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I used to have a nether portal in my base. It was a good distance from my animals, more than twenty blocks, but were still corrupted. I moved the portal quite far from the pens and brought in new animals. They still corrupted.

I moved the portal a third time, well out of any loaded chunks at my base. The animals still corrupted.

Are the effects of a portal in corrupting animals permanent in an area? Will I have to find a new spot to put my pens?

kingcharlesiii wrote:I used to have a nether portal in my base. It was a good distance from my animals, more than twenty blocks, but were still corrupted. I moved the portal quite far from the pens and brought in new animals. They still corrupted.

I moved the portal a third time, well out of any loaded chunks at my base. The animals still corrupted.

Are the effects of a portal in corrupting animals permanent in an area? Will I have to find a new spot to put my pens?

There is an "infection" aspect to the portal. I've never had an issue when I've started fresh, kill the portal, kill all nearby animals, move the portal a distance away, than place new animals, and never let anything (including wolves) near your portal, than near your animals or they'll infect them.

Nether corruption has a vector on the overworld. Be sure to cleanse everything (bronie points if you do it with fire). Here are some tips to find the little bastards you missed somewhere in your base:

They are noise sometimes, and pretty much only give away their corruption status when they move. ITS FUCKING CREEPY. Believe me, you will know when you see it.

Ahhhh, I left my wolves alive the whole time. It must have spread from them.

It appears I have grim work ahead of me....

Thanks for the help

Keep your wits about you; there is at least one other mode of transmission as well!

If you find yourself dealing with an infection that is getting out of control, try listening for the sound of infection. (I'm not referring to the low voices; I'm referring to a ghast-like sound made at the moment of infection). This will let you pinpoint the precise moment an infection occurs, which may help you figure out what's going wrong.

Seeing stuff like this really makes me wish I could play this mod with virgin eyes.

Just grab some friends to experience it the first time through them. It was nearly as enjoyable to watch their panic and confusion as the chickens began to explode XD

If I understand it correctly, when an infected creature dies for any reason, the infection can then jump to any nearby non-infected creature. In the case of chickens, this is a serious problem because the infection kills them, and it's often really difficult to separate them, so the infection can eliminate your entire flock if they're all near each other.

You're better off quarantining any infected animals you have, well away from any other animals, before killing them. I guess you could try bringing them into the Nether to guarantee they have no interaction with overworld animals, and then kill them there.

will_holmes wrote:If I understand it correctly, when an infected creature dies for any reason, the infection can jump...

It was my understanding that it can spread whenever a creature reaches a certain point in their infection, not just when they die. Like when wolves spin their heads, when chickens explode or I guess when sheep float and that enables the infection to multiply. I could be wrong though

Yhetti wrote: It was my understanding that it can spread whenever a creature reaches a certain point in their infection, not just when they die. Like when wolves spin their heads, when chickens explode or I guess when sheep float and that enables the infection to multiply. I could be wrong though

GreenComet wrote:...

Yeah that seems to make more sense...

So this is probably a huge spoiler, but I would like to ask this question:

You know, in all of the Let's Plays I've watched where corruption happens, I've never seen what happens to pigs. Does anyone know what happens to them?

HavokSCOUT wrote:You know, in all of the Let's Plays I've watched where corruption happens, I've never seen what happens to pigs. Does anyone know what happens to them?

They turn to Zombie Pigment, I believe.

Rob wrote:They turn to Zombie Pigment, I believe.

So we talking forest green, or is it more like a very dark lime? :P

Thanks for the two cents. Makes sense that that's what they'd do, but I've yet to see it happen.

HavokSCOUT wrote:

Rob wrote:They turn to Zombie Pigment, I believe.

So we talking forest green, or is it more like a very dark lime? :P

Thanks for the two cents. Makes sense that that's what they'd do, but I've yet to see it happen.

Lol. I typed it on my phone, never noticed the auto correct. :P