Cat Search difficulty

[Alethia]

I know wrangling cats in real life is difficult but trying to tame the cat for the quest is near impossible.

[Rufert]

The cat is a bit extra tricky(the one in the tower anyway) because depending on where it decides to be it can get startled and make it impossible to get far enough away from so it'll calm down again. Usually when it's in a smaller room near stairs.

I managed without too much trouble, but I also changed the difficulty settings for taming so I don't lose progress every time it got scared. Since with the layout of the tower, it's extremely easy to spook after you've successfully pet it, resetting all progress.

[Hemlock]

Took a few times to catch on as to how to tame it. The way i did it was to sneak, STOP. if you see the ? mark, then once it goes back to eating, sneak up and pet, then start it over for a total of 3 times. (3 hearts) the annoying thing is if you spook it, you lose the accumulated hearts! THAT is the frustrating part, so you have to be patient.

[alfoxon]

As soon as i get a single heart filled the animal pauses for a a second or two then goes to exclamation mark which fills very quickly and I loose the petting heart. Even if i back off immediately. Just can't be bothered after eight tries and the same every time. it should require patience and a little finessing but this seems bugged. This is with the dog. not tried others.
Does anyone know if this is linked to difficulty setting as some people are bragging how easy but others are having similar problems as myself?

[Alethia]

Originally posted by alfoxon:

As soon as i get a single heart filled the animal pauses for a a second or two then goes to exclamation mark which fills very quickly and I loose the petting heart. Even if i back off immediately. Just can't be bothered after eight tries and the same every time. it should require patience and a little finessing but this seems bugged. This is with the dog. not tried others.
Does anyone know if this is linked to difficulty setting as some people are bragging how easy but others are having similar problems as myself?

I had a way easier time with the dog in the scavenger camp than I did with the cat in the alchemist tower. I just snuck around stuff and kept throwing food. I'm on normal difficulty. What I'm seeing is it's just luck of the npc pathing. :(

[xitooner]

The Frizzy Goat is about the same difficulty as the cat; needs the same number of hearts, etc. But after I handled the cat and got familiar with the mechanics, it seemed a lot easier; probably because there was more open space to move around in

I believe there is a control for making taming easier in settings; others have mentioned it. But I am using the default setting. . .

[Urban Blackbear]

You should just be able to set out cat food at your base and have cats show up. Like real life, minus the occasional opossum.

[Lailantie]

Thank you whoever gave that hint to change the taming settings. I hadn't seen that this was possible. I now have almost all the animals.

[zan]

There is a setting in the game for taming animals, make sure it is set to NOT LOSE PROGRESS. Once i did that cat worked fine

[Gaming Granpa]

Good information here, as far as it all goes. I got 3 goats pretty quickly with minimal difficulty on the default setting, but the dog (which seems to be the second one to try) is being more difficult. Guess I'll need to change the taming settings. I'm wondering now, since the hunter wanted the dog, and said it would be a good hunting dog, does the dog ever get killed? Hopefully if you are hunting with it, it never dies....

[alfoxon]

The lesson seems to be READ THE DIFFICULTY SETTINGS PROPERLY!
LOL,
Thanks for info.

[im-sofa-king-ray-zest]

sheesh, only took me a couple of minutes

[NiceGuy]

As in real life you should sneak upon your target from behind, NOT full front.
Yes this is sometimes a bit difficult inside the narrow tower but with a little bit of patience and planning it's possible.

[SKELLY]

Originally posted by zan:

There is a setting in the game for taming animals, make sure it is set to NOT LOSE PROGRESS. Once i did that cat worked fine

great tip after i was taming a damn cat for 10 minutes and getting no where, thanks, great tip :)

[PhiMcRee]

Originally posted by Kurokage:

I got the cat ok, Just back off after you've stroked it. Trying to find stinging nettles for its food is an absolute joke though!!

I found some fairly easily in Revelwood. Took them home and immediately put them in the garden beds to make seeds. Plant, reseed half, repeat. I'm now up to a sizable crop of nettle on my own farm.

[HermitFromPluto]

We can't even find where to start the dog quest. Already have the cat. Quest does not go active and no location shows on the map to start it.