Animals are an essential part of Caravaneer 2 as the game progresses. They can be used to supply milk and other trade items, carry items between cities and act as transport for your caravan. Animal prices can vary wildly due to the many factors that influence them, including current health, age and market value.
Animals can be slaughtered to provide you with meat and skins, but this is generally only an emergency option to prevent starving to death since the slaughter byproducts are worth less than the selling price of a live animal. Generally, slaughtering an animal will yield 1/3 of it's current weight in meat, as well as square meters of skin roughly equal to animal weight divided by 60. For example, a 150 Kg animal will yield around 50 Kg of meat and 2.5 units of skin.
Female animals will become pregnant if there is at least one male and female of the species in the caravan. This lets you create young animals without the need to purchase them from a store. Newborn animals will only consume milk for the first few months which will be provided by the mother unless unforeseen events occur, eliminating your source of milk production. Afterwards, the newborn will start to consume forage and water like adult animals. You can reserve milk for newborn animals by lowering the reliability percentage to 0 in the Supplies menu.
Animals and carts can be used as cover if you're in a battlefield with little to no walls to reduce the chances of getting hit. The penalty however is that both can be killed, destroyed, or hurt so badly that it'll slow the caravan. They can also be hit if a bullet misses but the animal or cart is in the missed bullet's direction.
Carrying people[]
All animals except for sheep and goats can carry a maximum of one passenger. This will negate the speed of the person to the speed of the animal that is carrying the person.
Limitations[]
Animals can only carry people if their weight is equal to or less than the animal's maximum load. For example, a donkey with a maximum load of 50 kg can carry a person if their weight is 50 or less. Any remaining space can be used to carry cargo. This limitation can be overridden by attaching a cart.
Stat Chart[]
| Animal | ~Max Load | Passengers | Speed | ~Forage Consump. | ~Water Consump. | ~Produce | ~Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 5 | 2.2 Sheep Milk 0.5 Wool |
90 |
| Goat | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3.5 | 1.8 Goat Milk 0.1 Wool |
70 |
| Donkey | 45-60 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 Donkey Milk | 150 |
| Cow | 70-90 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 Cow Milk | 500 |
| Horse | 110-135 | 1 | 12 | 5.5 | 11 | 2.2 Horse Milk | 550 |
| Camel | 160-220 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 Camel Milk 0.1 Wool |
650 |
Sheep[]
Sheep are the best animal to produce wool on the move. They are incapable of transporting passengers or cargo and their speed is less than average walking speed. It is recommended that they aren't used unless the player wishes to, for whatever reason, produce wool while traveling.
Price - 5000 to 7000
Average Max Load - 0
Speed - 3.5 km/hr
Weight (Estimate) - 80 - 100 kg
Forage Consumption - ~2.5 kg/Day
Water Consumption - ~5 L/Day
Produces - ~2.2 Sheep Milk (Female), 0.5 Wool
Lifespan - Young at age 3 m, Adult at age 7 m, Old at age ~ 9 y
Gestation Period - ~19-22 weeks
Amount of Newborns - 1 to 2 each gestation period
Can be purchased at - Lintu Camp, Pullid Camp, Lago, Lost, Mimb
Goat[]
Goats are a good starting animal to use to create milk while on the move. Their speed is lower than average walking speed and they are incapable of transportation passengers or cargo. It is recommended that they not be used unless the player intends to be partially or fully reliant on goat milk produce.
Price - 3500 to 5000
Average Max Load - 0
Speed - 4 km/hr
Weight (Estimate) - 60 - 80 kg
Forage Consumption - ~2 kg/Day
Water Consumption - ~3.5 L/Day
Produces - ~1.8 Goat Milk (Female), 0.1 Wool
Lifespan - Young at 14 weeks, Adult at age 7 m, Old at age ~9 y
Gestation Period - 20-24 weeks
Amount of Newborns - 1 to 3 each gestation period
Space Required - 1 - 4
Can be purchased at - Lintu Camp, Pullid Camp, Lago, Mundschau, Lost, Mimb
Donkey[]
Donkeys are the first pack animal available in the Tribal and Alkubra region. They move at about walking speed and provide some milk to the caravan while it travels. They can also pull small or fiberglass carts, further increasing their carrying capacity.
Price - 5000 to 7000 (Tribal region)
Average Max Load - ~50 kg
Speed - 5 km/hr
Weight (Estimate) - 130 - 160 kg
Forage Consumption - ~3 kg/Day
Water Consumption - ~6 L/Day
Produces - ~1 Donkey Milk (Female)
Lifespan - Young at 4 m, Adult at age 2 y, Old at age ~20-25 y
Gestation Period - 54-55 weeks
Amount of Newborns - 1 each gestation period
Can be purchased at - Lintu Camp, Lago, New Serino, Lost, Mimb, Toowoomba
Cow[]
Cows are the slowest animal, consume the most combined forage and have a lower max load than a horse or camel. They produce the most milk of any animal.
Price Range - ~90,000
Average Max Load - 80 kg
Speed - 3 km/hr
Weight (Estimate) - 400 - 600 kg
Forage Consumption - ~6 kg/Day
Water Consumption - ~10 L/Day
Produces - ~6 Cow Milk (Female)
Lifespan - Young at 4 m, Adult at age 2 y , Old at age <10 y
Gestation Period - 37-41 weeks
Amount of Newborns - 1 each gestation period
Can be purchased at- Lago, Mimb, Tifk
Horse[]
Horses are the fastest animal in the game. They are ideal if you use an all-horse caravan with everyone loaded in carts. It is only recommended to use horses if you plan to have all transports as horses and vehicles, everyone loaded in to carts, and have a small caravan. The efficiency of a horse caravan is lessened if you use a large amount of people in your caravan as most of the load space will be used to hold the passengers rather than trade goods.
Price - 31000 to 250000
Average Max Load - 120 kg
Speed - 12 km/hr
Weight (Estimate) - 450 - 600 kg
Forage Consumption - ~5.5 kg/Day
Water Consumption - ~11 L/Day
Produces - ~2.2 L/Day Horse Milk (Female)
Lifespan - Young at 4 m, Adult at age 18 m, Old at age ~20-25 y
Gestation Period - 44-51 weeks
Amount of Newborns - 1 each gestation period
Can be purchased at - Lago, Mimb, Tifk, Toowoomba
Camel[]
Camels are the best animals for trading as they are capable of hauling large and metal carts. They have higher speed than donkeys, consume less forage and water per day than horses*, and produce a large amount of milk. They are recommended if you intend to have a large caravan with a large max load.
* Horse caravans move twice as fast as a caravan with camels. In a caravan with no other animals or people on foot horses actually consume less forage and water per km traveled than camels. Camels are more efficient if you are transitioning from donkeys, where the Horses' speed is wasted or waiting at a town for a vendor to restock.
Price - 50000 to 90000
Average Max Load - 190 kg
Speed - 6 km/hr
Weight (Estimate) - 500 - 750 kg
Forage Consumption - ~5 kg/Day
Water Consumption - ~6 L/Day
Produces - ~3 Camel Milk, 0.1 Wool
Lifespan - Young at 4 m, Adult at age 18 m, Old at age ~29-33 y
Gestation Period - 50-62 weeks
Amount of Newborns - 1 each gestation period
Can be purchased at - Mimb, Tifk
Notes[]
All numbers displayed by the game are rounded. The unrounded numbers are used in all calculations by the game.
All animals incur some damage while traveling. Your caravan's Veterinary skill will try to heal this damage while you are traveling.
Severe damage can reduce an animal's carrying capacity and milk production.
Old age is variable. Some animals will not reach old age until years after the ages listed above.
An animal can be carried as a passenger if a cart or vehicle has enough cargo capacity and passenger space for the animal. Each animal requires 1 to 13 passenger spaces depending on the size of the animal and its species.
In general for each species, larger animals will:
- consume more forage and water,
- carry more cargo,
- produce more milk (females),
- not produce more wool.
Regions where animals can be purchased:
- donkey: all regions
- cow: all regions except Tribal
- horse: all regions except Tribal
- camel: all regions except Tribal and Alkubra
- goat: all regions except Northway, Qubba, and The Federation
- sheep: all regions except Northway, Qubba, and The Federation