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Babybeefalo

Based on game build 714014 | Last updated: 2026-03-04

Overview​

babybeefalo is a prefabricated entity representing the juvenile life stage of the beefalo. It uses the growable component to progress through distinct growth stages (baby, toddler, teen, grown), each associated with visual scaling, loot table changes, and resistance values. It integrates with the herdmember and leader systems to seek adoption by an adult beefalo leader during gameplay, and supports basic combat and foraging behaviors via dedicated components. The prefab also maintains network synchronization, spawns poop periodically, and responds to environmental hazards like fire and cold.

Usage example​

local inst = SpawnPrefab("babybeefalo")
inst.Transform:SetPosition(x, y, z)
inst.components.growable:SetStage(2) -- set to toddler stage
inst.components.growable:StartGrowing() -- resume growth timer

Dependencies & tags​

Components used: combat, eater, follower, growable, health, herdmember, locomotor, lootdropper, periodicspawner, sleeper, inspectable, knownlocations, drownable, hauntable, soundemitter, animstate, transform, dynamicshadow, network
Tags added: beefalo, baby, animal, herdmember
Tags used in filtering: player, debuffed (for aggro decisions), and herdmember (for herd membership)

Properties​

PropertyTypeDefault ValueDescription
growUpPendingbooleanfalseInternal flag indicating a pending growth transition when sleeping.
soundstablenil (assigned at runtime)Table mapping sound names to paths (e.g., ["walk"], ["grunt"]).
growth_stagestabledefined internallyArray of stage definitions: {name, time, fn, growfn} used by the growable component.

Main functions​

OnAttacked(inst, data)​

  • Description: Handles attack events by setting the attacker as the combat target and broadcasting the attack to nearby non-player beefalo herd members.
  • Parameters: inst (Entity), data (table containing attacker) — passed by the event system.
  • Returns: Nothing.

FollowGrownBeefalo(inst)​

  • Description: Scans for the nearest adult beefalo with open leader capacity and attempts to join its herd as a follower. Only considers beefalo with the herdmember tag and excludes baby tagged entities as potential leaders.
  • Parameters: inst (Entity) — the baby beefalo instance.
  • Returns: Nothing.

Grow(inst)​

  • Description: Initiates the next growth stage transition. If the entity is currently sleeping, schedules growth to begin after waking by setting growUpPending and forcing the "wake" state.
  • Parameters: inst (Entity).
  • Returns: Nothing.

SetBaby(inst), SetToddler(inst), SetTeen(inst), SetFullyGrown(inst)​

  • Description: Stage-specific callbacks used by the growable component. These functions update the entity's scale, loot table, sleeper resistance, and, in the final stage, transform into a mature beefalo.
  • Parameters: inst (Entity).
  • Returns: Nothing.

GetGrowTime()​

  • Description: Returns a randomized growth duration using tunable base and variance values.
  • Parameters: None.
  • Returns: number — time in seconds (e.g., TUNING.BABYBEEFALO_GROW_TIME.base + random variance).

Events & listeners​

  • Listens to: attacked — triggers OnAttacked to initiate combat and share targeting.
  • Pushes: None explicitly in this file (events are pushed by components or state graphs).
  • Internal event hooks: Uses inst:DoTaskInTime(1, FollowGrownBeefalo) to defer leader adoption until one second after creation.