Pen animals
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Pen animals, or farm animals, are animals with special rules in regards to habitat.
Summary[edit]
Pen animals do not respect regular zones. Instead, they must be roped into an enclosed area, known as a pen, and designated by a pen marker. For pen animals, fences and fence gates are impassable, but animal flaps are considered open. Other terrain, such as walls and doors, can also be used to enclose a pen.
Outside of a pen, or if the pen has an open door, animals will enter into the roaming mental state. Roaming animals will wander away and eventually leave the map. They can be roped into a caravan hitching spot or a pen (closed or not) by a colonist with enough animals skill for that animal.
In general, pen animals can eat hay, and graze on grass and other naturally growing vegetation. They all have 0 trainability. These are not traits of being a pen animal, but all pen animals have these traits.
Pen animals will not actively be targeted by raiders (though can be caught in the crossfire).
Strategies[edit]
- Pen in combination with auto-slaughter can be extremely powerful to reduce the amount of micromanagement done by the player. The use of pens and auto-slaughter is a necessity for any colony with the rancher meme
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- When choosing a pen animal to farm, you may want to consider animals that have more purpose than their meat. For example muffalos can provide wool and can act as a pack animal.
- If a pen isn't large enough to sustain your animals, but it's still growing season, then consider planting dandelions inside the pen. Once the dandelions reach 10% growth, they are considered edible. This is less effective than growing haygrass outside of the pen, but can be used in a pinch.
Pen animal list[edit]
A complete list of the current pen animals. Animals not on this list can be designated to an allowed area and do not require a pen.
Name | Hunger rate[1] (nutrition/day) |
Products per day |
Pack animal |
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Version history[edit]
- 1.3.3066 - Pen system added. Prior to this, all animals would respect area restrictions.