The Taming skill enhances animal companions, primarily wolves. It grants passive buffs to wolves that scale with your Taming level, as well as the ability to summon temporary companions and inspect animal stats. Taming has 10 sub-skills: the most of any mcMMO skill.
| Category | Combat (support) / utility |
| Primary tool | Bone (to tame), then summoning items per pet |
| Super ability | None |
| Parent skill(s) | None |
| Child skill(s) | None |
Taming XP is earned in two ways:
experience.yml under Experience_Values.Taming.Animal_Taming.| Animal | XP |
|---|---|
| Nautilus / Zombie Nautilus | 1700 |
| Sniffer | 1500 |
| Camel / Camel Husk | 1300 |
| Llama | 1200 |
| Parrot | 1100 |
| Horse / Donkey / Mule / Skeleton Horse / Zombie Horse | 1000 |
| Fox / Panda | 1000 |
| Frog | 900 |
| Snifflet | 900 |
| Axolotl | 600 |
| Cat / Ocelot | 500 |
| Wolf / Goat | 250 |
| Bee | 100 |
All wolf-based passive sub-skills apply only to wolves you own. They activate automatically when your wolves take or deal damage.
Ranks: 1, Unlocks at level 1
Beast Lore is an active ability that displays detailed information about a tamed animal. Right-click any tameable mob to see its current and maximum HP, its owner, and, for horses, mules, and donkeys, their movement speed and estimated jump height in blocks.
Ranks: 1, Unlocks at level 1
Call of the Wild allows you to summon a temporary tamed companion by right-clicking while holding specific items. A summoned companion despawns once its summon lifespan expires (default 240 seconds), or sooner if it dies or you log out. Each companion type also has a per-player cap on how many you can have summoned at once.
| Companion | Item held | Quantity consumed | Summon cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf | Bones | 10 | 2 |
| Ocelot / Cat | Cod | 10 | 1 |
| Horse | Apples | 10 | 1 |
Summoned horses have a random jump strength between the configured minimum and maximum values (default: 0.7–2.0).
Config keys (advanced.yml under Skills.Taming.CallOfTheWild):
| Key | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
MinHorseJumpStrength |
0.7 |
Minimum jump strength of a summoned horse |
MaxHorseJumpStrength |
2.0 |
Maximum jump strength of a summoned horse |
Ranks: 1, Unlocks at level 100
Environmentally Aware protects your wolves from environmental damage, but it behaves differently depending on the source:
Ranks: 1, Unlocks at level 200
Fast Food Service gives your wolves a flat 50% chance to heal HP equal to the damage they deal on each hit. Healing cannot exceed the wolf''s maximum HP.
Config keys (advanced.yml under Skills.Taming.FastFoodService):
| Key | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
Chance |
50.0 |
Flat chance (%) for healing proc per wolf hit |
Ranks: 1, Unlocks at level 150
Gore gives your wolves a chance to deal 2× damage and apply a short bleed (Rupture rank 1) on each attack. The proc chance scales linearly from 0% at level 0 to 100% at level 1000.
Config keys (advanced.yml under Skills.Taming.Gore):
| Key | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
ChanceMax |
100.0 |
Maximum proc chance (%) at MaxBonusLevel |
MaxBonusLevel.RetroMode |
1000 |
Skill level at which max chance is reached |
Modifier |
2.0 |
Damage multiplier on proc |
Ranks: 1, Unlocks at level 350
Holy Hound offsets certain damage types with healing for your wolves. When a wolf you own takes Magic, Poison, or Wither damage, it is first healed by an amount equal to that damage (capped at its maximum HP), which counteracts the incoming hit. The damage event itself is not cancelled, so the wolf still takes the damage; the pre-heal absorbs it. Because the heal is capped at max HP, a wolf already near full health can end up slightly lower after the exchange.
Ranks: 1, Unlocks at level 200
Pummel gives your wolves a flat 10% chance to knock back their target (1.5× velocity) on each hit, similar to the Greater Impact axe proc.
Config keys (advanced.yml under Skills.Taming.Pummel):
| Key | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
Chance |
10.0 |
Flat knockback proc chance (%) |
Ranks: 1, Unlocks at level 750
Sharpened Claws adds a flat +2.0 HP bonus to every attack your wolves make.
Config keys (advanced.yml under Skills.Taming.SharpenedClaws):
| Key | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
Bonus |
2.0 |
Flat HP bonus added to wolf attack damage |
Ranks: 1, Unlocks at level 500
Shock Proof reduces explosion and lightning damage taken by your wolves by a divisor of 6 (i.e., wolves take 1/6 of the raw explosion damage). If the final damage is 0, the event is cancelled.
Config keys (advanced.yml under Skills.Taming.ShockProof):
| Key | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
Modifier |
6.0 |
Divisor applied to explosion damage |
Ranks: 1, Unlocks at level 250
Thick Fur gives your wolves two passive protections:
Config keys (advanced.yml under Skills.Taming.ThickFur):
| Key | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
Modifier |
2.0 |
Divisor applied to physical damage |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/taming |
Display your Taming skill stats and sub-skill information. |
/mctop taming |
View the Taming leaderboard. |
/mcrank |
Show your rank on every skill leaderboard. |