TamTroll Posted July 22, 2024 Report Posted July 22, 2024 long story short,. i live on an island, and my ocean is FILLED with rabbits, chickens, and other animals that have no qualms with going for an endless swim. Recently went out in a boat and killed as many as i could find in hopes they'd re-spawn on my island since it's become pretty lifeless. Problem is they were all sitting out on the furthest edges of the loaded world from my house, so i suspect most of them will be unloaded now that i'm home. Will the corpses still decay / despawn and the animals respawn even though i haven't harvested them?
LadyWYT Posted July 22, 2024 Report Posted July 22, 2024 2 hours ago, TamTroll said: Will the corpses still decay / despawn and the animals respawn even though i haven't harvested them? I think so, though I believe it does take a while. I know the bone carcasses do eventually, as I usually end up leaving them lay there instead of breaking them. Animals will still spawn around bone carcasses, but I don't think they'll respawn around whole carcasses. As a general rule, I harvest the carcass at least and don't bother with the bones. The fat I can use for lots of things, and the meat/hide I don't use can be composted.
TamTroll Posted July 22, 2024 Author Report Posted July 22, 2024 Wait... they spawn around the carcass? oh no... the carcass is at the bottom of the ocean... I wanted them to spawn on the island where they originally spawned...
Solution LadyWYT Posted July 22, 2024 Solution Report Posted July 22, 2024 17 minutes ago, TamTroll said: I wanted them to spawn on the island where they originally spawned Sorry, I should have clarified--they should spawn where they originally spawned as long as there's not a whole carcass in the area. A bony carcass is fine though. The spawn points for wildlife are fixed points in the game, so the creatures will eventually respawn at those points if killed. You can sometimes exploit this by exiting and reloading the world to prompt more animals to spawn after a hunting expedition.
TamTroll Posted July 22, 2024 Author Report Posted July 22, 2024 Okay, well i didn't harvest any of the animals i killed so... hopefully having an entire intact carcass at the bottom of the ocean won't screw things up
LadyWYT Posted July 23, 2024 Report Posted July 23, 2024 12 minutes ago, TamTroll said: Okay, well i didn't harvest any of the animals i killed so... hopefully having an entire intact carcass at the bottom of the ocean won't screw things up It shouldn't. I had a world where several went for an eternal swim, and it didn't cause any issues(that I could tell, anyway). 1
Alder Posted July 23, 2024 Report Posted July 23, 2024 If I recall animals do need tall grass to spawn though, so make sure there's space for them.
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