How To Get A Pet In Crimson Desert

TL;DR

• Raise a cat’s or dog’s Trust to 100 by petting and feeding them daily.
• You can earn up to 55 Trust per day — 5 pets (×5 Trust) and 3 food offerings (×10 Trust).
• Once at 100 Trust, focus the animal and press Take In to adopt it as a pet.
• Pets auto-loot items, materials, and goods during your travels.
• Only one pet can be summoned at a time.
• You can dress pets using outfits from Pets – Tailor’s Shops found in Pororin Forest and Demeniss.

How To Get A Pet In Crimson Desert

Getting a pet in Crimson Desert takes a little patience, but it’s worth it. You’ll need to find a stray cat or dog in the world, build Trust with them over several in-game days, and then adopt them once you hit 100 Trust.

Here’s the full process step by step.

Step 1 — Find a Stray Cat or Dog

Stray animals are scattered across the world of Pywel. Keep an eye out for cats and dogs while exploring towns, villages, and roadsides. They behave like neutral NPCs — they won’t attack, but they won’t follow you either until you’ve earned their trust.

While you’re exploring, it helps to have your map filled in. Check our guide on all bell tower locations in Crimson Desert to clear the fog of war and spot more of the world.

Step 2 — Raise the Animal’s Trust to 100

To raise Trust with a cat or dog, you need to pet them and feed them. There’s a daily cap on how much Trust you can earn from each animal, so you’ll need to come back over multiple in-game days.

Daily Trust limits:

• Pet the animal up to 5 times — each pet gives +5 Trust (25 Trust total)
• Feed the animal up to 3 times — each accepted food gives +10 Trust (30 Trust total)
• Maximum per day: 55 Trust

This means it takes a minimum of two in-game days to reach 100 Trust with any animal.

After hitting the daily cap, let an in-game day pass, then return to the same animal and repeat. Want to speed things up between visits? Check our guide on how to change time of day in Crimson Desert.

Important tips while raising Trust:

• If there are guards or other animals nearby, they will try to steal the food you drop. Separate the stray from others before feeding it.
• Unsummon your current pet before feeding a stray. If your pet is active, they’ll assume any dropped food is theirs and eat it instead.

How To Feed Animals In Crimson Desert

Feeding strays is a little different from what you might expect. You don’t hand food directly to the animal. Here’s the exact method:

1. Open your inventory.
2. Select the food item.
3. Press Discard to drop it on the ground.
4. Pet the cat or dog.
5. Watch them eat it.

What do animals eat?

• Dogs eat raw meat and cooked meat.
• Cats eat living fish, raw fish, and birds.

Make sure you’re carrying the right food type before heading to the animal’s location. Need resources? Our guide on how to get iron ore in Crimson Desert is a good starting point for learning the game’s gathering systems.

Step 3 — Adopt the Animal

Once the animal’s Trust hits 100, focus on them and press Take In. The animal will be added to your list of pets.

If the prompt doesn’t appear, use your lantern and hover it over the creature. This usually triggers the interaction option when normal focusing doesn’t work.

What Do Pets Do In Crimson Desert?

Pets are more than just companions. A summoned pet will automatically:

• Pick up loot from enemies’ bodies after combat.
• Collect goods from destructible objects in the environment.
• Gather refining materials from ores and trees as you pass by them.

This makes pets genuinely useful for farming resources and keeping your inventory topped up. Speaking of inventory — here’s how to increase inventory space in Crimson Desert so all that auto-looted material has somewhere to go.

Pets are also untouchable during combat. No matter how intense a fight gets, enemies cannot harm your pet. So there’s no risk in keeping one summoned at all times.

How To Switch Pets In Crimson Desert

Once you have more than one pet adopted, you can swap between them at any time. Here’s how:

1. Open your inventory.
2. Switch to the Pets section.
3. Choose the cat or dog you want.
4. Click Summon.

Only one pet can be summoned at a time. If you want to swap, unsummon the current pet first and then summon a different one.

The same method works if you’ve lost track of your pet during exploration — just unsummon and resummon them to bring them back to your side.

If you ever want to release a pet back into the wild, access the pet’s inventory and choose the Untie option. This sets them free again.

How To Dress Pets In Crimson Desert

Yes, you can dress your pets. Outfits are available at Pets – Tailor’s Shops found in specific locations across the world.

Milou’s Shop — Pororin Forest

This is the main pet tailor location. It becomes available after you complete the Unreachable Village quest.

Here’s every outfit available at Milou’s Shop:

Dogs:

Cats:

Demeniss — Southwest of Demeniss Castle

A second Pets – Tailor’s Shop is located in Demeniss, southwest of the castle. This one has a smaller selection and only sells:

• Puppy Plate Helmet
• Rescue Puppy Outfit
• Puppy Plate Helm

How To Equip Pet Outfits

After buying an outfit, here’s how to dress your pet:

1. Open your inventory.
2. Go to the Pets section.
3. Choose the pet you want to dress.
4. Summon it.
5. Click the outfit in your inventory slots.
6. Choose Equip.

Make sure the pet is summoned before trying to equip the outfit — it won’t work otherwise.

Tips To Make Pet Raising Easier

• Plan your route around the animal’s location. Daily visits are needed, so pick a stray that’s close to a fast travel point. Here’s how to fast travel in Crimson Desert if you haven’t set it up yet.
• Always unsummon your active pet before feeding a stray. This is the most common mistake players make and it wastes food and time.
• Keep food stocked. Running out of raw meat or fish mid-session means wasted visits. Check your supplies before heading out each in-game day.
• Use the lantern trick if Take In doesn’t appear. Equip the lantern and hover over the animal. The prompt should appear within a second or two.

More Guides For Crimson Desert

Looking for more help? Here are some useful reads:

• Crimson Desert review — full breakdown of the game
• How to enter Halssius’s House of Healing in Crimson Desert — complete Familiar Curses quest guide
• How to complete Renee’s Request in Crimson Desert
• How to complete Rhett’s Request in Crimson Desert
• How to get and use Palmar Pills in Crimson Desert
• How to steal items in Crimson Desert
• How to upgrade weapons and armor in Crimson Desert
• All main story quests and chapters

Where To Get Crimson Desert

New to the game or gifting it to someone? Here’s where to grab it:

• Official Crimson Desert Website
• PlayStation Store
• Xbox Store
• Steam
• Epic Games Store

Already have it? Don’t forget to grab your bonuses. Here’s how to claim pre-order and Deluxe Edition items in Crimson Desert and how to get Crimson Desert Twitch Drops for free loot.