Pigs vs Boars

[TheTycoon]

So I have a very established colony going at the moment, and I have had trained boars doing my hauling since early on. I tend to keep about 10 to 15 fully trained adult boars around. I just recently had some pigs join me. I don't see much of a reason to continue breeding both, so I am wondering which one to go with. Any opinions or advice?

[cT917]

I think the boars have a better temperature tolerance and do more damage but I'm working off of memory so that's generally unreliable

[HunterAlpha1]

I haven't actually witnessed animals hauling; do they actually carry the item so that you can see it like your colonists do, or is the item not visible?

[AnEnticingSquid]

It kinda just attaches to their bodies and they stroll on over yonder to the nearest stockpile...

[TheTycoon]

Yeah, my colony is pretty advanced, so it is more of a choice I guess. My current animals I am breeding/maintaining are:

10 to 20 Boomrats: Used to clear infestations and quickly rebread
10 to 15 Boars: Hauling / Slaughter their babies for meat
10 Alpacas: Wool / Was my early on pack animal
10 Muffalos: Wool/Milk/Pack animals
20 Hens/3 Roosters: Eggs
5 Rhinos: Currently trying to breed more but they are slow to breed
2 Elephants: New to the colony, hoping to breed more like the rhinos
3 Pigs: Just joined, debating what to do with them

I don't use the boars for combat unless I have to, so maybe switching over to pigs will be better for the slightly increased meat from butchering more babies...

As for cleanliness of having these animals make dirt everywhere, I have a dedicated cleaner with advanced bionic legs, exoskeleton, lots of adrenaline ribs, etc... so they just zip around and clean it all up no problem. Though I did not know dogs would create less dirt. I shall buy some huskies or labs when I come across them next.

[happyscrub]

Pigs breed faster and give more meat and leather. Pigs are cleaner too. Pigs also are weaker so they draw more predators

Boars are better fighters. They also require more handling skill to handle them... so you will have to train your people in handling if you want to pass them around.

[[B&E] Killer Pineapple]

Are pigs and other animals really efficient to breed for food, regarding the food in VS food out ratio ?

Is leather and wool better materials for clothing than devils strand ?

Wow, using boom animals for defence.... MIND BLOWN !!

Thanks TheTycoon =D

[Swirler]

Originally posted by HunterBravo1:

I haven't actually witnessed animals hauling; do they actually carry the item so that you can see it like your colonists do, or is the item not visible?

I've found that if the hauling level isn't at 100% they will barely ever bother to haul. But once it's fully trained they will quite regularly do the hauling.

I use specialised zones for them to help nudge them in the right direction though, "unrestricted" just means they wander wherever they want, which is no use at all.

[TheTycoon]

Killer Pineapple, I don't raise the pigs for food I raise them to take care of hauling, but once I have my squad of pigs trained I just slaughter any babies they make as they are born for small amounts of regular meat.

I use the wool for carpets and for my crafters who are lower skilled to practice. Then I let my level 20 crafters tailor with the devilstrand.

I am switching my infestation killers over to rhinos once I get a couple more born and trained. I have had the boomrats since very early on though as the first creature to self-tame was a female boomrat that prompted me to try raising them for attack purposes. They work pretty good actually.

[happyscrub]

Originally posted by B&E Killer Pineapple:

Are pigs and other animals really efficient to breed for food, regarding the food in VS food out ratio ?

http://steamcommunity.com/app/294100/discussions/0/2333276539602146363/

Pigs vs Cows vs Chickens thread i made.

Here's about wool vs leather question u asked. (too lazy to requote

http://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Textiles

Long story short, leather is better for combat and wools are better for warm/cooling you. Pig skin is what of the best leathers in the game. Hyperweave and Sythread are more like leathers than wools. They are durable for combat.

[Astasia]

Pigs have a really low wildness so can be trained very quickly. Even a fairly low level handler will have like a 50%+ chance to train them and can get them out hauling in just a few days rather than weeks.

Originally posted by B&E Killer Pineapple:

Are pigs and other animals really efficient to breed for food, regarding the food in VS food out ratio ?

No. They can provide a little extra meat to help you keep fine meals being cooked, but by mid-late game you will be getting massive manhunter packs that will stuff your freezers with ridiculous amounts of meat and you really wont need any more. As far as pure nutrional efficiency animals are terrible, unless you have them free grazing with zero effort required by your pawns to feed them. If you are growing haygrass then you are wasting time and would be better off with another plot of corn or rice.

Originally posted by B&E Killer Pineapple:

Is leather and wool better materials for clothing than devils strand ?

No. Certain wools are good for temperature protection on extreme maps, other than that all farmable wool and leather is garbage compared to Devilstrand. Their main use is to be sold, before or after being crafting into clothes.

Originally posted by Mad hatters in jeans:

I've found that if the hauling level isn't at 100% they will barely ever bother to haul. But once it's fully trained they will quite regularly do the hauling.

They can't haul at all until fully trained.