Bestiary/Grizzly Bear

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Grizzly Bear

General
Type	Animal
Category	Animals
Alignment	Neutral
Karma	0
Fame	1,000
Behavior	Only when attacked
Speed	Medium
Stats
Strength	126–155
Dexterity	81–105
Intelligence	16–40
Hit points	76–93
Stamina	81–105
Mana	0
Damage	8–13
Armor	24
Taming
Tameable	Yes
Min. skill	59.1
Control slots	1
Bondable	Yes
Rideable	No
Favorite food	Fish, fruits and vegetables or meat
Resources
Carving	2 raw ribs, 16 hides

The Grizzly Bear is the strongest of the common bears, with high Tactics and solid damage. It only fights when attacked, and taming grizzlies has its own New Bradford achievement.

Overview

• In-game name: a grizzly bear
• Corpse: a grizzly bear corpse
• Behavior: it leaves you alone unless you attack it, then fights in melee (animal AI).

Stats

Stat	Value
Strength	126–155
Dexterity	81–105
Intelligence	16–40
Hit points	76–93
Stamina	81–105 (same as its Dexterity)
Mana	0
Melee damage	8–13
Armor rating	24
Fame / Karma	1,000 / 0

Skills

Skill	Range
Tactics	70.1–100.0
Wrestling	45.1–70.0
Magic Resistance	25.1–40.0

Taming

Requirement	Value
Minimum Animal Taming	59.1 (below this you have no chance)
Control slots	1
Maximum owners	5 (each previous owner makes it harder to tame)
Bonding	Yes
Rideable	No
Favorite food	Fish, fruits and vegetables or meat

• Success chance. For a first-time tame, your chance of success at the end of an attempt is about 82% at 100.0 skill, and it improves as your skill rises. Every previous owner adds 6 points to the difficulty.
• Don't hurt it. If it takes any damage during your attempt, taming fails with "The animal is too angry to continue taming."
• Stay close. You must stay within 6 tiles of it and keep a clear path to it.
• Obedience. Once tamed, how often it obeys depends on your Animal Taming and Animal Lore (taming counts four times as much as lore). With both at 59.1 it obeys about 70% of the time, and at about 64.0 it reaches the 99% maximum. Below 59.1 the chance drops quickly, to as low as 22%.
• Re-taming. If you've owned this one before, taming it again always succeeds ("That wasn't even challenging.").
• After its first tame, its skills drop to 90% of their wild values, or 86% if it was paralyzed while you tamed it. Its stats don't drop.

Pack instinct

Grizzly bears hunt better in groups. When several of your pets from the same pack group (the bear group: black, brown, grizzly and polar bears) attack the same creature while standing next to it (within 1 tile), each gets extra melee damage:

• 2 pets: +25%
• 3 pets: +50%
• 4 pets: +75%
• 5 or more: +100%

All the pets must have the same owner. The bonus only applies against other creatures, not against players.

Bonding

Only the owner can bond with a grizzly bear, and they need at least 59.1 Animal Taming (base skill). Feed it to start bonding, then feed it again after 7 days to finish. When you see "Your pet has bonded with you!", it's done.

New Bradford achievement

Every grizzly bear you tame counts toward the Tame 70 Grizzly Bears goal in your Achievements. Only your first tame of each grizzly bear counts. Re-taming one you've owned before doesn't.

Loot

It carries no loot.

Carving

Use a blade on the corpse to get:

• 2 raw ribs
• 16 hides

Tips

• Taming starts at 59.1; at 100.0 skill each attempt has about an 82% chance.
• Its Tactics can reach 100, which makes it one of the better early fighting pets.
• Pair it with other bears for the pack instinct damage bonus.
• Taming 70 grizzlies earns the Tame 70 Grizzly Bears achievement.
• Carve the corpse for 16 hides.