Fields of Mistria Animal Breeding Guide
Use mature animals of the same species, different sexes, at least 2 Hearts, and an open Barn or Coop before feeding Heart Shaped Treats.
Direct answer
To breed animals in Fields of Mistria, place two mature animals of the same species and different sexes in a Barn or Coop with room for offspring. Each parent needs at least 2 Hearts. Buy the matching Heart Shaped Treat from Hayden's Shop and feed one to each parent; the offspring arrives or hatches after about four in-game days. Color changes appearance, not product value or production time.
Quick facts
- Shop
- Hayden's Shop
- Building
- Barn or Coop
- Parents
- Same species, different sexes
- Minimum
- 2 Hearts
- Cycle
- 4 in-game days
- Color
- Tier affects animal sale value
Chicken breeding: follow the color ladder
Use an adult hen and rooster in the same Coop, each with at least two hearts. Leave one free animal slot and give each a chicken Heart Shaped Treat on the same day.
The swatches identify color groups, not the exact in-game plumage. Keep the English color names handy when choosing parents.
Tier 1
| Two parents | Possible chick colors |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 + Tier 1 | Tier 2 GrayRedYellow |
| Tier 2 + Tier 2 | Tier 3 BluePinkPurple |
| Tier 3 + Tier 3 | Tier 4 Silver |
| Tier 4 + Tier 4 | Tier 5 Gold |
- Brown hen + White rooster → Gray, Red or Yellow chick
- Silver hen + Silver rooster → Gold chick
Hatching takes four days. The chick then needs three days to mature before it can breed. Keep or buy an opposite-sex partner of the same tier for the next row.
After Gold: the seasonal branch
Tier 5 + Tier 5 → Tier 5 or Tier 6
Tier 6 + Tier 6 → Tier 6
For a seasonal color, give treats on days 1–27 of the season you want. The expecting status appears the following morning; day-28 pairings can yield the next season’s appearance, so avoid that boundary when targeting a color. The birth season is not the deciding factor.
Tier 6 appearance
- Spring
- Summer
- Fall
- Winter
Breed your first Tier 5 animal
Master Rancher requires breeding a Tier 5 animal, not reaching Ranching level 60. Color tiers and skill tiers are different systems. For ordinary colors, two parents of the same tier produce the next tier up through Tier 5. The exact color within a multi-color tier is random; combining red and blue does not specifically produce purple.
Example 1: chickens, from Tier 1 to Tier 2
Build a Coop with space for the chick. Choose an adult Brown hen and adult White rooster (both Tier 1), raise each to two hearts, then give each a matching Heart Shaped Treat. Four days later the chick is Tier 2: Gray, Red or Yellow. This is a tier target, not a guaranteed specific color. Coop babies mature after three days before they can become parents.
Example 2: Silver chickens to a Gold chick
Pair two adult Silver chickens (Tier 4), one hen and one rooster, with at least two hearts each and room in the Coop. Feed both matching treats. The Tier 5 result is Gold; breeding this first Tier 5 animal meets Master Rancher's stated condition. If you start at Tier 1, repeat the same-tier ladder through Tier 2, Tier 3 and Silver Tier 4; wait for each new parent to mature.
Tier 6 is the exception
Two Tier 5 Gold parents can produce a seasonal Tier 6 offspring, but do not guarantee one. Two Tier 6 parents guarantee Tier 6. For a target seasonal appearance, pair on days 1–27 of that season. Expecting status begins the following morning; a day-28 pairing can cross into the next season’s appearance. The birth season does not decide the color. Different-tier pairings are less predictable; use matching tiers for the ordinary progression route.
Space, care and products
Both parents must be mature, the same species, different sexes and at least two hearts. Give one species-matching treat to each, and keep a free slot in the same Barn or Coop. Birth or hatching takes four days; Barn animals mature in five days, Coop animals in three. Animal color does not set product quality: friendship affects golden products, while the animal's color tier also affects the animal's own sale value.
REFERENCE NOTES
Sources and notes
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- Official referenceFields of Mistria official FAQ Reference for the current platform, version, localization, and feature status.
- Official referenceFields of Mistria 1.0 announcement Reference for the current platform, version, localization, and feature status.
- Supplementary referenceAnimals · Wiki CC BY-SA 4.0
- Supplementary referenceRanching — Fields of Mistria Wiki Reference for the current platform, version, localization, and feature status.
- Supplementary referenceFields of Mistria — wiki.gg Reference for the current platform, version, localization, and feature status.
- Supplementary referenceRanching · Wiki CC BY-SA 4.0
- Supplementary referenceChicken · Wiki CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tool referenceBreeding & Ranching Mechanics · Steam Community