Taming

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Taming

Branch of Adventuring

Overview

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To increase this knowledge

To increase the Taming skill, you will need to perform the following tasks:

Skill Ranks

Rank	Prerequisites	Unlocks
1	Ranged Crafting (Rank 2) Level 6	Wood Feeding Trough Fur
2	Level 9	Stone Feeding Trough
3	Level 15	Summoning Pool Small Soul Suppress Stone
4	Cooking (Rank 5) Level 24	Herbivore Feed Carnivore Feed
5	Level 30	Summoning Stone Delicate Herbivore Feed Delicate Carnivore Feed
6	Level 36	Soul Suppress Stone

Taming food

Tier	Food
Basic	Apples Blueberries
Advance	Carnivore Feed Herbivore Feed
Mythic	Mystical Feed

Taming Method for Non-Mystical Creatures

Getting Ready

Never jump into taming without some level of planning and preparation. There are several pieces of equipment as well as some practical knowledge that will serve you well if you just take some time in advance. This includes not only crafting the right equipment but also know which feed is best for the tame as well as scoping out the area you plan to tame within.

To tame most creatures, you will need a bow or crossbow as well as either stone hook arrows or iron hook arrows.

To craft a bow, you must unlock Rank 2 in Ranged Crafting. The recipe is:

Wooden Bow Recipe
Ingredients
15 x Wood 50 x Twine

The next item you will need are the stone hook arrows. The recipe is:

Stone Hook Arrow Recipe
Ingredients
3 x Charcoal 5 x Twine 1 x Stone-tipped arrow

To equip your bow simply drag the stone hook arrows onto the same space in your hot bar as the bow.

Before heading out on your first tame, be sure to craft a wood feeding trough as well as stock up on enough food for the tame. In general, most low-level carnivores will tame easily with raw meat or rotten meat. Low-level herbivores will tame easily with grass or apples as a preferred feed. If you are not approaching taming as an opportunistic sport, and have your mind set on a specific creature, consult the bestiary to learn the best possible food for the quickest and most successful tame.

Finally, before heading out to tame, know where you are in relation to any of the three towns. You are not able to place a feeding trough anywhere within town limits so be careful if you are taming near these areas. As you are shooting the creatures with arrows, you will notice that some may try to flee right away while others will eventually try to flee after putting up a fight. If they flee in the direction of the town you will need to try to drive them in the opposite direction.

How to Tame non-Mystical Creatures

As you are seeking out the desired target, try to approach within enough proximity to see what level creature you are about to tame. Chose the creature with the desired level and note if there are others from the same species nearby. Most creatures from the same species will agro on you once you have fired on one of their own. Be prepared. Either try to isolate the intended target, try your luck at multi-taming, or multitask and kill the others in the heard while taming the one you want. :)

Once ready, simply fire one of the stone hook arrows at it. After you have successfully hit the target you will need to attach the hook to the ground and repeat as many times as necessary. The Constitution of the creature is most impacted when they stretch the taming arrow tether until it breaks. The more broken tethers, the more the constitution is affected.

If the intended target is trapped in some manner it will not be able to stretch the tethers enough to trigger the desired effect. Consider options such as pumping a stuck creature full of arrows and then “helping” to release the creature so it runs far enough distance to break all of the tethers.

Once the creature is down, quickly scan the area for other predators or challenging situations. Place a feeding trough near the downed creature and add the desired feed for taming. Keep a careful eye on the constitution level as the creature is taming. If you need to, shoot it with an additional stone hook arrow and attach it to the ground to keep your creature from waking prematurely.

Keep some simple logic in mind: the higher level the tame, the longer it will take and the more food it will require. Also, the greater chance you will need to reapply an arrow or two during taming...

Tamable Creatures

Bahamut
Bargesh
Bear
Boar
Centaur
Crystalline Beast
Cyclops
Deer
Elite Griffin
Elite Kebo
Elite Nidhog
Elite Unicorn
Fire Dragon
Frost Dragon
Goblin
Griffin
Grut Stag
Horse (purchased in town)
Ice Wolf
Kebo
Lavatiger
Longhorn
Mastadon
Nidhog
Panther
Pegasus
Sacred Griffin
Sheep
Skeleton
Spider
Stirge
Treant
Unicorn
Vrock
Wolf
Wraith
Wyvern
Yeti