Yog Pet Excavation Mastery Skill... The changes cannot be allowed to happen.

[Zarnia Foxtrot]

It has been a while since I posted on here and I would prefer it to been a more agreeable reason to do so.

Yog pets have been around for a long time. The main appeal is that they have a Excavation Mastery Skill with mining which is supposed to speed up your mining. Of late, MA has been doing alot of changes which to me signal them wanting to slow down any real FAST progression of any kind. However, with the yog pet the changes mentioned on the internet currently keep changing and the latest ones (if true) simply don't make sense.

Previously, internet information said that the excavation mastery skill unlocked around level 10.5 and you needed to maintain the hp as close to full hp as possible (98>). As of today, the internet has said the following:





When Yog Hatchling’s Excavator Mastery Skill Unlocks in Entropia
For the Yog Hatchling pet in Entropia, the Excavator Mastery passive skill (which increases excavation reload speed by 10%) has two main unlock conditions:
1. Level requirements

• Pet level: At least 10 (Aquatic Level 10) entropiawiki+1.
• Taming level: At least 5 entropiawiki+1.
• Skill strength: 10% entropiawiki.

2. Training/trick requirement
Players have reported that simply meeting the level and taming requirements is not enough — you must also perform all of the pet’s “tricks” (or at least the ones required for the skill) to unlock the passive buff Virtualsense.

• For Yog Hatchling, completing tricks 1–4 (and possibly trick 5, depending on the player’s method) was key to unlocking the Excavator Mastery criteria Virtualsense.
• Tricks should be run repeatedly, ideally with high focus (≥98%) and regular nutrio feeding to maintain energy Virtualsense.

3. Unlock cost

• Pet Essence: 100
• Rare Essence: 5
• PED: 10 entropiawiki.

4. Criteria
The skill’s unlock criteria is “Finding claims” entropiawiki. This means you need to actively engage in excavation activities (e.g., digging in Crystal Caverns) to meet the requirement.
Summary:
To unlock Excavator Mastery for your Yog Hatchling:

• Level the pet to 10 and taming to 5.
• Complete all required tricks (1–4 for most players).
• Meet the “Finding claims” criteria by excavating.
• Pay the unlock cost (100 Pet Essence, 5 Rare Essence, 10 PED).

Once unlocked, the passive will boost your excavation reload speed by 10%.


So, up until literally today (6/30/2026), there was no such requirement for "Aquatic Skill lv 10" being necessary. Other than the yog lives on a desert moon called Monria where there is NO WATER, why do we now have to have a yog qualify with Aquatic Skills (aka the fishing profession)? They don't eat fish, they can't mine in water and nothing they do in skills is "Aquatic -Related". Even if you equip a yog, you have to do it on land first before going into water and when in water, they just grow and eat nutrio bars and just stare at you and grumble the whole time . THEY DON'T DO ANY FUNCTIONAL SKILLS IN WATER AT ALL!

I would ask Ant or DME to really look into this. MA is trying so hard to squeeze ped out of people and draw out skill progression so much that it will cause a serious backlash. The yog pet is just that.. A PET.. You don't spend your 401K and the next 5 years to skill up the fishing profession so your pet can do a promised skill 5 years later. The Aquatic requirement is not necessary except for force players to deposit more into the game than they want to do. If they do this to the yog pet who lives on a desert moon, what will they do to other pet's requirements? They will make it so no one wants to invest in pets at all.

I am asking for Ant or DME to work to remove this redundant "Aquatic skill lvl10 requirement ".

Princess Zarnia

 

[ShadowDragonV]

To me, this seems like AI is making stuff up because it doesn't understand what it is reading. There is no aquatic pet leveling in game....

What it is trying to read is this...

Aq Level: 10 - Aq meaning "acquire" to get, obtain or unlock at... Not Aquatic

And if you look at the in-game info for the Yog Hatchling, it is said to unlock the Excavator Mastery you need to have the pet at level 10...

While AI can be helpful with things, it's always best to double-check the info that it gives; it is not always accurate.

 

[Zarnia Foxtrot]

No, It said "aquatic"..no "aq" for acquire, look...

• Pet level: At least 10 (Aquatic Level 10) entropiawiki+1.
• Taming level: At least 5 entropiawiki+1.
• Skill strength: 10% entropiawiki.

This is what said in addition to the previous information:

In Entropia Universe, while there is no single, all-encompassing "Aquatic skill", swimming and water mechanics rely heavily on Athletics and Evade, alongside aquatic-specific activities like Fishing. [1, 2, 3]

Aquatic Activities and Skills
The closest you get to interacting with the aquatic environment as a skill involves your avatar's physical agility and recent fishing implementations.

• Fishing: A general resource collecting skill tied to professions like "Baiter" and "Cast Fisher". It involves mini-games and is affected by specific unlockable skills like Water Reading, Angler Intuition, and Sea Eyes. [1, 2, 3, 4]
• Athletics: Governs your avatar's general physical capability and agility, directly influencing how well you move through water or maneuver in physically challenging environments. [1]
• Evade: Crucial for underwater and shoreline combat. If you are attacked by aquatic creatures, this skill increases your chances of avoiding damage, boosting your overall "Evader" profession level. [1]
• Aquatic Mutants/Creatures: You can find and hunt aquatic mobs such as the Muck Jaw or Mermoth. These creatures require specialized knowledge (like Botany and Genetics) to scan and hunt efficiently. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Another post mentioned something about scuba diving skill, marine biology and deep ocean exploration in Entropia Universe. None of these skills exist presently but the other note is that my yog, ManagerDoug, is now at lvl 12, (almost 13 at XP13901) and the excavation mastery skill is still unlocked even with the XP keep near or around 98. Since lvl 10 has already been passed and my pet yog is almost lvl 13, if it was just only the normal pet's xp level 10, ( not "acquired" as you suggested) it should have been unlocked already and it has not.

My Athletics skill is is 4310 (called Advanced in game) and my Evade is 4610 (called Remarkable in game).. both are over level 10. The only other part that is involved would be "fishing" and given the huge amount of time it takes to catch fish and the low value per fish caught in building xp,IT WOULD TAKE YEARS to reach level 10 but only benefit MA in gaining all the ped involved to build the fishing profession.

Players are supposed to have the right to chose what they want to do with building their avatar in game, not be forced and manipulated to spend ped needlessly on professions they have no interest in doing LIKE FISHING. In this case, a yog pet's one and only skill is excavation mastery.. A LAND SKILL NOT REQUIRING ANY AQUATIC SKILL SUPPORT AT ALL AND SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE PART OF THE UNLOCKING OF THE EXCAVATION MASTERY (LAND MINING ) SKILL.


Ant/DME, please address this. I'm so tired of everything done by MA anymore is designed to slow down progress of a player in game and create new unwanted methods to drain more ped from players.

PZ

 

[Eugenio Anhithe Wilde]

I’ve not been notified of any changes by MA and the changes don’t make much sense to me. I would say be careful with just trusting the internet, specifically AI, perhaps look into prompt engineering, which is pretty important and feeds directly into the quality of the response. for example a follow up prompt:

did this change because you never used to need aquatic skills

Leads to:


You are 100% correct, and I completely missed the mark in my previous response. You absolutely do notneed Aquatic Skills to level or train a pet. [1]
The mention of "Aquatic Level" was an error. In Entropia Universe, pets only have a standard, singular Pet Level. [1, 2]
The correct requirements to unlock the Yog Hatchling's Excavator Mastery buff have not changed: [1]

• Pet Level: The Yog Hatchling itself must reach Level 10.
• Avatar Profession: Your Pet Handler profession level must be at least Level 5.
• Unlock Criteria: The pet must be actively spawned beside you while you are mining and successfully Finding Claims to fill the yellow criteria bar. [1, 2]

You do not need to dive underwater, swim, or level any separate aquatic skills to train your pet or get your mining buff. [1, 2, 3]

So a single follow-up question and the internet using ai models has completely contradicted itself.

you’re better off conducting your own tests/research rather than trusting these sources. To my knowledge there’s been no changes to the yog pet.

Ant

 

[Zarnia Foxtrot]

So, for me personally, there is still a problem. My pet handler skill is lvl 13, my yog (ManagerDoug) is lvl 13 and he has been doing all his tricks regularly and I have been mining in the Ark Underground yesterday. He still has NOT unlocked.


?????????

 

[Heidi Stassinopolis]

You have to go to the pet stable and unlock it it's not automatic

 

[Zarnia Foxtrot]

here is my screenshot of my pet status:

 

[ShadowDragonV]

You need to have 10 ped on your card for it, you need to have 100 Essence and 5 Rare essence (essences you can get by putting other pets (ones that you don't need, NOT the pet you want to use) in a terminal at the pet stable.

- You should get 1-3 pet essence from a pet if I am remembering correctly, with chance of getting a rare from it.

Once you have the ped, essences that is required you should be able to activate the buff.

 

[Zarnia Foxtrot]

Heidi. I did go to the pet stable on Monria. It had only 1 hour duration buffs. This a passive skill. Once it unlocks, it's permanent not temporary. I didn't see anything on the pet manager except the temporary buffs. No mention of excavation mastery.

 

[Zarnia Foxtrot]

ok. Shadow. i just saw your message after writing back Heidi. I will find some other tamed mobs I got and see if I can get the rare essence for it at the pet stable.

 

[Zarnia Foxtrot]

Ok> I bought the 5 rare essence and 100 reg. animal essence off of Caly AU, I have over 10 ped on my Ped Card and my yog has over 13K xp. I tried going to the pet stable and again, I placed my pet yog in the pet manager slot and nothing happened differently..it still will list the same buffs for a 1 hour duration it has already in queue but no mention of the excavation mastery skill at all.

So, anyone have another step I missed here? Getting MangerDoug:s excavation skill unlocked feels more like a treasure hunt where I need to keep finding new things to keep going forward but the finish line is very much not visible here.

Help?

 

[ShadowDragonV]

with everything on you and the ped on your card.

Have a look at the pet status window again, as you showed in the picture. You should be able to do it there!

 

[Hally]

Also do a relog once your there, and make sure you have the materials in open inventory, not inside any form of container, this should fix it

 

[Zarnia Foxtrot]

Hello Hally, so I did what you suggested and here is where I am at:

c:\programdata\entropia universe\public_users_data\screenshots\Entropia 2026-07-04 08.50.02.png

 

[Zarnia Foxtrot]

Every time I use the pet manager , what is in the above screenshot shows up. There is no mention of the excavation skill at the pet manager machine. I have all the extra additions,,, 10 ped, 100 animal essence, 5 rare essence and an overqualified pet yog named ManagerDoug who should have been able to qualify at level 10 but who is currently lvl 13.

Any other takers as to what I missed doing...lol?

 

[ShadowDragonV]

Can't see the latest screenshot that you posted