Variant

The variant slot in a gene is a feature used in Creatures Village to give creatures genes which influence their personalities. 0 means that the gene will apply to all creatures, and a number from 1 to 8 will mean that the gene will only function if the creature is of that variant. The 'breed' given as an example of the variant in the table below only applies to hatchery eggs - higher generation eggs or the outer space alien will have a variant chosen at random.

Random variants are assigned to creatures in Creatures 3 and Docking Station as well, but the default genomes do not have any genes which use this feature. Genes can mutate from applying to all variants (0) to only applying to one of the eight, which can have consequences if your creatures did not have that variant assigned at birth.