- When battling creatures within caves, some enemies will pause and plead for mercy, granting you a window to attempt taming. This interaction introduces the taming mechanic, allowing you to convert certain beasts into either Mounts for faster movement or Pets that grant supportive bonuses.
- Taming attempts often fail because players use unsuitable food. Since you only get three tries, each item must contribute more than one-third of the trust bar. Using low-value or random items won’t fill the meter, so specializing with a beast’s preferred food dramatically improves success rates.
- The game usually hints at a beast’s preferred food by labeling an entire category rather than a specific item. To identify these categories, check an item’s description in your inventory—the category appears under the item name in red text. Categories include Fruit, Meat, Fish, Hay, Rice, Wheat, and Feed.
- A critical pet to prioritize early is the Fox . This companion provides a taming chance boost that improves success depending on its rarity—ranging from +20% for Normal to +60% for Gold. A Fox can be a game-changer for rounding up more elusive beasts.
- Fox
- Beasts come in five rarity tiers: Normal, Green, Blue, Purple, and Gold, each identified by the colored border around their icon. Higher rarities confer more potent bonuses, so hunting for rarer specimens will provide better mounting speed or pet effects. For example, a Gold Wolf grants a substantial 30% speed increase.
- Mounts are your fastest route across Taoyuan’s expansive world. Their speed bonuses scale with rarity, making rarer mounts the most valuable for saving time when farming, gathering, or exploring caves.
- Argali
- Wild Boar also prefers fruit, granting up to +20% speed at Purple rarity with unique drops including Wild Boar Cub’s Tooth and a Dark Stone Fence Blueprint.
- The Wild Horse and Wild Cattle favor hay, both offering up to +20% speed at higher rarities and valuable materials useful for crafting.
- Wild Cattle
- Wolf
- Leopard
- Tigers share the Wolf’s food preference—meat—and provide the same speed bonuses up to Gold rarity. Their drop list is equally rewarding, including bamboo and interior wallpaper.
- For well-rounded mount collection, prioritize: Wolf – top speed and valuable drops. Tiger – powerful fast mount. Leopard – fast and resource-rich. Wild Horse – easy to tame early on. These choices maximize your travel efficiency and resource gain in Taoyuan.
- Pets enhance your capabilities without affecting travel speed. They offer passive buffs to aspects like farming EXP, attack speed, loot radius, and more. Many remain useful from early to late game, supporting various gameplay styles.
- Argali Lamb
- Defensive players will appreciate the Wild Boar Cub , which significantly boosts defense—reaching 40% at Purple rarity—and drops valuable seeds and decorations.
- Boost farming experience with the Wild Calf , which grants 20% bonus EXP at Purple rarity and drops useful crafting blueprints.
- For mobility in combat, the Wild Foal increases movement speed by up to 15% and drops trustworthy resources like Advanced Tonics and Luminous Stone.
- The Magpie is an excellent farming companion, adding a chance to increase crop yield. This chance grows from 5% at Normal up to 20% at Purple rarity.
- Pallas’s Cat
- The Golden Monkey raises gift affinity by up to 20%, which can smooth diplomatic or trade interactions. It also provides various tonic and blueprint drops.
- Lynx
- Rural Dog
- Domestic Cat
- Field Mouse improves your loot radius significantly, from +30% at Normal up to +150% at Purple, helping players gather more efficiently from defeated enemies or collection points.
- Macaque
- Long-Tailed Macaque
- The Fox , besides giving you a taming chance boost, prefers fish and drops multiple blueprints and crafting ingredients, making it a highly versatile supporter to keep by your side.
- Dhole
- Bat
- Among common questions, the Fox stands out as the best pet for improving taming success, while Gold-rarity Wolves, Tigers, and Leopards tie as the fastest mounts, each providing a 30% speed boost.
- What is the best pet in Halcyon Days at Taoyuan?
- What is the fastest mount?
- How many taming attempts do I get?
- Where can I farm Blueprints?
- How do I unlock the Tamer of All Beasts achievement?
Exploring the mysterious caves of Halcyon Days at Taoyuan reveals more than just hostile beasts; some creatures can become loyal companions if you approach them the right way. Taming animals opens up new gameplay possibilities that make traveling faster and farming more efficient, a must-know for players wanting to fully engage with the game’s world.
Tamed beasts come in two categories: Mounts and Pets.
Mounts help you travel faster around the world, while pets provide useful bonuses such as increased Farming EXP, better crop yields, higher attack speed, improved taming chances, and much more.
This guide covers everything you need to know about how taming works, which foods each beast prefers, rarity bonuses, and the best creatures to collect.
When battling creatures within caves, some enemies will pause and plead for mercy, granting you a window to attempt taming. This interaction introduces the taming mechanic, allowing you to convert certain beasts into either Mounts for faster movement or Pets that grant supportive bonuses.
When you are fighting beasts inside caves, some enemies will stop fighting and ask for mercy.
When you encounter this, a taming option will appear on your screen.
However, you have to gain the beast’s trust before its patience runs out.
Each beast has both a Trust meter and a Patience meter. You have exactly three chances to feed it items that increase trust. But be careful: every attempt reduces the beast’s patience, so the trust meter must reach 100% before patience depletes, or taming fails.
If trust reaches 100% before patience reaches zero, the beast will join you.
If Patience reaches zero first, then you won’t be able to tame it.
Taming attempts often fail because players use unsuitable food. Since you only get three tries, each item must contribute more than one-third of the trust bar. Using low-value or random items won’t fill the meter, so specializing with a beast’s preferred food dramatically improves success rates.
Many players fail because they use random items.
A beast only gives you three chances.
Since you need to fill the entire Trust bar within those three attempts, each item must provide more than 33.3% Trust.
Using low-value items will fail even if you make all three attempts.
Because of this, you should always use a beast’s preferred food whenever possible.
The game usually hints at a beast’s preferred food by labeling an entire category rather than a specific item. To identify these categories, check an item’s description in your inventory—the category appears under the item name in red text. Categories include Fruit, Meat, Fish, Hay, Rice, Wheat, and Feed.
The game does not always show the exact item you need.
Instead, it usually tells you an item category.
To check an item’s category:
- Open your inventory.
- Hover over the item.
- Look below the item name.
- The category appears in red text.
Examples include:
- Fruit
- Meat
- Fish
- Hay
- Rice
- Wheat
- Feed
A critical pet to prioritize early is the Fox . This companion provides a taming chance boost that improves success depending on its rarity—ranging from +20% for Normal to +60% for Gold. A Fox can be a game-changer for rounding up more elusive beasts.
If you want to collect every beast in the game, then you should first tame this one useful pet.
Fox
The Fox provides a Taming Chance bonus.
It can increase taming success depending on its rarity.
| Rarity | Taming Chance Bonus |
|---|---|
| Normal | +20% |
| Green | +20% |
| Blue | +33% |
| Purple | +50% |
| Gold | +60% |
Because of this, many players use a Fox while hunting rare companions.
If you want to unlock every beast, getting a Fox early is highly recommended.
Beasts come in five rarity tiers: Normal, Green, Blue, Purple, and Gold, each identified by the colored border around their icon. Higher rarities confer more potent bonuses, so hunting for rarer specimens will provide better mounting speed or pet effects. For example, a Gold Wolf grants a substantial 30% speed increase.
Every beast can appear in different rarity tiers.
You can identify rarity by the color around the creature’s icon.
Higher rarities provide stronger bonuses and are usually worth keeping.
Rarity Colors:
- Normal
- Green
- Blue
- Purple
- Gold
Not every beast can spawn in every rarity tier, but rarer versions always provide better effects.
For example: A Normal Magpie might only provide a small crop bonus, while a Purple Magpie provides a stronger farming benefit.
Similarly, a Gold Wolf can be the fastest mount available.
Mounts are your fastest route across Taoyuan’s expansive world. Their speed bonuses scale with rarity, making rarer mounts the most valuable for saving time when farming, gathering, or exploring caves.
Mounts mainly increase movement speed.
The better the rarity, the faster you move.
Argali
The Argali favors fruit and offers increasing speed boosts up to +20% at Purple rarity. It also drops useful items like Argali Horn and Luminous Stone.
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Green | SPD +10% |
| Blue | SPD +15% |
| Purple | SPD +20% |
Unique Drops
- Argali Horn
- Luminous Stone
- Interior Wallpaper
- Grease
- Manure
Wild Boar also prefers fruit, granting up to +20% speed at Purple rarity with unique drops including Wild Boar Cub’s Tooth and a Dark Stone Fence Blueprint.
Favorite Food: Fruit
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Normal | SPD +10% |
| Green | SPD +10% |
| Blue | SPD +15% |
| Purple | SPD +20% |
Unique Drops
- Wild Boar Cub’s Tooth
- Dark Stone Fence Blueprint
- Grease
- Leather Scraps
- Manure
The Wild Horse and Wild Cattle favor hay, both offering up to +20% speed at higher rarities and valuable materials useful for crafting.
Favorite Food: Hay
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Green | SPD +10% |
| Blue | SPD +15% |
| Purple | SPD +20% |
Unique Drops
- Wild Horse Tail Hair
- Leather Scraps
- Grease
- Manure
Wild Cattle
Favorite Food: Hay
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Green | SPD +10% |
| Blue | SPD +15% |
| Purple | SPD +20% |
Unique Drops
- Grease
- Leather Scraps
- Manure
- Stone Material
- Celery Pork Stir-Fry
Wolf
The Wolf is one of the fastest and most prized mounts. At Gold rarity, it boosts speed by 30% and yields rare drops ranging from Wolf Hair to multiple blueprint recipes relevant for advanced building.
Wolf is one of the best mounts in the game.
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Blue | SPD +15% |
| Purple | SPD +20% |
| Gold | SPD +30% |
Unique Drops
- Wolf Hair
- Golden Crops
- Stone Lion Blueprint
- Wooden Post Lamp Blueprint
- Bamboo Floor Blueprint
- Fermentation Barrel Blueprint
- Big Plate Chicken Recipe
- Poached Spicy Pork Recipe
- Decorative Items
Gold Wolves are among the most desirable mounts in the game because they provide a huge speed boost.
Leopard
Favorite Food: Meat
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Blue | SPD +15% |
| Purple | SPD +20% |
| Gold | SPD +30% |
Unique Drops
- Leopard Hair
- Tungsten Ore
- Luminous Stone
- Table Oil Lamp Blueprint
- Grease
- Leather Scraps
Tigers share the Wolf’s food preference—meat—and provide the same speed bonuses up to Gold rarity. Their drop list is equally rewarding, including bamboo and interior wallpaper.
Favorite Food: Meat
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Blue | SPD +15% |
| Purple | SPD +20% |
| Gold | SPD +30% |
Unique Drops
- Tiger Hair
- Bamboo
- Interior Wallpaper
- Grease
- Leather Scraps
- Manure
For well-rounded mount collection, prioritize: Wolf – top speed and valuable drops. Tiger – powerful fast mount. Leopard – fast and resource-rich. Wild Horse – easy to tame early on. These choices maximize your travel efficiency and resource gain in Taoyuan.
If you only want a few powerful mounts, focus on:
- Wolf – Excellent speed and valuable drops.
- Tiger – One of the fastest beasts available.
- Leopard – Great movement speed and useful materials.
- Wild Horse – Easy to obtain early in the game.
These mounts will make traveling around Taoyuan much faster and save a lot of time during farming, gathering, and cave exploration.
Pets enhance your capabilities without affecting travel speed. They offer passive buffs to aspects like farming EXP, attack speed, loot radius, and more. Many remain useful from early to late game, supporting various gameplay styles.
Unlike mounts, pets do not increase your riding speed. Instead, they provide useful passive bonuses that help with farming, combat, gathering, fishing, taming, and other activities.
Some pets are useful early in the game, while others remain valuable even in the late game.
Argali Lamb
The Argali Lamb focuses on herding experience gains, improving it up to 20% at Purple rarity. Its drops include unique blueprints and materials tied to advanced crafting.
The Argali Lamb is a great choice if you spend a lot of time raising animals.
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Normal | Herding EXP +5% |
| Green | Herding EXP +10% |
| Blue | Herding EXP +15% |
| Purple | Herding EXP +20% |
Unique Drops
- Argali Lamb’s Horn
- Welcoming Pine (Style III)
- Intermediate Tonic
- Ox Decoration
- Green Jade Fence Blueprint
- Prime Seeds
- Grease
- Leather Scraps
- Manure
Defensive players will appreciate the Wild Boar Cub , which significantly boosts defense—reaching 40% at Purple rarity—and drops valuable seeds and decorations.
Favorite Food: Fruit
This pet focuses entirely on defense.
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Normal | DEF +10% |
| Green | DEF +20% |
| Purple | DEF +40% |
Unique Drops
- Wild Boar Cub’s Tooth
- Prime Watermelon Seeds
- Fish Decoration
- Grease
- Leather Scraps
- Manure
Boost farming experience with the Wild Calf , which grants 20% bonus EXP at Purple rarity and drops useful crafting blueprints.
Favorite Food: Hay
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Normal | Farming EXP +5% |
| Green | Farming EXP +10% |
| Purple | Farming EXP +20% |
Unique Drops
- Wild Calf’s Horn
- Dark Wood Floor Blueprint
- Grease
- Leather Scraps
- Manure
For mobility in combat, the Wild Foal increases movement speed by up to 15% and drops trustworthy resources like Advanced Tonics and Luminous Stone.
Favorite Food: Hay
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Normal | Movement SPD +10% |
| Green | Movement SPD +15% |
Unique Drops
- Wild Foal’s Tail Hair
- Advanced Tonic
- Prime Seeds
- Huicheng
- Luminous Stone
- Grease
- Leather Scraps
- Manure
The Magpie is an excellent farming companion, adding a chance to increase crop yield. This chance grows from 5% at Normal up to 20% at Purple rarity.
Favorite Food: Fruit
One of the best farming pets in the game.
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Normal | 5% chance for Crop Yield +1 |
| Green | 10% chance for Crop Yield +1 |
| Blue | 15% chance for Crop Yield +1 |
| Purple | 20% chance for Crop Yield +1 |
Pallas’s Cat
Improve your contribution rewards with Pallas’s Cat, offering a 20% voucher increase at the highest rarity and dropping blueprints alongside crafting ingredients.
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Normal | Contribution Vouchers +5% |
| Green | Contribution Vouchers +10% |
| Blue | Contribution Vouchers +15% |
| Purple | Contribution Vouchers +20% |
Unique Drops
- Pallas’s Cat Hair
- Basic Tonic
- Blue Jade Floor Blueprint
- Grease
- Leather Scraps
- Manure
The Golden Monkey raises gift affinity by up to 20%, which can smooth diplomatic or trade interactions. It also provides various tonic and blueprint drops.
Favorite Food: Fruit
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Normal | Gift Affinity +5% |
| Green | Gift Affinity +10% |
| Purple | Gift Affinity +20% |
Unique Drops
- Golden Monkey Hair
- Basic Tonic
- Advanced Tonic
- Prime Seeds
- Recipes
- Blueprints
- Luminous Stone
- Leather Scraps
- Manure
Lynx
Combat-focused players should consider the Lynx, which speeds up attack rate by 20% at Gold rarity, helping in battles and hunting.
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Green | ATK SPD +5% |
| Blue | ATK SPD +10% |
| Purple | ATK SPD +15% |
| Gold | ATK SPD +20% |
Rural Dog
The Rural Dog adds damage immunity reaching 8% at the highest rarity, increasing survivability while offering unique hair drops.
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Normal | 1% Damage Immunity |
| Green | 3% Damage Immunity |
| Blue | 5% Damage Immunity |
| Purple | 8% Damage Immunity |
Unique Drops
- Dog Hair
Domestic Cat
Fishing enthusiasts will benefit from the Domestic Cat, which boosts fishing experience by 20%, making it easier to gather aquatic resources.
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Normal | Fishing EXP +5% |
| Green | Fishing EXP +10% |
| Blue | Fishing EXP +15% |
| Purple | Fishing EXP +20% |
Field Mouse improves your loot radius significantly, from +30% at Normal up to +150% at Purple, helping players gather more efficiently from defeated enemies or collection points.
Favorite Food: Rice and Wheat
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Normal | Loot Radius +30% |
| Green | Loot Radius +60% |
| Blue | Loot Radius +100% |
| Purple | Loot Radius +150% |
Macaque
Collectors focusing on resource gathering should look for Macaque and Long-Tailed Macaque. These boost foraging experience and loot drop rate respectively, making resource farming less tedious.
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Normal | Foraging EXP +10% |
| Purple | Foraging EXP +20% |
Unique Drops
- Macaque Hair
Long-Tailed Macaque
Favorite Food: Fruit
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Green | Loot Drop Rate +5% |
| Blue | Loot Drop Rate +10% |
| Purple | Loot Drop Rate +15% |
| Gold | Loot Drop Rate +20% |
Unique Drops
- Long-Tailed Macaque Hair
- Copper Ore
- Huicheng
- Turnip Cake Recipe
- Simple Wardrobe Blueprint
- Grease
- Leather Scraps
- Manure
The Fox , besides giving you a taming chance boost, prefers fish and drops multiple blueprints and crafting ingredients, making it a highly versatile supporter to keep by your side.
Favorite Food: Fish
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Normal | Taming Chance +20% |
| Green | Taming Chance +20% |
| Blue | Taming Chance +33% |
| Purple | Taming Chance +50% |
| Gold | Taming Chance +60% |
Unique Drops
- Soaking Barrel Blueprint
- Stone Fence Gate Blueprint
- Black Jade Fence Gate Blueprint
- Advanced Tonic
- Grease
- Leather Scraps
Dhole
The Dhole has a more defensive role by reflecting 10-20% damage and comes with useful blueprint drops for base building.
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Normal | Reflect 10% Damage |
| Green | Reflect 20% Damage |
Unique Drops
- Dhole Hair
- Hay
- Huicheng
- Blue Jade Fence Blueprint
- Grease
- Leather Scraps
- Manure
Bat
The Bat extends your light radius, enhancing visibility in dark caves, which is invaluable during exploration. Its bonus ranges from +20% to +60% and yields valuable chest and recipe blueprints.
| Rarity | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Normal | Light Radius +20% |
| Green | Light Radius +33% |
| Blue | Light Radius +50% |
| Purple | Light Radius +60% |
Unique Drops
- Wooden Display Pedestal (Low)
- Premium Chest Blueprint
- Spicy Crawfish Recipe
- Advanced Tonic
- Manure
Among common questions, the Fox stands out as the best pet for improving taming success, while Gold-rarity Wolves, Tigers, and Leopards tie as the fastest mounts, each providing a 30% speed boost.
What is the best pet in Halcyon Days at Taoyuan?
The Fox is generally considered the best pet because it increases taming success rates.
What is the fastest mount?
Gold-rarity Wolves, Tigers, and Leopards can provide up to 30% movement speed while mounted.
How many taming attempts do I get?
Taming a beast grants exactly three attempts before the beast’s patience runs out and taming fails. Strategic use of its preferred food items with high trust gain per attempt is essential.
Where can I farm Blueprints?
For farming unique blueprints, the Metal Cave is a prime area known for its rich drop rates, suitable for players looking to expand crafting options.
How do I unlock the Tamer of All Beasts achievement?
The Tamer of All Beasts achievement requires taming at least one of every beast species in the game, urging players to explore comprehensively and collect systematically.