Taming a Beefalo in Don’t Starve Together: A Comprehensive Guide

Beefalo in Don’t Starve Together are not only a valuable source of meat, wool, and horns, but they can also be tamed for improved travel and combat capabilities. However, for newcomers, the taming process may seem complex. In this article, we will provide a step-by-step guide on how to tame a Beefalo in Don’t Starve Together.

Before You Begin: Prepare for a Long and Resource-Intensive Process

Taming a Beefalo in Don’t Starve Together requires significant time, effort, and resources. This process is not for the impatient or ill-prepared. Make sure you have the necessary materials and plenty of patience before attempting to tame a Beefalo.

Main Attributes of Beefalo

When it comes to taming a Beefalo, there are four main attributes to consider:

• Taming: This attribute increases as you interact with the Beefalo through riding, fighting, feeding, and brushing. When it reaches 100%, the Beefalo is successfully tamed.
• Obedience: Obedience affects riding ability, riding time, and saddling.
• Hunger: Hunger directly influences the taming process and tendency attribute.
• Tendency: Depending on how you treat your Beefalo, it will transform into one of four tendencies: Default, Rider, Ornery, or Pudgy.

The Taming Process Explained

To fully tame a Beefalo, you must raise its taming attribute to 100%. Taming increases by 1 point every 10 seconds when you ride the Beefalo or its hunger level is below zero. Each in-game day, which is equivalent to 8 minutes in real life, you can earn up to 48 taming points or 5% progress. Using a Brush on the Beefalo speeds up the taming process by an additional 16 points or 1.67%. However, the Brush can only be used once per day. Based on these calculations, it will take approximately 15-20 days to fully tame a Beefalo if you ride or feed it daily.

However, keep in mind that various events in the game can disrupt your progress. For example, hound waves may force you to temporarily abandon taming activities to defend against them. Additionally, the taming attribute decreases every 10 seconds if you are not actively engaging with the Beefalo. The longer you ignore the Beefalo, the faster the taming attribute will decrease. If you need to be away for a few days, consider building a Salt Lick at home to prevent the taming attribute from decreasing. You can tag your Beefalo with a Beefalo Bell and place the bell near the Salt Lick to ensure your Beefalo remains in the designated area.

Once the taming attribute reaches 100%, feeding the Beefalo one final time will determine its tendency. The Beefalo will transform into either Default, Rider, Ornery, or Pudgy, based on your interactions and treatment during the taming process.

Starting the Taming Process and Obedience

To initiate the taming process, feed the Beefalo with vegetables, fruits, cut grass, or twigs. Feeding the Beefalo increases its hunger, health, and obedience attributes. Each food item increases a different amount of health and hunger, while always increasing obedience by 10%. Obedience is crucial, as it determines the Beefalo’s response to specific actions:

• Below 10% obedience: The Beefalo becomes hostile and will attack if you attempt to saddle it.
• Below 40% obedience: The Beefalo will shake off the saddle.
• 50% obedience and above: The Beefalo can be ridden.

When attempting to saddle the Beefalo, you will need an ample supply of cut grass or twigs. Keep in mind that each time the saddle is shaken off, its durability decreases by 1. Every day, the Beefalo loses 300 hunger points and 50% of its obedience attribute. Feeding the Beefalo regularly is crucial for increasing the taming attribute and changing its tendency. If you are unable to constantly provide food, consider using a Saddlehorn to temporarily remove the saddle and only use it when you need to ride the Beefalo. However, be cautious about overfeeding, shaving, or attacking your Beefalo, as each action has consequences.

Refer to the table below to understand the effects of different actions on obedience and taming progress:

It is important to note that attacking your own Beefalo is not advisable, as it results in a significant loss of progress. However, actions that negatively impact the taming attribute can be helpful if you want to change the Beefalo’s tendency. It is also essential to understand how tendency points are calculated.

Finishing the Taming Process and Determining Tendency Points

Once the taming attribute reaches 100%, the final feeding will transform the Beefalo into one of four tendencies: Default, Rider, Ornery, or Pudgy. The dominant tendency, which has the most points, determines the final outcome. Here is how tendency points are calculated:

• Rider tendency: Increases by 0.000416 points per second while being ridden.
• Ornery tendency: Increases by 0.004 points each time the Beefalo attacks or is attacked.
• Pudgy tendency: Increases by 0.000416 points per second if hunger exceeds 50%. Overfeeding increases this point by an additional 0.02.

The Ornery tendency increases 10 times faster than the other tendencies. If you want a Rider or Pudgy Beefalo, it is recommended to leave the Beefalo at home and only feed and ride it as needed to increase those tendency points. If the dominant tendency has fewer points than the sum of the other two tendencies, the Beefalo will become Default instead. Consider the following example:

Before the final feeding, suppose your Beefalo has 1.2 Rider tendency points, 0.4 Ornery tendency points, and 0.9 Pudgy tendency points. In this case, it will become a Default Beefalo because 1.2 < 1.3 (0.4 + 0.9).

Beefalo Tendencies and Their Effects

Each tendency gives your Beefalo a unique appearance and specific stats, including speed, damage, and base obedience. Here are the details for each tendency:

Once you have fully tamed your Beefalo into one of these tendencies, the riding time is significantly increased to approximately 13 minutes. This makes Beefalo an incredibly valuable asset for fast travel without penalties from other sources, such as Piggyback or Marble Suit. It is important to note that a tamed Beefalo does not require constant feeding, except for the Ornery tendency, which always has a minimum of 45% obedience and requires at least one feeding before riding. Furthermore, due to the Base O