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Domesticating wildlife is a recent gameplay addition in this survival title, allowing players to form bonds with forest dwellers through a skill-based rhythm challenge. Success requires mastering a musical minigame followed by offering creature-specific nourishment. Higher-level beasts demand advanced instruments and repeated efforts—this walkthrough details flute acquisition, domestication techniques, and companion management.
Acquiring the Domestication Instrument
The essential domestication tool appears in wilderness huts or uncommon containers. Three instrument levels exist:
- Basic Flute: Suitable for rabbits, wolves, scorpions, and arctic foxes
- Intermediate Flute: Necessary for alpha predators
- Advanced Flute: Required for apex fauna like bears and mammoths
Selecting the Fauna Handler specialization improves success probabilities and simplifies the musical challenge, particularly for elusive species.
Wildlife Domestication Process
Activate the rhythm challenge near target creatures by equipping your flute. Maintain accuracy during timed sequences—successful attempts reveal emotional feedback through icons. Provide preferred sustenance until achieving full compliance, repeating until domestication completes. Players may maintain two active companions simultaneously.
Domesticatable Species Catalog
| Animal | Flute Tier | Taming Cycles | Required Food | Total Food Needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lava Mammoth | Tier 3 | 5 | Pumpkin x2, Cake x1 per cycle | 10 Pumpkins, 5 Cakes |
| Mammoth | Tier 3 | 5 | Pumpkin x2, Cake x1 per cycle | 10 Pumpkins, 5 Cakes |
| Polar Bear | Tier 3 | 5 | Rib x1, Stew x1, Pumpkin x1 per cycle | 5 Ribs, 5 Stews, 5 Pumpkins |
| Arctic Fox | Tier 1 | 3 | Steak x1, Chili x1 per cycle | 3 Steaks, 3 Chilis |
| Scorpion | Tier 1 | 3 | Steak x1, Morsel x1 per cycle | 3 Steaks, 3 Morsels |
| Bear | Tier 3 | 5 | Rib x1, Stew x1, Pumpkin x1 per cycle | 5 Ribs, 5 Stews, 5 Pumpkins |
| Alpha Wolf | Tier 2 | 4 | Steak x1, Stew x1, Corn x1 per cycle | 4 Steaks, 4 Stews, 4 Corn |
| Wolf | Tier 1 | 3 | Steak x2 per cycle | 6 Steaks |
| Rabbit | Tier 1 | 1 | Carrot x1 | 1 Carrot |
Common Queries
Locate the tool within animal husbandry structures or exceptional loot containers. The Fauna Handler role improves discovery rates.
Maximum two active companions—releasing existing partners is necessary before acquiring new ones.
Unsuccessful tries reset the current cycle. Advanced instruments provide greater margin for error.