Pet

This article is about the animated pets which pirates can own. For the walking sheep and pigs found on islands, see Animal.

For the pig, piglet, and turtle furniture items, see Pig, Piglet, and Turtle.

Pets can be purchased from the Palace shoppe. They are available in a variety of custom colors and types, and will follow their owners around in non-congested areas.

All new pirates can get a free rat as a pet by completing the furnishing mission from the mission board ('Get loot for your home'). To be able to see the mission, pirates must set their home to a house they own or in which they are a roommate. On subscriber oceans, non-subscribers may only walk rats.

Owners can have one of their pets appear with them in a portrait.

Controls

By clicking on the pet from the Booty panel, the following options are given:

• Name yer pet - Allows pirates to assign a name to their pet, which will be shown in white above the pet in scenes. Pets are named after their type before they have been assigned names; for instance a cat will be initially named "cat". A name can only be entered once, but pets can be renamed using rogue marks. The name may only consist of A-Z, hyphens, and spaces, and may be 2-18 characters in length. Offensive names may result in confiscation or banning. ^[1]
• Walk - Only available for inactive pets. This option causes the pet to follow its owner in unrestricted areas, and will replace any other pet currently being walked.
• Let yer Pet Roam - Allows a pet to wander independently within a pirate's home, or any area where the pirate holds the correct permissions. Normally, pets like to stay close to other pirates in the scene. Once a pet is roaming, it will be removed from the booty panel. It will acquire a radial menu when clicked on, similar to pirates, with the following options:
  • Pick up Pet - Places the pet back into the booty panel.
  • Let pet roam - Forces the pet to move to a new location or chat circle within the same scene.
  • Stay - Forces the pet to stay in the current position, in the current scene, regardless of its owner's movement.
  • Read Pet's Tags - Shows a chat message that reads '<Pirate> be the owner of <pet>.'
  • Return to owner - Only available when a pet is not owned by the pirate viewing the menu, but is roaming in a location where the viewing pirate has permissions to allow pets to roam. This option returns the pet to the owner's booty panel.
• Trash - Permanently deletes the pet.

When a pet is being walked, the item menu will contain Remove, Name yer Pet, and Trash. Name yer Pet disappears after a name has been chosen for the pet. Trash will only work if the pet is not being walked.

The item menu for pets not being walked will have Walk, Name yer Pet, Let yer Pet Roam, and Trash. Name yer Pet disappears after a name has been chosen for the pet.

Pet radial menu (clockwise): Pick up pet, Let roam, Stay, Read pet's tags

Following and roaming

Pets will follow their owners in a scene if the "walk" option is selected. They can also roam independently of their owner.

Following

Pets can follow pirates anywhere except into inns or outside areas on any island. Additionally, pets can not follow pirates in a scene if that location has disallowed pets. There is no known limit to the number of pets which follow individual pirates in a scene.

Pets which are following can not be "picked up" in the same way that roaming pets can, and will not appear in the list of a pirate's Placed Pets.

Roaming

Permissions to let pets roam are identical to coffers permissions, such that a pirate can let their pet roam if and only if they also have full access to that location's coffers. The exception is an island governor, who may set pets to roam despite the island not having coffers. Note that although some locations may be set to disallow pets, this does not prevent pirates with the above privileges from setting pets to roam in the location.

A maximum of 5 pets may roam in any scene (including the outside of an island), with an exception of houses in which 25 pets per scene may be set to roam. When a scene's roaming pet limit is exceeded, a message stating "No more pets may be placed here." is displayed. Note that pets which are following owners may still be displayed in these scenes, even if a scene has reached its roaming pet limit.

As of an unknown update, the crow's nest of a ship has a roaming pet limit of 0, meaning it is no longer possible to set pets to roam there. However, the option to "Let pet roam" is still visible. Additionally, pets may still follow pirates into the crow's nest.

Roaming pets can be retrieved, or picked up by the owner, via their radial menu. Other pirates with roam privileges in the same scene can also return the pet to its owner via the radial menu (but can not pick the pet up themselves). An additional way to retrieve the pet is to view the list of Placed Pets, found at "Ye->Pirate name->Items". Here a pirate may review all his or her roaming pets and return any of them instantly to the booty panel.

Disallowing pets

Disallowing pets on ships.

Building and ship owners have an option to forbid pets from following pirates into their building/ship. Aboard ships, the control appears next to the set Lock button on the navigation table for deed-holders. In buildings, it is a button on the House/Shoppe panel. Inn owners do not have this control, as all inns are no-pet zones by default. Note: if a pet is already following a pirate in the scene, it will not remove the pet from the scene. Rather, it will take effect when the pet leaves its current scene. The control also has no effect on roaming pets.

The disallow pets button prevents thralls from appearing on vessels exploring the Cursed Isles, although it is not clear if this is intentional behaviour.

Ownership

When a pirate allows a pet to roam, it leaves the pirate's inventory. From that point, it is tracked on the pirate's info page under the Placed Pets tab. The pirate continues to own the pet even if ownership of the building or ship changes. Pets can be reclaimed from any location by pressing the Reclaim button on the Placed Pets tab. The new owner can remove pets belonging to another pirate, but the pet returns to the original pirate's inventory. If the original owner has been deleted, the pet is deleted as well.

When a house is returned, a stall closes, or a ship is sunk, any placed pets return to the inventory of the pirate who allowed it to roam. Any pet that belongs to a deleted pirate will be lost.

Trading and loss

Most of the purchasable pets can be traded to other pirates. Since the rat is free, it cannot be traded between players. The wolverine cannot be traded on the Obsidian Ocean. Pets cannot die. Pets which are roaming on a vessel that sinks will swim to shore and return to their owners. As of release 2020-09-14, pets may not be wrapped in presents.

Sounds

When entering or leaving a chat circle, each type of pet will randomly let themselves be known with a short bit of text. Each sound will be given inside normal /speak quotes, for example: MyCatsName says, "Meow!". Each sound may not appear the same to each pirate within the circle or scene. While one pirate may hear MyCatsName says, "Meow!" another may hear MyCatsName says, "Purrr." or possibly nothing at all.

All known pets

Appearance	Sounds	Obtained From	Colors
Big cat
	"Purrrrr." "Meeeeoww." "Snort."	Palace Shoppe: 100,000 PoE 100 doubloons	Standard color options: Species: lion, panther, tiger, white Collar: aqua, blue, brown, green, grey, lime, maroon, navy, orange, pink, purple, red, tan, violet, white, yellow Color table
Limited Edition Variations: Autumn tiger, Banana cream leopard, Banana cream tiger, Berry-wine tiger, Black jaguar, Blood jaguar, Blood tiger, Candy-striped tiger, Chocolate jaguar, Choco tiger, Combat cat, Cougar, Crimson panther, Double fudge tiger, Emerald tiger, Exotic tiger, Frost tiger, Golden jaguar, Golden tiger, Ice leopard, Ice tiger, Jack o' tiger, Jumbled jaguar, Lambrusco leopard, Leopard, Love leopard, Midsummer tiger, Periwinkle tiger, Plum jaguar, Plum panther, Plum tiger, Psychedelic tiger, Red-velvet leopard, Sea tiger, Shadow panther, Shadow tiger, Snow leopard, Storm tiger, Summer night tiger, Tender tiger, Watermelon tiger, White tiger, Wine tiger
Cat
	"Purrr." "Meow!" "Meoooww."	Palace Shoppe: 12,000 PoE 12 doubloons	Standard color options: Highlights: almond, beige, blue-grey, brown, charcoal, grey, off white, tabby, tan, white, yellow Main fur: almond, beige, blue-grey, brown, charcoal, chestnut, grey, tabby, white, yellow Color table
Limited Edition Variations: Banana Creme cat, Be Mine Feline, Black cat, Caring cat, Chocolate cream cat, Chocolate cat, Crimson cat, Dark Cocoa Kitty, Ghost cat, Gold cat, Ice cat, Lavender cat, Mala cat, Periwinkle Puss, Persimmon cat, Pinot puss, Plum cat, Pumkitten cat, Shadow cat, Spectral cat, Summer night cat, Vernal cat, Wine cat
Dog
	"Yip!" "Woof." "Bark!" "Grrr."	Palace Shoppe: 12,000 PoE 12 doubloons	Standard color options: Fur: almond, brown, charcoal, chestnut, grey, silver, umber, white Skin: beige, grey, off white, tan, white Color table
Limited Edition Variations: Banana dog, Be Mine Canine, Beach Plum Pooch, Black dog, Chocolate cream dog, Chocolate dog, Dark vintage hound, Gold dog, Ice dog, Plum pooch, Spectral hound, Storm hound, Stout hound, Watermelon mutt, Wine dog
Elephant
	"Toot." "Tooooot!" "Oh, I remember!"	Palace Shoppe: 100,000 PoE 100 doubloons	Standard color options: Skin color: bronze, grey, silver, steel Cloth primary: aqua, blue, brown, green, grey, lime, maroon, navy, orange, pink, purple, red, tan, violet, white, yellow Cloth secondary: aqua, blue, brown, green, grey, lime, maroon, navy, orange, pink, purple, red, tan, violet, white, yellow Color tables: bronze, grey, silver, steel
Limited Edition Variations: Banana cream elephant, Banana elephant, Banana-skinned elephant, Black elephant, Bluebellephant, Booched elephant, Effulgent Elephant, Flurryphant, Gold elephant, Ice blue elephant, Pink elephant, Plum elephant, Spring green elephant, White elephant, Wine elephant
Fox
	Fox wonders if one tail is ever really enough. Fox outwits Isengrim again. Fox sneaks. Fox licks its chops. Fox smirks. Fox pants. Fox plans a clever trick. Fox winks. Fox stifles a leer. Fox raises its ears to hear the scuttlebutt.	Fox boxes, gold boxes.	Not customizable. Standard color options: None Color Tables: Non-Patchy, Patchy
Limited Edition Variations: Autumn fox, Chocolate fox, Crimson fox, Flirty fox, Fox, Gold fox, Patchy fox, Red fox, Sea fox, Shadow fox, Twilight fox, Verde vulpine, Violet vulpine, White fox, Wine fox
Gator
	Gator hisses. Gator smiles. Gator snorts. Gator yawns. Gator snaps. Gator roars. "See you later"	Cursed chests.	Not customizable. Known colors: Primary: brick, brown, dark brown, dark green, green, light green, lime, pale green, swamp, tan, white Secondary: black, brown, green, white Color table
Hedgehog
	Hedgehog sniffs the air. Hedgehog yawns. Hedgehog bristles. Hedgehog sneezes. "Squeek squeek!" Hedgehog digs. Hedgehog purrs contentedly.	Palace Shoppe: 75,000 PoE 75 doubloons	Standard color options: Primary: almond, brown, chestnut, grey, umber Secondary: beige, grey, off-white, tan Color table
Limited Edition Variations: Blue hedgehog, Chocolate hedgehog, Ghost hedgehog, Gold hedgehog, Ice hedgehog, Plum hedgehog, Pumhog, White hedgehog, Wine hedgehog
Homunculus
	(Too many to list here)	Booched Box (2022)	Not customizable. Known colors: Skin: white, emerald Cloth: blue, red
Limited Edition Variations: Holiday Homunculi
Karkinos
	Karkinos clicks. Karkinos clacks. Karkinos pinches.	Atlantean chests.	Not customizable. Known colors: Torso: aqua, atlantean, black, blue, navy, white Highlights: gold, silver, bronze Color table
Panda
	Panda is "feelin' loafy". Panda is ready for a second lunch. Panda is round, fuzzy and proud. Panda thinks a nap would be lovely. Panda thinks about bamboo...a LOT. Panda yawns.	Booch boxes (2016).	Not customizable. Standard color options: None Color table
Limited Edition Variations: Banana panda, Bandana panda, Black panda, Brown panda, Chocolate panda, Cranberry panda, Crimson bandana panda, Frosty panda, Golden panda, Mint panda, Panda de Primavera, Passion panda, Persimmon panda, Pinot panda, Plum panda, Polar panda, Primaveral panda with bandana, Pumpkin pandana, Subzero panda, Summer night panda
Pelican
	Pelican preens. Pelican gargles. Pelican is proud of its pouch. Pelican is ready for some fish. Pelican waterproofs its plumage. Pelican makes an odd squawking noise. Pelican can swim like nobody's business. Pelican wonders how things are going back at the colony. Pelican knows it can fly circles around any gull, any day, any time! Pelican thinks a mackerel and sardine sandwich with extra anchovies would really hit the spot. Pelican thinks waddling is the most elegant form of terrestrial locomotion.	Greedy brigands.	Not customizable. Standard color options: Unknown Color table
Limited Edition Variations: Artic pelican, Banana cream pelican, Sea green pelican, Passionate pelican, Pinot pelican
Penguin
	Penguin blushes. Penguin peeps. Penguin slides. Penguin squeaks. Penguin waddles. Penguin has happy feet. Penguin tap dances. Penguin is socially awkward.	Palace Shoppe: 100,000 PoE 100 doubloons	Standard color options: Beak and feet: black, orange, tan, white, yellow Body primary: black, grey, tan Body secondary: grey, sandy, white Color tables: black, orange, tan, white, yellow
Limited Edition Variations: Banana cream penguin, Berry-wine penguin, Blue penguin, Choco penguin, Ice blue penguin, Passion penguin, Plum penguin, Swashbuckling penguin, Winter waddler
Pet rock
	(Too many to list here)	Gold boxes (April 2018, April 2020, April 2021, April 2022)	Not customizable. Known colors: Primary: dark granite(?), granite, marble, mudbrick(?), rock Color table
Pig
	"Oink."	Palace Shoppe: 20,000 PoE 20 doubloons	Standard color options: Skin: beige, pink, rose Color table
Limited Edition Variations: Black pig, Chocolate pig, Cranberry pig, Duroc pig, Ice pig, Obsession oinker, Plum pig, Purple porker, Shadow Swine, Spring swine, Wine pig
Pony
	"Whinny." "Neigh." "Snort."	Palace Shoppe: 150,000 PoE 150 doubloons Note: Only available during Christmas, 2010.	Standard color options: Coat: brown, chestnut, dark chestnut, dun, grey, off-white Mane: brown, chestnut, dark chestnut, grey, off-white Tack: aqua, blue, brown, green, grey, lavender, lemon, light blue, light green, lime, magenta, maroon, mint, navy, orange, peach, persimmon, pink, purple, red, rose, tan, violet, white, yellow Color tables: brown, chestnut, dark chestnut, dun, grey, off-white
Limited Edition Variations: Banana cream pony, Banana pony, Black pony, Booched pony, Chocolate caramel pony, Festive foal, Frosty foal, Golden pony, Ice blue pony, Night mare, Plum pony, Plum-coat pony, Spring green pony, Wine pony
Rabbit
	Rabbit hops. Rabbit sniffs. Rabbit thumps.	Palace Shoppe: 50,000 PoE 50 doubloons Note: Only available during Easter in 2009 and 2010.	Standard color options: Highlights: almond, beige, blue-grey, brown, charcoal, grey, off-white, tabby, tan, white, yellow Main fur: almond, beige, blue-grey, brown, charcoal, chestnut, grey, tabby, white, yellow Color table
Limited Edition Variations: Banana bunny, Black rabbit, Blue bunny, Gold bunny, Harrowing Hare, Lavender bunny, Love bunny, Pink bunny, Radiant Rabbit, Spectral rabbit, Wine rabbit
Rat
	"Squeak." "Peep."	Mission: "Get loot for your home."	Not customizable. Known colors: Primary: white, grey, black, brown, almond, charcoal, tawny, beige, chestnut, yellow Color table
Limited Edition Variations: Crimson rat, Ghost rat, Gold rat, Mala-rat, Persimmon rat, Radical rodent, Roesler rat, Shadow rat, Water rat
Rum jug
		Tempest Box (2020) and Tempest Box (2022)	Not customizable Known colors: Primary:
Sea otter
	Sea Otter coos softly. Sea Otter floats through life. Sea Otter grooms incessantly. Sea Otter grunts loudly. Sea Otter heard ye have a clam in yer pocket. Sea Otter is looking for a nice, wet hug. Sea Otter is very excited to discuss the conservation laws of hydrodynamics with ye. Sea Otter likes to meet up with friends and play "raft". Sea Otter likes to play with rocks. And seaweed. And prickly, prickly sea urchins. Sea Otter reminisces about all its favourite dives. Sea Otter rolls over and plays boat. Sea Otter wants a pup. Sea Otter whistles an old sea shanty.	November 2017 wine box promotion.	Not customizable. Standard color options: none Color table
Limited Edition Variations: Chocolate sea otter, Emerald otter, Golden sea otter, Ice blue sea otter, Obsession otter, Oceanic otter, Orange otter, Plum sea otter, Sea otter, Twilight otter, Wine sea otter
Sea turtle
	Sea turtle paddles. Sea turtle hides. Sea turtle roars. Sea turtle hopes not to get stepped on. Sea turtle chews slowly. Sea turtle snaps. Sea turtle is slow and steady.	Gold boxes.	Not customizable. Standard color options: Skin: Red, Orange, Yellow, Light Green, Green, Dark Green, Blue Green, Blue, Navy Blue, Light Brown, Brown, Dark Brown, Red Brown, Light Grey, Blue Grey Shell: Red, Orange, Yellow, Light Green, Green, Dark Green, Blue Green, Blue, Navy Blue, Light Brown, Brown, Dark Brown, Red Brown, Light Grey, Blue Grey Color table
Limited Edition Variations: Banana sea turtle, Beach plum sea turtle, Black sea turtle, Dark vintage sea turtle, Gemstone sea turtle, Golden sea turtle, Midsummer sea turtle, Plum sea turtle, Tossed-up turtle, Vernal sea turtle
Seal
	"Arr arr arr..." Seal lolls about. Seal makes doe eyes. Seal smells of fish. Seal sunbathes. Seal wants a ball.	Palace Shoppe: 75,000 PoE 75 doubloons	Standard color options: Skin: blue, blue-grey, brown, grey, navy, tan, white Color table
Limited Edition Variations: Banana seal, Black seal, Cherry red seal, Chocoseal, Emerald seal, Gold seal, Ice blue seal, Light blue seal, Plum seal, Silver seal, Smooching seal, Specter Seal, Verdant Seal
Sheep
	"Bah." "Bah humbug." "Bah, bah." "Meh."	Palace Shoppe: 25,000 PoE 25 doubloons	Standard color options: Wool: beige, black, grey, tan, white Skin: black, grey, tan, white Color table
Limited Edition Variations: Chocolate sheep, Dream sheep, Golden sheep, Periwinkle sheep Shadow sheep, Shiverin' Sheep, Spectral sheep, Spring green sheep, Wooly Wacko
Small dog
	"Yip!" "Woof." "Bark!" "Grrr."	Palace Shoppe: 12,000 PoE 12 doubloons Black boxes.	Standard color options: Fur: almond, brown, charcoal, chestnut, grey, silver, umber, white Skin: beige, grey, off white, tan, white Color table
Limited Edition Variations: Autumn pup, Banana Beagle, Blue Hound, Chocopup, Dark vintage pooch, Double plum pup, Ghost puppy, Ice pup, Love puppy, Plum small dog, Pumpkin pooch, Small black dog, Summer Night Pup
Unicorn
	"Neigh." "Snort." "Whinny." "I don't believe ye exist either." "Art thou pure of heart?" "Chaaarlie..." "Fancy a game of leapfrog?"	Black boxes. Gold boxes.	Not customizable. Known colors: Fur: black, coral, dark gold, gold, icy, pale gold, pale silver, shadow, silver, white Mane: black, coral, dark gold, gold, icy, pale gold, pale silver, shadow, silver, white Collar: standard palette (possibly palette subsets that varied by season or month) Color table
Limited Edition Variations: Autumn unicorn, Banana cream unicorn, Berry-wine unicorn, Black unicorn, Booched unicorn, Chocolate unicorn, Chocolate marshmallow unicorn, Emerald unicorn, Highborn Unicorn, Hot pink unicorn, Midsummer unicorn, Periwinkle unicorn, Plum unicorn, Shadow unicorn (black box), Shadow unicorn (Sinister Box), Storm unicorn, Summer night unicorn, Uva rara unicorn, Winter unicorn
Winged cat
	Unknown	Trading post.	Not customizable. Standard color options: Highlights and wings: midnight, white, walnut Main fur: white, midnight, russet, maroon
Limited Edition Variations: Moonlight winged cat, Viridescent Vamp-cat
Wolverine
	Wolverine ain't afraid o' nothin'. Wolverine eats brigands for lunch Wolverine grunts. Wolverine grunts loudly. Wolverine has a hankerin' for venison. Wolverine has a heart of gold deep down. Wolverine looks real surly. Wolverine says, "Grrr." Wolverine says, "Grumble, grumble, grumble." Wolverine says, "I could use a good backscratchin'. Ye mind?" Wolverine says, "What're ye lookin' at, bub?" Wolverine scratches at the floor. Wolverine thinks all the other pets are wimps. Wolverine thinks more things should be made of meat. Wolverine wallows in a sort of general boreal grumpiness. Wolverine wonders whether ye really need all of those yummy, yummy looking limbs ye have.	Trading posts	Not customizable. Known colors: Primary: grey, ocher, tawny, umber, crimson, shadow Color table
Limited Edition Variations: Banana wolverine, Choco-verine, Emerald wolverine, Ice wolverine, Loverine, Merry mustelid, Snowy wolverine, Twilight wolverine, Wineverine
Yeti
	(Too many to list here)	Yeti boxes.	Not customizable. Known colors: Skin: blue, cream, grey, light blue, pale silver, peach, pink, rose, silver, white Fur: cream, grey, light blue, pale silver, silver, white Color table
Limited Edition Variations: Banana cream sasquatch, Beach plum sasquatch, Blue yeti, Booched festive yeti, Chocolate sasquatch, Emerald yeti, Festive yeti, Frost yeti, Gold yeti, Grapefoot, Ice blue yeti, Love yeti, Merry monster, Plum yeti, Pumpkin Squatch, Sasquatch, Shadow yeti, Spring green yeti, Strawberry sasquatch, Summer night sasquatch, Wine festive yeti, Yeti

See also

• Animal
• Commonly discussed ideas from Game Design
• Familiar
• Furniture items: pig, piglet, tortoise, turtle
• How pets appear in portraits

Historical notes

• As of release 2022-10-21, winged cats can be acquired from the trading post.
• In the release 2011-06-28, gators can be found in Cursed Isle chests.
• Since release 2008-08-27, pets have been able to appear in portraits.
• In the release 2008-02-05, the Karkinos was found in Atlantis chests
• Until release 2006-08-15, pets roaming on ships were permanently lost if the ship was sunk.
• Pets were added to the game in release 2006-08-10. Initially pirates could set a pet to roam on any player vessel, regardless of ownership or lock status.