Raven

The raven is a secondary antagonist in the game. It mostly remains in its birdcage, located in the old house. While it is not a lethal threat, it is not friendly to the player and interaction should be avoided until it is necessary for progression.

Appearance
The appearance of the raven is self explanatory. It is a small bird with black feathers and dark gray features.

Behavior
The raven starts every day in its birdcage, and will not leave this cage except when it is fed.

If the player tries to pick up the item inside of its cage, it will peck at their hands, shaking the screen and covering it in blood. It will also loudly call for Granny, attracting her attention and leading her straight to the player's location. No matter how you try, it is impossible to retrieve this item without distracting or neutralizing the bird first, explained below.

Avoidance
There are 2 ways to get rid of the raven and take the item it is protecting.


 * 1) It can be distracted by placing bird seed in the empty bowl directly across from its cage. Do note that this is a temporary solution, and the raven will fly over, finish its meal, and fly back after about 7 seconds, resuming its normal behavior. If the player misses their opportunity, the bird seed can be reused, but you have more than enough time to just take the item and leave.
 * 2) It can be killed with a direct hit from the shotgun, bursting into feathers and permanently disappearing. Unlike Granny, it will not respawn once it is killed, remaining dead for the rest of the game.
 * 3) * If Granny is alive when her pet is killed, she will enter rage mode and begin targeting the player like a magnet. It is recommended the player have a backup plan ready, such as the Freeze Trap, which can be retrieved from the area directly below the birdcage by also using the shotgun.

Shooting the bird with a tranquilizer dart will anger it and cause it to flap around a bit, but will not open up an opportunity for the player to steal from it. This, combined with the fact that tranquilizer darts will often land in its cage and be irretrievable without distracting the bird anyway, makes the crossbow completely worthless for this encounter.

Sounds

 * The raven attacking the player
 * The raven eating from its bowl

Trivia

 * The raven will completely ignore the player should they never try to touch its cage while it is currently inside. It won't even make noise if it sees the player enter the room.
 * Although the raven can be killed by the shotgun, it is immune to an explosion from the gasoline can.
 * The raven's model can be found in a package from the Unity Asset Store, titled Wild Life: Random Beasts.
 * Although the bird's model and texture refer to it as a raven, the sounds and code refer to it as a crow, making it a strange hybrid of sorts. It has considerably more raven-like characteristics, however.