Animal Taming Reference

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This page is a practical quick-reference for animal taming.

Required Items

1. Preferred food (press F Interact on animal for thought bubble popup, or see table below).
2. Animal Control Flute (post-tame linking and commands).
3. Basic enclosure setup with nearby water and food access.

Animal Taming Steps

1. Find a supported animal species.
2. Hold its preferred food (see table below).
3. Complete the tame interaction (default key is F).
4. You can press F on a tamed animal to quick-toggle simple modes (Follow, Hold, Idle).
5. Left-click with your Animal Control Flute to link it.

Livestock Taming and Food Preference Table

Once tamed, animals can be fed their preferred food or one of the crafted food options listed. Omnivorous animals have multiple feed options and will prioritize the first valid food item in the food trough.

Animal	Preferred Food		Crafted Food Options
Bison		Cauliflower
Boar		Pumpkin
Bunny		Carrot
Camel		Tomato
Chicken		Corn
Chicken Desert		Cotton
Cow		Lettuce
Goat		Apple
Horse		Carrot
Mosshorn		Potato
Mosshorn Plain		Potato
Mouflon		Apple
Pig		Turnip
Pig Wild		Aubergine
Rabbit		Carrot
Ram		Apple
Sheep		Lettuce
Skrill		Chilli
Turkey		Corn
Warthog		Onion

Neutral Wildlife Taming and Food Preference Table

Animal	Preferred Food		Crafted Food Options
Antelope		Lettuce
Armadillo		Egg
Crab		Raw Fish
Deer Doe		Lettuce
Deer Stag		Lettuce
Flamingo		Raw Fish
Hatworm		Egg
Horse Skeleton		Raw Beef
Horse Skeleton Armored		Raw Beef
Lizard Sand		Egg
Lobster		Raw Fish
Moose Bull		Cauliflower
Moose Cow		Cauliflower
Penguin		Raw Fish
Raccoon		Egg
Spark Living		Charcoal
Tetrabird		Wild Berries
Tortoise		Lettuce
Trillodon		Cauliflower

Raccoon

Raccoons spawn alone or in pairs in Zone 1 forests, from evening to morning (18:00 to 06:00). A wild raccoon sniffs its way toward a player who holds an egg, then begs once it is close. Feed it the egg to tame it. Tamed raccoons use the Animal Control Flute and support needs, happiness, breeding, leveling, traits, talents, and Soul Lantern capture. Their breeding cooldown is 50 minutes plus 150-450 seconds, and young take 70 minutes to grow.

Flying Companions Taming and Food Preference Table

These passive vanilla flyers use the normal feed-to-tame interaction after they approach and land. Interact without the correct preferred food in hand to make the animal show its food thought bubble. Once tamed, they use the same needs, happiness, breeding, growth, and non-combat command systems as other Animal Husbandry companions.

Wild flocks follow their leader's flight and landing decisions. A nearby threat or an attack can alert the whole flock. Leaders normally fly for 1–3 minutes, then spend 45–90 seconds on the ground, with food, danger, and sleep interrupting that cycle. Followers stay near the leader and land around its touchdown area.

Grounded birds watch unfamiliar players from about 12 blocks away and take off when they approach within 8 blocks without favorite food. Showing favorite food nearby grants 30 seconds of trust, refreshed while the food stays visible. After you put it away, they stop following and wander on the ground until trust expires or danger interrupts. Showing the food again resumes their approach.

Flying Companion	Preferred Food		Crafted Food Options
Bluebird		Corn
Sparrow		Corn
Parrot		Apple
Raven		Corn
Crow		Corn
Green Finch		Corn
Woodpecker		Corn
Brown Owl		Raw Wildmeat
Snow Owl		Raw Wildmeat
Bat		Apple
Ice Bat		Apple
Pigeon		Corn
Duck		Corn
Archaeopteryx		Raw Wildmeat
Hawk		Raw Wildmeat
Pterodactyl		Raw Wildmeat
Vulture		Raw Wildmeat

After linking one with the Animal Control Flute, use its Ground/Flight button in the linked companion panel. The selected mode stays active across Idle, Follow, Hold, and movement orders. Flying companions automatically land for food, water, sleep, and breeding, then resume flight afterward when Flight mode is still selected. See Commands and Controls.

Critters Taming and Food Preference Table

Animal	Preferred Food		Crafted Food Options
Cactee		Chilli
Frog Blue		Raw Fish
Frog Green		Raw Fish
Frog Orange		Raw Fish
Gecko		Egg
Meerkat		Raw Wildmeat
Mouse		Corn
Squirrel		Apple
Snail Frost		Lettuce
Snail Magma		Chilli