History and details about unknown creature sprites?

Question

I was browsing through game files and found some looktypes that i could not identify. Do you know what these creatures are, or are these sprites unused?

 

Look like some old outfits. They don't have animations, but can rotate.

Added in 8.2 or 8.4. I'm almost certain it is unused, but maybe i don't know something.

Added in Yalahar update, or the next one.

Looks like noblewoman outfit, but you cannot set colors nor addons. Also it has only 2 frames animation.

Added in Spike or Roshamuul update.

Added in forgotten knowledge update.

Added in secret library update. Looks like Zorvorax, but has blue eyes instead of red.

Added in winterlight solstice patch. Quite similar to percht raider outfit, but has some differences.

 

Added in naga update. Look like green and blue versions of Timira.

If you know anything please share some info : )

Comments

I was considering about either merging or closing your question but since you asked specifically about the historical details surrounding such sprites, I will just leave this link as a matter of curiosity https://www.tibiaqa.com/16727/where-can-i-find-sprites-made-by-cipsoft-but-never-used-in-the-game Interesting topic but I believe that some sprites are simply a mystery...

Answer 1

First 2 outfits in your list were used as sprites for a temporary client of version 6.98, when two windows clients were active at the same time - 7.0 (2002.08.28) for newer computers, and 6.98 for older ones. The outfits were also used for linux client even in 2004. It was not possible to change colors for these outfits.

Screenshots:

Linux: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1nYhbGYUayoEFN9QqJ1IwpfZkeMunOgjr

Windows (6.98): https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1kzDLqTYuh3X1gXQHKRkxoOjB7Qg-zSgJ

Source: Tibia archive

Answer 2

I can explain the story of the outfit in the image below:

This outfit is used in the game. Just as the author of the question noted the outfit was introduced in update 8.5. In one of the missions from The Scatterbrained Sorcerer Quest, we have to disguise ourselves as a princess. We pick up Queen Eloise's old clothes from when she was still a princess. We use an item called "bundle of rags" in the basement of Eclesius house.

After using this item, we turn into a princess.

This is the story of this outfit. Interestingly, in the 8.5 update, Cipsoft changed Queen Eloise's outfit to the one we know today. I think there is a reason why Cipsoft introduced a mission with this outfit. Maybe they somehow decided to honor the fact of changing the outfit with such a mission from The Scatterbrained Sorcerer Quest.