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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.}} ==Fly catching==*A small bit of [[honey]] in a [[pottery jar]] can be used, on animals that require grooming, to catch [[fly|flies]] from them.**Flies can be used as fishing [[bait]] ==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.** The creature ratio outside of deeds is always considered to be 10 which means more miscarriage and disease.** 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.<!-- *Males will only breed once every 45 real minutes regardless of outcome. -- commented this for now as there could have been a silent change or bug -->** 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. 

== Method = Inbreeding ===*One 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 two [[animals]] you wish offspring. Inbreeding may be unavoidable in small herds; it's advised to breed must be able seek neighbours to be [[Rope|led with begin a rope]] therefore some [[Animal taming|taming]] may be required. Once you have herd if one of the two animals lead, ensure they are both well fed and move them close wishes to one anotheravoid inbreeding. Right click on the animal you are * Inbreeding does '''not''' leading and select occur past 1 generation. You can breed grandchildren of the Breed optionsame grandparents together with no inbreeding penalty.<br>*Grooming now also gives animal husbandry skill gains. (Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select * '''Important note:''groom'if an animal' while clicking s parent is dead, the parent's name will no longer show up on livestockexamining the creature. The game, however, still keeps track of who the parent was.)

== Notes =Messages===* Animals must be of ; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' shys away and interrupts the same species.* When action'''}} : breeding fails you has failed, the male will receive a message that the intercourse was interruptednot breed again for some time.* Breeding may ; {{event|inline|'''''animal'' doesn't seem to be attempted every 45 minutes after failure.* Animals do in the mood right now'''}} : the male will not have to be "fat" to breedagain for some time.* When an the animal may be hungry - feeding the animal will put it back in a breeding mood if this is "no longer interested in food" they will be ready the case<!-- Changed the 45 minute suggestion due to begin breedingthis thread: http://forum.wurmonline.com/index.* [[Age]] is php?/topic/112669-not a factor -in breeding-mood-cooldown-ah/ --- Need more information. * Breeding increases a player's [[soul depth]].* Pregnancy times can differ, from 5-11 wurm [[Time|weeks]], regardless of species.->

* 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 (Enhancement/Deformitythis does not include 0 point traits like ''bred in captivity'')<br>.* 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.Animals **Combat: These traits increase how tough a creature can be and how well it can fight.**Negative: These traits all have multiple 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.<br>Examining ===Inspect Animal===*The ‘Inspect animal’ ability is gained at 10 Animal Husbandry skill.*Players can see information about if an animal will show 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 traitsyou can’t normally see. With higher skill, you’ll be able to see other details in the Inspect animal window, if one has 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 required skill animal is hungry, breedable, and groomable at an AH level:below 50.* 20 skill: 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 (High fighting skill?10.56)* 21 skill: "| 10|-| Combat| ''It has fleeter movement looks more friendly than normal'' | Less likely to be attacked by aggressive creatures when tame| 48 (27." (Minor speed boost89)* 22 skill: "| 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" > Increases rideable slope from 40 to 43. Two hitched animals must have this trait to work with a vehicle (Takes more whether cart or wagon).</ref>| 32 (17.54) | 0|-| Draft| ''It is easy on its gear'' | Equipped gear takes less damage| 40 (22.54) * 23 skill: "| 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 (Improved body strength?13.40)* 24 skill: "| 20|-| Draft| ''It has lightning movementstrong 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 (Major speed soostonly present on female creatures)* | 44 (25 skill: ".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 can carry more than averagehas 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 (Speed boost when carrying 24.50)|0|-| Miscellaneous| ''It looks unusually strong and healthy.'' | Has a lothigher resistance to disease | 40 (22.54)* 26 skill: "| 10|-| Miscellaneous| ''It has very strong leg musclesa certain spark in its eyes." '' | Lives 50% longer than normal | 41 (Better at climbing slopes23.19)g| 10|-| Miscellaneous* 27 skill: "| ''It has keen sensesa slow metabolism'' | Eats half as much as a normal animal| 45 (25.84)| 10|-| Miscellaneous| ''It looks 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 (Increased agro range23.84)* 28 skill: |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)* 29 skill: "| 5|-| Negative| ''The legs are of different length." ('' || Major speed penalty<ref name="genesis"/> |29 (15.74)* 30 skill: "| 5|-| Negative| ''It seems overly aggressive.'' || Random chance to bite <ref name="genesis" /> |30 (Goes into frenzy when attacked16.33)* 31 skill: "| 5|-| Negative| ''It looks very unmotivated.'' || Major penalty to mounted weight limit <ref name=" genesis"/> |31 (Seldom uses speed boosts?16.93)* 32 skill: "| 5|-| Negative| ''It is unusually strong -willed.'' || Will stop being led at random <ref name=" genesis"/> |32 (Randomly stops following17.54)* 33 skill: "| 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 (Usually unridable18.15)* 34 skill: "| 5|-| Negative| ''It looks constantly hungry." (Will eat '' || Becomes hungry twice as much fast as a normal horse?<ref name="genesis"/> |34 (18.76)* 39 skill: "| 5|-| Negative| ''It looks feeble and unhealthy.'' || Prone to catching a disease <ref name=" genesis"/> |39 (Prone 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 diseasedig 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)* 40 skill: "| 10|-| Output| ''It looks unusually 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 and healthyleg muscles." '' || Movement speed bonus |26 (Has a higher resistance 13.98)| 15|-| Speed| '' It seems accustomed to diseasewater'' || Moves faster in shallow waters|27 (14.56) | 10|-| '''Speed, Rare'''| ''It is unbelievably fast'' | Always on speed bonus similar to hell horses| 51 (All "?" 30.00)|0|} <references/> == Caring ==To prevent Venerable creatures from dying of old age they may be ''Cared for''. The creature will then live indefinitely at the Venerable stage.   '''To ''Care for''''' a creature, stand next to it, right click, and select ''Care for''.  When you start ''Caring for'' a creature this message will appear: {{event|inline|You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for x more creatures.}} If the character is unable to ''Care for'' more creatures this message will appear:{{event|inline|You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are unconfirmedalready caring for x creatures.)}}

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