diff --git a/src/game/engine/scenes/menus/loading_screen.gd b/src/game/engine/scenes/menus/loading_screen.gd
index 4bb50198..84078bd3 100644
--- a/src/game/engine/scenes/menus/loading_screen.gd
+++ b/src/game/engine/scenes/menus/loading_screen.gd
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ extends Control
 const WORLD_MAP_SCENE: String = "res://engine/scenes/world_map/world_map.tscn"
 const MapGeneratorScript: GDScript = preload("res://engine/src/generation/map_generator.gd")
 const PlayerScript: GDScript = preload("res://engine/src/entities/player.gd")
+const WildCreatureAIScript: GDScript = preload("res://engine/src/modules/ai/wild_creature_ai.gd")
 
 const TICK_DELAY: float = 0.04
 
@@ -76,7 +77,9 @@ func _run_generation() -> void:
 	await _animate_progress(75.0, 90.0)
 
 	TurnManager.initialize_heritage_techs()
-	TurnManager.set_wild_creature_ai(null)
+	var wild_ai: RefCounted = WildCreatureAIScript.new(TurnManager.get_unit_manager())
+	TurnManager.set_wild_creature_ai(wild_ai)
+	wild_ai.spawn_initial_creatures(game_map)
 
 	# Stage 5: Final
 	_stage_label.text = "Entering the world..."