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Whistles are a small family of Legendary miscellaneous consumables in Windrose that summon a temporary pet animal companion. Three whistle variants are currently confirmed in the item database, all of them Legendary rarity and all of them designed around a short-duration summon rather than a permanent tame. The boar that the boar whistles call is a named companion called Truffle, so a captain who unlocks one effectively gains a permanent, on-demand pet rather than a single-use item.
Whistle Variants
Image | Whistle | Summons | Flavor Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| One pet Boar for a short time | 'Say hello to my little boar.' | |
| One mighty pet boar for a short time | Upgraded version of the regular Boar Whistle | |
| One white pet Crocodile for a short time | Unique cosmetic white crocodile, not the swamp variant |
How Whistles Work
Blowing a whistle spawns the summoned animal at the player's position. The summon fights alongside the player, attacking targets the player engages, and despawns after its duration expires. The summons are treated as their own companion slot and do not count against the food or drink buff stacks, so whistles can be used on top of any other pre-fight loadout.
Exact duration and damage numbers are not exposed in the current item database. The summoned companion can survive a full fight rather than ticking down on a fixed timer: in practice it stays out, draws aggro, and trades blows until it is killed or dismissed. The whistle itself is reusable with a short cooldown, and that cooldown only begins once the summon despawns or dies, so a companion that lives through an engagement leaves the whistle ready to fire again almost immediately. Community testing in Early Access 0.10.x backs this up, with the boar serving as a reliable distraction unit across most open-world fights.
When to Use
Crowd pulls: a summoned boar tanks a line of enemies while the player flanks
Dungeon openers: a whistle at the start of a room lets the pet soak the opening volley
PvE boarding: a pet adds an extra unit to the boarding team and helps clear the deck faster
Acquisition
Whistles are world rewards rather than crafted or purchased supplies, which fits the Legendary rarity tier. The Boar Whistle is earned at an ancient altar out in the Foothills. The altar sits on a small island in the Foothills archipelago, north of the Brethren of the Coast base, and its map marker is easy to miss: it shows up as a wheat field icon carrying a 0/1 completion tag rather than anything that looks like a reward. The island is procedurally placed, so scan the Foothills map for that marked icon.
To claim the whistle, make the altar's offering. The Ritual Oil is looted from chests tucked into the ruins around the altar:
Offering | Quantity | Where |
|---|---|---|
20 | Hunted from animals in the Foothills | |
3 | Looted from three chests in the ruins around the altar |
Once the offering is placed, the whistle is yours and the boar companion, named Truffle, answers to it. The Mighty Boar Whistle is the upgraded tier that calls a tougher boar. The Crocodile Whistle exists in the item data and summons a white crocodile, but the live 0.10.x build does not yet expose a confirmed way to obtain it, so treat it as data-side only for now.
See Also
Boar - the wild animal the boar whistles summon a pet version of
Crocodile - the wild animal the crocodile whistle mirrors (white variant is whistle-only)
Consumables - the full consumables overview