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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]]!
In this guide, employing five tames consistently is highly recommended. The process involves two distinct phases: the battle phase and the tame phase, both of which you'll repeat multiple times. The rationale behind this strategy is that you earn 0.1 skill for each tame that successfully strikes an enemy before its demise.
 
During the Battle Phase, you can acquire 0.5 skill per kill, making it a swift process to accumulate several skill points within minutes. Occasionally, you may find it necessary to conduct a manual tame phase to gain skill, usually yielding around 1.0 points, after which you'll return to the battle phase. It's crucial to ensure that each of your tames lands at least one hit during the battle phase to maximize skill acquisition. These skill points are visible in the show real, so ensure that this option is selected.
 
Following the battle phase, it's advisable to release and eliminate your current tames. Whenever you require tames for a battle phase, they can be transferred to you from a GM+ tamer.
 
You can also create your own guide or modify these ones using the [[Tameables#Pet_Taming_Chart|list of tameable pets chart]]!
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===0-110 Guide===
===0-110 Guide===
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].
The following guide was created by [https://www.uoforum.com/threads/fast-gm-animal-taming-11-23-2023.110252/ cliNt torreZ & Nokins] from the UOForever discord/forums. With this guide you can GM+ taming within a day or two of normal play. Like 8 or less hours of play. We have shared this with several people and they have found the great benefits of it with out having to spend 80+ hours trying to level it or millions of gold buying scrolls. Please enjoy. The original thread can be found [https://www.uoforum.com/threads/fast-gm-animal-taming-11-23-2023.110252/ here].


====Time Required====
====Time Required====
* 50-100: 53Hours 15minutes.  
* 50-115: Some have been able to accomplish this with the guide with 8 or less hours of gameplay. This of course includes the use of taming skill scrolls at 100+ skill range.  
** 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.


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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.
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)
* 0-47.1
** Location:Anywhere in the land)
** Location:Town NPCs
** Tame everything, This should come pretty quick. At 55 Bears (not Grizzlies) should be your staple.
** Go train your taming skill at various town NPCs at stable masters.
** 50 Tameables
 
** 23.1 Timber Wolves, Hinds
* 47.1-52.2 Battle Phase
** 35.1 Black Bears, Polar Bear, Walrus
** Location:Kill various world mobs on dagger island, or earth elementals in shame
** 41.1 Brown Bears, Cougar
** You will need 5 tamed scropions that you will use to kill the mobs listed above.
 
* 52.2-53.2 Taming Phase
** Locations: [[Shame]] Levels 1, Dagger Isle
** Scorpions (47.1) in Shame or Polar Bears on Dagger Isle are by far the best option.
 
* 53.2-58.2 Battle Phase
** Locations: [[Minoc]] and [[Moonglow]] moongates or again Dagger Isle.
** This phase will need 5 Panthers, Snow Leopards, Grey Wolves, or a combo of all three. Take them and kill earth elementals with them in shame.
 
* 58.2-59.2 Taming Phase
** Locations: [[Shame]] Levels 1, Dagger Isle
** Tame Scorpions or Polar Bears
 
* 59.2-63.2 Battle Phase
** Locations: [[Minoc]] and [[Moonglow]] moongates
** Tame 5 Great Hearts or Grizzly Bears or a combo thereof. Take them and kill earth elementals with them in shame.
 
* 63.2-65.2 Taming Phase
** Locations: [[Shame]] Levels 1, Dagger Isle
** Tame Scorpions, Polar Bears, Snow Leopards to 64.2. Tame Scorpions only until 65.2.
 
* 65.2-70.2 Battle Phase
** Locations: Dagger Isle
** For this you will need 5 White Wolves (found on dagger Island) and either kill spawn on Dagger Island or earth elementals with them in shame until 70.2.
 
* 70.2-71.2 Taming Phase
** Locations: [[Shame]] Levels 1
** Tame Scorpions to 71.2
 
* 71.2-76.2 Battle Phase
** Locations: [[Minoc]] and [[Moonglow]] moongates or Fire Cave/Compassion Desert
** You will need 5 Bulls or Small Hellcats, take them and kill earth elementals with them in shame.
 
* 71.2-76.2 Battle Phase
** Locations: [[Minoc]] and [[Moonglow]] moongates or Fire Cave/Compassion Desert
** You will need 5 Bulls or Small Hellcats, take them and kill earth elementals with them in shame.
 
* 76.2-77.2 Taming Phase
** Locations: [[Ice Dungeon]]
** Tame frost spiders.
 
* 77.2-80.9 Battle Phase
** Locations: [[Ice Dungeon]]
** Take the Frost Spiders Take them and kill earth elementals with them in shame.
 
* 80.9-81.9 Taming Phase
** Locations: Delucia Pass
** Tame Lava Lizards.
 
* 81.9-85.9 Battle Phase
** Locations: Delucia Pass
** Take 5 Lava Lizards and kill earth elementals with them in shame.
 
* 85.9-90.6 Battle Phase
** Locations: [[Fire Dungeon]]
** Take 5 Hell Hounds and kill earth elementals with them in shame.
 
* 90.6-94.2 Battle Phase
** Locations: [[Fire Dungeon]]
** Take 5 Big Hell Cats and kill earth elementals with them in shame.
 
At this point you will need to tame or have transferred to you a dragon.
 
* 94.1- 98.9 Battle Phase
** Locations: [[Destard]]
** Take a Dragon and use either 2 Energy vortex if you have Margery or us two other single slot tames. You will need to Kill Ogre lords or Ice Ogre Lords.


* 60-70 9 Hours 30 min (5.8 minutes between gains)
* 98.9-101.4 Battle Phase
** Locations: [[Shame]] Levels 1&2, [[Minoc]] and [[Moonglow]] moongates
** Locations: [[Ice Dungeon]]
** Really Scorpions (47.1) in Shame are by far the best option.
** You will need 2 White Wyrms and kill Ogre Lords or Ice Ogre Lords.
** 60 Tameables
** 47.1 Scorpion, Alligator


* 70-80 11 Hours 30 min (7.1 minutes between gains)
* 101.4-104.2 Battle Phase
** Locations: [[Shame]] Levels 1&2, [[Minoc]] and [[Moonglow]] moongates
** Locations: [[Asylum]]
** At 70 you can begin on Great Harts and Grizzlies (59.1) Scorpions are better but it’s an option during prime time
** Tame Asylum Imps and kill Ogre Lords.
** 70 Tameables
** 59.1 Grizzly Bear, Great Hart, Snake


* 80-90 10 Hours 15 min (6.2 minutes between gains)
From this point you will have to grind out taming on lava lizards until 105.7 or Use Taming skill scrolls.
** 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)
* 105.7-110.8 Battle Phase
** Locations: Delucia Passage Level 2, Fire Level 1
** Locations: [[Montor]] or Grinch area in Hythloth
** Small Hellcats will GM you however at 95 you can reliably add Lava Lizards into the mix.
** Avian Steed (7 day spawn best to purchase or borrow) At this point you have to kill shadow wyrms/balrons for gains.
** 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)
* 110.8-115 Battle Phase
** Locations: Delucia Passage Level 2, Fire Level 1 & 2
** Locations: [[Ice Dungeon]]
** 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.
** Death Beetle (daily spawn, tamed in the area off ice dungeon) Kill Daemons for easy gains.
** 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.


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Revision as of 14:28, 21 March 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

In this guide, employing five tames consistently is highly recommended. The process involves two distinct phases: the battle phase and the tame phase, both of which you'll repeat multiple times. The rationale behind this strategy is that you earn 0.1 skill for each tame that successfully strikes an enemy before its demise.

During the Battle Phase, you can acquire 0.5 skill per kill, making it a swift process to accumulate several skill points within minutes. Occasionally, you may find it necessary to conduct a manual tame phase to gain skill, usually yielding around 1.0 points, after which you'll return to the battle phase. It's crucial to ensure that each of your tames lands at least one hit during the battle phase to maximize skill acquisition. These skill points are visible in the show real, so ensure that this option is selected.

Following the battle phase, it's advisable to release and eliminate your current tames. Whenever you require tames for a battle phase, they can be transferred to you from a GM+ tamer.

You can also create your own guide or modify these ones using the list of tameable pets chart!

Level Creatures to Tame
0 Buy skills from NPC
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

The following guide was created by cliNt torreZ & Nokins from the UOForever discord/forums. With this guide you can GM+ taming within a day or two of normal play. Like 8 or less hours of play. We have shared this with several people and they have found the great benefits of it with out having to spend 80+ hours trying to level it or millions of gold buying scrolls. Please enjoy. The original thread can be found here.

Time Required

  • 50-115: Some have been able to accomplish this with the guide with 8 or less hours of gameplay. This of course includes the use of taming skill scrolls at 100+ skill range.

Details

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

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.

  • 0-47.1
    • Location:Town NPCs
    • Go train your taming skill at various town NPCs at stable masters.
  • 47.1-52.2 Battle Phase
    • Location:Kill various world mobs on dagger island, or earth elementals in shame
    • You will need 5 tamed scropions that you will use to kill the mobs listed above.
  • 52.2-53.2 Taming Phase
    • Locations: Shame Levels 1, Dagger Isle
    • Scorpions (47.1) in Shame or Polar Bears on Dagger Isle are by far the best option.
  • 53.2-58.2 Battle Phase
    • Locations: Minoc and Moonglow moongates or again Dagger Isle.
    • This phase will need 5 Panthers, Snow Leopards, Grey Wolves, or a combo of all three. Take them and kill earth elementals with them in shame.
  • 58.2-59.2 Taming Phase
    • Locations: Shame Levels 1, Dagger Isle
    • Tame Scorpions or Polar Bears
  • 59.2-63.2 Battle Phase
    • Locations: Minoc and Moonglow moongates
    • Tame 5 Great Hearts or Grizzly Bears or a combo thereof. Take them and kill earth elementals with them in shame.
  • 63.2-65.2 Taming Phase
    • Locations: Shame Levels 1, Dagger Isle
    • Tame Scorpions, Polar Bears, Snow Leopards to 64.2. Tame Scorpions only until 65.2.
  • 65.2-70.2 Battle Phase
    • Locations: Dagger Isle
    • For this you will need 5 White Wolves (found on dagger Island) and either kill spawn on Dagger Island or earth elementals with them in shame until 70.2.
  • 70.2-71.2 Taming Phase
    • Locations: Shame Levels 1
    • Tame Scorpions to 71.2
  • 71.2-76.2 Battle Phase
    • Locations: Minoc and Moonglow moongates or Fire Cave/Compassion Desert
    • You will need 5 Bulls or Small Hellcats, take them and kill earth elementals with them in shame.
  • 71.2-76.2 Battle Phase
    • Locations: Minoc and Moonglow moongates or Fire Cave/Compassion Desert
    • You will need 5 Bulls or Small Hellcats, take them and kill earth elementals with them in shame.
  • 76.2-77.2 Taming Phase
  • 77.2-80.9 Battle Phase
    • Locations: Ice Dungeon
    • Take the Frost Spiders Take them and kill earth elementals with them in shame.
  • 80.9-81.9 Taming Phase
    • Locations: Delucia Pass
    • Tame Lava Lizards.
  • 81.9-85.9 Battle Phase
    • Locations: Delucia Pass
    • Take 5 Lava Lizards and kill earth elementals with them in shame.
  • 85.9-90.6 Battle Phase
    • Locations: Fire Dungeon
    • Take 5 Hell Hounds and kill earth elementals with them in shame.
  • 90.6-94.2 Battle Phase
    • Locations: Fire Dungeon
    • Take 5 Big Hell Cats and kill earth elementals with them in shame.

At this point you will need to tame or have transferred to you a dragon.

  • 94.1- 98.9 Battle Phase
    • Locations: Destard
    • Take a Dragon and use either 2 Energy vortex if you have Margery or us two other single slot tames. You will need to Kill Ogre lords or Ice Ogre Lords.
  • 98.9-101.4 Battle Phase
    • Locations: Ice Dungeon
    • You will need 2 White Wyrms and kill Ogre Lords or Ice Ogre Lords.
  • 101.4-104.2 Battle Phase
    • Locations: Asylum
    • Tame Asylum Imps and kill Ogre Lords.

From this point you will have to grind out taming on lava lizards until 105.7 or Use Taming skill scrolls.

  • 105.7-110.8 Battle Phase
    • Locations: Montor or Grinch area in Hythloth
    • Avian Steed (7 day spawn best to purchase or borrow) At this point you have to kill shadow wyrms/balrons for gains.
  • 110.8-115 Battle Phase
    • Locations: Ice Dungeon
    • Death Beetle (daily spawn, tamed in the area off ice dungeon) Kill Daemons for easy gains.


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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