Pet Scaling Question

Grim Dawn General Discussion
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I was wondering what all pets scaled off of?

Do they only scale with items that give bonuses to pets, or do they scale based off your stats as well? I ask because I have my pets maxed out but they still get chunked or just outright die quickly. My Conjurer is sitting at around level 33 at the moment. I’ve taken the devotion points that add bonuses for pets.

Guess I should say the reason I ask is because I have been passing on a lot of items that have good/decent stats on them because they don’t give any bonus to pets. Like for example, say I had a tome offhand that gave 30% to fire damage. Would my pets benefit from that at all, or do they only benefit from items that have the bonus to pets modifier on them?

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Only items with bonuses to pets and auras, there are some exceptions but those pets are not relevant to standard pet build

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Also note that your pets’ level scales to yours, so if you’re in higher level areas (high 30s or 40s, in your case, for example), your pets will still be level 33.

A good general rule of thumb for a pet conjurer is to focus on personal defensive stats and pet stats only, as cunning, spirit, player damage, etc. won’t affect your pets at all. That tome, for instance, would do nothing.