Panda¶
A lazy bamboo muncher, rare and precious.
The Panda Egg¶
Sold by Farmhand Steve after you defeat him in battle. It is a one-time-use spawn egg: right-click the ground inside a claim or rented plot where you can build (overworld only) to release a permanent Panda onto your ranch. Requires Gathering level 66 to buy AND to use, and the animal counts toward your 50-animal ranch cap. Ranch Protection (toggled per claim in /claimmanager) keeps released animals safe from harm.
Steve's price:
x64 Block of Bamboo
x64 Sweet Berries- x1 Magic Cake
A Turtle Ticket (earned by defeating the Ninja Turtle) pays for any ONE egg in place of its full item cost - the Gathering gate still applies.
Other ways to find the egg¶
Once you have the Gathering level, pandas can hand you the egg themselves: every time you feed one, defeat one in combat, or startle one with the Leaf Staff, there is a 1 in 10,000 chance it leaves a Panda Egg behind (announced server-wide). That rate is tuned by how cheap and renewable its food is.
Feeding pandas¶
Right-click any adult panda while holding Cake (or Bamboo at ten times worse odds) to feed it, as often as you like. Each feed has a 1 in 10 for cake, 1 in 100 for bamboo chance to produce a Bamboo Block. While your Panda Pet follows you, its happiness improves those odds (up to twice as good at maximum mood).
The Panda Pet¶
Feeding (1 in 50,000), defeating (1 in 5,000), or leaf-startling pandas can earn you the Panda Pet - one per player, ever. While it follows you it improves that animal's feeding odds and can add a bonus drop on your kills. Its unique perk - Second Helping: your out panda pet adds up to a 30% chance of +1 produce per harvest (stacks with the armadillo's). All unique perks scale with the pet's mood.
The Panda Spawner¶
Trade Panda Eggs back to Steve for a Panda Spawner: a placeable spawner that keeps a hardy, farmable panda on your claim - complete with its own job.