Pets

Pets

Details
Type	Creature
Behaviour	non-hostile
Shop	Pirate Emporium
Cost	499

Pets are animal companions that can accompany Player Pirates on their adventures in Sea of Thieves.

History

Cat Concept — Early Concept of a Pet Cat.

Pets were originally planned to be added as microtransactions in 2018, 3 months after Sea of Thieves release, however due to the community's concerns regarding the state of the game at release, Rare chose to rework their Content Update roadmap and postpone Pets in order to focus their efforts on releasing several free campaigns and updates. By 2019, Rare had announced that Pets would be arriving as part of a Mega Update, later renamed the Anniversary Update, to mark the game's One Year Anniversary. However, due to feedback from Player testing on their Insider Programme, Rare once again postponed Pets to work on bugs and user interactions. A few months later, Rare finally deemed Pets ready, and they were released as part of the Pirate Emporium grand opening in the September 2019 Content Update, Smuggler’s Fortune. The release came with two species types of both Monkeys and Parrots, offering a variety of colours to choose from.

Acquiring Pets

Pets can be purchased from the Pirate Emporium with Ancient Coins. Ancient Coins can be acquired in Bundles in exchange for real money or as drops from the rare Ancient Skeletons that can spawn on Islands in both Adventure Mode and Arena.

Mechanics

All pets are mechanically the same with their main differences coming from their Species, Types and worn Outfits. When left by themselves, Pets will roam around the Ship and hang out on different perching spots when their owner is on board. When the owner leaves the Ship, pets will generally follow them around. Pets can be Picked up and placed by anyone. Pets can also be shown off by raising them, after which they perform various actions. Pets also get dirty after longer adventures. A dirty Pet will be nearly completely black from dirt or soot. Dirty pets can be cleaned with most sources of Water.

Equipping Pets

Players can browse for and Equip any Pets that they own at a Pet Chest. These Chests can be found on Ships or by the Pirate Emporium Shop on each Outpost. The Chests can also be used to equip and unequip any owned Pet Outfits on Pets. Once equipped, Players can give their Pet a name to distinguish them from other Pets. Pets can be renamed at all times. An unnamed pet will simply show the pet’s species as its name. If a player wishes to get rid of their Pet, they can simply unequip a Pet at the Pet Chest.

Perching

Cloudy Cap Pet — A Cloudy Capuchin being pet by the Player Pirate!

Any Pet can be picked up to perch on a Pirate's hand. Here, the Primary Use will pet the pet while Secondary Use will offer the pet to be picked up by another Pirate. Any held Pets can be dropped with the Stow/Drop button.

Held Pets can be placed on top of various perching surfaces on Ships with the Interact button. When facing a perching spot with a held Pet, a prompt will signify that the Pet can be placed on top of it.

When left alone on a Ship, pets can pick any of the perching spots to hang out on, but they usually change positions or leave once their owner leaves the Ship. Any pets that have manually been placed on the Ship will stay there as long as it is deemed “safe” for them. Pets will leave a perching spot and cannot be placed on top of it if the spot is submerged in water or the Ship has sunk.

The following is a list of all the perching spots that Pets can be placed on:

Any free surface on the side railings of the Ships.
On the bannister behind the Wheel.
On the bowsprit (only on a Galleon).
Atop the bannisters on the Crow’s Nest.
On top of the Ship’s Bells, both on deck and on the Crow’s Nest.
Inside designated Pet Cages in every Ship’s Captain’s Quarters.
On a single Barrel in every ship (by the Brig on a Galleon, by the Map Table on a Brigantine and below the shelf on a Sloop).
In the middle of a Map Table.
On various spots on the Voyage Table (only in a Brigantine and Galleon).
On various spots on the Brigantine and Galleon Beds in their Captain’s Quarters.
On top of Chests in the Captain’s Quarters of the Brigantine and Galleon.
On the tables by the Cooking Stove.
On top of the Pet Chest.
On the Windows of the Sloop.
On top of a Rowboat.
On top of Shop Counters.
On top of Tables and Counters in the Taverns and the Athena's Fortune Hideout.

Feeding

Pets can also be fed any type of Food from hand. Simply hold out the Food item with Secondary Use pointed towards the Pet. Pets may or may not accept Food depending on their mood. Note that feeding Pets gives them no benefits whatsoever, effectively wasting a Food item, however Pets are willing to eat burnt Food. Pets will get sick and throw up when fed Bait.

Other Interactions

Sooty Capuchin — A Cloudy Capuchin dirty with soot.

Pets can be launched out of Cannons. They will teleport back to their owner after reaching their destination. Any launched Pet will become dirty with soot and has to be washed clean.
Pets will dance to any Shanties played with Instruments.
Pets react to most of their Owner's Emotes, like sleeping, dancing, introducing or cheering with them.
Pets get scared near Skeletons, Combat, Gunshots, Crashes and Lightning strikes.
Pets react to ship inventory, including negative outcomes with explosive barrels.
Pets also react to their owners ringing a Ship's Bell.
Pets run away from Fire.

Pet Emotes

Each pet has a variety of emotes they will perform when certain events occur around them.

"Dance" Emote (Occurs when its owner is playing a musical instrument or performing a "Dance" Emote)
"Cheer" Emote (Occurs when it eats a food that it enjoys, treasure is dug up or its owner performs a "Cheer" Emote)
"Clap" Emote (Occurs when the ships bell is rung or its owner performs a "Clap" Emote)
"Wave" Emote (Occurs when its owner performs a "Wave" Emote)
"Point" Emote (Occurs when its owner performs a "Point" Emote)
"Sleep" Emote (Occurs at certain perching surfaces around the ship or its owner performs a "Sleep" Emote)
"Make Friends" Emote (Occurs when its owner performs a "Make Friends" emote)
"Sit" Emote (Occurs when its owner performs a "Sit" Emote)
"Scared" Emote (Occurs when the pet is scared of something, such as gunshots, skeletons, sea monsters and even throwing a bucket of water on it, or its owner performs a "Scared" Emote)
"Eating" Emote (Occurs when the pet is fed a food item)
"Angry" Emote (Occurs when the ship crashes into something, when they do not want the food handed to them or when its owner performs an "Angry" Emote)
"Vomiting" Emote (Occurs when the pet eats a food that it doesn't enjoy)
"Taunt" Emote (Occurs when its owner performs a "Taunt" Emote)
"Morning" Emote (Occurs when a new day begins)

Types of Pets

The following is a list of all the different Pet types and species in Sea of Thieves

Monkeys

There are three species of Monkeys in the game: the medium sized and short-haired Capuchins, the large and long-haired Barbarys and the tiny and nimble Marmosets.

Capuchins

The following are all the variations of the Capuchin Monkeys Nothing found.

Barbarys

The following are all the variations of the Barbary Monkeys Nothing found.

Marmosets

The following are all the variations of the Marmoset Monkeys Nothing found.

Parrots

There are three species of Parrots in the game: the medium sized and bright Macaws, the small and vivid Parakeets and large and majestic Cockatoos.

Macaws

The following are all the variations of the Macaw Parrots Nothing found.

Parakeets

The following are all the variations of the Parakeet Parrots Nothing found.

Cockatoos

The following are all the variations of the Cockatoo Parrots Nothing found.

Pet Outfits

Pet Outfits can be purchased from the Pirate Emporium for 249 Ancient Coins each to add cosmetic clothing to your Pets. Pet Outfits come in clothing Sets. A specific Pet Outfit can only be purchased if you have that type of Pet in your Pet Chest. The following are the Outfits that Pets can be equipped with. Pet Outfits are purely visual and add no additional features to the Pets.

List of Pet Outfits

Gallery

An infographic on Pets released on October 9, 2019.