Overview
Combat pets fight alongside you — dealing automatic damage, firing special attacks on cooldown, and granting passive buffs to your character. Both mechanics run on independent timers and activate without any input.
The stronger your pet's tier and level, the harder it hits — and the more of your own player power feeds into its damage. This guide covers how pets level, where to grind, how their damage is calculated, the full tier list, and how to upgrade.
How Pets Level Up
Pets gain experience through combat, earning XP per kill based on the monster's power — tougher kills grant more pet XP. Each pet has a maximum level of 100 per tier. The closer a pet is to max level, and the higher its tier, the more devastating its contribution becomes.
Where to Grind
Every viable source of pet XP, ranked low to high. Per-hour rates assume a continuous kill loop; raids and dungeons are listed per run. The higher up the chain you can comfortably farm, the faster your pets reach Level 100.
| Content | EXP / Kill or Run | EXP / Hour |
|---|---|---|
| Mystery Man | 8k / kill | 960k / hr |
| Morrigan | 10k / kill | 1.2m / hr |
| Poseidon | 12k / kill | 1.44m / hr |
| Jing Wei | 14k / kill | 1.68m / hr |
| Thanatos | 16k / kill | 1.92m / hr |
| Yu-Gi-Oh RaidRaid | 16k equiv. | 1.92m / hr |
| Nemesis | 18k / kill | 2.16m / hr |
| Artemis | 22k / kill | 2.64m / hr |
| Skeleton Drake | 26k / kill | 3.12m / hr |
| Shardmaw | 32k / kill | 3.84m / hr |
| Occulus | 38k / kill | 4.56m / hr |
| Holy RaidRaid | 350k–375k / run | 4m–4.5m / hr |
| Poke DelveBiS | ~750k / run | ~5m / hr |
Zone XP Per Kill
| Zone | EXP / Kill |
|---|---|
| Adept | 8 |
| Warrior | 15 |
| Heroic | 30 |
| Veteran | 50 |
| Champion | 80 |
Daily Tasks
The Damage Formula
Pet damage is drawn from two sources: the pet's own power, and a portion of your character's damage. The pet's base hit grows exponentially with every tier and level — a high-tier, max-level pet isn't slightly better, it's dramatically stronger. On top of that, a fraction of your final damage is added to every pet hit, and that fraction grows the more progressed your pet is.
- Base Hit × Tier & Level Scaling — grows exponentially as the pet gains tiers and levels.
- Your Final Damage × Pet Progress — a share of your own damage, the share growing as the pet progresses.
- The result is then rolled randomly between 0 and the maximum — same as standard combat, splash (0) included.
The overlap matters: a fully-levelled pet outscales the next tier's early levels. A Tier 1, Level 100 pet hits harder than a Tier 2, Level 1 — so maxing what you have often beats rushing the next tier early.
Pet Tier List
Every combat pet ranked across five tiers, from Legendary down to Common. Higher tiers carry stronger baseline scaling and more impactful specials and buffs.
Deals 500% damage to a single target — the biggest single-hit nuke of any pet.
Heals you for +20 HP — the fastest sustain interval in the roster.
Deals 100% per tick for 3 hits to all NPCs within a 50-tile radius — the only true AoE special.
Grants 50% damage reduction for 6 seconds.
Deals 350% damage to a single target.
Grants +100% damage boost for 2.4 seconds.
Deals +50% damage over 6 hits to a single target.
Grants +75% critical chance for 3.6 seconds.
Deals +10% damage over 10 hits to a single target.
Grants +50% attack speed for 3.6 seconds.
Launches a massive meteor at the target, dealing +200% damage on impact.
Grants +150% final damage for 2.4s — the highest raw multiplier of any pet buff. Stack with your burst window.
Deals +50% damage to a single target.
Reduces damage taken by 25% for 3.6 seconds.
Deals +10% damage to a single target and heals you for 25 HP.
Grants +50% critical chance for 2.4 seconds.
Deals +10% damage per hit for 4 hits to a single target.
Heals you for 100 HP over 30 seconds.
Rapid normal-damage strike — 3 hits/sec for 5.4 seconds total.
Grants +25% drop rate on your next kill.
Pet Upgrading
Pets can be upgraded into a higher tier — but the requirements are steep. This is the primary long-term progression sink for the pet system, rewarding players who have fully maxed a pet and are ready to invest further.
The Pet Upgrading interface — requires Level 100 and a sacrifice
- The pet being upgraded must have reached Level 100 — the max level for its current tier. You cannot upgrade a pet that isn't fully leveled.
- You must sacrifice an additional pet item of the same tier or lower. That pet is consumed and cannot be recovered.
- On a successful upgrade, all pets within the same family reset to Level 1. You'll re-level the entire family from scratch after each tier transition.
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