99 ventures and a fat cat ain't one.

[Alaina]

ventures give pets? odd, all i get is dye and fish

[Lilymoon]

ventures give pets? odd, all i get is dye and fish

That's quick venture... That's basically just for dye and random stuff. The 18 hour ones give various minions.

I think I sent mine on about 30 attempts before it brought fat cat back... Gave up and bought a mindflayer cause they were cheap.

[Noshpan]

Even on the Field Exploration ventures, all I get are dyes, fish, Allagan coins and housing parts.

[Magistrella]

Even on the Field Exploration ventures, all I get are dyes, fish, Allagan coins and housing parts.

You only get the minions on the two highest Explorations - anything lower usually just gives you useless crap...

[Grimmel]

I've gotten three Fat Cats in less than a week now spanning across 2 characters with a total of 5 Fishing Retainers. RNG at it's finest.

[Vespar]

Dont feel bad. Ive burned through 300+ Quick ventures trying to get a rare dye.. Ive only managed to get Gold one time. I was trying for Pure white....
My retainers are all well geared too and most have the "Should be able to procure rarer items" msg.

[Endu]

My luck has been strangely consistent. I've bagged one every 1 1/2 to 2 months.

[synesthetic]

Dunno how many ventures I've used, but sending out two retainers on Fishing XIV daily since Fat Cats were first introduced, I've only picked up three.

[Parodine]

I got really impatient after only 25 ventures w/ my Fisher and just bought one for like 2.5mil. Worth every gil.

[Chiramu]

I got one fat cat and two littlefoots, no minecarts. RNG.