Do animals die?

[Jumbalaya]

I woke up this morning and noticed that two of my chickens are gone, they are no where to be found. Do animals just die or did something else happen? Also are we suppose to close the coop every night? Because I have been leaving it open, wondering if maybe that played a role in their disappearance.

[Vroomi]

Originally posted by Thanatos:

And I am not sure if the animals die. Adopted a cat, and it meowed at me. Unfortunately for the cat, the sound of its meow was grating and I tried to fix it by using an axe. I kept going until I was exhausted and passed out. Cat was perfectly fine, I on the other hand got billed by the greedy docs.

Animals die, not pets.

[FlyGuy308]

I have lost a chicken to a "Fox/wolf" sound RIP Flappers

[Flytrap]

I have played almost 4 years now, year 3 winter day 20 i think and it NEVER happened to me. I played 90 hours with the game. So we can basically say for sure that it only happens if an animal gets locked out for the night. Since i never ever bother to close the door because im lazy i have never lost any of my precious animals. You see, they can get stuck, you close the door at 10 pm approx thinking all of them are inside by now and it gets eaten. Dont close the door, and they wont die, atleast they shouldn't.

[Calisthra]

Originally posted by Magyarharcos:

I have played almost 4 years now, year 3 winter day 20 i think and it NEVER happened to me. I played 90 hours with the game. So we can basically say for sure that it only happens if an animal gets locked out for the night. Since i never ever bother to close the door because im lazy i have never lost any of my precious animals. You see, they can get stuck, you close the door at 10 pm approx thinking all of them are inside by now and it gets eaten. Dont close the door, and they wont die, atleast they shouldn't.

It can happen, not necessarily will though. My first save is in summer of year 7 and has never lost a critter. My second save lost a chicken in his first year. I'll believe it's a random event that _can_ happen, not a penalty that _will_ happen if you leave a door open.

[dino_inc]

Originally posted by Calisthra:

Originally posted by Magyarharcos:

I have played almost 4 years now, year 3 winter day 20 i think and it NEVER happened to me. I played 90 hours with the game. So we can basically say for sure that it only happens if an animal gets locked out for the night. Since i never ever bother to close the door because im lazy i have never lost any of my precious animals. You see, they can get stuck, you close the door at 10 pm approx thinking all of them are inside by now and it gets eaten. Dont close the door, and they wont die, atleast they shouldn't.

It can happen, not necessarily will though. My first save is in summer of year 7 and has never lost a critter. My second save lost a chicken in his first year. I'll believe it's a random event that _can_ happen, not a penalty that _will_ happen if you leave a door open.

It's a random penalty that _can_ happen if you leave the door open, I don't think you can lose them if the door is closed.

[Flytrap]

Originally posted by Thanatos:

Making a sarcastic comment about someone commenting.

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Yep, definitely on the Steam Forum.


And I am not sure if the animals die. Adopted a cat, and it meowed at me. Unfortunately for the cat, the sound of its meow was grating and I tried to fix it by using an axe. I kept going until I was exhausted and passed out. Cat was perfectly fine, I on the other hand got billed by the greedy docs.

Cat - 1
Me - 0

Haha. Why hurt poor kitties tho: :[

[Payway15]

I had the same problem except I didnt hear noises like you guys are saying, it was a women screaming and then poof my cow was gone. RIP Bertha

[I Kinda Fail]

Originally posted by Payway15:

I had the same problem except I didnt hear noises like you guys are saying, it was a women screaming and then poof my cow was gone. RIP Bertha

I've never heard the noise myself, but could it have been a wolf howling instead of a woman screaming? Like an "Awoooo" sound?

If it was a bloodcurtling scream then that's just weird. O_o

[Lord Shit]

Originally posted by JumBie:

I woke up this morning and noticed that two of my chickens are gone, they are no where to be found. Do animals just die or did something else happen? Also are we suppose to close the coop every night? Because I have been leaving it open, wondering if maybe that played a role in their disappearance.

if you locked your animals outside, then they might have died. when they die they just disappear, BTW.

[ARTTIE]

I cannot say that animals die in this game due to old age or starvation. If you do not feed them, they will simply get cranky and stop producing. But what I CAN say with certainty is that animals CAN get taken away by predators overnight if you leave your coop or barn doors open. It looks like it is a low chance of that happening, but I can. I lost a chicken to a predator; you can hear it happen, too. There's a screeching predatory sound that happens while you sleep. The next day, if you pet your animals and click at them to see their mood, some will say close to the following:

' _____ looks startled. It seems that something bad happened last night.'

[firebird21]

I've had the witch more or less kidnap one of my chickens. Not sure if it had been a bug in the last version, but I had the event happen and the next day my chicken is gone and I have no void chicken or egg, just a stolen chicken.

[Ringleader Ren]

Originally posted by Spooky M.:

Animals can't die, starve or be killed by predators in this game. I always keep the coop open and nothing ever happens. Your chickens are probably walking around on the farm somewhere, just check the coop at the evening, they'll be back.

Actually, from some research on the wiki, they are sufferable to predatory attack if you were to leave them out all the time.

[raven_guest13]

I had a rabbit disappear. No noise or acknowledgement at all. Then the rabbit I bought to replace that one disappeared too.

[Rjazz]

You can lose animals if they don't return to the coop at night. If you have a fenceless farm, animals may get stuck when trying to wander back to the farm at night, and if they do they'll sleep outside. Most times the animal will still be there, though their mood will take a massive hit (if it doesn't bottom out at 0). However, there is a small chance (completely RNG, neither of the luck stats affect it) that your animal will be attacked by predators. If this happens, then when you wake up the animal will be gone.

To prevent this, use fences or check your farm at night. If allowed to roam free, they can get stuck on random objects or buildings, meaning there's a chance they'll be attacked.

[MadamLizzy]

I close my barn and coop doors as well as I heard it could happen.