[2020] Deer/Stags Non-existant at higher Game Stage

I’m not so sure that the deer are being killed. They may just not be spawning in the first place. I say this because even into the late game, I still see some rabbits for instance, which I’d think would be similarly vulnerable to attacks from non-players.

My best advice is to look far and wide, especially into new or seldom-visited parts of the map where the local population hasn’t been depleted yet.

Originally posted by vgifford: I too am at High day count, High gamestage and see few Stags or Does.

From entitygroups.xml:


So what does this mean? They have a 1% chance of spawning? Maybe a few less Rabbits and Chickens and a few more of the others might be a better formula.

Thank God for Bob's Boars.

When you see probabilities like that, it's like the game is rolling a die with 48 sides labeled rabbit, 1 side labelled stag, 1 side labeled doe, etc. So indeed, it looks like not only may the game be stingy on how often it rolls the die in the first place, but it's also set so that deer are overwhelmingly outnumbered by small game. I don't know if this balance is where the developers want it.