Grey Seal
| Grey Seal | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Basic Info | ||
| Type: | Amphibious Mammal | |
| Regions: | Coasts | |
| Terrain: | ' | |
| Skin: | ' | |
| Statistics | ||
| Weight: | ' | |
| Speed: | ' | |
| Movement Types: | Walk, Swim | |
| Health: | ' | |
| Hunting Information | ||
| Best Weapon: | ' | |
| Trap Type: | Trap pit with sharp stakes, Trap pit, Heavy deadfall bear trap | |
| Bait: | ' | |
| Armor Protection | ||
| Average: | ' | |
| Warmth: | 3 | |
| Tear: | 1 | |
| Edge: | 2 | |
| Squeeze: | 1 | |
| Point: | 1 | |
| Blunt: | 1 | |
| Butcher Yield | ||
| Butcher: | ' | |
The grey seal can be found on coastal areas, particularly in the north and can sometimes be found alongside the smaller ringed seals. They are easy to hunt so long as you catch them on the shore and have a weapon capable of injuring them enough that they cannot escape back into the water before the finishing blow is struck. They are passive to the player up until he kills a seal. After that the seals seem to fear the player.
Because grey seals prefer rocky terrain close to the water, certain types of traps will be more limited in their placement. Pits cannot be dug into base rock meaning trap pits and staked trap pits can only be placed near or around the seal's resting areas in diggable ground, and because seals never stray far from the water, traps placed further inland will be ignored. Seals do not appear to be attracted to any type of bait as of yet.
The seals yield grey seal fur, which the Foreign Traders will purchase. They also yield a considerable amount of fat which is best used either tanning other furs or making soups and stews. There is typically so much fat produced by each seal that if multiple kills have been made, the fat will all spoil before it can be made use of in its raw form.
While grey seal fur is valuable, it does not provide much warmth or protection when made into clothing compared to more easily acquired reindeer or elk fur.
URW Game Encyclopedia description
The official URW in-game encyclopedia (accessed by the F1 key) describes the grey seal thusly:
The grey seal lives in the sea and can be found on coastal regions of the UnReal World. They are large seals, with males weighing up to 300 kg.
Grey seals live together in colonies of varying size and feed on a wide variety of fish. They spend most of their days in the water but do regularly come ashore to rest and pass time in carefully chosen locations. During open water season they prefer to rest on rocky surfaces of the utmost skerries and islets of the sea. In the winter they do live near the edge of the ice, spending the lazy hours on the ice.
The grey seal is most the important prey animal for seal-tribe, but also Islanders and Sartolaiset hunt them. Seals are most commonly and effectively hunted on the ice, relying on stealth or patience - and ango. Islanders and seal-tribe who are familiar with the local seal colonies also hunt them during summer using a bow and arrow to shoot them from the islets and skerries.
Seal furs aren't very thick but still nicely warm. Because of their rarity seal furs are more valuable than the furs of most of the commonly sought after land animals.
Real life context
- Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) - English Wikipedia article
- Halli (Halichoerus grypus) - Finnish Wikipedia article
Another Finnish name for the grey seal is harmaahylje.
Gallery
A grey seal
