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    In Norse mythology, Ratatoskr (Old Norse, generally considered to mean "drill-tooth" or "bore-tooth") is a squirrel who runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil to carry messages between the eagle perched atop Yggdrasil and to the roots of the tree to Nidhogg.

    This model is Fine-tuned for Animals/ Creatures and Furries but can do way more :

    This model can do:

    • Photorealistic

    • Digital Art

    • Anime

    • Comic

    • Vector Graphics

    • Line art

    • Stickers

    • can write short text

    • etc

      The model needs no refiner! or any other enhanced lora

      SFW and NSFW

    Changelog and credits:

    V2.0

    it includes some loras and other models i made for (Fenrisxl 15.9), Newdawnxl

    and other models (see Credits of Gleipnir that was already used in Gleipnir but in other weights i also added following models:

    SDXL Yamer's FurWorld

    Furry Art Fantasy XL Mix

    V3.7:

    This Version is more than just an update its an complete overhaul and basically a DB Finetune of my model Asgard

    • way more realistic

    • more versatile

    • overall way better

      Note you need set the CFG and steps a bit more down than in V2.0

      i recommend between 2-MAX !5 CFG and between 15-60 steps

    Fp16 will be released in the next days after testing

    V3.8

    This Version has my Furry Enhancer baked in and some other adjustments

    including to make it possible to train loras on it;-)

    Please do not use this lora on this Version ;-) or any other detailer/ enhancer it will end in over backed pictures . And if you like to experiment with different strengths and combination of the Lora I can highly recommend to use Ratatoskr 3.7 instead. You may get even better results than with 3.8. .

    V3.8 benefit is speed and it's easier to use "out of the box" with an pre adjustment Lora weight. It's recommend V3.8 for new user of SDXL with less experience with using Lora's. Also to save space and adjustment time.

    V6.53:

    New Fine-tuned Version of Ratatoskr basically a new model. the model has a huge bandwidth from drawing to realistic ;-) Note: this model is not a fast model i recommend at least 30 steps and at least cfg 2.5 and up for the best settings i recommend using the sampler DPM++ SDE or DPM++ 2S a

    • more detailed

    • more specim

    • better nsfw part

    V7.0

    • faster in generation

    • more details

    • better nsfw

    • more stable

    • a bit more realistic

      This version contains parts of the new furry enhancer

      Note; If you are using Invoke please download the fp32 version!

      About this version

      V7.3

      FP32/BF16 Version

      • better contrast

      • add small details

      • even more stable

      V8

      more photorealistic

    • more stable

    • more species

    • better with text

    • better nsfw

    • etc

    I merged parts of Midgard and Midgard Pony in ,also some parts of Asgard

    + some unpublished Lora.

    Then I did an Finetune with around 390 Pictures of Output Pictures of my new Flux Models on it.

    New SDXL Model Type (SDXL HEL)

    V10.94

    This is a complete new alternate version of Ratatoskr so don't expect the same output finetuned on the Database of Helheim Flux with over 50k steps !

    after that i added small parts of my Furry Enhancer and am small amount of Hayden's YiffMix Realism

    i made this model to test new training methods for sdxl also to make a Christmas present for all the people that still love my sdxl models and cant run flux.

    for settings its more or less the same as V8 What has changed on this model?

    it has gained quality in most areas but the best is is understanding of different prompt languages, it understand my prompt speech, natural language, e621, to some extent pony gibberish, and also that it understand the sd1.5 prompt language but not perfect.

    V11.16

    I trained the dataset again as a lora and mixed parts of it inside the Model

    • added a bit more details

    • more stable

    • added some new specim

    V12.23

    optimized version fine-tuned on better detail such for example fur , paws etc overall more photorealistic for comic art i still recommend using V11.16

    for settings its the same than version before

    V13.8

    After 12.23 was focused more in realism this Version also is trained on comic, artwork

    trained on partly new database 89K steps on V12.23

    for photorealistic stick on V12.23 or use Ratatoskr Illustrious

    • creative model

    • also still realistic

      for Settings :

      Keep the cfg low max 4 cfg

      20-60 steps

      euler, dpmpp_2s_a, dpmpp_sde tested

      V14.1

      This version V14.1 is more focused again on general use .

      I made some small adjustments in the database by update older captions i made almost 1 year ago for example explain text elements in pictures better.

      added also around 400 new pictures into the database that overall get added for better fur and lights

      • better with text

      • more stable

      • add small details

        Note: overall the picture output won't change much only in small mostly better details.

    Z- Image V1.0 (WIP)

    This is the First Version (WIP) of Z-Image for an Ratatoskr Model

    so why its in the old sdxl model section.... well because there will be no new SDXL Version in the future for this model instead you only will find the Z-Image Version or the Qwen Image Version

    so this Version is not build on the Z-Image Turbo version instead its build on the De- Distilled Version De Turbo. by ostris

    i choose it because the nature of turbo models distillation in short you can't train a Turbo model in best quality on 110K steps and be aware this is V1 so a lot of improvement its planned for the future

    so this version is trained on the same Database of the SDXL Model for V1 its around 50% of the original base rest is a mix of the new Ratatoskr Qwen database overall i just trained 60% of the whole database. so there will sure some updates in the future.

    i also build before an Z-Image Turbo Furry Enhancer but why using the model instead of the enhancer with a turbo model?:

    • better consisted than Z-image turbo

    • overall better quality

    Settings:

    Sampler: Euler Scheduler Beta57 / Beta

    Steps 30

    CFG: 3.5

    i also provide a simple workflow with the settings for it too ( see training folder)

    Note:

    this model is its own type of SDXL i called it SDXL HeL

    and not always compatible with other loras like standard sdxl or pony etc. So Loras work somtimes but its possible they need other weights or not working at all .

    Ratatoskr Workflow and Settings

    Made by Freek22

    Please check out my other models too and give like ;-)

    Description

    SDXL Hybrid Model:

    This is a complete new alternate version of Ratatoskr so don't expect the same output finetuned on the Database of Helheim Flux with over 50k steps !

    after that i added small parts of my Furry Enhancer and am small amount of Hayden's YiffMix Realism

    What has changed compared with V10.94?

    I trained the dataset again as a lora and mixed parts of it inside the Model

    • added a bit more details

    • more stable

    • added some new specim

    i made this model to test new training methods for sdxl also to make a Christmas present for all the people that still love my SDXL models and cant run flux.

    i plan an illustrious and also an SD3.5 medium version of Ratatoskr too also i will continue working on the Flux model in the future

    for settings its more or less the same as V8

    And if you like to support my work please give a thumbs up ;-)

    FAQ

    Comments (12)

    freek22
    Author
    Jan 11, 2025· 2 reactions
    CivitAI
    Madviking3Jan 12, 2025· 4 reactions
    CivitAI
    You shouldn't abandon SDXL Rakatoskr. This is a very unique and universal checkpoint. Besides, Im really like your work. In my opinion Ratatoskr work even better on SDXL rather than on Flux (creates more realistic images) but this is only my opinion.
    freek22
    Author
    Jan 12, 2025· 2 reactions

    i guess you a right about it maybe i will work in the future again on this new type sdxl model .... for now i really like the current version ;-) of it

    q0u4tp6297Jan 27, 2025
    Real user I agree too
    zareltgrMar 5, 2025

    Absolutely... even with all the new flashy styles, there's just something about SDXL (and SD1.5, even!) that offers a gritty "perfect imperfection" in places that just adds to the realism... especially if you use a few tricks to push that even more. FenrisXL and Ratatoskr 2.0 (XL) are incredible examples of this.

    freek22
    Author
    Mar 5, 2025· 1 reaction

    @zareltgr  thanks i will not abandon this for example i added recently an illustrious version too. https://civitai.com/models/1302006?modelVersionId=1469633

    KStruCJan 17, 2025· 2 reactions
    CivitAI

    Hi ! Would like to open a discussion on the following points :

    - I add a picture i like, with exact same settings, on 10.94 and 11.16. I slightly prefer the 10.94 (on general composition). Even if the 11.16 is great also !

    - But more than that, i realized that it would be interesting to tell i did this pictures (and the previous ones on 10.94) with probably unusual settings : clip skip -2 and euler ancestral (kl optimal), as a bad pony habits. I really like the results on your new checkpoint with this settings, how they follow well prompt, how clear they are.

    I know it could sounds a bit deceptive for you (as the "main work" could probably is on layer 1, and as the aim is maybe more trying to reach best on -1 and DPM++ classic karras things), but what do you think about that results ? I feel like they are really pleasant.

    Thanks again for your work, as SDXL Ratatoskr are always so good (and reconciles me / attracts me again on SDXL instead of Flux) !!!

    LemurTFeb 11, 2025· 3 reactions
    CivitAI

    Is there a trigger I'm missing to have two (or however many) characters in the picture? Tried all the usuals and it stubbornly tries to merge everything.

    Tried:

    - "two characters"

    - "two women"

    - 1woman, blah, blah, blah, BREAK, 1woman, blah...

    - (1man, blah, blah), (1woman, blah, blah)

    All the above act as though I wrote "solo" and then all the descriptors for both characters merged onto one character.

    Triggers that work on other models all glom together on this one, so I figure I'm overlooking something obvious. :D This is my preferred model for most work so I definitely want to figure out how to get multiple characters in-frame!

    LemurTFeb 11, 2025

    To add to this question, some more things I tried...

    - "Two people, (one woman, wearing dress), (one man, wearing slacks and t-shirt)"

    This consistently gives me two people, but often the man wearing a dress and woman wearing slacks/t-shirt. Basically, the tricks I'm aware of for designating which things go with which person get mixed up, or end up merging to one person.

    - "Two people, BREAK (one woman, wearing dress) BREAK (one man, wearing slacks and t-shirt)"

    This one is really weird. Either I get a man and a woman, both in dresses, or both in slacks/t-shirt.

    freek22
    Author
    Feb 11, 2025

    It's actually very easy try fo m/f couple for example , for multiple characters it's works with 2 woman's for example , also croud of people etc , for a detailed setting its recommended to describe the 1st character an then the second. Sdxl overall has sometimes some trouble with multiple characters

    LemurTFeb 13, 2025

    @freek22 Ok, sounds like basically what I'm trying to do already, but I may just be having bad luck with the seeds. I'll keep prodding at it. Thanks!

    RedwyrmMar 16, 2025· 1 reaction

    You can also generate characters separately in two or more different images. Then pick specific characters from each image and combine them in one in something simple like paint.net. Initial result will look like total poop, but running SD with low strength/denoising usually will fix any "mishaps". Apps like InvokerAI allows you to do the same without need to use other apps.

    Checkpoint
    SDXL 1.0

    Details

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    Platform
    CivitAI
    Platform Status
    Available
    Created
    1/11/2025
    Updated
    5/16/2026
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    Trigger Words:
    anthro
    ratatoskr
    ukiyoe

    Files

    ratatoskrAnimalCreature_v1116HelheimSDXLHEL.safetensors

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