Does angler fish have a limited life?

[Dopui]

I am playing on the Aberration map, for the second time my angler dies out of nowhere, I live in a region surrounded by walls and without aquatic animals to kill him, there is always a feeder close to my dinos and I find it strange that the angler dies and that it is not has nothing to kill him, so I wanted to know if the angler fish has a validity of use, very annoying that.

[3rdShift]

I have not had this happen, but I keep fish in a trough right near where my water creature are at, maybe it eats only fish?

[Lordbufu]

Are you in a tribe, and if so what is the death message in the tribe log ?

They are used as a creative way of lighting bases (either in or near the water), and should not simply die because of a timer.

Im not entirely sure if they eat only fish meat or also raw meat though, i always find this tricky to figure out.

If it only eats fish meat, you need to make sure it has either fish meat on its inventory, or a seperate feeding trough.

Because fish meat has a low saturation value, other carnivores will eat that before eating raw meat, causing you animals that eat only fish to die from starvation.

Kind of the the same like an otter, you need to seperate them from other meat eaters, so they dont eat all the fish meat for the otter (or fill up the otters inventory every once in a while, cooked fish helps to preserve it longer).

[CapGanchoPt]

hehe they nice rarely dye too me and vry easy bread u can use a bug and when u hatch the fish catch him with a trap and replace on water again, they will apear full grow but no imprints done.

[Dopui]

not if he only eats fish meat, but I will do the test, when the fish dies the message does not appear notifying me, I have an otter too and it eats on the same feeder as the other animals, but even so I will see if the angler fish only eats fish, I play alone so it will hardly be a player killing him, thanks for everyone's attention.
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[Lordbufu]

Originally posted by BAD 14 Ivan:

I have an otter too and it eats on the same feeder as the other animals

Interesting, because despite the wiki stating that a otter eats both berries and meat (omnivore), it eats only fish meat in the game.
So if the otter doesnt have issues that way, then its likely not going to be a fish meat issue.
Witch also leaves me clueless as to why your angler is dying, usually a tribe log entry helps figure out how it died (starvation, killed by a dino, caught by anti-meshing on servers etc). And sometimes in rare cases, it does not help at all :(

[Dopui]

it's complicated, I'll try to feed him only fish, if he lives longer than the other 2 who died mysteriously, that will be the problem, thanks again, have a nice day.

[Xaton]

well youi can test anglers food by placeing both meat and fish in inventory and wait for hunger level to drop or feed it stem berries to drop its food level. which then watch the two types of meat if one goes down thats the one it eats. also if its being found on edge dead chances are it got agroed by somthing and then like sharks that swim to close to say a raft and glitch out of water which then kills them instantly

[Sicksadpanda]

I can confirm that Anglers eat any meat. I use them all the time, unless the aberrant versions somehow changes that.

Are you sure a stray Manta didn't sneak in? It's a good idea to be in a tribe, even if solo. Logs are super helpful after all.

Another possibility is that it beached itself through some glitch.

[retsam1]

Originally posted by BAD 14 Ivan:

I am playing on the Aberration map, for the second time my angler dies out of nowhere, I live in a region surrounded by walls and without aquatic animals to kill him, there is always a feeder close to my dinos and I find it strange that the angler dies and that it is not has nothing to kill him, so I wanted to know if the angler fish has a validity of use, very annoying that.

Are the death's after an server update or restart?

Sometimes there can be a position shifting, even just slightly and if it registers the aquatic at that point as being out of the water, its dead. Make sure the angler is quite within water depths that any position shift of about 1-2 foundations in any direction would be still water.

Are you also using any mods with your game play in this context? If so, there may be some sort of conflict going on that causes this too.

[Lordbufu]

Originally posted by Panda:

I can confirm that Anglers eat any meat. I use them all the time, unless the aberrant versions somehow changes that.

This is good to know, as the wiki seems to be very inacturate with diet information on certain creatures.

Originally posted by Panda:

Another possibility is that it beached itself through some glitch.

The one rare case where the tribe isnt very helpfull, as it will only display that it died if im not mistaken.

I though these mysterious deaths where mostly solved, unless something pushes it onto the shore/beach, but seems like i have just been lucky in that regard then.

[Dopui]

Originally posted by retsam1:

Originally posted by BAD 14 Ivan:

I am playing on the Aberration map, for the second time my angler dies out of nowhere, I live in a region surrounded by walls and without aquatic animals to kill him, there is always a feeder close to my dinos and I find it strange that the angler dies and that it is not has nothing to kill him, so I wanted to know if the angler fish has a validity of use, very annoying that.

Are the death's after an server update or restart?

Sometimes there can be a position shifting, even just slightly and if it registers the aquatic at that point as being out of the water, its dead. Make sure the angler is quite within water depths that any position shift of about 1-2 foundations in any direction would be still water.

Are you also using any mods with your game play in this context? If so, there may be some sort of conflict going on that causes this too.

the deaths occur when i'm in the game, i come in and he is alive, then for example, i'm at my base he's fine, i go out to farm and when i come back he's dead, now i saw the chat log only it is written that he died, nothing like he died from being attacked by an animal, because his body is intact floating in the air, and whenever I open the body's inventory there is food there, the only mod I have is arl additional creatures, otherwise I have nothing else, I tame another fisherman today, I’m going to see if he stays alive.

[Lordbufu]

Originally posted by BAD 14 Ivan:

now i saw the chat log only it is written that he died .... because his body is intact floating in the air

That does sound like its glitching out of the water causing it to die :(

[retsam1]

Originally posted by BAD 14 Ivan:

Originally posted by retsam1:

Are the death's after an server update or restart?

Sometimes there can be a position shifting, even just slightly and if it registers the aquatic at that point as being out of the water, its dead. Make sure the angler is quite within water depths that any position shift of about 1-2 foundations in any direction would be still water.

Are you also using any mods with your game play in this context? If so, there may be some sort of conflict going on that causes this too.

the deaths occur when i'm in the game, i come in and he is alive, then for example, i'm at my base he's fine, i go out to farm and when i come back he's dead, now i saw the chat log only it is written that he died, nothing like he died from being attacked by an animal, because his body is intact floating in the air, and whenever I open the body's inventory there is food there, the only mod I have is arl additional creatures, otherwise I have nothing else, I tame another fisherman today, I’m going to see if he stays alive.

Are they happening when you're returning to the base, rendering shifts things sometimes.

My best advice is again to park them in the water, deeper in the manner I mentioned before.

[Dopui]

I understand, I will do it, I know it may be improbable but will the earthquake also cause this?

[Sicksadpanda]

Nah, dinos are not affected by Earthquake. The only thing that are moving are humans on the ground.