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. Companions persist until they die or you log out.
| Companion | Item held | Quantity consumed |
|---|---|---|
| Wolf | Bones | 10 |
| Ocelot / Cat | Raw Fish | 10 |
| Horse | Apples | 10 |
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 prevents lethal fall damage to your wolves. When a wolf you own would take damage that exceeds its remaining HP from a fall or other environmental source, it is automatically teleported to your location instead of dying.
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 converts certain damage types into healing for your wolves. Instead of taking damage from Magic, Poison, or Wither effects, the wolf is healed by that amount (up to max HP) and the damage event is cancelled entirely.
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. |