AION 2 Pets Guide: How to Get Every Pet and Upgrade Them

Pets in AION 2 are not only there to follow your character around. They are an important part of character progression because they provide passive stat bonuses and additional effects. With a large collection of pets available across Atreia, knowing where to find them can save a lot of time.

There are 200 pets divided into five groups: Special, Cogni, Fera, Natura, and Varian. Some can be obtained from monsters, while others require Reward Chests, Black Cloud Merchants, special shops, passes, or other late-game content.

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How to Get Pets in AION 2

One of the easiest ways to start collecting pets is by hunting monsters throughout Atreia. Certain monsters can drop their own Souls when defeated, allowing you to gradually register that creature as a pet. The basic process works like this:

• Find and defeat the monster you want.
• Collect its Soul after the monster is defeated.
• Collect 5 Souls from the same monster.
• Once you have enough Souls, the pet is automatically registered in your collection.

Not every pet can be obtained through combat. Non-Special pets can also appear in Mysterios, Growth, and type-specific Reward Chests. Some can also be purchased through rotating Black Cloud Merchant shops or obtained from Pet Soul Chests.

How Pet Upgrades Work

Every newly acquired pet starts at Level 1. You can improve its Genus Insight by collecting more Souls from the same pet.

The progression works as follows:

• 5 Souls are needed to register the pet.
• 25 additional Souls are needed to reach Level 2.
• Another 75 Souls can be collected to reach the maximum Genus Insight level.
• Genus Insight is capped at Level 10.
• The Transformation ability becomes available at Level 3.

Collecting more pets also benefits your entire character. Your overall Insight Level increases as your collection grows, while Owned Effects provide additional passive stats.

AION 2 Special Pets

Special Pets are different from regular creatures because they cannot be obtained through standard monster drops. Instead, they are tied to specific purchases, passes, shops, or late-game progression.

The current Special Pet list includes:

• Pagati — Purchase for 2 million Bound Kina from Tsenka Merchants or obtain through the Advance: Pet Chest.
• Black Dragon — Unlock through the Daeva’s Chest of Might.
• Swift Lugi — Available through Daeva Pass Season 1.
• Wandering Merchant Lugi — Purchase from the Shugo Festival Pets Trade Shop.
• White Bunny — Purchase from the Atelier Shop.
• Chonky Hamster — Purchase from the Atelier Shop.

Because of their special acquisition methods, these pets may take more planning to obtain compared with normal combat pets.

AION 2 Cogni Pets

Cogni pets are one of the major regular pet groups in AION 2. Many can be obtained through Reward Chests, Black Cloud Merchants, and combat drops, although some are limited to chest and merchant sources.

The known Cogni pets include:

• Krall Laborer
• Krall Warrior
• Krall Warshaman
• Klaw
• Klaw Scout
• Elite Klaw
• Manduri Fighter
• Manduri Elite Fighter
• Manduri Trebuchet Worker
• Nagarant Guardian Warrior
• Aullaeu Shaman
• Biruta
• Kuru Worker
• Kuru Tinkerer
• Kuru Overseer
• Enhanced Krall Combatant
• Enhanced Krall Sentry
• Kerubar
• Kerubian
• Kerubiel
• Drakan Watcher
• Dracuni Herbalist
• Naga Elite Priest
• Modified Lupyllini
• Decomposed Lupyllini

These pets can generally be targeted through normal exploration, chest openings, and rotating merchant inventories.

Some Cogni pets have more restricted sources:

• Elite Dratona
• Varg Berserker
• Aultross’s Doppelganger
• Mumu Warrior
• Mumu Worker
• Mumu Overseer
• Urugugu Brawler
• Sentinel K’nash
• Phantasmal Lakshmi
• Pretor Veil Administrator
• Biruta Herbalist
• Dratona
• Dratona Tinkerer
• Furious Feruk
• Addicted Shulak Cart Worker
• Predator Saraswati

These are obtained through Reward Chests and Black Cloud Merchants rather than normal combat drops.

AION 2 Fera Pets

Fera pets represent many of the animals and creatures roaming around Atreia. Several can drop Souls when defeated, making them useful targets if you want to build your collection while exploring.

The Fera collection includes:

• Papis
• Crestlich
• Male Crestlich
• Sparkie
• Giant Sparkie
• Fossa
• Skama
• Aberrant Skama
• Aberrant Armadon
• Tog
• Odyle Spider
• Coradon
• Starturtle
• Brax
• Sylphen
• Potcrab
• Aberrant Potcrab
• Skyray
• Drakan Guard Dog
• Kailin
• Young Kailin
• Slink
• Young Slink
• Crasaur
• Lupyllini
• Airon
• Cave Bat
• Ursus
• Young Ursus
• Giant Bee
• Aberrant Bee
• Scorpion
• Spider
• Ashen Spider
• Unstable Spider
• Karnif
• Modified Karnif
• Zaif
• Aberrant Zaif
• Vivel

There are also Fera pets that are limited to Reward Chests and Black Cloud Merchants:

• Elite Keneire
• Kernon
• Aberrant Odyle Spider
• Elite Ursus
• Armadon
• Grave Rat
• Coradon
• Cadaver Insectoid
• Tog
• Young Tog

AION 2 Natura Pets

Natura pets are connected to elemental creatures, plants, spirits, and other nature-based enemies. Many of them can be encountered while exploring the world and fighting monsters.

The Natura collection includes:

• Zelophi
• Fungie
• Fungen
• Forest Spirit
• Mutated Forest Spirit
• Gravi
• Large Leaf Gravi
• Magic Gravi
• Forest Specter
• Withered Agrint
• Agrint
• Korutin Worker
• Stone Spirit
• Nepenthes
• Lesser Element Spirit
• Intermediate Element Spirit
• Superior Element Spirit
• Forest Guardian
• Odyle Store Spirit
• Drana Spore
• Rufflesia

Several higher-level or more unusual Natura pets are instead obtained through Reward Chests and Black Cloud Merchants:

• Black Smoke Murute
• Ultimate Wind Element Spirit
• Ultimate Fire Element Spirit
• Ultimate Water Element Spirit
• Ultimate Earth Element Spirit
• Dionae
• Forest Dionae
• Ashen Dionae
• Red Spark Ignus
• Dried Up Forest Guardian
• Mutated Forest Guardian
• Ancient Spirit
• Spirit King’s Bodyguard Warrior
• Elite Poisonous Spore Fungen
• Ashen Leaf Agrint
• Thin Leaf Agrint
• Dry Leaf Agrint
• Black Spirit

AION 2 Varian Pets

Varian pets cover a wide selection of unusual creatures, golems, mutants, contaminated monsters, and other strange beings found throughout Atreia.

The Varian pets available from Reward Chests, Black Cloud Merchants, and combat drops include:

• Kalgolem
• Blue Kalgolem
• Marsh Targon
• Swarm
• Drana Swarm
• Drakan Probe
• Oculazen
• Vigilant Oculazen
• Pino
• Pino Worker
• Swamp Monster
• Forest Monster
• Drana Predator
• Silver Blade Rotan
• Guardite
• Watcher
• Elite Guardite
• Dark Spirit

Other Varian pets are currently limited to Reward Chests and Black Cloud Merchants:

• Drakana Kalgolem
• Krao Mutant
• Krao Test Subject
• Krao Seal Guardian
• Slime
• Drana Slime
• Contaminated Slime
• Harcon
• Distorted Mutant
• Gatekeeper Pinopi
• Drana Mutant Brute
• Fated Mutant Brute
• Cadaver Cleaner
• Parasite Swarm
• Drana Contaminant
• Drana Mutant
• Faded Drana Mutant
• Fated Floater
• Flame Stone Guardian Statue
• Duduka Worker
• Duduka Trebuchet Worker
• Faded Predator
• Mudthorn
• Poison Blood
• Elite Soulless Corpse Gnat and its variants
• Congealed Drana
• Faded Drana

Which Pets Should You Collect First?

There is no single pet that replaces the entire collection system in AION 2. Since collecting pets contributes to your overall Insight Level and Owned Effects, building a large collection can be valuable even when you do not actively use every pet.

For beginners, combat-drop pets are usually the easiest place to start. Simply explore, defeat monsters, and collect their Souls while progressing through the game.

You should also check Reward Chests and Black Cloud Merchant inventories regularly. These sources contain pets that cannot always be obtained directly from combat, making them important for players trying to complete their collection.

The biggest reason to collect pets is their contribution to character progression. Pets provide passive stat benefits, while increasing your collection can improve your overall Insight Level. This means pet collecting is not simply a cosmetic activity. Even if you are not interested in collecting every creature, unlocking more pets can still provide useful benefits for your character.

For completionists, the goal is much bigger: AION 2 currently has 200 pets spread across Special, Cogni, Fera, Natura, and Varian categories. Finding every pet will require a combination of monster hunting, chest farming, merchant shopping, and special-event or progression rewards.