Tamed Elk and Bears?

[Butterbot]

I want to take my new elk on adventures, but I'm concerned about its health when I do stuff like jump in a cave or sleep. Should I bring fences to make a safe perimeter to protect it? Will bears go after it? 

[LadyWYT]

I don't think predators will go after tamed elk, but it's better to be safe than sorry and try to leave your elk somewhere relatively safe when not riding him. If tragedy should strike, the good news is that elk will revert to a mortally wounded state and you will have 24 in-game hours to revive them with a bandage before they actually die. Of course if they are injured, you can also heal them immediately if you have a bandage to do so--no need to wait for the mortally wounded state! And if you fall into a cave, the easiest way to get the elk out is to dismount, climb out, and call the elk with a bone flute. The elk should teleport to you, if no pathing is found otherwise, but the bone flute also requires you to have claimed the elk with a medallion(any will do) in order to work.

[Butterbot]

Thank you! I do have the flute and the medallion, so I should be good to go! Thanks!

Edited October 24, 2025 by Butterbot

[ijkdenem]

3 hours ago, Butterbot said:

I want to take my new elk on adventures, but I'm concerned about its health when I do stuff like jump in a cave or sleep. Should I bring fences to make a safe perimeter to protect it? Will bears go after it? 

i have no elk yet but also worry about wolf and bear attacks on my soon to owned elk. 

[Maelstrom]

17 hours ago, LadyWYT said:

I don't think predators will go after tamed elk

I can confirm unequivocally that bears do NOT go after tamed elk.   Somewhere I posted a pic of a bear outside Chapter 2 story location 2 (I thought it was humorous stories, but after checking, it isn't there.)  That bear was about 10 blocks from me after I had tethered my elk to a fence.   I returned to my elk much later and it was unharmed.  Still don't know if I had stumbled across Smokey or Yogi.

[Didsain]

Really disappointed, the question title had me thinking that you were using a mod which let me tame and ride bears.  

[Grummsh]

22 hours ago, Didsain said:

Really disappointed, the question title had me thinking that you were using a mod which let me tame and ride bears.  

Bear Cavalry! That would be amazing - pls someone mod this