Yorkshire terrier

Yorkshire terriers, called yorkshire terrier puppies as babies, are small, fluffy dogs. They may be chosen as one of the starter pets.

Acquisition[edit]

Yorkshire terriers do not spawn as wild animals. Instead they must be purchased from a trader or faction base, or join the colony in an Animals join events.

Analysis[edit]

Yorkies are, in theory, ratters - but a rimworld rat is a different beast from those back on Earth, and although Yorkies can be trained to "Attack!", they are hardly combat worthy against even the weakest game. Sending a Yorkie against even a single marrauding rat or squirrel is usually a losing proposition, although it may give a colonist time to dodge through a door unscathed.

Yorkies are poor at combat, and otherwise unhelpful, but are one of the few animals that can nuzzle colonists. It may be worth feeding a dog for its +4 Nuzzled moodlet. You can also use train a yorkie to train a handler's Animals skill.

Although some may consider doing this an atrocious act, yorkies can be farmed for dog meat. This isn't terribly efficient, as they cannot graze on grass.

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 Yorkshire terrier can be trained to perform 'Comfort': “The animal will be more emotionally supportive. It will nuzzle more often, and make you colonists happier when it does so.”

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	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.

Attack table

Yorkshire terrier
Attack (Damage type)	DPS^[1] (Post Hit Chance)^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	Selection chance^[3]
Average	1.95 (1.21)	-	-	5.5%	-
Front left paw (Scratch)	1.8 (1.12)	3.6	2s	5%	37.5%
Front right paw (Scratch)	1.8 (1.12)	3.6	2s	5%	37.5%
Teeth (Bite)	2.4 (1.49)	4.8	2s	7%	25%
Head (Blunt)	1 (0.62)	2	2s	3%	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.