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Sindri

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Creatures with petvalue that can't be pets
« on: April 11, 2012, 02:27:25 pm »

What's up with the creatures that have a listed petvalue but no pet or pet_exotic tag?
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Re: Creatures with petvalue that can't be pets
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2012, 03:10:50 pm »

Maybe that is in case you tame one?
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Re: Creatures with petvalue that can't be pets
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2012, 03:15:38 pm »

How can you tame them if they don't have pet tags?
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Re: Creatures with petvalue that can't be pets
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2012, 03:31:01 pm »

I thought the new training system can tame anything you can trap.  I haven't tried it myself, since my current fortress is in undead territory.
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Re: Creatures with petvalue that can't be pets
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2012, 03:44:04 pm »

Not everything can be tamed, and there are quite a few creatures with PETVALUE that can't be tamed.  It's probably just in there in case they ever become tamable in the future, or through modding.
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Re: Creatures with petvalue that can't be pets
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2012, 03:45:01 pm »

The taming and training science thread says
"[PET] and [PET_EXOTIC] may be tamed."
So I don't think it's changed from earlier versions. Also the petvalue without pet tag thing existed before the training system update.
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