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==Guides==
==Guides==
===Basic Guide===
===Basic Guide===
This is just a basic overview, there are more detailed guides provided further below. You can also create your own guide or modify these ones using the [[Tameables#Pet_Taming_Chart|list of tameable pets chart]]!
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.  
{| class="wikitable"
! Level
! Creatures to Tame
|-
| 0
| Buy skills from Herdsman NPC or Veterinar
|-
| 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
|}


===0-110 Guide===
[[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!
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].


====Time Required====
==Detailed Guide==
* 50-100: 53Hours 15minutes.
Hello, here's a quick and simple 50 - GM taming guide, no actual taming required! "All Kill" and collect those shiny gold pieces and taming points. [GMed 27.Nov.2024]
** 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====
Below were my starting skills before I started taming/killing. I was going for the Tamer Bard template. Note:(You don't have to have these skills at 100 to start. I leveled them up ahead of time, you can always level them up later.)
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).


I followed guides posted by: Dwayne Wade, DaTamer, Lollo and Bromista
100 Magery (Recommended. Used for gating my pets back and forth from the bank and healing/curing pets.)
* [http://www.uoforum.com/threads/my-contribution-to-training-taming.48800/ Dwayne Wade]
100 Meditation (Recommended. Mana Regen after healing.)
* [http://www.uoforum.com/threads/datamers-animal-taming-guide.43492/ DaTamer]
100 Music (Helped, but not necessary.)
* [http://www.uoforum.com/threads/updated-taming-guide.61182/#post-422561 Lollo]
100 Provocation (Helped, but not necessary.)
* [http://www.uoforum.com/threads/bromistas-comprehensive-taming-guide-posting-it-publicly-now.64688/ Bromista]
100 Veterinary (Recommended, mainly for last phase.)
100 Animal Lore (Recommended.)
50 Animal Taming (Recommended.)
GM+ tamer friend (Required)


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.
Info:
*Your skill setup can be different, I really didn't need provoke and veterinary until the last phase. I used provoke when I accidently aggroed too many mobs, other than that I used it here and there. It's helpful, but not necessary. Play it safe and learn to kite.
*I got a tamer friend to help tame all the pets for me. Find a buddy or guild member with GM+ tame to help.
*I mainly used Magery to heal and cure my pets during the first 3 phases.
*I used 5 pack instinct pets for the first 3 phases for faster kill/skill gains and to get the most gains possible.
*I never saw a 0.5 skill gain from a kill using 5 pets, mainly 0.1 - 0.2. The highest I've gotten was 0.3 here and there. Maybe I'm not lucky like some of you will be.
*I didn't include the time it took to tame the pets used because by the time I was done with one phase, my buddy had the other pets ready for the next phase.
*All skill levels in this guide are real skill, not shown skill. To see real skill, open your Skills menu from the paper doll and click "Show Real" at the bottom.


* 50-60 8 Hours 45 min (5.2 minutes between gains)
===Phase 1===
** Location:Anywhere in the land)
50-69.2: 2 hours, 45 mins
** Tame everything, This should come pretty quick. At 55 Bears (not Grizzlies) should be your staple.
*5 Grizzly Bears (Pack Instinct) (Found in the wilderness/jungle or around Moonglow Moongate. 59.1 required to tame from wiki.)
** 50 Tameables
*Kill everything Shame 1.
** 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)
===Phase 2===
** Locations: [[Shame]] Levels 1&2, [[Minoc]] and [[Moonglow]] moongates
69.3-87.3: 3 hours
** Really Scorpions (47.1) in Shame are by far the best option.
*5 Frenzied Ostard (Pack Instinct) (Found East of Hedge Maze, Spawns 2 at a time. 77.1 required to tame from wiki.)
** 60 Tameables
*Kill everything Shame 1 & 2. (Go to 2 if 1 is full of people, if not stay on 1. Resist on the frenzied ostards aren't great, had one die to a couple air elementals targeting it. Its doable you just have to be quick on the heals.)
** 47.1 Scorpion, Alligator


* 70-80 11 Hours 30 min (7.1 minutes between gains)
===Phase 3===
** Locations: [[Shame]] Levels 1&2, [[Minoc]] and [[Moonglow]] moongates
87.4-95.6: 2 hours, 15 mins
** At 70 you can begin on Great Harts and Grizzlies (59.1) Scorpions are better but it’s an option during prime time
*5 Hell Hounds (Pack Instinct) (Found in Fire Dungeon. 85.5 required to tame from wiki.)
** 70 Tameables
*Kill everything Shame 1 & 2.
** 59.1 Grizzly Bear, Great Hart, Snake


* 80-90 10 Hours 15 min (6.2 minutes between gains)
===Phase 4===
** Locations: Delucia Passage Level 2, [[Vesper]] South Road, [[Minoc]]/[[Moonglow]] moongates
95.7-100: 1 hour, 45 mins
** 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.
*2 White Wyrms (Found in Ice Dungeon. 96.3 required to tame from wiki.)
** 80 Tameables
*Kill anything with high HP 800HP or above, I selected dragons. (Destard, Dragon Island, Cove Dragons, Daemon Temple Dragon.)
** 71.1 Small Hellcats, Bulls


* 90-100 12 Hours 30 min (7.6 minutes between gains)
===Summary===
** Locations: Delucia Passage Level 2, Fire Level 1
*Total Hours 50-100: 9 hours, 45 mins
** Small Hellcats will GM you however at 95 you can reliably add Lava Lizards into the mix.
*Total Gold Made: 388,589gp (Including paragon chests gold and selling weapons and armors back to NPC. I kept the gems, regs, tmaps, statuettes and cloth drops. I left the ores and fertile dirt/misc items on the corpse.)
** 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)
==Contributors==
** Locations: Delucia Passage Level 2, Fire Level 1 & 2
The community would like to thank the following brave adventurers who contributed their time and experiences for others to enjoy:
** 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.
* Kodobema (developed the detailed guide)
** 100 Tameables
* Nebuchadnezzar
** 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==

Latest revision as of 19:07, 11 February 2025

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

Hello, here's a quick and simple 50 - GM taming guide, no actual taming required! "All Kill" and collect those shiny gold pieces and taming points. [GMed 27.Nov.2024]

Below were my starting skills before I started taming/killing. I was going for the Tamer Bard template. Note:(You don't have to have these skills at 100 to start. I leveled them up ahead of time, you can always level them up later.)

100 Magery (Recommended. Used for gating my pets back and forth from the bank and healing/curing pets.) 100 Meditation (Recommended. Mana Regen after healing.) 100 Music (Helped, but not necessary.) 100 Provocation (Helped, but not necessary.) 100 Veterinary (Recommended, mainly for last phase.) 100 Animal Lore (Recommended.) 50 Animal Taming (Recommended.) GM+ tamer friend (Required)

Info:

  • Your skill setup can be different, I really didn't need provoke and veterinary until the last phase. I used provoke when I accidently aggroed too many mobs, other than that I used it here and there. It's helpful, but not necessary. Play it safe and learn to kite.
  • I got a tamer friend to help tame all the pets for me. Find a buddy or guild member with GM+ tame to help.
  • I mainly used Magery to heal and cure my pets during the first 3 phases.
  • I used 5 pack instinct pets for the first 3 phases for faster kill/skill gains and to get the most gains possible.
  • I never saw a 0.5 skill gain from a kill using 5 pets, mainly 0.1 - 0.2. The highest I've gotten was 0.3 here and there. Maybe I'm not lucky like some of you will be.
  • I didn't include the time it took to tame the pets used because by the time I was done with one phase, my buddy had the other pets ready for the next phase.
  • All skill levels in this guide are real skill, not shown skill. To see real skill, open your Skills menu from the paper doll and click "Show Real" at the bottom.

Phase 1

50-69.2: 2 hours, 45 mins

  • 5 Grizzly Bears (Pack Instinct) (Found in the wilderness/jungle or around Moonglow Moongate. 59.1 required to tame from wiki.)
  • Kill everything Shame 1.

Phase 2

69.3-87.3: 3 hours

  • 5 Frenzied Ostard (Pack Instinct) (Found East of Hedge Maze, Spawns 2 at a time. 77.1 required to tame from wiki.)
  • Kill everything Shame 1 & 2. (Go to 2 if 1 is full of people, if not stay on 1. Resist on the frenzied ostards aren't great, had one die to a couple air elementals targeting it. Its doable you just have to be quick on the heals.)

Phase 3

87.4-95.6: 2 hours, 15 mins

  • 5 Hell Hounds (Pack Instinct) (Found in Fire Dungeon. 85.5 required to tame from wiki.)
  • Kill everything Shame 1 & 2.

Phase 4

95.7-100: 1 hour, 45 mins

  • 2 White Wyrms (Found in Ice Dungeon. 96.3 required to tame from wiki.)
  • Kill anything with high HP 800HP or above, I selected dragons. (Destard, Dragon Island, Cove Dragons, Daemon Temple Dragon.)

Summary

  • Total Hours 50-100: 9 hours, 45 mins
  • Total Gold Made: 388,589gp (Including paragon chests gold and selling weapons and armors back to NPC. I kept the gems, regs, tmaps, statuettes and cloth drops. I left the ores and fertile dirt/misc items on the corpse.)

Contributors

The community would like to thank the following brave adventurers who contributed their time and experiences for others to enjoy:

  • Kodobema (developed the detailed guide)
  • Nebuchadnezzar

See Also

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