Animal Information Thread + Poll (A17 Updated)

[chaotix14]

Personally my favorite animal in the game would be the boar, seconded by the pig. Boars and pigs are about even in their stats, pigs having better food and leather yields, but boars compensate this with their availability(being present in a lot of the biomes), the fact that they are better haulers(since they have about 50% more speed than a pig), consume slightly less food(0.35 hunger rate instead of 0.4) and better fighters when you are in a pinch. So yeah, if you want straight production pigs are your best shot, if you want something that can give you a couple of fast hardy hauler/rescuers get some boars.

[LouisTBR]

Thanks for the help!

[thestalkinghead]

great list, really helpful, i am a bit disappointed by monkeys, they should be trainable to do everything in my opinion, anyway tortoises are my favorite, mainly because they are easy income, get a tortoisexplosion going and you have a decent stream of money with no work involved.

i was having some problems with animals eating all the grass, but eventually i just had to fill pastures with growing zones so my guys would plant crops and the animals would eat them

[FMJ Penguin]

great list, really helpful, i am a bit disappointed by monkeys, they should be trainable to do everything in my opinion, anyway tortoises are my favorite, mainly because they are easy income, get a tortoisexplosion going and you have a decent stream of money with no work involved.

i was having some problems with animals eating all the grass, but eventually i just had to fill pastures with growing zones so my guys would plant crops and the animals would eat them

What biomes do the tortoises show up in? I normaly play in the colder regions so growing periods are pretty much non-existent. Not to mention apparently turtles Sounds like I need to make a trip south sometime to check out all the new animals.

And Louis thanks for the list, it's been most  helpful!!  Love folks like you that take the time to do the lil things that make everyone's gaming experience just that lil bit more enjoyable.

[LouisTBR]

These two comments are my two favourite ever! Reasons:

thestalkinghead - THE FACT THAT YOU LOVE TORTOISES! Oh, and I think the reason monkeys cannot haul is because it would be unrealistic to have a small monkey carrying a chunk of rock. Thanks for the feedback!

FMJ Penguin - Your little bit at the end really makes my day. And it is only 9:00 in the morning where I am!

The thing about the hay? I just put a stockpile on a higher priority than my fridge and only put hay in it. Useful for when there is a toxic fallout, as the animals have enough food to survive indoors. For wargs, you can place a meat stockpile and a cooler. The cooler can go up to -10 and the wargs seem not to get cold.

[b0rsuk]

All non-wargs are fun on a rainforest map because they keep your perimeter clean of tall grass, which dramatically reduces movement speed. Once you get a pack of animals, paved tiles are no longer a must-have.

[LouisTBR]

Cheers for the advice, b0rsuk!

[zandadoum]

@Louisthebadassrimworlder

i thought you might be interested in my experiences with cobras, go check this post:

https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=15251.msg168535#msg168535

[LouisTBR]

Thanks, Zandadoum! This has actually made me want to tame some cobras now!

[zandadoum]

Thanks, Zandadoum! This has actually made me want to tame some cobras now!

once i tested my cannon fodder zones properly, i might get rid of all my cobras and do the same with boars. boars are easier to train, so you can train them into combat, they also breed good enough (not as well as anything with eggs tho) and you can use the meat and leather when they die more than that from a cobra.

[LouisTBR]

Yeah, good thinking. Boars would also be useful for hauling when they aren't busy killing raiders!

[LouisTBR]

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[LouisTBR]

Hi Everyone! Just so all of you know, progress will be slow and maybe even stopped on this list. This is because I am going to be transferring the information on this list onto the Rimworld wiki (http://rimworldwiki.com/). I am doing this to widen the knowledge, as many players are not forum users, but may still go on the wiki from time to time. Thanks!

[chaotix14]

Sounds like a very good plan, it was kinda annoying to use both the wiki and this forum to get all the info. The wiki has exact stats on their expected age, yields, speed, attack, hunger rate, etc. And the forum has the all too important pregnancy/hatching times.

[LouisTBR]

Yeah. It should be updated pretty soon. Seeing as though there has been no suggestions, that is probably going to my work cut out for this week! Thanks all!