Dromedary

Desert-dwelling, shrub-eating quadrupeds, dromedaries are one-humped camels. They can often be found in small herds. When enraged, they can melee and can become somewhat dangerous, comparable to deer.

These creatures can be hunted and butchered by colonists for a plentiful supply of meat. This is especially valuable, considering the scarcity of food in their native desert environment.

They also provide a large quantity of leather compared to other creatures that spawn in the same biomes, making them useful for a crafting-based economy. Their leather is a sandy brown color.

A Dromedary will also increase the carrying capacity of any caravan it's part of by 73.5 kg making them a good pack animal.

Taming

Dromedaries are notable for requiring no minimum skill level to tame. They can be found in arid shrublands, deserts, and extreme deserts.

Production

Handlers are required to harvest resources from animals.

Female dromedaries can be milked once every 2 days, producing 18 milk.

Yaks are competitive and choosing between them is more of a matter of preference. They are both pack animals that produce milk but yaks produce 22% more milk on average, while dromedaries allow riders to speed up caravans. They are otherwise very similar - carrying the same load and eating the same amount.

See Animal Products for more details on how much each type of animal produces. See Pack animal for more comparisons on pack animals.

Analysis

If we control for hunger rate, they provide 10.47 milk per day per nutrition consumed.

While dromedaries produce the least milk per nutrition; Dromedaries produce milk, are pack animals, and are rideable which is a combo that is unique to Dromedaries. Their textile Camelhide is also the second best in the game in terms of heat resistance, making Dromedaries an all purpose animals ideal for surviving in desert climates.

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

Body part	Health
Head	40
Skull	40
Brain	16
Nose	16
Neck	40
Jaw	32
Eye ^[1] (left, right)	16
Ear (left, right)	16
Body	64
Kidney^[2] (left, right)	24
Lung^[2] (left, right)	24
Liver^[2]	32
Heart^[2]	24
Spine^[2]	40
Stomach^[2]	32
Limbs (left, right, fore, hind)	48
Appendage (left, right, fore, hind)	32