# Where is the wildlife?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-is-the-wildlife/6052>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [May 6, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-is-the-wildlife/6052 "2014-05-06T18:33:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![JackieEstegado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JackieEstegado](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/JackieEstegado)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-is-the-wildlife/6052/1 "2014-05-06T18:33:17Z")

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So as the title says, where is the wildlife? I don’t know if its only with me but I cannot find other woodland creates except the ones that spawn by rivers. Can I fix it somehow or this was done by an update?

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**Author:** ![Inquisitor\_Dust](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/inquisitor_dust/32/119_2.png) [@Inquisitor\_Dust](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Inquisitor_Dust)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-is-the-wildlife/6052/2 "2014-05-06T18:34:46Z")

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That’s a little odd, I’m finding tons of wildlife. In fact there’s a fox scrounging around outside my base right now. Are you running the stable or the experimental?

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**Author:** ![JackieEstegado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JackieEstegado](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/JackieEstegado)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-is-the-wildlife/6052/3 "2014-05-06T18:42:19Z")

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Running the stable, previously tried experimental versions too but was same there. In older versions I had plenty of wildlife.

EDIT: Also just checked monstergroup files, it seems fine there.

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**Author:** ![Datanazush](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/datanazush/32/1055_2.png) [@Datanazush](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Datanazush)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-is-the-wildlife/6052/4 "2014-05-06T19:15:16Z")

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[quote=“JackieEstegado, post:3, topic:6052”]Running the stable, previously tried experimental versions too but was same there. In older versions I had plenty of wildlife.

EDIT: Also just checked monstergroup files, it seems fine there.[/quote]

Uhh, How long have you spent in the game? IF I recall correctly, local fauna is dynamically spawned so it might take a few days before it’ll really start spawning in.

If you’ve spent more than a couple days, then I’ve got no idea what’s up.

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-is-the-wildlife/6052/5 "2014-05-06T19:16:01Z")

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Are you sleeping underground or on a different z-level? Due to the (horrible) way z-levels currently work things won’t spawn on different ones unless you are present, so that could be what is stopping them from spawning around you.

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**Author:** ![JackieEstegado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JackieEstegado](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/JackieEstegado)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-is-the-wildlife/6052/6 "2014-05-06T19:22:04Z")

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I tend to be a labrat, but I spend plenty of time being in a house reading books for a week or two.

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**Author:** ![JackieEstegado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JackieEstegado](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/JackieEstegado)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-is-the-wildlife/6052/7 "2014-05-06T19:24:36Z")

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Also a note: my motherboard died and now I have a pretty crap PC that takes long time to start the game. It might be that the game just can’t load in far enough because I tend to be in cities.

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-is-the-wildlife/6052/8 "2014-05-06T19:36:41Z")

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> [@JackieEstegado](#):
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> because I tend to be in cities.

That might do it as well. IIRC dynamic spawn will only spawn monsters up to a certain count, and if you still have a bunch of zombies fairly close by then that could impede wildlife spawning as well (which is why you often notice a large burst in wildlife activity after clearing out a sector of a town).