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White Wolf

General
Type	Animal
Category	Animals
Alignment	Neutral
Karma	0
Fame	450
Behavior	Only when attacked
Speed	Medium
Stats
Strength	56–80
Dexterity	56–75
Intelligence	31–55
Hit points	34–48
Stamina	56–75
Mana	0
Damage	3–7
Armor	16
Taming
Tameable	Yes
Min. skill	65.1
Control slots	1
Bondable	Yes
Rideable	No
Favorite food	Meat
Resources
Carving	1 raw ribs, 6 hides

The White Wolf has the same stats as a grey wolf but needs more skill to tame (65.1). It only fights when attacked.

Overview

• In-game name: a white wolf
• Corpse: a white wolf corpse
• Looks: every white wolf spawns with one of two random looks (body 34 or 37).
• Behavior: it leaves you alone unless you attack it, then fights in melee (animal AI).

Stats

Stat	Value
Strength	56–80
Dexterity	56–75
Intelligence	31–55
Hit points	34–48
Stamina	56–75 (same as its Dexterity)
Mana	0
Melee damage	3–7
Armor rating	16
Fame / Karma	450 / 0

Skills

Skill	Range
Tactics	45.1–60.0
Wrestling	45.1–60.0
Magic Resistance	20.1–35.0

Taming

Requirement	Value
Minimum Animal Taming	65.1 (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	Meat

• Success chance. For a first-time tame, your chance of success at the end of an attempt is about 70% 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 65.1 it obeys about 70% of the time, and at about 70.0 it reaches the 99% maximum. Below 65.1 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.
• Dark wolf familiar. The taming code lets a tamer whose summoned familiar is a dark wolf always tame dire, grey, timber and white wolves. Whether players can summon a dark wolf familiar on New Bradford hasn't been checked.

Pack instinct

White wolves hunt better in groups. When several of your pets from the same pack group (the canine group: wolves, dogs and hell hounds) 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 white wolf, and they need at least 65.1 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
• 6 hides

Tips

• Its stats and skills are the same as a grey wolf's; only the taming requirement (65.1 vs 53.1) and look differ.
• At 100.0 skill each attempt has about a 70% chance.
• Wolves, dogs and hell hounds share a pack group; tame several for the pack instinct bonus.