Editing Pen animals

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'''Pen animals''', or '''farm animals''', are [[animal]]s with special rules in regards to habitat.

==Summary==
Pen animals do not respect regular [[zone]]s. Instead, they must be roped into an enclosed area, known as a [[pen]], and designated by a [[pen marker]]. For pen animals, [[fence]]s and [[fence gate]]s are impassible, but [[animal flap]]s are considered open. Other terrain, such as [[wall]]s and [[door]]s, can also be used to enclose a pen.

Outside of a pen, or if the pen has an open door, animals will enter into the [[Mental_break#Roaming|Roaming]] [[mental break|mental state]]. Roaming animals will wander away and eventually leave the map. They can be roped into a [[caravan hitching spot]] or a pen (closed or not) by a colonist with enough Animals skill for that animal.

In general, pen animals can eat [[hay]], and graze on grass and other naturally growing vegetation. They all have 0 trainability. These are not traits of being a pen animal, but all pen animals have these traits.

Pen animals will not actively be targeted by [[raider]]s (though can be caught in the crossfire).

== Strategies == 
* Pen in combination with auto-slaughter can be extremely powerful to reduce the amount of micromanagement done by the player. The use of pens and auto-slaughter is a necessity for any colony with the [[Ideoligion#Rancher|Rancher Meme]] {{IdeologyIcon}}
* When choosing a pen animal to farm, you may want to consider animals that have more purpose than their meat. For example [[Muffalo|muffalos]] can provide wool and can act as a pack animal.
*If a pen isn't large enough to sustain your animals, but it's still growing season, then consider planting [[dandelion]]s. Once the dandelions reach 10% growth, they are considered edible. This is more effective per-nutrition, even when compared to [[haygrass]] grown outside the pen.

== Pen Animal List ==
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A complete list of the current pen animals. Animals not on this list can be designated to an [[allowed area]] and do not require a pen.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! Nutrition Consumption !! Produce / day !! Pack Animal 
|-
| [[Alpaca]] || 0.22 || {{icon small|Alpaca wool}} 4.5  || {{Check}}
|-
| [[Bison]] || 0.43 || {{icon small|Bison wool}} 8 || {{Check}}
|-
| [[Boomalope]] || 0.43 || {{icon small|Chemfuel}} 11 || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Capybara]] || 0.18 ||  || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Caribou]] || 0.22 || {{icon small|Milk}} 5 || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Cassowary]] || 0.22 || {{icon small|Cassowary egg (fert.)}} 0.33 || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Chicken]] || 0.11 || || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Chinchilla]] || 0.10 || || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Cow]] || 0.43 || {{icon small|Milk}} 14 || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Deer]] || 0.16 || || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Donkey]] || 0.26 || || {{Check}}
|-
| [[Dromedary]] || 0.43 || {{icon small|Milk}} 9 || {{Check}}
|-
| [[Duck]] || 0.14 ||{{icon small|Duck egg (unfert.)}} 1 || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Elk]] || 0.43 || {{icon small|Milk}} 11  || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Emu]] || 0.22 || EGG || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Gazelle]] || 0.12 || || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Goat]] || 0.18 || {{icon small|Milk}} 4 || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Goose]] || 0.22 || EGG || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Ibex]] || 0.16 || || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Muffalo]] || 0.43 || {{icon small|Muffalo wool}} 8|| {{Check}}
|-
| [[Ostrich]] || 0.34 || EGG || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Pig]] || 0.40 || || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Sheep]] || 0.18 || {{icon small|Sheep wool}} 4.5 || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Stallion]] || 0.34 || || {{Check}}
|-
| [[Turkey]] || 0.22 || EGG || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Wild boar]] || 0.24 || || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Yak]] || 0.43 || {{icon small|Milk}} 11 || {{Check}}
|}
''Note nutrition consumption is per day and based off of the adult nutrition consumption'' <br>
''Nutrition consumed is hunger rate divided by 2.''

== Version history ==
[[Version/1.3.3066|1.3.3066]] - Pen system added. Prior to this, all animals would respect area restrictions.

[[Category:Animals|#Pen animals]]