Blood Trails

[Josiah Gibbonson]

A lot of times when I'm hunting an animal and wound it enough, it flees and I lose sight of it, and then cannot find it again.  It'd be neat if when you damaged something enough, it'd start to leave bits of blood splatter in the ground every once in a while so you could track it down.

 

For an added bonus, wolves could be attracted to the blood splattering. 

[idiomcritter]

welcome to the forum

this suggestion has me now wondering what color blood do drifters, shivers, bowtorn's have... green?

[Never Jhonsen]

6 minutes ago, idiomcritter said:

what color blood do drifters, shivers, bowtorn's have

I would have guessed a rust brown. Kinda like if red, iron-rich blood got rusty. Maybe even a thicker, more goopy, somewhat flaky slop than common blood

[Cetasaya]

Banger suggestion, I second this.  Give us the red spiderwebs of blood us rimworld players desire.

 

 

Edited March 14, 2025 by Cetasaya

[Josiah Gibbonson]

I would guess the drifter's, shivers, and bowtorn would have black blood, sort of like oil. Since they're sort of rusty and polluted looking.

[Never Jhonsen]

1 hour ago, Josiah Gibbonson said:

I would guess [they] would have black blood, sort of like oil

Oh that's a great point. A gloopy black, not quite as thick as oil, but also not as watery as common blood. A rust black, much like their non-existent hearts.

[LadyWYT]

"The creatures hide metal in their flesh and their blood flows like sludge. A simple sword will not do here." -- flavor text of falx blades.

While the color isn't specified, I would agree, it's probably a dark rusty color or black like oil, given the semi-metallic nature of the monsters and their general color scheme.

 

As for the initial suggestion, I like it. Could be a simple effect that applies for a short time after a creature takes enough damage to begin fleeing. Would also give more incentive to keep healing items on you in case of an accident, if falling below a certain health threshold could make you more noticeable to unfriendly things.

[lmfao]

too many times ive lost a nearly dead pig to the bushes

[Troa]

And make it glow slightly if you're the hunter class