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With thanks to the amazing but always sleeping Garust.
You can change the variant of your pet using your character level and the region your camp is in.
For example: If you tame a Deathclaw when your character is between level 71 and 80 and your camp is in the Savage Divide, Mire, or Cranberry Bog region, it will turn into a Chameleon Deathclaw.
How the process works:
When your camp loads into the server and sees that you have a pet attached to your camp, it will do a player check. It will read the level of the closest player to your camp (Ideally your character) and then it will do a region check. The game uses the numbers from these checks and then changes your pet variance accordingly.
Things to remember:
You can only change your pet copy, you can not change your original pet. It doesn't matter what region your camp is in or what level you are, the original pet you tamed will not change variant.
If another player is in the same cell as your camp when it loads in, then it will do the player check on them which can change the variant of your pet again.
Regions have level caps which can affect the variant types your pet can change into. For example, if you are level 200 and your camp is in the forest, then your pet will stay at the lowest variance because there is a region cap of level 10 in the forest.
If your pet does not turn into the variant you want immediately (but it fits the variant criteria and is a pet copy), do not panic. Make sure you are in your camp and then server-hop a few times and it will change. You must always be at your camp when you load your pet copy in or it will not change.
If you move your camp to a different region or you level up your character to be higher than the level brackets below, your pet will change to the next variant.
Once your camp and pet have spawned in, your pet variant will not change, regardless of what level players are in and around your camp. Your pet can only potentially change every time you reload into a server.
How to use this guide:
Pick the pet and variant you want and look for the player level next to it.
Use that level range to check against the region list to determine what region you will need to move or build your camp in.
Level up your character until it is in the bracket of the player-level range.
Find and tame the pet that you want. I have written a pet-taming guide that might help.
Once your pet has successfully arrived at your camp, make a copy of your pet using the Pet Taming guide mentioned above and I have also included a quick run down below.
Make sure that your character is standing next to where your camp module box will spawn, leave the server, and then come back.
Congratulations, you now have the pet variant of your choosing.
Here is a brief rundown of how to make a pet copy but I highly suggest taking the time to go over to my pet-taming guide and having a read through it for a more detailed explanation.
How to make a pet copy:
You will need two or more camp slots. You can not have any other pets assigned to those camp slots.
Player Level and Regions List
Pets that can not be changed:
Beaver
Brahmin
Chicken
Opossum
Rabbit
Cats (Cats will change between a House Cat, Black Cat, and Tabby Cat but like real cats, they do this how and when they want and it can not be forced).
Region List
Region | Level Range |
Forest | Level 1-10 |
Toxic Valley | Level 10-25 |
Savage Divide | Level 15-99 |
Ash Heap | Level 25-35 |
The Mire | Level 30-99 |
Cranberry Bog | Level 35-99 |
Pet Variant List
Attack Dog
Pet | Player Level |
Attack Dog 01 | Level 1-6 |
Attack Dog 02 | Level 7-13 |
Attack Dog 03 | Level 14-20 |
Attack Dog 04 | Level 21+ |
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Mirelurk Crab
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Pet | Player Level |
Softshell Mirelurk | Level 5-11 |
Mirelurk | Level 12-17 |
Mirelurk Razorclaw | Level 18-25 |
Mirelurk Killclaw | Level 26-33 |
Bloodrage Mirelurk | Level 34-41 |
Stoutshell Mirelurk | Level 42-49 |
Glowing Mirelurk | Level 50-57 |
Venomous Mirelurk | Level 58-65 |
Hardshell Mirelurk | Level 66-79 |
Mirelurk Vorpalclaw | Level 80-94 |
Steelshell Mirelurk | Level 95-99+ |
Molerat
Pet | Player Level |
Molerat | Level 1-6 |
Rabid Molerat | Level 7-13 |
Molerat Brood Mother | Level 14-20 |
Glowing Molerat | Level 21-27 |
Mutated Molerat | Level 28-34 |
Raging Molerat | Level 35-41 |
Putrid Molerat | Level 42-49 |
Frenzied Molerat | Level 50-64 |
Molerat Tunneler | Level 65-79 |
Poisonous Molerat | Level 80-94 |
Deadly Molerat | Level 95+ |
Mongrel Dog
Pet | Player Level |
Wild Mongrel | Level 3-11 |
Vicious Mongrel | Level 12-19 |
Feral Mongrel | Level 20-29 |
Albino Mongrel | Level 30-39 |
Rabid Mongrel | Level 40-49 |
Glowing Mongrel | Level 50+ |
Radrat
Pet | Player Level |
Radrat Pup | Level 1 |
Mangy Radrat Pup | Level 4-7 |
Radrat | Level 8-11 |
Infected Radrat Pup | Level 12-15 |
Mangy Radrat | Level 16-19 |
Infected Radrat | Level 20-24 |
Glowing Plagued Radrat | Level 25+ |
Radstag
Pet | Player Level |
Radstag Doe | Level 4-9 |
Radstag | Level 10-11 |
Erratic Radstag Doe | Level 12-15 |
Albino Radstag | Level 16-20 |
Erratic Radstag | Level 21-23 |
Rabid Radstag | Level 24-25 |
Devolved Radstag Doe | Level 26-31 |
Devolved Radstag | Level 32-39 |
Glowing Radstag | Level 40+ |
Wolf
Pet | Player Level |
Vicious Wolf | Level 10-19 |
Feral Wolf | Level 20-29 |
Grey Wolf | Level 30-39 |
Rabid Wolf | Level 40-49 |
Glowing Wolf | Level 50-64 |
Black Wolf | Level 65-79 |
Savage Wolf | Level 80-94 |
Frenzied Wolf | Level 95-99+ |
Mirelurk Hunter
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Pet | Player Level |
Mirelurk Hunter | Level 24-33 |
Albino Mirelurk Hunter | Level 34-45 |
Glowing Mirelurk Hunter | Level 46-57 |
Grim Mirelurk Hunter | Level 58-69 |
Relentless Mirelurk Hunter | Level 70-84 |
Bloodthirsty Mirelurk Hunter | Level 85-99+ |
Mirelurk King
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Pet | Player Level |
Mirelurk King | Level 30-39 |
Mirelurk Deep King | Level 40-49 |
Glowing Mirelurk King | Level 50-64 |
Savage Mirelurk King | Level 65-79 |
Mirelurk High King | Level 80-99+ |
Radtoad
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Pet | Player Level |
Radtoad | Level 5-17 |
Parasitic Radtoad | Level 18-27 |
Albino Radtoad | Level 28-39 |
Glowing Radtoad | Level 40-49 |
Hideous Radtoad | Level 50-64 |
Fetid Radtoad | Level 65-79 |
Vile Radtoad | Level 80-94 |
Poisonous Radtoad | Level 95-99+ |
Snallygaster
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Pet | Player Level |
Nascent Snallygaster | Level 14-21 |
Snallygaster | Level 22-29 |
Fetid Snallygaster | Level 30-37 |
Bloody Snallygaster | Level 38-45 |
Glowing Snallygaster | Level 46+ |
Yao Guai
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Pet | Player Level |
Stunded Yao Guai | Level 1-25 |
Yao Guai | Level 26-30 |
Yao Guai Ghoul | Level 31-35 |
Shaggy Yao Guai | Level 36-40 |
Irradiated Yao Guai | Level 41-45 |
Albino Yao Guai | Level 46-55 |
Rabid Yao Guai | Level 56-65 |
Dusky Yao Guai | Level 66-75 |
Glowing Yao Guai | Level 76-85 |
Savage Yao Guai | Level 86-99+ |
Deathclaw
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Pet | Player Level |
Deathclaw | Level 21-30 |
Alpha Deathclaw | Level 31-40 |
Deathclaw Matriarch | Level 41-50 |
Savage Deathclaw | Level 51-60 |
Albino Deathclaw | Level 61-70 |
Chameleon Deathclaw | Level 71-80 |
Mythic Deathclaw | Level 81-90 |
Glowing Deathclaw | Level 91+ |
Megasloth
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Pet | Player Level |
Sluggish Mega Sloth | Level 20-29 |
Mega Sloth | Level 30-34 |
Lumbering Mega Sloth | Level 35-39 |
Hulking Mega Sloth | Level 40+ |
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