The Barn Manager is an NPC found in the Capital City, near farms and at guild provinces — marked with a horseshoe icon on the map. He lets players care for farm animals.
By default you have 2 barn slots. More can be bought with Ambers in the Supporter Shop, or from the Market when available. Animals cost 5 silver each and include:
Cow — milk.
Chicken — eggs.
Goat — milk.
Sheep — wool.
Pig — pork & exquisite venison.
Calling an animal
- To call an animal, visit the Barn Manager and click "Call".
- Only one animal may be called at a time.
- Animals cannot be harmed by enemies or players.
- While called, an animal automatically increases its Grooming level and automatically depletes its Energy level.
- Players may interact with a called animal once per minute to Groom it.
Animal statistics
Grooming Level — the green bar — increases the animal's happiness at the cost of Energy.
- An animal may be groomed once per minute: one groom costs 5 energy and grants 5 Grooming.
- Groom actions are Repel Insects, Feed with 1 Animal Fodder, or Clean.
- Animals automatically gain 1 Grooming per minute as they wander.
- Max Grooming is 100 — the level at which players gain the most resources.
- Grooming is a linear scale: 73 Grooming = 73% of the max resources gathered.
- Grooming decays over time, so check on your animals regularly.
- Grooming and Vitality both affect resource output, but Grooming is the main factor.
Energy Level — the yellow bar — when called, an animal begins expending Energy.
- Each groom costs 5 energy.
- At 0 energy the animal can't be groomed further and must be returned to the barn to rest and regenerate.
- Max energy is 25.
Vitality — the red bar — the animal's health and hit points.
- As resources are gathered, vitality drops and will eventually reach 0.
- Animals with lower vitality provide fewer resources than those with high vitality.
- Max Vitality is 100. Vitality does not regenerate.
Vitality modifies how much of the Grooming-based resource gain you actually receive:
| Vitality | Resource gain |
|---|---|
| 75–100 | 100% |
| 25–74 | 75% |
| 0–24 | 50% |
So gathering from an animal with 73 Grooming and 100 Vitality yields 73% of its maximum resources (0.73 × 100% = 73%). A few more worked examples:
- Grooming 100, Vitality 100 → 1.00 × 100% = 100%
- Grooming 86, Vitality 75 → 0.86 × 100% = 86%
- Grooming 81, Vitality 36 → 0.81 × 75% = 60.75%
- Grooming 25, Vitality 50 → 0.25 × 75% = 18.75%
- Grooming 12, Vitality 23 → 0.12 × 50% = 6%
Gathering from an animal
Each animal type has a cooldown of several hours between gathers. Keeping both Vitality and Grooming high ensures the best output of materials.
When an animal is ready for gathering it cannot be groomed first — when you call it, the only option is Gather.
| Animal | Resources | Cooldown | Vitality loss | Yield at 100% Groom / Vitality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | Eggs | 3 hours | 11 | 8 Eggs |
| Cow | Milk | 6 hours | 11 | 30 Milk |
| Goat | Milk | 3 hours | 11 | 8 Milk |
| Pig | Pork, Exquisite Venison | 12 hours | — | — |
| Sheep | Wool | 6 hours | — | — |
Other ways to gather materials
- Eggs can be found on the ground at farms near chicken coops.
- Pork is gained from butchering wild boars.
- Exquisite Venison is gained from butchering bears.
- Wool can be gathered from sheep in the capital city — an alternative to flax for making canvas.
- Milk can be gathered from cows and goats in the capital cities.
- Fertilizer can be gathered from pigs in the capital cities, or by letting perishables expire.
Butchering animals
Animal carcasses can be butchered at the Tailoring and Leatherworking Workshop with one of these recipes:
- Animals Butchering Expanded — 10 silver from the Capital City Merchant, or from the Leatherworker vendor in the capital city.
- Beast Butchering — from the Glory Quartermaster.