Really just the 1 and 6 would make it awesome. There are other mercenaries that have chicken companions. There are tons of battles you’ll face in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. You assassinate one guy and as the other turns to look at you, your wolf jumps on him and tears out his throat. And that’s our Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Taming Animals guide for you animal lovers! Cookies help us deliver our Services. So make it so maybe each animal has strengths and weaknesses. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Taming Animals: Is It Worth It? Seriously, 1 and 6 are no brainers, but the other ones seem a bit excessive. If you reload a save or die and reload you lose the animal. I had an elite bear that I tamed with the double HP and 50% damage bonus engraving with me when I fought what is considered the hardest legendary beast for the Daphne questline, and it absolutely destroyed it. This isn't meant to be anything like Dark Souls. Don’t kill the wolf, just use the paralyzing arrows to make the wolf fall asleep. But yeah, they disappear if you sail or reload. Not only can you enjoy a pet wolf like your cute dog, but you can also use tamed animals to your advantage. If I'm clearing a fort to weaken a region and find a bear in a cage, I'll tame it. For news, discussion and more about Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed franchise. Why not grab some to use on your PS5? They do follow through loading screens such as fast travel and conquest.. Disagree with 3 and 6. Honestly, 1 and 6 should've been included in the game by default. But they are inferior to the bear. Not because it makes things easier, but because the game makes my animal go away for no reason. How to make Beast Master worth it: The tamed animal is permanent until dismissed, persists through saves and fast travel etc. Each rank of beast master, and hunter damage, dictates the health and damage of your animal companion. There is so much potential in taming animals and having companions as well. When I loaded it up the next day, I had no companion and the bear was rampaging through the town killing people. You need to invest some points to get the Beast Master skill available at the Hunter Ability Tree. I wish they would've just dropped the AC formula (return back to the real AC series) and embraced the open world and sandbox they've build here more. Such a dumb ability you should be able to tell your animal who to attack like in Farcry instead of it just walking a foot behind you the whole time. More interactions between protagonist and animal and Ikaros. Then when I go to the conquest battle, it can wreck some grunts for me. What's funny is that this is a thing that is common in Far Cry games and done much better than in the latest 2 ACs, I pretty much rushed to get Beast Master (or whatever it was called) in AC Origins only to learn that the beast goes away if you fast travel or quit the game. Something like this would be cool. I mean, they made stone age weapons not only fun to use and relatively diverse, but also fun to upgrade. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. They could do something like when Phobos dies from a fall; make the animal unavailable for a time and then it comes back. They go away on reload. As long as I haven’t traveled to my ship, and just went sync point to sync point, the animal comes with. Side info: all of my quicksaves where she was following me now has no trace of her existing. So my question is, are tames worth picking up at lower levels or even full stop? Plus, yeah, the animal companions were great. What does however work is fast traveling and conquest battles which you keep the animal through. I once had a bear companion following me around in a big city when I saved and quit the game. Beast Master 3 makes it so that your animal cannot die, just goes down in combat and you have to revive it (can use the paralysed animation for this). The latest US PS Store sales is now live, and features a range of discounts for PS4 games. With an Alpha version of an animal tamed, lower versions of that animal no longer attack you in the wild. But of course, they would be more difficult to knock down. I see these mercenaries running around with their companions and I wanted that aswell. Is this normal? Your new pet will follow you around and you can touch his head to pet him. It wasn't the best story they've ever told but the gameplay was actually quite fun in my opinion. I'd happily trade all of these potential fixes for just 1: at rank 3, predator animals ignore you. So what you need to do is to knock him out. However, a wolf can easily be taken down after few hits. And has anyone else encountered these dissapearing animals? Does anyone know if animals affect stealth? It doesn’t appear to follow you on your ship though. © 2006-2020 PlayStation Universe, All Rights Reserved. This trek took an hour real time to eventually find a level 19 lion pride. This is what PS Plus looks like on PS5. Want to see how the PS Store looks on PS5? Taming Alpha's would be too OP, and there should still be a risk of death or you will only ever tame once. I really wanted to get this off my chest because while I agree that in many areas Odyssey fell short, sometimes I believe the hate/criticism against Odyssey is a bit overblown and not based in fact.-----‐----- So first, go into the wild and hunt for a wolf. The pet accompanies you anywhere and can fight with and for you. Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. Pros: The story is actually really good. So if you want a stronger animal, you can un-tame it and replace it with a bigger and better one like the mighty bear. For news, discussion and more about Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed franchise. So what’s the use of having a tamed animal? This is how you can make wild animals tame. Cookies help us deliver our Services. Then check out our video here, which offers a detailed look at improved PS Store PS5 functionality! Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory (Nintendo Switch / PS4 / Xbox One), Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (PC / PS4 / PS5 / Xbox One / Xbox Series S/X), Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate (Google Stadia / Nintendo Switch / PC / PS4 / PS5 / Xbox One / Xbox Series S/X), Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead (Android / iOS / Nintendo Switch / PC / PS4 / PS5 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X), Katamari Damacy Reroll (Nintendo Switch / PC / PS4 / Xbox One), Vigor (Nintendo Switch / PC / PS4 / PS5 / Xbox One / Xbox Series S/X), Spirit Of The North Enhanced Edition (PS5). The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. They could just implement Far Cry 5 animal companions in this game. I think I might just wait higher levels and maybe just keep it circumstantial. As expected she scaled back to level 11, no biggie. Also let you tame and equip sharks in that slot for use while doing underwater exploration! I am fine with combat that would perhaps be less challenging, but with addition of various companions that I get to choose from, more varied and entertaining. The lioness actually vanished into thin air while I was riding. Margret Fermin / September 26, 2018 One of the fun things you can do in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is taming wild animals. lol, making an absolutely useless skill into an op one. EDIT: I know this will be downvoted cause people just want to hate on Odyssey no matter what. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Could synchronise nicely with a hunter/assassin hybrid. The lynx could have low agro/stealth or something. Now this was my very first tame full stop and my first dance with a lion, so after some trial and error I managed to finally tame her. Like the the wolf you can tame 2 at a time. There is an engraving that helps, that is +50% health and +100% damage for tames. I hope they straight up add a gear slot for tames, taming an animal lets you "capture" the same way as lieutenants, then equip them in the animal companion slot that unlocks if you get the skill. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, i5 4670k @3.4GHz, GTX 970, 16GB RAM, SSDs for dayz. Like, if I'm sneaking through a fort, will anybody freak out when they see my lion, or is it like MGS5 where nobody raises an alarm over your dog? Alpha lions do a lot of damage already, so the ability doesn't need an actual stat buff (plus, you can wield Pandora's Kopis or its unique engraving if you wanna specialize in this skill). But I don't want a bear as a pet I want a wolf or lion. You’ll be fighting many enemies and animals in the wild. I find the battles with companions quite entertaining (especially when boarding ships), and it's something that also breaks up the potential monotony. Both of these should be fixed. What had safely made it go away for me was going inside any bigger place where it can't follow you, like a cave - when I got out, it was nowhere to be found. Fyi, there is an engraving from a mercenary that increases their health and damage significantly. There's a sword (from the Artemis quest line, if I remember correctly) that gives them 100% more health and damage. The wolf sees you as his next meal and will attack you. Not sure it's worth sinking points into anymore. I’ve already got every achievement for it because I have no life, so I have a very good grasp of its pros and cons. I probably won't play it again any time soon or probably even ever again, but i thoroughly enjoyed it. The rest seems like way more than is in any other skill so it doesn't really fit that well within the game. For real, it was fun roaming around with an alpha bear for a while, but I had to reload a save because I chose a bad conversation choice and my bear was gone.