Tame Pets in Crimson Desert: A Companion Guide

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Pet & Animal Companion Guide: How to Tame and Use Pets in Crimson Desert

Crimson Desert's pet and animal companion system offers more than just aesthetics. These loyal partners auto-loot items, aid in combat, provide passive buffs, and personalize your journey across Pywel. Accessible early on, the system becomes significantly impactful in the endgame, with rare pets providing substantial mechanical advantages. Whether you prefer a wolf for intimidation, a hawk for scouting, or a cat for silent looting, the pet system caters to all playstyles. This guide details everything from initial taming to optimizing your pet roster for late-game content.

How to Get Your First Pet

The pet system unlocks via the quest "Fang Without a Master," available in Hernand after completing the first main story chapter. You'll find an injured wolf pup near the Greymane mercenary camp, introducing you to taming basics: slow approach, offering food, and building trust. This wolf pup becomes your first permanent companion and serves as a tutorial. After this quest, wild tameable animals appear throughout the open world, marked by a paw-print icon above their heads when in detection range.

To tame a wild animal, ensure you have the correct food in your inventory. Carnivores (wolves, foxes) need raw meat; herbivores (rabbits, deer) need vegetables or fruit; birds need seeds or insects. Approach the animal crouched and without sudden movements. A prompt will appear to offer food. If the animal stays after eating, you can pet it to build trust. Most common animals require two to three feeding sessions across different in-game days to be fully tamed. Rarer animals may need five or more sessions and specific foods. Attacking any animal of the same species in front of an untamed target resets their trust to zero.

The Trust System Explained

Each pet has a Trust meter (0-100) that affects responsiveness, ability effectiveness, and command following. Trust increases by petting companions at camp/rest points, feeding preferred foods, and bringing them on adventures for looting or scouting. Petting grants ~5 trust points; feeding preferred food grants 8-12 points. Having your pet auto-loot at least ten items grants a passive 3 trust points per real-time hour. Neglecting a pet causes slow trust decay (approx. 1 point per in-game week left at camp). Below 20 trust, pets may ignore commands and auto-loot. Between 20-50 trust, they perform basic functions reliably. Between 50-80 trust, they unlock intermediate abilities. At 100 trust, they unlock mastery abilities and gain a permanent 10% boost to all passive stats. Maintaining high trust requires regular interaction; most players focus on maxing 2-3 pets.

Pet Abilities and Auto-Loot

The most significant pet feature is auto-looting. When deployed, your active pet automatically collects dropped items from defeated enemies and gathering nodes within a radius that scales with trust level (5m at base, 15m at max). This allows you to focus on combat while your pet collects items. Looting speed varies by species: cats and foxes are fastest; dogs and wolves are slightly slower but have a larger base radius; birds have the largest radius but only collect lightweight items (coins, gems, small crafting materials).

Each pet species has a unique ability: Wolves have Intimidate (chance to make enemies hesitate at combat start). Hawks have Scout (reveals enemies and treasure chests on minimap for 30 seconds). Cats have Silent Step (reduces your detection radius by 20% while sneaking). Rabbits have Lucky Find (increases chance of finding rare loot drops). Bears, the rarest, have Guardian (absorbs one stagger-inducing hit every 60 seconds).

Pet Customization

Pet cosmetics are available from the Pororin Village pet boutique (after "A Friend in Pororin" quest) and the Demeniss mountain outfitter. The Pororin shop offers collars, bandanas, saddle bags, and decorative armor. Saddle bags slightly increase your pet's auto-loot carry capacity.