The Elder Scrolls Online presents you cute subspecies of Khajiit in Elsweyr. They are now also available as pets for a lot of real money. Yet, the players love them!
Which cats are involved? Occasionally, you will encounter the Khajiit subspecies of Alfiq in the new ESO expansion Elsweyr. These are house cat-sized Khajiit that are just as intelligent as their bipedal, humanoid cousins. Moreover, they can speak and even wear clothes.
For many players – and our author Jürgen – the Alfiq are definitely the highlight of Elsweyr and sometimes rank even higher than dragons and necromancers. Therefore, many players wish for Alfiq as companion pets. After all, there are already many cats in this form, so why not Alfiq?
Speaking house cats as bankers and traders for a lot of money
This is what the Alfiq pets look like: However, it seems that the developer ZeniMax did not want to simply offer another standard cat pet. Therefore, the two Alfiq companions that are now available in the shop are not simple pets that just follow you around and occasionally do cute things.
Rather, the two new Alfiq companions Ezabi and Fezez are NPC assistants, serving either as access to the bank vault (Ezabi) or as a trader (Fezez).
Fezez the trader 
Ezabi, the banker
They not only follow you around, but also allow you to sell and store items without having to cumbersome return to the next city.
How much do the Khajiit pets cost? Since the two Alfiq are so useful, they unfortunately cost significantly more than a normal pet.
You need a proud 5,000 crowns for that. This is over 31 Euros in conversion. In the game, you cannot earn the cats.
Players love the pets
How do you get the Alfiq companions? Despite the high price, players on Reddit are enthusiastic about Ezabi and Fezez. A player named Siluen has already created a Photoshop image in which his Dark Elf carries Ezabi in his arms and says, “I have only had Ezabi for half an hour, but if anything should happen to her, I will slaughter this entire island and then kill myself!”
Now some players wish there was such a lift animation in reality. One user says, “I didn’t plan on buying them, but if you can really lift them, then ZeniMax can have all my money!”
But other players also express their joy and eagerly throw money at the new cat pets:
- “I have saved a ton of crowns from ESO Plus and was actually always skeptical about assistant pets. But these little stinkers have convinced me!”
- “So cute and fluffy!”
- “I will pet them and feed them, and woe to anyone who does them harm, they will die a thousand deaths!”
- “ARE THERE CAT BANKERS???? How much do they cost, I need them immediately!”
- “Luckily, I didn’t buy the previous assistants, cat assistants, here I come!”
- “I think this will be the first time I spend real money in an online game…”
Does everyone love the cats? Rarely do you hear from players shaking their heads at the steep prices and completely rejecting spending so much money on a virtual cat:
- “Is there a cat assistant? I need him! How much does he cost? Oh, okay, no thanks!”
- “Everything in the shop is so overpriced, the prices are just absurd!”
What if you already have assistants? Unfortunately, there have already been such assistant companions in the game, including a Khajiit smuggler and a boring, stiff Dark Elf banker. If you already have these NPCs, you will unfortunately not receive a discount if you buy an Alfiq, who does exactly the same thing.
What do you think? Are cute, talking cat pets that sell you stuff and expand your inventory worth 31 euros?
This annoys some players who already bought the old NPC assistants and would much rather have had the cats, but did not know that the cats would soon be available:
“Damn, I just bought the old Dark Elf banker assistant. Did not know that the Alfiq exist. But whatever…”
Even I, Jürgen, regret having bought the stupid Dark Elf for a bunch of coins back then. But well, at least I have two bankers now.
What do you think? Are cute, talking cat pets that sell you stuff and expand your inventory worth 31 euros?
