Taming
Taming may be a gathering profession in Ashes of Creation.[2]
- Animals can be found in herds across the lands of Verra that represent a gatherable resource.[2]
- Genetic lines react to the type of mount or creature that has been captured or tamed.[3]
- Combat proficiency may be required in order to tame wild beasts.[4]
If you need to tame a giant beast for husbandry as an example, it will be nice to be able to handle yourself in combat should that beast want to eat you instead.[4] – Steven Sharif
Contents
Tamable creatures
Tamable creatures may fit creature templates with pre-defined behaviors.[1]
- For example: A wolf or a dog may look different but may be balanced to the same templated behavior.
Animal husbandry
Animal husbandry is a profession within the processing artisan class.[5]
- Animals found through taming can be bred to discover lesser-known species variants with untold powers and abilities.[2]
- Mounts, such as horses are an early gateway into the Animal husbandry profession.[2]
- Animal husbandry will be an exploritative profession.[3]
Many animals that can be tamed and bred through the animal husbandry profession can be found in herds across the lands of Verra. These herds represent a gatherable resource, of sorts, that masters of the animal husbandry profession may then use to discover lesser-known species variants with untold powers and abilities. Mounts play a large role in Ashes of Creation, and animals like the horse are an early gateway into the unlimited possibilities that await those skilled in the arts of husbandry.[2]
Breeding mechanics
These are some concept iterations of exactly how the animal husbandry profession's going to work as you create the offspring of different combinations of animals and you find and discover types of mounts. For example this Gryphon: You will have the ability to open up an in-game character customization screen for the animals; and you'll be able to use certain dials to touch different aesthetic aspects of the actual animal's features: On its wings, on its head, its beak, its armor that's going to be present; the claws and talons. You will be able to actually make a unique representation of this mount, so you're just not a cookie cutter like everybody else.[7] – Steven Sharif
Animal husbandry will have discoverable blends of breeding.[8]
- Rare creatures can be captured and tamed to breed animals with specific traits.[9]
- Royal mounts (such as Dragons) are dropped as eggs that can be cultivated by Animal husbandry artisans with a high enough stable upgrade on their freehold.[10]
- These mounts are not breedable.[11]
- Mounts that are bred through animal husbandry may be sold at auction.[12]
Animal husbandry and taming create unique mounts with unique abilities and stats.[13][14]
There is a compendium of acceptable parameters for breeding, which isn't going to be known until players discover it.[12][15] This discovery may be different for different players.[15]
- Animals have a unique ID that is tied to the husbandry chat (compendium) that takes into account possible combinations between animals.[12] There will be odd combinations, but there will be limits to what is possible.[15]
- Discovery of certain breeding habits and different quests may grant access to slots in the compendium.[15]
Animal husbandry involves a tree of its own that players get to discover via what pairings they choose... That's going to be a pretty fun aspect of creating rare mounts that haven't been seen in the world.[16] – Steven Sharif
Genetic lines are based on the type of mount or creature that has been captured or tamed.[3]
- The genetic system will involve trial and error to determine what yields or combinations are possible. This will incorporate an element of RNG.[12][15]
- This may grant access to specific types of mounts.[15]
- A dominant genetic trait might be discovered with a pairing or there may be a much smaller chance to unlock a specific breed of species.[12]
- These chances are improved based on the player's advancement within the Animal husbandry profession.[12]
Each of these animals have a unique ID. There's going to be essentially this husbandry chart that takes into account potential combinations between animals that you have. So there's gonna be a little bit of obviously trial and error as players begin to explore this genetic system to determine what yields are possible; and those yields are obviously going to have an element of RNG to them as well. So you know you may pick up on a more dominant genetic trait within the pairing, or you may have a much smaller chance to unlock a specific breed of species; and then those chances obviously get augmented by your advancement within the Animal Husbandry profession. So a person who's more experienced in pairing of certain animals, and even the specific types of pairings, will increase their likelihood- their RNG chances of essentially birthing a unique mount; and being able then to sell those on an open auction. They can also be applied as certificates toward the construction of particular caravans as well.[12] – Steven Sharif
There are stages of development within breeding.[17]
- Youngling stage: For mammals this relates to baby animals. For lizards (reptiles) this is an egg stage.[17]
A modified character creation system allows customization of Summoner pets and Animal husbandry.[7][17]
- Changes at the Youngling stage affect the appearance of the animal at adulthood.[17]
- During the Youngling stage there may also be quests for specific types of cosmetic features.[17]
There's definitely going to be odd combinations, whether it's a butterflyger, giraffealope I don't know, but there will be definitely caps that are present.[15] – Steven Sharif
Mounts
Mounts are obtained through an early quest that is available to players in starting areas.[18]
- Mounts can also be found in the wild and tamed.[19][20]
- There are three different tiers of mount.[21]
- Aquatic/swimming mounts are classified as tier A.[22][23]
- Mount speeds are determined by the base mount that the skin is applied to.[24]
- Cosmetic skins can be applied to the appearance of mounts that were earned in game.[18][25]
- Mount skins are applicable to specific classes of mounts.[26]
- For example, the Ramstrider skin will only be applicable to the class of land mounts (tier 1), and the Nighthunter Gryphon skin is only applicable to the class of royal mounts (tier 3).[26]
- Certain tier 2 mount skins (such as the Emberstorm Dragon) can be upgraded to tier 3 skins if they also apply to royal mounts.[21]
- Mounts will be purchasable from players utilizing Animal husbandry and taming.[13]
We kind of want mounts to be ubiquitous for people.[27] – Peter Pilone
There are going to be classes of mounts; and you will be able to achieve skins in the game or you will be able to achieve different types of those classes and summon them.[25] – Steven Sharif
Aquatic mounts
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Aquatic mounts are Tier A mounts[22] that may be obtained from taming underwater creatures.[23]
An intrepid explorer could choose to traverse on his tide snapper alone.[29] – Sarah Flanagan
Combat pets
Combat pets may be tamed from certain creatures in the world.[30]
- Combat pets will not increase a player's power and will require a sacrifice from the player.[31]
- Combat pets will have a horizontal progression, not a vertical one.[31]
It will participate in combat. It will allow you different options sometimes, but it won't necessarily increase your power and... you'll be sacrificing something for it.[31] – Jeffrey Bard
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Livestream, 18 January 2018 (33:07).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Blog: A noble steed
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Livestream, 1 June 2017 (28:42).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1
- ↑ Livestream, 16 June 2017 (28:07).
- ↑
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Livestream, 17 August 2018 (12:27).
- ↑
- ↑ Livestream, 17 May 2017 (1:04:12).
- ↑ Interview, 18 July 2020 (49:46).
- ↑ Livestream, 26 May 2017 (46:43).
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 Livestream, 29 May 2020 (43:19).
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 Livestream, 8 April 2018 (AM) (12:34).
- ↑ Livestream, 9 February 2018 (39:42).
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 Podcast, 11 May 2018 (1:02:02).
- ↑ Livestream, 22 May 2017 (53:39).
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 Podcast, 4 August 2018 (1:22:24).
- ↑ 18.0 18.1
- ↑
- ↑ Livestream, 18 January 2018 (34:08).
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 Livestream, 30 September 2019 (1:39:01).
- ↑ 22.0 22.1
- ↑ 23.0 23.1
- ↑
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Livestream, 8 April 2018 (PM) (51:49).
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Livestream, 6 December 2018 (41:43).
- ↑ Livestream, 24 May 2017 (20:32).
- ↑ Video, 30 September 2020 (8:32).
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Livestream, 30 September 2020 (16:31).
- ↑ Livestream, 18 January 2018 (33:09).
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 Livestream, 28 June 2019 (1:24:27).