Thursday, March 31, 2011

Rift: Pets

In Rift pets seem to come in two flavors: summoned pets for certain classes (beastmasters, druids, elementalists, necromancers, rangers, and warlocks) that have combat skills (hese pets level up to 8 and can be trained further) and companion (or vanity or mini) pets that just follow your character around which can be purchased from the faction reputation vendors.
http://rift.ign.com/wiki/Pets

A player's list of various pets and where to get them.
http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php?138521-Vanity-Pet-and-Mount-Guide

Here is a list of companion pets. They can be killed but summoned back from the dead. Note there are also pets exclusive to various chain stores that sold the game. Walmart had the Shambler Hatchling, D2D had the Corpus Kitty, and Gamestop had the Bogling Wastrel.
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Companion

Photos of various critters and information about where to find these vanity companion pets.
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Mini-pet

Here's Trion's own vanity pet and mount guide.
http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php?138521-Vanity-Pet-and-Mount-Guide

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Rift: Parties, Raids and Public Groups

Rift is full of various types of groups you may create or join.  Parties are groups of 5 players or less created to go through dungeons or PvP encounters together.  (See page 32 of online manual below.)

Public groups are rift or invasion fights that you can join.   (See below, page 33.)  If you are a party or raid leader, you can make your party a public group.  (Also page 33.)   It looks like public groups are also sometimes called public parties but I am not 100% sure these are identical things.

A raid is larger than a party.  It consists of 6-20 players.  You can't create or join a raid until you are Level 10.  You can turn your party into a raid.  To see how to create and manage raids, look at page 22 of the online manual.
http://www.riftgame.com/en/docs/RIFT_Manual_EN.pdf

Here is further information about raids.
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Raid

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