40d:Tame

Tame is a designation given to animals. Tame animals will not attack dwarves, and can be taken as pets. Tame animals can only be butchered if they are slaughtered; if they die by any other means, their corpses (and bones and skulls) can never be processed into food or goods.

Taming a wild animal requires a kennel, and uses the animal trainer skill. Tame dogs can be further trained into war dogs.

Value

These are the prices you pay when you trade for caged tame animals and the amounts dwarfs have to spend to claim pets after the dwarven economy has started. An animal's value as a pet is independant of its material multiplier.

Pet value	Pet name
10000	Dragon, Hydra
2500	Giant cave spider, Giant desert scorpion
1000	Basking shark, Whale, Whale shark
750	Cave crocodile, Giant bat, Giant olm, Giant toad, Polar bear
700	Giant cave swallow, Giant eagle, Saltwater crocodile
650	Alligator
500	Bilou, Black-crested gibbon, Black-handed gibbon, Bonobo, Bull shark, Chimpanzee, Elephant, Frill shark, Giant rat, Gorilla, Gray gibbon, Great white shark, Grizzly bear, Hammerhead shark, Longfin mako shark, Manta ray, Marlin, Ocean sunfish, One-humped camel, Orangutan, Pileated gibbon, Shortfin mako shark, Siamang, Silvery gibbon, Swordfish, Tiger shark, Two-humped camel, White-browed gibbon, White-handed gibbon
400	Blue shark, Conger eel, Hippo, Walrus
350	Naked mole dog, Giant mole
300	Black bear, Cow, Muskox, Nurse shark, Sturgeon
250	Large rat
200	Angelshark, Blacktip reef shark, Bluefin tuna, Bluefish, Cheetah, Cod, Coelacanth, Common skate, Donkey, Giant cheetah, Giant grouper, Giant lion, Giant tiger, Great barracuda, Halibut, Horse, Lion, Longnose gar, Mule, Opah, Pike, Sea lamprey, Spiny dogfish, Spotted wobbegong, Stingray, Tiger, Tigerfish, Whitetip reef shark
100	Cougar, Elk, Fox squirrel, Giant jaguar, Giant leopard, Jaguar, Knuckle worm, Leopard, Warthog
50	Carp, Deer, Gazelle, Groundhog, Hoary marmot, Mandrill, Milkfish, Mountain goat, Rhesus macaque, Wolf
30	Bat, Blue jay, Cardinal, Cat, Cave swallow, Dog, Grackle, Oriole, Red-winged blackbird
25	Fox, Raccoon
20	Demon rat, Fluffy wambler, Moghopper, Two-legged rhino lizard
10	Chipmunk, Gray squirrel, Hedgehog, Lizard, Rat, Red squirrel, Toad, Turtle
5	Large roach
1	Cave spider, Fire snake, Gremlin, Olm, Phantom spider, Purring maggot

See Also

• Item value
• Animal material multiplier