Originally posted by Vazkulator:

Originally posted by knighttemplar1960:

Wolf spawn points are all located below the obsidian line so small mountains will work just as well as large mountains (perhaps better since you won't have drakes and golems trying to kill the wolves you want to tame). 1 and 2 star wolves only spawn at night and despawn at sunrise (they seem to spawn after midnight rather than before). Once the wolf starts taming it won't despawn. If the sun rises after you've gotten the wolf in the pen/pit but before it starts taming stay there where you can see it. It won't despawn if you are still within its perception range. Wait for night to fall again and you can feed it and it won't despawn after that (as long as you start taming before the sun rises again.)

thx for the feedback, i guess ive just been unlucky then and ill just have to go back there once i feel patient enough to stay in one and the same spot for for long

Don't stay in one spot either. The spawn points are always in the same place. Once you find a few on a mountain run from spawn point to spawn point. kill the no star wolves to clear the spawn point and come back again after midnight. It took me several real time days to find a one star wolf and a couple of real time weeks to find a 2 star. I'm over day 1,300 on that world.

Originally posted by Vazkulator:

thx but im pretty overburdened enough as it is, as im trying to hold enough wood to build a place that can contain them and enough meat to keep it fed

my tier 2 foods is enough to keep me alive for now whilst also saving my bonemass cooldown if i ever trigger the "youre being hunted" event

Wood walls won't hold a starred wolf. If you double up stake walls you can just barely contain a 1 star. You'll need stone walls and iron gates or a pit for a 2 star unless you know exactly what to do and how to tame a starred wolf.