Cosmetics: Ears, Tails

[Mac Mcleod]

I think making some animal ears (head/face slot) and tails (sash/belt slot) would be entertaining and popular.

Bunny (craftable), Cat, Dog, Fox Ears...   Bunny (craftable), Cat, Dog, Fox tails...  
Horned headgear (craftable from the various horned animals)

This would be some work for the gear model designer that probably would not require programming.
 

[LadyWYT]

Honestly, I think this is the kind of thing better left to mods, or left as simple animal masks like what we already have implemented in the game. Otherwise, it feels too much like fantasy or anachronistic items.

[Mac Mcleod]

I hear you, however the Star Carr evidence from 9000 BCE  does demonstrate that prehistoric people were quite willing to make headgear that preserved and emphasized the animal's identity.  So it is not anachronistic.

(similar to neolithic bone bladed shovels that look *exactly* like our current in game flint shovels and which would make shovels renewable).

[Mushroomancer]

I think something like this could be interesting in an anthropological sense. Dressing in and as animals in religious ceremony or war practice has been a facet of a lot of human cultures as far back as we can know in history. I do think, unfortunately, that in a limited capacity it will be seen as something of a modern anachronism just because of the common perceptions of those things. A lot of people will have digested media tropes and seen things like the Bear armor and be fine with it, but given the way that wearing tails and ears is commonly depicted in social spaces and media in modernity, they're going to carry some of that bias into seeing it within the game.

[LadyWYT]

57 minutes ago, Mac Mcleod said:

I hear you, however the Star Carr evidence from 9000 BCE  does demonstrate that prehistoric people were quite willing to make headgear that preserved and emphasized the animal's identity.  So it is not anachronistic.

Perhaps. But the general setting is medieval. I'm not saying that medieval people couldn't have worn cat ears and tails, but...that is not where my head goes when things like cosmetic ears and tails are mentioned. That's a fashion accessory of certain modern sub-cultures, and something that works much better as a mod than part of the vanilla game.

Now if it was an armor accessory? Sure. Same as a full pelt worn as some sort of cape.

[Mac Mcleod]

The following is native american

And this is Roman (Bear, Wolf, Lion) which generally kept the pelt so this was a form of cloak.


Also, I came across a video that said medieval people wore small animal (with head) pelt hats for luck.
Anyway... back to mining the fireclay I found.
Generally my feeling is that it is low effort and enhances player freedom of expression.

Edited Tuesday at 11:15 PM by Mac Mcleod
fixed pictures.

[Hanril]

When it comes to decorating armor pieces with stuff like that, this is apparently work in progress. See the armor rework concept art.

I quite like that idea. I just like the cool factor in games, decorating, doing stuff just for enjoyment.

[Facethief]

Plus one to more craftable masks.

[MKMoose]

9 hours ago, Mac Mcleod said:

The following is native american

And this is Roman (Bear, Wolf, Lion) which generally kept the pelt so this was a form of cloak.

Also, I came across a video that said medieval people wore small animal (with head) pelt hats for luck.

Now, this is very nice. Various craftable masks would be quite fine. Ritualistic or ceremonial clothing could be really cool as well.

But it is really not what comes to mind when you say this:

13 hours ago, Mac Mcleod said:

Bunny (craftable), Cat, Dog, Fox Ears...   Bunny (craftable), Cat, Dog, Fox tails...  

This reads like modern accessories or kemonomimi, not historically-accurate decorations and pelts or whatnot.

 

13 hours ago, Mac Mcleod said:

Horned headgear (craftable from the various horned animals)

I would expect armor with animal hides or horns or antlers attached to be added at least in a small capacity with the armor rework in 1.23, provided the devs have time for it. Not sure if that will work without armor - would be pretty cool if the same decorations could be used by themselves in some capacity as well, but we'll see.

On 5/20/2026 at 2:06 PM, redram said:

We do hope to have flip-able visors, and decorative elements like horns and feathers. but those are other things that may fall by the wayside depending on time.

Edited yesterday at 08:23 AM by MKMoose

[Mac Mcleod]

1 hour ago, MKMoose said:

Now, this is very nice. Various craftable masks would be quite fine. Ritualistic or ceremonial clothing could be really cool as well.

But it is really not what comes to mind when you say this:

This reads like modern accessories or kemonomimi, not historically-accurate decorations and pelts or whatnot.

 

I would expect armor with animal hides or horns or antlers attached to be added at least in a small capacity with the armor rework in 1.23, provided the devs have time for it. Not sure if that will work without armor - would be pretty cool if the same decorations could be used by themselves in some capacity as well, but we'll see.

My Suggestion was inspired by the official in game Cat Mask we found recently,  an episode of "What's My Line" where each panelist had unique hare masks, and decades of TTRPG artwork with drawings and paintings of people wearing animal items inspired by the romans and others.   

I went looking for other cosmetic items and found them missing.  It struck me as a gap worth suggesting both to form clans and for halloween.

I'm a fan of Anime but my tastes run to Full Metal Complex, Frieren, and so on rather than beast animals tho I have been watching Frontier Noble without Subjects (or something like that ) the last few weeks which has the a gamut of "mostly dog" to "mostly human" characters so that could be in there too.

 

Edited yesterday at 10:16 AM by Mac Mcleod
paragraphs, more words.