Wolf Proof Fences

[Maga 99]

This is just a small quality of life change for people tending to animals.

 

Currently wolves are able to attack and kill your livestock right through a fence block (wood fence, stone fence, even support beams can be penetrated). Now I can see the reasons why this might be considered a "feature" but really, making a castle wall to protect my sheep seems like over-kill. Are the devs open to looking at making fences wolf-proof (and bear-proof)?

 

[dunkleosteus 2,425]

If you tie a wolf to a fence post, it will sit down and won't attack anything. My suggestion is to keep the darn thing on a leash when you're walking around at home, the same way you keep an untrained dog on a leash IRL

[Regnilse 21]

Most fixes that i can think of for this sound hard or undesirable, changing the mob AI or the fence width. I think the most usefull change would be making pasive animals (or just tame) try to get away from wolves. This should keep them away from the side of the fence the wolves are on. Unfortunately thats probably the hardest thing to do. I dont know how hard changing the mob AI is in mods

[Regnilse 21]

If you tie a wolf to a fence post, it will sit down and won't attack anything. My suggestion is to keep the darn thing on a leash when you're walking around at home, the same way you keep an untrained dog on a leash IRL

I think he is means for wild wolves.

[Maga 99]

If you tie a wolf to a fence post, it will sit down and won't attack anything. My suggestion is to keep the darn thing on a leash when you're walking around at home, the same way you keep an untrained dog on a leash IRL

 

This is great advice, we have an inescapable doghouse far from the livestock and it works well. We did lose 2 sheep to the butt scooching bug a while ago tho

 

What I am more concerned about is the spawning of wild wolves... I was told that bears, deer and wolves all re-spawn now and I'm concerned that a wolf will eventually spawn around (or even worse, IN) my pastures. Perhaps you could help ease my concerns by detailing the specifics of wolf and bear spawning behavior. The wiki page is blank on this one atm.

 

Light level requirments?

Does it need a grass block?

Does the spawn protection mechanic stop wild wolves from spawning?

 

These are the three main questions I have.

 

Thanks <3

[dunkleosteus 2,425]

ah yes, wild wolves. If you're really concerned, you could put a fence post in the centre of the pen and tie all the animals to it. That requires a lot of rope, but it should keep them from the edges of the enclosure.

 

It looks like sheep should already try to avoid wolves, but we'll see what happens.

[Maga 99]

ah yes, wild wolves. If you're really concerned, you could put a fence post in the centre of the pen and tie all the animals to it. That requires a lot of rope, but it should keep them from the edges of the enclosure.

 

It looks like sheep should already try to avoid wolves, but we'll see what happens.

 

...Won't do much good if the wolf spawns in the pen... But can it? I really don't know. Are the spawning conditions for wild wolves something you want to keep less-known?

[Hector49er 31]

Double up on fences? Two layers are better than one. Would be nice not to have them pop into existence randomly in your pen though.

[Maga 99]

In fact I have doubled fences as a workaround, it just looks bad imo.