Donkey

Donkeys, called donkey foals as babies, are tameable herbivores that can be both ridden in caravans and act as a pack animal.

Acquisition

Donkeys can be found in temperate forests, arid shrublands, deserts, and extreme deserts. They can either be tamed by a handler or self-tame in a random event.

Donkeys can be bought and sold in other faction bases and from bulk goods traders. Donkeys purchased from traders will be already tamed.

Summary

Donkeys are pen animals. Once tamed, pen animals cannot and do not need to be trained any further. But if left outside of a pen or caravan hitching spot, pen animals will eventually roam outside your colony. Making a caravan is not required to tie animals to a caravan hitching spot.

Donkeys are also pack animals, and will carry up to 49 kg of weight in a caravan. They can additionally be ridden for up to 130% caravan speed.

Analysis

Compared to horses, donkeys have lower caravan capacity and lower caravan speed bonus when being ridden. However, they are easier to tame, consume somewhat less food, and reach maturity faster.

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	58	1	100%	26%	N/A^[4]	-	Death
Spine	36.25	1	3%	3%	Body	Moving	−100% Moving^[5]
Stomach	29	1	3%	3%	Body	Digestion	−50% Digestion
Heart	21.75	1	3%	3%	Body	Blood Pumping	Death
Lung	21.75	2	3%	3%	Body	Breathing	−50% Breathing. Death if both lost.
Kidney	21.75	2	3%	3%	Body	Blood Filtration	−50% Blood Filtration. Death if both lost.
Liver	29	1	3%	3%	Body	Digestion	Death
Neck	36.25	1	22%	5.5%	Body	Eating Talking Breathing	Death
Head	36.25	1	75%	2.475%	Neck	-	Death
Skull	36.25	1	25%	1.2375%	Head	-	Cannot be destroyed Increasing Pain based on damage.
Brain	14.5	1	70%	2.8875%	Skull	Consciousness	Death Damage always results in scarring.
Eye	14.5	2	12%	1.98%	Head	Sight	−25% Sight. −100% if both lost. Damage always results in scarring. 0% Hit Chance against Blunt damage.
Ear	17.4	2	8%	1.32%	Head	Hearing	−25% Hearing. −100% if both lost.
Nose	14.5	1	10%	1.65%	Head	-	-
AnimalJaw	14.5	1	10%	1.65%	Head	Manipulation	−100% Manipulation. Can no longer use Bite attack.
Front Leg	43.5	2	7%	5.95%	Body	Moving	−25% Moving. −50% if both lost. Can no longer use Hoof attack.^[6]
Front Hoof	14.5	2	15%	1.05%	Front Leg	Moving	−25% Moving. −50% if both lost.
Rear Leg	43.5	2	7%	5.95%	Body	Moving	−25% Moving. −50% if both lost.
Rear Hoof	14.5	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 Blunt/Poke attack with cooldown of 2s. The actual Hoof is unrelated

Trivia

Prior to 1.3, donkeys were the only pack animal with a low Wildness rating, arguably making them the best as they did not require periodic retaming by handlers.

Gallery

Facing east
Facing north
Facing south
Decaying
Packing bags facing east
Packing bags facing north
Packing bags facing south

Version history

1.1.0 - Added as part of the integration of the Vanilla Animals Expanded - Livestock mod into the basegame.
1.1.2559 - Decrease minimum comfortable temperature
1.2 - Pack capacity reduced from 70kg to 52.5kg.
1.3.3066 - No longer trainable. Riding speed statistic added.

Animals