Bestiary/Cougar

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Cougar

General
Type	Animal
Category	Animals
Alignment	Neutral
Karma	0
Fame	450
Behavior	Only when attacked
Speed	Medium
Stats
Strength	56–80
Dexterity	66–85
Intelligence	26–50
Hit points	34–48
Stamina	66–85
Mana	0
Damage	4–10
Armor	16
Taming
Tameable	Yes
Min. skill	41.1
Control slots	1
Bondable	Yes
Rideable	No
Favorite food	Fish or meat
Resources
Carving	1 raw ribs, 10 hides

The Cougar is a quick big cat that only fights when attacked. It needs 41.1 Animal Taming.

Overview

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

Stats

Stat	Value
Strength	56–80
Dexterity	66–85
Intelligence	26–50
Hit points	34–48
Stamina	66–85 (same as its Dexterity)
Mana	0
Melee damage	4–10
Armor rating	16
Fame / Karma	450 / 0

Skills

Skill	Range
Tactics	45.1–60.0
Wrestling	45.1–60.0
Magic Resistance	15.1–30.0

Taming

Requirement	Value
Minimum Animal Taming	41.1 (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 or meat

• Success chance. For a first-time tame, your chance of success at the end of an attempt rises by about 2% per skill point and reaches 100% at 91.0 skill. 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 41.1 it obeys about 70% of the time, and at about 46.0 it reaches the 99% maximum. Below 41.1 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

Cougars hunt better in groups. When several of your pets from the same pack group (the feline group: cats, cougars, panthers, snow leopards and hell cats) 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 cougar, and they need at least 41.1 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.

Loot

It carries no loot.

Carving

Use a blade on the corpse to get:

• 1 raw ribs
• 10 hides

Location

• The Deceit brazier: double-clicking it from within 2 tiles summons one creature picked at random from a list of about 90, and this is one of them. The brazier warns players who step next to it ("Heed this warning well, and use this brazier at your own peril"). It works once every 15 minutes and places the creature within 5 tiles. The summoned creature is set to attack the closest target, even if it would normally leave you alone, and it stays within 5 tiles of the brazier.

Tips

• Taming starts at 41.1 and always succeeds from 91.0.
• Big cats share a pack group (cougars, panthers, snow leopards and hell cats, plus house cats), so a team earns the pack instinct bonus.
• Carve the corpse for 10 hides.