How to unlock all Task Bar Hero Pets

Task Bar Hero pet bat — (Image credit: Nugem Studio)

Task Bar Hero pets are unlockable companions that can join your party as they adventure through the lands, each providing a useful bonus or two. While you can equip one pet to your party, you benefit from the perks of any you've unlocked, so it's not so much a question of which one is best, but how to unlock all of them as quickly as possible. So, I've explained exactly that below, laying out what you need to do to unlock every pet in Task Bar Hero.

How to get all pets in Task Bar Hero

Task Bar Hero pet blue golem locked as party fights through stage 3-6 to kill fire golems — (Image credit: Nugem Studio)

To unlock five out of eight Task Bar Hero pets, your party needs to kill 5,000 of a specified enemy for each pet. These enemies are typically found in only a few stages, so they can be easily missed meaning you won't unlock the relevant pets. The best way to unlock them is to use the Portal to replay one of the levels that the specified enemy is found in over and over until you've got enough kills. Just note that this only works when the game is running.

The remaining three are locked behind the premium DLC Supporter Pack, so you'll have to pay a little real money to complete the pet collection. Once you've unlocked any pet, its perks become a permanent boost to your party. You can also choose one of your pets to join your party, but this is purely cosmetic.

With thanks to taskbarhero.wiki for some information on enemy spawns that I've verified, here's how you unlock every pet:

Bat:
- Unlocked by: Kill 5,000 Bats, which are reliably found in Stages 7,8, and 9 of Act 1.
- Bonuses: 10% increased Common Chest Drop Chance Multiplier and 15% increased XP gain.
Watcher:
- Unlocked by: Kill 5,000 Giant Flies, which only seem to spawn in Stages 4 and 5 of Act 2.
- Bonuses: 15% increased Gold per kill.
Burning Skeleton:
- Unlocked by: Kill 5,000 Fire Spirits, which seem to only spawn in Stages 8 and 9 of Act 2.
- Bonuses: 10% increased Stage Chest Drop Chance Multiplier.
Blue Golem:
- Unlocked by: Kill 5,000 Hell Golems, which can only be found in Stage 6 of Act 3, the Burning Ravine.
- Bonuses: 15% increased Common Chest Drop Chance Multiplier.
Dark Spirit:
- Unlocked by: Kill 5,000 Ghosts, which can be appear in Stages 4, 5, 8, and 9 of Act 3.
- Bonuses: 15% increased Stage Chest Drop Chance Multiplier.
Sword:
- Unlocked by: Buying the Task Bar Hero Supporter Pack, which costs $3.99/£3.59.
- Bonus: 15% increased XP gain.
Butterfly:
- Unlocked by: Buying the Task Bar Hero Supporter Pack, which costs $3.99/£3.59.
- Bonus: 10% increased Gold per kill.
Dragon:
- Unlocked by: Buying the Task Bar Hero Supporter Pack, which costs $3.99/£3.59.
- Bonuses: 20% increased Common Chest Drop Chance Multiplier, 15% increased Gold per kill, and 20% increased XP gain.

The premium pets from the Supporter Pack give you a great range of boosts to resource gathering and leveling, helping your heroes gather plenty of gold for Task Bar Hero Runes and level up fast to get the best Skills for Task Bar Hero builds.

But they're definitely not essential, so I recommend trying to unlock the rest of the pets as you go to get them as early as possible. To help you kill the required monsters efficiently, you'll want to have the best TBH team, so look at our Task Bar Hero tier list for pointers.