“I’d say your pet bear is unhappy.”
“You think so? After all, he’s only trying to bite off my leg.”
Animal Lore, the study of the beasts of Britannia, is a highly useful skill for tamers and an intriguing pastime for scholars as well. With knowledge of animal lore, you may detect useful information about tamed creatures and, at higher skills, wild creatures. You may also use the skill to measure the loyalty of tamed pets.
Using Animal Lore
To use the Animal Lore skill to determine information about a particular animal or monster:
If successful, you learn information about the animal’s loyalty, eating habits, stats, and skills.Click the blue gem next to the skill on your skill list. Target the animal about which you wish to learn.
Note: You are restricted to the creature on which you can use the Animal Lore skill, based on your skill level:
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Animal Lore
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Creature Types
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0.1 to 99.9
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Any tamed creature |
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100.0 to 109.9
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Any tamed or tameable creature |
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110.0+
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Any creature |
The Animal Lore skill will display the following data for any tamed creature:
- Attributes - The creature's attributes
- Hits - Current and maximum hit points
- Stamina - Current and maximum stamina
- Mana - Current and maximum mana
- Strength
- Dexterity
- Intelligence
- Barding Difficulty - The creature's barding difficulty. For more info, click here.
- Loyalty Rating - The creature's current loyalty rating, as described by the chart below
- Resistances - Percentage of incoming damage that is blocked by damage type
- Physical
- Fire
- Cold
- Poison
- Energy
- Damage - Percentage of each attack that is dealt to the opponent's resistances - always adds up to 100%
- Physical
- Fire
- Cold
- Poison
- Energy
- Base Damage
- Combat Ratings - The creature's competency in various combat related skills
- Wrestling
- Tactics
- Magic Resistance
- Anatomy
- Poisoning
- Lore and Knowledge - The creature's competency in magic related skills
- Magery
- Evaluating Intelligence
- Meditation
- Preferred Foods - The type of food that the creature prefers to eat
- Pack Instincts - The creature's pack group. For more details, click here.
Loyalty and Animal Lore
Animal Lore is a handy skill by which tamers may keep watch on the loyalty of their pets. A pet that has lost loyalty to its master is more likely to turn wild than a loyal pet. To raise a pet’s loyalty, you should:
Your pet’s loyalty drops if you:Keep the pet well fed Issue acceptable commands to the pet
To use Animal Lore to determine your pet’s loyalty, use the following scale:Fail to feed the pet. Issue commands the pet cannot or will not follow. Leave your pet’s line of sight for long periods of time.
| If your pet is… | Its loyalty is… |
| Wonderfully happy | Extremely high |
| Extremely happy | Very high |
| Very happy | High |
| Rather happy | Good |
| Happy | Good |
| Content | Neutral |
| Content, I suppose | Neutral |
| Unhappy | Low |
| Rather unhappy | Low |
| Extremely unhappy | Very low |
| Confused | Extremely low |
Additional Information
Professional Title: Ranger
Skill Used by: Skill List
Trainers: Animal Trainer, Rancher, Ranger, Ranger Guildmaster,
Vegetable Seller, Veterinarian
Primary Stat: Intelligence
Secondary Stat: Strength
Additional Skills for Rangers:
Animal Taming — Put your knowledge of animals
to use and tame pets of your own.
Veterinary — Tend to the cuts and scratches
of animals.
