Zaishen Menagerie Grounds

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Zaishen Menagerie Grounds
Campaign	Core
Region	The Battle Isles
Type	Explorable area
Exit(s)	Zaishen Menagerie
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The Zaishen Menagerie Grounds is an explorable area where the Zaishen Order takes care of the pets you have unlocked on your account. Pets can be brought in from the wild, or purchased here and trained for you by the Order.

There are various climates in this one area that create the appropriate habitats for your animals.

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In a beautiful, lush new explorable area in the Battle Isles, the Zaishen Order runs a tight business breeding and training all the common and prestige pets from around the world for their clientele. There are a few ways you can start your own collection in the Menagerie. Bring any pet with you or your Heroes to the Tamer in the Menagerie Grounds. The Tamer will check your pet's evolution and unlock that tier and any lower tiers. Adding charmed pets to the Menagerie is absolutely free. You can also use Balthazar Faction or pay with Zaishen Coins and gold to have the Zaishen Order unlock and train evolutions of pets for you. This way, you've got several choices for unlocking all your pets.

— 4th anniversary content update

Contents 1 Getting there 2 Exits 3 Pets and unlocking 4 NPCs 4.1 Allies 5 The animals 6 The menagerie 7 The training yard 7.1 Pet tiers 7.2 Unlocking costs 8 Notes 9 Trivia 10 See also

[edit] Getting there

Go to the Zaishen Menagerie and talk to Gate Guard Hirvela for access.

[edit] Exits

• Zaishen Menagerie (south)

[edit] Pets and unlocking

The Zaishen Menagerie is account based, which means that any pet you unlock will be available to all characters on that account, both PvE and PvP. You cannot, however, bring other players into your own menagerie, it is only for yourself and your heroes.

To unlock a pet in the menagerie, show it to Emryd the Tamer. This will unlock a tier for that specific species of animal. The different tiers are unlocked depending on the pet's level and evolution, detailed below, and a higher tier will unlock all lower tiers as well. So, if you add a tier 5 animal, tier 1, 2, 3 and 4 will also be unlocked. There are 7 tiers, with a level 20 evolved (non-elder) pet being the highest tier.

Pets and tiers can also be unlocked through paying Zaishen Coins and gold, or Balthazar faction to Helena (Zaishen Keeper).

[edit] NPCs

[edit] Allies

Humans

• Zaishen Order
  • 20 Emryd the Tamer
  • 20 Helena (Zaishen Keeper)
  • 20 Salome (Zaishen Physician)
  • 5 Silavor (Zaishen Naturalist)
  • 20 Wynn (Zaishen Training Captain)
  • 20 Master of Winds
  • 20 Zaishen Handlers
  • 20 Zaishen Trainers

[edit] The animals

All animals roaming the grounds have a base level of 5, and as soon as tier 1 of a new species is unlocked the animal will appear in the grounds. Many pets will also be accompanied by baby versions, which are non-targettable and non-charmable. Wynn will spawn four of any higher tier you have unlocked on demand in her training pen, and this service is free.

Pets with the same skin but different names, such as Moa Birds and Striders, don't count as separate types. Pets with different skins but identical names, however, do count as different species. One example would be the red and blue Reef Lurkers.

The pets roaming the grounds are passive and, like normal pets, will become hostile (have their names turn red) when you try to charm them or attack them; however they will not attack you. The pets spawned by Wynn, on the other hand, will act like wild pets and attack as soon as you interact with them. The roaming pets still gain experience from player deaths and can be death leveled all the way to level 20. This will usually result in a Hearty pet, allowing you to unlock the highest tier for that species.

[edit] The menagerie

Each animal will only be present once tier 1 for that species is unlocked.

Western Beach	White Crab	Reef Lurker	Rainbow Phoenix	Phoenix
Farm	Warthog	Moa Bird
Central River	Moss Spider	Crocodile	Crane	Lurker	Flamingo
Western Plains	White Tiger	Tiger
Northern Rocks	Lynx	Jahai Rat	Raven
Northern Dunes	Hyena	Dune Lizard	Iguana	Lion	Lioness
Central Hills	Melandru's Stalker	Mountain Eagle	Black Bear
Northeast Caves	Wolf	Black Wolf	Black Moa
Southeast Caves	Black Widow	Albino Rat
Eastern Snowy Area	Polar Bear	White Wolf	White Moa	Jingle Bear
Training Pen1	Lvl 12 Animal	Lvl 15 Animal	Lvl 20 Animal

¹ Only after unlocking a higher tier for each animal and letting Wynn spawn them.

[edit] The training yard

[edit] Pet tiers

Tier	Minimum level	Evolution requirement	Unlocked pets
1	n/a	n/a	Level 5 unevolved
2	12	n/a	Level 12 unevolved
3	12	evolved1	Level 12 evolved
4	15	n/a	Level 15 Elder2
5	15	evolved	Level 15 evolved
6	20	n/a	Level 20 Elder
7	20	evolved	Level 20 evolved

¹ Aggressive and Playful (levels 12 to 14) or Aggressive, Dire, Hearty and Playful (levels 15 to 20)

² same stats as unevolved

[edit] Unlocking costs

Tier unlock	Coins1	Balthazar faction1		Animal unlock	Coins1	Balthazar faction1
1 → 2	1 , 100	1,000		Common animals	1 , 100	1,000
2 → 3	1 , 100	1,000		White Moa2	1 , 100	10,000
3 → 4	2 , 100	1,500		Jingle Bear2	2 , 100	20,000
4 → 5	2 , 100	1,500		Black Moa3, Phoenix3	3 , 100	30,000
5 → 6	3 , 100	2,000		Black Widow4, Moss Spider4	5 , 100	50,000
6 → 7	3 , 100	2,000		Rainbow Phoenix2	15 , 100	80,000

¹ Pay either with coins or with Balthazar faction       ² Prestige Tyrian Animal   ³ Prestige Canthan Animal   ⁴ Prestige Exotic Animal

[edit] Notes

• The offspring of Black Moas use the exact model and size of a Black Moa Chick miniature.
• If bringing heroes, the Rainbow Phoenix cannot be found, even when registered, this is most likely to remove the possibility for heroes to charm a Rainbow Phoenix.
• There is no resurrection shrine in this area. As such, if you die from any reason (death from Wynn's summoned animals, Vampiric weapon, life sacrifice etc) and your party has no remaining resurrection skills, you will receive a message that your party has been defeated, and an option to return to the outpost.
• Miniature versions of a pet are considered as allies and interact with skills and attributes such as Leadership.
• Animals created by Wynn in the training yards will automatically teleport back to the pen if they move too far.
• All animals of the same species are members of the same party and will thus share experience for the purposes of death leveling.
• Helena (Zaishen Keeper) will refer to a Reef Lurker (red) as a Lurker and a Reef Lurker (blue) as a Reef Lurker.

[edit] Trivia

• After a Lion and Lioness have been added, only one Lion with several Lionesses will show up, along with some cubs. This is very much like the natural composition of a pride.
• There are ambient animals in the grounds, which aren't charmable and are not considered creatures.
  • Gulls over the ocean.
  • Schools of small fish and a solitary large fish in the sea.
  • Turtles near the windmill and the marsh.
  • Flies over the trough.
  • Butterflies in the grass.
  • A cat on the farm crates.
  • A hawk that flies over Wynn's training ground.
  • Two frogs on a rock near the waterfall.
  • Small crabs on the beach.
  • A pair of dolyaks in the mountains.
  • A bunch of spiders in the marsh.
  • Water Buffalo around the farm.

[edit] See also

• Pet Unlock Pack
• Animal companion

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	Locations in the Battle Isles
Towns and outposts:	Great Temple of Balthazar • Guild hall • Zaishen Menagerie • Costume Brawl (Halloween festival only)
Cooperative missions:	Zaishen Challenge (Outpost) • Zaishen Elite (Outpost)
Arenas:	Random Arenas (Outpost) • Codex Arena (Outpost) • Heroes' Ascent (Outpost)
Explorable areas:	Isle of the Nameless • Isle of the Nameless (PvP) • Zaishen Menagerie Grounds
Landmarks:	Forbidden Path