Core Keeper Pets Guide

If you're feeling lonely wandering the underground in Core Keeper, have no fear, pets are here! There are 11 different pets you can choose from, each with their own set of skills and bonuses for your character. Here's how to get all pets in Core Keeper and how they aid you. 

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How to Get a Pet in Core Keeper

Pets are hatched from eggs found in biomes or obtained as loot from boss fights in Core Keeper. Each pet has their own specific egg, which needs to be incubated for 30 minutes before hatching. Egg Incubators are crafted from a Copper Workbench. They require x8 Copper Bar and x8 Glass Piece per incubator, and need electricity to run. When you have an egg, place it in the incubator and wait until complete. Take the "cracked" version and place it in your hotbar. Use the cracked egg, like using an item, to have it hatch into your new pet. You'll earn the Your Very First achievement for hatching your first pet, regardless of the type of egg. 

You can only have one pet equipped at a time, but the rest can be stored in chests. The same type of pet can come in eight different colors, except for the slimes. There's even an achievement, I want 'em all!, that rewards you for having each color of a pet stored in your chests. However, levels and stats of hatched pets all start at one and aren't transferable between members of the same species. 

Where to Find Pet Eggs in Core Keeper

• Loyal Egg: Hatches into Subterrier. 
  • Found in Digging Spots or on the pedestal in the Meadow Oasis.
• Curious Egg: Hatches into Embertail.
  • Buy from the Bearded Merchant for 375 Ancient Coin.
• Lively Egg: Hatches into Owlux.
  • Found in wooden or ancient crates of varying sizes.
• Nimble Egg: Hatches into Fanhare.
  • Found in flower vessels in Azeos' Wilderness.
• Fuzzy Egg: Hatches into Pheromoth.
  • Found in large ancient crates or large mold vessels in the Mold Dungeon. 
• Squishy Egg: Hatches into Snugglygrade.
  • Dropped by the Colossal Amoeba in The Passage.
• Oozy Egg: Hatches into Jr. Orange Slime.
  • Dropped by Glurch.
• Oozy Royal Egg: Hatches into Prince Slime.
  • Guaranteed drop from King Slime.
• Oozy Poison Egg: Hatches into Jr. Purple Slime.
  • Dropped by Ivy.
• Oozy Slippery Egg: Hatches into Jr. Blue Slime.
  • Dropped by Morpha.
• Oozy Lava Egg: Hatches intoJr. Lava Slime.
  • Dropped by Igneous.

All Pet Effects and Talents

Pets can grow up to level 10, earning five skill points along the way. Use those points to get five of the nine talents the pet offers, with each pet offering a different set of skills from their talent pool. These can be reset for 200 Ancient Coins in the pet information panel.

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Subterrier

Subterrier attacks enemies in melee range. Its base effects are: 

• +10% chance to stun targest on melee hit
• +8% critical hit chance

Its talent pool:

• Asserting Dominance: +15% damage against bosses
• Breaking Skin: +30% critical hit damage
• Intimidating Presence: +100% longer stun durations
• Laser Pointer Play: +10% critical hit chance
• Off-Leash: +7% chance on hit to deal triple amount of damage
• Paralyzing Fangs: +10% change to stun targets on melee hit
• Predator's Mark: +50% damage against stunned targets
• Puffing Up: +10% physical melee damage

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Embertail

Emertail uses fire projectiles for ranged attacks. Its base effects are: 

• +2 glow
• +16 burn damage applied on hit

Its talent pool:

• Asserting Dominance: +15% damage against bosses
• Breaking Skin: +30% critical hit damage
• Burning Anger: +40 burn damage applied on hit
• Flaming Treat: +15% chance on hit to consume target's burning effect and deal the total burning damage immediately
• Laser Pointer Play: +10% critical hit chance
• Leap Attack: +30% range attack speed
• Puffing Up: +10% physical range damage
• Spirit Animal: +2 glow

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Owlux

Owlux doesn't attack, but buffs its owner with its various talents. Its base buffs are: 

• +7.6% movement speed
• +6.5% damage

Its talent pool:

• Avian Run: Buff +5% movement speed
• Crane Style: Buff +10% critical hit damage
• Divebombing: Buff +3% melee attack speed
• Flock Together: Buff +3% range attack speed
• Plume Power: Buff +3% physical melee damage
• Plume Projectile: Buff +3% physical range damage
• Spirit of the Hawk: Buff +3% critical hit chance
• Triple Trouble: Buff +2% chance on hit to deal triple amount of damage

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Fanhare

Fanhare attacks with poison projectiles. Its base effects are: 

• 12% chance to apply poison on hit, reduces enemy healing received by 75%
• +1 target(s) pierced by projectiles

Its talent pool: 

• Asserting Dominance: +15% damage against bosses
• Bite Wound Infection: +15% chance to apply poison on hit, reduces enemy healing received by 75%
• Breaking Skin: +30% critical hit damage
• Hypersonic Claw: +1 target(s) pierced by projectiles
• Laser Pointer Play: +10% critical hit chance
• Leap Attack: +30% range attack speed
• Off-Leash: +7% chance on hit to deal triple amount of damage
• Puffing Up: +10% physical range damage

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Pheromoth

Like Owlux, Pheromoth buffs its owner instead of attacking directly. Its base buffs are: 

• 9.3% physical range damage
• +5% dodge chance

Its talent pool:

• Crane Style: Buff +10% critical hit damage
• Divebombing: Buff +3% melee attack speed
• Flock Together: Buff +3% range attack speed
• Plume Power: Buff +3% physical melee damage
• Plume Projectile: Buff +3% physical range damage
• Spirit of the Hawk: Buff +3% critical hit chance
• Triple Trouble: Buff +2% chance on hit to deal triple amount of damage
• Winged Escape: Buff Snare and stun durations reduced by 10%

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Snugglygrade

Snugglygrade is a melee attacker. Its base effect is: 

• +15% chance to gain mana on hit

Its talent pool: 

• Asserting Dominance: +15% damage against bosses
• Breaking Skin: +30% critical hit damage
• Energy Tap: +10% chance to gain mana on hit
• Laser Pointer Play: +10% critical hit chance
• Leap Attack: +30% melee attack speed
• Off-Leash: +7% chance on hit to deal triple amount of damage
• Puffing Up: +10% physical melee damage
• Zoomies: +30% movement speed

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Jr. Orange Slime

Jr. Orange Slime is a melee attacker. Its base effects are: 

• Reduces the target's movement speed by 11.7% for 4 sec
• +8% damage against bosses

Its talent pool:

• Asserting Dominance: +15% damage against bosses
• Breaking Skin: +30% critical hit damage
• Hungry Fang: Deal up to 30% more damage based on targets remaining health
• Laser Pointer Play: +10% critical hit chance
• Leap Attack: +30% melee attack speed
• Puffing Up: +10% physical melee damage
• Sticky Toy: Reduces the target's movement speed by 14% for 4 sec
• Zoomies: +30% movement speed

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Prince Slime

Prince Slime is a melee attacker. Its base effect is:

• +30% damage against bosses

Its talent pool:

 

• Asserting Dominance: +15% damage against bosses
• Breaking Skin: +30% critical hit damage
• Hungry Fang: Deal up to 30% more damage based on targets remaining health
• Laser Pointer Play: +10% critical hit chance
• Leap Attack: +30% melee attack speed
• Puffing Up: +10% physical melee damage
• Zoomies: +30% movement speed

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Jr. Purple Slime

 

Jr. Purple Slime is a melee attacker. Its base effects are:

• +12% chance to apply poison on hit, reduces enemy healing received by 75%
• +15% damage against bosses

Its talent pool:

 

• Asserting Dominance: +15% damage against bosses
• Bite Wound Infection: +15% chance to apply poison on hit, reduces enemy healing received by 75%
• Breaking Skin: +30% critical hit damage
• Hungry Fang: Deal up to 30% more damage based on targets remaining health
• Laser Pointer Play: +10% critical hit chance
• Leap Attack: +30% melee attack speed
• Puffing Up: +10% physical melee damage
• Zoomies: +30% movement speed

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Jr. Blue Slime

 

Jr. Blue Slime is a melee attacker. Its base effects are:

• +13% chance on hit to apply slippery movement
• +15% damage against bosses

Its talent pool:

• Asserting Dominance: +15% damage against bosses
• Breaking Skin: +30% critical hit damage
• Hungry Fang: Deal up to 30% more damage based on targets remaining health
• Icky Tongue: +15% chance on hit to apply slippery movement
• Laser Pointer Play: +10% critical hit chance
• Leap Attack: +30% melee attack speed
• Puffing Up: +10% physical melee damage
• Zoomies: +30% movement speed

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Jr. Lava Slime

 

Jr. Lava Slime is a melee attacker. Its base effects are:

• +2 glow
• +15% damage against bosses

Its talent pool:

• Asserting Dominance: +15% damage against bosses
• Breaking Skin: +30% critical hit damage
• Burning Anger: +40 burn damage applied on hit
• Hungry Fang: Deal up to 30% more damage based on targets remaining health
• Laser Pointer Play: +10% critical hit chance
• Leap Attack: +30% melee attack speed
• Puffing Up: +10% physical melee damage
• Spirit Animal: +2 glow
• Zoomies: +30% movement speed

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How to Level Up Your Pet

Once you've picked a pet you like and equipped it, it'll gain experience as you deal damage to enemies. To reach level 10, your pet will need to gain 99,718 experience. There are three helpful items categorized as Pet Candy, however, that can quickly boost that. 

Pet Candy

Feed these to your pet to have it instantly gain the listed experience. 

• Pet Pellet: Gain +50 experience
• Rare Candy: Gain +500 experience
• Beast Booster: Gain +5,000 experience

You'll earn the achievement Pet Prodigy when you have a pet reach max level. 

That's all you need to know about pets in Core Keeper. For more help check out the rest of TechRaptor's Core Keeper guides, especially those for farming and money making so you can level up your pets quickly.