Friends Forever

Friends Forever
Your pet inspires you to be more resistant to damage. You gain +8 Armor.
Level Unlocked	1
Training Points Required	20
Energy Cost	35
Cooldown	4.5 s
Other effects	Temporarily increases the player's Armor rating by 8

Friends Forever is an Animal Care skill which buffs the player's Armor by 8 points for 15 seconds. The effect of the buff lasts longer than the skill's cooldown, so players with sufficient Energy Regen can continuously re-apply the buff to maintain its effects.

This skill is automatically granted to players that specialize in the Animal Care Talent. Otherwise, it requires 20 Training Points (TP) to learn.

Upgrades

Second Wind

Second Wind provides pets with a healing effect over time for the duration of the buff. Further upgrades increase the amount healed per second.

Tier	Level	TP cost	Effect
1	1	10	Pet now heals 10 Health per second for the duration of the buff when Friends Forever is cast.
2	10	15	Pet healing effect increased to 20 Health per second
3	20	25	Pet healing effect increased to 30 Health per second
4	30	40	Pet healing effect increased to 40 Health per second
5	40	60	Pet healing effect increased to 50 Health per second

Friends Five-ever

Friends Five-ever increases the duration of the buffs applied by Friends Forever.

Tier	Level	TP cost	Effect
1	1	10	Effect duration increased to 20 s
2	10	15	Effect duration increased to 25 s
3	20	25	Effect duration increased to 30 s
4	30	40	Effect duration increased to 35 s
5	40	60	Effect duration increased to 45 s

Best Friends Forever

Best Friends Forever boosts the Armor effect applied to the player. The second upgrade adds a Magic Resist effect to the skill. Further upgrades increase the potency of both Armor and Magic Resist buffs. At the maximum level, the armor bonus applied to an unarmored player provides equivalent protection somewhere between Iron armor and Steel armor.

Tier	Level	TP cost	Effect
1	1	10	Armor bonus raised to 15
2	10	15	Armor bonus raised to 30; casting the skill now also applies 5 Magic Resist.
3	20	25	Armor bonus raised to 40; Magic Resist bonus raised to 10.
4	30	40	Armor bonus raised to 50; Magic Resist bonus raised to 20.
5	40	60	Armor bonus raised to 70; Magic Resist bonus raised to 30.

Protective Instinct

Protective Instinct adds a temporary buff to maximum Health when Friends Forever is cast. Further upgrades increase the maximum Health granted by the buff.

Tier	Level	TP cost	Effect
2	30	30	The player's maximum Health is temporarily raised by 300
3	40	45	Maximum Health boost raised to 500
4	50	75	Maximum Health boost raised to 1000