Lava snail

A lava snail is an animal added by the Odyssey DLC.

Acquisition[edit]

Lava snails can be found in lava fields. They can either be tamed by a handler or self-tame in a random event.

Lava snails can be bought and sold in other faction bases and from exotic goods traders. Lava snails purchased from traders will be already tamed.

Summary[edit]

Lava snails are pen animals. Once tamed, pen animals cannot and do not need to be trained any further. But if left outside of a pen or caravan hitching spot, pen animals will eventually roam outside your colony. Making a caravan is not required to tie animals to a caravan hitching spot.

Analysis[edit]

Their low hunger rate makes them superior to pigs in term of meat per feed. Their optimal meat output exceeds their food requirement.

However, their slow speed makes roping them between the grazing area and the gravship quite time consuming, and their temperature requirements mean they must be kept in a heated enclosure anywhere that it goes below 0 °C (32 °F).

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]

Body parts[edit]

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

Body part	Health
Head	20
Skull	20
Brain	8
Nose	8
Neck	20
Jaw	16
Eye ^[1] (left, right)	8
Ear (left, right)	8
Body	32
Kidney^[2] (left, right)	12
Lung^[2] (left, right)	12
Liver^[2]	16
Heart^[2]	12
Spine^[2]	20
Stomach^[2]	16
Limbs (left, right, fore, hind)	24
Appendage (left, right, fore, hind)	16

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

Armor[edit]

Armor

Attack table

Lava snail
Attack (Damage type)	DPS^[1] (Post Hit Chance)^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	Selection chance^[3]
Average	2.25 (1.4)	-	-	13%	-
Mouth (Bite)	2.25 (1.4)	9	4s	13%	100%
Head (Blunt)	1.5 (0.93)	6	4s	9%	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.