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Water divining

2022-11-03T09:06:41Z

Lovelie: The word "false-positive" was used incorrectly. Replaced with "false negative".

[[CDB | Main]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''

== Description ==

Divining for water allows the detection of water sources beneath the surface using a [[pendulum]].

== Method ==

Stand on a tile and right-click the pendulum in your inventory, then select use.

== Outcomes ==

; The pendulum seems dead. : There is no water nearby (or a false negative)
; You think you detect some faint tugs in the pendulum. : There is water nearby (5 to ~10)
; The pendulum is starting to move, indicating a flow of energy somewhere in this area. : There is water closer (3 to 4)
; The pendulum is swinging in a circle, the area must have a buried water source within a few paces. : There is water very close (2)
; The pendulum swings rapidly back and forth! You are close to a water source! : You are within approximately one tile of water (1)
; The pendulum now swings frantically! There is something here! : You are standing on a water source (0)

== Notes ==
* water sources will automatically fill up [[well]]s, [[fountain (container)|fountain]]s, [[ornate fountain]]s and [[wall fountain]]s placed on them, but not immediately. It can take up to ten minutes to be filled up.
* divining doesn't require or use any skills.
* divining can produce false negatives but not false positives ("seem dead" results can be false but if you find water in another try, it's really there).
* The water source will function even if the well or fountain is in a mine or upper floors of a building, as long as it is on the water source tile.
[[Category:Babel/W]]
* Higher quality makes pendulums less likely to give false negatives.

Bridge

2022-10-06T16:51:10Z

Lovelie: Bridge can't be planned at 0 (water level), must be 1 or more higher

== Description ==

A bridge is a player-made structure that spans an open space between two static points, allowing movement across said span. Once complete, a bridge allows for players, land vehicles, and creatures to move across. Bridges can be built between land masses and structures alike as well as in caves, over land, and over water. Bridges can be flat as well as built on a slope from one end to the other.

== Survey ==

Survey will give you information on where the other character is standing regarding distance, direction and height difference.

To survey for a bridge two characters are needed. One character must carry a [[range pole]], the other a [[dioptra]]. The lowest quality of the two items determines how long a bridge is that you can survey.'

The character with the range pole does not have to do much besides holding the range pole. To do this activate the range pole, click the ground and select ''Hold'' from the menu. When the action timer starts face the character with the dioptra.

The character with the dioptra will do the actual survey. Activate the dioptra, right click the player holding the range pole and select ''Survey'' from the menu.

The planning process will print messages in the event log

You carefully place the dioptra on its tripod in front of you.
You make sure the dioptra is level.
You point the dioptra at <other player>.
You line up the dioptra with <other player>.
You read the graduations on the range pole and work out the height difference.
<other player> is <x> tiles <direction> of you. Also you appear to be <x> dirt higher than <other player>.
You stop surveying.
You pack up the dioptra.

== Building ==

To plan a bridge two characters are needed. One character must carry a [[range pole]], the other a [[dioptra]].

The character with the range pole does not have to do much besides holding the range pole. To do this activate the range pole, click the ground and select ''Hold'' from the menu. When the action timer starts face the character with the dioptra.

The character with the dioptra will do the actuall bridge planning. Activate the dioptra, right click the player holding the range pole and select ''Plan bridge'' from the menu. Standing right in front of the other character will create a 1 tile wide bridge. Standing at an offset will create bridges multiple tiles wide.

The planning process will print messages in the event log

You carefully place the dioptra on its tripod in front of you.
looks like bridge would be <'width'x'length'> (East-West)
The tile border to your <direction> is level
You make sure the dioptra is level.
You point the dioptra at <other player>.
You wave at <other player>.
You line up the dioptra with <other player>.
You read the graduations on the range pole and work out the height difference.
The tile border to your helpers <direction> is level
You check the heights of the plan ends.
<Height difference>.
You work out the orientation and width for the bridge.
You check for clearance between the bridge ends.
You check for protruding foliage.
You check for nearby cave entrances and any lava.
You check for any items in the way.
You check that you have permissions to build the bridge.
You check for any bridges that may interfere with this bridge.
You check there would be no buildings under this bridge.
You work out the styles of bridges that would fit.
You start working out the bridge components required.
Planned bridge area is <x> tiles long and <y> tile wide.
(23:ESabFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFBASE)
You stop surveying.
You pack up the dioptra.

When all requirements are met you are presented with list of possible bridges.

[[Image:bridgepane.jpg]]

The selection depends on planned width, length, height difference and clearance below the planned bridge.

If you have choosen a flat bridge that is longer than 5 tiles then you have the possibility to change the schematic of your bridge plan.

When you have choosen a type of bridge you can name the planned bridge and select the steepness of the bridge if you've choosen an arched bridge.

[[Image:Bridge_Name_Steepness.png]]

After clicking ''Finalize'' a wooden frame for the bridge is constructed.

For each tile of the bridge a bridge segment has to be completed in multiple stages. Those are 'abutments' for the out segments, 'bracing' and 'floating' for stone bridges and 'crown' for rope and wood bridges.

Until the bridge has been completed no other bridge can be started by the character.

'''It is also important to note that, with bridge permissions set accordingly, players other than the original planners of the bridge may work on and complete said bridge.'''

== Bridge Warnings and Possible Solutions ==
'''Your end of the bridge is too close to the water level!'''
*Both ends of the bridge need to be 1 dirt or higher than water level.

'''"The quality of the [[dioptra]] makes it too hard to work out the distance." or "You can't read the graduations on the [[range pole]] at this distance".'''
*Improve both items. Note that the lowest QL of the two will determine the max length of bridge you can plan.

'''You notice that there is not enough clearance for a bridge to be built here.'''
*Remove trees, houses, fences at both end tiles where the bridge should have enough drop off.
*For bridges from a building, all walls under the bridge must be a solid wall type. Arched, windowed, barred, and doors will not provide enough support.

'''There are some terrains nearby'''
*A cave entrance is one factor. Make sure to build the bridge at least 2 tiles away from the opening.

'''The (East) tile border in front of you must be level.'''
*Level the tile borders where the bridge will connect.

'''Some terrain is in the way!'''
*Possible solution: lower any tiles that height-wise are near the span of the bridge.

'''You notice that the west bridge end does not butt all to same building all way along.'''
*Possible solution: In the diagram below try standing on the letter '''B''' for both planners.

+-----+-----+-----+
|A B| | |
| North Building |
|C D| | |
+-----+-----+-----+
W | | | | E
e | | | | a
s | | | | s
t +-----+-----+-----+ t
| | |D C|
| South Building |
| | |B A|
+-----+-----+-----+

== Height difference ==
Arched bridges have a limit on the maximum height difference between the start and end point, which is between 10 and 11.43 per tile.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Distance !! Start elevation !! Max elevation !! Difference !! Difference per tile
|-
|4 || 375 || 415 || 40 || 10
|-
|5 || 375 || 432 || 57 || 11.4
|-
|6 || 375 || 440 || 65 || 10.83
|-
|7 || 375 || 455 || 80 || 11.43
|-
|8 || 375 || 465 || 90 || 11.25
|}

== Skill Requirements ==

'''Here is a table of the estimated required skill to plan bridges (by length and material). The person holding the dioptra requires this skill. These numbers are rough, whole-number estimates.''' '''You may require slightly more skill in practice.'''
<div style="overflow-x: auto">
{| class="wikitable"
|+Required skill by length (tiles) and material
|-
!Type/Length in tiles
!5
!6
!7
!8
!9
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
!18
!19
!20
!21
!22
!23
!24
!25
!26
!27
!28
!29
!30
!31
!32
!33
!34
!35
!36
!37
!38
|-
!Wood
|10
|23
|29
|34
|38
|41
|44
|47
|50
|52
|55
|57
|59
|62
|64
|66
|68
|70
|72
|74
|76
|77
|79
|81
|83
|85
|86
|88
|90
|92
|93
|95
|97
|99
|-
!Rope
|10
|23
|29
|34
|38
|41
|44
|47
|50
|52
|55
|57
|59
|62
|64
|66
|68
|70
|72
|74
|76
|77
|79
|81
|83
|85
|86
|88
|90
|92
|93
|95
|97
|99
|-
!Brick
|30
|40
|45
|48
|51
|54
|56
|59
|61
|63
|65
|66
|68
|70
|72
|73
|75
|76
|78
|79
|81
|82
|84
|85
|86
|88
|89
|90
|92
|93
|95
|96
|97
|99
|-
!Marble/Slate/Sandstone
|40
|49
|53
|56
|58
|60
|63
|64
|66
|68
|70
|71
|73
|74
|75
|77
|78
|79
|81
|82
|83
|85
|86
|87
|88
|89
|90
|92
|93
|94
|95
|96
|97
|99
|-
!Arched Brick
|50
|57
|60
|63
|65
|67
|69
|70
|72
|73
|74
|76
|77
|78
|79
|81
|82
|83
|84
|85
|86
|87
|88
|89
|90
|91
|92
|93
|94
|95
|96
|97
|98
|99
|-
!Arched Marble/Slate/Sandstone
|60
|66
|68
|70
|72
|73
|75
|76
|77
|78
|79
|80
|81
|82
|83
|84
|85
|86
|87
|88
|88
|89
|90
|91
|92
|92
|93
|94
|95
|95
|96
|97
|98
|99
|-
|}
</div>
Note to build any bridge section, the skill requirement is:

{| class="wikitable"
|+Required skill by material
|-
!Type
!colspan="2"|Skill
|-
|Wood
|10
|Carpentry
|-
|Rope
|10
|Ropemaking
|-
|Brick
|30
|Masonry
|-
|Marble/Slate/Sandstone/Rounded Stone
|40
|Masonry
|-
|Arched Brick
|30
|Masonry
|-
|Arched Marble/Slate/Sandstone
|40
|Masonry
|}

When making the [[rope bridge]], how much they sag is based on your character strength with options ranging from 3% to 12% sag.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Rope Bridge sag (3%-12%)
!Body Strength||Sag %
|-
|1||12
|-
|10||11
|-
|20||10
|-
|30||9
|-
|40||8
|-
|50||7
|-
|60||6
|-
|70||5
|-
|80||4
|-
|90||3
|}

== Paving ==

The surface of a bridge can be [[Paving|paved]] (Excluding [[Rope bridge|rope bridges]] and [[Wood bridge|wooden bridges]]).

As with reinforced cave floors, this is accomplished first by activating [[mortar]] and using it to '''Prepare''' the surface of the bridge, then using the appropriate pavement material to pave the prepared tile. No diagonal (corner) paving is possible.

[[Pavement]] can be removed from [[bridges]] at any time using a [[crowbar]]

== Gallery ==

{{spoiler|<br>
<gallery heights=200px mode="packed-hover">
File:Rope_bridge.jpg|link=Rope bridge|Rope bridge
File:Wood_bridge.jpg|link=Wood bridge|Wood bridge
</gallery>
<gallery heights=200px mode="packed-hover">
File:Stone_bridge.jpg|link=Brick bridge|Brick bridge
File:Rounded_stone_bridge.jpg|link=Rounded stone bridge|Rounded stone bridge
</gallery>
<gallery heights=200px mode="packed-hover">
File:Rendered_bridge.jpg|link=Rendered bridge|Rendered bridge
File:Sandstone_bridge.jpg|link=Sandstone brick bridge|Sandstone brick bridge
</gallery>
<gallery heights=200px mode="packed-hover">
File:Slate_bridge.jpg|link=Slate bridge|Slate bridge
File:Marble_bridge.jpg|link=Marble bridge|Marble bridge
</gallery>
<gallery heights=200px mode="packed-hover">
File:Pottery_bridge.jpg|link=Pottery brick bridge|Pottery bridge
</gallery>
}}

== Notes ==
* Bridges can be 1-3 tiles wide, no matter the creator's skill, except for wood bridge which is limited to 2 tiles wide.
* Bridges and their components cannot be dyed.
* Bridge type is somewhat limited by wall type when connected to a building. Rope bridges can be built with any wall type, but a wood building will only give rope and wood options. Building types using masonry (stone, slate, etc) will give the option to build non-wood bridges using masonry components.
* The first level of a house is calculated at 33 dirt. Each additional level adds 30 dirt.
* Brick/marble/wood/slate/sandstone bridges require solid walls directly below, for at least two stories of the building. Example: 3-story house can have a door on the first floor, but must have solid walls for the next two floors on the side with a connecting bridge.
* Any bridges connected directly to a structure will disappear upon the structure being destroyed.
* Bridges will only begin to decay after a week of no use.
* Bridges max slope is 20 per bridge part.
* Modifying the terrain after planning a bridge will require re-planning the bridge.
* You can dig under bridges, with the exception of at the ends or next to supports.
* On neighboring tiles, bridges and buildings do not generally cause a conflict with one another. This is regardless of the order in which each is built.
* Bridges cannot be built over any tile that has a [[settlement token]] or any opening into a mine. These obstacles must be located 2 tiles away from any bridge component, at least, in order for successful bridge planning to take place. See image on [[rope bridge]] page for visual example (here the mine entrance is located just outside of the interference range).
*An approximation for the length of a bridge that can be planned is quality x 0.4, but as its almost impossible to stand on the tile borders its best to add 1-2 quality, Note that the lowest QL between the two tools ( [[dioptra]] or [[range pole]] ) will determine the max length of bridge you can plan.
*Flat Bridges over 5 tiles will require 1 or more support tiles added to the bridge plan
* '''Building Tip:''' Building 2 or more tile wide bridges can be difficult to plan. As the diagram shows below you must offset your two characters (the A and the B in the diagram) by how many tiles wide you want the bridge to be and make the two characters face each other.

+-----+-----+
|A | |
| | |
| | |
+-----+-----+
| | |
| | |
| | |
+-----+-----+
| | |
| | |
| | B|
+-----+-----+

== Links ==
* Some Bridge info may be found in the week 43 news post here: http://forum.wurmonline.com/index.php?/topic/112518-news-update-work-and-progress-week-43/
* Bridge material calculator located here: http://forum.wurmonline.com/index.php?/topic/122044-bridge-material-calc/
* GM testing on Bridge Height requirements for ships to pass underneath https://forum.wurmonline.com/index.php?/topic/124030-community-bridge-project-in-southeast-deliverance/page/2/&tab=comments#comment-1279033

== Bridge Types, Required Planning Tools ==
* [[Dioptra]]
* [[Range pole]]
* [[Rope bridge]]
* [[Wood bridge]]
* [[Brick bridge]]
* [[Marble bridge]]
* [[Pottery brick bridge]]

[[Category:Bridges]]
[[Category:Babel/B]]

Eye

2022-09-25T08:29:53Z

Lovelie: sheep gives eyes

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Cooking]] / [[Butchering]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
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|image=eye.jpg
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|skill=butchering
|improve=no
|combinable=yes
|storage=fsb
}}

== Description ==
''The eye looks back at you hollowly.''

A [[:Category:Butchering items|butchered item]] obtained from [[butchering]] [[Creatures|animal]]s.

== Usage ==
* Used in some [[cooking]] recipes.
* Used to create a [[healing cover]] with a potency of 3.
* Used to create [[catseye]]s.

== Notes ==
* 0.01 kg is used in the creation of a healing cover.
* Butchered products decay extremely fast outside of bulk storage.

Eye can be butchered from these animals:
*[[Bison]]
*[[Bull]]
*[[Calf]]
*[[Cow]]
*[[Crab]]
*[[Deer]]
*[[Donkey]]
*[[Dragon]] and dragon hatchling
*[[Foal]]
*[[Hell horse]]
*[[Horse]]
*[[Huge spider]]
*[[Kyklops]]
*[[Pig]]
*[[Ram]]
*[[Sheep]]
*[[Tortoise]]

[[Category:Cooking]]
[[Category:Butchering items]]
[[Category:Natural substances items]]
[[Category:Babel/E]]

Eye

2022-09-25T06:52:39Z

Lovelie: donkey, ram, and tortoise all give eyes

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Cooking]] / [[Butchering]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{itemBox
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|image=eye.jpg
|creation=Obtained through [[butchering]]
|result=* '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (0.01 kg)
|skill=butchering
|improve=no
|combinable=yes
|storage=fsb
}}

== Description ==
''The eye looks back at you hollowly.''

A [[:Category:Butchering items|butchered item]] obtained from [[butchering]] [[Creatures|animal]]s.

== Usage ==
* Used in some [[cooking]] recipes.
* Used to create a [[healing cover]] with a potency of 3.
* Used to create [[catseye]]s.

== Notes ==
* 0.01 kg is used in the creation of a healing cover.
* Butchered products decay extremely fast outside of bulk storage.

Eye can be butchered from these animals:
*[[Bison]]
*[[Bull]]
*[[Calf]]
*[[Cow]]
*[[Crab]]
*[[Deer]]
*[[Donkey]]
*[[Dragon]] and dragon hatchling
*[[Foal]]
*[[Hell horse]]
*[[Horse]]
*[[Huge spider]]
*[[Kyklops]]
*[[Pig]]
*[[Ram]]
*[[Tortoise]]

[[Category:Cooking]]
[[Category:Butchering items]]
[[Category:Natural substances items]]
[[Category:Babel/E]]

Eye

2022-09-25T05:47:28Z

Lovelie: pig can give eyes

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Cooking]] / [[Butchering]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{itemBox
|name='''{{PAGENAME}}'''
|image=eye.jpg
|creation=Obtained through [[butchering]]
|result=* '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (0.01 kg)
|skill=butchering
|improve=no
|combinable=yes
|storage=fsb
}}

== Description ==
''The eye looks back at you hollowly.''

A [[:Category:Butchering items|butchered item]] obtained from [[butchering]] [[Creatures|animal]]s.

== Usage ==
* Used in some [[cooking]] recipes.
* Used to create a [[healing cover]] with a potency of 3.
* Used to create [[catseye]]s.

== Notes ==
* 0.01 kg is used in the creation of a healing cover.
* Butchered products decay extremely fast outside of bulk storage.

Eye can be butchered from these animals:
*[[Bison]]
*[[Bull]]
*[[Calf]]
*[[Cow]]
*[[Crab]]
*[[Deer]]
*[[Dragon]] and dragon hatchling
*[[Foal]]
*[[Hell horse]]
*[[Horse]]
*[[Huge spider]]
*[[Kyklops]]
*[[Pig]]

[[Category:Cooking]]
[[Category:Butchering items]]
[[Category:Natural substances items]]
[[Category:Babel/E]]

Wooden nameplate

2022-09-04T00:23:12Z

Lovelie: Added links within article, details of when nameplate is useable, stipulations for the nameplate/name itself, and noted that there is NO confirmation

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__NOTOC__[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Items|Items]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
==Description==
''A wooden nameplate to hang around the neck of animals. Activate the nameplate and right-click a cared-for creature in order to change its name. It is made from birchwood. It can not be improved.''

==Notes==
* The wooden nameplate is used on a [[Animal husbandry#Caring|cared for]] animal to give it a custom name. This completely replaces its birth name.
** Activate the wooden nameplate, then right-click on your chosen, cared for animal.
** The creature in question must be a domestic animal and cared for by the person using the nameplate.
** A creature is considered domestic if it can be groomed. An exception is that [[bison]] cannot use the nameplate.
** The creature must have [[Age#Creatures|aged]] into its adult form, e.g. a Young [[foal]] must age into a Young [[horse]] before the nameplate can be used.
* It can be purchased from the Marks Shop for 18000 marks.
* It is not tradeable.
* '''Wurm rules apply when custom naming your animal. Do not give your animal a name that would break [https://forum.wurmonline.com/entry1265238/ Wurm rules].'''
** Spaces are permitted, and the first letter is automatically capitalized.
** There is '''NO''' confirmation for the new name; The name changes immediately once you hit Send.

[[Category:No drop]]
[[Category:Babel/W]]

Mail

2022-09-01T21:43:31Z

Lovelie: Courier cast 92 timed at 10 minutes 8 seconds

[[CDB|Main]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''

== Description ==
You can send mail to other players in the game via spirit containers which have been enchanted by priests/priestesses of Fo or Libila with the spells [[Courier]] or [[Dark messenger]].

Mailboxes do receive damage and can be destroyed by decay, causing the cast on it to disappear.

== Types of spirit containers ==
There is no difference in operation between the various spirit containers.
*[[Spirit house]] - ''fine carpentry''
*[[Spirit mansion]] - ''fine carpentry''
*[[Spirit cottage]] - ''masonry''
*[[Spirit castle]] - ''masonry''

==Mail between servers==
* You cannot send an item to a member of an enemy [[kingdom]] on [[Chaos]] or on [[Epic]] servers. You get the message: "You may not trade with the enemy."
* You cannot send items between Freedom or Epic servers and the Jackal server.
* You cannot send items between North and South Freedom clusters.
* '''NOTICE: Items will be mailed to the server the recipient is currently present on. It can only be retrieved from that server.'''

== Sending process ==
To send the mail,
# Drop the item(s) into the spirit container, then right-click the container, and select ''Send''.
# There are two dialogues that will control how the items are sent.
## The first allows you to specify the name of the recipient, and what items should be sent using C.O.D. (cash on delivery). It also allows to skip the second dialog.
## The second dialogue allows you to see how much the delivery charge will be, and to specify the C.O.D. amount you will charge the recipient if applicable.

== Receiving process ==

When you login, you will receive a message if you have any mail. ''You sense imps speaking your name and saying you have 1 mail waiting to be picked up.''

To receive or check for mail, right-click any spirit container and select ''Check''. If an item is sent as ''Cash On Delivery'' you need to have the money in your bank to cover the delivery charge before you can receive the items.

You also have the option to return the items to the sender.

== Non-retrieved items ==

If the recipient does not pick up their mail within two weeks, they are automatically returned-to-sender.

If the original sender does not pick up the returned items within two weeks, they are destroyed.

If the recipient uses return-to-sender and the original sender does not pick up the items within 7 days, they are destroyed.

If a merchant disbands due to 3 months of inactivity of its owner, then their contents will be mailed to the owner with a 6 month expiry period.

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">'''There is no way to extract items from the mail system if you are not the recipient !'''</span>

'''If you are sending something valuable, ensure that the recipient is available to pick it up before you send it. If you return an item to the sender, it would be good manners to contact them to ensure they retrieve it before the two week deadline.'''

== Postage charges ==
The postage is 1 [[Bank of Wurm|copper]] per item for same or cross-server mailing. The postage fee is taken from the bank account of the sender as the items are sent, unless they are C.O.D., in which case it is taken from the recipient when received.

=== Exceptions ===
* An inscribed [[papyrus sheet]] or [[paper sheet]] is 1 [[Bank of Wurm|iron]] to mail.
* Combined items (such as metal lumps, wood scraps, liquids, etc) are 1 copper per 5 kg.

== Delivery times ==
Any items sent via mailbox have a predetermined time for mailing. The strength of the enchant on the sending mailbox affects this.

* 31 - A bit more than one hour (estimate 70 minutes)
* 48 - A bit less than one hour (estimate 55 minutes)
* 63 - Less than one hours (estimate 35 to 40 minutes)
* 78 - Less than 30 minutes (estimate 25 minutes)
* 90 - Less than ten minutes
* 92 - Less than ten minutes (10 minutes)
* 99 - Less than ten minutes (2 minutes)

== Can be sent ==
*[[Almanac]] (1c 20i for a full almanac with all 20 harvest reports)
*[[Archaeology journal]] (1c plus 1i per paper sheet inside)
*[[Armour|Armour pieces]] (including [[Barding]])
*[[Backpack]] (and everything that can fit in one)
*[[Birdcage]]
*[[Bow]]
*[[Buoy]]
*[[Butchering knife]]
*[[Candelabra]]
*[[Carving knife]]
*[[Cauldron]] (and everything that can fit in one)
*Crude tools (all)
*[[Dredge]]
*[[Explorer tent]]
*[[Fence bars]]
*[[File]]
*[[Fireworks]]
*[[Fishing net]]
*[[Hammer]]
*[[Hatchet]]
*[[Horse shoe]]
*[[Huge axe]]
*[[Lantern]]
*[[Large anvil]]
*[[Large brazier bowl]]
*[[Large maul]]
*[[Large pottery amphora]]
*[[Longsword]]
*[[Mallet]]
*[[Meditation rug]]
*[[Metal]] [[Lump|lump]] (1c / 5kg if combined)
*[[Military tent]]
*[[Mooring anchor]]
*[[Needle]]
*[[Pelt]]
*[[Pickaxe]]
*[[Picnic basket]]
*[[Pile of dirt]]
*[[Practice doll]]
*[[Rake]]
*[[Saddle]]
*[[Saw]]
*[[Scythe]]
*[[Shields]] (all of them are mailable)
*[[Short bow]]
*[[Short sword]]
*[[Shovel]]
*[[Sickle]]
*[[Small anvil]]
*[[Small axe]]
*[[Small barrel]] or [[small wine barrel]]
*[[Small magical chest]]
*[[Small pottery amphora]]
*[[Small tortoise shell]]**
*[[Smelting pot]]
*[[Snowman statue]]**
*[[Spindle]]
*[[Square sail]]
*[[Steel and flint]]
*[[Still]]**
*[[Stone chisel]]
*[[Stone shards]]
*[[Strip of leather]]
*[[Triangular sail]] (and all smaller than it, like [[square piece of cloth]])
*[[Troll mask]]
*[[Trowel]]
*[[Two handed sword]]
*[[Waystone]]
*[[Whetstone]]
*[[Witchs hat]]
*[[Yellow potion]]

<nowiki>**</nowiki>Can be sent but were tested with a runed mailbox. Must still be tested with non-runed mailboxes.

==Cannot be sent==
*[[Bulk storage bin]]
*[[Christmas tree]]*
*[[Bank of Wurm|Coin]]
*[[Corpse]]
*[[Deck board]]*
*[[Fishing rod]]*
*[[Flag]]*
*[[Halberd]]*
*[[Hull plank]]
*[[Kingdom banner]]*
*[[Lamp]]*
*[[Large barrel]]
*[[Large crate]]
*[[Log]]*
*[[Longbow]]*
*[[Long spear]]*
*[[Nodrop]] items (Spyglass, Sleep powder etc)
*[[Ore]] (any kind)*
*[[Plank]]*
*[[Range pole]]*
*[[Slab]]*
*[[Small barrel rack]]
*[[Small crate]]
*[[Spinning wheel]]
*[[Tall kingdom banner]]
*[[Tapestry]]*
*[[Trellis]]
*Unfinished items of any kind
*[[Wine barrel rack]]
*[[Wooden beam]]*

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Can be sent in mailboxes with a '''[[Runes|zinc rune of Magranon]]''' attached.

==Additional Uses of Mailboxes==
Mailboxes can be right-clicked on to access the [[Jackal#Jackal_points_and_rewards|Jackal points shop]] and the [[Rift points shop]].

== Notes ==

Items sent in containers still incur fees. Example : A [[backpack]] with 3 [[wood scrap]]s in it would cost you 4 x 1 copper (1x backpack, 3x wood scrap) to send due to being counted as 4 separate items. However, combining items (e.g. lumps) does decrease the mailing cost - combined items that are mailed will cost 1 copper per 5 kg, so a 5kg lump costs the same as one 1 kg lump.

[[Category:Game mechanics]]
[[Category:Babel/M]]

Treasure hunt

2022-08-22T02:39:42Z

Lovelie: added possible liquor prize: Stout

==Description==
Treasure hunts are an in game activity where players find treasure maps while doing other actions and then follow a series of steps to find a treasure chest.
==Maps==
===How to Find Maps===
Players will have a chance to find treasure maps during rare rolls on the following actions:
* Farming/Harvesting
* Botanize/Forage Actions
* Digging
* Mining/Surface Mining
* Investigating Archeology Sites
* Fishing/Dredging
* Praying

===Levels of Maps===
Different maps have different difficulties. Harder maps will be less common but have better treasures!

* Novice(1/5 chance on rare roll)(1-29ql)
** Will be between 2-3 steps long
** Will have very small combat challenges occasionally.
** Will not be terribly far from the locations they are found.
* Challenging(1/10 chance on rare roll, supreme rolls will always give one)(30-59ql)
** Can be 3-5 steps long
** Will have decent sized and not infrequent combat challenges.
** Will be a moderate distance from the locations they are found.
* Difficult(1/25 chance on rare roll, fantastic rolls will always give one)(60 – 100ql)
** Can be 4-6 steps long
** Will always have difficult creatures to kill for most every step
** Will be long distances away from the locations they are found.
===Clues===
There are several different clue types to help you find your treasure!

* Map clue: Shows a map with a location you must go to, will not be super close to villages or in an enclosed area.
** Right clicking the map and selecting the hint option will draw a circle on your ingame map with a general area to search, the area gets larger on harder clues.
* Deed Ruins clue: Works similar to the maps but will be focused on areas that past villages have existed.
** Right clicking the map and selecting the hint option will draw a circle on your ingame map with a general area to search, the area gets larger on harder clues.
** Will mark nearby disbanded villages on the map as well as the area to dig.
* Challenge clue: will give an area and some information about an item from a list of items to find.
** Any guard tower that are not enclosed or near or in a village
** Colossus that are not enclosed or near or in a village
** Mission Constructed items that are not in caves/enclosed or near villages.
** Will mention what map grid it is near, this becomes less precise the more difficult it is.
* Combat Challenges: when you try to dig up a location you may come across some creatures ambushing you which you must defeat before you can continue digging it up.
** Will go into hiding again after 45 minutes if not yet killed until you come and dig again, then the same remaining creatures will ambush you again.
** Creatures from this will drop no corpses but will give skill for fighting.
==Digging Up Treasure==
* Use a shovel on the ground and select the dig up treasure option which will check if any clues you have on you are at your location.
* Has some grace distance, you do not need to dig on the exact tile/item it picks just near it. This grace distance is even larger the easier the clue is.
* Some of the [[:Category:Treasure hunt items|items]] found in treasure chests are only found this way and are not craftable any other way.

===Treasure Hunt Rewards===
Some of the items you may find in treasure chests:
* [[Coin purse]]
* [[Crab statue]]
* [[Cutlass]]
* [[Octopus statue]]
* [[Pirate hat]]
* [[Ruby necklace]]
* [[Sabre]]
* [[Statue of whale and dolphin]]

Special versions of liquor may also be found and these have different properties from crafted versions:

* Ale
* Bitter
* Brandy
* Cider
* Egg nog
* Gin
* Moonshine
* Mead
* Nicrolis' gingerbeer
* Rum
* Stout
* Vodka

==See also==
*[[:Category:Treasure hunt items]]

[[Category:Game mechanics]]
[[Category:Babel/T]]

Creatures

2022-08-17T17:31:06Z

Lovelie: Crocodiles can be bred

[[CDB|Main]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''

== Description ==
[[Basic Knowledge|Wurm]] is full of creatures: some harmless and others quite dangerous.

== Spawning and behavior ==
* There are basically two types of creatures in Wurm: normal animals which can be [[Animal taming|tamed]] (and are usually based on real-world domesticated animals) and monsters which cannot be tamed but can sometimes be [[dominate]]d.
* Some creatures [[spawn]] in [[lair]]s or on specific kinds of tiles. Some can also be [[animal husbandry|bred]] by players.
* Most creatures like to avoid civilized areas like villages and starter towns and will have a reduced spawn rate near such areas.
* Some animals have various [[animal conditions|conditions]] that affect their strengths and weaknesses.
* Bred animals can have [[Animal_husbandry#Traits|traits]] that normally spawned animals do not have.
* Most animals have [[age]]s of young, adolescent, mature, aged, old, or venerable. Some animals die well before reaching venerable, while others can have very long lives.
* Animals can be normally fed, fat, or [[starving]]. Starving animals will not give any meat when [[butchering|butchered]], and some animals can die of starvation.
* Hunger is the primary and quite rare reason that a creature may go aggressive, attack, and kill another that is hitched or destroy the barrier protecting said animal and then kill it.
** Carnivorous animals or mobs will attack certain non-hostile animals in the wild when hungry.

==Leading==
* Using a [[rope]] or [[halter rope]] on some animals will let you lead it around behind you. To do this you activate the rope, open the [[context menu]] on the animal, and choose "Lead". A player may lead up to four animals at one time with separate ropes, or a halter rope.
* You can lead many types of creatures without taming the creature. Leadable creatures include all [[Animal taming|tamed animals]] as well as those listed in the table below.
* Only the commander of a [[Ship|boat]] or [[Carts|cart]] can lead animals. Passengers are not able to lead animals.
* You cannot attack an animal that you are leading.
* Attempts to lead animals across a server line will result in them becoming disconnected from the leading player and left at the crossing point as that player successfully crosses to the next server. It is therefore recommended that players use [[creature cage|creature cages]] for the purpose of moving animals across server lines.
* Some animals, after being lead and/or tamed, can be used as [[mounts]] on land or on water. Use of animal mounts is dependent on [[body control]] and taming or dominating skill.
==Feeding==
Creatures have different nutritional needs and habits. Some animals eat anything, others will only eat certain items. Animal food can be dropped on the ground in a pile, fed by hand, or put in a [[feeding trough]] or [[pet bowl]]. Exceptions have been noted below.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Food Type
! [[Herbivore]]
! [[Carnivore]]
! [[Omnivore]]
! [[Grazer]]
|-
| [[Meat]]/[[Fish]]/Corpses
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
|-
| [[Vegetables]]
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
|-
| [[Fruit]]/[[Berries]]/[[Nuts]]
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
|-
| [[Herbs]]
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
|-
| [[Seeds]] (edible only, includes cereals)
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
|-
| [[Spices]]
|
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
|-
| [[Cooking|Prepared recipes]]
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
|-
| [[Mixed grass]]
|
|
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|-
| Grazing on grass/steppe
|
|
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|-
| [[Hay]]
|
|
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|-
| All food items
|
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
|}
<references/>

==Notes==
* Creatures can be [[examine]]d to determine their [[wound]]s, if any. Look at their [[Inventory#Body|equipment]] to see the body with wounds.
* Some unique creatures will drop items when killed, some of which are highly valuable.
* All corpses (except humans) maximum weight is 50.00 kg.
* For more rare creatures see: [[Uniques]], [[Valrei creatures]], [[Rift creatures]]

== Creatures Table ==
<div style="overflow-x: auto">
{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!Creature Name!!Hostile!!Animal or Monster!!Food Type!! data-sort-type=number |Fight Skill!!Tame / Dominate!! data-sort-type=number |Taming Skill!!Can Swim!!Lead w/o Taming!!Spawn Tile or Lair!!Can be Bred
|-
|| [[Anaconda]] || Hostile || Animal || Carnivore || 50 || No || N/A || Yes || N/A || In Vynora's domain || No
|-
|| [[Bison]] || Not hostile ||Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || 20 || Tame || 15 || No || Yes || Steppe tiles || Yes
|-
|| [[Black bear]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || 25 || Tame || 20 || No || No || Bear cave || Yes
|-
|| [[Black wolf]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || 15 || Tame || 5 || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Blue whale]] || Not hostile || Animal || Carnivore || 65 || No || N/A || Yes || N/A || Ocean || No
|-
|| [[Brown bear]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || 25 || Tame || 15 || Yes || No || Bear cave || Yes
|-
|| [[Bull]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || 5 || Tame || 5 || No || Yes || ? || Yes, with a cow
|-
|| [[Calf]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || 1 || Tame || 5 || No || Yes || ? || Not until adult
|-
|| [[Cave bug]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Omnivore || 10 || Tame || 35 || No || No || Cave bug mound/Cave tiles || Yes
|-
|| [[Chicken]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore || 1 || Tame || 1 || No || Yes || ? || No
|-
|| [[Cobra king]] <ref name="pvp">Only found on PVP servers.</ref> || Hostile || Animal || Carnivore || ? || No || N/A || ? || N/A || ? || No
|-
|| [[Cow]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || 1 || Tame || 5 || No || Yes || ? || Yes, with a bull
|-
|| [[Crab]] || Mixed <ref name="vehicle">Will only attack players that are not mounted or in a vehicle. Swim or walk with caution.</ref> || Animal, Hunter || Omnivore || ? || Tame || ? || Yes || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Crocodile]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || 40 || Tame || 45 || Yes || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Deer]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || 1 || Tame || 1 || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Dog]] || Not hostile || Animal, Hunter || Omnivore || 5 || Tame || 1 || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Dolphin]] || Not hostile || Monster, Hunter || Carnivore || ? || No || N/A || Yes || N/A || Ocean || No
|-
|| [[Donkey]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || 1 || Tame || 1 || Yes || Yes || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Foal]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || ? || Tame || 15 || Yes || Yes || ? || Not until adult
|-
|| [[Fog spider]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || ? || No || N/A || No || N/A || ? || ?
|-
|| [[Giant crab]] <ref name="jackal">Only found on Jackal server.</ref> || Hostile || Unknown || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || No || ? || ?
|-
|| [[Goblin]] || Hostile || Monster, Hunter || Carnivore || 15 || Dominate || N/A || No || No || Goblin hut || Yes
|-
|| [[Hell horse]]|| Not hostile <ref name="redoutline">Has a red outline, but will generally not attack players unless provoked. Will attack tamed pets.</ref> || Animal || Omnivore, Grazer || 10 || Tame || 70 || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Hell hound]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || 40 || Tame || 40 || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Hell scorpious]] || Hostile || Monster, Hunter || Carnivore || 40 || Dominate || N/A || No || No || ? || No
|-
|| [[Hen]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore || 1 || Tame || 1 || No || Yes || ? || No
|-
|| [[Horse]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || 5 || Tame || 7 || Yes || Yes || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Huge spider]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || 25 || No || N/A || No || N/A || ? || No
|-
|| [[Isopod]] <ref name="jackal" />|| Hostile || Unknown || ?|| ? || ? || ? || No || ? || ? || ?
|-
|| [[Lamb]] || Not hostile ||Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || ? || Tame || ? || No || Yes || ? || Not until adult
|-
|| [[Large rat]] || Hostile || Animal || Omnivore || 20 || Tame || 15 || Yes || No || Trash heap || Yes
|-
|| [[Lava fiend]] || Hostile || Monster, Hunter || Carnivore || 40 || Dominate || N/A || No || No || ? || No
|-
|| [[Lava spider]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || 40 || No || N/A || No || N/A || ? || No
|-
|| [[Mountain gorilla]] || Mixed <ref name="kingdom"> Kingdom animal, only aggressive to members of enemy kingdoms, on PVP servers. Non-hostile on PVE servers.</ref> || Unknown || Omnivore || 40 || No || N/A || No || N/A || ? || No
|-
|| [[Mountain lion]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || 15 || Tame || 1 || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Mule]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || 1 || Tame || 1 || Yes || Yes || ? || No
|-
|| [[Octopus]] || Not hostile || Unknown, Hunter || Carnivore || ? || No || N/A || Yes || N/A || Ocean || No
|-
|| [[Pheasant]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore || 1 || Tame || 1 || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Pig]] || Not hostile || Animal || Omnivore || 1 || Tame || 1 || No || Yes || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Rabid hyena]] || Mixed <ref name="kingdom"></ref> || Unknown, Hunter || Carnivore || 40 || No || No || No || N/A || ? || No
|-
|| [[Ram]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || ? || Tame || ? || No || Yes || ? || Yes, with a sheep
|-
|| [[Rooster]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore || 1 || Tame || 1 || No || Yes || ? || No
|-
|| [[Scorpion]] || Hostile || Monster, Hunter || Carnivore || 30 || Dominate || N/A || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Sea serpent]] || Hostile || Unknown || Carnivore || 60 || No || N/A || Yes || N/A || Ocean || No
|-
|| [[Seal]] || Not hostile || Animal || Carnivore || ? || Tame || ? || Yes || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Shark (creature)|Shark]] || Mixed <ref name="vehicle"></ref>|| Unknown, Hunter || Carnivore || ? || No || N/A || Yes || N/A || Ocean || No
|-
|| [[Sheep]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer ||? || Tame || 1 || No || Yes || ? || Yes, with a ram
|-
|| [[Tortoise]] || Mixed <ref name="vehicle"></ref> || Animal || Herbivore || 65 || Tame || 25 || Yes || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Troll]] || Hostile || Monster, Hunter || Carnivore || 60 || Dominate || N/A || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Unicorn]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || 25 || Tame || 35 || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Weta]] <ref name="jackal" />|| No || Animal || Unknown || ? || Tame || ? || No || Yes || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Wild boar]] || Mixed <ref name="kingdom"></ref>|| Unknown || Omnivore || ? || No || N/A || No || N/A || ? || No
|-
|| [[Wild cat]] || Hostile || Animal || Carnivore || 1 || Tame || 1 || No || No || Wild cat hideout || Yes
|-
||[[Worg]] || Mixed <ref name="sorcery">Hostile when found in the wild on Jackal. When spawned by sorcery, it is hostile but tamed. If untamed, it will attack players around it. </ref> || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || ? || Tame || ? || No || No || Sorcery or Jackal server|| No
|}
</div>
<references/>
* Hostile animals have a red outline and will attack any player, unless otherwise noted.
* [[Fo]] priests with high faith are ignored by hostile animals. The [[Demise spells|Animal demise]] spell gives an extra 3% damage to creatures characterized as animals.
* [[Libila]] priests with high faith are ignored by hostile monsters. The [[Demise spells|Monster demise]] spell gives an extra 3% damage to creatures characterized as monsters.
* [[Fighting | Fight skill ]] (FS) ranking estimated; proceed with caution. The amount of skill required to kill an animal will also vary greatly depending on the player's equipped [[weapons]] and their [[quality]] levels.
* [[Taming]] skill is recommended. Animals may be more or less difficult to tame depending on conditions, age, taming food, and RNG.
* [[Hunter mob| Hunter]] indicates an animal that will hunt other animals for food. Silver weapons give 10% increased damages when fighting these animals.

==See also==
* [[Age]]
* [[Animal conditions]]
* [[Animal husbandry]] (covers the "care-for" mechanic)
* [[:Category:Bestiary|Bestiary]]
* [[Hunter mob]]
* [[Lair]]
* [[Mounts]]
* [[Rift creature]]
* [[Pet]]

[[Category:Babel/C]]
[[Category:Bestiary| ]]

Animal husbandry

2022-08-02T02:19:00Z

Lovelie: added approximate info for Extremely tame trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH level 40, players can see exactly when an animal can be groomed, e.g. {{event|inline|You can groom her again in 44 minutes.}}

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk using Inspect Animal.

==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** At higher AH skill levels, examining the animal will show a more and more precise pregnancy timer.
*** Below AH skill level 45, it shows e.g. {{event|inline|You make an educated guess that she will give birth in 2 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 45, the timer becomes slightly more precise, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 50, the timer includes approximate hours, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 6 days, 9 hours.}}
*** At AH skill level 63, the timer becomes more exact, e.g. {{event|inline|You feel confident she will give birth in 5 days, 5 hours.}}
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.

===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Players can see information about if an animal is hungry, breedable, and/or groomable.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
*Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk and a more accurate pregnancy timer.

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| < 43 (24.50)
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| 34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| 38 (21.26)
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| 53 (31.44)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| 29 (15.74)
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| 41 (23.19)g
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| 50 (29.29)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| < 50
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| 42 (23.84)
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| 43 (24.50)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong-willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| 37 (20.63)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| 35 (19.38)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| 33 (18.15)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| 36 (20.00)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| 51 (30.00)
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-07-31T00:19:20Z

Lovelie: added exact info for Dislike steep terrain trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH level 40, players can see exactly when an animal can be groomed, e.g. {{event|inline|You can groom her again in 44 minutes.}}

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk using Inspect Animal.

==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** At higher AH skill levels, examining the animal will show a more and more precise pregnancy timer.
*** Below AH skill level 45, it shows e.g. {{event|inline|You make an educated guess that she will give birth in 2 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 45, the timer becomes slightly more precise, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 50, the timer includes approximate hours, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 6 days, 9 hours.}}
*** At AH skill level 63, the timer becomes more exact, e.g. {{event|inline|You feel confident she will give birth in 5 days, 5 hours.}}
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.

===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Players can see information about if an animal is hungry, breedable, and/or groomable.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
*Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk and a more accurate pregnancy timer.

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| 34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| 38 (21.26)
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| 53 (31.44)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| 29 (15.74)
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| 41 (23.19)g
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| 50 (29.29)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| < 50
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| 42 (23.84)
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| 43 (24.50)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong-willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| 37 (20.63)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| 35 (19.38)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| 33 (18.15)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| 36 (20.00)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| 51 (30.00)
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-07-30T20:27:21Z

Lovelie: added exact info for Shabby and frail trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH level 40, players can see exactly when an animal can be groomed, e.g. {{event|inline|You can groom her again in 44 minutes.}}

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk using Inspect Animal.

==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** At higher AH skill levels, examining the animal will show a more and more precise pregnancy timer.
*** Below AH skill level 45, it shows e.g. {{event|inline|You make an educated guess that she will give birth in 2 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 45, the timer becomes slightly more precise, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 50, the timer includes approximate hours, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 6 days, 9 hours.}}
*** At AH skill level 63, the timer becomes more exact, e.g. {{event|inline|You feel confident she will give birth in 5 days, 5 hours.}}
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.

===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Players can see information about if an animal is hungry, breedable, and/or groomable.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
*Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk and a more accurate pregnancy timer.

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| 34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| 38 (21.26)
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| 53 (31.44)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| 29 (15.74)
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| 41 (23.19)g
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| 50 (29.29)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| < 50
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| 42 (23.84)
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong-willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| 37 (20.63)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| 35 (19.38)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| 33 (18.15)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| 36 (20.00)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| 51 (30.00)
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

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[[Category:Skills]]
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Animal husbandry

2022-07-30T05:55:50Z

Lovelie: added exact info for Certain spark trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH level 40, players can see exactly when an animal can be groomed, e.g. {{event|inline|You can groom her again in 44 minutes.}}

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk using Inspect Animal.

==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** At higher AH skill levels, examining the animal will show a more and more precise pregnancy timer.
*** Below AH skill level 45, it shows e.g. {{event|inline|You make an educated guess that she will give birth in 2 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 45, the timer becomes slightly more precise, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 50, the timer includes approximate hours, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 6 days, 9 hours.}}
*** At AH skill level 63, the timer becomes more exact, e.g. {{event|inline|You feel confident she will give birth in 5 days, 5 hours.}}
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.

===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Players can see information about if an animal is hungry, breedable, and/or groomable.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
*Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk and a more accurate pregnancy timer.

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| 34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| 38 (21.26)
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| 53 (31.44)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| 29 (15.74)
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| 41 (23.19)g
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| 50 (29.29)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| < 50
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong-willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| 37 (20.63)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| 35 (19.38)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| 33 (18.15)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| 36 (20.00)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| 51 (30.00)
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-07-30T05:21:39Z

Lovelie: added exact info for Unusually strong and healthy trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH level 40, players can see exactly when an animal can be groomed, e.g. {{event|inline|You can groom her again in 44 minutes.}}

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk using Inspect Animal.

==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** At higher AH skill levels, examining the animal will show a more and more precise pregnancy timer.
*** Below AH skill level 45, it shows e.g. {{event|inline|You make an educated guess that she will give birth in 2 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 45, the timer becomes slightly more precise, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 50, the timer includes approximate hours, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 6 days, 9 hours.}}
*** At AH skill level 63, the timer becomes more exact, e.g. {{event|inline|You feel confident she will give birth in 5 days, 5 hours.}}
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.

===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Players can see information about if an animal is hungry, breedable, and/or groomable.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
*Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk and a more accurate pregnancy timer.

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| 34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| 38 (21.26)
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| 53 (31.44)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| 29 (15.74)
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| 50 (29.29)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| < 50
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong-willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| 37 (20.63)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| 35 (19.38)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| 33 (18.15)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| 36 (20.00)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| 51 (30.00)
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-07-29T06:01:00Z

Lovelie: added exact info for Strong legs trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH level 40, players can see exactly when an animal can be groomed, e.g. {{event|inline|You can groom her again in 44 minutes.}}

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk using Inspect Animal.

==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** At higher AH skill levels, examining the animal will show a more and more precise pregnancy timer.
*** Below AH skill level 45, it shows e.g. {{event|inline|You make an educated guess that she will give birth in 2 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 45, the timer becomes slightly more precise, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 50, the timer includes approximate hours, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 6 days, 9 hours.}}
*** At AH skill level 63, the timer becomes more exact, e.g. {{event|inline|You feel confident she will give birth in 5 days, 5 hours.}}
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.

===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Players can see information about if an animal is hungry, breedable, and/or groomable.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
*Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk and a more accurate pregnancy timer.

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| 34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| 38 (21.26)
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| 53 (31.44)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| 29 (15.74)
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| 50 (29.29)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| < 50
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong-willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| 37 (20.63)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| 35 (19.38)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| 33 (18.15)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| 36 (20.00)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| 51 (30.00)
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-07-29T04:50:39Z

Lovelie: added exact info for Pick stuff up trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH level 40, players can see exactly when an animal can be groomed, e.g. {{event|inline|You can groom her again in 44 minutes.}}

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk using Inspect Animal.

==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** At higher AH skill levels, examining the animal will show a more and more precise pregnancy timer.
*** Below AH skill level 45, it shows e.g. {{event|inline|You make an educated guess that she will give birth in 2 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 45, the timer becomes slightly more precise, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 50, the timer includes approximate hours, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 6 days, 9 hours.}}
*** At AH skill level 63, the timer becomes more exact, e.g. {{event|inline|You feel confident she will give birth in 5 days, 5 hours.}}
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.

===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Players can see information about if an animal is hungry, breedable, and/or groomable.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
*Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk and a more accurate pregnancy timer.

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| 34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| 53 (31.44)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| 29 (15.74)
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| 50 (29.29)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| < 50
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| 37 (20.63)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| 35 (19.38)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| 33 (18.15)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| 36 (20.00)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| 51 (30.00)
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-07-29T03:46:32Z

Lovelie: added exact info for Plump and ready to butcher

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH level 40, players can see exactly when an animal can be groomed, e.g. {{event|inline|You can groom her again in 44 minutes.}}

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk using Inspect Animal.

==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** At higher AH skill levels, examining the animal will show a more and more precise pregnancy timer.
*** Below AH skill level 45, it shows e.g. {{event|inline|You make an educated guess that she will give birth in 2 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 45, the timer becomes slightly more precise, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 50, the timer includes approximate hours, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 6 days, 9 hours.}}
*** At AH skill level 63, the timer becomes more exact, e.g. {{event|inline|You feel confident she will give birth in 5 days, 5 hours.}}
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.

===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Players can see information about if an animal is hungry, breedable, and/or groomable.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
*Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk and a more accurate pregnancy timer.

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| 34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| 53 (31.44)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| 29 (15.74)
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| 50 (29.29)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| < 50
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| 35 (19.38)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| 33 (18.15)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| 36 (20.00)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| 51 (30.00)
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-07-28T04:30:17Z

Lovelie: added exact info for Prize winning trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH level 40, players can see exactly when an animal can be groomed, e.g. {{event|inline|You can groom her again in 44 minutes.}}

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk using Inspect Animal.

==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** At higher AH skill levels, examining the animal will show a more and more precise pregnancy timer.
*** Below AH skill level 45, it shows e.g. {{event|inline|You make an educated guess that she will give birth in 2 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 45, the timer becomes slightly more precise, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 50, the timer includes approximate hours, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 6 days, 9 hours.}}
*** At AH skill level 63, the timer becomes more exact, e.g. {{event|inline|You feel confident she will give birth in 5 days, 5 hours.}}
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.

===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Players can see information about if an animal is hungry, breedable, and/or groomable.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
*Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk and a more accurate pregnancy timer.

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| 34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| 53 (31.44)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| 29 (15.74)
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| 50 (29.29)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| < 50
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| 35 (19.38)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| 33 (18.15)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 38
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| 51 (30.00)
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-07-28T02:48:40Z

Lovelie: added exact info for Seems more friendly trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH level 40, players can see exactly when an animal can be groomed, e.g. {{event|inline|You can groom her again in 44 minutes.}}

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk using Inspect Animal.

==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** At higher AH skill levels, examining the animal will show a more and more precise pregnancy timer.
*** Below AH skill level 45, it shows e.g. {{event|inline|You make an educated guess that she will give birth in 2 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 45, the timer becomes slightly more precise, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 50, the timer includes approximate hours, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 6 days, 9 hours.}}
*** At AH skill level 63, the timer becomes more exact, e.g. {{event|inline|You feel confident she will give birth in 5 days, 5 hours.}}
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.

===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Players can see information about if an animal is hungry, breedable, and/or groomable.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
*Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk and a more accurate pregnancy timer.

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| 34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| 53 (31.44)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| 29 (15.74)
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| 50 (29.29)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| < 50
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 38
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| 33 (18.15)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 38
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| 51 (30.00)
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-07-28T02:23:43Z

Lovelie: added exact info for Gives more resources trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH level 40, players can see exactly when an animal can be groomed, e.g. {{event|inline|You can groom her again in 44 minutes.}}

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk using Inspect Animal.

==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** At higher AH skill levels, examining the animal will show a more and more precise pregnancy timer.
*** Below AH skill level 45, it shows e.g. {{event|inline|You make an educated guess that she will give birth in 2 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 45, the timer becomes slightly more precise, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 50, the timer includes approximate hours, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 6 days, 9 hours.}}
*** At AH skill level 63, the timer becomes more exact, e.g. {{event|inline|You feel confident she will give birth in 5 days, 5 hours.}}
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.

===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Players can see information about if an animal is hungry, breedable, and/or groomable.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
*Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk and a more accurate pregnancy timer.

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| 53 (31.44)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| 29 (15.74)
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| 50 (29.29)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| < 50
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 38
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| 33 (18.15)
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 38
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| 51 (30.00)
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-07-27T20:14:05Z

Lovelie: added exact info for Stronger than normal and More nimble than normal traits

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH level 40, players can see exactly when an animal can be groomed, e.g. {{event|inline|You can groom her again in 44 minutes.}}

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk using Inspect Animal.

==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** At higher AH skill levels, examining the animal will show a more and more precise pregnancy timer.
*** Below AH skill level 45, it shows e.g. {{event|inline|You make an educated guess that she will give birth in 2 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 45, the timer becomes slightly more precise, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 50, the timer includes approximate hours, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 6 days, 9 hours.}}
*** At AH skill level 63, the timer becomes more exact, e.g. {{event|inline|You feel confident she will give birth in 5 days, 5 hours.}}
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.

===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Players can see information about if an animal is hungry, breedable, and/or groomable.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
*Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk and a more accurate pregnancy timer.

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| 32 (17.54)
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| 53 (31.44)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| 29 (15.74)
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| 50 (29.29)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| < 50
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 38
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 39
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 38
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| 51 (30.00)
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-07-27T18:18:29Z

Lovelie: added exact info for Immortal trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH level 40, players can see exactly when an animal can be groomed, e.g. {{event|inline|You can groom her again in 44 minutes.}}

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk using Inspect Animal.

==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** At higher AH skill levels, examining the animal will show a more and more precise pregnancy timer.
*** Below AH skill level 45, it shows e.g. {{event|inline|You make an educated guess that she will give birth in 2 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 45, the timer becomes slightly more precise, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 50, the timer includes approximate hours, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 6 days, 9 hours.}}
*** At AH skill level 63, the timer becomes more exact, e.g. {{event|inline|You feel confident she will give birth in 5 days, 5 hours.}}
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.

===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Players can see information about if an animal is hungry, breedable, and/or groomable.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
*Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk and a more accurate pregnancy timer.

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 42
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| 53 (31.44)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| 29 (15.74)
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| 50 (29.29)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| < 50
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 38
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 39
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 38
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| 51 (30.00)
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Treasure hunt

2022-07-16T22:54:52Z

Lovelie: added possible liquor prizes: egg nog, gin, Nicrolis' gingerbeer, and vodka

==Description==
Treasure hunts are an in game activity where players find treasure maps while doing other actions and then follow a series of steps to find a treasure chest.
==Maps==
===How to Find Maps===
Players will have a chance to find treasure maps during rare rolls on the following actions:
* Farming/Harvesting
* Botanize/Forage Actions
* Digging
* Mining/Surface Mining
* Investigating Archeology Sites
* Fishing/Dredging
* Praying

===Levels of Maps===
Different maps have different difficulties. Harder maps will be less common but have better treasures!

* Novice(1/5 chance on rare roll)(1-29ql)
** Will be between 2-3 steps long
** Will have very small combat challenges occasionally.
** Will not be terribly far from the locations they are found.
* Challenging(1/10 chance on rare roll, supreme rolls will always give one)(30-59ql)
** Can be 3-5 steps long
** Will have decent sized and not infrequent combat challenges.
** Will be a moderate distance from the locations they are found.
* Difficult(1/25 chance on rare roll, fantastic rolls will always give one)(60 – 100ql)
** Can be 4-6 steps long
** Will always have difficult creatures to kill for most every step
** Will be long distances away from the locations they are found.
===Clues===
There are several different clue types to help you find your treasure!

* Map clue: Shows a map with a location you must go to, will not be super close to villages or in an enclosed area.
** Right clicking the map and selecting the hint option will draw a circle on your ingame map with a general area to search, the area gets larger on harder clues.
* Deed Ruins clue: Works similar to the maps but will be focused on areas that past villages have existed.
** Right clicking the map and selecting the hint option will draw a circle on your ingame map with a general area to search, the area gets larger on harder clues.
** Will mark nearby disbanded villages on the map as well as the area to dig.
* Challenge clue: will give an area and some information about an item from a list of items to find.
** Any guard tower that are not enclosed or near or in a village
** Colossus that are not enclosed or near or in a village
** Mission Constructed items that are not in caves/enclosed or near villages.
** Will mention what map grid it is near, this becomes less precise the more difficult it is.
* Combat Challenges: when you try to dig up a location you may come across some creatures ambushing you which you must defeat before you can continue digging it up.
** Will go into hiding again after 45 minutes if not yet killed until you come and dig again, then the same remaining creatures will ambush you again.
** Creatures from this will drop no corpses but will give skill for fighting.
==Digging Up Treasure==
* Use a shovel on the ground and select the dig up treasure option which will check if any clues you have on you are at your location.
* Has some grace distance, you do not need to dig on the exact tile/item it picks just near it. This grace distance is even larger the easier the clue is.
* Some of the [[:Category:Treasure hunt items|items]] found in treasure chests are only found this way and are not craftable any other way.

===Treasure Hunt Rewards===
Some of the items you may find in treasure chests:
* [[Coin purse]]
* [[Crab statue]]
* [[Cutlass]]
* [[Octopus statue]]
* [[Pirate hat]]
* [[Ruby necklace]]
* [[Sabre]]
* [[Statue of whale and dolphin]]

Special versions of liquor may also be found and these have different properties from crafted versions:

* Ale
* Brandy
* Cider
* Egg nog
* Gin
* Mead
* Nicrolis' gingerbeer
* Rum
* Vodka

==See also==
*[[:Category:Treasure hunt items]]

[[Category:Game mechanics]]
[[Category:Babel/T]]

Creatures

2022-07-04T10:26:31Z

Lovelie: Seal info added: Animal, Can Tame, Can Lead

[[CDB|Main]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''

== Description ==
[[Basic Knowledge|Wurm]] is full of creatures: some harmless and others quite dangerous.

== Spawning and behavior ==
* There are basically two types of creatures in Wurm: normal animals which can be [[Animal taming|tamed]] (and are usually based on real-world domesticated animals) and monsters which cannot be tamed but can sometimes be [[dominate]]d.
* Some creatures [[spawn]] in [[lair]]s or on specific kinds of tiles. Some can also be [[animal husbandry|bred]] by players.
* Most creatures like to avoid civilized areas like villages and starter towns and will have a reduced spawn rate near such areas.
* Some animals have various [[animal conditions|conditions]] that affect their strengths and weaknesses.
* Bred animals can have [[Animal_husbandry#Traits|traits]] that normally spawned animals do not have.
* Most animals have [[age]]s of young, adolescent, mature, aged, old, or venerable. Some animals die well before reaching venerable, while others can have very long lives.
* Animals can be normally fed, fat, or [[starving]]. Starving animals will not give any meat when [[butchering|butchered]], and some animals can die of starvation.
* Hunger is the primary and quite rare reason that a creature may go aggressive, attack, and kill another that is hitched or destroy the barrier protecting said animal and then kill it.
** Carnivorous animals or mobs will attack certain non-hostile animals in the wild when hungry.

==Leading==
* Using a [[rope]] or [[halter rope]] on some animals will let you lead it around behind you. To do this you activate the rope, open the [[context menu]] on the animal, and choose "Lead". A player may lead up to four animals at one time with separate ropes, or a halter rope.
* You can lead many types of creatures without taming the creature. Leadable creatures include all [[Animal taming|tamed animals]] as well as those listed in the table below.
* Only the commander of a [[Ship|boat]] or [[Carts|cart]] can lead animals. Passengers are not able to lead animals.
* You cannot attack an animal that you are leading.
* Attempts to lead animals across a server line will result in them becoming disconnected from the leading player and left at the crossing point as that player successfully crosses to the next server. It is therefore recommended that players use [[creature cage|creature cages]] for the purpose of moving animals across server lines.
* Some animals, after being lead and/or tamed, can be used as [[mounts]] on land or on water. Use of animal mounts is dependent on [[body control]] and taming or dominating skill.
==Feeding==
Creatures have different nutritional needs and habits. Some animals eat anything, others will only eat certain items. Animal food can be dropped on the ground in a pile, fed by hand, or put in a [[feeding trough]] or [[pet bowl]]. Exceptions have been noted below.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Food Type
! [[Herbivore]]
! [[Carnivore]]
! [[Omnivore]]
! [[Grazer]]
|-
| [[Meat]]/[[Fish]]/Corpses
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
|-
| [[Vegetables]]
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
|-
| [[Fruit]]/[[Berries]]/[[Nuts]]
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
|-
| [[Herbs]]
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
|-
| [[Seeds]] (edible only, includes cereals)
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
|-
| [[Spices]]
|
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
|-
| [[Cooking|Prepared recipes]]
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
|-
| [[Mixed grass]]
|
|
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|-
| Grazing on grass/steppe
|
|
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|-
| [[Hay]]
|
|
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|-
| All food items
|
|
| [[File:green-check.png|center|middle|20px]]
|
|}
<references/>

==Notes==
* Creatures can be [[examine]]d to determine their [[wound]]s, if any. Look at their [[Inventory#Body|equipment]] to see the body with wounds.
* Some unique creatures will drop items when killed, some of which are highly valuable.
* All corpses (except humans) maximum weight is 50.00 kg.
* For more rare creatures see: [[Uniques]], [[Valrei creatures]], [[Rift creatures]]

== Creatures Table ==
<div style="overflow-x: auto">
{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!Creature Name!!Hostile!!Animal or Monster!!Food Type!! data-sort-type=number |Fight Skill!!Tame / Dominate!! data-sort-type=number |Taming Skill!!Can Swim!!Lead w/o Taming!!Spawn Tile or Lair!!Can be Bred
|-
|| [[Anaconda]] || Hostile || Animal || Carnivore || 50 || No || N/A || Yes || N/A || In Vynora's domain || No
|-
|| [[Bison]] || Not hostile ||Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || 20 || Tame || 15 || No || Yes || Steppe tiles || Yes
|-
|| [[Black bear]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || 25 || Tame || 20 || No || No || Bear cave || Yes
|-
|| [[Black wolf]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || 15 || Tame || 5 || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Blue whale]] || Not hostile || Animal || Carnivore || 65 || No || N/A || Yes || N/A || Ocean || No
|-
|| [[Brown bear]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || 25 || Tame || 15 || Yes || No || Bear cave || Yes
|-
|| [[Bull]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || 5 || Tame || 5 || No || Yes || ? || Yes, with a cow
|-
|| [[Calf]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || 1 || Tame || 5 || No || Yes || ? || Not until adult
|-
|| [[Cave bug]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Omnivore || 10 || Tame || 35 || No || No || Cave bug mound/Cave tiles || Yes
|-
|| [[Chicken]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore || 1 || Tame || 1 || No || Yes || ? || No
|-
|| [[Cobra king]] <ref name="pvp">Only found on PVP servers.</ref> || Hostile || Animal || Carnivore || ? || No || N/A || ? || N/A || ? || No
|-
|| [[Cow]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || 1 || Tame || 5 || No || Yes || ? || Yes, with a bull
|-
|| [[Crab]] || Mixed <ref name="vehicle">Will only attack players that are not mounted or in a vehicle. Swim or walk with caution.</ref> || Animal, Hunter || Omnivore || ? || Tame || ? || Yes || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Crocodile]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || 40 || Tame || 45 || Yes || No || ? || No
|-
|| [[Deer]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || 1 || Tame || 1 || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Dog]] || Not hostile || Animal, Hunter || Omnivore || 5 || Tame || 1 || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Dolphin]] || Not hostile || Monster, Hunter || Carnivore || ? || No || N/A || Yes || N/A || Ocean || No
|-
|| [[Donkey]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || 1 || Tame || 1 || Yes || Yes || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Foal]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || ? || Tame || 15 || Yes || Yes || ? || Not until adult
|-
|| [[Fog spider]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || ? || No || N/A || No || N/A || ? || ?
|-
|| [[Giant crab]] <ref name="jackal">Only found on Jackal server.</ref> || Hostile || Unknown || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || No || ? || ?
|-
|| [[Goblin]] || Hostile || Monster, Hunter || Carnivore || 15 || Dominate || N/A || No || No || Goblin hut || Yes
|-
|| [[Hell horse]]|| Not hostile <ref name="redoutline">Has a red outline, but will generally not attack players unless provoked. Will attack tamed pets.</ref> || Animal || Omnivore, Grazer || 10 || Tame || 70 || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Hell hound]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || 40 || Tame || 40 || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Hell scorpious]] || Hostile || Monster, Hunter || Carnivore || 40 || Dominate || N/A || No || No || ? || No
|-
|| [[Hen]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore || 1 || Tame || 1 || No || Yes || ? || No
|-
|| [[Horse]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || 5 || Tame || 7 || Yes || Yes || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Huge spider]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || 25 || No || N/A || No || N/A || ? || No
|-
|| [[Isopod]] <ref name="jackal" />|| Hostile || Unknown || ?|| ? || ? || ? || No || ? || ? || ?
|-
|| [[Lamb]] || Not hostile ||Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || ? || Tame || ? || No || Yes || ? || Not until adult
|-
|| [[Large rat]] || Hostile || Animal || Omnivore || 20 || Tame || 15 || Yes || No || Trash heap || Yes
|-
|| [[Lava fiend]] || Hostile || Monster, Hunter || Carnivore || 40 || Dominate || N/A || No || No || ? || No
|-
|| [[Lava spider]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || 40 || No || N/A || No || N/A || ? || No
|-
|| [[Mountain gorilla]] || Mixed <ref name="kingdom"> Kingdom animal, only aggressive to members of enemy kingdoms, on PVP servers. Non-hostile on PVE servers.</ref> || Unknown || Omnivore || 40 || No || N/A || No || N/A || ? || No
|-
|| [[Mountain lion]] || Hostile || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || 15 || Tame || 1 || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Mule]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || 1 || Tame || 1 || Yes || Yes || ? || No
|-
|| [[Octopus]] || Not hostile || Unknown, Hunter || Carnivore || ? || No || N/A || Yes || N/A || Ocean || No
|-
|| [[Pheasant]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore || 1 || Tame || 1 || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Pig]] || Not hostile || Animal || Omnivore || 1 || Tame || 1 || No || Yes || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Rabid hyena]] || Mixed <ref name="kingdom"></ref> || Unknown, Hunter || Carnivore || 40 || No || No || No || N/A || ? || No
|-
|| [[Ram]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || ? || Tame || ? || No || Yes || ? || Yes, with a sheep
|-
|| [[Rooster]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore || 1 || Tame || 1 || No || Yes || ? || No
|-
|| [[Scorpion]] || Hostile || Monster, Hunter || Carnivore || 30 || Dominate || N/A || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Sea serpent]] || Hostile || Unknown || Carnivore || 60 || No || N/A || Yes || N/A || Ocean || No
|-
|| [[Seal]] || Not hostile || Animal || Carnivore || ? || Tame || ? || Yes || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Shark (creature)|Shark]] || Mixed <ref name="vehicle"></ref>|| Unknown, Hunter || Carnivore || ? || No || N/A || Yes || N/A || Ocean || No
|-
|| [[Sheep]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer ||? || Tame || 1 || No || Yes || ? || Yes, with a ram
|-
|| [[Tortoise]] || Mixed <ref name="vehicle"></ref> || Animal || Herbivore || 65 || Tame || 25 || Yes || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Troll]] || Hostile || Monster, Hunter || Carnivore || 60 || Dominate || N/A || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Unicorn]] || Not hostile || Animal || Herbivore, Grazer || 25 || Tame || 35 || No || No || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Weta]] <ref name="jackal" />|| No || Animal || Unknown || ? || Tame || ? || No || Yes || ? || Yes
|-
|| [[Wild boar]] || Mixed <ref name="kingdom"></ref>|| Unknown || Omnivore || ? || No || N/A || No || N/A || ? || No
|-
|| [[Wild cat]] || Hostile || Animal || Carnivore || 1 || Tame || 1 || No || No || Wild cat hideout || Yes
|-
||[[Worg]] || Mixed <ref name="sorcery">Hostile when found in the wild on Jackal. When spawned by sorcery, it is hostile but tamed. If untamed, it will attack players around it. </ref> || Animal, Hunter || Carnivore || ? || Tame || ? || No || No || Sorcery or Jackal server|| No
|}
</div>
<references/>
* Hostile animals have a red outline and will attack any player, unless otherwise noted.
* [[Fo]] priests with high faith are ignored by hostile animals. The [[Demise spells|Animal demise]] spell gives an extra 3% damage to creatures characterized as animals.
* [[Libila]] priests with high faith are ignored by hostile monsters. The [[Demise spells|Monster demise]] spell gives an extra 3% damage to creatures characterized as monsters.
* [[Fighting | Fight skill ]] (FS) ranking estimated; proceed with caution. The amount of skill required to kill an animal will also vary greatly depending on the player's equipped [[weapons]] and their [[quality]] levels.
* [[Taming]] skill is recommended. Animals may be more or less difficult to tame depending on conditions, age, taming food, and RNG.
* [[Hunter mob| Hunter]] indicates an animal that will hunt other animals for food. Silver weapons give 10% increased damages when fighting these animals.

==See also==
* [[Age]]
* [[Animal conditions]]
* [[Animal husbandry]] (covers the "care-for" mechanic)
* [[:Category:Bestiary|Bestiary]]
* [[Hunter mob]]
* [[Lair]]
* [[Mounts]]
* [[Rift creature]]
* [[Pet]]

[[Category:Babel/C]]
[[Category:Bestiary| ]]

Animal husbandry

2022-06-30T00:38:36Z

Lovelie: Added details about pregnancy timer becoming more precise at higher AH skill

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH level 40, players can see exactly when an animal can be groomed, e.g. {{event|inline|You can groom her again in 44 minutes.}}

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk using Inspect Animal.

==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** At higher AH skill levels, examining the animal will show a more and more precise pregnancy timer.
*** Below AH skill level 45, it shows e.g. {{event|inline|You make an educated guess that she will give birth in 2 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 45, the timer becomes slightly more precise, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days.}}
*** At AH skill level 50, the timer includes approximate hours, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 6 days, 9 hours.}}
*** At AH skill level 63, the timer becomes more exact, e.g. {{event|inline|You feel confident she will give birth in 5 days, 5 hours.}}
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.

===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Players can see information about if an animal is hungry, breedable, and/or groomable.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
*Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk and a more accurate pregnancy timer.

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 42
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| 53 (31.44)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| 50 (29.29)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| < 50
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 38
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 39
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 38
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| 51 (30.00)
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Knarr

2022-06-15T05:07:37Z

Lovelie: Knarr showed in creation list when corbita was 25% not 27

[[CDB|Main]] / [[Skills]] / [[Carpentry]] / [[Ship building]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''

{{itemBox
|name={{PAGENAME}}
|active=[[keel section]]
|passive=[[keel section]]
|group=Containers
|materials=* 5x [[keel section]]s
* 1x [[square yard rig]]
* 10x [[belaying pin]]s
* 200x [[Rivets]]
* 10x [[oar]]s
* 1x [[stern]]
* 200x [[tenon]]s
* 1x [[rudder]]
* 8x [[thick rope]]s
* 400x [[hull plank]]s
* 100x [[tar]]
* 400x [[peg]]s
* 80x [[deck board]]s
* 4x [[mooring rope]]s
|materialbreakdown=* 5x [[keel section]]
* 1x [[tall mast]]
* 4x [[square sail]]s
* 4x [[mooring rope]]s
* 8x [[thick rope]]s
* 12x [[cordage rope]]s
* 100x [[tar]]
* 200x [[rivets]]
* 411 [[hull plank]]s
* 80x [[deck board]]s
* 10x [[oar]]s
* 210 [[tenon]]s
* 6x [[large tackle]]s
* 6x [[planks]]
* 1x [[shaft]]
* 10x [[belaying pin]]s
* 420 [[peg]]s
* Total components: 1488
|result=*'''{{PAGENAME}}'''
|skill=ship building
|dyeamount=169600/50880
}}

== Description ==

''A ship with a clinker-built hull assembled with iron rivets, and one mast with a square yard sail. In insufficient winds it is rowed with oars. The side rudder is on the starboard side.''

The second largest ship possible to construct. Has permission management.

Knarrs are fast ships (and can be made slightly faster with specific [[runes]]) that are primarily used for cross-server travel, with the advantage that their speed isn't affected nearly as much as other ships in low winds. Due to their speed, crew capacity, expansive cargo, and shallow draft, knarrs are very popular among PVP raiders.

=== Notes ===
*23 [[mind logic]] is required to command.
*You need 29 [[body strength]] to drag a knarr.
*To view creation chance see [[keel section]], as the quality of the passive keel used in creation largely factors into % chance.

== Vessel details ==

*Passengers: 1 Captain + 12 crew.
*Maximum total crew: 13
*Maximum speed (solo): 27 km/h
*Maximum speed (full crew): Unknown
*Hold Capacity: >20,000 Volume (100 rafts)
*Creature Cage Capacity: 4
*Size: 4 tiles by 1 tiles
*Height: 8 dirt from water level to deck(?)
*Total Dye Needed:
:*169.600 for the hull.
:*50.880 for the sails and shields.

==Notes==
*Ships with a [[quality]] of less than 10 cannot be commanded.
**This includes ships whose [[damage]] percentage would calculate to bring the quality below 10 (eg. a 12 quality ship with 17 damage calculates to a ship below 10 quality).
**Repairing a ship can sometimes result in the ship retaining a quality above 10, thus being commandable once again.
*One of the most difficult ships to build. Higher quality of parts being attached improves chance of success.
*Knarrs show in the creation list when [[cog]]s are between 13% and 14%, and [[Corbita|corbita]]s are at 25%
*Shallow draft allows for passage at depths that would stop other large ships.
*Can fit 43 [[large crate]]s and 1 [[small crate]] inside.
*Can fit 4 [[bulk storage bin]]s and 6 [[large crate]]s inside.
*Can fit four creature cages + wagon (if the wagon is loaded first).
*Can fit 100 felled trees inside.
*it needs 169.600 kg of dye for wooden part and 50.880 kg for sails.

== Loadable Items ==
''List is a work in progress.
*[[Large crate]] - 43 (max of 12900 items)
*[[Small crate]] - 75 (max of 11250 items)
*[[Bulk storage bin]] - 4
*[[Wagon]] (+4 Large crate)
*[[Wagon]] (+2 Creature Cages)
*[[Large cart]]
*[[Small cart]]
*[[Forge]]
*[[Oven]]
*[[Large chest]]
*[[Bed]]
*[[Creature cage]] - 4

== Non-loadable items ==
See [[Load cargo]] for exhaustive list of loadable/non-loadable items by smallest vehicle type.

[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Vehicles]]
[[Category:Containers]]
[[Category:Travel]]
[[Category:Babel/K]]

Animal husbandry

2022-06-12T05:12:20Z

Lovelie: Confirmed info for Bred in captivity; corrected epic curve skill level

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH level 40, players can see exactly when an animal can be groomed, e.g. {{event|inline|You can groom her again in 44 minutes.}}

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk using Inspect Animal.

==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
*** At AH skill level 50, examining the animal will show a more exact pregnancy timer, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days, 9 hours.}}
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.

===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Players can see information about if an animal is hungry, breedable, and/or groomable.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
*Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk and a more accurate pregnancy timer.

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 42
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| 53 (31.44)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| 50 (29.29)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| < 50
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 38
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 39
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 38
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| 51 (30.00)
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-06-11T21:45:52Z

Lovelie: confirmed info for Unbelievably fast trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH level 40, players can see exactly when an animal can be groomed, e.g. {{event|inline|You can groom her again in 44 minutes.}}

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk using Inspect Animal.

==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
*** At AH skill level 50, examining the animal will show a more exact pregnancy timer, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days, 9 hours.}}
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.

===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Players can see information about if an animal is hungry, breedable, and/or groomable.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
*Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk and a more accurate pregnancy timer.

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 42
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| < 53 (31.5)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| 50 (29.29)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| < 50
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 38
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 39
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 38
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| 51 (30.00)
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-06-09T19:17:13Z

Lovelie: Added estimated info for Extremely sick trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH level 40, players can see exactly when an animal can be groomed, e.g. {{event|inline|You can groom her again in 44 minutes.}}

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk using Inspect Animal.

==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
*** At AH skill level 50, examining the animal will show a more exact pregnancy timer, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days, 9 hours.}}
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.

===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Players can see information about if an animal is hungry, breedable, and/or groomable.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
*Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk and a more accurate pregnancy timer.

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 42
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| < 53 (31.5)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| 50 (29.29)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| < 50
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 38
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 39
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 38
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| < 51
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-06-09T07:49:06Z

Lovelie: put info into correct sections

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH level 40, players can see exactly when an animal can be groomed, e.g. {{event|inline|You can groom her again in 44 minutes.}}

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk using Inspect Animal.

==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
*** At AH skill level 50, examining the animal will show a more exact pregnancy timer, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days, 9 hours.}}
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.

===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Players can see information about if an animal is hungry, breedable, and/or groomable.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
*Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk and a more accurate pregnancy timer.

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 42
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| < 53 (31.5)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| 50 (29.29)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| ?
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 38
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 39
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 38
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| < 51
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-06-09T07:44:20Z

Lovelie: Confirmed info for Stationary trait ; Added info for Inspect Animal (accurate birth timer, ready to shear wool, ready to milk at AH level 50) ; Edited wording for affected sections

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH skill level 40, you will be able to see when the animal will be available for grooming again.

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
** At AH skill level 50, you will be able to see if the animal is ready for shearing.

==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
*** At AH skill level 50, examining the animal will show a more exact pregnancy timer, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days, 9 hours.}}
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.

===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Players can see information about if an animal is hungry, breedable, and/or groomable.
*At AH level 40, players can see exactly when an animal can be groomed, e.g. {{event|inline|You can groom her again in 44 minutes.}}
*At AH level 50, players can see if an animal is ready to shear wool and/or ready to milk.
*At AH level 50, players can more accurately see when a female animal will give birth, e.g. {{event|inline|You predict she will give birth in 4 days, 9 hours.}}
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.

{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 42
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| < 53 (31.5)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| 50 (29.29)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| ?
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 38
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 39
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 38
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| < 51
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

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[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-06-08T01:47:46Z

Lovelie: Added info for Especially loyal trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH skill level 40, you will be able to see when the animal will be available for grooming again.

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.
===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
**Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| 49 (28.59)
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 42
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| < 53 (31.5)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| <50
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| ?
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 38
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 39
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 38
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| < 51
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-06-07T02:30:29Z

Lovelie:

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH skill level 40, you will be able to see when the animal will be available for grooming again.

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.
===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
**Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48 (27.89)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| ?
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 42
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| < 53 (31.5)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| <50
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| ?
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 38
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 39
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 38
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| < 51
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-06-07T02:25:32Z

Lovelie: Updated "Prize winning" and "Plump and ready to butcher" trait info, Added "More friendly than normal" trait info

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH skill level 40, you will be able to see when the animal will be available for grooming again.

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.
===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
**Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| 48
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| ?
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 42
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| < 53 (31.5)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| <50
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| ?
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 38
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 39
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 38
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| < 51
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-06-07T02:13:32Z

Lovelie: "Strong and healthy" and "Certain spark" Traits had incorrect skill level info

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH skill level 40, you will be able to see when the animal will be available for grooming again.

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.
===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
**Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| ?
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| ?
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 42
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| < 53 (31.5)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
| < 35
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| <50
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| ?
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 42
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 39
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 42
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| < 51
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-06-07T00:35:09Z

Lovelie: Added value for Corrupted trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH skill level 40, you will be able to see when the animal will be available for grooming again.

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.
===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
**Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| ?
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| ?
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 42
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| < 53 (31.5)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
|40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
|41 (23.19)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| <50
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| ?
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 42
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 39
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 42
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| < 51
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-06-05T05:59:27Z

Lovelie: Added info for Seems vibrant trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH skill level 40, you will be able to see when the animal will be available for grooming again.

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.
===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
**Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| ?
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| ?
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 42
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| < 53 (31.5)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
|40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
|41 (23.19)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| <50
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| ?
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| 46 (26.52)
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 42
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 39
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 42
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| < 51
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-06-04T21:53:49Z

Lovelie: Confirmed and added info for Slow metabolism trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH skill level 40, you will be able to see when the animal will be available for grooming again.

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.
===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
**Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| ?
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| ?
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 42
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| < 53 (31.5)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
|40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
|41 (23.19)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| 45 (25.84)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| <50
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| ?
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| < 49
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 42
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 39
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 42
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| < 51
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-06-04T06:55:49Z

Lovelie: Added info for Produce twins trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH skill level 40, you will be able to see when the animal will be available for grooming again.

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.
===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
**Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| ?
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| ?
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 42
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| < 53 (31.5)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| 44 (25.17)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
|40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
|41 (23.19)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| ~ 45
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| <50
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| ?
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| < 49
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 42
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 39
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 42
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| < 51
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

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Animal husbandry

2022-06-03T05:57:25Z

Lovelie: Added info for Plump trait, Prize winning trait, and Stronger than normal trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH skill level 40, you will be able to see when the animal will be available for grooming again.

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.
===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
**Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| ?
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| ?
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 42
| 0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| < 53 (31.5)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| ?
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
|40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
|41 (23.19)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| ~ 45
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| <50
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| ?
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| < 49
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 42
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 39
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| < 42
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| < 51
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-06-01T06:14:44Z

Lovelie: Added info for Easy on its gear trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH skill level 40, you will be able to see when the animal will be available for grooming again.

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.
===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
**Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| ?
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| ?
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| ?
|0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| 40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| < 53 (31.5)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| ?
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
|40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
|41 (23.19)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| ~ 45
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| <50
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| ?
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| < 49
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 44
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 39
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| ?
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| < 51
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-06-01T05:29:15Z

Lovelie: Added info for Gives more resources trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH skill level 40, you will be able to see when the animal will be available for grooming again.

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.
===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
**Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| ?
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| ?
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| ?
|0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| <40
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| < 53 (31.5)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| ?
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
|40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
|41 (23.19)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| ~ 45
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| <50
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| ?
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| < 49
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 44
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 39
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| ?
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| < 51
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-05-31T20:49:53Z

Lovelie: Added Strong legs trait info

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH skill level 40, you will be able to see when the animal will be available for grooming again.

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.
===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
**Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| ?
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| ?
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| ?
|0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| <40
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| < 39
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| < 53 (31.5)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| ?
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
|40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
|41 (23.19)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| ~ 45
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| <50
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| ?
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| < 49
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 44
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 46
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| ?
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| < 51
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-05-31T18:22:44Z

Lovelie: added info for Graceful eater and Pick stuff up traits

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH skill level 40, you will be able to see when the animal will be available for grooming again.

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.
===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
**Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| ?
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| ?
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| ?
|0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| <40
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| <40
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| < 53 (31.5)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| ?
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
|40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
|41 (23.19)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| ~ 45
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| <50
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| 39 (21.90)
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| ?
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| < 49
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 44
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 46
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| ?
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| < 51
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-05-31T07:51:00Z

Lovelie: added info for Friendly trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH skill level 40, you will be able to see when the animal will be available for grooming again.

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.
===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
**Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 38
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| ?
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| ?
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| ?
|0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| <40
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| <40
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| < 53 (31.5)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| ?
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
|40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
|41 (23.19)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| ~ 45
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| <50
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| < 44
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| ?
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 46
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| < 49
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 44
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 46
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| ?
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| < 51
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Animal husbandry

2022-05-28T22:08:13Z

Lovelie: Added info for Immortal trait

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{WIP| Due to the animal update this page is undergoing a lot of updates and maybe be incorrect for a bit.}}
== Description ==
Animal husbandry allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

== Grooming ==
* Grooming is a way to reduce the risk of disease in animals. It gives Animal Husbandry skill.
** Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. This can be done to each animal once per hour.
** Grooming can be done while moving (and while mounted), so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** At AH skill level 40, you will be able to see when the animal will be available for grooming again.

==Shearing==
* Shearing is another activity which gives animal husbandry skill.
** Activate [[scissors]] and select ''shear'' from the right-click menu on a [[sheep]].
** [[Wool]] bundles are put directly into your inventory upon shearing.
*** Sheared wool weight seems to vary depending on age: Young 0.1kg, Adolescent 0.2kg, Mature 0.3kg, Aged 0.4kg, Old 0.5kg, Venerable 0.6kg.
** Shearing can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.
** Shearing can not be done while mounted.
==Breeding==
* To breed, lead one animal with a [[rope]] (or any item should it be wearing a [[bridle]]) and approach the second. When they are close enough together right click on the second animal and select the "Breed" option.
** Neither animal should be hungry.
** Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
**If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
** Animals can have miscarriages which may kill the mother with no offspring spawned. Starvation, being off-deed, or being on a deed with an animal-to-tile ratio of 15 or less (see character > settlement > info to see current deed ratio) are known as the reasons for miscarriages.
** Tamed animals who are pregnant can lose the baby if they go offline when you do.
** Both animals should be of the same species, except in the case of horses and donkeys. When breeding a female [[horse]] and male [[donkey]], the foal is a [[mule]].
** Some animals require [[Tame|taming]] before being led; this does not apply to the second animal.

** Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, she will not be in mood for breeding for 24 real hours.
** [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: Juvenile animal types ([[calves]], [[foal]]s, [[lamb]]s, and [[seal cub]]s) will not breed, neither will young/early adolescent animals. (Horses will breed at 25 rl days old)
** Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 Wurm [[Wurm Universe|weeks]], regardless of species.
*** Examining the animal will show the remaining days left until birth; for example, {{event|inline|She will deliver in about 4 days.}} This is approximately 4 days, or 4 [[Wurm Universe|Wurm weeks.]]
** Breeding female animals with [[animal conditions|conditions]] such as [[Champion]] will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two animals with the same condition together. (Two Champions for example.)
** Breeding two animals with the same trait greatly increases the chance that the offspring will have the trait.
** The horse name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding.
** The horse's color from birth is determined based on a combination of the mother's color, father's color, and random chance, similarly to traits.
** Breeding can be done while moving, so long as you do not move too far away (two tiles) from the tile you are currently working on.

=== Inbreeding ===
* Inbreeding occurs when an offspring is bred with either of its parents or a sibling. Inbreeding has an increased chance to pass bad traits if the parents have bad traits, but does not inherently create a bigger chance for bad traits in the offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to seek neighbours to begin a herd if one wishes to avoid inbreeding.
* Inbreeding does '''not''' occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the same grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.
** '''Important note:''' if an animal's parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on examining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.

===Messages===
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the action'''}} : breeding has failed, the male will not breed again for some time.
; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not breed again for some time.
the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is the case


== Traits ==
* Bred animals have a chance of gaining traits, some positive, some negative, some neutral. Animals may have multiple traits as seen in the table below. All traits are put into the gene pool when breeding and those of the parents will increase the chance of the offspring having the same. Should both parents have the same trait the likelihood of the offspring gaining that trait is even higher.
**The dominant category is picked from either the mother or the father randomly.
**If neither parent has traits, all categories of traits receive a bonus to seed the initial traits.
*The breeder's animal husbandry skill level affects the number of traits that will appear in a horse. Bred animals can also have no traits.
**Traits have point values which influence their chance to pass on and how many traits a bred animal recieves.
**Players are capped at their animal husbandry level's worth of points for creatures they have bred (80AH= 80 points of traits, for example).
**Inbreeding will now cause the max point value to be divided by 1.5.
**There is still a cap of 10 traits per creature (this does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'').
* Animal husbandry is only partially on the Epic [[curve]]. The curved value (effective skill) allows you see traits at that level (not true for bred in captivity trait which requires 60 numerical to see even on epic). The actual value (numerical) is used for computing the number of traits you can breed.
* Traits fall into several categories:
**Speed: These traits will increase the speed of a creature when riding on them. These traits do not affect the speed of hitched animals.
**Draft: These traits will increase a creature’s carry weight. They will also now act as speed traits when hitched and give a speed bonus similar to having the speed traits.
**Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.
**Negative: These traits all have negative effects that are generally unwanted.
**Output: These traits increase results from butchering output, shearing, and milking.
**Miscellaneous: These traits don’t fit any other category. They may be positive or neutral traits.
===Inspect Animal===
*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.
*Use ‘Inspect animal’ on bred creatures to see traits.
**This displays all traits of a creature that you can see with your Animal Husbandry skill level. It also displays the categories of the traits you can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, such as time until a creature can be bred again, time until a creature can be groomed again, or whether a creature is hungry, or age of the creature.
**Players seem to be able to see when the animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level below 50.
{| class= "wikitable sortable"
!! width="50"| Category !! width="200" | Trait name !! width="200" | Effect!! width="50" | Base Skill ([[Epic]] Curve Skill) !! width="50" | Value
|-
| '''Combat, Rare'''
| ''It seems extremely tame''
| Aggressive animals become passive
| ?
| 0
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems more friendly''
| Easier to tame
| < 40
| 5
|-
| Combat
| ''It will fight fiercely.'' || Higher fighting skill <ref name="unknown">Traits are either unknown or unconfirmed.</ref>
| 20 (10.56)
| 10
|-
| Combat
| ''It looks more friendly than normal''
| Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame
| ?
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It is a tough bugger.'' || Withstands more damage
|22 (11.68)
| 15
|-
| Combat
| ''It seems especially loyal''
| keeps loyalty to its tamer longer, loses less when taking damage
| ?
| 20
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems stronger than normal''
| Carry weight bonus
| ?
|0
|-
| '''Draft, Rare'''
| ''It seems more nimble than normal''
| Increased maximum rideable slope <ref name="nimble"> Adds 3 slope to the maximum drivable slope. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (whether cart or wagon).</ref>
| ?
| 0
|-
| Draft
| ''It is easy on its gear''
| Equipped gear takes less damage
| <40
| 10
|-
| Draft
| ''It has a strong body.'' || Bonus to hauling weight limit
|23 (12.25)
| 15
|-
| Draft
| ''It can carry more than average.'' || Major bonus to hauling weight limit
|25 (13.40)
| 20
|-
| Draft
| ''It has strong legs''
| Carry weight bonus
| <40
| 20
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''Bred in captivity.''
| Informational, will not count toward the max number of traits
| < 53 (31.5)
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It has a chance to produce twins''
| Chance to birth twins (only present on female creatures)
| ?
| 0
|-
| '''Miscellaneous, Rare'''
| ''It seems immortal''
| Will never die as if cared for
| < 35
| 0
|-
|Miscellaneous
| Horse's color is considered a trait.
| Does not count against the trait limit
|0
|0
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has been corrupted.''
| Grazes on [[mycelium]] instead of grass <ref name="corrupt">[[Bless]]ing the animal with a [[Libila]] [[priest]] will create this trait, and blessing with a [[Vynora]], [[Fo]], or [[Magranon]] priest will remove it.</ref>
|43 (24.50)
|
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.''
| Has a higher resistance to disease
|40 (22.54)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a certain spark in its eyes.''
| Lives 50% longer than normal
|41 (23.19)
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It has a slow metabolism''
| Eats half as much as a normal animal
| ~ 45
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems stationary''
| It will stay put as if saddled
| <50
| 10
|-
| Miscellaneous
| ''It seems to be a graceful eater''
| Less chance to reduce the growth stage of a tile when eating
| < 44
| 10
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks extremely sick''
| Has a very slim chance to pass away when it receives a hunger tick <ref name="genesis">Traits may be removed by casting [[Genesis]].</ref>
| ?
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems shabby and frail'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Reduces output of resources such as milk and wool
| < 20
|5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems to dislike steep terrain'' <ref name="genesis"/>
| Decreases ridable slope
| < 44
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has malformed hindlegs.'' || Minor speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|28 (15.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''The legs are of different length.'' || Major speed penalty <ref name="genesis"/>
|29 (15.74)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis"/>
|30 (16.33)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name="genesis"/>
|31 (16.93)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It is unusually strong willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name="genesis"/>
|32 (17.54)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It has some illness.'' || Body strength will slowly reduce over time eventually making the animal unrideable <ref name="genesis"/> <ref name="illness">Genesis cast on animals with this trait will cause it to slowly regain strength up to its original level.</ref>
|33 (18.15)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks constantly hungry.'' || Becomes hungry twice as fast as normal <ref name="genesis"/>
|34 (18.76)
| 5
|-
| Negative
| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name="genesis"/>
|39 (21.90)
| 5
|-
| '''Output, Rare'''
| ''It has very good genes''
| Increased amount and quality of resources like milk and wool
| ?
| 0
|-
| Output
| ''It seems to pick stuff up''
| Chance to dig something up when eating, drops items on the ground
| < 46
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems vibrant''
| Increases the output of resources
| < 49
| 5
|-
| Output
| ''It seems prize winning''
| Gives better products when butchered
| < 44
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It gives more resources''
| Increases output of resources such as wool and milk
| < 46
| 10
|-
| Output
| ''It looks plump and ready to butcher''
| Gives more products when butchered
| ?
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has fleeter movement than normal.'' || Minor speed boost
|21 (11.12)
| 10
|-
| Speed
| ''It has lightning movement.'' || Major speed boost
|24 (12.82)
| 20
|-
| Speed
| ''It has very strong leg muscles.'' || Movement speed bonus
|26 (13.98)
| 15
|-
| Speed
| '' It seems accustomed to water'' || Moves faster in shallow waters
|27 (14.56)
| 10
|-
| '''Speed, Rare'''
| ''It is unbelievably fast''
| Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses
| < 51
|0
|}

<references/>

== Caring ==
* To prevent venerable animals from dying of old age they may be cared for. To care for an animal, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''. The animal will then live indefinitely at the "Venerable" stage.
* If you start caring for that animal this message will appear:
{{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}}
* The number of animals you may care for is determined by your Animal husbandry skill level.
* 1 animal may be cared for plus 1 additional for every 10 skill in Animal husbandry.
* The corpse of a cared-for animal can be hovered over with the mouse to see the animal's cause of death.
* Hostile creatures must be tamed first before they can be cared for.
* The total number of animals which may be cared for is limited by the Animal husbandry skill of the player. If the player is unable to care for more animals this message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.}}
* Non-premium players can only care for 1 animal.
* The chat command ''/stopcaring'' will stop the player from caring for all animals. This message will appear:
;{{event|inline|You no longer care for the one creature you used to.}}
* To stop caring for a specific animal right click the animal and select 'care for'.
** You can also stop caring for a specific animal by right clicking on your inventory or body, then ''Manage>Animals''.
** A list of all the animals cared for may be listed by using the command ''/caringfor''

==Skills & Characteristics==
* [[Nature]] > Animal husbandry
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul strength]]
* [[Soul]] > [[Soul depth]]

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill
* Rancher at 90 skill
* Zoologist at 100 skill
==See Also==
* [[Nature]]
** [[Animal husbandry]]
** [[Animal taming]]
** [[Botanizing]]
** [[Farming]]
** [[Fishing]]
** [[Foraging]]
** [[Forestry]]
** [[Gardening]]
** [[Meditating]]
** [[Milking]]
** [[Papyrusmaking]]

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:While_moving]]

Paprika

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[[CDB|Main]] / [[Skills]] / [[Nature]] / [[Gardening]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
{{itemBox
|image=Paprika.jpg
|creation=botanize
|result=* '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (0.10 kg)
|improve=no
|storage=fsb
|combinable=no
}}

== Description ==
''Air-dried fruits of the chili pepper family of the species Capsicum annuum.''

== Notes ==
*Can be used in some cooking recipes.
*Can also be used as a [[healing cover]] ingredient with a potency of 1.
*Can be planted in a [[pottery planter]] in order to grow more.
*To plant, ''right-click'' on the '''paprika''' and select ''pick seeds''. This will yield [[paprika seed]].

== See Also ==
* [[Spices]]

[[File:Paprika2.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Paprika planted in a pottery planter]]

[[Category:Babel/P]]
[[Category:Botanized items]]
[[Category:Cooking items]]
[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Gardening items]]
[[Category:Items]]

Healing cover

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Lovelie: added paprika, potency 1

{{ItemBox
|image=Healing_cover.png
|result=* '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
|skill=Natural substances
|improve=no
|active=[[#Potency|healing cover ingredient]]
|passive=[[#Potency|healing cover ingredient]]
|materials=no
|groupM=Alchemy > Mix
|note=Cannot be combined, improved or stored in any bulk storage.
}}
[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Alchemy]] / [[Natural substances]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
''A bunch of interwoven grass mixed with various healing ingredients.''

A '''healing cover''' is an [[alchemy]] item made from [[natural substances]] that consists of a poultice of various herbs and other components to be applied on a [[wound]] in order to assist healing. It can be applied in addition to a [[bandage]] or used on its own.
== Usage ==
To apply a healing cover '''activate''' it, '''right click''' the wound and select '''treat'''. To view your wounds either open the [[character window]] by double clicking on your [[healthbar]] and select a highlighted body part or expand the body section of your inventory and drill down on each highlighted group.
* The chance of success is affected by your [[first aid]] skill, the [[quality]] of the cover and severity of the wound.
* Failure to apply a cover has a small chance to make the wound worse.
* You may apply a stronger potency cover over a weaker one, but in reverse you are told that {{event|inline|The wound already has a better cover.}}.
== Creation ==
'''Activate''' the first of the two different ingredients and '''right-click''' the second, select '''Alchemy''' then '''Mix'''. To preview the strength of the potential cover select the '''Lore''' option instead of mix.
* There is no specific order required for activation.
* Apart from mushrooms, both ingredients must be different.
* Healing covers will vary in weight from 0.02 - 1.80 kg.

== Potency ==
The strength of the cover is the potency value of the first ingredient, or substance, multiplied by that of the second:

<code>substance<sub>1</sub>.potency * substance<sub>2</sub>.potency = cover.potency</code>

For example, a cover made from [[garlic]] (2) and [[nettles]] (3) would be (2 x 3 = 6) 6 potency. The maximum potency is 25.

{| class="wikitable" width="72%"
! style="text-align: center;" width="10%" | Potency
! style="text-align: center;" width="90%" | Ingredient
|-
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#33CC33;" | 5
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Black mushroom]] • [[Gland]] • [[Heart]] • [[Unicorn twisted horn]]
|-
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#79A526" | 4
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Green mushroom]] • [[Lovage]] • [[Rosemary]] • [[Tooth]] • [[Nutmeg]]
|-
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#A28E1E;" | 3
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Blue mushroom]] • [[Bison horn]] • [[Camellia]] • [[Eye]] • [[Long horn]] • [[Nettles]] • [[Sage]] • [[Yellow mushroom]]
|-
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#C87917;" | 2
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Acorns]] • [[Barley]] • [[Bladder]] • [[Brown mushroom]] • [[Garlic]] • [[Hoof]] • [[Lavender]] • [[Lemon]] • [[Mint]] • [[Paw]] • [[Sassafras]] • [[Tail]] • [[Turmeric]]
|-
| style="text-align: center; background-color:#F95E0E;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Corn]] • [[Onion]] • [[Paprika]] • [[Parsley]] • [[Pumpkin]] • [[Reed plants]] • [[Rose]] • [[Wemp plants]] • [[Wheat]]
|}

The [[Quality level|quality]] of a healing cover is of no consequence to the strength of the cover. To identify whether the cover is weak or strong, [[examine]] it for one of the following event messages. The numbers in brackets are the strength based on the above formula.

{{event|inline|A bunch of interwoven grass mixed with various healing ingredients. It will help some against wounds. (1-5)<br>
A bunch of interwoven grass mixed with various healing ingredients. It will pretty efficient against wounds. (6-9)<br>
A bunch of interwoven grass mixed with various healing ingredients. It will be good against wounds. (10-12)<br>
A bunch of interwoven grass mixed with various healing ingredients. It will be very good against wounds. (15-16)<br>
A bunch of interwoven grass mixed with various healing ingredients. It will be supreme against wounds. (20+)<br>}}

Once the wound is treated, examining it will confirm the potency of the attached cover.

== Healing ==

Half the potency of the cover is added to the healing rate of the wound. For example, a healing cover with a potency of 12 will add 6 more points of healing to the wound per healing tick (10 minutes). This adjustment is in addition to adjustments such as having high or low nutrition, worshiping Fo, and the wound being bandaged.

[[Wounds]] that are medium or worse may not heal on their own and may require one of the stronger healing covers to aid recovery. Some weaker covers may only prevent the wound from getting worse, rather than healing. Also consider using a [[bandage]].

==Notes==
* Higher quality healing covers have a higher chance of succeeding the treatment.
* Some [[:Category:Butchering items|butchered items]] can provide more than one use in creating a cover.
* Higher potency covers are more difficult to create, so may give more [[natural substances]] skill at high skill.
* Making healing covers for [[natural substances]] skill grinding follows similar rules to mining: You only get a Natural Substances skill tick if the QL of the healing cover you created is under 40.00.

'''Read more''': [[Bandage]] | [[Farmer's salve]] | [[Healing Guide]] | [[Wound]] | [[Natural substances]] | [[Alchemy]]
[[Category:Babel/H]]
[[Category:Natural substances items]]
[[Category:Healing]]

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