v0.34:Octopus

xTATTEREDx  · +FINE+  · *SUPERIOR*  · ≡EXCEPTIONAL≡  · ☼MASTERWORK☼

Octopus

o
Urist likes octopuses for their intelligence.
Biome
Any Ocean
Variations
Octopus - Octopus man - Giant octopus
Attributes
· Aquatic · Horn
Cannot be tamed
Size
Birth:	20 cm3
Max:	5,000 cm3
Age
Adult at:	Birth
Max age:	2-3
Butchering returns
Food items
Meat	2-10
Fat	2-10
Brain	0-1
Raw materials
Skin	Raw hide Occasional chitin
Wikipedia article

v53.16 · v0.47 · v0.34.11 · v0.31 · v0.28 · v0.23 This article is about an older version of DF. More Info · V

A medium-sized underwater mollusk with eight arms. It is the most clever of its kind.

Octopuses (the correct in-game term) are notable for their ecru skin color. They can produce chitin when butchered, but only occasionally.

Combat

Octopuses can squirt ink when threatened (or when controlled in the arena by using x-a). This has the effect of hiding the octopus from view (due to its interaction token), as well as preventing it from being viewed or listed in the units menu. Octopus ink turns water a dark grey, similar to other contaminants.

When controlling an octopus, venturing too close to another creature will reveal your location, displaying the You've been spotted! message.

When controlling another creature, the You've spotted an octopus! message will appear. This is usually not good, as this means the octopus is only a step or two away.

In fortress mode (or in the main arena view), the appearance of an octopus will trigger the An octopus has sprung from ambush! message. This is also not good for your dwarves – unless they are well-trained, they can easily be drowned.

Cheating

DFHack can reveal hidden creatures with the slayrace command.

See also

Other creatures that produce ink:

• Octopus man, Giant octopus
• Cuttlefish , Cuttlefish man , Giant cuttlefish
• The I_EFFECT token, which is used in the MATERIAL_EMISSION_WITH_HIDE_EFFECT interaction.

Admired for their intelligence

Raws

Octopuses were sponsored by the generous contributions of the Bay 12 community. David Kidd Willis Gigalith [CREATURE:OCTOPUS] [DESCRIPTION:A medium-sized underwater mollusk with eight arms. It is the most clever of its kind.] [NAME:octopus:octopuses:octopus] [CASTE_NAME:octopus:octopuses:octopus] [CREATURE_TILE:'o'][COLOR:7:0:0] [PETVALUE:10] [LARGE_ROAMING] [FREQUENCY:100] [CARNIVORE] [AQUATIC][NOBONES][IMMOBILE_LAND][UNDERSWIM] [NATURAL] [BIOME:ANY_OCEAN] [NO_DRINK] [POPULATION_NUMBER:50:100] [PREFSTRING:intelligence] [PREFSTRING:many arms] [BODY:BASIC_1PARTBODY:BASIC_HEAD:2EYES:BEAK:8_SIMPLE_HEAD_ARMS:BRAIN] [BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_MATERIALS] [REMOVE_MATERIAL:HAIR] [REMOVE_MATERIAL:BONE] [REMOVE_MATERIAL:CARTILAGE] [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:CHITIN:CHITIN_TEMPLATE] [BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_TISSUES] [REMOVE_TISSUE:HAIR] [REMOVE_TISSUE:BONE] [REMOVE_TISSUE:CARTILAGE] [USE_TISSUE_TEMPLATE:CHITIN:CHITIN_TEMPLATE] [ATTACK:BITE:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:BEAK] [ATTACK_SKILL:BITE] [ATTACK_VERB:bite:bites] [ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100] [ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC:100] [ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE] [ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN] [ATTACK_FLAG_CANLATCH] [BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE:CHITIN:CHITIN] [HAS_NERVES] [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:BLOOD:BLOOD_TEMPLATE] [STATE_COLOR:ALL:BLUE] copper not iron based [BLOOD:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:BLOOD:LIQUID] [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:INK:INK_TEMPLATE] [STATE_COLOR:ALL:BLACK] [CREATURE_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON] [GETS_WOUND_INFECTIONS] [GETS_INFECTIONS_FROM_ROT] [USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:PUS:PUS_TEMPLATE] [PUS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:PUS:LIQUID] [SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:900] [MUNDANE] [BODY_SIZE:0:0:20] [BODY_SIZE:0:168:5000] [BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:BROADNESS:90:95:98:100:102:105:110] [CAN_DO_INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION_WITH_HIDE_EFFECT] [CDI:ADV_NAME:Squirt ink] [CDI:USAGE_HINT:FLEEING] [CDI:LOCATION_HINT:IN_WATER] [CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_TYPE:UPPERBODY] [CDI:MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:INK:SPATTER_LIQUID] [CDI:VERB:squirt ink:squirts ink:NA] [CDI:TARGET:C:SELF_ONLY] [CDI:TARGET:D:SELF_ONLY] [CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:200] [CDI:FREE_ACTION] [MAXAGE:2:3] [CREPUSCULAR] [NO_SLEEP] [NO_DIZZINESS] [CASTE:FEMALE] [FEMALE] [CASTE:MALE] [MALE] [SELECT_CASTE:ALL] [SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:SKIN] [TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:ECRU:1] should be able to change its color [TLCM_NOUN:skin:SINGULAR]

V · T · E Creatures
Races	Dwarf • Elf • Goblin • Human • Kobold Subterranean animal people Amphibian man • Antman • Bat man • Cave fish man • Cave swallow man • Olm man • Reptile man • Rodent man • Serpent man
Birds	Albatross (man, giant) • Barn owl (man, giant) • Bushtit (man, giant) • Cassowary (man, giant) • Cockatiel (man, giant) • Crow (man, giant) • Eagle (man, giant) • Emu (man, giant) • Great horned owl (man, giant) • Grey parrot (man, giant) • Hornbill (man, giant) • Kakapo (man, giant) • Kea (man, giant) • Kestrel (man, giant) • Kiwi (man, giant) • Loon (man, giant) • Lorikeet (man, giant) • Magpie (man, giant) • Masked lovebird (man, giant) • Osprey (man, giant) • Ostrich (man, giant) • Parakeet (man, giant) • Peach-faced lovebird (man, giant) • Penguin (little, emperor, man, giant) • Peregrine falcon (man, giant) • Puffin (man, giant) • Raven (man, giant) • Snowy owl (man, giant) • Sparrow (man, giant) • Swan (man, giant) • White stork (man, giant) • Wren (man, giant)
Bugs	Bark scorpion (man, giant) • Brown recluse spider (man, giant) • Damselfly (man, giant) • Grasshopper (man, giant) • Jumping spider (man, giant) • Louse (man, giant) • Mantis (man, giant) • Moon snail (man, giant) • Mosquito (man, giant) • Moth (man, giant) • Slug (man, giant) • Snail (man, giant) • Thrips (man, giant) • Tick (man, giant)
Desert	Desert tortoise (man, giant) • Gila monster (man, giant) • Leopard gecko (man, giant)
Domestic	Alpaca • Blue peafowl • Cat • Cavy • Chicken • Cow • Dog • Donkey • Duck • Goat • Goose • Guineafowl • Horse • Llama • Mule • Pig • Rabbit • Reindeer • Sheep • Turkey • Water buffalo • Yak
Mountain	Chinchilla (man, giant) • Dark gnome • Hoary marmot • Mountain gnome • Mountain goat • Wolverine (man, giant)
Ocean	Angelshark • Basking shark • Blacktip reef shark • Blue shark • Bluefin tuna • Bluefish • Bull shark • Cod • Coelacanth • Common skate • Conger eel • Crab (man, giant) • Cuttlefish (man, giant) • Elephant seal (man, giant) • Frill shark • Giant grouper • Great barracuda • Great white shark • Halibut • Hammerhead shark • Harp seal (man, giant) • Horseshoe crab (man, giant) • Leopard seal (man, giant) • Longfin mako shark • Manta ray • Marlin • Milkfish • Narwhal (man, giant) • Nautilus (man, giant) • Nurse shark • Ocean sunfish • Octopus (man, giant) • Opah • Orca (man, giant) • Sea lamprey • Shortfin mako shark • Sperm whale (man, giant) • Spiny dogfish • Sponge (man, giant) • Spotted wobbegong • Squid (man, giant) • Stingray • Sturgeon • Swordfish • Tiger shark • Walrus • Whale shark • Whitetip reef shark
River/Lake	Axolotl (man, giant) • Beaver (man, giant) • Carp • Hippo • Leech (man, giant) • Longnose gar • Mink (man, giant) • Otter (river, sea, man, giant) • Pike • Platypus (man, giant) • Pond turtle (man, giant) • Snapping turtle (common, alligator, man, giant) • Tigerfish
Temperate	Adder (man, giant) • Alligator • Badger (man, giant) • Black bear • Bobcat (man, giant) • Buzzard • Capybara (man, giant) • Coati (man, giant) • Copperhead snake (man, giant) • Cougar • Coyote (man, giant) • Deer • Dingo (man, giant) • Echidna (man, giant) • Fox • Gray langur (man, giant) • Green tree frog (man, giant) • Grizzly bear • Groundhog • Hare (man, giant) • Ibex (man, giant) • Kangaroo (man, giant) • Kingsnake (man, giant) • Koala (man, giant) • Moose (man, giant) • Opossum (man, giant) • Panda (man, giant) • Porcupine (man, giant) • Raccoon • Rattlesnake (man, giant) • Red panda (man, giant) • Rhesus macaque • Skunk (man, giant) • Weasel (man, giant) • Wild boar (man, giant) • Wolf • Wombat (man, giant)
Tropical	Aardvark (man, giant) • Anaconda (man, giant) • Armadillo (man, giant) • Aye-aye (man, giant) • Bilou • Black mamba (man, giant) • Black-crested gibbon • Black-handed gibbon • Bonobo • Bushmaster (man, giant) • Capuchin (man, giant) • Cheetah (giant) • Chimpanzee • Elephant • Gazelle • Giant desert scorpion • Giant tortoise (man, giant) • Giraffe • Gorilla • Gray gibbon • Honey badger • Hyena (man, giant) • Impala (man, giant) • Jackal (man, giant) • Jaguar (giant) • King cobra (man, giant) • Leopard (giant) • Lion (giant) • Lion tamarin (man, giant) • Mandrill • Mongoose (man, giant) • Monitor lizard (man, giant) • Ocelot (man, giant) • One-humped camel • Orangutan • Pangolin (man, giant) • Pileated gibbon • Python (man, giant) • Rhinoceros • Saltwater crocodile • Siamang • Silvery gibbon • Sloth (man, giant) • Sloth bear (man, giant) • Spider monkey (man, giant) • Tapir (man, giant) • Tiger (giant, man) • Two-humped camel • Vulture • Warthog • White-browed gibbon • White-handed gibbon
Tundra	Elk • Lynx (man, giant) • Muskox • Polar bear • Stoat (man, giant)
Subterranean	Amethyst man • Blind cave bear • Blind cave ogre • Blood man • Bugbat • Cave blob • Cave crocodile • Cave dragon • Cave floater • Creeping eye • Crundle • Draltha • Drunian • Elk bird • Fire imp • Fire man • Flesh ball • Floating guts • Gabbro man • Giant bat • Giant cave spider • Giant cave swallow • Giant earthworm • Giant mole • Giant olm • Giant rat • Giant toad • Gorlak • Green devourer • Helmet snake • Hungry head • Iron man • Jabberer • Large rat • Magma crab • Magma man • Manera • Molemarian • Mud man • Naked mole dog • Plump helmet man • Pond grabber • Reacher • Rutherer • Troglodyte • Voracious cave crawler
Mammals	Flying squirrel (man, giant) • Hamster (man, giant) • Hedgehog (man, giant)
Miscellaneous	Beak dog • Blizzard man • Foul blendec • Gremlin • Grimeling • Harpy • Ice wolf • Merperson • Nightwing • Ogre • Sasquatch • Satyr • Sea monster • Sea serpent • Strangler • Troll • Unicorn • Yeti
Semi-Megabeasts	Cyclops • Ettin • Giant • Minotaur
Megabeasts	Bronze colossus • Dragon • Forgotten beast • Hydra • Roc • Titan
Nonexistent	Centaur • Chimera • Griffon