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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.
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.
Category | How to Obtain | Notes | Added In |
|---|---|---|---|
Dogs | Build trust through petting and feeding. | Accept meat, fish, and prepared foods. Generally fastest category to tame; many breeds finish in one to two in-game days on their favorite food. | Launch |
Cats | Pick up first by holding the carry button, then pet while carrying. Feed fish, bird meat, eggs, or dairy. | Refuse regular red meat. Taming takes two to three in-game days. Also ride on the player's shoulder while standing still. | Launch |
Birds | Tame using the Sotdae of Bond, an inventory item obtained through a new quest. Place food on it and wait for nearby birds to land and feed. | Encountered throughout Pywel. Small birds prefer fruit such as apples; eagles and other birds of prey prefer meat slabs. Finalize taming at 15 trust. | Patch 1.04 |
Found wandering in the lush, greenery-covered starting Abyss areas. Approach and tame in the usual way. | Previously listed as a special creature that could not be tamed through normal means. Now joins the regular pet roster. | Patch 1.04 |
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.
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| Dog | 5 | ||
| Dog | 8 | ||
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| Dog | 11 | ||
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| Dog | 8 | ||
| Dog | 6 | ||
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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.
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Some unique creatures appear in the pet database but cannot currently be tamed through normal means.
Image | Name | Type | Favorite Food | Variants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Special | Unknown | 1 |
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:
Action | Trust per Action | Daily Limit | Max Daily Trust |
|---|---|---|---|
Petting | +5 | 5 times | +25 |
Feeding (Favorite Food) | +35 | 3 times | +105 |
Feeding (Regular Food) | +10 | 3 times | +30 |
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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 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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Change | What It Does |
|---|---|
Birds as pets | New pet category with its own taming item and trust threshold of 15. |
New inventory feeder for taming birds; obtained through a new quest. | |
Five new cat types | Added to the existing cat roster; tame the same way as launch cats. |
Now tameable; wanders the lush starting Abyss zones. | |
Rename function | Change the name of horses and pets after registration. |
Pet accessory slot | Equip an accessory to vary pet behavior. |
First pet accessory. Cat-only. Extends shoulder duration after the shoulder fix. | |
Cat shoulder fix | Cats no longer stay on the shoulder indefinitely by default. Sigil of Bonding is the opt-in way to restore the long-stay behavior. |
Pororin pet-equipment shop | New secret shop selling additional pet equipment. Separate from the existing Pet Shop. |
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.
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.
Category | Examples | Preferred Food | Best Trust Food |
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Small Birds | Pigeons, Sparrows, Geese, Crows, Parrots | Bugs, vegetables, grains | Barley (25 trust per feed) |
Predator Birds | Eagles, Hawks, Owls, Falcons | Meat | Lean Meat (35 trust per feed) |
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.
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.
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.
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.
Two legendary flying companions sit outside the normal cat, dog, and bird tracks. These are end-game targets rather than standard tameable pets.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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