What's your favorite non combat pet of all time?

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Fischblut

Basic Sep Adder I fell in love with it since it first became available to test on PTS many years ago. I love the hisses, the wing movements, little eyes Afterwards, when I got access to Hew's Bane, I was visiting the place just to look at snake critters concentration in the zone. Then I finally decided: I want to see cute little snek following me everywhere, and so I bought it



The bug when previewing crown crate items transformed player into pet was amazing with Cobalt Sep Adder. My Lion mount was confused:



It was hilarious to see two snakes adventuring together

If there was no such pet model in ESO, my second pet winner is Heartland Butcher's Dog:



I would prefer Doberman pet, or Rottweiler with cropped ears, but overall it looks cool!
I like that we get some large dogs in ESO, and so far this one has the best number of features for my taste - I especially like the bark which actually sounds like it was made by animal and not by voice actor. Another winner would be Great Daenian Hound:



I don't own that one, because I dislike the artificial bark sounds + the neck seems too thin when I look at it from the side. It's a shame, cause I really love how tall the pet is + the Great Dane breed choice I still wait for Irish Wolfhound-based pet of same size but with nice bark sounds.

I like many more different pets, but then the list would be too long here.

whitecrow

I like pets that are small and unobtrusive, so I guess the torchbug is my #1. I prefer the crimson to the purple.

I also love the bats. I recently bought the pollinated bat. Sets off my allergies but so cute.

Holycannoli

My cliff strider pets. They're so feisty and vocal, posing and shrieking all the time.

AzuraFan

The witch's infernal familiar cat. Cute moves, and gives off the right amount of feline indifference to whatever's happening around it. Strolls around like it owns Nirn. Not intimidated by Daedric Princes, pocket dimensions, or anything else thrown its way.

I occasionally use another pet but always end up going back to that one.

(I'd like a favorites mechanism for non-combat pets like they introduced for mounts, to give me a reason to try the other gazillion pets I have.)

HappyDan

Mine's ghost chicken I don't have one yet but once I do I'll rock it.

Khenarthi

I like the vermillion scuttler, just because my first character has it since forever and grew attached to the little critter. It's cute, alien, and stays out of the way. Not many people have one around, too, so you do not see an army of scuttlers in town. My other characters do not use pets.

whitecrow

The monarch butterfly is also nice. Thinking about spending the rest of my points on that beautiful new moth.

SickleCider

AzuraFan wrote: »

The witch's infernal familiar cat. Cute moves, and gives off the right amount of feline indifference to whatever's happening around it. Strolls around like it owns Nirn. Not intimidated by Daedric Princes, pocket dimensions, or anything else thrown its way.

I occasionally use another pet but always end up going back to that one.

(I'd like a favorites mechanism for non-combat pets like they introduced for mounts, to give me a reason to try the other gazillion pets I have.)

+1 for Witch's Infernal Familiar. It and my witch toon have exactly matching hats! I think you covered all the reasons why it's a favorite.

My heart goes to the Eerie Violet Bantam Guar. I worked so hard to get him, chasing giveaways down on Twitter, entering art contests, etc. The bantam guars give me so much joy, with their fat butts, bouncy runs and twitchy little useless chicken wings! This little fellow seems dignified and confident, too.

The Tomeshell is fast becoming a favorite. Such a polite, quiet little creature. He seems quite sleepy, in both his expression and movements. Anyone else notice how lovingly detailed he is? I love how he gives off just this very soft light, too. Adds to that sleepy vibe.

OBJnoob

I don't collect pets but if you play long enough you end up with quite a lot.

My favorite is Snow Buddy. I use it on my magden. When I first clicked on it I read it wrong and thought it said snow bunny. I was kinda disappointed in it until I realized my mistake. Now I just think it's hilarious. It doesn't do anything... But it fits my magden theme, and I like the fact that it isn't an animal. It isn't even an animate object LOL. I would assume I got it from some daily reward in December years ago but I have no idea.

SickleCider

OBJnoob wrote: »

I don't collect pets but if you play long enough you end up with quite a lot.

My favorite is Snow Buddy. I use it on my magden. When I first clicked on it I read it wrong and thought it said snow bunny. I was kinda disappointed in it until I realized my mistake. Now I just think it's hilarious. It doesn't do anything... But it fits my magden theme, and I like the fact that it isn't an animal. It isn't even an animate object LOL. I would assume I got it from some daily reward in December years ago but I have no idea.

The snowball is a runebox you can get during the New Life Festival iirc. ❄️

prof-dracko

Rock. Because rock.

LunaFlora

fawn, vale fawn, faun fawn, all the fawns
the tiny indriks
the saint Bernard dog pets
all the cats
all the sheep
all the goats
all the bears
butterflies
moths

wilykcat

Cat

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wilykcat wrote: »

Cat

Which cat though! @wilykcat

wilykcat

I can't decide

Jaimeh

I couldn't choose just one, I'm really fond of the baby netches, the cubs, the wolf pups (those adorable yawns!), the tiny bats and the jerboas. These are probably my most used ones. Special mention to the firepot spider, the pet watcher, the monarch butterfly, and last but not least, the clockwork skeevaton

Gruumsh1

Unholy Glow Bone Dragon. No doubt about it.

rabidmyers

i only like flying pets because pets on ground give me paranoia when i hear the footsteps when opening up a chest and i always think its someone coming to steal my chest if i mess up

that being said i only play 1 character which is a nb healer and i love the crimson torchbug for the theme, also really like the jellyfish pets but yeh

Mansk90

My favorites are the Gloam Gryphon Fledgling and the Abyssal Tomeshell.

Nightowl_74

I really like bear dogs, particularly the witch-tamed one, my hot pepper bantam guar, and the Galen wisp. I guess they're all cute in their own way but I don't know why they're my favorites. In reality I have smaller dogs, and chickens, but nothing remotely wisp-like. Lol

FantasticFreddie

HappyDan wrote: »

Mine's ghost chicken I don't have one yet but once I do I'll rock it.

Yup ghost chicken ftw

KlauthWarthog

Fennec Fox and Northern Lynx
Exotic enough to keep up with the fantasy theme, mundane enough to not look horribly out of whack on most environments.

kynesgrove

Explorer's Pack Donkey and Madcap Jester Monkey.

I find the timing of their ambient sounds utterly charming in some situations. Not everyone's cup of tea though, since I can imagine it being tiring to some.

AlienSlof

For me it the prong-eared grimalkin (it's basically a Ragdoll cat) and it looks just like one of my ragdolls (mine have just the two ears though!

I believe the texture artist based it on his own Ragdoll cat.

What I'd really like now is a mount sized Ragdoll...

AuroranGoldenEagle

So many pets!!

The cliff-strider was mentioned earlier in the thread, and I love how animated it is, snapping around (and it flies when you sprint!)

The abecean ratter cat because my IRL cat is ginger

I also love my Dwavern scarab, because of how rare it is, but also because it's so small and intricate

The wickerfright banekin is so ugly that it's actually cute

And of course, as you can tell from my avatar, I'm very happy to now have the Abyssal Tomeshell!

Norith_Gilheart_Flail

All of the Chickens, but especially the Alcaire one.

Each of my houses has a dedicated Chicken area.

wilykcat

Zavijah_Arventi wrote: »

All of the Chickens, but especially the Alcaire one.

Each of my houses has a dedicated Chicken area.

Which chicken has the best flavor... you fries with that?

emilyhyoyeon

ghostly housecat: because ghosts are cool and cats are cute
amartheineien pocket watcher: love the cute noises and twirls they make and they're so cute
mara's spring chicken: chickens are cute and it lays different pastel colored eggs, so cute
nibenay mudcrab: crabs are cute and the little purr noises it makes are so cute
wasten coraldale mudcrab: all the benefits of the nibenay crab with a nice blue and purple color
iliac bay crab: all the benefits of the nibenay crab with a nice yellow and blue color

I can list so many more

SkaiFaith

I'm in love with the Ice Wraith pet but unfortunately I don't have that and will never be able to obtain it.

Right now I rock the Orchid Whisper Moth as my favorite, but it would be immediately replaced if we would ever get a "snow/frost moth" like we have a fire one (the Phoenix Moth)

Kallykat

This is a hard choice.

I do love the new tomeshell pet. I love books and the idea of a floating spellbook for a magical character, but I prefer having an animal follow me around to an inanimate object. This pet is a perfect combination of book and animal.

I love cats, of course, so I'll just say that whole category is on my list.

I also love collecting nixads. I know some people are annoyed by their sound effects, but they crack me up and remind me of Froud faeries.

Lastly, any pet in a purple version will always catch my eye.