Forest Elephants

[Blaarg]

Since the hunting camp has the unique advantage of being able to built on forests, thus garnering an advantage on production. Deer give you +3 food with a hunting camp, if that camp is built on a forest it gives you +3 food and +1 production over the basic tile yield.

However, I have yet to see Elephants appear on forests. Jungles, yes, but that is very little help, as jungles actually decrese a tile's yield.

Has anyone ever seen Elephants on forests?

 

[Mercenary82]

I don't think thats possible for elephants to show up on forests, Elephants only appear in the tropical areas, while forrests will be further north and south.

 

[Blaarg]

nah, in my current game I got a bunch of elephants near my captial, as well as a bunch of forests around them.

 

[Welnic]

Regardless of how far from the equator elephants show up, I don't think that they ever show up in forests. One thing I didn't realize for a long time was that after you make a camp at some point you should cut the jungle.

 

[KMadCandy]

nah, in my current game I got a bunch of elephants near my captial, as well as a bunch of forests around them.

if the place where your settler starts would ordinarily be jungle, the map replaces the jungle with forest in what would be your BFC if you settle in place. if your BFC would be tundra, it replaces that with plains.

 

[T.A JONES]

if the place where your settler starts would ordinarily be jungle, the map replaces the jungle with forest in what would be your BFC if you settle in place. if your BFC would be tundra, it replaces that with plains.

Thanks I never knew. I thought this was about using elephant riders to clear jungles. That should be talked about here. How bout some cultures get work bonus from them while some get down to butchering the poor creatures.

 

[Morgrad]

How silly - Asian Elephants live in forests, and most African elephants don't live in the jungle.

 

[T.A JONES]

How silly - Asian Elephants live in forests, and most African elephants don't live in the jungle.

You can't mean its silly to say a Civ with an elephant rider for a Unique unit should be able to use the animal in clearing jungles can you.?

Cuz in Conquests RFRE scenario (scenario by FIREAXIS) legions can build roads ....
I though elephants were used for clearing away paths n hauling and trampling. I remember hearing things along those lines. Actually, nothings here changed to make me think otherwise.

Its no 'stretch' of the imagination to me when other Civs have had cultural benifits along those exact same lines in the past. I mean when you consider the animals unique qualifications for this type of work and some cultures abilty to tame them. Think, if warriors can train them into battle formation why can't a trainer or handler use them to drag a few logs, snap a few branches or stomp a few bushes?.

Why agiain? ..cause they don't live in the exact proximity to each other? I must have read that wrong

Side note: I actually saw them do some work when that tidal wave raveged Indenesia Boxing day 2004

 

[JIM G]

Elephants are still used in Thailand for logging - I know 'cos I've seen 'em.

 

[Greeneyedzombie]

I've seen jumbos in forests. Don't know if they started there or the forest just grew over them. But they are great. jumbos on plains in forests. 5H. as good as a plains hill mine.

 

[Greeneyedzombie]

How silly - Asian Elephants live in forests, and most African elephants don't live in the jungle.

Try Congo. estimates are there are about 10.000 or more elephants in the jungle there.

 

[Morgrad]

You can't mean its silly to say a Civ with an elephant rider for a Unique unit should be able to use the animal in clearing jungles can you.?

No, I mean it's silly that they don't show up in forests in Civ IV, 'cause they do on earth!

Try Congo. estimates are there are about 10.000 or more elephants in the jungle there.

Note that I didn't say that no elephants live in the jungle - I just said that most African elephants do not.

 

[King Flevance]

I know they appear on plains, but I do not recall a time I had them on forested plains.

 

[VoiceOfUnreason]

My three favorite tiles: Deer in the trees, Maize/Buffalo on the floodplains. Gee, can anyone guess my favorite map?

For P'ants in the Trees, I'd probably look toward the Fantasy map, which has some really weird ideas of where resources should go.

 

[LincolnOfRome]

I've never seen elephants in forests. Can anyone verify this?

 

[Pangaea]

I've never seen elephants in forests. Can anyone verify this?

https://theconversation.com/new-dec...ster-efforts-to-save-africas-elephants-158157

 

[LincolnOfRome]

https://theconversation.com/new-dec...ster-efforts-to-save-africas-elephants-158157

The trees look a little sparse there.

 

[Kaiman]

One thing I didn't realize for a long time was that after you make a camp at some point you should cut the jungle.

I didn't realize you could even do that and that it would still affect the tile. Thanks.

 

[SittinDown]

The trees look a little sparse there.

Must be an oasis tile then.

 

[reddishrecue]

Yeah, cut the ivory jungle.