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[Vessol]

Hello. I'm working on a desert-themed mod and was creating some new creatures when I read about the HOMEOTHERM tag and LAYERING.

Would it matter if I removed these and would it allow the creature to spawn in a desert world of my creation?

[woose1]

I don't know.
Do it anyway and see what happens! 

[Jim Groovester]

Ignore the above post.

I think [HOMEOTHERM] sets the body temperature of the creature. [LAYERING] protects against damage from the cold.

Look at some creatures that spawn in the desert, like camels and giant desert scorpions. I think what makes them spawn there is [BIOME:DESERT], and not what their core body temperature is and how much fat they have on their bones.

[Blakmane]

removing these tags reverts the creatures to default. In the case of layering, this just means they have no innate resistance to cold conditions [Layering = 0]. I have no idea what the default for homeotherm is, but it is probably average body temperature (or possibly absolute zero, for lulz).

if you want creatures to appear in hot deserts only, you need   

[BIOME:DESERT_BADLAND]
[BIOME:DESERT_ROCK]
[BIOME:DESERT_SAND]

Otherwise you may get them spawning in tundra.

[Vessol]

Yeah I already knew about the biome spawning, I just didn't want to make a creature thats home is in the desert but can not inheritantly survive there. I'll take a look at existing desert animals, thanks.

[i2amroy]

Yeah, [HOMEOTHERM:?] is like setting the average body temperature, I know that its default is not absolute zero. [LAYERING:?] is like setting how much fur a creature has, it protects it from cold temperatures, but give it too much and it can't survive in hot ones.