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Combat Pets - Admin - 07-10-2026 Tamer & Combat Pets Guide 🐾 UNLEASH THE POWER OF BATTLE PETS & ENDGAME BEASTS! 🐾 The custom Pet Leveling and Battle Animal system is active on New Hope UO! All tamed pets gain experience points (XP) from combat, leveling up to Level 10 and unlocking massive stat, damage, and skill boosts. Additionally, tamers with 120.0 Taming, 80.0 Animal Lore, and 80.0 Veterinary automatically empower selected wild creatures upon taming, assigning them specialized Tank or Damage (DPS) roles with baseline stat increases. --- 📈 Pet Leveling System Benefits As your pets gain XP and level up (up to Level 10), they receive the following permanent boosts based on their assigned path: 🛡️ Tank Path (e.g. Grizzly Bears, Polar Bears, Black Bears, Gorillas) **Max Hits (HP):** +30 per level **Raw Strength:** +10 per level **Armor (Virtual Armor):** +3 per level **Resistances (All elements):** +2 per level (Capped at 70%) ⚔️ Damage (DPS) Path (Default path for all other pets, including Dragons, Wyrms, Drakes, etc.) **Max Hits (HP):** +15 per level **Raw Strength:** +8 per level **Raw Dexterity (Attack Speed):** +4 per level **Base damage (Min/Max):** +1 per level (Directly boosts overall DPS) **Resistances (All elements):** +1 per level (Capped at 60%) 🎓 Combat Skill Upgrades (All roles) Every level, skills like **Wrestling, Tactics, Anatomy, and Magic Resistance** cap and base increase by **+1.5** (up to a maximum cap of **120.0**).