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Pig

Pig
Pig
Class Farming and Animals
Type Livestock
Life Stages
  • Piglet
  • Sow
  • Boar
Breeds
  • American Landrace
  • Large Black
Smallest Pen 40 tiles
Pregnancy 120 days
Mating Season September to February
Food
  • Animal Feed
  • Grass
  • Hay
  • Vegetables
  • Fruits
Old Age 1800 days

The Pig is a farm animal raised for pork, and it gives a survivor a large amount of meat from a single carcass. Pigs breed fast and have big litters, so a small sounder can turn into a full larder within a year.

Pigs are livestock. They live on farms and stay near people instead of fleeing. Young pigs are Piglets. A female Piglet grows into a Sow, and a male grows into a Boar. The Sow carries the litters, and the Boar fathers them.

The game has two breeds, the American Landrace and the Large Black. The Landrace is pink, and the Large Black is black. Their differences are in looks only. Both breeds carry the same genes for plenty of milk and a fair share of meat.

Pigs matter because their numbers climb quickly. A Sow is ready to breed before her first year, and she can give birth to a big litter in a few months. The herd grows quickly, and spare animals can go straight to the butcher. Pigs need a solid pen and a dry shelter, since rain and weak fences both cause trouble.

How to Raise Pig

Pigs live inside a livestock zone. The zone helps them find food, water and shelter, and it keeps them from wandering. Adult pigs need about twice the room of Piglets.

Pigs graze on usable grass inside the zone. They also eat animal feed, hay, vegetables and fruit from a feeding trough. Water goes in a separate trough. Piglets drink milk from their mother. An Animal Feed Bag is a good lure for leading a pig where it should go.

Rain stresses pigs of every age. A roofed shelter inside the pen keeps them calm in bad weather, and a roof matters more than walls. Being kept above ground level stresses them as well. Nearby zombies, gunfire, crowding and slaughter in sight of the herd add more stress.

Adult pigs push against weak obstacles and can break them down. Short fences and other weak barriers are poor at holding grown pigs. Piglets leave obstacles alone.

Petting a pig raises its trust and lowers its stress. It also trains the Animal Care skill. Boars attack at close range when stressed or angry. A Boar's charge can knock a person down and leave cuts. Boars leave each other alone, so a herd can hold more than one.

Pigs are moved on a rope. A roped pig follows its handler to a new zone, a post, a tree or a livestock trailer. Piglets can also be picked up and carried. Every pig leaves Pig Dung around the pen most days, and the dung makes good compost.

Pig Breeding

A Piglet grows into an adult in about five months of game time. Sows and Boars can breed from about seven months of age. Pigs mate from September through February, across autumn and winter.

A pregnancy lasts about four months. The pregnancy time can be changed in the sandbox settings. Each litter holds between five and ten Piglets. After giving birth, a Sow needs only about a week of rest before she can carry again. That short rest is why a pig herd grows so quickly in season.

Newborn Piglets feed from their mother. Genes pass from both parents. They shape size, meat, weight, lifespan, milk, strength, fertility and temper. Pigs live for a few years before they reach old age, a shorter life than cattle or chickens.

The pig grows through these stages, each one taking the days shown to reach full size.

Stage Image Grows For Becomes
Piglet Piglet 140 days Sow, Boar
Sow Sow 140 days -
Boar Boar 360 days -

Pig Breeds

Each breed of pig, with how much meat and milk the game sets for it.

Breed Image Meat Milk
American Landrace American Landrace High High
Large Black Large Black High High

Pig Butchering

A pig carcass gives Pork Chops, Pork, Animal Sinew, bones, a head, a skull and an unprocessed hide. Adults give a mix of Bone Pieces, Animal Bones and Large Animal Bones. Piglets give a smaller load of meat and Bone Pieces.

The hide follows the breed. A Landrace gives a Landrace Pig Hide, and a Large Black gives a Black Pig Hide. Piglets give a small Piglet Hide of their breed. Sows and Boars each have their own head but share the Pig Skull.

A Butcher Hook is needed to get the hide from a pig. The hook also raises the amount of meat and other material. The final yield depends on the animal's size, its meat genes, the age of the carcass and the Butchering skill. Slaughter belongs out of sight of the living herd, since watching it stresses them.

What a butchered carcass gives at each life stage, one tab per stage.

Name Image Amount Breed Spawn ID
Bone Pieces Bone Pieces 4-6 All /additem Base.SmallAnimalBone
Landrace Piglet Hide (Unprocessed) Landrace Piglet Hide (Unprocessed) 1 American Landrace /additem Base.PigletLeather_Landrace_Full
Piglet Head Piglet Head 1 All /additem Base.Pig_Piglet_Head_Pink
Piglet Skull Piglet Skull 1 All /additem Base.Piglet_Skull
Black Piglet Hide (Unprocessed) Black Piglet Hide (Unprocessed) 1 Large Black /additem Base.PigletLeather_Black_Full
Name Image Amount Breed Spawn ID
Bone Pieces Bone Pieces 2-4 All /additem Base.SmallAnimalBone
Animal Bone Animal Bone 4-7 All /additem Base.AnimalBone
Large Animal Bone Large Animal Bone 1-2 All /additem Base.LargeAnimalBone
Landrace Pig Hide (Unprocessed) Landrace Pig Hide (Unprocessed) 1 American Landrace /additem Base.PigLeather_Landrace_Full
Sow Head Sow Head 1 All /additem Base.Pig_Sow_Head_Pink
Pig Skull Pig Skull 1 All /additem Base.Pig_Skull
Black Pig Hide (Unprocessed) Black Pig Hide (Unprocessed) 1 Large Black /additem Base.PigLeather_Black_Full
Name Image Amount Breed Spawn ID
Bone Pieces Bone Pieces 2-4 All /additem Base.SmallAnimalBone
Animal Bone Animal Bone 4-7 All /additem Base.AnimalBone
Large Animal Bone Large Animal Bone 1-2 All /additem Base.LargeAnimalBone
Landrace Pig Hide (Unprocessed) Landrace Pig Hide (Unprocessed) 1 American Landrace /additem Base.PigLeather_Landrace_Full
Boar Head Boar Head 1 All /additem Base.Pig_Boar_Head_Pink
Pig Skull Pig Skull 1 All /additem Base.Pig_Skull
Black Pig Hide (Unprocessed) Black Pig Hide (Unprocessed) 1 Large Black /additem Base.PigLeather_Black_Full

Pig Locations

Pigs start on farms with pig zones. Small farms keep a Sow or two. Standard pig farms keep a few Sows with one or two Boars. Large pig farms keep a bigger herd with up to two Boars. Some farms hold just a single Sow. Mixed farms may also roll pigs, cattle or sheep when the map is made. The breed is picked at random unless the farm sets one.

The farms that start with pig, by size, and how many females and males each one holds.

Farm Size Females Males
Standard 1 to 5 1 to 2
Small 1 to 2 1 to 0
Large 3 to 8 1 to 2
Single 1 to 1 0 to 0

Notes

  • Build a roofed shelter in the pen, since rain stresses pigs.
  • Use strong fences, because adult pigs break weak ones.
  • Breed in autumn and winter, the only season pigs mate.
  • A Sow is ready again about a week after a litter.
  • An Animal Feed Bag lures pigs where they need to go.


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