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Your Animal Taming and [[Animal Lore]] skills affect your ability to both tame the creature as well as command it. If your [[Animal Lore]] skill is too low, the creature will ignore your commands and get upset. Animal Taming allows you to acquire [[Meta Pets]].
Your Animal Taming and [[Animal Lore]] skills affect your ability to both tame the creature as well as command it. If your [[Animal Lore]] skill is too low, the creature will ignore your commands and get upset. Animal Taming allows you to acquire [[Meta Pets]].


[[Power Scrolls]] and [[Skill Scroll]]s are available for this skill.
===Notes===
* [[Power Scrolls]] and [[Skill Scroll]]s are available for this skill.
* For a complete list of tameable creatures you can refer to the [[Tameables#Taming_Charts|Taming Charts]]


==Recommended Training==
==Recommended Training==
This is a basic overview, a more detailed guide is provided further below.
As one of the famously hardest skill to level, it is recommended to follow guides in order to maximize the Taming gains during training. Taming gains are difficulty based, meaning that you will not gain skill when Taming something that is considered too easy or too hard. Taming can also be passively trained whenever a tamed pet, or pets, kill a creature. The chance to gain is based on the relative strength of the pet used, the damage the pet dealt, and the tamers skill level. The [[Tameables#Taming_Charts|Tamed Creature's Minimum Taming Requirement]] must be within 5 skill points of the Tamer's current skill level. Relative Strength of your pet is based on the following:
{| class="wikitable"
* Armor
! Level
* Maximum Hitpoints
! Creatures to Tame
* Strength
|-
* Dexterity
| 0
* Skill levels
| Buy skills from Herdsman NPC or Veterinar
* Special Abilities such as Relics or Boss Abilities
|-
| 30
| Cow, Goats, Pigs, Sheep
|-
| 42.1
| Hinds, Timber Wolves
|-
| 55.1
| Polar Bears, Walruses, Brown Bears
|-
| 79.1
| Great Harts, Grizzly Bears
|-
| 91.1
| Bulls
|-
| 103.1
| Skill Scrolls
|-
| 115.1
| Skill Scrolls
|}


==Notes==
Notes:
You can try hunting or buying Skill Scrolls for taming in order to level after 100.
* You cannot gain taming from gated mobs.


==0-110 Guide==
==Guides==
The following guide was created by [http://www.uoforum.com/threads/guide-taming-0-110-now-with-science.71070/ Bajorn] from the UOForever forums. It builds on some excellent other taming guides and has been used to great success by several UOFers.The original thread can be found [http://www.uoforum.com/threads/guide-taming-0-110-now-with-science.71070/ here].
===Basic Guide===
Gaining Animal Taming skill through battle is the fastest route to grandmaster. Employing five pets of an [[Tameables#Pet_Taming_Chart|appropriate skill level]] to defeat stronger enemies will yield much faster skill gains than wandering Sosaria and making friends with every animal in sight. The Bard skills Peacemaking and Provocation will aid in this endeavor, as will careful attention to which of your pets are dealing damage. When a monster of the appropriate difficulty dies, there is a chance for each of your pets that hit it during combat to grant you 0.1 skill. More pets hitting an enemy means more chances to gain skill. Thusly, using this method, you can acquire up to 0.5 skill per kill. It's crucial to ensure that each of your tames lands at least one blow while fighting to maximize skill acquisition.  


===Time Required===
[[Tameables#Pet_Taming_Chart|Appropriate level pets]] for this method are pets whose taming difficulty is within ten skill points of your Animal Taming skill, and the monster being defeated must be a monster stronger than the pets being used. Some examples of this that have been used in the past are Scorpions, Grizzly Bears, Frost Spiders, Lava Lizards, and Hell Hounds being used to kill Earth Elementals. Finding good pet and monster combinations can help you to reach grandmaster in less than a weekend!
* 50-100: 53Hours 15minutes.
** Average of 6.8minute between gains until 100.
*  100-110: 17 Hours 20min
** Average of 10 minutes between gains from 100-110
** Taming things between 10-30 points above minimum required skill.


===Details===
===Detailed Guide===
I set out to record the total time it takes to reach GrandMaster Elder Taming as well as include time between points (.1) or as I call it mpp (minutes per point). My methodology was 4 fold: Name of Creature; Fail or Success; Timestamp of gain; and whether it was an initial tame or re-tame. (I blew though about 50 post-its).
There's nothing here yet!


I followed guides posted by: Dwayne Wade, DaTamer, Lollo and Bromista
If you would like to contribute skill levels, monsters, locations, and pet choices that worked on your taming journey, please visit the "wiki-requests" channel in Discord.
* [http://www.uoforum.com/threads/my-contribution-to-training-taming.48800/ Dwayne Wade]
* [http://www.uoforum.com/threads/datamers-animal-taming-guide.43492/ DaTamer]
* [http://www.uoforum.com/threads/updated-taming-guide.61182/#post-422561 Lollo]
* [http://www.uoforum.com/threads/bromistas-comprehensive-taming-guide-posting-it-publicly-now.64688/ Bromista]
 
My Recommended Taming Guide: (Nothing new here just observations based on the data) Tame everything between 10-30point above the minimum skill required to tame it. 20 points above the minimum is the sweet spot for gains.
 
* 50-60 8 Hours 45 min (5.2 minutes between gains)
** Location:Anywhere in the land)
** Tame everything, This should come pretty quick. At 55 Bears (not Grizzlies) should be your staple.
** 50 Tameables
** 23.1 Timber Wolves, Hinds
** 35.1 Black Bears, Polar Bear, Walrus
** 41.1 Brown Bears, Cougar
 
* 60-70 9 Hours 30 min (5.8 minutes between gains)
** Locations: [[Shame]] Levels 1&2, [[Minoc]] and [[Moonglow]] moongates
** Really Scorpions (47.1) in Shame are by far the best option.
** 60 Tameables
** 47.1 Scorpion, Alligator
 
* 70-80 11 Hours 30 min (7.1 minutes between gains)
** Locations: [[Shame]] Levels 1&2, [[Minoc]] and [[Moonglow]] moongates
** At 70 you can begin on Great Harts and Grizzlies (59.1) Scorpions are better but it’s an option during prime time
** 70 Tameables
** 59.1 Grizzly Bear, Great Hart, Snake
 
* 80-90 10 Hours 15 min (6.2 minutes between gains)
** Locations: Delucia Passage Level 2, [[Vesper]] South Road, [[Minoc]]/[[Moonglow]] moongates
** Small Hellcats(71.1) in the Delucia Passage are the new Scorpion. There is an area with 8 plus another with 3 more north of the Daemon. They will GM you.
** 80 Tameables
** 71.1 Small Hellcats, Bulls
 
* 90-100 12 Hours 30 min (7.6 minutes between gains)
** Locations: Delucia Passage Level 2, Fire Level 1
** Small Hellcats will GM you however at 95 you can reliably add Lava Lizards into the mix.
** 90 Tameables
** 80.7 Lava Lizards
** 83.1 Imp/Dire Wolf
** 85.5 Hell Hound
** 89.1 Large Hell Cat
 
* 100-110 17 Hours 20min (10.5 minutes between gains)
** Locations: Delucia Passage Level 2, Fire Level 1 & 2
** Small Hellcats and World taming become obsolete at 105. Lava Lizards are your bread and butter until about 107 and they fall way off. Hell Hounds and Hell Cats in Fire are the only viable option. Lava Lizards will take you to 110 but its going to be very quick taming.
** 100 Tameables
** 80.7 Lava Lizards
** 83.1 Imp/Dire Wolf
** 85.5 Hell Hounds
** 89.1 Large Hell Cats
 
* 110-120 Magic 8-Ball says... Gains will suck.
** (Locations: Fire Level 1 &2)
** Fire is your playground, Hell hounds and Hell Cats
** 1 full point (1.0) will take 2+hours. [[Skill Scroll]] at 230k-ish a pop look very tempting at this point.
 
===Template===
These are the recommended skills while levelling:
* 100 Music - Essential
* 100 Peacemaking - Essential for Dungeon Taming
* 100 Provoke - Utility skill to kite pets to surrounding spawn to kill off.
* 100 Magery - Utility skill to Recall/Heal/PK defense (GM not essential during grind)
* 100 Meditation - Helps to keep Mana topped off
* 100 Hiding - I wound up dropping it at 90 taming so I could control tames better
* Animal Lore - Picked up at 90 taming to send tames to surrounding mobs to kill off, works better then provoke IMO.
* Animal Vet - Will drop Peace for Vet at 100 Taming
* Taming What it’s all about.
 
===Supplies===
* 30 of Each Reagent
* 1 Bard Instrument
* Food (usually just ate what dropped)
I banked at either 8-10 reagent left or if I hit 2000 gold. Travel light and death should be irrelevant.
 
===Log===
* From 19 November - 2 December
It took me 53 hours and 15 minute of active taming to go from 50-100. At an average of 6.8 minutes between gains, the data agrees with the general consensus of 1 full point per hour in dungeons and about .8 point per hour in world taming. From real skill 63.7-100 I recorded every point gained; time between gains, and whether it was a taming failure or success.
 
* 14 Days: Average of 3 hours 45min per day
Shortest time between gains: 0min (Few of these)
Longest time between gains: 42min (92.2 off a Bull 2nd Tame (Failure))
 
50-60 averages 5.2 minutes between gains
60-70 averages 5.8 minutes between gains
70-80 averages 7.1 minutes between gains (Due to gains primarily coming from world taming)
80-90 averages 6.2 minutes between gains
90-100 averages 7.6 minutes between gains.


==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Animal Lore]]
* [[Animal_Lore|Animal Lore]]
*[[Veterinary]]
* [[Controlling_Pets|Controlling Pets]]
*[[Peacemaking]]
* [[Peacemaking]]
*[[Discordance]]
* [[Discordance]]
*[[Controlling Pets]]
* [[Pets]]
* [[Protecting_Your_Pets|Protecting Your Pets]]
* [[Stable|Stables]]
* [[Tameables]]
* [[Veterinary]]


[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:Skills]]

Latest revision as of 23:52, 22 November 2024

Description

Animal Taming is a skill that allows you to tame pets to become your allies. These pets will follow your commands. Higher levels in taming allow you to train much tougher creatures such as Dragons while lower level taming allows you to tame basic animals such as horses. Clicking on an animal once (if it's tamable) will bring up a "Tame" button, you will attempt to reason with the animal or monster until you either fail or succeed. If you succeed, the animal or monster will now listen to your typed commands (Listed below)

Your Animal Taming and Animal Lore skills affect your ability to both tame the creature as well as command it. If your Animal Lore skill is too low, the creature will ignore your commands and get upset. Animal Taming allows you to acquire Meta Pets.

Notes

Recommended Training

As one of the famously hardest skill to level, it is recommended to follow guides in order to maximize the Taming gains during training. Taming gains are difficulty based, meaning that you will not gain skill when Taming something that is considered too easy or too hard. Taming can also be passively trained whenever a tamed pet, or pets, kill a creature. The chance to gain is based on the relative strength of the pet used, the damage the pet dealt, and the tamers skill level. The Tamed Creature's Minimum Taming Requirement must be within 5 skill points of the Tamer's current skill level. Relative Strength of your pet is based on the following:

  • Armor
  • Maximum Hitpoints
  • Strength
  • Dexterity
  • Skill levels
  • Special Abilities such as Relics or Boss Abilities

Notes:

  • You cannot gain taming from gated mobs.

Guides

Basic Guide

Gaining Animal Taming skill through battle is the fastest route to grandmaster. Employing five pets of an appropriate skill level to defeat stronger enemies will yield much faster skill gains than wandering Sosaria and making friends with every animal in sight. The Bard skills Peacemaking and Provocation will aid in this endeavor, as will careful attention to which of your pets are dealing damage. When a monster of the appropriate difficulty dies, there is a chance for each of your pets that hit it during combat to grant you 0.1 skill. More pets hitting an enemy means more chances to gain skill. Thusly, using this method, you can acquire up to 0.5 skill per kill. It's crucial to ensure that each of your tames lands at least one blow while fighting to maximize skill acquisition.

Appropriate level pets for this method are pets whose taming difficulty is within ten skill points of your Animal Taming skill, and the monster being defeated must be a monster stronger than the pets being used. Some examples of this that have been used in the past are Scorpions, Grizzly Bears, Frost Spiders, Lava Lizards, and Hell Hounds being used to kill Earth Elementals. Finding good pet and monster combinations can help you to reach grandmaster in less than a weekend!

Detailed Guide

There's nothing here yet!

If you would like to contribute skill levels, monsters, locations, and pet choices that worked on your taming journey, please visit the "wiki-requests" channel in Discord.

See Also