Pets are a gameplay mechanic that allows the player to tame certain creatures. They benefit the player in several ways including giving certain buffs, producing items, and providing 10 inventory slots. Pets can be named and dressed with pet attire with the use of a Pet House.
Pets will still be preyed upon by their respective predators, so it is recommended to be careful of where you take them. Upon death, pets will drop a Pet Memorial along with their normal creature loot.
But don't fear, in Mild and Medium mode Pets are invincible.
Taming[]
To tame a pet, the player must use a Grinder to create one of three different slurries, each taming a different pet. When the player has acquired the slurry for their desired pet, they need to go to an area where the non-pet creatures are present, such as the Eastern Flooded Zone for gnats or anywhere aphids and/or weevils are found. The player needs to drop the slurry from their inventory and wait for one of the creatures to approach and consume the slurry from the ground. Once the pet consumes the slurry, the player will receive a notification, and the pet will become tamed. It is recommended that the player brings multiple slurries of their respective pet, as it is not guaranteed that the pet becomes tamed upon consuming a single slurry.
In the case of taming aphids, the player must back away slightly from the slurries on the ground, as they will still get startled and run away from the player. However, if the player wanders too far away, the aphid will consume the slurry and not become tamed regardless of how many slurries it consumes.
Happiness[]
Happiness is a feature of all pets. If a pet becomes unhappy, they will display different, less happy animations. Feeding them their favorite slurry, visiting them/going on adventures with them, or petting them will keep them happy. They will also become more happy if they are wearing any Pet Attire. Happiness can be viewed in the Pet House.
List of Pets[]
| Pet | Tamed With | Bonus |
|---|---|---|
 
|
 Plant Slurry |
 +Aphid Friend Reduces stamina drain rate while sprinting. |
 
|
 Spoiled Meat Slurry |
+Gnat Friend Increases glide speed with a Dandelion Tuft. |
 
|
 Mushroom Slurry |
+Weevil Friend Reduces thirst drain rate. |
Pet Personalities[]
Pets, when tamed, can come with one of 101 randomized personalities in the form of adjectives. These personalities are purely visual and have no effects in-game. This is a complete list of possible personalities:
| Personalities | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absentminded | Adaptive | Adventurous | Agape | Aggressive |
| Aloof | Anxious | Audacious | Bashful | Big-thinking |
| Bizarre | Bland | Brave | Brutal | Bristly |
| Calm | Carefree | Chaotic Evil | Chaotic Good | Chaotic Neutral |
| Chill | Clumsy | Composed | Cowardly | Curious |
| Curmudgeonly | Dedicated | Degenerate | Devious | Dignified |
| Disrespectful | Dumb | Earnest | Fearful | Fearless |
| Ferocious | Folksy | Forgiving | Frivolous | Fruitive |
| Friendly | Genius | Goofball | Gracious | Hateful |
| Heroic | Hotheaded | Iconoclastic | Ignorant | Impressive |
| Loyal | Logical | Lazy | Lawful Evil | Lawful Good |
| Lawful Neutral | Legendary | Mean | Mellow | Modish |
| Murderous | Neutral Evil | Neutral Good | Obnoxious | Obedient |
| Old-fashioned | Ordinary | Pensive | Playful | Pure |
| Pompous | Regal | Reliable | Reckless | Rookie |
| Savage | Scared | Sedentary | Sedulous | Serious |
| Shy | Skittish | Sleazy | Smol | Spicy |
| Spontaneous | Stoic | Strategic | Suspicious | Swole |
| Vigilant | Violent | Wary | Whimsical | Wholesome |
| Wishful | Zany | |||
List of Pet Attire[]
Pet Attire is a special type of armor that can be equipped on pets. These armors increase the pets defense and resistance, like player worn Armor. They also give a x2 increase to the pets health and increase their overall happiness.
| Attire | Information | Recipe | Stats | Effect | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense | Resistance | ||||
 Lil Fire Helm |
"Give your little insect pals some samurai style. Fine gear constructed from a whole ant head and lined with supremely comfortable mite fuzz."
Unlocked by: Analyzing Fire Ant Head |
6 | 75% |  +Max Health | |
 Lil Black Helm |
"Give your little insect pals some samurai style. Fine gear constructed from a whole ant head and lined with supremely comfortable mite fuzz."
Unlocked by: Analyzing Black Ant Part |
4 | 50% | +Max Health | |
 Lil Goggles |
"Strap a pair of stylish goggles onto your bug friends. Fashioned out of slimy but sturdy grub hide."
Unlocked by: Analyzing Mushroom Brick |
2 | 25% | +Max Health | |
 Lil Red Helm |
"Give your little insect pals some samurai style. Fine gear constructed from a whole ant head and lined with supremely comfortable mite fuzz."
Unlocked by: Analyzing Mushroom Brick |
2 | 25% | +Max Health | |
Trivia[]
- Happiness used to be much more strict, requiring near constant attention from players and being very difficult to increase once lowered. Pets would also untamed and wandering away if too unhappy.