Feeding
- Feeding costs 1 grain per bird. "Feed the flock" feeds every hungry bird in the loft you are in. Hunger resets at each day change, so you feed once a day.
- Hand-feeding a bird (from its details) also costs 1 grain, once per bird per day, and gives +4 bond on top.
- Grain costs 20G for 10 (2.0G a grain) or 90G for 50 (1.8G a grain). You start with 500G and 20 grain.
- A bird that is not fed today loses 12 ability points in a race, 12 points in a flying event, 15 Condition points in a show, and its lure pull is x0.6 instead of x1.
- The auto feeder (2,500G per loft) feeds the loft's hungry birds from your grain stock at the day change, at the same price as hand feeding, with birds of a pair first. It gives no bond bonus. If the grain runs out the remaining birds stay hungry.
Source: scripts/loft.gd (_feed, _next_day, _hand_feed), scripts/lofts.gd.
Bond and the batcher
Every day change, each bird at home gains or loses bond points:
| Situation | Change a day |
|---|---|
| Fed, INT 70, TMP 55, loft 80% clean | +11 |
| Fed, INT 40, TMP 40, loft 20% clean | +6 |
| Not fed, INT 70, TMP 55, loft 80% clean | -3 |
| Not fed, INT 40, TMP 40, loft 20% clean | -8 |
- A new chick or bird starts with bond 0 and clipped (shop birds are bought clipped). At bond 100 its wings are unclipped for good and it is a batcher: it can be tossed, sent outside, and enter races and the Flying Meet. A batcher stays a batcher even if its bond later falls.
- A fed bird in a clean loft gets from bond 0 to 100 in about 9 to 17 days (the first example is 10 days, the second 17).
- Extra bond: hand-feeding +4, grooming +1 (a fed bird, costs 2 grain).
- Where bond counts: race ability
(bond - 100) x 0.1, tournament points(bond - 100) x 0.1, homing (30%), 30% of the Altitude Cup landing mark, 20% of show Posture, a +10 Condition bonus at 100 in shows, and a x1.1 pull in the lure at 100 (x0.9 under 30).
Cleanliness
- Each day a loft loses
10 + 4 x (birds at home)points of cleanliness. A loft with 6 birds loses 34 points a day, one with 12 birds loses 58. - Sweeping is free and sets it back to 100.
- It feeds the bond formula above (from -2 at 0% to +2 at 100%).
- Under 40%: the lure pull of every bird x0.85, flying events -6 points (under 15%: -12), and a care-breed bird cannot enter the Fancy Show. Show Condition adds 0.15 x cleanliness.
Vitamins
Buy doses in the Shop or at the loft shelf, then use "Give vitamin" on one bird. A dose belongs to a rarity: it only works for birds of the same main breed rarity, and its price rises with it.
| Common | Uncommon | Rare | Epic | Legendary | Mythic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40G | 70G | 100G | 135G | 165G | 200G |
| Vitamin | Real effect | Waits for its moment | Used up by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy mix | Race speed x1.05. In a flying event, the condition multiplier x1.05. | 5 days | The next race or flying event |
| Recovery mix | Halves the rest days after a race or event (rounded down) | 5 days | The next race or event |
| Breeder mix | For a bird in a pair: +5% egg fertility, +10% hatch chance, and +1 on every stat of the chicks | 30 days | The next hatching of its pair |
| Feather mix | For the next Fancy Show: +5 Feather and +5 Grooming, and +0.1 lure pull for a show bird | 14 days | Wears off after its days (it is not used up by the show) |
- One dose of each kind at a time per bird, and not two of the same kind on one day.
- If a dose is not used within its days it is wasted.
- A bird must be at home to get a dose; Breeder mix needs the bird to be in a pair.
How much is each worth?
Energy mix is the strongest by far. Race time is (700 + 4.2 x ability + luck) x wind, so multiplying speed by 1.05 is the same as adding about 0.05 x (167 + ability) ability points, which is about 15 ability points for a typical racer. That is more than a missing feed (12).
| Race | Win chance without | Win chance with | Top 10 without | Top 10 with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club Sprint | 27% | 79% | 90% | 99% |
| Young Bird Derby | 1% | 20% | 26% | 80% |
For an uncommon bird, a dose costs 70G. With a 70G first prize in the Club Sprint it pays for itself on a win, but the bigger value is moving a bird up into a harder race.
Worked examples
Example 1: what a flock costs per day
A loft with 12 birds costs 12 grain a day, 21.6G to 24G at shop prices. The auto feeder does not make this cheaper. What it saves is the daily tap, and it makes sure no bird misses a meal and loses bond.
Example 2: a skipped day
A bird at bond 95 (INT 70, TMP 55, loft 80% clean) misses a feeding: it falls by 3 points to 92. Racing it then costs 12 ability points (not fed) and 0.8 points (bond), about 13 in total; the win chance of the starter Janssen above would fall from 28% to about 3%.
Example 3: Recovery mix for a sprinter
After a Club Sprint a bird rests 1 day, so it can race every second day. With Recovery mix the rest is 0 days and the same bird can race again the very next day. After the 600 km Classic the rest goes from 3 days to 1.