Ostrich

Ostriches are huge, flightless birds that are easily riled, found in arid to temperate biomes. Ostriches can be farmed for their eggs, but the agonizing 19 day laying interval makes them much poorer for this than any other type of bird in the game, despite the largeness of the resulting egg. However, an ostrich is much better at defending itself than a chicken is, and can even be trained as an attack animal.

Taming

Ostriches can be tamed wild, randomly join your colony in an event, or bought pre-tamed from a trading ship.

Production

Ostriches lays ostrich eggs when fertilized, at an average rate of 1 every 3.33 days. It is considered a juvenile at age 6 days old and Adult at ~13 days.

Attacks

Ostriches have three attacks: scratch (feet), bite (beak), and, less commonly used, blunt (head). In addition to the base damage, the scratch and bite attacks apply a stun for 14 ticks (0.23 secs).

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	25
Skull	25
Brain	10
Nose	10
Neck	25
Jaw	20
Eye ^[1] (left, right)	10
Ear (left, right)	10
Body	40
Kidney^[2] (left, right)	15
Lung^[2] (left, right)	15
Liver^[2]	20
Heart^[2]	15
Spine^[2]	25
Stomach^[2]	20
Limbs (left, right, fore, hind)	30
Appendage (left, right, fore, hind)	20