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[Bearskie]

I've always been under the impression that every embark only has one group of wild animals per layer (ie surface, caverns 1/2/3, magma sea).  However my recent experimentation with 16x1 embarks have had two groups of wild animals wandering the embark at the same time -- both different species.

Currently wondering at what point does this occur; is it due to overlapping biomes, or does it have to do with embark area size?

[Thisfox]

I would assume overlapping biomes has something to do with it. Even on a small embark square, I might get animals from the "wrong" biome because the place they spawned is one treewide corner of a different biome to my prevalent biome. Well, that's what I assume is the reason, anyhow.

[utunnels]

Well, in this case, hunting is easier on small maps.
I used to play 4x4 maps, but it didn't have more animals than 1x1 maps.

[BesorgterZwerg]

On my last embark i had constantly 5-7 Giant Loorikeets on the map. When they "worked their way off the map", they came back in the same number pretty soon. Always. Other animals occur only very rare. Another embark there were always wild boars wandering around the map. Every embark there is indeed one group of animals, which constantly spawns new if you get rid of them.

It would be nice if we had some more diversity.

[Insert_Gnome_Here]

You could just slaughter them all

[Aristion]

You could just change the numbers that affect there spawn rate too.

[Bitharne]

Not sure if it's a think, or just a coincidence...but It seems more likely to have stuff to hunt when you have a hunter. There are times when I don't have a hunter and I never see huntable animals wandering around. I'm usually on 3x3 embarks and can see most of the map...I don't scour it or check unit list compulsively. Just seems to bring the mobs in.

[YAHG]

Well, in this case, hunting is easier on small maps.
I used to play 4x4 maps, but it didn't have more animals than 1x1 maps.

Omg 1x1 maps it's so much easier to hunt. If you bring along a few dogs they just go crazy on everything. The only bad part seems to be they just keep killing things until alligators or something similar show up and put m down 😞.