Taming.io Guide: Tame Pets and Build Your Pack
Surviving is nice. Surviving with a loyal wolf that bites your enemies for you is better. Taming.io takes the tried-and-true .io survival recipe — gather, craft, build — and adds the one idea that changes everything: pets. Every player wanders around with companions that fight, tank hits, and grow alongside them. The result is a survival game you play as a pack, even solo.
The pitch: survival, but with company
Like in any good game of the genre, you start empty-handed: wood to chop, stone to mine, food to find, tools to craft. The twist shows up fast: wild animals roam the map, and some of them can be tamed. Once they're on your side, they follow you everywhere — and in a world crawling with other players, showing up three-strong when your opponent is alone completely changes the conversation.
Pets: your pocket army
Each type of companion has its own tactical personality: some are attackers that dive straight at your target, others are four-legged shields that soak up damage for you, and others still provide subtler support (buffs, speed…). Three things to keep in mind:
- Synergy comes first: an attacker plus a tank beats two copies of the same pet.
- Your pets give away your intentions: an aggressive pack barreling in is hard to miss. Ambushes take real management.
- Take care of them: a pet lost in battle is your power cut in half. Don't throw them at just anything.
The collecting itch does the rest — you go back out to explore "just to see" which companion you might pick up next.
Classic survival, well executed
Around the pets, Taming.io runs through the familiar playbook: an age-based progression that unlocks tools and gear, a base to build (walls, traps, useful structures), resources to defend. The instincts you picked up in MooMoo.io apply almost as-is — landmark windmills, a compact base, disciplined gathering — and pure survival fans coming from Starve.io will love finally having someone to keep watch while they craft. To compare the whole family, our overview of .io survival games sorts it all out.
Beginner tamer tips
- Tame your first companion early: the survival difference is immediate.
- Never fight an accompanied player if you're alone — the math doesn't lie.
- Discreet base, visible pack: hide your riches, show your fangs.
- If you have to flee, flee TOWARD your structures: traps and walls turn a chase into an ambush.
The call of the sea (and its creatures)
If the idea of fighting surrounded by creatures appeals to you, we know a salty variant. In Dovion, the free .io naval battle game, certain hulls in the Skirmish lineage can harness sled-pulling sirens — up to ten sirens and five draft whales on the Trirème des Sirènes (Trireme of the Sirens), the most spectacular rig in the game — while the Depths lineage sounds a gong that calls whales to the rescue. Different ocean, same thrill: never sail alone. Play Dovion for free — the pets just happen to have fins.