*Updated* Ultimate Pet Guide

thx man... i ll change that right now

mmk... that would make a lot more sense... and that's what another player was saying to me ingame... i ll change that too

I agree that this makes a lot more sense than one giant boost at level 20 and no buffs at all up until that point. If the original post up there's going to have AL per level listed, it should probably be changed to the increments of 4.

http://guildwarsrealm.net/modules.ph...topic&t=67#289

You should take some information form that page ther to add to it!

ugh... most of that info in that thread is wrong soo...

So, do Elder Pets get no damage modifier, or +3 damage as stated on previous thread?

That's a good question which I'm not sure anyone can answer directly. To my knowledge, no real test of pet attack values have been done yet. Only recently has there been the patch making the damage visible and thus somewhat testable. It's still quite hard to control all variables and thus do such a test with any accuracy. However, it's possible to test the relative damage between the pets rather easily. Those tests have shown that the Dire pet does more damage than the Elder (see my above post for the details). Therefore, if the Elder did indeed have a +3 damage, the Dire would need to have a damage boost greater than 3, instead of only 2.

Thanks, I don't know how I missed your earlier post.

That's great news, I wanted to be consistently agressive with training my pet, and not be penalized for it!

So are you saying there's no difference between pets except for the type of damage they do?

You got it. Well other than asthetic differences, of course. Also, the bear will use its "brutal mauling" special attack, but it does not appear to do more damage than its regular attack. Also, there was a rumor that the spider had a small chance of inflicting poison, but I believe that has been disproven.

Rumours have also been made of the dune lizard using the skill " Final Thrust".

I have a dune lizard, and I have never noticed any difference in it's attack methods.

I just thought everyone would like to know that the pets respawning has been fixed! Pets now will ressurect with the party at a res shrine, and if they were still left alive when the party respawns, the pet will teleport to the res shrine with whatever hp it had left.

Let me be the first to say a heartfelt, "Thank you ANet!"

I believe "Brutal Mauling" knocks down.

And previously, you could capture a bear pre-searing. It required two people, and a very specific set of skills, but it was possible. Not sure about now (rumours of it being "fixed"). Linkity link link.

- Brutal Mauling does not KD

- u can no longer Charm Pre-Searing Black Bears... ANeT made that change a couple updates ago

just wondering..... can i get the snow wolf in the northern or southern shiverpeaks?

and anyone know a place where they "always" are?

You can find them in both; the easiest place is probably right outside Yak's Bend; if you want a head start on training them though, go to Copperhammer Mines and head north toward where Thull the Bull spawns; there are wild Elder wolves there (level 15) and they can be charmed.

What about the Bear? I have seen them in the Southerns Shiverpeaks, but dont remember seeing them up north.

I hope they are up north, I have a long way to go with my new char otherwise!

To my knowledge they are only south, but can be reached through Beacon's Perch by going south briefly - you would need an escort most likely (unless you are exceptionally tough, the enemies are level 22-24...), but there are bears in the area.

Thanks! I will keep that in mind and go Bear hunting once I reach there!

na, My Black Widow was a Elder when i tamed it and of course since i named it i wasnt able to check its evolution till update. but once update came out i checked and found that it is now a Hearty Black Widow. I also Have a Dire Black Widow with my Ranger, I can set both the Hearty and the Dire at 12 to compare and I see no dmg diffrence between the two.

Nightbreed, you are most certainly wrong. I suggest you do some more testing because there is certainly a difference in attack damage between Dire and Elder.