Description[]
Once hunted to the brink of extinction on Earth, buffalo live a more solitary life in the Forest and Riverlands of Icarus.
A juvenile Buffalo can be tamed and used as a Mount. Once matured into a Buffalo, the mount can be equipped with a Wooden Cart to provide considerable cargo capacity.
Lore[]
Buffalo are large, muscular mammals with shaggy brown fur and a distinctive hump on their shoulders. They have short, curved horns and a broad, flat face with a large, black nose.
Buffalo are social animals that can be tamed young by prospectors with a bit of patience. They spend much of their day grazing on grasses and other vegetation. They are also excellent swimmers and can cross rivers and other bodies of water.
"Great big ol' lumbering things. At first I thought they were only good for eatin', then I realized you could tame em! And heck if didn't that make things ten times easier on this dang rock."
Skinning[]
Processing a buffalo's carcass will produce several useful Animal Resources; this is an exceptional way to rapidly gather Bone. They cannot be carried to a Skinning Bench. Requires Iron Knife or better quality of Knife to skin. Skinning with a
Taxidermy Knife will produce a
Buffalo Vestige that can be used to make a
Buffalo Trophy or a
Buffalo Rug.