Pets in The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin serve practical purposes beyond decoration. They grant exploration perks, populate the Creature Codex for progression rewards, and give you concrete reasons to explore every zone in Britannia. The problem? The entire system hides behind an optional sidequest most players skip without realizing. This guide covers how to unlock pet capture, how the mechanic works, and how to build a collection that actually matters.
How Do You Unlock Pet Capturing in 7DSO?
Pet capture stays locked until you complete a specific Region Quest called How to Make Friends, found in the Liones region near the Werebear Camp. The quest comes from Ashu, a fairy NPC standing near a Main Quest objective. Because his quest is optional, most players walk right past him.
Starting How to Make Friends is the only way to access the capture system. Ashu explains the basics, gives you one free Ashu's Special Potion of Charm (which guarantees a 100% capture rate), and has you catch a Baby Giant Bird standing next to him as a tutorial encounter.
How to Capture Pets
Once you have the quest active, the capture process is simple, but a few mechanics can cause problems if you go in unprepared.
Step 1: Assign a Potion of Charm to a Quick Slot
Before engaging any creature you plan to catch, open your inventory and slot a Potion of Charm into a quick-access slot. Your inventory force-closes every time you take damage during combat, which means you cannot manually retrieve a potion mid-fight. Assigning it beforehand is mandatory, not a convenience.
The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin Guide: How to Capture and Spawn Pets
Step 2: Weaken the Target Creature
The most effective way to improve your capture odds is to lower the creature's HP before throwing the potion. Lower health directly raises the chance of a successful catch. The Creature Codex in your menu shows whether a monster can be captured and displays its Capture Resistance rating, though it does not mark exact spawn locations on the map.
Step 3: Throw the Potion and Aim Carefully
With the potion equipped, aim at the weakened creature and press the action button to throw. A purple cloud surrounds the target, and a percentage indicator shows your current capture odds. If the attempt fails, you lose that potion, so aim carefully before committing. For the Dusk Bison (the second target Ashu asks you to catch), the base capture rate is notably low, so stock up on potions before heading out.
Step 4: Pick Up the Pet
A detail that catches new players off guard: after a successful capture, the pet does not automatically join your roster. It drops on the ground like regular loot. Walk over it to pick it up and add it to your collection.
What Are the Potions of Charm and How Do You Craft Them?
There are four tiers of Potion of Charm in The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin, each with a different base capture rate. Three can be crafted at a workbench. The fourth comes from a limited banner.
Where to Get Crafting Materials
For the Faint Potion of Charm, the fastest route is buying Refined Glass and Common Concentrated Sap directly from any Sundries Merchant. The merchant Anessa in Liones unlocks after completing Episode 64 of Act 1. Alternatively, Refined Glass can be crafted from Tin ore (found near iron and silver deposits), and Common Concentrated Sap comes from salvaging green-rarity plants.
Higher-tier Saps follow the same logic: salvage plants matching that rarity tier. For rarer gathering materials like Seashore Sowthistle and Flower Petals of Pure Love, use the crafting menu to track their locations. Click the item, then select the right arrow under the Gathering section to mark the map. If the area shows nothing, those resources have already been harvested and will respawn after the daily server reset.
How to Get the Radiant Potion of Charm
The Radiant Potion of Charm sits at 80% capture chance and is currently the highest-tier option in the game. It cannot be crafted. The only way to obtain it is by pulling from the Demon Sword Lostvayne Exclusive Skin Banner, where it appears as part of the prize pool.
How to Spawn Pets
Capturing a pet adds it to your roster, but you still need to equip and spawn it manually. Pets are divided into three functional categories: Flight, Ride, and Summon. Each category has its own equipment slot in the Pet Menu, and you can have one of each type active at a time.
Once a pet is equipped in its category slot, you can call it into the overworld instantly using the corresponding input. Each type serves a different purpose: Flight pets let you glide or soar, Ride pets function as ground mounts, and Summon pets follow you as companions with passive abilities.
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