A pet is a companion that follows you around the world. There are 176 of them, from spirit cats to baby dragons, and every one is obtainable.
Summoning
A pet is not a permanent character property - it lives in a summon item. Use the item and the pet appears; use it again to dismiss. The item carries the level requirement, so a pet is gated by the item you hold rather than by the pet itself.
Pet summon items come from the Item Mall, from events and from drops.
What a pet has
- Its own scale. A pet's rendered size grows with its level, so the same creature looks different on a new character and on a veteran.
- Its own movement. Pets keep pace with you and have a full set of idle, walk, run and attack animations.
- Its own skill slots. Pet entries carry skill references, so pets are not purely cosmetic - and since 2 September a pet's skill buffs show on your buff bar, so you can see what yours is actually giving you.
- A fighting mode. Switch a pet between defensive and offensive and it now announces the mode it actually took; it used to name the wrong one.
What a pet is not
- A pet is not a mount. You cannot ride one; mounts are a completely separate system with their own summon items. See Mounts.
- There is no taming. No creature in the world can be captured. Every pet comes from an item.
Where to go next
- Mounts - the ones you ride
- Monster Cards - the other way to change what you look like
Reviewed 2026-09-04