Gems of War
139 Achievements
4,155
1000+h
A Friend Indeed
Feed a Pet to Level 20
30
1.2%
How to unlock the A Friend Indeed achievement in Gems of War - Definitive Guide
See the GAMES tab to see when the next pet rescue starts. There are two types of PET RESCUE events:
- a scheduled event - once per week, lasts 24 hours
- a pet gnome event - unlocks for the entire guild for 1 hour only. One of the players in the guild needs to fnd a PET GNOME in PVP (or PVP casual or in ARENA). The gnome drop rate seems to be very low though.
(Only one event can be active at a time, so if you get a pet gnome while another event is active, you only get pet food).
LEVEL CAP
You need 31 copies of the same pet to 'ascend' them to the highest stage where the level cap is 20.
When you spend gems in the PET RESCUE shop, you get a guaranteed number of pets plus a chance to get more. You get about 1 guaranteed pet per 100 gems spent. Tier VII shop reward can be purchased MULTIPLE TIMES. It costs 100 gems and guarantees 1 pet.
This is the list of rewards in the shop:
Tier 1 (costs 25 gems): 1 basket
Tier 2 (costs 50 gems): 2 baskets
Tier 3 (costs 100 gems): 3 baskets, 1 pet guaranteed
Tier 4 (costs 200 gems): 4 baskets, 2 pets guaranteed
Tier 5 (costs 300 gems): 5 baskets, 3 pets guaranteed
Tier 6 (costs 400 gems): 6 baskets, 4 pets guaranteed
Tier 7 (costs 100 gems): 2 baskets, 1 pet guarnteed - can be purchased repeatedly
Baskets contain pet food, jewels or the pet. The pet drop rate in baskets is low, though. Maybe one in five, one in ten.
The safest (not fastest) way to do this would be saving up about +/-3000 gems and then going all out in the pet rescue shop.
The PET RESCUE shop is only accessible during the event! There's no going back one the event is finished.
PET FEEDING:
To level up a pet, you will need pet food, which can be obtained in the following ways:
- crafted at the soul forge (one piece of food costs 1000 souls + 125 precious stones of the specific color)
- bought in pet rescue shops (baskets)
- won in pet rescue
- gained by 'disenchanting' extra pets you don't need - isn't this bizzare - turning pets you don't need to pet food? :-)
- received on some days by logging into the game (see the in game calendar)
Feeding the pet the right color food will give them 100 level points, the universal white food will give them 50 level points and the wrong color food will only give them 10 level points.
Upgrading to level 2 costs 100 level points. Every new level costs 50 lvl points more than the previous one.
lvl 2 - 100 level points
lvl 3 - +150 level points (250 in total)
lvl4 - +200 level points (450 in total)
lvl5 - +250 level points (700 in total)
...
lvl20 - 10450 LEVEL POINTS in total! (if my calculations are correct)
ALTERNATIVE LEVEL 20 PETS
To get a level 20 PET, you can also:
- Get 2500 renown in any underworld faction, this will earn you all the necessary copies of the faction pet.
- Get one in each campaign - you need to buy the Elite Pass (for real money), though, but if you get all the stars, you will get all the copies of the campaign pet by week 10.
Well, if you leave a gnome pvp fight with your menu, your not "rerolling the dice" and the next pvp fight is another gnome fight. If you met a treasure or pet gnome is randomly chosen at the start of the fight, but the chance to meet a treasure gnome is much higher. With the possibilty to respawn the gnome, you can leave and reenter a pvp fight until you find a pet gnome. With other words you can change/transform your treasure gnome to a pet gnome.
This method probably get patched in the future. Keep in mind giving this method a shot could end up with losing your treasure gnome reward in worst case.
ScuzzyBunny posted another method in the comment section, it's nearly the same thing, but he suggest to leave the match via dashboard.
The best way to do this is to save up a tonne of gems and when a pet rescue event occurs, buy all the guaranteed pet baskets that you can. This will give you enough to get it to the top rank. Then just use the per food to get it to the top level and you are done!
For this achievement, any pet will work. It doesn't have to be one that you rescued during an event, it could be one you purchased from the shop while the event was active. However, pets you receive will be random and there are two long steps to completing this achievement.
First, you need to ascend your pet to Mythic quality. This is what allows a pet to get to Level 20 (otherwise it is capped lower). You will need 31 copies of the same pet to reach this level. You can get this many simply by purchasing multiple baskets in the event shop, or by getting them as rewards during the rescue events. One last option is to maximize the renown of an Underworld faction, which will guarantee a reward of 31 pet cards of the same type. See "Exalted" for info on that.
The second step is to actually feed the pet and get it to Level 20. Pet Food can be crafted in the Soulforge, purchased or won during Pet Rescue events, disenchanting pet cards (basically grinding them up for food...), or as log-in rewards in the main game menu (check your mail). Each pet have a favorite color of food which will provide 100xp, normal white food will provide 50xp, and any other color will only give 10xp. You will need a total of 10450xp to max out a pet.
See this FAQ for more info on Pets.
How to get as many identical pets:
- 1st option (without diamonds). We are going through events with pets more often. For one event (8 battles) they give from 1 to 3 pets. The number of identical ones gradually accumulates. But since there are so many different pets in the game, the process can drag on... for years.
- 2nd option. Not fast either, but much faster than the previous one. We save 3175 diamonds (this is the maximum amount. Minus 100 diamonds for each pet of the same type received in battle/baskets). During the event (for 8 battles) we get from 1 to 3 pets. We buy the rest needed before 31 right away (you need to make it before the end of the event - pay more attention if it is short-term) through the Store tab inside the Pet Events menu. Then go to the Military menu - Pets. We raise the purchased pet to the maximum and then fatten it up to level 20. ready !!!
2250 diamonds can be bought for a donation, but the price is super-ungodly, and it’s still not enough!!!.... So it’s better to accumulate the necessary diamonds by simply playing the game:
- We develop kingdoms, collect tribute (including diamonds)
- We upgrade the 1st statue of the Guild with gold, these are diamonds for ourselves and all our guild members. A week later - repeat.
- We complete daily tasks for diamonds, they are quite simple. If the reward of a task is not diamonds, once a day you can change the task to another one, possibly more diamond-rich!
- In the Events menu, go to the 2nd tab (Event) and look at the very last item there - for which you get weekly green Event Pebbles. We actively participate in this matter and receive quite a lot of diamonds (150). We repeat next week.
- Mini-game Treasure Search. They also give diamonds, but very little...
- We get it from chests, sometimes we get it as a reward for battles
Since in any case the trophy is quite expensive, it is better to spend diamonds on a pet that will bring real benefits (being equipped on the Hero’s shoulder) to both the hero and your favorite team. Those. wait for the event for the pet you need, and only then spend blood diamonds. I have a Dragon Guardian, a team of Dragons, so I waited for the event for the pink dragon Virmushka, and put everything into it. Although I still play with Mimimimik, with him they give more gold for any battles with the Hero.
For 2500 fame you will just get 31 pets, and you can raise them to level 20