Megafauna
Mod, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
New in v1.5:
Now includes options to prevent any specific animal from spawning, change the commonality multiplier of the spawns of Megafauna animals (make 'em rarer or much more common), and even the option to disable vanilla animals spawns altogether, if you're looking for a unique challenge (all thanks to Sarg!).
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Author: Sarg Bjornson
Created: 15 Jul, 2017 @ 2:58pm
Updated: 5 Nov, 2022 @ 11:04am
Subscribers: 149246
Size (unpacked) : 22.825 MB
New in v1.5:
Now includes options to prevent any specific animal from spawning, change the commonality multiplier of the spawns of Megafauna animals (make 'em rarer or much more common), and even the option to disable vanilla animals spawns altogether, if you're looking for a unique challenge (all thanks to Sarg!).
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Simple Official Wiki:
http://megafaunarimworld.wikia.com
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FAQ:
Q: Is it safe to add this mod to existing save files?
A: Yes, it is. Just remember to then update your butcher tables' bills to allow butchering of Megafauna creatures.
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Version: 1.5
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Description:
Thanks to the wonders of today's technology, the small group of scientists that was previously known for bringing the Megatherium--
Uh, I mean, the Megasloth back to life, was able to make the Megafauna Project a reality!
This time around, they were able to recreate 38 different species of animals that used to inhabit planet Earth thousands to millions years ago.
...Was that a wise move? Who cares! Now we can all feast our eyes on those glorious beasts as they will slowly inevitably turn all the ecosystems we know upside-down!
Features:
38 new species of animals, all able to spawn naturally in different biomes:
- Arthropleura,
- Doedicurus,
- Daeodon,
- Gigantopithecus,
- Paraceratherium,
- Titanis,
- Titanoboa,
- Woolly Mammoth,
- Elasmotherium,
- Smilodon,
- Chalicotherium,
- Megaloceros,
- Procoptodon,
- Megalania,
- Gomphotaria,
- Diprotodon,
- Short-faced Bear,
- Dinocrocuta,
- Sivatherium,
- Andrewsarchus,
- Dinornis,
- Macrauchenia,
- Quinkana,
- Deinotherium,
- Aurochs,
- Megalochelys,
- Palaeeudyptes,
- Josephoartigasia,
- Gigantophis,
- Meganeura,
- Zygolophodon,
- Platybelodon,
- Purussaurus,
- Uintatherium,
- Pulmonoscorpius,
- Dinopithecus,
- Castoroides,
- Enhydriodon.
These animals are quite rare, and should be a good challenge to either tame or slay.
A lot of them can also be used as pack animals for a caravan (with paraceratherium being your new best caravan buddy!).
Wooly mammoth, elasmotherium, and josephoartigasia are shearable, and arthropleura, titanis, titanoboa, megalania, dinornis, quinkana, megalochelys, palaeeudyptes, gigantophis, meganeura, and purussaurus do lay eggs. Sivatherium, macrauchenia, aurochs cows, and uintatherium are milkable - sivatherium's milk is very nutritious and quite valuable!
Megafauna will automatically detect and patch both A Dog Said... by SpoonShortage (so you can cure old wounds of your animals and install bionic parts on them) and Giddy-up! by Roolo (which means that you can ride your animals!), so make sure to make it load after those mods.
Available languages:
English, Polish,
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Credits:
Roolo - for great help with making Megafauna compatible with his Giddy-up mod.
Nightinggale - for his immensely useful ModCheck.
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Changelog:
13.10.2022 - Update #10:
- updated to be compatible with Rimworld 1.4.
- added various mod options.
21.07.2021 - Update #9:
- updated to be compatible with Rimworld 1.3.
10.10.2020 - Update #8:
- updated to be compatible with Rimworld 1.2.
23.03.2020 - Update #7.5:
- brought back A Dog Said... compatibility,
- hopefully fixed a bunch of errors people were getting.
22.03.2020 - Update #7:
- updated to be compatible with Rimworld 1.1.
03.11.2018 - Update #6:
- changed the name of the "ScorpionLike" body type to fix compatibility issues with AnimalCollabProject,
- changed the intelligence level of smilodon and dinocrocuta to advanced, to match the change made to vanilla's cougar and panther,
- changed the intelligence level of pulmonoscorpius to advanced.
01.11.2018 - Update #5:
- updated to be compatible with Rimworld 1.0,
- all animals now have unique dessicated sprites,
- a lot of small changes intended to help with the balance, like lower hunger rates for predators or sizes of groups some of the animals can spawn in,
- added 15 (!) more animals.
06.04.2018 - Update #4:
- there is a simple official megafauna wiki now: http://megafaunarimworld.wikia.com
- actually made all the animals less rare - turns out that the last time I made the spawn chances about 5-8 times lower than I intended, oops,
- minor changes to some of the animals' stats,
- woolly mammoth's name is no longer misspelled.
20.12.2017 - Update #3:
- updated to be compatible with Rimworld Beta 18,
- no longer requires an additional patch to be compatible with A Dog Said..., it will now automatically detect it and patch all the necessary stuff in,
- also comes with a built-in patch for Giddy-up! (anyone feeling like riding a giant snake into battle?),
- daeodon, titanis, titanoboa, smilodon, procoptodon, gomphotaria, short-faced bear, and dinocrocuta are no longer pack animals (can't be used to carry stuff in caravans),
- very minor tweaks to a few animals in regards to their body size and meat/leather yield,
- some of the animals can now spawn in the new swamp-type biomes (titanoboa's no longer exclusive to the tropical rainforest!),
- some of the older animals such as arthropleura and doedicurus now have their own body types instead of using unfitting vanilla ones,
- some of the older animals won't be sold by traders anymore, in order to make obtaining them feel more special, those being: paraceratherium, titanoboa, elasmotherium, megalania, gomphotaria, and short-faced bear.
- added 4 more animals.
22.08.2017 - Update #2:
- fixed problems with breeding arthropleura (hopefully...?),
- reduced meat/leather yield of almost all the animals,
- finally added the max body sizes of prey the predators will hunt,
- slight changes as to what biomes the animals can spawn in,
- changed entelodont's name to daeodon as it is more specific and therefore more fitting.
- added 5 more animals.
01.08.2017 - Update #1:
- dropped support for A Dog Said... Easy Patcher (now requires a separate compatibility patch for A Dog Said..., which adds the feature of healing old wounds on animals)
- reduced spawn rates of the creatures,
- reduced meat/leather yield of paraceratherium/titanoboa,
- slightly reduced size of giganthopithecus/titanoboa,
- fixed problems with selling items to traders,
- fixed some herbivores not being able to eat live plants,
- removed unfertilized eggs of arthropleura/titanis/titanoboa,
- increased size of baby animals,
- increased market value of the mammoth wool,
- all the leathers now have different stats as well as market value,
- added 6 more animals.
---
If you like my mods and would like to support me, please consider buying me a coffee :]
https://ko-fi.com/C0C56QWI
Now includes options to prevent any specific animal from spawning, change the commonality multiplier of the spawns of Megafauna animals (make 'em rarer or much more common), and even the option to disable vanilla animals spawns altogether, if you're looking for a unique challenge (all thanks to Sarg!).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Simple Official Wiki:
http://megafaunarimworld.wikia.com
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
FAQ:
Q: Is it safe to add this mod to existing save files?
A: Yes, it is. Just remember to then update your butcher tables' bills to allow butchering of Megafauna creatures.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Version: 1.5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Description:
Thanks to the wonders of today's technology, the small group of scientists that was previously known for bringing the Megatherium--
Uh, I mean, the Megasloth back to life, was able to make the Megafauna Project a reality!
This time around, they were able to recreate 38 different species of animals that used to inhabit planet Earth thousands to millions years ago.
...Was that a wise move? Who cares! Now we can all feast our eyes on those glorious beasts as they will slowly inevitably turn all the ecosystems we know upside-down!
Features:
38 new species of animals, all able to spawn naturally in different biomes:
- Arthropleura,
- Doedicurus,
- Daeodon,
- Gigantopithecus,
- Paraceratherium,
- Titanis,
- Titanoboa,
- Woolly Mammoth,
- Elasmotherium,
- Smilodon,
- Chalicotherium,
- Megaloceros,
- Procoptodon,
- Megalania,
- Gomphotaria,
- Diprotodon,
- Short-faced Bear,
- Dinocrocuta,
- Sivatherium,
- Andrewsarchus,
- Dinornis,
- Macrauchenia,
- Quinkana,
- Deinotherium,
- Aurochs,
- Megalochelys,
- Palaeeudyptes,
- Josephoartigasia,
- Gigantophis,
- Meganeura,
- Zygolophodon,
- Platybelodon,
- Purussaurus,
- Uintatherium,
- Pulmonoscorpius,
- Dinopithecus,
- Castoroides,
- Enhydriodon.
These animals are quite rare, and should be a good challenge to either tame or slay.
A lot of them can also be used as pack animals for a caravan (with paraceratherium being your new best caravan buddy!).
Wooly mammoth, elasmotherium, and josephoartigasia are shearable, and arthropleura, titanis, titanoboa, megalania, dinornis, quinkana, megalochelys, palaeeudyptes, gigantophis, meganeura, and purussaurus do lay eggs. Sivatherium, macrauchenia, aurochs cows, and uintatherium are milkable - sivatherium's milk is very nutritious and quite valuable!
Megafauna will automatically detect and patch both A Dog Said... by SpoonShortage (so you can cure old wounds of your animals and install bionic parts on them) and Giddy-up! by Roolo (which means that you can ride your animals!), so make sure to make it load after those mods.
Available languages:
English, Polish,
---
Credits:
Roolo - for great help with making Megafauna compatible with his Giddy-up mod.
Nightinggale - for his immensely useful ModCheck.
---
Changelog:
13.10.2022 - Update #10:
- updated to be compatible with Rimworld 1.4.
- added various mod options.
21.07.2021 - Update #9:
- updated to be compatible with Rimworld 1.3.
10.10.2020 - Update #8:
- updated to be compatible with Rimworld 1.2.
23.03.2020 - Update #7.5:
- brought back A Dog Said... compatibility,
- hopefully fixed a bunch of errors people were getting.
22.03.2020 - Update #7:
- updated to be compatible with Rimworld 1.1.
03.11.2018 - Update #6:
- changed the name of the "ScorpionLike" body type to fix compatibility issues with AnimalCollabProject,
- changed the intelligence level of smilodon and dinocrocuta to advanced, to match the change made to vanilla's cougar and panther,
- changed the intelligence level of pulmonoscorpius to advanced.
01.11.2018 - Update #5:
- updated to be compatible with Rimworld 1.0,
- all animals now have unique dessicated sprites,
- a lot of small changes intended to help with the balance, like lower hunger rates for predators or sizes of groups some of the animals can spawn in,
- added 15 (!) more animals.
06.04.2018 - Update #4:
- there is a simple official megafauna wiki now: http://megafaunarimworld.wikia.com
- actually made all the animals less rare - turns out that the last time I made the spawn chances about 5-8 times lower than I intended, oops,
- minor changes to some of the animals' stats,
- woolly mammoth's name is no longer misspelled.
20.12.2017 - Update #3:
- updated to be compatible with Rimworld Beta 18,
- no longer requires an additional patch to be compatible with A Dog Said..., it will now automatically detect it and patch all the necessary stuff in,
- also comes with a built-in patch for Giddy-up! (anyone feeling like riding a giant snake into battle?),
- daeodon, titanis, titanoboa, smilodon, procoptodon, gomphotaria, short-faced bear, and dinocrocuta are no longer pack animals (can't be used to carry stuff in caravans),
- very minor tweaks to a few animals in regards to their body size and meat/leather yield,
- some of the animals can now spawn in the new swamp-type biomes (titanoboa's no longer exclusive to the tropical rainforest!),
- some of the older animals such as arthropleura and doedicurus now have their own body types instead of using unfitting vanilla ones,
- some of the older animals won't be sold by traders anymore, in order to make obtaining them feel more special, those being: paraceratherium, titanoboa, elasmotherium, megalania, gomphotaria, and short-faced bear.
- added 4 more animals.
22.08.2017 - Update #2:
- fixed problems with breeding arthropleura (hopefully...?),
- reduced meat/leather yield of almost all the animals,
- finally added the max body sizes of prey the predators will hunt,
- slight changes as to what biomes the animals can spawn in,
- changed entelodont's name to daeodon as it is more specific and therefore more fitting.
- added 5 more animals.
01.08.2017 - Update #1:
- dropped support for A Dog Said... Easy Patcher (now requires a separate compatibility patch for A Dog Said..., which adds the feature of healing old wounds on animals)
- reduced spawn rates of the creatures,
- reduced meat/leather yield of paraceratherium/titanoboa,
- slightly reduced size of giganthopithecus/titanoboa,
- fixed problems with selling items to traders,
- fixed some herbivores not being able to eat live plants,
- removed unfertilized eggs of arthropleura/titanis/titanoboa,
- increased size of baby animals,
- increased market value of the mammoth wool,
- all the leathers now have different stats as well as market value,
- added 6 more animals.
---
If you like my mods and would like to support me, please consider buying me a coffee :]
https://ko-fi.com/C0C56QWI
How do I download and install mods?
Simply click the blue button above. It will open the file hosting page with the mod repacked by us from the official source.How do I install this mod?
See the 'How to install' tab.Is this mod safe to use?
The mods are repacked as is, without any additional software, malware, or bloatware added. To check for viruses, use a reliable antivirus or upload the archive to a website like virustotal.com. Anyway, It's always a good practice to keep backups of your saves in case of mod incompatibility .
There is a folder in the .zip archive. To install the mod, move the entire folder (not just its contents) into 'Mods' folder located under your RimWorld root isntallation folder.
So, for steam version of the game, the path would look like this: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\RimWorld\Mods
For any other distribution, firstly locate your rimworld installation path and then unpack the archive into the 'Mods' folder.
Then enable the mod in the game mods menu by double clicking on its name and restart the game