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Pack Leader
"Build the menagerie the game keeps switched off."
How do I install Pack Leader?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Pack Leader for Zad Archery in one click.
</>What does Pack Leader do?
Zad Archery ships a full taming system and then starts you with the chance to use it set to zero and room for exactly one beast. Most players finish the game without ever seeing it work. Pack Leader turns it on. Taming Chance decides how often a monster you kill joins you instead. Extra Tame Slots decides how many you can keep at once, so instead of one lonely companion you can walk into a pack with a small army already following. Four more sliders cover how tough and how dangerous both your tamed monsters and your pets are. The result plays quite differently from ordinary Zad Archery: your own arrows stop being the main event and the screen fills with things fighting on your behalf. It is the most fun this game has hidden in it, and it is worth seeing at least once.
</>What is Pack Leader?
Zad Archery ships a full taming system and then starts you with the chance to use it at zero and room for exactly one beast, so most players never see it work. Pack Leader turns it on, adds tame slots, and makes tamed monsters and pets far tougher and far more dangerous. From ProjectMods, the community-first game modding platform for 400+ games.
</>Common questions about Pack Leader
What does Pack Leader do in Zad Archery?
Pack Leader switches on the taming system Zad Archery ships with but effectively keeps off. Taming Chance decides how often a monster you kill joins your side instead of dying, and the game normally starts that chance at zero. Extra Tame Slots decides how many tamed monsters can follow you at once, instead of the single beast you begin with. Four more sliders raise how tough and how dangerous your tamed monsters and your pets are. A master switch sits above the lot, so the whole menagerie turns on and off in one place.
Why does taming do nothing in normal Zad Archery?
Because the game ships the taming chance at zero and gives you room for exactly one beast. The system is fully built and sitting there, but unless something raises that chance, no monster you kill will ever join you, which is why most players finish Zad Archery without seeing it work at all. Pack Leader raises the chance and the slot count together, which is the pair of numbers the system needs before it does anything. It is the most surprising thing hiding in this game, and it is worth turning on once even if you switch it off afterwards.
How many tamed monsters can follow me at once?
As many as you set with Pack Leader's Extra Tame Slots slider. Zad Archery starts you with room for a single tamed beast, which is part of why the system never really lands, and this slider adds more on top of that. Push it up and you walk into a pack with a small army already following you rather than one lonely companion. There is a practical point where the screen gets busy and you stop being able to tell what is happening, so most players settle somewhere in the middle. The slider moves while you play, so finding that point takes a minute.
Do the buffs cover pets as well as tamed monsters?
Yes, and Pack Leader keeps them as separate sliders so you can treat the two groups differently. Tamed Toughness and Tamed Damage cover the monsters you have tamed in Zad Archery, while Pet Toughness and Pet Damage cover the pets you already had. That split matters because tamed monsters arrive at whatever strength the monster was, which falls behind quickly as the monster level climbs, whereas pets follow their own upgrades. Raising the tamed pair keeps your captures useful for longer, and raising the pet pair turns companions you were ignoring into real damage.
How different does Zad Archery play with Pack Leader on?
Quite different, which is the reason to try it. With Pack Leader on in Zad Archery, taming actually working and several slots filled, your own arrows stop being the main event and the screen fills with things fighting on your behalf. A wave becomes something you watch resolve rather than something you clear shot by shot. It suits long sessions, and it pairs naturally with Bottomless Draw, which raises the damage of tamed beasts and pets alongside your own, so the whole menagerie scales together. If you want to see the strangest corner of this game, this is it.
What options does Pack Leader include?
Taming Chance
How often a monster you kill joins your side instead. The game normally starts this at zero.
Pack Leader
Master switch for all six sliders below.
Pet Damage
How much harder your pets hit.
Pet Toughness
How much more punishment your pets can take.
Tamed Damage
How much harder your tamed monsters hit.
Tamed Toughness
How much more punishment your tamed monsters can take.
Extra Tame Slots
How many extra tamed monsters you can keep following you at once.
Pack Leader is a ProjectMods mod for Zad Archery that switches on the game's taming system, which normally starts at zero chance, adds extra tame slots, and raises the toughness and damage of both tamed monsters and pets.
System Requirements
What features does Pack Leader include?
- Turns on taming, which the game ships sitting at zero, so most players never once see it work.
- Adds tame slots, so you walk into a pack with a small army instead of one lonely companion.
- Makes tamed monsters tougher and far more dangerous, with the same two sliders again for your pets.
- Sets how often a monster you kill joins your side rather than simply falling over.
- Six sliders under one master switch, so the whole menagerie turns off again in a single press.
Best For
- Players who finished the game without ever realising there was a taming system sitting in it.
- Anyone who wants the screen to do the fighting while their own arrows become the side dish.
- Idle sessions where a big enough pack keeps clearing waves whether you are watching or not.
- Curious players who saw the tame slot on their screen and wondered what it was ever actually for.
- Creators looking for the strangest thing hiding inside this game, because it is very much this.
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