Emu

Where to catch the Emu

The Emu lives in Desert (zone 3 of 17), in the front part of the zone. It is number 3 of 9 in the Desert index. A full-strength throw needs roughly 350 – 500 Throw Power to land in Desert.

Foods that land here: Pear ($200,000), Cheese (~$1M), Bread ($12M). A higher-tier food pushes the roll toward the rarer end of the Desert list, so the newest food you own is always the best bait.

Any throw that lands in the front part of the zone can produce it. If you are hunting it for the index, lower your throw strength with the gear icon until the food lands on that spot – distance inside a zone decides which animals can come.

Is it worth keeping?

• A plain Emu earns 4.5x a plain Lion, the best animal from Savannah.
• The best plain earner here is the Kangaroo ($38K/s), 8.4x this one.
• The first animal in Jungle, the Bat, makes 27x as much – once your throws reach Jungle, replace it.
• Keep it longer only if it rolled a strong mutation or size (see the table below) or you need it for the index.

Emu income by mutation and size

A plain Emu makes $4.5K/s. Mutations and sizes multiply that number, and the two stack. The table below multiplies the plain income by the multipliers I have measured (Gold ×1.5, Diamond ×3, Emerald ×5, Ruby ×10, Rainbow ×20; Big ×2, Large ≈×4.3, Huge ≈×9, Colossal ≈×18.5, Gigantic ≈×37). Treat the size columns as estimates – real catches land a little above or below. With the 2x Cash gamepass every number doubles.

Emu catches I've recorded

Real catch cards. Odds are the “1 in …” number the card shows, which already includes the luck of that throw.

Compared with other Desert animals

Plain income of every Desert animal, from the front of the zone to the top of its index (log scale).

• Hamster$1.5K
• Vulture$3K
• Emu$4.5K
• Snake$7.5K
• Camelno data
• Dingo$12K
• Jackal$18K
• Horse$27K
• Kangaroo$38K