War Pets are combat companions assigned to Legions in Call of Dragons. The best pet depends on your troop type, primary hero, battle role, pet attributes, Talent Skill, and available Common Skills.
A rare or high-quality pet with poor synergy may perform worse than a properly built pet designed around your strongest march. Before spending Skill Cards or Regeneration Potions, decide which hero pairing and troop type the pet is expected to support.
Capture War Pets from the world map, review them in the Pet Sanctuary, check their attributes and Talent Skill, and assign the best candidate to your primary hero. Use Skill Cards to improve skills and regeneration to reroll unsuitable attributes.
What Are War Pets in Call of Dragons?
War Pets provide additional attributes and skill effects to an assigned Legion. They appear during combat, but they are not separately controlled battlefield units.
The pet is equipped through the primary hero of the Legion. Its effects activate automatically according to its skill conditions, troop preference, attack range, attributes, and the actions performed by the heroes in that march.
A complete War Pet build contains several connected parts:
- The correct pet subtype for the Legion
- A useful Talent Skill
- Attributes that scale the Talent Skill
- Common Skills supporting the same combat mechanic
- Strong skill star ratings
- A suitable primary hero and troop type
War Pets should not be treated as independent scouts, gatherers, or defensive units. Their main role is strengthening the Legion to which they are assigned.
How to Unlock the War Pet System
The War Pet feature becomes available through the game’s progression and introductory War Pet tasks. The exact timing may vary based on the current season, server progression, and active game version.
When the feature becomes available:
- Complete the introductory War Pet tasks.
- Open the Pet Sanctuary interface.
- Review the capture and pet-management tutorial.
- Check how many capture attempts or required items are available.
- Locate eligible War Pets on the world map.
Follow the instructions displayed in your current game client rather than relying on an old fixed unlock level. Updates may change when specific pet systems become available.
How to Capture War Pets
The capture process was simplified in a later War Pet update. Players no longer need to attack a creature before attempting to capture it.
- Open the world map. Search for available War Pets in accessible regions.
- Select the War Pet. Check its subtype and whether you have an available capture attempt.
- Move a Legion to the pet. Drag or send the Legion directly to the target.
- Complete the capture interaction. Use the applicable capture attempt or required item.
- Open the Pet Sanctuary. Review the newly captured pet’s quality, attributes, Talent Skill, and skill slots.
- Decide whether to keep it. Store, build, regenerate, or release the pet based on its value to your marches.
Capture attempts and related resources can be limited. Seasonal policies, events, and other War Pet activities may provide additional opportunities, so check the current event and policy screens before using premium resources.
Pet Sanctuary vs Pet Enclosure
Captured War Pets are managed through the Sanctuary and Enclosure systems. These areas serve different purposes.
| Feature | Main Purpose |
| Pet Sanctuary | Active pet management, interaction, gifting, and preparation |
| Pet Enclosure | Storage for additional captured War Pets |
| Skill Card Inventory | Stores unused Talent and Common Skill Cards |
| Pet Exchange | Offers eligible pet items and limited Skill Cards |
| Gift Draw | Provides pet-related resources based on the current reward pool |
Storage space is limited, so review captured pets before releasing them. A pet that does not match your current march may still contain a useful skill or become relevant after you unlock a later hero.
War Pet Attributes Explained
Each War Pet has six main attributes. Their value depends on how the pet’s skills use them.
| Attribute | Common Uses |
| Strength | Often supports physical pet damage, shields, counterattacks, or infantry-oriented effects |
| Agility | Can support cavalry effects, rage generation, movement, stacks, or rapid skill triggers |
| Intelligence | Frequently scales magic damage, healing, and skill-based effects |
| Endurance | Usually contributes to defensive, survival, and sustained-combat effects |
| Luck | Can influence critical effects and certain marksman or physical skill mechanics |
| Spirit | May support magic, critical, or specialized skill effects depending on the pet |
Do not choose an attribute only because it normally matches a troop type. Read the pet’s Talent Skill and identify the attribute specifically named in its damage, healing, shield, or trigger calculation.
Pet Quality and Skill Slots
Pet quality affects its overall potential, but quality alone does not determine whether a pet is worth building.
Before investing, review:
- The pet’s natural troop preference
- The Talent Skill and its trigger
- The attribute used by the Talent Skill
- The quality of the important attributes
- The number of available Common Skill slots
- The current Talent Skill star rating
- Whether the pet supports a march you actively use
A high-quality pet with unsuitable attributes and weak march synergy may require too many resources to repair. A slightly lower-quality pet with the correct Talent Skill scaling can provide better immediate value.
Talent Skills vs Common Skills
| Skill Type | How It Works |
| Talent Skill | The pet subtype’s inherent signature skill |
| Common Skill | A customizable skill taught or changed with Skill Cards |
| Skill Star Rating | Improves the strength or scaling of a Talent or Common Skill |
| Recommended Skill | A skill that supports the pet’s Talent Skill, attribute scaling, and Legion role |
Talent Skills cannot simply be replaced with another pet subtype’s signature ability. Common Skills provide the customization layer around that main Talent Skill.
For example, a pet whose Talent Skill activates after a shield is gained should be paired with heroes and Common Skills that reliably create shields. A pet triggered by debuffs should be assigned to a hero pairing that consistently applies the required debuff.
How Skill Cards Work
Skill Cards can improve the star ratings of both Talent Skills and Common Skills. Current War Pet progression no longer requires Skill Cards to unlock existing skill slots.
Skill Cards may be obtained through:
- Releasing War Pets
- War Pet events
- The Gift Draw
- The Pet Exchange
- Other active reward systems
Releasing a pet can provide a card for one of that pet’s skills, depending on the pet and its available skills. Always inspect the possible return before releasing a valuable capture.
How War Pet Regeneration Works
Regeneration is used to reroll a War Pet’s attributes and improve its suitability for a planned build. It is random, so spending Regeneration Potions without a clear target can quickly consume valuable resources.
Before regenerating a pet, decide:
- Which attribute must be strongest
- Which secondary attributes are acceptable
- How many skill slots you need
- Which quality level you are willing to keep
- Which hero and troop type will use the pet
Auto-Regeneration can speed up repeated attempts. Configure the desired conditions carefully so the system does not skip a result that would have been useful for your march.
Resource warning: Do not regenerate every high-quality capture immediately. Save Regeneration Potions for pets that match your main heroes and have a realistic place in your active Legion lineup.
Best War Pets by Troop Type
There is no permanent universal War Pet tier list. New hero generations and pet releases can make a specialized pet more valuable than an older general-purpose option.
The following table provides useful examples rather than a fixed ranking.
| March Type | War Pet Examples | What to Check |
| Magic | Sapphire Faedrake, Shadow Faedrake, Seraphic Faedrake, Flaming Manticore, Magifox | Magic damage, skill cycles, rage, debuffs, and Intelligence or Spirit scaling |
| Infantry | Moonbear, Bruinbear, Frostbear, Mossrock Aurochs, Brimstone Aurochs | Shields, durability, counterattacks, sustained combat, and Strength or Endurance scaling |
| Cavalry | Golden Roc, Berserk Faedrake, Blade Manticore, Auric Warhound, Bullionbeast | Mobility, rage, debuff stacks, burst damage, and Agility or Strength scaling |
| Marksmen | Venomous Lizard, Shadow Manticore, Night Roc, Snowpeak Roc, Barbed Manticore, Windweasel, Toxisaur | Physical damage, critical effects, debuffs, healing interactions, and Luck or Strength scaling |
| Support or Flexible | Sand Lizard, Striped Bear, Thunderdrake | Healing, team support, shields, utility, and whether the effect requires a specific troop type |
A later-generation pet is not automatically the best investment. Some newer pets are designed around a narrow hero pairing and offer limited value without those heroes.
Best Magic War Pets
Sapphire Faedrake remains a useful example for early magic marches because Painbloom provides magic damage and scales with Intelligence. Later magic pets may provide better synergy with newer heroes, but they should not be built before the matching hero pairing is available.
Best Infantry War Pets
Moonbear and Bruinbear support different infantry mechanics. One pet may be better for shield-based or sustained frontline builds, while another may fit counterattack or later-generation infantry heroes.
Best Cavalry War Pets
Golden Roc is associated with rage-focused cavalry builds, while Berserk Faedrake and Blade Manticore depend more heavily on specific debuffs, skill interactions, or hero pairings. Choose based on the actual trigger your cavalry march can activate.
Best Marksman War Pets
Marksman pets vary widely. Venomous Lizard, Shadow Manticore, Snowpeak Roc, Windweasel, and Toxisaur are designed around different damage, debuff, critical, healing, or generation-specific mechanics.
Do not move Skill Cards from a reliable current pet into a newer pet until you have confirmed the required heroes and complete march setup.
How to Match a War Pet With Your Heroes
Use this order when selecting a pet:
- Identify the Legion’s troop type. Start with infantry, cavalry, marksmen, magic, or support.
- Define the march’s role. Decide whether it is for open-field PvP, rallies, garrison, PvE, support, or another activity.
- Read the primary hero’s skills. Look for shields, debuffs, rage, healing, critical hits, normal attacks, counterattacks, or other repeated mechanics.
- Read the pet’s Talent Skill trigger. Confirm that your heroes can activate it consistently.
- Check the scaling attribute. The strongest attribute should support the Talent Skill.
- Add matching Common Skills. Build around the same damage, defense, rage, healing, or trigger system.
- Test the combination. Compare battle reports before upgrading more skill stars.
Hero talents are only one part of the complete setup. Review your Call of Dragons hero talent builds alongside the pet, hero pairing, troop type, and artifact.
War Pet Priorities for F2P Players
- Build around your best march first: Do not invest in a pet for heroes you rarely use.
- Keep early options practical: A good early pet can remain useful longer than an unfinished later-generation pet.
- Save Regeneration Potions: Use them only when you know the target attributes.
- Protect useful Skill Cards: Do not spend rare cards on temporary experiments.
- Avoid building every troop type: Focus resources on one or two active PvP marches.
- Check triggers carefully: A powerful skill has little value if your heroes rarely activate it.
- Release pets carefully: Inspect attributes, skills, and the expected return first.
For wider battlefield planning, positioning, targeting, and Legion coordination, review the Call of Dragons PvP strategy guide.
Comparing developed characters? War Pet progress can differ significantly between accounts. Players who are separately considering established characters can compare available Call of Dragons accounts, but should verify current screenshots of the Pet Sanctuary, attributes, skill stars, Skill Cards, and Regeneration Potions before making a decision.
Common War Pet Mistakes
- Choosing only by quality: Quality does not replace hero and skill synergy.
- Ignoring the Talent Skill trigger: Make sure your heroes can activate the pet reliably.
- Using the wrong troop-type pet: Match the pet to the Legion and its actual role.
- Regenerating without a target: Set clear attribute requirements before spending potions.
- Upgrading every captured pet: Concentrate Skill Cards on active marches.
- Following an outdated tier list: Check the current pet and hero generation.
- Assuming newer means universally better: Many pets require specific new heroes.
- Teaching unrelated Common Skills: Skills should reinforce the Talent Skill.
- Releasing pets too quickly: Inspect useful skills and release rewards first.
- Trying to position the pet separately: War Pets follow the assigned primary hero and are not independently controlled.
FAQ
How do you unlock War Pets in Call of Dragons?
Complete the War Pet introductory tasks when the system becomes available on your account. The exact timing may depend on server and season progression.
How do you capture a War Pet?
Find an eligible War Pet on the world map and move a Legion directly to it. Complete the capture interaction using an available attempt or applicable item.
What is the best War Pet in Call of Dragons?
There is no universal best pet. The strongest option is the one whose troop preference, Talent Skill, scaling attribute, and Common Skills match your primary hero and intended march.
Which War Pet is best for infantry?
Possible infantry options include Moonbear, Bruinbear, Frostbear, Mossrock Aurochs, and later-generation infantry pets. The correct choice depends on whether the march uses shields, counterattacks, durability, or another mechanic.
Which War Pet is best for cavalry?
Golden Roc, Berserk Faedrake, Blade Manticore, Auric Warhound, and Bullionbeast support different cavalry builds. Check which skill trigger matches your heroes.
Which War Pet is best for marksmen?
Marksman options include Venomous Lizard, Shadow Manticore, Night Roc, Snowpeak Roc, Barbed Manticore, Windweasel, and Toxisaur. Some are useful only with specific hero generations.
Which War Pet is best for magic units?
Sapphire Faedrake is a common early magic option. Shadow Faedrake, Seraphic Faedrake, Flaming Manticore, Magifox, and other later pets support different magic hero combinations.
What is the difference between Talent Skills and Common Skills?
A Talent Skill is the pet subtype’s inherent signature ability. Common Skills are customizable abilities that can be taught, replaced, or upgraded with Skill Cards.
How does War Pet regeneration work?
Regeneration rerolls a pet’s attributes and related potential. The result is random, so establish clear targets before using Regeneration Potions.
Can you equip more than one War Pet to a Legion?
No. A War Pet is assigned through the Legion’s primary hero. Different Legions can use different pets, but one Legion does not independently position several pets.
How do you upgrade War Pet skill stars?
Use the matching Skill Cards to improve the star rating of Talent Skills or Common Skills. Cards may come from releasing pets, events, the Gift Draw, and the Pet Exchange.
Should F2P players use Regeneration Potions early?
Usually, F2P players should save them until they have identified a pet that matches a long-term hero pairing. Early random rerolls can consume resources without producing a usable build.
Conclusion
A strong Call of Dragons War Pet build starts with march synergy, not rarity alone. Identify your troop type, primary hero, and combat role before comparing Talent Skills, attributes, Common Skills, and skill star ratings.
Capture several candidates, save Regeneration Potions until you have a target build, and invest Skill Cards in pets that support your active marches. As new heroes and pet generations are released, review whether the new option genuinely improves your lineup before replacing a completed pet.
Looking for more hero builds, PvP advice, progression tips, and seasonal information? Explore more Call of Dragons guides to continue improving your Legions.
