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Game Mechanic: Tamed Mountable Animals
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Tamed Mountable Animals
Certain animals, such as Elk, can be tamed and used as mounts. Mounted animals have several locations to add tack and equipment:
Saddle- In order to ride your mount, you will need a saddle. It is placed on a location directly above the back.
Saddle blanket- Saddle blankets are an optional accessory. They are placed on a location on the upper part of the back, below the saddle location.
Bridle- There are two bridle options: curb and snaffle. The snaffle bit will allow you to control the mount in the same way the character is controlled.
The curb bit will use a control scheme where you press the forward key once, and the mount will continue moving without holding the key.
Saddlebags- Saddlebags may be placed just above the rear legs, over the haunches, to provide extra inventory space.
Hay bed- A hay bed may be placed on top of the animal's rump, directly behind the saddle.
Lantern- A lantern may be hung from the mount's neck.
Utility locations - There are two locations (left and right) over the front shoulders, where the player can store a cooking pot.
Temporal Gear Storage - on the right side, directly behind the saddlebags, are three locations for storing temporal gears.
Bone Flute - You can use a bone flute to call a mount to you, so long as it is in a loaded chunk. (This can be used to get the mount out of holes or other stuck spots)
How To Tame
A tamed Elk can be obtained by trapping a wild baby elk (using a crate trap) and taming it. Alternatively, you may purchase one from a treasure hunter trader (after completing the first main story event).
If you capture a baby elk, you then must keep it and feed it well for a year, at which point it will grow into a 'semi-tamed' animal. At this point you must repeat a cycle of placing a saddle on it, mounting it, and riding it till bucked off. After doing this a number of times, the animal will become tamed.
Certain animals, such as Elk, can be tamed and used as mounts. Mounted animals have several locations to add tack and equipment:
Saddle- In order to ride your mount, you will need a saddle. It is placed on a location directly above the back.
Saddle blanket- Saddle blankets are an optional accessory. They are placed on a location on the upper part of the back, below the saddle location.
Bridle- There are two bridle options: curb and snaffle. The snaffle bit will allow you to control the mount in the same way the character is controlled.
The curb bit will use a control scheme where you press the forward key once, and the mount will continue moving without holding the key.
Saddlebags- Saddlebags may be placed just above the rear legs, over the haunches, to provide extra inventory space.
Hay bed- A hay bed may be placed on top of the animal's rump, directly behind the saddle.
Lantern- A lantern may be hung from the mount's neck.
Utility locations - There are two locations (left and right) over the front shoulders, where the player can store a cooking pot.
Temporal Gear Storage - on the right side, directly behind the saddlebags, are three locations for storing temporal gears.
Bone Flute - You can use a bone flute to call a mount to you, so long as it is in a loaded chunk. (This can be used to get the mount out of holes or other stuck spots)
How To Tame
A tamed Elk can be obtained by trapping a wild baby elk (using a crate trap) and taming it. Alternatively, you may purchase one from a treasure hunter trader (after completing the first main story event).
If you capture a baby elk, you then must keep it and feed it well for a year, at which point it will grow into a 'semi-tamed' animal. At this point you must repeat a cycle of placing a saddle on it, mounting it, and riding it till bucked off. After doing this a number of times, the animal will become tamed.