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'''Yaks''' are large, [[milk]]able domestic animals.  They require significant [[pasture]]land to survive; this limitation makes them poorly suited as livestock for a [[meat industry]]. Yaks can serve as pack animals and are a common sight in [[Trading|merchant]] [[caravan]]s. The males of the species are known as "yak bulls", while the females are known as "yak cows".
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'''Yaks''' are large, [[milk]]able domestic animals.  Previous to 40.13, they required significant [[pasture]]land to survive, making them poorly suited as livestock for a [[meat industry]]. However, the grazing change in 40.13 significantly reduced the pasture area required to keep Yaks alive. They now make a reasonable choice for meat industry animals as they produce high quantities of meat while also producing milk.
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Yaks can serve as pack animals and are a common sight in [[Trading|merchant]] [[caravan]]s. The males of the species are known as "yak bulls", while the females are known as "yak cows".
  
 
Some dwarves like yaks "for their shaggy hair".
 
Some dwarves like yaks "for their shaggy hair".

Revision as of 16:20, 20 October 2014

Yak
Y
Urist likes yaks for their shaggy hair.
Portrait

No portrait

Biome

Tamed Attributes
Pet value 200

Template:Tame attrib proc/

Not hunting/war trainable 

Size
Birth: 70,000 cm3
Mid: 350,000 cm3
Max: 700,000 cm3

Age
Adult at: 1
Max age: 10-25
Butchering returns

Food items

Meat 13-21
Fat 8-9
Brain 1
Heart 1
Lungs 2
Intestines 2
Liver 1
Kidneys 2
Tripe 1
Sweetbread 1
Eyes 2
Spleen 1

Raw materials

Bones 16
Skull 1
Hooves 4
Horns 2
Skin Raw hide

Wikipedia article

This article is about the current version of DF.
Note that some content may still need to be updated.

A large mammalian herbivore. It has long fur and curving horns. It can be found in the mountains.

Yaks are large, milkable domestic animals. Previous to 40.13, they required significant pastureland to survive, making them poorly suited as livestock for a meat industry. However, the grazing change in 40.13 significantly reduced the pasture area required to keep Yaks alive. They now make a reasonable choice for meat industry animals as they produce high quantities of meat while also producing milk.

Yaks can serve as pack animals and are a common sight in merchant caravans. The males of the species are known as "yak bulls", while the females are known as "yak cows".

Some dwarves like yaks "for their shaggy hair".

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