Ibex ram any good as tamed animal to rush enemies?

[Toprongy]

I guess they can't take many shots but if they manage to get to the shooters they could be useful
anyone has experience with these?

[MayoCulpa]

Among boreal forest animals my favorite to use for this are female caribou. Ibex are attractive in the early game because they have a lower minimum handling skill requirement (3) and they don't usually show up in large herds. At that point though, I'm focused on getting at least a couple muffalo to keep and use as pack animals and for wool.

But for animals to train to release, caribou (minimum skill 6) have a higher DPS and move speed and more hitpoints than ibex or elk. Plus the female ones give milk, though it's a small amount (same as dromedaries).

This list is super useful:

https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/List_of_animals

[Toprongy]

Originally posted by MayoCulpa:

Among boreal forest animals my favorite to use for this are female caribou. Ibex are attractive in the early game because they have a lower minimum handling skill requirement (3) and they don't usually show up in large herds.

But caribou (minimum skill 6) have a higher DPS and move speed and more hitpoints. Plus the female ones give milk so they're useful all the time, not just in battle.

This list is super useful:

https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/List_of_animals

I killed a herd of those when I needed food whoops
I'll tame some of them thanks!

[Pyrrhus]

Tundra has caribou too in case if you prefer less water, more land, without having to use too many moisture pumps to drain em out but very few trees unless you get indoor tree farm mod.

[Toprongy]

Originally posted by Pyrrhus:

Tundra has caribou too in case if you prefer less water, more land, without having to use too many moisture pumps to drain em out but very few trees unless you get indoor tree farm mod.

I'm on tundra and yes there are very few trees but I planted my little forest already with rimcuisine

[76561198356019466]

Kind of on topic, how do I get my animals to attack? I train them to, but when I need them they just stand there.

[Toprongy]

Originally posted by s.p.o.t.s.:

Kind of on topic, how do I get my animals to attack? I train them to, but when I need them they just stand there.

if the animal is capable of attacking then in the animals tab choose a master for it and in battle choose the master who should have a "release" option and so the animal would attack
or you could just make a zone for the animal and should attack if harmed or something

[76561198356019466]

Originally posted by Toprongy:

Originally posted by s.p.o.t.s.:

Kind of on topic, how do I get my animals to attack? I train them to, but when I need them they just stand there.

if the animal is capable of attacking then in the animals tab choose a master for it and in battle choose the master who should have a "release" option and so the animal would attack
or you could just make a zone for the animal and should attack if harmed or something

Thank you :D

[MayoCulpa]

Originally posted by Toprongy:

if the animal is capable of attacking then in the animals tab choose a master for it and in battle choose the master who should have a "release" option and so the animal would attack
or you could just make a zone for the animal and should attack if harmed or something

Exactly - "Release" took some getting used to for me! There is a column of check boxes in the Animals tab that only appears once an animal has been trained to Guard. If that's selected, then as soon as the animal's master is drafted, it will leave its allowed zone and go follow him or her. You can click the "Release" box anytime, but the animals won't actually attack until the master sees an enemy. So they've gotta be trained for both Guard and Attack for Attack to work, and they don't go running off right away.

In my experience, if animals are put near enemies with a zone, it works best if the zone is pretty tight and you have a bunch of animals. Animals that aren't trained to guard or attack will try to flee from hostiles whenever they can, and will only start fighting after they've been hurt. So chinchillas and chickens and such are really only good for messing up your enemies' targeting to give your shooters a chance to start firing.