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Beastmaster Class Guide

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Once Human - Beastmaster Class Guide

This is a guide on the Beastmaster Class in Once Human. Learn how to play as a Beastmaster, discover its best animals to capture, and see the Beastmaster's abilities here!

Beastmaster Guides
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How to Play as Beastmaster

Capture Animals to Assist You

Capture Animals

As the Beastmaster, you will always want to capture animals to help you with progress and assist you in what you need. Animals have different Grades, which affects their traits.

Aim to get Grade S animals as they have the best traits in the game. You can check if an animal is Grade S if you press the "Detail" button once you get close to it.

Use Tranquilizers to Capture Animal

Tranquilizers

Craft tranquilizers and use it on animals once their health are below the indicated threshold (white/green/blue line on HP). Hit them with melee attacks or weaker weapons to ensure they won't die in the process.

You can then capture them and become part of your team.

Enhance Animals through Feeds

Feed Animals to Enhance

You can increase the level of your animals by feeding them Body Enhancement Feeds. You can only craft them via Intermediate or Advanced Stove.

The feeds are unlocked by default when you choose the Beastmaster Class.

Breed Animals to Get the Best Companions

Breeding animals will allow you to fuse their traits and get the best traits for their offspring. You will be able to keep getting new animals to help you, as well as get better companions in the game!

Note that each animal has a breeding limit indicated on their menu screen.

Craft Items for the Animals

Craft Items

You can craft various items for the animals to enhance their stats, productivity, and growth. You should prioritize getting equipment for the 3 companions you will bring along with you, then give the ones you left in your base after.

Feed Animals to Tame Them

Tameness

Feed animals to increase their Tameness and increase their productivity and obedience. You can craft feeds through Intermediate and Advanced Stoves.

Best Animals to Capture

Starting Animals - Boar, Bear, and Wolf

Boar Starting Animal

All the starting animals are a great companion to start your journey as a Beastmaster. The boar can help with resource collection, the bear with taking hits, and wolf for damage.

You can choose one based on your personal preference. You can still get the others out in the wild, but you will have to look for a few if you want a Grade S animal.

Leopard

Leopard is one of the best animals to capture in Once Human due to its frequency to hit enemies, even if they are moving. There is also a high chance for the Leopard to hit floating enemies, making it a great animal to have for combat.

Fox

Foxes are smaller animals that are hard for enemies to hit and they usually don't try to attack them. Teaming up a fox with a bear would be ideal, as the bear can focus on taking the aggro while the fox deal damage.

Beastmaster Overview

Beastmaster Skills, Starting Items, and Talents

Beastmaster Class
Once Human - Beastmaster
Core Ability
Beast Partner: Summon and command a Beast Partner using the Beast Whistle. Your companion can fight, gather, or mine, and can be swapped in your territory.
Beastmaster Starting Items
Beast Whistle Used to summon your Beast Partner while exploring outside your territory. Partners can be swapped in your territory.
Starting Partner Choose from three unique companions at the start:
Pongo – A green boar that excels at gathering and foraging rare items.
Misha – A golden bear built for frontline combat.
Shiro – A white wolf that grows stronger through battle and can evolve into an alpha.
Beastmaster Talents
Beast Whisperer Can understand animal speech. Wild creatures will not flee or attack, and their stats and traits become visible to you.
Breeding Expert Uses mutant genes to modify traits and raise Beast Partners that can continue growing over time.
Wilderness Master Can craft gear for Beast Partners to enhance their abilities in combat, gathering, production, and growth.

Beastmaster Memetics

Animal Capture
Master the capture and control of wild animals.
Formulas:
・Whistle
・Tranquilizer Throwing Needle
・Tranquilizer Arrow
Animal Training
Tame animals to make them your companions.
Formulas:
・Animal Trough
・Meat Pellet Feed
・Grain Concentrate Feed
・Herbal Green Feed
・Body Enhancement I, II, III, and IV
Breeding Animals
Breed animals to grow your livestock population.
Formulas:
・Youngling Hut

Above are the Memetics unique to a Beastmaster. You can check them in the Memetics screen, under Logistics.

These are unlocked at the start once you select the Beastmaster Class and you don't have to spend Cipher and Energy Link to unlock them.
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