Animation Pet

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Animation pets are the summoned Warrior-class pets of the Enchanter class. This summoned pet line begins at first level and continues unbroken until level 81. The reagent required for summoning is a tiny dagger, available for purchase from vendors in various zones at a cost of one silver piece per tiny dagger.

Application

When compared to the pets of the Necromancer, Magician and Beastlord, Enchanter Animation pets are significantly weaker. Further, unlike these three classes, Enchanters have no line of pet heals or pet buffs to bestow on their pets, forcing Enchanters to rely upon whatever buffs and heals they or others can cast on other players for their pets. Even more conspicuously and as distinct from every other pet class in the game, Enchanters cannot give commands to their summoned pets. Their pets are reactive and attack only when they themselves or their owners are attacked. As they cannot be ordered back, they will continue attacking until they are killed, their target is killed, their target is mesmerized, they are dismissed (using the Go Away command, the only available command for Enchanters on the pet window of their Animation) or their owner leaves the zone.

Given these restrictions, the Enchanter Animation pet is somewhat limited in its application. It is useful in taunting mobs off an otherwise fragile Enchanter, allowing the owner to move out of melee range and cast spells (such as mesmerization) uninterrupted by the attacking mob as it is now occupied with the Enchanter's pet.

While Enchanters can eventually get a number of Alternate Advancements to aid the effectiveness/utility of their pets, including Animation Empathy which allows the Enchanter to give standard commands to their pet, the Animation pet never becomes a viable (or even marginal) tanking pet against level appropriate content. At best, it is a small contribution to the DPS and useful for the aforementioned purpose of taunting mobs off its owner.

The Animation Pets

The following is a list of the Animation Pets and the levels at which they become available to their owners.

The Animation Pets and the Required Level of the Enchanter to Summon

Level to Summon	Name of Animation	Pet Level	Hit Points	Armor Class	Base Damage
1	Pendril's Animation	?	11	?	1
2	Juli's Animation	?	51	?	6
7	Mircyl's Animation
9	Kilan's Animation
14	Shalee's Animation
17	Sisna's Animation
22	Sagar's Animation
29	Uleen's Animation
31	Boltran's Animation
37	Aanya's Animation
41	Yegoreff's Animation
48	Kintaz's Animation
55	Zumaik's Animation
62	Aeldorb's Animation
66	Salik's Animation
71	Ellowind's Animation
76	Erradien's Animation
76	Erradien's Animation Rk. II
76	Erradien's Animation Rk. III
81	Yozan's Animation	78	7434	163	82
81	Yozan's Animation Rk. II	78	9912	163	93
81	Yozan's Animation Rk. III	78	12390	163	99