Pets

Pets are creatures that follow the player around. They are completely invincible and have no set duration. When summoned, they will give the player a buff with the same name as the pet. A pet will follow the player until they die, summon a different pet, leave the world or cancel the associated buff.

Most pets are purely cosmetic, but some of the -exclusive pets can do minimal damage to enemies. A few pets emit small amounts of light, but on, there are special Light Pets available with their own dedicated slot.

Summoned minions operate similarly, but are primarily intended to aid combat rather than being cosmetic. Pets do not count against a player's current minion limit.

In total, there are 59 pets. There are 48 on the, 43 on the , 26 on the , 27 on the , and 31 on the.

There are also 10 light pets on the, 3 of which are master-exclusive, 7 on the , and 4 on the.

Summoning and Dismissing
Pets are manually summoned by placing their item on the hotbar and using them or by equipping them. On, pets can be dismissed by pressing the button on their corresponding buff icon or  by turning off the visibility.

Equipping Pets
On the, the inventory offers two dedicated slots, offering more complex behavior: One slot is for "regular" pets, the other is for light pets. Light pets behave similarly to ordinary pets, but provide more consistent lighting around the player. At any time, the player can have at most one pet of each type active.
 * Each pet slot has a matching dye slot, which can be used to recolor the pet. Some of the "advanced" dyes can make certain pets look very strange, or even render them invisible. If they normally shed light, the light will be unaffected by any dye.
 * Each pet slot also has an "eye" icon, which can be clicked to "hide" the pet, and again to "show" it.
 * Unlike the similar icons to hide accessories, the eye icon will actually dismiss and resummon the pet, not just hide and reveal it.
 * If a summoning item is placed in a slot set to "hidden", the pet will not be summoned until the slot is toggled back to "visible".
 * Removing a pet's item from its slot will not dismiss the pet, but placing a different pet item in the slot will replace the pet.
 * Either type of pet can also be summoned by using its item from the hotbar, but only if the slot it could go into is empty or hidden.
 * A pet in a pet slot is automatically summoned whenever the player respawns.

Master Mode only
These pets can only be acquired in Master Mode, but can be used anywhere.

Light Pets
Light Pets are summoned secondary characters that float alongside players to provide a traveling light source. They incur no mana nor any other cost, and remain indefinitely until the player cancels the buff, summons a replacement light pet or dies. Only one light pet can be present at once. Light pets have their own dedicated inventory slot in the player's equipment section in the along with a slot for dyes.

Master Mode only
These light pets can only be acquired in Master Mode, but can be used anywhere.

Tips

 * Some pets, such as the Cursed Sapling and Baby Truffle, provide light for the player which is rather useful when caving or in dark areas.

Trivia

 * The pet summoned is actually a long-lasting projectile that follows the player around.
 * The Pet Drone, summoned with the Mysterious Package, was introduced only on the Amazon version, but was unobtainable and later removed.
 * Upon updating to 1.3, all exclusive pets were replaced with a Gold Bunny each.