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Supreme item

2014-05-27T08:55:38Z

Dartaranius: added another skill raise example

Description text: ''This is a supreme example of the item, with fine details and slick design. ''
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'''Supreme items''' were introduced in an update, Thursday, 29 March 2012.

Players may occasionally succeed in creating [[rare item|rare]], supreme, or even [[fantastic item|fantastic]] items. These tools are faster, weapons do more damage, and armour protects a bit better. This may also happen as you improve or polish items and rare items may turn into even rarer items. Constructing new items using rare materials may turn the unfinished item into a rare item. Rare guard towers spawn more guards, for instance. More functionality will be added over time.

Premium players have a 2% added bonus to the creation of supreme items over non-premium players.

'''''Please see the [[rare]] entry for other details.'''''

== Supreme functionality ==

===Tools===
*Supreme tools work 0.2 seconds faster than normal tools, compared to 0.1 seconds faster for [[rare]] tools.
*They take 19% less damage than normal tools. This means they take 90% of the damage taken by [[rare]] tools.
*A supreme [[pickaxe]] was returning 3 ql higher than the cap of the vein.

===Vehicles, Mounts and Containers===
*[[Horse shoe]]s improve speed. A supreme horse shoe gives 1.44km/h extra gain.

===Other===
*A supreme [[toolbelt]] has 2 extra slots than the normal equivalent.

== Sacrificing ==
Sacrificing supreme items has been reported to give skillgain.

'''Reported examples'''
* +0.07 axes skill
* +0.099 fishing from a supreme mortar
* +0.014 bowyery (from 85.98 to 85.99)
* +0.08 war machines (from 15.17 to 15.25) from a supreme silver shard (<Zarmazarmaex>)
* +0.08 Pottery
* +0.07 Catapults from supreme dirt
* +0.047 woodcutting

[[Category:Babel/S]]

Guides:Starting with Nothing

2013-11-04T09:03:03Z

Dartaranius: typo

Wurm is designed so that a player can start with nothing, and create every essential and craftable item. No starter gear, no weapons, no tools, just a shirt and pants, not even shoes! Noobs start with a set of starting weapons and tools. These can be lost, or thrown out. Wurm allows that. 'It isn't easy', starting over in Wurm, 'but it is possible'.

If you:
* Died and lost an essential item
* Lost everything to raiders on a PVP server
* Dropped your starter gear and lost it
* Or you just want a challenge, aka Wurm Hard Mode
then this is for you. This is not for the faint of heart, even more so than Wurm normally is. But if you like a challenge, you may find it rewarding.

==Make [[crude tools]]==
*[[crude knife]]
*[[crude shovel]]

Your first order of business is to find [[iron rock]] and [[branch]]es. Once you find a rock face, you need to rummage over it. Rummaging is like foraging but for rock instead of grass, trees, or steppe. You will likely only turn up two types of items: rock shards (in smaller amounts than you would mine) and iron rock. You will need both to make your first tool, a [[crude knife]].

*find a large area of exposed rock, like a cliff or mountain, now rummage on a [[rock tile]] until you have
**at least 1 [[iron rock]]
**1 [[rock shards]]
*Forage in a forest until you have
**1 [[branch]]

*Use the [[iron rock]] on the [[rock shards]] to make a [[crude knife]]
*Use the [[crude knife]] on the [[branch]]es to make [[shaft]]s
*Use the [[crude knife]] on the [[rock shards]] to make a [[crude shovel blade]]
*Use the [[shaft]] on the [[crude shovel blade]] to make a [[crude shovel]]

''Tips for foraging:
*''keep all cotton (healing)
*''crush all pumpkin into seeds
*''crush wemp into fiber for a rope
*''save sprouts for fuel
*''drop acorns''

==Smelting iron==
*[[mallet]]
*[[iron lumps]]

Rummage again until you have:
*12 iron rock
(When you smelt the iron rocks in a campfire you get .2kg for every 3kg.)

Use your crude shovel to cut down a "mature tree", an "old and shriveled tree", or a "fruit tree".
use your crude knife on the log and make a shortbow this will give you 2kg woodscrap
use your crude knife on the log and make a kindling.
''use the kindling on the woodscrap to make a campfire''
put the iron rocks in the fire.

While the iron rocks are heating up, you need to forage 2 more branches
cut them into shafts
make a [[mallet]] and a [[handle]]

==Make iron carving knife and small anvil==
*[[small anvil]]
*[[carving knife]]

*Combine all of the *hot* lumps into one big [[lump]].
*Use the mallet on the lump to make a [[small anvil]]
*use the remaining lump on the small anvil to make a [[carving knife blade]]
*use the knife on the shaft to make a handle
*attach the handle to the carving knife blade

==Your Choice==

===Cooking===
At this point I recommend you search for [[clay]], and take 2 crude shovels, and 2 crude pickaxes (because they break, and cannot be repaired).
*Make 2 or 3 [[jar]]s to carry water, and a [[clay bowl]] to cook in.

Eventually your going to need to cook casseroles, and carry water around with you, that's why i recommend this option.

===more iron tools===
put that [[small anvil]] to use and make more tools, nails, and locks.

==Have Fun==
This should be enough to get you going. You will need to get more iron rock for a [[pickaxe]], [[hatchet]], [[large anvil]] and a [[shovel]], but now you can use the carving knife to make shafts, and the shovel to cut down trees (tip: only cut down mature trees, or fruit trees, you need a hatched to chop up felled trees)

Good luck in the lands of Wurm!

Howl

2013-11-03T23:15:12Z

Dartaranius: Redirected page to The Howl

#redirect [[The Howl]]

Mine door (wood)

2013-01-29T04:25:48Z

Dartaranius: Planks may not be any ql for imping

[[CDB|Main]] / [[Skills]] / [[Carpentry]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''

{{Item
|name=Wooden mine door
|image=Wooden mine door.png
|active=[[plank]]
|passive=[[large nails]]
|group=Miscellaneous
|materials=* 20x [[plank]]
* 1x [[large nails]]
* 1x [[door lock]]
|result=1 '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (42.00 kg)
|skill=carpentry}}

A '''wood mine door''' is a [[carpentry item]] used to limit access to a [[mine]].

===Usage===
* Activate the mine door, right-click a mine [[tile border]], and select ''build door''

==Notes==
* '''Mine doors cannot be placed on entrances with a slope of greater than 90.'''
* Plank [[QL]] affects the chance of success while constructing.
* Right-click on the door to manage the permissions.
* Decays over time (loses Strength and disappears when it drops to 0). Average decay amounts to ''40 strength points per RL day''. Mine door decay always takes place in steps of 100 and the actual daily value is random. It sometimes happens that there is no visible decay for several days (strength can remain constant for as much as 7 days) and then suddenly drops by 200. For example, a wooden mine door of 2000 strength will last approximately 50 days. Once down to 300 a mine door should be improved with planks or it will soon vanish.
* Unlike the [[rock mine door]], a wooden mine door can be improved with a [[plank]] after it is placed. The plank need to be at least strength/100 ql, else the following message will be displayed:

'''You cannot strengthen this door any further with that item and your knowledge.'''

It may also require a certain skill to improve at high strength. (more testing needed)

* A wooden mine door is the only mine door usable on [[Golden Valley (server)|Golden Valley]].
* When a wood mine door is made out of 20ql items the strength will be exactly 1600.
* Non-premium characters cannot improve mine door past 1600.

==See also==
* [[Mine door (rock)]]
* [[Mine door (gold)]]
* [[Mine door (silver)]]
* [[Mine door (steel)]].

==Images==
[[Image:Mine_door_(wood).png]]
[[Image:Mine door item(wood).png]]]

[[Category:Babel/M]][[Category:Mine doors]]

Achievements

2013-01-06T03:02:31Z

Dartaranius: Added joyrided achievement. Added getting condition for trucker.

The achievement system was added May 31st, 2012.

To access your achievements, open the main menu and click on "Achievement Window".

Separate achievement records are kept on each server. Travelling between servers will change the contents of a player's achievement window.

==List of known Achievements==
===Achievements===
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class=sortable
! Achievement
! Description
! Rarity
! How to Unlock
|-
| Abstinence || You wouldn't mind something to eat. Really really really. || Silver || Fasting.
|-
| Almost impossible || You've manufactured something really special || Diamond || Create a fantastic item.
|-
| Amost as good as an Axe || There's always a way to bring down a tree. || Silver || Cut down a tree with something other than an axe.
|-
| Animal Care || How nice of you to feed your pet || Silver || Feed ANY animal.
|-
| Ashes to Ashes || Most people avoid lava for good reasons || Silver || Die on a lava tile
|-
| "boat type" Sailor || Look, it floats! || Silver || Enter different types of boats as commander.
|-
| "boat type" Maker || You finished the "boat type" || Silver || Complete construction of different types of boats.
|-
| Be Gentle Please || You won a spar, hooray! || Silver || Win a spar
|-
| Bread Maker || You can bake! || Silver || Bake a [[bread]]
|-
| Bugged Rarity || You were the victim of a weird achievement bug but survived || Silver || Any improving before Rarity achivement was fixed
|-
| Cap'n || Aye aye, Cap'n || Silver || Enter all the different types of boats as commander.
|-
| Chief Mate || Yarr Matey || Silver || Be a passenger in a boat
|-
| Citizen || Congratulations! You've joined your first settlement! || Silver || Become a citizen of a settlement
|-
| Concrete Shoes || You've discovered that swimming requires training || Silver || Death by drowning
|-
| Cyclops || Ouch! The eye! || Silver || Take a hit to the face?
|-
| Dead end || Sometimes it's hard to survive while driving || Silver || Killed while on a cart.
|-
| Deep Pockets || You can't possibly carry more || Silver || Be encumbered and try to pick up something
|-
| Dragonslayer || You've killed the Red Dragon || Gold || Be engaged in combat with the red [[dragon]] when it dies
|-
| Epic helper || You did your part in helping the gods advance on their journey on Valrei. || Silver || Contribute towards a mission on one of the Epic servers.
|-
| Exceptional craftsmen || You can do really fine things || Silver || Improve an item from under 50.00ql to above 50.00ql
|-
| Founder || There's nothing like home || Silver || Found a deed
|-
| Free Hugs || You're the cuddly type || Silver || Use emote [[emote|smile]] on another player
|-
| Gravedigger || You put the dead to rest. || Silver || [[Digging#Burying|Bury]] a corpse.
|-
| Good Work || You excel in improving things || Silver || Succeed improving to a QL above your skill
|-
| Hauler || You've worked hard today. || Silver || Stop dragging a cart(?)
|-
| Horse Whisperer || You communicate with them. || Silver || Use the 'wave'-[[emote]] on a [[horse]]
|-
| Improve || There! That makes it better. || Silver || Successful improving
|-
| Just a Cold || Sniffle. You've got a cold. || Silver || Get [[diseased]] (counter seems to go up each 30 mins)
|-
| Joyrider || You had the chance to view the surroundings quite a while there. || Silver || Ride a cart as a passenger for a long time
|-
| Last Rope || The more the merrier || Silver || Lead 3 animals at same time
|-
| Mountain Goat || Wow, you can really climb heights || Silver || Go even higher up than the "Went up a Hill" achievement.
|-
| Obsessive Eater || Welp, don't have any space left now. *BURP* || Silver || Eat to 99 % food / Wait for food to decrease from 99% to 98%?
|-
| On the path to perfection || You are soon at the highest level of creation || Gold || Improve an item from under 90.00ql to above 90.00ql
|-
| Oops, that went wrong || Hope it didn't break. || Silver || Failed improving
|-
| Out At Sea || Hope you're not out of your depth. || Silver || Sailing in deep waters?
|-
| Overdosed on Acupuncture || Those thorns give deadly prickles || Silver || Die from [[thorn]]s.
|-
| Perfection || Few have mastered item creation like you. There's little room for improving an item more than this.! || Diamond || 99.00Ql Item
|-
| Popular Joe || You have many friends! || Silver || Add a friend
|-
| Pursuit of excellence || You manage to improve yourself || Silver || Improve an item from under 70.00ql to above 70.00ql
|-
| Rarity || You crafted something which is better than everything there ever was before || Silver || Improve an item past the previous maximum for an item of that type on the entire server.
|-
| Really rare || You've manufactured a really rare item || Silver || ?
|-
| Rider of the Apocalypse|| You rode, and rode, and rode. || Silver || Travel a far distance on horse.
|-
| Settler || A house is like a heart just bigger. || Silver || Finish a [[House (general)|house]] (Complete the last [[wall]])
|-
| Singing While Eating || Who was that cook? || Silver || Eat high ql food
|-
| Sore Bottom || Ok that horse got me pretty far, now where's my farmer's salve || Silver || Ride a long time.
|-
| The First || You're all alone here! || Silver || The first person on a server
|-
| Tossed Dwarf || Nobody dares to throw you around and you're hoping nobody watched you fly helplessly through the air this time || Silver || Get thrown
|-
| Tower Builder || You finished the guard tower. Will you finally be safe now? || Silver || Build a [[guard_tower|guard tower]]
|-
| Tree Hugger || You plant trees. || Silver || Plant a [[sprout]].
|-
| Trucker || You drove that cart really far. || Silver || Ride a cart as a commander for a long time
|-
| Undertaker || You keep souls to rest and the world free from rotting corpses. || Silver || [[Digging#Burying|Bury]] 100 corpses.
|-
| Wanderer || Yow how to move around || Gold || Travel a far distance.
|-
| Went up a Hill || The view is pretty up here || Silver || Going to a high altitude.
|-
| Wet Feet || It's cold. It's wet. I don't like it. || Silver || Take a swim.
|}

===Kill Counters===
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class=sortable
! Achievement
! Description
! Rarity
! How to Unlock
|-
| All Hell || You've held your ground against the Hell creatures || Gold || Kill all hell mobs. [[Hell scorpious]],[[hell horse]] and [[Hell hound]].
|-
| Bear Hunt || You've killed the bear || Silver || Kill a [[bear]].
|-
| Becalmer || You've killed a angry creature || Silver || Kill an [[Animal conditions|angry]] creature.
|-
| Bisons || You've killed the bison || Silver || Kill a [[bison]].
|-
| Bovine Master || You slay bovine like none other || Silver || Kill a [[cow]].
|-
| Crocodiles Killed || You need them shoes, belts and bags || Silver || Kill a [[crocodile]].
|-
| Debugger || You've killed the bug. Thank you. || Silver || Kill a [[cave bug]].
|-
| Deer Killed || You've killed the dear deer|| Silver || Kill a [[deer]].
|-
| Dog Life || You put dogs out of their misery || Silver || Kill a [[dog]].
|-
| Fire Extinguisher || You're the nemesis of Lava creatures || Gold || Kill 5 [[lava spider]]s or 5 [[lava fiend]]s
|-
| Goblin Slayer || You've killed the goblin || Silver || Kill a [[goblin]].
|-
| Hello Goodbye || You've killed the Hell Scorpius || Silver || Kill a [[Hell scorpious]].
|-
| Hellova fight || You've killed Hell Horse || Silver || Kill a [[hell horse]].
|-
| Hunter Apprentice || Deers are easy to hunt || Silver || Kill 20 [[deer]]s
|-
| Kill the pig || You require pork || Silver || kill a [[pig]].
|-
| Kingdom Infiltration || You've killed an enemy kingdom creature || Silver || Kill a creature belonging to an enemy kingdom
|-
| Lava Fiends Killed || You've killed the lava fiend || Silver || Kill a [[lava fiend]].
|-
| Lava Spiders Killed || You've killed the lava spider || Silver || Kill a [[lava spider]].
|-
| Meoww! || Wild Cats try to put up a fight || Silver || Kill a [[wild cat]].
|-
| Mercykiller || You've killed a diseased creature || Silver || Kill a [[Animal conditions|diseased]] animal.
|-
| Off Horse || You slay horses || Silver || Kill a [[horse]].
|-
| Pheasant Hunt || You've killed the pheasant || Silver || Kill a [[pheasant]].
|-
| Rat Race || The rat race has begun! || Silver || Kill a [[rat]].
|-
| Rrreoww! || Mountain Lions try to put up a fight || Silver || Kill a [[mountain lion]].
|-
| Scrapion || Scorpions are at your mercy || Silver || Kill a [[Scorpion]].
|-
| Silencer || You've killed a raging creature || Silver || Kill a [[Animal conditions|raging]] creature.
|-
| Slayer of Procastination || You've killed a slow creature || Silver || Kill a [[Animal conditions|slow]] creature.
|-
| Slayer of the Champ || You've killed a champion creature || Silver || Kill a [[Animal conditions|champion]] creature.
|-
| Slayer of the Fiercity || You've killed a fierce creature || Silver || Kill a [[Animal conditions|fierce]] creature.
|-
| Slayer of The Lurker || You've killed a lurking creature || Silver || Kill a [[Animal conditions|lurking]] creature.
|-
| Slayer of the Meek || You've killed a scared creature || Silver || Kill a [[Animal conditions|scared]] creature.
|-
| Slayer of the Sly || You've killed a sly creature || Silver || Kill a [[Animal conditions|sly]] creature.
|-
| Soilent Green || You've killed a greenish creature || Silver || Kill a [[Animal conditions|greenish]] creature.
|-
| Speedfighter || You've killed an alert creature || Silver || Kill an [[Animal conditions|alert]] creature.
|-
| Spiders Killed || You've killed a spider || Silver || Kill a [[spider]].
|-
| Tastes like Chicken || You know how to get crocodile meat || Silver || Kill 20 [[crocodile]]s
|-
| To hell with it || You've killed the Hell Hound || Silver || Kill a [[Hell hound]].
|-
| Traitor || And that poor guard was just doing his duty || Silver || Kill a [[Guard]].
|-
| Trolls killed || You've killed the fearsome Troll || Silver || Kill a [[Troll]].
|-
| Willbreaker || You've killed a hardened creature || Silver || Kill a [[Animal conditions|hardened]] creature.
|-
| Wolves killed || You're a wolf slayer || Silver || Kill a [[black_wolf|wolf]].
|}

==External Links==
[http://forum.wurmonline.com/index.php?/topic/62522-achievement-reports-for-the-wiki/ Achievement Reports on the Forums]

[[Category:Player]]
[[Category:Babel/A]]

Animal husbandry

2012-12-01T23:22:57Z

Dartaranius: Fixing broken link from a quote. The quote has been moved to spin of topic.

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''

== Description ==
''Animal husbandry'' allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

====Characteristics gained====
Soul / [[Soul depth]]

== Method ==
*Both of the [[animals]] you wish to breed must be not hungry. One must be a male and the other one a female. Lead one of them with a [[rope]] (note that some animals must be [[animal taming|tamed]] to be led) and move it close to the other one. Right-click on the animal you are '''not''' leading and select the "Breed" option.
*Grooming also gives animal husbandry skill gains. Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. You can groom animals once per hour.

== Notes ==
* Animals must be of the same species.
* If breeding fails, you will receive a message that the male "shys away and interrupts the action".
* If breeding fails or is successful and you attempt to breed again, the male animal will show that he's "not in the mood" until 45 real life minutes pass.
* Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, the animal can breed again.
* Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
* [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: [[calves]] or [[foal]]s will not breed, neither will young/early adolescence animals.
* Breeding increases a player's [[soul depth]].
* Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 wurm [[Time|weeks]], regardless of species.
* Animals can have a miscarriage.
* If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
* Breeding animals with [[animal conditions|characteristics]] such as Champion will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two characteristics of the same type together. (Two Champions for example.)
** The same applies to Traits as well.
* Longer blood lines will support more traits. (For example: A 4th generation dog can have up to 6 or so traits where a 1st generation dog (the first offspring from wild dogs) usually only have 0-3 traits.)
* The name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding (noticed on a server revert on 2011-03-01)

== Traits ==
Bred animals have a chance of having traits.(Enhancement/Deformity). Animals can have multiple traits. Examining an animal will show traits, if one has the required skill level:

* 0 skill: Horse's color is considered a trait.
* 20 skill: "It will fight fiercely." (High fighting skill?)
* 21 skill: "It has fleeter movement than normal." (Minor speed boost)
* 22 skill: "It is a tough bugger." (Withstands more damage)
* 23 skill: "It has a strong body." (More health)
* 24 skill: "It has lightning movement." (Randomly increases speed for a short duration)
* 25 skill: "It can carry more than average." (Less penalty to speed due to high load)
* 26 skill: "It has very strong leg muscles." (Less penalty to speed due to slope? Does not currently do this.)
* 27 skill: "It has keen senses." (Increased agro range or possibly harder to tame?)
* 28 skill: "It has malformed hindlegs." (Minor speed penalty)*
* 29 skill: "The legs are of different length." (Major speed penalty)*
* 30 skill: "It seems overly aggressive." (Goes into frenzy when attacked)*
* 31 skill: "It looks very unmotivated." (Seldom uses speed boosts?)*
* 32 skill: "It is unusually strong willed." (Randomly refuses to follow)*
* 33 skill: "It has some illness." (Usually unridable. Penalty to body strength)*
* 34 skill: "It looks constantly hungry." (is twice as fast hungry again)*
* 39 skill: "It looks feeble and unhealthy." (Prone to disease)*
* 40 skill: "It looks unusually strong and healthy." (Has a higher resistance to disease)
* 41 skill: "It has a certain spark in its eyes." (Affects breeding? <s>Will not die of old age?</s> Disproved, see talk.)
(All "?" are unconfirmed, traits with a * are removed by a [[Genesis]] cast)

=== Inbreeding ===

With a recent change inbreeding is supposed to have a negative effect. It adds extra negative traits that don't count against the regular traits pool.

Inbreeding is mating with the father or mother or when the two animals have the same father or mother. Basically if you only can find two horses you'll be ok in three generations. But it might be better to mate your horses with your neighbors horses.

====Important to note====

Players have observed that dead parents don't count towards the 'inbreeding' check:

"I have often used it as a method of breeding, to kill the old parents when I had too many horses that had a parent in common. After the parents are dead, you can breed and get normal horses. Leave the parents alive and you get lots of bad traited animals." [http://forum.wurmonline.com/index.php?/topic/65441-split-off-from-animal-congestion-fix/page__st__20#entry643716 Source]

== Caring ==

To prolong venerable animals from dying of old age you can care for them. To start caring stand next to the animal, right click the animal and select ''Care for''. If you start caring for that animal you'll get the message:
You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for 1 more creatures.

The amount of animals you can care for is limited by the animal husbandry skill of the player. If you can't care for more animals you'll get the message
You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.

You can care for 1 animal and 1 extra animal for every 10 skill in animal husbandry. So at 40 Animal husbandry skill you can care for 5 animals.

To stop caring for all cared animals type the command ''/stopcaring'' in the chat window. You'll get the message
You no longer care for the one creature you used to.

To stop caring for a specific animal, you will need to right click the animal and 'care for' again.

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill

[[Category:Babel/A]]
[[Category:Skills]]

Animal husbandry

2012-12-01T22:59:14Z

Dartaranius: Broked link deletion

[[CDB|Main]] / [[:Category:Skills|Skills]] / [[Nature]] / '''{{PAGENAME}}'''

== Description ==
''Animal husbandry'' allows for the production (breeding) of new creatures, sometimes with increased quality, without the need to wait for new [[spawn]]s.

====Characteristics gained====
Soul / [[Soul depth]]

== Method ==
*Both of the [[animals]] you wish to breed must be not hungry. One must be a male and the other one a female. Lead one of them with a [[rope]] (note that some animals must be [[animal taming|tamed]] to be led) and move it close to the other one. Right-click on the animal you are '''not''' leading and select the "Breed" option.
*Grooming also gives animal husbandry skill gains. Activate a [[grooming brush]] and select ''groom'' while right-clicking on a groomable creature. You can groom animals once per hour.

== Notes ==
* Animals must be of the same species.
* If breeding fails, you will receive a message that the male "shys away and interrupts the action".
* If breeding fails or is successful and you attempt to breed again, the male animal will show that he's "not in the mood" until 45 real life minutes pass.
* Females will not breed while they are pregnant. Once the female gives birth, the animal can breed again.
* Animals do not have to be "fat" to breed, only "no longer interested in food" (when trying to feed them). Grass eaters will typically be in this state after a minute or 2 on grass or crops.
* [[Age]] is a factor in breeding: [[calves]] or [[foal]]s will not breed, neither will young/early adolescence animals.
* Breeding increases a player's [[soul depth]].
* Pregnancy times varies from 5-11 wurm [[Time|weeks]], regardless of species.
* Animals can have a miscarriage.
* If too hungry or low on fat animals can die when giving birth.
* Breeding animals with [[animal conditions|characteristics]] such as Champion will provide a chance that the offspring will also have that characteristic. This chance is dramatically increased when breeding two characteristics of the same type together. (Two Champions for example.)
** The same applies to Traits as well.
* Longer blood lines will support more traits. (For example: A 4th generation dog can have up to 6 or so traits where a 1st generation dog (the first offspring from wild dogs) usually only have 0-3 traits.)
* The name is determined at birth, the traits are determined at breeding (noticed on a server revert on 2011-03-01)

== Traits ==
Bred animals have a chance of having traits.(Enhancement/Deformity). Animals can have multiple traits. Examining an animal will show traits, if one has the required skill level:

* 0 skill: Horse's color is considered a trait.
* 20 skill: "It will fight fiercely." (High fighting skill?)
* 21 skill: "It has fleeter movement than normal." (Minor speed boost)
* 22 skill: "It is a tough bugger." (Withstands more damage)
* 23 skill: "It has a strong body." (More health)
* 24 skill: "It has lightning movement." (Randomly increases speed for a short duration)
* 25 skill: "It can carry more than average." (Less penalty to speed due to high load)
* 26 skill: "It has very strong leg muscles." (Less penalty to speed due to slope? Does not currently do this.)
* 27 skill: "It has keen senses." (Increased agro range or possibly harder to tame?)
* 28 skill: "It has malformed hindlegs." (Minor speed penalty)*
* 29 skill: "The legs are of different length." (Major speed penalty)*
* 30 skill: "It seems overly aggressive." (Goes into frenzy when attacked)*
* 31 skill: "It looks very unmotivated." (Seldom uses speed boosts?)*
* 32 skill: "It is unusually strong willed." (Randomly refuses to follow)*
* 33 skill: "It has some illness." (Usually unridable. Penalty to body strength)*
* 34 skill: "It looks constantly hungry." (is twice as fast hungry again)*
* 39 skill: "It looks feeble and unhealthy." (Prone to disease)*
* 40 skill: "It looks unusually strong and healthy." (Has a higher resistance to disease)
* 41 skill: "It has a certain spark in its eyes." (Affects breeding? <s>Will not die of old age?</s> Disproved, see talk.)
(All "?" are unconfirmed, traits with a * are removed by a [[Genesis]] cast)

=== Inbreeding ===

With a recent change inbreeding is supposed to have a negative effect. It adds extra negative traits that don't count against the regular traits pool.

Inbreeding is mating with the father or mother or when the two animals have the same father or mother. Basically if you only can find two horses you'll be ok in three generations. But it might be better to mate your horses with your neighbors horses.

====Important to note====

Players have observed that dead parents don't count towards the 'inbreeding' check:

"I have often used it as a method of breeding, to kill the old parents when I had too many horses that had a parent in common. After the parents are dead, you can breed and get normal horses. Leave the parents alive and you get lots of bad traited animals." [http://forum.wurmonline.com/index.php?/topic/62468-animal-congestion-fix/page__st__100#entry643716 Source]

== Caring ==

To prolong venerable animals from dying of old age you can care for them. To start caring stand next to the animal, right click the animal and select ''Care for''. If you start caring for that animal you'll get the message:
You now care specially for Aged fat Tearbabe, to ensure longevity. You may care for 1 more creatures.

The amount of animals you can care for is limited by the animal husbandry skill of the player. If you can't care for more animals you'll get the message
You may not care for any more creatures right now. You are already caring for 1 creatures.

You can care for 1 animal and 1 extra animal for every 10 skill in animal husbandry. So at 40 Animal husbandry skill you can care for 5 animals.

To stop caring for all cared animals type the command ''/stopcaring'' in the chat window. You'll get the message
You no longer care for the one creature you used to.

To stop caring for a specific animal, you will need to right click the animal and 'care for' again.

==[[Titles]]==
* Drover at 50 skill
* Granger at 70 skill

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