Pets & Companions¶

Buy, tame, and care for animal companions

Pets & Companions

Commands:
  buy <species> from <npc>  Buy from pet shop NPC
  tame <creature>           Tame a wild animal
  pet <name>                Pet/stroke (+loyalty)
  feed <name> [item]        Feed (reduces hunger)
  name <pet> <new_name>     Rename a pet
  stable <pet>              Store at current location
  retrieve <pet>            Retrieve a stabled pet
  release <pet>             Release into the wild
  /pets                     Show all your pets

Active Slots:
  2 pets normally, 3 with Expert+ Outdoors skill.
  Excess pets must be stabled first.

Loyalty & Hunger:
  Hunger increases each phase (rate depends on diet).
  Feed your pets regularly or they get hungry.
  At 80+ hunger: loyalty drops by 3 per phase.
  At 100 hunger: pet runs away permanently!
  Loyalty decays by 1 per day if you don't interact.
  Pet/stroke and feed both count as interaction.

Growth:
  Baby pets (pups, cubs, fawns) grow into adults over time.
  Small species: 5 days. Medium/large: 10 days.
  Stats increase to adult values on growth.

Combat Pets:
  Some species are combat-trained (marked with combat flag).
  Combat pets attack every other round automatically.
  Pets can be knocked out (0 HP) but not killed.
  KO'd pets recover after 3 phases of rest.

Pet Shops:
  Ghelmyon    Wren (market) + Stablemaster Harlan
  Darkhollow  Pit Keeper Vex (slag market)

Some species require alignment or reputation gates.
32 species across 4 towns. Type ?pets species for list.

Topics:
  ?pets species    Full species list
  ?pets taming     Taming details
  ?pets shops      Shop inventories
  ?pets combat     Combat pet details
  ?pets growth      Growth system

Pets — Species¶

All 32 pet species

Pet Species (32 total)

Common (any town, no gates):
  Dog           Medium canine, guard/track [COMBAT]
  Cat           Small feline, catch vermin
  Ferret        Tiny, steal items/find caches
  Raven         Tiny bird, scout/messages
  Owl           Small bird, night vision
  Donkey        Cheap mount, carry weight
  Horse         Mount, fast travel
  Parrot        Tiny, repeats phrases
  Monkey        Small primate, nimble
  Bat           Tiny, echolocation
  Feral Dog     Cheap fighter, mean [COMBAT]
  Trained Rat   Tiny, tunnel scout

Gated (shop, alignment/rep required):
  War Dog       Armored fighter [COMBAT] (friend)
  Messenger Hawk   Scout [COMBAT] (close friend)
  Hunting Hound    Scent tracker [COMBAT] (honor 30+)
  Warhorse      Armored mount (honor 50+)
  Sea Hawk      Coastal hunter [COMBAT] (friend)
  Exotic Serpent   Venom [COMBAT] (honor -20)
  Kraken Hatchling   Tentacles [COMBAT] (honor -40)
  Fox           Steal/distract (virtue 20+)
  Stag Fawn     Grows to mount (virtue 40+)
  Bark Hound Pup   Fey regen (virtue 60+)
  Moon Moth     Light/calm (virtue 30+)
  Cave Spider   Web snare [COMBAT] (honor -10)
  Shadow Cat    Phase walk [COMBAT] (honor -30)
  Tunnel Drake  Fire spit tank [COMBAT] (honor -50)
  Undead Hound  No hunger [COMBAT] (virtue -40)

Wild Taming Only:
  Wolf          Pack bonus [COMBAT] (Familiar+)
  Wolf Pup      Grows into Wolf
  Bear Cub      Grows into Bear
  Bear          Massive HP [COMBAT] (Expert+)
  Boar          Charge attack [COMBAT] (Familiar+)
  Mountain Lion Cub   Grows to adult
  Stag          Forest travel (Expert+)

Pets — Taming¶

How to tame wild creatures

Taming Wild Creatures

Requirements:
  1. Outdoors skill at minimum rank
  2. Bait item in inventory (consumed on attempt)
  3. Available pet slot

Base Success Chance:
  Easy: 70%  Medium: 50%  Hard: 30%
  Very Hard: 15%  Legendary: 5%

Bonuses:
  +20% if correct bait is used
  +3% per Outdoors rank
  +1% per 2 CHA above 10

On success: creature becomes your pet.
On failure: creature flees, cooldown before retry.
Wild-tamed pets start at loyalty 30 (vs 60 bought).

Pets — Shops¶

Pet shop inventories by town

Pet Shop Inventories

Ghelmyon — Wren (Market Ward):
  Dog 45g, Cat 30g, Ferret 35g, Raven 50g
  War Dog 120g (friend), Messenger Hawk 200g
  Hunting Hound 180g (honor 30+)

Ghelmyon — Stablemaster Harlan:
  Donkey 80g, Horse 250g
  Warhorse 500g (honor 50+, friend)

Millhaven — Salt & Feather:
  Cat 25g, Parrot 60g, Monkey 90g
  Sea Hawk 180g, Exotic Serpent 150g
  Kraken Hatchling 400g (honor -40)

Thornwood — Old Moss:
  Owl 55g, Raven 45g, Fox 70g (virtue 20+)
  Stag Fawn 200g, Bark Hound Pup 350g
  Moon Moth 100g (virtue 30+)

Darkhollow — Pit Keeper Vex:
  Feral Dog 30g, Trained Rat 15g, Bat 40g
  Cave Spider 120g, Shadow Cat 300g
  Tunnel Drake 500g, Undead Hound 250g

Pets — Combat¶

How combat pets fight

Combat Pets

Species with the [COMBAT] tag join fights automatically.
They attack every other round (reduced frequency).
Damage is based on the pet's Strength stat.
Hit chance is based on Dexterity.

If a combat pet reaches 0 HP, it is knocked out.
Pets cannot die in combat — they recover after 3 phases.
KO'd pets recover to 25% HP when the timer expires.

Combat pet species include:
  Dog, Feral Dog, War Dog, Hunting Hound,
  Wolf, Bear, Boar, Messenger Hawk, Sea Hawk,
  Exotic Serpent, Kraken Hatchling, Cave Spider,
  Shadow Cat, Tunnel Drake, Undead Hound

Pets — Growth¶

How baby pets grow up

Pet Growth System

Some species start as babies and grow into adults:
  Wolf Pup     -> Wolf (5 days)
  Bear Cub     -> Bear (10 days)
  Stag Fawn    -> Stag (10 days)
  Bark Hound Pup -> (stays same species)
  Mountain Lion Cub -> (stays same species)

Growth happens automatically at dawn.
When a pet grows up:
  - Stats increase to adult values
  - May gain combat ability
  - You'll see a notification

Baby pets are marked [baby] in /pets.