Cow Herder

Design Concept

Medium Game, Medium Cost Worker – Automates the breeding and slaughter of cows for Milk, Leather and Steak

Chest Recipe

All wood with a Cooked Steak in the middle.

Operation

The Cow Herder will keep a number of cows and will milk and then slaughter them to collect their milk, leather and steak

When created the Cow Herder will come with 2 cows (spawned as part of building the Level 1 building).

When he has a supply of wheat available he will breed his cows whenever possible. Once he has more adult cows in his pen than he is supposed to maintain for his level, he will look for an empty bucket in his chest, if one is there he will milk the cow and then kill it to collect the Leather and Steak.

If there is more than 6 (Configurable in the properties file) buckets of Milk in his chest he will not milk further cows before killing them.

The number of cows he will maintain is 2x his level (2 at level 1, 6 at level 3 etc.) Making 8 cows at level 4

If the player places additional cows in the pen, he will kill them (and collect the drops) until the correct number is obtained.

'Specialisation Bonus '

Using the future Ranch Colony Specialism will increase the number of cows the Cow Herder will keep by +2 (i.e. 4 at Level 1, 10 at level 4 etc.)

'Specialisation Penalty '

Using any other specialisation in his colony will increase the time between his breeding attempts by 20%''' '''