Lost Ark Pet Ranch: Everything You Need to Know
According to the newest official news, the ‘Under the Arkesian Sun’ update will arrive on August 24, bringing the Pet Ranch and Legendary Pets. Pets can play and grow into more helpful companions in the Pet Ranch. It is a new location in the Stronghold.
To unlock the Pet Ranch, you'll need to be at Stronghold Level 15, unlock the Stronghold Farm and the Cave, and have a Pet first. Then you need to complete the quest“Yay, Pet Ranch!!”.
Introductions of Pet Ranch
Your pets can be trained to become stronger and get more valuable resources in the Pet Ranch. Pets can be leveled up by earning pet expertise, and the Jam Cookies can be exchanged for rewards. Keep in mind that pets need some well-deserved breaks to earn Expertise and produce Jam Cookies. To balance the morale of your pets, the Pet Ranch is separated into the Cookie Workshop and the Ranch.
Ranch & cookie workshop
On the ranch, while pets relax or play with other pets, they can regain morale. When pets regain morale or create Jam cookies, they can be placed in the ranch or the cookie workshop, but not both at the same time. Pets can't produce Jam Cookies without morale, and working in the cookie workshop will decrease a pet’s morale.
In the cookie workshop, pets can earn both expertise and Jam Cookies simultaneously. The amount of Jam Cookies increases as the pet is upgraded from rare to epic to legendary. And pet expertise that upgrades your pets to legendary is why you need to earn it.
Legendary Pets
Once a pet is upgraded to legendary, some features are unlocked. Legendary pets are granted a (random) powerful skill, and at random intermittent intervals, one of 3 effects given by the skill will be applied to you while in combat. There are five pet skills:
Cheers of the Heart
20% chance to recover 8% of Max HP
40% chance to cast a 5s Shield for 10% of Max HP
40% chance to recover 3% of Max HP
Cheers of Serenity
20% chance to reset the Cooldown of Movement and Stand Up Skills and reducing the Cooldown by 40% for 8s
40% chance to cast a 5s Shield for 10% of Max HP
40% chance to cast 3% of Max HP
Cheers of Heaven
20% chance of Attack Speed +3% for 8s
40% chance to cast a 5s Shield for 10% of Max HP
40% chance to recover 3% of Max HP
Cheers of Courage
20% chance of Move Speed +5% for 8s
40% chance to cast a 5s Shield for 10% of Max HP
40% chance of recovering 3% of Max HP
Cheers of Resonance
20% chance of Specialty Meter gain +10% for 8s
40% chance to cast a 5s Shield for 10% of Max HP
40% chance of recovering 3% of Max HP
You can change your pet skill at pet management NPC any number of times whenever you'd like.
Legendary pets' appearance can also be changed by a Pet Customization Potion obtained from the Cookie Vendor. And per pet only needs the potion once. Afterward, that pet can have its appearance changed any number of times.
Pet Ranch Items & Rewards
The Jam Cookie Vendor has a variety of unique rewards which can be exchanged for Jam Cookies. There are plenty of valuable rewards, including some pet ranch-specific items: Vitameow, Arcane Battery, Pet Expertise Potion, Pet Customization Potion, and Pet Growth Token.
Pet Ranch Helpers
Four helpers are ready to help you manage the Pet Ranch.
Totocookie: it's a vendor. It can exchange Jam Cookies for other items.
Dispatched Chromarong: will help you place your Pets in the Ranch or the Cookie Workshop.
Minky: it's a protector of Pets, which can exchange Rapport Gifts for Vitameow.
Hope you and your pets luck as they are trained to become Legendary after the update on August 24!