Pet

For the pig and turtle furniture objects, see their entries at Furniture. For the walking sheep and pigs found on islands, see the animal article.

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'). If you cannot see the mission, set your home to a shack or other housing that you own or room in as it will not show if your home is set to an island or an inn/shoppe. 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 - The name can only be entered once. All pet names are shown in white text. The name may only consist of A-Z, hyphens, and spaces. Ocean Masters will not reset pet names, and offensive names may result in confiscation or banning. ^[1]
• Walk - Only available for inactive pets. This option will enable the pet, causing it to be shown in the scene in any unrestricted area.
• Let yer Pet Roam - Allows your pet to wander independently within your home, or any area where you have permissions. Normally, pets like to stay close to other pirates in the scene. Once your pet is roaming, they will be removed from the booty panel, and will acquire a radial menu when you click on them, 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 you, but is roaming in a building or ship you own; places the pet back into the booty panel of its owner.
• 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 you select a pet name. 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 you select a pet name.

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

Roaming and Permissions

In a building, only owners or managers (and roommates in houses) can let their pets roam. On a ship, you can only let your pet roam on vessels in your own crew and only if it is unlocked and pets haven't been disallowed*. However, all pets enabled in the booty menu will still be shown in the scene, provided the scene has not reached its pet capacity or been disallowed. There is a limit of 5 pets per scene, with an exception of 25 per scene in houses. Pets are also restricted from following their owners into Inns or outside areas on any island. An island's governor can set up to 5 pets to roam outside on the island.

If you let a pet roam in the crow's nest of a ship, you may not be able to click on it to pick it back up. If this happens, you can retrieve it by going to the Placed Pets tab in the info menu, and reclaiming all of your pets aboard the ship.

* Historical note: when pets were first released you could let pets roam on any player vessel.

Disallowing

Disallowing pets on ships.

Building & ship owners have control to forbid pets from following pirates into their building/ship. On ships, the control appears next to Lock helm 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 someone already is in your scene, disallowing will not boot that pet out. Rather, it will take effect when they next change scenes (to another room or enter/leave the house). The control also has no effect on pets roaming/placed directly into a scene by the scene's owner.

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

All of the buyable pets can be traded to one another or wrapped in presents. Since the rat is free it cannot be traded between players or wrapped. Pets cannot die. Pets which are roaming on a vessel that sinks will swim to shore and return to their owners.

Sounds

When entering or leaving a chat circle that a pet is in, each type 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.

Available Pets

Pet	Appearance	Sounds	Price	Colors
Rat		"Squeak." "Peep."	Free 'Get loot for your home' mission	Color table Primary: white, grey, black, brown, almond, charcoal, tawny, beige, chestnut, yellow Note: Color can not be chosen when won from the 'Get loot for your home' mission
Cat		"Purrr." "Meow!" "Meoooww."	12,000 PoE 12 doubloons	Color table 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
Dog		"Yip!" "Woof." "Bark!" "Grrr."	12,000 PoE 12 doubloons	Color table Fur: almond, brown, charcoal, chestnut, grey, silver, umber, white Skin: beige, grey, off white, tan, white
Small dog	File:Pets-SmallDog.png	"Yip!" "Woof." "Bark!" "Grrr."	12,000 PoE 12 doubloons	Color table Fur: almond, brown, charcoal, chestnut, grey, silver, umber, white Skin: beige, grey, off white, tan, white
Sheep		"Bah." "Bah humbug." "Bah, bah."	25,000 PoE 25 doubloons	Color table Wool: beige, black, grey, tan, white Skin: black, grey, tan, white
Pig		"Oink."	25,000 PoE 25 doubloons	Color table Skin: beige, pink, rose
Big cat	100px	"Purrrrr." "Meeeeoww." "Snort."	100,000 PoE 100 doubloons	Color table Species: lion, panther, tiger, white Collar: aqua, blue, brown, green, grey, lime, maroon, navy, orange, pink, purple, red, tan, violet, white, yellow
Elephant		"Toot." "Tooooot!" "Oh, I remember!"	100,000 PoE 100 doubloons	Color table: bronze, grey, silver, steel 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
Karkinos	100px	Karkinos clicks. Karkinos pinches. Karkinos clacks.	Only received during booty division from Treasure chests hauled from Atlantis	Color table Torso: aqua, atlantean, black, blue, navy, white Highlights: gold, silver, bronze
Ghost cat			Only received during booty division from treasure chests hauled from the Haunted Seas	Not customizable Semi-transparent
Ghost rat			Only received during booty division from treasure chests hauled from the Haunted Seas	Not customizable Semi-transparent
Ghost puppy			Only received during booty division from treasure chests hauled from the Haunted Seas	Not customizable Semi-transparent

Limited Edition Pets

Pet	Appearance	Sounds	Price	Colors
Black Cat	File:BlackCat.png	"Purrr." "Meow!" "Meoooww."	50,000 PoE 50 doubloons Black box	Only black Note: Only available on during Halloween 2006-2010, as well as Friday the 13th of February 2009, March 2009, and August 2010.
White Elephant	File:WhiteElephant.png	"Toot." "Tooooot!" "Oh, I remember!"	150,000 PoE 150 doubloons	Only white Cloth primary: aqua, blue, brown, green, grey, lavender, light green, lime, magenta, maroon, mint, navy, orange, pink, purple, red, rose, tan, violet, white, yellow Cloth secondary: aqua, blue, brown, green, grey, lavender, light green, lime, magenta, maroon, mint, navy, orange, pink, purple, red, rose, tan, violet, white, yellow Note: Only available during Summer 2007/Spring 2009 On the doubloon oceans, the price started at 150 PoE and 150 doubloons by accident, however was quickly remedied.
Black Dog	File:Black dog.png	"Yip!" "Woof." "Bark!" "Grrr."	50,000 PoE 50 doubloons Black box	Only black Note: Only available during Halloween 2007-2010.
White Tiger		"Purrrrr." "Meeeeoww." "Snort."	150,000 PoE 150 doubloons Winter Mystery Promotion reward for January and February 2010.	Only white with black stripes Collar: aqua, blue, brown, green, grey, lime, maroon, navy, orange, pink, purple, red, tan, violet, white, yellow Ice Blue collar if won as a Winter Mystery Promotion mystery gift. Note: Only available during Winter 2007 or between January 22nd and February 1st.
Mala-cat	File:Mala-cat.png	"Purrr." "Meow!" "Meoooww."	50,000 PoE 50 doubloons	Only light green Note: Only available during Spring 2008.
Mala-rat	File:Mala-rat.png	"Squeak." "Peep."	Free 'Get loot for your home' mission	Only light green Note: Only available during Spring 2008.
Black Elephant	File:BlackElephant.png	"Toot." "Tooooot!" "Oh, I remember!"	175,000 PoE 175 doubloons	Only black Cloth primary: aqua, blue, brown, green, grey, lavender, light green, lime, magenta, maroon, mint, navy, orange, pink, purple, red, rose, tan, violet, white, yellow Cloth secondary: aqua, blue, brown, green, grey, lavender, light green, lime, magenta, maroon, mint, navy, orange, pink, purple, red, rose, tan, violet, white, yellow Note: Only available during Halloween 2008-2010.
Gold Cat		"Purrr." "Meow!" "Meoooww."	50,888 PoE 50 doubloons	Only gold Note: Only available during January 2009.
Stout Hound		"Yip!" "Woof." "Bark!" "Grrr."	50,000 PoE 50 doubloons	Only black/tawny Note: Only available around St. Patrick's Day 2009
Rabbit		Rabbit hops. Rabbit sniffs. Rabbit thumps.	50,000 PoE 50 doubloons	Color table 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 Note: Only available near Easter in 2009 and 2010.
Cougar	File:Cougar.png	"Purrrrr." "Meeeeoww." "Snort."	150,000 PoE 150 doubloons	Collar: aqua, blue, brown, green, grey, lime, maroon, navy, orange, pink, purple, red, tan, violet, white, yellow Note: Only available during Summer 2009.
Golden Sheep	100px	"Bah." "Bah humbug." "Bah, bah."	75,000 PoE 75 doubloons	Only gold Note: Only available during late Summer 2009.
Persimmon cat	File:Persimmon cat.png	"Purrr." "Meow!" "Meoooww."	Golden Doubloon Club reward for July 2009.	Only persimmon Note: Only available during July 2009.
Persimmon rat	File:Persimmon rat.png	"Squeak." "Peep."	Free 'Get loot for your home' mission	Only persimmon Note: Only available during July 2009.
Black jaguar	File:Black big cat.png	"Purrrrr." "Meeeeoww." "Snort."	175,000 PoE 175 doubloons	Collar: aqua, blue, brown, green, grey, lime, maroon, navy, orange, pink, purple, red, tan, violet, white, yellow Black collar if won as an All Hallows' Spooktacular Promotion mystery gift Note: Only available during Halloween 2009-2010.
Autumn pup	File:Autumn pup.png	"Yip!" "Woof." "Bark!" "Grrr."	50,000 PoE 50 doubloons	Only persimmon and white Note: Only available during Autumn 2009.
Candy-Striped Tiger	File:Candy-Striped Tiger.png	"Purrrrr." "Meeeeoww." "Snort."	150,000 PoE 150 doubloons	Only white with red stripes Collar: aqua, blue, brown, green, grey, lime, maroon, navy, orange, pink, purple, red, tan, violet, white, yellow Note: Only available during December 2009
Golden Tiger	File:Golden Tiger.png	"Purrrrr." "Meeeeoww." "Snort."	150,000 PoE 150 doubloons	Only gold with black stripes Collar: aqua, blue, brown, green, grey, lime, maroon, navy, orange, pink, purple, red, tan, violet, white, yellow Note: Only available during February 2010, for Chinese Year of the Tiger
Blue bunny		Rabbit hops. Rabbit sniffs. Rabbit thumps.	75,000 PoE 75 doubloons	Only blue and white Note: Only available in April 2010.
Spring green elephant		"Toot." "Tooooot!" "Oh, I remember!"	May Mystery Promotion reward for May 2010.	Only white. Cloth colors: Only spring green. Note: Only available in May 2010.
Small black dog		"Yip!" "Woof." "Bark!" "Grrr."	50,000 PoE 50 doubloons	Only black Note: Only available during Halloween 2010.
Wine Cat	File:Wine cat.png	"Purrr." "Meow!" "Meoooww."	Harvest Celebration Promotion reward.	Only wine Note: Only available from November 19-23, 2010, through the Harvest Celebration Promotion.

See Also

• Commonly discussed ideas from Game Design
• Familiar
• Furniture items: Tortoise, Turtle, Pig, Piglet

Historical Notes

• 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
• Before release 2006-08-15, pets roaming on ships were permanently lost if the ship was sunk.