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Rats

Rats are a hobo's best friend. They are also the only animals 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 a fight.

Mechanics

Rats must be found and captured before they can be raised to become a formidable sidekick in hobo battles or a powerful combatant in rat fights.

Obtainment

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; however, the most popular place to go searching for rats is in the City. Whenever you explore the City, you have a small chance of running across a rat. If you have a rat cage with an empty slot, you will automatically attempt to catch the rat:

You see a Cave Rat or is it a cow? Too much Vodka.
You decide to try to lure it into your cage with 3 weeks old cheese.

If you are unsuccessful, you will get this message:

Rat ran away before you could get to it.

If you are successful, you will get this message:

You managed to lure Alcoholic Rat into the cage.
Do you want to keep it? No

If you click "No", you will let the rat go, and, due to a glitch in the game's programming, be warped to a random coordinate in the City.
If you do not click "No", you will automatically keep the rat and be free to continue exploring the City.

With the new side wars/exploring update to HoboWars and Facebook HoboWars, you can no longer catch rats in the city on their versions. Instead, head on over to the Pet Shop and spin the Rat Roulette Wheel. You get 3 turns a day and can catch any rat formerly found in the city.

Upgrades & Training

Upgrading:

Upgrading your rats' stats will cost you a bit of money. The costs for each upgrade are as follows:

1. $10,000
2. $15,000
3. $20,000
4. $25,000
5. $30,000
6. $35,000
7. $40,000
8. $45,000
9. $50,000
10. $55,000

• This results in a cost of $325,000 for each stat.
• Lifespan starts at $15,000 and increases by $10,000 each upgrade, resulting in $630,000 to upgrade fully.
• To completely upgrade your rat, it costs $2,255,000.

Training:

To be completed...

Index

The index of your rat determines what other rats you can fight and reflects somewhat on the amount of stats your rats have.

Index generally follows the formula:

Index = 1 + (Int(0.02((Level*4)+ Agi + Conc + Str + (Vit/5))))

General

How do I find a rat/rats?:

You find them while exploring the city.

How do I keep rats I find?:

In order to own a rat, you must buy a rat cage from the Pet Shop.

What can I do to better catch a rat?:

Nothing other than use all of your explore turns. Catching a rat is random.

If my cage is full and I am exploring the city, will I have the option to still pick up any rat that I find?:

No, you must have an empty slot in your cage in order to catch a rat.

What is the best type of rat? :

Scroll to the bottom of this page.

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."

How much EXP do I get from beating another rat? :

• Attack some rat in the index above you (+1 your index) -- +5 EXP
• Attack some rat in your index -- +4 EXP
• Attack some rat in the index below you (-1 your index) -- +3 EXP

Each time you attack the same rat, you lose 1 EXP that you would have gotten.

Example: attack a rat in your index and win, get +4 EXP, attack that same rat again, get +3 EXP.

There is a rat on the "Rat Fights" page with the "[Fight]" link crossed out, what does this mean? :

You can only attack one rat 3 times per day. You must wait until the next day to attack it again.

Can I fight or duel my own rats against each other?:

No, you cannot.

How do I raise my rats index? :

The index of your rat is dependent on all of your rat’s stats except for lifespan. Level, Vitality, Agility, Concentration, and Strength are all added up to form an index for your rat. So you can raise your rat’s index by training your stats.

What is Skill p.? :

You gain 1 Skill p.(skill points) every time your rat gains a level. Skill p. are used to level the rats skills, these include:

• Training Mastery (+0.01 Stat Gain per Training Tick)
• Speed Mastery (+2% Agility and +1.5% chance to Sprint)
• Damage Mastery (+2% Strength and +1% chance to Overpower)
• Defense Mastery (+2% Concentration and +1% chance to Dodge)
• Buddhism (+5 Max Hunger and +1% Weight Bonus)
• Vegetarianism (+2 Lifespan)

What is Stat p.? :

You gain 3 Stat p.(stat points) every time your rat gains a level. Stat points are used to increase the rats stats:

• Vitality (Your Rat's Life)
• Agility (Your Rat's Speed)
• Strength (Your Rat's Damage)
• Concentration (Your Rat's Defense)

How do I purchase upgrades for my rat? :

For purchasing upgrades, all of the money must be withdrawn from your piggy bank and be on hand. Then go to the Rats page and select the rat you wish to upgrade. The price of the upgrade is listed in the "Cost" column for your rat.

If you still have more levels of upgrades available for purchasing, and you have enough money for that upgrade on hand, simply press the "[+]" button in the far right column to apply an upgrade to that particular stat.

There is no confirmation screen; once you press the button you have purchased the upgrade.

There are 10 levels of upgrades for each stat category. Upgrading strength, agility, and concentration adds 4 for each upgrade purchased. Upgrading vitality adds 20 to your rats vitality per level. Upgrading lifespan adds 2 days per upgrade. Upgrading energy adds 10 maximum energy per level.

My rat has negative lifespan. How did this happen? :

Your rat will be listed with negative lifespan if you have applied any one of the bonus skill points you received from leveling towards Vegetarianism.

Your rats lifespan will still be listed as a positive number on the page you see of your rats stats, however, it may show as negative on the "Rat Fights" page once you are into the days that Vegetarianism give you.

What is the purpose of the Cemetery? :

You can reserve a spot for your rat in the cemetery. This will save some of your rats information for you or others to look up after it dies, including your rats name, your name, its age, level, and index, as well as the time that it died.

If you pay for a spot then abandon your rat, you will forfeit your cemetery space.

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.

Duels

How do I sign up for a duel?:

Your rat must be at least level 5 and index 5 before dueling. Your rat must also have a lifespan of at least 2 in order to be listed on the Manage Arena page. Rats with 1, 0, or negative amounts of lifespan may not be able to duel.

Take $15,000 out of your piggy bank, go to the Rats page, select your rat that you would like to duel, then click on "Sign up". Confirm that you would like to sign up then proceed to the "Manage arena" page. Here you can select your rats that are signed up for a duel and pick a random opponent.

You must pay $15,000 every time you wish to duel your rat.

Can I pick which rat I want to duel? :

You cannot choose a specific rat, only those that are signed up for duels. Rats that are signed up in your index will be shown as "Random opponent". If there is more than one, simply pick one.

What do I get from winning/losing a duel? :

For winning a duel, you receive $40,000 + 2% of the total amount bet on your duel.

You receive nothing for losing a duel.

What is the formula for bets placed on duels? :

Payout = (Your Bet / Total of Winning Bets) * Total amount of all bets

Can I change or remove my bet once I make it? :

No, once you make it, it cannot be changed.

Rats in Hobo Fights

How do rats help in hobo battles? :

In a hobo battle, a rat gets the chance to do damage every 5 rounds of the hobo battle.

What determines how much damage my rat does in a hobo battle?:

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 Strength and index of the attacking rat and the Concentration of the defending rat.

Your rat's Vitality is not a factor on how much damage is done in hobo battles.

If I have more than one rat, which one fights in hobo fights?:

You can choose which rat will fight for you by clicking the 'Hobo Fights' link and then clicking the picture of the rat you want to use. If you do not do this, the highest leveled rat will fight with you in a hobo fight. If you have 2 rats with the same level, then the rat listed in the topmost slot is used for the fight.

Can I change the order of the rats in my cage? :

No, you cannot.

List of Rats

There are currently 21 obtainable rats in the game.

The following is a list of all them, as well as information pertaining to their base stats, locations, and other important information.

ID	Image	Name	LSP	HGR	NRG	VIT	AGI	STR	CON	Location	Notes
-9999		!a	-9999	-9999	-9999	-9999	-9999	-9999	-9999	!a	!a
1		Alcoholic Rat	64	100	90	60.00	8.00	12.00	8.00	City (Exploring) City (Pet Shop)	Exploring the City for rats is only available on HoboWars2.
2		Obese Rat	62	100	100	60.00	8.00	14.00	10.00	City (Exploring) City (Pet Shop)	Exploring the City for rats is only available on HoboWars2.
3		Cave Rat	62	100	110	60.00	10.00	12.00	11.00	City (Exploring) City (Pet Shop)	Exploring the City for rats is only available on HoboWars2.
4		Old Rat	65	100	90	70.00	12.00	10.00	8.00	City (Exploring) City (Pet Shop)	Exploring the City for rats is only available on HoboWars2.
5		Raver Rat	69	100	120	70.00	14.00	16.00	8.00	City (Exploring) City (Pet Shop)	Exploring the City for rats is only available on HoboWars2.
6		Two-Headed Rat	65	100	100	70.00	13.00	18.00	13.00	City (Exploring) City (Pet Shop)	Exploring the City for rats is only available on HoboWars2.
7		Ballerina Rat	65	100	100	65.00	18.00	10.00	13.00	Second City (City Hall)	Rat Poison required for capture.
8		Rat Bandit	70	100	110	70.00	14.00	14.00	13.00	Second City (Red Light District)	—
9		Boxing Rat	60	100	100	60.00	12.00	60.00	13.00	City (Bernard's Basement)	—
10		Breakdancing Rat	70	100	150	75.00	25.00	16.00	16.00	City (Bernard's Basement)	—
11		Country Rat	65	100	100	70.00	25.00	24.00	45.00	City (Bernard's Basement)	—
12		Gumshoe Rat	75	100	110	75.00	13.00	11.00	20.00	Second City (Red Light District)	—
13		Disco Rat	68	100	110	80.00	17.00	14.00	13.00	Second City (Night Club)	—
14		Octo Rat	75	100	130	80.00	16.00	35.00	21.00	City (Bernard's Basement)	—
15		Pincher Rat	65	100	110	50.00	15.00	30.00	15.00	Hoburbia (Fizzy Falling Soda Pit)	Flashlight and Fizzy Falling Soda required for capture.
16		Pirate Rat	79	100	160	70.00	16.00	16.00	18.00	Hoburbia (Fizzy Falling Soda Pit) Canbodia (Canbodian River)	Flashlight and Fizzy Falling Soda required for capture in Hoburbia. Rat Poison and King's Cup required for capture in Canbodia.
17		Rollerderby Rat	73	100	110	70.00	21.00	12.00	14.00	Second City (City Hall)	Rat Poison required for capture.
18		Space Rat	80	100	140	80.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	Second City (Sewer #4)	Mirror Shard required for capture.
19		Winged Rat	68	100	200	80.00	15.00	8.00	9.00	Second City (Park)	Piece of Bread required for capture.
20		Golden Rat	100	100	175	100.00	25.00	25.00	25.00	Hoburbia (Loompa Land) City (In-N-Out)	Only one obtainable per player. There's a 30-day wait between purchases.
21		Shadow Rat	75	100	120	80.00	60.00	15.00	5.00	City (Bernard's Basement)	—
9999		!z	9999	9999	9999	9999	9999	9999	9999	!z	!z

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.