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ICARUS Taming & Breeding Reference

Tame time, gestation, desired temperature, nutrition and shelter for all 26 tameable creatures in the Week 252 game data, with the 16 that have a mount form, fertility serums, baits, saddles and creature talent trees. Genetics and phenotype odds are computed in-game, so they are not predicted here.

All creatures

31 creatures

31 creatures.

Creature by creature

Each card has its own link (for example #tusker). Cat, Dog, Horse, Stryder and Zebra have a creature talent tree but no taming row in the data, so their taming numbers show “—”.

Blueback

MountBreedableNew Frontiers
Tame time
15 min
Gestation
50 min
Temperature
10 to 40 °C
Nutrition
50%
Shelter
0%
Juvenile form
—
Found in
Arctic, Grasslands · Prometheus, Elysium
Talent tree
Blueback (23 talents)
Carcasses
Blueback Carcass, "Daisy" Carcass (mount form)
Genetics
Computed in-game

Dog

Laika

No taming row in the data (no tame time, gestation or needs). It is listed for its creature talent tree.

Found in
Workshop · Orbit
Talent tree
Dog (14 talents)
Saddle-slot gear
Laika's Jumpsuit
Carcasses
Labrador Carcass (tamed form), German Shepherd Carcass (tamed form), Pug Carcass (tamed form), Laika Carcass (tamed form)
Genetics
Computed in-game

Horse

MountLaika

No taming row in the data (no tame time, gestation or needs). It is listed for its creature talent tree.

Found in
Workshop · Orbit
Talent tree
Horse (24 talents)
Saddle-slot gear
Carrier Saddle
Carcasses
Horse Carcass (mount form)
Genetics
Computed in-game

Hyena

Breedable
Tame time
10 min
Gestation
25 min
Temperature
15 to 45 °C
Nutrition
25%
Shelter
0%
Juvenile form
—
Found in
Desert · Olympus, Styx, Elysium
Talent tree
Hyena (14 talents)
Taming bait
Hyena Bait
Carcasses
Hyena Carcass
Genetics
Computed in-game

Redback

BreedableNew Frontiers
Tame time
15 min
Gestation
25 min
Temperature
15 to 45 °C
Nutrition
50%
Shelter
0%
Juvenile form
—
Found in
Volcanic · Prometheus, Elysium
Genetics
Computed in-game

Skulk

MountBreedableDangerous Horizons
Tame time
10 min
Gestation
25 min
Temperature
−10 to 25 °C
Nutrition
25%
Shelter
0%
Juvenile form
—
Found in
Tundra · Elysium
Talent tree
Skulk (14 talents)
Taming bait
Skulk Bait
Carcasses
Skulk Carcass, Skulk Carcass (mount form)
Genetics
Computed in-game

Storca

BreedableDangerous Horizons
Tame time
10 min
Gestation
25 min
Temperature
−10 to 25 °C
Nutrition
25%
Shelter
0%
Juvenile form
—
Found in
Tundra · Elysium
Talent tree
Storca (15 talents)
Taming bait
Storca Bait
Genetics
Computed in-game

Stryder

New Frontiers

No taming row in the data (no tame time, gestation or needs). It is listed for its creature talent tree.

Found in
Swamp · Prometheus, Elysium
Talent tree
Stryder (23 talents)
Genetics
Computed in-game

Zebra

Mount

No taming row in the data (no tame time, gestation or needs). It is listed for its creature talent tree.

Found in
Desert · Olympus, Styx, Elysium
Talent tree
Zebra (23 talents)
Carcasses
Zebra Carcass, Zebra Carcass (mount form)
Genetics
Computed in-game

Husbandry patches

12 weeks

Weekly updates whose title is about taming, breeding, saddles or a tameable creature, newest first.

Genetics and phenotypes

Every creature in the data has its genetics marked computed in-game: the stat curves that turn genetic values into stats are game assets outside the data files this site reads, and the data has no phenotype table. So this page lists no lineage effects, offspring odds or phenotype chances, and it has no breeding predictor.

Phenotypes arrived in Week 245: Tusker Breeding & Phenotypes and Week 236: Ubis Husbandry & Phenotypes; the developer's notes there describe them.

How we compute this

  • Tame time, gestation, desired temperature, shelter and nutrition are the creature's taming row as stored in the Week 252 dedicated-server data (build 25621760). Nothing is scaled or estimated; how the game scores the needs is computed in-game.
  • “Tameable” means the creature has a taming row; “Breedable” that the row has a gestation period. Juvenile and mount forms come from the carcass items the bestiary lists for each form. How long a juvenile takes to grow up is not in the data.
  • Talent trees are matched by name (or, for creatures with a taming row, by the game's row names). Serums, baits and Workshop creatures are matched by item row names such as “Fertility_Serum_Tusker”; saddles when their in-game name or description names the creature. Items that match no creature are left out rather than guessed.
  • Husbandry patches are found by the weekly patch-note titles; the data changelog adds “Data changes” to a card when a creature changes.

FAQ

How long does it take to tame each creature in ICARUS?

Tame durations in the Week 252 data: 10 min: Boar, Gribbler, Hyena, Kiwi, Skulk, Snow Wolf, Storca, Wolf; 15 min: Arctic Moa, Blueback, Buffalo, Cattle, Chicken, Moa, Redback, Shaggy Zebra, Sheep, Terrenus, Tusker, Ubis; 20 min: Draven; 30 min: Dune Raptor, Mammoth, Pig, Raptor, Slinker.

How long is the gestation period?

Gestation periods in the Week 252 data: 16 min 40 s: Chicken; 25 min: Boar, Gribbler, Hyena, Kiwi, Pig, Redback, Skulk, Snow Wolf, Storca, Wolf; 33 min 20 s: Dune Raptor, Raptor, Shaggy Zebra, Sheep, Slinker; 50 min: Arctic Moa, Blueback, Buffalo, Draven, Mammoth, Moa, Terrenus, Tusker, Ubis; 58 min 20 s: Cattle.

Which creatures can be ridden?

The data has a mount form for 16 creatures: Arctic Moa, Blueback, Buffalo, Draven, Dune Raptor, Horse, Mammoth, Moa, Raptor, Shaggy Zebra, Skulk, Slinker, Terrenus, Tusker, Ubis and Zebra. Each needs a saddle in its inventory; saddles that name a creature are listed on its card.

Which creatures have a fertility serum?

Boar (Boar Fertility Serum), Buffalo (Buffalo Fertility Serum), Cattle (Bull Fertility Serum), Chicken (Rooster Fertility Serum), Gribbler (Gribber Fertility Serum), Moa (Moa Fertility Serum), Pig (Pig Fertility Serum), Raptor (Raptor Fertility Serum), Sheep (Ram Fertility Serum), Slinker (Slinker Fertility Serum), Tusker (Tusker Fertility Serum), Ubis (Ubis Fertility Serum) and Wolf (Wolf Fertility Serum). In-game, each serum primes a male for mating.

Which creatures have their own taming bait?

Boar (Wild Boar Bait), Gribbler (Gribbler Bait), Hyena (Hyena Bait), Kiwi (Kiwi Bait), Skulk (Skulk Bait), Storca (Storca Bait) and Wolf (Wolf Bait). Each bait's in-game description says where it works.

Can you predict breeding outcomes, genetics or phenotypes?

No. Genetic stat curves and phenotype rules are not in the game's data files: the game computes them, so offspring stats and phenotype odds cannot be derived from the data, and this page does not guess them. Phenotypes were introduced in Week 245 (Tusker Breeding & Phenotypes) and Week 236 (Ubis Husbandry & Phenotypes); see those patch notes for the developer's description.