Bestiary/Grey Wolf

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Grey 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	53.1
Control slots	1
Bondable	Yes
Rideable	No
Favorite food	Meat
Resources
Carving	1 raw ribs, 6 hides (12 in Felucca)

The Grey Wolf is a mid-range wolf that leaves you alone unless you attack it. It needs 53.1 Animal Taming.

Overview

• In-game name: a grey wolf
• Corpse: a grey wolf corpse
• Looks: every grey wolf spawns with one of two random looks (body 25 or 27).
• 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

Resistances and damage types (not used on New Bradford)
The script also lists Age of Shadows resistances and damage types. New Bradford runs on Lord Blackthorn's Revenge combat rules, so these values have no effect in fights. They're shown here only for completeness.
Damage types	100% physical
Resistances	Physical 15–20, Fire 10–15, Cold 20–25, Poison 10–15, Energy 10–15

Taming

Requirement	Value
Minimum Animal Taming	53.1 (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 94% 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 53.1 it obeys about 70% of the time, and at about 58.0 it reaches the 99% maximum. Below 53.1 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

Grey 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 grey wolf, and they need at least 53.1 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, doubled to 12 in Felucca

Tips

• Taming starts at 53.1 and is about 94% per attempt at 100.0 skill.
• Wolves, dogs and hell hounds share a pack group; tame several for the pack instinct bonus.
• Carve the corpse for 6 hides (12 in Felucca).