No animals spawning?

[Arachnade]

Ive been wandering around the forest and have yet to find a single animal are they this rare? Or am i just super unlucky? I read they were tryikng to stress survival by making them harder to find but they seem non existant.

[XistenZ]

Animals are rare, you can't actively hunt but if you by some miraculous chance spot a deer or boar, then see it as a bonus.
Pretty certain chickens and rabbits are removed from the game entirely.

[Arachnade]

Ive seen some animals on spawn but unfortuantly couldnt kill them because i had no items. But since then nothing. I take it i must scavenge for food for a long time then?

[XistenZ]

Most kitchens you find usually have a few cans to keep you going, it shouldn't take more than a week or two to get a sustainable farm up so after that you won't have to scavenge for food.

[Karma]

Originally posted by XistenZ:

Animals are rare, you can't actively hunt but if you by some miraculous chance spot a deer or boar, then see it as a bonus.
Pretty certain chickens and rabbits are removed from the game entirely.

Chickens and rabbits are still in the game but they are harder to spot and I find more dead chickens next to cacti than I do live ones :)

Originally posted by Looter Leader:

Ive seen some animals on spawn but unfortuantly couldnt kill them because i had no items. But since then nothing. I take it i must scavenge for food for a long time then?

There are multiple ways to get food...as XistenZ mentioned scavenging and farming (the latter being more convenient and sustainable) are alternatives to meat.

As for hunting, explore new areas. Animal spawns are on timers for each loaded chunk. So if you missed the chicken or rabbit it may seem like there are no animals...just move into a new area. Deer and boar are everwhere...even wolves are quite common. Also the plains and snow biomes can make it easier to spot the animals.

Hope this helps and happy surviving

[Green777]

In my random world i get rabbits, hogs, stags the odd bear but chickens and snakes not seen any but then before i saw the in the sand bio, Maybe they have been taken out. but i find if you kill a stag another random animal replaces them somewhere not far from where you killed the stag so plenty of animald to kill

[oohbetty]

i don't generally have any issues finding animals, wolves are the most common for me, with the wolf/direwolf horde being particularly fruitful.

but every now and again do i get one of these maps that buck the trend, i tend to go the cornbread route when this happens.

[Arachnade]

I had no animals for 5 days then suddenly a 6 pack of wolves spawned right on top of me. With a mildly cheese strat i killed them and now im set for meat lmao. Thanks to everyone who responded.