It's surprising how much damage a lox can do when it wanders into the swamps though. Never tamed him, but I called him George and he was my unwitting little swamp buddy until he eventually disappeared.

I had a 'tame' golem that kept me safe while mining. He could not get at me in my dig pit, and everything else that came by got splattered. Sometimes this stuff feels exploity and sometimes is just 'cool' and fun. Maybe depends on my mood. But I was glad of the big pile of wolf meat.