Wild animals walking over pen fences

[Jethmar]

like the title says wild animals are able to walk over animal fences. is this intended? its kinda bad because they steal my pets food lol

[Hanuman]

I was wondering same, I keep the gates to be open all the time but they seem to wander all over the fences

[Midas]

Some animals are to small for your fence, fences are for farm animals, pigs, alpakas etc.

Instead of a fence you can use a wall to avoid them going into the pen

the infosceen helps to see which animals climb fences

[Purodiusa]

Not much point to fences other than aesthetics. Use walls + door unless you just like how it looks.

[Caz]

Originally posted by Alex Misanthropic:

like the title says wild animals are able to walk over animal fences. is this intended? its kinda bad because they steal my pets food lol

It is intended, yes. It's in the patch notes.
There is a mod that makes fences impassable, but as you would expect, this makes fences extremely OP.

[ZS Maeklos]

Originally posted by Caz:

There is a mod that makes fences impassable, but as you would expect, this makes fences extremely OP.

Just curious, how would it make fences OP? Does it change their health? Because as it is, a single stray bullet or even an arrow can destroy a section of fence, so they're no replacement for actual walls.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

To make up for the fences being very weak, they are super cheap. Only one wood and one work to build, seems very balanced at that cost. Wooden walls aren't much more and get the desired effect.

Fences are really for aesthetics OR for use within a walled base. Inside a walled base, fences work very well for their purpose.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Originally posted by ZS Maeklos:

Originally posted by Caz:

There is a mod that makes fences impassable, but as you would expect, this makes fences extremely OP.

Just curious, how would it make fences OP? Does it change their health? Because as it is, a single stray bullet or even an arrow can destroy a section of fence, so they're no replacement for actual walls.

I'd guess because at that point you should just be building a wall. Otherwise the fences are just embrasures by another name.

[VoiD]

wilf foxes keep killing my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ camels

[ZS Maeklos]

Yeah. As @BlackSmokeDMax said, fences are mostly for aesthetic choices, or if you need to build a pen quickly and cheaply. Otherwise, you're better off building solid walls. Not only will they keep predators out and wild animals from eating your cattle's feed, but raiders also won't be able to use them for cover.

[schnappkatze]

It is a bit confusing though. Why are my animals not able to walk over fences, but wild animals have no problem?

Right now, their small usefulness combined with their low cost, they feel like an better looking version of animal zones from before 1.3. While they give the whole animal stuff a much better look and feel, I would rather have them take more ressources to build but being actually useful against animals.

[The Blind One]

You build an outerwall ... emphasis on the word... outer wall ... and then inside that protective wall you use fences. At least that's how I do it. I start out with just a simple wooden wall to keep predators out and then turn it into a stone brick wall when time affords it.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Originally posted by schnappkatze:

It is a bit confusing though. Why are my animals not able to walk over fences, but wild animals have no problem?

Right now, their small usefulness combined with their low cost, they feel like an better looking version of animal zones from before 1.3. While they give the whole animal stuff a much better look and feel, I would rather have them take more ressources to build but being actually useful against animals.

It's not the wild or tamed stat that stops them it is the stat that says whether or not an animal is stopped by fences. Any animal that is stopped by fences will be stopped by them, even if they are wild. Any animal that is not stopped by them, will not be stopped by them even if they are tame.

You can see this info by clicking on the animal, then click on the lower case i in their info panel. Look in those stats, probably can even search for "fence" in the search box, and it will show you the stat that lets you know whether or not that animal is blocked by fences. Much like real life, predators do not care about fences.

[schnappkatze]

Thanks, that clears it up.

[Raelic]

I'm gonna have to surround my pen with walls anyways... Hostile animals are attacking my foals from across the map and running to them.