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Pets may be unlocked in The Intrepid Coast.

“	A little company for the long ride ahead.	„
	~ The Academic

Pets are a special kind of Stagecoach Item in Darkest Dungeon II. Pets have their own slot on the Stagecoach and grant a wide variety of buffs to Heroes, often synergising with other Stagecoach Items.

In Confessions mode, pets may be unlocked by spending Candles of Hope at The Intrepid Coast, and all unlocked pets will appear at the first Inn in The Valley at the beginning of each expedition. Once equipped, a pet cannot be removed for the duration of the expedition.

In Kingdoms mode, pets function like regular stagecoach items: they are all unlocked from the beginning of the campaign, may appear in stores or as loot, and may be equipped and unequipped at inns with the appropriate upgrades.

List of Pets

Pets are divided into two categories, basic pets and special pets. Basic pets are all pets that interact with stagecoach items, including the Purloiner Felid. All other pets are considered special pets.

Image	Pet	Description
	Orphan Wolf Cub	+5% RES per Luxury Gear Equipped +10% Positive Relationship Chance
	Pygmy Pliskin	+10% Healing Received from Skills per Medical Gear Equipped Random Hero after each location: Heal 10%
	Unnatural Owlet	+5% RES Piercing per Tinker's Gear Equipped Increased chance of producing items from Stagecoach Items
	Reanimated Rabbit	+1 per Food Gear Equipped +1 per 4 Food in Inventory
	Mucilaginous Slime	+5% RES per Road Gear Equipped Increased Chance of Looting Items from Road Debris
	Shrieker Chick	+2% CRIT per Scouting Gear Equipped +2 quantity of looted BAUBLES
	Larval Carrion Eater	Gain On Killing Blow: Corpse: Heal 30%, ,
	Hatchling Crocodilian	When Moving: +3% DMG (1 Battle), -1 (20%) (1 Battle)
	Crimson Tick	Gain On Killing Blow Chance to produce The Blood (8%)
	Shambler's Spawn Stained	Unlocks the potential of Cultist Trinkets -100% Location & Route Scouting +200% Oblivion Ingress Scouting +33% Oblivion Ingresses
	Purloiner Felid	Applies various effects via Cat Food

Purloiner Felid Combat Item exclusive to Inhuman Bondage. Can be purchased from stores and found in Assistance Encounters if Purloiner Felid is equipped.

Image	Combat Item	Effects
	Cat Food [1 Target] Stacks 4	1 (5%) If Food Gear is equipped: +20% RES If Tinker's Gear is equipped: Add 1 Positive Token If Medical Gear is equipped: 2 If Scouting Gear is equipped: +15 Flame If Road Gear is equipped: +1 or +1 If Luxury Gear is equipped: -1

Notes and Strategy

• The relationship chance buff from Wolf Cub is applied twice, making it an effective +20% to getting positive relationships.

• The Unnatural Owlet increases the weight of producing items by 1:

Stagecoach Item	Base Chance	With Unnatural Owlet
Alembic and Retort Chirurgeon's Mixing Kit Mortar and Pestle Pot and Still	1/4 (25%)	2/5 (40%)
Worktable Loom Tinker's Bench Explosives Magazine Trapmaker's Kit Stew Pot Griddle	1/5 (20%)	2/6 (33.3%)

• The HP bonus from Rabbit also increases the amount gained from +X% effects, such as food or trinkets.
  • For example, giving the Highwayman the Stale Bread item (+20% ) would normally give him an additional +7 points, due to him having a maximum health of 35 (35*0.2=7). However, if there is enough food present in the player's inventory to get him to 60 health solely through the Rabbit's effect, the Stale Bread would actually bring his to 72 (60*0.2=12).

• The Mucilaginous Slime doubles the chances of to get Food and Combat Items, and triples the chances to get Relics.
  • Overall it raises the chance of obtaining something from road debris from a 1/8.5 chance to a 1/4 chance.

• The -1 debuff from the Hatchling Crocodilian can be resisted.

• There are a number of ways to mitigate the scouting penalty from the Shambler's Spawn.
  • The Unabridged Edition trophy from the Librarian cancels out the scouting penalty.
  • Certain region goals (e.g. "Avoid the Hospital", or "Clear a Creature Den") will always reveal the node to be visited or avoided.
• Fighting a Shambler while having Shambler Spawn equipped will give the Shambler a buff of +100% DMG and +4 for the entire fight.
  • Defeating this encounter will award the player with the "Cycle of Life" secret achievement.

Trivia

• Most pets in the game are references to the first original game:
  • The Slime and Carrion Eater are monsters from the Weald and the Warrens.
  • The Shrieker is a special boss.
  • The Crimson Tick and the Crocodilian are both from The Crimson Court DLC, the latter being a mini boss.
  • The Pliskin is a monster from the Shieldbreaker DLC.
  • The Orphan Wolf Cub may be a reference to Brigand Vvulf , who appears in Wolves at the Door.
  • The Reanimated Rabbit's spine being exposed through what seems to be rotten flesh is similar to the Rabid Gnasher enemy.