Polar bear

Polar bears are huge solitary omnivores found in cold bogs, tundra, ice sheets, and sea ice. They are identical to a grizzly bear, except for their appearance, habitat, comfortable temperature range, and wildness (85% versus 80% for a grizzly bear).

Acquisition[edit]

Polar bears can be found in cold bogs, tundra, ice sheets, and sea ice. They can either be tamed by a handler or self-tame in a random event.

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

Analysis[edit]

Due to the food-scarce environments they inhabit (like an ice sheet), polar bears are likely to hunt your animals and colonists for their need of food. Keep a good watch on polar bears when first settling on a frozen biome.

If they can be fed and successfully obtained, despite their 30% manhunter chance on failed taming attempts, bears make decent haulers and good melee blockers.

Comparison to other haulers[edit]

Animal	Carrying Capacity	Move Speed	Hunger Rate	Training Decay
Bear	161	4.6	0.56	7.2
Wolf	64	5	0.29	6.9
Cougar/panther	75	5	0.32	7.2
Husky	64	5	0.8	12
Labrador retriever	56	5	0.64	12

Comparison to other bulky attackers[edit]

Animal	Health Scale	DPS	Move Speed	Hunger Rate	Training Decay
Thrumbo	8	6.882	5.5	2.8	6.1
Megasloth	3.6	6.126	4.8	1.6	6.2
Elephant	3.6	5.816	4.8	2.57	7.5
Rhinoceros	3.5	5.481	5	1.71	6.6
Bear	2.5	5.375	4.6	0.56	7.2

Neither Elephants or Rhinoceroses are tolerant of the cold environments where Polar Bears are likely to be found, requiring additional construction work to effectively allow their use as alternatives.

Attacks[edit]

Polar bears have two attacks: scratch (paw) and bite (teeth). Both attacks apply a stun for 7 seconds on their first strike when hunting.

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.

In addition, a Polar bear can be trained to perform 'Attack Target': “Command the animal to attack a specific target that its master can see.” (Prerequisite needed: Attack)

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	100	1	100%	26%	N/A^[4]	-	Death
Spine	62.5	1	3%	3.0%	Body	Moving	−100% Moving^[5]
Stomach	50	1	3%	3.0%	Body	Digestion	−50% Digestion
Heart	37.5	1	3%	3.0%	Body	Blood Pumping	Death
Lung	37.5	2	3%	3.0%	Body	Breathing	−50% Breathing. Death if both lost
Kidney	37.5	2	3%	3.0%	Body	Blood Filtration	−50% Blood Filtration. Death if both lost
Liver	50	1	3%	3.0%	Body	Digestion	Death
Neck	62.5	1	22%	22%	Body	Eating Talking Breathing	Death
Head	62.5	1	75%	9.9%	Neck	-	Death
Skull	62.5	1	25%	1.2375%	Head	-	Cannot be destroyed Increasing Pain based on damage.
Brain	25	1	70%	2.8875%	Skull	Consciousness	Death Damage always results in scarring.
Eye	25	2	12%	0.495%	Head	Sight	−25% Sight. −100% if both lost. Damage always results in scarring. 0% Hit Chance against Blunt damage.
Ear	30	2	8%	0.33%	Head	Hearing	−25% Hearing. −100% if both lost. −15 Disfigured Social penalty
Nose	25	1	10%	0.4125%	Head	-	−15 Disfigured Social penalty
AnimalJaw	25	1	10%	0.4125%	Head	Manipulation	−100% Manipulation. Can no longer use Bite attack.
Front Leg	75	2	7%	5.95%	Body	Moving	−25% Moving. −50% if both lost. Can no longer use paw attack^[6]
Front Paw	25	2	15%	1.05%	Front Leg	Moving	−25% Moving. −50% if both lost.
Rear Leg	75	2	7%	5.95%	Body	Moving	−25% Moving. −50% if both lost
Rear Paw	25	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

Polar bear
Attack (Damage type)	DPS^[1] (Post Hit Chance)^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	Selection chance^[3]
Average	8.67 (5.38)	-	-	27.5%	-
Front left paw (Scratch)	8.5 (5.27)	17	2s	25%	37.5%
Front right paw (Scratch)	8.5 (5.27)	17	2s	25%	37.5%
Teeth (Bite)	9.08 (5.63)	23.6	2.6s	35%	25%
Head (Blunt)	5.5 (3.41)	11	2s	16%	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

Trivia[edit]

While in real life polar bears are significantly larger than grizzly bears, in RimWorld they are identical save for their habitat and cold resistance.

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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