Alphabeaver

For Alphabeavers event, see Events.

Instead of silently spawning as other animals do, Alphabeavers appear in a group only when the Alphabeavers event triggers. The event will only trigger in arid shrubland and tundra.

Acquisition[edit]

Wild alphabeavers can only appear in the Alphabeavers event, which itself only appears in the arid shrubland and tundra. This event requires that the temperature be above the alphabeaver's minimum comfortable temperature of -40 °C (-40 °F). The amount of beavers scales with a colony's raid points.

In addition, alphabeavers can appear in manhunter packs or in any biome in the possession of traders. They will still eat any trees they can come across. They can also appear in hospitality quests.

Summary[edit]

Alphabeavers are dendrovores. As they hunger rapidly, alphabeavers will need to eat trees constantly. They will consume any trees that they can reach, including anima, gauranlen, polux, harbinger, and archean trees. Alphabeavers will not and cannot eat the wood item, wooden buildings, or any other item made out of wood.

They will not attack any player structure unless they go manhunter. The entire herd of alphabeavers can get angry if one is attacked. It is also possible for them to be driven mad by a psychic wave or psychic drone.

Analysis[edit]

If wood isn't required by a colony, then alphabeavers pose little or no threat. Any trees that you are growing can be protected by enclosing them in walls. It may be worthwhile to cover the anima and guaranlen trees with walls, despite the penalties for doing so. As the anima tree gives the −6 Anima tree scream moodlet when destroyed, even colonies not reliant on one should protect it. Note that trees will automatically be cut down if a roof area is assigned to it, so use a remove roof area zone to prevent this.

Alphabeavers are not a particularly common animal for traders to have, but trader alphabeavers have no special regard towards any of the "super" trees you may be relying on. The best protection is to create temporary walls around any important trees.

There's no purpose to taming or buying an alphabeaver, beyond its novelty. While they can eat vegetable food and prepared meals, alphabeavers still have an enormous hunger rate. Their leather, lightleather, is also yielded by many other animals that don't hunger as quickly.

However, as they are assigned to an allowed area, not a pen, they can be used to eliminate trees outside colony walls without effort, thus reducing opportunities for attackers to take cover. Nevertheless, they have to be moved inside in the event of a raid, as enemies will try to kill them.

Training[edit]

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.

Contrary to their description, Alphabeavers can't be trained (at least yet) to harvest trees around the map for wood. They will simply devour any trees available without leaving any wood behind.

Health[edit]

The body part table is collapsed due to length. Expand to view.

Part Name	Health	Quantity	Coverage^[1]	Target Chance^[2]	Subpart of	Capacity^[3]	Effect if Destroyed/Removed
Body	28	1	100%	21%	N/A^[4]	-	Death
Tail	7	1	7%	7%	Body	-	-
Spine	17.5	1	3%	3%	Body	Moving	−100% Moving^[5]
Stomach	14	1	3%	3%	Body	Digestion	−50% Digestion
Heart	10.5	1	3%	3%	Body	Blood Pumping	Death
Lung	10.5	2	3%	3%	Body	Breathing	−50% Breathing. Death if both lost.
Kidney	10.5	2	3%	3%	Body	Blood Filtration	−50% Blood Filtration. Death if both lost.
Liver	14	1	3%	3%	Body	Digestion	Death
Neck	17.5	1	20%	5%	Body	Eating Talking Breathing	Death
Head	17.5	1	75%	2.25%	Neck	-	Death
Skull	17.5	1	25%	1.125%	Head	-	Cannot be destroyed Increasing Pain based on damage.
Brain	7	1	70%	2.625%	Skull	Consciousness	Death Damage always results in scarring.
Eye	7	2	12%	1.8%	Head	Sight	−25% Sight. −100% if both lost. Damage always results in scarring. 0% Hit Chance against Blunt damage.
Ear	8.4	2	8%	1.2%	Head	Hearing	−25% Hearing. −100% if both lost.
Nose	7	1	10%	1.5%	Head	-	-
AnimalJaw	7	1	10%	1.5%	Head	Manipulation	−100% Manipulation. Can no longer use Bite attack.
Front Leg	21	2	7%	5.95%	Body	Moving	−25% Moving. −50% if both lost. Can no longer use paw attack.^[6]
Front Paw	7	2	15%	1.05%	Front Leg	Moving	−25% Moving. −50% if both lost. Can no longer use paw attack.
Rear Leg	21	2	7%	5.95%	Body	Moving	−25% Moving. −50% if both lost.
Rear Paw	7	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.

Attack table

Alphabeaver
Attack (Damage type)	DPS^[1] (Post Hit Chance)^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	Selection chance^[3]
Average	3.76 (2.33)	-	-	11.5%	-
Front left paw (Scratch)	3.6 (2.23)	7.2	2s	11%	37.5%
Front right paw (Scratch)	3.6 (2.23)	7.2	2s	11%	37.5%
Teeth (Bite)	4.25 (2.64)	8.5	2s	13%	25%
Head (Blunt)	1.5 (0.93)	3	2s	4%	0%

↑ Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox.
It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the pawn.
↑ Assuming a melee hit chance of 62%
↑ Chance for attack to be selected. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the pawn.

Gallery[edit]

Facing east
Facing north
Facing south

Dessicated facing east
Dessicated facing north
Dessicated facing south

Version history[edit]

0.8.657 - Added
Beta 19/1.0 - Alphabeavers incident now only occurs in biomes with sparse plants (arid shrubland and tundra), body size 0.6 -> 0.45
1.3.3066 - Alphabeaver event will only happen even if the outdoor temperature is above their minimum comfortable temperature.

Animals

Herbivorous: Alpaca • Bison • Boomalope • Capybara • Caribou • Cassowary • Chicken • Chinchilla • Cow • Deer • Donkey • Dromedary • Duck • Elephant • Elk • Emu • Gazelle • Goat • Goose • Guinea pig • Hare • Horse • Ibex • Megasloth • Muffalo • Ostrich • Rhinoceros • Sheep • Snowhare • Squirrel • Turkey • Yak • Toxalope • Bluebird • Hippo • Lava snail • Macaw • Mastodon • Moose • Muskox • Panda • Peafowl • Porcupine • Prairie dog • Quail • Sparrow • Swan

Dendrovorous: Alphabeaver • Thrumbo • Alpha thrumbo

Omnivorous: Boomrat • Grizzly bear • Human • Husky • Iguana • Labrador retriever • Megascarab • Megaspider • Monkey • Pig • Polar bear • Spelopede • Raccoon • Rat • Tortoise • Wild boar • Yorkshire terrier • Waste rat • Bog hound • Monitor lizard • Armadillo • Badger • Bullfrog • Colossus toad • Crow • Flamingo • Gorilla • Hermit crab • Heron • Hive queen • Larva • Locust • Megavole • Mink • Otter • Sea turtle • Stone crab

Carnivorous: Arctic fox • Arctic wolf • Cat • Cobra • Cougar • Fennec fox • Lynx • Panther • Red fox • Timber wolf • Warg • Alligator • Greatwolf • Penguin • Scimitar cat • Sea lion • Seal • Tiger • Vulture • Walrus • Wolverine

Dryads: Barkskin • Berrymaker • Carrier • Clawer • Gaumaker • Immature dryad • Medicinemaker • Woodmaker

[1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] Note that capacities can affect other capacities in turn. Only the primary effect is listed. See specific pages for details.

[4] This is the part that everything else connects to to be considered 'connected'.

[5] If Moving drops below 16% a pawn cannot move.

[6] A Scratch attack that varies from animal to animal. Each front paw allows one attack.

[Actual-7] Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox.
It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the pawn.

[Hit_Chance-8] Assuming a melee hit chance of 62%

[Selection_Chance-9] Chance for attack to be selected. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the pawn.

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