Bestiary/Cow

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Cow

General
Type	Animal
Category	Animals
Alignment	Neutral
Karma	0
Fame	300
Behavior	Only when attacked
Speed	Medium
Stats
Strength	30
Dexterity	15
Intelligence	5
Hit points	18
Stamina	15
Mana	0
Damage	1–4
Armor	10
Taming
Tameable	Yes
Min. skill	11.1
Control slots	1
Bondable	Yes
Rideable	No
Favorite food	Fruits and vegetables or grain and hay
Resources
Carving	8 raw ribs, 12 hides

The Cow is a peaceful farm animal. It's easy to tame, always obeys, and you can milk it.

Overview

• In-game name: a cow
• Corpse: a cow corpse
• Looks: every cow spawns with one of two random bodies (0xD8 or 0xE7).
• Behavior: it leaves you alone unless you attack it, then fights in melee (animal AI).

Stats

Stat	Value
Strength	30
Dexterity	15
Intelligence	5
Hit points	18
Stamina	15 (same as its Dexterity)
Mana	0
Melee damage	1–4
Armor rating	10
Fame / Karma	300 / 0

Skills

Skill	Range
Magic Resistance	5.5
Tactics	5.5
Wrestling	5.5

Taming

Requirement	Value
Minimum Animal Taming	11.1 (below this you have no chance)
Control slots	1
Maximum owners	5 (each previous owner makes it harder to tame)
Bonding	Yes
Rideable	No
Favorite food	Fruits and vegetables or grain and hay

• Success chance. For a first-time tame, your chance of success at the end of an attempt rises by about 2% per skill point and reaches 100% at 61.0 skill. Every previous owner adds 6 points to the difficulty.
• Don't hurt it. If it takes any damage during your attempt, taming fails with "The animal is too angry to continue taming."
• Stay close. You must stay within 6 tiles of it and keep a clear path to it.
• Obedience. Once tamed, its taming requirement is 29.1 or lower, so it always obeys its owner.
• Re-taming. If you've owned this one before, taming it again always succeeds ("That wasn't even challenging.").
• After its first tame, its skills drop to 90% of their wild values, or 86% if it was paralyzed while you tamed it. Its stats don't drop.

Bonding

Only the owner can bond with a cow. Its taming requirement is 29.1 or lower, so there's no Animal Taming requirement to bond. Feed it to start bonding, then feed it again after 7 days to finish. When you see "Your pet has bonded with you!", it's done.

Milking

Target a cow with an empty drink container, such as a pitcher, to fill it with milk.

• Each cow gives 4 fills. After that you must wait 1 day from the last milking before it gives milk again ("This cow can not be milked now. Please wait for some time.").

Cow tipping

Double-clicking a cow has a 5% chance to make it play its tipping animation, and some chance to make it moo (15% one sound, 20% another). It's just for fun and does nothing else.

Loot

It carries no loot.

Carving

Use a blade on the corpse to get:

• 8 raw ribs
• 12 hides

Tips

• Anyone with 11.1 Animal Taming can try, and every attempt succeeds from 61.0.
• It always obeys its owner.
• Carve the corpse for 8 raw ribs and 12 hides.
• Bring an empty pitcher to collect milk.