Liquidity read
The Black Dog is best treated as a low-end compare point when you want weaker adds to stay realistic.
The Black Dog is a useful entry tier reference page for keeping everyday trades grounded in the same lane as the site calculator.
This page follows the same broad long-tail value lane used by the site calculator, so it is most helpful as a quick compare point for live trading.
The Black Dog is best treated as a low-end compare point when you want weaker adds to stay realistic.
Before you move on The Black Dog, compare it against Scarlet Butterfly, Rice Cake Rabbit, and Mrs. Whiskerpips. Those nearby pages are the fastest way to see whether an offer is really in the right lane.
Watch this page when you want a cleaner low-end compare point than a generic rarity list can give you.
This page follows the same broad value lane used by the site's calculator for current long-tail trade checks.
These release and source notes come from The Patch's audited pet-origin dataset. We only publish this section when the source trail is confirmed.
Retired - Released Oct 10, 2025
43,000 Candy, 500 Pet Releaser Points (Basic Egg), or 4,500 Pet Releaser Points (Crystal Egg) - Rare pet
Retired Nov 7, 2025 - Halloween Event (2025) - Limited Halloween pet found roaming Adoption Island and also obtainable from the Basic Egg and Crystal Egg during the 2025 event.
These pages sit closest to The Black Dog in real trade conversations and give useful sanity checks before overpaying.
Use these pages to keep moving once this pet page has done its job.
Use the value list when you want the short answer first before comparing both sides of a trade.
Jump back into the full pet catalog when this page turns into a wider research session.
Switch from a single-pet read into a full trade comparison with potion lanes and both sides of the offer.
These quick answers cover value lanes, nearby compare pages, and how to use this guide.
The Black Dog works best as a current reference page for everyday trades in the entry tier range, using the same broad value lane the site calculator relies on.
Right now, no-potion The Black Dog sits at 0.18 versus 0.78 for the default version, so the cleaner copy is slightly softer by about 0.6 in this lane.
The fastest sanity checks right now are Scarlet Butterfly, Rice Cake Rabbit, and Mrs. Whiskerpips. Those pages sit close enough to The Black Dog that they help you keep offers grounded before you move ahead.
The Black Dog first shows up in the audited dataset through Adoption Island roaming spawn / Basic Egg / Crystal Egg from Oct 10, 2025. That source is currently retired in the site's audited pet-origin data.