Taming skills

Animal Taming, Animal Lore, and Veterinary — tame limits, success formulas, tameable mobs, and healing mechanics.

Three skills handle animal companions: Animal Taming to acquire them, Animal Lore to inspect them, and Veterinary to keep them healthy.

Animal Taming

Command: /tame → left-click the target mob in the targeting window.

Raises when: You attempt to tame a mob (success or failure).

Tame limit

max_tamed = Animal Taming / 20   (max 5 at skill 100)

Skill	Max tamed companions
0 – 19	0
20 – 39	1
40 – 59	2
60 – 79	3
80 – 99	4
100	5

Success formula

success_rate = (Animal Taming − required_skill) + 30 %
             + 20 % if holding preferred food
             (max 90 %)

Tameable mobs

Difficulty	Mob	Required skill	Preferred food (+ 20 % success)
Easy	Wolf	0	Bone
Easy	Cat	0	Raw Cod, Raw Salmon
Easy	Parrot	10	Any seed
Medium	Horse	30	Golden Carrot
Medium	Donkey	30	Golden Carrot
Medium	Llama	40	Hay Bale

Taming flow

1. Start tame mode

   Run /tame. The action bar shows: 🐾 Tame — Left click: tame / Right click: cancel (10 s)

2. Select target

   Left-click the mob you want to tame within 10 seconds. Right-click or wait for the timeout to cancel.

3. Skill check

   The plugin checks: required skill met? Tame limit not exceeded? Then rolls the success rate.

4. Result

   On success: the mob is tamed and follows you. On failure: nothing happens; the mob is not harmed.

If you do not meet the required skill for a mob, you receive “Skill insufficient (required: XX)” and the tame attempt is not made — no skill gain occurs.

Post-tame controls (vanilla)

Action	Method
Follow / sit	Right-click (sit the animal)
Attack target	Wolf attacks whoever you attack
Mount	Right-click horse, donkey, or llama

Animal Lore

Command: /lore → left-click any mob in the targeting window.

Effect: Displays the mob’s current and maximum HP, tame status, and owner name. Higher skill reveals additional information about wild mobs (attack power, drop table).

Raises when: You use the command.

Example output

=== Wolf ===
❤ HP: 8 / 20
Status: Healthy
Owner: Steve
Tamed: Yes

Animal Lore contributes to the INT stat.

Veterinary

Triggers: Right-clicking one of your tamed mobs while holding food.

Effect: Heals the mob. One food item is consumed.

heal_amount = food_hunger_value × (1 + Veterinary / 100)

Skill	Heal multiplier
0	1.0× (base food value)
50	1.5×
100	2.0×

Raises when: You successfully heal a tamed mob.

Veterinary only works on mobs you own. Attempting to heal another player’s pet results in “This is not your pet.”