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Animal Taming

Mounts, dragon taming, rescue quests, and a modest combat edge.

Related in Skills: How Skills Work | Animal Taming | Smithing | Farming | Hunting | Seafaring

Animal Taming measures how well you understand and command beasts. Good-side characters see a light taming icon; evil-side characters see a darker variant, but the skill works the same.

What it is for

  • Mounts: Your mount level and travel comfort depend on animal care over time.
  • Animal Taming quests: Repeatable training on the Animal Taming screen raises the skill steadily.
  • City and group quests: Many city duties and some group flows also grant Animal Taming progress.
  • Dragon taming: At 90%+ Animal Taming, 90+ health, and 200 gold, you can attempt to tame a dragon in the Dragon Caves.
  • Group quests: High taming is required for rescue missions involving the legendary White Horse.
  • Dragonbreath crop: A supreme Dragonbreath harvest grants +10% dragon taming for one hour.

Dragon taming chance and timing

  • Where: Only in Dragon Caves.
  • Requirements: 90+ Animal Taming, 90+ health, 200 gold per attempt.
  • Base chance: Around 10% once you are above 90 Animal Taming.
  • With Dragon Food: Chance reaches around 40%.
  • With Dragon Food + Horseshoe: Around 45%.
  • With Dragon Food + Horseshoe + Dragon Taming buff (from farming crop): Can reach the 55% cap.
  • Attempt frequency: If taming fails, next taming attempt opens after 24 hours.
  • Dragon training cooldown: After training your dragon, next training is in 12 hours.

Dragon Types

Dragon taming can yield one of these five types:

  • Blood Dragon: ATK 300, ARM 100, SPD 100
  • Earth Dragon: ATK 100, ARM 300, SPD 100
  • Frost Dragon: ATK 250, ARM 100, SPD 150
  • Inferno Dragon: ATK 350, ARM 50, SPD 100
  • Metal Dragon: ATK 300, ARM 150, SPD 50

These base profiles define your dragon's style; training later pushes attack, armor, and speed higher.

Mount Types

Mount visuals and names depend on faction:

  • Good side: Horse +1, Horse +2, Horse +3, White Horse +4
  • Evil side: Warg +1, Warg +2, Warg +3, White Warg +4

Mount bonuses:

  • +1 mount: +5 speed
  • +2 mount: +15 speed (total)
  • +3 mount: +30 speed (total)
  • +4 special mount: +60 speed and +10 brave (total)

The special +4 White Horse / White Warg can be obtained from the Rescue group quest instance.

Skill titles

Stable Hand → Herd Keeper → Shepherd → Master Veterinarian → Lord of Dragons (at the highest tier).

In combat

Animal Taming gives a modest but reliable bonus to your fighting power in PvP and murder. It is not as impactful as Hunting or Smithing, but experienced tamers still hit a little harder in close fights. Think of it as the reward for mastering the stables and the skies, not the primary murder stat.

Tips

  • Train regularly before attempting dragon taming.
  • Keep dragon health high; a neglected dragon may flee back to the caves.
  • Prairie Clover supreme harvests grant permanent +5 Animal Taming.