Foxes are common animals in UrW. They can be spotted on the world map, and come in two varieties: normal and arctic. The arctic variety can be found throughout the year, but seem to be more common during winter months. The two types have the same physical traits, other than color, but the arctic fox's fur is more valuable. Interestingly, arctic foxes leave tracks that can be distinguished from a normal fox's tracks. Foxes are generally troublesome when they are near your shelter or cabin as they will often approach the player, interrupting work, bothering dogs, and waking the player in the night before running away. This behavior is purely for annoyance, as a player that can sleep through the intrusion will often wake up to fox tracks all around them.
Fox furs are prized trade goods, especially by foreign traders. Foxes are more difficult to chase to exhaustion than many other small animals (even in skis), and even a single arrow will lower the quality of the fur, making it difficult to obtain superior quality fox skins. Unless your character has a high Stealth rating, it is often best to use a trap, followed by Blunt attacks.
The "Käpälälauta"-fox trap is a specialized trap for foxes, made from a board. As foxes are carnivorous, it is advisable to bait these traps.
Foxes can be summoned with the "Hunter's Request to Catch a Fox" ritual. This ritual will not produce arctic foxes, regardless of season. They can ignore fences.
Fox meat, unlike meat from most other small, fur bearing carnivores, has a decent nutrient value.
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Arctic Fox