Buffalo Not eating or drinking! (A BUG)

[Forever Young]

I have my Buffalo next to feeding and drinking troth with food and water, does not eat almost dying as I write this, is this a bug? YES IT IS! IT DIED OF THIRST!

[Spaceminnow]

Buffalo may be on strike.
Buffalo, "You don't own me. Let me roam free!"

[. ݁˖ Yeti . ݁˖ . ݁𓅰]

Well this is a new update so it wouldn't surprise me if it isn't altogether working as the devs planned.

[Tsula Kurotsuchi]

I can't get mine to drink either, but for the food: make sure to move the buffalo super close to the trough. If you are taming, it might take a little wiggling around, but if it is tamed you can just ride it really close and jump off.

Gonna try taking mine to a river and see if it will drink there since it is ignoring a full water trough.

[Tsula Kurotsuchi]

Update: Will not drink out of the river either. It's at 22% and nothing I do will make it drink. c.c

[Whiplash711]

They may be designed to not drink or eat until the level is much lower. Myth of Empires I think does this and it is super annoying. It is possible but perhaps reporting in the proper place for devs to see it. Could be a simple fix never known.

[wrighty565]

Originally posted by Forever Young:

I have my Buffalo next to feeding and drinking troth with food and water, does not eat almost dying as I write this, is this a bug?

Quit to desktop then login and the water should full

[Forever Young]

Well I tried everything, the buffalo died of thirst, I guess the devs did not test this very well!

[wrighty565]

Originally posted by Forever Young:

Well I tried everything, the buffalo died of thirst, I guess the devs did not test this very well!

yes mine too only left it for 5 mins, waste of time not gonna stay at base babysitting them will wait until they fix em.

[SHARRROON]

Bump for this with minor troubleshooting, my buffalo and my moa won't drink or eat from troughs once tamed.

-neither will eat various foods (carrots/soy beans/watermelon/berries)
-tried both filling the water trough manually from a canteen and letting it fill from rain. Still nothing.
-Also tried putting the troughs inside/outside (sheltered/unsheltered) and on/off a cement floor tile. Nada.

My moa also isn't great at following, but that's less of an issue at the moment. Sometimes I have to toggle the follow to get them to come along. This usually occurs after dismounting (the toggle doesn't change upon dismount, but turning follow on/off seems to reset the behaviour).

Also had some minor graphic weirdness when riding the buffalo, my avi's legs were swinging around all crazy, lol. Still a cool update, gonna wait on a fix. :)

[wrathedragon]

cant get the buffalo or the moa to follow once fully tamed. no problems with the moa otherwise. the buffalo once tamed will not eat or drink. unless on top of the feed bowl it needs.

[Disper42]

I was having issues with the Buffalo eating and drinking as well. It turned out it was big enough that it was getting stuck on a raised bit of ground that ended up making the shelter I built for it too small. Haven't had any issues since I raised the thing by another wall height.

[themodernrebel]

Ive grown attached to my buffalo and now its gonna die cause it doesnt wanna eat or drink

[crewstyle92]

Hello.
I had this problem but only in the arctic. In the forest and desert biom I had no problems.
My biggest problem is that you can't leave the mounts alone for a while, they always get attacked and killed. Also when I scan for a vein, the mounts are the first to be attacked... Really very annoying having to recapture them all the time.

[Cucu]

Frequently asked question:

My juvenile / tamed mount DOES NOT EAT/DRINK/SLEEP
There is a (known) problem when troughs, beds or animals are placed close to a mountain or in a cave. It cannot find a path then, even if everything is placed on an elevated floor. Keep a distance of 6,7, maybe 10 floor tiles to the mountain. That also means that if you hop off your already tamed mount close by a mountain, it will not find the path to a well placed trough.
Another reason might be the trough placed too close by a wall or another obstacle. Fill your canteen from the trough, move the trough, fill it with your canteen again, and maybe also move your animal close to it.

[GrizzlyBer]

I think that all the buffs and advantages that the character has should pass to the mounts, what's the point if in my inventory 100 platinum weigh 4 kg and in the inventory of the mount 40 kg. This is more than ridiculous and the mounts should be able to feed themselves in the forest biome, of course also drink at a body of water. A buffalo must also have more health and you must be able to shoot while riding. Sometimes I have the feeling that the programmers should play themselves for once, because they sometimes come up with really stupid things.