How to Tame Pets in Rune Slayer – Full Pet List
Being able to tame pets (and mount them later on) is one of my favorite things about Rune Slayer. However, it’s hard to find your way with the plethora of different beats, requirements and quicks. That’s where our guide on how to tame pets in Rune Slayer comes into play. We’ll also throw in the full Rune Slayer pet list for good measure. Table of contents Taming Pets Guide in Rune Slayer Full Rune Slayer Pet List And Where to Find Them How to Mount Your Pet in Rune Slayer How to Get the Beast Tamer Class and Tame Stronger Beasts Taming Pets Guide in Rune Slayer To tame a pet in Rune Slayer, you’ll first need to decide which animal you’re going to go for. Why is this important? Well, to tame a beast, you have to get its favorite food and offer it. Without that one specific item, they won’t heed your call. Let’s take the Deer as an example. Apples are their favorite fruit, so you can easily get one from one of the trees by the pond in Wayshire. Screenshot by Destructoid Once you have your Apples, go to the Wilderness east of Wayshire. Screenshot by Destructoid Look around and find a Deer. Approach it and use M1 to strike it. After the first strike, take out your Apple. Don’t eat it and don’t kill the animal. Screenshot by Destructoid After a second or two, you’ll see a heart appearing above the deer’s head. However, it can also disappear, causing the deer to attack you and cancel the taming process. Screenshot by Destructoid It might take a couple of tries, but you’ll eventually see the heart growing in size. That means the taming is working. Screenshot by Destructoid And voila, you’ve learned how to tame pets in Rune Slayer. But, hold your horses for a bit. This guide is only for taming Deer in the Wilderness area. There are 10+ other pets in the game, so how do you unlock them? Screenshot by Destructoid Full Rune Slayer Pet List And Where to Find Them If you don’t want to spend hours figuring out how to tame pets in Rune Slayer that aren’t Deer, check out the table below. It contains all the key info you need to find the best pet for your class: Pet Location How to tame Description Slime Wilderness Feed them Slime Chunks dropped by slain slimes Common creatures in Rune Slayer, found in the Wilderness. They are the easiest pets to tame. Black Ooze Caves Feed them Black Ooze Chunks obtained from Black Ooze A variant of the standard slime, these creatures are just as simple to tame. Deer Pinewood Thickets Feed them apples found on trees in Wayshrine Passive creatures that can be tamed effortlessly with apples. They can also be ridden, offering fast travel. Wolf Pinewood Thickets Feed them Raw Deer Meat Powerful pets with a taming chance lower than 100%, requiring multiple attempts with enough Raw Deer Meat. Bear Pinewood Thickets Feed them Honey or use the Beast Tamer skill Hostile creatures with a rare spawn rate. Taming requires a significant amount of honey, typically 20 or more. Boar Wilderness Feed them Raw Bass Relatively docile creatures that are easy to tame with around 10 Raw Bass. They can also be ridden for faster movement. Beaver Pinewood Thickets Feed them Oak Logs obtained from Oak Trees Often found near water, Beavers provide minimal combat aid but can be used as mounts for quicker travel. Alligator Greatwood Swamp Feed them Raw Serpent Meat from Greatwood Swamp Highly aggressive creatures with a very low taming success rate. It’s best to attempt taming only with a strong character build. Bee Pinewood Thickets Feed them Honey Bees spawn when gathering Honey Combs from trees and immediately become hostile. Keeping honey on hand is essential for taming. Fairy/Golden Fairy Greatwood Swamp Simply touch them Rare creatures with an even rarer Golden variant. Taming is guaranteed upon contact. Spider Goblin Caves Use the Beast Tamer skill Hostile cave creatures requiring the Beast Tamer skill for taming. Mud Crab Greatwood Swamp Feed them Black Bass and use Beast Tamer skill Aggressive creatures requiring the Beast Tamer skill and at least 15 Black Bass due to a low taming rate. Panther Pinewood Thickets Feed them Animal Hearts (rare drops from animal mobs) and use Beast Tamer skill Extremely rare and dangerous. Taming is exceptionally difficult due to the scarcity of Animal Hearts. How to Mount Your Pet in Rune Slayer Screenshot by Destructoid Aside from serving as companions and quasi-tanks, pets in Rune Slayer can also be used as mounts. You can get a mount once you reach level 20. Then, just go and talk to Jimmy the Stable Master. He’ll send you on a quest to deliver a note to Ashenshire, the second zone. Just head down the path, and you’ll see a rope heading up a tree. Climb it and the NPC will be on your right. She’ll hand you a package, and you’ll just have to deliver it back to Jimmy the Stable Master to get your Saddle. Not the worst fetch quest, eh? How to Get the Beast Tamer Class and Tame Str
Being able to tame pets (and mount them later on) is one of my favorite things about Rune Slayer. However, it’s hard to find your way with the plethora of different beats, requirements and quicks. That’s where our guide on how to tame pets in Rune Slayer comes into play. We’ll also throw in the full Rune Slayer pet list for good measure.
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Taming Pets Guide in Rune Slayer
To tame a pet in Rune Slayer, you’ll first need to decide which animal you’re going to go for. Why is this important? Well, to tame a beast, you have to get its favorite food and offer it. Without that one specific item, they won’t heed your call.
Let’s take the Deer as an example. Apples are their favorite fruit, so you can easily get one from one of the trees by the pond in Wayshire.
Once you have your Apples, go to the Wilderness east of Wayshire.
Look around and find a Deer. Approach it and use M1 to strike it. After the first strike, take out your Apple. Don’t eat it and don’t kill the animal.
After a second or two, you’ll see a heart appearing above the deer’s head. However, it can also disappear, causing the deer to attack you and cancel the taming process.
It might take a couple of tries, but you’ll eventually see the heart growing in size. That means the taming is working.
And voila, you’ve learned how to tame pets in Rune Slayer. But, hold your horses for a bit. This guide is only for taming Deer in the Wilderness area. There are 10+ other pets in the game, so how do you unlock them?
Full Rune Slayer Pet List And Where to Find Them
If you don’t want to spend hours figuring out how to tame pets in Rune Slayer that aren’t Deer, check out the table below. It contains all the key info you need to find the best pet for your class:
Pet
Location
How to tame
Description
Slime
Wilderness
Feed them Slime Chunks dropped by slain slimes
Common creatures in Rune Slayer, found in the Wilderness. They are the easiest pets to tame.
Black Ooze
Caves
Feed them Black Ooze Chunks obtained from Black Ooze
A variant of the standard slime, these creatures are just as simple to tame.
Deer
Pinewood Thickets
Feed them apples found on trees in Wayshrine
Passive creatures that can be tamed effortlessly with apples. They can also be ridden, offering fast travel.
Wolf
Pinewood Thickets
Feed them Raw Deer Meat
Powerful pets with a taming chance lower than 100%, requiring multiple attempts with enough Raw Deer Meat.
Bear
Pinewood Thickets
Feed them Honey or use the Beast Tamer skill
Hostile creatures with a rare spawn rate. Taming requires a significant amount of honey, typically 20 or more.
Boar
Wilderness
Feed them Raw Bass
Relatively docile creatures that are easy to tame with around 10 Raw Bass. They can also be ridden for faster movement.
Beaver
Pinewood Thickets
Feed them Oak Logs obtained from Oak Trees
Often found near water, Beavers provide minimal combat aid but can be used as mounts for quicker travel.
Alligator
Greatwood Swamp
Feed them Raw Serpent Meat from Greatwood Swamp
Highly aggressive creatures with a very low taming success rate. It’s best to attempt taming only with a strong character build.
Bee
Pinewood Thickets
Feed them Honey
Bees spawn when gathering Honey Combs from trees and immediately become hostile. Keeping honey on hand is essential for taming.
Fairy/Golden Fairy
Greatwood Swamp
Simply touch them
Rare creatures with an even rarer Golden variant. Taming is guaranteed upon contact.
Spider
Goblin Caves
Use the Beast Tamer skill
Hostile cave creatures requiring the Beast Tamer skill for taming.
Mud Crab
Greatwood Swamp
Feed them Black Bass and use Beast Tamer skill
Aggressive creatures requiring the Beast Tamer skill and at least 15 Black Bass due to a low taming rate.
Panther
Pinewood Thickets
Feed them Animal Hearts (rare drops from animal mobs) and use Beast Tamer skill
Extremely rare and dangerous. Taming is exceptionally difficult due to the scarcity of Animal Hearts.
How to Mount Your Pet in Rune Slayer
Aside from serving as companions and quasi-tanks, pets in Rune Slayer can also be used as mounts. You can get a mount once you reach level 20. Then, just go and talk to Jimmy the Stable Master.
He’ll send you on a quest to deliver a note to Ashenshire, the second zone. Just head down the path, and you’ll see a rope heading up a tree. Climb it and the NPC will be on your right. She’ll hand you a package, and you’ll just have to deliver it back to Jimmy the Stable Master to get your Saddle. Not the worst fetch quest, eh?
How to Get the Beast Tamer Class and Tame Stronger Beasts
Aside from regular pets and mounts, there’s another aspect of taming—getting stronger, more dangerous pets. However, only the Archer class is able to do this by getting the Beast Tamer subclass.
To do this yourself, just follow our guide on how to level up fast in Rune Slayer and get to level 30. Then, choose the class from the menu and try your hand at taming a Barracuda or Adult Spider. The Adult Spider in particular is my favorite pet tank in the game.
And there you have it, your one-stop-shop to learning how to tame pets in Rune Slayer. Not only will you be able to have a loyal companion, but also a way to speed around the map and get to level 40 fast. Don’t forget to check out our Rune Slayer tier list to make sure you have the best pet for your build, too.
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