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== Tame your first companion ==

[[Taming]] is the flagship skill and your first real milestone. Here's the concrete path to your first creature:

# '''Brew a [[Calming Tonic]]''' in [[Alchemy]] (it just needs a couple of [[Crimson Berry|berries]]).
# '''Stock [[Crimson Berry|Crimson Berries]]''' from [[Foraging]].
# Open '''[[Taming]]''' and start '''Tame Glyptodon''' — it costs '''8 Crimson Berries + 1 Calming Tonic'''. The Glyptodon is a sturdy L1 tame that gives you a '''15% chance of double [[Mining]] yield''' as a [[Companions|companion]].

Once tamed, a creature lives in your '''[[Stable]]''' and can be:

* assigned as a '''[[Companions|companion]]''' to buff one skill (each species buffs a different skill), or
* sent out with your '''[[Expeditions|expedition]] party'''.

Higher tames want '''cooked food''' and stronger '''tranquilizers''' — so keep [[Cooking]] and [[Alchemy]] ticking. Taming XP is slow but it unlocks [[Breeding]] (at level 50) and extra expedition slots, so it's always worth chipping at.