Leveling and Evolution

Rappelz is a game based on a unique combat system that uses a combination of the player's own skills (based on job class) as well as the skills and abilities of the player's pet(s). These pets range in skill from hardcore attacks to nuclear magics to amazing healing and support. All job classes can use these amazing battle partners, and the type of pet a player can use is only limited to the player's imagination.

Once a player has tamed a pet using Creature Taming or has obtained one by another method, they can use the pet in a variety of ways, whether in battle as a summoned pet that fights alongside the player or equipped to the player on their belt to add to the player's stats (provided the pet has acquired the proper skill). Like the player, pets can earn experience, level up and even earn Job points to use toward learning new skills. While the pet(s) are summoned, they are able to earn experience points. The amount of experience they earn is connected to the amount of experience the player earns from the monsters, and can only earn experience if the player is at or greater in level (unless the player uses the item: Animal Cracker). As the pet levels up, at select levels, the player can choose to "evolve" the pet into a stronger form. Most pets have 3 forms: baby, teen, adult. Each evolution, or "evo", brings new skills and stronger stats. Players can choose to evolve their pets as quickly as possible, or choose to hold off evolution in favor of "overbreeding," which earns extra job points for distribution to the pet's skills. (See Discussion on Overbreeding.)