it's going to be used for future crafting recipes and upcoming expansions to the room renaming system.

how does one obtain a silver lock? ive summoned using all different aspects and never gotten one!

The only way to get silver locks is from completing a Voice in the Fog's request (appears every time the current weather is fog) for an item, or buying/trading with another user. It is one of a few items that you can get as a reward, though, so it might take a few tries before you get it.

I thought the voice was just a Halloween thing! :O I've been missing out on lockets this whole time!

I think the voice, unlike the paper tree, only works for you if you naturally generated the message that day, so you probably haven't been missing out on anything if you haven't triggered it (unless you mean to imply you'd have repeatedly refreshed until it showed up haha)

What is that glorious beast!
The Cabin of the Lamp
A yellow egg critter, primarily firey, but not burny, but rather pink and red and pretty!

@Thy Nope, I tried just today as soon as I saw the forum post (it's foggy) and it had a request!

The random events that link you to a hidden part of the site (paper tree, voice in the fog) are both a reminder that they exist as well as a refresh, at least in the tree's case.

Ohhh, I just didn't compute that the voice in the fog corresponded to the fog weather type - because I have tried going there on non-foggy days only to be told there's nothing there hahaha. Now I understand!

TIL.

How much does weather affect affinity gain? I noticed my [url=https://dopcom.net/creechers/p/room/qzq1ACT9]yellow creecher[/url] is struggling to gain Sun aspect compared to Wood aspect; the apparent size of the sun bar has just been shrinking these past few days.

Weather causes a pet's affinity to the corresponding aspect to increase by exactly 1 point every day, but it doesn't affect any other forms of affinity gain.

How are Normal Eggs generally acquired? I've been playing for over 5 months now and haven't managed to get even one T_T

Normal Eggs come from the April Fools event, which ran from april 1st through the 14th this past year and will probably be about the same this coming year.