Wizard101 Pet Hatching Calculator

1. Enter the number of hatches you plan. Most runs need more than one, because the first hatches often carry unwanted talents.
2. Pick where you hatch: the Hatchery or the Hatching Kiosk. Leave the gold per hatch blank to use the middle of the typical range, or type the exact price the game shows.
3. Add the gold you have to see whether the run is covered, then read the Kiosk timing line before you start.

Here is what each result means:

The cost to hatch a pet in Wizard101 is a gold fee paid for each hatch, and it depends on where you hatch. Ravenwood Academy puts Hatchery hatches at about 22,000 to 47,000 gold and Kiosk hatches at about 75,000 to 103,000 gold.

A hatch combines two parent pets into a new egg. At the Hatchery you hatch with a pet you or a friend bring. At the Hatching Kiosk you pick a partner from pets other players have listed. That choice of partner is what the higher Kiosk price pays for.

This page answers one question: how much gold a hatching run needs. It does not predict talents. To choose a partner, use the best Wizard101 pets by school guide first.

The calculator multiplies your hatch count by one price per hatch, then repeats the sum at the low and high end of the typical range.

1. It reads the location and takes its typical range: 22,000-47,000 gold (Hatchery) or 75,000-103,000 gold (Kiosk).
2. It uses your price, or the midpoint of the range when the field is blank: 34,500 gold (Hatchery) or 89,000 gold (Kiosk).
3. It multiplies by the hatch count for the total and the range.
4. For the Kiosk it adds timing: a 1-hour cooldown after each hatch and at most 10 hatches per two-week listing.
5. It subtracts the total from your gold and sets the budget verdict.

Say you plan 5 Kiosk hatches, you have 500,000 gold, and you leave the price blank.

Calculation: the midpoint Kiosk price is (75,000 + 103,000) / 2 = 89,000 gold. The total is 5 x 89,000 = 445,000 gold. The range is 5 x 75,000 = 375,000 to 5 x 103,000 = 515,000 gold. You keep 55,000 gold, and the run spans at least 4 hours with one partner.

The verdict reads "covered at your price, but not at the top of the range". The same five hatches at the Hatchery midpoint cost 5 x 34,500 = 172,500 gold, a saving of 272,500 gold.

Four inputs move the total, and the location moves it most.

Hatchery or Kiosk

The Kiosk range starts at 75,000 gold, above the top of the Hatchery range at 47,000 gold. Moving a 10-hatch run from Kiosk to Hatchery midpoints saves 545,000 gold.

The Exact Price the Game Shows

Prices vary inside each range. The game shows the real figure before you confirm, and that number beats any default.

Number of Hatches

The total grows in a straight line with each hatch. Ravenwood Academy warns that the first couple of hatches usually carry unwanted talents, so a one-hatch budget is rarely enough. Decide the talents you are hatching for first with the pet talent calculator, so every hatch in the budget has a clear goal.

Kiosk Cooldown and Listing Limits

These rules change time, not gold. Past 10 hatches you need a second listing or a second partner, which can change the price you pay.

The Hatchery is cheaper per hatch. The Kiosk costs more but lets you choose a partner from other players listings.

What to Budget

Budget at the top of the range when gold is tight, because a shortfall stops a run halfway. Final Bastion wrote its gold guide mainly for players saving for Kiosk hatches, and it points to passive income such as gardening. Training costs come on top of hatching; the pet energy calculator plans that side.

Before a Kiosk Session

Check that your gold covers every hatch you plan with one partner, including the high end of the range.

Choosing Between Hatchery and Kiosk

Run the same hatch count at both locations. The gap shows what the wider choice of Kiosk partners costs you.

Saving Toward a Goal

Enter a target hatch count and your current gold. The shortfall is the amount to save before you start.

1. Budgeting for One Hatch

Early hatches often carry unwanted talents, so plan a run of several hatches.

2. Using the Hatchery Price for the Kiosk

The Kiosk range starts above the Hatchery top price. Mixing them understates the cost by a wide margin.

3. Ignoring the Top of the Range

A budget at the low price can fall short. The range line shows the worst case.

4. Forgetting the 10-Hatch Limit

One Kiosk pet allows at most 10 hatches per two-week listing. A longer run needs a new listing or partner.

5. Expecting Instant Repeats

A Kiosk pet has a one-hour cooldown after each hatch, so ten hatches with one partner take at least nine hours.

The arithmetic is exact, and the result is as accurate as the price you enter. The default price is a midpoint of a fan-reported range, not a live game price.

Pet facts used elsewhere in planning, such as XP per stage and talents per stage, are explained in how Wizard101 pet stats work.

About 75,000 to 103,000 gold, according to Ravenwood Academy. The game shows the exact price before you confirm, so type that figure into the calculator.

About 22,000 to 47,000 gold, according to Ravenwood Academy. That is less than half the lowest Kiosk price.

The Hatchery is the cheaper option per hatch. The Kiosk costs more because you pick a partner from pets other players have listed.

Save 1,030,000 gold to be safe. Ten hatches cost 750,000 gold at the low price and 1,030,000 gold at the high price, with 890,000 gold at the midpoint.

At least nine hours. Each hatch puts that Kiosk pet on a one-hour cooldown, and ten hatches leave nine gaps between the first and the last.

Not in one listing. A Kiosk pet allows at most 10 hatches in its two-week listing. After that its owner must remove it and list it again.

The total uses one price for every hatch. The range shows the same run at the lowest and highest typical price, so your real cost sits between them.

No. The game does not publish talent inheritance odds, so this page only plans gold and Kiosk timing.

No. The calculation runs in your browser. Saved results stay in this browser only.

• Wizard101 pet training guide: hatching costs and Kiosk rules (Ravenwood Academy).
• Beginner guide to Wizard101 pets (Final Bastion).
• Hatchmaking Kiosk explained (Final Bastion).
• Making and saving gold in Wizard101 (Final Bastion).