Narwhals take damage when they fight for you. Knowing how they heal keeps your companion alive for longer trips.
Healing Your Narwhal
Narwhals recover health in three ways:
1. Staying in water: they regain health every thirty seconds while in water. Keep them out of shallow, drying areas and let them rest in open water after a fight.
2. Hand-feeding fish: feed it fish items by hand to help it recover. Carry a spare stack of fish on every ocean trip for emergencies.
3. Hunting wild fish: narwhals hunt wild fish on their own to recover lost health. Fish-rich water is a good place to let a hurt narwhal recover, so consider switching it to wandering there.
After a big fight, setting it to resting in deep water gives it time to heal before you head out again.
Tusk Fragments and Bone Meal
- When a narwhal is hit, there is a rare chance it drops a tusk fragment.
- Tusk fragments craft into five bone meal, which is handy for farms and growing trees.
- Check your recipe book or crafting grid once you have a fragment to make the bone meal.
Warning: Fragments drop from hits, so don't attack your own tamed companions to farm them. Collect fragments that drop naturally during fights. Wild narwhals are a separate choice, but the drop chance is low, so don't expect a steady supply.