Fauna of the Stone Age: Caninae

A collection of dogs from the subfamily Caninae, these animals will act as possible predators for farm animals and the player, elusive prey sources or even pets. 

This mod includes:

Features:

Red fox and arctic fox of the base game have their spawning disabled, and in their place the Vulpini tribe members will spawn. Foxes will bite if cornered but will not actively hunt the player. Some will eat berries off of bushes and leaving berries, insects and meats on the ground will attract foxes and can be used to breed and domesticate them over time.

South American dogs will also bite if cornered, though some are unfamiliar with humans and will not run away as a result. They can also be bred and domesticated, with later generations no longer having a chance to bite players.

Wolves of the base game have their spawning disabled, and in their place the Canina sub-tribe members will spawn. Gray wolves, arctic wolves and dire wolves will pursue the player in a similar way to the base game wolves, while the rest of this sub-tribe will avoid or flee the player, only attacking if cornered or hurt. Because of the spawn rates of this mod, you’ll encounter far fewer hostile wolves than the base game, but they can spawn outside of forests.

While all Canina members can be domesticated over generations by dropping meats for them to eat, gray wolves have a chance to grow into a domestic dog when bred. These individuals will follow the player, bark or attack dangerous animals and won’t attack the player unless directly attacked by the player. They aren’t fully domesticated however and will flee players if injured, but will return to following the player when they recover. Treasure hunter merchants also have a chance to sell domestic dog puppies, so you can bypass the process of breeding gray wolves.

All species have a unique pelt that can be used to craft hide, taxidermied full body and head mounts.

On occasion a fly covered dog, southern dog, fox or gray fox carcass will spawn, preventing animals of their respective tribe from spawning in the area around them. They have a chance to spawn when a player first arrives in an area or when all dogs of that tribe  have been killed off from the area, allowing players to locally wipe out dogs. Destroying the dog carcass will allow more dogs to spawn again and some carnivores and scavengers may destroy them as well, so if you want dog spawns prevented in an area protect these carcasses.

All the animals in this mod have a strict population cap and will only spawn on runtime, not world gen. This is to make the mod more server friendly so as to not add an overwhelming number of entities. 

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