Adopt Me Value Changes: Panda Cap Surges Back Above 1,200, Silverback Gorilla's Crash Deepens (September 2026)

It's been a few weeks since our last update roundup, and the AMC database has moved a lot in that stretch. The tracked list now sits at 3,340 items, up from 3,326, and the two pets we've followed across several posts in a row both did something we didn't call — Panda Cap reversed its entire cooldown, and Silverback Gorilla's slide got even worse instead of finding a floor. Here's the full before-and-after picture, pulled straight from the same live data behind the Adopt Me trading values calculator on this site.

Biggest Movers Since Our Last Update

"Late Aug" reflects each item's value as of our previous update post. These are the standout names since then — check the live number in the Adopt Me calculator for anything not listed here, since the full database moved on far more than these thirteen items over the past few weeks.

Panda Cap Reverses Course, Surges Back Above 1,200

This is the twist nobody called. Panda Cap spent three straight update posts sliding down from its record 1,750 spike — 1,100, then 1,000, then 800 — and we framed that last drop as "closer to earth." Instead, it turned around completely and jumped 50% to 1,200, putting it back above the 1,000 mark it had just fallen under. Whatever cooled demand off in late August clearly came back, and it's a good reminder that a multi-update downtrend doesn't guarantee the next move is another drop. Anyone who sold or traded away a Panda Cap assuming the slide would continue is looking at a very different number today.

Silverback Gorilla's Crash Deepens — Down 67% and Counting

Silverback Gorilla told the opposite story. It tripled across three consecutive updates through late August, then dropped 25.5% to 41 in our last post — a move we called the clearest sign the run-up had peaked. Since then it kept falling, and hard: it's now at 13.5, a 67.1% drop from where it sat in late August and only marginally above the 13 it was worth in our very first update-log post on this pet months ago. What looked like a single correction turned into a full round-trip. If you're still holding one on the assumption it'll bounce back toward 41 or higher, the current Adopt Me values data doesn't support that yet.

Kiwi Kiwi and Strawberry Tortle: The Hype-to-Reality Pipeline

Both pets debuted in our last post at unusually strong opening prices — 9.5 and 55 — and we noted there wasn't enough trade history yet to call those numbers settled. There wasn't. Kiwi Kiwi has since collapsed 86.8% to 1.25, and Strawberry Tortle is down 55.5% to 24.5. This is close to a textbook example of the hype-phase pattern covered in our guide on valuing a brand-new pet before it's listed: a strong debut price driven by day-one excitement, followed by a hard correction once real trade volume builds and the initial scarcity wears off. Anyone who paid up front expecting either pet to hold its launch value learned that lesson the expensive way.

Bee-Themed Pet Wear Finally Stabilizes

Buzzing Honeypot Hat, Hive Backpack, and Queen Bee Slippers fell together for three straight updates through late August. This round, that trend broke: Hive Backpack held flat at 67, Buzzing Honeypot Hat only dipped 3.6%, and Queen Bee Slippers actually ticked up 2.9%. None of these are big moves, but after months of steady losses, three items landing near flat at the same time usually means the sell-off has run its course rather than being three separate coincidences.

Quiet Risers: Jousting Horse, Ice Golem, and the Rest

Jousting Horse (+21.2%), Ice Golem (+18.2%), Velocirooster (+7.7%), and Tió De Nadal (+5.5%) all kept climbing since our last post — none of them dramatically, but all four have now posted gains in back-to-back update rounds, which is a more meaningful signal than any single jump. Skele-Rex, meanwhile, sat completely flat at 2.25, a useful contrast showing not every item moves every update even during an active stretch like this one.

What to Do With This Information

The headline here isn't any single number — it's that two pets we'd been tracking for months both broke their established pattern in the same update window. Panda Cap ended a three-update downtrend with its biggest single jump yet, and Silverback Gorilla turned one correction into a near-total round-trip. If your inventory has a Panda Cap, a Silverback Gorilla, a Kiwi Kiwi, or a Strawberry Tortle sitting in it from a trade a few weeks back, don't price it off memory. Drop it into the Adopt Me trade calculator and check today's figure before your next trade, and cross-reference against the full value list for anything else you're holding.

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the biggest story in this update? Panda Cap reversing a three-update downtrend to jump 50% back above 1,200, right as Silverback Gorilla's separate slide deepened to a 67.1% drop.

Is Panda Cap still worth trading for at 1,200? It's back near its recent higher range, but given how sharply it's swung in both directions over the past two months, check the live figure before assuming this level holds.

Should I still expect Silverback Gorilla to recover? Nothing in the current data points that way — it's now down two consecutive updates in a row and sitting close to where it started months ago.

Why did Kiwi Kiwi and Strawberry Tortle drop so much? Both debuted at hype-driven prices with little trade history behind them. Once real trading volume built up, both corrected hard — a common pattern for newly released pets.

Has bee-themed pet wear stopped falling? It looks that way for now — all three items landed flat or slightly positive this update after three straight updates of losses, though it's worth rechecking next time before assuming the trend has fully turned.