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'''The purring maggot''' is currently the only creature that can be [[milk]]ed. You cannot embark with purring maggots, because they are classified as [[vermin]]. [[Dwarven cheese]] (made from [[dwarven milk]], which is milked from purring maggots) is currently most valuable food (100 per cheese) barring butchered [[megabeasts]].
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Purring maggots have been caught in [[animal trap|animal traps]] with [[meat]] or [[fish]] for bait. They aren't visible before they are caught. Only way to make sure whether [[chasm]] contains them or not is setting traps baited with meat.
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The '''purring maggot''' is currently the only creature that can be [[milk]]ed. You cannot embark with purring maggots. Dwarven [[cheese]] (made from [[dwarven milk]], which is milked from purring maggots) is currently the most valuable food (100 per cheese) with the exception of butchered [[megabeast]]s.  
  
If you find a map with purring maggots and domesticate them ([[dungeon master]] is needed to tame them), be sure to keep them in an area away from most of your [[dwarves]], because like all vermin, some dwarves find them disgusting. And on the flipside, some find them delicious.
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Purring maggots can be caught in [[animal trap|animal traps]] with [[meat]] or [[fish]] for bait. They aren't visible before they are caught. The only way to make sure whether a [[chasm]] contains them or not is by just trying to catch some.
  
Tamed maggots cannot be milked, and each maggot can only be milked once per season.  
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If you find a map with purring maggots and wish to milk them, be sure to keep them in a fairly remote area of your fortress - while some dwarves detest purring maggots, ''any'' nearby dwarf will claim one as a meal if he happens to get hungry. Should this happen, [[forbid]]ding it after it has been picked up will cause the dwarf to drop it on the floor, where it will wander around. To recapture a dropped maggot, ensure that an animal trap is available nearby (and that all other animal traps have been forbidden), then issue a "Capture Live Animal" task at a [[kennel]] - a [[trapper]] should come along, pick up the animal trap, and capture the nearest vermin (which, hopefully, will be the purring maggot).
  
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Each maggot can only be milked about once per month, and tamed maggots cannot be milked at all. Alternatively, they can be [[Animal dissector|dissected]] at a [[butcher's shop]] to yield a [[vial]] of '''5''' dwarven milk (which can be made into a stack of 5 cheese) and 1 piece of purring maggot meat.
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Latest revision as of 22:35, 15 October 2021

Purring maggot
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· Exotic pet · Extract · Hateable · Milkable

Pet value 0
Active Seasons
Spring Summer Autumn Winter
This article is about an older version of DF.

The purring maggot is currently the only creature that can be milked. You cannot embark with purring maggots. Dwarven cheese (made from dwarven milk, which is milked from purring maggots) is currently the most valuable food (100 per cheese) with the exception of butchered megabeasts.

Purring maggots can be caught in animal traps with meat or fish for bait. They aren't visible before they are caught. The only way to make sure whether a chasm contains them or not is by just trying to catch some.

If you find a map with purring maggots and wish to milk them, be sure to keep them in a fairly remote area of your fortress - while some dwarves detest purring maggots, any nearby dwarf will claim one as a meal if he happens to get hungry. Should this happen, forbidding it after it has been picked up will cause the dwarf to drop it on the floor, where it will wander around. To recapture a dropped maggot, ensure that an animal trap is available nearby (and that all other animal traps have been forbidden), then issue a "Capture Live Animal" task at a kennel - a trapper should come along, pick up the animal trap, and capture the nearest vermin (which, hopefully, will be the purring maggot).

Each maggot can only be milked about once per month, and tamed maggots cannot be milked at all. Alternatively, they can be dissected at a butcher's shop to yield a vial of 5 dwarven milk (which can be made into a stack of 5 cheese) and 1 piece of purring maggot meat.

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