Skin question

[valid garden]

Hi,
So a friend got me into the game about a week ago but he hasnt played in some time himself so he doesnt know these things either. I'm wondering if the Melanistic skin is permanently unlockable or not? (per server as ive seen online i guess) When i try to find information online a lot of it is conflicting, i think some sources from different update versions...etc so i cant find a solid answer. I did see a video that told me to go hatch a biolumin on that island with the NPCs because itll have an iconic skin which it seems is needed for the unlock, and grow it to adult without death or logout. I did this but it didnt work. So im just curious if i can even unlock it permanently on a server or not.

Much appreciated! ^^

[turbid inlet]

Hello! lovely to see a new player
Melanistic is a perminantly unlockable skin, it requires a player to grow a nested iconic to adulthood without logging out (if you crash you have five minutes to come back before the server logs you out).

The biolumin npc nest technically does not count as a "nest" for this purpose, as it does not use the nesting mechanic and instead has all spawn skins available from it. Some players have recieved bugged unlocks from spawn iconics (including the bio nest) in the past, but it is supposed to be from player nests