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Pet Guide (OUTDADED)
By sakis2011
Here you can find a pet advice, ideas and informations about your best ingame friend 🐲
   
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Category: Characters, Game Modes, Gameplay Basics, Secrets
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Guide Index
Overview
Introduction to Pets 
Pet Types 
Pet Consumables 
Pet Abilities 
Q&A 
Useful Links 
Comments
Introduction to Pets
Pets are various creatures that players can acquire in the game.
There are 3 different Pet Types


They help Heroes by attacking enemies and provide extra stats. Only one pet can be equipped per Hero at once.


Pets are hatched from Eggs that can be dropped from enemies and loot chests.
To hatch an egg, talk to the Hatchery and drag an egg into the slot and Incubate it.




Eggs take 1 second to hatch and any eggs that are not incubated spoil after 48 hours to become pet ingredient that helps in evolution. Non-standard eggs, never spoil.


Pets can become stronger by levelling them up in two ways:
  • Power - Feeding your pet, Pet Food which can be bought from the Petrinarian or looted from enemies as Pet Food Box.
  • Affection - Your pet gains affection in battle alongside your Hero. Affection is gained by being present when defeating a wave.





A pet will start off as a Hatchling but can be evolved by using Pet Consumables as Veteran and later on as Elder which increases their base stats and gives them Pet Abilities.


Your pet will gain 1 affection per 6 battle waves till you evolve it to Veteran, after that it takes 12 battle waves to gain 1 affection.
Pet Types
There are 3 different types of pets at moment in the game which comes out from Creeper, Gato and Dragon Eggs accordingly.
  • Creeper Pets
  • Gato Pets
  • Dragon Pets






Except those basic pets we also have 7 Premium ones that comes out by place a normal Gato or Creeper egg to Hatchery and transform with gems.







Beyond Basic and Premium Pets we also can find some Special Eggs at Treasure Pirate that you can buy with medals and aquire those Special Pets
Noted here that ONLY Betsy and Premium Pets change their appearance everytime you evolve them!







Below you can see into the blue circle all 3 stages of Betsy as she evolves and from top clockwise: Bearkira, Tainted Sword, Blighted Dragon, Terror Dragolich, Narwagon and last but not least Thunder-O






For historic reasons i ll place the Grumpy Pet as well even though you cannot acquire it anymore.
Also every pet you see above in previous alpha there was a way to get the exact same pets in Goldish color but not anymore
Pet Consumables
Pet Food will increase the power of your pet till it reached the cap.
From left to right we have different quality of food that gives more power accordingly
  • Standard (500 XP) You can only buy it from Petrinarian
  • Quality (1500 XP)
  • Premium (5,000 XP)
  • Exquisite (12,500 XP)






Vials are gonna evolve your pets once your power and affection is maxed on your pet.
Each pet type uses its own vials to evolve.

For Creeper Pets:
  • Vial of Fright
  • Vial of Spooking
  • Vial of Pure Fear



For Gato Pets:
  • Vial of a Gato's Spirit
  • Vial of a Gato's Mischief
  • Vial of a Gato's Soul



For Dragon Pets:
  • Vial of Dragon Sweat
  • Vial of Dragon Tears
  • Vial of Dragon Blood




Except different types of vials we have different amount of vials used to evovle different tiers of pets. Below is how many vials you need for each evolve:
  • Legendary Pets: 7 Vials
  • Mythic Pets: 5 Vials
  • Epic Pets: 3 Vials
  • Powerful Pets: 2 Vials
  • Golden Pets: 3 Vials







Pet Reroll Items are gonna reroll your Pet Ability, Stats and Empowerment Stats







All the above Consumables now can be randomly acquired while you open the boxes you see at the image below







Pet Affection Booster will give 8 affection instantly to the pet on your active hero at the moment you activate it.

Pet Abilities
Every Pet Type has its own unique ablities

Creeper Pet:
  • Curse Aura - Boosts speed by 50%, reduces enemy damage by 50% and deals 150% magical Hero Damage for 10 sec with a cooldown of 45 sec.

  • Gravebolt - Fire a bolt at one enemy, dealing 2500% magical Hero Damage and healing 3% of damage dealt with a cooldown of 30 sec.

  • Hex - Nearby enemies take 1,250% magical Hero Damage and then deal 50% less damage for 9s with a cooldown of 45 sec.


Gato Pet:
  • Encouragement - Uplift your spirit by restoring 75 blue mana with a cooldown of 28 sec.

  • Gato Fireworks - Fires a trio of fireworks dealing 915% magical Hero Damage each with a cooldown of 30 sec.

  • Sparkle Party - Dazzles nearby enemies for 1000% magical Hero Damage and stunning for 5 sec with a cooldown of 30 sec.


Dragon Pet:
  • Dragon Breath - Breathes fire in a frontal cone, dealing 200% magical Hero Damage per second for 5 sec with a cooldown of 30 sec.

  • Dragon Protection - Shields nearby defenses for 400% Hero Dmage for 10 sec with a cooldown of 45 sec.




Every Elemental type of damage your pet has, it can reroll extra abilities

Earth
  • Poison Spit - Fires a Poison bolt dealing 2000% earth Hero Damage and 150% damage per second for 6 sec with a cooldown of 30 sec.

  • Oil Spit - Lobs an oiling blob at enemies, dealing 1500% earth Hero Damage and slowing them by 40% for 5 sec with a cooldown of 30 sec.

  • Stalagmite - Stalagmites knockup nearcy foes and deal 1000% earth Hero Damage with a cooldown of 30 sec

  • Poisonus Tips - Attacks deal 120% bonus earth damage for 8 sec with a cooldown of 45 sec.

  • Boulder - Roll a giant boulder through 5 enemies, dealing 1500% crushing earth Hero Damage with a cooldown of 45 sec.

  • Sandstorm - Increases speed by 50% and attacks deal 115% bonus earth Hero Damage for 7 sec with a cooldown of 30 sec.

  • Rock Throw - Throws a rock dealing 2500% earth Hero Damage and knockback to one enemy with a cooldown of 30 sec.

  • Stranglethorn - Fires a piercing vine that stuns and deals 180% earth Hero Damage per second for 5 sec with a cooldown of 30 sec.

  • Stinky Pits - Deals 300% earth Hero Dmage each second for 6 sec to nearby enemies with a cooldown of 45

  • Poison Shield - Gain shield for 7 sec reflecting 1750% damage before resist. with a cooldown of 45 sec.


Fire
  • Fire Barrage - Fire 6 fireballs dealing 425% fire Hero Damage each with a cooldown of 20 sec.

  • Fire Pillar - Creates a flaming pillar dealing 200% fire Hero Damage per second for 10 sec with a cooldown of 45 sec.

  • Bouncing Fire - Fires a bouncing fireball piercing 5 enemies and dealing 1100% fire Hero Damage with a cooldown of 30 sec.

  • Fire Shield - Gain a fire shield for 6 sec reflecting 1500% damage taken before resists with a cooldown of 30 sec.


Water

  • Blizzard - Summon a blizzard that slows nearby enemies for 40% and deals 125% water Hero Damage per second for 8 sec with a cooldown of 30 sec.

  • Frost Shards - Fire 8 frost shards dealing 265% water Hero Damage each with a cooldown of 20 sec.

  • Ice Ball - Roll an ice ball through 5 enemies, dealing 1800% water Hero Damage with a cooldown of 60 sec.

  • Snowball - Fire a snowball dealing 2750% water Hero Damage to one enemy with a cooldown of 30 sec.

  • Shoothing Water - Magical waters restore 300% Hero Damage as healthwith a cooldown of 20 sec.

  • Drenching Wave - Rolls a wave dealing 625% water Hero Damage and drenching enemies for 5 sec with a cooldown of 30 sec.

  • Bubble Entrapment - Fire a bubble that knocks up an enemy for 5 sec and deals 2400% water Hero Damage with a cooldown of 30 sec.


Storm
  • Chain Lightning - Fire a lightning ball that can hit 4 enemies for 850% storm Hero Damage with a cooldown of 30 sec.

  • Lightning Grenade - Lob a sticky grenade that detonates on enemies dealing 2000% storm Hero Damage with a cooldown of 45 sec.

  • Shock Shield - Creates a storm shield for 7 sec reflecting 2000% damage taken before resists with a cooldown of 60 sec.

  • Short Fuse - Piercing orb deals 600% storm Hero Damage and 200% storm Hero Damage per second for 6 sec with a cooldown of 60 sec.




Premium Pets have their own unique Pet Abilities but still can reroll elemental type or pet type abilities of the above list

  • G4-T0
    Radial Blast - Fires 8 plasma projectiles dealing 265% magical Hero Damage eachwith a cooldown of 20 sec.

  • Autumeow
    Cyclone - Increases speed by 50% and attacks deal 155% bonus earth Hero Damage for 6 sec with a cooldown of 45 sec.

  • Katkarot
    Gatodouken - Fire a devastating magical blast dealing 2500% magical Hero Damage and knockback to one enemy with a cooldown of 30 sec.

  • Shinoby Kitty
    Shuriken Fury - Fires 6 shurikens dealing 355% magical Hero Damage each with a cooldown of 20 sec.

  • Headless Horseman
    Tormented Thoughts - Enemies take 150% magical Hero Damage per second for 8 sec and explode for 400% on death with a cooldown of 60 sec.

  • Table Flipper
    Table Flip - Flip a table at an enemy dealing 2750% magical Hero Damage with a cooldown of 30 sec.

  • Evilwick
    Void Tendrils - Fires piercing void tendrils, stuning enemies and dealing 175% magical Hero Damage over 7 sec with a cooldown of 45 sec.




Last but not least we have Pet Abilities of the 7 speacial pets. Those pets cannot reroll to any other pet ability even if they have an elemental type of dmg

  • Betsy
    Lil Betsy Projectile - Fires a bolt dealing 2500% magical Hero Damage and reducing enemy damage by 50% for 8 sec with a cooldown of 30 sec.

  • Bearkira
    Maelstorm - A maelstorm reduces speed and attacks by 40% and deals 220% Hero Damage per second for 8 sec with a cooldown of 60 sec.

  • Tainted Sword
    Field of Swords - Create a field of swords dealing 130% physical Hero Damage per second for 15 sec with a cooldown of 60 sec.

  • Blighted Dragon
    Plague Claw - Calls forth a claw dealing 650% magical Hero Damage, increasing x1.5 per hit with a cooldown of 60 sec.

  • Terror Dragolich
    Ghost Wail - Haunt enemies, increasing damage taken by 100% for 5 sec with a cooldown of 60 sec.

  • Narwhagon
    Unified Defence - Shields for 6 sec, reflecting 750% water damage and dealing 400% water Hero Damage per second with a cooldown of 60 sec.

  • Thunder-O
    Thunderstorm - Creates a thunderstorm dealing 750% storm Hero Damage per second for 3 sec with a cooldown of 60 sec.
Q&A
Q: Why to use a legendary pet instead of any other lower tier one?
A: Legendary pets have only one difference at moment among other pets and that's the range of stats you get when you reroll them. A legendary pet tends to get closer to max numbers on those stats with fewer rerolls.


Q: What pet is the best in the game?
A: There is not a simple answer on that. But i can explain few things. All Pet Abilities are good to use for its own purpose each one. Examples of few i personally use:
  • x% Hero Damage Dealing are good to use them with a hero dmg build Hero.
  • Shield Abilities are good to use them against bosses and they take back most of dmg they do
  • Sparke Party Ability is among the most chosen ones cause you can stun assasins when they attach on you at chaos 5 and above.
  • Ghost Wail Ability from Special Pet Dragolich is among the most used ones in the game as well cause the enemies recieve 100% more dmg from all the party that is in the game and shot the same enemy.

Q: how do i get Vials
A: You open those boxes that you get from loot chests and bosses that called Creepy Reagent Box, Reagent Box with Whiskers and Scaly Reagent Box . Look at the Pet Consumables section to see how they look like.


31 Comments
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sakis2011  [author] 1 Jan, 2019 @ 10:29am 
Happy 2019 @Lees_nomad. I am sorry but i stopped playing this game near 2 years now. Try to find some streamers on youtube ot twitch that are still playing this game to solve any question of yours :dd2squire:
Ｌｅｅｓ_ｎｏｍａｄ 1 Jan, 2019 @ 2:47am 
Time to upgrade? [2019]
Hi.
Slayer_Mark 23 Aug, 2018 @ 5:37am 
Nice guide. Pets are pretty weak in dd2 compared to dd1. It's more about the appearance.
sakis2011  [author] 26 Jul, 2018 @ 11:26am 
@Mythy i dont play this game anymore so this guide is outdated propably. Try to find any kind of help in their official Discord server: discord.gg/dd2 :dd2monk:
Mythy 26 Jul, 2018 @ 10:56am 
What about the Lithicoatal? How do you get that?
Inucan 15 Apr, 2018 @ 11:25am 
hi thx for the guide are the eggs can stil ldrop from enemies? i hope so
Bėutjụ 7 Apr, 2018 @ 10:05am 
Appreciate the write-up, especially the abilities are well presented.

Two things that could be added in the section "Power/Affection":
Raising Power increased "Pet Stats", but does not change the attack speed.
Raising Affection increased the "Empowered Stats"

Maybe in the section "Pet Reroll Items" add: It is currently not possible to re-roll the elemental damage type a pet does.

In the section "number of vials per evolve" add: Some Pets take different amounts of vials. For example Serpentagon Fledgling -> Veteran takes 5 big vials, and Narwhagon Veteran -> Elder takes 5 big vials.
Navarc 18 Feb, 2018 @ 6:22am 
I see, well thank you anyhow. I hear there's a pet rework (another) coming this year, just a heads up. Maybe that'll get you interested again in the future!
sakis2011  [author] 17 Feb, 2018 @ 10:18am 
@Navarchus I used to love DD2 and play it kinda everyday all day but the slow updates pushed me to the next game. If any of my friends that still playing are interesting to update the guides i wrote you might see any changes cause i no longer play this game :/ :dd2orc:
Navarc 17 Feb, 2018 @ 4:31am 
Hey can you add some info on like, the Ancient eggs & their pets? There's a dragon that can get Gato abilities when you reroll it, the egg doesn't spoil.