Originally posted by Cap'n Bells:

Originally posted by autumndragonfalling:

Well ya got me then, sounds like a glitch if it is still running loose in the world.

To me serious boar farming is best done away from your main base. Once you want to get a 2 star it is just much easier to set up an operation near where you find then connected by a portal than to try to drag it back you your main base. Also the boars will be much safer away from you, only being in danger when you are in their presence.

Agree... but the loose Boar..is it still the same 61% er?... can only think that it aggro'd and got in a corner and circus stacked over the wall (like lox) but..yeah prolly a glitch

We had one boar. The other one we kept in a different pen and it kept despawning because it wouldnt eat.

A couple of things that aren't accurate from some of the posts. Even starred boars don't do only night spawns so despawning at day break doesn't happen with them. Starred wolves spawn only at night and they do despawn at day break UNLESS they have started taming. I am certain of this because my first one starred wolf started taming, reached 27% and escaped its enclosure. 3 game weeks later I found a 1 star wolf during the day in the same spot that it had initially spawned. It was 27% tamed so it was that same wolf. I got it back to the enclosure and finished taming it.

If you don't have full workbench coverage mobs can spawn inside your walls (and deer and birds can spawn in even with full workbench coverage).
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2920176358

If your base is in the meadows and you lack full workbench coverage only greylings can spawn in during the day but at night greydwarves can spawn in. If the incomplete workbench coverage is inside the pen a greyling during day and/or a grey dwarf at night could spawn inside the pen and kill the boar.

If the incomplete workbench coverage is inside the base but outside the pen a night time spawning greydwarf could throw rocks at it until it died.

If you found boar meat and leather scraps that's probably the answer.

The other thing that happens frequently is that the boars can clip through walls and enclosures. The boar sprite is larger than the walls and the animals load in first when you enter the area and the walls load in later. If the boar was moving when that happened it can be outside the walls. In that case it will have returned to its original spawn point. If you go there you may find a partly tamed (but still aggressive) boar. You can then lead it back to your pen and complete its taming.

The clipping issue is why I keep my boars inside a barn, that is inside a fence, that is inside my exterior walls
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2853688746
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2853688768

@knighttemplar1960 forgot about all that(sorry been a few months since playing) yes grab a hoe and set it to raise ground.. run around your "protected area" if it says no workbench then there is a hole in you "workbench defences" needs to be complete.. like Olympic rings.. no little missing bits near overlaps or anything can spawn in also if you havent visited for a while dead drops can dematerialise if away from a workbench field of control

Ok we tamed a Boar Now. Took 2 days since we knew how now. Thank you all who helped!!!

We will create a meat farm ASAP I believe I will make a barn like KnightTemplar1960 said. Again Thank you.

Originally posted by Nerevar:

his planet needed him.

wow seriously guys. Is this like a bug or something? That boar was hard to get. Boars dont spawn around our base anymore.

it's a little buggy, I was in charge of breeding boar/wolves/chickens, and noticed some would escape. It's very possible your boar is roaming around outside your base. If close to another biome...well, yikes

boars always spawn in the first biome. even near bases. its just random. workbenches nearby disable all spawns. but nothing prevents you from removeing these.

did you stay near it till it was 61%?`if you leave the area animals can despawn sometimes.
or break out of thier pen. OR GET KILLED by something else when the player is nearby.

nightspawns can also disappear upon dawn.

but boar tameing is currently not really worth it anymore. chickens are just too good compared and alot easier to manage. none of the boar materials are used for any endgame meals anymore either. same for wolfs and lox but these can atleast be used for base defense compared.

Originally posted by gnidiel_ipad:

Guys, my 61% tamed boar disappeared from its pen. WHAT HAPPENED?

what happened ? this thread will forever remind us of the day that boar bro left us
https://youtu.be/NKMtZm2YuBE?t=202
stay close to your boar bros to establish strong bonds or they might dissapear when you least expect it

Without more info it's impossible to tell but from my experience possible explanations include;

1) Despwaned Night spawns will despawn at dawn if you are not present. I know this is an issue with wolves not sure if it happens with boars.

2)Killed The biggest culprit in this case is the grey dwarf shaman. Their cone attack can hit animals on the other side of a wall/door. Your pets melee attacks cant touch it but they will keep coming back to the range of the shamans aoe till they are dead. Solution is to have 2 walls.

3)Glitched Even if the game were not early access, which it is, stuff happens. Without specific information of your game state at the moment i doubt anyone could tell you what.

4)Other There may be other mechanics at work we dont know about.

Anyway, good luck with it. It is cold comfort but there will be more boars, and better.

bats!! if the boars were outside during an bat event build em a house/barn

Originally posted by autumndragonfalling:

Without more info it's impossible to tell but from my experience possible explanations include;

1) Despwaned Night spawns will despawn at dawn if you are not present. I know this is an issue with wolves not sure if it happens with boars.

2)Killed The biggest culprit in this case is the grey dwarf shaman. Their cone attack can hit animals on the other side of a wall/door. Your pets melee attacks cant touch it but they will keep coming back to the range of the shamans aoe till they are dead. Solution is to have 2 walls.

3)Glitched Even if the game were not early access, which it is, stuff happens. Without specific information of your game state at the moment i doubt anyone could tell you what.

4)Other There may be other mechanics at work we dont know about.

Anyway, good luck with it. It is cold comfort but there will be more boars, and better.

The thing is, we have a wide trench around our base that we made with a pickaxe. Then we have a stake wall. And THEN we have a fence around the boar. Its like the boar became invisible and then snuck out through its pen door, through the gate and across a bridge and is now free.

Well ya got me then, sounds like a glitch if it is still running loose in the world.

To me serious boar farming is best done away from your main base. Once you want to get a 2 star it is just much easier to set up an operation near where you find them connected by a portal than to try to drag it back you your main base. Also the boars will be much safer away from you, only being in danger when you are in their presence.

Originally posted by autumndragonfalling:

Well ya got me then, sounds like a glitch if it is still running loose in the world.

To me serious boar farming is best done away from your main base. Once you want to get a 2 star it is just much easier to set up an operation near where you find then connected by a portal than to try to drag it back you your main base. Also the boars will be much safer away from you, only being in danger when you are in their presence.

Agree... but the loose Boar..is it still the same 61% er?... can only think that it aggro'd and got in a corner and circus stacked over the wall (like lox) but..yeah prolly a glitch

his planet needed him.