Cow
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A cow is a domesticated animal that can be bought by peasants to keep on their cattle farms in order to earn money from selling their field products.
It is the job of the Sheriff of a county or duchy to provide their availability by raising them.
Contents
Costs
for peasant
- A peasant pays 45 pounds for each cow.
- Peasants with the favourite virtue 'Conservation' and the major bonus unlocked by having 70% or more pay 38.25 pounds instead.
for Sheriff / County or Duchy
- To raise a cow it costs the county or duchy:
- 3 bags of wheat or
- 11.25 bags of corn
Products
Cows produce
The bottles of milk can be used as basic food by everyone. They are also used as raw material by bakers, cheese makers and millers in their workshops.
The Hundredweights of cow are a raw material for butchers.
Note:
- Details about the harvest yield can be found on the page cattle farm.
- Milking a cow is to be done every 3 days. It is recommended to milk the cows with 20 intelligence points.
- Depending on the intelligence points of the character milking the cows get a little yield bonus.
Feeding
Feeding is a daily requirement to keep your cows happy and make them grow.
The fodder for cows doesn't cost anything, it is free.
It is possible to feed one cow or all cows on the same field at once.
Growth & Yield
The daily chances to gain weight are 1/16 or 6.25%.
The bigger the cow, the more Hundredweights of cow it will produce when slaughtered.
Growth stages vs. Amount of Hundredweights of cow:
- Dying - 0
- Bony (default when buying a new cow) - 1
- Skinny - 2
- Normal - 3
- Fleshy - 4
- Plump - 5
- Fat - 6
- Obese - 7
- American Style - 8
Life expectancy
With each day passing each cow has a certain % chance to die;
- 10 days : 1%
- 11 days : 2%
- 12 days : 3%
- 13 days : 4%
- 14 days : 5%
- 15 days : 8%
- 16 days : 12%
- 17 days : 15%
- 18 days : 20%
- 19 days : 22%
- 20 days : 25%
- 21 days : 30%
- Beyond 21 days: 35%
Necessary tools
- To milk the cows on your field you will need a bucket in your property inventory.
- To slaughter a cow you will need a knife or a silver knife in your property inventory.
