# Controlling the New Animals in Rust How admins control Rust's new animals to troll players: cow swarms, weeping angel cows, turtle disguises and what the animal roster means for survival. Source: https://sdsoe.top/controlling-the-new-animals/ · based on the channel [Enardo](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChEQqKMbTH3rxC3c34lH5ZQ) · Video: [Controlling The NEW Animals In Rust - Admin Trolling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps9Cdf1cOKE) · 2026-10-30 ![Controlling the New Animals in Rust](https://sdsoe.top/controlling-the-new-animals/controlling-the-new-animals.webp) ## Key takeaways - Rust's animal roster now includes cows, bulls, sheep, pigs, boars, chickens, wolves, bears, horses, sharks, squirrels, frogs and turtles. - Admin trolling on Enardo's one grid and 10x farming servers uses spawned animals to mislead players instead of giving items. - A weeping angel cow gimmick freezes in place and only moves when players look away. - Spawning ten cows at once was the most quoted moment of the video. - Admins can fly, so animal disguises and props are the only tip-off that a server has a live admin. Rust's new animals can be controlled by server admins, who spawn them, rename them and puppeteer them to trick players on modded servers. The most-watched example is Enardo's admin trolling video on his one grid and 10x farming servers, where cows, turtles and other creatures became props in a prank instead of a food source. If you are weighing up a server or the game itself, the [Displate discount page for Enardo viewers](https://displate.com/l/enardo) is the sponsor link from that video. ## What animals exist in Rust now Rust's wildlife has grown well past the original bears, wolves, boars and chickens into a full farmyard roster. The current line-up includes cows, bulls, sheep, pigs, horses, squirrels, frogs and turtles, alongside the older predators and the sharks that patrol the ocean. Each animal fills a different role in the survival loop: predators threaten you, passive animals give meat, cloth, leather and bone, and the larger livestock is a slow but valuable kill. For a new player the practical differences are: 1. Predators (bear, wolf) hit hard and should be fought from range or avoided early on. 2. Livestock (cow, bull, pig, sheep) is slow, loud and worth the ammo for meat and leather. 3. Small animals (chicken, squirrel, frog) are low-value but easy food near spawn. 4. Horses are transport and can be tamed rather than killed. 5. Turtles and sharks live near water and are usually encountered by accident. None of these animals are meant to be played by a human. That is exactly why an admin-controlled one works as a prank. ## How admin animal control works in practice An admin on a modded server can spawn an animal, take control of it and move it around like a player. In Enardo's video he and a second admin use that power to follow players, block their paths and stage fake encounters rather than handing out loot. The joke depends on players assuming animals are dumb AI: a cow that stares at you, follows you into a base or lines up with nine identical cows is not something the game normally does. The toolkit behind these pranks is standard admin fare: - Spawning entities on demand, including animals that do not naturally appear in that biome. - Flying, which lets the admin watch a player without being seen. - Renaming entities, which turns a random cow into a named character. - Possessing or steering a spawned animal so it reacts to players in real time. Because admins can fly and turn invisible, the only reliable tell is behaviour. A pig that walks in a straight line toward your door is not a pig. ## The cow swarm and the weeping angel gimmick Two bits from the video stand out: spawning ten cows at once around a player, and a weeping angel cow that freezes when watched. The cow swarm is pure volume comedy, ten identical animals standing in a field where the game would normally put one or two. The weeping angel idea borrows the statue rule from horror fiction: the cow holds still while a player has it in view and closes the distance the moment they look away. Both gimmicks exploit the same thing, which is that Rust players read animals as background noise. A single cow is scenery; ten cows is a message. The weeping angel version is the more reusable idea, because it works slowly and lets the player convince themselves nothing is wrong before the cow is suddenly standing at their shoulder. Several viewers suggested the same mechanic could be applied to scarecrows, which already stand still in fields and would fit the trick even better. ## Turtle disguises and other player-facing tricks Beyond cows, the video leans on animal disguises and voice lines to confuse players, including a running joke about dressing one admin as a turtle and asking players who they are. The humour lands because the disguise breaks the expected silhouette: players scan for a geared human, not a shell on the ground. The same video includes horror-style weeping angel trolling outside the animal bits, built on the same principle of a threat that only moves when unobserved. If you want to try anything similar on your own server, the rules are simple: 1. Spawn rate matters more than the animal. A few creatures in odd places beats a wall of them. 2. Keep the disguise consistent. A turtle that sprints is funnier once, a turtle that waddles is unsettling for ten minutes. 3. Let players almost figure it out. The moment of doubt is the content. 4. Do not mix the prank with free loot, or players stop trusting the trick and start farming it. ## What viewers asked about the animal trolling The most common reactions to the video were about restraint and about discovery. Several people said the bit worked best when the spawn count stayed low and the weirdness built up before the punchline, rather than filling the screen with animals immediately. Others said the video was how they first learned the new animals existed at all, which says something about how little attention the average player pays to wildlife until it behaves strangely. A second thread of questions was practical: what happens when the prank ends, and whether this is possible on official servers. It is not. Animal control, flying and entity spawning are admin tools on private and modded servers, so you will only meet a possessed cow on a community server whose owner is in the mood. On official servers, animals behave exactly as the AI intends, which is the reason the trick reads as a violation of the rules of the world. ## Enardo's servers, links and where to find the content Everything shown in the video runs on Enardo's own servers, and the community links are the fastest way to land on one of them. - Servers: https://enardo.gg - Merch: https://enardo.store - Discord: https://discord.gg/enardo - Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/enardo - Sponsor offer: https://displate.com/l/enardo ## Final thoughts on Rust's animal pranks Animal control is one of the cheapest and most effective admin tools in Rust, because it turns the game's least threatening creatures into the source of the scare. The cow swarm and the weeping angel cow both work for the same reason: players have learned to ignore wildlife, and a prank that breaks that habit is genuinely funny. Enardo's breakdown is a good showcase of the technique, and his one grid and 10x farming servers are where the format lives. If you want to support the channel and pick up some wall art at the same time, use the [Displate sale link with up to 33% off](https://displate.com/l/enardo). ## Questions & answers **Can admins control animals on official Rust servers?** No. Taking control of an animal, spawning entities and flying are admin tools available on private and modded servers. Official servers run the standard wildlife AI, so a cow there will never follow you with intent. The pranks in the video happen on Enardo's own community servers. **What are the new animals in Rust?** The roster now covers cows, bulls, sheep, pigs, boars, chickens, wolves, bears, horses, squirrels, frogs and turtles, plus sharks in the water. Predators like bears and wolves remain the main threat, while livestock is the reliable source of meat, leather and cloth. **Why did viewers want fewer animals spawned at once?** Because the trick works through unease rather than volume. A single animal behaving oddly makes players doubt themselves, while a field of spawned cows immediately reads as admin interference. Slower escalation keeps the joke going longer. **Could the weeping angel idea work with scarecrows?** It could, and viewers pointed out that scarecrows are a natural fit since they already stand motionless in fields. The rule is the same: the prop holds still while observed and moves when the player looks away, which turns an ordinary decoration into a threat.