I just realized how helpful this is! Before, I would only choose mates based on their 5-star ratings without even considering their personalities! Such a game-changer!
Thanks! For me, I take a fairly different approach. Being someone new to wolfquest, joining about last year, I once had a mate named Buddy. Being the newbie I was, I mostly picked off looks (Which was a terrible, terrible mistake.) He ended up being sorta a "Stay at home dad, follow the hunt, rarely help, and mooch off food" type of mate. Most of the time he'd just regurgitate for pups, play with them a little, then go back to laying down and doing nothing. If a hunt happens, he'd basically just stand there and watch. Something tragic happened due to me well.. Leaving the game loading then falling asleep, but ill go to what im actually trying to say. xD Now, whenever I meet dispersals, the first thing on my mind is to find a good one, then leave immediately. I've had times where i've taken too long to find a mate, then some other dispersals come (Who ofcourse, just have to be a GROUP..) rags me up and chases me off from that one dispersal I was looking forward to. My usual approach is to just do the little "lower your ears" (I think it means unsure or something along that?) and repeat it. I know it may sound boring, but its just the first step I use. I dont initiate the emotes, instead, its more of a watching game. Whoever makes a first move automatically means that they are potentially bold and even social. The loners tend to stay back, watching as the bolder one takes the first move. Only when I start emoting to the bolder one they start to head over to me to respond. But by then, I have a clear perspective of whos bold and whos not. Once I have my trial mate, first thing I do is look for their fighting skills. (This is related to the buddy story.) If they tend to stay back and do nothing, they are sadly an X in my book. Most of the time, using what I do to find them, I end up with a fairly good dispersal personality! For me, mates who howl alot are the more preferable. Reasons: Sometimes I get really far from the den and the affinity is starting to lower. Then I hear my mate howl out. If im able to hear it properly, I can easily howl back and gain some affinity which helps. It also helps during the territory quest, where I have to howl alot! It brings the affinity up while also marking. (So so sorry about the long paragraph) Thanks so much for making this video, Kayuai! I really appreciate it!
The reason your mate is going after calves is because they know they are weaker and easier to hunt, and mates that do this can be REALLY helpful because ive had mates find really low health adults. So it comes down to if the elk is weaker or if it's younger (Most of the time it depends on health, and not all mates will bite a random elk themselves)
So sometimes they are actually doing you a favor and it's not a bad thing (Especially if they do what your mate did and killed a elk calf as it means more food)
With the cautious-bold test, once that miserably failed for me- I was tryna do a no mate challenge, so obviously I wanted a cautious, lazy, and loner wolf- I found one that ran super far away from me and I was like: ok this is great, cautious! I won’t care about getting them killed! But then I hunted a bit with them and they were really bold, and I liked their personality so I couldn’t bring myself to kill them 😭😭
Here's another thing I do: I mostly look for older mates, 3, 4, and once in a great while, 5. I do this because they will have more experience with hunting, being wiser and looking out for the pups. Also, I look for energetic, bold, lonerish mates. Why? Bold: helping me with hunting, raising PA, etc. Energetic: Mostly not falling behind on a hunt, marking territory, etc. lonerish: I just like loner mates :) That's how I use my mates. EDIT: Who is liking my comments constantly and how are you finding them? JUST TELL ME!
The most difficult thing for newcomers to WQ is to determine what kind of character their applicants have. I suffered for a month, practicing and reading a lot on the wiki about approximate character traits and how they manifest themselves. My conclusions: The brave do not run away from you and do not stay too far away, the social ones pay attention to you, just without going too far, unlike the singles who try to stand out, moving away, turning away, going further. Active wolf stay close, eat a lot, help with marking the territory when puppies grow, constantly call you somewhere to help them.
You dont ahve to put your pups in the den while you sleep, while you do, fleas grow more faster. Slewp with yourpups outside, also it keeps them from wanting to wander off more.
The AI tend to go after Elk calves bc IRL that's the preffered kill due to them being easier game. Adults are riskier. I do want to know how I can tell if a mate is likely to go on territory rounds. I see multiple YTers with mates that will go mark territory/refresh territory but I never seem to get that kind of mate 🤔
I think you need a energetic and loner mate for that one. All my mates tend to be bold, social, and energetic and most of the time they go out marking but they usually whine at me to go leave with them. I think loners tend to go out more often on their own. But if you have a social mate I don't think there's that much of a difference, they will just whine at you and ask you to go with them. But if you don't go with them, they'll leave on their own anyway. I was trying to do a one hex challenge in singleplayer once but my mate wouldn't let me; she kept marking hexes around us and making the territory bigger..
This will definitely help me... One day I had a mate that was literally the worst... when we had the puppies the first thing she did was stay in the den, I called her but she didn't come out, so I was forced to hunt and reestablish territory alone (FOR SEVERAL DAYS) and One day one of the puppies died because she was hunting and she had stayed in the house, so when she returned one of the puppies was not there (she got lost) and in the end I never saw him again... She was also horrible at hunting, Since she didn't help at all, I did all the work, and when she had little life left she attacked... The only good thing about her was that when a predator arrived she helped in an incredible way, she had no mercy in the face of any enemy wolf. ... but otherwise it was the worst (4/6 puppies survived)
my first wolfs mate was antisocial and cautious. I hated her she didn't help with hunts and she barely helped with the pups. I tried getting her to be hit by a Buffalo... it didn't work.
I like lazy, bold, social mates Social so they can help boost affinity on hunts Bold so they help with hunts Lazy so they don't complain about being left behind to hold affinity
Thank you! I'm trying to do an Iron Wolf save where I get my wolf to age eight I usually do one litter then the next gen so this is pretty big switch up for me
Hi Kayuai! You are a true genius!😻I love your videos, and always can't wait for you to post! But within watching your videos and also playing WolfQuest I've got some questions(kinda much tho). And you are the ONLY ONE person to give me the answers to them, so please, PLEASE reply🥹🩷😭 1. Can a Moose kill your pups? 2. Can a Moose kill an elk? 3. Can I see coyote pups? 4. Can I see, where is the other pack's den or their pups? 5. What happens, if you reject all dispersal and pack-dispersal wolves? News just spawn there? 6. This may be a little away from WQ gameplay, but what are your toughts about the upcoming WQ Saga? 7. Can you raise your pups to 20 pounds if you leave your rendezvous? 8. Is a Pack Leader alone on patrols or with other packmates? I have never seen a lone leader tho. 9. Can a you hunt with a random dispersal if you have a mate? 10. Can you hunt with other pack's packmates or can you be a 'friend' with them?(they don't take much care of you or don't attack you) That's all, and again, thank you for making these amazing videos!❤️🩹
1.) Yes, adult moose whether it's cow or bull mooses can kill pups. 2.) It's a possibility, I know bison can kill elk as I've seen it happen before but I haven't tested if moose can kill elk. 3.) I don't think coyotes have pups in WolfQuest. 4.) Dev's have stated in the past that stranger wolves have their dens and pups outside of the map. 5.) They will simply walk away but you'll need to find other dispersals if you don't want to court that specific group. Pack wolves might get hostile depending on what you do next. 6.) Can't wait for the saga, been waiting for a long time. :) 7.) It is possible to raise the pups without a rendezvous but in order to finish the 'Loaf at Rendezvous' quest, you must have a site. 8.) Pack leaders can be found alone, I have had a pack leader attack the den alone before or wander my territory alone. 9.) Technically you can hunt with dispersals but you can't make your presence known to them or they will stop hunting just to focus on attacking you. 10.) You can't befriend them but as long as you don't get too close to them, they usually don't bother or attack you. Sometimes they will attack you the second you enter their territory though.
worst part is going thru the tutorial only to have the game roll unimpressive mates OR old/low diversity mates rip. i call the type of mate 1602 was a 'killroy' lmao! you take down the cow, they go for the calf next, bloodthirsty they are.
The first one lost too much health for my taste, although thats probably because she did most of the work, Id still not really appreciate that reckless hunting
no idea if its even possible, but ive been looking for a mate that helps with moose hunts, unsure if i just havent found a bold enough mate or if its too much of a danger to ask an npc wolf?
I’d recommend a decently bold mate but they’re more likely to hunt a moose depending on how high or low their health is. I’ve had mates where they’re very bold hunters but if they’re pretty low, they sort of sit back as you do the work, this is common.
It's definitely possible. My most recent game, I was on my own and found an injured cow moose and was desperate enough for food that I tried to kill it on my own. I was down to 11% health, had a major and minor injury, and decided to try one last thing because she was also low: I called my mate out. I just had to walk near the moose, and my mate would attack her. He ended up finishing her off for me, luckily, and we brought food back to the pups together afterward.
My wolf's current mate is very bold and has helped me kill multiple bull moose, I think you just have to make sure they're the boldest dispersal you can find, most NPC wolves won't help that much for a moose
Challenge request: Vampire challenge Rules: Must be played on accurate You can only go out at night and if out in day you can use fall damage to lose health “from the sun”. You have to sleep as soon as you join the game and as soon as pups are born. You can only eat carcasses up to 50% and you must eat small animals whole Pups also take damage from the sun. That’s it! I understand if it takes a while to make bc the rules are complicated and stuff lol.
How do you get your mate to help mark territory? Usually my mate just follows me around unless I tell them to go back to the den to watch the pups while I have to go mark territory
When they go out and mark that's usually something they do on their own. Find a dispersal that is energetic; they tend to run around a lot during courtship. Energetic dispersals are the most helpful and do a number of things. They help carry pups when traveling, find lost pups and bring them back to the others, mark territory, etc. Loner mates are more likely to go hunt and mark territory alone as long as they are also energetic; so pay attention to wolves that isolate themselves from interacting frequently. They don't initiate social emotes often either. I've always noticed that my mates tend to leave the den or site when they notice a hex is low, but if their hunger is around maybe 60% they are more likely to go out to try to find food and mark at the same time. Sometimes they might even be full enough to regurgitate for pups.
I believe this version of the game won’t be released for a few years at least. Once saga is out and the game is more complete then its more likely to be released on mobile from what I have heard/remember.
I’d love to see you try a challenge like this: Only visiting the pups to feed them. Sleeping away from the den and everything. I don’t know if it’s possible but I haven’t found the time to try it myself, so 🥲
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I just realized how helpful this is! Before, I would only choose mates based on their 5-star ratings without even considering their personalities! Such a game-changer!
Ah, probably tough to do that when the ratings only go up to four stars… XD I know it’s just a typo
Thanks!
For me, I take a fairly different approach.
Being someone new to wolfquest, joining about last year, I once had a mate named Buddy. Being the newbie I was, I mostly picked off looks (Which was a terrible, terrible mistake.)
He ended up being sorta a "Stay at home dad, follow the hunt, rarely help, and mooch off food" type of mate. Most of the time he'd just regurgitate for pups, play with them a little, then go back to laying down and doing nothing. If a hunt happens, he'd basically just stand there and watch.
Something tragic happened due to me well.. Leaving the game loading then falling asleep, but ill go to what im actually trying to say. xD
Now, whenever I meet dispersals, the first thing on my mind is to find a good one, then leave immediately. I've had times where i've taken too long to find a mate, then some other dispersals come (Who ofcourse, just have to be a GROUP..) rags me up and chases me off from that one dispersal I was looking forward to.
My usual approach is to just do the little "lower your ears" (I think it means unsure or something along that?) and repeat it. I know it may sound boring, but its just the first step I use. I dont initiate the emotes, instead, its more of a watching game. Whoever makes a first move automatically means that they are potentially bold and even social. The loners tend to stay back, watching as the bolder one takes the first move. Only when I start emoting to the bolder one they start to head over to me to respond. But by then, I have a clear perspective of whos bold and whos not.
Once I have my trial mate, first thing I do is look for their fighting skills. (This is related to the buddy story.)
If they tend to stay back and do nothing, they are sadly an X in my book.
Most of the time, using what I do to find them, I end up with a fairly good dispersal personality!
For me, mates who howl alot are the more preferable.
Reasons:
Sometimes I get really far from the den and the affinity is starting to lower. Then I hear my mate howl out. If im able to hear it properly, I can easily howl back and gain some affinity which helps.
It also helps during the territory quest, where I have to howl alot! It brings the affinity up while also marking.
(So so sorry about the long paragraph)
Thanks so much for making this video, Kayuai!
I really appreciate it!
The reason your mate is going after calves is because they know they are weaker and easier to hunt, and mates that do this can be REALLY helpful because ive had mates find really low health adults. So it comes down to if the elk is weaker or if it's younger (Most of the time it depends on health, and not all mates will bite a random elk themselves)
So sometimes they are actually doing you a favor and it's not a bad thing (Especially if they do what your mate did and killed a elk calf as it means more food)
With the cautious-bold test, once that miserably failed for me- I was tryna do a no mate challenge, so obviously I wanted a cautious, lazy, and loner wolf- I found one that ran super far away from me and I was like: ok this is great, cautious! I won’t care about getting them killed! But then I hunted a bit with them and they were really bold, and I liked their personality so I couldn’t bring myself to kill them 😭😭
Bro click-baited you 😭
@@killduwabbit-c2d1 maybe it was both bold and energetic, and the "running around" energetic sign happened at the same time you approached it?
Here's another thing I do:
I mostly look for older mates, 3, 4, and once in a great while, 5. I do this because they will have more experience with hunting, being wiser and looking out for the pups. Also, I look for energetic, bold, lonerish mates. Why?
Bold: helping me with hunting, raising PA, etc.
Energetic: Mostly not falling behind on a hunt, marking territory, etc.
lonerish: I just like loner mates :)
That's how I use my mates.
EDIT: Who is liking my comments constantly and how are you finding them? JUST TELL ME!
The most difficult thing for newcomers to WQ is to determine what kind of character their applicants have. I suffered for a month, practicing and reading a lot on the wiki about approximate character traits and how they manifest themselves. My conclusions: The brave do not run away from you and do not stay too far away, the social ones pay attention to you, just without going too far, unlike the singles who try to stand out, moving away, turning away, going further. Active wolf stay close, eat a lot, help with marking the territory when puppies grow, constantly call you somewhere to help them.
This is incredibly useful, i always seem to get stuck with stayat home mates that dont help hunt
I wish mine stayed with the pups. I like getting stuff done and wandering pups sucks. Let him deal with the kids while i mark territory and grab lunch
You dont ahve to put your pups in the den while you sleep, while you do, fleas grow more faster. Slewp with yourpups outside, also it keeps them from wanting to wander off more.
True
Another tip: look for wolves 2 or 3 years old; they will be at their peak hunting stage when it comes to raising your pups.
The AI tend to go after Elk calves bc IRL that's the preffered kill due to them being easier game. Adults are riskier.
I do want to know how I can tell if a mate is likely to go on territory rounds. I see multiple YTers with mates that will go mark territory/refresh territory but I never seem to get that kind of mate 🤔
I think you need a energetic and loner mate for that one.
All my mates tend to be bold, social, and energetic and most of the time they go out marking but they usually whine at me to go leave with them.
I think loners tend to go out more often on their own. But if you have a social mate I don't think there's that much of a difference, they will just whine at you and ask you to go with them. But if you don't go with them, they'll leave on their own anyway.
I was trying to do a one hex challenge in singleplayer once but my mate wouldn't let me; she kept marking hexes around us and making the territory bigger..
@@Kayuai For that last part, woofing at them will make them stay. Otherwise, going with them and woofing them back works too.
This will definitely help me...
One day I had a mate that was literally the worst... when we had the puppies the first thing she did was stay in the den, I called her but she didn't come out, so I was forced to hunt and reestablish territory alone (FOR SEVERAL DAYS) and One day one of the puppies died because she was hunting and she had stayed in the house, so when she returned one of the puppies was not there (she got lost) and in the end I never saw him again... She was also horrible at hunting, Since she didn't help at all, I did all the work, and when she had little life left she attacked... The only good thing about her was that when a predator arrived she helped in an incredible way, she had no mercy in the face of any enemy wolf. ... but otherwise it was the worst (4/6 puppies survived)
my first wolfs mate was antisocial and cautious. I hated her she didn't help with hunts and she barely helped with the pups. I tried getting her to be hit by a Buffalo... it didn't work.
I like lazy, bold, social mates
Social so they can help boost affinity on hunts
Bold so they help with hunts
Lazy so they don't complain about being left behind to hold affinity
great tips, but man i just gotta say, the emote "sting" in the music fitting perfectly with the courting [guitar] music at 5:09 is just _chef's kiss_
Challenges for you: u cant scent anything, so when u need to feed the pups or anything u cant scent anything so u have to find it without scenting
6:14 the pain when you ran past an elk that's weak/tired 😫😆
2:30 - I’ve been playing this game for 2 years and I did not know that !!
I was just wondering what pc you play on? I can only play on fast or fastest but your graphics look amazing and you don’t lag at all!
I use an Alienware Aurora R12. :)
Processor: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11700F @ 2.50GHz 2.50 GHz
RAM: 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable)
Graphics Card: NIVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
If u ever need an idea for a video, would you mind doing a vid about pups personality and how to spot it? Its okay if not :)
awesome video once again kayuai!! keep up the good work C:
Thank you! I'm trying to do an Iron Wolf save where I get my wolf to age eight I usually do one litter then the next gen so this is pretty big switch up for me
Hi Kayuai! You are a true genius!😻I love your videos, and always can't wait for you to post! But within watching your videos and also playing WolfQuest I've got some questions(kinda much tho). And you are the ONLY ONE person to give me the answers to them, so please, PLEASE reply🥹🩷😭
1. Can a Moose kill your pups?
2. Can a Moose kill an elk?
3. Can I see coyote pups?
4. Can I see, where is the other pack's den or their pups?
5. What happens, if you reject all dispersal and pack-dispersal wolves? News just spawn there?
6. This may be a little away from WQ gameplay, but what are your toughts about the upcoming WQ Saga?
7. Can you raise your pups to 20 pounds if you leave your rendezvous?
8. Is a Pack Leader alone on patrols or with other packmates? I have never seen a lone leader tho.
9. Can a you hunt with a random dispersal if you have a mate?
10. Can you hunt with other pack's packmates or can you be a 'friend' with them?(they don't take much care of you or don't attack you)
That's all, and again, thank you for making these amazing videos!❤️🩹
1.) Yes, adult moose whether it's cow or bull mooses can kill pups.
2.) It's a possibility, I know bison can kill elk as I've seen it happen before but I haven't tested if moose can kill elk.
3.) I don't think coyotes have pups in WolfQuest.
4.) Dev's have stated in the past that stranger wolves have their dens and pups outside of the map.
5.) They will simply walk away but you'll need to find other dispersals if you don't want to court that specific group. Pack wolves might get hostile depending on what you do next.
6.) Can't wait for the saga, been waiting for a long time. :)
7.) It is possible to raise the pups without a rendezvous but in order to finish the 'Loaf at Rendezvous' quest, you must have a site.
8.) Pack leaders can be found alone, I have had a pack leader attack the den alone before or wander my territory alone.
9.) Technically you can hunt with dispersals but you can't make your presence known to them or they will stop hunting just to focus on attacking you.
10.) You can't befriend them but as long as you don't get too close to them, they usually don't bother or attack you. Sometimes they will attack you the second you enter their territory though.
@@Kayuai Thank you so much, this helped me really a lot! And also, I'm so glad you responded, so again, thanks for it all❤️🩹🥰
worst part is going thru the tutorial only to have the game roll unimpressive mates OR old/low diversity mates rip. i call the type of mate 1602 was a 'killroy' lmao! you take down the cow, they go for the calf next, bloodthirsty they are.
I usually use 1 or 2 star mates so i only have a small amount of pups to protect
The first one lost too much health for my taste, although thats probably because she did most of the work, Id still not really appreciate that reckless hunting
Pov: you found the perfect mate but it's 1 star diversity
diversity doesn’t matter unless you want bigger litters of pups
Honestly, sometimes I prefer lower diversity mates so there's less pups
no idea if its even possible, but ive been looking for a mate that helps with moose hunts, unsure if i just havent found a bold enough mate or if its too much of a danger to ask an npc wolf?
I've had a couple of mates that helped with moose hunts
I’d recommend a decently bold mate but they’re more likely to hunt a moose depending on how high or low their health is. I’ve had mates where they’re very bold hunters but if they’re pretty low, they sort of sit back as you do the work, this is common.
It's definitely possible. My most recent game, I was on my own and found an injured cow moose and was desperate enough for food that I tried to kill it on my own. I was down to 11% health, had a major and minor injury, and decided to try one last thing because she was also low: I called my mate out. I just had to walk near the moose, and my mate would attack her. He ended up finishing her off for me, luckily, and we brought food back to the pups together afterward.
My wolf's current mate is very bold and has helped me kill multiple bull moose, I think you just have to make sure they're the boldest dispersal you can find, most NPC wolves won't help that much for a moose
Challenge request:
Vampire challenge
Rules:
Must be played on accurate
You can only go out at night and if out in day you can use fall damage to lose health “from the sun”.
You have to sleep as soon as you join the game and as soon as pups are born.
You can only eat carcasses up to 50% and you must eat small animals whole
Pups also take damage from the sun.
That’s it! I understand if it takes a while to make bc the rules are complicated and stuff lol.
Binging all your videos
How do you get your mate to help mark territory? Usually my mate just follows me around unless I tell them to go back to the den to watch the pups while I have to go mark territory
When they go out and mark that's usually something they do on their own.
Find a dispersal that is energetic; they tend to run around a lot during courtship.
Energetic dispersals are the most helpful and do a number of things.
They help carry pups when traveling, find lost pups and bring them back to the others, mark territory, etc.
Loner mates are more likely to go hunt and mark territory alone as long as they are also energetic; so pay attention to wolves that isolate themselves from interacting frequently. They don't initiate social emotes often either.
I've always noticed that my mates tend to leave the den or site when they notice a hex is low, but if their hunger is around maybe 60% they are more likely to go out to try to find food and mark at the same time.
Sometimes they might even be full enough to regurgitate for pups.
hell yeah
Is this still gonna be released on mobile ❤️😭
I believe this version of the game won’t be released for a few years at least. Once saga is out and the game is more complete then its more likely to be released on mobile from what I have heard/remember.
I don't think it will be, or it will be very rubbish at least, it's SUCH a big game so I'm not sure how phones will perform
Whats ur wolfs age?
Age seven.
I’d love to see you try a challenge like this: Only visiting the pups to feed them. Sleeping away from the den and everything. I don’t know if it’s possible but I haven’t found the time to try it myself, so 🥲
Ooo interesting, I might try that once I get better at the game