Summoned Pets & Warders
Created by a pet spell and associated with the owner until replaced, dismissed, killed, or invalidated by a loadout rule. Spell rank can increase the summoned pet's level and statistics.
Pets
Pets are independently acting combatants controlled through an owner. EQL expands the classic system with persistent pet inventory, multiclass equipment eligibility, spell-rank pet upgrades, and inventory-backed charm pets.
Pet Types
Charmed Pets
Existing NPCs temporarily controlled by charm. They use pet inventory while charmed, but player-given equipped items are removed when charm breaks.
Current reference data assigns summoned pets two base classes, then permits equipment usable by either the pet's classes or any of the owner's active classes.T2
| Pet family | Current base classes | Notable capability |
|---|---|---|
| Beastlord warder | Warrior / Beastlord | Cleave, cold spells, slows, and cripples |
| Magician fire | Warrior / Wizard | Wizard direct damage |
| Magician earth | Warrior / Ranger | Snare and fire damage |
| Magician air | Warrior / Monk | Monk-style kicks |
| Magician water | Warrior / Rogue | Backstab when positioned behind the target |
| Necromancer / Shadow Knight | Warrior / Shadow Knight | Lifetap and Hate Touch |
| Enchanter animation | Warrior / Paladin | Healing and Lay on Hands behavior |
| Shaman spirit wolf | Warrior / Beastlord | Beastlord spell package |
Balance-sensitive reference: pet class packages are current T2 data and can change independently of the underlying summon spell.
Pet Scaling & Spell Upgrades
The July 7 pet-upgrade model is explicit:T1
Summoned pet level: base summon level + spell rank, capped at player level − 1.
Per upgraded pet level: +6% HP, +1 base damage, and +5 skill points.
Pet Inventory
Pet equipment is managed through the owner's inventory interface rather than handed over as permanently lost items. Developers directly confirmed that equipped pet items survive pet death.T1
| Source | Additional slots | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Base character | 4 | Available regardless of pet class. |
| Magician | +3 | Additive with other active classes. |
| Beastlord | +3 | Additive with other active classes. |
| Necromancer | +2 | Additive with other active classes. |
| Enchanter, Druid, Shaman | +1 each | Current reference data. |
| Shadow Knight | +0 | Summons a pet but currently grants no extra inventory slots. |
The current maximum is 12 slots from the base four plus Magician, Beastlord, and Necromancer bonuses. If a loadout change removes slots, items in inactive positions remain visible but are not equipped until moved to an active slot.T2
Equipment Rules
Eligibility
A pet can equip items allowed for its own classes and items allowed for any of the owner's active classes.T1
Slots
Primary, secondary, two-handed, armor, jewelry, and other equipment follow slot occupancy rather than simply stacking duplicate items.
Persistence
Summoned-pet equipment remains in pet inventory through pet death; current reference data also reports persistence through logout and class changes.
Charm Break
Charmed pets equip from pet inventory, and player-given equipped items are removed when charm ends.T1
Official July 7 UI changes made summoned-pet HP, Mana, AC, regeneration, and other statistics visible and enabled equipped Attack, HP-regeneration, and Mana-regeneration bonuses. The UI also better reflects buff effects on pet HP and Mana.T1
Weapon Selection
Developer demonstrations show that pets can use assigned primary and secondary weapons and may prefer equipped weapons whose attack ratio exceeds the pet's base ratio. Current reference testing indicates pet swing delay is largely pet-defined and that the equip-selection score can prefer lower-delay weapons; only place weapons in inventory that you actually want the pet to consider.T2
Pet AI & Commands
Pet AI selects actions from the pet's class package, current state, owner commands, positioning, and available Mana. It should be treated as an autonomous combat actor rather than a direct extension of the owner's weapon timer.
- Attack
- Orders the pet to engage the selected target. Current reference testing reports a deliberately short acquisition range and no classic pet-tracking behavior.
- Follow / Guard / Sit
- Changes movement and idle state without changing the pet's equipment or upgrade rank.
- Inventory check
- Reports which pet-inventory items are currently equipped, useful when several candidate items share a slot.
- Target pet
- Targets the controlled pet for direct healing, buffing, or inspection.
- As you were
- Clears queued pet commands and returns the pet to its default free state.
Command descriptions are T2 current-reference behavior because exact AI priorities and command-queue timing are not developer documented.T2
Pet Threat
A pet can become an NPC's current target and competes within the encounter's hate state. Pet damage, spells, taunts, and owner support can all change combat priority, but the exact split between pet hate and owner-attributed hate has not been published.
- Quick Buff evaluates the owner's pet and group-member pets as valid targets when each beneficial spell permits them.T1
- Divine Invocation was updated to target the owner's pet and group pets, with lower healing priority than players.T1
- Pet durability and equipment can intentionally shift damage away from the owner, but threat control still depends on pet AI and the enemy's target rules.
Unresolved: pet taunt toggles, hate inheritance on pet death or replacement, owner healing hate, charm-owner attribution, and the exact hate generated by pet spells require controlled testing.
Charmed vs. Summoned Pets
| Property | Summoned / Warder | Charmed |
|---|---|---|
| Origin | Created by a summon spell. | Existing NPC temporarily controlled by charm. |
| Spell-rank level bonus | Applies under the July 7 pet-upgrade formula. | Charm spell tier increases eligible target-level cap rather than adding summon levels. |
| Inventory | Persistent owner-managed pet inventory. | Uses pet inventory while charmed. |
| On control ending | Equipment remains stored after pet death or replacement under the persistent-inventory model. | Player-given equipped items are removed when charm breaks. |
| Class package | Defined by summon family and current EQL pet design. | Derived from the charmed NPC's actual classes and abilities. |
Pet Build & Equipment Decisions
Pet evaluation should separate the summon itself from the owner's inventory and support package.
Spell Rank
Raise the summon spell when the resulting level, HP, base damage, skills, and spell level provide more value than upgrading another active spell.
Inventory Slots
Choose pet classes not only for the summon but also for how many equipment slots the active combination supplies.
Equipment Eligibility
The owner's three classes broaden the pet's legal item pool; compare armor, statistics, haste, weapons, procs, and regeneration under the pet's actual AI.
Support Package
Buffs, heals, slows, threat control, positioning, and pet-targeting invocation behavior can exceed the value of a small raw gear upgrade.
Open Verification Questions
| Question | Current tier | Best verification method |
|---|---|---|
| Exact pet base delay and equipped-weapon scoring by pet family | T3/T4 | Timestamped logs with controlled weapon swaps |
| Complete pet spell lists and casting priorities by upgraded level | T2/T3 | Long combat parses by summon rank |
| Item-stat caps, haste caps, and proc rules for pets | T4 | Single-stat equipment matrix |
| Pet and owner hate attribution | T4 | Three-actor target-switch testing |
| Charm-break inventory behavior for every item type | T1/T3 | Weapons, armor, temporary items, and no-drop test set |