Rat

The rat is a small ground mammal which scavenges for most of its food.

Rats can be found in temperate forests, temperate swamps, tropical rainforests, tropical swamps, arid shrublands, boreal forests, and cold bogs.

Summary

Rats have 90% Toxic Environment Resistance rendering them highly resistant to environmental effects such as rot stink and toxic buildup from non-attack sources.

Analysis

Rats breed quickly and are a very cheap animal, both in Market Value and in food costs. They can graze on grass or dispose of all your human corpses. Set an allowed area to exclude your colony from tamed rats, so that they won't eat your own food. In the winter, wild rats will eat your own food if you're not careful.

Rats are very good cannon fodder due to their rapid breed time. While they cannot be trained to attack, you can set an allowed area mid-battle to command your rat army wherever needed. Compared to hares, rats have a lower wildness, meaning they less effort to handle, but hares are faster and reproduce more often. Rats can also eat corpses and other forms of meat.

Training

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.

Health

Body part	Health
Head	7
Skull	7
Brain	3
Nose	3
Neck	7
Jaw	6
Eye ^[1] (left, right)	3
Ear (left, right)	3
Body	12
Kidney^[2] (left, right)	4
Lung^[2] (left, right)	4
Liver^[2]	6
Heart^[2]	4
Spine^[2]	7
Stomach^[2]	6
Limbs (left, right, fore, hind)	9
Appendage (left, right, fore, hind)	6