GMing with re-tames

Any time an animal is tamed and released it will be harder (require more skill) to be tamed by the next tamer that comes along. Skill gain is in direct proportion to how hard it is to tame an animal by whatever the animals current minimum taming would be.

So, a freshly spawned polar bear would have a difficulty of 35.1 to tame. If someone tames it and released it the next person who tames it is looking at a minimum difficulty of 39.9 to tame.

Taming a polar bear that has been tamed once (39.9 min skill) is almost the same as taming a freshly spawned cougar (41.1 min skill) The only serious difference is you will find a LOT more polar bears that have been tamed and released then you will cougars.

Re-tames are somewhat of a team or timing effort. The same player cannot gain skill from taming and releasing the same animal more than once. If you have room for it you could have multiple tamers on your account and practice taming with more than 1 character, that is difficult, and time consuming tho.

The best way to approach re-tames is from an organized standpoint with a group of players, you don't necessarily have to be different skill levels either, a group of tamers with 70-80 skill can hang out in an area and tame the daylights out of the animals present to increase the minimum taming on each one, and give themselves more animals in their skill range to practice with than they would find individually in the same amount of time.

Group Re-tame practice takes more effort and coordination, however it does make taming a much more predictable skill, and if done consistently will take MUCH less time to GM than on your own.

Sometimes its very very difficult to find a group of up and coming tamers that works well together, this does not mean that you cant do the re-taming method at all. Rather you have to "time it" right, and hit the popular taming spots when there are a lot of people around.

Re-taming examples

Add these number to the minimum skill an animal takes to tame:

1st + 04.8
2nd + 19.2
3rd + 43.2
4th + 76.8

* Note the number may be off by a small amount on some creatures, especially lower level tames.

Theoretically it would be possible to gm from only 1 type of animal if enough re-tames were available, but it would probably be much more effective to use a combination of different animals at different (new spawns and re-tames) so you can always be in your "Zone" of 10-15 points below your actual animal taming skill level

Hind (wolf, slime, bullfrog):
1-23.1
2-27.9
3-52.3
4-66.5
5-99.9

Polar Bears (walrus)
1-35.1
2-39.9
3-55
4-78.3
5-100.1+(untamable)

Animal:

Skill to tame	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Cat	00.0	04.8	19.2	43.2	76.8
Dog	00.0	04.8	19.2	43.2	76.8
Gorilla	00.0	04.8	19.2	43.2	76.8
Rabbit	00.0	04.8	19.2	43.2	76.8
Bird, Tropical	00.0	04.8	19.2	43.2	76.8
Chicken	00.0	04.8	19.2	43.2	76.8
Mountain Goat	00.0	04.8	19.2	43.2	76.8
Rat	00.0	04.8	19.2	43.2	76.8
Sewer Rat	00.0	04.8	19.2	43.2	76.8
Mongbat	00.0	04.8	19.2	43.2	76.8
Sheep	11.1	15.9	30.3	54.3	87.9
Pig	11.1	15.9	30.3	54.3	87.9
Cow	11.1	15.9	30.3	54.3	87.9
Goat	11.1	15.9	30.3	54.3	87.9
Eagle	17.1	21.9	36.3	60.3	93.9
Hind (Deer)	23.1	27.9	42.3	66.3	99.9
Timber Wolf	23.1	27.9	42.3	66.3	99.9
Bullfrog	23.1	27.9	42.3	66.3	99.9
Slime	23.1	27.9	42.3	66.3	99.9
Horse (riding)	29.1	33.9	48.3	72.3	100+
Pack Horse	29.1	33.9	48.3	72.3	100+
Desert Ostard	29.1	33.9	48.3	72.3	100+
Forest Ostard	29.1	33.9	48.3	72.3	100+
Rideable Llama	29.1	33.9	48.3	72.3	100+
Pack Llama	29.1	33.9	48.3	72.3	100+
Boar	29.1	33.9	48.3	72.3	100+
Giant Rat	29.1	33.9	48.3	72.3	100+
Black Bear	35.1	39.9	54.3	78.3	100+
Llama	35.1	39.9	54.3	78.3	100+
Polar Bear	35.1	39.9	54.3	78.3	100+
Walrus	35.1	39.9	54.3	78.3	100+
Cougar	41.1	45.9	60.3	84.3	100+
Brown Bear	41.1	45.9	60.3	84.3	100+
Alligator	47.1	51.9	66.3	90.3	100+
Giant Scorpion	47.1	51.9	66.3	90.3	100+
Gray Wolf	53.1	57.9	72.3	96.3	100+
Panther	53.1	57.9	72.3	96.3	100+
Snow Leopard	53.1	57.9	72.3	96.3	100+
Giant Spider	59.1	63.9	78.3	100+	100+
Great Hart	59.1	63.9	78.3	100+	100+
Snake	59.1	63.9	78.3	100+	100+
Grizzly Bear	59.1	63.9	78.3	100+	100+
White wolf	65.1	69.9	84.3	100+	100+
Mongbat (Strong)	71.1	75.9	90.3	100+	100+
Hellcat	71.1	75.9	90.3	100+	100+
Bull	71.1	75.9	90.3	100+	100+
Frost Spider	74.7	79.5	90.3	100+	100+
Ostard Frenzied	77.1	81.9	96.3	100+	100+
Giant Toad	77.1	81.9	96.3	100+	100+
Lava Lizard	80.7	85.5	99.9	100+	100+
Imp	83.1	87.9	100+	100+	100+
Dire Wolf	83.1	87.9	100+	100+	100+
Hell Hound	85.5	90.3	100+	100+	100+
Predator Hellcat	89.1	93.9	100+	100+	100+
Dragon	93.9	98.7	100+	100+	100+
Drake	95.1	99.9	100+	100+	100+
Nightmare	95.1	100+	100+	100+	100+
White Wyrm	96.3	100+	100+	100+	100+

Each re-tame attempt makes the animal more difficult, you can add this table to the base taming difficulty of an animal to see where on the taming scale they will now be.

Wild____ 00.0
1 Owner_+04.8
2 Owners+19.2
3 Owners+43.2
4 Owners+76.8

After 5 owners it can no longer be re-tamed by anyone, you will keep getting the message "the animal has had too many owners"