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Black Bear

General
Type	Animal
Category	Animals
Alignment	Neutral
Karma	0
Fame	450
Behavior	Only when attacked
Speed	Medium
Stats
Strength	76–100
Dexterity	56–75
Intelligence	11–14
Hit points	46–60
Stamina	56–75
Mana	0
Damage	4–10
Armor	24
Taming
Tameable	Yes
Min. skill	35.1
Control slots	1
Bondable	Yes
Rideable	No
Favorite food	Fish, meat or fruits and vegetables
Resources
Carving	1 raw ribs, 12 hides

The Black Bear is the smallest and easiest to tame of the bears on New Bradford. It leaves you alone unless you attack it, and it's a common early pet for new tamers.

Overview

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

Stats

Stat	Value
Strength	76–100
Dexterity	56–75
Intelligence	11–14
Hit points	46–60
Stamina	56–75 (same as its Dexterity)
Mana	0
Melee damage	4–10
Armor rating	24
Fame / Karma	450 / 0

Skills

Skill	Range
Tactics	40.1–60.0
Wrestling	40.1–60.0
Magic Resistance	20.1–40.0

Taming

Requirement	Value
Minimum Animal Taming	35.1 (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, meat or fruits and vegetables

• 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 85.0 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 35.1 it obeys about 70% of the time, and at about 40.0 it reaches the 99% maximum. Below 35.1 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

Black 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 black bear, and they need at least 35.1 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 hides

Tips

• You can start trying at 35.1 Animal Taming, and you always succeed from 85.0.
• At 35.1 it only obeys about 70% of the time; a few more points of Taming and Lore make it much more reliable.
• Group it with other bears for the pack instinct damage bonus.
• Carve the corpse for hides.