== Spawning and behavior ==
* There are basically two types of creatures in Wurm: normal animals which can be [[Animal taming|tamed]] (and are usually based on real-world domesticated animals) and monsters which cannot be tamed (and are sometimes also known in the real world) but can often be [[dominate]]d.
* Most creatures [[spawn]] in [[lair]]s. Some can also be [[animal husbandry|bred]] by players.
* Most creatures like to avoid civilized areas and will have a reduced spawn rate near such areas.
* Animals are attracted to food sources. Creatures such as [[huge spider]]s may come to piles of [[meat]], while unicorns may come to piles of [[seed]].
* Some animals have various [[animal conditions|conditions]] that affect their strengths and weaknesses.
* [[animal husbandry|Bred animals]] can have traits that normally spawned animals do not have.* Most animals have [[age]]s of young, adolescent, mature, aged, old, agedor venerable.* Animal can be normally fed, fat, or [[starving]]. Starving animals will not give any meat when [[butcher]]ed, and venerablethey can die of starvation.
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