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'''Animals''' are a type of nonplayable, nonhuman pawn in Rimworld with their own [[needs]], [[stats]], [[capacities]], and actions. They come in dozens of species, all of which can be wild or [[Taming|tamed]]. Wild animals occasionally spawn at the map edges according to the [[biomes|biome]] and sometimes from random events.
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Animals usually wander the map aimlessly and feed when hungry, even eating player-grown [[plants]]. Like humans, animals don't require water and generate [[filth]] on Rimworld. All animals on RimWorld will fight back if melee combat is initiated. With just a little luck, even a small [[rat]] or [[squirrel]] can [[downed|take down]] and even kill a casually armored colonist. The most dangerous species regularly hunt humans or can immediately turn [[manhunter]] out of revenge. Some animals can be trained to Guard your colonists and Attack enemies.
 
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Animals are an important source of [[food]] by the meat they provide once [[Orders#Hunt|hunted]] and [[butcher table|butchered]].
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Colonists assigned to [[Work#Handle|Handle]] receive 90 XP towards their [[Skills#Animals|Animals skill]] per training or taming attempt. When tamed "[[cute]]" animals nuzzle a colonist, the non-[[psychopath]] colonist receives a {{Thought|label=nuzzled|desc=A cute animal nuzzled me.|value=+4|stack=3|multi=0.5|duration=1}}. Animals can also [[Animal_husbandry#Bonding|form bonds]] with colonists, providing a permanent {{Thought|label=[Bonded animal]'s master|desc=Being together with my bonded animal makes me feel better.|value=+5|stack=1}} as long as said colonist is assigned as a bonded animal's master, or a {{Thought|label=not [Bonded animal]'s master|desc=I should be together with my bonded animal.|value=-3|stack=1}} otherwise. These moods don't apply to [[psychopath]] colonists.
  
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Wild animals occasionally spawn on the map according to the [[biomes|biome]] and from random events. These wild animals and tamed animals will wander and graze on vegetation, including player-grown plants, regardless of type. Growing [[Resources#Raw food|food]] outdoors can sometimes attract animals to your base perimeter. Animals are an important source of [[food]] by the meat they provide once [[Orders#Hunt|hunted]] and [[butcher table|butchered]].
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[[Combat#Friendly_fire|Friendly fire]] can happen with domesticated animals.</onlyinclude>
  
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Raiders will target tamed animals as often as colonists.
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== Animals tab ==
  
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Animal trainers receive 90 XP per training or taming attempt. When animals nuzzle a colonist, it counts as a social interaction and is logged in the social tab of both the colonist and animal.  
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The Animals tab is in the menu bar at the bottom of the screen. The default hotkey is {{key|F4}}. The Animals tab lists all the colony animals. From left to right, displayed information is as follows:
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* Double-clicking an animal's name will center the map to that animal.
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*Gender, Age, and Life Stage are displayed
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*Pregnant or Sterilized
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* A button lists the animal's master, if it has one. Click the button to assign a new master. Bonded status is also displayed.
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*If the animal is designated to follow its master when drafted or doing field work.
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* A "Slaughter" checkbox column allows easy slaughtering of multiple tamed animals at once.
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* Checkbox columns for each trainable skill: '''Tame, Guard, Rescue, Attack,''' and '''Haul''' for the management of animal training.
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* [[Zone/Area#Allowed area|Allowed areas]] are listed here. Animals stay in their assigned areas unless designated to follow their master.
  
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Most of the above information is also displayed in the animal's inspect pane.
  
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== Animals tab ==
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=== Allowed areas ===
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The Animals tab is in the menu bar at the bottom of the screen. The default hotkey is {{key|F4}}.
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One of the best ways to control animals is to assign them an [[allowed area]]. Allowed areas are created via the Expand allowed area function in the Architect>Zone menu.
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* The Animals tab lists all the colony animals. Clicking an animal name will center the map to that animal.  
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Zoning prevents animals from wandering into danger and eating things they shouldn't be. Be certain to designate them an [[animal sleeping spot]] and ensure they have access to a [[food]] source. Some species (most ungulates) cannot be assigned an area and must instead be roped by a colonist into a [[pen]].
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* A button lists the animal's master, if it has one. Click the button to assign a new master.
 
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* [[Zone/Area#Allowed area|Allowed areas]] are also listed here including Unrestricted, [[Home area]], and animal areas. Each animal stays in its assigned area unless its master is drafted.
 
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** Farm animals and some pack animals cannot be assigned zones, and are instead controlled by pawns with roping and pen settings.
 
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* The <tt>[Manage areas...]</tt> button at the top of the tab opens a window to edit allowed areas.
 
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{{asof|A14}} several features have been added to the Animals tab:
 
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* Gender and life stage informational columns
 
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* A "Slaughter" checkbox column to allow easy slaughtering of multiple tamed animals at once
 
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* Checkbox columns for each trainable skill to allow easy training of many animals
 
  
 
== Appearance ==
 
== Appearance ==
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Most animals appear to have no limbs, just as colonists do.
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Most animal sprites do not show limbs, just like human sprites. Some animals have different appearances between males and females. Some animals have a different sprite for infant and adult life stages, like the [[chicken]].  
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Some animals have different appearances between males and females.
 
  
 
== Behavior ==
 
== Behavior ==
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*'''Wandering:''' Animals will wander the area when they have nothing else to do, e.g. eating or hunting. When wandering, some species of animals will tend to stay together in a herd. Others will spread out alone across the map.
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*'''Wandering:''' Animals will wander the accessible map, their [[pen]], or their assigned [[zone]] when their needs are satisfied, e.g. hunger and sleep. Some wild animals tend to stay together in a herd. Tamed animals may cross [[door]]s and [[fence]]s in their assigned area, unlike [[pen]] animals. Wild animals can cross fences but not doors.
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*'''Roaming:''' Tame farm animals will occasionally attempt to leave the map if not in a pen or if a door is obstructed, with its frequency determined by the animal's roam interval [[stat]].
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While walking on constructed floors, some animals produce animal [[filth]]. The Filth rate stat is proportional to the body size and wildness stats. Farm animals tend to produce massive amounts of filth. This can be mitigated by [[straw matting]] floors or by simply keeping animals outdoors on natural terrain.
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*'''Filth:''' While walking on constructed floors they can leave animal filth. The rate of producing filth is proportional to body size and wildness. Farm animals tend to produce massive amounts of filth. This can be mitigated by the [[straw matting]] floor type, reducing filth by 95%.
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*'''Roaming:''' Tame pen animals will occasionally attempt to leave the map if not in a pen or if a pen door is left open. Their escape frequency is determined by the [[stat]] roam interval.
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*'''Forbidden food:''' Hungry tame animals will eat forbidden food and non-farm animals may even leave their allowed area to eat food.  
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*'''Moving''': the animal is moving into its assigned area.
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*Consuming food: animals attempt to eat a nearby [[food]] source when hungry. Herbivores move to find mature plants and carnivores [[animals#predation|hunt]]. Animals will keep searching for food until their hunger bar reaches satiation.
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*[[Animals#Mating|Mating]]: male and female adults of the same species occasionally mate, which may result in a female pregnancy.
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*'''[[Sleep]]ing''': when tired or wounded, tamed animals prefer to sleep in an [[animal bed]] or animal sleeping spot.
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*Attacking: All animals can only melee attack. They will defend themselves in melee combat, and some animals can turn [[manhunter]] and chase your colonists. A text warning pops up on the screen when a colonist is ordered to interact with a potentially dangerous wild animal.
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*Fleeing: all animals have a chance of erratically fleeing from ranged attacks hitting a target in their immediate vicinity. Animals do not flee predators or melee attacks. Animals do not leave their pen or assigned area when fleeing.
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*Hauling: some animals, like the [[husky]], can be [[animals#training|trained]] to haul items, similar to how colonists haul items.
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*Following master: some animals, like the [[elephant]], can be trained to follow their master when drafted or doing field work (mining or hunting).
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* Nuzzling: Certain tame animals will occasionally nuzzle your colonists. Animals can even nuzzle patients in bed. A colonist who is nuzzled receives a {{Thought|label=nuzzled|desc=A cute animal nuzzled me.|value=4|stack=3|multi=0.5|duration=1}}. The following animals can nuzzle: [[cat]], [[guinea pig]], [[husky]], [[labrador retriever]], [[monkey]], and [[yorkshire terrier]].
  
 
=== Mating ===
 
=== Mating ===
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Occasionally tamed males will approach a tamed female of the same species to initiate mating. The female will stand there, allowing males to mate with her. Afterwards the female can get pregnant.<br>
 
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More than one male can mate with the same female at once.
 
  
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Wild animals do not mate.
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Female animals do not ever attempt to initiate mating themselves. Males will only mate with females in the same assigned area. Wild animals do not mate. Incest is common and has no effect on animal health.  
  
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Incest has no effect on animal health.
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There is either a 1/12 or 1/8 (depending on species) chance per hour that an awake, non-sterilized male will search for a non-pregnant/non-fertilized, non-sterilized, awake female of the same species within 30 tiles to initiate mating. The female then has a 50% chance to become [[pregnant]] in the case of gestational animals or a 100% chance to become fertilized in the case of [[egg]]-laying animals.
  
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=== Fleeing ===
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In order to maximize the rate of offspring for a given population size of adults, the ideal is that the moment one female becomes pregnant or fertilized, another gives birth or lays an egg and becomes available to be mated. If there was no randomness involved in mating, the female:male ratio that would achieve this is given by <code>awake_proportion×gestation_time/(2×mate_mtb)</code> for gestational animals, or <code>awake_proportion×egg_interval/mate_mtb</code> for egg-laying animals. As the proportion of [[Rest|time spent awake]] can be approximated to be about <code>2/3</code> for a rest effectiveness of 0.8, and <code>mate_mtb</code> is usually 12 hours, this can be simplified to <code>2/3×gestation_time</code> or <code>4/3×egg_interval</code> in most cases.  
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Passive animals will mostly flee when harmed. They will not flee if they are engaging in combat with an adversary. <br>
 
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More aggressive animals have a chance to revenge and turn and attack instead of fleeing.
 
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Be aware that packs of animals may seek revenge together, quickly overpowering a single colonist.
 
  
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If a member of a herd is harmed or killed, the rest of the herd will flee as well, scattering around.
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However, as the randomness involved with mating becomes more significant with smaller population sizes, slightly more males will be desired for smaller populations. On the contrary, animals that can be milked will want more females than this ratio suggests, as the gains from milk will offset the losses from time spent not pregnant. Animals that can lay unfertilized eggs like the [[chicken]] can similarly afford a higher female ratio.
  
 
=== Aggression ===
 
=== Aggression ===
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Most animals in Rimworld are dangerous to [[hunt]] or [[tame]]. A warning message will pop-up when a colonist is ordered to interact with a dangerous wild animal.
  
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Sometimes a single animal may go mad, or every animal of the same species be driven mad by a psychic wave, and attack any humans not behind closed doors.  
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The Revenge chance on harm stat is the chance an animal will turn [[manhunter]] when harmed by a member of your colony. It is three times higher for close-ranged attacks, like that of a [[machine pistol]]. For an animal like an [[ostrich]] with a 100% revenge chance, it will always turn manhunter after being hurt. Most animals also have a [[animals#revenge chance on tame fail|revenge chance on tame fail]] stat which dictates how likely the animal is to attack after a failed taming attempt.
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If injured by a colonist or tamed pet, certain species of animals will become maddened into a manhunter state and will relentlessly seek out humans to attack. Sometimes nearby animals of the same species will be simultaneously enraged. Unless otherwise neutralized, a maddened animal will eventually return to a normal mood after sleeping. Animals in manhunter state will attack doors if colonists try to go in and out of them.
 
  
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Manhunter chances are listed in the Wildlife tab of the map screen with a red lightning bolt next to their name, and also on the Info tab of each individual animal's information window.
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Sometimes, the entire herd of wild animals will take revenge on your colonists. They may all get turned [[manhunter]] by a psychic wave [[event]] and attack any humans they can reach. Manhunters may even pick fights with your tamed animals.
  
 
[[File:Manhunter due to pet hunting.png|400px]]
 
[[File:Manhunter due to pet hunting.png|400px]]
  
 
=== Predation ===
 
=== Predation ===
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Most carnivores are predators. When hungry, a predator will prefer an easy meal. They'll first go for meals or food types within their diet. They may go for a downed or dead animal or a human corpse. But when a hungry predator has no other food nearby, they will hunt, kill and consume almost any animal smaller than them, including your tamed animals or even your colonists. This can especially be a problem on maps with little wildlife, like on [[Biomes#Ice sheet|Ice sheets]] when a polar bear wanders in. Still, predators tend to choose more vulnerable and weaker animals, and wisely avoid boomrats and boomalopes. Their attacks usually stun their prey, leaving them unable to fight back or flee. A predator will focus all their attacks on their downed prey, so if they do down your colonists or livestock and you have a colonist nearby, then direct them to Rescue that downed pawn. It could mean the difference between life and death.
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Most carnivores are predators who will hunt smaller species (except domestic dogs who never hunt). When hungry, a predator will prefer an easy meal. They'll first attempt to eat meals, meat, and other food types within their diet. Otherwise they will feed upon downed animals or fresh corpses.  
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When a hungry predator has no other food nearby, they will hunt, kill and consume almost any animal smaller than them, including your tamed animals and your colonists. This can especially be a problem on maps with little wildlife, like on [[Biomes#Ice sheet|Ice sheets]] when a [[polar bear]] wanders in. Predators always avoid [[boomrat]]s and boomalopes.  
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Predator attacks usually blind or stun their prey, leaving the victim unable to fight back. Unlike most other enemies, predators continue attacking after their prey is downed and finish off their target. If they do down your colonist or livestock, immediately order the nearest comrade to rescue the downed pawn. It's the difference between life and death.
 
   
 
   
 
Predators include the {{#ask: [[Category:Animals]] [[Is Predator::true]]}}.
 
Predators include the {{#ask: [[Category:Animals]] [[Is Predator::true]]}}.
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If you successfully hide all colonists and tamed animals away from a predator's reach, it will hunt any other available wildlife.
 
If you successfully hide all colonists and tamed animals away from a predator's reach, it will hunt any other available wildlife.
  
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It is not possible to view the Needs tab of a wild animal, so you may have to deduce whether or not a predator is hungry based on its behavior. They sometimes remain near the area where they last killed and ate an animal for about a day. Bloodstains or partially-consumed animal corpses on the ground are a fairly reliable guide, as well as a source of free leather and delicious leftovers. Be careful not to let a hauler take away a predator's food before it has finished eating. It will still be hungry and will hunt your colonist instead.
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It is not possible to view the Needs tab of a wild animal, so you may have to deduce whether or not a predator is hungry based on its behavior. They sometimes remain near the area where they last killed and ate an animal for about a day. Bloodstains or partially-consumed animal corpses on the ground are a fairly reliable guide, as well as a source of free leather and leftover food. Be careful not to let a hauler take away a predator's food before it has finished eating. It will still be hungry and will hunt your colonist instead.
  
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Remember that [[fence]]s and [[fence gate]]s do not count as impassable for all pawns except for farm animals, meaning that predators can leap over.
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Remember that [[fence]]s and [[fence gate]]s do not count as impassable for all pawns except for farm animals, meaning that predators can leap over fences.
  
 
=== Body heat ===
 
=== Body heat ===
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Animals will give out body heat, slightly heating up their surroundings. This is insignificant most of the time, except in enclosed, densely-packed  barns. The heat can become a problem in warm weather or hot biomes but a benefit in cold biomes or during winter.
  
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Animals will give out body heat, slightly heating up their surroundings. This is insignificant most of the time. In enclosed barns with many animals packed, the heat can become a problem in warm weather or hot biomes, and a benefit in cold biomes or during winter.
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== Reproduction ==
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== Breeding ==
 
 
Animals are born by live birth or by hatching from a fertilized egg.
 
Animals are born by live birth or by hatching from a fertilized egg.
  
 
=== Live birth ===
 
=== Live birth ===
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Female animals that give live birth become pregnant when a male animal approaches them and mates. Only tamed animals may breed. An animal's gestation period specifies how long a female's pregnancy will last.
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A pregnant animal suffering [[malnutrition]] or is injured may miscarry. Miscarriages are noted by an in-game message.
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Female Animals which give live birth (e.g. mammals) have a chance of becoming [[pregnant]] after mating with a male. The '''gestation time''' stat specifies how many days a species' pregnancy will last. A pregnant animal suffering from [[malnutrition]] or injuries may miscarry, but spontaneous abortions are not possible in game. Miscarriages are noted by an in-game message and loss of the baby, but the mother is otherwise unharmed and may reproduce normally again. Pregnancies may also be aborted through [[surgery]].
  
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Live births produce amniotic fluid (see [[Filth]]).
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For the first {{ticks|600}} the pregnancy condition will be invisible, after which point a message will come up mentioning the pregnancy and the following hediffs become visible.
  
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Some animals will give birth to multiple young. The probability of this is determined by a curve, and is different for each animal.
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Animals can breed with their own family members without penalty, even for repeated generational incest, allowing a pair of 2 animals to eventually propagate into a packed room of the species of animal.
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* Vomiting (''MTB of 2.5 days'')
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| '''Middle-stage''' || >0.333 Severity ||
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! scope="row" | Late stage
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| '''Late-stage''' || >0.666 Severity||
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* Vomiting (''MTB of 5 days'')
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* -30% [[Moving]]
 
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Live births occur at the end of the gestation time. They produce [[filth]] in the form of amniotic fluid, but no blood loss or damage occurs to the mother or baby. A species' '''litter size''' is a probability curve of the number of offspring possible from one pregnancy
  
 
=== Eggs ===
 
=== Eggs ===
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Egg-laying animals include the {{#ask: [[Category:Animals]] [[Egg Laying Interval::+]]}} as of 1.1. Females become fertilized after mating with males, causing them to lay fertilized eggs. Most animals will not lay unfertilized eggs, with the exception of [[chicken]]s.
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Egg-laying animals include the {{#ask: [[Category:Animals]] [[Egg Laying Interval::+]]}} as of 1.1. Females become fertilized after mating with males, causing them to lay fertilized eggs. Most animals will not lay unfertilized eggs, with the exception of [[chicken]]s, [[duck]]s, and [[goose|geese]].
  
 
Fertilized eggs display their progress on the inspect pane and hatch when ready.
 
Fertilized eggs display their progress on the inspect pane and hatch when ready.
  
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Fertilized eggs can be ruined by temperature if not kept within their safe temperature range of {{temperature|1}} to {{temperature|49}}.
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Fertilized eggs can be ruined by temperature if not kept within their safe temperature range of {{Temperature|{{Q|Chicken egg (fert.)|Min Safe Temperature}}|{{Q|Chicken egg (fert.)|Max Safe Temperature}}}}.<!-- These temperatures are the same for all eggs. I just picked the most common one -->
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: Eggs start to overheat above {{Temperature|{{Q|Chicken egg (fert.)|Max Safe Temperature}}}}.
  
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The inspect pane will indicate 'Overheating' or 'Freezing' followed by a percentage rising up to 100%. This status is halted when safe temperate is restored, but it is not reset - if the temperature is unsafe again, it will pick up where it left off. If it reaches 100% the egg is 'ruined by temperature' and will not hatch even if returned to a suitable area. A ruined egg still has full nutritional value and can be used to make a meal (or eaten raw, with a mood debuff).
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The inspect pane will indicate 'Overheating' or 'Freezing' followed by a percentage rising up to 100%. It increases by {{#expr:{{Q|Chicken egg (fert.)|Spoiling Rate}}*100}}% per {{Temperature|1||delta}} outside the safe temperature range each [[tick]]. This status is halted when safe temperate is restored, but it is not reset - if the temperature is unsafe again, it will pick up where it left off. If it reaches 100% the egg is 'ruined by temperature' and will not hatch even if returned to a suitable area. A ruined egg still has full nutritional value and can be used to make a meal (or eaten raw, with a mood debuff).
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=== Sterilization ===
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Animals can be sterilized by way of an operation to prevent them even attempting to breed with another animal. As such they will never reproduce, although existing pregnancies will not be terminated by the procedure.
  
 
== Diet ==
 
== Diet ==
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While most carnivorous animals can eat raw meat, corpses, kibble, and meals, [[Warg]]s can ''only'' eat raw meat and corpses.  
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Because all animals except [[warg]]s can eat [[meals]], [[kibble]], and [[pemmican]], it is possible to feed meat to herbivores and plants to carnivores if it is prepared first.
  
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All strictly herbivorous animals and some omnivorous animals (notably pigs and boars) can eat live plants (except trees) and haygrass. <br>
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Dendrovorous animals such as the [[alphabeaver]] and [[thrumbo]] can eat trees, in addition to other plant-based foods.
 
  
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Because all animals except wargs can eat meals, [[kibble]], and [[pemmican]], it is possible to feed meat to herbivores or plants to carnivores if it is prepared first.
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! Diet !! Allowed food !! Animals
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| {{#ask: [[Diet::omnivorous]] | template = DLC Icons | link = none | sep = ,<nowiki> </nowiki> | sort = From DLC, Name}}
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! herbivorous
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| vegetables, seeds, live plants, [[meals]], processed foods, [[beer|liquor]], [[kibble]]
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| vegetables, seeds, live trees, processed foods, [[kibble]]
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| {{#ask: [[Diet::dendrovorous]] | template = DLC Icons | link = none | sep = ,<nowiki> </nowiki> | sort = From DLC, Name}}
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! carnivorous
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| [[meat|raw meat]], [[corpse]]s, [[meals]], processed foods, [[kibble]]
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! ovivorous
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== Health ==
 
== Health ==
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Like humans, they have a life expectancy, and are affected by [[Ailments|chronic diseases]]. There is no way to cure them in the base game other than [[Healer mech serum]], which would be incredibly expensive.
 
Like humans, they have a life expectancy, and are affected by [[Ailments|chronic diseases]]. There is no way to cure them in the base game other than [[Healer mech serum]], which would be incredibly expensive.
  
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A tamed animal that requires tending will find the nearest animal bed or animal sleeping spot in their [[allowed area]] and rest there until it is either fully healed or dead. Pawns assigned to doctoring will tend its wounds or illnesses and feed it, just as they would do for a humanlike pawn. If all human colonists are absent or unable to care for a sick animal, it can die of starvation even if there is food nearby and it is capable of walking.
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A tamed animal that requires tending will find the nearest animal bed or animal sleeping spot in their [[allowed area]] and rest there until it is either fully healed or dead. Pawns assigned to doctoring will tend its wounds or illnesses and feed it, just as they would do for a humanlike pawn. If all human colonists are absent or unable to care for a sick animal, it can die of starvation even if there is food nearby and it is capable of walking.  The animal can be forced to stand up by removing the medical designation from any medical animal beds in the animal's allowed area or pen.
  
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Animals have half the [[Toxic Sensitivity]] of humans by default.
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Animals have a [[Toxic Resistance]] of 50% by default, compared to the [[human]] default of 0%.
  
 
== Hunting ==
 
== Hunting ==
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:{{See also|Hunt}}
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[[File:Hunt.png|42px]]
 
[[File:Hunt.png|42px]]
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Wild animals may be marked for hunting, done by [[Work#Hunt|hunters]] with ranged weapons, who will proceed to shoot them at maximum range, before executing them with a neck cut when they are downed (except explosive animals). After killing their target, they will haul the carcass to a [[stockpile zone]] even if they are naturally incapable of hauling, but will not start hauling it again if they're interrupted.
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Wild animals may be marked for hunting, done by [[Menus#Hunt|hunters]] with ranged weapons, who will proceed to shoot them at maximum range, before executing them with a neck cut when they are downed (except explosive animals). After killing their target, they will haul the carcass to a [[stockpile zone]] even if they are naturally incapable of hauling, but will not start hauling it again if they're interrupted.
 
  
 
Animals harmed by hunting that were not killed yet may become enraged and if its a pack type, its full horde may turn hostile against the entire colony. If they are non-aggressive animals they usually flee instead.
 
Animals harmed by hunting that were not killed yet may become enraged and if its a pack type, its full horde may turn hostile against the entire colony. If they are non-aggressive animals they usually flee instead.
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* Fog (with or without rain): hit chance multiplier is 50%.
 
* Fog (with or without rain): hit chance multiplier is 50%.
 
* Rain or snow: hit chance multiplier is 80%.
 
* Rain or snow: hit chance multiplier is 80%.
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To mark animals to be hunted use one of the following methods:  
 
To mark animals to be hunted use one of the following methods:  
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* Animals can be hunted manually instead of just using the hunt order by drafting a colonist and right clicking to fire at animals.  This allows the killing of multiple animals in one session, or hunting from close range.  Closer range reduces the chance of missing shots or unintended friendly fire, but raises the chance of provoking animal revenge.
 
* Animals can be hunted manually instead of just using the hunt order by drafting a colonist and right clicking to fire at animals.  This allows the killing of multiple animals in one session, or hunting from close range.  Closer range reduces the chance of missing shots or unintended friendly fire, but raises the chance of provoking animal revenge.
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 +
* Wounded animals (either hit with arrows/bullets or cut in particular) tend to bleed. Heavily bleeding animals die after a certain period of time if left untended. Thus it is possible to wound a target and wait until it bleeds to death or drops unconscious due to blood loss. This way you can avoid unnecessary damage to the corpse (and avoid being caught in the explosion left by boomalopes and boomrats). Keep in mind that a wounded but mobile animal can wander away. Unconscious animals can be "saved" - essentially transported to sleeping spots assigned as medical - but without medical treatment they will still die. A valid, if hardly humane, way to hunt.
  
 
* In the occasion of a full horde revenge, early-stage colonies may easily become overrun, leaving all colonists downed. But down is not out. Eventually, one or more of your colonists may recover. With luck, this miracle may take place at nightfall, when wildlife sleep (except for the most enraged beasts among those), or they have wandered far enough, opening a chance to rescue everybody else. The manhunter status of the horde will disappear overnight.
 
* In the occasion of a full horde revenge, early-stage colonies may easily become overrun, leaving all colonists downed. But down is not out. Eventually, one or more of your colonists may recover. With luck, this miracle may take place at nightfall, when wildlife sleep (except for the most enraged beasts among those), or they have wandered far enough, opening a chance to rescue everybody else. The manhunter status of the horde will disappear overnight.
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== Life stages ==
 
== Life stages ==
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Animals all have three different life stages. The age at which they enter the juvenile and adult life stages is determined for each animal separately. Animals may have different graphics for different life stages, or may simply appear smaller. Animals start out as babies and their age is listed as minutes, hours, or months. Some animals have a specific name for this stage (e.g. chick). They then move on to juveniles (teenagers). Eventually, they reach the final life stage, adulthood. In the stages before adulthood, animals have lower stats (body size, health scale, mass, carrying capacity, move speed, hunger rate, meat amount, leather amount, market value) that normalize when they reach adulthood. Animals have different sounds (call, anger, wounded, death) for different life stages. Babies may simply make a higher pitched sound, or have a different sound altogether (such as chicks). Depending on the species, animals will need to reach the juvenile or adult stage before they can reproduce.
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Animals all have three different life stages - baby, juvenile and adult. The growth at which they enter the juvenile and adult life stages is determined by each species' '''growth time''' stat. Animals may have different graphics for different life stages (e.g. [[deer]]) or may simply appear smaller. Some animals have a specific name for this stage (e.g. chick or puppy). Animals have different sounds (call, anger, wounded, death) for different life stages, too. Babies may simply make a higher pitched sound or have a different sound altogether (such as chicks).
  
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Babies have 40% of the hunger of adults, and juveniles have 75% of the hunger of adults. Babies have 20% of the body size of adults (other than baby birds, which have 10% of the body size), and juveniles have 50% of the body size of adults. This also determines their [[Property:Meat Yield| meat yield]] and [[Property:Leather Yield|leather yield]].
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Eventually, they reach their final body size and fertility in the final life stage, adulthood. Only upon reaching adulthood can animals produce wool or milk. Eggs may be layer by juveniles.
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== Needs ==
 
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Animals require food and sleep and will fulfil their needs on their own.
 
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'''Food:''' Animals will eat any available food according to their diet. Herbivorous animals of the colony can be left to eat grass on their own. Note that animals require different amounts of food compared to humans, as represented by their [[Hunger Rate]].
 
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'''Rest:''' Animals will sleep as needed. Tamed animals will sleep in [[animal sleeping spot]]s, [[animal sleeping box]]es, or [[animal bed]]s. If none of which are available, the animal will crash out on the ground inside its allowed zone. A tamed animal will not sleep as long as its master is drafted.
 
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== Animal husbandry ==
 
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Animals can be tamed and put to use in the colony, providing several benefits.
 
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=== Taming ===
 
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Wild animals can be tamed by a [[Menus#Handle|animal handler]] with sufficient Animal skill and available food. Tamed animals may be bred, trained, traded, slaughtered, or farmed.
 
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−
Wild animals may be marked for taming using the Tame button.
 
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[[File:TameButton.png|52px|left|link=]]{{clear}}
 
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An [[Menus#Handle|animal handler]] will attempt to tame marked animals using food fitting that animal's diet. The chance to tame an animal depends on the animal's wildness (displayed on the info window) and the handler's 'Tame animal chance' stat. This stat is determined by the colonist's [[Skills#Animals|animals skill]], [[Health#Manipulation|manipulation]], [[Health#Talking|talking]], and [[Health#Hearing|hearing]]. When a handler fails to tame an animal there is a cooldown period before another attempt can be made. There is also a chance it will turn manhunter and start attacking the handler and others. The revenge chance is shown on the Wildlife menu. After a while the handler may drop unused food. Tamed animals will remain in or near the colony or they may be assigned to animal areas to contain them. Setting animal areas is usually necessary to restrict them from eating food not intended for them.
 
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==== Tame chances ====
 
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Besides the animal handler's own skill, the wildness of the animals also counts.
 
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Tame chances undergo a post-processing curve.
 
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*An animal with 0% wildness has a x2 taming chance.
 
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*An animal with 50% wildness has normal taming chance.
 
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*An animal with 100% wildness cannot be tamed at all.
 
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−
Currently, the hardest to tame animal is the [[Thrumbo]] with a post-processed taming chance of 3%.
 
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−
[[List of animals|Animals]] with 0% wildness remain tame forever. An animal with a wildness above 0% (shown on the wildlife tab) needs to have maintenance training in Tameness. If it loses all Tameness it will go back to being wild.
 
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==== Minimum skill ====
 
−
Some animals require a minimum skill before they can be handled. The game will prompt the player if no colonist has enough skill to handle the animal. In this case a colonist has only 1 point as an utter beginner and has learning ability, the easiest...
 
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−
* Animals that require no points (zero) to tame are: Alpaca, Cat, Chicken, Cow, Dromedary, Husky, Labrador retriever, Pig and Yorkshire terrier.
 
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−
An animal's handling skill requirement is calculated as follows:
 
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'''Skill = 9 * (wildness - 0.3) / 0.7'''
 
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So animals with a wildness of 30% or less won't require any handling skill whatsoever.
 
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=== Starting pets ===
 
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For most [[Scenario system|scenarios]], new colonies will include a random pet that is already tamed. These pets will have a random name and have a chance to be bonded with a pawn. The animals available are determined by the handling skills of the starting pawn(s), as the game will not provide a pet that cannot be handled by the colony. This rule is broken when all colonists have animal handling disabled, as the game will still provide animals that require periodic taming.
 
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The chance of getting an animal is influenced by the "petness" stat, with a higher value resulting in a higher chance.  The selection of animals also influences the chances, as a Husky has a 26% chance of being selected with the highest handling skill at 0, while at level 8+ the chance is only 12%.  Hares, snowhares, capybaras and cobras are all under 1% chance due to the petness being so low and the animal handling being so high.
 
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{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
 
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|+ '''Animals that can be starting pets'''
 
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! Animal !! Handling skill required !! Petness !! Chance (with 8+ handling)
 
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| [[Yorkshire terrier]] || 0 || 1 || 12.06%
 
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|-
 
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| [[Husky]] || 0 || 1 || 12.06%
 
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|-
 
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| [[Labrador retriever]] || 0 || 1 || 12.06%
 
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|-
 
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| [[Donkey]] || 0 || 0.6 || 7.24%
 
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|-
 
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| [[Yak]] || 0 || 0.3 || 3.62%
 
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|-
 
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| [[Cat]] || 1 || 1 || 12.06%
 
 
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|-
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| [[Horse]] || 4 || 0.6 || 7.24%
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! !! Baby Bird !! Baby !! Juvenile !! Adult
 
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|-
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| [[Iguana]] || 4 || 0.15 || 1.81%
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| '''Body Size''' || 10% || 20% || 50% || 100%
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Rat]] || 4 || 0.15 || 1.81%
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| '''Hunger''' || 40% || 40% || 75% || 100%
 
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|-
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| [[Monkey]] || 5 || 0.5 || 6.03%
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| '''Max Food''' || 60% || 60% || 75% || 100%
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Warg]] || 5 || 0.5 || 6.03%
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| '''Health Scale''' || 25% || 25% || 60% || 100%
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Guinea pig]] || 5 || 0.3 || 3.62%
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| '''Market Value''' || 40% || 40% || 75% || 100%
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Chinchilla]] || 5 || 0.2 || 2.41%
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| '''Move Speed''' || 50% || 50% || 90% || 100%
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Boomrat]] || 7 || 0.2 || 2.41%
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| '''Melee Damage''' || 50% || 50% || 75% || 100%
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|-
 
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| [[Fennec fox]] || 7 || 0.1 || 1.21%
 
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|-
 
−
| [[Red fox]] || 7 || 0.1 || 1.21%
 
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|-
 
−
| [[Arctic fox]] || 7 || 0.1 || 1.21%
 
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|-
 
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| [[Hare]] || 7 || 0.08 || 0.97%
 
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|-
 
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| [[Snowhare]] || 7 || 0.08 || 0.97%
 
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|-
 
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| [[Capybara]] || 7 || 0.08 || 0.97%
 
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|-
 
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| [[Cobra]] || 7 || 0.05 || 0.60%
 
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|-
 
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| [[Timber wolf]] || 8 || 0.1 || 1.21%
 
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|-
 
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| [[Arctic wolf]] || 8 || 0.1 || 1.21%
 
 
|}
 
|}
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The reduction in Body Size of babies and juveniles also affects several other stats, such as [[Meat Amount|Meat]] and [[Leather Amount]]
  
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=== Bonding ===
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== Needs ==
 +
Animals require food and sleep and will fulfil their needs on their own.
  
−
Animals may also form bonds with their handlers, or doctors.
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'''Food:''' Animals will eat any available food according to their diet. Herbivorous animals of the colony can be left to eat grass on their own. Note that animals require different amounts of food compared to humans, as represented by their [[Hunger Rate]].
  
−
*When an animal has its wounds tended by a colonist, there is a constant 0.4% chance of the animal will bond with the colonist, regardless of Animals skill. If the animal is wild, the animal will instantly self-tame, disregarding wildness.
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'''Rest:''' Animals will sleep as needed. Tamed animals will sleep in [[animal sleeping spot]]s, [[animal sleeping box]]es, or [[animal bed]]s. If none of which are available, the animal will crash out on the ground inside its allowed zone. A tamed animal will not sleep as long as its master is drafted.
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*When tamed, an animal also has a 1% chance to bond with the tamer.
 
  
−
Bonded animals will provide a constant mood buff to their masters if bonded. They will also be easier to train (5x multiplier on chance).
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== Animal husbandry ==
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:{{Main|Animal husbandry}}
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On the death of the pawn an animal is bonded with, it can go into one of two animal mental breaks; [[Mental break#Manhunter|manhunter]], in which it will attack all nearby entities, and [[Mental break#Confusion|confusion]], in which it will wander around, uncontrollable, similar to dazed humans.
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Animals can be tamed and put to use in the colony, providing several benefits. Some species can be [[Animal husbandry#Training|trained]] to perform one or possibly more tasks, and will wander about your colony freely. Other species, which can loosely be considered "farm animals", can only be tamed and then put in a [[pen]]. This second category can never be trained.
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−
=== Interaction ===
 
−
Tamed animals can be trained by colonists. With Guard trained, they will follow their master around if designated to do so.
 
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Some animals can be milked or sheared, which will be handled if necessary. Only adult animals can be milked.
 
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Occasionally, animals can nuzzle colonists, giving the colonist a mood buff. Animals can nuzzle anyone regardless of handling skill.
 
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When injured, they will go to animal sleeping spots/ beds for rest and treatment.
 
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−
=== Naming ===
 
−
Newly tamed animals get numerical designations so you can tell them apart (“Muffalo 1”, “Muffalo 2”, etc.). The game names certain animals when tamed or bought. Others are named when they form a bond with a colonist Names can be changed by the player from the "Training" Tab.
 
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−
Animals without a pet name may have a gender-specific name (i.e. hen, rooster, buck, doe), or a lifestage-specific name (piglet, warg puppy), or even a gender/lifestage-specific name (cockerel).
 
−
 
 
−
Names of tamed animals are not shown on the map unless the option is turned on. See Menu, Options, 'Show animal names'.
 
−
 
 
−
It is possible for animals which have been lost or sold to reappear later as part of a wild herd. This will only happen with animals which occur naturally on your colony's biome. They will still have the name you gave them (including automatic names like "Muffalo 2"), but will need to be tamed and trained again.
 
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−
=== Training ===
 
−
Tamed animals may be trained depending on their trainable intelligence. Click the animal's training tab to specify training and view progress.
 
−
 
 
−
The stats of the training pawn, including Animals skill or [[Global Work Speed]], have no effect on how fast each training session is completed. Instead, increased skill improves a pawn's [[Train Animal Chance]], resulting in the animal requiring fewer training attempts in the first place.
 
−
 
 
−
Once Guard is trained, they can be assigned a master which they will follow. You can configure when the animals will follow their master, by toggling whether or not the animal will follow while doing field work (hunting/taming), or while drafted.
 
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−
Many skills require multiple steps to fully train.
 
−
 
 
−
After a training attempt on a tamed animal, there is a 6 in-game hour waiting period before that same animal can be trained again.
 
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−
Since Beta 19 skills now decay over time. The speed at which skills decay is dependent on wildness of the animal. For most animals their wildness is high enough such that their tameness decrease over time, such that they will eventually return to the wild if not maintained. For this reason, if you do not have enough skilled animal handlers to keep an animal's skills fresh, it is best to sell or slaughter it before it loses tameness.
 
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−
[[File:Obedience.png|link=]] '''Guard:''' (Training intelligence required: Simple, Steps: 3)
 
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: An animal trained in guard will follow its master and attack nearby aggressors. An animal's master is listed on the Training tab and on the Animals menu. Multiple animals may be assigned to a single master. Note that assigning an animal to the pawn it is bonded with will give that pawn a permanent +5 moodlet, and if a bonded animal is ''not'' assigned to its bonded pawn, that pawn gets a permanent -3 moodlet. Mood effects stack with multiple bonded animals, and one pawn can have both the positive and negative moodlets from two bonded animals.
 
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[[File:Release.png|link=]] '''Attack:''' (Training intelligence required: Intermediate, Steps: 5)
 
−
: Using the 'attack' command, animals may leave their master's immediate area to attack enemies. When the 'release animals' command is turned off, animals will guard their master and only attack enemies nearby.
 
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−
[[File:Rescue.png|link=]] '''Rescue:''' (Training intelligence required: Advanced, Steps: 2)
 
−
: Animals trained in rescue will rescue its master as well as nearby colonists. Only species of sufficient size can rescue.
 
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−
[[File:Haul_animal.png|link=]] '''Haul:''' (Training intelligence required: Advanced, Steps: 7)
 
−
: Animals trained in hauling will haul just as colonists do, although each species has a specific carrying capacity according to its size. Only species of sufficient size can haul, but the size required is less than it is for rescuing, meaning some animals can haul items but cannot rescue. Animals will perform hauling intermittently.
 
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−
=== Combat ===
 
−
Once Guard is trained, animals will gather around their master upon drafting, and will attack nearby threats, or (unintentionally) block ranged attacks for their master.
 
−
<br>This is configurable and can be disabled by disabling follow during drafted.
 
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−
With Attack trained, animals can be released to attack threats from a distance.  Even colonists incapable of Violence can send their assigned animals into battle.
 
−
 
 
−
Animals can be downed during combat, and can be rescued by colonists or other animals capable of Rescue.
 
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−
=== Products ===
 
−
Certain tame animals produce milk, wool, or eggs. Shearing sometimes fails, indicated with a brief "product wasted" message.
 
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−
==== [[Eggs]] ====
 
−
[[File:Eggs.png|32px|left|link=Eggs]]
 
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{| {{STDT| sortable c_08 text-center}}
 
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! Animal !! Eggs Per Clutch Average !! Egg Laying Interval !! Eggs Per Season Average !! Can Lay Unfertilized Eggs
 
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|-
 
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{{#ask: [[Concept:Production Animals]] [[Egg Laying Interval::+]]
 
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| ?Eggs Per Clutch Average
 
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| ?Egg Laying Interval
 
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| ?Eggs Per Season Average
 
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| ?Can Lay Unfertilized Eggs
 
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| format = template
 
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==== [[Milk]] ====
 
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[[File:Milk.png|32px|left|link=Milk]]
 
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{| {{STDT| sortable c_08 text-center}}
 
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! Animal !! Milk Amount !! Milking Interval !! Daily Milk Average
 
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|-
 
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{{#ask: [[Concept:Production Animals]] [[Milk Amount::+]]
 
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| ?Milk Amount
 
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| ?Milking Interval Days
 
−
| ?Daily Milk Average
 
−
| format = template
 
−
| template = Animals/ProductsRow
 
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| link = subject}}
 
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==== [[Wool]] ====
 
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[[File:Wool.png|32px|left|link=Wool]]
 
−
{| {{STDT| sortable c_08 text-center}}
 
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! Animal !! Wool Amount !! Shearing Interval !! Daily Wool Average
 
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|-
 
−
{{#ask: [[Concept:Production Animals]] [[Wool Amount::+]]
 
−
| ?Wool Amount
 
−
| ?Shearing Interval Days
 
−
| ?Daily Wool Average
 
−
| format = template
 
−
| template = Animals/ProductsRow
 
−
| link = subject}}
 
−
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−
=== Slaughtering ===
 
−
 
 
−
Tamed animals may be slaughtered selecting the animal and clicking the Slaughter button, or by using the Slaughter tool from the Orders menu. An animal marked in this way will be slaughtered by an animal handler. The handler need not be equipped with a weapon. You can also set up an auto-slaughter order in the animals tab, configurable to limit the amount of male, female, and pregnant animals in a pen.
 
−
 
 
−
Slaughtered tame animals provide 50% bonus meat.
 
−
 
 
−
If you try to slaughter a bonded animal, the game will warn you about it due to the mood impact this has on the animal's master.
 
−
[[File:SlaughterButton.png|52px|left|link=]]{{clear|left}}
 
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=== Caravans ===
 
−
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
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|-
 
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! '''Animal'''
 
−
! [[Property:Carrying Capacity|Pack Capacity]]
 
−
! [[Property:Mass - Adult|Mass]]
 
−
! [[Property:Riding Speed|Riding Speed]]
 
−
|-{{Animal Caravan Row|Alpaca}}
 
−
|-{{Animal Caravan Row|Bison}}
 
−
|-{{Animal Caravan Row|Donkey}}
 
−
|-{{Animal Caravan Row|Dromedary}}
 
−
|-{{Animal Caravan Row|Elephant}}
 
−
|-{{Animal Caravan Row|Horse}}
 
−
|-{{Animal Caravan Row|Muffalo}}
 
−
|-{{Animal Caravan Row|Thrumbo}}
 
−
|-{{Animal Caravan Row|Yak}}
 
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|}
 
−
These animals can can graze meaning they don't usually require food during a [[caravan]]. When carrying items in their inventory, they will appear to have packs on, which disappear when unloaded.
 
−
 
 
−
=== Release to Wild ===
 
−
Unwanted animals can be released to the wild using a command next to the slaughter button. Releasing bonded animals also causes a mood debuff to master of the animal.
 
−
 
 
−
=== Social ===
 
−
Each animal has a Social tab that lists that animal's bonds and relations. Clicking an entry jumps to that bond's counterpart. Bonded humans have a persistent mood bonus, unless they have the psychopath trait, while set as that animal's master. Animals do not have such thoughts or bonuses.
 
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−
Occasionally, tame animals will nuzzle your colonists. More pet-like animals such as Yorkshire Terriers and Cats will nuzzle often, whereas wilder animals such as Timber Wolves and Grizzly Bears can still nuzzle colonists, but rarely do so. Animals can nuzzle patients in bed. A colonist who is nuzzled receives a +4 mood buff for 1 day.
 
−
 
 
−
=== Trade goods ===
 
−
 
 
−
Tamed animals may be sold to [[trade]]rs. Animals purchased from traders will be already tamed. Bulk goods traders offer pets and farm animals while exotic goods traders carry most of the wild species. Traders offering animals will attempt to at least carry a breeding pair of a core farm animal.
 
−
 
 
−
=== Raising animals ===
 
−
==== Feeding animals ====
 
−
The simplest way to feed non-strictly-carnivorous animals is to create a large [[Pens|pen]] where animals can graze on the wild grass and brambles. The [[pen marker]] will show the number of animals the wild plants can sustain (measured in [[cow]]s, [[goat]]s, and [[chicken]]s. When the weather is too cold or too hot though, plants grow slower or even stop growing. Furthermore, plants become totally inedible when the temperature drops below {{Temperature|-10}}, because they all are considered leafless, grass as well as trees. This unrealistic mechanic is not explained in-game, and is quite puzzling to unaware players. It looks like animals starve on top of good-looking grass. See [[Plants#Temperature]] for more info.
 
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
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|-
 
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! rowspan=2 | Diet
 
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! rowspan=2 | Produces
 
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! rowspan=2 | Produce per day
 
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! rowspan=2 | Produced Nutrition per day
 
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! colspan=3 | Baby Slaughter
 
−
! colspan=3 | Adult Slaughter
 
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|-
 
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! <abbr title="Units of nutrition of meat produced per female per day when babies are slaughtered">Meat Per Day</abbr>
 
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! <abbr title="Units of nutrition consumed by a single adult per day">Consumption Per Day</abbr>
 
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! <abbr title="(Milk + Meat)/Consumption">Overall Efficiency</abbr>
 
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! <abbr title="Units of nutrition of meat produced per female per day when adults are slaughtered">Meat Per Day</abbr>
 
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! <abbr title="Units of nutrition consumed per female per day, including the offspring's consumption up to adulthood>Consumption Per Day</abbr>
 
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! <abbr title="(Milk + Meat)/Consumption">Overall Efficiency</abbr>
 
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|- {{Animal Rearing Row|Alpaca}}
 
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|- {{Animal Rearing Row|Alphabeaver}}
 
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|- {{Animal Rearing Row|Arctic fox}}
 
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|- {{Animal Rearing Row|Arctic wolf}}
 
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|- {{Animal Rearing Row|Bison}}
 
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|- {{Animal Rearing Row|Boomalope}}
 
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|- {{Animal Rearing Row|Boomrat}}
 
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|- {{Animal Rearing Row|Capybara}}
 
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|- {{Animal Rearing Row|Caribou}}
 
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|- {{Animal Rearing Row|Cassowary}}
 
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|- {{Animal Rearing Row|Cat}}
 
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|- {{Animal Rearing Row|Chicken}}
 
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|- {{Animal Rearing Row|Chinchilla}}
 
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Pens are areas which farm animals are assigned to. These [[pen animals]] will be passive, meaning that hostiles will not attack these animals, and vice versa. Tamed pen animals must be put in a pen, or they will occasionally attempt to leave the map, meaning they disappear forever. Colonists will automatically rope roaming farm animals and place them in the pen. The borders of pens can be marked with: solid [[wall]]s, [[door]]s, [[fence]]s, [[fence gate]]s, and [[animal flap]]s. To mark an enclosed area as a pen, place a pen marker inside. The pen marker allows you to configure auto-slaughter orders and also tells you the amount of animals that can be sustained in a pen with wild plants, measured in [[cow]]s, [[goat]]s, and [[chicken]]s. An attached, roofed, and heated/cooled coop can be built with an [[animal flap]] as a door instead of a regular [[door]] for animals to stay warm or cool down during extreme temperatures.
 
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* [[Version/0.12.906|0.12.906]] - Animals can now be tamed and trained. nimals now sleep. Animals can be pregnant and give birth. Animals can be named when tamed or when nuzzling. Animals produce animal filth. Animals have “life stages” related to their ages. Eggs, Milk and Wool production added. Nuzzling added. Animals have life expectancies.
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* [[Version/0.12.906|0.12.906]] - Animals can now be tamed and trained. Animals now sleep. Animals can be pregnant and give birth. Animals can be named when tamed or when nuzzling. Animals produce animal filth. Animals have “life stages” related to their ages. Eggs, Milk and Wool production added. Nuzzling added. Animals have life expectancies.
 
* [[Version/0.12.910|0.12.910]] - Rebalanced animal hunger rate and animal hauling.
 
* [[Version/0.12.910|0.12.910]] - Rebalanced animal hunger rate and animal hauling.
 
* [[Version/0.13.1135|0.13.1135]] - Added new animals, some of which will hunt people. Some animals are now predators, including colony pets (e.g. cats catch squirrels). Animals can gnaw corpses apart directly now. Animal bonding added.
 
* [[Version/0.13.1135|0.13.1135]] - Added new animals, some of which will hunt people. Some animals are now predators, including colony pets (e.g. cats catch squirrels). Animals can gnaw corpses apart directly now. Animal bonding added.
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* Beta 19/1.0 Update - Obedience training steps 1 -> 3. Nuzzle target search distance 15 -> 40. Nuzzled memory duration 0.5 days->1 day, stacked effect multiplier 0.95->0.5, stack limit 10
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* [[Version/1.1.0|1.1.0]] - Changed animal rescue radius from 30 to 75. Fix: Jawless animals can still haul.
 
* [[Version/1.2.2719|1.2.2719]] - Removed naming animals through nuzzling. Animals only get names by bonding, or if given names by the player (so you can implicitly tell which animals are bonded by seeing which have names).
 
* [[Version/1.2.2719|1.2.2719]] - Removed naming animals through nuzzling. Animals only get names by bonding, or if given names by the player (so you can implicitly tell which animals are bonded by seeing which have names).
 
* [[Version/1.3.3066|1.3.3066]] - Major overhaul to animals: added multiple animal-related buildings, added pens, decreased trainability of [[boomalope]] to none, added sterilization, added release to wild.
 
* [[Version/1.3.3066|1.3.3066]] - Major overhaul to animals: added multiple animal-related buildings, added pens, decreased trainability of [[boomalope]] to none, added sterilization, added release to wild.
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Animals are a type of nonplayable, nonhuman pawn in Rimworld with their own needs, stats, capacities, and actions. They come in dozens of species, all of which can be wild or tamed. Wild animals occasionally spawn at the map edges according to the biome and sometimes from random events.

Animals usually wander the map aimlessly and feed when hungry, even eating player-grown plants. Like humans, animals don't require water and generate filth on Rimworld. All animals on RimWorld will fight back if melee combat is initiated. With just a little luck, even a small rat or squirrel can take down and even kill a casually armored colonist. The most dangerous species regularly hunt humans or can immediately turn manhunter out of revenge. Some animals can be trained to Guard your colonists and Attack enemies.

Animals are an important source of food by the meat they provide once hunted and butchered.

Colonists assigned to Handle receive 90 XP towards their Animals skill per training or taming attempt. When tamed "cute" animals nuzzle a colonist, the non-psychopath colonist receives a +4 Nuzzled mood for 1 day. Animals can also form bonds with colonists, providing a permanent +5 [Bonded animal]'s master mood as long as said colonist is assigned as a bonded animal's master, or a −3 Not [Bonded animal]'s master mood otherwise. These moods don't apply to psychopath colonists.

Friendly fire can happen with domesticated animals.

Animals tab[edit]

The Animals tab is in the menu bar at the bottom of the screen. The default hotkey is F4. The Animals tab lists all the colony animals. From left to right, displayed information is as follows:

  • Double-clicking an animal's name will center the map to that animal.
  • Gender, Age, and Life Stage are displayed
  • Pregnant or Sterilized
  • A button lists the animal's master, if it has one. Click the button to assign a new master. Bonded status is also displayed.
  • If the animal is designated to follow its master when drafted or doing field work.
  • A "Slaughter" checkbox column allows easy slaughtering of multiple tamed animals at once.
  • Checkbox columns for each trainable skill: Tame, Guard, Rescue, Attack, and Haul for the management of animal training.
  • Allowed areas are listed here. Animals stay in their assigned areas unless designated to follow their master.

Most of the above information is also displayed in the animal's inspect pane.

Allowed areas[edit]

One of the best ways to control animals is to assign them an allowed area. Allowed areas are created via the Expand allowed area function in the Architect>Zone menu. Zoning prevents animals from wandering into danger and eating things they shouldn't be. Be certain to designate them an animal sleeping spot and ensure they have access to a food source. Some species (most ungulates) cannot be assigned an area and must instead be roped by a colonist into a pen.

Appearance[edit]

Most animal sprites do not show limbs, just like human sprites. Some animals have different appearances between males and females. Some animals have a different sprite for infant and adult life stages, like the chicken.

Behavior[edit]

  • Wandering: Animals will wander the accessible map, their pen, or their assigned zone when their needs are satisfied, e.g. hunger and sleep. Some wild animals tend to stay together in a herd. Tamed animals may cross doors and fences in their assigned area, unlike pen animals. Wild animals can cross fences but not doors.

While walking on constructed floors, some animals produce animal filth. The Filth rate stat is proportional to the body size and wildness stats. Farm animals tend to produce massive amounts of filth. This can be mitigated by straw matting floors or by simply keeping animals outdoors on natural terrain.

  • Roaming: Tame pen animals will occasionally attempt to leave the map if not in a pen or if a pen door is left open. Their escape frequency is determined by the stat roam interval.
  • Moving: the animal is moving into its assigned area.
  • Consuming food: animals attempt to eat a nearby food source when hungry. Herbivores move to find mature plants and carnivores hunt. Animals will keep searching for food until their hunger bar reaches satiation.
  • Mating: male and female adults of the same species occasionally mate, which may result in a female pregnancy.
  • Sleeping: when tired or wounded, tamed animals prefer to sleep in an animal bed or animal sleeping spot.
  • Attacking: All animals can only melee attack. They will defend themselves in melee combat, and some animals can turn manhunter and chase your colonists. A text warning pops up on the screen when a colonist is ordered to interact with a potentially dangerous wild animal.
  • Fleeing: all animals have a chance of erratically fleeing from ranged attacks hitting a target in their immediate vicinity. Animals do not flee predators or melee attacks. Animals do not leave their pen or assigned area when fleeing.
  • Hauling: some animals, like the husky, can be trained to haul items, similar to how colonists haul items.
  • Following master: some animals, like the elephant, can be trained to follow their master when drafted or doing field work (mining or hunting).
  • Nuzzling: Certain tame animals will occasionally nuzzle your colonists. Animals can even nuzzle patients in bed. A colonist who is nuzzled receives a 4 Nuzzled mood for 1 day. The following animals can nuzzle: cat, guinea pig, husky, labrador retriever, monkey, and yorkshire terrier.

Mating[edit]

Female animals do not ever attempt to initiate mating themselves. Males will only mate with females in the same assigned area. Wild animals do not mate. Incest is common and has no effect on animal health.

There is either a 1/12 or 1/8 (depending on species) chance per hour that an awake, non-sterilized male will search for a non-pregnant/non-fertilized, non-sterilized, awake female of the same species within 30 tiles to initiate mating. The female then has a 50% chance to become pregnant in the case of gestational animals or a 100% chance to become fertilized in the case of egg-laying animals.

In order to maximize the rate of offspring for a given population size of adults, the ideal is that the moment one female becomes pregnant or fertilized, another gives birth or lays an egg and becomes available to be mated. If there was no randomness involved in mating, the female:male ratio that would achieve this is given by awake_proportion×gestation_time/(2×mate_mtb) for gestational animals, or awake_proportion×egg_interval/mate_mtb for egg-laying animals. As the proportion of time spent awake can be approximated to be about 2/3 for a rest effectiveness of 0.8, and mate_mtb is usually 12 hours, this can be simplified to 2/3×gestation_time or 4/3×egg_interval in most cases.

However, as the randomness involved with mating becomes more significant with smaller population sizes, slightly more males will be desired for smaller populations. On the contrary, animals that can be milked will want more females than this ratio suggests, as the gains from milk will offset the losses from time spent not pregnant. Animals that can lay unfertilized eggs like the chicken can similarly afford a higher female ratio.

Aggression[edit]

Most animals in Rimworld are dangerous to hunt or tame. A warning message will pop-up when a colonist is ordered to interact with a dangerous wild animal.

The Revenge chance on harm stat is the chance an animal will turn manhunter when harmed by a member of your colony. It is three times higher for close-ranged attacks, like that of a machine pistol. For an animal like an ostrich with a 100% revenge chance, it will always turn manhunter after being hurt. Most animals also have a revenge chance on tame fail stat which dictates how likely the animal is to attack after a failed taming attempt.

Sometimes, the entire herd of wild animals will take revenge on your colonists. They may all get turned manhunter by a psychic wave event and attack any humans they can reach. Manhunters may even pick fights with your tamed animals.

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Predation[edit]

Most carnivores are predators who will hunt smaller species (except domestic dogs who never hunt). When hungry, a predator will prefer an easy meal. They'll first attempt to eat meals, meat, and other food types within their diet. Otherwise they will feed upon downed animals or fresh corpses.

When a hungry predator has no other food nearby, they will hunt, kill and consume almost any animal smaller than them, including your tamed animals and your colonists. This can especially be a problem on maps with little wildlife, like on Ice sheets when a polar bear wanders in. Predators always avoid boomrats and boomalopes.

Predator attacks usually blind or stun their prey, leaving the victim unable to fight back. Unlike most other enemies, predators continue attacking after their prey is downed and finish off their target. If they do down your colonist or livestock, immediately order the nearest comrade to rescue the downed pawn. It's the difference between life and death.

Predators include the Arctic fox, Arctic wolf, Cat, Cobra, Cougar, Fennec fox, Grizzly bear, Lynx, Panther, Polar bear, Red fox, Timber wolf, Warg.

If you successfully hide all colonists and tamed animals away from a predator's reach, it will hunt any other available wildlife.

It is not possible to view the Needs tab of a wild animal, so you may have to deduce whether or not a predator is hungry based on its behavior. They sometimes remain near the area where they last killed and ate an animal for about a day. Bloodstains or partially-consumed animal corpses on the ground are a fairly reliable guide, as well as a source of free leather and leftover food. Be careful not to let a hauler take away a predator's food before it has finished eating. It will still be hungry and will hunt your colonist instead.

Remember that fences and fence gates do not count as impassable for all pawns except for farm animals, meaning that predators can leap over fences.

Body heat[edit]

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Animals will give out body heat, slightly heating up their surroundings. This is insignificant most of the time, except in enclosed, densely-packed barns. The heat can become a problem in warm weather or hot biomes but a benefit in cold biomes or during winter.

Reproduction[edit]

Animals are born by live birth or by hatching from a fertilized egg.

Live birth[edit]

See also: Pregnancy

Female Animals which give live birth (e.g. mammals) have a chance of becoming pregnant after mating with a male. The gestation time stat specifies how many days a species' pregnancy will last. A pregnant animal suffering from malnutrition or injuries may miscarry, but spontaneous abortions are not possible in game. Miscarriages are noted by an in-game message and loss of the baby, but the mother is otherwise unharmed and may reproduce normally again. Pregnancies may also be aborted through surgery.

For the first 600 ticks (10 secs) the pregnancy condition will be invisible, after which point a message will come up mentioning the pregnancy and the following hediffs become visible.

Stage Begins at Symptoms
Early-stage >0 Severity
  • Vomiting (MTB of 2.5 days)
Middle-stage >0.333 Severity
Late-stage >0.666 Severity
  • Vomiting (MTB of 5 days)
  • -30% Moving
Birth 1.0 Severity
  • Symptoms end
  • Offspring is born

Live births occur at the end of the gestation time. They produce filth in the form of amniotic fluid, but no blood loss or damage occurs to the mother or baby. A species' litter size is a probability curve of the number of offspring possible from one pregnancy

Eggs[edit]

Egg-laying animals include the Cassowary, Chicken, Cobra, Duck, Emu, Goose, Iguana, Ostrich, Tortoise, Turkey as of 1.1. Females become fertilized after mating with males, causing them to lay fertilized eggs. Most animals will not lay unfertilized eggs, with the exception of chickens, ducks, and geese.

Fertilized eggs display their progress on the inspect pane and hatch when ready.

Fertilized eggs can be ruined by temperature if not kept within their safe temperature range of 0 °C – 50 °C (32 °F – 122 °F).

Eggs start to freeze below 0 °C (32 °F).
Eggs start to overheat above 50 °C (122 °F).

The inspect pane will indicate 'Overheating' or 'Freezing' followed by a percentage rising up to 100%. It increases by 0.003% per 1 °C (1.8 °F) outside the safe temperature range each tick. This status is halted when safe temperate is restored, but it is not reset - if the temperature is unsafe again, it will pick up where it left off. If it reaches 100% the egg is 'ruined by temperature' and will not hatch even if returned to a suitable area. A ruined egg still has full nutritional value and can be used to make a meal (or eaten raw, with a mood debuff).

Sterilization[edit]

Main article: Sterilization

Animals can be sterilized by way of an operation to prevent them even attempting to breed with another animal. As such they will never reproduce, although existing pregnancies will not be terminated by the procedure.

Diet[edit]

Because all animals except wargs can eat meals, kibble, and pemmican, it is possible to feed meat to herbivores and plants to carnivores if it is prepared first.

Note that some animals have multiple diets.

Diet Allowed food Animals
omnivorous (human) vegetables, raw meat, corpses, seeds, animal products, meals, processed foods, liquor, kibble Human
omnivorous grazer vegetables, raw meat, corpses, seeds, live plants, meals, processed foods, liquor, kibble Boomrat, Iguana, Monkey, Pig, Raccoon, Rat, Tortoise, Wild boar, Waste rat Content added by the Biotech DLC
omnivorous vegetables, raw meat, corpses, seeds, meals, processed foods, liquor, kibble Grizzly bear, Husky, Labrador retriever, Megascarab, Megaspider, Polar bear, Spelopede, Yorkshire terrier
herbivorous vegetables, seeds, live plants, meals, processed foods, liquor, kibble Alpaca, Bison, Boomalope, Capybara, Caribou, Cassowary, Chicken, Chinchilla, Cow, Deer, Donkey, Dromedary, Duck, Elephant, Elk, Emu, Gazelle, Goat, Goose, Guinea pig, Hare, Horse, Ibex, Megasloth, Muffalo, Ostrich, Rhinoceros, Sheep, Snowhare, Squirrel, Thrumbo, Turkey, Yak, Toxalope Content added by the Biotech DLC
dendrovorous vegetables, seeds, live trees, processed foods, kibble Alphabeaver, Thrumbo
carnivorous raw meat, corpses, meals, processed foods, kibble Arctic fox, Arctic wolf, Cat, Cobra, Cougar, Fennec fox, Lynx, Panther, Red fox, Timber wolf
raw meat and corpses raw meat, corpses Warg, Ghoul Content added by the Anomaly DLC
ovivorous animal products, meals, processed foods, kibble Cat, Cobra, Cougar, Grizzly bear, Husky, Labrador retriever, Lynx, Panther, Polar bear, Yorkshire terrier
animal products animal products Megascarab, Megaspider, Spelopede
none none Bulbfreak Content added by the Anomaly DLC, Chimera Content added by the Anomaly DLC, Devourer Content added by the Anomaly DLC, Dreadmeld Content added by the Anomaly DLC, Fingerspike Content added by the Anomaly DLC, Fleshmass nucleus Content added by the Anomaly DLC, Gorehulk Content added by the Anomaly DLC, Metalhorror Content added by the Anomaly DLC, Nociosphere Content added by the Anomaly DLC, Noctol Content added by the Anomaly DLC, Revenant Content added by the Anomaly DLC, Sightstealer Content added by the Anomaly DLC, Toughspike Content added by the Anomaly DLC, Trispike Content added by the Anomaly DLC, Barkskin dryad Content added by the Ideology DLC, Berrymaker dryad Content added by the Ideology DLC, Carrier dryad Content added by the Ideology DLC, Clawer dryad Content added by the Ideology DLC, Gaumaker dryad Content added by the Ideology DLC, Immature dryad Content added by the Ideology DLC, Medicinemaker dryad Content added by the Ideology DLC, Woodmaker dryad Content added by the Ideology DLC

Health[edit]

Animals have the same set-up as humans when it comes to health, minus the ability to operate on them (except euthanasia)(The option to amputate an infected limb can become available once infection sets in, at least on Thrumbos—assuming other animals as well). They feel pain, and have all of the different health stats that human pawns possess. Animals can become addicted to beer, and they suffer the same negative health alcohol effects as humans. Keep them away from alcohol. Animals need to have an animal bed (or sleeping spot) in order to be healed.

Like humans, they have a life expectancy, and are affected by chronic diseases. There is no way to cure them in the base game other than Healer mech serum, which would be incredibly expensive.

A tamed animal that requires tending will find the nearest animal bed or animal sleeping spot in their allowed area and rest there until it is either fully healed or dead. Pawns assigned to doctoring will tend its wounds or illnesses and feed it, just as they would do for a humanlike pawn. If all human colonists are absent or unable to care for a sick animal, it can die of starvation even if there is food nearby and it is capable of walking. The animal can be forced to stand up by removing the medical designation from any medical animal beds in the animal's allowed area or pen.

Animals have a Toxic Resistance of 50% by default, compared to the human default of 0%.

Hunting[edit]

See also: Hunt

Hunt.png Wild animals may be marked for hunting, done by hunters with ranged weapons, who will proceed to shoot them at maximum range, before executing them with a neck cut when they are downed (except explosive animals). After killing their target, they will haul the carcass to a stockpile zone even if they are naturally incapable of hauling, but will not start hauling it again if they're interrupted.

Animals harmed by hunting that were not killed yet may become enraged and if its a pack type, its full horde may turn hostile against the entire colony. If they are non-aggressive animals they usually flee instead.

Hunting may take longer during bad weather since there's a shooting modifier while it's raining or snowing that makes it more likely for shots to miss.

  • Fog (with or without rain): hit chance multiplier is 50%.
  • Rain or snow: hit chance multiplier is 80%.

To mark animals to be hunted use one of the following methods:

  • Click Wildlife, Click the first red X to the right of the animal you want to hunt and change it to a green check mark
  • Click Orders, Hunt, then click one or more individual animals.
  • Click Orders, Hunt, then click and drag a box to surround and select multiple animals.
  • Select one or more animals, click Hunt.

Hunting tips[edit]

  • Animals can be hunted manually instead of just using the hunt order by drafting a colonist and right clicking to fire at animals. This allows the killing of multiple animals in one session, or hunting from close range. Closer range reduces the chance of missing shots or unintended friendly fire, but raises the chance of provoking animal revenge.
  • Wounded animals (either hit with arrows/bullets or cut in particular) tend to bleed. Heavily bleeding animals die after a certain period of time if left untended. Thus it is possible to wound a target and wait until it bleeds to death or drops unconscious due to blood loss. This way you can avoid unnecessary damage to the corpse (and avoid being caught in the explosion left by boomalopes and boomrats). Keep in mind that a wounded but mobile animal can wander away. Unconscious animals can be "saved" - essentially transported to sleeping spots assigned as medical - but without medical treatment they will still die. A valid, if hardly humane, way to hunt.
  • In the occasion of a full horde revenge, early-stage colonies may easily become overrun, leaving all colonists downed. But down is not out. Eventually, one or more of your colonists may recover. With luck, this miracle may take place at nightfall, when wildlife sleep (except for the most enraged beasts among those), or they have wandered far enough, opening a chance to rescue everybody else. The manhunter status of the horde will disappear overnight.
    • Melee blocking could be a valuable tactic to defeat the rampaging animals. In addition to making it easier to defeat the animals even when outnumbered, it also keeps your downed colonists near your base for easy rescue.

Life stages[edit]

Animals all have three different life stages - baby, juvenile and adult. The growth at which they enter the juvenile and adult life stages is determined by each species' growth time stat. Animals may have different graphics for different life stages (e.g. deer) or may simply appear smaller. Some animals have a specific name for this stage (e.g. chick or puppy). Animals have different sounds (call, anger, wounded, death) for different life stages, too. Babies may simply make a higher pitched sound or have a different sound altogether (such as chicks).

Eventually, they reach their final body size and fertility in the final life stage, adulthood. Only upon reaching adulthood can animals produce wool or milk. Eggs may be layer by juveniles.

Baby Bird Baby Juvenile Adult
Body Size 10% 20% 50% 100%
Hunger 40% 40% 75% 100%
Max Food 60% 60% 75% 100%
Health Scale 25% 25% 60% 100%
Market Value 40% 40% 75% 100%
Move Speed 50% 50% 90% 100%
Melee Damage 50% 50% 75% 100%

The reduction in Body Size of babies and juveniles also affects several other stats, such as Meat and Leather Amount

Needs[edit]

Animals require food and sleep and will fulfil their needs on their own.

Food: Animals will eat any available food according to their diet. Herbivorous animals of the colony can be left to eat grass on their own. Note that animals require different amounts of food compared to humans, as represented by their Hunger Rate.

Rest: Animals will sleep as needed. Tamed animals will sleep in animal sleeping spots, animal sleeping boxes, or animal beds. If none of which are available, the animal will crash out on the ground inside its allowed zone. A tamed animal will not sleep as long as its master is drafted.

Animal husbandry[edit]

Main article: Animal husbandry

Animals can be tamed and put to use in the colony, providing several benefits. Some species can be trained to perform one or possibly more tasks, and will wander about your colony freely. Other species, which can loosely be considered "farm animals", can only be tamed and then put in a pen. This second category can never be trained.

Version history[edit]

  • 0.12.906 - Animals can now be tamed and trained. Animals now sleep. Animals can be pregnant and give birth. Animals can be named when tamed or when nuzzling. Animals produce animal filth. Animals have “life stages” related to their ages. Eggs, Milk and Wool production added. Nuzzling added. Animals have life expectancies.
  • 0.12.910 - Rebalanced animal hunger rate and animal hauling.
  • 0.13.1135 - Added new animals, some of which will hunt people. Some animals are now predators, including colony pets (e.g. cats catch squirrels). Animals can gnaw corpses apart directly now. Animal bonding added.
  • Beta 19/1.0 Update - Obedience training steps 1 -> 3. Nuzzle target search distance 15 -> 40. Nuzzled memory duration 0.5 days->1 day, stacked effect multiplier 0.95->0.5, stack limit 10
  • 1.1.0 - Changed animal rescue radius from 30 to 75. Fix: Jawless animals can still haul.
  • 1.2.2719 - Removed naming animals through nuzzling. Animals only get names by bonding, or if given names by the player (so you can implicitly tell which animals are bonded by seeing which have names).
  • 1.3.3066 - Major overhaul to animals: added multiple animal-related buildings, added pens, decreased trainability of boomalope to none, added sterilization, added release to wild.
Animals
Herbivorous
Alpaca • Bison • Boomalope • Capybara • Caribou • Cassowary • Chicken • Chinchilla • Cow • Deer • Donkey • Dromedary • Duck • Elephant • Elk • Emu • Gazelle • Goat • Goose • Guinea pig • Hare • Horse • Ibex • Megasloth • Muffalo • Ostrich • Rhinoceros • Sheep • Snowhare • Squirrel • Turkey • Yak • Toxalope Content added by the Biotech DLC
Dendrovorous
Alphabeaver • Thrumbo
Omnivorous
Boomrat • Grizzly bear • Human • Husky • Iguana • Labrador retriever • Megascarab • Megaspider • Monkey • Pig • Polar bear • Spelopede • Raccoon • Rat • Tortoise • Wild boar • Yorkshire terrier • Waste rat Content added by the Biotech DLC
Carnivorous
Arctic fox • Arctic wolf • Cat • Cobra • Cougar • Fennec fox • Lynx • Panther • Red fox • Timber wolf • Warg
DryadsContent added by the Ideology DLC
BarkskinContent added by the Ideology DLC • BerrymakerContent added by the Ideology DLC • CarrierContent added by the Ideology DLC • ClawerContent added by the Ideology DLC • GaumakerContent added by the Ideology DLC • Immature dryadContent added by the Ideology DLC • MedicinemakerContent added by the Ideology DLC • WoodmakerContent added by the Ideology DLC

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