A dominated creature comes under the mental control of an outside agent. This is a Mind Affecting Effect. A character may dominate only one creature at a time.
The most common sources of domination are the Animal Empathy skill and the dominate person, dominate monster, dominate animal, and control undead spells.
Players may voluntarily release a dominated creature using the radial menu. Domination may also be ended by dispelling and by the usual counters to existing mind-affecting effects.
When you release a dominated or tamed creature, its behavior now depends on the type of area you’re in. Here’s how it works:
City / No-PvP Zones / Areas Outside of Fighting Pits: #
- The creature is immediately sent back to its original area.
- If the original area no longer exists or is unavailable, the creature is instantly destroyed.
Wilderness / PvP-Allowed Zones / Fighting Pits: #
- The creature will remain in place for 180 seconds.
- If not re-tamed within that time, it will attempt to return to its original area.
- If that area is unavailable, the creature will be destroyed.
This system ensures both immersion and balance, adapting creature behavior to the context of the world around them.