Why can't I get wool?

[Drakenfel]

I know you are supposed to get it from the lama and that you can domesticate them but I don't have the space right now on my starter raft so I tried making sheers and chasing it about, couldn't get any wool and now I have just spent an entire day hunting it down and it dropped nothing and I couldn't even sheer its body. Do you have to domesticate them to get wool? If so I am really annoyed and will set my goal to building a death contraption that feeds these annoying things directly to the shark.

[Louie]

Yes, you have to domesticate them to get wool. You’ll also have to regularly feed the llamas grass once they’re on your raft.

[Drakenfel]

Originally posted by Louie:

Yes, you have to domesticate them to get wool. You’ll also have to regularly feed the llamas grass once they’re on your raft.

Death contraption it is then.

[Kathykins]

Or you could gather resources to build a bigger raft and craft grass plots for the Llamas.

Although, I'd really like to see that contraption.

[Louie]

Originally posted by Drakenfel:

Death contraption it is then.

Oh I see...
I'd love to see what you'll make.

[Drakenfel]

Couldn't wait to have the resources in survival and build a Lama Spa in Creative I believe that this is exactly what the developers expected would happen when they made these hell spawn that take forever to kill and reward your efforts with diddly squat after running around an island for an entire day.

I originally wanted to make a catapult that flung them off into the horizon but I couldn't find any way of doing that so I had to go lower tech. If the devs read this please add a catapult for purely wholesome reasons. I swear I will not hunt the hell spawn to extinction.

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198118158672/screenshots/

[ajfusch]

Since for a long time I thought I wouldn't be able to ever catch something - cause I was extremely unsuccessful in killing puffer fish - I just went and hunted a llama down, too.
And yeah, I was disappointed, too. I mean, I just killed it, it's there, right before me and it doesn't even drop a single piece of meat???

I get that you don't get eggs or milk from birds or goat you kill - but the wool is right there, you can take it from dead specimen IRL. I agree that should be possible.

[Cielha]

sorry..don't think I get the point, - why not just tame the animals; provide them water and grass ... Cut the wool of the Llamas, harvest eggs from chickens and milk from the goats .... that's self-sufficiency, - instead of killing every single animal ????

[Kathykins]

Originally posted by Drakenfel:

Couldn't wait to have the resources in survival and build a Lama Spa in Creative I believe that this is exactly what the developers expected would happen when they made these hell spawn that take forever to kill and reward your efforts with diddly squat after running around an island for an entire day.

I originally wanted to make a catapult that flung them off into the horizon but I couldn't find any way of doing that so I had to go lower tech. If the devs read this please add a catapult for purely wholesome reasons. I swear I will not hunt the hell spawn to extinction.

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198118158672/screenshots/

This made my day. Beats me leaving them on whatever island I'm currently anchored at, when I've gotten all the wool I need from them. Bravo!

[ajfusch]

As I said, for me it was because I couldn't catch one. Not managing to kill puffer fish meant no explosive goo which meant no explosive powder = nor netcanister = no chance to catch an animal.
I finally got the hang of killing pufferfish but you still need to find them ... and I lost my goat to a wave so I have to catch a goat again AND a llama .... and no pufferfish in sight. It didn't help that the netlauncher works completely different than the bow, which is why I wasted a few canisters. :-(

Also, one of the points was that if you decide to kill it, it should still drop something.

[OzRamm]

You spent an entire a day before realising you were doing it wrong? WOW, good luck with everything else...

[Louie]

Originally posted by Drakenfel:

Haha
That’s awesome! Great work :D

[Spark Sunbright]

Originally posted by ajfusch:

As I said, for me it was because I couldn't catch one. Not managing to kill puffer fish meant no explosive goo which meant no explosive powder = nor netcanister = no chance to catch an animal.
I finally got the hang of killing pufferfish but you still need to find them ... and I lost my goat to a wave so I have to catch a goat again AND a llama .... and no pufferfish in sight. It didn't help that the netlauncher works completely different than the bow, which is why I wasted a few canisters. :-(

Also, one of the points was that if you decide to kill it, it should still drop something.

I agree that it should be possible to kill the llama for wool, and yes, the net launcher is pretty frustrating to use. As for the pufferfish, these have very specific (and therefore predictable) spawn points, most notably around the big islands. If you leave your raft anchored on one end of a big island, the shark will stay in its vicinity, allowing you to safely explore the rest of the shoreline around the island.

Note also that you don't HAVE to feed the llama to gain its wool. If you want to make things difficult for yourself, try what I did:

1. Net the llama and carry it back to your raft.
2. Sheer it with the sheering scissors.
3. Wait for the wool to regrow, and sheer it again.
4. By now, the llama will be hanging its head from not getting fed and won't produce any more wool, so chuck it over the side... I mean gently release it back onto an island.

You get 2 wool per llama without any grass plots.

[Kathykins]

Pufferfish are quite small and can be difficult to see. Its easier to hear them. You can be on the surface and still pinpoint where they are below. They have quite a distinct "bleeping" sound.

[Drakenfel]

Originally posted by Cielha:

sorry..don't think I get the point, - why not just tame the animals; provide them water and grass ... Cut the wool of the Llamas, harvest eggs from chickens and milk from the goats .... that's self-sufficiency, - instead of killing every single animal ????

The point is that I have found the hidden boss, the devs clearly want you to eradicate these furry cockroaches. Why else would they make them tanks that waste a new players time when all you wanted was a few pieces of wool.

[ajfusch]

Thanks for the advice about the fish. As I said, it's okay now - just need a large tropical island again. There aren't any reefs - and therefore no puffer fish - around temperate islands, right?

And if I managed to catch a llama be sure that I'll keep it! I've got a little corral ready for a goat and a llama to share. :-)