Jug Pet

Courier Carrie, one of the most popular classic familiars.

Familiars are special pets that are available exclusively to Beastmasters. They are called to the Beastmaster's side by equipping items, commonly referred to as "jugs," into the ammo slot and using using either Call Beast, which consumes the jug, or Bestial Loyalty, which does not.

While familiars are typically weaker than charmed monsters of the same level, familiars can be called instantly and stay for a set amount time before disappearing — they will never fail to be called or "decharm" and attack the Beastmaster like charmed monsters.

Familiars also allow the use of Ready, a pet command which replaces Sic and allows the Beastmaster to choose which attack is used. These abilities give the Beastmaster more tactical options and finer control over the flow of battle. In addition to having control over which ability is used, Ready can typically be used more often than Sic, which often makes familiars more powerful than equivalent charmed pets, even if the familiar has lower stats.

However, due to the relatively long recast of Call Beast and the even longer recast of Bestial Loyalty, familiars are much less disposable than charmed pets. Beastmasters that utilize familiars will need to pay close attention to the familiar's health and the time remaining before another pet can be called.

Familiars

Familiar	Family	Ready Moves	Type	Job	Level Available	Base Level Cap	Time
Hare Familiar Carrot Broth	Rabbit	Whirl Claws - AOE damage (1 charge) Dust Cloud - Front conal AOE blind (1 charge) Foot Kick - Single target damage (1 charge) Wild Carrot - Restores HP of pet (2 charges)	Beast	WAR	23	35	90 minutes
Sheep Familiar Herbal Broth	Sheep		Beast	WAR	23	35	60 minutes
Flowerpot Bill Humus	Mandragora		Plantoid	MNK	28	40	60 minutes
Tiger Familiar Meat Broth	Tiger		Beast	WAR	28	40	60 minutes
Flytrap Familiar Grasshopper Broth	Flytrap		Plantoid	WAR	28	40	60 minutes
Lizard Familiar Carrion Broth	Lizard		Lizard	WAR	33	45	60 minutes
Mayfly Familiar Bug Broth	Fly		Vermin	WAR	33	45	60 minutes
Eft Familiar Mole Broth	Eft		Lizard	WAR	33	45	60 minutes
Beetle Familiar Tree Sap	Beetle		Vermin	PLD	38	45	60 minutes
Antlion Familiar Antica Broth	Antlion		Vermin	WAR	38	50	60 minutes
Crab Familiar Fish Broth	Crab		Aquan	PLD	23	55	30 minutes
Mite Familiar Blood Broth	Diremite		Vermin	WAR	43	55	60 minutes
Keeneared Steffi Famous Carrot Broth (HQ)	Rabbit		Beast	WAR	43	55	90 minutes
Lullaby Melodia Singing Herbal Broth (HQ)	Sheep		Beast	WAR	43	55	60 minutes
Flowerpot Ben Rich Humus (HQ)	Mandragora		Plantoid	MNK	51	63	60 minutes
Saber Siravarde Warm Meat Broth (HQ)	Tiger		Beast	WAR	51	63	60 minutes
Funguar Familiar Seedbed Soil	Funguar		Plantoid	WAR	33	65	60 minutes
Shellbuster Orob Quadav Bug Broth (HQ)	Fly		Vermin	WAR	53	65	60 minutes
Coldblood Como Cold Carrion Broth (HQ)	Lizard		Lizard	WAR	53	65	60 minutes
Courier Carrie Fish Oil Broth (HQ)	Crab (Courier)		Aquan	PLD	23	75	30 minutes
Homunculus Alchemist Water	Mandragora (Korrigan)		Plantoid	MNK	23	75	60 minutes
Voracious Audrey Noisy Grasshopper Broth (HQ)	Flytrap		Plantoid	WAR	53	75	60 minutes
Ambusher Allie Lively Mole Broth (HQ)	Eft		Lizard	WAR	58	75	60 minutes
Panzer Galahad Scarlet Sap (HQ)	Beetle		Vermin	PLD	63	75	60 minutes
Lifedrinker Lars Clear Blood Broth (HQ)	Diremite		Vermin	WAR	63	75	60 minutes
Chopsuey Chucky Fragrant Antica Broth (HQ)	Antlion		Vermin	WAR	63	75	60 minutes
Amigo Sabotender Sun Water	Sabotender		Plantoid	WAR	75	75	30 minutes

See Also

• Rongo-Nango - a freelance Beastmaster that accepts jugs in exchange for influence.

Trivia

In Final Fantasy V, captured monsters would be placed in "Jugs" and when released would make a specific attack before vanishing, similar to a limited form of summoning and Blue Magic.