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This is a list of skills used by the ranger's pets. Skills are listed by environment, with amphibious pets included with both terrestrial and aquatic pets.

Terrestrial[edit]

Aether Hunter[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Bite (aether hunter).png Bite Aether Hunter 0.5½ Bite at your foe and inflict bleeding.
Lunge (aether hunter).png Lunge Aether Hunter 8 Lunge forward, crippling opponents in the path.
Ley-Line Vortex.png Ley-Line Vortex Aether Hunter 20 Spin around, creating a vortex of ley-line energy around you that strikes and inflicts conditions on enemies.
Dimension Breach.png Dimension Breach Aether Hunter 1 20 Dive between dimensions, resurfacing at your foe's location and knocking them into the air.

Bear[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Slash (bear).png Slash Bear 0.5½ Slash your foe with your claws.
Bite (bear).png Bite Bear 0.5½ 10 Bite your foe to recover health.
Defy Pain.png Defy Pain Bear 30 You take no damage for the next few seconds.
F2 Maul.png Rending Maul Arctodus 10.75¾ 15 Beast. Make your foe bleed with a fierce mauling.
F2 Enfeebling Roar.png Enfeebling Roar Black Bear 10.25¼ 25 Beast. Roar fiercely, weakening nearby foes.
F2 Purge Conditions.png Shake It Off Brown Bear 0.5½ 25 Beast. Cure a condition on yourself and all nearby allies.
F2 Poison Cloud (murellow).png Poison Cloud Murellow 10.25¼ 25 Beast. Emit a noxious cloud that poisons and damages foes.
F2 Enfeebling Roar.png Icy Roar Polar Bear 10.25¼ 30 Beast. Roar fiercely, chilling nearby foes.

Bird[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Slash (bird).png Slash Bird 0.5½ Slash your foe.
Swoop (bird).png Swoop Bird 0.75¾ 8 Swoop at your foe, making them vulnerable.
Quickening Screech.png Quickening Screech Bird 0.75¾ 20 Grant swiftness to nearby allies and remove movement-impairing conditions from them.
F2 Slash.png Lacerating Slash Hawk 0.5½ 20 Beast. Slash your foes and cause them to bleed.
F2 Slash.png Chilling Slash Owl 0.5½ 20 Beast. Slash your foes and chill them.
F2 Slash.png Blinding Slash Raven, White Raven 0.5½ 18 Beast. Blind your foes with a slash.

Bristleback[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Spike Shoot.png Spike Shoot Bristleback 0.75¾ Shoot a spike at your target.
Sharpen Spines.png Sharpen Spines Bristleback 20 The next several hits apply extra bleeding stacks.
Rain of Spikes.png Rain of Spikes Bristleback 10.75¾ 18 Launch spikes at all nearby foes.
F2 Spike Barrage.png Spike Barrage Bristleback 2 20 Beast. Fire a barrage of spikes at your target.

Canine[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Snap (wolf).png Bite Canine 0.25¼ Bite your foe.
Crippling Leap.png Crippling Leap Canine 0.25¼ 10 Leap at your foe and cripple them.
Brutal Charge (canine).png Brutal Charge Canine 1 18 Leap at your foe and knock them down.
F2 Chilling Howl.png Chilling Howl Alpine Wolf 10.5½ 20 Beast. Howl at foes to chill them.
F2 Regenerate (fern hound).png Regenerate Fern Hound 10.5½ 20 Beast. Howl to heal and grant regeneration to nearby allies.
F2 Howl of the Pack.png Howl of the Pack Hyena 10.5½ 30 Beast. Howl to summon hyena allies to fight with you.
F2 Intimidating Howl.png Intimidating Howl Krytan Drakehound 10.5½ 20 Beast. Howl at foes to immobilize them.
F2 Terrifying Howl.png Terrifying Howl Wolf 10.5½ 30 Beast. Howl at foes to send them running in fear.

Devourer[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Twin Darts.png Twin Darts Devourer 1 Fire two shots from your tail that bleed your enemy.
Tail Lash.png Tail Lash Devourer 10.25¼ 20 Push back a foe with your tail.
Burrow.png Devourer Retreat Devourer 2 15 Retreat by tunneling through the ground.
F2 Poisonous Cloud.png Poisonous Cloud Carrion Devourer 1 30 Beast. Spit a ball of venom that covers an area with a poisonous cloud.
F2 Rending Barbs.png Rending Barbs Lashtail Devourer 4 20 Beast. Rapidly launch projectiles that bleed your target.
F2 Poison Barbs.png Poison Barbs Whiptail Devourer 20.5½ 20 Beast. Spray poisonous barbs in an arc in front of you, damaging and poisoning foes.

Drake[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Bite (drake).png Bite Drake 0.25¼ Bite a foe with your jaws.
Chomp.png Chomp Drake 0.5½ 10 Bite a foe and gain health.
Tail Swipe.png Tail Swipe Drake 0.75¾ 16 Attack all surrounding foes with a tail swipe.
F2 Frost Breath.png Frost Breath Ice Drake 10.5½ 20 Beast. Breathe a cone of frost, damaging and chilling foes.
F2 Insect Swarm.png Insect Swarm Marsh Drake 10.5½ 20 Beast. Exhale a swarm of insects that hits multiple foes.
F2 Sonic Shriek.png Sonic Shriek Reef Drake 10.5½ 20 Beast. Emit a cone of discordant sonic energy to confuse foes.
F2 Lightning Breath.png Lightning Breath River Drake 10.5½ 20 Beast. Breathe bolts of lightning that bounce to nearby foes.
F2 Fire Breath.png Fire Breath Salamander Drake 10.5½ 20 Beast. Breathe a cone of fire that burns foes.

Fanged Iboga[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Consuming Bite.png Consuming Bite Fanged Iboga 0.5½ Bite foes, dealing additional damage for each condition afflicting anyone struck.
Crippling Anguish.png Crippling Anguish Fanged Iboga 0.5½ 10 Launch a projectile that inflicts conditions.
Narcotic Spores.png Narcotic Spores Fanged Iboga 0.5½ 15 Spit a glob of confusing spores at a foe, inflicting confusion for a while at that location.
F2 Fang Grapple.png Fang Grapple Fanged Iboga 1 20 Beast. Spits a fanged projectile to pull in its prey.

Feline[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Maul (feline).png Slash Feline 0.5½ Slash at your foe.
Bite (feline).png Bite Feline 0.5½ 8 Bite your foe for severe damage.
Maul (feline).png Maul Feline 0.5½ 16 Slash a foe multiple times and make them bleed.
Phase Pounce.png Phase Pounce White Tiger 10.75¾ 16 Leap through a rift in the Mists, shadowstepping briefly to the target's location and inflicting damage and conditions.
F2 Savannah Strike.png Savannah Strike Cheetah 0.75¾ 20 Beast. Shadowstep to your target and strike them. Grant nearby allies swiftness.
F2 Stalk.png Stalk Jaguar 20 Beast. Gain stealth and increased critical-strike chance and ferocity for a short duration.
F2 Mighty Roar.png Mighty Roar Jungle Stalker 0.5½ 20 Beast. Give extreme might to nearby allies.
F2 Icy Pounce.png Rending Pounce Lynx 10.5½ 20 Beast. Leap at a foe and make them bleed.
F2 Blinding Roar.png Blinding Roar Sand Lion 10.5½ 20 Beast. Release a powerful roar that blinds nearby foes.
F2 Icy Pounce.png Icy Pounce Snow Leopard 10.5½ 20 Beast. Leap at your foe, chilling them.
F2 Furious Pounce.png Furious Pounce Tiger 10.5½ 20 Beast. Pounce on your target and grant fury to nearby allies.
F2 Guardian's Roar.png Guardian's Roar White Tiger 0.5½ 25 Beast. Roar and grant aegis to nearby allies.

Jacaranda[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Root Slap.png Root Slap Jacaranda 1 Strike your target with roots.
Call Lightning (soulbeast).png Call Lightning Jacaranda 0.75¾ 10 Calls lightning to a small area.
Photosynthesize.png Photosynthesize Jacaranda 0.75¾ 20 Restore health, gain regeneration, and remove conditions.
F2 Jacaranda's Embrace.png Jacaranda's Embrace Jacaranda 1 20 Beast. Fire a missile that roots foes for a period of time.

Moa[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Peck.png Peck Moa 0.25¼ Peck at your foe.
Harmonic Cry.png Harmonic Cry Moa 0.5½ 25 Heal yourself and nearby allies.
Frenzied Attack.png Frenzied Attack Moa 0.5½ 20 Attack with a pecking frenzy and make your foe vulnerable.
F2 Screech.png Dazing Screech Black Moa 1 30 Beast. Create a cone of sound, dazing foes.
F2 Screech.png Protecting Screech Blue Moa 1 20 Beast. Screech to grant protection to nearby allies.
F2 Screech.png Dazing Screech Pink Moa 0.5½ 25 Beast. Create a high-pitched screech, dazing nearby foes.
F2 Screech.png Furious Screech Red Moa 1 20 Beast. Screech angrily to grant fury to nearby allies.
F2 Screech.png Icy Screech White Moa 0.5½ 20 Beast. Screech to grant nearby allies frost aura.

Phoenix[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Wicked Bite.png Wicked Bite Juvenile Phoenix 0.75¾ Bite your foe, leaving them vulnerable.
Dash (phoenix).png Dash Juvenile Phoenix 10.25¼ 20 Charge forward, leaving behind a trail of wind energy that detonates shortly afterward.
Wing Buffet.png Wing Buffet Phoenix 20.25¼ 20 Launch your foe backward with mighty wing beats.
F2 Gale Breath.png Gale Breath Phoenix 1 20 Beast. Fires a sweeping breath attack, damaging foes.

Porcine[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Jab (porcine).png Jab Porcine 0.25¼ Jab your foe with your tusks.
Maul (porcine).png Maul Porcine 0.5½ 10 Maul your foes and make them bleed.
Brutal Charge (porcine).png Brutal Charge Porcine 1 24 Charge your foes and knock them down.
F2 Forage (pig).png Forage Rock Boar 1 25 Beast. Search the area for an improvised weapon.
F2 Forage (pig).png Forage Sword Pig 1 25 Beast. Search the area for an improvised weapon.
F2 Forage (pig).png Forage Feathers Siamoth 1 25 Beast. Search the area for an improvised weapon.
F2 Forage (pig).png Forage Scale Warthog 1 25 Beast. Search the area for an improvised weapon.

Rock Gazelle[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Headbutt (gazelle).png Headbutt Rock Gazelle 0.25¼ Bash your target.
Kick (gazelle).png Kick Rock Gazelle 1 8 Kick your enemy.
Charge (gazelle).png Charge Rock Gazelle 2 15 Charge at your target.
F2 Head Toss.png Head Toss Rock Gazelle 0.75¾ 20 Beast. Toss your foe into the air.

Smokescale[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Bite (smokescale).png Bite Smokescale 0.25¼ Bite your target.
Takedown.png Takedown Smokescale 0.75¾ 10 Cripple your target with a powerful strike.
Smoke Assault.png Smoke Assault Smokescale 20 Conceal yourself and lash out at nearby foes. Gain might each time you damage a foe.
F2 Smoke Cloud.png Smoke Cloud Smokescale 0.75¾ 20 Beast. Create a cloud of smoke for the smokescale to hide in.

Spider[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Spit.png Spit Spider 10.25¼ Spit at your foe.
Entangling Web.png Entangling Web Spider 10.25¼ 20 Shoot a web, immobilizing your foe.
Poison Gas.png Poison Gas Spider 10.5½ 15 Spit a ball of venom that covers an area with a poisonous cloud.
F2 Deadly Venom.png Paralyzing Venom Black Widow Spider, Jungle Spider 25 Beast. Your next attack immoblizes your foe.
F2 Deadly Venom.png Weakening Venom Cave Spider 20 Beast. Your next two attacks weaken your foes and make them vulnerable.
F2 Deadly Venom.png Deadly Venom Forest Spider 20 Beast. Your next three attacks poison your foe.

Turtle[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Jade Cannon (turtle).png Jade Cannon Turtle 1 Fire a long-range, slow-moving jade missile that explodes on impact, damaging nearby foes.
Slam (turtle).png Slam Turtle 1 25 Leap and knock nearby foes back.
Snap.png Snap Turtle 15 Bite your foe and inflict bleeding.
F2 Hunker Down (turtle).png Hunker Down Siege Turtle 30 Beast. Deploy a barrier that shields allies from incoming projectiles and grants protection.

Wallow[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Vampiric Bite.png Vampiric Bite Wallow 0.25¼ Bite your foe, siphoning health.
Maul (porcine).png Maul Wallow 1 12 Maul your foes and make them bleed.
Undead Plague.png Undead Plague Wallow 1 20 Covers the area around you in noxious fumes that poisons foes. Poison duration is increased on disabled foes.
F2 Bloodthirsty Charge.png Bloodthirsty Charge Wallow 10.75¾ 25 Beast. Charge into a foe, pushing them back and causing them to bleed.

Wyvern[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Wing Swipe.png Wing Swipe Wyvern 1 Swipe at your foes.
Tail Lash (wyvern skill).png Tail Lash Wyvern 0.5½ 12 Sweep your foes along the ground, crippling them.
Wing Buffet.png Wing Buffet Wyvern 30.25¼ 25 Launch your foe backward with mighty wing beats.
F2 Lightning Assault.png Lightning Assault Electric Wyvern 30 Beast. Charge forward, headbutting foes and electrifying its destination.
F2 Consuming Flame.png Consuming Flame Fire Wyvern 20.5½ 25 Beast. Channel an expanding stream of flame from above. When the engulfed region reaches its full size, it becomes a fire field.

Aquatic[edit]

Armored Fish[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Bite (armorfish).png Bite Armor Fish 0.25¼ Bite your foe.
Protection (armorfish).png Protection Armor Fish 30 Apply protection to yourself.
Chomp (armorfish).png Chomp Armor Fish 0.5½ 12 Chomp your foe to deal damage and heal yourself.
F2 Stunning Rush.png Stunning Rush Armor Fish 20.75¾ 40 Beast. Rush at a foe and stun them.

Bear[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Slash (bear).png Slash Bear 0.5½ Slash your foe with your claws.
Bite (bear).png Bite Bear 0.5½ 10 Bite your foe to recover health.
Defy Pain.png Defy Pain Bear 30 You take no damage for the next few seconds.
F2 Maul.png Rending Maul Arctodus 10.75¾ 15 Beast. Make your foe bleed with a fierce mauling.
F2 Maul.png Enfeebling Maul Black Bear 10.5½ 20 Beast. Maul your foe, weakening them.
F2 Purge Conditions.png Purge Conditions Brown Bear 30 Beast. Purge all conditions from yourself.
F2 Maul.png Poisonous Maul Murellow 10.5½ 20 Beast. Maul your foe fiercely and poison them.
F2 Maul.png Icy Maul Polar Bear 10.5½ 30 Beast. Maul your foe fiercely and chill them.

Devourer[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Twin Darts.png Twin Darts Devourer 1 Fire two shots from your tail that bleed your enemy.
Tail Lash.png Tail Lash Devourer 10.25¼ 20 Push back a foe with your tail.
Retreat (devourer).png Retreat Devourer 10.5½ 20 Retreat from your foe.
F2 Regenerate (carrion devourer).png Regenerate Carrion Devourer 30 Beast. Gain regeneration.
F2 Lashtail Venom.png Lashtail Venom Lashtail Devourer 60 Beast. Your next two attacks stun your victims.
F2 Poison Cloud (whiptail devourer).png Poison Cloud Whiptail Devourer 25 Beast. Shoot a noxious cloud at your foe, damaging and poisoning them.

Drake[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Bite (drake).png Bite Drake 0.25¼ Bite a foe with your jaws.
Chomp.png Chomp Drake 0.5½ 10 Bite a foe and gain health.
Tail Swipe.png Tail Swipe Drake 0.75¾ 16 Attack all surrounding foes with a tail swipe.
F2 Frost Nova.png Frost Nova Ice Drake 25 Beast. Freeze the water around your foe.
F2 Poison Cloud (marsh drake).png Poison Cloud Marsh Drake 25 Beast. Create poisonous bubbles.
F2 Sonic Barrier.png Sonic Barrier Reef Drake 45 Beast. Create a sonic barrier that reflects projectiles.
F2 Electrocute (river drake).png Electrocute River Drake 30 Beast. Charge the water around your foe with electricity.
F2 Boil (salamander drake).png Boil Salamander Drake 30 Beast. Boil the water around your foe.

Feline[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Maul (feline).png Slash Feline 0.5½ Slash at your foe.
Bite (feline).png Bite Feline 0.5½ 8 Bite your foe for severe damage.
Maul (feline).png Maul Feline 0.5½ 16 Slash a foe multiple times and make them bleed.
F2 Stalk.png Stalk Jaguar 20 Beast. Gain stealth and increased critical-strike chance and ferocity for a short duration.
F2 Mighty Roar.png Mighty Roar Jungle Stalker 0.5½ 20 Beast. Give extreme might to nearby allies.
F2 Bite (feline).png Icy Bite Snow Leopard 0.25¼ 25 Beast. Bite your foe, chilling them.
F2 Furious Pounce.png Furious Pounce Tiger 10.5½ 20 Beast. Pounce on your target and grant fury to nearby allies.

Jellyfish[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Tentacle Slash.png Tentacle Slash Jellyfish 10.5½ Slash your foe.
Healing Cloud.png Healing Cloud Jellyfish 30 Release a cloud of mist that grants regeneration to you and your allies.
Dark Water (jellyfish).png Dark Water Jellyfish 40 Blind foes near your target with a dark cloud.
F2 Whirl.png Chilling Whirl Rainbow Jellyfish, Blue Jellyfish 20.75¾ 30 Beast. Whirl your tentacles, chilling the foes you strike.
F2 Whirl.png Immobilizing Whirl Red Jellyfish 20.75¾ 30 Beast. Whirl your tentacles, immobilizing the foes you strike.

Shark[edit]

# Skill Pet Activation.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Bite (shark).png Bite Shark 0.25¼ Bleed your foe with a bite.
Charging Bite.png Charging Bite Shark 20 Charge your foe, striking multiple times and inflicting bleeding.
Fear (shark).png Fear Shark 40 Make your foe flee in fear.
F2 Feeding Frenzy (shark).png Feeding Frenzy Shark 45 Beast. Enter a frenzy. Attack faster and bleed on each hit.

Related traits[edit]

Traits only affect the pet's Beast ability, which defaults to F2.

Wilderness Survival Wilderness Survival

  • Empathic Bond Empathic Bond — Using a Beast trait[sic] removes conditions from you and your pet. Swapping pets recharges this trait.
  • Poison Master Poison Master — Upon using a Beast ability, your pet's next attack will inflict poison; your poison damage is increased.

Nature Magic Nature Magic

Beastmastery Beastmastery

Soulbeast Soulbeast