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Venomancers are unique from other classes as the only class in PW capable of taming and using a monster as an ally in battle. In order to successfully tame a monster and create a pet, however, several steps must be understood.

Taming Skills

In order to embark on an adventure full of monsters and pets, a Venomancer must first receive the skills necessary to tame and care for monsters and pets. The skills involved in this are:

- Tame
- Heal Pet
- Revive Pet

All of these skills are crucial to playing as a Venomancer and getting the pets one needs to smoothly take victories in battle.

Tame

The Tame skill is received at level 7, after a Venomancer successfully proves herself to the Pet Skill Trainer of the City of the Lost. From this point on the Venomancer must use the Tame skill to capture monsters as pets, by weakening the monster considerably and performing the Tame spell. The lower the opponent's HP, the higher the probability the Tame will be successful. Every 10 levels this spell can be upgraded to improve the chance of a successful tame by 5%.

After a pet has been tamed and hatched for battle, a Venomancer must carefully raise and care for her pet in order to ensure efficiency in battle. To this end the Heal Pet and Revive Pet are particularly important. The Heal Pet and Revive Pet skills are received at level 3, after fulfilling a quest from the Pet Skill Trainer of the City of the Lost. Upon choosing which of two starter pets the Venomancer would like, and fulfilling the appropriate quest, the Venomancer is rewarded with their very first pet, as well as these two important skills to care for it.

Heal Pet

During battle a pet will most often receive most of the damage inflicted by an enemy and threfore will often need healing if the HP drops too low or becomes critical. It is important the pet does not die, as upon each death the loyalty of the pet drops 20%. The Heal Pet skill can be upgraded every 10 levels in order to increase the amount of HP healed, while at the same time increasing the amount of magic necessary to perform the spell.

Revive Pet

In the instance that the pet does die, it must be resurrected before it can be called back to battle again. The Revive Pet skill will bring the pet back to life and enable to the pet to be called onto the battlefield. This skill can be upgraded every 10 levels, in order to raise the amount of HP initially restored to the pet.

Tamable Monsters

Certain monsters encountered throughout the game cannot be tamed as a pet, however there are a variety of monsters Venomancers can choose from at each level to tame as a pet.

**Tamable Monsters**
Monster	Level	Type
Emerald Quingfu	1	Land
Jaden Quingfu	1	Land
Verdant Quingfu	1	Land
Cruel Wolfling	2	Land
Heptastral Beetle	2	Land
Mad Wolfling	2	Land
Pentastral Beetle	2	Land
Pollen Scorpion	2	Land
Quadrastral Beetle	2	Land
Scorpion Pup	2	Land
Sharptooth Wolfling	2	Land
Varicose Scorpion	2	Land
Heptastral Beetle King	3	Land
Pentastral Beetle King	3	Land
Quadrastral Beetle King	3	Land
Bramble Cactopod	4	Land
Oddfoot Pup	4	Land
Prickly Cactopod	4	Land
Prickly Oddfoot Pup	4	Land
Soft Cactopod	4	Land
Abysmal Turtle	5	Water
Bluntclaw Kitten	5	Land
Minkii Mongoose	5	Land
Riptide Tortoise	5	Water
Sable Minkii	5	Land
Shallowhirl Tortoise	5	Water
Short Tooth Kitten	5	Land
Snaggletooth Kitten	5	Land
Abnormal Cactopod	7	Land
Billabong Rhinodrake	7	Land
Boondock Rhinodrake	7	Land
Mutant Cactopod	7	Land
Rhinodrake Plainswalker	7	Land
Tauroc Angler	7	Land
Tauroc Logger	7	Land
Tauroc Stevedore	7	Land
Amphibian Turtle	8	Water
Darting Minkii	8	Land
Highlands Tortoise	8	Water
Moorcrawler Hornshell	8	Water
Nonasteral Beetle	8	Land
Petite Sawfly	8	Air
Petite Vespin	8	Air
Petite Waspkin	8	Air
Plainswalker Tuskmoor	8	Land
Riverside Tuskmoor	8	Land
Tuskmoor Doft	8	Land
Amphibian Tortoise King	9	Water
Frogling	9	Land
Nonastral Beetle King	9	Land
Prairie Wolf	9	Land
Riding Wolf	9	Land
Superior Minkii	9	Land
Wild Wolfling	9	Land
Bucktooth Lynxus	10	Land
Courageous Undine	10	Land
Crakpot Lynxus	10	Land
Saint’s Lake Tortoise	10	Water
Sharpclaw Lynxus	10	Land
Virtuous Undine	10	Land
Aboreal Lynxus	11	Land
Irontail Lynxus	11	Land
Vortex Crawler	11	Water
Vortex Crawler Monarch	11	Water
Wilderness Lynxus	11	Land
Aboreal Grimalkin	12	Land
Bitter Wolf	12	Land
Desert Waspkin	12	Air
Forest Waspkin	12	Air
Furious Wolf	12	Land
Oddfoot	12	Land
Scout Lynxus	12	Land
Sharptooth Wolf	12	Land
Vicious Snaggletooth	12	Land
Acrimonic Cactopod	13	Land
Gall’s Cactopod	13	Land
Inferior Cactopod	13	Land
Oddfoot King	13	Land
Snaggletooth Chief	13	Land
Vicious Snaggletooth Chief	13	Land
Aboreal Vassal	14	Land
Lynxus Vassal	14	Land
Pavonine Vipent	14	Land
Pure Undine	14	Land
Superior Cactopod	14	Land
Bloodthirsty Adalwolf	15	Land
Chaos Undine	15	Land
Chromatic Vipent	15	Land
Krimson Boa	15	Land
Coral Viper	16	Land
Heptapace Vipent	16	Land
Jokul Serpent	16	Land
Kraitos	16	Land
Pentapace Vipent	16	Land
Sable Elder	16	Land
Sable Mongoose	16	Land
Charing Sable	17	Land
Crystalline Magmite	17	Land
Jealous Cactopod	17	Land
Molten Ant	17	Land
Mongoose King	17	Land
Ostial Centipex	17	Land
Vermillion Vipent	17	Land
Coral Vipent	18	Land
Darkbreed Wolfkin	18	Land
Forest Wolfkin	18	Land
Giant Ant	18	Land
Ostial Centipex Lord	18	Land
Volcanic Magmite	18	Land
Arachnoid Poisontail	19	Land
Carapest Terror	19	Land
Frozen Wolfkin	19	Land
Grottoden Wolfkin	19	Land
Inquisitive Poisontail	19	Land
Lithic Poisontail	19	Land
Molten Chilpod	19	Land
Wooden Wolfmaster	19	Land
Ant Soldier	20	Land
Blackhive Wolfkin	20	Land
Desert Waspkin	20	Land
Forest Waspear	20	Air
Frozen Wolfmaster	20	Land
Grottoden Wolfmaster	20	Land
Lithic Scorpion King	20	Land
Lithic Vipent	20	Land
Longhorned Carapest	20	Land
Molten Carapest	20	Land
Shadou Cub	20	Land
Snow Hare	20	Land
Stoneskin Undine	20	Land
Tabby Plumdrop	20	Land
Blackhive Wolfkin Premier	21	Land
Desert Hornet	21	Land
Grand Molten Chilpod	21	Land
Horned Molten Carapest	21	Land
Lycean Hunter	21	Land
Mutant Whirler Turtle	21	Water
Rockbreaker Poisontail	21	Land
Blackhive Snarl	22	Land
Heartless Wolf	22	Land
Lithic Scorpion King	22	Land
Lycean King Hunter	22	Land
Molten Ant Soldier	22	Land
Rhinodrake Megalith	22	Land
Treeline Wolfkin	22	Land
Gettstone Chilpod	23	Land
Tectonic Rhinodrake	23	Land
White-eyed Wolfkin	23	Land
Gettstone Centipex King	24	Land
Brambleback Centipex King	25	Land
Forest Hornet	25	Air
Silverwing Vook	25	Air
Destroyer Centipex	26	Land
Dual Bladed Centipex	26	Land
Melancholic Scorpion	26	Land
Righteous Undine	26	Water
Centipod Destroyer	27	Land
Saint’s Lake Tortoise King	27	Water
Snakevalley Bloodwolf	27	Land
Tauroc Slave	27	Land
Goldenwing Emperor	28	Air
Weeping Scorpion Queen	28	Land
Melancholic Scorpion King	29	Land
Torgirn Puppet	29	Land
Antelope Pup	30	Land
Diabolic Jester	30	Land
Windwalking Piggy	30	Air
Vipent Centepex	31	Land
Wasp Hivewarder	31	Air
Insect Mistress	32	Air
Torgirn Brave	32	Land
Undine Wench	32	Water
Undine Princess	33	Water
Pinnaer Foxwing	34	Air
Scarletnob Diplopod	34	Land
Undine Enchantress	35	Water
Drowned Undine	36	Water
Undine Elemental	36	Water
Wimble Goldwing	36	Air
Bloody Goldwing	37	Air
Snatchfoot Foxwing	37	Air
Undine Queen	37	Water
Undine Supreme	37	Water
Pinaflop Foxwing	38	Air
Cuddly Pup	40	Land
Overclocked Mechcrab	40	Land
Eldergoth Marksman	41	Land
Foxwing of the Void	41	Air
Undine Syren	41	Water
King Grimalkin	42	Land
Sunken Seawitch	42	Water
Wildstar Wolf	42	Land
Mastiff of the Great Divide	43	Land
Snake Isle Hornshell	43	Land
Wildstar Wolf Lord	43	Land
Great Twinheaded Canus	44	Land
Mutant Centipod	44	Land
Gaurdian Wolf	45	Land
Demonic Grimalkin	46	Land
Eldergoth Sharpshooter	46	Land
Eldergoth Warrior	46	Land
Mincer Centipex	47	Land
Mythical Wolfkin	48	Land
Steelhide Grimalkin	48	Land
Tauroc Valorian	48	Land
Lunar Lupin	49	Land
Steelhide Puss	49	Land
Centipod Lord	51	Land
Frost Antelope	51	Land
Poisonfang Vipent	51	Land
Proud Antelope	51	Land
Tortoise Everlasting	51	Water
Aurichide Grimalkin	52	Land
Bloodtooth Enchanter	54	Land
Bloodtooth Mage	54	Land
Death Dancer	54	Water
Soulchaser Antelope	54	Land
Terrestrial Foxwing	54	Air
Echomaid	56	Water
Mermaiden Rustler	57	Water
Clever Cactopod	59	Land
Gauren Minion	59	Land
Laqux, Oddfoot Lord	59	Land
Remnant Vemontail	59	Land
Foxwing Supreme	60	Air
Hiruntial Oddfoot	60	Land
Kowlin	60	Land
Ripe Cactopod	60	Land
Scorpid Venom Master	60	Land
Shikou Valorian	60	Land
Undine Keeper of Mysteries	60	Land
Petalii Hexkiss	61	Land
Sharpfang Oddfoot	61	Land
Sower of the Flame	61	Land
Undine Tide Mistress	61	Land
Antelope Sage	62	Land
Indulgent Flametoe	62	Land
Dodon Larsonist	63	Water
Florafang Guard	63	Land
Deadmarsh Petalii	67	Land
Acephalid Death Knight	70	Land
Deadmarsh General	71	Land
Steelfang Grimalkin	71	Land
Orchid Petali	72	Land
Elysium Fowl	73	Air
Huggy Hare	75	Land
White Pheasant	78	Air
Armoured Bear	80	Land
Celestial Plumpfish	80	Water
Mothran Dazzlewing	80	Air
Infernal Eidolon	84	Air
Asgard Plumpfish	85	Water
Cragrock Warrior	85	Land
Ninetailed Firefox	85	Land
Acephalid Death Knight General	86	Land
Celestial Eido Hare	87	Land
Celestial Rhinodrake	87	Land
Dodon Jailbird	87	Land
Undine Mystic	87	Water
Heavenly Oddfoot	88	Land
Heavenly Rhinorex	88	Land
Mistrealm Gargantuan	88	Land
Celestial Antelope	89	Land
Celestial Sting	89	Land
Blizzard Antelope	90	Land
Celestial Oddfoot Champion	90	Land
Demonic Acephalid	90	Land
Acephalid Blade Major	91	Land
Acephalid Ranger	91	Land
Etheral Inamorato	91	Land
Glacial Seed	91	Land
Greater Celestial Antelope	91	Land
Nivastok Shieldbearer	92	Land
Glacial Maiden	94	Land
Nivastok Brave	95	Land
Glacial Mistress	97	Land
Peachyard Firefox	99	Land
Petalii Spirit	100	Land
Florafang Maneater	101	Land

Rare & Baby Pets

While there are many monsters that can be tamed in order to create a pet, there are several that, due to their infrequent spawning, are considered rare pets. Taming these pets can become highly competitive, as their rarity increases their value.

**Rare Pets**
Name	Level	Type
Frogling File:FroggyIcon.jpg	9	Land
Snow Hare File:HareIcon.jpg	20	Land
Plumdrop Tabby File:TabbyIcon.jpg	20	Land
Shadou Cub File:BearIcon.jpg	20	Land
Windwalking Piggy File:PiggyIcon.jpg	30	Air
Cuddly Pup File:PupIcon.jpg	40	Land
Kowlin	60	Land
Armored Bear File:Armored Bear Icon.png	80	Land

All of these monsters, aside from the Snow Hare, spawn only once every 12 hours. The Snow Hare has multiple spawn locations, where it spawns as often as once every hour.

Baby or "all class" pets are sometimes confused with rare pets, as many of the available baby pets can only be created through the use of rare pet eggs. In reality however, baby pets are non-combat pets that simply follow their owner, and do not require leveling or loyalty. What is unique about baby pets is that they are the only pets, aside from mounts, that are available to classes other than Venomancers. While some of these baby pets are all-class version of rare pets, others are simply all-class versions of normal pets, and require a higher sum to create. Because these pets are for classes other than Venomancers, the creator of a Baby Pet could be anyone, as long as they provide the eggs and coins.

In order to create a baby pet, the correct number and types of eggs, as well as coins for the fee, must be brought to Mrs. Zoologist (586,620) in Archosaur.

**Baby Pets**
Baby	Eggs	Price
Baby Froggy File:FroggyIcon.jpg	8 Treefrog	100,000
Baby Snow Hare File:HareIcon.jpg	5 Snow Hare	100,000
Baby Tabby Plumdrop File:TabbyIcon.jpg	5 Tabby Plumdrop	100,000
Baby Bear File:BearIcon.jpg	2 Shadou Cub, 2 Armoured Bear	100,000
Baby Windwalking Piggy File:PiggyIcon.jpg	5 Windwalking Piggy	100,000
Baby Cuddly Pup File:PupIcon.jpg	5 Cuddly Pup	100,000
Baby Antelope File:DeerIcon.jpg	3 Antelope Pup, 2 Frost Antelope, 1 Proud Antelope, 1 Soulchaser Antelope, and 1 Antelope Sage	200,000
Baby Huggy Hare File:HuggyIcon.jpg	10 Huggy Hare	200,000
Baby Fire Fairy File:FireFairyIcon.jpg	10 Infernal Eidolon	200,000
Baby Foxwing File:FoxwingIcon.jpg	3 Snatchfoot Foxwing, 3 Foxwing of the Void, and 3 Foxwing Supreme	200,000
Baby Elysium Fowl File:FowlIcon.jpg	10 Elysium Fowl	200,000
Baby Butterfly Fairy File:ButterflyIcon.jpg	10 Mothran Dazzlewing	200,000

Legendary Pets & Mounts

While most pets are available by taming monsters throughout the world, there are some pets that can only be obtained through commerce, and those are the two legendary pets: the Blazing Phoenix and the Baby Hercules. The only way to obtain one of these two powerful pets is to purchase or trade for the boutique items "Battle Packs" in order to gain "Phoenix Feathers" or "Sources of Force." Once a player has collected either 9999 Phoenix Feathers or 9999 Sources of Force, they can trade these to Mrs. Zoologist (586,620) in Archosaur to obtain either a Blazing Phoenix or Baby Hercules Pet Egg Ticket. This Ticket is tradeable; however once it is exchanged to the Pet Manager for a Blazing Phoenix or Baby Hercules Pet Egg, the egg cannot be traded.

Phoenix Feathers and Sources of Force are interchangeable, as they can be traded in stacks of 100 to the Pet Manager for the preferred unit.

**Legendary Pets**
Pet	Level	Type
Blazing Phoenix	1	Air
Baby Hercules	1	Land

While the Pet bag is used primarily for battle pets, slots must also be available in order for Ground mounts to be hatched. Mounts, as they are creatures, also are traded and purchased as Pet Eggs, although they cannot be tamed throughout the world. Similarly to battle pets, mounts require space in the pet bag, hatching a reverting fees, and appropriate feed. Feeding a ground mount still increases loyalty, however loyalty in this instance determines the chance that the mount will persevere when attacked by an enemy, rather than immediately stow to the Pet Bag. The ground mounts of Perfect World are listed below.

**Ground Mounts**
Mount	Speed (min/max)	Lvl Req.
Crimson Leaper	7m/s / 8m/s	40
Dark Charger	7m/s / 8m/s	40
Swift Whitewind	8m/s / 9m/s	40
Silver Mane	8m/s / 9m/s	40
Violet Lightening	8m/s / 9m/s	40
Windsprint Panther	8m/s / 9m/s	40
Polaris Snow Cub	8m/s / 9m/s	40
Vicious Raptor	9m/s / 10m/s	40
Chubbs	9m/s / 10m/s	60
Quick Silka Reindeer	9m/s / 10m/s	60
Ancestral Kirin	9m/s / 10m/s	60
^Ancient Boa	10m/s / 11m/s	20
^Black Raptor	10m/s / 11m/s	60
^Chromatic Elk	8m/s / 9m/s	40
^Midnight	9m/s / 10m/s	10
^Goldmane Lion Lord	9m/s / 10m/s	60
^Hell Hound	10m/s / 11m/s	60
^Nein Beast	10m/s / 11m/s	20
^Chieftain’s Battlecat	10m/s / 11m/s	60
^Scarlet Ninetails	10m/s / 11m/s	20
^Bad Panda	10m/s / 11m/s	20
^Purgatory Lion Lord	10m/s / 11m/s	80
^Pigsly Pigsworth	8m/s / 9m/s	40
^^Bulbfish	10m/s / 11m/s	20
^^Christmas Reindeer	X	10
^^Kirin of Fortune	X	60

^Limited edition/Temporary release
^^Currently Unreleased

The speed of the mount increases as the mount levels (mounts level according to their use), however the maximum speed is set at one meter per second higher than the minimum, for all currently released mounts. It is possible, however, to further increase the speed of a mount, through the use of spurs. Spurs of Alacrity are used to upgrade an 8m/s mount to a 9m/s mount (while lowering the level req. from 40 to 20), while Galewind Spurs upgrade a 9m/s mount to a 10m/s mount (while lowering the level req. from 60 to 40). Mounts can be spurred until their maximum speed reached 11m/s.

Pet Bag

A venomancer's pet bag is the storage area for their active battle pets, mounts, or space for any other class to store an all-class or baby pet. From the pet bag the player can view the pet's stats, call the pet to battle, or stow the pet away. Only hatched pets can be placed in the pet bag, pet eggs remain in the inventory, and must be hatched at a Pet Skill Trainer or Pet Manager. Hatched pets can only be kept in the pet bag; if there is no space in the pet bag, the pet egg cannot be hatched. The initial pet bag has the capacity to hold two pets, however it can be increased through quests to the full capacity of holding ten pets.

Increasing the capacity of the pet bag can be done several ways. From the cash shop, or with in-game bought gold, the player can buy a Super Cage item, which will automatically increase the pet bag to its full capacity. However if the player only needs one or two more slots in the pet bag, a normal cage can also be found in the cash shop, which will increase the pet bag by one slot, or the player can choose to do gathering quests, and collect increasingly rare types of pet food for the Pet Skill Trainer, each for one new slot in the pet bag.

**Pet Bag Slots**
Slot	Item to Unlock
1	initial slot
2	initial slot
3	20 Hay or Cage
4	50 Fruit or Cage
5	100 Fungus or Cage
6	must purchase a cage or super cage
7	must purchase a cage or super cage
8	must purchase a cage or super cage
9	must purchase a cage or super cage
10	must purchase a cage or super cage

Taming Monsters

In order to tame a monster as a Venomancer pet both the Tame skill and a tamable monster must be present. The chance of a successful tame depends heavily on the level of the player, level of the skill, and the amount of HP of the monster. With every 10 levels a Venomancer can level up the Tame skill, adding a 5% chance of a successful tame. The tame itself is immensely more effective on a weakened enemy.

Tamable monsters can be identified by a green icon next to their name in their target window. Monsters with a yellow icon may also be tamed, but are the same level as the caster and therefore will not be an easy tame. Monsters with red icons next to their names are tamable monsters, however the caster's level is below that of the monster and therefore can't be tamed until the caster is of equal or greater levels.

Pet Eggs

Once a monster has been tamed by a Venomancer it reverts to an egg. This is called a pet egg, and is where the distinction between a "monster" and a "pet" can begin. These eggs, which can be hatched at a Pet Skill Trainers or Pet Managers, will no longer be monsters, but will be referred to as pets, and upon hatching will be placed immediately in the Pet Bag. It must be noted that it is possible to carry as many pet eggs as there is available space in the inventory, however eggs cannot be hatched if there is not adequate space available in the Pet bag. (Note: Hatching pet eggs will incur a fee, starting at 200 coins or greater, depending on the pet.)

Pet eggs are not restricted to monsters tamed by Venomancers, other creatures that arrive in pet eggs include baby (non-battle) pets, mounts, and legendary pets traded for Source of Force or Phoenix Feathers.

Feeding Pets and Loyalty

Once a pet is hatched, it must be fed in order to bother prevent the pet's loyalty from dropping, and to ensure that the loyalty increases. Different pets eat different families of feed, while specific kinds of feed within those families will raise the pet's loyalty by greater or lesser amounts. The families are: Water, Hay, Meat, Fruit, and Greens.

**Pet Feed**
Meat = 30	Fine Meat = 60	Venison = 150	Martin's Nest = 250	Dragon's Meat = 500
Spring Water = 10	Pure Water = 10	Peanut Oil = 50	Sesame Oil = 100	X
Hay = 20	Wild Ginseng = 200	X	X	X
Fruit = 50	Linden Seed = 450	X	X	X
Fungus = 100	X	X	X	X

It is important to pay attention to the different feed available, as many pets can only eat certain families of food, and therefore feed outside of those families is useless for that pet. Most notably however, the type and kind of feed given to a pet is directly linked to the pet's loyalty.

The Loyalty of a pet is measured on a scale from 0-999, with different amounts of damage dealt and experience gained in battle based on the level of the pet's loyalty.

**Loyalty Chart**
Savage	0-250	Dmg: 80%	EXP: 50%
Tame	251-500	Dmg: 100%	EXP: 100%
Loyal	501-999	Dmg: 120%	EXP: 150%

Achieving and maintaining loyalty with their pets is an important concern for Venomancers. It must be noted that every time the pet is fed its loyalty increases based on the feed value, however every time the pet is killed in battle its loyalty drops by 10%.

Leveling Pets

Once Loyal status is achieved with a pet, along with doing 120% of the pet's normal damage, it will receive 150% experience from each battle that is participates in. Therefore it is important to maintain loyalty in order to keep pets up to level with their tamer. As the Venomancer can only receive 100% of all experience from battle, many times a pet with full loyalty will achieve full experience faster than the player and must wait for the player to level before it can proceed to the next level. However this is much preferred to waiting for the pet to level due to low loyalty, as pets in many cases behave as tanks for enemy aggression, and having a low level pet will result in a weak tank that cannot protect its master.

Furthermore, allowing the pet to die will result in a 10% drop in loyalty, so it is important to keep the loyalty high in order to keep the pet leveling, and therefore strong enough for battle.

Land/Water/Air Distinctions

While a large majority of combat and gameplay within Perfect World takes place on the ground, both air and water battles are not uncommon. Therefore there are several monsters throughout the game that are tamable for combat in different zones.

Land

These pets are the most prevalent, and a wide variety of tamable monsters to create Land pets are available. These pets, however, can neither swim nor fly. Swimming, crossing bridges, or gaining altitude with aerogear, these pets will automatically be stowed to the pet bag. All pets regardless of their Land/Water/Air zone will automatically be stowed if they cannot reach/find the player for over 30 seconds.

Water

Of the tamable water monsters, water-based undines are the most common, however turtles and a few strains of fish are also common water pets. These pets are less common than Land pets, and can only be used for underwater combat. Water pets cannot be summoned until the player is already in water, and as soon as the player reaches dry land or mounts aerogear, water pets are automatically stowed to the pet bag. All pets regardless of their Land/Water/Air zone will automatically be stowed if they cannot reach/find the player for over 30 seconds.

Air

Insects and foxwings are the most common air pets, however there are exceptions. Unlike land and water pets, when the player lands on solid ground or on the water's surface (however not when fully submerged), an air pet will not be stowed to the pet bag. Air pets in combat against non-air enemies however, will only cause ½ their normal damage. This is the only pet that can accompany the player while mounted on aerogear. All pets regardless of their Land/Water/Air zone will automatically be stowed if they cannot reach/find the player for over 30 seconds.

Pet Skills

While pets can be helpful in battle as another member of the team, what really pushes pets from being just a tank for damage into a powerful ally is the array of skills available to pets. While most pets come with several skills already learned, all pets can learn every skill, and most must be taught by the tamer through scrolls. When used correctly a wide range of affects can be achieved through using and combining skills. The available skills are listed below.

**Pet Skills**
Skill	Level 1 Effect	Level 5 Effect
Bash	Cause 140% of base damage	Cause 200% of base damage
Blessing of the Pack	Increases max. HP 10% for 1hr.	Increases max. HP 30% for 1hr.
Bloodhunger¹	Drain enemy HP equal to 50% pet's lost HP	N/A
Bloodthirst	Drain enemy HP and give to pet HP	N/A
Boost²	Recover 8% HP	Recover 12% HP
Claw	Increase base damage by 10% for 1hr.	Increase base damage by 30% for 1hr.
Consume	Drain enemy MP and give to pet HP	N/A
Devour	Drain enemy MP equal to 50% pet's lost HP	N/A
Fireball	140% of base damage (fire)	200% of base damage (fire)
Flesh Ream	Base dmg + 120% base dmg over 9s.	Base dmg + 200% base dmg over 9s.
Howl	Reduce Magic DEF by 20% for 15s.	Reduce Magic DEF by 36% for 15s.
Icicle	140% of base damage (water)	200% of base damage (water)
Penetrate	Deal 200 dmg, regardless of DEF.	N/A
Pierce	Reduce Phys. DEF by 20% for 15s.	Reduce Phys. DEF by 36% for 15s.
Pounce³	Increase ATK 15% after stunning enemy	Increase ATK 25% after stunning enemy
Protect	Increase Magic DEF by 30% for 1hr.	Increase Magic DEF by 150% for 1hr.
Reflect	Reflect 30% dmg for 1hr.	Reflect 70% dmg for 1hr.
Roar	Keeps Target Agression	Keeps Target Aggression
Sacrifice	Give 75% pets HP for 400% base damage	N/A
Sandblow	140% of base damage (earth)	200% of base damage (earth)
Shriek	60% chance to interrupt channeling	100% chance to interrupt channeling
Slow	Reduce Speed by 30% for 6s.	Reduce Speed by 50% for 6s.
Strong	Increase Phys. DEF by 30% for 1hr.	Increase Phys. DEF by 150% for 1hr.
Threaten	Reduce Phys. ATK by 20% for 15s.	Reduce Phys. ATK by 36% for 15s.
Thunderbolt	140% of base damage (metal)	200% of base damage (metal)
Tough	Reduce dmg by 30% for 15s	Reduce dmg by 50% for 15s
Toxic Mist	140% of base damage (wood)	200% of base damage (wood)

1.^ Bloodthirst lvl.3 is required to learn Bloodhunger.

2.^ Boost skill is maxed at level 3.

3.^ Pounce skill is maxed at level 2.

Pet items

There are many important items, aside from feed, for raising pets:

Item	Use	Price
Bash Scroll	Learn Bash	300,000
Boost Scroll	Learn Boost	300,000
Fireball Scroll	Learn Fireball	300,000
Flesh Ream Scroll	Learn Flesh Ream	300,000
Howl Scroll	Learn Howl	300,000
Icicle Scroll	Learn Icicle	300,000
Pierce Scroll	Learn Pierce	300,000
Roar Scroll	Learn Roar	300,000
Sandblow Scroll	Learn Sandblow	300,000
Shrill Scroll	Learn Shriek	300,000
Slow Scroll	Learn Slow	300,000
Threaten Scroll	Learn Threaten	300,000
Thunderbolt Scroll	Learn Thunderbolt	300,000
Tough Scroll	Learn Tough	300,000
Toxin Scroll	Learn Toxic Mist	300,000
Forget Scroll	Forget Pet Skill	100,000
Tame Book	Upgrades Pet Skill	200,000
Pet Collar	Rename Pet	10,000
Phoenix Feather	9,999 to obtain Blazing Phoenix	25 Silver/Battle Pack
Source of Force	9,999 to obtain Baby Hercules	25 Silver/Battle Pack
Spurs of Alacrity	Boost mount speed (9m/s)	7 Gold
Galewind Spurs	Boost mount speed (10m/s)	10 Gold

Buying/Selling/Discarding Pets

Once a monster has been tamed, a Venomancer is not obligated to raise the monster as a pet, nor is a Venomancer obligated to keep a pet she has raised. A pet egg can be sold, traded, or discarded after it has been obtained, also allowing that pet eggs can be purchased and raised by Venomancers that did not tame them. Discarding active pets however, requires an extra step. Active pets must be reverted to pet eggs at a Pet Skill Trainer, resulting in a fee and a reduction of the pet's loyalty to 0. A named pet however will still retain its name.

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