Hare

Hares are a fast-moving cold-loving species found in temperate forests, temperate swamps, arid shrublands, boreal forests, cold bogs, and tundra. Not being a social creature they are seen foraging for plants alone. Their small bodies with limited health means that they are easily killed with one shot from a bolt-action rifle.

They are effectively identical to the snowhare, only differing in habitat, comfortable temperature range, and color.

Analysis[edit]

Although typically a "real world" hare is larger than a rabbit, RimWorld hares produce the same amount of meat and lightleather as squirrels and rats. Further, despite any real-world expectations of "rabbit fur" parkas, slaughtering hares produces only lightleather, which has poor beauty and value, and no particular insulation benefits. It is also one of the least protective textiles in the game, making a hare farm a poor prospect.

However, hares make great cannon fodder. They move quickly, reproduce rapidly, can graze on grass or other vegetables, and are not pen animals. You can't train rabbits to attack, but you can set an allowed area in the general direction of raiders. In comparison, rats are easier to tame, are worth less, and can dispose of corpses, but are slower and have slightly less health.

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.

Health[edit]

Part Name	Health	Quantity	Coverage^[1]	Target Chance^[2]	Subpart of	Capacity^[3]	Effect if Destroyed/Removed
Body	16	1	100%	21%	N/A^[4]	-	Death
Tail	4	1	7%	7%	Body	-	-
Spine	10	1	3%	3%	Body	Moving	−100% Moving^[5]
Stomach	8	1	3%	3%	Body	Digestion	−50% Digestion
Heart	6	1	3%	3%	Body	Blood Pumping	Death
Lung	6	2	3%	3%	Body	Breathing	−50% Breathing. Death if both lost.
Kidney	6	2	3%	3%	Body	Blood Filtration	−50% Blood Filtration. Death if both lost.
Liver	8	1	3%	3%	Body	Digestion	Death
Neck	10	1	20%	5%	Body	Eating Talking Breathing	Death
Head	10	1	75%	2.25%	Neck	-	Death
Skull	10	1	25%	1.125%	Head	-	Cannot be destroyed Increasing Pain based on damage.
Brain	4	1	70%	2.625%	Skull	Consciousness	Death Damage always results in scarring.
Eye	4	2	12%	1.8%	Head	Sight	−25% Sight. −100% if both lost. Damage always results in scarring. 0% Hit Chance against Blunt damage.
Ear	4.8	2	8%	1.2%	Head	Hearing	−25% Hearing. −100% if both lost.
Nose	4	1	10%	1.5%	Head	-	-
AnimalJaw	4	1	10%	1.5%	Head	Manipulation	−100% Manipulation. Can no longer use Bite attack.
Front Leg	12	2	7%	5.95%	Body	Moving	−25% Moving. −50% if both lost. Can no longer use paw attack.^[6]
Front Paw	4	2	15%	1.05%	Front Leg	Moving	−25% Moving. −50% if both lost. Can no longer use paw attack.
Rear Leg	12	2	7%	5.95%	Body	Moving	−25% Moving. −50% if both lost.
Rear Paw	4	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.

Gallery[edit]

Facing east
Facing north
Facing south
Hare decaying

Trivia[edit]

Prior to the 1.3 changes to caravan speed calculation, large numbers of tamed hares could be used to increase the speed of any caravan they were a part of, as caravan speed was based on the average speed in the caravan. Being herbivores, they could freely graze while caravanning.