Fauna spawn conditions

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I’m thinking ahead about builds when 1.0 lands (“Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?” :slight_smile: ). So I have a question - I’m not sure about fauna spawn conditions now. When I build it’ll be a little family area and my boy loves farms (and can’t believe anyone would shoot the wildstock!) so I’m thinking about how to place things to ensure spawns.

Has anyone got a good grip on fauna spawning rules? This is what I’m thinking about:

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|       building        |
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| |                   |p|
| |       wild        |l|
| |                   |o|
| |                   |t|
| |                   |t|
| |                   |e|
| |                   |d|
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|       building        |
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What I’m hoping is that it will be possible for the wildstock to spawn on the wild area in the middle. I have plotted above an area and put a path down and I know they will spawn in the reserved area below a plotted area, but will they spawn in an entirely contained area on the same altitude level?

I plan to put some half doors around the area as faux fences too if that makes any difference.

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I’m guessing that’s a side view and the wild part is inside the building, if that is the case:
the top surface of the floor would have to be in the wild (or reserved) plot, then they will spawn.
A good way to encourage this is to plot a very large area around your base or otherwise prevent spawns (islands in the middle of the ocean are PERFECT for this, all the work is done for you lol)
I did this on a small island that was attached to land and once i plotted the peninsula and of course the island, I pretty much had no mob spawns. (until they introduced cave spawning :man_facepalming: )

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Oops I should’ve said - it’s top down, so we’re looking at the roofs and the pathway from building to building, with an unplotted section in the middle.

I’d not thought of an island, that’s a good idea, I could put the buildings over the liquid and leave the island wild. Hmm, thanks!

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have tested grappling them in place and see if they stay around?
our better let someone do it thats not you so the animal doesnt have historie with your caracter

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I can’t see why they shouldn’t spawn in the middle. But I have not tested. And if I understand correctly the wild area in the middle is reserved, so no one else can plot there.

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Yep that seems to work, I was wondering they’d regen on login basically. He’d like to have some there on the occasions they would spawn if it works.

Cheers! I’ve reserved a rectangle and left the middle plot free as a test on current live and will see. Didn’t know about reserving the middle bit, that’d be useful! :slight_smile: