Black Bear Challenge

[ghostea]

The Black Bear Challenge is simply just... pretending your Nichelings are black bears.

 

SETUP

To start, set your lifespan and damage multipliers to this:

Note - I also recommend setting the adult lifespan to 90, so they can survive two years

Genes

The genes should include the following:

- Bearyena Ears

- No Horns

- Any Eyes

-  Bearyena Snout

- Big Body or Medium Body

- Claw, Bearyena Claw, Runner Leg, Digger Paw, or Velvet Paw

- Medium Tail

- Black Fur or Black + Any of the browns

- Brown or Black eyes

- Any colored pattern

- Mask or No Pattern

Make two Nichelings with these genes, male and female. Make sure they are minimum 22 days old so they spawn in as adults.

Set your start conditions to the following: (Nesting material is optional)

Keep World Settings the same, but disable all bears and rouge males. Bearyenas are optional.

You can start on Grassland , Archipelago or Snow island.

 

RULES

Seasons

Seasons are the most important rule in this challenge. Every 10 days, the season changes.

Spring - The season you start in. In spring, you are allowed to cheat and trigger rain two times. Have the male and female bears move away from each other. 

Summer - Breeding Season. Bring the male and female together and breed them, then have them spilt away from each other. 

Autumn - All bears begin looking for a place to hibernate (Next to a rock, On a stump/ Rabbil Den, On a Nest, etc) and start collecting a lot of food. They do not move into their chosen hibernation spot until the last day of Autumn. Females are allowed to build nests if they don't have a hibernation spot already. By being adjacent to a water tile, you get a free 3 food per turn spent.

Winter - If all bears have a hibernation den, then leave them there and skip forward 10 days to spring. Delete anything dangerous that approaches them. If a bear does not have a hibernation den, they take 2 days of damage per turn without one. 

Wanderers

When you encounter a wanderer, roll a random number generator of 1-4. If it rolls a 4, it's another bear. Edit it's genes so it looks like one. Chase it away or add it to your tribe to breed with later. If it rolls a 1-3, it's just something you can hunt or chase away. Upon killing them, you can give yourself 15 food.

 

Cubs

After giving birth to them, mothers are obligated to stay near their children, preferably right next to them. When they become adolescents, they can stay with their mother or leave. If they choose to stay, here are some optional challenges. If they succeed all of them, you are allowed to edit an immunity gene.

- Take them to a stream

- Have them hunt a Rabbil or Stagmole

- Have them chase off a wanderer or bear

 

That's it! Let me know if there's anything I overlooked.

Edited August 21, 2021 by ghostea
Bearyenas are now allowed in the settings.

[Chiyanna]

Can cubs/adolescents hibernate next to their mothers or do both of them need a spot?

[ghostea]

20 hours ago, Chiyanna said:

Can cubs/adolescents hibernate next to their mothers or do both of them need a spot?

They hibernate next to their mothers, since it would be a little TOO unfair if they both needed one.