Taming

Overview

To tame a creature, try to get close to it (some are shy and will run away from you) and use your Taming skill on the creature. Not all creatures can be tamed and some are easier to tame than others.

Once you have your new pet, you will have to follow some rules if you want it to stay loyal to you. First, it needs to be fed. If you don't routinely feed it (it will warn you in advance it is getting hungry), it will go wild again. This may not be a big deal for a pet cat or pig but if your dragon goes wild, you do not want to be doing something else and not notice as it stomps all over the place.

When you tame a new pet, a portion of your experience and virtue is transferred to the pet. Though the use of the Veterinary skill, you can spend these points on upgrading your pet. Additional experience and virtue is gained by taking your pet hunting.

Pets are like henchman - you can only have so many. Because some pets are more powerful than others, you can have less of the more powerful ones or more of the less powerful ones. For example, dragons are quite strong and harder to control thus you can only have 1 at a time. On the other hand, cows and horses are easier so you can have a few. The maximum you can have is based on your taming skill. Summoned creatures do not count towards your allowed maximum.

When you are not around, it is common practice to stable your pets. When you stable them at an authorized stablemaster, they will keep your pet safe and well fed for a nominal fee, depending on the type of pet. If you log out without stabling your pet, they go into hiding and will wait for you to return. While they are hidden, they can still be attacked with area of effect spells or items, such as an exploding potion. If you log out with your pet near the Asgard Gardens, your pet will be moved behind the gardens near the water.

Using Veterinary

The Veterinary skill is the primary offset to Animal Taming. Veterinary skill gives you a greater understanding of the creature you are trying to tame. While it does not improve your chances to actually tame the creature, it will decrease your chances of angering the creature. The last thing you want to do is anger a dragon you are trying to tame.

The higher your veterinary skill is, the faster your healing on your pets takes effect. For every 15 points of veterinary you will reduce your healing time by 1 second. This means 60 veterinary skill will reduce your time by 4 seconds and at 100 skill you reduce the healing time by 6 seconds.

The Veterinary skill also allows you to determine a pet's hunger. When they get hungry, it is a good idea to feed them (see the chart below what they like to eat). If it is not listed, pets eat either raw meat or vegetables/fruits which are readily available from hunting, the butcher or farming.

The Veterinary skill is also used in Pet Bonding. For more information, please see Pet Bonding under Veterinary.

Pet Bonuses

Non-rideable pets will automatically feed if they are carrying an edible item. Use the fetch command to store an item on your pet. When you stable them, they will automatically drop the item. Rideable pets will automatically feed from your backpack if you are riding them.

Pets have their elemental damage/resist bonuses updated to yours automatically when the server restarts. They will also automatically update when taken out of the stables.

In combat, pets have a base 5% evade chance based with a bonus based on their experience and their tame skill (pets requiring a higher tame skill get a higher evade chance). This is an internal combat calculation. In addition, their minimum daily combat experience is 60% - they will gain at least 60% experience for killing a monster that gives experience.

Pets get a regeneration and bandage bonus. They will get 3 times the regeneration from campfires based on their master's camping skill. For bandaging your pet, they will get twice the heal based on their master's healing skill.

Provocation and Musicianship

Trying to tame an angered creature takes time to calm the creature and get it to listen. If you are a bard and can pacify the creature with music, you can get it to listen to you faster. This can also be effective if your animal lore doesn't prevent you from angering the creature.

Provocation can also be used against the bigger creatures. For example, provoke a dragon defender on a dragon and then tame away. If you anger the dragon, run, heal and try again.

Stabling Your Pet

To keep your pet safe, you can take them to any stablemaster. For a small fee, they will stable them for you and give you a stable deed to retrieve your pet. Stabling your pet will return them to their original specifications with the following exceptions:

• Pets keep any stats they have gained for everyone.
• Rangers and Tamers keep their pet's virtue, experience, armor rating and skill increases. A Ranger or Tamer is required to take the pet out of the stables in order to keep these bonuses.

Pack Animals

Tailors can make the bridles for packhorses and pack llamas. To get a pack animal, use the bridle on a tamed horse or llama. Other animals will refuse to wear it. The command "fetch" will drop what he is carrying and if you say "fetch" and open his pack, he will put the fetched item in his pack. Pack animals are not used on Valhalla Lost as we have allowed the maximum weight/item count for backpacks. However, they are great for those that like to roleplay while harvesting their materials.

Pet Commands

Add ALL to the front of the command and all of your pets with you will do that command.
Add the NAME of your pet to the front of the command and only the named pet will do the command.
Add ME to the end of the command to follow yourself or it will give a targeting cursor.
For example: all follow me, all guard me.

Command	Effect
Kill	Attack Tells the pet to attack the target that you select.
Stop	Your pet will stop all other commands. If in combat, you may have to repeat this command several times.
Follow	Your pet will follow you or the target that you select.
Transfer	Changes ownership of the pet. The new owner must have sufficient skill to tame the creature themselves. You can't transfer ownership of a totem animal while it is in animal form. You have to shrink it to totem form and hand it to the new owner.
Release	Allows a tamed creature to go wild. This command can not be a part of a sentence. If you release a high level creature, you will be prompted to make sure you really want to release it.
Guard	Your pet will guard the target and attack anyone aggressive towards that target.
Fetch / Get	Tells your pet to go and get an item and then come back.
Drop	Tells your pet to drop any items that they are carrying.
Speak	Your pet will say something if capable or make noise if they can't talk.
Stop	Tells your pet to stop at that location.
Stay	Useful only after the stop command is issued, stay prevents your pet from wandering around. Should be used as [all] stop and [all] stay to be effective.
Battle Orders [creature's name]	Sets the automatic combat decisions for the pet while they are fighting. For fire-breathing pets (such as male dragons), you will have the option to turn on or off their fire breath. Fire breath is an area of effect spell. Note: there is no way of knowing which dragon is male or female until you have tamed and set their battle orders. For all other pets, sets their aggro attempt: pets will attempt to pull aggro from their opponent every 10 seconds.
Special Attacks	A one-time only special attack using the pet's experience points. See the table below for a full list of attacks.

Battle Orders

All pets have the choice of extra abilities they can use in battle. The choices depend on the type of pet you have and your taming skill. In-game help is available in the menu.

Note: Attack Damage is amount of raw damage the pet does during one attack cycle. Raw damage is before any damage reduction items are calculated such as Armor Rating.

Ability	Description
Firebreather	Mostly limited to dragons. Sets firebreathing on, off or check area for other players first.
Spellcaster	Mostly limited to dragons. Sets spellcasting on, off or check area for other players first.
Aggravate Options	The pet will attempt to hold aggro on a single target or pull all hostiles within an area. They will attempt to pull aggro every 5-15 seconds. Pets are not always successful at holding aggro.
Bite	Bites the current opponent for up to 50% attack damage.
Swipe	Swipes at all opponents 2 tiles around pet for up to 25% attack damage.
Lunge	Lunges at current opponent for up to 75% attack damage, slow timer
Swing	Swings at all opponents 3 tiles around pet for up to 50% attack damage per target hit, slow timer.
Rancid Bite	Poisons target with a normal or greater poison bite.
Lick Wounds	Requires 100 Taming. Licks wounds on self and heals based on attack damage.
Double Bite	Requires 110 Taming. Attacks twice, both up to 50% attack damage.
Fearless Roar	Requires 120 Taming. Heals you for up to 65% attack damage.
Monstrous Bite	Requires 130 Taming. Opponent bleeds for 15 seconds for up to full attack damage.

Special Attacks

Special attacks are a mixture of silly to powerful attacks your pet can do. Not all attacks are useful and some are meant to be silly but there are some attacks that can do a bit of damage. Each use costs 100 experience points. All attacks are based on the pet's taming skill... yes... those that require high taming skill can do some serious damage with special attacks.

Attack	Description
kamekaze	Runs towards the target and blows up, doing 5% of the pet's life in damage to all around the target.
flirt	Attempts to flirt with all hostile monsters and calming them from attacking.
super saiyan	Powers up over and over, healing itself in the process and stunning all hostile monsters.
kamehameha	Casts a powerful flaming ball at an opponent.
chimichanga	Casts 3 flaming balls to all hostiles around the pet.
dismount	Attempts to headbutt its opponent and throw them off their mount.
toxic	Breaks wind and grosses out everyone around it.
rend	A powerful attack that attempts to rip the guts from all around it with each attack gaining in power up to 5x.
hammertime	Attempts to hammer down those around it up to 5x.
barf	Upchucks on its opponent up to 3x.
dookie	Just gross and even worse if someone steps in it.
tantrum	Throws a major tantrum, stomping the ground and causing a violent earthquake.
nutcracker	What it says... also makes the target run slower.
evasive	Attempts to evade attacks while healing.
spit	Attempts to pull aggro on the target by, well, you read the attack name.
bond	Bonds the master to the pet - as the pet takes damage, it heals based on the master's life while reducing the master's life.
psycho	Attacks the target up to 5x with reckless abandon.

Taming List

This is a general guide only and not all tameable animals are listed.

There is a variance of about 10 skill points on most creatures. This means that at lower levels of taming you may get the chance to tame. However you will find it much more difficult and your chance of "enraging" the creature is much higher. For example, if you have 60 taming skill and the animal requires 70 skill, you will fail a lot, possibly angering him. Keeping your animal well-fed is important and if you are going to ride dangerous animals, you should ensure you have the appropriate food in your main backpack.

Creature	Avg. Difficulty	Food
Abyss Minion	135	veggie
Alligator	55	raw meat
Amazon War Horse	75	raw meat
Bird	5	veggie
Black Ant Devastator	120	veggie
Black Bear	55	raw meat
Blood Llama	60	raw meat
Blood Ostard	60	raw meat
Blood Steed	60	raw meat
Brown Bear	50	raw meat
Brute Minion	135	veggie
Bull	70	veggie
Bullfrog	10	veggie
Cat	20	raw meat
Chicken	10	veggie
Cloud Giant	105	raw meat
Cow	25	veggie
Cranky Minion	135	veggie
Dark Minion	135	veggie
Dark Ostard	60	veggie
Daemon Steed	95	raw meat
Deer	33	veggie
Desert Llama	60	veggie
Desert Ostard	55	veggie
Desert Steed	60	veggie
Dire Wolf	80	raw meat
Dog	1	raw meat
Dragon	95	raw meat
Drake	80	raw meat
Drow Steed	88	veggie
Dwarven Pony	88	veggie
Eagle	33	veggie
Elven Steed	88	veggie
Emerald Steed	60	veggie
Fey Steed	88	veggie
Fire Giant	105	raw meat
Fire Lizard	75	raw meat
Fire Ostard	55	veggie
Fire Steed	60	veggie
Forest Ostard	55	raw meat
Frost Drake	90	raw meat
Frost Giant	105	raw meat
Frost Wolf	70	raw meat
Gaman	75	raw meat
Giant Flaming Spider	75	raw meat
Giant Frost Spider	80	raw meat
Giant Rat	45	raw meat
Giant Rock Scorpion	80	raw meat
Giant Rock Spider	80	raw meat
Giant Scorpion	63	raw meat
Giant Serpent	80	raw meat
Giant Spider	60	raw meat
Goat	25	veggie
Golden Phoenix	60	veggie
Gorilla	40	veggie
Great Dragon	110	raw meat
Great Hart	60	veggie
Gremlin	55	raw meat
Grizzly Bear	57	raw meat
Grotty Minion	135	veggie
Grumpy Minion	135	veggie
Hellhound	77	raw meat
High Elf Steed	88	veggie
Hildisvini	62	raw meat
Hill Giant	105	raw meat
Horse	45	veggie
Howling Minion	135	veggie
Ibn'Najm	88	veggie
Imp	75	raw meat
Indigo Llama	60	veggie
Indigo Ostard	60	veggie
Indigo Steed	60	veggie
Lesser Wyrm	80	raw meat
Llama	47	veggie
Mongbat	47	raw meat
Nightmare	95	raw meat
Panther	62	raw meat
Phase Spider	77	raw meat
Pig	20	veggie
Polar Bear	57	raw meat
Praetorian War Ostard	65	raw meat
Purple Haze Ostard	60	veggie
Purple Haze Steed	60	veggie
Rabbit	5	veggie
Rat	17	any
Rock Lizard	75	raw meat
Royal Dragon	120	meat
Royal Fey Steed	88	veggie
Rune Beetle	130	veggie
Shabooli War Horse	70	raw meat
Scourge Minion	135	veggie
Sheep	20	veggie
Snake	15	raw meat
Snow Leopard	55	raw meat
Snow Pony	88	veggie
Storm Giant	105	raw meat
Sun Ostard	70	veggie
Swamp Steed	60	veggie
Tarn	60	veggie
Timber Wolf	60	raw meat
Toad Dragon	119	raw meat
Underdark Ostard	55	veggie
Vorpal Bunny	118	veggie
Walrus	50	raw meat
War Tarn	90	raw meat
Wolf	55	raw meat

A note on minions

There are 8 different types of minions and are differentiated by what they can cast. Their melee skills are roughly the same.

Minion	Abilities
Abyss Minion	Less damage but faster attack speed. Casts magic arrow and earthquake.
Brute Minion	Casts lightning and stinging swarm.
Cranky Minion	Casts energy bolt and flame strike.
Dark Minion	Casts kill.
Grotty Minion	An area of effect minion casting firefield, paralyzing field, energy field, poison field and frost field.
Grumpy Minion	Casts fireball, fire strike, explosion and meteor storm.
Howling Minion	Casts mindblast.
Scourge Minion	Casts tidal wave and snowstorm.

A note on dragons Dragons come in two genders: male and female. Male dragons are firebreathers. Their fire breath is an area of effect attack and will attack all those around the dragon. Female dragons are spellcasters. They can cast a limited amount of spells depending on their spell list. You cannot tell the difference until the dragon is tamed and you set its battle orders. Options are available to turn on or off these attacks.

New Rideable Mounts

These mounts are not obtained by finding them in the wild. All are available through events, crafting or questing. The Unicorn and Kirin are only obtainable by special events or festival tokens. The Ethereals are available through festival prizes. The Warhorse is obtainable through crafting. The rest can be found during a guild event or while doing an event master. They will either spawn during the event or at the beginning of the event.

Creature	Avg. Difficulty	Food	Restrictions
Ridgeback	75	raw meat
Savage Ridgeback	95	raw meat
Unicorn	80	veggie	Only ridden by females and elves
Ethereal Ostard	70	raw meat
Ethereal Horse	45	veggie
Ethereal Llama	50	veggie
Giant Beetle	80	veggie
Skeletal Horse	80	raw meat	Only ridden by Necromancers or 100 Necromancy skill
Kirin	80	veggie	Only ridden by males
Swamp Dragon	80	veggie
Armored Swamp Dragon	80	veggie	Place horse barding on a swamp dragon. Only ridden by Crusaders, Fighters, Knights or Paladins
Warhorse	80	veggie	Armored horse which has more health than a normal horse
Chimera	80	veggie
Cu-Sidhe	80	veggie
Mondain's Steed	80	veggie
Hiryu	80	veggie
Tiger	100	raw meat	Found during the Circus Event, "A Tiger Has Escaped The Pens" (circus events repeat while players are within the circus area)
Ancient Hell Hound	100	raw meat	A reward from the Ragnarok Shard Quest

For more information about where to get these mounts, check the Mounts Guide