[Top 10] Rimworld Best Farm Animals That Are Great

Updated:

19 Apr 2022

The best farm animals you get get in Rimworld

So you’ve been plugging away in Rimworld for a while now. Set up your base, doing some research and maybe have a few weapons. Now it’s time to really start settling down. One way you can do this is by ranching, giving you a steady food supply as well as leather and wool. Below are ten farm animals that are great!

10. The Duck:

The duck is a small, domesticated bird that requires little food but can sustain you with eggs. The eggs count as a meat in meals and with it laying eggs pretty frequently it can be a great addition to your colony. Ducks can’t be found in the wild that have to either join through an event or you have to purchase them from a trader.

Why the Duck is great

· Consumes little resources for its output in food ( when slaughtered as an adult)

· Provides steady supply of eggs

· With a pair of Ducks you can get fertilized eggs which if left alone will hatch in about four in game days.

How To Get Ducks

· Random Event “Ducks Join”

· Bought from a trader

Animal Details https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Duck

9. The Labrador Retriever

The Labrador, man’s faithful companion, remains true even in Rimworld. While they might not be livestock, they are great farm hands. With relatively well-balanced stats the Labrador excels at moving stuff around your farm, letting you keep it going. Being omnivorous they will eat pretty much anything you give them or if you zone properly, they can just go eat themselves.

Why the Labrador Retriever is great

· They can consume a large range of food

· Require low skill to train

· Efficient Hauler Animal

How to get Labrador Retrievers

· Bought from a trader

· Random event called “Labradors Join”

Animal Details https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Labrador_retriever

8. Alpaca

The Alpaca is one of the best wool producing farm animals to have. Needing a low skill to tame and found in a variety of different biomes the Alpaca is easy to obtain. Being that it is easy to find and tame makes this a great choice for early caravans, though it doesn’t have quite the best carry weight it makes up for its easiness to get.

Why the Alpaca is great

· Produces Wool

· Easy to obtain

· Early caravan choice

How to get the Alpaca

· Tamed in the wild

· Bought from traders

· Random event called “Alpacas Join”

Animal Details https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Alpaca

7. Pigs

Pigs! Just as in real life pigs are a big livestock choice for a lot of players. Yielding an exceptional amount of meat and a good amount of leather as an adult, this omnivore can be fed a large range of foods making it easy to keep, it however is known to destroy crops if they get out of their pens.

Why Pigs are great

· Great source of meat

· Good source of leather

· Large food range

How to get Pigs

· Tamed in the wild

· Bought from traders

· Random event called “Pigs Join”

Animal details https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Pig

6. Cows

Cows are large herbivores that produce milk and leather. Slaughtering the bulls and leaving the cows behind to tend to the calves and produce milk for your colony is an excellent way to stabilize your food supply early in the game.

Why Cows are great

· Produce milk

· Produce meat

· Produce leather

How to get Cows

· Bought from traders

· Random event called “Cows Join”

Animal details https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Cow

5. Yak

The Yak, this easily tamable herbivore and another great choice for early caravans. Yaks also produce milk and like cows slaughtering the bulls while leaving the cows will give you milk, meat, leather and pack animals for your caravan.

Why Yaks are great

· Easily tamable

· Produces milk

· Produces meat

· Produces leather

· Pack animal

How to get Yaks

· Tamed in the wild

· Bought from traders

· Random event called “Yaks Join”

Animal details https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Yak

4. Chickens

Similar to ducks but more efficient and a better source of eggs. Chickens are a very effective source of protein, both the meat from slaughtering and the use of eggs in meals. If you have a rooster you will get fertilized eggs which if left alone will hatch a new chick.

Why Chickens are great

· Quick growing

· Produces Eggs

· Produces Meat

How to get Chickens

· Bought from traders

· Random event called “Chickens Join”

Animal details https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Chicken

3. Horses

Horses are one of the best farm animals to have, highly efficient meat production and a very good pack animal for your caravans. Being great pack animals and great meat animals means you can maintain a healthy population and slaughter the excess and quickly get to a more stable food supply.

Why Horses are great

· Great source of meat

· Good source of leather

· Great pack animal

How to get Horses

· Tamed in the wild

· Bought from traders

· Random event called “Horses Join”

Animal details https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Horse

2. Muffalo

The fluffy muffalo is another great choice for leather production and as a pack animal. The muffalo also produces wool which your colonist then can collect and can be slaughtered for meat. All this combined makes a farm animal to have domesticated.

Why Muffalos are great

· Great source of leather

· Good source of meat

· Great pack animal

How to get Maffalo

· Tamed in the wild

· Bought from traders

· Random event called “Maffalos Join”

Animal details https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Muffalo

1. Thrumbo

The Thrumbo, while a significant amount of work, this is without a doubt one of the most useful farm animals you can have, if you can manage them. Producing the largest amount of meat of any animal type, also having very lucrative fur and being an excellent way to deal with raiders. This one is one of the best you can have.

Why Thrumbos are great

· Best source of meat

· Very expensive fur and horns

· Excellent attack animal

How to get Thrumbos

· Tamed in the wild

Animal details https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Thrumbo