Squirrel

Squirrels are one of the smallest and generally mostly harmless animals on rimworlds. Storytellers often make this the target of your first maddened animal encounter, sending it to attack your colonists.

Squirrels can be found in temperate forests, temperate swamps, boreal forests, and cold bogs.

Analysis

With very low health and a low melee damage, one might think this critter to be harmless. But due to its fast speed and very fast attack rate, your colonists may suffer many bleeding wounds very quickly, adding up to a potentially lethal threat. Their small size makes them hard to shoot, and a large group of squirrels turned manhunter can be especially dangerous.

Otherwise, squirrels offer a tiny amount of food when hunted, equal to that of the rat. They have no particular use as tamed animals, not valuable for meat. Even as "bait" animals, rats and hares are better at the task. Hares are faster and just as difficult to tame, while rats are omnivores and easier to tame. Both can be found in all biomes that squirrels reside in.

Training

This animal can be trained as follows:

Guard:
Attack:
Rescue:
Haul:

*As of version 1.1.2610, all animals can be tamed. The percentage of likelihood of success depends on factors such as the Animals Wildness Percentage, Pawn Handling Skill, and others. More information can be found on the animals page.

Health

Part Name	Health	Quantity	Coverage^[1]	Target Chance^[2]	Subpart of	Capacity^[3]	Effect if Destroyed/Removed
Body	10	1	100%	21%	N/A^[4]	-	Death
Tail	2.5	1	7%	7%	Body	-	-
Spine	6.25	1	3%	3%	Body	Moving	−100% Moving^[5]
Stomach	5	1	3%	3%	Body	Digestion	−50% Digestion
Heart	3.75	1	3%	3%	Body	Blood Pumping	Death
Lung	3.75	2	3%	3%	Body	Breathing	−50% Breathing. Death if both lost.
Kidney	3.75	2	3%	3%	Body	Blood Filtration	−50% Blood Filtration. Death if both lost.
Liver	5	1	3%	3%	Body	Digestion	Death
Neck	6.25	1	20%	5%	Body	Eating Talking Breathing	Death
Head	6.25	1	75%	2.25%	Neck	-	Death
Skull	6.25	1	25%	1.125%	Head	-	Cannot be destroyed Increasing Pain based on damage.
Brain	2.5	1	70%	2.625%	Skull	Consciousness	Death Damage always results in scarring.
Eye	2.5	2	12%	1.8%	Head	Sight	−25% Sight. −100% if both lost. Damage always results in scarring. 0% Hit Chance against Blunt damage.
Ear	3	2	8%	1.2%	Head	Hearing	−25% Hearing. −100% if both lost.
Nose	2.5	1	10%	1.5%	Head	-	-
AnimalJaw	2.5	1	10%	1.5%	Head	Manipulation	−100% Manipulation. Can no longer use Bite attack.
Front Leg	7.5	2	7%	5.95%	Body	Moving	−25% Moving. −50% if both lost. Can no longer use paw attack.^[6]
Front Paw	2.5	2	15%	1.05%	Front Leg	Moving	−25% Moving. −50% if both lost. Can no longer use paw attack.
Rear Leg	7.5	2	7%	5.95%	Body	Moving	−25% Moving. −50% if both lost.
Rear Paw	2.5	2	15%	1.05%	Rear Leg	Moving	−25% Moving. −50% if both lost.

↑ Coverage determines the chance to hit this body part. It refers to the percentage of the super-part that this part covers, before its own sub-parts claim their own percentage. For example, if the base coverage of the super-part is 100%, and the coverage of the part is 20%, 20% of hits would hit the part, and 80% the super-part. If the part had its own sub-part with 50% coverage, the chances would be 10% sub-part, 10% part, 80% super part.
↑ Target Chance is the actual chance for each part to be be selected as the target when each part's coverage has been taken into account(I.E. Neck covers 7.5% of Torso but Head covers 80% of Neck so it actually has only a 1.5% chance to be selected). This is not pure hit chance, as different damage types propagate damage in different ways. See that page for details.
↑ Note that capacities can affect other capacities in turn. Only the primary effect is listed. See specific pages for details.
↑ This is the part that everything else connects to to be considered 'connected'.
↑ If Moving drops below 16% a pawn cannot move.
↑ A Scratch attack that varies from animal to animal. Each front paw allows one attack.