Hunting Boar

[panj]

it would be nice if hunters actively hunted boar if available, it doesn't really make sense to me why they would ignore them given boar used to be hunted for sport and meat around the times when this game is set

[paoweeotter]

They give 5 times the resources of other animals right? would be OP if they auto hunted them

[Chief Minister of Gaming]

So you need upgraded hunter and trapping tools for boar right? I was wondering it myself, because I never seen any boars on map. other then the icon.

[Liliel]

Originally posted by Chief Minister of Gaming:

So you need upgraded hunter and trapping tools for boar right? I was wondering it myself, because I never seen any boars on map. other then the icon.

Nah, T2 hunter shack lays out the traps to catch small animals like rabbits that only really give hide.
Boar hunting is purely manual, you have to select your hunters and right click a boar to send them after it. Plus the boars are tough and fast, so more than 1 hunter is advisable to make sure you get the kill.
You'll see them roaming about near their icon, but villagers can spook them into running pretty far away from it

[Chief Minister of Gaming]

Originally posted by Liliel:

Originally posted by Chief Minister of Gaming:

So you need upgraded hunter and trapping tools for boar right? I was wondering it myself, because I never seen any boars on map. other then the icon.

Nah, T2 hunter shack lays out the traps to catch small animals like rabbits that only really give hide.
Boar hunting is purely manual, you have to select your hunters and right click a boar to send them after it. Plus the boars are tough and fast, so more than 1 hunter is advisable to make sure you get the kill.
You'll see them roaming about near their icon, but villagers can spook them into running pretty far away from it

Something is weird in my game then. Because I have played this for many hours so far, like 3 days straight, and gone over the whole map, and see the boar icons, but I never ever find the boar!!

Are you sure you not thinking of deer? I thought maybe the boar was not added yet into the game! Can anyone confirm? Or do they simply run so quick you do not see them?
Because I sent my hunters into the "boar zone" many times, and they never ever get anything?

that made me think, boar was not added yet?

[Chief Minister of Gaming]

So I have to spot them and right click on them? manual? Okay. Move my hunter manually? I have never really used the manual move before. I will try it. Thanks.

[Liliel]

Originally posted by Chief Minister of Gaming:

So I have to spot them and right click on them? manual? Okay. Move my hunter manually? I have never really used the manual move before. I will try it. Thanks.

Yep, you can order them around like an RTS game, it's handy for bear, wolf and raider attacks too. You can select either individual units or drag click to command a whole group.

And yeah you need to find the boars, I keep the F3 UI option toggled so that all my villagers names and tasks are over their heads, and then the boars will get a yellow HP bar with Boar written on it, lot easier to spot that way, otherwise they're just small black pigs roaming about.
I'm guessing the reason you're not finding them near their icons is that they've been spooked by your villagers coming near them, I only got a couple attacks from them on my laborers early on, otherwise they tend to get scared and run pretty far away

[Chief Minister of Gaming]

Originally posted by Liliel:

Originally posted by Chief Minister of Gaming:

So I have to spot them and right click on them? manual? Okay. Move my hunter manually? I have never really used the manual move before. I will try it. Thanks.

Yep, you can order them around like an RTS game, it's handy for bear, wolf and raider attacks too. You can select either individual units or drag click to command a whole group.

And yeah you need to find the boars, I keep the F3 UI option toggled so that all my villagers names and tasks are over their heads, and then the boars will get a yellow HP bar with Boar written on it, lot easier to spot that way, otherwise they're just small black pigs roaming about.
I'm guessing the reason you're not finding them near their icons is that they've been spooked by your villagers coming near them, I only got a couple attacks from them on my laborers early on, otherwise they tend to get scared and run pretty far away

Dang.. I thought those bears were simply mass abominations that would make all my citizens run away, and I was wondering, wtf? Why dont they simply gang together and attack them?

You telling me I can make my citizens attack the bears together? That would have saved my alot of hassle!

[Liliel]

Originally posted by Chief Minister of Gaming:

Dang.. I thought those bears were simply mass abominations that would make all my citizens run away, and I was wondering, wtf? Why dont they simply gang together and attack them?

You telling me I can make my citizens attack the bears together? That would have saved my alot of hassle!

Haha yeah, my first bear attack I garrisoned everyone then watched it start tearing up my houses.
After I learned to manual control, I started making one villager run around and kite them so I could gang up on them.
Funniest thing I realized during a bandit raid, you can even command children, I'd drag-selected a bunch of villagers and accidentally sent a bunch of 5-year olds to fistfight the bandits lol

[Chief Minister of Gaming]

Originally posted by Liliel:

Originally posted by Chief Minister of Gaming:

Dang.. I thought those bears were simply mass abominations that would make all my citizens run away, and I was wondering, wtf? Why dont they simply gang together and attack them?

You telling me I can make my citizens attack the bears together? That would have saved my alot of hassle!

Haha yeah, my first bear attack I garrisoned everyone then watched it start tearing up my houses.
After I learned to manual control, I started making one villager run around and kite them so I could gang up on them.
Funniest thing I realized during a bandit raid, you can even command children, I'd drag-selected a bunch of villagers and accidentally sent a bunch of 5-year olds to fistfight the bandits lol

Alright, thanks for the tip, I had no clue or advice about manual control, i do not like reading guides much, and prefer to poke around en solo

Not sure they give different stats or hp to people based on age. But would be great if they made the adult citizens more stronger. Hope they do.

Do my citizens have bows? Because I have heaps of bows stored. I think that is only for hunters and soldiers.

I just saw two big fat boars

And it was not from chasing it down, it was because I have a lookout tower on a very tall mount.

Im gona pick a hunter and manual him/her

Good to know I can manual my citizens to fight the raiders. I am about to get stomped by them next attack, last one was 80 raiders with 3 rams.

[SgtScum]

Boars have to be manually hunted but are worth it because even if you kill every one in an area by next year they are already back. Set a t1 hunter shack near the boars and then build a tower with two guards next to the shack. Use the hunter to shoot the boar and have it chase you to the tower where it dies and you can have the hunter collect the carcass.

[Chief Minister of Gaming]

Originally posted by SgtScum:

Boars have to be manually hunted but are worth it because even if you kill every one in an area by next year they are already back. Set a t1 hunter shack near the boars and then build a tower with two guards next to the shack. Use the hunter to shoot the boar and have it chase you to the tower where it dies and you can have the hunter collect the carcass.

I can manually collect carcass too? Great, so many wasted carcasses from those towers.

Now if only I could manually move citizens into housing near where they work. Can they not add then right click move citizen into a house with an empty slot, and then it ask, do you want to relocate here? yes think can be good this

[SgtScum]

They can if you make it a feature request. Their home forums have sections just for brainstorming and such and is much better positioned to have the devs see and react to any ideas. They do come here too and frequently but if you really want to ensure its seen and discussed then use the FAQ post to head over there.

[Chief Minister of Gaming]

Originally posted by SgtScum:

They can if you make it a feature request. Their home forums have sections just for brainstorming and such and is much better positioned to have the devs see and react to any ideas. They do come here too and frequently but if you really want to ensure its seen and discussed then use the FAQ post to head over there.

I never go to game company forums. I will take what comes. Thanks for the tips on the manualling.

[constantinople]

Theres a boar spawner near my fields and they constantly approach and get scared away, triggering the annoying alert. Is there a way to destroy the spawn, like a wolf den??

[SgtScum]

Boars are like deer they infinitely respawn. The only way to temp clear them out is to actively hunt them when they respawn then repeat each year.