Meta-humans in Once Human can now find and tame various animals for both territory protection and for producing byproducts such as meat, rawhide, and eggs. Crocodiles are one such animal, providing strong base defenses while also regularly producing eggs once tamed.
Once armed with Tranquilizer Throwing Needles, players can adventure out to begin catching and taming animals. However, finding Crocodiles can be somewhat difficult and unreliable. Players must also be careful to not challenge Crocodiles that are too high level, or else they may be injured or killed.
Finding Crocodiles
The Best Location Hunt Crocodiles
Though Crocodiles can be found across the continent of Nalcott, there are only a few locations that have guaranteed spawns. In my experience, it appears that many areas have general “predator” spawns that may spawn Crocodiles but may also spawn animals such as Wolves or Boar.
Some of the more highly recommended locations did not have a single Crocodile even after several visits. Regardless, Chalk Peak is the usual place to search for them in the wild. Don’t forget to get a motorcycle for faster exploration!
However, the best location to find them is in the settlement of Harborside, just to the Southeast of Meyer’s Market in the Broken Delta region. As you approach this town, you’ll notice that the homes, stores, and roads are flooded with seawater. Throughout this area, numerous Crocodiles spawn. Be careful as you navigate the area, as they can sneak up on you quickly and quietly!
While you’re here, this is also a good area to stop and
gather seawater
. You can cook this on the stove in your territory to yield
Salt
, which is used in several food recipes, such as dried meats.
These Crocodiles will only be around level 12, so they are safe to catch by even lower-level players. Tameable animals have a white line on their HP bar. Damage the Crocodile until its health is below the line, then throw a tranquilizer dart to sedate it. You can then approach the sleeping animal and pick it up, which puts it into your inventory.
Taming Crocodiles
How To Befriend Your Crocodile
Once you have captured your new friend, return to your territory and “use” (F) on the Crocodile from your inventory, which allows you to place them on the ground. They will then spawn and begin taming, which requires you to provide them with food and water.
Crocodiles eat fish and large animal meat, but can also eat Meat Pellets Feed, which is cooked on the stove. Meat Pellets require more meat to cook, but last much longer before they expire. You’ll also need to provide them with water, such as Boiled Water or Pure Water.
Most Meat Pellet recipes require at least three meats
of the same type to cook. However,
only two bear meat
are needed to cook one serving of pellets. I recommend farming bears in Chalk Peak, such as in
the bear cave at (-779, -3159)
to provide enough meat for your animals.
The easiest way to feed your Crocodiles is by using Animal Troughs, which can be placed on the ground and store both food and water for your animals. You can even put both predator and prey food into the trough, and it will be eaten by the respective animals.
Once they reach 20% tameness, they will be considered “Tame” and no longer hostile if they were previously. At 50% tameness, you can now gather from your animals, and receive Crocodile Eggs from them.
If you are ever worried that
you have lost
one of your territory animals, try
activating a different animal
with “F” to try to locate them.
All currently active captured animals
should show on the animal’s menu. If not, there is a chance the animal may be out of range on the
opposite side of your territory
. Pick up an animal you can access, then put them back down on the other side and check again.
Originally, animal taming in Once Human was dangerous and resulted in captured predators attacking their owners or being hurt and killed by turrets and territory Deviations. However, it now seems that animals are much calmer, even with zero taming, and can cohabitate with prey animals without harming them. That said, some players still report aggressive animals at the beginning of taming, so always place predators in a secure location to ensure they are not hostile at first.