BLUF/TLDR: 100-110: 17 Hours 20min
50-100: 53Hours 15minutes.
Average of 6.8minute between gains until 100.
Average of 10 minutes between gains from 100-110
Taming things between 10-30 points above minimum required skill.
**********The Long Version*************
I set out to record the total time it takes to reach GrandMaster Elder Taming as well as include time between points (.1) or as I call it mpp (minutes per point). My methodology was 4 fold: Name of Creature; Fail or Success; Timestamp of gain; and whether it was an initial tame or re-tame. (I blew though about 50 post-its).
I followed guides posted by: Dwayne Wade, DaTamer, Lollo, Bromista and the WIKI (WIKI was pretty horrible) .
Dwayne Wade: http://www.uoforum.com/threads/my-contribution-to-training-taming.48800/
DaTamer: http://www.uoforum.com/threads/datamers-animal-taming-guide.43492/
Lollo: http://www.uoforum.com/threads/updated-taming-guide.61182/#post-422561
Bromista: http://www.uoforum.com/threads/bromistas-comprehensive-taming-guide-posting-it-publicly-now.64688/
My Recommended Taming Guide: (Nothing new here just observations based on the data)
Tame everything between 10-30point above the minimum skill required to tame it. 20 points above the minimum is the sweet spot for gains.
(Location - Overworld)
Tame everything, This should come pretty quick. At 55 Bears (not Grizzlies) should be your staple.
23.1 Timber Wolves, Hinds
35.1 Black Bears, Polar Bear, Walrus
41.1 Brown Bears, Cougar
(Locations: Shame Levels 1&2, Minoc and Moonglow moongates)
Really Scorpions (47.1) in Shame are by far the best option.
60 Tameables
47.1 Scorpion, Alligator
70-80 11 Hours 30 min (7.1 minutes between gains)
(Locations: Shame Levels 1&2, Minoc and Moonglow moongates)
At 70 you can begin on Great Harts and Grizzlies (59.1) Scorpions are better but it’s an option during prime time
70 Tameables
59.1 Grizzly Bear, Great Hart, Snake
(Locations: Delucia Passage Level 2, Vesper South Road, Minoc/Moonglow Gates)
Small Hellcats(71.1) in the Delucia Passage are the new Scorpion. There is an area with 8 plus another with 3 more north of the Daemon. They will GM you.
80 Tameables
71.1 Small Hellcats, Bulls
(Locations: Delucia Passage Level 2, Fire Level 1)
Small Hellcats will GM you however at 95 you can reliably add Lava Lizards into the mix.
90 Tameables
80.7 Lava Lizards
83.1 Imp/Dire Wolf
85.5 Hell Hound
89.1 Large Hell Cat
(Locations: Delucia Passage Level 2, Fire Level 1 & 2)
Small Hellcats and World taming become obsolete at 105. Lava Lizards are your bread and butter until about 107 and they fall way off. Hell Hounds and Hell Cats in Fire are the only viable option. Lava Lizards will take you to 110 but its going to be very quick taming.
100 Tameables
80.7 Lava Lizards
83.1 Imp/Dire Wolf
85.5 Hell Hounds
89.1 Large Hell Cats
(Locations: Fire Level 1 &2)
Fire is your playground, Hell hounds and Hell Cats
1 full point (1.0) will take 2+hours. SS at 230ish a pop look very tempting at this point.
100 Music Essential
100 Peacemaking Essential for Dungeon Taming
100 Provoke Utility skill to kite pets to surrounding spawn to kill off.
100 Magery Utility skill to Recall/Heal/PK defense (GM not essential during grind)
100 Meditation Helps to keep Mana topped off
100 Hiding I wound up dropping it at 90 taming so I could control tames better
Animal Lore Picked up at 90 taming to send tames to surrounding mobs to kill off, works better then provoke IMO.
Animal Vet Will drop Peace for Vet at 100 Taming
Taming What it’s all about.
30 of Each Reagent
1 Bard Instrument
Food (usually just ate what dropped)
**I banked at either 8-10 reagent left or if I hit 2000 gold.**
**Travel light and death should be irrelevant.**
From 19 November- 2 December
It took me 53 hours and 15 minute of active taming to go from 50-100. At an average of 6.8 minutes between gains, the data agrees with the general consensus of 1 full point per hour in dungeons and about .8 point per hour in world taming. From real skill 63.7-100 I recorded every point gained; time between gains, and whether it was a taming failure or success.
14 Days: Average of 3 hours 45min per day
Shortest time between gains: 0min (Few of these)
Longest time between gains: 42min (92.2 off a Bull 2nd Tame (Failure))
50-60 averages 5.2 minutes between gains
60-70 averages 5.8 minutes between gains
70-80 averages 7.1 minutes between gains (Due to gains primarily coming from world taming)
80-90 averages 6.2 minutes between gains
90-100 averages 7.6 minutes between gains.
I was PKed 12 times: If PKed my timer would stop until I began to actively tame again. (All said I lost about 2 hours to restocking from pks)
Least favorite PK: The Glorious Lord Robin Hood. I accidentally healed the Lava Lizard I was taming instead of myself and went grey. Robin Hood came over saw what happened stopped his mob farm, killed me, looted me, and when back to farming.
Favorite PK: Mr. Satan. Killed me 3 times. Never saw him coming: ran on screen throwing explosions at me, ran off screen throwing explosions at me. Never looted me, just freaking rocked me, and was gone. Sucked but absolutely hilarious to watch for the 3 seconds it took.
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RAW DATA SPREADSHEET
And just for kick here a link to my Excel Spread Sheet for those bored enough to comb through the data. Tabs along the bottom. (it's raw data so there may be typos/errors)
http://sorienguard.com/uoforever/tamingspreadsheet.htm
Because I can
-Bajorn
