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The Pet Hotel and Other Pet FAQ

Posted by Kim on April 3, 2023, 9:00am

I've gotten a few questions from frazzled folks feeling like they have to wake up in the middle of the night to take care of their pet rocks, so I just wanted to put out a reminder that you can put some or all of your pets into the "pet hotel" at any time, which will freeze their needs and well-being. There is no time limit to keeping them in the hotel, there is no cost, and there is no cap for how many times you can do this. You can check your pets in to the hotel for the entirety of spring break while your family goes on its annual road trip, or you can check your pets into the hotel for two hours while you're taking a nap.

I promise I won't be filling up the news constantly with stuff about pet rocks, but I did want to spotlight this feature since the entire ability to have and care for pets is a new fun side thing on the site, and I thought this reminder would reduce stress and increase enjoyment for some of you. :)

You can put ALL your pets into the hotel with one click from your Pet Settings, like so:

A screenshot of the pet page with an arrow pointing out the Pet Options link at the top of the sidebar

A screenshot of the Pet Settings page, with the Put all pets into hotel button circled

Have your combat walrus topped up to 100% and want to freeze her there for Epic Week? Have too many pets in your collection and only want to actually be responsible for caring for one? Click the individual "Pet Settings" icon in the top right of the pet care simulator window to open the individual pet setting window.

A screenshot of the Walragotchi pet care simulator page, with the cog icon being pointed at by an arrow.

A screenshot of an individual pet's settings, showing the input to change its name, pronouns, and whether or not it is in the hotel. The hotel toggle is being pointed to by an arrow labeled 1, and the save button is being pointed to by an arrow labeled 2

Swap the "In hotel" toggle to "Yes", then save your changes. Their needs and wellbeing score will be frozen exactly as they were when they checked in. Check them out again at any time.

What are all the possible kinds of pet rock?


Collapsed in case you don't want all the variants spoiled

Basic Pet Rock Types


petrock-flatty-icon.png Flat Pet Rock

petrock-chungus-icon.png Lumpy Pet Rock

petrock-coolhat-icon.png Mossy Pet Rock

petrock-geode-icon.png Pet Amethyst Geode

petrock-tigereye-icon.png Pet Tiger's Eye

Special Variant Pet Rock Types


petrock-flatty-freckled-icon.png Freckled Pet Rock

petrock-chungus-sandstone-icon.png Lumpy Sandstone Pet

petrock-coolhat-red-icon.png Mossy Red Pet Rock

petrock-geode-quartz-icon.png Pet Quartz Geode

petrock-malachite-icon.png Pet Malachite


What is the drop rate of each rock type?


The 5 basic rock types (Flat Pet Rock, Lumpy Pet Rock, Mossy Pet Rock, Pet Amethyst Geode and Pet Tiger's Eye) have identical drop chances, both in the free pull and in boxes of rocks. No basic pet rock is more rare or common than any other.

When pulling from a box of rocks, there is a 20% (or 1 in 5) chance that whatever rock type you pull will be transformed into its special variant variety. No variant pet rock is more rare or common than any other variant.

Will my pet rocks help me during Epic Week?


Sorry, but pet rocks are non-combatant pets. Throwing your pet rocks at monsters might be pet rock cruelty!

Post tags: Feature Explanations

Comments

Kim

April 6, 2023
8:51am

The sheer amount of QOL features I built for this April Fools XD

ogle

April 5, 2023
11:32pm

Kim...you have added the only feature I would have ever thought to request. Thank you so much for my life.

Kim

April 4, 2023
11:18am

@Lunalla-Starlight They are coprolite pebbles.

Lunalla-Starlight

April 4, 2023
10:13am

Does anyone know what these dots under my pet rock mean? Ive never played any games similar to walragotchi before and was wondering if anyone knew what they meant? Screenshot-20230404-125643-Samsung-Internet.jpg

Kim

April 4, 2023
9:20am

@PossitivelyNoOne CLASSIC PARCHMENT IS MY FAVORITE FOREVER ;.;

@Queen_Knight I didn't have plans for rock battle in future, but who knows -- I also didn't have plans to add a walragotchi and pet rocks to the site when the year opened, either, and here we are. ;)

Zelphyr

April 4, 2023
2:43am

DISCOCHICKEN

PossitivelyNoOne

April 3, 2023
12:40pm

KIM WHY ARE YOU IN LIGHT MODE????? (Also love my pets lots and lots)

Veliona

April 3, 2023
9:55am

I have a question about pet rocks. In the future will there be pet battles?

Cosmonautilus

April 3, 2023
9:07am

Just wanted to drop this here as well in case anyone is looking to adopt some crazy adorable Rocks into their collection!




Shinyrainbowlithogra

April 3, 2023
9:01am

Yay!! I'm loving my two new pets. Haven't named my mossy one yet but the other cutie is... Danbo. 😂