Secret Laboratory

The Secret Laboratory is a place owned by the Mad Lab Ray Scientist. He developed a Lab ray that can alter your pets in many ways, good or bad. It is always a risk to use the Lab Ray on your pets as anything can be possible. The Lab Ray can only be used once a day, but for Premium Subscribers, they can use the Lab Ray twice per day.

The Secret Laboratory was fully revamped on July 1st, 2026 with a fresh brand new look.

You cannot enter the Secret Laboratory through any maps as it is hidden. You also do not have access to the Secret Laboratory and its Lab Ray until all nine Secret Laboratory Map pieces are acquired.
   

• Secret Laboratory Map
• The Lab Ray

 

The Secret Laboratory Map

You will not have any access to the Secret Laboratory unless all nine map pieces are collected. There are many different ways to gather the map pieces. You can either purchase them from other players through the Shop Wizard, Trading Post or Neopian Auction House, or you can receive pieces at random through various features around the site such as Random Events, Wheel of Extravagance, and more. 

If choosing the purchasing route, as of May 8th, 2026, all Secret Laboratory Map Pieces have been numbered. It now makes these map pieces in Neopian shops, trades, and auctions easier to find. To keep tabs on how much Secret Laboratory Map Pieces, you can check out our Secret Lab Map Prices guide which updates once a month.
 
Once you've collected all map pieces acquired in your inventory, you can enter the Secret Laboratory. Keep in mind, that once you enter the Secret Laboratory, all your map pieces will disappear just like completing any treasure maps around Neopia.

The Lab Ray

When you enter the Secret Laboratory, you will be welcomed by the Mad Lab Ray Scientist.
 

The Laboratory   So you have found your way to my lab, have you? I'm working on a new experiment, a ray that will give any pet super powers, and great strength. Of course it's not finished yet, but if you are willing to take the risk then I may let you have a go. Do you really want to try the ray? Think twice!   WARNING - This process could severely damage your pet... we at Neopets take no responsibility for what happens when you do this!!!

Once you fully enter the Secret Lab, you'll be asked to choose one of your pets to zap. You will then click Carry on with the Experiment to zap your pet, unknown of what may happen to them. Players who are not Premium Subscribers will only have one zap a day while Premium Subscribers will have two zaps a day.
 

The Laboratory   Now you must choose once of your pets... Do you really want to try the ray? Think twice! Select PetPetname 1Petname 2Petname 3Petname 4   Zaps Left Today: 2/2

You carry on with the experiment and your pet of choice is zapped. Premium Subscribers will be given the option to Zap Petname Again! versus regular players will only have the two bottom choices to choose from once they zap.  

 

The Laboratory   Hee hee hee! The ray is fired at Petname...   ... and he changes gender!!!!

 

Outcomes

Zapping your pet will have random outcomes. Below is a list of outcomes that can occur to your pet after they get zapped:

 

Your pet's color can change (Color availability varies)

Your pet's gender can change

Your pet species can change

Your pet can gain or lose levels (It can be 2 levels at a time)

Your pet can gain or lose strength points (It can be 2 or 3 points at a time)

Your pet can gain or lose defense points (It can be 2 or 3 points at a time)

Your pet can gain or lose movement points (It can be 2 or 3 points at a time)

Your pet can gain hit points points (It can be 2, 3, 4, or 5 points at a time)

Your pet's level can go back to level 1 (Even if your pet at a higher level like 20, it can go back down to 1)

Nothing happens

 

Lab Only Colors

There are some colors that are solely zapped through the Lab Ray. Aside from the Fountain Faerie Quests, these colors cannot be obtained by Paint Brush. To see all pets available in all colors, visit SunnyNeo's Rainbow Pool.

 

Alien	Burlap	Chocolate
Clay	Coconut	Custard
Garlic	Ice	Jelly
Mallow	Mosaic	MSP
Robot	Snot	Sponge
8-bit	Pets with a white background means it's Lab Only Pets with a yellow background means it can come from the Lab and the Fountain Faerie Quest

 

Lab Restrictions

There are some restrictions to what the Lab Ray can do. Some restrictions relate to your pets appearance such as colors and species it cannot turn into, as well as some stats such as intelligence, mood, and hunger.

The following colors cannot occur with the Lab Ray:
 

Baby	Magma	Origami
Pirate	Plushie	Royal
Usuki

The following species cannot occur with the Lab ray:

• Draik
• Krawk
• Ixi
• Tonu
• Varwolf

 

Avatars

You are able to earn two avatars when directly using the Lab Ray.
   

Battledome Challenger

Using the Lab Ray one-time, you'll receive a new Battledome Challenger: Lab Ray Scientist
 

NEW BATTLEDOME CHALLENGER!!! Lab Ray Scientist will be waiting for you in the BATTLEDOME!!!