The Pet Guide

This guide is for all those kiddies who have been drooling over pets but are hesitating to get one for reasons like "Do pets die?"

The Guide
This guide is credits to Pet System @ MMOsite.

"Hey, can I know do pets die?"
"Hello, what should I use to feed my pet?"
"My pet is full growth now, what should I do?"

Don't worry, just scroll down you can get all your answers here !

Part 1
Introduction

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About
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Lots of people have probably been searching for guides about pets in this forum, so here it is, what (probably) everybody has been looking around for. Please note that this guide is indeed far from completion, as I myself have only started using pets in the game. I will try to explain as much as I know about the Pet system, and of course, I hope to get some contributions from everyone, so we can help people who are new with pets. Fairy pets are adorable, royal and helpful; they're their masters' best assistants!


Part 2
About pets

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Pros and Cons
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Pets aren't just decorations you can wear to make your character look cool. Unlike wings, which have definetly no other use except to make other people drool in envy, pets give it's owner boosts in status and grant special bonuses, like increase in berserk rate, HP recovery, and so on. And in case there are people who do not know what a pet looks like in-game. It is that small glowing object floating around a character while second generation looks bigger and more clear.

Why should I get a pet? Maintaining a pet is indeed quite expensive, so let's list down the pros and cons of having a pet around.

Pros

• Bonus stat points
  Everyone wants bonus stat points. Besides having the best equips in the game, its a real boost to have those extra points. If you are a Crusader, and are following the AGI 60 only rule, you can just get yourself a +10 AGI pet and pump your AGI to 50 only, and put the saved stat points elsewhere. We'll discuss more about which stat to raise later. With second generation pet and possession skill, you can even get a boost on only one type of stat, two type of stats or even more.
  
  
• Pet skills
  To be specific, the SP recovery rate is a lot of help for spamming skills and magic. The berserk bonus is pretty helpful. The added magic damage is a plus too.

Cons

• Pet maintenance
  Keeping a pet is indeed pricey. You need to spend lots of gold to keep your pet up and running like Fairy Rations. Acquiring better books isn't easy either.
  
  
• Time consuming
  It takes a lot of time to level a pet. A LOT of time, especially when you brake past Lv5.

In summary, pets are for people who are willing to give time, effort, and GOLD to raise them. But in the long run, these little guys can be quite a lot of help.


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Fairies
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Here's some pictures for you to let you know how does pets looks like:

First Generation Fairies

• Fairy of Virtue
  
  
  
• Fairy of Faith
  
  
  
• Fairy of Life
  
  
  
• Fairy of Kudos
  
  
  
• Fairy of Hope
  
  
  
• Fairy of Heart
  
  
  
• Fairy of Darkness
  
  
  
• Fairy of Woe
  

Second Generation Fairies

• Fairy of Luck
  
  Items Required for Generation
  Demonic Fruit of Acidity * 1
  Tasty Squid Meat * 10 (Baby Squid)
  Sorrow Warrior Carcass * 10 (Forsaken City)
  
  Special Possession Power
  Raises treasure drop rate
  Formula:
  Original Drop Rate * Fairy Level * 0.02
  
  
• Fairy of Evil
  
  Items Required for Generation
  Demonic Fruit of Acidity * 1
  Tasty Squid Meat * 10 (Baby Squid)
  Sorrow Warrior Carcass * 10 (Forsaken City)
  
  Special Possession Power
  Raises treasure drop rate
  Formula:
  Original Drop Rate * Fairy Level * 0.02
  
  
• Fairy of Accuracy
  
  Items Required for Generation
  Demonic Fruit of Energy * 1
  Fish Spike * 10 (Fish Bone)
  Mud Chunk * 10 (Dark Swamp)
  
  Special Possession Power
  Adds extra Accuracy to the player according to the 2nd generation pet level
  
  
• Fairy of Agility
  
  Items Required for Generation
  Demonic Fruit of Aberrant * 1
  Shark Fin * 10 (Sawtooth Shark)
  Swamp Wood * 10 (Dark Swamp)
  
  Special Possession Power
  Adds extra Agility to the player according to the 2nd generation pet level
  
  
• Fairy of Constitution
  
  Items Required for Generation
  Demonic Fruit of Courage * 1
  Cracked Arabic Pearl * 10 (Water Dancer)
  Sorrow Archer Carcass * 10 (Forsaken City)
  
  Special Possession Power
  Adds extra Constitution to the player according to the 2nd generation pet level
  
  
• Fairy of Strength
  
  Items Required for Generation
  Demonic Fruit of Strength * 1
  Arabic Pearl Fragment * 10 (Ocean Water Dancer)
  Wailing Warrior Carcass * 10 (Forsaken City)
  
  Special Possession Power
  Adds extra Strength to the player according to the 2nd generation pet level
  
  
• Fairy of Spirit
  
  Items Required for Generation
  Demonic Fruit of Intellect * 1
  Polliwog Tail* 10 (Blood Polliwog)
  Wailing Archer Carcass * 10 (Forsaken City)
  
  Special Possession Power
  Adds extra Spirit to the player according to the 2nd generation pet level
  
  
• Mordo Junior
  
  Items Required for Generation
  Any of the above requirement
  
  - Two mordo will come out as 100% mordo junior
  - Other pets can also give birth to mordo junior with chance
  
  Special Possession Power
  Adds all extra stat to the player according to the pet level , raises treasure drop rate + experience rate
  Formula for treasure drop rate + experience rate is the same as Fairy of Evil and Fairy of Luck

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Acquiring a First Generation Fairy
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So where do we get First Generation Fairy? Currently, there are several possible ways to acquire them:

• Purchasing them in the Item Mall
  First generation fairies can easily be bought from the Official Item Mall for 39 Rum, but please note that this price may change. All pets have the same price.
  
  Note: Second generation fairies are NOT available in Official Item Mall.
  
  
• Through Game Events
  There are some in-game events that will allow you to acquire pets. You can get one by doing the Story Quest Guide
  
  
• Monster Drops
  Some Bosses in the game drop Fairy Boxes which allows a player to acquire a random First Generation Fairy. Some of these monsters include: Lv55 Wandering Soul, Lv65 Snowman Warlord, Lv75 Icy Dragon, and of course, the crowd favorite, Lv90 Black Dragon.

Note: Acquiring a pet from these methods will give you a Lv0 Pet with full stamina and growth rate. You may also acquire pets from other players, where they can be sold as freshly acquired Lv0 Pets, or ones that have been raised by other players.

[*]In-game Market
If you're free to walk around Argent City, you'll see many stalls and vending for fairies either first or second generation, fresh or breed nowadays. Sometimes you can find a good one with low price.

All first generation fairies are basically the same, except in appearance of course. It's the owner who decides what stat to increase for the pet and which skill books to give it.


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Acquiring a Second Generation Fairy
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So where do we get Second Generation Fairies? Currently, there is only ONE possible way to acquire them, that is the new Pet Marriage System.

• Requirements
  - Both First Generation Fairies MUST be level 20 or higher
  - The pet SP bar must be full
  - Specific items required for each pet
  
  
• Procedure
  - Head to Shaitan City NPC Langa (852,3549)
  - Select the option "Fairy"
  - Make sure you have all the ingredients
  This example is for Fairy of Evil
  
  - Drag the Demonic Fruit of Mystery into the screen
  - Drag the 2 fairies into the screen
  - Confirm the screen + money needed and a new generation fairy will appear
  
  
• Effect after marriage
  - Parent Fairy will have a level decrease by 4
  - Newborn fairy stat will be 1 / 8 of both parents
  
  Note: Demonic Fruit can be obtainable from Official Item Mall Only.

Part 3
What should I do after acquiring a pet ?

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Equipping your pet
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In order for you to see your pet in the game, you need to place them on the inventory slot where there is an image of a fairy. Only through this you will be able to make use of your pets bonuses. An equipped pet will also consume stamina and increase growth rate (experience) points.





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Stamina and Growth Rate
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What is Pet Stamina? Stamina points will be consumed as long as the pet fairy is equipped. When the stamina reaches 0, pet will be disabled. Usage of the pet's skills will also take up some stamina points. To restore the stamina of the pet, you can feed it with the different 'pet food' available:

• Fairy Ration
  Restores 50 stamina points, can be bought from Official Item Mall only.
  
  
• Auto Ration
  Restores 50 stamina points automatically. Place at 3rd inventory slot to activate auto-feed function when pet's stamina is lower than 50. No effect when a stall is being set up. can be bought from Official Item Mall only.
  
  
• Pet Food
  Restores 5 stamina points, dropped by Lv31 Vampire Bats in Silver Mine 1, and Lv15 Sailor Squirt (Deep Blue 738, 426).

A pet consumes stamina in order to raise its growth rate, or experience points. Each point of stamina is used every 60 seconds. An active pet compared with an Idle pet, the active pet will use up more stamina.

Note: Every time a pet increases level, its max Stamina points will also go up.


What is Pet Growth Rate? Growth Rate is the pet's experience point. It is raised through consuming stamina points, so if you do not have any stamina points, your pet wont gain any exp.

Once a pet maxes its growth rate, you will see the yellow bar under the pet's stamina bar blink green, this indicates that you may then use stat fruits to grant bonus stat increase. Once you use a fruit on a pet, its EXP bar will be brought back to 0 and its level increased by 1. You will then need to keep feeding it stamina items to use stat fruits on it again. Every time a pet increases level, its Exp requirement will also go up.

Note: For fairies below Lv27, the growth rate is a constant 60 second tick. However, you'll require 5 more seconds per tick for every level above Lv27.

Your pet will gain a level if you feed it with energy food successfully when its growth bar is at its maximum. There is a certain rate of failure when you feed your pet fairy with any energy food. Success rate becomes lower as your pet becomes higher in level. If successful, the whole growth bar will be depleted. However, if you fail, half of the growth bar will be depleted.

Stamina = 100 + Level X 20
Growth Points = Level X 240

To double your fairy's growth rate for upon 15 minutes, you use buy Fruit of Growth.
This will double your fairy's stamina point too.

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Energy Foods
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Energy food, as known as Stats Fruit. There are 5 different kinds of stat fruits that can be fed to a pet:

• Snow Dragon Fruit
  
  increases STR by 1
  
  
• Zephyr Fish Floss
  
  increases ACC by 1
  
  
• Shaitan Biscuit
  
  increases SPR by 1
  
  
• Argent Mango
  
  increases CON by 1
  
  
• Icespire Plum
  
  increases AGI by 1

These can only be fed to pets with MAX growth rate.

Note: The higher a pet's level is, the lesser the chance for successfully gaining a level for the pet. If you fed your pet a fruit and your attempt in leveling it up failed, your growth rate will be cut in half.

There's also some Great stat fruits that increase stat by 2, this will help to save rations and time:

• Great Snow Dragon Fruit
  
  increase STR by 2
  
  
• Great Argent Mango
  
  increase CON by 2
  
  
• Great Icespire Plum
  
  increase AGI by 2
  
  
• Great Shaitan Biscuit
  
  increase SPR by 2
  
  
• Great Zephyr Fish Floss
  
  increase ACC by 2

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Skill Books
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There are 3 different skill levels that a pet can learn, which are Novice, Standard, and Expert. Of course, the better the skill book level, the better the effects of the skill.

• Novice books
  Can be acquired from treasure maps.
  
  
• Standard books
  Purchased from Official Item Mall for 19 Rum.
  
  
• Expert books
  Not available yet in the game.

Learning skills also have chances of failure:

1. First skill book, success rate to learn = 100%
2. Second skill book, success rate to learn = 60%
3. Third skill book, success rate to learn = 30%

This means that the more skills you have taught your pet, the higher the chances of failing when trying to teach it a new skill. PLUS, when you try teaching the second skill, you have a 60% chance of success, and 40% chance of OVERWRITING AN EXISTING SKILL. Same goes for the third skill, you have a 70% chance of overwriting an existing skill.

Skill effect is upgraded with higher level books. The following is a list of the skill books that can be used to teach pets:

• Book of Protection
  Sort of like a Cleric's Energy Shield. When the player's HP goes down to 20% and below, the fairy takes the damage. Stamina damage is a percentage of the actual damage, the remaining percentage not blocked by skill will be received by player. (We still need to confirm this. Talked to a player once and told me that standard level, skill blocks out 25%) Skill damage is not reduced by this skill.
  
  
• Book of Berserk
  Player deals critical damage. This does NOT mean that a player's berserk rate is increased. Skill is activated by chance, the system chat box also displays if the critical/berserk was activated by the pet. (In my personal experience of using this skill on my pet, the chances of activating berserk hits by pet is around 10% or probably lower at standard level).
  
  
• Book of Magic
  Increases magical damage for Herbalist and Explorer class.
  
  
• Book of Recover
  Increases HP recovery rate.
  
  
• Book of Meditation
  increase SP recovery rate. - This adds about +8 or +10 SP recovery rate at standard level, pretty sure about this estimate because it works better than my SP recovery necklace which adds +6 SP recovery. This will be a good replacement for SP recovery necklace.

A pet can only learn up to 3 skills. If the 3 skill slots have already been taken, you cannot teach a fourth unique skill to the pet. This means you CANNOT delete skills once you have taught your pet these skills. Teaching a pet skills do not require/deplete maxed growth rate, this means you can immediately teach all 3 skills to a Lv0 pet.


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Possession
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This skill is ONLY for Second Generation Fairy. For Possession skill to work, the pet SP must be greater then 100. There splits into Novice, Standard and Expert:

• Possession
  Activates the special power of the 2nd generation pets, they use up fairy SP when possession is activated (No extra during activation)
  Every duration is 3 minutes.
  
  Novice: Fairy level x 6 = SP used
  Standard: Fairy level x 4 = SP used
  Expert: Fairy level x 2 = SP used
  
  Example for Lv41 AGI Mordo Junior, when on novice possession skill, the total SP needed is 41 x 6 = 246 SP.
  
  
• Self Destruct
  Causes damage to enemies (AoE) by using all SP of the pet

Possession skill book can be obtained from Pet Marriage:


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Fairy Evolution
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• Fairy Coins System (Only applies to the pet in the second slot)
  - 2nd generation pet gets 1 Fairy coin every growth
  - 1st generation pet gets 1 Fairy coin every 2 growth
  - 2nd generation pet gets 1 Elven Signet every 30 growth
  - 1st generation pet gets 1 Elven Signet every 60 growth
  - Any generation pet gets 1 Elven Signet every 120 growth
  - Any generation pet gets 1 Elven Royal Signet every 1200 growth
  
  
• Fairy Expression System
  Players can use their fairy expression skills on other players or on their own
  - 1 Fairy coin is needed each time player uses an expression

They include :
Skill - Defecate
Skill - Undergarment
Skill - Garment
Skill - Coin Rain
Skill - Stupid
Skill - Look Down
Skill - Trickster
Skill - C Idiot
Skill - Laugh
Skill - Liar
Skill - Silly

Note: These expression skill books can be obtained from Official Item Mall

Part 4
Frequently Asked Questions


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Do pets actively help you in the game?
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I'm sure people new to pet system have this question in mind. This is like, "..do pets ATTACK?.." *scratches head*

No they don't, and they do not directly help you in battle in any way, except for giving useful bonuses for your stats and some useful petskills, like Book of Magic, which when learned by pet, raises Magic damage.

And Second Generation Fairies help a lot in damage boost.


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Pet Foods v.s Pet Rations
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So which is more efficient to use? We will include in our discussion the time and cash spent for these items.

Pet Food. Restores 5 stamina points per use. Currently, there is one monster in the game that drops pet food: Lv31 Vampire Bats and Lv15 Sailor Squirt. The item is not a common drop, the ratio is probably something like the drop rate of HP/SP pots from monsters.

Collecting Pet Food can indeed be such a hassle. Bats can be found inside Silver Mine, problem is, even if they have areas with lots of spawn points, you are likely to encounter some problems. Problems like, the number of players inside the mines, the consistency of Pet Food drops, and such. Same thing goes with Sailor Squirt. Lets say that in one hour, you collect around 30 pet food:

30petFood x 5Stamina = 150stamina

150 stamina x 30seconds(pet w/ 3 skills learned) = 4500secs or 1hr25mins

So for 1 hour of hunting bats, you get 1hr25mins of stamina. Note that this can be inconsistent since drops are only made by chance.


In the case of Pet rations, what you need to do is have the money, be it in-game, or real-world cash. Problem here is that people will start asking about where they can get in-game money to beat Pet Food collection with Ration purchasing. There are various possible ways, one of them would be trading. With some statements from other players, we can say that for an hour a player can accumulate around 70k using sea commerce:

70k = 7 pet rations x 50stamina = 350stamina x 30seconds = 10500secs

10500secs = 2hrs55mins of stamina.

So for 1 hour of doing commerce OR anything near the 70k/hr mark, you get around 3hrs or so of stamina. Note that this can be inconsistent due to the fact that not everybody does sea commerce or has a different way (that could be either better or worse than commerce) for making cash.

Summary:

- As the facts state, it would be much more efficient to just collect the cash and buy the rations for your pet. This would make pet ration purchasing around 3x faster than pet food collection.


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Which stats should I raise for my Pet?
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You have to first think about what you want for you character. Do you want to go for offense or defense? Would having higher attack speed be better than having higher damage?

For example, the Crusader class, if you want more damage from normal attacks, go for strength. If you want to quickly reach 99STR by NOT pumping too much AGI, then u can just pump pet AGI, so u will only hit 50agi or so, as preferred by most crusaders. It all depends on how you can use the extra stat points to your advantage.

Should I only pump 1 stat or is having multiple stat bonus better? Again, you decide. But, logically, if for example, you wanted more HP/defense, and you ALSO want more STR for damage, wouldn't having +5con mean u only add so little HP and defense for your character? Why settle for half when you can have the whole thing? Anyways, if you really want to get the best of both worlds, get 2 pets and feed STR to one and con to the other one. And obviously, this method will cost you.

Summary

- Pet stat build depends on your character class, and how you want to efficiently use the bonus stats you get from your pet.


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Which skills should I teach my Pet?
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It all depends on what class you are using. Basically, Magic users (Herbalist & Explorer Class) will need magic, recovery, and meditation. Non-magic users(Swordsman & Hunter Class) need berserk, recovery, and meditation.

What about Protection Skill? Protection skill, as discussed within this thread, has a lot of Cons in it at the present. Since at standard level, Protection reduces around 25% of damage dealt and deducts the points from the pet stamina, the remaining 75% goes to the player. Taking into consideration the price of Rations, it is inefficient to maintain such method of damage reduction by Protection skill.

Doesn't more skills mean faster depletion of Stamina? Yes it does. AND, faster stamina depletion will lead to faster pet leveling. You may say that having a pet with no skill will allow you to have your pet around for a longer period of time, but your pet's leveling time will also decrease, wouldn't it? :wink:

Can i unlearn skills that I've taught to my pet? No, you CANNOT unlearn or 'delete' an existing skill. But you can overwrite existing skills, or upgrade them. Read about this from the Skill books section above.

Summary:

- Pet skill build depends on your character class.

- You CANNOT unlearn pet skills, EXCEPT if they get overwritten by another skill.

- Your pet only learn a maximum of 3 skills.


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What type of pet should I have for my character?
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Basically, all pets are the same and its up to the owner to decide on what build of stat bonus and pet skill you want to have. Plan on how you can efficiently use the stat bonus that you will receive, be it a boost in offense or defense for your character. Skill wise, Book of Magic for Herbalist or Explorer class, Book of Berserk for Swordsman or Hunter class, then teach Book of Recover and Meditation, which most people do.

Summary:

- Pets do not have any special properties that comes into effect when equipped by a specific class.

- The owner decides on what stat and skills he wants for his pet.

The end
Here is some related guides and videos

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Related Links
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Tools:

• PKO Forging & Pet Calculator
  - Credits to Rubix

Relevant Guides:

• Fairy Items Guide!
  - Credits to Treillerti
  
• What you can get from the Fairy Market!
  - Credits to Treillerti
  
• Fairies Per Level Chart
  - Credits to Treillerti

Videos:

• Fairy growth comparison
  - Credits to Chuck
  
• Fairy stamina usage comparison
  - Credits to Chuck
  
• Low level fairy growth comparison
  - Credits to Chuck
  
• Fairy Possession and Switching Trick
  - Credits to Chuck

how can i make a fairy of str but con stat??
i saw somebody do it

I have question for drop rate and experience bonus from fairy of evil/luck

The guide says it was Original Droprate * fairy level * 0.02

Wouldn't that would make the droprate/experience lower?

say the droprate is 3.5% and fairy lvl 20

3.5 * 20 * 0.02 = 1.4% < that is lower that original droprate.

can you explain how it ACTUALLY work?

it actually adds your drop rate n exp from pet to the event meaning that your (pet drop rate n exp + event= total)

ummm is fairy of woe in the list?

hmmm so this is how it looked =X

if im not mistaken , mimi or ducky showed a pet with expert skills o.0

ou i see okies then =D

zzzz

rations cost not just 10k....its like 30k average now in deck...
so...its like...1 hr of sea commerce will make like 2 rations = 100 stamina in deck.

Wow , ducky , u're a pro . i shoot u anytime online ingame when i have doughts about pets. muahahahahaaaaaaaa

will two possession stack?

like if i use poss on mj, den switch to 2nd gen, and use poss again, will the stats stack???

will two possession stack?

like if i use poss on mj, den switch to 2nd gen, and use poss again, will the stats stack???

i don't think so... because once you activated possession then switch to another 2ndgen pet...
the cooldown of the skill is still in effect = hence cannot do possession the 2nd time...

btw, here's what my friend told me regarding possession:
(not sure on the accuracy on this, possession is about 3mins duration)

pet SP used when possession is activated:

novice: fairy level x 6 (ex. lvl20 x 6 = 120 SP used)
standard: fairy level x 4 (ex. lvl20 x 4 = 80 SP used)
expert: fairy level x 2 (ex. lvl20 x 2 = 40 SP used)

LOL