Dog Death: Can I keep dogs alive by putting them in storage?

[rammy]

Also, are there any rmajor consequences to turning dog death off?

[Someone64]

Yes to the first question and not quite to the second.
The "consequences" are mostly in terms of game balance and missing out on the many death related mechanics.

[rammy]

Originally posted by Samoan64:

Yes to the first question and not quite to the second.
The "consequences" are mostly in terms of game balance and missing out on the many death related mechanics.

That makes sense, thanks!

[Rydychyn]

Are any achievements linked to the death mechanics?

[airgid-sionnach]

Originally posted by Rydychyn:

Are any achievements linked to the death mechanics?

Many.

[robertoface]

Sort of:

> Putting dogs in storage "freezes" them indefinitely. Seems like they'll stay there til you bring them back into the world. However, they're just files when not in the world.

> You can turn off dog death in the settings menu. However, I recommend *not* doing so. There are multiple positives to the circle of life, least of all an achievement. Possibly multiple. You'll have to see.

> There are ways to extend a dog's life, but it requires other dogs to have died in its stead. And even then, it's an extension, not immortality.


Whilst I absolutely get why the idea of a dog dying would be potentially distressing, so too did the developers, and I think they've gone around it in a really neat way. Lifespans are short, dogs are grown in a lab, and they're not *really* dogs since they grow in larval cocoons and hatch from digitally-fertilised eggs.

Trust me, there are WAY worse things that could happen to dogs than letting them perish.