Does Mutt affect stealth?

[Naravolian]

I was wondering if the Mutt (the dog companion) affects my stealth (negatively) in any way? I play a stealth build, so having him bark and making enemies aware of me would be inconvenient :/

[breversa]

I'm not 100% sure that barking does anything regarding stealth, but attacking sure does.

[foxnip]

Nah, I've had him run directly into the middle of enemy camps barking and running circles! The guards don't care at all. He's as inconspicuous as Kassandra's eagle haha

Originally posted by breversa:

I'm not 100% sure that barking does anything regarding stealth, but attacking sure does.

Yes, siccing him on enemies will alert them to you but if he's just running free, again, he won't alert anyone!

[Dr. Gori]

No dog does not effect stealth.

[Naravolian]

Thanks for your help guys, appreciate it! <3

[breversa]

Originally posted by Foxnip:

Yes, siccing him on enemies will alert them to you but if he's just running free, again, he won't alert anyone!

What about if Mutt's in aggressive mode ? I'm pretty sure he'll attack on sight.

[Steven Silverheart]

Originally posted by breversa:

Originally posted by Foxnip:

Yes, siccing him on enemies will alert them to you but if he's just running free, again, he won't alert anyone!

What about if Mutt's in aggressive mode ? I'm pretty sure he'll attack on sight.

Mode? How do you change his mode? Are there different modes for the dog? :) Im trying to figure out how this dog work. You dont happen to know how i feed him? How do i know if he is hungry? I can't find any stat that tells me his hunger or anything.

Have a nice evening!

-Lord Ovelix

[kalonjidread]

Iam almost 100 percent sure that the dog scared wild animals away while I was totally not moving and in good amount of space away. In free Running mode he runs pretty far in front of you

[breversa]

@LordOvelix :
You can switch Mutt's mode by talking to him. At first, you'll only have the choice between "Heel" and (roam) "Free", but as your Houndmaster skill improves, you'll be able to order him to hunt, search, attack, etc.

Praise him and give him food to improve your Houndmaster skill. :-)

[theo]

Mutt doesn't need food as Henry does, he won't starve. I imagine he can find something around on his own. By feeding him you just raise his loyalty and it gives you some Houndmaster experience.
Just as giving other commands and swithing 'modes' you feed Mutt through 'dialogue' with him

[Jaunitta 🌸]

To keep Mutt's obedience high dont give him food that is yellow and nearly bad.
There are tons of chickens everywhere hit with your left mouse fist pickup using E and cook in cauldrine fire. Guards and villagers never say anything.
Dont send him back to the Mill as that gives him back to Theresa and you will have to ask for him back.
If you have from the ashes DLC and rebuild a bakery with upgrade you get the drier and can immediately dry all your food.

Pay the Hunter to train you and read books on hunting to increase your hound skills.
The seek skill is one of the best to find treasures loot and interesting places when just exploring. Especially when doing a quests.

[breversa]

Sound advice !
However I've never noticed anything regarding the quality of food, but I mostly carry dried food anyway.

"Seek" is the best perk/mode IMO. Just remember that calling Mutt to your heel will cancel the current mode.

[KoolBreeze]

He has given me away many times when taking down Bandit camps I have to tell him to stay if I am trying to sneak up and make a kill from behind, so I disagree with the answer that he doesn't give you away. I guess it could depend on the mission but when taking down camps he always gives me away too soon.

[wjpower2003]

Originally posted by KoolBreeze:

He has given me away many times when taking down Bandit camps I have to tell him to stay if I am trying to sneak up and make a kill from behind, so I disagree with the answer that he doesn't give you away. I guess it could depend on the mission but when taking down camps he always gives me away too soon.

The problem with necroing a thread that hasn't been touched in over two and a half years is that things may have changed. There may have been patches since then which altered things such as AI behaviour.

[MacSuibhne]

Not to mention the fact that if people stopped responding to a thread 2-1/2 years ago, the probability is high that everything that needed to be said was said, And that the original participants in the thread are no longer here or interested.

So it raises the question of why 2-1/2 years later someone feels the need to resurrect it...who are the necromancers talking to?

[Nanoha]

Originally posted by MacSuibhne:

Not to mention the fact that if people stopped responding to a thread 2-1/2 years ago, the probability is high that everything that needed to be said was said, And that the original participants in the thread are no longer here or interested.

So it raises the question of why 2-1/2 years later someone feels the need to resurrect it...who are the necromancers talking to?

Things change with updates and people often stumble on threads via Google etc so it is useful to keep useful threads relevant and alive.

Mutt can alert you of nearby enemies too so in a way he can be a positive for stealth. Something that seriously bugs me about him though is when I am sneaking up on people and mutt appears infront of me and I start getting the bumping/rubber band effect off him which stops me going forward. A few times I've been stuck on him then eventually the person I was sneaking up on turned around.