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{{otheruses|Charm Animal}}
{{Skill infobox
| id = 411
| name = Charm Animal
| campaign = Core
| profession = Ranger
| attribute = Beast Mastery
| type = Skill
| energy = 10
| activation = 10
| target = animals
| range = Casting
| aoe =
| description = [[Skill (skill type)|Skill]]. Charm [[target]] [[animal]]. Once charmed, your [[animal companion]] will travel with you whenever you have Charm Animal equipped. You cannot charm an animal that is more than 4 [[level]]s above you.
| concise description = Skill. Charm target animal. Once charmed, your animal companion will travel with you whenever you have Charm Animal equipped. {{gray|You cannot charm an animal that is more than 4 levels above you.}}
}}
{{TOCright}}

== Acquisition ==
'''[[Skill quest]]s'''
* [[Prophecies]]
** [[The Ranger's Companion]] ([[Regent Valley (pre-Searing)|Regent Valley]] - [[Ascalon (pre-Searing)|pre-Searing]])
** [[Endangered Species]] ([[Old Ascalon]])
* [[Factions]]
** [[Locate Sujun]] ([[Shing Jea Monastery]])
* [[Nightfall]]
** [[Primary Training]] ([[Churrhir Fields]])
** [[Choose Your Secondary Profession (Nightfall quest)|Choose Your Secondary Profession]] (Churrhir Fields)
'''[[Skill trainer]]s'''
* Prophecies
** [[Halbrik]] ([[Ascalon City (outpost)|Ascalon City]] - pre-Searing)
** [[Sir Bertran]] ([[Ascalon City]])
** [[Dakk]] ([[Ember Light Camp]])
* Factions
** [[Michiko]] ([[Kaineng Center]])
* Nightfall
** [[Tohn]] ([[Kamadan, Jewel of Istan]])
'''[[Profession changer]]s'''
* [[Core]]
** [[Profession Changer (NPC)|Profession Changer]] ([[Great Temple of Balthazar]])
* Prophecies
** [[Telius]] ([[Seeker's Passage]])
* Factions
** [[Senji]] ([[Senji's Corner]])
* Nightfall
** [[Zuwarah]] ([[Command Post]])

== Related skills ==
* {{skill icon|Comfort Animal}}
* {{skill icon|Heal as One}} ([[Elite skill|elite]])

== Notes ==
* This skill will activate only if you do not have an animal companion and the target is a [[charmable animal]].
** It can target [[Passive|friendly and hostile]] creatures, but not allies nor animals already charmed to be pets.
** If you try to use it on an invalid target, it will fail to activate (and you will see the relevant error message in red text).
* Once an animal is charmed, there is no special value to bringing this skill over [[Comfort Animal]] or [[Heal as One]] in PvE.
* Although this skill is unaffected by your rank in [[Beast Mastery]], your pet's attacks benefit from a higher rank and you recover more quickly if your pet dies.
* Even if you replace this skill with another (e.g. a [[mission]]-specific skill such as [[Disarm Trap]]), your pet will remain with you. If you rezone and retain the replacement skill, the pet will not zone with you.
* [[PvE character]]s and [[hero]]es have to charm their own pets; [[PvP]] players start off with an [[Elder]] [[Wolf]].
* Be careful when charming a pet with nearby heroes or henchmen: the target will become hostile and could be killed. To prevent this, flag your allies farther away and/or set heroes to avoid combat.
* There are six [[Charm Animal (disambiguation)|special versions]] of this skill, notably the [[Charm Animal (Codex)|one]] used in the [[Codex Arena]].
{{anomaly|Although technically considered a pet, occasionally a charmed animal will retain the red wording associated with a hostile enemy just after completing the charm animal skill.}}

== See also ==


* [[Animal companion]]
* [[Beast Mastery]]

== Trivia ==
* This has the longest [[activation]] out of all the skills usable by players.
* Before the [[Game updates/20090423|Fourth Anniversary Update]], you could charm animals of any level.
* This was originally the only skill you could equip to bring a pet. [[Comfort Animal]] became the second such skill in the [[Feedback:Game_updates/20090806|August 6, 2009 game update]] and [[Heal as One]] was added on [[Feedback:Game_updates/20100225|February 25, 2010]].
* This skill has changed since its introduction; see its [[/Skill history|skill revision history]] for details.
* During early alpha testing, this skill was called "Charm Lynx", as mentioned by an alpha tester in the Photics e-zine issue #3<ref>https://photics.com/issues/issue03.pdf</ref> of March 2004. Issue #4<ref>https://photics.com/issues/issue04.pdf</ref> of the e-zine implies that the [[Lynx]] was the only charmable pet at this point in alpha testing, hence the skill name. This also explains the skill icon depicting a Lynx.

== References ==
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[[Category:Pet skills]]
[[Category:Essentially unlinked skills]]
[[Category:Ascalon (pre-Searing) skills]]
[[Category:Ranger skill rewards]]

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Charm Animal - Revision history

gww>Gwido at 16:03, 22 June 2026