Smolkr Pen Gender Targets
Choose how many females and males each smolkr and kyckling pen keeps. Villagers slaughter from whichever gender is over its limit instead of from the majority, so a breeding herd holds its ratio.
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Smolkr and Kyckling Pen Gender Limits
Choose the ratio of females to males each smolkr pen and kyckling pen keeps.
In vanilla, when a pen goes over its slaughter limit, villagers slaughter an
adult from whichever gender has more adults, so every pen drifts toward 50/50.
There is no way to ask for, say, 5 females and 1 male.
This mod adds a Females to keep row under the slaughter limit in the pen's
slaughter task. It works the same way in smolkr pens and kyckling pens:
- Off: the pen behaves exactly like vanilla.
- 0 up to the limit: females to keep (young included). Males to keep is the limit minus
that, shown in the row's title.
Villagers slaughter only when the pen is over its limit and never slaughter young animals. Young animals count toward both the population limit and their gender target. An adult is taken from the gender furthest above its target. If that gender has no adults, slaughter waits for the young to mature. A male pup can replace the only adult male.
Configuration
BepInEx/config/aska.smolkr.pen.gender.targets.cfg
- Enabled: master switch; false returns every pen to vanilla.
- ShowRow: show the Females to keep row.
- RowOffsetX / RowOffsetY: nudge the row if it overlaps something.
Notes
- Formerly Smolkr Pen Gender Targets. Updating keeps your config and every
pen's saved setting.
- Settings are saved with each pen. Removing the mod is safe; pens return to vanilla.
- Multiplayer: install on the host. Villager AI and saved settings are the host's.
Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions
- Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
- Most mods rely on the game's mod loader — the usual route is a community mod manager (such as r2modman): pick this game, install, and it handles the loader and dependencies.
- For a manual install, put the mod files into the matching Mod / plugins folder inside the game directory.
- Launch the game to confirm it loaded; mods with listed dependencies need those installed as well.
Install locations vary a lot between mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide.
Install these first, or the mod will not work: