General Information

Animals can be seen on the game map. They move or attack on their own twice an hour, once at 5 minutes past and once at 35 minutes past, and will also attack reactively (and immediately) each time they are attacked by a player.

Most animals are passive and will only attack a player actively if the player has attacked them, at which point the animal will attack once every 30 minutes until they are dead, the player is dead, the player runs away, or a different player harms them. Other animals, including elephants, tigers, and wild boars, will attack without provocation. A player who sleeps near such an animal may wake to find that they have been mauled and possibly killed because the animal wandered across their location.

List of Animals

The following animals can be found at anytime during the year. There are also special animals around the island, some can only be found at certain times, or if certain conditions are meet. These links lead to those animals.

Concealed Animals - These animals can never be seen, and the player can't attack them, but they still can affect players. These can be found here.
Special Animals - Some animals only come out to play at certain times during the year. They can be found here.
Upgraded Animals - Animals that have adjectives like Hungry, Fully-grown, Ferocious or Rogue can be found here.

Here is small description of what the following list tells one.

Location Found - Where the animal can be most commonly found.
Max Hitpoints - The maximum number of hitpoints that the creature can have.
Damage - The amount of damage an attack from this animal causes.
XP Bonus - The bonus the player gets for killing the animal.
Attack Unprovoked - Whether or not an animal will attack a player if the player hasn't attacked the animal.
Special Notes - Other information about some animals.

Alligator

Location Found - Swamp, River, Lake
Max Hitpoints - 25
Damage - 3
XP Bonus - 18
Attack Unprovoked - Yes
Special Notes - Can cause bleeding wounds. Can be upgraded to Hungry Alligator.

Bat

Location Found - Jungle
Max Hitpoints - 3
Damage - 1
XP Bonus - 4
Attack Unprovoked - No
Special Notes - Appeared for the first time during Halloween 2007.

Bear

Location Found - Mountain Path
Max Hitpoints - 30
Damage - 3
XP Bonus - 18
Attack Unprovoked - Yes
Special Notes - Can cause bleeding wounds. Can be upgraded to Hungry Bear.

Elephant

Location Found - Jungle, Grassland
Max Hitpoints - 60
Damage - 4
XP Bonus - 33
Attack Unprovoked - Yes
Special Notes - Can be upgraded to Rogue Elephant.

Giant Spider

Location Found - Cave
Max Hitpoints - 50
Damage - 2
XP Bonus - 28
Attack Unprovoked - Yes
Special Notes - Attacks result in poisoning 75% of the time, causing 1 HP of damage for the next three to five actions.

Giant Squid

Location Found - Water, Deep Water
Max Hitpoints - 450
Damage - 5
XP Bonus - 153
Attack Unprovoked - Yes
Special Notes - Rare. Can be upgraded to Fully-Grown Giant Squid.

Goat

Location Found - Mountain Path, Jungle
Max Hitpoints - 20
Damage - 1
XP Bonus - 13
Attack Unprovoked - No

Guard Dog

Location Found - Trader Huts
Max Hitpoints - 15
Damage - 2
XP Bonus - 10
Attack Unprovoked - No
Special Notes - Will attack one if that person attacks the Trader.

Large Deer

Location Found - Jungle, Grassland, River, Lake
Max Hitpoints - 15
Damage - 1
XP Bonus - 10
Attack Unprovoked - No

Large Stag

Location Found - Jungle, Grassland
Max Hitpoints - 20
Damage - 2
XP Bonus - 13
Attack Unprovoked - No
Special Notes - Can be upgraded to an Aggressive Large Stag

Monkey

Location Found - Jungle
Max Hitpoints - 10
Damage - 1
XP Bonus - 8
Attack Unprovoked - No
Special Notes - Can be upgraded to Chattering Monkey.

Parrot

Location Found - Jungle, Water, River, and Lake
Max Hitpoints - 5
Damage - 1
XP Bonus - 5
Attack Unprovoked - No
Special Notes - Can be taught repeating speech patterns, see Teaching Parrots for more indepth information. Upgrades to Vicious Parrot after killing two people.

Python

Location Found - Jungle
Max Hitpoints - 215
Damage - 8-14
XP Bonus - ?
Attack Unprovoked - ?
Special Notes - Constricts opponents. If someone tries to leave the square that the python is on, they may take 2 damage. If you escape the python's grip, you gain 1XP. The damage this beast inflicts changes, from 8, 11, to 14. First encountered as the Beast of Dalpok when a native hunter emerged from the jungle screaming of a horrific monster that ate his fellow hunters in July 2010. Upgrades to Hungry Python.

Rat

Location Found - Caves
Max Hitpoints - 3
Damage - 1
XP Bonus - 4
Attack Unprovoked - Yes
Special Notes - Will attack in packs.

Rhino

Location Found - Grassland
Max Hitpoints - 50
Damage - 4
XP Bonus - 28
Attack Unprovoked - No.

Shargle

Location Found - Mountain path, but can be found most places.
Max Hitpoints - 30
Damage - 2
XP Bonus - 18
Attack Unprovoked - Yes
Special Notes - Hatches from an egg. Causes bleeding wounds. Upgrades to Ferocious Shargle after killing two people.

Silverback

Location Found - Jungle
Max Hitpoints - 50, upgrades to 62 after three kills.
Damage - 3, upgrades to 6 after three kills.
XP Bonus - 28
Attack Unprovoked - Yes
Special Notes - Causes bleeding wounds. Can be upgraded to Territorial Silverback.

Small Deer

Location Found - Jungle, Grassland, River, Lake
Max Hitpoints - 15
Damage - 1
XP Bonus - 10
Attack Unprovoked - No

Songbird

Location Found - Sacred Space
Max Hitpoints - 5
Damage - 1
XP Bonus - 5
Attack Unprovoked - No

Tiger

Location Found - Jungle, Grassland
Max Hitpoints - 25
Damage - 3
XP Bonus - 13
Attack Unprovoked - Yes
Special Notes - Causes bleeding wounds. Can be upgraded to Ferocious Tiger.

Turtle

Location Found - Water, Beach, Dunes
Max Hitpoints - 30
Damage - 2
XP Bonus - 18
Attack Unprovoked - No

Wild Boar

Location Found - Jungle, Grassland, River, Lake
Max Hitpoints - 15
Damage - 1
XP Bonus - 10
Attack Unprovoked - Yes
Special Notes - Can be upgraded to an Aggressive Wild Boar.

Attacking Animals

When you attack an animal you receive XP equal to the damage listed for the weapon you used. Killing an animal yields an additional bonus of (5 + max HP) / 2, rounded up (For example, if a monkey has 1 HP remaining when you kill it with a machete that deals 3 HP of damage, your action gives you 3 XP for the damage and 8 for the kill, totaling 11.)

Attacking animals is a great source of experience points for new arrivals to the island, though when lacking any combat skills it is hard even to kill a parrot! It is also done for sport by some, like the Exotic Sports Hunting Club, and the various adventurers who seek the legendary giant squids. Many players use their first several hundred action points doing little except seeking out and attacking animals, so that they may gain enough experience--and thus skills--to do other things effectively. Beware on the hunt, though, as all animals have been known to defend themselves, and some can tear you apart or stomp you to death very quickly.

Recommended Supplies

When hunting, be sure to take the following items to lengthen your survival time.

First Aid Kits/Healing Herbs - These will cure bleeding wounds so you don't bleed out all over the place.
Machete/Cutlasses - Bring more than one since these do break.
Rifles/Blowpipes - These deal high damage to the animals. Recommended if you are a Soldier or Warrior.

Punching animals

Sometimes punching a large animal or aggressive one can yield these special messages.

You attack the animal and miss. Suddenly attacking the animal with your bare hands doesn't seem so clever!
You attack the animal and miss. Pausing a moment to reflect on this, tackling the animal with your bare hands might be considered crazy!

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