Does effigy even work?

[Andy Mil]

I seeing people sayin it not working or barely do any effect. Have anyone test that? not only head on stick but full size tree of limbs etc.

[Böcchi Smörgåsbord]

Someone has made some tests using console commands before, yes.
They do absolutely work. However, the more the merrier.
You should have at least a few and then you should be able to see some decent results.

Keep in mind though: Women get more scared than dudes & mutants dont get scared at all.

[Varenvel The Festive Dinosaur]

they do work and quite a lot , problem is people (including me) placed 1 and expected results at a glance , the more you place the more effective they are , if you place them all around the wall , then spikes onto wall , your defense will be close to impenetrable

but they only work on canibals , not mutants

[Andy Mil]

Does stacking part work tho?

[Sholomar]

They didn't work so much in pre-release but I noticed when I was playing yesterday that many more were running away than normal the cannibals however the mutants don't care

[FoldedFrogette]

I have completely surrounded my base with them about a log length apart. Just the head on a stick. We're talking around 40 or 50 of them. It was absolutely USELESS! I didn't know you could add limbs. I've got to try that.

Testing Update: I set the day to 200, created 5 effigies with a bunch of pieces on them in front of me. Was unarmed and spawned 10 cannibals. Most of them fled.

[Andy Mil]

Noice thx