Pets

> Pets are NPC who spawn and despawn at your command and follow you around in the game world. Pets are permanent objects that can be used and reused without a cool down timer. They do not appear in your inventory and cannot be sold or traded. You may have duplicates of pets, but only one pet may be in play at a time. WIP
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## Pet Interface

All pets have individual requirements to stay happy. To access your pet's panel, summon a pet from the game's menu. Alternatively, you can click the pet's head icon to the right of the screen.

### **Stats**

Each pet has their own set of status bars: one for hunger, one for cleanliness, and one for entertainment. While these bars are high your pet will be happy and will provide you with a speed boost. They will also have happy thoughts and visibly appear happy. While these bars are low your pet will be unhappy and will not provide you with a speed boost. They will have sad thoughts and will visibly appear sad. All three status bars will slowly decrease while your pet goes unused.

### **Pet Care**

Your pet's status bars will deplete over time. Certain actions must be performed in order to fill each bar. Unlike the rest of the bars, the yellow happiness bar will fill by itself if the rest of the bars are full. You can also interact with your pet by clicking and dragging the cursor across the pet.

####  Hunger

When feeding a pet, you may choose between the pet's bowl and food type. Different food types will fill the bar more or less. After picking your bowl and food of choice, your pet will start eating, thus filling the bar. Pets will eat regardless of a full bar.

####  Cleanliness

Similarly to feeding a pet, you will again have the choice between different shampoo and brush types. Shampoos can also have different effects, such as lingering confetti particles. A short timed minigame will commence, and your pet will have dusty spots all over its coat. You may click and drag the cursor across these spots to clean them. When the timer runs out the minigame will end. Pets may be cleaned regardless of a full bar.

####  Entertainment

Having a pet accompany you on field will gradually increase the bar.

### **Pet Information**

All pets have a gender and their own names. These consist of two different names; a 'blank' option is available for first names. Pet names cannot be custom and must be picked from a premade list, additionally some names may be gender-locked.

Unlike other pet types, Cats and Dogs have their own personalities. Different personalities can show noticeable changes in behavior. Both Cats and Dogs can have either a Lazy or Friendly personality. Excited personalities are exclusive to Dogs and Nervous ones to Cats.

Clothes may be worn by Cats and Dogs only. These have their own separate model clothing as well as multiple category slots, such as Head, Collar, Body and Legs.

## Benefits

Pets provide a number of benefits; a happy pet on field grants you a speed boost. Specific thought bubbles may appear over pets' heads, these notify you about nearby treasure chests, collections or battles/dungeons. All treasure chests are found in the same, predetermined areas. This prompts your pet to think about the treasure chest and then search for it followed by a digging animation. Chests can vary in rarity and loot.