Bestiary/Gorilla

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Gorilla

General
Type	Animal
Category	Animals
Alignment	Neutral
Karma	0
Fame	450
Behavior	Only when attacked
Speed	Medium
Stats
Strength	53–95
Dexterity	36–55
Intelligence	36–60
Hit points	38–51
Stamina	36–55
Mana	0
Damage	4–10
Armor	20
Taming
Tameable	Yes
Min. skill	−18.9
Control slots	1
Bondable	Yes
Rideable	No
Favorite food	Fruits and vegetables or grain and hay
Resources
Carving	1 raw ribs, 6 hides

The Gorilla is a fairly sturdy animal that anyone can tame. It only fights when attacked and always obeys its owner.

Overview

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

Stats

Stat	Value
Strength	53–95
Dexterity	36–55
Intelligence	36–60
Hit points	38–51
Stamina	36–55 (same as its Dexterity)
Mana	0
Melee damage	4–10
Armor rating	20
Fame / Karma	450 / 0

Skills

Skill	Range
Magic Resistance	45.1–60.0
Tactics	43.3–58.0
Wrestling	43.3–58.0

Taming

Requirement	Value
Minimum Animal Taming	−18.9 (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	Fruits and vegetables or grain and hay

• 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 31.0 skill (about 38% 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 gorilla. 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:

• 1 raw ribs
• 6 hides

Tips

• Its minimum is −18.9: at 0 skill each attempt has about a 38% chance, and it's certain from 31.0.
• For an animal anyone can tame, its stats are decent: 38–51 hit points and Tactics and Wrestling up to 58.
• It always obeys its owner.
• Carve the corpse for 1 raw ribs and 6 hides.