The pet system is what separates Rappelz from every other classic MMORPG. This complete guide covers everything — classic taming, Soul Taming, Boss Taming, staging, evolution, overbreeding, belt pets, boss cards, the Pet Farm, looting pets and creature artifacts. Written from 10 years of running Rappelz Tournament Epic 9.6.
How the Pet System Works
Every character in Rappelz can tame creatures and place them in a formation of up to 5 slots. Your pets fight alongside you, provide passive bonuses and in some classes become your primary source of damage. Unlike most MMORPGs where pets are optional extras, in Rappelz a well-built pet setup is as important as your own gear.
Pets have their own level, skills, equipment slots and stage. The higher the stage and level of your pet, the stronger its contribution. Beast Master, Master Breeder and War Kahuna receive additional bonuses that make their pets significantly more powerful than those of other classes at the same stage.
Classic Taming — How to Catch Your First Creature
To tame a creature you need a Taming Card matching the creature type and your character must be at or above the creature’s level. The taming process has a success rate — using lower-level cards on high-level creatures fails more often. The monster must be at full health before using the taming skill.
Step-by-Step: Taming Your First Pet
- Visit Evoker Rudimyu on Trainee Island to acquire Creature Taming, Creature Control, Summon Creature and Recall Creature.
- Purchase an Empty Creature Card from a Merchant NPC in the main square of Trainee Island.
- Find your target — start with low-level monsters on the island. Almost every creature in the game is tameable.
- Target the monster at full health and cast Creature Taming. Wait for the charm bar to fill.
- Defeat the monster once charmed. The chat window will announce success or failure.
- On success your empty card becomes a tamed creature card. On failure the card is destroyed — buy another and try again.
- Open the Creature Formation window (Alt+Y), drag your tamed card into a slot, then use Summon Creature.
Tip: Higher-level Creature Taming skills increase success rate. Use Creature Taming Skill Cards for better chances on rare targets.
- Always weaken the creature first — lower HP increases success rate
- Level your character above the creature’s level before attempting
- Master Breeder and Beast Master have higher base taming rates
- Use advanced taming cards on rare or difficult targets
- Don’t waste rare cards early — save for Stage 3+ targets
- Check a creature’s skills before taming — movesets vary significantly
- Success rate is affected by your level vs creature level gap
- Common creatures are easy to replace — focus on rare ones
Soul Taming — Added in Epic 8.2
Soul Taming made nearly every monster in the game tameable with randomised traits. Attack type (Tank, Melee DPS, Ranged DPS, Magic DPS, Heal), skills and attribute points are all rolled randomly — meaning every tamed creature is unique. The creature retains its exact visual appearance when tamed.
- Most common creatures
- Easiest to obtain
- White/grey card border
- Stronger creatures
- Higher base stats
- Green card border
- Powerful, sought-after pets
- Lower drop rates
- Blue card border
- Rarest and most powerful
- Includes bosses and legends
- Purple card border
Card Rarity Matching — Important
You must use a Soul Taming Card that matches the creature’s rarity level. A Basic card cannot tame a Rare or Unique creature. Check the creature’s information window — the colour coding tells you which card is required.
Boss Taming — Added in Epic 8.3
Epic 8.3 made legendary bosses tameable as personal allies. 19 unique bosses became available across two categories. Boss pets only have 3 attack types (Melee, Ranged, Magic) — no Tank or Heal roles. Unique bosses can learn additional passive skills at level 150 and 155.
Ruino, Aborex, Hektor and others — found in open fields. The ultimate bragging rights pets on any server. Bosses have respawn timers, adding a competitive challenge to taming.
Butkadah, Soul Seeker, Skeleton Dragon, Takin, Crustalino, Ashmaw the Devourer, Viridyos, Vulcanos, Julius Ormu and more. More powerful than standard Soul Taming pets.
Pet Staging — The Combination System
Staging combines two identical pets of the same stage with a Soul Catalyst to create a higher-stage pet. Stage resets to 1 on success with increased stats and +8 extra Job Points. A failed attempt does not destroy the pets — only the Soul Catalyst is consumed. At Stage 3 pets gain a new visual appearance.
A Joker Card obtained from failed combinations boosts success chance when used as sub-material. Pet durability drains when killed — repair with Soul Catalyst + empty same-type card (guaranteed success).
Pet Evolution and Overbreeding
Pets have 3 evolution stages, each with a unique appearance and access to stronger skills. Evolution is performed at a Breeder NPC in any major city. Overbreeding — delaying evolution and leveling the pet beyond the minimum — is the key to creating the strongest possible companion.
Why Overbred?
Each overbreed level grants +2 Job Points instead of 1, and some powerful skills are only available to overbred pets. Always overbread to maximum level (60 for first evolution, 115 for second) before evolving if you want the absolute strongest companion. Evolution cannot be reversed — plan carefully.
Belt Pets — Passive Bonuses Explained
Belt pets sit in your belt slots and provide passive stat bonuses — they do not fight. Choosing the right belt pets for your class is one of the most impactful optimisations you can make. The Koala is the best universal farming belt pet for almost every class — its drop rate bonus applies to all loot and stacks with server rate buffs.
Mercenary, Berserker, Slayer, Overlord: Koala for drop rate, Unicorn for P.Atk bonus, Wolf variants for attack speed.
Void Mage, Magus, Oracle: Pixie variants for M.Atk bonus, Fairy for cast speed reduction.
Templar, War Kahuna: Turtle for P.Def bonus, Dragon variants for HP increase, Bear for VIT scaling. Prioritise survivability.
Cardinal, Master Breeder: Angel variants for healing power, Rabbit for MP recovery rate, Deer for WIS scaling.
Koala — best for every class. Drop rate bonus stacks with server buffs. Get to Stage 5 as a priority early investment regardless of your class.
Boss Cards — What They Are and How to Use Them
Boss Cards are obtained by defeating world and dungeon bosses. They are equipped to your pet’s card slots and provide significant stat bonuses that scale with the boss card’s tier. Higher-tier boss cards from harder dungeons provide substantially better bonuses than lower-tier ones.
Stackable cards — Introduced in Epic 8.2. Multiple identical boss cards can now be stacked on the same pet for compounding bonuses. Running Abyss for matching card sets is the primary endgame pet progression loop.
Unique boss cards — Introduced in Epic 8.3. Taming bosses as pets grants access to unique boss card skills that are unavailable from any other source.
Chaotic Phoenix boss cards — Introduced in Epic 9.9. Available in Warrior, Magician and Summoner variants. Among the strongest boss cards currently in the game.
Sonya’s Pet Farm
Located south of Rondo outside the South Gate, the Pet Farm lets you passively level multiple pets while you adventure. Pets grow up to your character’s level (maximum level 100 on the farm).
Warning — Ticket Abandonment
If a ticket expires and you abandon a pet for 30 days, it will run away and disappear permanently. Always collect your pets before tickets expire. Animal Crackers are the best food to accelerate farm growth.
Looting Pets — Automate Your Item Collection
Looting pets are separate from combat creatures. They automatically collect dropped items from defeated monsters — saving enormous time during farming sessions and dungeon runs. Get a permanent one as early as possible.
Received on Trainee Island — lasts 7 days. Good for learning the system but not a long-term solution.
Obtainable from the Guild of Merchants. A worthwhile investment — one of the best quality-of-life upgrades in the game.
To summon: Name your pet → double-click icon in inventory → confirm. After summoning click the loot icon in the Quick Icon bar. Right-click to toggle automatic looting on or off.
Creature Artifacts
Introduced in Epic 7, creature artifacts significantly boost pet performance. Monsters drop spirits which you exchange along with an Artifact Fragment at the Creature Enchanter for a random artifact. 11 artifact types exist, each giving a different bonus (increased damage, defence, health etc.).
Creature-specific: Artifacts only work for the creature type they were obtained from — Poultry artifacts cannot be used on Tortus, for example. Farm specific monster types to target the artifacts you need. Artifacts are essential for endgame pet optimisation.
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