What is an animate? Wilder, Spirit, beast, Kith?

[Skyfall]

In crafting my weapons to fight these I'm not sure what they classify as. Anyone know?

[Planeforger]

I think animats are golems or stone imbued with souls. Spirits would be things like phantoms and shades. Beasts would presumably be wolves, bears and lions. Wilders might be elemental spirits. Kith are definitely the playable races. And vessels are...what, hollowborn enemies?

[Frank Wisdom]

Spirit

[Skyfall]

Vessels are the undead. Thanks Frank. I thought they might be but wasn't sure.

[DeadBeat]

A good place to look is the bestiary in the cyclopedia it'll tell you what each creature is classified as. Animat=Vessel, Bear=Beast etc etc.

[Albtraum]

Use electricity.

[kesat]

Just like rjb388 said, animats are vessels.

Originally posted by jbendoski:

Vessels are the undead. Thanks Frank. I thought they might be but wasn't sure.

Nope, Vessels aren't undead. But most undead are vessels.
Any object which carries/holds a soul by animancy is a vessel (Animats, Wichts, Skeletons, Guls, Fampyres etc.). Undeads like Shades aren't vessels but spirits (they are souls, not carrying a soul).

Another example for a special type of vessel: Some speaking statues you meet in the game.



Kith are btw members of the civilized races (human, aumaua, dwarf, elf, orlan, godlike), except those undead vessels. Uncivilized but intelligent races are wilders (e.g. ogres and vithrack). And don't ask how a weapon distinguishes between civilized and uncivilized races ;)

[Krystof.FR]

Look in the Encyclopedia, it provide all necessary information, include Type