When do mutants come out?

[Arkardu]

Me and my friends are at day 10 or something. But we are yet to see, any mutants outside of the caves. When does this happend?

[GalaxyAurora]

I saw the first mutant outside of caves on day 40. It was a cowman, right next to the cave 7 entrance. And on the beach like 1 minute walk from there, I killed a baby as well, I had no idea these could spawn outside, I thought they were exclusively in caves.
But on the other hand, I gotta fight around 20 cannibals every night so I guess that balances it out...

[maria_kalista]

Day 87 and I had my first mutant today was armsy who was with 2-3 kids and one giggling cannibal following him. He... it did nothing so I did nothing. Peace dudes. :)

[BirdDog]

There is a mutant hotspot near Native main village.

[KingJuliansBussy]

My first night ibwas chased by 5 cannibals. Could just be youre area. Im based next to geese lake and near the sinkhole. Cannibals are nearly constant for me.

[Cookie]

So i saw this youtube comment telling specifically what causes mutants to come out. Keep in mind i have not checked these facts but they seem to have held up for me.

Armsy's appear in an area where lots of effigies have been destroyed.

Virginia's appear when a lot of damage has been done to the enviornment. (cutting trees, destroying bushes and killing animals.)

Cowmen appear after extreme damage to the enviornment. (cutting down 20-30 trees in an area and also destroying the stump and killing a crap ton of animals.)

I know that im late but i hope this helps!

[Sr Lhama]

You resurrected a 1 FREAKING YEAR old topi...
Game has changed so much dude

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Originally posted by vini_lhama:

You resurrected a 1 FREAKING YEAR old topi...
Game has changed so much dude

Oh yeah, why don't you tell us about how things changed so much as far as this mechanic?

[Syncourt]

Originally posted by JIᖷᖷY:

Oh yeah, why don't you tell us about how things changed so much as far as this mechanic?

Those mechanics you mention have never existed since I started playing. Which was around back when this discussion was posted.

I've had all 3 types spawning in areas where I've never destroyed a single effigy or tree stump and most of my trees were harvested away from my base.

Back then, mutants wouldn't appear in single player until like day 100+. Yet in co-op we found 2 virginias plus cannibals in the same spot on day 2 or 3 right outside the cave entrance where we went to get the modern axe. Had not even started building a base at that stage.

Now, mutants generally are appearing on average between days 7-10 in single player or co-op. Thier spawn chance has increased dramatically and now they almost always spawn in a group of 3 mutants.

[Bartek Gruchman]

Day 32 still no mutants outside, but 10-15 cannibals attacking base.

[eclipse]

Two different saves, both hard mode day 20-30. No sign of mutants.
One base setup behind the main camp, directly behind tent with paint.
Second base is at a pond where you find the old camp site and pot, the cliff/pond with suitcases is only 100ft away. Its pretty damn boring.

Cannibals are no match for bow headshots, nearly every single one dies in one hit so far. Traps are instant kills as well. The only thing that would remotely pose a threat are blue mutants if in a very large pack.

The spider mutants ima call them are the most well equipped to take a base out. Their attacks are strong and fast enough to do some damage. The armsy's are pretty slow and stupid. Cow men arent worth mentioning.

The amount of enemies seems to have been depleted through the patches. Looks like ill need to download "enemies plus" and "center of attention" mod if they still work.

[Darmaniac]

mutant ?? or native ??? there is mutant in this game ?

[76561198122715316]

On the surface monsters can spawn on day10+

[✮ Slim Shady]

I'm on day 23, still haven't seen a single mutant. Guess I made camp at the right place, eh?

[MekaDovah]

If by mutant you mean the giant monsters, I'm not sure what triggers them. In some play throughs I see them show up early well before I ever set foot in a cave.

Could just be a matter of RNG.

[Mayo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYlc2chSQeE
Check that out my guys.