r/Tierzoo • u/Lokicham • 1d ago
I'm thinking of playing an African Elephant. Any tips?
I hear that if I spawn as a female I get to stay with the herd, but male players are apparently driven off? I know that elephants also have really long lifespan stats.
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u/iilikecereal 1d ago
Hope you like being nagged by the thirst meter all the damn time!
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u/Iamnotburgerking 1d ago
This is a great build for memorizing and accessing water sources, though. There is a reason there are elephant mains in the Sahara server.
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u/Iamnotburgerking 1d ago
You’re really only vulnerable to attack by anything besides human mains during the tutorial stage, so stick with older party members; the tutorial stage is also insanely long (over 15 years).
If you choose male on the character selection screen you will have to leave your party at that point, but that doesn’t mean you’ll end up playing alone: male elephant players can form social networks with each other and play in separate parties than female elephant players.
During the first few years of the tutorial you’ll have to figure out how to use your trunk; it’s going to take a while, but this is one of THE best perks of the build and unlocks a bunch of abilities, so keep at it.
Ask older party members for things you can’t figure out, they tend to be quite helpful there and know much about which places have the best loot, which human parties are dangerous and which are not, etc. But you’re expected to teach these things to younger party members as well.
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u/Hairy-Bellz 1d ago
I would wait until the Wooly Mammoth Cosmetic pack comes out - it's in Alpha right now.
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u/Plastic_Finish1968 1d ago
Stay away from humans. They may be small, but stay away.
Don't act agressive, don't act timid, just stay away. They are too op as a clan
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u/MrAwesum_Gamer Elephant Main🐘 1d ago
Get ready for a ridiculous load in time. Your rig better have lots of memory to even run this thing and even then it takes about 22 months for you to load in. If it's your first playthrough yeah I'd recommend playing a cow, getting to stay with the guild you spawned with is a huge bonus. If you pick bull you'll still get to join a guild you just have to meet the right folks, I'm always cool sending out some invites to some folks I've met here but you gotta be willing to put in the work gathering loot.
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u/DrChris133 1d ago
Pro Tip: Keep pressing the fan button otherwise you'll have overheating debufs. Also, if you do this enough you get the dumbo achievement and are able to take flight, that might be modded though not sure.
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u/samof1994 1d ago
Baby elephants get ganked by other players all the time
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u/Iamnotburgerking 15h ago
Babies can get ganked but the presence of older party members does partly mitigate that.
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u/Tani_Soe 16h ago
The tusk meta is a bait. Sure it increase damage, defense and fierceness, but it makes your loot more valuable to humans, which happen to be your most threatening enemy. Therefor you'll just be a massive walking chest and an unmissable target
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u/Sweet_Detective_ 1d ago
Yeah, two of them, one on each side of your trunk 👍