Whether you're brand new to the game or a long time player, making a pet can be a very long and confusing process so it is extremely important that before you begin, you know the best way to start so you don't waste your time, resources and even Crowns. 

In the following sections, we'll be going through everything from making a 4(20) pet and what exactly that means to reading a Pet Talent Pool to copying your first Pet from the Kiosk, a friend or one of our amazing Pet Lenders.  But first, we'll be starting with everything you need to know before you begin hatching. 

As noted in the Introduction, this page will likely be pretty long, so if you'd rather a quick and compact overview of Pet Basics, please check out the video to the right (below on Mobile) by one of Ferricord's Pet Specialist's, Wenius.

Let's start this Section of the FAQ with the basics by explaining 4(20) and 2.0 Pets. When you first starting getting into Pet Making and especially if you've watched Pet Making videos you've likely heard or seen the term "4(20)" but may not know what this means.

Every pet whether they are hatched using two pets at the Pet Pavilion or a brand new pet dropped by a Boss or a Pack has a Pedigree which is made of two sets of numbers. The second set of numbers which is inside of the brackets tells you the total Pedigree of the pet, or total rarity value of all the talents in the pet's Talents and Derby pools while the first set of numbers outside of the brackets tells you the total Pedigree of the pet's manifested talents. 

In the case of a 4(20) pet, it's Talents and Derby pools are comprised of 10 Common Talents each totaling (20) total Pedigree which when the pet is brought to the Adult Stage will have manifested 4 of the (20) total Pedigree. 

Now that you know what a 4(20) Pet is, it's important to understand why they're important and learn the best way to get your own. Having a pet that has all Common Talents like a 4(20) Pet that you can use to hatch with a pet that has the Talents you want can make reading a Talent Pool easier and in some cases, can also make it easier to have the desired Talents transferred down to the hatched pet. Additionally, the lower total Pedigree a pet has, the cheaper hatches that use it will be which can make hatching cheaper and more accessible. 

To start making your own 4(20) Pet, you'll want to begin by hatching one of your pets with a 4(20) Beguiled Gargoyle in the Hatchmaking Kiosk. The pet you use to hatch with can be really be anything, but if possible, try to use the pet you received from the introductory pet quest in Olde Town. 

The first time you hatch, you'll want to take the Baby that was created and train it to Adult and use it to hatch with another 4(20) Beguiled Gargoyle. Continue to repeat this process until you have a 4(20) pet with 2.0 or Max Stats and if possible, try to have your 4(20) pet be a Beguiled Gargoyle as this will help you in the future. Continue reading the next section to learn about 2.0 Pets and why they're important.   

A 2.0 Pet, also known as a Max Stats Pet is any pet that has the highest stat values possible for each of the 5 Pet Stats. Each of these stat values impacts the value of Pet Talents that provide number based benefits like Damage, Resistance, Pierce, Accuracy and Health. 

The current Max Stats that are required to make a Pet 2.0 are:

• Strength 255

• Intellect 250

• Agility 260

• Will 260

• Power 250

Now that you know what a 2.0 Pet is, it's important to keep this in mind when planning out what stats your Pet will give you as it might give you a 9 Dealer instead of a 10 if it's Strength, Will or Power is not close enough to the maximum. 

For some players, this small difference of 1% less damage or a little less resistance may not be significant, but it's incredibly important that you're aware of this and always try to keep your pet's stats as close to max as possible.

If your pet's stats aren't max, you can always use the Pet Stats Calculator created by Mixedup#6951 on Discord to see what values different talents on your pet will give you. 

Because of the way that the values of Pet Talents are calculated in-game, values that end in a .5 or higher will always be rounded up to the next whole number (9.5 -> 10.0) and values that have a .49 or lower will always be rounded down (9.49 -> 9.0).

Now that you know about 4(20) and 2.0 Pets, it's important to learn about the last major player in Pet Making: Wow Factor. 

Wow Factor is a magic number between 0 and 10 that is assigned to each Pet Body when they're first coded into the game and determines which body you will receive back in a normal Pet Hatch. 

To put it simply, the higher the Wow Factor, the "rarer" the body is to get back from a hatch and the lower the Wow Factor, the more often you will receive the body back. 

To put it more complexly, hatching two pet bodies of different Wow Factors together will give you different percentage chances to receive either of the two bodies back based on their Wow Factors. 

For example, if you were to hatch a Beguiled Gargoyle with a Scratchy Frillasaur, you would have a 75% chance every hatch to receive the Scratchy Frillasaur and 25% chance to receive a Beguiled Gargoyle. The reason for this is because the Beguiled Gargoyle has a Wow Factor of 10, while a Scaly Frillasaur has a Wow Factor of 8. 

This outcome will be different if you are using Exclusive or Retired Pet Bodies. For information on these types of Pet Bodies and outcomes, please see Advanced Pets.

Determining the Wow Factor of your Pet Body or Bodies you intend to use in a hatch is really simple by using The Frogfather bot in Ferricord. Simply enter The Frogfather channel under the Help Channels category and use the following commands:

To Determine Wow Factor

• Use the command "t?comp PetName" replacing PetName with the name of the Pet Body you want to know the Wow Factor of. 

If you want to know the Wow Factor of multiple Pet Bodies, separate their names with a comma. 

To Determine Body Return Chance

• Use the command "t?rc WowFactor1 WowFactor2" replacing WowFactor1 and 2 with the Wow Factors of the Pet Bodies returned from the previous command.

If you are hatching two different Pet Bodies with the same Wow Factor then you should have a 50/50 chance to receive either of them back in each hatch unless one of the bodies is Exclusive or Retired. 

If you'd like to learn more about The Frogfather bot including how it works and what commands to use for more advanced inquiries, please watch Wenius' video on The Frogfather here. 

Now that you know the general basics of the behind the scenes of Pet Making, it's important to learn about what Pet Talents you'll likely want for PvE and PvP purposes as well as what Pet Bodies are best to use and why. 

If you already feel confident you know what Pet Talents and Bodies are best for different purposes, feel free to skip this section and join us again in the next section where we cover reading Talent Pools and copying someone else's pet. 

Starting with Pet Talents, these will likely differ depending on your playstyle and what you're planning to use the pet for, but below are some suggestions of what talents you'll want. 

For General PvE Purposes

• A Triple-Damage Double-Resistance Mighty Pet

  • (Pain-Giver, School-Dealer, School-Giver, Spell-Proof, Spell-Defying, Mighty)

• A Quint-Damage Mighty Pet

  • (Pain-Giver, Pain-Bringer, School-Dealer, School-Giver, School-Boon, Mighty)

For General PvP Purposes

• Pets will be different depending on the School, Level and Gear Setup that you intend to PvP with and so desired Talents may be a mixture of Damage, Resistance, Accuracy, Power Pip Chance or even Outgoing Talents. 

For Deckathalon Purposes

• A Quad Maycast Heal Will-Cast Frozen Kraken Pet

  • (Fairy Friend, Unicorn, Spritely, Sprite Queen, Energizing Battery, Will-Cast Frozen Kraken)

Just like there are Pet Talents that you'll likely want for different PvE, PvP,  and other purposes there are also some Pet Talents that you want to avoid like the plague. These Talents include Selfish Talents that give Intellect and Power as well as any Critical or Block Rating Talents.

In particular, Critical Talents are some of the worst Pet Talents available with the changes made to the Critical and Blocking systems that changed the flat Critical Percentage to a fluctuating Percentage and Damage Multiplier based on the Wizard's Level an individual enemy's stats. 

Because of these changes, we have an unspoken rule in Ferricord that if you insist on using a pet with Critical Talents, you will be made fun of and publicly shamed. 

As you likely noticed with Pet Talents, there's a pretty standard list of talents that is shared amongst the different types of pets and while that does hold true for Pet Bodies, there is a lot more variety and for some schools, there are options that give major advantages. 

Below are some suggestions for which Pet Bodies you may want to consider using for each school, but in general you will want any Pet Body that gives you useful Item Cards for your school. In some cases you may want to use a Pet Body that is part of a Gear Set that provides you with a useful bonus but unless you have the corresponding pieces required to achieve the Set Bonus, I don't recommend bothering with those Pet Bodies. 

For Balance Wizards

• Snappy Gryphon (Unusable in Kiosk)

• Balance Hamster (Exclusive; Unusable in Kiosk; Deckathalon Only)

• Opossum (Balance Only)

• Steady Null Dragon (Exclusive; Unusable in Kiosk; Raids Only)

For Death Wizards

• Scrappy Gryphon (Unusable in Kiosk)

• Ghastly Opossum

• Ghulture (Death Only)

• Gloomy Eye 

• Death Hamster (Exclusive; Unusable in Kiosk; Deckathalon Only)

• Grim Squeaker (No Trade)

• Dark Hound

• Avenging Fossil (Death Only)

• Deadly Null Dragon (Exclusive; Unusable in Kiosk; Raids Only)

For Fire Wizards

• Fire Hamster (Exclusive; Unusable in Kiosk; Deckathalon Only)

• Sun Serpent (Fire Only)

• Ornery Kookaburra

• Fennec Fox (Unusable in Kiosk)

For Ice Wizards

• Freezing Rain Core

• Frosty Eye

• Ice Hamster (Exclusive; Unusable in Kiosk; Deckathalon Only)

• Lord of Winter (Ice Only)

• Frigid Null Dragon (Exclusive; Unusable in Kiosk; Raids Only)

For Life Wizards

• Lively Opossum

• Life Hamster (Exclusive; Unusable in Kiosk; Deckathalon Only)

• Kookaburra (Life Only)

• Lively Null Dragon (Exclusive; Unusable in Kiosk; Raids Only)

For Myth Wizards

• Plucky Gryphon (Unusable in Kiosk)

• Myth Hamster (Exclusive; Unusable in Kiosk; Deckathalon Only)

• Mythdactyl

• Enigmatic Ghulture 

For Storm Wizards

• Clamoring Ghulture

• Rain Core (Storm Only)

• Malefic Strix (Unusable in Kiosk)

• Storm Hamster (Exclusive; Unusable in Kiosk; Deckathalon Only)

For All Wizards

• Enchanted Armament

• Balance Hamster (Exclusive; Unusable in Kiosk; Deckathalon Only)

• Deadly Null Dragon (Exclusive; Unusable in Kiosk; Raids Only)

Now that we've covered the behind the scenes and run through the best Pet Talents and Bodies, it's time to start making or even continue making your perfect pet. 

To do that, you need to know how to read a Talent Pool as well as how to copy someone else's Talent Pool as both of these will help you immensely when making a Pet either through the Hatchmaker Kiosk, lends, or entirely by yourself. 

Copying a Talent Pool is probably one of the most annoying and tedious tasks in the entire game as it can take a few to a few dozen hatches to copy the Talent Pool of the pet you're hatching with depending on the pool of the pet you're using. 

For this reason, it's highly advised to use a 4(20) pet that has all common talents as not only will it be cheaper on your Wizard's wallet, it will make it much easier to read the Talent Pool and determine what talents came from which parent in the hatch. 

Beguiled Gargoyles are one of the best bodies to make 4(20) pets on because of their high Wow Factor of 10 but if you have access to a School Hamster, Null Dragon, or other Exclusive Body they can be an even better option. If you don't have any of these yet, be sure to invest into one as soon as possible. 

Now, as for the actual copying process, in the video to the right (below on Mobile) Wenius breaks down the process of copying a pet from start to finish so instead of writing out a long explanation, go listen to him for ten minutes instead then come back when you're done. 

As you likely know by now, each pet has a Talent and Derby Pool with 10 abilities or talents each and when you're making pets and especially pets with specific pools or isolated talents, it is incredibly important to know how to read them. While this can be confusing and sometimes difficult at first, as you start looking at your pets Talent Pools and paying attention to where manifested talents are in the Pools, this will all become clearer. 

What's important to know first and foremost is that just like Pet Bodies have Wow Factors, all Pet Talents whether they're in the Talents or Derby Pools have invisible values that determine the order they stack in within a pets Talent Pools. 

By becoming familiar with the placement of common desired Talents like the School-Dealers, School-Givers, Spell-Proof, Spell-Defying and Pain-Giver within your pets pools, you can start to determine if they have those talents or if they got bumped out during a hatch. For example, Pain-Giver will always be above Spell-Proof which will always be above Spell-Defying so you can usually find these talents pretty easily in a pool. 

Because reading Talent Pools can be a tricky thing to understand, I recommend you watch Wenius' video to the right (below on Mobile) on this topic to better understand it and come back here when you're done. 

Determining an unknown Talent in the Talents Pool of your pet that you've just hatched or intend to use in a hatch is really simple by using The Frogfather bot in Ferricord. Simply enter The Frogfather channel under the Help Channels category and use the following commands:

To Determine Unknown Talents

• Use the command "t?tb Talent1, Talent2, TalentRarity" replacing Talent1 and 2 with the name of the Talents on either side of the unknown talent and replacing TalentRarity with the rarity of the unknown talent. The Frogfather will direct message you with any Talents between Talent1 and Talent2 that match that rarity. 

In the first example image to the right (below on Mobile), I used the command to determine what Pet Talent the Ultra-Rare Talent between Spell-Proof and Spell-Defying on my Death pet was. In this particular case, I know it is Virulence as it was manifested in a previous copy of the pet but if you've never had the talent manifest before it may be harder to determine what it is. 

To Determine Talent Priority

• Use the command "t?ts Talent1, Talent2, Talent3, etc." replacing Talent1 to 10 with the name of the Pet Talents you want to know the Priority of. The Frogfather will return a message with the Priority of each of the talents you named in the inquiry. 

In the second example image to the right (below on Mobile), I used the command to determine the priority of the 10 Talent Pool that Montoso has used in his "Piercer Variant" Beguiled Gargoyle. 

If you'd like to learn more about The Frogfather bot including how it works and what commands to use for more advanced inquiries, please watch Wenius' video on The Frogfather here.