Rune Factory 5: Best Monsters To Tame For Production And Combat - TheGamer

There are dozens of possible monsters to tame in Rune Factory 5, and all have their benefits and advantages. Some, however, can be harder to acquire and others harder to capture and tame. Once you’ve built your barn and farm area, the first thing you’ll want to consider is the ease of access to monsters. The second factor you’ll want to consider is what each monster can produce for you.

Capturing and taming a collection of creatures should help you advance first, and any protection they add is a secondary benefit - but still a benefit nonetheless.

8 Flower Lion

Rune Factory 5 Flower Lion on a farm dragon

Essentially an overgrown plant stem, the Flower Lily can be found in the Meline Crystal Caverns. They’re fairly easy to obtain - as early as the Phoros Woodlands.

Aside from pretty blossoms, the Flower Lily will produce useful plant stems that you can use in any recipes that call for Sticks and Stems. Once you’ve tamed it, you’ll get drops every day - as long as you keep your Flower Lion healthy and happy in the barn.

7 Wooly

Rune Factory 5 Wooly named Marzipan in a Monster Barn

This monster looks like a cute little sheep, but Woolies' stats are decent. With some earth resistance and decent attack, the Wooly is a handy monster to have at your side in a fight, though they're quite docile when it comes to actually attacking your enemies.

You’ll find Woolies in the Phoros Woodlands, and they're incredibly easy to tame. They can produce fur daily, and they'll produce better quality fur when they like you better. Make sure you visit them every day and pet them with the brush to improve your relationship.

6 Silver Wolf

Rune Factory 5 Riding a Silver Wolf in Yumina

Located in Lake Yumina, Silver Wolves are tamable though it might be a bit tricky since they move quickly in battle. Once you have, however, you’ll have a consistent source of wolf fangs that you’ll need in various recipes.

The Silver Wolf is one of the monsters in the game that you can ride, which will increase your movement speed, allow you to use the monster's attacks, and protect your health at the expense of your mount's HP.

5 Chuckadoodle

A large chicken found only in the deepest depths of the Kelve Lava Caves, the Chuckadoodle produces black feathers for crafting recipes. When you tame one and add it to your farm, you’ll get drops of eggs as long as you keep them clean, happy, and healthy.

Similar to the Cluckadoodles that are more common, the Chuckadoodle’s main benefit over the other birds is its ability to provide black feathers. If you require a lot of that kind of feather for your recipes, you’ll want to take a trip to the Caves to tame this monster.

4 Spider

You may not want to catch and care for a giant spider, but in Rune Factory 5, the Spider is quite helpful. You’ll find one in the Kelve Volcanic Region, and in a fight, it's a bit resistant to earth attacks, but wind attacks will shred it to pieces.

Once you’ve captured it, you'll get daily drops of spider's thread, which is very useful for satisfying the Strings requirement in many crafting recipes. Since the Spider is the best way to get strong thread for all your stringy needs, it’s a good idea to tame one.

3 Cluckadoodle

Rune Factory 5 Cluckadoodle in a monster barn

The Cluckadoodle is like the Chuckadoodle, only it doesn’t produce black feathers. Once you’ve located one in the Phoros Woodlands, they’re extremely easy to tame due to their weaker nature and lesser stats.

After basically taming a giant chicken, you will get daily egg drops as long as you take care of your precious Cluckadoodle. When you get to know the monster a bit better and increase your friendship level, it will start laying larger Eggs which sell for more money and can be used to make your cooking recipes even better.

2 Buffamoo

The Buffamoo looks just about like its name suggests: a large ox-bull crossover that produces milk like a cow, you’ll find one roaming the Phoros Woodlands. This area of the map is one of the first you’ll explore in the game, making the Buffamoo one of the first creatures you encounter and therefore a great starter monster.

Aside from giving you milk, it has a quite bulky set of stats, including high health and defense, making the Buffamoo well worth the trouble and upkeep you might have to endure after taming one. In addition, it's one of the monsters that you can ride alongside a friend.

1 Nine-Tailed Fox

The Nine-Tail Fox is a Boss monster, so you’ll have a harder time capturing and taming one. You’ll find them in the Whispering Woods, and if you’re lucky enough to get one on your farm, you'll have a reliable and powerful ally.

This strong monster, once in your corner, has great stats and even resists water attacks - perfect for taking on the challenges of the Meline Crystal Cavern. If you’re wanting strong protection and a cute ally, the Nine-Tailed Fox is one to get asap.

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