Pets We'd Like To See!

If you’re a pirate, you probably know how important your companions are – but what about your pets? While they may not deal as much damage as the rest of your crew, and are certainly a lot less predictable, your pet can play a critical role in victory.

Some pirates prefer talents known as “grants” – these give special abilities to your pirate, or even lets you train new epic talents! Swashbucklers, for example, may want to seek out the Grants Blade Storm talent, while Witchdoctors who want to heal their crew could make use out of Grants Rouse. Or, you can focus on talents that enhance the strength of your pet, providing an advantage over your enemy in combat. But there’s another part about pets that plenty of pirates love… and that’s how many awesome ones are available!

New Ideas

As the game expands, there are sure to be more types of pets introduced. We’d like to share some of our ideas, starting with more holiday-specific pets!

In Wizard101, there are tons of pets to celebrate individual holidays – the Friendship Festival, Halloween, Fourth of July, and lots more. With St. Patrick’s Day coming up soon, it would be great to have some new pets to celebrate.

On the official Pirate101 message boards, players have speculated on what they’d like to see for a new pet this month. Ideas have ranged from a Leprechaun, to a Clover Buffaloon, to a festive Frilled Lizard!

Click here to check out the full post on the Message Boards!

                           A Pirate’s Best Friend

Another interesting idea is being able to interact more with our pets, rather than them simply following us around. For example, Avery himself has a cool-looking pet that many pirates may want to get their hands on… a pet parrot! Perhaps a parrot pet could ride on your shoulder instead of trailing behind you – wear it with an eyepatch, and you’ll truly feel like a pirate!

These types of pets could be special drops, too, so that they’re more rare than the average pet. Perhaps you can find more unique pets from dungeons like the Smuggler’s Arena, or even secret bosses hidden in various worlds. Either way, there’s endless possibilities for pets that do more than just follow you around!

Unique Boss Drops

Pirate101 is known for its unique drops from bosses – there are tons of cool items that they can give that you can’t find anywhere else. However, you may have noticed that some boss sets come complete with hats, outfits, boots, and weapons – but no pets!

Perhaps some bosses can drop pets specific to them, too. For example, an extra rare drop from General Tso can be his chicken pet – who wouldn’t want that!?!

In addition to this, some bosses could drop mini versions of themselves, like the Medusa, an MB Fox, or a small Armada Trooper. There’s limitless ideas here, too, so we’re interested to see what you guys can come up with!

Old (But New) Ideas

A simple way to add new pets to the game would be to use pre-existing creatures and simply add a few animations to them. While they may not be necessarily new to the game, they’re still awesome pets that you can add to your collection!

A favorite example of mine is some of the cosmetic creatures that were added to various worlds in a recent update. In MooShu, for instance, you can find Panda Bears climbing on top of trees… how cool would it be for one of those to become a pet?

Whether we’re seeing entirely new creatures or simply existing ones that we’ve yet to have on our crews, new pets are a highly requested addition to Pirate101. Of course, we want to hear your ideas, so be sure to either post on the Pirate101 Message Boards or leave a comment below!