Wanderers
Wanderers
Wanderers are pets who live outside a player's normal colony ownership. They may appear through adoption, exploration, scarcity pressure, migration, events, or other world systems.
What Wanderers Are
A wanderer is not the same as a pet already living in your colony. Wanderers are outside the den network until adopted, recruited, or otherwise moved through a supported system.
Finding Wanderers
Wanderers may appear because of:
- Adoption availability.
- Exploration or scouting discoveries.
- Ecology pressure, scarcity, migration, or danger elsewhere.
- Events or special systems.
Adopting a Wanderer
When a wanderer is adopted properly:
- They are removed from the loner or wanderer state.
- Their owner and colony information update to the adopter.
- They should become a normal owned pet under that player's care.
- They should follow normal species, age, role, and survival rules afterward.
Breeding
Wanderers and adopted wanderers follow normal maturity rules. Pets generally need to be adults before breeding.
Scarcity and Ecology
Wanderers can connect to the wider world. Scarcity, habitat pressure, bad weather, predators, and migration can all explain why a pet approaches a colony or appears in the area.
Not Every Outside Pet Is Adoptable
Some pets belong to NPC/system systems and should not be adopted or pulled into player ownership unless a specific feature says so. Read NPC Colonies.