Pets and Taming
Pets in EUO
Pets are generally acquired by taming wild creatures. Many critters are tamable; maybe about 70% of non-undead.
To attempt to tame a creature, use food on on it with shift-e. Start on rabbits and cows, then move on to rats and other weak dungeon critters, then goblins and other humanoids.
Players are allowed to only have one pet at a time. If you currently have a pet and attempt to train another, your current pet will become angry and attack you!
Diet
Having gotten a pet, it must be kept fed in order to keep it happy. To feed, simply use food on the pet just as you did to tame it in the first place.
All critters have a preferred diet. Most critters are carnivores, some are herbivores (eg rabbit) and some are omnivores (eg rat). Some critters have a favourite food (a treat), which makes taming easier and boosts loyalty. Eg rats prefer cheese, and rabbits favour carrots.
Zorn is the only metalivore in EUO: ie it eats metal. Use shift-u to feed your zorn metal items. It doesn't have a favourite food but will eat any metal ingot, any med/heavy armours, metal ores, etc. It will not eat weapons or shields though.
Some pets don't eat anything, thus don't become hungry. They will accept treats tho: you just have to know what the treat is! Some examples of treats: hellspawn->sulphur, waterdemon->clear potions.
Finally, pets digest food (and thus get hungry) a little faster than players do.
Loyalty & Bonding
Look at a pet to see how happy (loyal) it is. Talk to the pet to see how hungry it is. If you stay with your pet and feed it it will become loyal. If you starve it or leave it alone, it will become disloyal. A disloyal pet will eventually go wild, and may even attack you!
A pet will bond with its owner after 2 real life hours spent with the pet (the pet has to be able to see you!). If you think 2 hours is harsh, it's closer to 1 week RL in UO! Once a pet has bonded, it can be resurrected with a 'raise pet' scroll. A non-bonded pet that dies cannot be raised and is lost forever.
Pets: Getting Stronger and Growing Up
Pets gain xp for kills and levels, and gain hp and mana bonuses. Some critters will 'grow up' (similar to Pokemon evolution). The best example of this is the drake->dragon 'evolution'! You can't tame a dragon; only a drake, and then you have to go level your drake up to turn it into a dragon. BTW it takes 100% skill to tame a drake. Drakes are carnivores but are fond of gold nuggets. Slash commands and Pet commands
Once you have a pet use
/petname newname
to name it. use the following commands to order it around:
- stay : pet will stay and not follow it's owner at all
- follow : normal follow and attack mode
- heel : pet will follow but not attack unless provoked
A warning about 'stay' : a pet will slowly lose loyalty if you tell it to stay and it's on a different map level to its owner. It will of course get hungry and may starve. Notes on the Taming skill
Taming skill% will only bump if you are within 5% of the min skill (to tame the creature) and not 15% over the min skill. If your taming isn't increasing, then go tame something harder! You're taming will also increase when you feed your pet.
Pet Transfers
To transfer a pet, use
/transferpet playername
to move the pet to a new player. Warning! this will reset the pet's bond to you, and will have to rebond to the new owner before it can be resurrected. Also, the target player will need to have a pet transfer deed in their inventory before the transfer may proceed.
Pet transfers are currently disabled.
