Not sure how to tame a horse in Hytale? The world of Hytale, known as Orbis, is absolutely massive. While it’s undeniably gorgeous and worth exploring for its breathtaking sights, there are times when you simply want to get from point A to point B. In this guide, we’ll show you how to obtain mounts in Hytale and tame animals so they’re ready to use.
Can You Tame Animals in Hytale?
The developers of Hytale have stated that taming will be a feature added to the game at a later stage, but right now, at the start of Early Access, traditional taming is not possible. However, you will be able to capture and manipulate animals in a different way by using two currently available items, which can yield similar results to taming an animal. Here's how you can do it.
Hytale Feed Bag
The first way to lure animals is by using the Feed Bag. This is an item that you can craft from the Farmer's Workbench, one of the several crafting structures you can create early on. Here's a whole process on how to get the Feed Bag, step-by-step.
- From the Pocket Crafting menu, craft a basic Workbench (4x Any Tree Trunk, 3x Any Stone).
- Deploy the Workbench from your menu and interact with it
- From the Workbench's menu, open the Crafting tab.
- Craft the Farmer’s Workbench (6x any Tree Trunk, 20x Plant Fiber).
- Deploy the Farmer’s Workbench and interact with it.
- In the Farming tab, craft the Feed Bag (10x Wheat, 5x any vegetable, 5x any fruit, 10x Essence of Life).
- Place the Feed Bag in a Quick Slot and deploy it near your base.
And that's it. Now you wait. Keep in mind that this will not necessarily tame an animal. Rather, it will lure them near your base, where you can eliminate them for resources.
Hytale Capture Crate
Another way to capture animals in Hytale is by using the Capture Crate. It can be crafted at the Farmer’s Workbench under the Farming menu and requires 4x any Wood and 50x Essence of Life. Once crafted, equip it in a quick slot and use it on small animals to capture them and transport them back to your base. Keep in mind that this method captures animals; it does not tame them.
How to Mount a Horse in Hytale
In Hytale Early Access, Horses are currently the only animals you can mount and ride. They can be found roaming the meadows and open fields of the first biome. To mount a horse, approach it and press F once you’re close enough. Keep in mind that this mechanic is still fairly rough and may take some time to get used to.
My approach is to get as close to a horse as possible without scaring it. When it starts to run, I chase it and hit it a few times to briefly stop it, then use that short window to press F and mount it. There’s no mini-game or taming involved. Once you’re on the horse, you can ride it normally. Horses in Hytale roam around in groups, usually with one or two grown horses. Keep in mind that you cannot mount a pony - only a fully grown horse.
Traversing the world on a horse is significantly faster, but keep in mind that you cannot interact with objects or collect items while mounted. Whenever you try to grab something by pressing F, your character will dismount, at which point the horse might start running away in fear. However, in my experience, the horse will usually stay near where you left it, so you can use the same tactic described above to mount it again.
Are There Other Mounts in Hytale?
Yes, there will be - the developers have confirmed that you will be able to ride at least three different animals: Horses, Camels, and Tetrabird. However, at the moment, this is not yet possible, at this stage of early access. This can be confirmed by the developers in their offical blog post. So, yes, you will be able to tame animals in Hytale, but that feature is still not implemented.
Hytale Animal Taming FAQ
You can capture small animals using the Capture Crate and bring them back to your base, or lure them nearby with the Feed Bag. Full taming isn’t available yet, but it will be added to the game at a later stage.
Yes, there are. Right now, you can mount horses, but there will be other mount animals added in future updates, like camels and so on.
At the moment, it is not possible to have pets or pet animals. However, this is a feature that is planned for the game, and it will be added at a later stage.
Yes, you can have chickens, pigs, cows, and other domestic animals.
For now, that isn’t possible. However, the game is still far from content-complete, and many features are expected to be added in the coming months and years.
You currently can not. However, some early screenshots of the game included stables, so we suspect that there will be different horses with unique stats, abilities, and so on.
So there you have it, now you know if you can tame animals in Hytale. You can't - at least, not yet. If you want to learn more about Hytale, be sure to check out our dedicated Hytale hub, where you’ll find guides, recipes, tier lists, walkthroughs, how-tos, and more.
Nikola is a Senior Staff Writer at Pro Game Guides with over 13 years of experience in gaming journalism. He has been playing video games since his father bought him an NES and a Sega Mega Drive in the early 1990s. Over the years, he has mainly become a PC gamer with a love for narrative-driven RPGs, real-time strategy games, and psychological/survival horror titles. Still, he enjoys any game that’s worth his time.