Familiar abilities

From A KoL Wiki

Below is a table that gives a very cursory overview of familiar abilities.

  • X: The familiar is capable of that ability (sometimes under certain conditions)
  • E: The familiar is capable of that ability with specific equipment
Familiar Attacks Hinders
You
+Stats Delevel Trip +HP +MP +Meat +Items Special
Drops
Under-
water
Special

Mosquito
X         X           Previously needed to defeat a naughty familiar (Angry Goat)

Leprechaun
              X        

Levitating Potato
        X             Previously needed to defeat a naughty familiar (Sabre-Toothed Lime)

Angry Goat
X/X                     Previously needed to defeat a naughty familiar (Barrrnacle)

Sabre-Toothed Lime
X                     Previously needed to defeat a naughty familiar (Mosquito)

Fuzzy Dice
X X     X X X X        

Spooky Pirate Skeleton
X     X                

Barrrnacle
      X             X Previously needed to defeat a naughty familiar (Levitating Potato)

Howling Balloon Monkey
X           X         Only at 11 pounds or higher

Stab Bat
X X                    

Grue
X                      

Blood-Faced Volleyball
    X                  

Ghuol Whelp
          X X          

Baby Gravy Fairy
                X      

Cocoabo
X     X X X X X       Cocoabos also occasionally have a LIMIT BREAK!, this incresses the effectiveness of the next move it uses in that round

Star Starfish
X           X         Needed to pass A Perplexing Door

Hovering Sombrero
    X                  

Ghost Pickle on a Stick
X     X                

Killer Bee
X X X                 Small muscle stat only

Whirling Maple Leaf
X           X          

Coffee Pixie
              X X      

Cheshire Bat
    X         X        

Jill-O-Lantern
X/X   X                  

Hand Turkey
X             X        

Crimbo Elf
X               X      

Hanukkimbo Dreidl
X       X   X X        

Baby Yeti
X           X          

Feather Boa Constrictor
X       X     X        

Emo Squid
      X X           X  

Personal Raincloud
X   X X   X X          

Clockwork Grapefruit
X                      

MagiMechTech MicroMechaMech
X/X                      

Flaming Gravy Fairy
X/X               X      

Frozen Gravy Fairy
X               X      

Stinky Gravy Fairy
X               X      

Spooky Gravy Fairy
X               X      

Inflatable Dodecapede
X                     Gets less powerful as it gains weight

Pygmy Bugbear Shaman
    X           X     Does both at the cost of your MP

Doppelshifter
E E E E E E E E E E E Shifts its shape into a random other familiar every fight

Attention-Deficit Demon
              X X      

Cymbal-Playing Monkey
    X         X        

Temporal Riftlet
      X X             Occasionally gives extra Adventures

Sweet Nutcracker
X                     Occasionally buffs you

Pet Rock
                      Does nothing but gains weight in combat

Snowy Owl
X                      

Teddy Bear
X                     Absorbs damage at the cost of weight

Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot
X     X X X X X       Occasionally gives toast

Sleazy Gravy Fairy
X               X      

Wild Hare
    X     X X X X     Gives some extra adventures at rollover and prevents getting Beaten Up in combat

Wind-up Chattering Teeth
X                      

Spirit Hobo
X   X       X         Starfish when given booze.

Astral Badger
X                 X   Drops up to 5 astral mushrooms a day.

Comma Chameleon
E E E E E E E E E E E Transforms into any other familiar when fed its equipment.

Misshapen Animal Skeleton
X/X     X                

Scary Death Orb
X X                    

Jitterbug
              X X      

Nervous Tick
    X         X        

Reassembled Blackbird
                      Needed to find The Black Market

Origami Towel Crane
        X             Absorbs damage at the cost of weight

Ninja Snowflake
X                      

Evil Teddy Bear
X                     Blocks their attacks at the cost of weight

Toothsome Rock
                      Does nothing but gains weight in combat

Ancient Yuletide Troll
    X     X X     X   Occasionally drops disintegrating sheet music

Dandy Lion
E         X X   X     Only attacks when you have a whip equipped; Cowers in fear with a safarrri hat equipped

O.A.F.
  X                   Reduces stat gains, takes away MP, removes effects, forces you to attack with weapon instead of using skills/items, randomly autosells dropped items and displays a variety of useless messages

Penguin Goodfella
X   X X           X   Occasionally drops Goodfella contracts

Jumpsuited Hound Dog
                X     Also increases Combat Frequency

Green Pixie
X               X X   Drops up to 5 tiny bottles of absinthe a day.

Ragamuffin Imp
X                      

Exotic Parrot
                      Gives elemental resistances.

Wizard Action Figure
X   X X   X     X      

Gluttonous Green Ghost
X   X       X         Starfish when given Food.

Casagnova Gnome
              X X      

Hunchbacked Minion
    X         X        

Crimbo P. R. E. S. S. I. E.
X   X X X   X         Gives humorous stat buffs

Bulky Buddy Box
                      Has cake.

Teddy Borg
                      Absorbs damage at the cost of weight

RoboGoose
X X   X X X           Occasionally gives robotronic eggs

El Vibrato Megadrone
X     X X X           Increases weapon damage
Ability depends on punchcard

Mad Hatrack
E   E E E E E E E     Abilities depend upon hat equipped

Adorable Seal Larva
X         X E         Is stronger when used by a Seal Clubber

Untamed Turtle
    E   X             Is stronger when used by a Turtle Tamer

Animated Macaroni Duck
X     E     X         Is stronger when used by a Pastamancer

Pet Cheezling
          X X E       Is stronger when used by a Sauceror

Autonomous Disco Ball
X     X     E         Is stronger when used by a Disco Bandit

Mariachi Chihuahua
X   E X               Is stronger when used by a Accordion Thief

Hobo Monkey
              X       Occasionally steals Meat in combat

Llama Lama
    X X           X   Drops up to 5 llama lama gongs a day.

Cotton Candy Carnie
        X X X     X   Sometimes drops cotton candy healing items

Disembodied Hand
X                     Damage depend upon one-handed weapon equipped

Black Cat
  X                   Reduces stat gains, takes away MP, removes effects, forces you to attack with weapon instead of using skills/items, randomly destroys dropped items

Uniclops
    X         X        

Psychedelic Bear
              X X      

Baby Mutant Rattlesnake
X   X                 Attacks poison enemy

Mutant Fire Ant
X               X     Attacks poison enemy

Mutant Cactus Bud
X             X       Attacks poison enemy

Mutant Gila Monster
X         X X         Attacks poison enemy

Cuddlefish
        X X X       X Works better underwater

Sugar Fruit Fairy
    X           X X   Also drops candied fruit

Imitation Crab
X                   X Works better underwater

Pair of Ragged Claws
X     X                

Magic Dragonfish
                    X Works better underwater
Increases spell damage

Frumious Bandersnatch
    X                 Reacts to combat skills
Free runaways with The Ode to Booze active

Midget Clownfish
X           X       X Works better underwater

Syncopated Turtle
                X     Allows high-level Turtle Taming

Grinning Turtle
    X                 Allows high-level Turtle Taming

Purse Rat
    X                 Stat increase is by +ML

Wereturtle
X                      

Baby Sandworm
    X             X   Drops up to 5 bottles of agua de vida a day

Slimeling
            X   X X   Drops slime stacks if fed gear made from meat stacks

He-Boulder
X   X   X X X X X     Special combat bonuses occur on major attacks only.

Rock Lobster
X           X     X X Drops floaty sand. Works better underwater

Grouper Groupie
                X   X  

Urchin Urchin
              X     X  

Squamous Gibberer
        X X X       X Gives some extra adventures at rollover. Works better underwater

Dancing Frog
              X X   E Must have amphibious tophat to work underwater

Chauvinist Pig
    X         X        

Stocking Mimic
X     X X X X X   X   Gains weight by eating candy, drops special candies

Snow Angel
X           X         cold aligned

Jack-in-the-Box
    X           X     acts every 3rd combat it's used

BRICKO chick
X                 X   drops BRICKO bricks

Baby Bugged Bugbear
    X   X X X X X X   CLEESHes monsters
Drops bugged items

Underworld Bonsai
X           X          

Rogue Program
X       E   X     X   Drops up to 5 Game Grid tokens a day.

Mini-Hipster
X/X   X   X X X X       Produces meat, makes you fight special scaling monsters

Pottery Barn Owl
X         X X     X   Drops volcanic ash

Hippo Ballerina
X     X X     X X     sleaze aligned

Knob Goblin Organ Grinder
X/X/X/X/X/X             X   X   drops pies

Piano Cat
              X X      

Dramatic Hedgehog
    X         X        

Smiling Rat
    X                  

Robot Reindeer
X   X X X X X X X     depends on robot reindeer protocols

Holiday Log
                      Does nothing but gains weight in combat

Obtuse Angel
                X X   gives special combat skills and may drop special arrows after battle

Reconstituted Crow
                      Needed to find The Black Market in BHY

Li'l Xenomorph
X   X           E X   Drops up to 5 transporter transponders a day.

Dataspider
X           X         randomizes enemy images

Pair of Stomping Boots
X               X     Occasionally allows use of Release the Boots
Gives free runaways

Feral Kobold
X                      

Fancypants Scarecrow
E   E E E E E E E     Abilities depend upon pants equipped

Bloovian Groose
    X         X   X   Drops up to 5 groose grease a day.

Blavious Kloop
              X X X   Drops up to 5 devilish folio a day.

Peppermint Rhino
                X     Item drop bonus is 1*wt fairy, Candy drop bonus is 2*wt fairy

Tickle-Me Emilio
X/X/X/X   X X X X X X       Cocoabo / Volleyball combo.

Happy Medium
    X                 Boosts initiative and grants the ability to Siphon Spirits.

Artistic Goth Kid
    X                 Makes you fight special scaling monsters and gives extra PvP fights periodically.

Flaming Face
X                      

Reagnimated Gnome
X     X X       X   E Some abilities depend on equipment, can also give adventures

Hovering Skull
X   X                  

Mini-Skulldozer
X       X              

Angry Jung Man
              X X X   Drops psychoanalytic jars

Unconscious Collective
    X         X   X   Drops spleen items

Nanorhino
X     X               Also gives buffs when charged

Oily Woim
                      Boosts initiative

Homemade Robot
                      Does nothing

MiniMechaElf
X                      

Gelatinous Cubeling
      X         X X   Drops low-level combat items, restorers, and special Dungeon drops

Adorable Space Buddy
X         X X       X  

Nosy Nose
                      Appears to olfact opponents

Mini-Adventurer
X   X X X X X X X     Varies based on class chosen for Adventurer

Mechanical Songbird
                X X   Works better in Dreadsylvania, drops eggs

Reanimated Reanimator
X   X X X     X X     abilities bar stat increasing depend on added body parts
grants combal skill Wink at (Familiar Name)

Warbear Drone
X/X/X/X/X/X                      

Grimstone Golem
              X X X   drops one grimstone mask per day after being used for 40-50 turns

Grim Brother
    X         X   X   drops fairy tales

Miniature Sword & Martini Guy
X   X             X   drops mini-martinis

Putty Buddy
X         X            

Twitching Space Critter
X           X     X   drops eggs

Galloping Grill
X   X       X     X   drops various items

Helix Fossil
X     X   X X         grants the combat skill Consult the Helix Fossil

Xiblaxian Holo-Companion
        X             Boosts initiative

Baby Z-Rex
X   X                  

Fist Turkey
X   X         X X X   drops Friendly Turkey, Agitated Turkey, or Ambitious Turkey

Crimbo Shrub
X/X/X/X/X/X   X     X       X   various combinations, also including extra PvP fights and Crimbo presents, based on decorations

Mini-Crimbot
X/X/X/X   X     X X X X     various combinations based on configutations

Topiary Skunk
X         X            

Golden Monkey
    X         X   X   drops gold nuggets or powdered gold

Adventurous Spelunker
X             X X X   drops 1 Tales of Spelunking per day

Sludgepuppy
X       X              

Baby Mayonnaise Wasp
X                      

Puck Man
        X X X     X   drops yellow pixel, kill screen, or power pill; insta-kills non-bosses when fed a power pill.

Ms. Puck Man
        X X X     X   drops yellow pixel, kill screen, or power pill; insta-kills non-bosses when fed a power pill.

Lil' Barrel Mimic
    X     E E     X   drops random items

Unspeakachu
X           X         sometimes recharges buffs

Stooper
                      +1 to liver capacity when active

Disgeist
                      decreases combat rate

Bowlet
X               X      

Cornbeefadon
    X         X        

Mu
X/X/X/X/X                      

God Lobster
    X   E E E E E   X when defeated by you, grants your choice of equipment, buff, or experience