Smithing Dog

The Smithing Dog is a rare pet introduced during the Smithing Event, and both halves of that description shape how you should treat it. Rare tier sits near the bottom of the meaningful pet ladder, so its baseline contribution is modest — this is an early-to-mid companion, not an endgame anchor.

What gives it character is the event provenance. Pets tied to a specific themed event like the Smithing Event carry a built-in time stamp: their availability was bound to that window, so the Smithing Dog is no longer freely farmable and now moves mainly through trade. That scarcity is unusual for a rare, since most rares are common forever, and it nudges the Smithing Dog''s value above what its tier alone would suggest.

On a serious team, you would not build around it — a rare passive simply does not scale with top mythicals and legendaries. But as a low-cost, event-limited rare it is genuinely worth keeping: cheap to feed, easy to level, and a tidy collection marker of the Smithing Event for players who like a complete roster. Use it early, hold it for the set, and graduate past it as your economy matures.