v50 Steam/Premium information for editors
  • v50 information can now be added to pages in the main namespace. v0.47 information can still be found in the DF2014 namespace. See here for more details on the new versioning policy.
  • Use this page to report any issues related to the migration.
This notice may be cached—the current version can be found here.

Difference between revisions of "v0.34:Raven"

From Dwarf Fortress Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(population description got a little out of hand there)
Line 14: Line 14:
 
Ravens have a decent pet value, though they sometimes have the disconcerting habit of tapping on your [[bedroom|chamber]] [[door]]s.
 
Ravens have a decent pet value, though they sometimes have the disconcerting habit of tapping on your [[bedroom|chamber]] [[door]]s.
  
−
Also, a high-ranking female [[Noble]] may require a tower full of ravens to keep as a symbol of her nobility. To satisfy her request, make sure you devoid the tower of any mean of escape, and only use the magnificent wild ravens (or even better, giant wild ravens).[[Unfortunate accident|She will appreciate it]].
+
Also, a high-ranking female [[Noble]] may require a tower full of ravens to keep as a symbol of her nobility. To satisfy her request, make sure you devoid the tower of any mean of escape, and only use the magnificent wild ravens (or even better, [[giant raven|giant wild ravens]]).[[Unfortunate accident|She will appreciate it]].
  
 
Despite what insane hat crafters may say, a raven is completely unlike a [[table|writing desk.]]
 
Despite what insane hat crafters may say, a raven is completely unlike a [[table|writing desk.]]
  
 +
Ravens have a [[butcher|convenient tendency]] to [[giant mosquito#History|show up in large groups]] (according to the [[useless crap|raws]], they should show up in groups of 2 to 10, but ravens are apparently overachievers). They also lay 3 to 7 [[egg]]s at a time, easily rivaling [[cat]]s in reproductive potential (but falling far short of [[duck|certain domestic poultry]]). Raven eggs have a variety of uses, including (but not limited to) [[prepared meal|dwarven science experiments]], [[catapult|nuclear weaponry]], [[trading#Offering items|throwing]] at [[elves|hippies]], and [[unfortunate accident|dropping on parasites from a few dozen z-levels above to see what happens]]. Raven eggs can supposedly also be used to produce more ravens -- how this works is uncertain, but one method is to place raven eggs at the edge of the map, slaughter all existing wild animals (preferably using [[magma]]), waiting for more ravens to spawn, and then using the eggs to make [[alcohol|beer]]. Doubters claim that ravens actually ''emerge from the egg'' after a few months, but everyone knows this is not the case, because a.) Eggs are white and ravens are grey, b.) No egg can last a month in a dwarven fortress without its guard being attacked by <span class="plainlinks">[http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Raven ravens]</span>, and c.) Any object as small as an egg must surely contain at least [[dump|several tons of rock]] (otherwise all that space would be wasted), which leaves no room for a delicate baby raven (but plenty of room for a few dozen [[glass|expensive glass windows]]).
 
{{gamedata}}
 
{{gamedata}}
 
{{Creatures}}
 
{{Creatures}}
 
{{Category|Animals}}
 
{{Category|Animals}}

Revision as of 02:48, 4 March 2013

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

r

Urist likes ravens for their intelligence.
Biome

Variations

Raven - Raven man - Giant raven

Attributes

· Flying · Egglaying

Tamed Attributes
Pet value 25

· Egglaying · Breeding

Not trainable 

Size
Birth: 50 cm3
Max: 1,200 cm3

Age
Adult at: 1
Max age: 20-40
Cannot be butchered

Wikipedia article

v50.15 · v0.47 · v0.34.11 · v0.31 · v0.28 · v0.23
This article is about an older version of DF.
A small, foreboding black bird that feeds on carrion. It is social, very intelligent, and knows how to use tools.

Ravens are relatively benign birds that appear in flocks in most biomes. Ravens are often too small to be butchered, but can be a source of eggs if captured and tamed.

In combat, they are unable to deal any significant damage to anything with so much as clothes on, but the incessant pecking of a consistent swarm of them can greatly annoy targets without means to fight back against flying creatures, and can utterly tear to shreds small animals such as weasels and dingoes. They are prone to attack dwarven babies and children outside of the fortress, rarely dealing severe damage.


D4Dwarf.png This article or section has been rated D for Dwarf. It may include witty humour, not-so-witty humour, bad humour, in-jokes, pop culture references, and references to the Bay12 forums. Don't believe everything you read, and if you miss some of the references, don't worry. It was inevitable.


Ravens have a decent pet value, though they sometimes have the disconcerting habit of tapping on your chamber doors.

Also, a high-ranking female Noble may require a tower full of ravens to keep as a symbol of her nobility. To satisfy her request, make sure you devoid the tower of any mean of escape, and only use the magnificent wild ravens (or even better, giant wild ravens).She will appreciate it.

Despite what insane hat crafters may say, a raven is completely unlike a writing desk.

Ravens have a convenient tendency to show up in large groups (according to the raws, they should show up in groups of 2 to 10, but ravens are apparently overachievers). They also lay 3 to 7 eggs at a time, easily rivaling cats in reproductive potential (but falling far short of certain domestic poultry). Raven eggs have a variety of uses, including (but not limited to) dwarven science experiments, nuclear weaponry, throwing at hippies, and dropping on parasites from a few dozen z-levels above to see what happens. Raven eggs can supposedly also be used to produce more ravens -- how this works is uncertain, but one method is to place raven eggs at the edge of the map, slaughter all existing wild animals (preferably using magma), waiting for more ravens to spawn, and then using the eggs to make beer. Doubters claim that ravens actually emerge from the egg after a few months, but everyone knows this is not the case, because a.) Eggs are white and ravens are grey, b.) No egg can last a month in a dwarven fortress without its guard being attacked by ravens, and c.) Any object as small as an egg must surely contain at least several tons of rock (otherwise all that space would be wasted), which leaves no room for a delicate baby raven (but plenty of room for a few dozen expensive glass windows).

V · T · E
Races
Dwarf • Elf • Goblin • Human • Kobold
Subterranean
animal people
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
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
Mammals
Flying squirrel (man, giant) • Hamster (man, giant) • Hedgehog (man, giant)
Miscellaneous
Semi-Megabeasts
Megabeasts
Nonexistent
Retrieved from "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php?title=v0.34:Raven&oldid=181861"