Donkey

* Foal Donkey
* Adult Donkey
* Sleepy Foal Donkey

* Juvenile
* Mature

Game Version 1.4.3.1

**Donkeys** are farm animals.

## Description

Donkeys require a donkey shelter to live in and provide transport for the player and goods. They can be purchased from the donkey shelter in Tutki provided the player has already built a donkey shelter of their own in their settlement.

Foals mature at 1.5 years of age (6 seasons). Donkeys have an average lifespan of 31.25 years (125 seasons), or minimum life span of 25 years (100 seasons). This is independent of the number of days per season a player sets. Adult female donkeys have a 20% chance times the number of adult male donkeys available in the donkey shelter, per season, to produce a foal. For example, an adult female donkey housed with 2 adult male donkeys has a 40% chance to have a foal per season. Each adult female donkey can produce a maximum of 1 foal per season, depending on how many empty slots you have available in the donkey shelter.

Donkeys require an animal breeder to be employed at the donkey shelter to get fed, but as they don't produce anything that is not really necessary. Despite the job name, animals do not need an animal breeder to breed.

Each foal consumes 0.42 units of animal feed per day, and each adult donkey consumes 0.84 units of animal feed per day.

Donkeys glow blue in the Inspector Mode if the player has unlocked the Tracker perk.

## Resource Production

While donkeys do not produce any resources, they do provide transport for the player and goods. Foals can not be ridden or transport anything. Upon hunting and skinning, an adult donkey yields 6 leather and 20 meat, while a foal yields 3 leather and 15 meat.

## Riding

To mount a donkey, the player must equip it with a saddle. Donkeys can trot, gallop, and jump over obstacles, the latter two consuming stamina. Riding speed can be increased by the Night Rider perk, while the stamina consumption rate can be reduced by the Skilled Rider perk, and by equipping the mount with horseshoes. To do this, the player must open his own inventory (I), transfer the horseshoes to the donkey's inventory, and then open the donkey's inventory (H) and equip them from there. A donkey's speed is slower than that of a horse.

While mounting a donkey, the player cannot use any tools or weapons except for torches, which are held in the off-hand. The torch cannot be used to chase off wolves while being mounted, though.

The Village Whistleblower talent allows the player to instantly summon their mount regardless of its location.

## Transportation

The player can transfer items between their inventory and their mount, which has a default carrying capacity of 30 kg. When overloaded, donkeys will move slower, cannot gallop, and cannot be summoned. Their carrying capacity can be expanded by the Carrot and Stick perk, and by equipping them with a saddlebag, which is done in the same way horseshoes are, as explained above.

## Health

Donkeys can take fall damage from jumping off high elevations. They can also lose health from being attacked by aggressive wild animals, especially wolves, or bandits. They will die if their health depletes to 0.