Pets

Pets are one of the signature systems in Shadowed Eclipse. They are not throwaway summons or little background helpers here. A well-raised Pokepet, a modernized class pet, or a Rockin Raven can be a real part of your group plan, and the system is actively tuned when players find places where pets are dying too fast, hitting too soft, or doing something strange.

Quick Guide

There are three major pet paths:

Pokepets from Sir Bard McQuaiden in Tutorial B. They grow through Pokeball ranks and zone progression.
Class pets for pet classes and hybrid pet lines. These were modernized so real class pets matter again through level 60 and beyond.
Rockin Raven pets from the vinyl/raven upgrade chain. These are powerful bard-style companion pets with songs, auras, buffs, damage, and support options depending on the version.

Pet gear matters too. Shadowed Eclipse has pet bags and Manaforged pet gear, including stronger ranks, so a geared pet can perform much better than its base stat window suggests.

Pokepets

Sir Bard McQuaiden in Tutorial B offers the original Pokepet choice. Pick the one that fits your playstyle:

Squirtle is the tank pet. It is built around survival, Turtle Shell style toughness, and threat control. Squirtle can use the pet tank system with commands such as #pettank on, #pettank off, and #pettank status.
Bulbasaur is the sustain/control pet. It leans into regeneration, pressure, and Thorn Root style control.
Pikachu is the lightning damage pet. It brings fast offensive pressure, Thunderbolt style magic, and stun/lightning flavor.
Charmander is the fire support pet. It brings fire pressure, fire shield style support, and emergency healing behavior.

Pokeballs increase your Pokepet rank. The rank is saved to your character, so the progress belongs to you rather than being lost if you swap or replace the starter item. Pokepet ranks are shared across your Pokepets.

Necromancers, magicians, and beastlords have a natural bond with summoned companions and receive a 20% Pokepet bonus.

Pokepet Progression

Pokepets grow from early drops and then continue scaling through zone flag progression. The current progression path includes:

Tutorial B
Befallen
Unrest
Najena
Plane of Hate
Kurn
Sebilis
Chardok
Veeshan's Peak
Iceclad
Great Divide
Wakening Land
Plane of Growth
Temple of Veeshan
The Deep
Ssraeshza Temple
Plane of Nightmare
Plane of Torment
Plane of Time B

Pokepet ability spells currently run through Rank XV. The post-Temple of Veeshan progression adds stat scaling for the harder Luclin and Planes of Power era content. More spell ranks can be created later if the server needs them.

Class Pet Modernization

Class pets were rebuilt to better fit Shadowed Eclipse progression. The goal is simple: if your class is supposed to care about pets, your pet should feel worth summoning.

The updated pet scaling covers:

Magician elemental pets
Necromancer skeleton, spectre, and undead servant lines
Beastlord warders
Shadowknight skeleton pets
Shaman spirit wolf pets
Druid Nature Walker's Behest style pet

Charmed pets are not part of this revamp. Druids and enchanters can still charm as normal, but charm balance is its own thing.

The class pet system looks at the owner, the pet line, the pet spell/level identity, and the player's progression era. Higher level pet spells still matter. A level 60 magician pet should not be treated the same as a level 2 pet just because the owner is flagged deep into progression.

Class Pet Roles

Magicians remain the elemental masters. Earth is the sturdy tank, water is strong balanced melee, air is agile and accurate, and fire leans into damage.
Necromancers get undead servants that scale into real combat companions while preserving the necromancer flavor of dangerous, relentless pressure.
Beastlords get warders that can keep pace with the owner as a true partner, not just a cosmetic animal.
Shadowknights get skeletons with enough bite and durability to matter as part of the knight toolkit.
Shamans get spirit pets that were tuned separately so the early wolves, midline wolves, and True Spirit style pets all make sense.
Druids have their special level 55 nature pet recognized, while animal charm remains outside the summoned pet system.

Cleric and paladin hammers are summoned item combat effects rather than full pet-class companions. Wizard familiars are mostly utility/flavor and are not treated like magician or necromancer combat pets.

Special class items are part of the big picture too. Blessed arena robes, Veeshan's Peak era caster robes, and similar class-specific pet clickies are considered part of the pet ecosystem.

Rockin Raven Pets

The Rockin Raven line is Shadowed Eclipse at its most ridiculous and most fun: a powerful companion with bard-style tools, upgrade paths, and hail commands.

The starter raven comes from the vinyl/raven chain. Look for Rockin` Raven, a 50's rock record style item, from encounters such as Chronomancer Zarrin and the mountain troll cyclops. The summoned Rockin Raven item can also appear from the Raven chain itself. If you see vinyl references in Beholder-era progression, you are in the right neighborhood.

Raven Upgrades

Rockin Raven is the starter bard companion.
Rockin Raven of Growth is upgraded with Growth-era raven food, including the Nodule of Growth from Tunare.
Rockin Raven of the Void uses Void-era raven food, including Nodule of the Void from encounters such as An Echo of the Past, A Burrower Parasite, and Thought Horror Overfiend.
Planar Raven of Aura, Planar Raven of Damage, and Planar Raven of Support use planar nodules from Sorrowsong.

Raven Commands

Hail your raven to see its current options. Some ravens may need to be told their mode again after zoning.

Starter Rockin Raven can use insight for Aura of Insight support or offensive to begin a bard song combat rotation.
Rockin Raven of Growth and Rockin Raven of the Void add zealot for Aura of the Zealot while keeping insight and offensive.
Planar Raven of Aura uses aura to pulse two random aura effects.
Planar Raven of Damage is built to hit hard and starts its offensive song rotation automatically.
Planar Raven of Support can use support for group and bot buffs, Panther support, and crowd-control help, or offensive for combat songs.

Rockin Ravens are intentionally strong. Later Shadowed Eclipse content, especially Luclin and Planes of Power, can be brutal on pets because rampage and scripted damage can chew through companions. These pets are built to survive that world and contribute like a slow, steady, semi-strong damage source plus utility.

Tuning Philosophy

Pet balance on Shadowed Eclipse is not frozen. If a pet is too fragile in a new tier, if an upgraded pet is not worth the work, or if something is wildly ahead of the pack, it can be tuned. The goal is for pets to feel exciting, earned, and useful without flattening class identity.

Bring feedback with context: pet type, spell or item used, player level, zone flags, gear placed in the pet bag, and the zone or boss where it felt wrong. That makes it much easier to adjust the right part of the system.