Your creature brings the game to life, but a creature requires your guidance to bring its character to life. Depending on how you train and react to your creature, you'll find yourself the owner of a helpful partner or a blundering fool--and we assume you'd prefer the former. In this section, we provide some guidance for anyone who is having difficulty attaining that goal.

You can teach your creature all kinds of behaviors, from simple tasks like tossing trees into the village store to complex ones like planting and watering a forest. Watch what your creature does as it ambles about. When it points to its mouth, it's hungry or thirsty; when it yawns and stretches, it's tired; when it points at something, it's learning. Base your rewards and punishments on these observed behaviors.

Creature List

Below are the creatures to discover within Black and White. Some creatures are available at the beginning of the games, others can be unlocked by downloading a small file (available at Gamespot), and others are offered as rewards for solving quests.

Ape

The ape is available at the start of a new game; it's one of three different creatures to make as your first selection. The ape's strengths are intelligence and reaction time.

Brown Bear

You'll find the brown bear on land five. Unlock the bear by solving the silver scroll quest titled "Swap to Brown Bear". In the quest you must rid the town of its awful smell by removing all the bear poo from the nearby forest. As a reward, you can switch your current creature to the brown bear.

Cow

The cow is available at the start of a new game; it's one of three different creatures to make as your first selection. The cow features above average intelligence…and, well, fatness with below average strength and reaction time.

Gorilla

Available for download at Gamespot, just execute the file and the creature becomes available to you at a creature breeder.

You'll find the file at this page:
http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters/products/downloads/0,11095,914356,00.html

Horse

Available for download at Gamespot, just execute the file and the creature becomes available to you at a creature breeder (check the creature breeder on land one).

You'll find the file at this page:
http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters/products/downloads/0,11095,914356,00.html

Leopard

Available for download at Gamespot, just execute the file and the creature becomes available to you at a creature breeder (check the creature breeder on land one).

You'll find the file at this page:
http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters/products/downloads/0,11095,914356,00.html

Lion

Complete the Stanley the Wolf silver scroll quest on land five to unlock the lion creature.

Mandrill

Available for download at Gamespot, just execute the file and the creature becomes available to you at a creature breeder (check the creature breeder on the land one).

You'll find the file at this page:
http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters/products/downloads/0,11095,914356,00.html

Polar Bear

Obtaining the Polar Bear requires a two-part quest. First, you must successfully complete the Explorers quest on land one. Provide wood, grain, and meat for the explorers so they sail away. When you reach land five, you will meet the explorers again. Click on the silver scroll to receive your reward: the Polar Bear creature has been unlocked.

Sheep

Complete the Lost Flock silver scroll quest on land one…with a twist. You must return all sheep to the farmer. After you return five, you're rewarded with some food. You must continue to search for all the others (sheep locations are within the land one walk-through of this game guide) and return all sheep to unlock the Sheep creature.

Tiger

The tiger is available at the start of a new game; it's one of three different creatures to make as your first selection. The tiger boasts excellent strength but lacks intelligence.

Tortoise

Complete the Fish Puzzle silver scroll quest on land four to unlock the Tortoise creature.

Wolf

You'll find the Wolf creature at the end of the Treacherous Path quest on land four. In the retail version of Black & White, the quest can't be completed in a successful fashion (though the correct solution can be found within the land four walk-through of this game guide). After a patch, follow the solution and be rewarded with the Wolf creature.

Zebra

Complete the Riddles quest on land two to unlock the Zebra creature.
 

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