# Pet Bonuses

A huge range of bonuses will be available to Pets, including those that apply to all quests as well as those for specific quest types.

### Base Experience (XP) Bonus <a href="#id-57c2" id="id-57c2"></a>

Every Pet, when bonded and fed, provides a **static bonus to the experience gained by the Hero while questing**. Unlike the Gathering Profession Bonus, this XP Bonus applies to *all* quests that the Hero performs.

A Pet’s experience bonus is determined by its rarity as follows:

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These XP bonuses **stack with any other effects** that provide bonus XP, including the Quick Study Power-Up and the “Efficient” Gathering Profession Bonuses detailed below.

### Gathering Profession Bonuses <a href="#id-315e" id="id-315e"></a>

Every Pet has a Gathering Profession Bonus that is tied to the type of egg that it is hatched from. These bonuses are **only active** when the bonded Hero is **engaged in that specific gathering quest.**

Gathering Profession Bonuses have two parts to them that are randomly assigned: 1) the **type of bonus** itself, and 2) a **“scalar” value** that determines how effective the bonus is. Both of these are determined by the rarity of the bonus itself (e.g. 1-star, 2-star, 3-star).

**Bonus Type**\
Each gathering profession has a **range of different bonuses** that can be assigned to a Pet, as shown in the infographic below. Most of these are consistent between bonus rarities, but some are only available to Pets with Rare or Mythic bonuses.

**Scalar Value**\
The scalar value of a bonus determines the exact level of increase to the bonus itself. These values all fall within a **specific range that increases depending on the rarit**y of the bonus. Note that the ranges for each rarity do not overlap, so a higher rarity bonus will be always be more effective than a lower rarity bonus of the same type.