Icarus is a survival game where you play as a prospector on a harsh planet, and the animals you meet are a big part of the challenge. Some creatures are native to the planet, while others were brought from Earth during terraforming. They can be threats, a source of meat and leather, mounts that speed up travel, or pets that fight at your side, and the bosses are the toughest of all. Knowing which ones run, which ones fight back and which ones hunt in packs is the first step to surviving a trip outside.
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Behavior
Passive
Antelope
A timid grazer that gives you meat, leather, fur, and bone when you need basic hunting materials.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx; Elysium
- Biomes
- Desert
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Arctic Vesper
A batlike animal worth hunting for sulfur, ice, and its vestige when ordinary meat is not what you need.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx; Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Arctic
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion; New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Baby Deer
A young deer that offers an easier early hunt for soft meat, leather, fur, and bone.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx
- Biomes
- Forest
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Chala
A calm grazer that supplies meat and hides without the risk of taking on a large predator.
- Maps
- Prometheus
- Biomes
- Swamp; Grasslands
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- New Frontiers
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Chamois
A nimble goatlike grazer that is a useful source of meat, leather, and fur for early crafting.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx
- Biomes
- Forest
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Clicker
A clicking creature whose acidic glands and soft meat can be more useful than its ordinary carcass.
- Maps
- Elysium
- Biomes
- Swamp
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- -
Deer
A dependable hunt for meat, leather, fur, and bone; use a bow if it bolts before you can get close.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx; Prometheus
- Biomes
- Forest; Arctic
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion; New Frontiers
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Draven
A tameable mount for travel that can also supply meat and hides if you choose to hunt one.
- Maps
- Elysium
- Biomes
- Desert
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- -
Dreadwing
A winged animal whose white meat and bones make a small but useful haul.
- Maps
- Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Swamp; Volcanic; Grasslands; Arctic
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Drifter
A drifting gas creature that yields Oxite and sulfur crust for resource-focused runs.
- Maps
- Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Volcanic; Swamp
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Drone
A machine-like flier worth disabling for electronics, wire, ammunition, and power components.
- Maps
- Elysium
- Biomes
- Tundra; Desert; Geothermal; Volcanic
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- -
Drosik
A non-hostile grazer that provides meat, fur, leather, and bone without a dangerous fight.
- Maps
- Elysium
- Biomes
- Tundra
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- -
Gaseous Floater
A floating gas creature that releases Oxite and sulfur-bearing crust when harvested.
- Maps
- Elysium
- Biomes
- Geothermal
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- -
Kea
A clever bird that offers white meat when hunted, though its small carcass is not a major resource haul.
- Maps
- Styx
- Biomes
- Forest
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Styx Expansion
- Console Access
- Styx Expansion (separate console add-on)
Korrin
A calm grazer that provides a steady supply of meat, fur, leather, and bone.
- Maps
- Elysium
- Biomes
- Desert
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- -
Plains Equix
A sturdy horselike grazer whose carcass gives meat, hide, and fur without a major predator fight.
- Maps
- Prometheus
- Biomes
- Grasslands; Arctic
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- New Frontiers
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Pronghorn
A quick antelope-like grazer that is easier to hunt from range and yields meat, hide, and fur.
- Maps
- Olympus
- Biomes
- Forest; Desert
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Base Game
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Pygmy Lop
A small rabbitlike animal hunted for soft meat, fur, leather, and berries when supplies run low.
- Maps
- Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Grasslands; Arctic; Swamp; Tundra
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Rabbit
A small, low-risk hunt for soft meat, fur, and leather compared with taking on larger game.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx; Prometheus
- Biomes
- Forest; Volcanic; Arctic
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion; New Frontiers
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Roat
A calm animal whose acidic glands and crystallized miasma make it worth harvesting beyond its meat and hide.
- Maps
- Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Swamp; Volcanic
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Shaggy Zebra
A rideable zebra variant that can be raised for travel or hunted for its insulating pelts.
- Maps
- Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Arctic
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Stryder
A rideable mount for expeditions, with miasma glands that add value if you hunt it.
- Maps
- Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Swamp
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Sulfur Vesper
A batlike creature whose sulfur and exotic vestige are useful when basic hunting supplies are covered.
- Maps
- Elysium
- Biomes
- Geothermal
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- -
Zebra
A tamed zebra can speed up travel, while a hunted one supplies leather, fur, and meat.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx; Elysium
- Biomes
- Desert
- Behavior
- Passive
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Behavior
Neutral
Arctic Moa
A nimble bird mount that trades some protection for quick travel and room to carry supplies.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx; Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Arctic
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion; New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Arctic Scorpion
A defensive arthropod with a poisonous sting; its tail and pincer are the main reason to take the risk.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx
- Biomes
- Arctic
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Arid Striker
A fast, clawed hunter that punishes close fighting and yields meat, fur, sulfur, and mineral crust.
- Maps
- Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Volcanic
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Ashen Drake
A reptilian hunter that can make a close fight risky, while its hide, meat, and sulfur add value to a kill.
- Maps
- Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Volcanic
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Bee
A hive defender that can swarm when provoked, but provides honeycomb and bees for farming.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx; Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Forest; Cave; Grasslands
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion; New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Blueback
A tameable mount for travel, with hide and a vestige available from a successful hunt.
- Maps
- Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Grasslands; Arctic
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Boar
A sturdy tameable mount that can also provide bacon and white meat when raised or hunted for food.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx; Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Forest; Desert; Grasslands; Volcanic
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion; New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Buffalo
A strong mount and hauler that moves cargo and supplies a large amount of meat and leather if butchered.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx; Prometheus
- Biomes
- Forest; Grasslands; Volcanic
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion; New Frontiers
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Crocodile
A thick-skinned predator that can lunge when disturbed; its hide and white meat make a risky hunt worthwhile.
- Maps
- Styx; Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Forest; Desert; Grasslands; Swamp
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Styx Expansion; New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Dribbo
A rideable animal that can carry you around and provides bacon and white meat if you hunt it.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx; Elysium
- Biomes
- Desert
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Dune Raptor
A fast predator that can be trained as a mount, giving you a quicker way to travel than walking.
- Maps
- Elysium
- Biomes
- Desert
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- -
Elephant
A huge animal best approached carefully; a prepared hunt can yield a tusk and a large meat haul.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx; Elysium
- Biomes
- Desert
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Glaci
A cold-adapted creature whose harvest yields crystallized miasma and volatile materials for advanced crafting.
- Maps
- Prometheus
- Biomes
- Arctic
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- New Frontiers
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Gribbler
A tameable combat companion that can help against hostile wildlife and still provides meat and fur if hunted.
- Maps
- Elysium
- Biomes
- Tundra
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- -
Hyena
A hardy combat pet and mount that can help in a fight, with a broad mix of meat from its carcass.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx; Elysium
- Biomes
- Desert
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Ignari
A volatile animal worth hunting for acidic glands and volatile substance used in specialized crafting.
- Maps
- Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Volcanic
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Kiwi
A tameable bird companion that offers a light, mobile option and can be hunted for soft meat and berries.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx
- Biomes
- Forest
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Komodo
A reptile that can make a close-range hunt risky; its meat and hide are useful once you have a safe opening.
- Maps
- Styx; Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Forest; Swamp
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Styx Expansion; New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Mammoth
A massive tameable mount for hauling and travel, prized by hunters for its tusks and giant steaks.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx; Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Arctic; Swamp
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion; New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Moa
A nimble bird mount for carrying a rider, with meat and white meat available from a hunt.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx; Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Forest; Desert; Grasslands
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion; New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Needler
A spined animal whose acidic glands and miasma make it a useful harvest target for crafting.
- Maps
- Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Swamp
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Raptor
A fast predator you can train as a mount, balancing quick travel with a dangerous bite when approached.
- Maps
- Elysium
- Biomes
- Geothermal
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- -
Redback
A tameable mount with fur and sulfur that make it useful both for travel and for materials.
- Maps
- Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Volcanic
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Sandhorn
A horned grazer with a valuable steak yield; use a ranged weapon to make the hunt cleaner.
- Maps
- Elysium
- Biomes
- Desert
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- -
Scorpion
A venomous arthropod that can sting at close range; its tail and pincer are useful crafting parts.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx; Elysium
- Biomes
- Desert
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Scuttler
A small, non-hostile animal that is easy to harvest for soft meat and bone.
- Maps
- Elysium
- Biomes
- Volcanic
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- -
Skulmutt
A mountable, radiation-scarred animal that can yield uranium and radioactive waste for advanced projects.
- Maps
- Elysium
- Biomes
- Unknown
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- -
Snow Stalker
A cold-weather predator with a thick pelt; its meat and frozen ore reward a careful hunt.
- Maps
- Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Arctic
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Snow Wolf
A pack hunter you can tame to fight beside you; its fur, meat, and rare cuts also make a rewarding hunt.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx; Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Arctic
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion; New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Spider
A web-spinning threat worth clearing for silk, resin, and acid glands, though its bite can poison you.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx; Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Forest; Grasslands
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion; New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Stomper
A heavy animal that is easier to keep at range; its meat, leather, and bone reward a clean hunt.
- Maps
- Elysium
- Biomes
- Volcanic
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- -
Sulfuric Spider
A spider that adds sulfur to the resin and acid from its harvest, useful for advanced crafting.
- Maps
- Elysium
- Biomes
- Geothermal
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- -
Terrenus
A dependable mount for riding and carrying supplies, with stamina that helps on longer trips.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx; Prometheus
- Biomes
- Grasslands; Forest
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion; New Frontiers
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Trapjaw
A sand-burrowing predator that ambushes by vibration; its armored back and sudden lunges make close hunting risky.
- Maps
- Elysium
- Biomes
- Desert
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- -
Tusker
A large mount with strong carrying utility, useful on long journeys and for the pelt it can yield.
- Maps
- Styx; Elysium
- Biomes
- Arctic
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- Styx Expansion; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Styx Expansion (separate console add-on)
Ubis
A tameable mount that can join expeditions and yields acidic glands and miasma materials when hunted.
- Maps
- Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Swamp
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Viscid
A sticky animal whose volatile substance, miasma, and infected bark support advanced crafting.
- Maps
- Prometheus; Elysium
- Biomes
- Swamp; Grasslands
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- No
- Mountable
- No
- Content
- New Frontiers; Dangerous Horizons
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Wolf
A pack hunter you can tame to fight at your side; its meat, leather, and fur are useful if you hunt it instead.
- Maps
- Olympus; Styx; Prometheus
- Biomes
- Forest
- Behavior
- Neutral
- Tameable
- Yes
- Mountable
- Yes
- Content
- Base Game; Styx Expansion; New Frontiers
- Console Access
- Base Console Edition
Passive, Neutral and Aggressive Creatures
Most creatures in Icarus fall into one of three behavior types, and knowing the type tells you what to expect when you get close. Passive creatures are the calm ones. Most animals brought over from Earth sense danger and run rather than fight, and antelope are a good example, since they spook easily, move fast and live in family groups of three or more that blend into the desert.
Neutral creatures leave you alone until you push them. Wolves are the clearest case. They usually won't attack unless you walk right up to them, and if you keep a good distance they soon lose interest. The catch is that wolves hunt in packs, so one wolf you can see usually means more are close by, and if you hit one without killing it, the rest will turn on you.
Aggressive creatures are the ones to plan around. They come after you, and the polar bear is the classic example, since it is solitary, hits hard and charges. Predators are the main threat to prospectors, so treat them as a fight to prepare for rather than something to walk past. Animals also keep their own routines, heading to water when thirsty, looking for food when hungry and reacting to the weather.
Stealth: How to Stay Unseen
Stealth is the simplest way to deal with wildlife, because it keeps an animal from noticing you at all. Crouching turns it on, and a detection indicator in the middle of the screen shows whether nearby creatures have spotted you. Moving makes noise, so a sound meter in the lower left corner shows how quiet you are as you go.
Stealth also pays off when you do decide to fight. While you are hidden, your ranged and melee damage goes up a lot, often enough to kill an animal in one hit. Some talents raise your stealth, and Ghillie Armor gives it a large boost.
Difficulty plays a part as well. On missions, the setting changes how sharply creatures notice you, and harder settings make them quicker to spot you.
Icarus Bosses: World Bosses and Mission Bosses
Bosses are the toughest creatures in Icarus, and they come in two kinds. World bosses roam the map and can turn up far from where you would expect, sometimes outside the region they are known for. The Sandworm was the first world boss added, and it moves through the deserts of Olympus, Styx and Elysium, and any mission set in the desert can be interrupted by it. The giant Scorpion came later and is not limited to the desert.
Mission bosses are tied to a specific job. The Black Wolf, often searched as the Alpha Wolf, lives on Olympus and Styx and is linked to the LUPINE extermination mission. It stays close to its den, retreats to heal when hurt, and its bleeding wounds grow worse while you are moving.
Bosses are worth the effort, since some drop materials for new blueprints, like the Black Wolf does, and the giant Scorpion's carapace is used to craft armor. Go in with proper weapons and gear, and don't rush in unprepared.
How to Tame Wild Animals in Icarus
Taming starts with a snare trap. Wolves, snow wolves, wild boars, hyenas and kiwi can be caught this way when you set the trap in the right biome and use the bait that matches the animal. Stay close while it works, because the animal despawns if you wander too far, and keep hostile creatures away while you feed it carcasses. Once the taming finishes, the animal is yours, but its level drops back to one, so it has to grow again.
Mounts are a different process. You tame them as juveniles, and since young ones are often found with their parents, you may have to deal with the adult first. Set up an Animal Bed and a Food Trough, keep the young animal dry and at a comfortable temperature, and once its needs are met, the taming bar starts to fill. Once it is full, the juvenile grows into an adult you can claim.
Mounts and Pets in Icarus: What They Do
Mounts are for getting around. Riding one greatly increases how far you can cover overland, and each type has its own strengths, such as speed, carrying capacity or the slinker's long leaps. Adults respond to commands like follow, wander, stay and lie down, and they can wear saddles, packs or carts.
Pets fight alongside you. They follow you, attack wildlife that threatens you and raise your damage output, and some also give passive bonuses such as lower oxygen use or faster health regeneration. They can't be ridden.
You control them with two sets of commands. Follow or Wander sets how they move, while Passive, Defensive or Aggressive sets their fighting stance. Defensive protects both you and the pet, and Aggressive goes after anything that threatens you.
Pets need food and water, which you can give them from troughs or by hand. Neglect slows them down and weakens their recovery, though they can't die from hunger or thirst. They can reach level 25 and earn talents, and wolves, snow wolves, boars, hyenas, dogs and cats each have their own talent trees.
Workshop Animals in Icarus
Workshop animals are the cattle, chickens, sheep, pigs, dogs, cats and horses that you get from the Workshop rather than catching in the wild. You research and craft each one, and then it is delivered to the surface through the Orbital Exchange Interface. Once it arrives, it needs the same food and water care as any other pet.
Hunting Creatures for Meat, Leather and Bone
Killing an animal is only the start. Carcasses yield raw meat, fur, leather and bone, and skinning them with a knife gets you most of it. A Taxidermy Knife also yields a vestige, which you use to craft a trophy at a Trophy Bench, and skeletons can be broken down with a knife or axe for extra bone.
Bigger animals can be too heavy to carry whole, so you process them at a skinning bench. Aim for the head on most animals, since it is the critical spot, and learn each animal's weak points, because the right attack can change a fight.
Filling Your Bestiary
The Bestiary tracks your progress on every creature. You earn points by killing, skinning and scanning an animal with a B.E.A.S.T., and taming it adds more, while killing a boss is worth the most. Progress unlocks bonuses against that animal, such as more damage to it and better resistance to its attacks, so fill the entries you hunt most.
FAQ
Can I fight a wolf pack on my own?
Wolves are weak on their own, so the pack is what makes them dangerous. Melee is a poor choice, because wolves swarm you and back away, which makes your hits harder to land. Attacking from range while you are hidden is the safer approach, since one hidden shot can be enough to drop a wolf.
Can wild animals attack my mounts and pets?
Yes. Tamed mounts can still be attacked by wildlife, so keep them out of fights they can't win. Juvenile mounts don't fight back at all, which is why a safe enclosure or a Creature Deterrent matters while they grow up.