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Overview

Creature taming in Of Peaks and Tides uses a bond-based system. Rather than capturing or forcing animals into service, players build relationships with wild creatures over time. Tamed creatures serve as mounts, combat allies, and platforms for mobile bases. The world is filled with adorable creatures that inhabit the various biomes, available for players to bond with.

Bond System

Taming a creature involves approaching it in the wild, offering food or items it favors, and spending time near it without threatening it. Each species has different temperaments and preferences. Aggressive predators take longer to tame and require the player to demonstrate strength or cunning, while passive herbivores may be won over with food alone.

The bond grows over time through feeding, grooming, and traveling together. A fully bonded creature responds more reliably to commands and performs better in combat and traversal.

Uses

Flying Trial Minigame

In the Gamescom 2025 demo, a flying trial minigame was available that grants the player a permanent gliding ability upon completion. The trial consists of flying through hoops across three stages of increasing difficulty. Completing all three stages unlocks gliding as a traversal option for the rest of the game.

Flying Mounts

Certain tamed creatures are capable of flight. Flying mounts provide rapid traversal across Everland's varied terrain and allow players to survey the landscape from above. They also provide escape routes during dangerous encounters or calamities.

Creature Behavior and Growth Patterns

Each creature species has distinct behavior patterns. Some are nocturnal, some hibernate during certain seasons, and some migrate across biomes. Players who understand these patterns can locate and tame specific creatures more efficiently. Understanding plant and creature growth patterns is also part of the overall survival mechanics, as knowledge of natural cycles helps players predict resource availability and creature movements across Everland.

Mounts And Mobile Bases

Tamed creatures are not only companions; they are the backbone of mid- and long-range travel in Everland. Steam press materials specifically describe giant winged creatures that can be mounted to fly across the realm and large tamed beasts that can carry player-built structures on their backs as mobile bases.

Mounting and base-attachment systems run on the same Physics System as the rest of the game, so balance, weight, and the creature's gait all affect how structures behave. See Mounts and Traversal for the wider traversal toolkit.

Growth Patterns and Partnership

The Steam store description frames taming as part of a larger system in which every living thing has its own behaviour. "Every plant and creature has its own growth patterns and needs," the text reads, "and only by understanding them, and working alongside your beasts, can you truly thrive on this untamed land." The phrasing is deliberate: tamed beasts are framed as partners, not pets, and the same observation-and-care loop applies to crops, herbs, and wild flora that share the player's land.

Partner Roles