Originally posted by Mozzy:

Can only say anecdotally, personal experience only.

a) if boar spawn area has only no star boars when you discover it, imo just ignore that site bc I've never had 2 star pop after clearing out those first boar over and over

This has been my experience. I've cleared boars and found a number of 1 star.

Originally posted by knighttemplar1960:

From what I have seen (and read) there is only a 1% chance that a starred boar will spawn at any spawn point so its going to take quite a bit of time to get a 2 star to spawn.. Each boar stone has up to 8 spawn points but all but one of them spawn a single time. Other spawn points require a 3 day cool down before they will spawn a boar again. Have not had a 2 star spawn at the 6 stones I cycle between.


My wife and I are going to try to build cause ways (earthen and wooden) to bridge small gaps between islands and places that we have to sail across we will build a holding pen. Then we will use an abyssal harpoon to move one of the boars. We will wait at the port for a storm. When the storm has passed we will immediately sail it across the gap and continue (so that we won't get caught in an unexpected storm). We have 6 islands to span so this is going to take quite a bit of time. If it doesn't work, I'll just expand the boar farm into a proper base and use it as a portal hub/farming base and breed 2 stars there.

Might work out as a 1% I've killed a lot of boars to try and get a 2 star spawn. Still not sure they spawn except the first time you find the runestone. I have about 6 I keep cleaning for a spawn.
Advice on water and pigs and ships. Get real close to the pig when you harpoon it for the trip. You want calm waters. Pigs get caught on waves and splat. The Karve? is better than the longboat, and the raft may be better than the Karve. I haven't tried sailing at slower speeds. Stay out far enough you don't see critters or it will jump off and die.