Pet Guide

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The original source of much of this information may not be strictly applicable to all servers, so those knowledgeable about each class should make corrections.

General Pet Info

Level Variance

All pets summoned on Project 1999 are subject to level variance, meaning that a level within the range specified is randomly selected when you summon a pet. Reagents are cheap and you should be carrying multiple stacks of them at all times, so invariably you want to re-summon until you get a max pet, whether soloing or in a group. The added damage and HPs of your max pet will be well worth while over the life of your group and especially if you're soloing. This is true for all pet classes.

The only way to be sure you have a max pet is to look at its damage output. At some levels you may be able to con the pet, but later on, your pet will always be blue, so its max hit is the only real clue to its level. If he's not hitting for max, recycle it. Spell: Reclaim Energy is your friend. There are numerous clicky items in game with this effect. The mage focus items can be clicked from inventory and as such used by all pet classes.

Pet Weapons

"Pet damage increases if high enough damage weapons are equipped." Oct 23 2011 Patch.

In general this means that if a weapons damage is greater than the pets innate damage, the pets maximum hit will increase. This maximum hit follows the standard damage tables by level. For instance, capped at 21 for a DMG: 10 weapon at low levels. It is worth noting, however, that after level 10, pets don't necessarily follow the same damage cap progression. A level 16 necromancer pet with a 22 damage can hit for 44, for example.

While any pet class can benefit from giving their pet a weapon, Enchanters have the ability to retrieve pet weapons by letting their charmed pet break free of the charm and then be slain. Necromancers can do the same for undead mobs. Depending on your confidence level, you can also equip your charmed pet with items that reduce magic resist such as the Adamantite Band, thus allowing for longer charm times. You could also give your pet a haste item so it could benefit from worn haste, as well as the haste from any magical spell.

This pet-gearing is something that can continue until you are dealing with rather expensive items, such as the Steel Hilted Flint Dagger. There is a balance of risk and reward to equipping such items, and is quite thrilling. An item like the Staff of Undead Legions performs powerfully in a dungeon with lots of undead, such as Karnor's Castle. Woe to the enchanter or necromancer who loses thousands of platinum because of the loss of their pet. Even with forewarning, I have seen healers neglect to save the lives of these expensive puppets, as they have their own understanding of priorities in an emergency. Be mindful of how much you are willing to risk, and if you are in a pick-up group or a trusted static of friends.

Beyond increases of DPS, there is also a benefit to equipping your pet with more bizarre armaments. Giving your pet an instrument from a bard guild, such as a Mandolin, gives a clear visual to all melee members of the party which mob is the dedicated charm pet, and to ignore it.

One trick I have found is that pets can actually triple wield if you give the items to your pet in a specific order. This can help maximize your pets DPS, especially as a young Necromancer or Magician by having a high damage weapon for your pet to wield. By giving your pet a Secondary slot only item, such as a Torch first, and giving your pet a two-handed weapon second, the pet will equip the 2 handed weapon in its primary slot while retaining its offhand item, and dual wield both.

This opens a horizon for pet weapon combinations and ability to show your style off to the group. You will get comments if your pet is the froglok with a Sarnak Ceremonial Sword and a Horn. Beyond displaying immense swag, some two handers make for nice pet weapons in this manner due to their procs, such as the inexpensive Stormwood Battle Staff, or if you plan on having your pet tanking while a cleric heals it, a Axe of the Slayers can reduce some of the damage taken. Keep an eye out for fun two handed weapons for your pets! Remember that your pet itself needs to be a high enough level to proc its weapon.

There are a number of weapons that have been identified as effective pet weapons due to an increase in DPS through proc effects, one of the most recognized being the Deadwood Stave. However, be aware that these proc effects may also break roots currently applied to their target; be aware of how your group composition is using its crowd control. Below is a list of some popular (and less well-known) pet weapons.

One handed weapons

Two handed weapons


Offhand items

There is another page dedicated to pet gear here.

Attack Delay

A pet's attack delay is not affected by the delay on a given weapon. However, weapon slot choice is determined by delay (i.e. lower delay item will replace one with a higher delay).

Dual Wielding

In classic, pets must be given two 1H weapons in order to dual wield. Pets gain innate dual wield at level 39 (based on forum reports, needs confirming). Dual wielding pets will eventually stop accepting 2H weapons or shields (reported to be in late 20s or 30s, needs confirming).

Pet Armor

Pets can equip items in these slots: primary weapon, secondary weapon, ranged weapon, shoulder, legs, chest, head, foot, hands, arms, back, face, and neck. Additionally, they can equip a single wrist slot, and a single ear slot. Pets cannot equip no drop items. Pets do not follow race or class restrictions on items, which makes for some interesting equipment choices such as the Coldain Crossbow. Pets will gain stats from items, but note that armor slot choice is determined by AC (i.e. 16 AC +0 HP item will overwrite a 14 AC +50 HP item).

Note: A simple HP ring test determined that charmed pets currently benefit from two rings and are not limited to a single ring. [1]

While any pet can benefit from equipping armor, classes that can charm a pet will benefit the most from this mechanic as they can receive the equipment bestowed to their charm target by breaking the charm and killing it. The two main bonuses charmers most often seek to bestow to their DPS machines are Haste to make usage of worn haste bonuses and a reduced magic resistance, thus allowing for longer charm times.

Common magic de-resistance items:

Because pets do not follow race or class restrictions, I have seen charmers carry a Tolapumj's Robe for their pets as it confers a hefty 36% haste bonus. Other items with a comparable haste bonus are quite pricey. For a full list of haste items you can give to your pet, view this table.

Pets and Experience

In order to receive full experience for a kill solo, you need to do more than 50% of the damage to the mob. If your pet out-damages you, it will take 50% of the experience away from the kill. This is a major change from the previous system, in which you only needed to do a single point of damage to the mob in order to get full experience. If you are grouped, you and your group will get full experience from the kill, regardless of how much damage the pet does. (Implemented: Oct 23 2011 Patch)

When doing less damage to a mob than your pet, in solo play, the 50% experience penalty can be avoided by removing your pet from the mob's aggro list before delivering the finishing blow to the mob. For example, this can be achieved in the following ways:

  • The pet dies or is otherwise removed from the game.
  • Enchanter: in case of a charmed pet, you can break charm on the pet before killing off the mob. No need to actually kill the formerly charmed pet, in this case, but it is a common practice among Enchanters to do so.
  • Enchanter: casting Memory Blur on the mob. However, it is not easy to make sure the spell has succeeded (one technique: wait for next tick and check how much HP the mob regenerates; a large HP regeneration indicates the mob is out of combat and thus the spell succeeded).

Pet tracking

The /pet attack <something> command can be used to check if there are NPCs up in the zone. If the NPC is up, the pet will emote 'Attacking <something> Master.' If the NPC isn't up, no message is emoted. It's good practice to put /pet back off in the last line of your macro, so that if the NPC comes into range of your pet, it won't actually attack it. This method won't necessarily tell you where an NPC is, or how many of them, just if they're up in the zone.

Enchanter Pets

Spell Level Pet Level Pet ~HP Melee Dmg Bash/ Kick Dmg Tiny Daggers Misc
Pendril's Animation 1 1-2 25-35 7-9 N/A 1
Juli's Animation 4 3-5 75-100 9-12 N/A 2
Mircyl's Animation 8 7-9 180-220 10-14 11-13 3
Kilan's Animation 12 9-12 200-300 14-17 13-15 1 Double Attack @ 11
Shalee's Animation 16 12-16 280-350 13-20 14-16 2
Sisna's Animation 20 16-20 325-450 16-22 15-16 3 Dual Wields (Lvl 19-20)
Sagar's Animation 24 19-23 450-700 19-26 15-17 1 Dual Wields
Uleen's Animation 29 22-26 675-850 22-28 16-18 2
Boltran's Animation 34 25-29 800-1000 26-34 17-19 3
Aanya's Animation 39 29-33 1100-1300 32-40 19-21 1 Fast Health Regen
Yegoreff's Animation 44 33-37 1300-1500 41-48 21-23 2
Kintaz's Animation 49 37-41 1800-2000 45-53* 22-24 3
Zumaik's Animation 55 44-48 2900-3200 49-56 23-25 3
* seems to be capping at 52 damage on Green/Teal in Classic
  1. Cast requires from 1-3 Tiny Daggers.
  2. Class is Warrior.
  3. Gains dual wield, kick, double attack, and similar abilities at higher levels.

Magician Pets

Reagents

Magician pet reagents were simplified shortly after the Fear/Hate revamps.

Era 1 4 8 12 16 20+
Launch Malachite Lapis Lazuli Malachite
April 2001
Malachite

Pros and Cons of the Elements

As long as EQ has been around, the pros and cons of the mage pets has been a constant source of discussion. People have their individual play styles and the pets allow for a bit of customization depending on what you're looking for. (source)

EARTH

  • Has the most hit points of any of the elementals for its level
  • Casts a root spell
  • Has a relatively high disease resistance
  • Considered the "tank" pet
  • Good option for soloing due to its ability to root-tank while you nuke

WATER

  • Slightly fewer hit points than an earth elemental of the same level
  • Has a relatively high poison resistance
  • Casts an ice damage spell
  • Best DPS pet for grouping

AIR

  • Slightly fewer hit points than a water elemental of the same level
  • Casts a 3-5 second stun (ref)
  • Has a relatively high cold resistance
  • Goes invisible when idle
  • Good alternative for grouping due to stuns and less chance of accidental aggro when invisible

FIRE

  • Has the fewest hit points of any elemental for its level
  • Casts a fire damage spell
  • Has a relatively high fire resistance
  • Casts a self-only damage shield that is far stronger than what you can cast for a given level
  • Excellent choice for soloing due to the damage shield
  • Slightly lower melee DPS due to lack of kick/bash

MONSTER SUMMONING

  • Summons a pet with the model of a random NPC from the zone you're currently in
  • High hit points, roughly on par with an earth pet of the same level
  • Unaffected by focus items
  • Does not gain unique attacks or abilities based on appearance
    • Monster Summoning I pets have an innate fire DD
  • You can summon a dragon named Gabartik. Who cares if you have to DS it yourself?!

Generally monster summoning has a chance to give you a pet model from any non-playable race mob in the zone. In Sol A, for example, you can summon a clockwork pet, but you can't summon a gnome. Some models are extremely rare and may take many attempts to successfully "capture" them. There are also some easter egg type models that are quite unexpected. Dagnor's Cauldron has a Faydedar model buried in the zone file. Other expected models, such as Quillmane in South Karana or Terrorantula in South Ro, don't seem to be summonable or are insanely rare (over 1,200 attempts).

The summoned monster pets are largely a novelty and help take the boredom away when farming in lower level zones. Who doesn't love to watch a snow bunny slaughter the Eastern Wastes giant fort? For serious adventuring, you will want to stick with your situational elemental pets.

EPIC

  • Essentially a combination of all of the elementals upgraded and wrapped into one
  • Has by far the highest hit points of any summoned pet in the game
  • Hits very hard and quite fast
  • Casts a 50 point damage shield
  • Casts a 143 DD spell (cold-based)
  • Casts an 84 DD stun
  • Magician Epic Pets will no longer enrage at low health. Minor changes to runspeed and magic resistance. [2]

Chain Casting

At some point in a mage's life, fluffy will not take the hits like he used to. The pet heal spells, although great for soloing at lower levels, do not keep pace with fluffy's hps or the damage output of mobs. Therefore it becomes necessary for an alternate strategy: chain casting, which is the summoning of multiple pets in succession to kill a creature. At lower levels, the mana cost of pets and the cost of reagents makes this less feasible (and unnecessary due to your pet being strong enough to take the hits). However, at higher levels the mana cost of summoning pets drops (in addition to naturally dropping relative to your mana pool as you level), making it more cost effective to recast your pet rather than try and heal it.

Unfortunately, this strategy doesn't work on every server depending on how aggro mechanics work. On some servers, when a pet dies, all of the hate that it built up seems to be applied directly to the caster (instead of "lost"). This means that a newly summoned pet will have very little chance of peeling the mob off of the caster.

Focus Items

The lesser focus items (Torch of Alna, Shovel of Ponz, Broom of Trilon, and Stein of Ulissa) are quested from the Temple of Solusek Ro, and provide the spell-level 4-49 pets with increased size and hit points. The rule of thumb is that a focus item will give a pet the hit points of the next-most durable pet (fire -> air -> water -> earth), or roughly a 25% increase.

The greater focus items (Staff of Elemental Mastery: Water, Staff of Elemental Mastery: Fire, Staff of Elemental Mastery: Earth, Staff of Elemental Mastery: Air) are obtained from high-end mobs and quests. In addition to the same change in appearance and hit points as their lesser counterparts, these staves provide a +1 level bonus to all summoned pets from spell levels 46-60. This allows for pets that can exceed the hit points, melee, and spell damage listed in the tables. The +1 level is added to the RNG of the level of pet you would have summoned. When you finish casting the summon pet spell, RNG will determine the level of pet you summoned in that pet spell's level range. If using the focus item, the pet's level will be RNG+1. 

As an example, the Greater Vocaration: Water pet has a level range of 44-48. When you cast that spell, at the end of the cast RNG determines the pet level to be level 48.
If you are using a focus item for that pet type, it adds +1 to the RNG so the pet would be level 49. A focused max level Greater Vocaration: Water pet will hit for 70 and backstab for 210.


Notes

  • All levels in the table besides spell level refer to the pet's actual level, not the caster's.
  • Ranges in the tables refer to minimum and maximum pet level for the column. For example: 85-95 HP for the Elementalkin: Earth means that a level 4 Earth pet will have 85 HP while a level 6 Earth pet will have 95.
  • All values and ranges are for unfocused pets.

Pet Information by type of Pet

Earth Pets

Spell Spell Level Pet Levels Pet HP Melee Dmg Bash/ Kick Dmg Root Dmg Regen (HP per tick) Abilities
Elementalkin: Earth 4 4-6 85-95 8-12 6 0 6 Bash & Kick @ 6
Elementaling: Earth 8 6-9 235-275 10-16 7-14 0 6
Elemental: Earth 12 10-13 290-400 12-18 12-15 0 6 Magic Attk @ 11
Minor Summoning: Earth 16 13-17 400-550 13-20 13-16 0 6 Dodge, Parry/ Double Attack @ 17
Lesser Summoning: Earth 20 16-20 525-665 16-22 14-16 0 6 Double Attack/ Dual Wield with Weapons @ Pet level 20.
Summoning: Earth 24 19-23 650-820 18-26 15-17 0 6
Greater Summoning: Earth 29 22-26 800-1000 20-28 16-18 0 6
Minor Conjuration: Earth 34 25-29 950-1150 26-34 17-19 0 6
Lesser Conjuration: Earth 39 29-33 1150-1450 32-40 19-21 0 30
Conjuration: Earth 44 33-37 1450-1675 40-48 21-23 0 30 Innate Dual Wield
Greater Conjuration: Earth 49 37-41 2600-2900 48-56 23-25 0 30 Double kick/bash
Vocarate: Earth 51 41-45 2500-2800 50-58 23-25 51-55 30
Greater Vocaration: Earth 57 44-48 3000-3200 60 after nerf 26-28 54-58 30

Water Pets

Spell Spell Level Pet Levels Pet HP Melee Dmg Bash/ Kick Dmg DD Dmg Regen (HP per tick) Abilities
Elementalkin: Water 4 4-6 62-72 8-12 6 5-7 6 Bash & Kick @ 6
Elementaling: Water 8 6-9 180-200 10-16 7-14 7-10 6
Elemental: Water 12 9-13 200-300 12-18 12-15 11-14 6 Magic Attk @ 11
Minor Summoning: Water 16 13-17 300-450 13-20 13-16 14-18 6 Dodge, Parry/ Double Attack @ 17
Lesser Summoning: Water 20 16-20 400-540 16-22 14-16 17-21 6 Double Attack/ Dual Wield with Weapons @ Pet level 20.
Summoning: Water 24 19-23 525-675 18-26 15-17 20-24 6
Greater Summoning: Water 29 22-26 650-800 20-28 16-18 23-27 6
Minor Conjuration: Water 34 25-29 775-920 26-34 17-19 26-30 6
Lesser Conjuration: Water 39 29-33 920-1200 32-40 19-21 30-34 30
Conjuration: Water 44 33-37 1200-1350 40-48 21-23 34-38 30 Innate Dual Wield
Greater Conjuration: Water 49 37-41 2350-2600 48-56 23-25 38-42 30 Double kick/bash
Vocarate: Water 54 41-45 2050-2350 48-56 144-168 (BS) 102-110 30 Backstabs
Greater Vocaration: Water 60 44-48 2300-2500 60-68 (60 max hit after nerf / 62 with focus effect) 180-204 (BS) 108-116 30 Backstabs

Air Pets

Spell Spell Level Pet Levels Pet HP Melee Dmg Bash/ Kick Dmg Stun Dmg Regen (HP per tick) Abilities
Elementalkin: Air 4 4-6 65-75 8-12 6 0 6 Bash & Kick @ 6
Elementaling: Air 8 6-9 160-175 10-16 7-14 0 6
Elemental: Air 12 10-13 175-250 12-18 12-15 0 6 Magic Attk @ 11
Minor Summoning: Air 16 13-17 250-360 13-20 13-16 0 6 Dodge, Parry/ Double Attack @ 17
Lesser Summoning: Air 20 16-20 325-445 16-22 14-16 0 6 Double Attack/ Dual Wield with Weapons @ Pet level 20.
Summoning: Air 24 19-23 425-540 18-26 15-17 0 6
Greater Summoning: Air 29 22-26 525-700 20-28 16-18 0 6
Minor Conjuration: Air 34 25-29 675-800 26-34 17-19 0 6
Lesser Conjuration: Air 39 29-33 800-960 32-40 19-21 0 30
Conjuration: Air 44 33-37 960-1125 40-48 21-23 0 30 Innate Dual Wield
Greater Conjuration: Air 49 37-41 2200-2400 48-56 23-25 0 30 Double kick/bash
Vocarate: Air 53 41-45 1800-2100 48-56 63-70 (Kick) 51-55 30
Greater Vocaration: Air 59 44-48 2400-2600 60-68 70-76 (Kick) 54-58 30

Fire Pets

Spell Spell Level Pet Levels Pet HP Melee Dmg Bash/ Kick Dmg DD Dmg DS Regen (HP per tick) Abilities (?)
Elementalkin: Fire 4 4-6 37-47 8-12 N/A 5-7 6-8 6
Elementaling: Fire 8 6-9 113-128 10-16 N/A 7-10 8-11 6
Elemental: Fire 12 10-13 130-185 12-18 N/A 11-14 12-15 6 Magic Attk @ 11
Minor Summoning: Fire 16 13-17 185-275 13-20 N/A 14-18 15-19 6 Dodge & Parry @ 13
Lesser Summoning: Fire 20 16-20 250-350 16-22 N/A 17-21 18-22 6 Dual Wield with Weapons @ Pet level 20.
Summoning: Fire 24 19-23 325-415 18-23 N/A 20-24 21-25 6
Greater Summoning: Fire 29 22-26 390-510 20-28 N/A 23-27 24-28 6 Double Attack @ 26
Minor Conjuration: Fire 34 25-29 500-575 26-34 N/A 26-30 27-31 6
Lesser Conjuration: Fire 39 29-33 575-760 32-40 N/A 30-34 31-35 30
Conjuration: Fire 44 33-37 760-880 40-48 N/A 34-38 35-39 30 Innate Dual Wield
Greater Conjuration: Fire 49 37-41 1550-1750 48-56 N/A 38-42 39-43 30
Vocarate: Fire 52 41-45 1400-1600 28-36 N/A Shock of Lightning Force Shock Flame Shock O'Keils Radiation 30 Shieldskin
Greater Vocaration: Fire 58 44-48 1600-1800 40-48 N/A Shock of Lightning Force Shock Flame Shock O'Keils Radiation 30 Shieldskin

Monster Pets

Spell Spell Level Pet Levels Pet HP Melee Dmg Bash/ Kick Dmg DD Dmg Regen (HP per tick) Abilities
Monster Summoning I 34 25-29 900-1100 26-34 17-19 26-30 6 Random appearance, Fire DD
Monster Summoning II 50 37-41 2500-2800 48-56 23-25 N/A 30 Random appearance
Monster Summoning III 60 44-48 3200-3450 52-60 24-26 N/A 30 Random appearance

Situational Pets

Rage of Zomm

Spell Level Pet Level Pet HP Melee Dmg Spell Dmg (AE) Damage Shield Regen (HP/tick) Abilities Details
Rage of Zomm 55 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD Poofs when the target dies

Dyzil's Deafening Decoy

Spell Level Pet Level Pet HP Melee Dmg Spell Dmg (AE) Damage Shield Regen (HP/tick) Abilities Details
Dyzil's Deafening Decoy 56 41-45 ~3100 38-45 41-45 (pet_level) 43-47 (pet_level+2) 30 Bash, Kick, FireElementalAura, FireElementalAttack2 Cannot equip weapons

Epic Pet

Spell Level Pet Level Pet HP Melee Dmg Bash/Kick Dmg Stun Dmg Proc Dmg Damage Shield Regen (HP/tick)
Manifest Elements 46 49 4000 67 27 84 143 50 30

Level Comparisons

Level 4

REGENERATION: All Magician pets start with 6 HP/tick regeneration.

Spell Pet Levels Pet HP Melee Dmg Bash/Kick Dmg Proc Dmg Damage Shield
Elementalkin: Air 4-6 65-75 8-12 6 (@6+) - -
Elementalkin: Earth 85-95 Root
Elementalkin: Fire 37-47 - 5-7 6-8
Elementalkin: Water 62-72 6 (@6+) -

Level 8

Spell Pet Levels Pet HP Melee Dmg Bash/Kick Dmg Proc Dmg Damage Shield
Elementaling: Air 6-9 160-175 10-16 7-14 - -
Elementaling: Earth 235-275 Root
Elementaling: Fire 113-128 - 7-10 8-11
Elementaling: Water 180-200 7-14 -

Level 12

MAGIC ATTACKS: Pets of level 11+ attack as if wielding magic weapons.

Spell Pet Levels Pet HP Melee Dmg Bash/Kick Dmg Proc Dmg Damage Shield
Elemental: Air 10-13 175-250 12-18 12-15 - -
Elemental: Earth 290-400 12-15 Root -
Elemental: Fire 130-185 - 11-14 12-15
Elemental: Water 9-13 200-300 12-15 11-14 -

Level 16

Spell Pet Levels Pet HP Melee Dmg Bash/Kick Dmg Proc Dmg Damage Shield Dodge/Parry Double Attack
Minor Summoning: Air 13-17 250-360 13-20 13-16 - - @17+? @17+
Minor Summoning: Earth 400-550 13-16 Root
Minor Summoning: Fire 185-275 - 14-18 15-19 @13+? No
Minor Summoning: Water 300-450 13-16 - @17+ @17+

Level 20

PET SKILLS: All 20+ pets have Dodge and Parry, and 20+ non-Fire pets also have Double Attack.

Spell Pet Levels Pet HP Melee Dmg Bash/Kick Dmg Proc Dmg Damage Shield Dual Wield Weapons Weapon Double Attack
Lesser Summoning: Air 16-20 325-445 16-22 14-16 - - @20 @20
Lesser Summoning: Earth 525-665 14-16 Root
Lesser Summoning: Fire 250-350 - 17-21 18-22 -
Lesser Summoning: Water 400-540 14-16 - @20

Level 24

Spell Pet Levels Pet HP Melee Dmg Bash/Kick Dmg Proc Dmg Damage Shield
Summoning: Air 19-23 425-540 18-26 15-17 0
Summoning: Earth 650-820 15-17 0
Summoning: Fire 325-415 N/A 20-24 21-25
Summoning: Water 525-675 15-17 20-24

Level 29

Spell Pet Levels Pet HP Melee Dmg Bash/Kick Dmg Proc Dmg Damage Shield Double Attack
Greater Summoning: Air 22-26 525-700 20-28 16-18 0 Yes
Greater Summoning: Earth 800-1000 16-18 0 Yes
Greater Summoning: Fire 390-510 N/A 23-27 24-28 @ 26
Greater Summoning: Water 650-800 16-18 23-27 Yes

Level 34

Spell Pet Levels Pet HP Melee Dmg Bash/Kick Dmg Proc Dmg Damage Shield
Minor Conjuration: Air 25-29 675-800 26-34 17-19 0
Minor Conjuration: Earth 950-1150 17-19 0
Minor Conjuration: Fire 500-575 N/A 26-30 27-31
Minor Conjuration: Water 775-920 17-19 26-30

Level 39

REGENERATION: At this level pets begin regenerating 30 HP/tick instead of 6.

Spell Pet Levels Pet HP Melee Dmg Bash/Kick Dmg Proc Dmg Damage Shield
Lesser Conjuration: Air 29-33 800-960 32-40 19-21 0
Lesser Conjuration: Earth 1150-1450 19-21 0
Lesser Conjuration: Fire 575-760 N/A 30-34 31-35
Lesser Conjuration: Water 920-1200 19-21 30-34

Level 44

PET SKILLS: All pets at this level gain innate dual wield without needing to equip weapons

Spell Pet Levels Pet HP Melee Dmg Bash/Kick Dmg Proc Dmg Damage Shield
Conjuration: Air 33-37 960-1125 40-48 21-23 0
Conjuration: Earth 1450-1675 21-23 0
Conjuration: Fire 760-880 N/A 34-38 35-39
Conjuration: Water 1200-1350 21-23 34-38

Level 49

PET SKILLS: All pets except the Fire Pet gain the ability to double kick/bash.

Spell Pet Levels Pet HP Melee Dmg Bash/Kick Dmg Proc Dmg Damage Shield
Greater Conjuration: Air 37-41 2200-2400 48-56 23-25 0
Greater Conjuration: Earth 2600-2900 23-25 0
Greater Conjuration: Fire 1550-1750 N/A 38-42 39-43
Greater Conjuration: Water 2350-2600 23-25 38-42

Necromancer Pets

Focus Item

The only pet focus item that Necromancers can obtain is the Encyclopedia Necrotheurgia. Similar to the Magician pet focus items, this focus item makes the pet larger in size. It also provides a +1 level bonus to all summoned pets from spell levels 46-60. This allows for pets that can exceed the hit points, melee, and spell damage listed in the tables. The +1 level is added to the RNG of the level of pet you would have summoned. When you finish casting a pet spell, RNG will determine the level of pet you summoned in that pet's level range. If using the focus item for that pet, the pet's level will be RNG+1. 

As an example, the Emissary of Thule pet has a level range of 43-47. When you cast that spell, at the end of the cast RNG determines the pet level to be level 47.
If you are using the focus item, it adds +1 to the RNG so the pet would be level 48.

Notes

  • Abilities listed in the Pet Skills column apply to all subsequent pets, unless otherwise noted.


    • Spell Player Level # of Bone Chips Pet Level (Min-Max) Pet Class Pet ~HP Melee Damage (Max) Bash/Kick Damage (Max) Backstab Damage (Max) Lifetap Damage (Max) Pet Skills Appearance
    Cavorting Bones 1 1 1-2 Warrior 20-30 8-10 - - - - File:Npc skeleton lrodd.png
    Leering Corpse 4 ? 3-5 Warrior 70-90 8-12 - - - -
    Bone Walk 8 2 7-9 Warrior 180-200 9-14 7/12 - - Bash, Kick
    Convoke Shadow 12 ? 7-11 Warrior 180-200 11-16 11/15 - - Magic hit 11+
    Restless Bones 16 ? 12-16 Warrior 260-300 13-20 13/16 - - -
    Animate Dead 20 ? 15-19 Warrior 325-375 14-22 14/16 - - Double Attack, Dual Wield 19+ (requires weapons)
    Haunting Corpse 24 ? 18-22 Warrior 650-700 18-26 15/17 - - - File:Npc a helot skeleton.png
    Summon Dead 29 ? 21-25 Warrior 675-775 20-28 16/18 - - -
    Invoke Shadow 34 ? 25-29 Warrior 750-850 23-32 17/19 - - -
    Malignant Dead 39 ? 29-33 Warrior 800-1000 31-39 18/20 - - Dual Wield 33+ (Fists or weapons), Fast regen
    Cackling Bones 44 ? 33-37 Warrior 1100-1400 39-47 20/22 - 11 Lifetap
    Invoke Death1‡ 49 ? 37-41 Warrior 1900-2300 47-55 22/24 - 42 -
    Minion of Shadows1‡ 53 ? 40-44 Rogue 1200-1400 49-56 (59†) - 147-171 (177†) 45 Backstab, no Bash/Kick
    Servant of Bones1‡ 56 ? 40-44 Monk 1400-1700 52-59 (61†) 65/69 (71†) - 45 Flying Kick, no Bash
    Emissary of Thule1‡ 59 ? 43-47 Warrior 2700 52-61 26 - 44-48 Immune to fear2 File:Spectres.png


    1 The pet can be focused with Encyclopedia Necrotheurgia. 2 This was implemented post-Velious, pre-Luclin. (ref)
    ‡ Needs testing for the focus effect.
    † Tested

    Shaman Pets

    Spell Level Pet Level Pet ~HP Melee Damage Bash/Kick Damage
    Companion Spirit 34 22-26 700-850 22-30 16-18
    Vigilant Spirit 39 24-28 750-900 27-35 17-19
    Guardian Spirit 44 28-32 1000-1200 35-43 20-21
    Frenzied Spirit 49 32-36 1600-1800 43-51 21-23
    Spirit of the Howler 55 ?-39 2050 45-52* 12-24**
    • *A max level pet of this type will always do an even number of damage
    • **A max level pet of this type will not always do an even number of damage with kicks

    Shadow Knight Pets

    Spell Level Pet Level Pet Class Pet ~HP Max Hit Misc Necromancer Pet Level
    Leering Corpse 9 3-5 Warrior 70-90 8-12 - 4
    Bone Walk 15 7-9 Warrior 180-200 9-14 Gains Bash and Kick 8
    Convoke Shadow 22 9-11 Warrior 180-200 12-16 - 12
    Restless Bones 30 12-16 Warrior 260-300 13-20 Gains innate magic attacks (without wielding a magic weapon) 16
    Animate Dead 39 15-19 Warrior 325-375 14-22 Gains Dual Wield @ pet level 19 (requires weapons) 20
    Summon Dead 49 22-25 Warrior 675-775 20-28 - 29
    Malignant Dead 52 29-33 Warrior 800-1000 31-39 Gains innate Dual Wield (no weapons needed) and fast regen 39
    Cackling Bones 58 33-37 Warrior 1100-1400 39-47 Gains Lifetap proc 44

    Druid Pets

    Spell Level Pet Level Pet Class ~HP Max Hit Kick/Bash Dmg
    Nature Walkers Behest 55 23-28 Warrior 200-300 20-30 30

    This pet is not very useful as a standard pet. Some Druids use it together with clicky Reclaim Energy items as a way to store mana. (It is a good guard pet in low level zones while afk) The above stats were collected from a live server and may be inaccurate if there were ever any updates pertaining to this pet.

    Pet Commands

    Command: /pet follow me, or /pet guard me

    UI Button: Follow

    Effect: puts the pet in Follow mode. This is the initial mode of a newly summoned pet. This command will overwrite /pet sit and /pet guard here and force the pet to follow its master.

    Command: /pet guard here

    UI Button: Guard

    Effect: puts the pet in Guard mode.

    Detail: pet will become "parked" at its current locaton, contrary to the command wording it will not automatically attack any MOB, unless said MOB attacks its master.

    Special Note: A pet under /pet guard here will face the nearest NPC, including invisible mobs, traps, horses, and Eye of Zomms.

    Command: /pet sit down

    UI Button: Sit

    Effect: puts the pet in Sit mode.

    Detail: works exactly like the /pet guard here command with a few minor exceptions, low level pets will regen slightly faster. Once pets get their innate regen boost in the low 30's this additional regen becomes inconsequential.

    The command /pet sit down will overwrite the command /guard, meaning that after it kills a mob it will follow its master rather than returning to the point where /pet sit was issued.

    Special Note: /pet sit will toggle the pet's sit state, whereas /pet sit down will force the pet to sit.

    Command: /pet attack

    UI Button: Attack

    Effect: places the owners current target onto the pet's Hate List, and ends /pet hold.

    Detail: pet will temporarily forget all prior commands and attempt to attack the target at the top of his hate list. /pet attack does not place the target at the top of the pets hate list, it just makes the pet attack the mob at the top of his hate list. The pet will not forget targets it already hates. It will not "forget" movement states, such as follow or guard, it will just temporarily ignore them as he attempts to attack his target. After the mob dies, the pet will return to his previous guard point, follow, or sit down, as previously commanded. The pet may be sidetracked however if another MOB begins to attack him before he has engagued the target OR if another MOB is doing signifigantly more damage to the pet thus generating enough aggro to make the pet switch targets.

    Special Note: you may also use the alternative version of this command /pet kill PvP Note: unless Player versus Player is enabled, you cannot add a player or a player charmed NPC to a pet's Hate List.

    Command: /pet kill name

    Effect: takes whatever would be selected by the command /target name and puts it at the top of the pet's Hate List.

    Detail: for example assume King Tormax was within range for you to /target King Tormax the command /pet kill King Tormax will order the pet to attack King Tormax regardless of what you currently have targeted. Originally a zone wide command, it was reduced to only work within the same range of the /target command.

    Command: /pet back off

    UI Button: Back

    Effect: empties the pet's Hate List, causing it to stop attacking.

    Detail: while this will clear the pets hate list, if a mob atacks the pet again after this command is given it will begin attacking the mob again. This is a particular problem in areas with mobs casting large AE's. Temple of Veeshan is the most common example.

    Command: /pet taunt off

    UI Button: Taunt

    Effect: disables pet taunting, that is the pet will not taunt during fights.

    Detail: this command very helpful on raids or other such group encounters where summoning MOBs are involved. However, in solo situations you should generally leave taunt enabled.

    Special Note: if you omit the "off" portion of the command it will toggle the pets taunt mode (i.e. if it is on it will switch it off, and vice-versa)

    Command: /pet taunt on

    UI Button: Taunt

    Effect: enables pet taunting.

    Detail: generally recommended for solo situations only.

    Special Note: if you omit the "on" portion of the command it will toggle the pets taunt mode (i.e. if it is on it will switch it off, and vice-versa)

    Command: /pet leader

    Effect: the pet will /say My leader is Doofus Da'Magi.

    Detail: This command can be used by any player to target a pet and identify its owner.

    Command: /pet get lost

    UI Button: Go Away

    Effect: Instantly kills your pet.

    Detail: This will instantly kill your pet, and is one of the essential commands for a technique known as chain-petting.

    Special Note: This command is zone-wide and will kill your pet anywhere in the zone, regardless of distance from its master.

    Command: /pet health

    UI Button: The Pet window itself

    Effect: Displays your pet's current health percentage and buff list in the chat window.

    Detail: This command instantly displays the current status of your pet, showing its HP percentage and current buffs/debuffs it currently has.

    Special Note: This command displays the pet's health faster than the UI can update, and is very useful when timing is critical.

    Command: /pet target

    Effect: Targets your pet.

    Detail: This command clears your current target and replaces it with your pet. This is very useful for macros. However, it's often faster to simply hit the F1 key twice to target your pet.

    Special Note: This command will target special pets that borrow the name of their master (i.e. Xalmat's pet) instead of your summoned pet (Flurfy's warder, Jonartik, etc). Use with caution when using such pets.

    Command: /pet as you were

    Effect: Clears your pet's command list

    Detail: This tells your pet to revert to a free state. If the pet is currently under /pet follow, or /pet guard me, it will revert to a /pet sit state. If it is chasing an NPC, and /pet as you were, followed by /pet back off is issued, the pet will continue off in its direction of travel. This command does not break /pet hold.

    Command: /pet hold

    Special Note: Not available until AA's are introduced. This command is only available to level 59 or higher pet classes who have obtained the Alternate Ability (aka an "AA skill") in the Pet Discipline. AAs were introduced with the Shadows of Luclin expansion.

    Effect: causes the pet to be Held, i.e. it ignores its Hate List and goes into Free mode, resuming its regular movement (either follow, guard, or sit).

    Detail: this command does not clear the pets hate list, the pet will remain "held" until you give it an attack command at which time it will attempt to attack the target at the top of its hate list. It is recommended you add the following line after /pet hold in a macro: /pet back off to ensure your pets hate list is clear. A pets hate list is frozen while it is "held", which means it does not add anyone or MOB to its hate list even if attacked.

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