Bestiary/Mountain Goat

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Mountain Goat

General
Type	Animal
Category	Animals
Alignment	Neutral
Karma	0
Fame	300
Behavior	Only when attacked
Speed	Medium
Stats
Strength	22–64
Dexterity	56–75
Intelligence	16–30
Hit points	20–33
Stamina	56–75
Mana	0
Damage	3–7
Armor	10
Taming
Tameable	Yes
Min. skill	−0.9
Control slots	1
Bondable	Yes
Rideable	No
Favorite food	Grain and hay or fruits and vegetables
Resources
Carving	2 raw ribs, 12 hides

The Mountain Goat is a peaceful goat that anyone can tame. It's tougher than a farm goat and always obeys its owner.

Overview

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

Stats

Stat	Value
Strength	22–64
Dexterity	56–75
Intelligence	16–30
Hit points	20–33
Stamina	56–75 (same as its Dexterity)
Mana	0
Melee damage	3–7
Armor rating	10
Fame / Karma	300 / 0

Skills

Skill	Range
Tactics	29.3–44.0
Wrestling	29.3–44.0
Magic Resistance	25.1–30.0

Taming

Requirement	Value
Minimum Animal Taming	−0.9 (anyone can try, even with no skill)
Control slots	1
Maximum owners	5 (each previous owner makes it harder to tame)
Bonding	Yes
Rideable	No
Favorite food	Grain and hay or fruits and vegetables

• Anyone can try. Its minimum is below 0, so you can tame it even with no Animal Taming skill.
• 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 49.0 skill (about 2% even at 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, its taming requirement is 29.1 or lower, so it always obeys its owner.
• 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 mountain goat. Its taming requirement is 29.1 or lower, so there's no Animal Taming requirement to bond. 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:

• 2 raw ribs
• 12 hides

Tips

• Its minimum is −0.9, so anyone can try; it's certain from 49.0.
• It's much tougher than a farm goat (20–33 hit points vs 12).
• Carve the corpse for 2 raw ribs and 12 hides.