Taming

This page is a part of the Fallout: The Apprentice contest. It should not be confused with in game content.

“During the last centuries, a lot of people have tamed creatures from the Wasteland, and these tamers have passed down their knowledge to their fellow men. You heard about the tale of The AntAgonizer and Enclave deathclaws. Why not lead your own army of beasts?”

Characteristics[]

Taming is used to recruit a large range of creatures, which means said creatures have a lot more practical value. Taming covers the creation of custom pet food with the Survival skill and custom tamer tools with the Repair skill. Each creature has its specific type of food. The recipes are unlocked as the player’s survival skill is honed.

At level 40 survival, the player unlocks the possibility to have 2 pets following.

Big pets such as Deathclaws, Doomjaws and Yao Guais can be mounted.

Craftable Items List[]

Pet Food[]

Pet food is used to make the creatures non-hostile toward the player.

Name	Skill Requirement	Produced on	Items needed
Gecko Food	Survival: 10	Campfire	Ant meat (1) Dog meat (1)
Roach Food	Survival: 10	Campfire	Junk food (1) YumYum Deviled Eggs (1)
Molerat Food	Survival: 20	Campfire	Ant meat (1) Bloatfly meat (1)
Ant Food	Survival: 20	Campfire	Maize (1) Nuka-Cola (1)
Dog Food	Survival: 30	Campfire	Brahmin meat (1) Bighorner meat (1)
Bighorner Food	Survival: 40	Campfire	Banana yucca fruit (3) Buffalo gourd seed (3)
Feral Ghoul food	Survival: 50	Campfire	BlamCo Mac & Cheese (1) Cram (1)
Feral Ghoul food	Survival: 50	Campfire	BlamCo Mac & Cheese (1) Cram (1)
Scorpion food	Survival: 60	Campfire	Ant meat (1) Bloatfly meat (1)
Mirelurk food	Survival: 70	Campfire	Cazador egg (1) Ant egg (1)
Big Pet Food	Survival: 80	Campfire	Brahmin meat (5) Bighorner meat (5) Coyote meat (5)

Tamer tools[]

These tools are meant to make creatures acknowledge the player as their master. Taming lesser creatures such as radroaches or molerats doesn’t require these tools, but creatures with stronger jaws require a muzzle and creatures featuring arms or pincers require cuffs.

Name	Skill Requirement	Produced on	Items needed
Muzzle	Repair: 20	Workbench	1 leather belt 1 medical brace
Cuffs	Repair: 50	Workbench	2 leather belt 1 scrap metal 3 duct tape

Taming requirements[]

Below are listed the levels and items required to tame each type of creature. Some creatures sharing similarities (for example dogs and coyotes being both canines) are tamed with the same type of food.

Name	Skill Requirement	Items needed
Gecko	Survival: 10	1 Gecko Food
Radroach	Survival: 10	1 Radroach food
Mole rat	Survival: 20	1 Molerat Food
Giant ant	Survival: 20	1 Ant Food
Dog/Coyote	Survival: 30	1 Dog Food 1 Muzzle
Bighorner	Survival: 40	1 Bighorner Food 1 Muzzle
Golden gecko	Survival: 40	3 Gecko Food Muzzle Cuffs
Nightstalker	Survival: 50	3 Dog Food 1 Muzzle
Feral ghoul/Feral ghoul roamer	Survival: 50	3 Feral ghoul Food Cuffs
Radscorpion	Survival: 60	Cuffs (2)
Mirelurk/Mirelurk hunter	Survival: 70	3 Mirelurk food/ 7 Mirelurk food Cuffs (2)*
Fire gecko	Survival: 70	5 Gecko Food 2 Muzzle
Feral ghoul reaver/Glowing one	Survival: 70	6 Feral Ghoul Food Cuffs (2)
Giant radscorpion	Survival: 70	3 Scorpion Food 4 cuffs
Yao guai	Survival: 80	1 Big pet Food 2 Muzzle
Doomjaw	Survival: 80	3 Big pet Food 3 Muzzle
Deathclaw	Survival: 100	5 Big pet Food 4 Cuffs

Interractions with pets[]

Tamed creatures will act like companions, much like Rex from Fallout: New Vegas. The only difference is that they will have to be sheltered at a price and they will need to be fed every once in a while in Hardcore mode. A notification warning the player that his/her pet is hungry will appear in the top left corner of the screen. If the creature is starving, it may:

Attack the player.
Leave the player, search for food, then go to The Howling.
Die of starvation.

Dismissing a pet[]

Any dismissed pet will go to The Howling, the L.A. branch of The Thorn. They will be fed and watched over by a ghoul named Joey. If the player wants to retrieve a pet, he/she has to either pay the fee or fight alongside his chosen creature to allow it out of the cages.