Monkeys

**Monkeys** are the Non-Hostile NPCs that can be found on all Islands in the game. They primarily serve as companions for the Player, and cannot be killed by the Player or any hostile mobs in the game. Most monkeys are found in Vaults and Labyrinths, while some are found wandering the Islands or caged in Orcling camps. Monkeys can be taught to use various tools and weapons, perform basic tasks and trained using the Mimic System, copying the player to perform many tasks such as harvesting trees and building structures. They also will not stop on their objective until either they can not or they are told not to by the Player.

Monkeys also have skills which they can level up by performing specific tasks related to the skill.

## Monkey Skills

* Harvesting: Determines the speed, damage and efficiency of cutting down trees, bushes and mining rocks.
* Gathering: Determines speed and carry capacity.
* Building: Determines the speed and efficiency of building structures such as Walls, Doors, Windows, etc.
* Crafting: Determines the speed and efficiency of crafting items on Forge, Crafting Table, Repair Bench, etc.
* Combat: Determines the speed and efficiency of combat.

## Monkey Mimic Mode

Using the Monkey Mimic Mode, the Player can teach Monkeys to perform various tasks such as harvesting, gathering, building and crafting.

## Location

A small number of Monkeys can be found wandering on all Islands in the game. Most monkeys found in the game are caged in Vaults and Labyrinths and a decent amount are found caged in Orcling camps.

## Befriending

Stray monkeys tend to want Items in exchange for friendship. Here are some items needed to befriend monkeys:

* Glass Bowl
* Glass Bottle(Clean Water)
* Bucket
* Foul Meal
* Gold Statue

Rescuing caged Monkeys will automatically befriend them. A maximum of 20 Monkeys may be befriended. After which Cages will be empty and wandering monkeys will despawn.

## Additional Notes

* Monkeys cannot die. Upon losing all their Health, they will stay in place, appearing dazed. They will automatically recover all their Health after some time. The typical cartoonish style of stars floating around can be seen.
* Monkeys can be Color-Coded by hovering your mouse cursor over a monkey and pressing 'C' and have their names changed by hovering your mouse cursor over their names and pressing 'Y'.
* The durability of Tools equipped by Monkeys can seen by opening the Journal or by entering Monkey Mimic Mode (Q) and hovering the cursor over a Monkey.
* Monkeys do not suffer environmental damage from different Biomes.
* Monkeys will follow players through Teleporters.
* In order to get hats for monkeys, you will need to buy the Monkey Business DLC.

## Known Bugs/Issues

* v1.1.13 - The Player will be unable to interact with some Monkeys. Saving and Loading the Save will fix this bug.
* v1.1.13 - The Monkeys will not follow the Player through Teleporters. Teleporting back and forth fixes this issue. Some monkeys will also not follow you into Caves, Vaults and Labyrinths.
* v1.1.13 - Upon sailing with a Raft, Monkeys will run away from the Player (deep waters will not stop their movement). The players may catch up to the monkey using the Raft or favorite the 'Runaway Monkey' and use a Summoning Banana to fix the issue.
* v1.1.13 - There is a bug, when you attempt to teach a monkey how to water the plants, they refuse to do so. Try to teach other monkeys or wait some time, and this may resolve the issue.
* On Xbox, attempting to put a monkey in an animal pen may crash the game.

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