Mount Fall Damage

[Fullbusta5]

I've noticed that if your mount [alpaca & jaguar] falls from too high its just instadeath. No damage indicator numbers, nothing just death. If i jump down from the same height though, I get maybe 400-600 damage. The problem is that my mounts have way higher health than my character [alpaca - 2000] [jaguar - 3700] [Character - 1800] They die but I don't. This has to be a bug right?

[GhrominIronfist]

Dont jump off things with your mount. If you set them tonfollow they will teleport along with you forever and will not aggro or take damage from anything

[Steinaar]

All mounts have decreased fall damage reduction vs the player. Nothing like the Ostrich with it's 90% fall dmg reduction. It does seem odd but again I don't know the height you're jumping off from.

[Rogue]

Yup, mounts die from falls due to geometry glitch rather than the actual height. I also recently lost my llama jumping down ( to be exact, walking off not using the jump key) to some rocks mere character height (6 feet?). I tried with my character after and it did no damage to my character. Total mount deaths now is 1 llama and 4 alpacas...

[Steinaar]

Originally posted by Rogue:

Yup, mounts die from falls due to geometry glitch rather than the actual height. I also recently lost my llama jumping down ( to be exact, walking off not using the jump key) to some rocks mere character height (6 feet?). I tried with my character after and it did no damage to my character. Total mount deaths now is 1 llama and 4 alpacas...

Not trying to laugh but damn the bad luck

[123]

+1
seems like a bug

[Myrrdinn]

Depends also there is a mask skill that drastically reduces fall damage for us but not the mounts.

[Ravenshade32]

I had the same issue last night with my llama (which I only just got) was moving bases ran down a slope maybe 60deg jumped a rock and bam! Was like the thing exploded. Was a pita as I had to do another 3 trips on my alpaca due to the weight difference.

[Anim]

I found this out the hard way too. Jumped off an 8 foot rock and my Llama insta died. It was loaded with ore too.

Now I just dismount, press Z and descend myself.

Now climbing a mountain can be a pain as your mount keeps teleporting to you as your 500 feet up with another 500 feet to go.

[invi2k]

The fall damage for mounts (especially for llamas) is far too high in my opinion. I've already lost 2 llamas because I jumped down small hills. Leos and alpacas survive these jumps, but the llama does not.

[Agent707]

If you're able to, get an ostrich. Problem solved.

I like jumping off cliffs now. :p

[seanslokes]

It's broken as ♥♥♥♥. One story (building height) can be enough to kill an alpaca if your going the wrong speed. It's stupid as ♥♥♥♥ that it's not a adjustable setting, considering how many other options there are. Seriously I've lose at least 5 alpacas in the jungle transporting good amount of stuff just cause of this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ non-sense. Seriously fix this ♥♥♥♥. That game is so awesome when it works but when your playing by yourself and just wanna progress it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ impossible when you keep loosing the ONLY WAY TO TRAVEL AT A REASONABLE SPEED due to some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fall damage that's arbitrary as ♥♥♥♥.

[Absinthinseattle]

Originally posted by seanslokes:

It's broken as ♥♥♥♥. One story (building height) can be enough to kill an alpaca if your going the wrong speed. It's stupid as ♥♥♥♥ that it's not a adjustable setting, considering how many other options there are. Seriously I've lose at least 5 alpacas in the jungle transporting good amount of stuff just cause of this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ non-sense. Seriously fix this ♥♥♥♥. That game is so awesome when it works but when your playing by yourself and just wanna progress it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ impossible when you keep loosing the ONLY WAY TO TRAVEL AT A REASONABLE SPEED due to some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fall damage that's arbitrary as ♥♥♥♥.

Completely agree. If you are going to make such a big deal about mounts then bugs like this are a game killer.

[Xerastraza]

I would suggest to just not run off cliffs on a mount...
If your at a later stage of the game you have the ostrich which survives and glides slightly.
Other then that take a glider if you can't help but jump off cliffs, they don't take much.

A llama and alpaca are not creatures designed for long falls.

I have never lost a mount to fall damage and i guess i don't see the desire to go Hmmm this is pretty high I'll take the risk. Then get angry about it?

[Flynn de Graaf]

Don't fall...done, easy!

[Mindhead]

mount fall damage is impacted by the load they are carrying. An empty mount can often fall good distances where one loaded down with ore will squish after a short fall.