Island Sanctuary: Animal Feeding Question

[JamieRose]

How much does do you need to feed an animal to keep its mood up? I feel like one will lose its entire mood in a day's time. Hiring the mammets doesn't seem to help. They feed them once a day but their mood still goes down.

[Espon]

I think mood drops one level a day?

Sweetfeed raises mood by 1 level, up to Content (level 3)
Greenfeed raises mood by 2 levels, up to Chipper (level 4)
Premium Greenfeed raises mood by 2 levels, up to Gleeful (level 5)

If you want to keep them at max happiness then you need to feed them Premium Greenfeed once a day.

[Dustytome]

Just to add on to what Espon said, if you feed them food with a lower mood cap than they're currently at, their mood will continue to deteriorate until they reach the cap. Ex: They're Gleeful and you feed them sweetfeed, their mood will continue to go down until they hit Content.

[JamieRose]

I swear the developers of the game operate on moon logic. >_>

[Vahlnir]

I swear the developers of the game operate on moon logic. >_>

I think requiring multiple feedings to make them suitably happy is a bit excessive, especially when giving them the best feed available. Honestly, I would suggest just assigning a mammet to each animal in one's pasture, making enough feed to last until the sun devours the earth and call it a day. They can handle the rest, and all you have to do is show up every day to collect. It's relatively cheap, even with a full pasture, so long as the workshop always has projects in the pipeline.

[Jojoya]

I haven't done a precise test of this but I think mood drops every 12 hours. If I feed them 14-15 hours before reset, their mood has dropped a level if I go to collect leavings at reset. If I feel them less than 12 hours before reset, their mood remains at max for reset. I don't use anything other than premium feed once a day (except for the day I caught them, I try to feed them twice if possiible).

I'm sure someone out there has done a detailed test on mood versus feeding time that would have more accurate answers to share.

[Deveryn]

I haven't done a precise test of this but I think mood drops every 12 hours. If I feed them 14-15 hours before reset, their mood has dropped a level if I go to collect leavings at reset. If I feel them less than 12 hours before reset, their mood remains at max for reset. I don't use anything other than premium feed once a day (except for the day I caught them, I try to feed them twice if possiible).

I'm sure someone out there has done a detailed test on mood versus feeding time that would have more accurate answers to share.

I've found the same to be true. I'll feed them once a day within 12 hours of reset. At reset, they're happy as can be, though I'll occasionally get only one leaving. ~12 hours later their mood drops and they're hungry. The cycle continues.

[Jason_Ashford]

I think mood drops one level a day?

Sweetfeed raises mood by 1 level, up to Content (level 3)
Greenfeed raises mood by 2 levels, up to Chipper (level 4)
Premium Greenfeed raises mood by 2 levels, up to Gleeful (level 5)

If you want to keep them at max happiness then you need to feed them Premium Greenfeed once a day.

to add onto this, Greenfeed is the best if you want to maintain a semi-high mood without having to double your cost in veggies (greenfeed costs 2, whereas premium costs 4) and the difference between then is negligible enough because you aren't going to need a metric boatload of animal bits.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that once you unlock the ability to entrust your animals to your mammets, you can mass produce the Greenfeed and be gone for days at a time without issue.

[Ransom]

I swear the developers of the game operate on moon logic. >_>

I fed an alligator leafy greens and it was happy about it.

I'm starting to question the realism of this world...

[Deveryn]

I fed an alligator leafy greens and it was happy about it.

I'm starting to question the realism of this world...

With all the crazy shit you see in this game, this is what makes you question realism?