Goats: Farming Simulator 25

Goats are new animals introduced in Farming Simulator 25.

Summary

“	We looked at the animal wish list and thought, "okay, we goat this, GIANTS Software!". So here are the goats: Fluffy coat, tiny horns, rectangular pupils - the whole package. They provide enjoyment and milk! Dairy productions allow you to create delicisous, profitable goat cheese. Tastes great with honey, by the way... mhh...	”
	~ From 25-second video about goats in Farming Simulator 25

The Road to Goat

You want to get goats right and the most complex thing are their legs and rectangular pupils. First, we almost created a Dahu by accident - a mythical creature. You can learn more about it from Katie. Right, you don't know who she is, do you? You'll find out soon enough.

One wrong slider and shorter legs on one side and you have a fantastical beast! Once the legs were up to snuff and we banished the Dahu back to its folkloric existence (or did we?), we had a squad of 2D & 3D artists working non-stop on the pupils. All so these beautiful animals could do what they do best - stare.

Why Goats are awesome

• Goats are incredible climbers. They're known for their agility, even scaling steep cliffs and trees. If you think you're good at bouldering, look at goats!
• Rectangular pupils give them nearly 360-degree panoramic vision, helping them spot predators and navigate challenging terrain.
• They're curious and intelligent. They can learn how to open gates or manipulate objects. Good to have an eye on them.
• Goats are highly social and form close bonds within their herds, or even humans and other animals.
• Each goat has a unique voice. Just look at all those screaming goat videos. So not only mother goats could recognize individual goats go by their bleat.

New production & products

Goat milk is not everyone's cup of milk, but those who like it, love it. Its distinct, slightly tangy flavor is not as sweet and mild as your regular milk from a cow, but that's why it's so unique in taste and profitable in production!

While keeping goats for the sake of it is awesome enough, new productions allow you to process their milk and go for fine goat cheese! It's worth it, you goat to believe it!

Want to try goat cheese for real? Try it with fruits, nuts, honey, and herbs like thyme, rosemary and basil. You can put it in almost every dish just like regular cheese. From salad and stuffed in peppers to pasta and pizza.

How to feed goats

Housing options

• Like sheep, goats are kept in pastures, barns, or large barns
• In pastures, you have to provide feed and water. You can only house a few goats.
• Barns on the other hand only require you to provide feed and have enough space to breed.
• Goats produce milk in every housing option. We recommend a barn instead of the pasture.

Feeding Options

Goats are quite easy to handle: Feed them grass or hay. No matter which option you choose, both help your goats to achieve 100% productivity.

If you mow your fields yourself, it's of course easier to feed fresh grass without turning it into hay. Alternatively, you can buy bales of hay at the dealership.

How to get water: If you keep goats in a pasture, you need to provide water. Get yourself a tank trailer to transport water. You get water by either filling it from a water tank that you can buy in the "container" tab of the construction menu, or you just reverse the tanker trailer attached to your tractor into water - a river or lake, for example. Water from a lake or river is free, tapping a tank container is not.

What you need for keeping goats

• You need a tractor with a front loader attachment, a pallet fork and a bale spike. To be able to use the front loader on the tractor, you must first purchase the necessary attachment from the dealer. To do this, drive the tractor to the dealer, park the machine in the vehicle options field and select the appropriate attachment.
• You need a barn. Here you can choose between four versions in the construction menu. You can choose between a sheep pasture, two sheep barns and a large sheep barn in the "Sheep" tab. They differ in size and feeding options. While you have to provide feed and water for the sheep pasture, you only need to provide food with a barn.

Optional:

• You can use an animal trailer to transport the animals between the cattle dealer and the barn if you buy or sell them. You don't have to, though. You only need a trailer if you want to transfer goats from one barn to another barn.
  • Tip! You do not have to buy a trailer. It only costs a tiny fee to buy or sell them directly at the barn. Only go ahead if you want the full cattle farmer role-play experience.
  • Tip! Look for the sheep icon at the dealership when shopping for a trailer in the shop. It indicates that sheep and goats can be transported with this trailer.

Let's go to work!

Step 1: Buying the goats

Choose between zero, three and 16 months old goats. Younger goats do not produce any milk or breed. When you buy goats at the barn, you can have them delivered for a small fee. Alternatively, if you have bought a trailer, you can drive it to the animal dealership and buy them on-site to transport them yourself.

Tip! Don’t fill the barn to the limit. This will save you money, and you will also get new goats through breeding.

Step 2: Feeding

Feed your goats freshly cut grass or hay: either loose or in the form of bales. You can see if you have fed them correctly by looking at the health info point. It increases over time, and if it does, the goats will start to produce milk and are able to reproduce.

Step 3: Selling Animals and Products

You can either sell the animals themselves, if you focus on breeding them, and sell their milk. You can also process your goat milk into bottled milk, butter, or goat cheese. To transport your goods, you need your front loader attacher and the pallet fork. If you have a truck, you can deliver multiple pallets at once.

You can process things like butter even further at the bakery and order some delicious strawberry cake - just add a few more ingredients!

Breeding Goats

Whether goats reproduce depends on three factors: Their age, the space available in the barn and the health of the animals. Starting at the age of eight months, the animals become mature and can produce offspring.

However, this is only possible if there is room for more goats in the barn, and their health must always be at 100%. You can achieve this by feeding the animals regularly to keep them well-fed.

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