Can anyone break down best pet to get at what lvl bracket?

Phoenix and herc from lv1 on.

There the best pets u can ever get and will make u epic

To the OP:

You seem to be slightly mixed up.

The pet system in this game is not like that of certain others (FFXI comes to mind), wherein pets are selected from the nearby fauna and used for a period.

Rather, the pet system in PWI can be likened more to Pokemon; once tamed, a pet is yours forever (lest you discard it), and will level up and become stronger alongside you.

The reason for the listed levels (ie. 8 for sawfly, etc) is because to tame a creature you must be the same level or higher than it.

To elaborate on your other questions/comments:

1. Sawfly is a great high-damage air pet. Great for PVP.

2. The Magmite (Crystalline at 17, or Volcanic at 18) is an amazing physical tank, and with great damage to boot. For elaboration on which is better, use the search function within this forum, there are a number of threads on the issue. The Volcanic will have very very very slightly lower stats, but save you some money buying a particular skill, and is thus my reccommendation.

3. Your pet gains a variable amount of exp based on the difference between its level and what you're fighting. If the target is same level or higher, it can gain a max of 10 exp. When the targets are lower, exp is proportionately lower until it gains no exp when the target is 10 levels below your pet.

4. If you keep your pet fed and loyal (500+ loyalty), it will receive an attack and exp bonus boost (making max exp/kill 15, so keep it loyal!)

5. Your pet cannot gain exp by any other means than defeating enemies with you.

6. Having a pet has no effect on your exp gained.

7. All pets except for Hercules and Phoenix can be kept fed through the use of Pure Water; which shouldn't cost you more than 600 coin pet hour, assuming you're not letting your pets die.

The best pet to get period is the dustwraiths the little ogre looking things with bows they do more damage at level 35 than a level 90 archer and they have more hp and def than fully buffed level 90 Barbarian. Nuff said >_>

I would say do not just jump on the bandwagen. Test out a few pets and make sure they are what you like. I for one would have died several times if I used one of those Golems because they do not hit hard enough or move fast enough. I have been using a Sharptooth Wolf for the longest time and he does a GREAT job for me and as a + he does not obstruct my vision.

Well, I have a golem, and I think it works pretty well. It take agro and I kill. It used to loose agro a little when I bougth my wheel of fate, but I leveled up its bash once and I never took agro on it ever again.

I plan to buy hercules later, but I think i'll keep my golem too cause I like it very much.
One thing that I wonder is, how do people with Hercules manage to feed it as it only eats meat? o_O

I'm lvl 8(on my venomancer forgot to change my avatar >.<) right now and I am using a Rinodrake Plainswalker...its working very well for me too...

Mothergoose - Sanctuary wrote: »

They don't always catch aggro though. Could be troublesome if you're a robe veno.

Uh where do i tame a dustwraith lol...I dont think they are tamable

My main is a a lvl 45 veno and has used a variety of pets from numerous wolves to beetles.

I admit b:laugh to having a Crystalline Golem which I still use although due to its size I've been slow in getting it to my level so some of my faster & smaller pets can better it currently. Sadly I suspect I will have to stick with it as friend in my faction has one that rocks!!

Still using starter wolf although my favourite wolf has to be lvl 20 Blackhive Wolfkin with Flesh Ream 2 and Howl 2 plus he is fast and holds aggro v well.

However my real long-term favourite is the lvl 18 Giant Ant from near Etherblade (which I have tamed for friends too) - Bash lvl2 Pierce lvl 1. Have added Tough and its almost a mini-tank as well as being cute. Also have just tamed (near Etherblade) a lvl 20 Ant Soldier with Bash lvl 3 and Pierce lvl 1 to see if it is even better. ANTS RULE!! b:victory

Very recently have got two new pets which look like becoming firm contenders for the favoured slots:

- a lvl 40 Overclocked Mechrab which often survives Bosses where my friends Golem dies. (Bash 3 Pierce 2 Tough 1 and added Boost).

- lvl 43 Mastiff of the Great Divide that has been named Fluffy as s/he has two heads (although Hagrid's has three!!!). Definite magic tank and as fast as a wolf with Flesh Ream 2 Roar 1 and Howl 3. V good mag res but have to be realistic and say that Carapest Terror (lvl 19) and the rare Shaodu Cub and Frogling are better. (Got Frogling that Im lvlg on my 2nd veno)

(Air pet: used a lvl 8 Petite Sawfly until I could use a lvl 34 Pinnaer Foxwing; Water: used lvl 8 Highlands Turtle until I tamed a lvl 33 Undine Princess to farm for hay)

See my pet comparisons at http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?p=1701711#post1701711

Level 61 Sower of the Flame. Great Lure pet that you can use for fighting.

Has 2 bash, 3 fireball and 3 howl.

Not exactly a phys tank, but he has decent mag defense, and moves really fast. Plus, he's awesome for grinding, because his skills give you faster kill speed.

In that same level area... Undine Tide Mistress.

1 Icicle 4 Threaten 3 Tough.

This is more of a tank pet. If you alternate Threaten, and Tough, she can survive things that even take out an unUpgraded Magmite. Not to mention that Threaten makes her a friend to Barbs. Just set her to auto use that so she doesn't pull aggro, and you have a happy tank.

And, you can't go wrong with the lower Golems. Yes, they're huge, and yes everyone uses them, but everyone uses them for a reason. They tank GREAT. Beat by Herc, of course, but you give a Golem proper skills, and you don't really need anything else on land, except maybe a lure pet... But I've been known to lure SA mobs with a Golem from time to time... So, it's really up to you.

Mechrabs are a good pet. They don't have the sheer beastly tanking ability of a Golem, but they are MUCH smaller, and faster.

Now, as for water... I believe there are two general types of tactics for this.

One: Catch and release. Get the biggest water pet you can, because water fighting sucks, and you won't be doing a lot of it.

Two: Get a Turtle. Here's the catch. You think your golem gets in the way? You've never had a turtle on your screen. But they tank, and they do it well. If you can deal with the hassle and agony of building up a level 5 turtle, I'd suggest you do it. It'll pay off in the long run.

That being said, I use an Undine and a Death Dealer... I hated the sheer size of my Turtle. I died meaninglessly simply because I couldn't see around him. Plus, I like the way they move faster and come with Boost.

So, basically, here's the thing about pets. Pick one that fits your needs. We can give you a 100 page list of pets, and why we chose them, but if you hate the pet, all our talking has been useless. So, go out and get pets. You can tame pets for free. See a pet, tame a pet, test a pet. It's what I do, and I've got a bag that has pets for every occasion.

Woot I was lvling my Snow Hare to 68 lvl O_O

(was funny when he tanked Krixx ... tiny bunny b:chuckle)