Vikingard S-Tier Pet Upgrade Guide: Polar Bear and Argali

To upgrade S-tier pets like the Polar Bear and Argali in Vikingard, collect pet shards from event puzzle milestones, feed them to their level cap, and execute star breakthroughs to unlock higher aptitude multipliers for your Hersirs. Because high-tier pet resources are scarce, concentrate your materials on one S-tier companion before spending items on lower-tier animals.

Polar Bear vs. Argali Combat Roles

S-tier pets provide significant stat multipliers that scale directly with your Hersir lineup rather than offering modest flat stats like lower-tier companions:

• Polar Bear: Focuses on defensive reinforcement, raw health, and survivability traits. Assign the Polar Bear to frontline tanks or brawler Hersirs who absorb damage so they can survive long enough to trigger ultimate abilities.
• Argali: Focuses on offensive aptitude and balanced damage distribution. Assign the Argali to your primary damage dealer or hybrid DPS Hersir to maximize team damage output.

How to Acquire Pet Shards from Event Puzzles

Obtaining and ranking up the Polar Bear and Argali requires participating in time-limited pet recruitment events that feature puzzle boards. Maximize your shard gains by following these priorities during active events:

1. Clear daily event quests immediately: Quests provide the action stamina and tokens required to clear puzzle boards. These daily refreshes do not roll over if left unused.
2. Path toward objective chests: Focus puzzle movement tokens on board paths leading to high-tier milestone chests containing specific Polar Bear or Argali shards instead of gathering low-tier filler loot.
3. Save event currency for guaranteed shards: Direct all converted event tokens or event shop currency into guaranteed shard bundles for your target pet rather than spreading currency across multiple reward pools.
4. Push for cumulative milestone tiers: Total point thresholds across the event provide fixed shard payouts required for star promotions, regardless of board RNG.

S-Tier Pet Upgrade Stages

Pet development follows a repeating loop of feeding base stats, breaking star caps, and activating talent nodes.

Upgrade Sequence

1. Feed your S-tier pet nourishment items until it reaches its current base level cap.
2. Spend the required quantity of Polar Bear or Argali shards to trigger a star breakthrough.
3. Open the pet talent menu immediately following the breakthrough to activate newly unlocked skill slots.
4. Apply Pet Training Manuals or Talent Runes to increase the stat transfer percentage shared with your linked Hersir.

Managing Pet Food and Nourishment

Pet food and training manuals come from shared inventories, meaning leveling lower-tier pets directly slows down your S-tier progression.

• Halt investment in B-tier and A-tier pets the moment you obtain your first S-tier companion.
• Reserve purple and gold nourishment items strictly for the Polar Bear or Argali until they reach your current sanctuary cap.
• Use green food only on lower-tier pets when a specific sanctuary milestone requires total camp level advancement to proceed.

Review your Hersir pairings after every star breakthrough. Because breakthroughs significantly raise transferred stats, shift your upgraded S-tier pet to your strongest active combat Hersir to get immediate value from the upgrade.