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- A large canine found in temperate regions. It is territorial and hunts in packs.
Wolves abound in most temperate biomes. Individual wolves are not particularly dangerous, but a pack is a force to be reckoned with. In Adventure Mode, wolves attack when dwarves and other creatures wander too close. In fortress mode they usually retreat.
In fortress mode, wolves can be captured and tamed to serve as bigger, meaner replacements for dogs. Unfortunately they cannot be trained for hunting or war, but their butchering returns are twice as valuable as those of a common dog.
Adventure Mode[edit]
In adventure mode, wolves may be one of the most common enemies encountered when travelling around the world map, along with other large predators such as dingoes. Wolves can ambush the player from the fast travel map. The game will pop up the announcement "wolves!" and a small pack of them will be a short distance away and they may spawn around the player.
However, being equipped with metal armor should make the fight much easier, as teeth can't penetrate steel very easily.
If possible, isolating a single wolf and defeating each one at a time may yield more success than taking on the pack at once. Another school of thought suggests that maiming all of them (by breaking bones in their limbs, or piercing vital organs) may be preferable to focusing on one at a time, since this will slow their onslaught. Edged weapons are superior for stopping wolf packs, as they will often hack off a limb, making that wolf much less of a threat.
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[CREATURE:WOLF]
[DESCRIPTION:A large canine found in temperate regions. It is territorial and hunts in packs.]
[NAME:wolf:wolves:wolf]
[CASTE_NAME:wolf:wolves:wolf]
[CHILD:1][GENERAL_CHILD_NAME:wolf pup:wolf pups]
[CREATURE_TILE:'w'][COLOR:7:0:0]
[LARGE_PREDATOR][MEANDERER]
[LARGE_ROAMING][FREQUENCY:5]
[BIOME:TUNDRA]
[BIOME:FOREST_TAIGA]
[BIOME:ANY_TEMPERATE_FOREST]
[BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TEMPERATE]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:10:20]
[CLUSTER_NUMBER:3:7]
[GRASSTRAMPLE:0][NATURAL]
[PETVALUE:50]
[PET_EXOTIC]
[BONECARN]
[PREFSTRING:cunning]
[BODY:QUADRUPED:TAIL:2EYES:2EARS:NOSE:2LUNGS:HEART:GUTS:ORGANS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:BRAIN:SKULL:4TOES_FQ_REG:4TOES_RQ_REG:MOUTH:TONGUE:GENERIC_TEETH_WITH_LARGE_EYE_TEETH:RIBCAGE]
[BODYGLOSS:PAW]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_MATERIALS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_TISSUES]
[SELECT_TISSUE:HAIR]
[INSULATION:200]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE:BONE:CARTILAGE]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:BODY_HAIR_TISSUE_LAYERS:HAIR]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:NAIL:NAIL_TEMPLATE]
[USE_TISSUE_TEMPLATE:NAIL:NAIL_TEMPLATE]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:TOE:NAIL:FRONT]
[SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER:HEART:BY_CATEGORY:HEART]
[PLUS_TISSUE_LAYER:SKIN:BY_CATEGORY:THROAT]
[TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_HEAD_POSITIONS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:HUMANOID_RIBCAGE_POSITIONS]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SINEW:SINEW_TEMPLATE]
[TENDONS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]
[LIGAMENTS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]
[HAS_NERVES]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:BLOOD:BLOOD_TEMPLATE]
[BLOOD:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:BLOOD:LIQUID]
[CREATURE_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[GETS_WOUND_INFECTIONS]
[GETS_INFECTIONS_FROM_ROT]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:PUS:PUS_TEMPLATE]
[PUS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:PUS:LIQUID]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:4000]
[BODY_SIZE:1:0:20000]
[BODY_SIZE:2:0:40000]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:LENGTH:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:BROADNESS:90:95:98:100:102:105:110]
[MAXAGE:10:20]
[ATTACK:BITE:CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:HEAD:BY_CATEGORY:TOOTH]
[ATTACK_SKILL:BITE]
[ATTACK_VERB:bite:bites]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
[ATTACK_FLAG_CANLATCH]
[ATTACK:SCRATCH:CHILD_TISSUE_LAYER_GROUP:BY_TYPE:STANCE:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:NAIL]
[ATTACK_SKILL:GRASP_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:scratch:scratches]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:SECOND]
[DIURNAL]
[HOMEOTHERM:10070]
[SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:2500]
[MUNDANE]
[CASTE:FEMALE]
[FEMALE]
[CASTE:MALE]
[MALE]
[SELECT_CASTE:ALL]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:HAIR]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:GRAY:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:hair:SINGULAR]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:SKIN]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:BROWN:1:BURNT_UMBER:1:CINNAMON:1:COPPER:1:DARK_BROWN:1:DARK_PEACH:1:DARK_TAN:1:ECRU:1:PALE_BROWN:1:PALE_CHESTNUT:1:PALE_PINK:1:PEACH:1:PINK:1:RAW_UMBER:1:SEPIA:1:TAN:1:TAUPE_PALE:1:TAUPE_SANDY:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:skin:SINGULAR]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:EYE:EYE]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:IRIS_EYE_ORANGE:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:eyes:PLURAL]
[SELECT_MATERIAL:ALL]
[MULTIPLY_VALUE:2] |
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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) |
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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) |
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Desert | |
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Domestic | |
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Mountain | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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Tundra | |
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Subterranean | |
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Mammals | |
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Miscellaneous | |
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Semi-Megabeasts | |
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Megabeasts | |
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Nonexistent | |
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