Does tiering up my pet improve its Special Ability & Special Skill such as Gathering Item Quantity?

Yes, tiering up any pet will improve its special ability in some way.

It will also allow it to learn additional skills such as Combat EXP 5%, Hunting EXP  5% and more.

Here’s what tiering up each type of pet does.

Cat (Finds resources)

• Increases range for detection of resources. Gatherable resource detection every 10 sec, and detection range up to 34
  • Note: Some cats resource detection can be 15 sec
• Cats to avoid
  • The Black Masked Cat, Striped Cat, Tabby Cat and Gray Thin Cat have reduced pick-up item rate (every 12 sec instead of 10 sec)
  • The Orange Brindle Cat has reduced detection range (28 instead of 34)
  • Striped Cat has longer gatherable resource detection interval at 15 sec instead of 10 sec

Hedgehog (Gathering Item Quantity Increase)

• Increases chance of a proc of Gathering Item Quantity
• Increase Talent by 1% per Tier (Talent: Life EXP)
• The must-have pet for life skillers

Dog (Hostility Detection)

• Increases detection range

Hawk (Finds rare monsters)

• Accelerate to once every 10 second
• Note: The best pet with this ability is Carmadun Owl as it has longer item pick up range
  • Longest pick up range pet award belongs to Jojo, which only appears in the Pearl Shop during limited times but is tradable via the Central Market

Desert Fox / Reindeer (Resistant to desert diseases)

• Resistance up to 35%

Penguin (Auto-fishing time reduced)

• Auto-fishing time decrements up to 20%
• You cannot stack more than 1 pet of Auto Fishing

Arctic Fox (Talent: Item Collection Increase)

• Increase Talent by 1% per Tier
• Note: Special ability is “resistant to desert diseases”
• You cannot take out more than 1 Arctic Fox

Panda (Taunts Monsters)

• Taunt Frequency can grow to every 4 sec

You can expect tiering up a pet with a similar Special Ability/Skill will have the same effect. To be sure, read the pet box’s tool tip BEFORE registering the pet.