Adding in-game sources of higher rank pet snacks 5+ would make pet training less miserable, and give us something to farm &/or spend gold on. At present, there's no way to get high rank snacks, or even rank 4s that are "loved" by certain pets as drops.

This would be a sure winner if added.

TY

Prince of Shadows on May 26, 2022 wrote:

Adding in-game sources of higher rank pet snacks 5+ would make pet training less miserable, and give us something to farm &/or spend gold on. At present, there's no way to get high rank snacks, or even rank 4s that are "loved" by certain pets as drops.

This would be a sure winner if added.

TY

Are you sending your higher level Companions Pet Wrangling? Companions who are at higher levels can certainly return the Rank 5 and 6 snacks. Two of the Rank 7 snacks have been reported as dropped by creatures - Juju Fruits and Skull & Crossbuns. Also, the Gift Boxes that appear during Holiday events are known to provide up to Rank 7 snacks.

@Hawkules -- It would be nice if Level 70 Pet Wrangling would return Rank 7 snacks as well.

Prince of Shadows on Jun 16, 2022 wrote:

Yes, sorry, i should have been more specific. I was thinking of mid-level pirates, not endgame.

I'm aware that high level pirates can get better snacks from wrangling, but that's late, and limited quantity. Gift boxes are nice when they are around. Usually they aren't. I've not seen rank 7 drops, hope to.

Non-max players should have options.

Does snack farming at mid-game give tier 5 snacks?

NobleOtter on Jun 16, 2022 wrote:

Does snack farming at mid-game give tier 5 snacks?

My level 25 pirate has nothing higher than rank 4.

My level 60 char, who has quested all content through MB, and typically has several comps Pet Wrangling non-stop, has received ONE rank 6 snack, about 10 rank five.

My 70, who has finished questing and does a lot of boss farming is doing okay.

Given the 50 to 80 snacks typically needed to train a pet to max, and how many failed pets we train before getting desired talents, more would be good. Pet development is pretty accessible to endgame players, but daunting for most others. Not unreasonable, but narrowing the gap a bit would improve the experience for first timers.

Just having some of the other rank 4s for sale for gold would help diversity. As it stands, there's a player bias toward pets that like Banana Burgers and Banana Sandwiches, since those are the only 4s we can buy.

I'd suggest making Buffaloon Patties and Cactopus available from a vendor in Cool Ranch, and maybe some of the Rank 5 from Mooshu and MB in the appropriate worlds. I was surprised to NOT find that when I first went through the game.

It would also be fun to have a boss fight that always drops a good snack, like the Pixie Sticks Wizards get from Mirror Lake. This might be ideal to add to Obsidian bosses, since keys would inherently limit how often we could run. I'd feel slightly better about having used all my keys and having zero gear drops if I'd at least walked away with a some megas.

Thanks!