Is it worth it to tame Wolves for use against Fulings?

[Tribarrel]

Back when I played Minecraft I only ever used my Dogs in hordes because otherwise they'd get picked off and killed for little gain. Considering how much more difficult Valheim is (albeit with an *infinitely* superior combat system) I'm debating whether I really want to go to the trouble.

I would only be taming 1- or 2-Star Wolves, for the record.

[grapplehoeker]

I play solo and have completed all for the game content in 350+ hours.
I have tamed boars, but have yet to eat any of them.
I have tamed lox, but since they do not breed, I don't eat those either.
At no point did I ever feel a need for taming wolves.
The occasional night spawns of Fulings outside of the Plains are never a problem to kill and the night spawn Fuling patrols don't bother me when I'm at home on the Plains.
By all means do so if you want to, but do you need to? Nope ;)

[Redvenge]

Not worth the trouble. The sound made by so many puppers would drive most vikings mad.

[Damnion]

Against Fulings you will probably have a significantly high wolf mortality rate. Though it might be worth it when you want to assault large villages with several shaman and berserkers in them for ♥♥♥♥♥ n giggles.

[BGratz]

Wolfes are nice to clear fuling Villages.
But you need a few if you dont want to loose them

As rough number i would say take 10 2 Stars with you in a Village

[I-Chi]

Originally posted by Tribarrel:

Considering how much more difficult Valheim is (albeit with an *infinitely* superior combat system) I'm debating whether I really want to go to the trouble.

The wolf is the weakest Mountain creature, and one wolf is dominated by every Plains creature. A lot more is needed for the pack to work at any effective level in the Plains.

Concerns with wolf pack:
1. Lack of food to heal and breed. Other than the lox (I *think* wolves eat lox meat), there's no other food source in the Plains. And lox AOE easily kills lots of wolves.
2. Inability to precisely target wolf pack movement and attacks. There's only the command for a wolf to stay or follow. When following, they'll most likely be a few meters behind. I don't believe it's possible to tell a wolf to attack a shaman or spear Fuling in the distance.

What wolves might be good for is as a source of distraction for the enemy, if playing solo.