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I ind it hilarious that people expect animals to just breed. A 5% chance is small.

Without going into real life because, well, because this is a video game (giant centipedes using rocket launchers, anyone?). I don't expect animals to 'just' breed. I fully understand and accept that not only will we be required to care for these animals directly in relation to temperature and diet, but that it isn't a guaranteed process.

I do, however, expect that since this is a video game with balance in the design mindset, that players will at the very least be able to take advantage of this new resource and function, in a timely manner. It's so great and exciting to wonder about the possibilities of alpaca farms or the like, only to find by the time they finally start breeding (because RNG), you've already set up the foundations of your colony on some other resource, and the concept of an alpaca farm is now bitter.

I stand by my initial statement. I tame all the starting alpacas on the map each time I start a new colony and hold onto them for at least a year while I harvest their wool, on average about three years. I am not yet convinced this is merely a case of 'bad RNG'. This, along with some odd things I've seen in egg-laying species, only puts further doubt on the mechanic.

Thanks for confirming the information about miscarriages though, that's precisely the kind of information I'm after in creating this thread.

I'm going out of my mind. I've already pulled out all my hair. You are my last hope forums.

Simply put, the animals I tame or buy from a trader won't breed. I put them in the same animal area. I make sure they have food according to their diet. I build animals beds (not just sleeping spots) for them. And then I hold onto them for 3 years watching them do nothing (alpacas in particular). I have *never* seen an animal pregnancy.

Side note: While playing in a tropical rain forest, a breeding pair of cobras I bought actually did end up laying fertilized eggs with absolutely no issues, which I was ecstatic about. However, I'm currently in a temperate forest, once again bought a pair of cobras, and now they can't get fertilized eggs. Is this a coincidence? Do animals only breed in certain biomes they are related to? Do they need to be warmer, or colder? Do I need to grow a certain type of food?

I've spent so much time switching up the variables trying and trying to get a pregnancy, but nothing works and due to the nature of the alpha, there is extremely little information online to help me. After at least 1 year of being guests in my colony, I end up either selling or slaughtering my alpacas out of spite. All they do is stare at each other like confused virgins, I swear.