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A '''domestic animal''' is a monster in ''[[NetHack]]'' that has the <tt>M2_DOMESTIC</tt> flag. This is not to be confused with <tt>HI_DOMESTIC</tt>, which is a stand-in for the color white and applied to monster glyphs.

==List of domestic animals==

These monsters are domestic:{{refsrc|nethack=3.6.7|src/monst.c|104|comment=M2_DOMESTIC}}

* [[Image:kitten.png]] {{monsymlink|kitten}}
* [[Image:housecat.png]] {{monsymlink|housecat}}
* [[Image:large cat.png]] {{monsymlink|large cat}}
* [[Image:little dog.png]] {{monsymlink|little dog}}
* [[Image:dog.png]] {{monsymlink|dog}}
* [[Image:large dog.png]] {{monsymlink|large dog}}
* [[Image:pony.png]] {{monsymlink|pony}}
* [[Image:horse.png]] {{monsymlink|horse}}
* [[Image:warhorse.png]] {{monsymlink|warhorse}}

== Taming ==

Throwing a [[treat]], a suitable [[corpse]], or certain other food may tame a domestic animal and make it a [[pet]].{{refsrc|nethack=3.6.7|src/dothrow.c|1769}}{{refsrc|nethack=3.6.7|include/mondata.h|225|comment=befriend_with_obj}}{{refsrc|nethack=3.6.7|src/dog.c|860|comment=function tamedog}}

Food sufficient for taming a domestic [[carnivore]] (any cat or dog):
* [[tripe ration]]
* [[huge chunk of meat]], [[meatball]], [[meat ring]], or [[meat stick]]
* any safe non-vegan [[corpse]] (unsafe corpses include anything [[acidic]], [[poison]]ous, [[petrify]]ing, or [[tainted]])
* [[food ration]], [[cram ration]], [[lembas wafer]], [[K-ration]], or [[C-ration]]
* [[candy bar]], [[pancake]], [[lump of royal jelly]], [[fortune cookie]]

An [[egg]] or [[cream pie]] would also work, but they usually splat when you throw them. (Except for petrifying eggs, of course, those do worse than splat.)

Food sufficient for taming a domestic [[herbivore]] (any horse):
* [[apple]], [[banana]], [[orange]], [[pear]], or [[slime mold]]
* [[carrot]], [[clove of garlic]], [[kelp frond]], [[eucalyptus leaf]], or [[sprig of wolfsbane]]
* [[lichen]] corpse

A [[melon]] would also work, but they usually splat when you throw them.

The [[beatitude]] of the thrown food does not matter.

Certain other monsters may be tamed with food as well, such as monkeys and apes, even though they are not domestic.

A [[shapeshifter]] in the form of a domestic animal can be tamed, and will remain tame even as it changes forms.

At [[night]] during a [[full moon]], dogs are more likely to resist taming.{{refsrc|nethack=3.6.7|src/dog.c|878}}

== Pacification ==

If a domestic animal is not tamed by thrown food, it may be pacified, even if the item is something that the domestic animal would not normally eat. Nearly any food will pacify a carnivorous domestic animal (cat or dog). Even a [[tin]] will do. Only a [[veggy]] food item will pacify an herbivorous domestic animal (horse).

For example, throwing a [[carrot]] or a [[lichen]] corpse will pacify a dog, and throwing a [[food ration]] or a [[fortune cookie]] will pacify a horse.

Pacifying will make the domestic animal [[peaceful]] and remove any [[fear]] effects.

== Other differences ==

A tame domestic animal starts with a tameness of 10; any other tame monster starts with a tameness of 5.{{refsrc|nethack=3.6.7|src/dog.c|37}}

A domestic animal which can be saddled (i.e. a horse) has a {{frac|100}} chance of being equipped with a [[saddle]] when it is generated.{{refsrc|nethack=3.6.7|src/makemon.c|1386}}

Eating the corpse of certain domestic animals confers the [[aggravate monster]] intrinsic, unless the character is a [[Caveman]] or an [[Orc (starting race)|Orc]].{{refsrc|nethack=3.6.7|src/eat.c|696}} Relevant monsters are cats and dogs, but not horses.

== History ==

In NetHack 3.6.0 and earlier versions, throwing any food item would pacify an herbivorous domestic animal (horse).

NetHack 3.6.1 introduced the chance of a saddle-able domestic animal being generated with a saddle.

==Variants==
===SLASH'EM===

[[SLASH'EM]] adds the following domestic animals:{{refsrc|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2|monst.c|106}}

* [[Image:chicken.png]] {{monsymlink|chicken|variant=SLASH'EM}}
* [[Image:cockatoo.png]] {{monsymlink|cockatoo}}
* [[Image:parrot.png]] {{monsymlink|parrot}}
* [[Image:pit bull.png]] {{monsymlink|pit bull}}
* [[Image:lamb.png]] {{monsymlink|lamb}}
* [[Image:sheep.png]] {{monsymlink|sheep}}
* [[Image:goat.png]] {{monsymlink|goat}}
* [[Image:cow.png]] {{monsymlink|cow}}
* [[Image:bull.png]] {{monsymlink|bull}}
* [[Image:koala.png]] {{monsymlink|koala}} (only tameable with [[eucalyptus leaves]]){{refsrc|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2|dog.c|734|comment="Koalas can only eat eucalyptus"}}
* [[Image:wombat.png]] {{monsymlink|wombat}}

Also, some animals in SLASH'EM can be tamed or pacified with specific foods; throwing other kinds of comestibles at them has no pacifying effect.{{refsrc|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2|mondata.h|239|comment="[Tom] Dorothy wants more pets..."}}

Tameable with [[cheese]]:
* [[Image:sewer rat.png]] {{monsymlink|sewer rat}}
* [[Image:black rat.png]] {{monsymlink|black rat}}
* [[Image:giant rat.png]] {{monsymlink|giant rat}}
* [[Image:pack rat.png]] {{monsymlink|pack rat}}
Tameable with [[carrot]]s:
* [[Image:rabbit.png]] {{monsymlink|rabbit}}
* [[Image:rabid rabbit.png]] {{monsymlink|rabid rabbit}}
Tameable with [[banana]]s: all [[apelike creature]]s (monsters represented by {{monclasssym|Y}})
* [[Image:monkey.png]] {{monsymlink|monkey}}
* [[Image:ape.png]] {{monsymlink|ape}}
* [[Image:owlbear.png]] {{monsymlink|owlbear}}
* [[Image:yeti.png]] {{monsymlink|yeti}}
* [[Image:carnivorous ape.png]] {{monsymlink|carnivorous ape}}
* [[Image:sasquatch.png]] {{monsymlink|sasquatch}}
* [[Image:zruty.png]] {{monsym|zruty (SLASH'EM)}} [[zruty]]

== See also ==

* [[Diet]]
* [[Pet]]
* [[Pet (SLASH'EM)]]

== References ==
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