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| − | '''Gremlins''' are intelligent [[cavern]] [[creature]]s who are invisible until spotted, and cause various kinds of [[fun]] in your fortress by stepping on [[pressure plate]]s, pulling [[lever]]s, opening [[cage]]s, picking locks and opening forbidden [[door]]s - it is recommended to not have gremlins and easily-accessible [[Stupid dwarf trick#Self-destruct lever|self destruct lever]]s in the same fortress. One way of exploiting their lever-pulling behaviour is to have a lever that triggers a trap to kill the user when pulled, and leaving it in an area likely to see gremlins visiting. All gremlins are born with Competent [[skill]] in [[ambusher]]. | + | '''Gremlins''' are intelligent [[Caverns|cavern]] [[creature]]s who are invisible until spotted, and cause various kinds of [[fun]] in your fortress by stepping on [[pressure plate]]s, pulling [[lever]]s, opening [[cage]]s, picking locks and opening forbidden [[door]]s - it is recommended to not have gremlins and easily-accessible [[Stupid dwarf trick#Self-destruct lever|self destruct lever]]s in the same fortress. One way of exploiting their lever-pulling behaviour is to have a lever that triggers a trap to kill the user when pulled, and leaving it in an area likely to see gremlins visiting. All gremlins are born with Competent [[skill]] in [[ambusher]]. |
When a gremlin is discovered, the game pauses and centers on it, with the message: "{{DFtext|A gremlin! Drive it away!|4:1}}". | When a gremlin is discovered, the game pauses and centers on it, with the message: "{{DFtext|A gremlin! Drive it away!|4:1}}". | ||
| − | Despite being intelligent creatures, gremlins possess the {{token|PET_EXOTIC}} token and can in fact be [[Animal trainer|trained]] by your [[dwarves]], provided you can bypass their [[trapavoid|natural immunity]] to most [[trap]]s. They don't possess a pet value, which theoretically makes them worthless for keeping around your fort, but if you do manage to capture and train a gremlin, it could actually become your [[mayor]]. In fact, this is quite likely because the gremlin is not able to work, so it will spend all its time in your meeting hall making friends. After a certain period of time a trained adult gremlin will turn into a gremlin hunter and will then hunt alongside your [[hunter]]s. This is because gremlins have natural skill in ambushing, which is associated with the hunting labour. | + | Despite being intelligent creatures, gremlins possess the {{token|PET_EXOTIC}} token and can in fact be [[Animal trainer|trained]] by your [[dwarves]], provided you can bypass their [[trapavoid|natural immunity]] to most [[trap]]s. They don't possess a pet value, which theoretically makes them worthless for keeping around your fort, but if you do manage to capture and train a gremlin, it could actually become your [[mayor]]. In fact, this is quite likely because the gremlin is not able to work, so it will spend all its time in your meeting hall making friends. After a certain period of time a trained adult gremlin will turn into a gremlin hunter and will then hunt alongside your [[hunter]]s. This is because gremlins have natural skill in ambushing, which is associated with the hunting labour. Note that a trained gremlin will not pull levers anymore. |
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In the current version, a stray gremlin will claim a [[bed]] in the [[Tavern|inn]] and become a long-term resident, eventually petitioning for citizenship. This can be mortally annoying, because they will then perform labors and ignore requests to be trained, resulting in trainers dying of starvation and thirst if you aren't careful. A solution to this is to make them exclusively soldiers, or assign them to a small burrow with a workshop exclusive to them, and make the area a training ground, which you can also order them to station in. Being trained isn't a job for the gremlin and it just has to be there; the trainer will eventually finish the job if the gremlin is in the same area. This no longer occurs with their tame offspring. This method can also work for other trained intelligent creatures if you've modded them to be pets. | In the current version, a stray gremlin will claim a [[bed]] in the [[Tavern|inn]] and become a long-term resident, eventually petitioning for citizenship. This can be mortally annoying, because they will then perform labors and ignore requests to be trained, resulting in trainers dying of starvation and thirst if you aren't careful. A solution to this is to make them exclusively soldiers, or assign them to a small burrow with a workshop exclusive to them, and make the area a training ground, which you can also order them to station in. Being trained isn't a job for the gremlin and it just has to be there; the trainer will eventually finish the job if the gremlin is in the same area. This no longer occurs with their tame offspring. This method can also work for other trained intelligent creatures if you've modded them to be pets. | ||