Rats
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Rats are a hobo's best friend!
Okay maybe not, but they are the only "animal" you can find, capture, own, and raise in HoboWars. One of the biggest perks about owning a rat is that it can directly damage your opponent during hobo fights. Rats can also help you outside of battles to gain extra money, food, booze, or pawnables.
Rats must be found and captured before they can be raised to become that formidable sidekick in hobo fights or useful assistant in your everyday hoboing. Rats can be found all over the HoboWorld and be trained to become a powerful attacker or formidable wall just like any hobo can. However, rats are pets and you must have a place for them in your hobo life.
Contents
- 1 Obtainment
- 2 Rat Stats
- 3 Rats in Hobo Fights
- 4 List of Rats
- 5 General FAQ
- 5.1 How do I keep rats I find?
- 5.2 What is the best type of rat?
- 5.3 Is there a limit to the number of rounds a rat fight can go?
- 5.4 My rat has negative lifespan. Can I keep it alive?
- 5.5 What is the purpose of the Cemetery?
- 5.6 If I have a 1 slot cage and purchase a 2 or 3 slot cage, will my rat be lost?
- 5.7 Can I change the order of the rats in my cage?
Obtainment
*Only donators can purchase this rat cage. |
Rats can be found all across HoboWorld. However, before you can run around catching rats you must first purchase a Rat Cage to put them all in. Fortunately, the Pet Shop in the City sells rat cages, from one-slot cages that can only hold one rat to three-slot cages that hold up to three! You can only own one type of rat cage at a time; when you purchase a different one, the one you currently have gets thrown out with no refund and replaced by the new cage. So, no, you can't have five three-slot cages or one three-slot cage, one two-slot cage, and one one-slot cage. Therefore, it is highly recommended to buy a two-slot cage if you a non-donator or a three-slot cage if you are a donator. (If you lose your donator status, you still get to keep and use the three-slot cage; it does not disappear or get downgraded to a two-slot cage.)
Once you have purchased your rat cage, you can now go out and start catching rats! As previously mentioned, rats can be found all over the place. If you have a rat cage with an empty slot, you will automatically attempt to catch the rat when you find one. You can release any captured rat you don't want by going to the rat page and selecting Abandon.
Most of the locations to find rats can be found in the listing of rats below
Rat Stats
Rats are just like hobos in that they have stats that determine their worth. Their stats can be trained and upgraded, and they have skills that can give additional benefits.
Basic Rat Stats
Rats have 5 main stats that can be variously increased via leveling, upgrades, and food. These stats are what defines your rat's worth in the activities it performs. There is also the rats' experience stat whose value shows the progress to the rat's next level.
| Life / Age | Meals |
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| Life is the current vitality of your rat; it is not the total number of days your rat has left before it dies. Age is the total number of days your rat has lived so far. Every major (AM) reset, your rat's Age increases by one day then its Life decreases by its age. Every minor reset (PM), you're rat's Life decreases by its age. Rats only die if their Life is below zero when major reset occurs. You can view a rat's current Lifespan (days til death) by hovering your pointer over its current Life. Additional Life can be gained through upgrade purchases and by feeding them meals. | Meals determines how much you can feed. Your rat can gain experience and life through consuming food. Meals are gained once every 3 hours. Although rats can consume any food item in the game, they won't gain any secondary benefits that that food item would normally bestow upon hobos. Additional meals can be gained through upgrade purchases. |
| Experience | Speed |
| Experience is pretty straightforward and works similar to your hobo. Instead of gaining Experience through fights or other actions, rat's gain it by consuming meals. Each time a rat levels, the more Experience is required for the next level. All meals provide Experience, however the amount gained varies between them. The Vegetarianism upgrade will increase the amount of Experience gained per meal while limiting the rat's diet to meatless meals. | Speed is similar to your hobo's speed stat in that it provides your rat with more chances to attack. The rat with the highest speed will tend to be the aggressor. Speed can be gained through leveling and upgrade purchases. |
| Attack | Defense |
| Attack is similar to your hobo's power stat in that it provides your rat with offensive power. The damage the rat can deal is reduced by your opponent rat's defense. Attack can be gained through leveling and upgrade purchases. | Defense is similar to your hobo's Strength stat in that it provides your rat with defense. The higher your rat's defense, the less damage you'll receive from your opponent's rat. Defense can be gained through leveling and upgrades. |
| Level / Cheese | Specials |
| Level dictates the total amount of upgrades you can give your rat along with increasing the rat's Speed, Attack, and Defense stats. Cheese is gained for each rat level and can be used to purchase rat upgrades. The effectiveness of some rat specials improves with the rat's level. | Specials are generally unique to each rat type, providing benefits either during or outside of hobo battles. Some Specials increase in effectiveness the higher your rat's level. |
Gaining Stats
In the previous rat system, you had to train your rats' stats. In the current system training has been removed. Each rat simply gains stats from leveling, the amount of gain is based off the rats initial stats when captured. Hobo's further increase individual stats by purchasing upgrades.
Upgrades
Upgrading your rat will cost you a bit of money and cheese. You can purchase unlimited upgrades for each rat stat. The Vegetarianism and Buddhism upgrades are limited to one purchase per rat. To purchase an upgrade, have the required money on hand and the required amount of cheese. Each upgrade of the same type increases in cash cost every purchase and increases in cheese cost every 5th purchase.
Rat Specials
--Under Construction--
Necromancy
--Under Construction--
Rats in Hobo Fights
Rats can be very helpful in your quest to conquer other hobos in your fights. Rat attacks happen every 5 rounds in fights. The rat that does attacks that round in the fight is based on the rats speed stat. If you have more then one rat, you can choose which rat will fight by choosing the Hobo Fights link on the toolbar and clicking the image of the rat you want fighting.
Battle Grounds for Rats
Rats are tied into most hobo fights but not all. The different areas that rats help in hobo fights are:
- One-on-one hobo fights
- Ultimate Fisty Cuffs
- Gangs' Junior War Chambers
- City Explore Territory Claims
- Adventure Fights
- A number of special fights during the adventures allow rats to do damage, though some don't.
Rat Damage during Fights
Generally speaking, the higher your hobo's level, the more damage your rat will do if it gets the hits in hobo fights. Damage is also influenced by the Attack stat of the attacking rat and the Dfense of the defending rat. The rat's Speed determines which rat is the one that attacks.
List of Rats
Rats have been around for such a long time that some are obsolete and no longer obtainable. The following is a breakdown of all of the rats that you can and can not get in the game.
List of Current Rats
There are currently 22 obtainable rats in the game.
The following is a list of all them, as well as information pertaining to their base stats
(amount of stats it has when you catch it), common location(s) to find that specific rat, and other important information for catching it.
| Image | Name | Life | Speed | Attack | Defense | Location(s)* | Notes |
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Alcoholic Rat | 50 | 9 | 9 | 8 | Drinking a Fotey. | |
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Ballerina Rat | 80 | 16 | 9 | 6 | City Hall Windows Requires Rat Poison. |
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Boxing Rat | 100 | 14 | 20 | 8 | Bernard's Basement |
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Breakdancing Rat | 70 | 17 | 10 | 5 | Night Club (Dance floor) |
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Cave Rat | 90 | 10 | 13 | 12 | Pet Shop (Rat Roulette Wheel) |
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Country Rat | 100 | 13 | 15 | 10 | Bernard's Basement |
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Disco Rat | 90 | 15 | 11 | 10 | Night Club (Dance floor) |
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Golden Rat | 160 | 18 | 18 | 18 | Loompa Land (Wish) In-N-Out (Foodstamps) |
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Gumshoe Rat | 110 | 11 | 8 | 9 | Red Light District (Outter Wall) |
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Lab Rat | 110 | 8 | 10 | 9 | Haunted House Requires Rat Poison. |
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Obese Rat | 60 | 6 | 10 | 15 | Improved Dumpster (Rummaging) |
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Octo Rat | 80 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Bernard's Basement |
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Old Rat | 30 | 5 | 7 | 6 | Internet Room (Prize) Requires Wonka Wrapper. |
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Pincher Rat | 122 | 13 | 19 | 19 | Fizzy Falling Pit Requires Flashlight. |
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Pirate Rat | 110 | 15 | 17 | 15 | Canbodian River Requires Rat Poison and King's Cup/KKC+. |
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Rat Bandit | 60 | 15 | 8 | 7 | Red Light District (Outter Wall) |
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Raver Rat | 100 | 14 | 9 | 9 | Night Club (Dance floor) |
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Rollerderby Rat | 80 | 19 | 13 | 8 | City Hall Windows Requires Rat Poison. |
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Shadow Rat | 90 | 16 | 14 | 16 | Bernard's Basement |
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Space Rat | 140 | 16 | 16 | 16 | Sewer #4 Requires Mirror Shard. |
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Two-Headed Rat | 60 | 10 | 11 | 10 | Pet Shop (Rat Roulette Wheel) |
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Winged Rat | 110 | 13 | 9 | 7 | Park Requires Piece of Bread. |
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*The location listed is the primary location the rat is found in. Some rats can be found to a lesser extent in other game locations.
List of Extinct Rats
The following is a list of rats that were gradually phased out of the game and thus are no longer obtainable.
These rats were present during a time when the game didn't have much artwork in it, so, these rats didn't have images associated with them.
| Name | Lifespan | Hunger | Energy | Vitality | Agility | Strength | Concentration |
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| Cotton Rat | 60 | 100 | 110 | 60 | 12 | 8 | 8 |
| Kangaroo Rat | 67 | 100 | 100 | 70 | 8 | 14 | 14 |
| Norway Rat | 66 | 100 | 100 | 70 | 14 | 8 | 14 |
| Sewer Rat | 64 | 100 | 90 | 60 | 8 | 14 | 8 |
General FAQ
How do I keep rats I find?
- In order to own a rat, you must buy a rat cage from the Pet Shop. If you have an open slot in your cage, you will automatically obtain the rat.
What is the best type of rat?
- The best starting type is the Golden Rat. But as they are almost impossible to get every time, the second best is a toss-up depending on your game-play amount, style, and demand, and how much T you are willing to spend to obtain it. You might want something with a high starting energy, something with great beginning stats, or maybe just the greatest lifespan out there. Re-visit the table above to pick which fits your needs.
Is there a limit to the number of rounds a rat fight can go?
- The limit is 999 moves, after that it simply says "**** and **** made draw."
My rat has negative lifespan. Can I keep it alive?
- Having a negative lifespan doesn't mean your rat's life is over. If you can increase its life back to 0 or higher before major reset then its life will be spared another day.
What is the purpose of the Cemetery?
- Rats earn a their spot in the cemetery when they reach level 10. This will save some of your rats information for you to look up after it dies or to re-purpose is you're friends with a necromancer.
If I have a 1 slot cage and purchase a 2 or 3 slot cage, will my rat be lost?
- No, your rat will still be there, you'll just receive extra slots.
Can I change the order of the rats in my cage?
- No, you cannot.
