Animals play an important role inAloft, as they provide resources and can be used to restore the ecosystem of an island. The way that animals are obtained can be a bit confusing, though, as they cannot always be claimed. This guide is here to alleviate any confusion surrounding how to get animals inAloft, and it will help players fight back against the corruption.
Players must have ahome island that they can flybefore they can get animals inAloft. If a fan does not have such a home island, they should return to this guide after completing more of the game’s introductory quests. Additionally, players should craft aField Guide(by combining one Wood, one Rope, two Leaf Cloths, and one Piece of Paper at a Workbench) before setting out in search of animals.
Aloft: How to Get Animals
Find a Suitable Island
The first step towards getting animals inAloftis finding an island that fulfills two criteria:
To quickly confirm if an island fulfills these criteria, players should take these actions:
Find the Animal
After finding a suitable island, players should search until they find the animal that they want to collect. While it can occasionally be difficult to locate the animal, especially if it is a baby,sandbox gamefans who look carefully should eventually find their desired creature. Notably, the sounds that animals make can help players zero in on their positions, and playing with the sound turned on is thus recommended.
Feed the Animal, Pick It Up, and Send It Home
Once an animal has been located, players must feed it a desirable type of food. With sheep and alpacas, that food isHay, which players can craft at a Workbench by combining three Small Plants. For full clarity, Small Plants are obtained by cutting bushes with a Scythe, a tool that is created by combining one Wood, two Sharp Stones, and oneRope inAloft.
After the animal is fed, players can pick it up and send it to their home island, provided that the home island is nearby. Fans ofindie survival gamescan then return to their home island, and they will find that the animal is roaming around it. Players are then free to care for the animal, repeatedly collect its resources, or deliver it to another island in order to make progress toward restoring the health of its ecosystem.
Aloft: Animals and Ecosystem Health
While the connection between animals and the health of an island’s ecosystem has already been mentioned a few times in this guide, more information on this subject may be helpful to some fans ofindie adventure games. To put things simply, every island needs to be populated by a certain number of animals to have a healthy ecosystem, and thatpopulation requirementis indicated on the first page of the Field Guide when standing on the island.
If an island does not meet its animal population requirement, players should focus on getting animals from healthy islands and bringing them to the unhealthy island. That said, removing too many animals from a healthy island will make it unhealthy if the removal drops the island below its animal population requirement. As such, players who want to avoid having anyunhealthy islands inAloftshould only collect animals from islands with a population surplus.
