Cats

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Cats can be found on shipwrecks in the deep water biome. Have some food and perhaps a pillow ready for the cat or it will die of old age soon. A cat can protect your crops from bird attacks when it is in hunting mode. But mostly they are cute pets.

## Domestication

To domesticate a cat, you need to find a shipwreck in a lake or river. The following types of cats can be found like this:

* Tabby cat
* White cat
* Black cat
* Mainecoon

Sometimes you might need to build a bridge first in order to be able to pick it up. After picking it up, you can bring the cat home in your arms or in a cage, that can be transported in a wagon. A cat is not biome bound, so it will stray away from your town, if you don't place it in an enclosed room or pen.

The following type of cat can only be achieved via breeding:

* Calico cat

## Feeding and Breeding

An adult cat can be fed with one of these items:

* Bowl of Minced Rabbit
* Bowl of Minced Pork
* Bowl of Minced Mutton
* Bowl of Minced Beef
* Bowl of Whole Milk
* Bowl of Cream
* Bowl of Skim Milk
* Bowl of Buttermilk

After being fed, the cat will go into hunting mode with a 90% probability. Otherwise, it will lay down and get kittens. If you pick a kitten from the mother, be sure to have one of these items ready to feed it:

* Bowl of Whole Milk
* Bowl of Cream
* Bowl of Skim Milk

If the kitten is not fed for a while it will turn hungry and die. If the kitten is fed, it will grow into an adult cat and change to one of the possible cat types according to the following graphic:

The first calico cat is therefore hard to get as each cat pregnancy of a found cat (with a likelihood of only 10% per feeding) has only a chance of 2% to result in a calico cat.

## Hunting Cats

After being fed, the cat will go into hunting mode with a 90% probability. Hunting cats cannot be picked up, but you can feed them again, if your intent was to breed the cat.

Hunting cats will protect domestic berry bushes from sparrow attacks and wheat and scarecrows from crows when they are nearby. After pouncing on the bird, the cat will return to hunting mode. For this setup to work effectively the area needs to be enclosed, so that the cat does not wander off, especially as you cannot pick it up and it moves faster as a cat that is not in hunting mode.

A hunting cat starts with 6 "moves". Every time it actually moves, there is a chance of 0.25% that it will use up one of these moves. If it has used all of its moves, it will return back to their normal mode (starting again with 8 moves, see Aging and Death). After pouncing on a bird, the moves are reset to 6. Combined with the very low chance of using up a move, the cat will stay hunting for a really long time (estimated moves = 2001).

## Pillows and Cat Homes

A pillow is an item that helps to keep your cat alive (see also Aging and Death). It is created from three wool felts (alpaca or sheep), sewed with a needle and thread and filled with straw. You can dye the pillow case in three colors: blue, yellow and black (see clothes for more details on dyeing).

The cat will autonomously walk onto the pillow from time to time and rest there for 2 minutes. This resets its aging counter. To increase the chance of the cat sitting on the pillow, the cat and the pillow should be placed in a room or a pen that is completely closed off. This also prevents that the cat wanders off into the wild. Ideally there should not be too much space for the cat to wander around or multiple pillows available.

## Aging and Death

The aging of a cat is implemented in form of remaining "moves". A cat starts with 8 moves. Each time the cat actually moves, there is a chance of 2.5% that one of these moves is used up (the cat "gets older"). After all moves are used up, the cat turns to an "old cat", which will then die after using up another 8 moves with the same mechanism. An old cat cannot get pregnant, produce kittens and cannot be picked up. Also there is no way to revert the cat to being "young" again.

But fear not, there are multiple ways how you can prevent the aging of your cat:

* feed it - a hunting cat will use their hunting moves and then turn back to a cat with 8 moves restored
* don't pick all kittens - a cat with kittens is immortal
* pick it up - each time you put the cat down, the counter is reset to 8 moves and their live basically starts new
* provide a pillow - each time the cat sits on the pillow, the moves counter is reset

If your cat turns old it will die eventually. To remember your fluffy companion forever you have 4 minutes to use a shovel to bury it. With mixed cut stones, you can turn this pet grave into a fancy marked pet grave.