Shadowrun 5th Edition – Critter Price list Version 0.

3 (Third draft)

As the newest addition 5 th Edition of Shadowrun did not offer a comprehensive list of
critter prices, this is a fan's attempt to come up with a somewhat sensible pricing system
for the critters introduced in the 5ED core rule book and “Howling Shadows”.

The prices given in this list are based on the price list given in the 4 th Edition book
“Running Wild”, real world prices for domestic animals, as well as real world black
market prices for rare or exotic animals found with the help of our good friend Google
and a call to the local zoo to get an estimate of the monthly costs for exotic animals.
Additionally there was – of course – a lot of guess work involved to determine the price
and availability of awakened critters, which is mostly based on their power level and
rareness.

The critters are listed grouped by their estimated monthly accommodation costs:
E – 25¥/month
D – 75¥/month
C – 150¥/month
B – 500¥/month
A – 1000¥/month
S – individual prices of more then 1000¥/month

Our suggestion for having a critter-pet is, that a squatter may have accomodations for a
ranking E critter included in their live style cost, a runner living low lifestyle a D ranking
critter, middle class lifestyle a C ranking critter, high lifestyle a B ranking one and luxory
lifestyle an expensive A ranking critter. No lifestyle will cover for S ranking critters
though. Additional critters will cost monthly. So while the first dog of a middle-class
lifestyle runner is included in lifestyle cost, the second will cost him an additional 150¥
per month.

An additional suggestion would be, that instead of having a critter aligning with your
character's lifestyle, you could also keep two of the next lower lifestyle. So your middle-
class runner might have one dog OR two cats OR four rats included in his lifestyle costs.

But these are just suggestions.

This list will probably updated according to suggestions and might later also include
awakened critters not covered in the 5th Edition.

Have fun!

EDIT: On Techno Critters

With the Price and Availability in the first draft containing Techno-Critters we tried to balance
their rareness against the fact, that many people really want their sweet techno kitty. Hence the
prices are lower then what we originally estimated for it. This might still be changed though,
according to feedback.

EDIT: On Phoenician Birds

While Howling Shadows only lists a couple of bird species awakened to Phoenician, it does not
state whether or not the other bird species can awaken, too. So if you only want the species
listed in HS, feel free to ignore the other price entries.
Change Log
Change III – Version 1.0 – August 11th 2016
• A couple of mundane critters were added
• Page references for critters, that have a statblock were added

Change II – Version 0.3 – July 3rd 2016

• Insects were added to mundane animal list.
• Swans and pidgeons were added.
• Peacocks are now a category cheaper.
• Some of the awakened critters (most of all: Hell hounds and Cerberus) had some
changes in price and availability.
• Phoenician birds were split by bird species and have now individual prices.
• Mundane dogs were split into small and large breeds with individual prices. (Think
of the dog stats in the CRB as meant for large breeds.)
• Wolves are now available at chargen, but a bit more expensive
• A new characteristic was added for animals that can co-inhabit one
cage/aquarium.

Change I – Version 0.2 – May 28th 2016

• Hedgehogs were moved to the E category
• Bees and Octopus were added to the mundane animal list
• Availability for some awakened critters was lowered to allow runners to have
some of them at chargen (e.g. Hellhounds)
• Toxic and Mutant critters were added
• Techno critters were added
• Prices and availability for techno critters might still change depending on
feedback
• Toxic, Mutated and Techno Critters were added with accommodation modification
Critter characteristics
No. Meaning
1 There are rare breeds of this animal available, selling for price x 4 and
availability + 4.
2 There are exotic breeds of this animal available, selling for price x 10 and
availability + 8
3 This animals normally lives in packs or swarms and should be kept at least in
pairs.
4 This animal cannot be trained or tamed
5 The youngs of this animal are commonly cheaper, but need one or two years to
fully grow
6 If you have several individuals of this animal, you'll only have to pay full aliments
for the first one, while any other individual will only cost 20% of it's normal
monthly aliment. (Meaning 100% aliment for one animal, 120% for two, 140% for
three and so on.)
Aliment Category E (25¥/month)

Mundane Critters
Animal Costs Availability Critter Stats
Rat ¹ ³ ⁶ 25¥ — HS46
Other small rodent ¹ ³ ⁶ 15¥ — —
Small bird ¹ ² ³ ⁶ 15¥ — —
Aquarium fish ³ ⁴ ⁶ 5¥ — —
It may be noted, that certain variaties of ornamental fish might cost up to
5000¥ and have a availability of up to 18. GM's discretion.
Arachnid ⁴ (non-venomous) 80¥ 5 HS47
Insects ¹ ² ⁴ ⁶ (non- 10¥ 8 —
venomous)
Insects ¹ ² ⁴ ⁶ (venomous) 30¥ 10R —
Chicken ¹ ⁶ 30¥ — —
Pidgeon ¹ ² ⁶ 40¥ 3 —
Hedgehog ⁴ 120¥ 4 —
Bees ³ ⁴ (price per hive) 200¥ 3 —
Toxic Critters Accommodation modification 1.5
Amphora Mite ⁴ (price per 10) 500¥ 8F HS92
Mutant Critters Accommodation modification 1.2
Void Wasp ³ ⁴ (price per 10) 8000¥ 13R HS106
Techno Critters Accommodation modification 1.2
Digits ⁴ (price per 10) 20 000¥ 10F HS146
Nezumi ³ 25 000¥ 12F HS148
Aliment Category D (75¥/month)

Mundane Critters
Animal Cost Availability Critter Stats
Domestic Cat ¹ ² ⁶ 150¥ — HS44
Small domestic dog breed ⁶ 200¥ — —
Ferret or marten 150¥ 6 HS45
Lizard ¹ ⁵ ⁶ Price depending on var. 100 – 500¥ 4 —
Arachnid ⁴ (venomous) 250¥ 10R —
Small snake ⁵ (non-venomous) 200¥ 4 HS42
Corvid ³ ⁶ 200¥ 8R HS45
Exotic rodent ¹ ³ ⁶ 500¥ 6 —
Small variant of parrots ¹ ² ³ ⁶ 100¥ — —
Duck & goose ¹ ³ ⁶ 50¥ 3 —
Small amphibian ¹ ⁴ (non-venomous) 150¥ 6 —
Awakened Critters
Devil Rat ³ ⁶ 1000¥ 6R CRB404
Phoenician Bird ⁶ (Pidgeon or chicken) 4800¥ 9R HS70
Toxic Critters Accommodation modification 1.5
Glow Rat ³ ⁶ 4000¥ 8F HS95
Razorcat (Domestic variants) 6000¥ 18F HS102
Souleater Leech ⁴ 1000¥ 7F HS105
Mutant Critters Accommodation modification 1.2
Neogargoyle ⁴ ⁶ 500¥ 8 HS99
Techno Critter Accommodation modification 1.2
Bastet ¹ (Domestic variants) 30 000¥ 14F HS145
Rook ³ (Smaller bird and corvid 35 000¥ 17F HS148
variants)
Aliment Category C (150¥/month)

Mundane Critters
Animal Cost Availability Critter Stats
Medium & Large dog breed ¹ ² ⁶ 400¥ — CRB402
Fox 500¥ 8 —
Small variants of wild cat ⁵ 600¥ 12R —
Bird of prey ⁵ 300 – 5000¥ 12R HS41
Larger variant of parrots ¹ ² ³ 400¥ 8 —
Larger variant of snakes ¹ ² 500 – 3000¥ 12R HS42
Domestic pig ¹ ² ⁶ 140¥ 3 —
Larger ornamental fish ³ ⁴ ⁶ 100 – 10 000 ¥ 9 —
Red deer ³ ⁶ 500¥ 6 —
Penguin ⁶ (non arctic variants) 1500¥ 10R —
Swans 3700¥ 7 —
Sloth ⁴ 150¥ 8R —
Raccoon ⁶ 150¥ 6 HS46
Amphibian ⁴ (poisonous) 200 – 1000¥ 12R —
Raccoon dog 500¥ 10R —
Small venomous snake ¹ ² 500¥ 14R HS42
Small and medium sized tortoise ⁶ 650¥ 8 —
Awakened Critters
Bandit ⁶ 2000¥ 10R HS54
Barghest 20 000¥ 15F CRB403
Deathspiral Butterfly ³ 1500¥ 12F HS58
Fenrir Wolf ³ ⁶ 18 000¥ 16R HS61
Gomatia 1500¥ 10 HS62
Hell Hound ⁶ 15 000¥ 10R CRB405
Nova Scorpion ⁴ 5000¥ 12R HS69
Phoenician Bird ⁶ (Ducks and Goose) 6000¥ 11R HS70
Shadow Hound ⁶ 10 000¥ 10R HS72
Spider-Beast ⁴ 5000¥ 9R HS73
Volleying Porcupine 3000¥ 10R HS76
Toxic Critters Accommodation modification 1.5
Angel Squirrel 10 000¥ 16F HS93
Flatworm Viper ⁴ 8000¥ 11F HS95
Razorcat (variants of small wild 10 000¥ 20F HS102
cats)
Mutant Critters Accommodation modification 1.2
Blink Sloth ⁴ ⁶ 65 000¥ 17R HS93
Killdeer ³ 2000¥ 8R HS97
Montauk 9500¥ 12R HS99
Techno Critters Accommodation modification 1.2
Ahi (Small snake variants) 100 000¥ 16F HS145
Ahi (Large snake variants) 300 000¥ 20F HS145
Bastet ¹ (Small wild cat variants) 120 000¥ 18F HS145
Furfur ³ 80 000¥ 17F HS147
Libertine 32 000¥ 14F HS148
Mongrel ¹ 40 000¥ 15F HS148
Rook (Bird of prey variants) 90 000¥ 20F HS148
Aliment Category B (500¥/month)

Mundane Critters
Animal Cost Availability Critter Stats
Horse ¹ ² ⁵ 7500¥ 10 CRB402
Pony ¹ ² ⁵ 2500¥ 8 —
Wolf ³ ⁵ ⁶ 3500¥ 12R CRB403
Monkey or lemur ⁶ 1000 – 10 000¥ 12R —
Desert Fox 2000¥ 10R —
Sand Cat 3000¥ 14R —
Boar ³ ⁵ 800¥ 6 HS39
Cow or bull ¹ ⁶ 2000¥ 4 —
Exotic deer ³ 5000¥ 10R —
Camels ⁵ 7000¥ 8 —
Llama or alpaca ³ ⁶ 1500¥ 12 —
Penguins ³ ⁶ (arctic) 2000¥ 12F —
Koala 4000¥ 16F —
Porcupine 1500¥ 12R —
Octopus or Squid (non-giant) 3500¥ 11 HS43
Peacock ⁶ 2000¥ 16 —
Large tortoise ⁶ 2000¥ 12 —
Awakened Critters
Aardwolf ³ ⁶ 7500¥ 10R
Abrams Lobster ⁴ 20 000¥ 16F HS52
Agropelter 15 000¥ 14F HS53
Cerberus 70 000¥ 14R HS56
Cockatrice 13 000¥ 12R CRB404
Demon Rat (var. Alpha) 100 000¥ 24F HS58
Drop Bear 20 000¥ 24F HS60
Harpy 30 000¥ 17F HS62
Phoenician Bird (Parrots ⁶ and birds of 43 000¥ 15F HS70
prey)
Phoenician Bird (Swan) 60 000¥ 18F HS70
Pegasus 100 000¥ 12 HS70
Peryton ⁶ 135 000¥ 12R HS71
Snow Snake 7000¥ 8R HS72
Unicorn 150 000¥ 12R HS76
Toxic Critters Accommodation modification 1.5
Iridescent Owl 16 000¥ 12F HS97
Radhound ⁶ 80 000¥ 12F HS100
Mutant Critters Accommodation modification 1.2
Hell Cow ⁶ 6000¥ 12R HS96
Aliment Category A (1000¥/month)
Mundane Critters
Animal Cost Availability Critter Stats
Big Cat (exc. Tigers) ⁵ 5000¥ 18F CRB402
Tiger ⁵ 50 000¥ 24F CRB402
Large lizards ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ 20 000 – 50 000¥ 16F —
Ostrich ⁶ 1500¥ 14 —
Bear ⁵ 20 000 – 50 000¥ 16F HS39
Giraffe ⁶ 40 000¥ 18F HS41
Seal ³ ⁶ 1000¥ 10R —
Sea Lion ³ ⁶ 5000¥ 12R HS42
Great ape ³ ⁶ 15 000 – 50 000¥ 20F HS40 (Chimpanzee)

Small sharks ⁴ 1500 – 5000¥ 14R CRB403

Barracuda 2500¥ 12R HS42
Alligator 1200¥ 12R HS39
Awakened Critters
Afanc ⁴ 68 000¥ 20F HS53
Basilisk 120 000¥ 14F CRB403
Black Annis 70 000¥ 20F HS55
Blood Monkey ⁶ 42 000¥ 18F HS55
Demon Rat (vars. Beta, Gamma, 150 000¥ 26F HS58
Episi)
Gargoyle 120 000¥ 19F HS61
Horned Bear 150 000¥ 15R HS64
Martichoras 120 000¥ 18F HS65
Ozian Baboon ⁶ 300 000¥ 15R HS69
Piasma 240 000¥ 18F HS71
Roc, Lesser 35 000¥ 11R HS71
Wolverine, Greater 140 000¥ 20F HS77
Toxic Critters Accommodation modification 1.5
Razorcat (Big Cat variants) 230 000¥ 28F HS102
Mutant Critters Accommodation modification 1.2
Conway's Cheetah 120 000¥ 26F HS94
Pandamonium 500 000¥ 22F HS100
Spark Salmon ⁴ ⁶ 20 000¥ 12R HS104
Spidermoose 35 000¥ 10R HS105
Techno Critters Accommodation modification 1.2
Bastet (Big Cat variants) 1 000 000¥ 30F
Aliment Category S
Mundane Critters
Animal Cost Monthl. Availability Critter
Costs Stats
Elephant ³ Females prefer company 50 000¥ 3000¥ 20F HS41
Dolphin ³ ⁶ 100 000¥ 8000¥ 20F HS42
Rhino 40 000¥ 3000¥ 20F —
Hippo ⁴ 40 000¥ 5000¥ 24F —
Polar bear ⁴ 100 000¥ 10 000¥ 24F —
Manatee ⁶ 20 000¥ 5000¥ 18R —
White shark or bull shark ⁴ 100 000¥ 15 000¥ 24F —
Killer whale ³ 300 000¥ 30 000¥ 24F HS43
Whale shark 300 000¥ 30 000¥ 20F —
Giant Squid 180 000¥ 15 000¥ 22F —
Awakened Critters
Behemoth ⁴ 2 000 000¥ 80 000¥ 26F HS54
Death Rattle ⁴ 70 000¥ 2000¥ 16F HS57
Devil Jack Diamond ⁴ 40 000¥ 3000¥ 16R HS59
Juggernaut ⁴ 3 500 000¥ 100 000¥ 30F HS65
Thunderbird, Greater 700 000¥ 10 000¥ 22F HS73
Toxic Critters Accommodation modification 1.5
Kokoro Cobra ⁴ 450 000¥ 17 000¥ 22F HS98
Techno Critters Accommodation modification 1.2
Flipper ³ 2 000 000¥ 12 000¥ 28F HS147