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Pet & Tameable Creature Reference

Taming System

When a creature is tamed, it becomes an Owned entity with:

• Wander factor reduced to 0.25x
• Aggro range reduced to 0.25x
• Trading behavior set to AcceptFood
• Teleported to owner if distance exceeds 200 units

Pets receive no combat bonuses or nerfs -- they fight identically to their wild counterparts.

Tameable Species

Not all creatures can be tamed. The following body types are tameable (defined in common/src/comp/pet.rs):

• QuadrupedSmall: All species
• QuadrupedMedium: All except Catoblepas, Mammoth, Elephant, Hirdrasil
• QuadrupedLow: All species
• BirdMedium: All species
• Crustacean: All species

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Damage Per Hit

Damage values come from ability .ron files in assets/common/abilities/custom/.

QuadrupedSmall

Ability set: Quad Small Basic | Weapon: quadsmallbasic

Attack	Damage	Type	Poise	Knockback	Range
Single Strike	9	Bash	3	1	1.5

QuadrupedMedium

Ability set: Quad Med Basic | Weapon: quadmedbasic

Attack	Damage	Type	Poise	Knockback	Range
Single Strike (primary)	20	Bash	28	3	2.7
Triple Strike hit 1	10	Bash	15	5	-
Triple Strike hit 2	10	Bash	18	5	-
Triple Strike hit 3	10	Bash	20	5	-

QuadrupedLow

Ability set: Quad Low Basic | Weapon: quadlowbasic

Attack	Damage	Type	Poise	Knockback	Range
Triple Strike hit 1 (primary)	36	Slash	24	3	4.0
Triple Strike hit 2	18	Stab	18	3	3.5
Triple Strike hit 3	28	Bash	36	15	3.0
Single Strike (secondary)	36	Bash	28	3	3.0

BirdMedium

Ability set: Bird Medium Basic | Weapon: birdmediumbasic

Attack	Damage	Type	Poise	Knockback	Range
Single Strike	1	Stab	0	0	2.5

Crustacean

Ability set: Crab | Weapon: crab_pincer

Attack	Damage	Type	Poise	Knockback	Range
Triple Strike hit 1	5	Slash	5	0	1.1
Triple Strike hit 2	8	Slash	8	1	1.1
Triple Strike hit 3	12	Slash	9	1	1.1

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Base Health by Species

QuadrupedSmall

Species	HP
Cat	25
Fox	25
Pig	25
Dog	30
Goat	30
Jackalope	30
Sheep	30
Boar	55
Truffler	70
Hyena	85

QuadrupedMedium

Species	HP
Alpaca	55
Antelope	55
Deer	55
Donkey	65
Llama	65
Mouflon	75
Wolf	110
Lion	175
Tiger	205
Saber	210
Panda	215
Yak	215
Bear	240
Moose	265

QuadrupedLow

Species	HP
Pangolin	20
Tortoise	45
Driggle	50
Alligator	130
Crocodile	145
Salamander	210

BirdMedium

Species	HP
Chicken	10
Duck	10
Bat	10
Penguin	10
Crow	15
Goose	25
Eagle	35
HornedOwl	35
SnowyOwl	35

Crustacean

Species	HP
Crab	40
SoldierCrab	50

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Damage Formula

Final Damage = Base Damage
             x attack_damage_modifier (default 1.0)
             x precision_multiplier
             x flank_multiplier
             - armor_reduction x (1.0 - attacker_penetration)

Pets have default stat modifiers (all 1.0), so their output is purely base damage minus target armor.

Best Combat Pets

Ranked by damage output and survivability:

1. QuadrupedLow (Alligator, Crocodile, Salamander) -- 36 damage primary, 130-210 HP, longest range (4.0)
2. QuadrupedMedium (Bear, Moose, Saber) -- 20 damage primary, 210-265 HP, good poise damage
3. Crustacean (SoldierCrab) -- 25 total combo damage, 50 HP, short range
4. QuadrupedSmall (Hyena, Boar) -- 9 damage, 55-85 HP
5. BirdMedium -- 1 damage, 10-35 HP (effectively useless in combat)

Source Files

File	Purpose
common/src/comp/pet.rs	Pet component, is_tameable()
server/src/pet.rs	Taming logic, pet teleport
common/src/comp/body/mod.rs	Base health by species (lines 974-1260)
common/src/comp/stats.rs	Attack/damage modifiers
common/src/combat.rs	Damage calculation
assets/common/abilities/custom/	Per-body-type ability definitions
assets/common/abilities/ability_set_manifest.ron	Body type to ability set mapping