With Once Human 2.0, players can finally choose dedicated classes instead of relying solely on Memetic Specializations. Among the new options, the Beastmaster stands out for those who love exploring with animal companions. This class unlocks taming right from the start, letting you capture, command, and even breed beasts to help in combat, gathering, and mining. Whether you’re hunting rare traits for breeding or gearing up your companions for battle, this guide covers everything you need to master the Beastmaster class—including pet choices, taming mechanics, exclusive gear, and tips for thriving in the apocalypse.
How to Become a Beastmaster
After finishing the initial tutorial and your first conversation with Miss Memory, you unlock the ability to pick your class. Among the new options in Once Human 2.0—including Chef and Gardener—the Beastmaster stands out for those drawn to the thrill of commanding creatures.
Class Benefits Right From the Start:
- Immediate access to animal taming (no additional investment in Cipher needed).
- A choice of one powerful starting beast companion.
- Unique crafting formulas for exclusive gear and beast-related tools.
Note: While animal taming normally requires reaching Level 4 in Logistics under the Memetic system, choosing the Beastmaster class unlocks it immediately once you establish your Territory Terminal. This makes Beastmaster the quickest route to animal gameplay without spending Cipher on unlocks.
To access the class system and your Beastmaster abilities, ensure you’ve built your Territory Terminal as part of your base progression.
Beastmaster Core Abilities and Talents
The Beastmaster’s entire identity revolves around the Beast Whistle—a device that lets you summon animals anywhere on the map. Beyond this core mechanic, several specialized abilities define the class:
Beast Partner
- Summoning Beasts: Use the Beast Whistle to call your animal ally to your side, whether for combat, gathering, or mining.
- Multi-Beast System: Initially, you have one beast. However, as you progress, you can craft additional whistles to manage up to three beasts simultaneously, each specialized for different tasks.
- Switching Companions: Swap animals freely back at your Territory, tailoring your roster to the situation at hand.
When binding a pet to a Beast Whistle, interact with the animal and select the whistle icon located on the left side of the interaction menu.
Once bound, place the Beast Whistle in your hotbar for instant summoning during combat or exploration.
Beast Whisperer
- Animals won’t flee when approached, simplifying hunting and gathering.
- Gain insight into animal “thoughts” through humorous or informative pop-up messages, adding a unique flavor to your travels.
Breeding Expert
- Identify traits in captured animals before taming, making it easier to breed for specific advantages like damage types or resource yields.
- Build a ranch for breeding rare beasts with unique traits, boosting your self-sufficiency and power.
Choosing Beastmaster also directly unlocks the Memetics nodes for animal Capture, Taming, and Breeding—features other classes must pay Cipher to access and which remain less advanced outside the Beastmaster path.
Wilderness Master
- Craft and equip specialized gear for your beasts via the Supply Workbench.
- Equipment provides buffs ranging from extra mining efficiency to increased combat resilience.
Equipping gear significantly boosts your pets’ capabilities, letting them take on tougher enemies and activities as you progress.
See also: Grow A Garden Dinosaur Egg Pets
Choosing Your Starting Beast
One of the best perks of rolling a Beastmaster is picking your first animal partner. Each offers distinct strengths:
- Pongo (Boar): Excellent at gathering, able to find rare materials but offers minimal combat support.
- Misha (Bear): Acts as a tank, drawing enemy aggro and helping mine minerals without tools.
- Shiro (Wolf): Starts weak but grows into a high-DPS unit ideal for aggressive playstyles and hunting. The Wolf not only deals high melee damage but also provides buffs to your stamina and improves your damage against enemy weak spots, making it a versatile DPS option.
Pro Tip: If you love exploring solo and clearing tougher content like Securement Silos, the Bear is an excellent choice for soaking damage. For players seeking raw damage output, the Wolf becomes a powerhouse as it levels up.
Taming and Managing Animals
Taming Mechanics
- Approach Without Fear: Beastmasters can walk right up to animals without scaring them away.
- Tranquilizer Tools: Weaken animals with weapons like Tranquilizer Arrows before capturing. To tame wild animals, lower their health, then use Tranquilizer Arrows or similar tools to capture them safely.
- View Animal Stats: Inspect potential companions to check traits and ensure they fit your needs.
Exclusive Crafting and Gear
Beast Whistle Variants
- Craft up to 3 whistles at the Supply Workbench.
- Each whistle binds to a single animal, enabling simultaneous deployment of multiple beasts.
- The only restriction is that you can’t link animals more than 10 levels above your own character level.
Mutagens
- Mutagens modify beasts, granting powerful traits like elemental damage.
Example: Firetrap Mutagen grants beasts the Fireborn trait, converting part of their attacks into Blaze damage—a potent edge against certain foes.
- Mutagens are crafted using Deviant Factors, which drop from Deviants and mutant animals, allowing you to imbue beasts with special effects like elemental damage or bonuses against specific enemies.
Animal Gear Highlights
Equip your beasts with specialized items crafted at the Supply Workbench:
- Metal Claw: Enables beasts to mine all mineral types.
- Beast Carapace: Reduces incoming damage, crucial for tank companions like the Bear.
- Smart Helmet: Grants you XP when your beast lands a kill.
- Animal Backpack: Expands your carrying capacity significantly.
- Portable Medkit: Allows beasts to heal passively when out of combat.
- Metal Dental Set: Increases your beast’s combat damage.
How to Command Your Beasts
Once you have summoned a pet to fight alongside you, you can give it orders by using their Beast Whistle again.
Use your Beast Whistle not just for combat but also to order your pets to harvest resources like trees or mineral nodes, streamlining your gathering efforts.
Keep in mind that pet AI can sometimes behave unpredictably, particularly when attacking fast-moving targets due to their animation delays. Be ready to reposition your pet or issue commands again if it struggles to land hits.
Tips for Combat and Exploration
- Choose Your Tank Wisely: If tackling tough Dream Zones or bosses, bring Misha the Bear for durability and damage absorption.
- Boost Weak Beasts: Equip Shiro the Wolf with offensive gear like the Metal Dental Set to unlock its true damage potential.
- Rotate Beasts: Keep different companions specialized for gathering, mining, and fighting to maximize efficiency.
- Breeding Pays Off: Breeding animals with rare traits can produce superior beasts, saving time and resources in the long run.
- Prepare for Dream Zones: Dream Zones pose significant threats due to high-level enemies and environmental hazards. Consider bringing Misha the Bear as your frontline tank for these challenges, and equip the Beast Carapace to help your pets withstand damage.
Once Human 2.0’s Beastmaster is the perfect class for players who love freedom, resourcefulness, and animal companionship. Whether you’re taming exotic creatures, commanding your companions in battle, or crafting specialized gear, mastering this class opens up countless new ways to explore and survive the apocalypse.
So, grab your whistle, choose your beast, and become the ultimate wilderness champion in Once Human 2.0! Play Now!
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