Megaspider Question

[Zoomaster]

So a dormant hive got eaten by wolves and I chased one of the spiders into some traps. I've downed it, and I want to rescue it to try and tame it. There aren't any pop-ups or anything to rescue, so is it possible to rescue/tame one in vanilla?

Update: I FREAKING DID IT LMAO
Walled it in and gave it some berries, now I have a pet megaspider. Gonna name it Fluffy or something stupid like that

[Jaggid Edje]

According to the Rimworld Wiki, yes you can.

I don't play vanilla, so I can't say for sure from personal experience. I can say, with both DLC's, I have a tame one right now.

[ephemeraltoast]

You can, but they are always hostile until tamed, so as soon as it can walk again it will start trying to kill you, and will continue trying to kill you while you attempt to tame it. So unless you have strong armor and a taming inspiration it's dangerous.

Originally posted by Zoomaster:

Update: I FREAKING DID IT LMAO

Congrats, give Fluffy a pat on the thorax for me.

[Païtiti]

Originally posted by ephemeraltoast:

You can, but they are always hostile until tamed, so as soon as it can walk again it will start trying to kill you, and will continue trying to kill you while you attempt to tame it. So unless you have strong armor and a taming inspiration it's dangerous.

I think this is not true. I made a whole playthrough with the tactic of downing them with heat and then taming them to sell/use. The thing is that they lose their hostile status once downed. That can be anything from bloodloss to heatstroke.

[ephemeraltoast]

Originally posted by 123:

I think this is not true. I made a whole playthrough with the tactic of downing them with heat and then taming them to sell/use. The thing is that they lose their hostile status once downed. That can be anything from bloodloss to heatstroke.

Interesting. I've had downed bugs get up and try to kill me again multiple times, both from blood loss and heatstroke. I don't have any insect mods so I don't know why our experiences are different.

[Païtiti]

Originally posted by ephemeraltoast:

Originally posted by 123:

I think this is not true. I made a whole playthrough with the tactic of downing them with heat and then taming them to sell/use. The thing is that they lose their hostile status once downed. That can be anything from bloodloss to heatstroke.

Interesting. I've had downed bugs get up and try to kill me again multiple times, both from blood loss and heatstroke. I don't have any insect mods so I don't know why our experiences are different.

I dont know. I usually do use insect mods but i believe it to be a vanilla thing. The only bugs that remain hostile are those that spawn in raids and maybe wild insect hives as well. For infestations I'm pretty sure that they become docile. I remember that well because in one playthrough I coincidently managed to find the sweet spot for the amount of wooden floors necessary to knock them out slowly by fire without getting superheated air to early. Then one time a hive spawned insects which then dug out and released the hot air. They all recovered and I had like 50 docile incectoids on the map.

[Astasia]

If you destroy the hive they are linked to then once they "drop agro" (usually by being downed) they become normal wild animals and will stop attacking your colonists on sight. If you try to tame them though then they will immediately start attacking the pawn trying to tame them, which can make the process difficult.

[ephemeraltoast]

Originally posted by Astasia:

If you destroy the hive they are linked to then once they "drop agro" (usually by being downed) they become normal wild animals and will stop attacking your colonists on sight. If you try to tame them though then they will immediately start attacking the pawn trying to tame them, which can make the process difficult.

Ahh, that makes sense. I never destroy the hives until all the bugs are dead.