Pets & the Progression Game Mode

[BΘΘzamn ҉҈ ҉҈҉҈ ҉҈]

Hey there, I was wondering if pets in any way work like characters in the main mode as far as progress goes. I unlock a character and suddenly I can use them in the next run. If I go through (what is sometimes a lot of trouble, as evidenced by my first pet, haha) the whole shebang and acquire a pet, does that amount to anything in future runs? I ended up having to do like 5 fights in a row with no rest, which led me to a pet... and also just about to lose the run anyway. It was fun while it lasted, but I was really hoping I'd be able to select like one of my unlocked pets for the next run. That or, perhaps an easy way to acquire it in future runs?

Is this just a pipe dream? Couldn't find any specific information on this, so either I missed the posts or it's obvious what the answer is! Either way, appreciate y'all.

[Corydonn]

You are able to buy pets in the starting town with one of the town upgrade.

[BΘΘzamn ҉҈ ҉҈҉҈ ҉҈]

Ohhh cool, that makes sense! I assume I need to unlock the pets for them to become available? If not, I probably won't go out of my way to find pets for now since I still have lots of characters to unlock. Thanks!

[Eulenspiegel_Narrenkaiser]

I wouldn't sleep on pets because pets also gain the benefits of your characters' perks, gear, etc. So if you have a setup that applies extra shield with a character, and you have a pet that auto casts apply shield to your party, then all your party gets the extra shield that your character spec'd into.

Put differently, pets make your party stronger, unlocking different characters just makes your party different.

[TowerWizard]

The final boss also kills all the pets at the start of the fight, so if you use pets, don't rely on them, because then the last fight will kill you.

[Corydonn]

Originally posted by 76561198005705587:

Ohhh cool, that makes sense! I assume I need to unlock the pets for them to become available? If not, I probably won't go out of my way to find pets for now since I still have lots of characters to unlock. Thanks!

Yup the pets need to be acquired once before you can buy them in the shop.

[Conir]

Originally posted by TowerWizard:

... so if you use pets, don't rely on them, because then....

there is no need for this kind of spoiler to this simple, beginners, question, why ruin it?

[PewPew]

Originally posted by TowerWizard:

The final boss also kills all the pets at the start of the fight, so if you use pets, don't rely on them, because then the last fight will kill you.

If you have a smol deck. If you have a big deck then you might not see it, and even then it's just 1 less card draw that you dont even need to play.

But just now I manage to kill the boss without it able to kill my pets so it's doable on low madness (0 for me since I'm only tryin to get achievements).

[TowerWizard]

Originally posted by PewPew:

Originally posted by TowerWizard:

The final boss also kills all the pets at the start of the fight, so if you use pets, don't rely on them, because then the last fight will kill you.

If you have a smol deck. If you have a big deck then you might not see it, and even then it's just 1 less card draw that you dont even need to play.

But just now I manage to kill the boss without it able to kill my pets so it's doable on low madness (0 for me since I'm only tryin to get achievements).

Before I figured this out, then I depended on the mosquito to purge my tank from bleed. As it died, I had no controll at all over hís bleed, and since the build was heavy into self bleed (I don't remebmer the details) that character could either not play key cards, or play them and die.

It is a nieche situation, but it did mean that I failed against the boss, and I was not happy about it.

(Good joke about the "if you have a small deck" by the way, every deck should be small...)