Pets (RoM)  

This page refers to content that was introduced with the expansion, Chapter III: The Elder Kingdoms.

To get a good beginning understanding of Pets, as well as to buy PEt Feed and other Pet Supplies, speak to a Pet Hunter.

• Matt Sorrun (Ggl) in Logar of Howling Mountains
• Cruse Sorrun in Lower City East of Varanas City
• ? Sorrun (Ggl) in Obsidian Stronghold
• Hammur Sorrun in Valley of Preparation of Elven Island
• Hazznor (Ggl) in Heffner Camp of Coast of Opportunity
• Pykesile in Miller's Ranch

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Benefits How to get a pet egg Attributes Communications Merging How to raise a pet Care and Feeding Harvesting Daily Quests

Benefits

A pet in Runes of Magic is much more than the appearance or amusement item that many games have. Pets in RoM actually improve your stats and they grow with you, leveling up while earning XP from your activities. Pets can even harvest for you!

How to get a pet egg

There are two ways to get a Pet Egg.

1. Capture a Magic Cavy or Golden Magic Cavy (Ggl) using a Huntsman's Trap (this includes the daily training activity in Miller's Ranch). This will gain you one of the following eggs (at random)
• Natural Pet Egg
• Amazing Pet Egg
• Rune Pet Egg - Common
• Rune Pet Egg - Superior
• Rune Pet Egg - Rare
• Rune Pet Egg - Epic
2. Use Rubies to buy one in the Item Shop. Each costs 300  and will grant Buddy Resonance when summoned the first time each day, increasing Experience and Talent Points gained in battle, as well as drop rate, by 20%)
• Loyal Little Goat of War - Pet Egg
• Loyal Little Angel - Pet Egg
• Loyal Little Demon - Pet Egg
• Loyal Pink Ball - Pet Egg
• Loyal Orange Ball - Pet Egg
• Loyal Tropical Toucan - Pet Egg
• Loyal Little Death - Pet Egg
• Loyal Golden Marmoset - Pet Egg
• Fire Manticore - Pet Egg
• Sand Manticore - Pet Egg

Attributes

In addition to the five attributes that all players have, pets have six progress bars that display their growth and status.

• Experience: Just like you, this is how the pet levels up. He gains part of the experience you gain whenever he is active (summoned).
• Talent Points:
• Loyalty: A multiplier that is involved in the stat boost calculations, so although this does not "control" the boost, it affects it. More is better. Also, if Loyalty is below 70% he will not assist you in a fight. Loyalty decreases (-4) when you die with the pet active. It can be repaired with special food from a Pet Hunter (Dessert of Happiness x4 for 6,000  each).
• Nourishment: Indicates how hungry or well-fed your pet is. The hungrier he is the less he aids you. Maximum benefit is only gained when he is well-fed.
• Training: Just like your Training Points, these are spent to improve his Skills. The max is 10,000, and if you do not spend them he will cease to gain more.
• Aptitude: A multiplier that is involved in the stat boost calculations, so although this does not "control" the boost, it affects it. More is better. Also, the higher Aptitude the better the chance that your pet will join in the fight and assist you against your target.

Communications

From time to time you may see a message, from your pet, that your pet wants to talk to you about something he has noticed in the world near you. Elsewhere on the screen you will see a minimized chat window. Open it to get the message and a choice of options. Here are a few examples.

Master, I found a strange picture. Could it be a treasure map?

• Let's try our luck. - Pet's Experience raised by 50 points!
• Get a shovel ready.
• Of course it is.
• Ignore - Yeah, right.

Master, what kind of places do you like to explore? let's go together!

• I like places we can accumulate experience.
• I like places we can polish our skills in.
• I like places we can dig up treasure in. - receive a Gift from your Pet
• Ignore - You first.

Master, what is the most important thing for your travels?

• Ample experience.
• Proficient Skills. - Pet's Talent Points raised by 5 points!
• Useful tools.
• Ignore - Uh huh

Master, what can't a good room do without?

• Many, many treasure chests.
• Several lush potted plants.
• Decorations made out of mighty monsters. - Pet's Stamina raised by 0.05 points!
• Ignore - Uh huh

Merging

Two pets can be merged to improve the stats of one. To merge, the two pets must be of the same element or one of them must be of no element, and they must be with 5 levels of one another. After merging, the agent will have the benefits of the merge and the reagent will be gone.

First, click on the icon above Choose agent, then select a Breeding Slot. Now choose the Reagent the same way. The UI will display information about what the result will be. To confirm you want to merge the two pets, click the blue orb between the agent and reagent.

How to raise a pet

Right-click on the Pet Egg. This will open the Pet UI and change your cursor. Click on an open Breeding Slot and that's it. You now have a pet.

To open more Breeding Slots, you can buy a Breeding Slot Ticket (39 ($1.64) ) in the Item Shop.

Care and Feeding

If your pet is hungry the bonuses you receive from your pet will decline!

Note: For some stupid reason, you cannot feed your pet while he is active. You must unsummon him, feed him, and then re-summon him!

There are six Pet Foods you can purchase from a Pet Hunter and a few you can only get as quest rewards or from certain bundle items (and some have a version available in the Item Shop):

Food	Benefit	Cost
Miller's Special Cake	Training +1, Nourishment +5, Experience +10	3,500
Nutritious Cheese	Nourishment +10	5,000
Dessert of Happiness	Loyalty +1	6,000
Enhancement Potion	converts 500 Training points to 100 Talent Points	Badges of the Trial x25
Enhancement Potion (Item Shop)	converts 500 Training points to 100 Talent Points	25 ($1.05)
Neutralization Bar	Changes pet's elemental type to none	Badges of the Trial x35
Powerful Pet Growth Potion	Experience +1000, Training +500	Badges of the Trial x45
Powerful Pet Growth Potion (Item Shop)	Experience +1000, Training +500	45 ($1.89)
Beef Skewer	Nourishment +30	from Ranch Package
Low-Fat Goat's Milk (Ggl)	Nourishment +20	from Gift from your Pet

Harvesting

Your pets can harvest for you, but each harvest consumes a Pet Crafting Tool (100 ). Maximum stack size is 99. This makes pet harvesting expensive but it is an excellent way to gain specific materials when you need them, as you can tell your pet to go harvest exactly the node you want. There is still some risk as each node will have more than one possible resource he may get from it. You can purchase Pet Crafting Tools from any Pet Hunter.

Pet Crafting Tool	Gathering Craft	Cost
Small Hatchet	Woodcutting	100
Small Hoe	Mining	100
Small Spade	Herbalism	100

Daily Quests

There are two Daily quests in Miller's Ranch that benefit pet owners. To get there, talk to the Pet Hunter in Lower City East of Varanas.

• [Daily] Sweet Milk
• [Daily] An Easy Lay?

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