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Creatures — the tameable roster

Not every animal in Outward can be tamed. A creature is player-tameable when it has a taming food (a "chow") to cook and use on it — see Taming. This page lists the tameable species and what makes each one distinct.

Beastwhispering ships data for a large catalogue of Outward creatures, but most of that catalogue is reference and internal support data — the set you can actually tame and keep is the short list below. Matching is by species name, so a variant tames with its base species' chow (a wild Armored Hyena with Hyena Chow, a Pearlbird Cutthroat with Pearlbird Chow).

Tameable species

Species Role & signature attack Bond buff Notable food / gift
Hyena Brawler. Its bite inflicts Pain build-up — stacking hits wear an enemy down. Physical damage Eats raw meat, fish, cactus fruit. Chow: pressed meat + fish. Gifts raw meat and scaled leather. Fed Alpha Jerky or Raw Alpha Meat, it gets a temporary physical damage buff scaled by loyalty.
Armored Hyena Tank. Brace — Hunt as One opens a counterattack stance that negates incoming blows and ripostes with heavy impact and a random debuff (Weaken or Sapped). Tamed with Hyena Chow. Physical damage Same diet as the Hyena, including the Alpha Jerky / Raw Alpha Meat damage buff.
Pearlbird Support striker. Its signature attack inflicts Cripple. Movement speed Eats gaberries and vegetables. Chow: maize + gaberries. Gifts eggs — and, taught the gift skill, quality feathers for fletching arrows.
Veaber Hex-dealer. Its signature attack inflicts hexes chosen by what you've recently fed it — a scavenger whose diet shapes its bite. Decay damage Scavenger diet (food waste, seeds, oils, bones). Chow: food waste + crystal powder + mushroom. Gifts eggs.

Each species also has its own comfort band, gift table, and — for some — scent tracking, scavenge bonuses, and relic feeds. Those details, and the full per-creature data, live in Data manifests.

Signature attacks at a glance

The shipped species deliberately play differently through their signature (Hunt as One) attacks:

  • Status bite (Hyena) — build up a debuff over repeated hits.
  • Counterattack stance (Armored Hyena) — a defensive tank that turns enemy blows into ripostes.
  • Debuff striker (Pearlbird) — reliable crowd control.
  • Adaptive hexes (Veaber) — its effect depends on its recent meals.

Some species are defined in the data with signature attacks that aren't reachable through the player taming loop yet — for example the Mantis Shrimp, whose signature fires its own ranged electric bolt. As the roster grows, more of these become tameable; see Data manifests for how species data is authored and extended.

See also