Familiars are friendly creatures that inhabit the world of Flight Rising. Due to their gentle demeanors, they are generally accepted as pets or companions to dragon clans. Familiars can assist in a wide variety of endeavors, though what a familiar is capable of depends on the intelligence of its species and the individual themself.
For example, while a companion 
Amaranth Moth would likely not be capable of sorting through clan records, a befriended sapient member of a 
Beastclan may choose to help a dragon with that. Of course, just because a familiar can perform a task does not mean that they will—they may have their own tasks they wish to attend to.[1]
In terms of gameplay, they can provide increasingly substantial benefits the more you bond with them. Acquiring familiars fills out your 
Bestiary.
Acquiring Familiars[]
Familiars can be found in almost every area of the site. Some places and activities in which familiars can be acquired include:
- Auction House
- Baldwin's Bubbling Brew
- Coliseum battling
- Festive Favors
- Item Gathering
- Treasure/Gem Marketplace
- Pinkerton's Plundered Pile
- Swipp's Swap Stand
- Treasure Chests
When you acquire a familiar, it goes to your hoard in the section labeled Familiars. This also fills out your Bestiary, though the familiar has to stay in your possession (either in your hoard/vault or equipped to a dragon) for it to count as "acquired" by the Bestiary.
To view a list of familiars and learn more about the Bestiary, click here.Festival Familiars[]
Every year, different sets of familiars are released via Joxar's Festive Favors during elemental holidays.[2] Each familiar will thematically match the element being celebrated that month, while a different overarching theme is used each festival year. A festival year is from June to May.
- June 2013 – May 2014: Sprite Set
- June 2014 – May 2015: Bear Set
- June 2015 – May 2016: Elemental Acolyte Set
- June 2016 – May 2017: Goblin Set
- June 2017 – May 2018: Spirit Animal Set
- June 2018 – May 2019: Ambassador Set
- June 2019 – May 2020: Gem Guardian Set
- June 2020 – May 2021: Zodiac Set
- June 2021 – May 2022: Deity Statue Set
- June 2022 - May 2023: Slink Set
- June 2023 - May 2024: Flower Snake Set
- June 2024 - May 2025: Holiday Gryphon Set
Pairing Familiars with Dragons[]
Each dragon in your clan can be paired with one unique familiar.[3] This means that even if you have two of the same type of familiar (ex: two 
Hedgehogs), you will only be able to pair one Hedgehog to a member of your clan. The other Hedgehog will remain in your hoard.
Equipping a familiar is simple: click on the dragon you wish to pair with a familiar, then click the + button located to the bottom right of the dragon next to the Bond button. If the dragon already has a familiar equipped the + button is instead a button showing two arrows going in opposite directions, to imply you are swapping familiars. On the next menu, click a familiar icon from your Stored Familiars inventory. And that's it! You can search for specific familiars you own by name or bond status.
Familiars can also be given a name once equipped to a dragon. To do this, click on the small paper icon next to the word "Familiar". This brings up a prompt similar to when you name dragons where you can input a name. Once named, it appears in place of the word "Familiar" on the dragon's page. This chosen name will also appear in your Bestiary in quotation marks below the "species name" of the familiar. Unlike dragons, familiars can have their names removed at any time.
Bonding[]
In order to reap the benefits of pairing a dragon with a familiar, they must first become more comfortable with your clan. This is done through the act of bonding. Bonding can be done once a day by clicking the heart button below your dragons' familiars. Each bonding session will increase its level of comfort within your clan, as well as award you with a small sum of 
treasure.
At the beginning of each new level of familiarity, your companion will present you with a gift! Collecting and bonding with many familiars can thus be a satisfying and lucrative activity!
Each unique familiar's bonding level stays the same even when unpaired from a dragon, paired to a different dragon, sold, transmuted, etc. Bonding levels are individual to one's account—so a 
Bumble you've awakened will still appear "wary" if sent to someone who's never bonded with one. Bonding levels do not decay or decrease even if there are no copies of the familiar owned on an account, so a player can sell familiars without worry that they will lose bonding levels.
Bonding Levels and Rewards[]
The total rewards for bonding with a single familiar until it reaches the Awakened stage are 2,980 , 3 
Rusted Treasure Chests, 2 
Iron Treasure Chests, and 1 
Gilded Decorative Chest. It takes 89 days of bonding for a familiar to reach awakened status.[4]
If a familiar is both equipped to a dragon and present at Fiona's Fantastic Familiars, the treasure earned for bonding is double the normal amount for that day.[5] For example, a Relaxed level familiar that appears on Fiona's Flattery page will earn the player 50 from bonding instead of the normal 25 . Players will earn chests like normal at the appropriate level up stages when bonding through Fiona.
| Level | Reward for Reaching | Daily Treasure | Days per Level | Total Treasure Earned per Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wary | None | 15
|
4 | 60
|
| Tolerant |  Rusted Treasure Chest |
20
|
8 | 160
|
| Relaxed | Rusted Treasure Chest |
25
|
11 | 275
|
| Inquisitive | Rusted Treasure Chest |
30
|
18 | 540
|
| Companion |  Iron Treasure Chest |
35
|
22 | 770
|
| Loyal | Iron Treasure Chest |
45
|
25 | 1125
|
| Awakened |  Gilded Decorative Chest |
50
|
∞ | ∞ |
Retired Familiars[]
These familiars are no longer available except from other users or as possible prizes in Roundsey's Raffle Roulette. The majority of these familiars were from past elemental festivals or events, but a few were gifts from the admins, or obtained exclusively from the Kickstarter.[6]
Trivia[]
- Unlike dragons, a creature's eye color has no correlation to the type of magic it uses.[7]
- Bonding with a single awakened familiar every day for a year will net 18,250
. - In the June 2015 Community Update, it originally stated that "if you’re into Lore: Familiars are Shade-touched and bonding with dragons helps rid them of the Shade's corruption." The inclusion of this information was in fact a "miscommunication/boo-boo", and it was quickly removed. Undel stated that "Coliseum enemies may or may not be shade-touched. Familiars aren't unless you want to write some stories that say otherwise for your personal clan story."[8]
References[]
- ↑ http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/1327998/508#post_21051390
- ↑ http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/955891/2#post_1434499
- ↑ http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=wiki&article=9
- ↑ http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/gde/987700#post_987700
- ↑ https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/ann/2822616
- ↑ http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=wiki&article=27
- ↑ http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/1327998/25#post_10417932
- ↑ https://undel.tumblr.com/post/122422729232/and-if-youre-into-lore-familiars-are