Birdhouses NOT counting towards animal count on islands

[Missvern]

I've noticed that when you com across an island that needs helping the ecosystem, if it requires animal count, even though it says birdhouses count towards it, it in fact DOES NOT. I've tried several times building birdhouses to get the count up but it never registers. I assume this is a bug and already reported it in game, just curious if others were coming across the same issue.

[[HF]Solanaceae]

I am also having this issue with my wife, we've explored every available island in the first area and building birdhouses in mass does nothing, occasionally placing JUST one will work, but never more than 1 for some reason

[Pesky]

Not the same problem but perhaps related. I came across an island which needed more ecosystem work but the field guide said it already had all the birds. Yet I searched the island very carefully and couldn't find any birdhouses. Not sure that that's a bug but it struck me as weird.

[Tejarah]

I find it kind of frustrating, that the only islands where I find animals like sheep, I can't take them since I need to restore the ecosystem by bringing even more animals. And not one or two, no the first demanded 5, the second even 9 animals. And yes, a birdhouse counts one, if you are lucky, any other birdhouse does nothing more.
I generally like the idea of restoring ecos, but I feel kind of blocked right now, when I have to leave the animals behind AND what else the islands have to offer, since I just can't get enough animals for those demands.

[Lraund]

I think only 1 birdhouse counts?

[Missvern]

Originally posted by Lraund:

I think only 1 birdhouse counts?

They are supposed to, but I cannot get them to count even as 1

[Daaberlicious]

Yeah, jumping in here, I think the Ecosystem mechanic needs a little ironing out yet.
The requirements are particularly hard to meet early in the game when you don't have blueprints to place bird houses and can't breed sheep.
I've also a couple times seen "repair habitats" as a requirement but was completely unable to find the things I needed to repair. I don't know if they're hard to see, bugged, or I just don't know what the heck I'm looking for.

[Vela Darney]

Mine do count but not all of the time.

[Zennian]

Been struggling with this as well, bird houses only counting for 1 has really blocked progress for restoring islands. Back in the demo you could find sheep / alpaca that you could pick up and take from an island but now there are none to be found on islands that don't need them. I do hope they address this soon

[Onnoj]

Talking of birdhouses.... How tf do you build one? I have the recipe but i don't know what the green item is that you need for it, nor where to get it.... Please help :)

[Nik]

Originally posted by Onnoj:

Talking of birdhouses.... How tf do you build one? I have the recipe but i don't know what the green item is that you need for it, nor where to get it.... Please help :)

Use dorkip on grassy earth and you get this.

[Onnoj]

@Nik you sir are a legend!!! Thank you....

PS. I did this and found a buried chest, so well worth it

[Kithsakhai]

the animals portion of ecosystem seems to be the biggest annoyance overall on EVERY island, there literally are not enough sheep/llamas in the universe to fill in.. one island wanted 14 animals to be able to harvest off of... thats a ridiculous amount to gather, for what? what determines that number?

[Weaver]

Originally posted by Zennian:

Been struggling with this as well, bird houses only counting for 1 has really blocked progress for restoring islands. Back in the demo you could find sheep / alpaca that you could pick up and take from an island but now there are none to be found on islands that don't need them. I do hope they address this soon

There are tons around. As soon as you have an island you can sail, you can go the entire way around the map, you're not just limited to the section you start in. You just can't go inwards without better sails. You should head to wherever you see a ? for progress.