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Forspoken: How To Catch Familiar Cat

Familiar cat in Forspoken on PS5

This guide explains how to catch Familiar cat in Forspoken.

Square Enix’s new action RPG Forspoken has finally landed on PS5 and PC as the first AAA launch of 2023.

Despite promising trailers, the game has been met with a somewhat mixed reception. Nonetheless, there’s a fair amount to like about it. And players are eagerly getting stuck in to the magical world of Athia.

Forspoken comes from developers Luminous Productions. It stars Ella Balinska (Netflix’s Resident Evil) as Frey Holland.

Frey is a New York City girl down on her luck and facing jail time. In a crazy twist of fate, she ends up in Athia after finding an enchanted cuff.

How to catch Familiar cat in Forspoken

In Forspoken, Frey faces off against the Tantas. They are a tyrannical ruling clan that control Athia. Frey must use her freshly discovered magical powers to explore the mysterious continent, defeat dangerous foes, and find her way home.

Athia is a huge fantasy open-world. Thankfully, Frey can make use of unique traversal mechanics to dash and fly across the massive world using magical parkour.

With the world being so large, there’s a lot to see and do. One such activity is to catch and pet all the Tanta Familiar cats.

However, catching the cats is a tricky business. So, let’s go over how to catch the Familiar cats in Forpsoken

How To Catch Familiar Cats In Forspoken

Before Frey is transported off to Athia, she has a furry friend called Homer at home in New York.

After her apartment burns down, Frey is forced to give Homer up to ensure that the cute kitty has somewhere safe to live.

Cats are seen throughout Forspoken, with many of them to be found throughout Athia. Although, some are rarer than others.

The most unique cats are the dragon-like Tanta Familiars. To get them, Frey needs to find a Familiar statue and then catch the cat. But it isn’t easy.

Forspoken how to catch Familiar cat

This is how to catch Familiar cats in Forspoken: Circle round behind the Familiar cat and hold L2 to crouch. The cat will inevitably notice you but wait for it to relax again. Continue to crouch walk towards the cat and repeat the process as necessary until close enough to press R2 to pet it.

Frey will then fuss the unique Familar cat and it will instantly bond with her.

Next time you visit a bed, there’s a chance the cat will appear and cuddle with Frey as she drifts off to sleep.

And there you have it – now you know how to catch Familiar cats in Forspoken.

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Sam Harby

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