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{{infobox main|animal| | {{infobox main|animal| | ||
| − | |page verified for version = A14C | + | | page verified for version = A14C |
| − | |name = Megasloth | + | | name = Megasloth |
| − | |image = Megatherium.png | + | | image = Megatherium.png |
| − | |description = A giant, solitary herbivore with two giant claws for warding off threats. Long extinct after being wiped out by the natives of Earth's American continent, the megasloth was later brought back using advanced cloning and artificial gestators. Its thick hide is exceptionally strong and insulating, and makes a great leather for cold-weather clothing. It is peaceful if left alone, but will shred anyone who disturbs it with its giant claws. | + | | description = A giant, solitary herbivore with two giant claws for warding off threats. Long extinct after being wiped out by the natives of Earth's American continent, the megasloth was later brought back using advanced cloning and artificial gestators. Its thick hide is exceptionally strong and insulating, and makes a great leather for cold-weather clothing. It is peaceful if left alone, but will shred anyone who disturbs it with its giant claws. |
| − | |type = Animal | + | | type = Animal |
| − | |movespeed = 4.8 | + | | movespeed = 4.8 |
| − | |min comfortable temperature = -55 | + | | min comfortable temperature = -55 |
| − | |max comfortable temperature = 40 | + | | max comfortable temperature = 40 |
| − | |flammability = 0.7 | + | | flammability = 0.7 |
| − | |marketvalue = 700 | + | | marketvalue = 700 |
| − | |filth rate = 24 | + | | filth rate = 24 |
| − | |woolname = megasloth wool | + | | woolname = megasloth wool |
| − | |sheartime = 20 | + | | sheartime = 20 |
| − | |wool = 200 | + | | wool = 200 |
| − | |bodysize = 4 | + | | bodysize = 4 |
| − | |healthscale = 3.6 | + | | healthscale = 3.6 |
| − | |hungerrate = 1 | + | | hungerrate = 1 |
| − | |diet = herbivorous | + | | diet = herbivorous |
| − | |leathername = heavy fur | + | | leathername = heavy fur |
| − | |wildness = 0.97 | + | | wildness = 0.97 |
| − | |manhuntertame = 0.3 | + | | manhuntertame = 0.3 |
| − | |manhunter = 0.5 | + | | manhunter = 0.5 |
| − | |trainable = advanced | + | | trainable = advanced |
| − | |mateMtb = 12 | + | | mateMtb = 12 |
| − | |gestation = 13.32 | + | | gestation = 13.32 |
| − | |offspring = 1 | + | | offspring = 1 |
| − | |lifespan = 20 | + | | lifespan = 20 |
| − | |juvenileage = 0.3333 | + | | juvenileage = 0.3333 |
| − | |maturityage = 0.6666 | + | | maturityage = 0.6666 |
| − | |tradeTags = AnimalUncommon, AnimalFighter | + | | tradeTags = AnimalUncommon, AnimalFighter |
| − | |attack1dmg = 21 | + | | attack1dmg = 21 |
| − | |attack1type = Scratch | + | | attack1type = Scratch |
| − | |attack1cool = 2 | + | | attack1cool = 2 |
| − | |attack1part = front left paw | + | | attack1part = front left paw |
| − | |attack2dmg = 21 | + | | attack2dmg = 21 |
| − | |attack2type = Scratch | + | | attack2type = Scratch |
| − | |attack2cool = 2 | + | | attack2cool = 2 |
| − | |attack2part = front right paw | + | | attack2part = front right paw |
| − | |attack3dmg = 22 | + | | attack3dmg = 22 |
| − | |attack3type = Bite | + | | attack3type = Bite |
| − | |attack3cool = 2.6 | + | | attack3cool = 2.6 |
| − | |attack3part = teeth | + | | attack3part = teeth |
| − | |attack3chancefactor = 0.7 | + | | attack3chancefactor = 0.7 |
| − | |attack4dmg = 15 | + | | attack4dmg = 15 |
| − | |attack4type = Blunt | + | | attack4type = Blunt |
| − | |attack4cool = 2 | + | | attack4cool = 2 |
| − | |attack4part = head | + | | attack4part = head |
| − | |attack4chancefactor = 0.2 | + | | attack4chancefactor = 0.2 |
| − | |livesin_temperateforest = 0.2 | + | | livesin_temperateforest = 0.2 |
| − | |livesin_temperateswamp = 0.2 | + | | livesin_temperateswamp = 0.2 |
| − | |livesin_borealforest = 0.1 | + | | livesin_borealforest = 0.1 |
| − | |livesin_tundra = 0.2 | + | | livesin_tundra = 0.2 |
| − | |livesin_coldbog = 0.1 | + | | livesin_coldbog = 0.1 |
| − | |livesin_icesheet = 0.1 | + | | livesin_icesheet = 0.1 |
| − | |livesin_aridshrubland = 0.1 | + | | livesin_aridshrubland = 0.1 |
| − | }}The '''megasloth''' is a giant, ancient sloth. Megasloths can be found in {{Habitats}} | + | }} |
| + | The '''megasloth''' is a giant, ancient sloth. Megasloths can be found in {{Habitats}} | ||
| − | + | == Summary == | |
| + | [[Animals#Taming|Tamed]] megasloth can be sheared for {{icon small|{{P|Wool Name}}}} {{P|Wool Amount}} [[{{P|Wool Name}}]] ({{icon small|silver|16|{{#expr: {{Q|{{P|Wool Name}}|Market Value Base}}*120}}}}) every {{P|Shearing Interval Days}} days for {{Ticks|1700}} of work. Note that yield and shearing time are modified by the shearer's [[Animal Gather Yield]] and [[Animal Gather Speed]] respectively. | ||
==Analysis== | ==Analysis== | ||
Revision as of 11:46, 20 May 2023
Megasloth
A giant, solitary herbivore with two giant claws for warding off threats. Long extinct after being wiped out by the natives of Earth's American continent, the megasloth was later brought back using advanced cloning and artificial gestators. Its thick hide is exceptionally strong and insulating, and makes a great leather for cold-weather clothing. It is peaceful if left alone, but will shred anyone who disturbs it with its giant claws.
Base Stats
- Type
- Animal
- Market Value
- 700
- Flammability
- 70%
Pawn Stats
- Move Speed
- 4.8 c/s
- Health Scale
- 3.6
- Body Size
- 4
- Mass - Baby
- 48 kg
- Mass - Juvenile
- 120 kg
- Mass - Adult
- 240 kg
- Carrying Capacity
- 300 kg
- Filth Rate
- 24
- Hunger Rate
- 1.6 Nutrition/Day
- Diet
- herbivorous
- Life Expectancy
- 20 years
- Manhunter Chance
- 50%
- Manhunter Chance (Taming)
- 30%
- Trainable Intelligence
- Advanced
- Wildness
- 97%
- Minimum Handling Skill
- 10
- Mate Interval
- 12 hours
- Maturity Age
- 0.667 years (40 days)
- Juvenile Age
- 0.333 years (20 days)
- Comfortable Temp Range
- -55 °C – 40 °C (-67 °F – 104 °F)
Production
- Meat Yield
- 560 megasloth meat
- Leather Yield
- 160 heavy fur
- Wool Amount
- 200 megasloth wool
- Shearing Interval
- 20 days
- Gestation Period
- 13.32 days
- Offspring Per Birth
- 1
Melee Combat
- Attack 1
- Front left paw
21 dmg (Scratch)
31 % AP
2 second cooldown - Attack 2
- Front right paw
21 dmg (Scratch)
31 % AP
2 second cooldown - Attack 3
- Teeth
22 dmg (Bite)
33 % AP
2.6 second cooldown
0.7 chance factor - Attack 4
- Head
15 dmg (Blunt)
22 % AP
2 second cooldown
0.2 chance factor - Average DPS
- 5.73
- tradeTags
- AnimalUncommon, AnimalFighter
The megasloth is a giant, ancient sloth. Megasloths can be found in temperate forests, temperate swamps, arid shrublands, boreal forests, cold bogs, tundra, and ice sheets
Summary
Tamed megasloth can be sheared for 
200 Megasloth wool ( 324) every 20 days for 1,700 ticks (28.33 secs) of work. Note that yield and shearing time are modified by the shearer's Animal Gather Yield and Animal Gather Speed respectively.
Analysis
Although being a "sloth", it actually has a slightly faster movement speed than a human. Attacking one is quite dangerous and taming one will require both high skill and considerable risk. It is the second hardest animal after the Thrumbo to tame, and with most skill levels, the manhunter chance is higher than the taming chance. Wounding then saving the megasloth, or waiting for an inspiration is the recommended way to tame one.
Early armor
Megasloths can spawn from the very start of the game, and provide large quantities of meat and heavy fur, the 5th most protective textile in the game. The protection offered by a heavy fur duster can provide a significant buff to the combat staying power of your pawns at a time where they're most vulnerable, especially if a skilled crafter is available. Hunting megasloths this early is not simple however, as they are faster than most pawns, and have high DPS and large health pools.
However by kiting it with one pawn as the others attack, trading off colonists for it to target as needed, and allowing it to bleed out if necessary, both Crashlanded and Lost Tribe starts can successfully hunt them from day one. Avoid wearing encumbering armor, and ideally use any pawns with move speed bonuses, such as those with the jogger trait or fast runner
gene, as the primary bait.
As an attack animal
If it can be tamed, it makes for a good attack or damage soak animal. Compared to other bulky attack animals, it is joint second in health and second highest in DPS, despite only eating as much as a human colonist.
| Animal | Health Scale | DPS | Move Speed | Hunger rate | Training Decay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thrumbo | 8 | 6.33 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 6.1 |
| Megasloth | 3.6 | 5.73 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 6.2 |
| Elephant | 3.6 | 5.35 | 4.8 | 2.57 | 7.5 |
| Rhinoceros | 3.5 | 5.24 | 5 | 1.71 | 6.6 |
| Bear | 2.5 | 4.89 | 4.6 | 0.56 | 7.2 |
As attack and hauling animals, megasloths face heavy competition with elephants. Elephants have less wildness, which means they produce less filth, are easier to train, and need to be trained less often. In addition, elephants are pack animals, and won't go manhunter on a failed taming attempt. However, elephants can only be found in tropical rainforests, tropical swamps, and arid shrublands. They eat more food than megasloths, but as grass is free, this usually isn't a problem.
Note that megasloths are the only combat animal that produces wool. All other wool-producing animals are pen animals and cannot be used in combat.
Wool
Megasloths produce megasloth wool, though they are the worst animal for wool quantity per nutrition consumed. 3 alpacas eat less than 1 megasloth, and produce wool at 
13.5 alpaca wool per day. A megasloth produces 10 wool per day. Biomes that provide adequate grazing make this consideration irrelevant however.
Megasloths are theoretically the most work efficient animal for wool, however, since megasloths are not pen animals, they need to be re-trained constantly. This is less of a concern when training is already accounted for in its role as a combat animal, as all combat animals require training, but even there it consumes more time than others. Combined with their difficulty to tame in the first place, their wool is usually a secondary consideration unless its insulative properties are desperately needed.
As compensation, megasloth wool insulates well against the cold, being the 2nd best textile for cold protection. Unlike their fur, megasloth wool is not physically protective - while significantly superior to all other wools in that regard, it places slightly worse than plainleather when compared to textiles as a whole.
Training
This animal can be trained as follows:
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| Attack: |
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| Rescue: |
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| Haul: |
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*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.
Health
Gallery
Megasloth facing east
Megasloth facing north
Megasloth facing south
Megasloth decaying
Version history
- 0.16.1393 - Renamed from Megatherium to Megasloth.
- 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
- 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
- Carnivorous
- Arctic fox • Arctic wolf • Cat • Cobra • Cougar • Fennec fox • Lynx • Panther • Red fox • Timber wolf • Warg
- Dryads
- Barkskin • Berrymaker • Carrier • Clawer • Gaumaker • Immature dryad • Medicinemaker • Woodmaker