Animals guide

This page lists informations about all the existing animal types in Ymir.

Animals[ | ]

The following table lists Animals available in-game, and the climates in which they can be found.

If a unit has Wild Only listed instead of a tick, it means you can find them in that climate, but are unable to build Cattle Farm Pastures for them in that climate.

Portrait	Animal Name	Primary Industry	Cold		Temperate			Hot
Portrait	Animal Name	Primary Industry	Polar	Nordic	Oceanic	Continental	Mediterranean	Arid	Desert	Tropical
	Rabbit	Meat Only (+50% Growth)
	Chicken
	Ostrich
	Cow	Leather with Meat	Wild Only
	Deer **			Wild Only	Wild Only	Wild Only	Wild Only
	Goat
	Buffalo
	Capybara **
	Sheep	Textiles *				Wild Only
	Llama	Textiles *
	Mammoth **	Military (-25% Growth)		Wild Only
	Horse
	Camel
	Elephant **							Wild Only	Wild Only	Wild Only

* Mediterranean, Arid, and Desert climates rely on Flax from Gathering Camps for Textile production. Cotton can also be grown in Continental climates as a more-efficient alternative to Llamas.

** Not able to breed.

Ranch Production (Overview)[ | ]

Eventually, finding animals to continue hunting on the worldmap becomes difficult as their numbers are depleted. Once settlements have unlocked the appropriate Knowledges, their Armies can begin capturing herds to raise as livestock on Animal Farms. After they become fully grown, you can send the animals to a Butcher to be converted into food and other materials.

For a detailed breakdown of each step, see respective the Animal Farm and Butcher pages.

Since ranch production scales with Fertility, but not Workforce, we can "measure" the overall efficiency of ranching for each animal species based on the amount of Fertility you need to produce the same materials. The following table provides a brief summary of those values:

Pastures[ | ]

Pasture	Fertility Cost to Produce** `# Annexes * Avg. Fertility`			Trade Routes (Cargo Volume)
Pasture	1 Meat	1 Leather	1 Textiles	1 Meat
Hunter	-	-	-	0.2
Rabbit	4.8			0.05
Chicken	4.8			0.05
Ostrich	5.3			0.1
Cow	7.1	18		0.1
Deer	6.5	26		0.1
Goat	5.0	25		0.1
Buffalo	7.1	14		0.1
Capybara	?	?		0.1
Sheep	6.5	33	66	0.1
Llama	6.7	27	90	0.1
Horse	8.0	53		0.1
Camel	8.0	40		0.1

Wool Paddock[ | ]

Wool Paddock	Fertility Cost to Produce** `# Annexes * Avg. Fertility`			Trade Routes (Cargo Volume)
Wool Paddock	1 Meat	1 Leather	1 Textiles	1 Textiles
Cotton			8*	0.2
Flax			8*	0.2
Sheep			12	0.2
Llama			12	0.2

* Cotton and Flax have been scaled to match the same area coverage as a Wool Paddock (from 4x4 to 16x16) for this comparison

** Doesn't include the rounding effects for the first 0.1 units of production, so players first unlocking ranching will see much lower costs (temporarily) due to the strong rounding effects for Level 1 buildings.

Hostile Animals[ | ]

Not all animals in Ymir get along well with porcos. There are a few additional species which can be found anywhere on the worldmap, but are treated as Barbarians that will immediately attack any units that step on their territory.

Portrait	Animal Name	Primary Industry	Cold		Temperate			Hot
Portrait	Animal Name	Primary Industry	Polar	Nordic	Oceanic	Continental	Mediterranean	Arid	Desert	Tropical
	Wolf	Military (if captured)	Wild Only
	Bear	Military (if captured)	Wild Only
	Porkoderthal	Cannot Capture	Wild Only