Animal Training

Enhance your bond with your loyal companions and unlock their full potential!

Animal Training is an advanced form of pet skill development, enhancing the traditional methods through which pets have historically gained their abilities. This specialized training can be applied to any tamed creature, whether newly tamed or already 'fully trained' with maxed-out skills. However, pets that occupy 5 follower slots are considered to have reached their peak power and are thus ineligible for further Animal Training.

Using Animal Lore on a pet will reveal whether, and how, it can benefit from Animal Training. Two key figures are displayed: the first shows the pet’s current follower slot requirement at the start of training, and the second indicates its potential maximum slot requirement if all possible training is completed. It's important to note that these changes will not affect existing pets unless Animal Training is actively undertaken.

Initial Training

Before adding skills and abilities to your pet, it must first undergo initial training. To begin, click the blue button on the animal lore screen. Progress will be displayed in a bar at the bottom of the screen. Clicking the arrow to the right of the bar opens a detailed progress screen that updates in real time, though it will close the normal Animal Lore window.

During training, you'll receive messages indicating your pet's progress, such as “The pet’s battle experience has slightly increased,” with variations like “fairly increased” or “greatly increased.” If you see the message, “The pet does not appear to train from that,” it means the pet can no longer gain experience from that particular enemy, requiring a fresh target (though it can be the same type). For magic-casting pets, this message can also appear if the spells they're using are not of a high enough level to gain further training.