Animal spawns in 1.0

[Fishy]

Got a 6 hour world going on 1.0, pretty fun, bit tedious early game but when has it ever not been tedious.

Kind of feels like animal spawns are lower, haven't seen a single deer this save, only chickens and rabbits. Anyone else have this?

[onanonehand8]

A few, I see the occasional deer but usually early in the morning. Certainly not as common as last alpha.

I think the hunting perk might be of help, but don't quote me, just my guess.

[Xandor]

I am day 20 and I have seen 7-10 deers. I haven't been looking for them but I see them in front of me sometimes.

[Fishy]

Originally posted by onanonehand8:

A few, I see the occasional deer but usually early in the morning. Certainly not as common as last alpha.

I think the hunting perk might be of help, but don't quote me, just my guess.

I appreciate the reply, i'm not starving by any means just would be nice to have some stacks of meat for when my farm becomes sufficient I can stack some meat stews

[Fishy]

Originally posted by Xandor:

I am day 20 and I have seen 7-10 deers. I haven't been looking for them but I see them in front of me sometimes.

It's no doubt I'll find more animals in general once I have a motorbike

plus I haven't been to the snow biome yet (which has highest animal spawns)

[Raythered]

Deer i believe are mostly nocturnal so you have to be hunting at night, but that might be dated as i've not played the expermental build yet.

There have been some saying that animal spawn rates were reduced but i did not see mention of anything specific to animal spawns in the 1.0 release notes
https://7daystodie.com/v1-0-official-release-notes/

[Ozarck]

I get deer and coyote spawns pretty regularly at my base. I think animals spawn in specific locations or something, because I always (from alpha and now in experimental) see them in basically the same spots. So, if you are having trouble finding deer, mark out any spot you do find them on the map, then revisit that spot regularly. maybe make a small base there so you spend time in the area. I also get boar in town a fair bit. I am playing on a random world and my base is in the burnt forest near trader Jen.

I also get lots and lots of zombie spawns at my base, so it's annoying. Whole eight zombie squads

[Azraella]

Have only seen a couple of chickens and rabbits, but I did get attacked by 2 snakes at the same time. Definitely feels like there are less animal spawns in my game.

[Virgin Wizard]

Day 12. Seen ton of rabbit and chicken. Seen one deer. No boar tho. Seen two bears in snow biome.
Seems okay to me.

[Fishy]

Originally posted by Raythered:

Deer i believe are mostly nocturnal so you have to be hunting at night, but that might be dated as i've not played the expermental build yet.

There have been some saying that animal spawn rates were reduced but i did not see mention of anything specific to animal spawns in the 1.0 release notes
https://7daystodie.com/v1-0-official-release-notes/

went out hunting at night and found some deer and a single buck, they definitley spawn more at night. Thanks for the tip.

[Invader Zim]

I see plenty of Deer, Bears and Cats (in the snow) even wolves, they're extra fluffy.

[Crimson Bort]

I was seeing a normal amount of animals, maybe slightly lower spawn rate? My issue was I'm running a strength build and trying to get close enough to kill them with a shotgun was challenging. Till I got to burnt biome and beyond where you have coyotes and pigs that actually run towards you. One risky trip to the wasteland got me over a full stack of leather and enough meat to last me the rest of the playthrough. But I also had full raider armour so I could take a few hits from the bears. I don't even think ive killed a single deer/rabbit/chicken. You can also get leather from some couches and chairs if that's what your after.

[Bigc]

day 15 finally ran across 3 roaming pigs in burnt forest, 0 deer. Way less chickens/rabbits when riding. We used to run over them all the time on bikes just mapping the roads, now, not so much. Like the improvement for the smaller critters, bigger game might need a buff. Might just depend on the day though, I'll give it time.

[Demetry666]

so i have been testing and i have found very few animals in the forest. The animal tracker perk is almost essental in the forest as rabbits and chickens are almost invisible in the grass. I am going to do some night test next to see if hunting at night gets me some deer ( which i have seen zero of in almost 6 hours of play ). I have been in the burnt lands and yes it is much easier to find animals there as boars seemed pretty common and chickens couldn't hide without the grass.