Ageing Guide

A Helpful Guide with Ageing

Age in Moons

{3 moon} 1 month
{12 moons} 1 year
{5 years} The prime of a cat's physical fitness
{8-16 years} The end of a cat's life

Aging Your Character

{All animals and ranks} 1 real life month = 3 in-game months/one season

Aging Through Life

{6-8 moons} it is possible for a she-cat to get pregnant, though highly looked down upon in the clans.

{9 weeks, roughly 2 1/2 moons} how long a she-cat is pregnant.

{1/2 moon} kits open their eyes eyes, ears, and take their first steps.

{1 moon} kits can retract their claws.

{1 moon} kits start to respond to their surroundings and speech.

{1 - 1 1/2 moons} kits can start eating solid food.

{6 - 8 moons} become an apprentice.

{12 - 18 moons} become a warrior.

{14 - 22 moons} a warrior may receive their first apprentice.

{26 - 40 moons} to have trained an apprentice

{60 moons} to become a senior warrior at the height of a cat's prime

{96 moons} the very earliest to become an elder, granted there are no other complications

{26 moons} Is the absolute youngest a cat can be to become a deputy, though young cats are highly unlikely to be picked. Younger deputies are likely to be picked on or looked down upon by older warriors and other clans. 

{20 moons} is the very least amount of time, I imagine, a cat can become a fully trained medicine cat, though I many more moons are required to become highly skilled.

{40 moons} is the earliest likely age for a leader, granted the previous one dies fairly early in the deputy's life. Young leaders are likely to be looked down upon by the other clans, and are also more likely to receive disdain from their own clanmates.



Thank you for your cooperation in keeping your character realistic! I understand that it is hard to translate cat years to human years, so hopefully the information I provided will help. 60 moons does /not/ translate to a 60 years old two-leg, but instead represents the 5th, and prime, year of a cat's life (about 37 in human years).