Discover everything you need to know about all pets in Crimson Desert, including how to get them and increase their trust.
Pets are tameable animal companions that follow you around and provide utility support, especially for looting in Crimson Desert. They are built around a trust system mechanic, which is the core of how pets work. The animal becomes your permanent pet and is added to your pet inventory after taking them in.
They are useless in combat, but crucial to looting the defeated enemies to fill up the inventory with useful items. Petting and feeding are the two unique features that increase the trust to adopt the animal as a pet.
What is Pet in Crimson Desert
Pets are animal companions in Crimson Desert that you can befriend, and they join your adventure. Besides the cosmetic, they give support in combat, exploration, and looting items. Cats and dogs are currently available as pet animals in the game, so you can find multiple versions of them.
Every animal starts with 0 trust that can increase to 100, letting you adopt it. Petting and feeding the animal allows you to increase the trust level with these loyal companions. Once trust reaches 100, you can select “Take In” to make it your pet.
How To Summon Pets
Once you reach +100 trust, hold the button prompt to claim it as your own. Open your inventory, move to the Pets tab, and press the LMB on a pet to summon them. Crimson Desert lets you own up to 30 pets total, and only 1 pet can be active at a time, while others stay in your base/camp. Pets collect loot items like weapons, materials, and items from fallen enemies.
Keep in mind that they loot everything they find, allowing the inventory to fill up quickly. Cats and dogs don’t fight the enemies, but provide support. Pets follow you while exploring the world of Pywel, making gameplay more immersive. When you ride a horse, your pet automatically disappears and returns later. You can purchase the armor for your pet to make their appearance more unique.
Gain Trust By Petting Animals
Petting the animals in Crimson Desert lets you gain their trust. Although this method is not quick to get trust, it still works.
- Approach the dogs and hold the interaction button to pet them.
- Pick up the cat by holding the button prompt, and then press the pet button while holding it.
Just standing near them doesn’t increase the trust, making the interaction essential. Petting the animal grants +5 trust level, and you can get +25 trust from petting per day. You can pet up to 5 times per in-game day, and you stop gaining trust from petting after five pets. This requires you to wait for the next in-game day.
It’s worth mentioning that you cannot tame an animal in one go using only petting. I recommend using the pass time feature to reset the limit, letting you pet more animals quickly without any delay. You need 100 trust total to adopt an animal, so it takes about 4 in-game days to get the trust meter to 100.
Gain Trust By Feeding Animals
If you feel that petting the animals to gain their trust takes too much time, you can feed them to raise the bar quickly. This process gives much higher trust per action, but it requires favorite food items. You can gather the food by hunting wildlife, buying ingredients from vendors in towns such as Hernand, or utilizing camp dispatches.
Kill the goats in the Steel Mountains for significant amounts of meat, hide, and bones. Visit the butchery vendor to purchase meat and cooking ingredients. Make sure to find recipes marked with a scroll icon on the minimap to make the favorite food. Below are the steps to feed the animals in Crimson Desert.
- Open your inventory.
- Select a food item like meat, fish, egg, and more.
- Drop it on the ground near the animal and wait for a few seconds.
- The animal walks over and eats it, letting you increase the trust quickly.
Keep in mind that the NPCs and other animals can try to steal the food if you drop it in a higher traffic area. Feeding the dogs meat (Fine Meat) lets you earn +35 trust and +10 trust for low-quality meat. Cats usually prefer fish, bird meat, and milk, and each feeding gives +10 trust.
Cats are pickier and slower to tame, but dogs are easy to satisfy and gain trust. The game lets you feed an animal up to 3 times per in-game day, and you stop gaining trust after this limit. Feeding the dog thrice a day gives +105 trust and +30 for the cats in a day.
Tip: Use high-quality meat for dogs and combine feeding & petting to maximize daily trust. Drop food close to the target animal to avoid losing it.
How To Get the Pet Armor
You can get the special type of equipment to put on your animal companions in Crimson Desert. Pet armor is basically clothing for your pets, but it doesn’t give any stats or gameplay bonuses. These are mainly used to customize your pet’s appearance and make it look unique.
Once you unlock pets, you can access a pet menu and equip armor just like you equip gear on your character. You can buy pet armor from the tailor shops in Pororin Village. Hats, body armor, and outfits are included in the pet armor.
All Pets in Crimson Desert
Below are all the pets you can get by gaining their trust to help you in exploration in Crimson Desert.
| Animal | Animal Type | Location | Favorite Food |
| Shepherd | Dog | Located in the north gate of the soldier encampment or on the south side of Pywel. | Bird Meat |
| Pororin Cat | Cat | Located in every region except the Crimson Desert. | Take the cat far away on foot and then drop the bird. |
| Pointy-Eared Bulldog | Dog | Available in Demeniss. | Egg |
| Moon Cat | Cat | Available in all regions except the Crimson Desert. | Fish |
| Jindo | Dog | Located in all regions. | Sweet Potato |
| Husky | Dog | Located in Kharonso, south of Scholastone in Hernand. | Bird Meat |
| Greyhound | Cat | All regions except the Crimson Desert. | Fine Meat |
| Floppy-Eared Bulldog | Dog | Southern regions of Pywel. | Cheese |
| Boardhound | Dog | All Regions | Lean Bird Meat |
| Beagle | Dog | Located in Hernand Constabulary and found in every region except the Crimson Desert. | Sweet Potato |
