Bighorn sheep

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Bighorn Sheep
Health
Health (Ram)	19
Health (Ewe)	17
Health (Lamb)	10
Attack
Base Attack (Ram)	7.5
Base Attack (Ewe)	6
Base Attack (Lamb)	0
Behavior
Step Height	2.1251
Multiply
Satiety to Mate (portions)	10
Gestation Time (days)	20
Growth Time (days)	14
Drops
Redmeat	13 - 19*
Raw Hide (Large)	1 - 1.4*
Fat	0.7 - 1.3*
Bone	5*
Bone	5*
Bone	5*
Animals

Bighorn sheep are a source of red meat , fat , hide , bones , and milk . Unlike goats , sheep horns are not collectible.

Spawning

Worldgen spawn conditions

• Sheep spawn in areas with an annual average temperature between -10°C and 20°C, an annual average [at least 0.2], and an elevation between 140% and 190% of sealevel.
• Sheep can spawn in grass , shallow snow, or air, in light level 10 or higher, only on the world's surface.
• An adult male might spawn alone, or with one or more females and/or lamb(s), with an average group size of 3, ±4.
• The TriesPerChunk is 0.05 avg.

Runtime spawn conditions

• Most of the conditions for worldgen also apply to runtime.
  • Sheep spawn in areas with an annual average [at least 0.23], and an elevation between 130% and 190% of sealevel.
  • The chance is 0.001,, with a maximum quantity of 4.

Behaviours

• Sheep are neutral. They might attack a player if the player gets too close (especially to rams) or if the player attacks. Additionally, if a sheep takes damage from any source, such as a fall, it might retaliate unfairly against the player.

Like most animals, it’s a common sight to see the females staying close to the males and the young close to their mothers. You’ll typically find them wandering about, ignoring the player, and won’t act hostile unless provoked by attacking or getting too close (in the case of the Bighorn ram). The hostility also extends to the members of its group; that is, if a member of a herd close by is attacked, other members will also become aggressive. The hostility won’t last forever, though, since, if the sheep’s health gets too low (below 40%), it has an 85% chance to flee upon getting hit.

Domestication and Breeding

Basics

After being rounded up in a pen, Bighorn sheep can be fed using a large trough which can hold 8 portions of food. The Bighorn ewes will need to have eaten at least 10 portions before they are willing to mate. After a pregnancy time of 20 days, ewes will bear one lamb at a time, chances for it to be male or female are 50/50. Lambs will take 336 hours to grow up, and the Ewes will need from 4 to 11 days break before they are ready to breed again. Note that male sheep (and sometimes the females) always attack players when in close range, but they will stop doing so after 10 generations of breeding. From the 3rd generation, the player can instantly kill Bighorn sheeps with a cleaver .

Food

Food that can be placed in the large trough to feed the Bighorn sheep:

Image	Food for Bighorn sheep
	Dry grass
	Spelt
	Rye
	Flax
	Amaranth
	Sunflower
	Soybean
	Turnip
	Carrot
	Onion
	Cabbage
	Dry fruit mash

Milking

After giving birth, ewes have a 21 day lactation period, when they can produce milk. If tooltips are enabled, a small sign over the sheep will indicate if it's lactating. The milk can either be consumed directly when taken from the bucket with a bowl, or used in a barrel to make cheese . Although ewes lactation doesn’t vary with generation, the milking process might vary:

Generation 0-2:

• If you hold right click while carrying a bucket, you risk distressing the ewe, making it temporarily aggressive and interrupting the milking attempt. Exact chance for this to happen depends on generation:

  Generation	Distress Chance
  0	95%
  1	66.6%
  2	33.3%

  The best way to complete the milking involves holding right click up until the ewe feels distresses enough to reject your bucket. At that point, you must release right click and wait a few seconds until the ewe relaxes itself (this can be checked by reading the tooltip). Repeat this process until the bucket stays long enough for you to properly milk the animal.

Generation 3 and above:

• Ewes can be milked easily by just holding right click while holding a bucket.

Note:

• Ewes cannot be milked every day, despite lactating. This can be checked by reading the tooltip.

Petting

You can pet bighorn sheeps when they are generation 1 or higher. Petting causes the animal to stand peacefully.

Drops

Butcher the animal by right-clicking while crouching with a knife in the active hand to harvest its corpse.

An adult ram drops:

• 10-16 raw redmeat
• 1-2 raw hide (large)
• 0-2 fat
• 5 bones

An adult ewe drops:

• 13-19 raw redmeat
• 1-2 raw hide (large)
• 0-2 fat
• 5 bones

A baby lamb drops:

• 0-1 raw redmeat
• 0-1 raw hide (small)

Trivia

When a player is killed by a sheep, here is the message displayed in the chat window:

Notes

• Version 1.4.4 added basic implementation of reaction-based behaviors. "Bighorn sheep now become aggressive or sometimes fearful when attacked and will react accordingly."
• Sheep are "ropetieable" starting at generation 2. But ropes cannot currently be used as leashes.