<h1>Yes, you can!</h1><p>Tibia's sound is surprisingly rich! It seems you're able to hear up to two tiles beyond your viewport.</p><p>Let's start with a simple experiment: <em>place a fire field and observe how the sound changes with distance</em>: it is very loud when standing next to the fire&nbsp;and it fades with the distance.&nbsp;When it's 1 SQM out of your screen, you can still hear it faintly. When it's 2 SQM to the right, it's still audible. You can check for a similar effect with a fountain etc. In short: if you can see a light effect, then you can hear it.</p><p>Now let's make an experiment with a mob. Set up a fire wall to trap it, like with sheep on the screenshot:</p><p><img alt="" src="https://www.tibiaqa.com/?qa=blob&amp;qa_blobid=5860880380124946135" style="height:394px; width:500px"></p><p>Now, move an SQM to the left (the sheep is off-screen): you can still hear it fairly loudly. Now, take a step&nbsp;to the left (the main fire is off-screen, you see tops of the flames): ramp up the Ambience Volume and you'll hear the sheep's "meeah"! That's the limit, another step is too far.</p><p>Now, let's check some counter-hypotheses:<br>a) "It is purely location based". False:&nbsp;kill the sheep and the bloating is gone.<br>b) "The location counts present sheep". False: chase the sheep away to the McRoland's house. Now, you cannot hear a sheep in the barn, but you can hear it from the house.</p><p><img alt="" src="https://www.tibiaqa.com/?qa=blob&amp;qa_blobid=453708948041964712" style="height:230px; width:300px"></p><p>All in all, it seems the <strong>sound distance of a mob is the same as of a fire: 2 SQM west/north and 1 SQM east/south</strong>.&nbsp;Thus, it is the same as propagation of light effects.</p><p>BTW effects. Moreover, you can hear sound from adjacent floors: for instance, you can hear the sound of monks of the&nbsp;<em>man in the cave</em>, while standing below.</p><p>BTW I've once attempted to play Dawnport blindfolded. I was really surprised to hear the fading of water streams as I walk and the howling wind of the outpost!&nbsp;</p><p>Also, what is really creepy, you can hear another player moving stuff in their depot! This allows you to tell if someone is AFK or only pretends to be :D.</p>:D.</p><p>Edit: add a note about vertical distance.</p>

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