The Pet System in Ragnarok X: Next Generation (ROX) adds a fascinating strategic layer to the game's open-world experience. Players can capture, train, and evolve a wide array of pets, which serve as adorable companions and powerful allies in battle, enhancing your character's attributes. This guide dives deep into the mechanics of acquiring, developing, and utilizing pets within ROX.
To unlock the Pet System, players need to reach base level 60. Once you hit this milestone, a series of introductory quests will guide you through the process of purchasing a slingshot, loading it, and accessing the Pet Encyclopedia. Completing these quests is your gateway to starting your pet collection and management journey.
Capturing pets is both straightforward and strategic. The system categorizes pets into different rarities, which affects their appearance when caught. The rarity of the pet you obtain is randomized, with the following probabilities:
The Pet Quality Transfer feature allows players to upgrade the quality of a pet by transferring it from a higher-tier pet to another of the same species. This keeps the level and experience of the recipient pet intact. To execute this transfer, you need two identical pets (of the same species), with one being of higher quality. The transfer incurs a fee of 5,000 Zeny. This mechanism ensures that players can enhance their pets without losing progress.
Pets can unlock up to four awakening skill slots, significantly boosting their combat capabilities. These slots are unlocked using skill sheets, available only from the Pet Book Vending Machine (Gacha system). The number of slots a pet can unlock depends on its quality tier and star rank.
Pets operate on a stamina system, each having 720 stamina points, which allows for 120 minutes of active deployment. Stamina is the key resource for pet functionality. Unfortunately, due to the stamina system, you cannot deploy your pet for the entire day. Stamina depletes at a rate of one point every 10 seconds when the pet is active.
For an enhanced gaming experience, consider playing Ragnarok X: Next Generation on a larger screen using your PC or Laptop with BlueStacks, along with your keyboard and mouse. This setup offers smoother gameplay and more precise control.