How to tame wolves in Valheim

Wolves can be the bane of your existence in Valheim. They travel in packs, deliver ground-shaking attacks, and can traverse mountains like goats. But if you know how to tame wolves in Valheim, you can harness this power and use it to your advantage. With a few steps, some serious running stamina, and a pocket full of meat, you can have your own wolf pack.

Related: How to tame lox beasts in Valheim.

How to tame wolves in Valheim

Preparation is everything. Capturing and taming a wolf can go wrong very quickly, so make sure you have some pretty solid armor on and an inventory full of stamina-rich recipes. You’re going to be running for quite some time, and there is almost no chance you won’t get bitten at least once.

Once you have yourself equipped with gear, go ahead and build yourself a pen for the wolf. You’ll want to make it from stakepole as the wolf isn’t going to be very happy about being locked inside. Make an easy entrance and exit for yourself so that once the wolf chases you inside, you can quickly shut it in.

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Load up your pockets with deer or boar meat, which you can harvest from your other animal farm, and set off into the mountain biome. You should have either the forest resistance mead, Wolf, or Lox armor, as this biome is cold. Once in the biome, it won’t be long until you come across wolves, and they will almost certainly attack.

Lead the wolves back to your prepared pen and quickly shut them in. Now is when you can pull the meat from your pockets and throw it in there with the enraged beast. Five or six pieces should do the trick. Once you step away from the pen, the wolf will calm down. Make sure you have built it far enough away from your homestead to not trigger it.

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It takes time to tame wolves in Valheim. For a regular wolf, it takes around half an hour in real time, whereas a starred wolf takes significantly longer. Be patient and pay attention, as wolves can destroy structures. Be sure to maintain the fencing or the whole process will be in vain. Once the wolf is tamed, the message “Wolf has been tamed” will appear above its head.

Uses for tame wolves in Valheim

It seems like an awful lot of work to tame these ferocious canines. Once you have them, they become a very useful asset.

Breeding

If you go through the ordeal of capturing a wolf twice, you can breed them. Now you have yourself little baby wolves, too. This has a number of benefits. You can have a small army following you or harvest them for their wonderful fur. This fur is used in crafting some of the best armor in the game, so having wolves makes life a lot easier.

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To breed the wolves, simply keep two in an enclosure and feed them meat. With some space and time, you’ll have a little cub to care for.

Protection

As you will have no doubt found out in your trips to the mountains, wolves are a worthy adversary. Once you have them tamed you can give them the command to follow and stay. Keep a pack with you and they will help tear through enemies.