Rescue Pets — How a rescue run works
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OverviewRescue Pets is a chill pet-care game where you find scared, lonely animals, earn their trust, and bring them home to your rescue shelter. This guide covers how to rescue pets, keep them happy so they earn donations while you're offline, grow your shelter, and find rarer pets in new areas.
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How a rescue run works
Step
Each time you play, you head out to an area to find scared and lonely pets. Once you spot one, you earn its trust before bringing it back to your rescue home. From there, caring for it properly is what keeps the whole shelter running.
- Explore an area head out to find a scared, lonely pet waiting to be discovered.
- Earn their trust build a relationship with the pet before it will come home with you.
- Bring them back take the rescued pet to your shelter.
- Care for them wash them, feed them, and keep them happy.
- Find them a family help a pet rank up by finding it a loving new home, which unlocks a new shelter slot.
Keeping pets happy, clean, and well-fed
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The offline donation system is the engine of your progress. Pets only earn automatically when all three conditions — happiness, cleanliness, and nutrition — are met at the same time.
- Feed every pet so their nutrition stays up.
- Wash pets regularly to keep their cleanliness condition satisfied.
- Keep pets happy.
Growing your shelter
Tips
Your shelter starts with a limited number of slots, and the donations your pets earn are what fund improvements.
- Help a pet find a new family to rank it up and unlock an additional shelter slot.
- Spend donations on decorating and upgrading your rescue home.
Exploring new areas for rarer pets
Summary
The game opens up new areas as you progress, and each one holds pet species you cannot find in earlier zones. Revisiting areas more than once can also turn up pets you missed the first time through.
- New areas unlocked as you advance, each with its own set of pets.
- Rarer pets found only in areas beyond the starting zone.
- Repeat visits the same area can yield new pets across multiple trips.
Glossary
Glossary- Shelter slot
- A space in your rescue home that holds one pet; you unlock more slots by ranking pets up.
- Rank up
- What happens when a rescued pet finds a loving new family, causing the shelter to gain an extra slot.
- Offline donations
- Currency your pets earn automatically while you are not playing, provided they are happy, clean, and well-fed.
- Trust
- The relationship you build with a wild pet before it will agree to come back to your shelter.
Common questions
FAQHow do I unlock more shelter slots?
You unlock a new shelter slot each time a pet ranks up. To rank a pet up, you need to find it a loving new family.
Why aren't my pets earning donations while I'm offline?
Offline donations only happen when a pet is happy, clean, and well-fed — all three conditions must be met.
Can I keep a pet instead of finding it a new home?
Yes, you can choose to keep your favourite pets at your shelter. Finding a pet a new family is what triggers a rank-up and unlocks an additional shelter slot.
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