Wolf Personality Input

[Cecilie]

Hi all!

I could really need some input in what kind of personality my mate have, because he is giving off so many of them lol.

I normally go after Bold, energetic and somewhat social wolves, since they help more during hunts/fights, initiate emotes and howls and helps out raising pups more than Lazy/careful does.

This wolf I'm with now runs a little bit ahead of me, half to full body ahead of my wolf which I'm wondering is enough for him to count as energetic? He has -1 in speed so I guess that can be a factor, especially when I sprint, cause then he fall behind. He is very social, since he reacts to mostly each emotes I do, and my howling, and occasionally sleeps real close, so I take it that he is very social in his level. Bold, I'm not certain. He put his tail between his legs during wolf fights or hunts, but he engage in the hunt. Biting on his own, running after wolves to bite them, and tried to fight a bull moose while 10% health, which is why I think he is Bold, but again, when rival wolves tried to escape and I kept fighting them to kill them off, there was no help in him whatsoever, which is why I start to second guess his trait there.

As for energetic, he can lay down for a short second before he gets up, and runs about for a bit, but mostly seem to run over to my wolf to interact.

Any ideas what personality grade he has? I really appreciate the comments ^-^

[cajwil]

seems like in certain situations he's careful, but hes energetic, I believe if you don't take the lead in hunting or killing, he will and if you do he'll stick back?

but it appears that hes just a mix of both careful and bold, which is pretty balanced but can get annoying (at least its annoying for me lol)

[AbelWolf076]

Your mate sounds like he's cautious and bold, probably balanced- I would say. The social and energetic personalities are correct. Attributes do not correspond to personalities.

Energetic wolves will not lay down for even a second and will run around as they cannot stay still, its like they have ADHD lol.

And Social wolves will constantly want to be with the player's wolf and interact a lot with emotes.

[Cecilie]

Originally posted by cajwil:

seems like in certain situations he's careful, but hes energetic, I believe if you don't take the lead in hunting or killing, he will and if you do he'll stick back?

but it appears that hes just a mix of both careful and bold, which is pretty balanced but can get annoying (at least its annoying for me lol)

Originally posted by AbelWolf076:

Your mate sounds like he's cautious and bold, probably balanced- I would say. The social and energetic personalities are correct. Attributes do not correspond to personalities.

Energetic wolves will not lay down for even a second and will run around as they cannot stay still, its like they have ADHD lol.

And Social wolves will constantly want to be with the player's wolf and interact a lot with emotes.

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Ah, okay! I heard that if the wolves runs ahead of the player they are most likely energetic, so I look after that and the trait where they run around like crazy, that's so cute. So maybe he is balanced in energetic/lazy too then? He lays down occasionally for a bit before he gets up and runs about and interacting with me.

I guess I'll try again for a better one, thanks for the feedback guys! It helped a lot 🥰🫶

[JupiterFox]

All the NPC wolves right now typically tuck their tails during fights for some reason. Personality doesn't matter.
I absolutely love any mates that keep up with my wolf when we're out for a casual run. It indicates a bold and social personality that I adore. I always reject wolves that get too far behind because it seems to best hint at all three of the bad traits: laziness, caution, and loner
In my experience, there are absolutely no wolves who fight to kill, no matter the personality. They'll help to kill, but they're not bloodthirsty and shouldn't be. It's illogical for any wolf to take unnecessary damage to kill when their opponent already has the mind to flee. If they do a final blow, it's only a coincidence because you yourself already did the majority of damage. A potential mate not helping you fight wolves who are already fleeing should not count in your assessment of them. It should only count if both parties are actively fighting.
He might be a little lazy due to the evidence you put down by the end of your original post, but I'll take a slightly lazy, bold, social wolf any day rather than one who isn't lazy one bit but super cautious. What's the point of all that energy if they spend it being cautious? Plus, the chances are, the personality sliders are usually more in the middle. An energetic wolf is still free to lay down sometimes for the heck of it. Just not all the time. A cautious wolf can still bite and fight, just less so. The personality sliders are almost never tilted all the way left or right. Have to take some bad with the good.
All in all, it's my late opinion that you skipped out on a possibly awesome mate.

[topp]

Even a very energetic wolf will sometimes lay down, (didn't used to be this way, but the devs changed it since never resting is very unrealistic for a wolf) so I'd say your mate is Energetic, Bold(maybe closer to the middle), and Social.

[Cecilie]

Originally posted by JupiterFox:

All the NPC wolves right now typically tuck their tails during fights for some reason. Personality doesn't matter.
I absolutely love any mates that keep up with my wolf when we're out for a casual run. It indicates a bold and social personality that I adore. I always reject wolves that get too far behind because it seems to best hint at all three of the bad traits: laziness, caution, and loner
In my experience, there are absolutely no wolves who fight to kill, no matter the personality. They'll help to kill, but they're not bloodthirsty and shouldn't be. It's illogical for any wolf to take unnecessary damage to kill when their opponent already has the mind to flee. If they do a final blow, it's only a coincidence because you yourself already did the majority of damage. A potential mate not helping you fight wolves who are already fleeing should not count in your assessment of them. It should only count if both parties are actively fighting.
He might be a little lazy due to the evidence you put down by the end of your original post, but I'll take a slightly lazy, bold, social wolf any day rather than one who isn't lazy one bit but super cautious. What's the point of all that energy if they spend it being cautious? Plus, the chances are, the personality sliders are usually more in the middle. An energetic wolf is still free to lay down sometimes for the heck of it. Just not all the time. A cautious wolf can still bite and fight, just less so. The personality sliders are almost never tilted all the way left or right. Have to take some bad with the good.
All in all, it's my late opinion that you skipped out on a possibly awesome mate.

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That's awesome! I assumed when wolves runs ahead of player wolf they are most likely energetic, not bold or social, since I've had wolves who runs far ahead of my wolf but are cautious in hunts or even a bit loner type. But at least it helps to perceive their personalities better now thanks to you guys ^-^

The mate I had was OK, but it could be better. xD I noticed he didn't attack until i did the first bite on either wolves or elk, so he wasn't enough bold for my liking, which is mostly why I went to find a another one. I always want to have a litter with bold, social and energetic pups, which makes the pack a super tough one. Although some in the litter, either 1 to 2 pups have traits randomly, being more lazy, cautious or loner type, but so far I've gotten most bold, energetic and social pups with matching traits of the parents.

I will be honest and say that it's a little annoying that the partner stays behind when I try killing off the rival wolves, and he just stand there howling, lol. But it's not a big issue. As long as he help out fighting them into submission, I'll just do the rest to lessen the invasion. But the fact having a mate that matches the player's traits (full bold, full energetic, somewhat social) gives seriously super pups. I think I had to do 20 saves to get through the young hunters quest with my 5 pups, since all of them were too bold for their own good. Lost 2 pups in mule deer hunts and elk hunts, that i had to go back and do over to make sure each of them survived. Such hassle, but worth it 😂

[Cecilie]

Originally posted by topp:

Even a very energetic wolf will sometimes lay down, (didn't used to be this way, but the devs changed it since never resting is very unrealistic for a wolf) so I'd say your mate is Energetic, Bold(maybe closer to the middle), and Social.

Oh nice! OK, I'll keep that in mind next time I try getting a mate. I got confused about this since once I thought I found an energetic wolf, he laid down for a while and I seriously pouted because I took it as a sign that he was more in the middle of energetic and lazy, and i was like, nope, you're no good. 😭