Overview
The guide to how packs work, how to be certain rankings in packs, and more!Feel free to suggest. I don’t have too much experience on the game, but I think I’ve nailed down the pack mechanics well.WIP Guide, I will continue editing.
The Pack Types
There are five main types of animal packs or types.
Loners- Lone animals who seldom don’t join up with bigger packs. They’re probably looking for a pack or exploring alone to enjoy the scenery and to explore.
Passive Packs- Ones that sit around, explore, and enjoy the scenery. Their primary goal is NOT to find obelisks. Sometimes they stay at the tree or at a certain spot for a long time, just communicating and goofing around.
Duos- These consist of only two animals travelling together. There’s a good chance they’re friends online and have joined the grove together, deciding to explore on their own. Duos tend to join up with bigger packs when they have the chance.
Small Travelling Packs- These packs are small, consisting of 3-5 people. Leaders tend to stay the same person, and don’t switch around from too many people. These packs may or may not join up with bigger packs, and travel quickly without having to wait for too many other players who are slow. I am quite comfortable in packs like these because they’re easy to handle.
Large Travelling Packs- These packs consist of 6 or more people. They’re large, and often look like strings of people on a map. Large packs form when many animals agree to form a pack at the tree, or when a smaller pack gets more people who join, forming a large pack. These packs are tricky, the leaders switch around usually from person to person if too many people want the upper hand. A good Large Travelling Pack has at most 2 leaders who switch around, and who know where to lead the pack to find obelisks.
Your Role in The Pack
You can have several roles in a pack. You can be a pack member, the underdog, or even the pack leader. The trick is finding your way in the pack.
Being a leader-
Leadership is actually hard work. You need to always have the upperhand, and at the same time, you need to know your surroundings. First you need to gain your pack’s trust. You need to be a good leader. To be a good leader, you must:
-Slow down the pack for the slower animals
-Know which biomes have and don’t have many obelisks
-Know your surroundings and what biomes and things are near
-Always stay in the lead!
Good animals for being a pack leader is a lynx or goat. Even though the bunny is fast, the bunny is too small for the pack to look up to. The pack wants a big animal to lead the pack. You also always need the upper hand. You need to be fast, so you have to always stay ahead so another animal doesn’t take your place. This can be hard when you’re trying to balance out the ability to wait for the slower animals and stay in the lead.
Being a beta-
It is most important and needed in large packs around 20 animals, especially when the leader is not that good, cares most about spotting obelisks, and runs too fast, but is not willing to abdicate. It’s an animal who cares about the pack integrity more than leading and spotting obelisks and collectibles. Someone who stay in the middle of a group or near the end, just ahead of the slowest animals. Who shows them the way with sounds and fire when they are too far to see the leader, so they don’t waste time on map and can focus on keeping up with the group. The beta animal have to be fast in case if there is a need to run to the front, to ask them to wait a little.
**Credit to o⠀n⠀e for suggesting this.**
Being a scout-
It is for eagles of course but I saw many times someone doing that with other animal. Didn’t you ever saw an animal who climbs on the big rock or small hill, sits there for dozen of seconds and then BAM! obelisk emoticon and he/she runs? 🙂 It work only in small groups without fast and selfcentered leader. This non-eagle scout could be called a leader but then it have to be a kind of variation of leader role, because the behavior is quite different. And it is also possible that in a pack there is a leader – someone who everyone follows and who decides where to go, and someone else only scouting for obelisks – saw that few times.
**Credit to o n e for making the description.**
**Credit to duskyflower for suggesting the scout idea.**
Being a pack member-
This is easy. Just stay with the pack and go with the flow. Every once in a while you can point out flowers, obelisks, or crystals, but that’s it. All you have to do is follow the lead. Even make a few friends along the way!
Being an underdog-
You don’t need to be an underdog, but it depends on your animal. Slow animals, such as the badger cub and frog, usually tend to stay in the back of the pack and sometimes even lose the pack. If you’re an underdog, you should try to work your way up to getting a better animal so you can be a pack member or leader.
Your Surroundings
Your surroundings. Beautiful trees to admire, cool ponds to cool off in, tall rocks to keep a lookout on, and mountains waiting to be climbed. Take it alllllllll iiiiinnn…..
Notice these, because this could mean a lot. For example, notice the biome you’re in. Are you in a Fall/Autumn Biome? A Winter Biome? A Spring Biome?
Spring Biomes- These don’t have as many totems as the Autumn and Winter ones. But they do have many crystals and flowers. Crystals usually are around the rocks and mountains, and rare flowers are in the ponds.
Winter Biome- The Winter Biome is stuffed with small obelisks! If you want obelisks, that’s the place to go with a duo.
Autumn Biome- These biomes vary. The misty Autumn Biome is filled with obelisks. The dark Autumn Biome doesn’t have very many. The normal Autumn Biomes have some obelisks on the slopes.
Swamp Biome- This biome consists of a lot of water. I’ve found that it has a few obelisks here and there and a surplus of crystals near the hills/mountains. I don’t have much info on this because I don’t go there often.
Good luck!
Your Senses
Sounds-
Sounds are important. For example, if you’re looking for flowers, keep your ears wide open!
Flowers make a sound. Same thing with crystals. Obelisks offer a low humming sound.
Eyes-
Your eyes can see many things. Obelisks look like blocks of dark stone, with a pointed top. Flowers sparkle and look vibrant compared to normal flowers that you can’t collect. Crystals come in 3 colors:
Gold Crystals: These are the largest. They’re yellow, and they can unlock new animals.
Blue Crystals: They’re medium sized, and, duh, blue. They unlock new skins.
Red/Pink Crystals: They’re very small. They don’t have any spikes or anything, they’re just a small reddish pink crystals. These unlock new emotes.
Nose-
By middle-clicking, you can sniff. Sniffing highlights players near you in white. You can also see pawprints. You can tell if an animal is nearby or you can see if one is hiding near you by sniffing.