In MapleStory, players have the option of buying Pets, monsters that follow behind you and respond to commands, from the Cash Shop for either Maple Points, from events, or Nexon Cash, bought with real money. There are numerous different types of pets, and in some versions they have varying abilities or stats. Pets, like their owners, have levels, which are raised by "Closeness" instead of "Experience". Closeness is gained by feeding the pets and talking to them.
The Kitty is one of the first pets that ever came out. It's very basic and has no special abilities. As it was the first to come out, many players have these since the beginning and they tend to be very high level. These are also some of the cheapest pets. They aren't very obedient. Sometimes seen wearing Bucket Hats of various Colors.
The Puppy is also one of the first pets that ever came out. It's very basic and has no special abilities. As it was the first to come out, many players have these since the beginning and they tend to be very high level. Needs to be fed more often than the Kitties. These are also some of the cheapest pets. Loyal and Highly obedient. Sometimes seen wearing Top Hats.
The same as a regular Kitty, except this one is black. It came out later than the others, but is still a very basic pet. Like a Brown Kitty, it's not very obedient. Sometimes seen wearing Bucket Hats of various Colors.
This is a Miniature Kargo, before it grows up. These are loyal pets that run along behind and follow commands well. They're among the hungrier pets in the game, so keep a good supply of Pet Food handy. A few Mini Kargos even have wings.
This pet Rudolph is, or rather was, a seasonal pet that only came out around Christmas time. Now, they're a permanent fixture of the cash shop, which has (unfortunately) decreased their rarity. Miniature versions of Santa's Helper. In GlobalMS, they were glitched for a very long time. Sometimes seen wearing Rudolph Hats or Christmas Cones. May be related to Mu Lung's Reindeer.
Dasher are almost the same as Rudolph. These are not available in GlobalMS. They are very smart and obedient, picking up on commands fast. They don't have a voracious appetite, so feeding them isn't an issue. Sometimes seen wearing Rudolph Hats or Christmas Cones. May be related to Mu Lung's Reindeer.
Husky are smart, loyal, and hungry pets. They do well in cold environments. They don't have a great appetite, though it might come as a surprise. Active pets, and some wear Fur Coats and Yellow Tights, or even Pig, bunny, and Skeleton suits. May be related to Ice Wolves or Hectors.
Black pigs aren't the smartest of pets. They live to eat, making them very hungry and needy for attention. Black Pigs like to pretend that they're Orange Mushrooms and will sometimes be seen sporting lacy bonnets.
White Rabbits came out in 2006 during the Easter event. They are well behaved and quiet most of the time, but can be quite stubborn. They aren't particularly hungry, so feeding them shouldn't be a problem. Rabbits often wear Red Scarves around their necks. These are also some of the cheapest pets.
This is the Pink variant. Like White Rabbits, they came out in 2006 during the Easter event. They are well behaved and quiet most of the time, but can be quite stubborn. They aren't particularly hungry, so feeding them shouldn't be a problem. Rabbits often wear Red Scarves around their necks. These are also some of the cheapest pets.
Pandas are unique among pets. They first came out in June 2006, and during a special event had black and white panda name tags. They're fairly rare in the pet world, and a favorite of owners. Pandas are calm and gentle creatures that feed on Bamboo. They don't eat that often, however. Pandas have a tendency to wear bizarre outfits, like clown suits or lit Jack-O-Lanterns on their heads. Interestingly, the flame on the Jack-O-Lantern is surrounded by an air bubble when underwater. May be related to Pandas in Mu Lung.
Dino Boys are aggressive pets. They're active and unpredictable, making owning one an interesting experience. They have a hot temper, and can breathe fire when angered. Unfortunately, they can't put this ability to use in battle. These are very hungry pets, so keep a full stock of Pet Food on hand. They think they're royalty, and so wear crowns and royal capes from time to time. Also, near Halloween, they can be seen wearing Ghostly suits. May be related to Drakes.
Dino Girls are aggressive pets. They're active and unpredictable, making owning one an interesting experience. They have a hot temper, and can breathe fire when angered. Unfortunately, they can't put this ability to use in battle. These are very hungry pets, so keep a full stock of Pet Food on hand. They think they're royalty, and so wear crowns and royal capes from time to time. Also, near Halloween, they can be seen wearing Ghostly suits. May be related to Drakes.
White Tigers are among the rarest of pets. Out of the snowy fields near El Nath they emerged. Tigers aren't hungry pets, and are fairly content most of the time. They're obedient and skilled in a number of ways. White Tigers can sometimes be seen running around in Ninja outfits or Magician's robes. In some versions, White Tigers will automatically heal if your HP falls below a certain point.
Monkeys are active and wild pets. They're smart, but not too obedient. Their Favorite delicacy is, of course, the banana. Monkeys have a reputation as thieves, and as such wear the stereotypical loot bag on their back from time to time. This ability can be put to use by their owners, as monkeys, in some versions, will run along looting, even while standing still. May be related to Lupin or Peach Monkeys from Mu Lung.
This is a unique pet that originated in GlobalMS in the thanksgiving event 2006. They were awarded very rarely for a Thanksgiving quest. Turkeys aren't hungry pets, but very disobedient, doing as they wish most of the time. They're obviously related to the Turkey Monsters that appear during this time as well. Sometimes, they can be seen wearing Rudolph hats, trying to blend in once November has ended.
Penguins are cold loving pets that were released in December. They originated near El Nath, unsurprisingly. They can be quite energetic and emotional, but are generally happy pets. Penguins are one of the hungrier pets in the game. They wear Earmuffs when it gets really cold. Penguins are probably related to Jr. Pepe found in Orbis Tower.
The Robot is an unpredictable pet, and changes shape sometimes. They were released only very recently, so not much is known yet. They tend to be very easy to please. Robots are very active, but not very hungry. Their favorite snack is a fresh set of batteries, though for some reason in GlobalMS they are called "Micro Chips". Robots are probably related to the Tobo and Master Robo found in Ludibrium Toy Factory. One of the most expensive pets.
This is a Miniature Yeti, a child roaming the cliffs near El Nath. Sometimes, it dons a baby Pepe on its back, imitating its parents. These are very popular pets, but among the most expensive. In some versions, yeti have auto looting and auto potion abilities. Fairly hungry, very smart, and usually quiet. A good pet to have at your side.
Don't be fooled by its' appearance, this Balrog is harmless. It might seem strange that the maplers' worst enemies can become pets, but the Balrog is a very loyal one to own. It has many amusing habits and sometimes dons a suit of armor so that it resembles a full grown Crimson Balrog. The wings are just for show; unfortunately it can't fly.
This is a lucky Golden Pig that came out for the Lunar New Year. It devours chocolate coins when it can. This is one of the Hungriest pets in the game, so keep your eye on its closeness bar. Unlike some of the other pets, this one can actually use its wings, and float above the ground instead of touching it.
The Elephant is a smart and loyal pet. It also features one of the most voracious appetites in the game, making it difficult to feed. Elephants have yet to be released in some versions. They can sometimes be seen wearing Arabic armor.
The Cloud Leopard is a smart pet. It is very obedient. It's rare, and only available in a few versions. The name Cloud Leopard comes from the cloud-shaped patches on its body.
Sonokong is a new pet. It is based on a monkey character from a Chinese Folk Tale.
This is the egg of a baby Dragon. It might hatch soon.
This is a baby Dragon which hatched from the egg above. Though young, it can already breathe fire, and if it's very happy it can even make flaming hearts. If it's unhappy, do something quick or you just might drown in its torrent of tears! It sleeps in small trees and already has the ability to fly, though only just above the ground. Through the use of a special item, it can evolve into one of the other dragons.
A dark dragon with an evil look to it. Its fiery breath is fierce, and when angered it fires beams of pure evil energy from its mouth. The most amazing ability this pet has is that it can actually transform into a two headed huge form. When it sleeps, the baby dragon can sometimes be seen resting on its head. This dragon may be related to the Dark Wyverns of Leafre.
A red dragon, always alert. When it gets angry, its eyes glow orange and it breathes red hot fire. If it gets upset, it cries a lot, contradicting its usual ferocious appearance. It leaves huge amounts of tears gathered around it. If it becomes confused, large question marks will float about. Like the dark dragon, it too possesses the ability to transform into a giant red serpent. It dreams about the baby dragon when it sleeps. May be related to the Red Wyverns in Leafre.
A green Dragon with long curved horns. This one can't breathe fire. Like the other dragons, it also possesses the ability to transform into a giant serpentine form. It cries huge amounts when it gets upset. The baby dragon can often be seen in its dreams when sleeping, though it doesn't usually look happy. It craves raw meat when hungry. Unlike the others, this one doesn't correspond to a wyvern of Leafre.
A Blue dragon with a cool personality. This one breathes icy cold breath when it is angered. If it gets upset, it cries a lot, contradicting its usually calm appearance. It leaves huge amounts of tears gathered around it. If it becomes confused, large question marks will float about. Like the other dragons, it too possesses the ability to transform into a giant blue serpent. It dreams about the baby dragon when it sleeps. May be related to the Blue Wyverns in Leafre.
This is a new pet, recently introduced in TaiwanMS. It is based off of a costume that can be worn by its master. It is one of the few pets that wears clothes. Also, it is capable of leveling up, and when it does so, it transforms into a rowdy Ribbon Pig and runs around, another ability that can be used by its master.
Pet Attributes
Like all cash shop items, Pets only last for 90 days. At the end of this time, they become lifeless dolls once again. They can be revived by buying a Water of Life from the cash shop and completing a quest. Pets follow behind the player, trying to keep up. If the player has a relatively high amount of speed, the pets will sometimes have trouble keeping up. This can be remedied by completing special Pet Quests that allow them to match speeds. Pets, like their owners, learn different things at different levels. As it progresses it learns more commands that give greater amounts of closeness. The highest level a pet can reach is level 30, needing a whopping 30,000 closeness. They can be out, following the player, or put up and inside the inventory, so as not to get lonely when the player is away from their computer. When a pet is neglected, its hunger slowly goes down, until it reaches 0, at which point it loses massive amounts of closeness and returns to the inventory on its own. This can get the owner in trouble with other players, if they see it going on. Often the owner will be defamed for allowing this to occur. While starvation is one of the problems with owning a pet, overfeeding it is another. It gains closeness when fed, so sometimes new pet owners will continually feed their pet. This will actually cause the closeness to decrease as well. Other than that, pet raising is fairly simple, and provides an additional level of depth to the game.
Closeness can be transferred between pets. By purchasing a special reset scroll from Cloy, the pet master in Henesys park, a pet owner can take the closeness from an old pet that has returned to its doll form, and give it to a newly purchased pet. If the new pet already has some closeness, then it will gain only as much as is needed to catch up to the old pet's level. For example, if a new pet is purchased from the cash shop, and has already reached level 5 before trying to transfer closeness, then it will only gain the closeness needed to get it to level 17, which is the level of the old pet, instead of adding the two together and causing the pet to exceed both levels.
Pet Equipment
Like their owners, pets can wear equipment purchased from the cash shop. Unlike player equipment from the cash shop, however, pet equipment can be scrolled for Speed or Jump. There are pet equipments that are common to all pets, like Bucket Hats, and others that only certain pets can wear, like the Pepe platform for Yeti and Crimson Armor for Balrogs. These common ones only have 5 slots, while the specific pet equipments are 7 slots. Pet scrolls are fairly cheap, because not as many people use pet equipment. Often players who receive these will drop them since they're not worth the trouble. In addition to clothing, pets can also be equipped with the Meso Magnet, which allows the pet to pick up mesos from Monster drops, and Item Pouch, which allows it to pick up the monster's item drops. New to several versions, particularly GlobalMS and MapleSEA, there are also Auto HP and Auto MP pouches. These will automatically use a potion for either HP or MP whenever the player's points reach a certain level, determined in the "game options". These take the place of the pet skills listed below.
Pet Skills
In some versions, pets have different skills. The ways to obtain these skills and their effects vary from version to version. In KoreaMS, certain pets come with these abilities built in, like the Yeti. In TaiwanMS, the skills are purchased from the cash shop, and are permanently installed on the pet. These skills can only be removed with an AP reset scroll that is also bought from the cash shop. A single pet can only have 3 skills at one time. The skills are as follows:
Automatic Pick-up Skill:
Automatic Pick-up Skill effects
A skill that enables pets to pick up items and mesos within the area without the character having to move. Available to pets with Mesos pick-up, item pick-up skills.
Automatic Pick-up Leftover Item and Meso Skill:
Automatic Pick-up Leftover Item and Meso Skill effects
Adds the skill that enables pets to pick up mesos and items that have been dropped for more than 30 seconds, thus rendering it as leftovers. Available to pets that have Meso pick-up skills as well as item pick-up skills.
HP Charge Skill:
HP Charge Skill effects
Adds to automatic potion-feeding skill to the pet. Available to all pets that do not have this option.
Item Pick-up Skill:
Item Pick-up Skill effects
Adds the item pick-up skill to a pet. Available to pets that can only pick up Mesos.
Expand Range Skill:
Expand Range Skill effects
Use this scroll to expand the pet's moving range by 3 times. Only available to pets that have automatic pick-up skills, cannot be used on top of each other.
Summons
Starting with the 3rd job advancement, a number of Summons become available to certain jobs. Some of these have elemental Attributes, while others have different effects. Summons require a Summoning Rock to appear and when their timer runs out, they disappear.
One of the summons available in third job is the Ranger's Silver Hawk. This summoned bird flies near the Ranger that called it and attacks the closest enemy. It does weak damage, but can stun. At max, the stun rate is 99%, rendering a monster helpless in one-on-one combat. Hawk isn't known for its damage, however, and will not be of great use against bosses that can't be stunned.
One of the summons available in third job is the Sniper's Golden Eagle. It is nearly identical to the Ranger's Silver Hawk. This summoned bird flies near the Sniper that called it and attacks the closest enemy. It does weak damage, but can stun. At max, the stun rate is 99%, rendering a monster helpless in one-on-one combat. Snipers do not use this skill as often as Rangers, since they have Blizzard, which can freeze enemies. Like Hawk, it does poor damage, so don't summon it if the monster is resistant to Stun.
Priests, who usually have to focus on healing, rarely get the opportunity to attack the monster. In cases where the Priest is not high enough level to get experience from the monster without hitting it, this leads to very poor training. To make up for this weakness, Priests get to summon a Dragon, which can attack while the owner is busy healing and performing other Priestly duties. Dragons are not as weak as Hawks or Eagles; on the contrary, they can actually do pretty good damage. Dragons are usually seen when fighting Zakum or other top bosses. Consumes one Summoning Rock per summon.
In Fourth Job, the Ranger's Hawk gets upgraded to the new Phoenix. In order to acquire this summon, a Bow Master must first find a Phoenix egg, located deep in the fiery depths of El Nath's Dead Mine, hatch it in a nest of Leafre, and defeat the Phoenix by himself. Phoenix has a fire based attack that can hit up to 4 monsters nearby at a time. Unlike Hawk, Phoenix cannot stun, and it cannot critical, somewhat balancing it with the 3rd job Hawk. In order to get this summon, the Bow Master must have a maxed 3rd job Hawk. In order to acquire this skill, one must defeat the Phoenix boss found in Leafre, where the Phoenix's skill book is dropped.
In Fourth Job, the Sniper's Eagle gets upgraded to the new Freezer. In order to acquire this summon, a Crossbow Master must first find and defeat the Freezer by himself. Freezer has an ice based attack that can hit up to 4 monsters nearby at a time. Unlike Eagle, Freezer cannot stun, but instead it can freeze, making it much more effective than most other summons.
Bishop Summons
Bahamut
In Fourth Job, the Priest's Dragon gets upgraded to the new Bahamut Dragon, which is red. Like Dragon, Bahamut is Holy elemental, and like other 4th job summons, it can attack multiple enemies. Bahamut can hit three nearby monsters, regardless of their proximity, so long as they are on screen. Unlike every other summon in the game, Bahamut can attack while the summoner is on a ladder. It is by far the most powerful summon, however it doesn't last as long as the others. Bahamut only requires level 15 Dragon. Also, unlike the Summon Dragon of 3rd job, Bahamut does not consume a Summoning stone when summoned.
For the first time, Mages pick up summons in Fourth Job. Ironically, the Ice Mage's summon is Fire based. It attacks by pounding its fist into the ground, hitting up to three monsters. The mage summons are fearsome, but seem to be less powerful than Bahamut. Like most other summons, it follows the summoner attacking the nearest group. It doesn't seem like it would be too useful, since most I/L Mages train on monsters that are weak to Ice, and thus resistant to Fire.
For the first time, Mages pick up summons in Fourth Job. Ironically, the Fire Mage's summon is Ice based. It attacks by pounding its fist into the ground, hitting up to three monsters. The mage summons are fearsome, but seem to be less powerful than Bahamut. Like most other summons, it follows the summoner attacking the nearest group. It doesn't seem like it would be too useful, since most F/P Mages train on monsters that are weak to Fire, and thus resistant to Ice.
Tamable Mobs
In some versions of MapleStory, there are monsters, called Mobs, that can be captured and ridden, through use of the skill Monster Rider. There are currently three Mobs, one that can be acquired at level 70 upon completion of the 3rd job advancement, another that can be acquired at level 120 upon completion of the 4th job advancement, and the last is received at level 200.
This unique monster is gained through a quest. You must protect it from monsters, while collecting 5 items the hog itself will drop over time. Break boxes to get the other 5. The quest is only available to players over level 70, already on the third job advancement. You will get the skill and the saddle. After this, you will need over 20 million mesos. Pay the Village Chief this money and gain a potion. Go to a special map near Korean Folk Town. The hog itself spawns like any other boss monster. Use the purple potion on it. If there is no hog, you will need another 20 million mesos. Once the quest is complete, the Watch Hog can be ridden by the player. It gives an instant 150% speed and 120% jump, faster than maxed haste. This makes movement through towns and such much easier. This hog may also level up, but there is no actual purpose other than getting a Silver Boar.
This is the higher level monster for riding. It looks quite fierce and surpasses a number of limits. The Boar gives a boost of 170% speed, which is extremely fast. In order to get this boar, you must have 50 million mesos as well as the previous hog at level 3 and completion of the Fourth Job Advancement. Talk to Kenta, he requests you to get some certain ETC items (namely 600 Dragon Skins, 400 Skullpieces and 400 Brown Skins). After this, pay him 50 million mesos and you will receive the Silver Boar.
Level 200 Mount
Red Draco
This is the final monster for riding. It is a Strong red dragon that surpasses a number of limits. The Red Draco is the best mount currently available, though it is not in many versions. It is unknown as of now what is required to upgrade to this Dragon, though it is fairly certain that the previous mount is needed, and completion of the Fourth Job Advancement.
