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Last update:11 May 2016

Growing plants and picking berries are not the only available food sources.

Your character can easily turn from a veggie into a carnivore.

Still, it happens not without an influence on the naughtiness level.

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Start learning how to hunt by catching several rabbits.

You create the latter one with 6xGrassand 2xTwigs.

Place it several meters away from the animal, use bait on the trap and move away a bit.

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The rabbit should carefully approach the vegetable and get trapped as a result.

You now need to collect the trap, and the meat will end up in your backpack.

While it is eating, you might hit the animal around the head with your axe.

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Driving animals into traps is also quite effective.

It is a good idea, though, to put more than one trap to double-check that you succeed.

The last one of the methods is also very effective against aggressive animals.

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you’re free to also ago fishing in the game.

To do that, you better equip your character with aFishing Rodand find aPond.

it’s crucial that you click onto the water (twice) and the fish is yours.

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Birds are another good source of food.

To catch these, you are going to need aBird Trap.

To craft it, you are going to need z 3xTwigsand 4xSilk.

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When you come back after some time, the animal will already be trapped..

Hunting larger animals is not that easy anymore.

Beefaloes and pigs can give you several scars here and there, if you have not prepared properly.

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At the very beginning, the best arms it’s possible for you to afford is aSpearand aLog Suit.

To create them, you are going to need 3xCut Reeds, 1xStingerand 1xCrow Feather.

While hunting, remember at all times not to fight with too many enemies at once.

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A very effective way to get rid of enemies is to set other animals on them.

you might, for example drive a swarm of spiders mad and bring them to pig camp.

The last animal that requires a special notion is aKoalefant.

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Finding it itself is a troublesome task.

Unlike in the case of the other animals, you cannot simply stumble into it.

you better find it first.

To do that, you better find randomly generatedSuspicious Dirt Pileson the map .

After you examine it, you will find traces leading up to another such pile.

When you find the last one, your character will state the animal must be close.

Go towards the designated area to find the animal.

KoalefantWill not allow you to approach unless it is attacked.

Therefore, you gotta strike from afar with aBoomerangor aBlow Dart.

The former item requires 1xBoard, 1xSilkand 1xCharcoal, and the latter 2xCut Reeds, 1xHound’s ToothandSnowbird Feather.

After you hit it, the animal goes mad and starts charging towards your character.

To defeat it, keep running for as long as it performs a missed attack.

That is when you will have some time to deal 3-6 blows.

Repeat for several times until you finally hunt the beast.

Along with the feeling of satisfaction, you will also receive 8xMeatthis way, as well as 1xKoalefant Trunk.

Apart from a regularKoalefant, there is also a winter variety - aWinter Koalefant.

Instead of theKoalefant Trunk, you will receive aWinter Koalefant Trunk.

This trunk is a component of the best winter piece of garment calledPuffy Vest.

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