Do I need to stash unconscious Weeper bodies to save them from rats?
Related: How do I prevent rats from eating a corpse that I left unattended? Also, is this a bad thing?
I have been playing compassionately and I know that when rats devour a body it counts as a kill against you, so I've taken the time to stash bodies in places that rat swarms can't get to.
I just knocked a Weeper unconscious. I know from the hints during the loading menu that summoned rats won't attack a Weeper, due to the advanced progress of the plague.
Does this mean I don't have to worry about rats devouring the bodies of Weepers I've knocked unconscious?
Solution 1:
You should stash unconscious Weepers, if you really want to make sure that they won't be eaten by rats. (Good hiding places are described in the answers to this question.)
I did some testing with the Devouring Swarm power, which spawns a swarm of rats (those rat swarms behave just like normal rat swarms):
Before
After
Solution 2:
The rats will eat anything unconcious including weepers if you have summoned the rats using devouring swarm. Normal rats not summoned by Corvo will not touch weepers concious or unconcious.