April 6, 2020
Wizard101 Olde Town
Starter Pets
In the Spring 2020 test realm, a set of new starter pets were introduced into the game. These Olde Town starter pets are obtained from a tutorial quest just before starting the three major streets of Wizard City (Triton Avenue, Firecat Alley and Cyclops Lane). The quest, called “Secret Strife of Pets,” is obtained from Sergeant Muldoon. It will direct you to a tower in Olde Town where, before entering, you will receive a class-specific pet. This pet will then assist you in the quest. However, I won’t detail the quest any further. That is for you to enjoy!
Note: It is unclear whether the quest will be available on live realm for wizards that already completed the first parts of the game.
Each school gets its own pet with different talents. Upon first glance, these pets seem identical to any other, but let us take a closer look. To get these pets leveled up to Teen you need a mere 4 pet XP. After this stage, the pet is leveled up according to the normal XP requirements. Don’t forget, these requirements have now slightly shifted:
- Adult – 250 XP
- Ancient – 525 XP
- Epic – 1050 XP
- Mega – 2125 XP
- Ultra – 2250 XP
Combat Talents aka “Will Casts”
Once it reaches Teen, the pet will automatically learn a combat talent depending on its school. That is what is special about the first generation of these pets: they always learn a combat talent at Teen. Combat talents, or Will Casts, are spell cards used in battles by your pet. If your pet has enough happiness, you can choose your pet’s combat talent spell before you choose the spell your wizard will cast that round. Then, your wizard will first cast their spell, followed by your pet.
The talent offered from these pets is a fairly simple one. It is a zero pip school attack (like a wand hit) that does 45 damage. At the moment, all Will Casts are prohibited from PvP, until Kingsisle can carefully assess their potential. We managed to get all the combat talents from each of these pets.
Do note that these pets are “No Trade”, “No Sell”, “No Drop” and “No Auction”. The only way someone can get an off school starter pet is by hatching, but it will be different from the first generation pet, of course. Combat talents are transferable to other pets just like any other pet talent, so they are not necessarily exclusive to those pets.
Adventure Talents
So far, we’ve only found one adventure talent from these pets – Gold Rusher. As you can see in the image, a pet can only have one adventure talent. These type of talents are used whenever you are running around outside with your pets collecting certain items. This one gives you a chance of finding extra gold in chests you open.
As more talents are discovered, we will add more information about them either in here or a separate article. Make sure to keep an eye out on our site for the latest information, as there are more pets with these new talents coming when test realm closes and the update goes live.
School Pets & Talents
Below are the full details of all the Olde Town starter pets. We are currently missing some of the talents, so if you have any of that information, kindly reach out and you will be credited in the article. This will be updated until all talents are discovered, as some of the talents are actually Adventure talents.