
BDO Pets are little companions that automatically follow your character around and loot corpses for you. You don’t lift a finger! Of course, with anything Black Desert Online, that doesn’t mean BDO Pets are simple or boring. The Pet system is filled with wonderful complexity. You may even find their high expense worth it, as you encounter their cute munchkin faces and watch their moody antics!
IMHO pets are necessary in order to enjoy the game. They do more than just pick up loot.
BDO Pet Notes:
- Pet Food: gain max pet level 10 by feeding your darlings Pet Food
- Pet Exchange: up to 4 Tiers obtained via Pet Exchange (AKA Pet Breeding)
- Pet Buffs: A long list of passive buffs that help you with Life Skills, Knowledge, and Combat
- Loot Speed: pets start at 10 seconds and loot up to every 2.5 seconds for highest Tier and Level (Tier 4 + Level 10)
You can have up to 5 pets out at the same time. Pets are bought at the Pearl Shop. A limited amount of free pets can be obtained via Quest/Attendance/Challenge Rewards. Pets pick up your loot for you and give you added buffs. The higher your pet’s Tier and Level, the faster it will loot and the more buffs it will give. Pets gain Tiers from Pet Exchange (aka Pet Breeding). Pets gain Levels after being fed with Pet Food. To level pets faster, switch them to Agile mode, which makes their Hunger level decrease faster. If your pet’s Hunger Level reaches 0%, it will no longer loot or use its Special Ability. It’s Talent and Skills, however, will still work, as long as the Pet is out of the Stable.
Pet Food

Pet Food enables your pet to keep looting for you. A full pet will continue to Loot and use their Special Ability. However, hungry pets at 0% Hunger Level will only give you Talents and Skills and will stop looting and using their Special Ability.
Cheap Feed is the easiest to obtain because it’s readily available at every <Stable Keeper> for 3,000 silver. Unfortunately, it only restores 12 Hunger and is heavy to carry. Better pet food that restores much more Hunger, can be cooked or bought at the Marketplace.
Pet Food |
Recovers * Hunger |
Acquired By |
Pet Food Recipe |
---|---|---|---|
Cheap Feed |
12 |
Stable Keeper |
|
Good Feed |
80 |
Cooking Apprentice 1 or 50 Loyalties in Pearl Shop for 5 Feed |
Recipe: 6 Meat 1 Fish (or 2 Dried Fish) 3 Mineral Water 4 Flour |
Organic Feed |
140 |
Cooking Apprentice 6 |
Recipe: 2 Oatmeal 5 Meat 4 Bird Meat 1 Fish (or 2 Dried Fish) |
Balanced Feed |
80 +Growth Speed |
Quest, Simple Cooking |
Acquire the quest Food For Hungry Pets from Melissa Brady in Heidel. Give her Good Feed x5. She will give you 30 Silk Honey Grass Supplement. Use Simple Cooking to mix the supplement with good feed. Quest also gives knowledge Pet-Cat and Pet-Dog. |
Brady’s Nutritious Feed |
140 +Growth Speed |
Quest, Simple Cooking |
Acquire the quest Nutritious Organic Feed from Melissa Brady in Heidel. Give her Organic Feed x3. She will give you 30 Brady’s Supplement Powder. Use Simple Cooking to mix the supplement with organic feed. Quest also gives knowledge Pet-Sheep and Pet-Hawk. |
Nutritious Feed |
60 |
Pearl Shop |
Pet Food NPC: Melissa Brady

Melissa Brady sells Silk Honey Grass Supplement and Brady’s Supplement Powder that add a growth speed buff to your Pet Food. She is sometimes called a Pet Trainer, although her name doesn’t show the title yet. Note: after completing the quests from Melissa Brady, she will also have available Knowledge Pet – Stoneback Crab, and Pet – Desert Fox for 5 energy each.



Processing > Simple Cooking:
1x

1x

+80 Hunger Level
+Growth Speed



Processing > Simple Cooking:
1x

1x

+140 Hunger Level
+Growth Speed

Pet Skills, Talents, and Special Abilities (Basic)

Passive pet buffs have 3 different categories:
- Pet Skills: Each pet can have up to 3 Pet Skills depending upon Level and Tier.
- Tier 1: 1 Pet Skill at Level 10
- Tier 2: 1 Pet Skill
- Tier 3: 2 Pet Skills
- Tier 4: 3 Pet Skills
- Pet Talents: Each pet has 1 Talent.
- Pet Special: Each pet has 1 Special Ability.
Tier 1 pets come with a Talent and a Special Ability but don’t receive a Skill until they mature to level 10. Skills are randomly given. Skills and Talents from more than one pet will stack. If you have two pets, both with Combat Experience +5%, your total bonus to Combat Experience will be +10%. When your pet’s hunger gauge reaches zero, it will no longer use its Special Ability or loot. Its Skills and Talents will still work however. Skills and special abilities do not improve or increase with higher levels or Tiers like Talents do.
Pet Types | Pet Description | BDO Pet List |
---|---|---|
Classic![]() |
Mostly Dogs & Cats costing 900 Pearls | Fluffy (rabbit), Flondor Duck, Striped Cat, Haetae, Orange Brindle Cat, Black Mask Cat, White Valencian Cat, Grey Moon Cat, Tabby Cat, Gray Thin Cat, Black Valencian Cat, Black Thin Cat, Junaid Cat, Calpheon Chubby Dog, Brown Fighting Dog, Snow Wolfdog Naughty Dog, Mediah Guard Dog, Brown Cream Puppy, Kaia Jackal, Kaia Racing Dog, Batian Dog, Shaggy Dog, Curly Dog, Shepherd, Fluffy Puppy |
Limited![]() |
Pets only sold during limited times | Borrum Wolf, Sylvian Wolf, Shadow Wolf, Jojo, Arctic Fox, Snowlight Lynx, Midnight Lynx, Twilight Lynx, Young Black Dragon, Young Gold Dragon, Black Cloaked Dog, Black Cloaked Cat, Ribbon Cat, Winter Rosefinch Set, Lost Penguin, Snowkid, Hedgehog, Polar Bear, Neurotic Cabby, Witch Hat Charlotte, Cushy Mallowmerz, Helter-Skelter Ceros, Cursed Looney, Drifty Ghosphy, Newborn Crimson Dragon, Newborn Golden Dragon, Emperor Hawk, Kunid’s Search Dog |
Premium![]() |
Pets costing 1100 Pearls | Otter, Marmot, Brown Guide Hawk, Sky Hawk, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Scarlet Macaw, Desert Fox, Red Panda, Stoneback Crab, Carmadun Owl, Panda, Choppy, Young Griffon, Pila Fe Naughty Dog, Karlstein Cat, Turtle, Little Lamb, Crow, Ferret |
Event![]() |
Pets that are obtained from events | [Event] Kuku ![]() |
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BDO Best Pet?
• Hedgehog (Gathering Life Skill)• Combat Skill Pets (Dogs, etc)
• Life Skill Pets (Cats, Hedgehog, Otter, etc)
• Knowledge Pets (Birds, etc)
• Free Pets! 🙂 Quest/Attendance/Challenge Rewards (Kuku, Dog/Cat, Dragon, Bird) Free Pet Guide

The best pet in BDO is determined by how you like to play. The Hedgehog pet is very powerful for people who like the Life Skill of Gathering and want to progress into other Life Skills. The Hedgehog has a chance to gather twice for the same amount of Energy. Desert Resistance is a great Talent if you enjoy hunting in the Great Desert of Valencia. (There are many great hunting areas there.) Polar Bears increase your weight limit by up to +50LT. It’s a pricey way to purchase additional weight, but may come in handy for a character that already has the maximum weight purchased.
Keep in mind, some pets have limited availability, so you will need patience if you want a seasonal or holiday pet.
Event Pack and Seasonal “Limited” Pets
Packs can get expensive, but they do usually come with other useful things like value packs, weight, inventory, etc. If you’re exchanging pets using packs then the cost can really mount up fast. Sometimes they will have “Rare Critter Box” event that gives a chance for a Limited pet, but doesn’t have extras for 2200 Pearls. It’s a gamble, having a chance to give pets like 2x Reindeer or 2x Finch or rarely, Tier 2+ Limited Type pets.
2,200 Pearls
Obtain 1 of the following: Hedgehog (Tier 4), Hedgehog (Tier 3), Hedgehog (Tier 2), or Snowflake Reindeer Box (Snowflake Reindeer x2)

Wizard Ghosphy is a very unique pet. He cannot be Exchanged to increase his Tier and always stays at Tier 1. However, this Wizard will increase the chances of getting a higher Tier pet more than other Tier 1 pets. (giving 20% instead of 15%) Ghosphy can be exchanged with any pet, even Limited pets. Gosphy might be useful, depending upon how much he costs. (Last cost was 1650 Pearls… not cheap by any stretch, but Wizard Gosphy is cheaper than buying a Pet Bundle to get another Limited pet, for example. For details on how Gosphy Exchanges with other pets and the costs, please see details in the Exchange section.)
Wizard Gosphy Comparison:
Normal Exchange: (T3main) + T3 + T2 + T2 + T1 = 35% + 25% + 25% + 15% = 100% T4 pet exchange chance
Wizard Exchange: (T3main) + T3 + T2 + Wiz + Wiz = 100% T4 pet exchange chance
Gosphy allows you to use one less T2 pet in Exchange. (Which means it’s not cheaper, when compared to Premium pet exchanges, but would be cheaper in some Limited pet exchanges. See T4 Exchange section below.)
1,650 Pearls

Best Pet Special Ability
The Special Ability that I find the most useful is Gathering Amount Increase from Hedgehog and Auto Fishing Time Reduced.
Gathering Amount Increase: Only available from the Hedgehog pets.
Item Collection Increase: Arctic Fox (Limited time pet) 1% up to 4%.
Auto-fishing Time Reduced: Pets like Marmot and Otter are Premium and available all the time, costing 1100 Pearls. (Also in Limited pets: Penguin and Polar Bear.)
Finds Resources: Alerts to 1 gatherable resource every few seconds like herbs, trees, etc. I haven’t found this very useful. After a while you get to know what they look like. Detection also feels slow.
Hostility Detection: Alerts to hostile guild and PVP flagged players in range.
Finds Rare Monsters: Alerts to nearby elite mobs.
Taunt Monster: Your pet will run out and draw 1 monster to you. I don’t see this as being very useful and can actually mess up the timing on your pulls.
Desert Disease Resistance: Reduces the chance that you will gain one of the Valencia Desert DoT debuffs. The resistance only goes up to 35%, so it will negate 1/3 of the DoTs. However, you will still need to carry water and tea anyway to cure the 65% that land on you while in the Great Desert.
Best Pet Talents
Pet Talents are very useful, especially the experience Talents.
Reduced Durability Loss: This is a convenient Talent, so that you don’t have to stop as often to repair. It even works on Life Skill tools like fishing poles and axes. Repair becomes less of an issue if you have the Naphart Camping Set.
- Knowledge Pets: Knowledge Increase 5-20%, and Higher-Grade Knowledge Increase 1-4%
Chance to Gain Knowledge: Increases the frequency of Knowledge rolls when you kill etc. You may gain a lower grade than the one you currently have, but lower grades will not lower your rank. Only higher ranks are applied.
Chance to Gain Higher-grade Knowledge: Increases the chance that the Knowledge learned will be a higher rank/grade than the Knowledge you currently know. Knowledge pets are a good choice for beginners, but loose some of their usefulness after you have obtained all Knowledge. They are useful for both grinding and Life Skills. Knowledge increases Max energy, which is required for Gathering and leveling up Nodes. Knowledge also gives buffs to mobs drops. Knowledge does have a cap as long as no new Knowledge content is added. Experience Talents: Life Skill Experience Gain 1-4%, Combat Skill Experience Gain 1-4%. These are probably the most useful buffs to obtain. 4% doesn’t sound like much, but with 5 pets, you could increase your experience by 20%. Most cats give Life Skill buff and most dogs give Combat Skill Exp.
Other Unique Talents: Weight Limit Increase 20-50 LT (Polar Bear), Hit Point Bonus 25-100 HP (Young Crimson Dragon), Gathering bonus (Hedgehog).
Example Pets in Each Tier
Tier 1 Level 10:
1 Special Ability, 1 Skill, rank 1 Talent
NOTE: the Tier 1 Level 9 pet does not have a Skill yet. He will receive a random Skill at level 10.
Tier 2 Level 10:
1 Special Ability, 1 Skill, rank 2 Talent
Tier 3 Level 10:
1 Special Ability, 2 Skills, rank 3 Talent
Tier 4 Level 10:
1 Special Ability, 3 Skills, rank 4 Talent
Pet Skills List
Skill percentages do not increase by increasing Pet Level or Pet Tier. However, all pet buffs stack, when you have more than one pet out of the Stable. Pets have 3 Skills at Tier 4, 2 Skills at Tier 3, and 1 Skill at Tier 2. Luck +1 Level
Combat Experience Increase +5%
Karma Recovery +5%
Fishing +1 Level
Fishing Experience Increase +5%
Gathering +1 Level
Gathering Experience Increase +5%
Alchemy Experience Increase +5%
Cooking Experience Increase +5%
Hunting Experience Increase +5%
Training Experience Increase +5%
Farming Experience Increase +5%
Trading Experience Increase +5%
bddatabase.net lists Death Penalty -4%, but I have never seen this. Have you?
Notice all Life Skills are covered, except for Sailing. Um, poor Sailors! 🙁
Pet List with Talents & Special Abilities
Classic Pet Type
Pet Name |
Special Ability |
Talent |
Sellable |
Acquired By |
---|---|---|---|---|
Most Cats, Flondor Duck |
Finds Resources |
Life Skill EXP +1-4% |
YES |
900 Pearls |
Haetae |
Hostility Detection |
Mount EXP +1-4% |
YES |
900 Pearls |
Most Dogs |
Hostility Detection |
Combat Skill EXP +1-4% |
YES |
900 Pearls |
Fluffy (rabbit) |
Finds Resources |
Death Penalty Resistance +1-4% |
YES |
900 Pearls |
Premium Pet Type
Pet Name |
Special Ability |
Talent |
Sellable |
Acquired By |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ferret |
Finds Resources |
Life Skill EXP +1-4% |
YES |
1100 Pearls |
Carmadun Owl |
Finds Rare Monsters |
Knowledge +5-20% and Higher-grade Knowledge Gain Chance Increase +1-4% |
YES |
1100 Pearls |
Marmot |
Auto-fishing Time Reduced 10%-30% |
Life Skill EXP +1-4% |
YES |
1100 Pearls |
Otter |
Auto-fishing Time Reduced 10%-30% |
Life Skill EXP +1-4% |
YES |
1100 Pearls |
Little Lamb |
Hostility Detection |
Life Skill EXP +1-4% |
YES |
1100 Pearls |
Young Griffon |
Hostility Detection |
Durability Reduction Resistance |
YES |
1100 Pearls |
Crow |
Finds Rare Monsters |
Knowledge +5-20% and Higher-grade Knowledge Gain Chance Increase +1-4% |
YES |
1100 Pearls |
Karlstein Cat |
Finds Resources |
Life Skill EXP +1-4% |
YES |
1100 Pearls |
Turtle |
Hostility Detection |
Durability Reduction Resistance |
YES |
1100 Pearls |
Pila Fe Naughty Dog |
Hostility Detection |
Combat Skill EXP +1-4% |
YES |
1100 Pearls |
Scarlet Macaw |
Finds Rare Monsters |
Knowledge +5-20% and Higher-grade Knowledge Gain Chance Increase +1-4% |
YES |
1100 Pearls |
Choppy |
Finds Resources |
Life Skill EXP +1-4% |
YES |
1100 Pearls |
Panda |
Taunt Monster |
Combat Skill EXP +1-4% |
YES |
1100 Pearls |
Stoneback Crab |
Finds Resources |
Durability Reduction Resistance |
YES |
1100 Pearls |
Red Panda |
Taunt Monster |
Combat Skill EXP +1-4% |
YES |
1100 Pearls |
Desert Fox |
Resistant to Desert Diseases |
Durability Reduction Resistance |
YES |
Heatstroke and Hypothermia Resistance (up to 35%) |
Long-tailed Rosefinch |
Finds Rare Monsters |
Knowledge +5-20% and Higher-grade Knowledge Gain Chance Increase +1-4% |
YES |
1100 Pearls |
Sky Hawk |
Finds Rare Monsters |
Knowledge +5-20% and Higher-grade Knowledge Gain Chance Increase +1-4% |
YES |
1100 Pearls |
Brown Guide Hawk |
Finds Rare Monsters |
Knowledge +5-20% and Higher-grade Knowledge Gain Chance Increase +1-4% |
YES |
1100 Pearls |
Event Pet Type
Pet Name |
Special Ability |
Talent |
Sellable |
Acquired By |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
[Event] Kuku |
Hostility Detection |
Knowledge +5-20% and Higher-grade Knowledge Gain Chance Increase +1-4% |
NO |
Attendance Reward |
Can only have 1 Kuku summoned at once |
Limited Pet Type
Limited pets are only available for a limited time, frequently seasonal and during holidays.
Pet Name |
Special Ability |
Talent |
Sellable |
Acquired By |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kunid’s Search Dog |
Hostility Detection |
Combat Skill EXP +1-4% |
NO |
1100 Pearls |
|
Emperor Hawk |
Finds Rare Monsters |
Knowledge +5-20% and Higher-grade Knowledge Gain Chance Increase +1-4% |
YES |
Sold separately 1100 Pearls. |
Grows in size with higher Tier |
Snowlight Lynx |
Finds Resources |
Durability Reduction Resistance |
NO |
Sold separately 1100 Pearls. Various Packages costing 2800 to 6200 Pearls |
Grows in size with higher Tier |
Midnight Lynx |
Finds Resources |
Skill Exp |
NO |
Sold separately 1100 Pearls. Various Packages costing 2800 to 6200 Pearls |
Grows in size with higher Tier |
Twilight Lynx |
Finds Resources |
Life Exp |
NO |
Sold separately 1100 Pearls. Various Packages costing 2800 to 6200 Pearls |
Grows in size with higher Tier |
Young Black Dragon |
Hostility Detection |
Combat Skill EXP +1-4% |
NO |
[Event] Fantastic Young Dragon Box – 2200 Pearls or |
|
Black Cloaked Dog |
Hostility Detection |
Combat Skill EXP +1-4% |
NO |
[Event] Shadow Chaser Pack |
4250 Pearls (with 33% off sale) |
Jojo |
Hostility Detection |
Life Skill EXP +1-4% |
NO |
1100 Pearls |
Picks up items from double the distance compared to other pets. Prioritizes picking up items that are the furthest away. |
Black Cloaked Cat |
Finds Resources |
Life Skill EXP +1-4% |
NO |
[Event] Shadow Chaser Pack |
4250 Pearls (with 33% off sale) |
Hedgehog |
Gathering Amount Increase |
Life Skill EXP +1-4% |
NO |
Pearl Shop Specialty Packs and through Gift Package, Vanacil’s Adventurer Pack: 5100, Kina’s Adventurer Pack: 4400 Pearls |
|
Golden Hedgehog |
Gathering Amount Increase |
Life Skill EXP +1-4% |
NO |
Pearl Shop Specialty Packs |
|
Snowflake Rosefinch |
Finds Rare Monsters |
Knowledge +5-20% and Higher-grade Knowledge Gain Chance Increase +1-4% |
YES |
Pearl Shop Specialty Packs |
Sold as a pair with Snowball Rosefinch |
Snowball Rosefinch |
Finds Rare Monsters |
Knowledge +5-20% and Higher-grade Knowledge Gain Chance Increase +1-4% |
YES |
Pearl Shop Specialty Packs |
Sold as a pair with Snowflake Rosefinch |
Snowflake Reindeer |
Resistant to Desert Diseases |
Combat Skill EXP +1-4% |
YES |
1100 Pearls |
Heatstroke and Hypothermia Resistance (up to 35%) |
Arctic Fox |
Resistant to Desert Diseases |
Item Collection Increase +1-4% |
YES |
1800 Pearls |
Heatstroke and Hypothermia Resistance (up to 35%) |
Newborn Crimson Dragon |
Buyer’s Choice: Resistant to Desert Diseases, Auto-fishing Time Reduced 10%-30%, Hostility Detection |
Buyer’s Choice: Life Skill EXP +1-4%, Combat Skill EXP +1-4%, Knowledge and Higher-grade Knowledge Gain Chance Increase, Durability Reduction Resistance |
NO |
1650 Pearls |
|
Polar Bear |
Auto-fishing Time Reduced 10%-30% |
Weight Limit Increase Tier 1: 20LT Tier 2: 30LT Tier 3: 40LT Tier 4: 50LT |
NO |
Gift Package (see Hedgehog Guide), Kina’s Adventurer Pack: 4400 Pearls, Vanacil’s Adventurer Pack: 5100 |
Purchase Restriction on Packs: 1 Per Character |
Penguin |
Auto-fishing Time Reduced 10%-30% |
Life EXP Boost |
NO |
Previous Attendance/Loyalty Reward |
|
Snowkid |
Resistant to Desert Diseases |
Durability Reduction Resistance |
YES |
Noel Holiday Bundle: 8300 Pearls, Event Winter Pet Pack: 2200 Pearls (includes 1 Reindeer) |
|
Borrum Wolf |
Hostility Detection |
Durability Reduction Resistance |
NO |
1100 Pearls |
Wolf’s size increases with higher Tiers |
Sylvian Wolf |
Hostility Detection |
Combat Skill EXP +1-4% |
NO |
1100 Pearls |
Wolf’s size increases with higher Tiers |
Shadow Wolf |
Hostility Detection |
Life Skill EXP +1-4% |
NO |
1100 Pearls |
Wolf’s size increases with higher Tiers |
Other Pets
Pet Name |
Special Ability |
Talent |
Sellable |
Acquired By |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wizard Gosphy |
Taunt Monster |
Knowledge +5-20% and Higher-grade Knowledge Gain Chance Increase +1-4% |
NO |
1650 Pearls |
Gosphy gives a slight increase in Exchange Chance Upgrade. (+20% – Example: T3 + T3 + T2 + Wiz + Wiz = 100% T4 pet result) Wizard Ghosphy Exchanges with all Types, even “Limited” and “Event”. Goshpy’s Appearance can’t be carried over in Pet Exchange. Gosphy can’t learn any more Skills and doesn’t increase beyond Tier 1. |
Special Pets (Garmoth’s Horn Drop)
Pet Name |
Special Ability |
Talent |
Sellable |
Acquired By |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Young Crimson Dragon |
One Random: Heat Stroke/Hypothermia Resistance, or Auto-fishing Time Reduced 10%-30%, or Taunt Monster, or Hostility Detection, or Finds Rare Monsters |
HP Buff: Tier 1: 25hp Tier 2: 50HP Tier 3: 75hp Tier 4: 100hp |
YES |
Defeat Garmoth, Obtain rare Garmoth’s Horn. Exchange horn to Gerson in Duvencrune (Gerson is near Trade Manager Tikara) |
Special Pet Type. Currently, it can only be Exchanged with another Young Crimson Dragon. Can only have 1 Dragon summoned at once. |
Pet Loot Speeds
Tier 1 Level 1 |
10 seconds |
Tier 1 Level 8 |
4.5 seconds |
Tier 1 Level 10 |
4 seconds |
Tier 2 Level 10 |
4 seconds |
Tier 3 Level 10 |
3 seconds |
Tier 4 Level 10 |
2.5 seconds |
Pet Exchange (aka Pet Breeding)
Pet Exchange is used to produce a higher Tier pet, which picks up loot faster, acquires extra Skills, and increases the Talent strength. If you have two pets of the same Type, you can Exchange both for 1 new pet and possibly obtaining a higher Tier pet. The more pets you add, the greater your chances that the new pet will be a higher Tier than the Main pet. Pet Tier never decreases. It doesn’t matter if the parent pets are the same species, as long as they are the same Type. For example, I exchanged a Premium red panda and a Premium macaw.
Pet Exchange Tips:
- Pets must be checked in to add them to the Exchange Window.
- Pets can be Exchanged, regardless of their Tier or Level difference.
- Pet Levels do not impact Exchange Success Chances.
- Pets of different species can be Exchanged as long as they are the same Type. (Limited, Classic, Premium, or Event)
- Click Exchange button to view Pet Types.
- Main Pet slot is the first large slot. Highest Tier goes here.
- Main Pet’s Level will be transferred to the created pet.
- Inherit the Appearance + Special Ability + Talent of any pet in the Exchange. If you don’t choose, the created pet will inherit from the Main Pet. IMPORTANT: Appearance + Special Ability + Talent is tied to pet Appearance! You cannot put a Penguin’s “Auto-fishing Time Reduced” Special on a Dog.
- Pet Skill sets are transferred from your choice of one of the pets in the Pet Exchange. NOTE: You cannot pick and choose one Skill from one pet and another skill from a different pet. You get all the Pet Skills from ONE pet. Or have the game randomly reroll all Pet Skills.
Choose Pet Appearance
After you have added your parent pets, the Appearance button will let you choose which parent you want your new pet to resemble. Your new pet will have the Appearance, Talent, and Special Ability of the main pet if another Appearance is not chosen. Choose the question mark if you feel like gambling and want the game to choose for you!
Special Abilities and Talents that pets have are tied to their Appearance! Example: A cat has the Special Skill Resource Detection + Life Skill Exp. However, if a dog Appearance is selected, then the created pet will have Hostility Detection + Combat Skill EXP Boost.
Choose Pet Skills
The Skill Button will allow you to choose which of your pet’s Skill sets you want to keep. The Main pet’s Skills are shown in the first row. Choose which parent’s Skills you want to pass on to your new pet. You are not able to choose Skills from both parents. If you don’t want to keep either pet’s Skills, choose the row of question marks to let the game select your new pet’s Skills randomly.
Example Pet Exchange
So what happens if you have a pet with 2 Skills and a pet with 1 Skill?
A Tier 3 pet with 2 Skills and a Tier 2 pet with 1 Skill will allow you to pick either pet’s Skill set. If you choose the Tier 2 pet’s Skill set and end up with a Tier 3 baby, your new baby will have the Skill set you chose plus one random Skill.

If you need to remove a pet from the Exchange Window, simply right click its icon, or use the removal button located under the pet’s Talent icon.
Lastly, enter a name for your new pet, then hit the confirm button when you are certain of your choices.
Pet levels no longer influence the percentage chance of increasing the Main pet’s Tier, as shown by the pictures below.
Tier 1 Level 1 exchanged with a Tier 1 Level 1
Tier 2 Level 7 exchanged with a Tier 1 Level 9
Pet Exchange (Breeding) Success Percentages Chart
Main Pet |
2nd Pet |
Tier Increase Chance |
Tier Increase Chance |
Tier 1 |
Tier 1 |
Tier 3: 55% |
Tier 2: 45% |
Tier 2 |
Tier 1 |
Tier 3: 65% |
Tier 2: 35% |
Tier 2 |
Tier 2 |
Tier 3: 80% |
Tier 2: 20% |
Tier 3 |
Tier 1 |
Tier 4: 15% |
Tier 3: 85% |
Tier 3 |
Tier 2 |
Tier 4: 25% |
Tier 3: 75% |
Tier 3 |
Tier 3 |
Tier 4: 35% |
Tier 3: 65% |
Tier 4 |
any |
Don’t Exchange (unless you need to reroll Skills.) |
Tier 4 Pet Cost & How-To
Normal Pet Exchange:(T3main) + T3 + T3 + T1 + T1 = 35% + 35% + 15% + 15% = 100% T4 pet exchange chance
(T3main) + T3 + T2 + T2 + T1 = 35% + 25% + 25% + 15% = 100% T4 pet exchange chance
Wizard Exchange: (T3main) + T3 + T2 + Wiz + Wiz = 35% + 25% + 20% + 20% = 100% T4 pet exchange chance
1 Tier 4 Pet = Max Price $121
Creating one T4 pet costs $121 Max price. (With Unlucky Exchanges, not buying Pearl Boxes in bulk, and purchasing pets that cost 1100 Pearls.) Buying expensive pet bundles that have extras will raise the cost even higher. Limited pets are often found in these types of bundles. If you buy Pearl Boxes in $100 increments, you get 1,500 extra Pearls. If you buy $600 worth of Pearl Boxes, it will give you 69,000 Pearls, which is enough to make 5 T4 pets.
Using Wizard Gosphy in Exchanges does not save money over normal Exchange with Premium pets, but he may help save you money, if you use him to upgrade Limited pets.

T1 + T1 = T2 (T3 if lucky)
T1 + T1 + T1 = T3
T1 + T1 + T1 = T3
(T3 Main) + T3 + T2 + Wiz + Wiz = T4
Total Pets for 1 T4 Pet = 10 (8 + 2 Wiz)
Total $$$ for 1 T4 Pet = $121 (8,800 + 3,300 = 12,100 Pearls)
12,100 x 5 pets = 60,500 Pearls
Total $$$ for 5 T4 pets = $605 Max Price
TOTAL SAVINGS = same as Premium pets

T1 + T1 = T2 (T3 if lucky)
T1 + T1 = T2 (T3 if lucky)
T1 + T1 + T1 = T3
T1 + T1 + T1 = T3
(T3main) + T3 + T2 + T2 + T1 = T4
Total pets for 1 T4 Pet = 11
Total $$$ for 1 T4 Pet = $121 (12,100)
11 Pets x 5 = 60,500 Pearls
Total $$$ for 5 T4 pets = $605 Max Price
How to Save Money on T4 Pets:
- There is a 55% chance to obtain a T3 by Exchanging two Tier 1 pets. So if you are lucky, you can save some by mashing all your Tier 1 pets together and THEN try to put together T4 pets.
- When buying Pearl Boxes with Kakao Cash in $100 bundles, the price of an 1100 Pearl pet is $9.56. Total cost for really bad luck during T4 Exchange, (using 11 pets to make 1 Tier 4) would be $105.23
- You can also stick with the 900 Pearl pets, which are the basic cats and dogs. This would reduce your bad luck Exchange to $86.09
- Wait for pet sales (normally 20% off, very rarely up to 50% off)
- Stop at Tier 3, which gives 3 second loot speed. (Tier 4 only gives 0.5 extra loot speed)
Tier 4 Pet Breeding Best Combinations – In-depth Analysis
Thank you to Aldodzb, who made the following detailed Tier 4 Pet Exchange Analysis! View Aldodzb’s original reddit post.Hi, I have been doing some comparisions between all posibles breeds combinations for tomorrow’s patch to get the full t4 roaster and I would like to share and discuss.
First, I would never risk even at 90-95%. The slim chance of loosing a considerable ammount of money bothers me a lot. Second, I will asume that you already have a full t3 roaster (the reference will be the string “main”).
So, with that being said, I came to the conclusion that there are 2 good formulas to follow:
[1] (T3main) + T3 + T3 + T1 + T1 = 35% + 35% + 15% + 15% = 100%
[2] (T3main) + T3 + T2 + T2 + T1 = 35% + 25% + 25% + 15% = 100%
At the beginning, we are going to buy T1 pets and smash them together and the following questions pops up:
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When should I stop buying pets?
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How should I breed the pets in order to minimize the ammount of $$ spent?
The formula [1] is a better option than the 2nd, the best case scenario is to get the t4s roaster only using the [1] formula because it means that after smashing t1’s you always got T3 (that would be 0.0025%, around 1 in 40.000). With a total of 30 pets used.
But, in most cases we will get a bounch of T3’s and T2’s.. so again, when should we stop buying and how to combine them?
The aproach I took was, there are 2 possibilities after we breed T1’s, or we are get a T2 (45%) or a T3 (55%).
In a set of 15 pairs, its expected to get around 8 T3’s and 7 T2’s (+-1). So, the pet exchange scheme would be:
(T3main) + T3 + T3 + T1 + T1 = 100%
(T3main) + T3 + T3 + T1 + T1 = 100%
(T3main) + T3 + T3 + T1 + T1 = 100%
(T3main) + T3 + T2 + T2 + T1 = 100%
(T3main) + T3 + T2 + T2 + T1 = 100%
You will end up with some T2 wasted. Trying to adjust the numbers, lets try will 13 pairs, in this case its expected to get 7 T3’s and 6 T2’s.
(T3main) + T3 + T3 + T1 + T1 = 100%
(T3main) + T3 + T3 + T1 + T1 = 100%
(T3main) + T3 + T2 + T2 + T1 = 100%
(T3main) + T3 + T2 + T2 + T1 = 100%
(T3main) + T3 + T2 + T2 + T1 = 100%
And that fits perfectly, this is the expected case with 33 pets being used and 100% to get the t4 roaster!
WHY is this important? Because if you do not have in mind the combinations and the results that you have to get, one will probably end up breeding after smashing just to get the 100% and possibly wasting %’s and therefore money.
Here, the order is crucial, if you get 5 T2’s in a row DO NOT DESPERATE AND DO NOT START BREEDING, continue smashing T1s, you could still get all the T3s you need and save $$.
If you get more than 6 T2s pets before the 13 attempts, then you have to vary the scheme a little bit and buy extra pets to compensate it. So instead of [2] try to:
[3] (T3main) + T2 + T2 + T2 + T2 = 25% + 25% + 25% + 25% = 100%
If you get more than 7 T3’s before the 13 attempts, you save pets and always follow:
[1] (T3main) + T3 + T3 + T1 + T1 = 35% + 35% + 15% + 15% = 100%
Don’t forget that the appearance determinates the pets special skill and good luck with the roll of the normal skills!
Any observation would be appreciated!
TL;DR: Always try to smash your T3 with other two T3’s and 2 T1’s before the 14th bred. If you have already bred for the 13th time and you still don’t have at least 7 T3’s then try to:
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T3main + T2 + T2 + T2 + T2
Otherwise, if you have 8 or more T3:
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First use as long as you can: T3 + T3 + T1 + T1
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Then: T3 + T2 + T2 + T1
BDO Pet Appearance Change Coupons
You can get the appearance of any tier, by using a Pet Appearance Change Coupon. Purchasing a Pet Appearance Change Coupon for 250 Pearls or 1400 Loyalties.
Right click the Pet Appearance Change Coupon in your Pearl Inventory. It will open a window where you can change the Appearance of any pet you own. When you have decided on a new look for one of your pets, click the Change button. That’s all there is to it.
Example Pet Appearance Change for each Tier:
Pet House
Pet houses have no function. They are housing decorations.
For some reason, the latest box with the polar bear in SEA server has the winter rosefinch set as Premium instead of Limited
I wonder if it’s a typo or an intended change? My Winter Rosefinch is still shown as Limited on NA. But they have been known to ninja change pet types in the past. Errk! Hope mine doesn’t change. Thanks for the heads up. 🙂
Processing Exp + %5 is also a pet skill.
Btw the death exp reducing pet skill it does exist, the pet called Fluffy in the cash shop its a classic rabbit has that as its main unique skill.
You have Combat Skill XP +1-4% listed as the Talent for Young Black/Gold Dragons…this is incorrect, it is Combat XP +1-4%.
I can confirm the Death Penalty skill. Just got it on the event pet today. I dont know if it is any good though. 🙂
i ******* hate myself. should have read this sooner. wasted 6 pets and get nothing because I did T3 + T3 2 times
If I change the appearence of a pet with the coupon, will the ability that is “bound” to appearance also change? Or in that case, it will keep the abilities?