Piñata Vision barcode/ID table

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IDs are provided by the trailing number in the filename. Values marked with ?? are guesses as to what the missing information might be.

The set is likely a particular obfuscation that the game has used for that barcode, apparently directly identified by the first and last character of the first row's barcode. Note that the obfuscations alternate in groups of four/eight/..., leading to a way to predict a missing card's obfuscation set. It's likely that the selected obfuscation for a card is based on a modulo/remainder of the ID.

(Note that the table still refers to 2- (first and last) character obfuscation sets. Sets like 96 or C6 should be considered to be the same obfuscation set 6.)

The IDs appear to share a common field in the data, independent of the card type (e.g., GoodVariants, Blackariants, PlaceTag). Within the ID table itself, the first hundred or so (Blackariants) IDs (3 - 160 at first glance) correspond to species (IDs). This allows a variety of cards to efficiently refer to a particular species (e.g., unlock concept art for species 3).

It's not known yet whether the table is sparse, or if the missing IDs correspond to actual items for unreleased cards. It's likely that some cards have not been released. (Perhaps 208 is an Egg_dinosaur? Perhaps 719 is an amber gem?) Another possibility is that some pinatas or items were cut from the game.

Unlisted IDs

Life sweets

It's likely that life sweets exist in the 1600-1700s (PlaceTag) ID gap. Note how their ID corresponds to a PlaceTag (item), similar to a species egg or species home.

egrep '^[0-9A-F]{15}8' barcodes.txt | grep LifeSweet | ./barcodetxt2bitdiff.pl --short | ./reader_obfuscation_set_8.pl | sort --key=6
FizzlybearLifeSweet-	7	81F1F5E45B6FCBB8                	ID = 11010001010 1674 x -1667
BuzzengeLifeSweet-PV	16	81F1D1E43F669BB8                	ID = 11010010011 1683 x -1667
KittyflossLifeSweet-	20	81F1D1C03B279BB8                	ID = 11010010101 1685 x -1665
CocoadileLifeSweet-P	26	81F1D5E03F2E9BB8                	ID = 11010011001 1689 x -1663
BarkbarkLifeSweet-PV	30	81F1D5C07F67CBB8                	ID = 11010011100 1692 x -1662
GreenFlutterscotchLi	55	81F5F5E41F279B58                	ID = 11010101011 1707 x -1652
WhirlmLifeSweet-PV  	135	81D1F5C25B66CB48                	ID = 11011001100 1740 x -1605
YellowFlutterscotchL	137	81D1F5C23B2FCB58                	ID = 11011001101 1741 x -1604
PolollybearLifeSweet	88	81D1D5C01B66CBB8                	ID = 11011011101 1757 x -1669

Other types of unlisted cards

Based on decoded IDs from the barcodes (see the obfuscation set article for specifics), the following types of cards appear to have a specific range of IDs:

• Characters (e.g., helpers and ruffians) appear to have IDs in the 380-410 range.
• Fences and gates are in the 970-980s.
• Trick stick reskins appear to have IDs in the low 2200s.
• House interior cards share a common ID with their house cards (similar to how the view and appear cutscene cards share common IDs with their species).

List of IDs