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Alligator

General
Type	Animal (reptile)
Category	Reptiles & serpents
Alignment	Evil
Karma	−600
Fame	600
Behavior	Attacks on sight
Speed	Medium
Stats
Strength	76–100
Dexterity	6–25
Intelligence	11–20
Hit points	46–60
Stamina	46–65
Mana	0
Damage	5–15
Armor	30
Taming
Tameable	Yes
Min. skill	47.1
Control slots	1
Bondable	Yes
Rideable	No
Favorite food	Meat or fish
Resources
Carving	1 raw ribs, 12 spined hides

The Alligator is a reptile that attacks on sight. It needs 47.1 Animal Taming, and its corpse gives spined hides.

Overview

• In-game name: an alligator
• Corpse: an alligator corpse
• Behavior: it attacks the nearest target it sees and fights in melee.

Stats

Stat	Value
Strength	76–100
Dexterity	6–25
Intelligence	11–20
Hit points	46–60
Stamina	46–65
Mana	0
Melee damage	5–15
Armor rating	30
Fame / Karma	600 / −600

Skills

Skill	Range
Tactics	40.1–60.0
Wrestling	40.1–60.0
Magic Resistance	25.1–40.0

Taming

Requirement	Value
Minimum Animal Taming	47.1 (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 or fish

• 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 97.0 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 47.1 it obeys about 70% of the time, and at about 52.0 it reaches the 99% maximum. Below 47.1 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.

Bonding

Only the owner can bond with a alligator, and they need at least 47.1 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
• 12 spined hides

Location

• The Deceit brazier (a scripted item named for the dungeon Deceit): 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

• It attacks on sight, so be ready to fight while you tame.
• Taming starts at 47.1 and always succeeds from 97.0.
• Its armor rating (30) is high for its level.
• Carve the corpse for 12 spined hides.