Taming¶

For loyalty, bonding, pack instinct and pet combat, see Creatures.

Animal Taming¶

You can only attempt a tame if your Animal Taming is at or above the creature's taming requirement.

Success chance:

chance = (Animal Taming − requirement + 25) / 50

A tame takes 3–4 rounds of 3 seconds. It fails if:
- the creature takes damage,
- you move more than 6 tiles away,
- you lose line of sight, or it can't walk to you.
Creatures you've owned before are always re-tamed successfully.
Some creatures must be beaten below 10% HP first, unless they've been tamed before.
Some creatures may get angry and attack instead.
You need enough free follower slots.
Skill delay: up to 40 s, reset as soon as the attempt ends.
Every successful new tame adds to your Tamer Score.

Each taming round also gives Animal Lore skill gains.

You need Animal Taming and Animal Lore both at or above the pet's requirement to control it.
Pets with a requirement of 29.1 or lower always obey.
You can have one independent pet at a time.

You can lore a creature if your Animal Lore is at or above its taming requirement.
Success chance: 50% + Animal Lore, so 50+ Lore always succeeds.
Unchained pets open their full management window instead.

Golems don't use taming. You need 200 combined points of Item Identification, Tinkering, Remove Trap and Detect Hidden to control one.