Dromedary

Desert-dwelling, shrub-eating quadrupeds, dromedaries are one-humped camels. They can often be found in small herds.

These creatures can be hunted and butchered by colonists for a plentiful supply of meat and leather, much higher than most other animals in their native desert enviroment.

Dromedaries are also pack animals. They increase the carrying capacity of any caravan it's part of by 73.5 kg, and will be ridden by colonists to boost caravan speed by up to x1.3.

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

Dromedaries provide 10.47 milk per day per nutrition consumed, the least of all milk producing animals.

While dromedaries produce the least milk per nutrition consumed; Dromedaries produce milk, are pack animals, and are rideable, which is a combo that is unique to dromedaries. In a proper desert, dromedaries are the only native animal that is a pack animal and does produce milk. Their leather, camelhide, is also tied for the second best textile in the game in terms of heat insulation. Overall, dromedaries an all purpose animal 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

↑ Located inside of Head.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Located inside of Body.

Gallery

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

Sounds

Version history

0.7.581 - Added as Camel
0.12.906 - Can now be shorn for a new wool type: Camelhair, and milked for milk.
Beta 19/1.0 - Leg damage 11 -> 8
1.1 - Dromedaries no longer produce wool in the form of camelhair.