Pigs

Overview

Pigs are a livestock species in Starsand Island unlocked at the Intermediate Rancher tier. They are purchased from Pastelle at Green Pasture Ranch for 650 Coins each. Pigs are housed in Pigsties and are best known for their ability to dig up Truffles, a valuable bounty item. They also produce Fur and a mysterious Unknown Mud Pile. All pig variants produce fertilizer poop, making them a dual-purpose animal for both item collection and farm maintenance.

Quick Reference

Variants

There are four pig variants in Starsand Island. The Common Pig is the only one available for purchase; the other three are obtained exclusively through breeding.

The Spotted Pig and Tusked Boar can both appear as mutations when breeding two Common Pigs together. The Puffhog is the super rare variant. According to community testing, breeding two Common Pigs together gives a chance of producing a Puffhog, though the odds are very low.

Products

Pigs produce several unique byproducts that are collected from the Pigsty. Product quality scales with the pig's happiness level.

Truffle Foraging

Pigs are the only animal in Starsand Island capable of finding truffles. When an adult pig is housed in a Pigsty on your property, it will periodically search for truffles and leave them as collectible items. The frequency of truffle finds depends on the pig's happiness and whether it has been fed that day.

Truffles are classified as a bounty item and are one of the more valuable products in the ranching system. They can be sold directly at shops, given as gifts to NPCs who like them, or saved for the Merchant Ship where they sell at 200% of their base value. Some cooking recipes also call for truffles as an ingredient.

The Workaholic DNA trait increases the number of daily work cycles an animal performs, which means a pig with the Workaholic trait will search for truffles more frequently throughout the day.

Puffhog

The Puffhog is the super rare pig variant, recognizable by its blue-green fluffy appearance. It is the only pig that can be ridden as a mount (1 person). To ride the Puffhog, you need to equip it with a Friendship Collar, which requires reaching the Senior Rancher tier. The Puffhog must also be fully grown before it becomes rideable.

Despite its unusual appearance and mount capability, the Puffhog functions identically to other pig variants for truffle production and fertilizer poop. It produces the same byproducts at the same rates.

Care and Feeding

Pigs follow the standard animal care pattern in Starsand Island. Keeping pigs well-cared-for increases their happiness, which directly affects product quality and truffle-finding frequency.

Breeding

Pig breeding requires one male and one female pig in the same Pigsty with at least one open space. Breeding occurs overnight and can happen once per day. For controlled breeding, use the Breeding House (3,500 Coins blueprint, Intermediate Rancher) to isolate specific pairs.

Known breeding paths for pig variants:

• Spotted Pig: Breed two Common Pigs together. Random mutation chance.

• Tusked Boar: Breed two Common Pigs together. Random mutation chance.

• Puffhog: Breed two Common Pigs together. Very rare mutation chance.

DNA Traits

Like all animals, pigs inherit DNA traits from their parents. Positive traits to look for include:

Sell pigs with negative traits like Pride (cannot be petted), Petiteness (permanently small), or Bloom (decreased happiness boost) to keep your gene pool clean.

Pig Poop as Fertilizer

All pig variants produce poop daily, which can be collected from the Pigsty and processed in the Fertilizer Box to create fertilizer for your crops. This makes pigs useful beyond their truffle output, especially when paired with a well-maintained farm.

Tips

• Pigs are a reliable source of truffles for cooking and selling. Keep 2 to 4 in a Pigsty near your farm.

• Breed Common + Common pairs repeatedly for a chance at a Puffhog. The odds are very low, so patience is required.

• Look for the Workaholic trait when breeding. Workaholic pigs dig up truffles more often.

• Truffles sell for a decent price at shops and are worth saving for the Merchant Ship's 200% markup.

• Pig poop has fertilizer value when processed in the Fertilizer Box. Collect it daily along with truffles.

• The Puffhog is a fun mount option, but you need a Friendship Collar (Senior Rancher) before you can ride it.

Related Articles

• Animals

• Breeding and Genetics

• Green Pasture Ranch

• Fertilizer Box

• Rancher Trial Walkthroughs

• Cooking Recipes

• Mounts

• Animal Feed