Deer

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Deer
Type	Land
Behavior	Passive[[::Category:Passive_creatures| ]]

Deer are a source of meat and hides.

Spawning

Worldgen spawn conditions

0 tries per chunk, only on the surface, in groups of 1-5, a male with the possibility of one or more female companions and/or baby(s).

Deer spawn conditions

Variant	MinTemp	MaxTemp	MinRain	MinForest
Fallow	1stLow	1stHigh	1stRain	1stForest
Pampas	2ndLow	2ndHigh	2ndRain	2ndForest
Guemal	3rdLow	3rdHigh	3rdRain	3rdForest
Chital	4thLow	4thHigh	4thRain	4thForest
Taruca	5thLow	5thHigh	5thRain	5thForest
Elk	1stLow	1stHigh	1stRain	1stForest
Pudu	2ndLow	2ndHigh	2ndRain	2ndForest
Water	1stLow	1stHigh	1stRain	1stForest
Caribou	2ndLow	2ndHigh	2ndRain	2ndForest
Marsh	1stLow	1stHigh	1stRain	1stForest
Red brocket	2ndLow	2ndHigh	2ndRain	2ndForest
Whitetail	1stLow	1stHigh	1stRain	1stForest
Moose	2ndLow	2ndHigh	2ndRain	2ndForest

Deer might despawn if in the dark (below light level 8) for 5 minutes and at least 8 blocks away from the player.

{ "code": "despawn", "minPlayerDistance": 16, "belowLightLevel": 8, "minSeconds": 300 },

Variants

In addition to the data below on drop chances, baby deer can drop red meat and a small hide.

Fallow Health Health (Male/Female) 21 Health (Fawn) 6 Attack Behavior Multiply Drops Red meat 10 - 16* Raw hide (large) 2 - 2* Fat 1.5 - 2.1* Bone * Bone * Bone * Animals

Pampas Health Health (Male/Female) 10 Health (Fawn) 3 Attack Behavior Multiply Drops Red meat 3 - 7* Raw hide (medium) 0.7 - 2.7* Fat 0 - 0* Bone * Bone * Bone * Animals

Guemal Health Health (Male/Female) 21 Health (Fawn) 6 Attack Behavior Multiply Drops Red meat 10 - 16* Raw hide (medium) 0.3 - 2.3* Fat 1.5 - 2.1* Bone * Bone * Bone * Animals

Chital Health Health (Male/Female) 21 Health (Fawn) 6 Attack Behavior Multiply Drops Red meat 10 - 16* Raw hide (large) 2 - 2* Fat 1.5 - 2.1* Bone * Bone * Bone * Animals

Taruca Health Health (Male/Female) 21 Health (Fawn) 6 Attack Behavior Multiply Drops Red meat 10 - 16* Raw hide (medium) 1.3 - 1.3* Fat 1.5 - 2.1* Bone * Bone * Bone * Animals

Elk Health Health (Male/Female) 30 Health (Calf) 9 Attack Behavior Multiply Drops Red meat 15 - 25* Raw hide (large) 2 - 2* Fat 1.5 - 2.5* Bone * Bone * Bone * Animals

Pudu
Health
Health (Male/Female)	6
Health (Fawn)	2
Attack
Behavior
Multiply
Drops
Red meat	10 - 16*
Raw hide (small)	0 - 2*
Fat	0 - 0*
Bone	*
Bone	*
Bone	*
Animals

Water deer
Health
Health (Male/Female)	11
Health (Fawn)	4
Attack
Behavior
Multiply
Drops
Red meat	3 - 7*
Raw hide (medium)	0.3 - 2.3*
Fat	0 - 0*
Bone	*
Bone	*
Bone	*
Animals

Caribou
Health
Health (Male/Female)	21
Health (Fawn)	6
Attack
Behavior
Multiply
Drops
Red meat	10 - 16*
Raw hide (large)	1.7 - 1.7*
Fat	1.7 - 2.3*
Bone	*
Bone	*
Bone	*
Animals

Marsh
Health
Health (Male/Female)	21
Health (Fawn)	6
Attack
Behavior
Multiply
Drops
Red meat	10 - 16*
Raw hide (large)	1.7 - 1.7*
Fat	1.7 - 2.3*
Bone	*
Bone	*
Bone	*
Animals

Red Brocket
Health
Health (Male/Female)	10
Health (Fawn)	3
Attack
Behavior
Multiply
Drops
Red meat	3 - 7*
Raw hide (medium)	0.7 - 2.7*
Fat	0 - 0*
Bone	*
Bone	*
Bone	*
Animals

White-tailed
Health
Health (Male/Female)	21
Health (Fawn)	6
Attack
Behavior
Multiply
Drops
Red meat	10 - 16*
Raw hide (large)	1.7 - 1.7*
Fat	1.7 - 2.3*
Bone	*
Bone	*
Bone	*
Animals

Moose
Health
Health (Male/Female)	21
Health (Calf)	6
Attack
Behavior
Multiply
Drops
Red meat	10 - 16*
Raw hide (medium)	*
Fat	0 - 0*
Bone	*
Bone	*
Bone	*
Animals

Behavior

"stepHeight": 3.1251

Domestication

Apparently deer cannot be domesticated. They will eat from a Large Trough but the block info overlay will not indicate number of portions eaten, and females do not become pregnant after eating 10+ portions with an adult male nearby.

See Animal Husbandry for overview of raising other livestock.

Harvesting

Deer corpses decay into bones after {{{4 days}}} . Adult Water deer and Pudu deer leave behind a small carcass, while adult Elk leave a large carcass and other adult deer leave a medium carcass. All baby deer leave a small carcass.

{ "code": "deaddecay", "hoursToDecay": 96, "decayedBlockByType": { "deer-water-*-adult": "carcass-small", "deer-pudu-*-adult": "carcass-small", "deer-elk-*-adult": "carcass-large", "*-baby": "carcass-small", "*": "carcass-medium" } Source: AppData\Roaming\Vintagestory\assets\survival\entities\land\hooved\deer.json

History

• "11+" deer were added in version 1.19.0-pre.1. Official Devlog

Notes

• Antlers grow on male adults over winter and are shed in spring. Can be picked up by players and placed on 3 variants of wood-typed antler mounts.
• Moose are often mentioned separately from deer, but they belong to the same subfamily, Capreolinae. Moose is the world's tallest, largest and heaviest species of deer now living.

Gallery

teaser image from devlog for 1.19.0-pre1

See Also

TenthArchitect created a mod, Fauna of the Stone Age: Capreolinae, in May 2023. Those deer can be domesticated, milked, butchered, and taxidermied. Most species have a unique pelt and antler drops, which can be used to craft antler mounts, head mounts, or full body taxidermy. Species in the mod (as of FotSA-Capreolinae-v1.0.5) include:

• Alces alces, the moose.
• Capreolus capreolus, the western roe deer.
• Capreolus pygargus, the eastern roe deer.
• Hydropotes inermis, the water deer.
• Blastocerus dichotomus, the marsh deer.
• Hippocamelus antisensis, the taruca.
• Hippocamelus bisulcus, the huemul.
• Mazama americana, the red brocket.
• Mazama chunyi, the dwarf brocket.
• Mazama gouazoubira, the gray brocket.
• Mazama nana, the pygmy brocket.
• Mazama nemorivaga, the Amazonian brown brocket.
• Mazama rufina, the swamp brocket.
• Mazama temama, the Central American red brocket.
• Mazama tienhoveni, the fair brocket.
• Odocoileus hemionus, the mule deer.
• Odocoileus pandora, the Yucatan brown brocket.
• Odocoileus virginianus, the white-tailed deer.
• Ozotoceros bezoarticus, the pampas deer.
• Pudu mephistophiles, the Northern pudu.
• Pudu puda, the Southern pudu.
• Rangifer tarandus, the reindeer.

A special item, "fly covered deer carcass" prevents deer spawning in the area around it.

Which features of the mod will be included in the base game is unclear as of Oct 2023. Apparently, an antler system is still under development.