Whether you’re looking to grow your income or attack dungeons faster, monsters are your best friend (literally) in Rune Factory 5. Certain monsters canproducea specific item every day, which you can use for crafting and cooking. Others are useful asrides, making your dungeon excursions faster, while others make goodbattle partners.
Eventually, you’ll want to befriend most of them. But with limited space in your barns, you’ll need to choose wisely. Below, we’ve listed the 11 most useful monsters to tame in no particular order.

Wooly/Fleecy
Cluckadoodle
Emperor Penguin
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Silver Wolf
Flower Lion
Flower Crystal
You can also tame theSpiderearly in the game. Located in the Kelve Volcanic Region: Entrance, it produces Spider’s Thread—a weaker version of Strong Vine.
You can also tame theInsectearly in the game. Easily found in the Phoros Woodlands: Central Area, it produces Insect Carapace—a weaker version of Pretty Carapace.

Ice Griffin and Flame Griffin
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The Dragons
There are five dragons in Rune Factory 5:
Nine-Tailed Fox
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