Pets

Overview

Pets are animal companions that can be tamed and registered in Crimson Desert. There are 18 unique pet breeds (10 dog breeds and 8 cat breeds), with 112 individual variants across all breeds. Players can register up to 30 pets, though only one can be active at a time. Pets automatically loot items from enemy corpses after combat.

All pets are tamed by building Trust to 100 through petting (+5 per interaction, up to 5 times daily) and feeding (up to 3 times daily). Each breed has a favorite food that grants the maximum +35 Trust per feeding. See the Pet Taming Guide for detailed instructions.

Pet Categories

As of Patch 1.04, there are four categories of pets in Crimson Desert. Dogs and cats have been in the game since launch. Birds were added as an entirely new pet category in Patch 1.04, and the Abyss Heuklang, which had previously only appeared in the pet database as a special creature, can now be tamed and registered like any other pet.

Dog Breeds

Dogs are the more common pet type in Crimson Desert. They can be petted directly and generally accept any type of meat, fish, or prepared food. Dogs are usually faster to tame than cats, with many breeds reachable within one to two in-game days when using their favorite food.

Cat Breeds

Cats require a different approach than dogs. You must pick the cat up first by holding the carry button, then pet it while carrying. Cats refuse regular red meat and instead prefer fish, bird meat, eggs, and dairy products. Taming a cat takes at least two to three in-game days.

Special Creatures

Some unique creatures appear in the pet database but cannot currently be tamed through normal means.

Trust Mechanics

Every animal starts at 0 Trust and must reach 100 Trust before you can register it as your companion. Trust increases through two main actions, both with daily limits that reset at midnight in-game time:

Pet Abilities

All registered pets share the same core ability: they automatically run around the battlefield after combat and loot items from enemy corpses. Pets do not fight, attack enemies, or take damage. They function exclusively as automatic loot collectors.

Pets disappear when you mount your horse and reappear when you dismount. Only one pet can be active at a time.

Equipment

Pets can wear Pet Equipment, including one headpiece and one body outfit. All Pet Armor is purely cosmetic and provides no combat stats. Pet cosmetics can be purchased from:

• Milou's Shop in Pororin Village

• Demeniss Pet Tailor in the southeast corner of Demeniss

See Also

• Pet Taming Guide - Step-by-step taming walkthrough

• Pet Equipment - All available cosmetic equipment

• Pet Shop - Where to buy pet supplies

• All Pet Helms - Available headpiece options

• All Pet Outfits - Available outfit options

How Pet Adoption Works

Every dog and cat in the world has its own trust counter, the same 0 to 100 scale used by the NPC Trust System. Once you cap the counter the pet can be adopted and becomes a permanent resident at the Gray Main Camp. Petting (+5 up to five times per day) and feeding (+10 up to three times per day) are the two ways to raise the bar. See the Pet Taming Guide for the full per-day math and the cat vs dog food lists.

Combat and Utility Role

An adopted pet can be summoned as a follower (one active pet at a time). In the field the pet helps in combat at a low damage tier, and more usefully it picks up items that drop on the ground, which is a real time-saver during the drawn-out farming loops where you are skinning every beast in a valley. Cats also ride on your shoulder when you are standing still, which is purely cosmetic but fits naturally with the game's grounded tone.

Pet Equipment

Pets can wear pet equipment purchased from the dedicated Pet Shop. These items are cosmetic-leaning but some carry modest stat lines and trust-gain boosts.

Pet Trust Gain Affix

Late-game, certain abyss gears can roll a pet trust gain affix that is distinct from the general trust-gain affix. It only multiplies pet interactions (petting and feeding), so it is the right pick for players focused on adopting every dog and cat in Pywel rather than capping shopkeepers. It stacks with the +2 from the Rabbit Leather Mask when the mask is equipped.

Patch 1.04 Additions

Patch 1.04 was a major update for the pet system. It added a brand-new pet category (birds), enabled taming of a previously untameable creature, introduced an accessory slot for behavioral customization, and fixed a long-running issue with how cats interacted with the player's shoulder. It also added a rename feature for both horses and pets and a dedicated pet-equipment shop in Pororin.

Birds as a New Pet Category

Birds are now their own full pet category alongside dogs and cats. You can encounter birds throughout Pywel as you explore. To tame one, you need the Sotdae of Bond, a new inventory item obtained through a new quest that unlocks automatically when the prerequisites are met. The Sotdae of Bond works as a small feeder: you place a suitable piece of food on it, and nearby birds will come down to land on it and eat. Small birds are attracted to fruit such as apples; eagles and other birds of prey require meat slabs. Taming is finalized once the bird reaches 15 trust, which is a smaller threshold than the 100 trust used by dogs and cats.

Five New Cat Types

Five new cat pet types have been added to the existing cat roster, expanding the range of cat breeds that can be tamed. The new types are found in the world in the same way as existing cats: pick them up first, then pet them while carrying, and feed them fish, bird meat, eggs, or dairy until trust reaches 100.

Abyss Heuklang Becomes Tameable

The Abyss Heuklang is no longer restricted to the special-creatures section of the pet database. Patch 1.04 enables it to be tamed and registered as a regular pet. These creatures wander the lush, greenery-covered starting Abyss zones, so locating one is mostly a matter of exploring those areas rather than hunting a rare spawn.

Horse and Pet Rename Function

A new function allows you to change the name of your horses and pets. Previously, pets kept their default assigned name after taming. The rename option is now available from the pet and horse menus, and it lets you give each companion a custom name at any time after registration.

Pet Accessory Slot

An accessory slot has been added to every pet. Equipping an accessory changes pet behavior, letting pets take on a wider variety of roles rather than defaulting to the single automatic-loot behavior of earlier versions. The first accessory added in Patch 1.04 is the Sigil of Bonding, which is designed for cats: when equipped on a cat pet, it extends how long the cat stays on the player's shoulder after the shoulder-duration fix (see below).

Cat Shoulder Behavior Fix and Sigil of Bonding

Prior to Patch 1.04, cats would remain on the player's shoulder indefinitely once they jumped up there. This behavior was not intended by the design team, so it was fixed in this patch. However, many players had grown fond of the permanent-shoulder look, so the fix is paired with an opt-in accessory: equip the Sigil of Bonding on a cat and it will stay on the shoulder for a much longer period, closely mimicking the pre-patch behavior. Cats without the Sigil of Bonding now follow the intended shorter shoulder duration before hopping back down.

Secret Pet-Equipment Shop in Pororin

A new secret shop in Pororin sells additional Pet Equipment. This is a separate vendor from the pre-existing Pet Shop and Milou's Shop referenced elsewhere on this page, and it stocks items not carried by those other pet merchants. Check the All Pet Outfits and All Pet Helms pages for the full inventory of cosmetic gear, and the Back Alley Shop page for the other new outfit additions that arrived in the same patch.

Summary of Patch 1.04 Pet Changes

Expanded Roster in the Latest Update

The pet database now holds roughly 60 pets in total, up from around 18 at launch. That growth is driven mainly by the addition of a full bird roster and five new cat variations on top of the existing cat lineup. Dogs, cats, and birds are now the three main companion categories, with a handful of legendary creatures sitting outside those categories. See the Pet Taming Guide for the full taming procedure, and the Companion Trust and Companions pages for the underlying trust system shared with horses and other followers.

Bird Companions

Birds use a different taming flow from dogs and cats. Instead of dropping food on the ground and petting the animal, you deploy a bird-feeder item called the Sigil of Bond and wait for the target bird to land on it. The Sigil is a quest reward from the side quest Authorized Access, which sends you to Pororin Village to receive the feeder. Players who had already finished the quest before Patch 1.04 are granted the Sigil retroactively on the next login, and the item can be recovered from the camp provisioner at Greymane Camp if it is ever lost.

Place the Sigil on high ground (clifftops, hill ridges) ideally along the flight path of the bird you want. Load it with the correct food category, then wait anywhere from two to six minutes for a bird to land. Some species, owls especially, only feed during specific in-game hours. Once the bird's trust reaches 100, walk up to it and take it in as a companion.

Birds split into two broad food groups: small birds (pigeons, sparrows, geese, crows, parrots) that prefer bugs, vegetables, and grains; and predator birds (eagles, hawks, owls, falcons) that prefer meat. Barley is a strong grain choice that gives 25 trust per feed for small birds, and Lean Meat gives the full 35 trust per feed for predator birds.

Bird Categories

Bugs can be collected quickly using the Kuku Insect Gatherer's Pack which sweeps an area for bugs at the press of a button. Meat stocks are easy to refill at any town butcher, and fish stocks come from the fish merchants that sit in most major settlements.

Pets at Camp

Tamed pets that are not currently summoned now wander around Greymane Camp in the background. They retain whatever armor or pet equipment was last slotted on them, so a Husky you previously dressed in a camp outfit shows up at the camp still wearing it. Pets also react to weather: cats move toward sheltered spots when it rains, and the general crowd shifts positions through the day. This is a purely cosmetic behavior and does not change anything about how pets perform when you summon them to your side.

Pororin Village Pet Vendor

After Patch 1.04 a new roaming vendor named Lacey circles the main road through Pororin Village. She is identifiable by her backpack, and an interaction prompt appears whenever you pass close to her. Her stock focuses on pet consumables and accessories, most notably the Sigil of Bonding and the Palmar Pill. The Sigil of Bonding is separate from the bird-feeder Sigil of Bond: when equipped on a Cat companion it lets the cat ride permanently on the player's shoulder. The cat no longer flinches off during sprinting, combat, or rolls, and only briefly hops down to retrieve loot.

Pororin Petal Hat

The Pororin Petal Hat changes where smaller flying companions rest while following you. With the hat equipped, small birds such as crows land directly on top of the hat instead of perching on the player's shoulder or hand. Larger flying companions, including the Phoenix, continue to perch on the player's arm regardless of the hat.

Legendary Pets

Two legendary flying companions sit outside the normal cat, dog, and bird tracks. These are end-game targets rather than standard tameable pets.

Phoenix

The Phoenix is a large glowing bird found in the northeast corner of the map, flying alongside a small flock of smaller birds. It cannot be tamed through feeding or the Sigil of Bond. Instead, you locate it during the Sighting of the Phoenix quest chain, get ahead of its flight path, and burst it down with explosive arrows and charged shots. Fire damage helps force the bird to the ground. Skinning the defeated Phoenix yields a house decoration plus a Phoenix feather. Taking the feather to a witch NPC lets you craft an Abyss summon item, which revives the Phoenix as a permanent companion that perches on your arm.

Iron Eagle

The Iron Eagle appears in the pet database with flavor text suggesting a base of operations and a health pool, hinting that it is a world encounter rather than a tameable bird. Its in-world location has not yet been documented, and neither the Sigil of Bond nor any quest currently in the wiki unlocks it. Treat it as an open collectible target and watch for future patches or quest additions that reveal the fight.

Renaming Pets

Every tamed pet can now be renamed from the pet menu. Select the pet, open its profile, and enter any name you want. The new name replaces the default breed-based name everywhere the pet appears, including the summon menu and in the Greymane Camp idle roster described above. Renaming is free and can be repeated as often as you like.

Quick Notes on Easy Tames

A few reliable first-pet options are worth calling out for new players. The Golden Carp that swims in a shallow lake near Pailune can be grabbed by hand without a fishing rod, and dropping any legendary fish like this one next to a cat instantly fills its trust to 100. Dogs are comfortably tamed using Bird Meat as a preferred food (35 trust per feed). A Kitten spawns consistently at the back of Pororin Village near the pots. Higher-altitude bird spots in Hernand are covered in the Pet Taming Guide, and the Five-Finger Mountain area holds a particularly broad mix of eagles, hawks, owls, pigeons, and falcons for players willing to manage the cold weather there.