Wilderlands Ethology

<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Wilderlands Ethology</span>

<span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Work in Progress</span>

<span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Wilderlands Ethology is an entity and behavior overhaul mod for <span class="hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline"><span class="whitespace-normal">Vintage Story</span></span>, developed for the Wilderlands community server.</span>

<span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">This module expands the game&rsquo;s wildlife &mdash; especially aquatic life &mdash; and reworks animal behaviors to create more immersive and more challenging hunting encounters.</span>

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<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Core Features</span>

<span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Behavior Adjustments</span>

<span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Wild animals behave more realistically and more dangerously.</span>

<span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Examples include:</span>

• <span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Sheep, deer, and goats now have a wider fleeing range.</span>

• <span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Wild pigs are more aggressive and drop additional fat.</span>

• <span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Wolves have an expanded seeking range and can spawn in snowy regions.</span>

<span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Hunting requires more awareness, better preparation, and sometimes better positioning.</span>

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<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">New Creatures</span>

<span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Several new entities have been introduced, many of them aquatic in nature.</span>

<span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Terrestrial Additions</span>

• <span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">A mountain goat variant that prefers snowy terrain.</span>

• <span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">A new snow-adapted sheep variant.</span>

• <span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">A bearded &ldquo;dragon&rdquo; &mdash; a large lizard that lives just underground.</span>

<span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Aquatic Additions</span>

<span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">A significant expansion of marine and freshwater life, including:</span>

• <span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Numerous fish species</span>

• <span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Freshwater and saltwater stingrays</span>

• <span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Jellyfish</span>

• <span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Eels</span>

<span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Most new entities are functional and use appropriate behaviors, though some polish is still ongoing. They are being released now in preparation for an upcoming Wilderlands server launch.</span>

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<span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Credits</span>