Allen Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 I was trying to heard a nearby group of chickens into my farm, but ran into some wolves on the way and well, long story short, I no longer have chickens near my base. Do farm animals respawn over time, or do I have to track down a chicken from further away and lead that into my base? Because if so, I might just get rid of the chicken coops I'm working on altogether and just raise some sheep instead. Chickens are way too annoying to chase around to try and farm for me to try getting them from that far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxwell Ellington Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 Animals should respawn anywhere above ground without artificial light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digitalr Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 I kill all wolves and goats around my home. After ~5 ingame months they not respawned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redram Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 I don't believe the 'domesticatable' animals respawn, no. The 1.15 update should hopefully address the issue of transporting animals, or at least chickens anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxwell Ellington Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 The wiki says "Chickens will spawn in light levels 12 and higher, at temperatures down to -2, in areas with as little as 0.32 rainfall. They spawn in groups that average 4 individuals, but can include many more." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redram Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 I think that only happens once, at world gen. Not repeatedly. afaik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Posted December 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 Hmm, better save the chicken farming for 1.15 and go for the sheep then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junawood Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 (edited) On 12/2/2020 at 5:49 PM, redram said: I don't believe the 'domesticatable' animals respawn, no. Then a tweak for the last update would not make much sense: "Bighorn sheep and Boars will no longer spawn during the months december, january and february" @Tyron So, how does it actually work? Do animals respawn and how often? And does keeping wolves alive prevent new ones from spawning in that area? Edited December 4, 2020 by junawood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuhybrid Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 9 minutes ago, junawood said: Then a tweak for the last update would not make much sense: "Bighorn sheep and Boars will no longer spawn during the months december, january and february" @Tyron So, how does it actually work? Do animals respawn and how often? And does keeping wolves alive prevent new ones from spawning in that area? Well i know that wolves breed and pups grow up so technically the answer is no if giving birth is considered spawning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyron Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 All animals respawn. Some (e.g. boar, chicken and bighorn sheep) respawn veeeery slowly however. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal13 Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 until now everything respawned after some time and absense of the player for me, therefore i think maybe animals only respawn outside the renderdistance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junawood Posted December 6, 2020 Report Share Posted December 6, 2020 @Tyron And are wolves capped or can you get dozens or more of them in an area after a while? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKillz Games Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 (edited) @junawood I would hope so but I've had up to 7 trapped under some spruce trees all at once, because they were trapped it was an easy win.. but if they hadn't been.. As far as animals respawning, yes they do. We'd built an actual fort and animals appear within our walls all the time, however at a quite slow pace, in 6 months we've probably had three goats and two wolves respawn, as well as several hares, however I believe we killed the goats first and the chickens and boars are yet to return it seems. I did the majority of the meat gathering for probably half of the time so my information could be inaccurate, but I'm quite certain animals respawn. Wolves and hares faster than farm animals. I realized I'm two years late immediately after posting, but oh well, you can have my observations anyway. Edited June 16, 2022 by SamKillz Games Correction for accuracy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cayden Centers Posted November 15, 2023 Report Share Posted November 15, 2023 On 6/15/2022 at 8:19 PM, SamKillz Games said: @junawood I would hope so but I've had up to 7 trapped under some spruce trees all at once, because they were trapped it was an easy win.. but if they hadn't been.. As far as animals respawning, yes they do. We'd built an actual fort and animals appear within our walls all the time, however at a quite slow pace, in 6 months we've probably had three goats and two wolves respawn, as well as several hares, however I believe we killed the goats first and the chickens and boars are yet to return it seems. I did the majority of the meat gathering for probably half of the time so my information could be inaccurate, but I'm quite certain animals respawn. Wolves and hares faster than farm animals. I realized I'm two years late immediately after posting, but oh well, you can have my observations anyway. Well, as someone from 2023 reading this, I appreciate it greatly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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