Taming a beefalo in Don't Starve Together can significantly enhance your gameplay, especially if you're playing solo as outlined in the Don't Starve Together Solo Tier List. This guide provides a detailed approach to taming a beefalo efficiently.

Taming a beefalo doesn't necessarily take 15 days of constant feeding and brushing. This misconception often deters players from attempting this useful skill. Understanding the true nature of beefalo taming can make this task seem less daunting and more approachable.

Focus on Obedience

The key to efficient beefalo taming lies in focusing on obedience rather than hunger. Beefalos can eat simple items like twigs and grass, which significantly simplifies the taming process. By maintaining obedience with minimal feeding, you can tame a beefalo without the need for heavy resource investment. This strategy is particularly useful when resources are limited, as detailed in the Farming Guide for Don't Starve Together.

2 Taming Methods

Experimenting with these taming methods provides valuable insights into beefalo behavior and taming efficiency. It underscores the importance of resource management and strategic feeding in the taming process, allowing players to optimize their approach for better survival outcomes in the game.

1. Well-Fed Approach: Regularly fed with substantial food. This method represents the traditional belief that a beefalo requires constant and significant feeding to be tamed effectively.

2. Minimal Feeding Approach: Give just enough to maintain obedience, primarily using light resources like twigs or grass.

The results of this experiment typically show only a slight difference in the taming speed between the two methods. The well-fed beefalo does not tame significantly faster than the one with minimal feeding. This finding is crucial as it demonstrates that heavy feeding, a resource-intensive process, is not essential for effective taming.

This experiment highlights the efficiency of focusing on obedience rather than heavy feeding. By using minimal resources to maintain obedience, players can tame a beefalo effectively without exhausting their supplies. This approach is especially beneficial in scenarios where resources are scarce or when players need to balance multiple survival tasks.

Managing Beefalo Obedience

In Don't Starve Together, effective beefalo taming hinges on managing obedience. Light bulbs are a key resource for boosting obedience, especially when the beefalo's hunger is at zero. They are abundant and effective, minimizing the need for constant feeding. This approach is particularly beneficial during challenging periods like winter.

A beefalo's obedience drops by 1% every 3 seconds when its hunger level is zero. To counter this, collecting light bulbs from caves can be a strategic move. A single cave expedition every seven days can provide enough light bulbs to maintain obedience, making it a resource-efficient method.

Alternatively, twigs and grass can also be used to maintain obedience while providing some hunger relief. Feeding the beefalo around 11 twigs or 13 grass per day can be sufficient for this purpose.

Taming Beefalo

Feed your beefalo in specific situations like initial taming, performing non-riding tasks, and entering dangerous areas. Outside these situations, keep feeding to a minimum. This balanced approach ensures that you're not wasting resources while still progressing in the taming process.

1. Feed During Initial Taming: When you first find a beefalo herd, you might not be able to ride one immediately due to the need for a saddle. In this case, feeding the beefalo some twigs can kickstart the taming process. This approach is useful until you can shave other beefalos at night for wool to craft a saddle.
2. Feed When Performing Non-Riding Tasks: There are certain actions you can't perform while riding a beefalo, such as building structures or mining. When you need to dismount for these tasks, estimate the time you'll be off and feed your beefalo accordingly. For example, one twig gives about 10 hunger, and a beefalo loses one hunger every 1.5 seconds. So, if you plan to be off the beefalo for a minute, feed it four twigs.
3. Feed in Dangerous Areas: When entering risky areas, consider your beefalo's hunger. If its obedience drops below 50%, it won't let you mount. In dangerous situations, not being able to mount quickly can be life-threatening. If the beefalo's hunger is above zero, its obedience decreases slower, allowing more time to remount.
4. Use Beefalo Bells: Crafting a beefalo bell and binding your beefalo to it ensures it follows you around, even without a saddle. This is particularly useful for keeping the beefalo close and continuing the taming process.
5. Manage Hunger and Obedience: While you don't have to keep the beefalo's hunger full, managing it in these specific situations helps maintain obedience and continues the taming process with minimal resource use.

Riding Techniques

Initially, beefalos often buck players off, which can be frustrating. The key strategy here is to dismount before getting bucked off. This proactive approach saves time and makes the taming process smoother. By anticipating the buck-off moment and dismounting just before it happens, you minimize downtime and maintain a steady taming pace.

As you continue taming, you'll notice the beefalo's tolerance for riding increases day by day. By day 10, there's a significant improvement in how long the beefalo allows you to ride. This gradual progress is a good indicator of your taming success.

In the final stages of taming, around day 25, fully tamed beefalos exhibit noticeable changes in both appearance and behavior. These changes are the telltale signs of successful taming. A fully tamed beefalo will have a different look and will be much more cooperative, allowing for extended periods of riding without resistance.