# Do Cows have to be in the reality bubble to survive/function and do they need to be fed yet?

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-cows-have-to-be-in-the-reality-bubble-to-survive-function-and-do-they-need-to-be-fed-yet/29120
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [January 20, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-cows-have-to-be-in-the-reality-bubble-to-survive-function-and-do-they-need-to-be-fed-yet/29120 "2024-01-20T01:05:32Z")
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### Author: ![Jericoshost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@Jericoshost](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jericoshost)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-cows-have-to-be-in-the-reality-bubble-to-survive-function-and-do-they-need-to-be-fed-yet/29120/1 "2024-01-20T01:05:32Z")

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Found an intact dairy farm with over a dozen cows and can’t house them at my base (A mine)

If I tame them will they stay and produce milk? Do they require feeding (I have the NPC Needs disabled mod active, do cows count?)

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### Author: ![Wasserlaufer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Wasserlaufer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wasserlaufer)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 8:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-cows-have-to-be-in-the-reality-bubble-to-survive-function-and-do-they-need-to-be-fed-yet/29120/2 "2024-01-22T08:53:26Z")

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They need food to produce milk but they stay alive even when they find no food to eat. I’ve tamed a goat and this is how I keep it: tie it at a corner in my base, put a pile of straw and a bucket under it, and milk it every morning. If the animal leaves reality bubble for 48 hours, it needs to keep eating for a few days before it produces milk again, when it reenters reality bubble.

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### Author: ![Jericoshost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@Jericoshost](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Jericoshost)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-cows-have-to-be-in-the-reality-bubble-to-survive-function-and-do-they-need-to-be-fed-yet/29120/3 "2024-01-23T04:23:51Z")

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Thanks for the info, if only there was a mutant animal you could milk for mercury