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Giant desert scorpion
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| Cannot be tamed
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| Adult at: | Birth |
| Max age: | Immortal |
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| Meat | 21-22 |
| Fat | 21 |
| Brain | 1 |
| Heart | 1 |
| Intestines | 1 |
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| Skin | Chitin |
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The giant desert scorpion is a very high-value creature, found in most savage desert biomes but only rarely appearing. As opponents, they are equivalent to blind cave ogres in lethality, and may appear in groups of anything from one to three mayhem-minded individuals. Giant desert scorpions are predatory meandering killing machines. They will roam over long distances seeking prey, meaning they will eventually find your fortress and start stinging dwarves.
Giant desert scorpions are capable of injecting a neurotoxin which causes necrosis of the brain and nervous system, resulting in instant death once they completely rot. This process takes about 950 ticks, or 19 in-game hours. They cannot be stunned and feel no pain or fear. A wounded scorpion will never stop fighting until it is dead.
This means that despite its relatively moderate size, the giant desert scorpion is able to one-hit-kill all creatures with blood and a nervous system, that is, most creatures. Yes, a giant desert scorpion can and will kill a roc, hydra, dragon or elephant if it gets in melee and has the time to sting before getting killed.
However, giant desert scorpions only sting as a secondary attack, never stinging if one or more pincers are not latching upon the opponent.
Due to the incredible variety of creatures available in savage biomes, giant desert scorpions are quite rare.
They are also famous for their ability to wrest the weapons (or backpacks, or socks, or armor, or whatever item strikes their fancy) you or your dwarves wield out of your hands (thanks to the UPPERBODY_PINCERS possessed by scorpions) and proceed to brutally kill you with them. They have also been reported to shoot crossbows in the object testing arena.
The good news is that giant desert scorpions can be tamed. And they breed. And they happen in groups, meaning breeding them is easier. Stuffing a cage with thirty scorpions and releasing them all at once during an invasion is a joyous sight.
Unlike giant bark scorpions, giant desert scorpions do not have regular-sized or humanoid variations.
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