Pets in The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin are more than cosmetic companions. They offer exploration abilities, fill out the Creature Codex for milestone rewards, and give you a genuine reason to roam every corner of Britannia. The catch? The entire pet system is tucked behind an optional sidequest that many players walk straight past. Here is everything you need to know to unlock it, master the capture mechanic, and start building a roster worth showing off.
How Do You Unlock Pet Capturing in 7DSO?
The pet capture mechanic does not open up automatically. You need to find and accept a Region Quest called How to Make Friends, which is located in the Liones area near the Werebear Camp. The quest giver is a character named Ashu, a fairy NPC you will likely spot during a nearby Main Quest but can easily ignore since his quest is completely optional.
Accepting How to Make Friends is the only way to learn the capture system. Ashu walks you through the basics, hands you a free Ashu's Special Potion of Charm (which has a guaranteed 100% capture rate), and asks you to catch a Baby Giant Bird right beside him as a tutorial.
This quest is optional and easy to miss. If you pass through the Werebear Camp area during the main story without speaking to Ashu, you will need to backtrack to unlock the pet system entirely.
How to Capture Pets
Once the quest is active, the capture loop is straightforward, but a few details can trip you up if you are not prepared.
Step 1: Assign a Potion of Charm to a Quick Slot
Before you engage any creature you want to catch, open your inventory and assign a Potion of Charm to a quick slot. According to Game8's walkthrough, your bag will force-close every time you take damage during combat, meaning you cannot manually open your inventory mid-fight to grab a potion. Assigning it to a quick slot beforehand is not optional, it is essential.
The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin Guide: How to Capture and Spawn Pets
Step 2: Weaken the Target Creature
The single most effective thing you can do to improve your capture odds is to reduce the creature's HP before throwing the potion. Lower health directly increases the likelihood of a successful catch. The Creature Codex in your menu will tell you whether a monster is capturable and show 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 slotted, aim at the weakened creature and press the action button to throw. A purple cloud will appear around the target, and a percentage indicator will pop up showing the 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.
Always weaken a target to low HP before throwing. Even the strongest potions have failure rates, and every missed throw costs you a crafted item.
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 are craftable 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 purchasing Refined Glass and Common Concentrated Sap directly from any Sundries Merchant. The merchant Anessa in Liones becomes available 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.
Workbench upgrades are the real bottleneck for higher-tier potions. Upgrading from a Common to a Refined or Expert workbench requires large quantities of materials gathered through mining and woodcutting. Plan ahead if you want to craft the stronger variants.
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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