AmuletOfManyMinions/CombatPets

Added in v0.13.0, The Amulet of Many Minions adds combat AI for every vanilla Pet, excluding Light Pets. To minimize the risk of cross-mod compatibility issues, these AI updates do not affect vanilla pets by default. To enable combat AI on a Vanilla pet, an AoMM Version of its pet item must be crafted from the vanilla pet item at a Demon Altar. In addition, "Replica" versions of the Master Mode boss pets are sold by the Travelling Merchant outside of master mode so that these pets' combat AI can be used by any player.

Combat Pet Levels

Combat Pets are mechanically distinct from the regular minions added by The Amulet of Many Minions in several ways. The first and most significant is that, rather than having a fixed set of stats, Combat Pets' AI scales with the player throughout the game. By having a special class of item called the Combat Pet Emblem in their inventory, created from common Crafting materials at most tiers throughout the game, the player's combat pets' damage, movement speed, and search range will increase to match that of a typical minion available at the same progression tier. This allows a player to use their favorite combat pet throughout the game. In addition, while higher tier combat pet emblems allow the player to summon multiple combat pets at once, only one of each pet may be summoned at a time. The Combat Pet Emblems, and their effects on minion stats, are shown below:

Combat Pet Emblem		Damage	Top Speed	Search Range	Max Pets	Recipe
	Golden Combat Pet Emblem	9	8	32 tiles	1	12 ( or ) (@ )
	Corrupt Combat Pet Emblem	14	9	40 tiles	1	12 ( or ) (@ )
	Skeletal Combat Pet Emblem	17	10	48 tiles	2	50 (@ )
	Soulful Combat Pet Emblem	30	12	56 tiles	2	8 + 8 (@ )
	Hallowed Combat Pet Emblem	36	14	60 tiles	2	12 + 1 + 1 + 1 (@ )
	Spectre Combat Pet Emblem	42	15	62 tiles	3	12 (@ )
	Stardust Combat Pet Emblem	52	16	64 tiles	3	12 (@ )
	Celestial Combat Pet Emblem	80	18	68 tiles	4	12 + 1 (@ )

Combat Pet Accessories

In addition to the inherent stats granted by Combat Pet Emblems, Combat Pets can be further enhanced by several Accessories. There are two basic Combat Pet accessories, both obtainable in Pre-Hardmode, and two Hardmode tinkers for those accessories.

Appearance / Name		Effects	Obtained From
	Stylish Bow of Teamwork	Increases maximum Combat Pets by 1	Obtained alongside an Elemental Pal after using a Bow of Teamwork
	Chaotic Chew Toy	Slightly Increases Combat Pet movement speed	(12 + 6 ) or (12 + 6 ) (@ )
	Mighty Bow of Teamwork	Increases maximum Combat Pets by 1 Increases minion damage by 20% Slightly increases Combat Pet movement speed Decreases maximum non-Combat Pet minions by 1	+ + (@ )
	Spooky Bow of Teamwork	Increases maximum Combat Pets by 2 Increases minion damage by 15% Slightly increases Combat Pet movement speed	+ (@ )

The Elemental Pals: Lil' Gator, Truffle Turtle, Cloudiphant, Plant Pup, Axolittl, Smoleder, Cinder Hen, and Wyvernfly

New Combat Pets

To address the relative scarcity of pets in normal gameplay, the Amulet of Many Minions adds a collection of 8 reliably obtainable Combat Pets called the Elemental Pals. A single Elemental Pal can be obtained at the beginning of the game by finding a Bow of Friendship in a Wooden Chest in the Forest biome. The Bow of Friendship will become deactivated, and a dialog will trigger that asks the player several questions about their gameplay preferences. After answering the questions, the player will be given the pet spawning item for one of the Elemental Pals based on their responses. The Deactivated Bow of Friendship can then be crafted together with Clouds, Sandstone Blocks, Jungle Spores, and Seashells to create a Bow of Teamwork, which can be used to obtain a second Elemental Pal. A second Bow of Teamwork can be found in a Shadow Chest, and the remainder of the Elemental Pals can be crafted from Solar Tablet Fragments post-Plantera.

Combat Pet AI

The majority of combat pets fall into one of four basic AI categories: Flying Melee (Similar to the Finch Staff), Flying Ranged (Similar to the Imp Staff), Grounded Melee (Similar to the Flinx Staff), and Grounded Ranged (Similar to the Pygmy Staff). In addition, 8 of the regular pets, and 10 of the Master Mode boss pets were given special attack patterns, which are outlined below. Some of these pets use their special AI from the beginning, while others only start using special AI at a certain Combat Pet Level.

Combat Pet		AI Pattern	AI Update Level
	Pet Turtle	Launches itself like a Giant Tortoise	Base
	Baby Red Panda	Impales enemies with Bamboo Spikes	Soulful
	Black Cat	Fires the Water Bolt, Magical Harp, or Shadowbeam Staff depending on pet level	Various
	Dynamite Kitten	Fires Grenades, the Boomstick, the Flamethrower, or the Rocket Launcher depending on pet level	Various
	Companion Cube	Continually falls through a pair of portals to rapidly hit the enemy	Spectre
	Estee	Summons Fallen Stars on contact with an enemy	Soulful
	Plantero	Attacks with mini Plantera Clingers	Base
	Volt Bunny	Rapidly Dashes back and forth (Quick Attack)	Base
	Slime Prince	Summons a mini Ninja to help	Soulful
	Spider Brain	Summons a swarm of mini Creepers	Soulful
	Deerclops (pet)	Launches shadow hands	Base
	Skeletron Jr.	Attacks with mini Skeletron hands	Base
	Slime Princess	Summons mini winged slimes to help	Hallowed
	Rez and Spaz	Summons both eyes, attack with Cursed Flames and mini lasers.	Hallowed
	Destroyer-Lite	Summons mini Probes to help	Hallowed
	Mini Prime	Alternately attacks with each of Skeletron Prime's four hands	Hallowed
	Tiny Fishron	Summons mini sharknados to help	Spectre
	Phantasmal Dragon	Summons mini Ancient Visions to help	Spectre
	Moonling	Attacks with a mini Phantasmal Deathray	Spectre