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[Fourdottwoone]

@Tatz

But I recall Salty stating that “no cosmetic pet pets will ever be required to upgrade kingdom power levels”, however I can’t find that statement anywhere.

I was only able to find this one, I also seem to recall the specific statement above.

@Saltypatra

For the average gamer, there is no need to collect all the pets. These players are less concerned with the very high kingdom levels, and are more focused on events and troop collection than pet collection. For end gamers this is obviously different, and these players will need to prioritise their play time and resources more carefully in the context of pets to ensure they can max their kingdom levels. It is possible to max all the pets in game through play, but it will be a significant amount of play. You don’t have to use your gems on pets, but it be a longer process like everything else in the game. You can earn gems through game play, and use them to speed things up or benefit you accordingly (Eg, in guild events, to open gem chests, etc) and pets are no different. (This is excluding exclusive cosmetic pets. We added faction pets to kingdoms so players can still unlock higher power levels if they miss out on an exclusive cosmetic pet.)