Animal Information Thread + Poll (A17 Updated)

[Jimyoda]

You can find a table here:
http://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Animals
And it's sortable! I'm welcome to feedback about it. I want more info in the table but I'm afraid to make it any wider lest it run off the screen.
I did not write the lead paragraph though. It sorely needs some massaging.

Below it I will add another table for animals that provide milk, wool, and/or eggs.

I'll also greatly expand the page with sections for talking about taming, training, naming, breeding, life stages, health, needs, and trading.
Remember, *anyone* can contribute to the wiki but there doesn't seem to be many people that do, just some minor corrections here and there, which is still great.

[LouisTBR]

I'll try my best to contribute.

[Matthiasagreen]

Are the descriptions direct copies? I noticed the boomalope is compared to a boomalope, instead of what I suppose should be boomrat.

[Cimanyd]

It looks like the individual animal pages need work too. How can I help? What should be on those pages? I guess we should discuss this on the wiki.

[LouisTBR]

I know, I meant boomrat. And, no they aren't direct copies. I made them up, but referred to the Rimworld wiki for help. Cimanyd, I don't think it really matters where we discuss it, because the wiki people aren't getting paid, and this is after all an informal wiki! I have contributed once, when writing this long list. The husky was apparently a herbivore, so I changed it to a omnivore (after using the development mode to spawn a husky to check if it was or not!). On the list of animals,  though, there is a picture of a potato next to the husky, which I presume means herbivore. I was going to download the meat sprite to place next to it, but I couldn't edit it. If someone could either unlock it for editing so I can add in the omnivore picture instead of just the word that would be brill! (The 'Omnivore' word was in the husky wiki, which classed it as a herbivore, so I changed it. I can't get the picture on the animals list to change, though, as this still states it as a herbivore (potato plant)


*edit*

Oh, someone changed it! Thanks to whoever that was!

[SaintD]

I keep trying to use animals for anything at all, then get bored of them and sell the lot to a trader.

[TheXIIILightning]

Hey there, great guide!

Though I just wanted to let you know that Wargs CAN appear on your map randomly, though it is rare. In my current game I saw 4 or so appear on the map during Winter. Aside from those 4 I've only gotten them in a Manhunter event.

[LouisTBR]

Oh, good to know Lightning! Oh, and I'm super excited because I just noticed that this post has been read 440 times!

[Jimyoda]

Hey there, great guide!

Though I just wanted to let you know that Wargs CAN appear on your map randomly, though it is rare. In my current game I saw 4 or so appear on the map during Winter. Aside from those 4 I've only gotten them in a Manhunter event.

Yes, you're right. I just updated the wiki page.

[Jimyoda]

I know, I meant boomrat. And, no they aren't direct copies. I made them up, but referred to the Rimworld wiki for help. Cimanyd, I don't think it really matters where we discuss it, because the wiki people aren't getting paid, and this is after all an informal wiki! I have contributed once, when writing this long list. The husky was apparently a herbivore, so I changed it to a omnivore (after using the development mode to spawn a husky to check if it was or not!). On the list of animals,  though, there is a picture of a potato next to the husky, which I presume means herbivore. I was going to download the meat sprite to place next to it, but I couldn't edit it. If someone could either unlock it for editing so I can add in the omnivore picture instead of just the word that would be brill! (The 'Omnivore' word was in the husky wiki, which classed it as a herbivore, so I changed it. I can't get the picture on the animals list to change, though, as this still states it as a herbivore (potato plant)


*edit*

Oh, someone changed it! Thanks to whoever that was!

Any data used in the table on the Animal page will automatically be updated. However, there's usually a delay before the changes take effect - in that case go to the drop-down arrow and click Refresh.

[LouisTBR]

Thanks Yoda! Did you help create the wiki, by any chance?

[milon]

Apologies if anyone saw that little lock/unlock fiasco just now on this thread.  I was browsing from my phone, and "Lock Thread" and "General Discussion" are right next to each other. That, and my phone's touch detection kind of sucks, and the forum doesn't ask for confirmation before locking a thread... *facepalm*

[LouisTBR]

Ha, wondered why! I tried unlocking, but it wouldn't let me! Thanks for coming here, appreciate it!

[Jimyoda]

Thanks Yoda! Did you help create the wiki, by any chance?

No, I didn't help actually create it, not from the beginning. Most of it was already written, but I've been adding content and making dozens of edits a week since March '15. I've learned some of the advanced stuff like templates, properties, and queries and used that to make the Animals table and plan to apply that to other areas as well.

[LouisTBR]

Oh, good to know. I've just started then by doing some more descriptions (mainly beer-related!)