Volt Goat

Normal= Charged= "What's it always chewing on?"

- Maxwell

The Volt Goat is an animal found in the Reign of Giants DLC and is indigenous to the Desert biome. It is essentially a living Lightning Rod; any Lightning that strikes in the vicinity will seek out and charge the Volt Goat, causing it to radiate electricity and glow.

Normally a passive creature, a charged Volt Goat becomes highly aggressive. While charged, any attacks made by a Volt Goat or any attacks made on a Volt Goat will damage and stun its opponent with an electric shock.

Upon death, a Volt Goat will drop 3 Meat and has a 25% chance to also drop a Volt Goat Horn. If killed while it is charged, it will also drop Electric Milk.

Similar to Beefalo and Rock Lobsters, Volt Goats roam in herds and reproduce periodically; however, attacking one Volt Goat will not cause the rest of the herd to become hostile to the attacker.

Tips

 * Wearing a Rain Hat, Rain Coat or Eyebrella will insulate the player against the electricity of a charged Volt Goat.
 * Using a Morning Star on an uncharged Volt Goat will charge it, so using it is ill-advised unless the player is after Electric Milk.

Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill Volt Goats when playing with characters with a default damage modifier. The Weather Pain is not included due to the random nature of its projectile.

Trivia

 * Volt Goats were planned to be exclusive to their own biome filled with Tesla Trees, but the idea was later scrapped.
 * The death animation of the Volt Goat is reminiscent to how Fainting goats pass out when startled.
 * The moment they're struck by lightning, it can be seen that Volt Goats have bones in their ears and beards. Even their horns seem to have smaller bones inside them.
 * When Webber examines Volt Goats, he says, "My father kept goats." This may mean his father was a farmer or goatherder.

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