Revision 5

Sows are aggressive wild pigs found on the Windrose Coastal Jungle starting island. They appear at level 3, which is higher than the player's starting level, and they can deal high damage to underprepared low-level characters. The community's single most-repeated new-player warning is to avoid Sows until you have proper weapons and armor.

Threat Level

Sows charge when they spot a target, and their charge hitbox is generous. Community warnings consistently recommend avoiding Sows until you have proper weapons and armor.

When to Engage

• Armor at 180+ total defense across all five slots

• A mid-tier melee weapon (Saber, Rapier, Halberd, Pistol for finishing)

• Two food buffs active (Strength or Agility + a health/stamina buff)

• Full stamina pool, lock-on with T active

• Backup bandages or Minor Healing Potions in hotbar

Combat Approach

1. Lock on with T

2. Dodge laterally when the charge windup begins (not backward)

3. Attack the exposed flank after the charge overshoots

4. Maintain distance to avoid follow-up lunges

5. Retreat if stamina hits the red Winded state

Rewards

Sows drop Rough Hide, a crafting material used in mid-tier armor and leather goods. Meat drops feed early-game cooking recipes. The drops are worth the fight, but only once you are geared enough to engage safely. Running past Sows to gather resources is valid early-game strategy.

Related

• Savage Boar - more dangerous boar variant with combo attacks

• Enemies - full enemy roster

• Getting Started - early-game survival guide

Full Drop Table

Launch-week guides catalog the Sow drop pool as:

• Rough Hide — 1 per kill. Feeds the Survivor's Boots armor chain and the Rough Hide leather line.

• Animal Fat — 1 per kill. Refills the Oil Lamp at 3 units per lamp.

• Meat — variable per kill; feeds Cooking Fire recipes.

Boars in the same biome drop up to 2 Animal Fat per kill and up to 2 Rough Hide, so if you are specifically farming lamp fuel, hunting boars is more efficient than sows.

Data Export

Combat stats, traits, and drop data below are taken from the current Windrose data export and reflect game version 0.10.0.0.277. Numbers may shift in future patches.

Combat Stats

Traits

Gameplay traits assigned to this creature by the current data export: Animal, Living.

Attacks

Drops

Drop table from the current data export. Quantity shows the stack size awarded when the drop rolls, and Chance shows the probability per kill.