Bear

This page is about Lore-master pets. For Bears that are creatures, see Bears.

Description

The Bear is the first combat pet obtained by a Lore-master, at level 2. It has the same level as the Lore-master itself, and will remain at the summoned level if the lore-master gains a level, in which case it should be dismissed and re-summoned to ain the new level. There are also cosmetic variations.

Bears primarily cause damage and take aggro from enemies and are useful for holding them off at a distance. The way a bear does this varies according to which trait tree is the current specialisation.

Note: Update 41 brough major changes to Bears, and Pets in general, and previous comments about their game play do not apply, use history to call up and older page to see how it was.

Summoning a bear

To summon a bear, use one of these skills:

Friend of Sturdy Beasts (Bear) unless Master of Nature's Fury.
- Can be summoned at any time, and remains until released.
- cosmetic variations of the above
Call to Bears when Master of Nature's Fury is active
- Can only be called during combat when a target is selected, and only remains active until released or the expirey of the cool down period. It can only summoned again after expiration of a new cool down period.

Skills and Commands

Standard Pet Command Bar items.

Attack

Follow

Stay

Passive Mode

Guard Mode

Toggle Assist

Return to Master

Several of the Lore-master's skills cause the Bear to use one of its abilities. These do not apply when Master of Nature's Fury is active.

Lore-master Skill	Bear Skill	Category
Minor Pet Command (Yellow)	Shatter Arms	Melee + Debuff
Minor Pet Command (Blue)	Bear Hug	Melee + Stun
Major Pet Command	Roaring Challenge	AoE Taunt
Sign of the Wild: Rage	Wild Strike	Melee
Sign of the Wild: Protection	Hardened Hide	Buff

Traits

The trait set bonuses Bolstered Bond and Tutelage of the Brown Wizard enhance the Lore-master's companion by improving its morale, power, attack speed, damage, critical chance, block, parry and evade chance, stealth and stealth detection, as well as granting it immunity to knockbacks.

Effects

Bears have a chance to apply:

Pet Food

A Bear can eat Pots of Honey & Oats to temporarily increase its combat effectiveness. Pots of Crude Honey and Oats can be bought at any Lore-master class trainer, but higher-level varieties must be crafted by a Cook.

Pot of Crude Honey and Oats (Level 14)
Pot of Honey and Oats (Level 24)
Pot of Smooth Honey and Oats (Level 35)
Pot of Tasty Honey and Oats (Level 45)
Pot of Delicious Honey and Oats (Level 55)
Pot of Sweet Honey and Oats (Level 65)
Pot of Scrumptious Honey and Oats (Level 75)
Pot of Eastemnet Honey and Oats (Level 85)
Pot of Anórien Honey and Oats (Level 100)
Pot of Ithilien Honey and Oats (Level 106)
Pot of Ironfold Honey and Oats (Level 116)
Pot of Minas Ithil Honey and Oats (Level 121)
Pot of Gundabad Honey and Oats (Level 131)
Pot of Umbari Honey and Oats (Level 141)

Appearances

A Lore-master has the ability to learn skills that change the appearance of their pet by consuming talismans. These talismans are crafted by Jewellers or can be purchased at the LOTRO Store.