Castle Crashers Animal Orb Guide

Castle Crashers holds 26 animals and 26 different locations. The following is a compliation of said pets and their locations.

Location: Near the end of the Snow World level there is a sign where you can use your horn, and the animal will come out.
Ability: Attacks enemies and allies when they are near death.

Location: At first you must equip Cardinal and play through the level Full Moon. Eventually he will bring you a golden key sword. Then you must use this sword to smack the lock in the pet holding place and it will fall off. Inside you will find the Beholder.
Ability: Gives you a magical boost.

Location: At the end of Pipistrello’s Cave, you fight a giant bat monster. This monster becomes the animal orb after he is defeated.
Ability: Chomps enemies’ heads at random.

Location: Eat a sandwich to remove a boulder so you can get into a cave in the level Tall Grass Field. Inside the cave you will find a cracked wall. Bomb it and the bear will be a little to the right inside the cave.
Ability: Increases your strength.

Location: This pet is held in the Industrial Castle. To gain access to this castle, you must use a sandwich and move the door. This pet is following around an oversized enemy at first, but once you take him down you can take the animal.
Ability: Helps find secret items.

Location: This pet is in the ground of the Flooded Temple level. Dig at the X that is farther down where the cave that has the 2 fish statues on the 3rd screen of that level.
Ability: Increases strength, defense, and agility.

Location: Dig in front of the open tomb in the level Marsh. There should be an X on the ground of where you should dig.
Ability: Can pick up items with his tongue.

Location: At the end of the level Desert, you have to dig at the X.
Ability: Helps you level up faster.

Location: This pet is in one of the huts in the level Tall Grass Field. There should be a sign on where you should use your horn to entice the animal out.
Ability: Attacks fallen enemies.

Location: During the countdown on the level Alien Ship, it is behind the wall after getting through the first lasers right by the toilet.
Ability: Shoots lasers at enemies.

Location: You must backtrack to the parade from the Cyclops Fortress.
Ability: Increases your agility.

Location: This pet must be purchased in the Church Store for 750 gold.
Ability: Increases your luck on getting good drops from enemies.

Location: This pet is in the very beginning of the game. On the very first screen of the level where you can see lots of people with tutorial speech bubbles, dig at the X on the left of the screen in the hay.
Ability: Helps you dig faster.

Location: This pet is housed in the Forest Entrance level. The animal is at the end of the level, although if you are backtracking to find it, it is easier to go to the Thieves' Forest and going back from the beginning of the level. The animal is behind the bush at the top of the screen when you see the cave. You will also see black musical notes coming from that area, which will inform you of its presence.
Ability: Retrieves hidden fruit from trees which can replenish some of your health.

Location: This pet must be purchased in the Snow Store for 750 gold.
Ability: Helps you find buried treasure.

Location: This pet must be purchased from the Swamp Village Store for 585 gold.
Ability: Gives you more health for all the food you eat.

Location: After killing the mini-boss white bear thing in the level Tall Grass Field you can take its pet that was originally following it around.
Ability: Knocks down enemies at random.

Location: Inside the level Sandcastle Interior, you should see a cat behind a window. Bomb the cracked wall to the left of the windows to get to the animal.
Ability: Increases your strength and agility.

Location: This animal orb is in the Thieves’ Forest, out in the open right next to a river which appears immediately after the crapping deer propels himself across the screen.
Ability: Helps you swim faster.

Location: In the animal ark where you can see all your animal orbs, all the way to the left should be a huge locked door and a cat on that ceiling. You can get to it multiple ways. First, you can magic jump up to it. To do this you must hold the trigger and press A to jump. You must have unlocked this ability though many attribute points in the Magic section though. You can also jump in the air and alternate X and Y attacks to continually use the lock to scale the wall. Also you can eat a sandwich, jump in the air, and continually spam a Y attack on the lock until you scale the entire wall to the pet.
Ability: Helps you jump higher.

Location: This animal appears out in the open in Marsh. It is quite unlikely to miss it if you are playing through the level. Also this happens right before peasants are fighting with green bad guys.
Ability: Increases defense but decreases agility.

Location: In the level Cyclops Fortress, you must drop 3 bombs on a crack in the wall near the beginning of the level.
Ability: Increases your strength.

Location: This animal orb must be bought at the Volcano Store for 680 gold.
Ability: Increases your defense.

Location: In the Thieves’ Forest you can see one of the black trolls inside a cracked wall. Drop 3 bombs on the wall to break it and get the pet.
Ability: Slowly regenerates your health.

Location: Behind some huts in the level Snow World to the right of where you can find the Bipolar Bear. Inside that circle of huts you should move to the left behind the first hut on the left and you should be able to get the animal orb.
Ability: Protects you from getting frozen by enemies.

Location: In the level Desert Chase, you must make it to the other camel rider and kill him for his pet.
Ability: Finds food in the grass for you, which can replenish your health.