Wildlife (Save the World)

Functionality[]

General[]

Wildlife can be found roaming across a zone during a misison. They can potentially attack or flee from the player when they get close. Hostile Wildlife can be tamed and be used to kill Monsters, helping the player and their team. Players can only have one tamed Wild Animal at a time. Taming a new one will eliminate the previous one. Wildlife can not be elemental.

Wildlife appears in every mission except Storm Shield defenses, Dungeons, Frostnite, Survive the Horde, and when fighting the Storm King.

Taming[]

Select Wildlife can be tamed using Meat, or by jumping on top of them, which will tame them and cause them to become friendly.

Riding[]

Players can ride certain Wildlife, which enables them to control the animal as if they were a vehicle. Riding an Animal allows the player to move in any direction, jump and sprint. Animals have a stamina bar which stops them moving if depleted. This bar must be refilled with Meat. Riding on an animal allows the player to use Weapons and Consumables, but doesn't allow the use of Gadgets or Abilities, and building whilst riding.

Elimination[]

Unlike untamed Wildlife, when a tamed Animal's health bar reaches zero, it will be knocked down instead of instantly being eliminated. Players can revive them. If a Player gets knocked down and chooses to Respawn instead of using a life to revive themself, their tamed Animal will despawn from the zone.

Animal Dens[]

Multiple Animal Dens can be found in a mission. Going near one and interacting with the associated objects will cause an Animal to come out and be instantly tamed:

• Wolf Dens have dry skulls.
• Boar Dens have red mushrooms.
• Raptor Dens have eggs.

Types[]

There are seven types of Wildlife, all of which can appear glowing and drop additional loot when eliminated.

Creature	Type	Attack	Description	Drops
Wolf	Hostile	Bite	Hostile Wildlife that can be tamed to aid the player in battle and spawn in large groups of three or more. Players can ride on Wolves.	1x
Chicken	Neutral Hostile	Peck	Neutral Wildlife that flees from the Player. Attacking Chickens may turn hostile and attack players. Chickens can be grabbed and held above the player's head to reduce gravity.	1x 1x
Zombie Chicken	Hostile	Peck	Hostile Wildlife that deals the most damage of all wildlife. They spawn in large groups, chasing players while ignoring monsters, as they are considered monsters themselves and will not be attacked by Husks. Similar to Chickens, they can be grabbed by the player and held above their head to reduce gravity.	1x
Boar	Hostile	Charge Attack	Hostile Wildlife that is slower than Wolves but can still be tamed by the player. They will flee when attacked. Tamed Boars can also dig up loot for the player. Players can ride on Boars, and utilize their sprinting charge attack to damage structures and Monsters.	1x
Frog	Neutral	None	Passive Wildlife which flees from the Player. Frogs are very fast and are hard to eliminate. They do not have much HP however.	1x
Raptor	Hostile	Bite Jump Attack	Hostile Wildlife that is very fast, and can be tamed to greatly aid the player in battle, dealing affliction damage to monsters.	1x
Crow	Neutral	None	Passive Wildlife which flies around the map, landing on various objects.	1x

Strategy Guide[]

• Monsters will engage on any Wildlife they see.
  • In Eliminate and Collect and Destroy the Encampments missions, this can be a hindrance, as monsters may chase Wildlife and stay away from players while the timer runs out.
  • In siege and defence based missions, Wildlife can be a benefit as they may serve as a distraction.
• Taming Wildlife does not take up a Defender slot, so it is possible to have 3 Defenders and 1 tamed Animal to assist in a mission.
• Tamed Wildlife will periodically teleport near the player if stuck or too far away.
• Do not leave a fortification unattended and without traps for too long because wildlife can break builds.
• Knocked Wildlife never disappears, unless the taming player is eliminated, or another animal is tamed.

History[]

Trivia[]

• The floating health bar is the same as that of Wildlife in Battle Royale, rather than the one used for Husk Monsters. As a result, Wildlife do not display a power level. This is due to Wildlife being introduced in Battle Royale first.
• Wildlife will be affected by the Healing Deathburst Modifier.
• While riding a tamed Animal, it can be noticed that the font used for the Animal's health bar is Burbank instead of Noto Sans, which appears to be an oversight.
  • The shape and colors of the Animal health bar also resemble those from Battle Royale Chapter 3: Season 2.
  • In contrast, Save the World still uses the shapes and colors from Chapter 2: Season 1 for player health bars.