Khal Draco's Taming Guide

Getting started

The path of an animal tamer is a long, oft times frustrating one, but with the ability to control creatures, becoming an animal tamer is a lucrative profession if given the time and patience it needs to be raised and mastered.

1. Read the FAQ and the Animal Taming page for a basic understanding of taming on Outlands.
2. Set up the AutoTame Razor script.
3. Choose a character template that fits your style of play in the Character Builder. Veterinary is required to use the script.
4. Prepare your template in game. 50 Magery is recommended while training, for recalling.
5. Find Khal Draco's Rune Library.

Before you begin

• Taming a creature requires both the Animal Taming and Animal Lore skills.
• You must stand within 3 tiles of the creature to begin taming it, and within 6 tiles to continue taming.
• You do not need to feed pets to keep their loyalty up. They are self-sufficient.
• Taming skill gain cannot occur while standing inside a house. Creatures can still be tamed there.
• Tamed creatures that are teleported (recall, gate, moongate) default to follow mode.

The route, 50 to 120

One creature for each skill range, with an alternative where there is a good one. Taming numbers, control slots and class are read from the bestiary, so they stay current.

1. Animal Taming

   50-60

   Colossal Frog

   Min taming 502 control slotsAttack

   Where to tame

   Shelter Island Dungeon (New Player Dungeon), level 1

   Bestiary lists

   New Player Dungeon

   The New Player Dungeon gives a 6x skill gain bonus to taming skills until they reach 80, so stay here as long as you can.

2. Animal Taming

   60-80

   Cave Bear

   Min taming 601 control slotAttack

   Where to tame

   Shelter Island Dungeon (New Player Dungeon), level 1

   Bestiary lists

   Mount Petram

   Still inside the 6x bonus. Skills cannot rise past 80 in the New Player Dungeon, so move on at 80.

   

3. Animal Taming

   80-85

   Deep Crawler

   Min taming 803 control slotsTank

   Where to tame

   Various locations (see the runetome)

   Bestiary lists

   Pulma

4. Animal Taming

   85-90

   Drake

   Min taming 852 control slotsAttack

   Where to tame

   Various locations (see the runetome)

   Bestiary lists

   Nusero

   Alternatives

   Dragon Whelp (see the runetome)

5. Animal Taming

   90-95

   Husk Crab

   Min taming 901 control slotTank

   Where to tame

   Various locations (see the runetome)

   Bestiary lists

   Pulma

6. Animal Taming

   95-100

   Dragon

   Min taming 953 control slotsAttack

   Where to tame

   Various locations (see the runetome)

   Bestiary lists

   Nusero

   Alternatives

   Molten Mongbat (Inferno, level 2)

7. Animal Taming

   100-105

   Snowdrift

   Min taming 1001 control slotUtility

   Where to tame

   Various locations (see the runetome)

   Bestiary lists

   Cavernam

   Alternatives

   Wisp (see the runetome)

8. Animal Taming

   105-110

   Earth Drake

   Min taming 1052 control slotsTank

   Where to tame

   Nusero, level 2

   Bestiary lists

   Mount Petram

   Alternatives

   Acarid (Cavernam, level 1)

9. Animal Taming

   110-115

   Sphinx

   Min taming 1101 control slotTank

   Where to tame

   Ossuary, level 3

   Bestiary lists

   Ossuary

   Alternatives

   Aegis Minion (Aegis Keep, level 1)

10. Animal Taming

    115-120

    Earth Dragon

    Min taming 1153 control slotsTank

    Where to tame

    Nusero, level 3

    Bestiary lists

    Mount Petram

    Alternatives

    Eldritch Dragon (Nusero, level 3), Colossal Sandroach (Ossuary, level 3.5)

Passive gains

• When you kill a creature, each of your tamed followers whose Min Taming is within 10 points of your printed Animal Taming skill helps you earn a Passive Skill Check for Animal Taming, Animal Lore and Herding.
• Chance per kill = Gold Value earned × Taming Skill Scalar × (valid follower control slots ÷ 5) ÷ 1000. The scalar starts at 10.0 up to 50 skill and falls to 1.3 at 115 to 120.
• Passive checks have a 15 second cooldown, and gain at 2x (Taming), 4x (Lore) and 10x (Herding) the normal chance.

That fits the route well: the creature you just tamed at each step sits within 10 points of your skill, so keep a full 5 slots of route pets and hunt high gold-value creatures between taming sessions. Full rules on the Animal Taming page.

Khal Draco's Rune Library

Khal Draco's Rune Library has been around since the early days of UO Outlands. It has evolved and grown in size and traffic, and Khal deems it an establishment “for the community”. PKs, thieves and griefers are not welcome.

Address

1992 Khal Draco Way, Lower Prevalia

General location

South of Lower Prevalia

Coordinates

1988, 1789

Hiking waypoint

Sacrificial Cliffs

Treasure map zone

Zone 22

The Taming Holy Grail

The runetome holds a rune for every stop on the route. Magery or recall scrolls are required to use it: drop recall scrolls onto the runetome to add charges. A vendor next to it sells recall scrolls in case you forgot them.

The AutoTame Razor script

Prerequisites: a tamer template (Veterinary required, Magery recommended for the runetome) and a tank pet. A level ten Scarab was the recommendation.

Setting up the script

1. Open the script page above and copy the whole script.
2. Launch the UO Outlands Classic Client and log in.
3. In Razor, open the Scripts tab and click New.
4. Name your script in the pop-up box and click OK.
5. Click inside the script text field, paste the script (Ctrl+V) and click Save.
6. Open the Options tab, click Add, then select your tank pet in game.
7. In the pop-up box, type tank and click OK.

Always read the author notes inside the script before running it. Script written by Zell (Script Wizard); setup steps by Hannah Humble.

Frequently asked questions

The Tame Outlands team

• [BB] Khal Draco

  Founder and editor

• Zell

  Script wizard

• Dead Reckoning

  Contributor

• Hannah Humble

  Contributor

Originally published on tameoutlands.com, created for the UO Outlands community, last updated there on April 15, 2023. Revived on UO Outlands Hub by Khal Draco.