Though marked as hostile on the compass, unprovoked bighorners will not actively pursue the player character like other creatures, and if left alone, are content to graze and mind their own business. In combat situations, bighorners are unique in that they are rarely outright hostile, setting them apart from most other creatures. However, according to Easy Pete, they cannot be used as pack animals, as 'they just lie down until you take off'. They are generally calm beasts with surprisingly docile dispositions, in spite of being quite capable of being dangerous when provoked. Bighorners are communal animals, and as such, if one member of the herd is distressed, the entire herd becomes aggressive. A large contingent of wild bighorners can also be found northwest of Snyder Prospector Camp. Ranch State Park, and around Cottonwood Cove. īighorners are herbivorous and are primarily found in wild herds of three to seven in the Mojave Wasteland and Zion Canyon, or in domesticated drifts of varying size in settlements such as Goodsprings, Jacobstown, Spring Mt.

Several settlements, such as Goodsprings and Jacobstown, keep domesticated bighorners in order to survive. This makes them rather instrumental in herb tracking.

Humans have since domesticated them for their horns, meat, milk, and hides, but wild herds can be found in mountainous regions, usually in close proximity to banana yucca fruit. Several settlements, such as Goodsprings and Jacobstown, have domesticated them for a source of fresh meat, hides, and horns.īighorners are native to the American Southwest. Bighorners can be found throughout the Mojave and Zion Canyon, generally around water sources and plants such as banana yucca fruit.

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