Pets & Companion Creatures
Registration, growth, equipment, special-mount conversion and recovery for supported companion creatures.
Patch 2.00.00 mount and passenger status
Section titled “Patch 2.00.00 mount and passenger status”The current Known Issues notice still states that quest-required NPCs cannot ride with Legendary Animal mounts. Use a compatible regular mount for passenger objectives.
Version 2.00.00 fixes certain high falls failing to dismount the rider and restores trade-goods transfer to horse inventory at stables. These changes do not publish new mount capacity or cargo statistics.
Version 2.00.02 separately fixes a horse rider being forcibly dismounted after colliding with a wandering merchant. This does not retire the active Legendary Animal passenger issue, and the notice does not identify a specific merchant or region.
Keep pets, ordinary mounts and special mounts as separate records even when one creature can move between those roles.
Patch 1.18.00 creature knowledge
Section titled “Patch 1.18.00 creature knowledge”Animal Knowledge can now be acquired by picking an animal up rather than killing it. Record the Knowledge notification after the first controlled pickup; do not assume every creature uses the same interaction state.
The active restriction on quest NPCs riding with Legendary Animal mounts remains in force.
Sources: Official Patch 1.18.00 · Current Known Issues
Creature states
Section titled “Creature states”| State | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Wild | Not owned or registered |
| Pet | Registered companion creature |
| Growing | A supported pet with growth progress |
| Special mount | Registered in the dedicated special-mount system |
| Equipped | Pet or mount equipment attached |
| Released | Ownership state intentionally removed |
Registration workflow
Section titled “Registration workflow”- Identify the species.
- Record the required trust or unique method.
- save before registration;
- complete the supported interaction;
- verify the inventory tab;
- equip only compatible items;
- confirm state after quit and reload.
Patch 1.06 documented special mounts including bears, boars, wolves, deer, mountain goats, Kuku birds, iguanas, raptors, camels, lions and tigers.
Growth conversion
Section titled “Growth conversion”Patch 1.08 added 20 small-animal species and Baby Wyverns as pets. Patch 1.10 added growth for Kuku Bird Chicks and Baby Wyverns, allowing supported conversion to special mounts after sufficient growth.
The guide does not claim growth time or feed quantity without a verified test.
Equipment
Section titled “Equipment”Special-mount saddles use the dedicated inventory tab. Pet equipment and mount equipment are not interchangeable. Confirm species compatibility in the live item description.
Safety rules
Section titled “Safety rules”- keep inventory capacity available when pets collect items;
- do not release a creature to diagnose another problem;
- save before growth conversion;
- record the active quick-slot assignment;
- confirm equipment survives character switching and reload;
- preserve the exact pet name when reporting a console keyboard freeze.
Current issue
Section titled “Current issue”PlayStation can freeze if characters are entered rapidly while naming a pet or horse. Enter characters slowly with brief pauses until the issue is resolved.