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Traffic

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[[File:traffic_anim.gif|right]]'''Traffic designations''' determine preferred paths for dwarves going around in your fortress. Normally, dwarves use the shortest route possible; using these designations, you can encourage them to take a different route. This way you can set up main hallways or rarely used side corridors. Only your dwarves will obey your traffic designations, and only when it's possible to do so. If a [[job]] requires that they go into a restricted zone, they will. Other [[creature]]s will not recognize your traffic designations, and even [[domestic animal]]s or [[caravan]]s will follow their own pathing.

Traffic designations can't solve all traffic problems. However, some issues can be prevented by good [[Design strategies|fortress design]]. For example, you might make hallways that are likely to be busy two or more tiles wide, and place [[stockpile]]s close to relevant [[workshop]]s. Other difficulties may be reduced by designating traffic areas.

Vegetation (saplings) will tend to die if repeatedly trampled upon, leaving dead [[Tree|sapling]]s or [[shrub]]s and quickly exposing bare [[soil]]. This may be desirable as [[tree]]s block dwarves' and [[caravan]]s' paths, but unchecked traffic may trample entire areas of [[forest]] regrowth.

==Setting Traffic Areas==
[[File:traffic_v50_preview.png|thumb|180px|right|Four types of traffic designations in a 4-way junction.]]The {{Menu icon|T}} traffic menu sets '''traffic areas''', which are zones used to manipulate the movements of dwarves. Traffic areas can be designated as high, normal, low, or restricted. When walking from one point to another, dwarves consider these designations in finding the shortest path. Default costs per tile for the pathfinding AI for traffic levels are as follows:
*'''high''' costs 1 point
*'''normal''' (default, undesignated) costs 2
*'''low''' costs 5
*'''restricted''' costs 25.
You can change the default values in [[Settings#Pathing_costs|settings]], or per-fortress values with the {{Menu icon|T}}traffic menu.

* It is often a good idea to set any [[water]] source in a [[biome]] with seasonal freezing to a Restricted area, so your dwarves will be less likely to be caught on it when it melts. If you have [[DFHack]] installed, the [https://docs.dfhack.org/en/latest/docs/tools/filltraffic.html restrictice] command can do this designation for you.
* Some dwarves get [[thought|disturbed]] if they walk through a [[butcher's shop]] and see an animal being slaughtered,{{verify}} so you may wish to designate the shop or a band around it as Restricted.
* Setting Restricted traffic areas over undisturbed [[cloth|webs]] or saplings is a good way to prevent dwarves from destroying them.
* If an area occasionally gets [[flood]]ed, or is dangerous for some reason, routing dwarves around it could be lifesaving.
* Setting high traffic areas along [[road]]s outdoors prevents vegetation from being needlessly trampled.
* An important use of traffic designations is to restrict movement in the tile where a [[ballista]]'s firing arrow originates. This will prevent tragic [[siege]] training accidents. Note that [[pet]]s can and will be killed by firing ballista even if movement is Restricted.

Setting Restricted does not forbid a [[dwarf]] from traveling over those squares, but rather makes them prefer to walk around them – for the normal cost table, 12.5 times further, or up to 25 times longer if there is an alternative high-traffic path. If you have an area that absolutely must not be stepped on by dwarves, consider [[wall]]s, or if you still need access now and then, a locked [[door]].

==Examples==
This section will provide visual examples, to help further explain the mechanics of traffic. ''Note: These examples may be changed in the future for better factual accuracy.''

[[File:traffic_example_1.png]] 
In this scenario, where all the tiles are undesignated, normal traffic, the dwarf will obviously go straight to the goal/destination; since simply going straight is the shortest path, with the least cost.

[[File:traffic_example_2.png]] 
Though the setup is similar here, the shortest path is now designated with low traffic. The dwarf instead goes around the obstacle to reach his destination, as going around through the normal traffic tiles is less costly than going straight in the low traffic tiles.

[[File:traffic_example_3.png]] 
Another similar setup, but the shortest path is now designated with restricted traffic, and the two next shortest travel distances are marked with low traffic. The dwarf now goes the longest way around, as the high traffic tiles have the least cost of all other travel options. If the high traffic tiles weren't there, the dwarf would still go the long way around, using normal traffic tiles instead.

[[File:traffic_example_4.png]] 
Another example where the dwarf goes the long way around. Despite having a shorter way to reach the goal ''and'' there being lowest-cost high traffic tiles in that area, the lower, much longer path is taken by the dwarf. Similar to the previous examples, the longer path accumulates less cost.

[[File:traffic_example_5.png]] 
If a dwarf has an important job to do, he/she will ignore any traffic designations and take the shortest path to their destination. If the dwarf was doing a less important task, he/she would have taken the upper route instead.

==Limitations==
Traffic designations only affect path preferences when pathfinding. Dwarves generally choose their jobs without weighing the pathfinding costs. For example, one cannot use traffic designations to direct a dwarf to confine his digging to a specific area. He will still take whatever path necessary to get to the job he has chosen to work. The best option to restrict a dwarf to a certain area is to make use of [[burrow]]s.

Additionally, traffic designations cannot be used to restrict where a dwarf will stand when building/digging. In other words, traffic designations will not prevent a dwarf from placing himself on the outside of the fort when the last tile of a moat or wall is completed. One workaround is to build a statue on a tile to prevent dwarves from standing there.

== Using traffic areas to improve framerate ==

In cavernous rooms that handle large amounts of through traffic but have a few exits (a large central dining room, for example) designating a few high-traffic paths ("freeways") between the doors can help reduce the pathfinding cost for dwarves who are just passing through. There may also be benefits to adding low-traffic edges to these freeways to keep the search algorithm from looking for shortcuts. Likewise, any large dead-end room that branches off a major hallway should have the area around its doorway marked low or restricted traffic to prevent dwarves from searching it for shortcuts. As noted above in '''Limitations''', this should not affect the dwarves who have a legitimate reason to hang out in the dining hall or visit the storage room - they will path to their destination regardless. Users may see up to a 10% increase in FPS by implementing these changes throughout their fortress.

==See also==
:* [[Path]]

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Arthropleura

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The [[Arthropleura]] is a large, [[extinct]] millipede from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboniferous Carboniferous] period, found in [[savage]] [[temperate]] freshwater [[swamp|swamps]] and [[marsh|marshes]], as well as savage temperate [[Broadleaf forest|broadleaf]] and [[coniferous forest|coniferous forests]]. As with all real-world extinct creatures, their spawning depends on settings chosen during world creation.

Arthropleuras, despite their creature description calling them small, can grow to be very large, with their maximum size being equivalent to that of a [[cheetah]] or a [[gorlak]]. Despite their size, arthropleuras are benign and generally pose no threat to dwarves. Like most arthropods, arthropleuras are covered in [[chitin]] and are filled with [[ichor]].

Arthropleuras have a decent [[pet]] value of 100. Although they are tagged as not butcherable, this tag has no effect on slaughtering, (possibly a bug or oversight) so they can still be used as a source of food if tamed. They cannot be trained for war or hunting.

Some dwarves [[like]] arthropleura for their ''majesty''

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The [[Arthropleura]] is a large, [[extinct]] millipede from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboniferous Carboniferous] period, found in [[savage]] [[temperate]] freshwater [[swamp|swamps]] and [[marsh|marshes]], as well as savage temperate [[Broadleaf forest|broadleaf]] and [[coniferous forest|coniferous forests]]. As with all real-world extinct creatures, their spawning depends on settings chosen during world creation.

Arthropleuras, despite their creature description calling them small, can grow to be very large, with their maximum size being equivalent to that of a [[cheetah]] or a [[gorlak]]. Despite their size, arthropleuras are benign and generally pose no threat to dwarves. Like most arthropods, arthropleuras are covered in [[chitin]] and are filled with [[ichor]].

Arthropleuras have a decent [[pet]] value of 100. Although they are tagged as not butcherable, this does not apply to slaughtering, (possibly a bug or oversight) so they can still be used as a source of food if tamed. They cannot be trained for war or hunting.

Some dwarves [[like]] arthropleura for their ''majesty''

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The [[Arthropleura]] is a large, [[extinct]] millipede from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboniferous Carboniferous] period, found in [[savage]] [[temperate]] freshwater [[swamp|swamps]] and [[marsh|marshes]], as well as savage temperate [[Broadleaf forest|broadleaf]] and [[coniferous forest|coniferous forests]]. As with all real-world extinct creatures, their spawning depends on settings chosen during world creation.

Arthropleuras, despite their creature description calling them small, can grow to be very large, with their maximum size being equivalent to that of a [[cheetah]] or a [[gorlak]]. Despite their size, arthropleuras are benign and generally pose no threat to dwarves. Like most arthropods, arthropleuras are covered in [[chitin]] and are filled with [[ichor]].

Arthropleuras have a decent [[pet]] value of 100. Although they are tagged as not butcherable, this does not apply to slaughtering them, (possibly an oversight) so they can still be used as a source of food if tamed. They cannot be trained for war or hunting.

Some dwarves [[like]] arthropleura for their ''majesty''

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The <code>[OBJECT:CREATURE]</code> [[token]] begins the definition of a ''Dwarf Fortress'' [[creature]] [[raw file]]. Each creature definition that follows begins with the {{token|creature|c|creature ID}} token, and the creature's exact properties and behavior are then specified by the use of further creature tokens. All known creature tokens are listed below.

Vanilla creature definitions can be found in <code>[[Game folder|<Dwarf Fortress>]]\data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\</code>.
Creature ID is also used with [[graphics token]]s to make customizable [[graphics set]]s.

The [[caste]] tokens allow defining sub-species within the broader creature definition, including true biological castes and lesser variations, such as sexes. Creature tokens can either be 'Creature' or 'CASTE-only' type which can only be applied to creature or caste respectively, or 'CASTE' which can be applied to both. In the table bellow, creature type distinguishes tokens that can be applied to creature only, caste only, and both ('creature', 'CASTE-only', and 'CASTE' respectively)

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==A==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ADOPTS_OWNER}}
| Caste
|
| Prevents the tamed creature from being made available for adoption, instead allowing it to automatically adopt whoever it wants. The basic requirements for adoption are intact, and the creature will only adopt individuals who have a [[preference]] for their species. Used by [[cat]]s in the vanilla game. When {{k|v}}iewing a tame creature with this token, the message "This animal isn't interested in your wishes" will appear instead of "This [adorable] animal can't work" or "This animal is waiting to be trained".

|-
| {{text anchor|ALCOHOL_DEPENDENT}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature need [[alcohol]] to get through the working day; it will choose to drink booze instead of [[water]] if possible. Going sober for too long reduces speed.

|-
| {{text anchor|ALL_ACTIVE}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will appear at any time of day. Overrides {{token|DIURNAL|c}}, {{token|NOCTURNAL|c}}, {{token|CREPUSCULAR|c}}, {{token|MATUTINAL|c}}, and {{token|VESPERTINE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|ALTTILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| If set, the creature will blink between its {{token|TILE|c}} and its ALTTILE.

|-
| {{text anchor|AMBUSHPREDATOR}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature start out hidden and remain near its original location until its prey draws near. When combined with {{token|WEBBER|c}}, causes them to lay gigantic webs near their spawn location, though only for creatures present during embark.

|-
| {{text anchor|AMPHIBIOUS}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to breathe both in and out of [[water]] (unlike {{token|AQUATIC|c}}) - does not prevent drowning in [[magma]].

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_DESC_RANGE}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*Range (6 values, low to high)
| Based on info from [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=113762.msg3473069#msg3473069 Wannabehero on the forums]: When used with an appearance modifier token (BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER or BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER), tells the game what numeric ranges to map to which descriptors.

The game uses 7 descriptor levels for each modifier, with the center one generally being to omit the thing from the creature description entirely. The six values in APP_MOD_DESC_RANGE define the boundaries between each described range. If this is not specified it uses the numbers 10:50:95:105:150:190.

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_GENETIC_MODEL}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*Model (Accepts DOMINANT_MORE, DOMINANT_LESS, and MIX)
| Defines a genetic model for the relevant appearance modifier(s). May or may not do anything significant at present.

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_IMPORTANCE}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*number
| Determines how important the appearance modifier is, for determining whether it shows up in the creature description.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_NOUN}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*noun
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| Creates a noun for the appearance, and whether it is singular or plural.

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_RATE}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*Rate (integer)
*Scale (DAILY, YEARLY)
*min (growth)
*max (growth)
*start year
*start day
*end year
*end day
| Setting the growth rate of the modifier. The last two tokens can be replaced by NO_END to have growth continue indefinitely.

|-
| {{text anchor|APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION}}
| Caste
|
*creature variation ID
*(optional) any amount of arbitrary arguments
| Applies the specified [[creature variation token|creature variation]]. See [[Creature_variation_token#Arguments_and_conditional_tokens]] for how the subsequent arguments may be used.

|-
| {{text anchor|APPLY_CURRENT_CREATURE_VARIATION}}
| Special
|
| Applies the effects of all pending {{token|CV_ADD_TAG|c}} and {{token|CV_REMOVE_TAG|c}} tokens that have been defined in the current creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|AQUATIC}}
| Caste
|
| Enables the creature to breathe in water, but causes it to air-drown on dry land.

|-
| {{text anchor|ARENA_RESTRICTED}}
| Caste
|
| Causes the creature to be excluded from the [[object testing arena]]'s creature spawning list. Typically applied to spoileriffic creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|ARTIFICIAL_HIVEABLE}}
| Creature
|
| Enables the creature to be kept in artificial [[hive]]s by [[beekeeper]]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE}}
| Caste
|
| Prevents the creature from attacking or frightening creatures with the {{Token|NATURAL|c}} tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK}}
| Caste
|
*token
*selection criteria (it's complicated)
| Defines the attack name, and the body part used. See [[#Attack Tokens|below]] for valid subtokens
'''Example:''' 
<code>[ATTACK:GORE:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:HORN]</code> 
''GORE'' = name of the attack 
''BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:HORN'' = the horn is used to attack (presuming the creature has one)

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_TRIGGER}}
| Caste
|
*population
*exported wealth
*created wealth
| Specifies when a [[megabeast]] or [[semi-megabeast]] will attack the fortress. The attacks will start occurring when all of the requirements are met. Setting a value to 0 disables the trigger.

|}

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{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|BABY}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Age at which creature is considered a child, the default is zero. One can think of this as the duration of the baby stage.

|-
| {{text anchor|BABYNAME}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
| Defines a new name for a creature in baby state at the caste level. For non-caste-specific baby names, see {{token|GENERAL_BABY_NAME|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|BEACH_FREQUENCY}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Creature may be subject to [[beaching]], becoming stranded on [[Beach|shores]], where they will eventually air-drown. The number indicates the frequency of the occurrence. Presumably requires the creature to be {{token|AQUATIC|c}}. Used by [[orca]]s, [[sperm whale]]s and [[sea nettle jellyfish]] in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|BENIGN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is non-aggressive by default, and will never automatically be engaged by companions or soldiers, running away from any creatures that are not friendly to it, and will only defend itself if it becomes enraged. Can be thought of as the counterpoint of the {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}} tag. When tamed, animals with this tag will be useless for fortress defense.

This and {{token|TRADE_CAPACITY|c}} are required for {{token|PACK_ANIMAL|c}} to function properly, if an animal contains the aforementioned requirements without this tag: items loaded by the merchants will be dropped upon departure.

|-
| {{text anchor|BIOME}}
| Creature
|
* [[biome token]]
| Select a [[biome]] the creature may appear in.

|-
| {{text anchor|BLOOD}}
| Caste
|
* <[[material token]]>
* <[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
| Specifies what the creature's blood is made of.

|-
| {{text anchor|BLOODSUCKER}}
| Caste
|
| Causes [[vampire]]-like behaviour; the creature will suck the [[Creature_token#BLOOD|blood]] of unconscious victims when its [[Syndrome#TIME_SINCE_SUCKED_BLOOD|thirst for blood]] grows sufficiently large. When controlling the creature in adventure mode, this can be done at will. Seems to be required to make the creature denouncable (in-world) as a creature of the night.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY}}
| Caste
|
*body parts
| Draws body parts from OBJECT:BODY files (such as body_default.txt)
'''Example:''' 
[BODY:BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG:HEART:GUTS:BRAIN:MOUTH] 
This is the body from a [[purring maggot]]. It creates a body with head, a heart, some guts, a brain, and a mouth. That's all a maggot needs.

The body parts need to be listed in an order such that any parent part appears before its connected children. For example [BODY:HEART:BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG] produces a "Body Token Recognized But Could Not Connect: HEART" error because HEART can't find any UPPERBODY(s) to connect to. Switching the order to [BODY:BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG:HEART] fixes the problem because now the UPPERBODY is created before the HEART tries to connect to it.

'''If the body is left undefined, the creature (or caste) will be tagged as [DOES_NOT_EXIST].''' {{verify}}

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| {{text anchor|BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*ATTRIBUTE
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| These body modifiers give individual creatures different characteristics. In the case of HEIGHT, BROADNESS and LENGTH, the modifier is also a percentage change to the BODY_SIZE of the individual creature. The seven numbers afterward give a distribution of ranges. Each interval has an equal chance of occurring.
'''Example:''' 
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110] 
''HEIGHT'' : marks the height to be changed 
''90:95:98:100:102:105:110'' : sets the range from the shortest (90% of the average height) to the tallest (110% of the average height) creature variation.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY_DETAIL_PLAN}}
| Caste
|
*PlanName
*Arguments
| Loads a plan from listed OBJECT:BODY_DETAIL_PLAN files, such as b_detail_plan_default.txt. Mass applies USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE, mass alters RELSIZE, alters body part positions, and will allow tissue layers to be defined. Tissue layers are defined in order of skin to bone here.
'''Example:''' 
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE:BONE:CARTILAGE] 
This creates the detailed body of a [[fox]], the skin, fat, muscle, bones and cartilage out of the vertebrate tissues. 
A [[Purring maggot|maggot]] would only need: 
''[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:EXOSKELETON_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE]''

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*years
*days
*size
| Sets size at a given age. Size is in cubic centimeters, and for normal body materials, is roughly equal to the creature's average weight in grams.
'''Example:''' 
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:10000] 
[BODY_SIZE:1:168:50000] 
[BODY_SIZE:12:0:220000] 
This describes the size of a [[minotaur]]. Its birth size would be 10,000 cm3 (~10 kg). At 1 year and 168 days old it would be 50,000 cm3 (~50 kg). And as an adult (at 12 years old) it would be 220,000 cm3 and weigh roughly 220 kg.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODYGLOSS}}
| Caste
|
*gloss
| Substitutes body part text with replacement text. Draws gloss information from OBJECT:BODY files (such as body_default.txt)

|-
| {{text anchor|BONECARN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature eats bones. Implies {{token|CARNIVORE|c}}. Currently does not work due to a bug ({{Bug|11069}}).

|-
| {{text anchor|BP_ADD_TYPE}}
| Caste
|
| Adds a type to a body part - used with {{token|SET_BP_GROUP|c}}. In vanilla DF, this is used for adding the type '[[Body token#GELDABLE|GELDABLE]]' to the lower body of certain [[cat|creatures]].

|-
| {{text anchor|BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*QUALITY
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets up the breadth of possibilities for appearance qualities for a selected BP group. EG. Eyes (CLOSE_SET, DEEP_SET, ROUND_VS_NARROW, LARGE_IRIS),Lips (THICKNESS), Nose (BROADNESS, LENGTH, UPTURNED, CONVEX), Ear (SPLAYED_OUT, HANGING_LOBES, BROADNESS, HEIGHT), Tooth (GAPS), Skull (HIGH_CHEEKBONES, BROAD_CHIN, JUTTING CHIN, SQUARE_CHIN), Neck (DEEP_VOICE, RASPY_VOICE), Head (BROADNESS, HEIGHT)

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| {{text anchor|BP_REMOVE_TYPE}}
| Caste
|
| Removes a type from a body part. Used with {{token|SET_BP_GROUP|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|BUILDINGDESTROYER}}
| Caste
|
*1 or 2
| Allows a creature to destroy furniture and buildings. Value [1] targets mostly doors, hatches, furniture and the like. Value [2] targets anything not made with the {{k|b}} + {{k|C}} commands.
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! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

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| {{text anchor|CAN_DO_INTERACTION}}
| Caste
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*interaction token
| The creature can perform an interaction. See [[interaction token]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CAN_LEARN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature gains [[skill]]s and can have [[labor|professions]]. If a member of a civilization (even a pet) has this token, it'll need to eat, drink and sleep. Note that this token makes the creature unable to be eaten by an adventurer, so it is not recommended for uncivilized monsters. Adventurers lacking this token can allocate but not increase attributes and skills. Skills allocated will disappear on start. A creature with at least this token or the {{token|CAN_SPEAK|c}} token will be able to have [[Personality value|values]] and [[Personality goal|goals]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CAN_SPEAK}}
| Caste
|
| Can [[talking|talk]]. Note that this is not necessary for a creature to gain social skills but to make friends in fortress mode. A creature with at least this token or the {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} token will be able to have [[Personality value|values]] and [[Personality goal|goals]].

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| {{text anchor|CANNOT_CLIMB}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot [[climber|climb]], even if it has free grasp parts.

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_JUMP}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot [[jump]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_UNDEAD}}
| Caste
|
| Acts like {{token|NOT_LIVING|c}}, except that {{token|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE|c}} creatures will attack them.

|-
| {{text anchor|CANOPENDOORS}}
| Caste
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| Defunct, as doors cannot be set as tightly closed anymore.

|-
| {{text anchor|CARNIVORE}}
| Caste
|
| Creature ''only'' eats [[meat]]. If the creature goes on rampages in worldgen, it will often devour the people/animals it kills.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*name
| Defines a [[caste]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_ALTTILE}}
| Caste
|
*tile number or "letter"
| Caste-specific {{token|ALTTILE|c}}. Requires {{token|CASTE_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
*fg
*bg
*brightness
| Caste-specific {{token|COLOR|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_GLOWCOLOR}}
| Caste
|
*fg
*bg
*brightness
| Caste-specific {{token|GLOWCOLOR|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_GLOWTILE}}
| Caste
|
*tile value or "letter"
| Caste-specific {{token|GLOWTILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_NAME}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
*adjective
| While {{token|NAME|c}} describes the name of the species, {{token|CASTE_NAME|c}} names individuals of the species. Unlike other caste-specific descriptions, this token is required, even for creatures without separate castes. If left undefined, the creature will not show up in the [[arena]] and members of the species will be labeled as "nothing".

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_PROFESSION_NAME}}
| Caste
|
*[[Unit type token]] (Profession)
*singular
*plural
| Caste-specific {{token|PROFESSION_NAME|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_SOLDIER_ALTTILE}}
| Caste
|
*'character' or tile number
| Caste-specific {{token|SOLDIER_ALTTILE|c}}. Requires {{token|CASTE_SOLDIER_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_SOLDIER_TILE}}
| Caste
|
*'character' or tile number
| Caste-specific {{token|CREATURE_SOLDIER_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_TILE}}
| Caste
|
* tile number or "letter"
| Caste-specific {{token|CREATURE_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CAVE_ADAPT}}
| Caste
|
| Causes the creature to develop [[cave adaptation]].

Allows for creature's race to be involved in jokes that end in "And the [race] saw the sun and vomited on the spot!"

|-
| {{text anchor|CDI}}
| Caste
|
*Varies
| Specifies interaction details following a {{token|CAN_DO_INTERACTION|c}} token. See [[interaction token]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CHANGE_BODY_SIZE_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Multiplies body size by a factor of (integer)%. 50 halves size, 200 doubles.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHANGE_FREQUENCY_PERC}}
| Creature
|
*integer
| Multiplies frequency by a factor of (integer)%.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILD}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Age at which creature is considered an adult - one can think of this as the duration of the [[children|child]] stage. Allows the creature's offspring to be rendered fully tame if [[animal trainer|trained]] during their childhood.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILDNAME}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
| Defines a new name for a creature in the child state at the caste level. For non-caste-specific child names, see {{token|GENERAL_CHILD_NAME|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CLUSTER_NUMBER}}
| Creature
|
*min
*max
| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many creatures per spawned cluster. Vermin fish with this token in combination with temperate ocean and river biome tokens [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=51864.msg1122319#msg1122319 will perform seasonal migrations]. Defaults to 1:1 if not specified.

|-
| {{text anchor|CLUTCH_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*min
*max
|Number of [[egg]]s laid in one sitting.

|-
| {{text anchor|COLONY_EXTERNAL}}
| Caste
|
| Caste hovers around colony.

|-
| {{text anchor|COLOR}}
| Creature
|
*foreground
*background
*brightness
| Color of the creature's tile. (See [[Color]] for usage.)

|-
| {{text anchor|COMMON_DOMESTIC}}
| Caste
|
| When combined with any of {{token|PET|c}}, {{token|PACK_ANIMAL|c}}, {{token|WAGON_PULLER|c}} and/or {{token|MOUNT|c}}, the creature is guaranteed to be domesticated by any [[civilization]] with {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_PET|e}}, {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_PACK|e}}, {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_PULL|e}} and/or {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_MOUNT|e}} respectively. Such civilizations will always have access to the creature, even in the absence of wild populations. This token is invalid on {{token|FANCIFUL|c}} creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|CONVERTED_SPOUSE}}
| Caste
|
| Creatures of this caste's species with the {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERTER|c}} and {{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}} tokens will kidnap {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGET|c}}s of an appropriate sex and convert them into castes with CONVERTED_SPOUSE.

|-
| {{text anchor|COOKABLE_LIVE}}
| Caste
|
| Set this on a vermin creature to allow it to be cooked in meals while it is still alive, as well as when it's dead but not yet [[fishery|cleaned]]. Used by some water-dwelling vermin such as [[mussel]]s, [[oyster]]s, and [[cave lobster]]s. Currently does not work correctly when applied to non-{{token|FISHITEM|c}} vermin.{{bug|13200}}

|-
| {{text anchor|CRAZED}}
| Caste
|
| Creature is '[[insanity|berserk]]' and will attack all other creatures, except members of its own species that '''also''' have the CRAZED tag. It will show {{DFtext|Berserk|4:1}} in the [[unit list]]. Berserk creatures go on rampages during [[world generation|worldgen]] much more frequently than non-berserk ones.

|-
| {{text anchor|COPY_TAGS_FROM}}
| Special
|
*creature ID
| Copies another specified creature. This will override any definitions made before it; essentially, it makes this creature identical to the other one, which can then be modified. Often used in combination with {{token|APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION|c}} to import standard variations from a file. The vanilla [[giant animal]]s and [[animal person|animal people]]s are examples of this token combination.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE}}
| Creature
|
*creature ID
| A unique, arbitrary identifier that begins the definition of each new creature, and is used to reference the creature in other tokens and raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_CLASS}}
| Caste
|
*classname
| An arbitrary creature classification. Can be set to anything, but the only vanilla uses are GENERAL_POISON (used in syndromes), EDIBLE_GROUND_BUG (used as targets for {{token|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS|c}}), MAMMAL, and POISONOUS (both used for kobold pet eligibility). If a creature has the REAL_WORLD_EXTINCT class, they can be customized in how they appear during world generation, and will also have another class creature class to denote what prehistoric period they existed in. A single creature can have multiple classes.

The full list of tokens that use creature classes is:

* Creature tokens: {{token|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS|c}}, {{token|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS|c}}
* Interaction tokens: {{token|IT_AFFECTED_CLASS|in}}, {{token|IT_IMMUNE_CLASS|in}}
* Animal definition (Entity) tokens: {{token|ANIMAL_CLASS|e}}, {{token|ANIMAL_FORBIDDEN_CLASS|e}}
* Position (Entity) token: {{token|ALLOWED_CLASS|po}}
* Syndrome tokens: {{token|SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS|sy}}, {{token|SYN_IMMUNE_CLASS|sy}}, {{token|CE_SENSE_CREATURE_CLASS|sy}}
* Extinction tokens: CAMBRIAN, CARBONIFEROUS, CENOZOIC, CRETACEOUS, DEVONIAN, JURASSIC, ORDOVICIAN, PERMIAN, SILURIAN, TRIASSIC [Todo: add token links]
|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_SOLDIER_TILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| Creatures active in their civilization's [[military]] will use this tile instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_TILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| The symbol of the creature in ASCII mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREPUSCULAR}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will appear at dawn (between 4:30 AM and 6:00 AM) and in the evening (between 8:00 PM and 10:05 PM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_EATER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to [[Steals food|steal and eat edible items]] from a site. It will attempt to grab a food item and immediately make its way to the map's edge, where it will disappear with it. If the creature goes on rampages during worldgen, it will often steal food instead of attacking. Trained and tame instances of the creature will no longer display this behavior.

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_GUZZLER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to (very quickly) [[Steals drink|drink your alcohol]]. Or spill the barrel to the ground. Also affects undead versions of the creature. Unlike food or item thieves, drink thieves will consume your alcohol on the spot rather than run away with one piece of it. Trained and tame instances of the creature will no longer display this behavior.

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_ITEM}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to [[Steals items|steal things]] (apparently, of the highest value it can find). It will attempt to grab an item of value and immediately make its way to the map's edge, where it will disappear with it. If a creature with any of the CURIOUSBEAST tokens carries anything off the map, even if it is a caravan's pack animal, it will be reported as stealing everything it carries. If the creature goes on rampages in worldgen, it will often steal items instead of attacking - [[kea]] birds are infamous for this. Trained and tame instances of the creature will no longer display this behavior. Also, makes the creature unable to drop hauled items until it enters combat.

|-
| {{text anchor|CV_ADD_TAG}}
| Special
|
*TAG NAME
| Adds a tag. Used in conjunction with creature variation templates.

|-
| {{text anchor|CV_REMOVE_TAG}}
| Special
|
*TAG NAME
| Removes a tag. Used in conjunction with creature variation templates.
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==D==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|DEMON}}
| Caste
|
| Found on generated [[demon]]s.

At least 1 demon generated, or custom must have the {{token|FLIER|c}} token in order for the [[Underworld|horrifying screams]] event to trigger.

|-
| {{text anchor|DESCRIPTION}}
| Caste
|
*text
| A brief description of the creature type, as displayed when viewing the creature's description/[[Thoughts and preferences|thoughts & preferences]] screen.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIE_WHEN_VERMIN_BITE}}
| Caste
|
| Causes the creature to die upon attacking. Used by [[honey bee]]s to simulate them dying after using their stingers.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIFFICULTY}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Increases experience gain during adventure mode. Creatures with a difficulty of 11 or higher are not assigned for quests in adventure mode. Vanilla [[semimegabeast]]s have a difficulty of 5 and [[megabeast]]s have a difficulty of 10.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIURNAL}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear during the day (between 6:00 AM and 8:00 PM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|DIVE_HUNTS_VERMIN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature hunts vermin by diving from the air. On tame creatures, it has the same effect as {{token|HUNTS_VERMIN|c}}. Found on [[peregrine falcon]]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|DOES_NOT_EXIST}}
| Creature
|
| Adding this token to a creature prevents it from appearing in generated worlds (unless it's marked as [[Entity_token#ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PRESENT|always present]] for a particular civilisation). For example, adding it to [[dog]]s will lead to worlds being generated without dogs in them. Also removes the creature from the [[object testing arena]]'s spawn list. If combined with {{token|FANCIFUL|c}}, artistic depictions of the creature will occur regardless. Used by [[centaur]]s, [[chimera]]s and [[griffon]]s in the vanilla game.

Note: a creature tagged as DOES_NOT_EXIST can still be [[Interaction_token#I_EFFECT|summoned]] successfully, as long as it has a body defined in its raws [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=165213.msg8086938#msg8086938], or, another creature can [[Syndrome#CE_BODY_TRANSFORMATION|transform]] into it.
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==E==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|EBO_ITEM}}
| Caste
|
*[[item token]]
*[[material token]] (ANY_HARD_STONE can be used for the material)
| Defines the item that the creature drops upon being [[butcher|butchered]]. Used with {{token|EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|EBO_SHAPE}}
| Caste
|
*gem shape
| The shape of the creature's extra [[butcher|butchering]] drop. Used with {{token|EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|EGG_MATERIAL}}
| Caste
|
* <[[material token]]>
* <[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
| Defines the material composition of [[egg]]s laid by the creature. [[creature_token#LAYS_EGGS|Egg-laying]] creatures in the default game define this 3 times, using LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGGSHELL, LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGG_WHITE, and then LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGG_YOLK. Eggs will be made out of eggshell. Edibility is determined by tags on whites or yolk, but they otherwise do not exist.

|-
| {{text anchor|EGG_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*size
| Determines the size of laid [[egg]]s. Doesn't affect hatching or cooking, but bigger eggs will be heavier, and may take longer to be hauled depending on the hauler's strength.

|-
| {{text anchor|EQUIPMENT_WAGON}}
| Creature
|
| Makes the creature appear as a large 3×3 [[wagon]] responsible for carrying trade goods, pulled by two {{token|WAGON_PULLER|c}} creatures and driven by a merchant.

|-
| {{text anchor|EQUIPS}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to wear or wield items.

|-
| {{text anchor|EVIL}}
| Creature
|
| The creature is considered evil and will only show up in evil biomes. Civilizations with {{token|USE_EVIL_ANIMALS|e}} can domesticate them regardless of exotic status. Has no effect on cavern creatures except to restrict taming. A civilization with evil creatures can colonize evil areas.

Civilizations which list evil creatures as one of their main population options will potentially emerge following an underworld mining disaster, with the added caveat that a demon will be in charge of the civ. The rules which govern which noble position the demon in charge adopts however, are unclear. It either picks one of the predefined positions, or simply makes its own.

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT}}
| Caste
|
* [[Body token#CATEGORY|BY_CATEGORY]] or [[Body token#CONTYPE|BY_TYPE]] or [[Body token#BP|BY_TOKEN]]
* TYPE, CATEGORY, or TOKEN
| The creature drops an additional object when [[butcher|butchered]], as defined by {{token|EBO_ITEM|c}} and {{token|EBO_SHAPE|c}}. Used for [[gizzard stone]]s in default creatures. For some materials, needs to be defined after caste definitions with SELECT_CASTE:ALL{{Bug|6355}}

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRACT}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
| Defines a creature extract which can be obtained via [[small animal dissection]].

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRAVISION}}
| Caste
|
| The creature can see regardless of whether it has working eyes and has full 360 degree vision, making it impossible to strike the creature from a blind spot in combat. Invisible creatures will also be seen, namely [[intelligent undead]] using a "vanish" power.
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==F==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|FANCIFUL}}
| Creature
|
| The creature is a thing of legend and known to all civilizations. Its materials cannot be requested or preferred. The tag also adds some art value modifiers. Used by a [[Fanciful|number of creatures]]. Conflicts with {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|FEATURE_ATTACK_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[Animal people#Subterranean animal people|subterranean animal-man]] tribals. Currently defunct. In previous versions{{verify}}, it caused these creatures to crawl out of chasms and underground rivers.

|-
| {{text anchor|FEATURE_BEAST}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[forgotten beast]]s. Presumably makes it act as such, initiating underground attacks on fortresses, or leads to the pop-up message upon encountering one{{verify}}. Displays the creature's {{token|DESCRIPTION|c}} in its [[legends mode]] entry and hides the creature from displaying in a world_sites_and_pops file. Does not create historical figures like generated forgotten beasts do.

Requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will live, and both surface and subterranean biomes are allowed. Does not stack with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} and if both are used the creature will not spawn. Appears to be incompatible with {{token|DEMON|c}} even if used in separate castes.

|-
| {{text anchor|FEMALE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature biologically female, enabling her to [[Breeding|bear young]]. Usually specified inside a caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|FIREIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature immune to [[Interaction_token#FIREBALL|FIREBALL]] and [[Interaction_token#FIREJET|FIREJET]] attacks, and allows it to path through high temperature zones, like lava or fires, but does not, by itself, make the creature immune to the damaging effects of burning in [[fire]], and does not prevent general heat damage or melting on its own (this would require adjustments to be made to the creature's body [[Material_definition_token|materials]] - see the [[Dragon/raw|dragon raws]] for an example).

|-
| {{text anchor|FIREIMMUNE_SUPER}}
| Caste
|
| Like {{token|FIREIMMUNE|c}}, but also renders the creature immune to [[Interaction_token#DRAGONFIRE|DRAGONFIRE]] attacks.

|-
| {{text anchor|FISHITEM}}
| Caste
|
| The creature's corpse is a single [[Item_token#FISH_RAW|FISH_RAW]] food item that needs to be cleaned (into a [[Item_token#FISH|FISH]] item) at a [[fishery]] to become edible. Before being cleaned the item is referred to as "raw". The food item is categorized under "fish" on the food and stocks screens, and when uncleaned it is sorted under "raw fish" in the stocks (but does not show up on the food screen).
Without this or {{token|COOKABLE_LIVE|c}}, [[fishing|fished]] vermin will turn into food the same way as non-vermin creatures, resulting in multiple units of food (meat, brain, lungs, eyes, spleen etc.) from a single fished vermin. These units of food are categorized as meat by the game.

|-
| {{text anchor|FIXED_TEMP}}
| Caste
|
*temperature
| The creature's body is constantly at this temperature, heating up or cooling the surrounding area. Alters the temperature of the creature's inventory and all adjacent tiles, [[Temperature|with all the effects that this implies]] - may trigger wildfires at high enough values. Also makes the creature immune to extreme heat or cold, as long as the temperature set is not harmful to the materials that the creature is made from. Corpses and body parts of creatures with a fixed temperature maintain their temperature even after death.

Note that temperatures of 12000 and higher may cause [[path|pathfinding]] issues in fortress mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|FLEEQUICK}}
| Caste
|
| If engaged in combat, the creature will flee at the first sign of resistance. Used by [[kobold]]s in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|FLIER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to fly, independent of it having wings or not. Fortress Mode pathfinding only partially incorporates flying - flying creatures need a land path to exist between them and an area in order to access it, but as long as one such path exists, they do not need to use it, instead being able to fly over intervening obstacles. Winged creatures with this token can lose their ability to fly if their wings are crippled or severed. Winged creatures without this token will be unable to fly. (A 'wing' in this context refers to any body part with its own [[Body_token#FLIER|FLIER]] token).

At least 1 [[Demon]] must have the flier token in order for the [[Underworld|horrifying screams]] event to trigger.

|-
| {{text anchor|FREQUENCY}}
| Creature
|
*number, max 100
| The {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} value plays two separate roles. The first is in determining the initial distribution of creatures across the world map. Each creature is randomly assigned a single x, y co-ordinate on the world map, which act as the epicenter for that creature's distribution. A square is drawn around that x, y co-ordinate with a Manhattan radius equal to the {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} value divided by 100 times the world map size. For example, in a 256 by 256 size world map, the [[lion]] might be assigned 14, 112. The [[lion]] has {{token|FREQUENCY:5|c}}, and so a square is drawn by moving 13 tiles in each direction from the [[lion]]'s x, y co-ordinate. This is the [[lion]]'s "territory".

Each sub-region in the world will attempt to fill lists of wildlife. There are five lists - {{token|VERMIN_GROUNDER|c}}, {{token|VERMIN_SOIL|c}}, {{token|VERMIN_SOIL_COLONY|c}}, {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}}, and {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}}, corresponding with the relevant tokens. The game will attempt to place seven creatures in each list for each sub-region. The game will select the seven nearest valid creatures. Creatures are valid for sub-region's list if they have the requisite token for that list, if they have the valid token for that sub-region's biome (for example, the [lion] can only be selected for {{token|BIOME:SAVANNA_TROPICAL|c}}, {{token|BIOME:GRASSLAND_TROPICAL|c}}, and {{token|BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TROPICAL|c}}, and if their "territory" as defined by their random epicenter and {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} radius overlaps with that sub-region. These lists then determine the creatures that can actually appear within that sub-region during gameplay.

There are some exceptions to the above. If the game was not capable of filling all seven entries in a list, it will drop the overlapping territory requirement, and simply pull the nearest creature which has the correct token and biome availability. Conversely, if a creature has an epicenter but has not appeared on any of the list for any of the world map's sub-regions, the creature will be assigned to the relevant list for the nearest appropriate sub-region - meaning it is occasionally possible to have lists of eight creatures or more. This is more common in smaller worlds where there are less possible sub-regions to be assigned towards. Creatures with the {{token|GOOD|c}} and {{token|EVIL|c}} tokens ignore the epicenter distribution system altogether. They are always capable of appearing in appropriate biomes which are {{token|GOOD|b}} or {{token|EVIL|b}} respectively. This is not true for {{token|SAVAGE|c}}, which acts more like the biome tokens. Creatures with {{token|UBIQUITOUS|c}} have a "territory" which covers the entire map, regardless of their epicenter (although they can still fail to be chosen if there are 7 creatures which are eligible and have nearer epicenters to the sub-region in question).

The second use for {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} is to determine how often a creature actually appears on map. In Fortress Mode, the game will try and spawn large wildlife (creatures with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} or {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}} in fairly regular waves. These waves include {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}}, {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} combined with {{token|FLIER|c}}, {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}}, and {{token|CURIOUS_BEAST|c}} - so a [[lion]] does not compete for selection with a [[gazelle]]. When the game decides it needs to spawn in a fresh wave of e.g. {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} creatures, it will select one of the creatures available to it from the lists for that sub-region at random, with all creatures weighted equally. Once it has selected a creature, it then effectively rolls a d100 against the relevant creature's {{token|FREQUENCY|c}}. If the d100 is equal to the creature's {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} or less, that creature is then spawned in. If the d100 is above the creature's {{token|FREQUENCY|c}}, the game returns to the relevant list and selects again. {{token|UBIQUITOUS|c}} acts as {{token|FREQUENCY:100|c}} for these purposes - in other words, the creature cannot fail the d100 check and will always be spawned in if it is selected from the list.

Defaults to 50.

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==G==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|GAIT}}
| Caste
|
* <gait type>
* <gait name>
* <max [[Gait#Speed|speed]]>
* <build up time>
* <max turning [[Gait#Speed|speed]]>
* <start [[Gait#Speed|speed]]>
* <energy expenditure>
* <gait flag(s)>
| Defines a gait by which the creature can move. See [[Gait]] for more information. Specifically, you likely want to use one of the existing STANDARD_X_GAITS creature variations, as described in [[Gait#Gaits_and_Modding|this subsection]].

* <max speed> indicates the maximum [[Gait#Speed|speed]] achievable by a creature using this gait
* <start speed> indicates the creature's speed when it starts moving using this gait
* <build up time> indicates how long it will take for a creature using this gait to go from <start speed> to <max speed>. For example, a value of 10 means that it should be able to reach the maximum speed by moving 10 [[tile]]s in a straight line over even terrain.
* <max turning speed> indicates the maximum speed permissible when the creature suddenly changes its direction of motion. The creature's speed will be reduced to <max turning speed> if travelling at a higher speed than this before turning.
* <energy expenditure> indicates how energy-consuming the gait is. Higher values cause the creature to tire out faster. Persistent usage of a high-intensity gait will eventually lead to exhaustion and [[Status_icon#Non-flashing|collapse]].

'''NO_BUILD_UP''' can be specified instead of a <start speed> value to make the <max speed> instantly achievable upon initiating movement (this is equivalent to a <build up time> of 0). Note that <build up time> and <max turning speed> are both ignored if specified alongside this (as NO_BUILD_UP trumps <build up time> and preserves <max speed> whilst turning, and <max turning speed> cannot exceed <max speed>) so it is permissible to omit them so long as they are '''both''' omitted together.

It's possible to specify a <start speed> greater than the <max speed>; the moving creature will decelerate towards its <max speed> in this case.

'''valid gait types:'''
*'''WALK''' 
Used for moving normally over ground tiles.

*'''CRAWL''' 
Used for moving over ground tiles whilst [[Status_icon#Non-flashing|prone]].

*'''SWIM''' 
Used for moving through tiles containing [[water]] or [[magma]] at a [[Water#Depth|depth]] of at least 4/7.

*'''FLY''' 
Used for moving through [[open space]].

*'''CLIMB''' 
Used for moving whilst [[Climber|climbing]].

'''valid gait flags:'''
* '''AGILITY''' 
Speeds/slows movement depending on the creature's [[Attribute#Agility|Agility]] stat.

* '''STRENGTH''' 
Speeds/slows movement depending on the creature's [[Attribute#Strength|Strength]] stat.

* '''LAYERS_SLOW''' 
Makes [[Tissue_definition_token#THICKENS_ON_ENERGY_STORAGE|THICKENS_ON_ENERGY_STORAGE]] and [[Tissue_definition_token#THICKENS_ON_STRENGTH|THICKENS_ON_STRENGTH]] tissue layers slow movement depending on how thick they are. Adding the STRENGTH gait flag counteracts the impact of the latter layer.

* '''STEALTH_SLOWS:'''<percentage> 
Slows movement by the specified percentage when the creature is [[Ambusher|sneaking]].

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_BABY_NAME}}
| Creature
|
*singular
*plural
| Like {{token|BABYNAME|c}}, but applied regardless of caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_CHILD_NAME}}
| Creature
|
*singular
*plural
| Like {{token|CHILDNAME|c}}, but applied regardless of caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER}}
| Caste
|
*value A
*value B
| Has the same function as {{token|MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER|c}}, but applies to all attacks instead of just those involving a specific material. Appears to be overridden by MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER ([[werebeast]]s, for example, use both tokens to provide resistance to all materials, with one exception to which they are especially vulnerable).

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERATED}}
| Creature
|
| Found on procedurally generated creatures like [[forgotten beast]]s, [[titan]]s, [[demon]]s, [[angel]]s, and [[night creature]]s. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|GETS_INFECTIONS_FROM_ROT}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature get [[Health_care#Infection|infections]] from necrotic tissue.

|-
| {{text anchor|GETS_WOUND_INFECTIONS}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature's wounds become [[Health_care#Infection|infected]] if left untreated for too long.

|-
| {{text anchor|GLOWCOLOR}}
| Creature
|
*foreground
*background
*brightness
| The colour of the creature's {{token|GLOWTILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|GLOWTILE}}
| Creature
|
*ascii character
| If present, the being glows in the dark (generally used for Adventurer Mode). The tile is what replaces the being's current tile when it is obscured from your sight by darkness. The default setting for kobolds (a yellow quotation mark) provides a nice "glowing eyes" effect. The game is also hardcoded to automatically convert quotation mark GLOWTILES into apostrophes if the creature has lost one eye. This works at the generic creature level - for caste-specific glow tiles, use {{token|CASTE_GLOWTILE|c}} instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|GNAWER}}
| Caste
|
*verb
| The creature can and will gnaw its way out of [[animal trap]]s and [[cage]]s using the specified verb, depending on the material from which it is made (normally wood).

|-
| {{text anchor|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS}}
| Caste
|
*class
| The creature eats vermin of the specified class.

|-
| {{text anchor|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CREATURE}}
| Caste
|
*creature
*caste
| The creature eats a specified [[vermin]].

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_END}}
| Special
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags at the end of the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_START}}
| Special
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags at the beginning of the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_TAG}}
| Special
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags ''before'' the specified tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|GOOD}}
| Creature
|
| Creature is considered good and will only show up in good biomes - [[unicorn]]s, for example. Civilizations with {{token|USE_GOOD_ANIMALS|e}} can domesticate them regardless of exotic status. Has no effect on cavern creatures except to restrict taming. A civilization that has good creatures can colonise good areas in world-gen.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRASSTRAMPLE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| The value determines how rapidly [[grass]] is trampled when a creature steps on it - a value of 0 causes the creature to never damage grass, while a value of 100 causes grass to be trampled as rapidly as possible. Defaults to 5.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRAVITATE_BODY_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*target value
| Used in Creature Variants. This token changes the adult body size to the average of the old adult body size and the target value and scales all intermediate growth stages by the same factor.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRAZER}}
| Caste
|
*number
| The creature is a grazer - if tamed in fortress mode, it needs a pasture to survive. The higher the number, the less frequently it needs to eat in order to live. Not used since 0.40.12, replaced by {{token|STANDARD_GRAZER|c}} to fix {{bugl|4113}}.
|}

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==H==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|HABIT}}
| Caste
|
*type
*probability
| Defines certain behaviors for the creature. The habit types are:
*COLLECT_TROPHIES
*COOK_PEOPLE
*COOK_VERMIN
*GRIND_VERMIN
*COOK_BLOOD
*GRIND_BONE_MEAL
*EAT_BONE_PORRIDGE
*USE_ANY_MELEE_WEAPON
*GIANT_NEST
*COLLECT_WEALTH.
These require the creature to have a {{token|LAIR|c}} to work properly, and also don't seem to work on creatures who are not a {{token|SEMIMEGABEAST|c}}, {{token|MEGABEAST|c}}, or{{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|HABIT_NUM}}
| Caste
|
*number or TEST_ALL
| "If you set HABIT_NUM to a number, it should give you that exact number of habits according to the weights.".{{cite forum|60554/1719248}} All lists of HABITs are preceded by [HABIT_NUM:TEST_ALL]

|-
| {{text anchor|HAS_NERVES}}
| Caste
|
| The creature has nerves in its muscles. Cutting the muscle tissue can sever motor and sensory nerves, disabling the limb.

|-
| {{text anchor|HASSHELL}}
| Caste
|
| The creature has a shell. Seemingly no longer used - holdover from previous versions.

|-
| {{text anchor|HIVE_PRODUCT}}
| Creature
|
*number
*[[time]]
*[[item token]]s
| What product is harvested from [[Beekeeping industry|beekeeping]].

|-
| {{text anchor|HOMEOTHERM}}
| Caste
|
*number or NONE
| Default 'NONE'. The creature's normal body [[temperature]]. Creature ceases maintaining temperature on death unlike fixed material temperatures. Provides minor protection from environmental temperature to the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|HUNTS_VERMIN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature hunts and kills nearby [[vermin]], randomly walking between places with food laying on the ground or in stockpiles, to check for possible [VERMIN_EATER] vermin, but they'll kill any other vermin too. Do not include this creature token on an intelligent entity that you intend to play as in fortress mode because it will prevent them from feeding themselves.

|}

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==I==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOBILE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot move. Found on [[sponge]]s. Will also stop a creature from breeding in fortress mode (MALE and FEMALE are affected, if one is IMMOBILE; no breeding will happen).

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOBILE_LAND}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is immobile while on land. Only works on {{token|AQUATIC|c}} creatures which can't breathe on land.

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOLATE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature radiates [[fire]]. It will ignite, and potentially completely destroy, items the creature is standing on. Also gives the vermin a high chance of escaping from [[animal trap]]s and [[cage]]s made of any flammable materials (specifically ones that could be ignited by magma).

|-
| {{text anchor|INTELLIGENT}}
| Caste
|
| Alias for {{token|CAN_SPEAK|c}} + {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|ITEMCORPSE}}
| Caste
|
* [[item token]]
* [[material token]]
| Determines if the creature leaves behind a non-standard corpse (i.e. wood, statue, bars, stone, pool of liquid, etc.). [[Ethics]] may prevent actually using the item in jobs or reactions.

|-
| {{text anchor|ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY}}
| Caste
|
* number
| The [[quality]] of an item-type corpse left behind. Valid values are: 0 for ordinary, 1 for well-crafted, 2 for finely-crafted, 3 for superior, 4 for exceptional, 5 for masterpiece.
|}

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==L==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR}}
| Caste
|
*type
*probability
| Found on megabeasts, semimegabeasts, and night creatures. The creature will seek out sites of this type and take them as lairs. The lair types are:
*SIMPLE_BURROW
*SIMPLE_MOUND
*WILDERNESS_LOCATION
*SHRINE
*LABYRINTH

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_CHARACTERISTIC}}
| Caste
|
*characteristic
*probability
| Defines certain features of the creature's lair. The only valid characteristic is HAS_DOORS.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_HUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| This creature will actively hunt adventurers in its lair.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_HUNTER_SPEECH}}
| Caste
|
*speech file
| What this creature says while hunting adventurers in its lair.

|-
| {{text anchor|LARGE_PREDATOR}}
| Caste
|
| Will attack other creatures that are smaller than it. Tamed large predators will still attack wildlife. In [[fortress mode]], only one group of "large predators" (possibly two groups on "savage" maps) will appear on any given map. In [[adventurer mode]], large predators will try to ambush and attack you (and your party will attack them back). When tamed, large predators tend to be much more aggressive to enemies than non-large predators, making them a good choice for an animal army. They may go on rampages in worldgen, and adventurers may receive quests to kill them. Also, they can be mentioned in the intro paragraph when starting a fortress e.g. "ere the wolves get hungry."
A single biome supports 7 large predator species, picking randomly and rolling a d100 under its {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} to add it until all 7 slots are filled.

Incompatible with {{token|PACK_ANIMAL|c}} on a technicality, if included: hauled items are likely to be dropped upon entering the map (even if {{token|TRADE_CAPACITY|c}} is present) in contrast to when the merchants depart.

|-
| {{text anchor|LARGE_ROAMING}}
| Creature
|
| This is the core requisite tag allowing the creature to spawn as a wild animal in the appropriate biomes. Requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will spawn. Does not require specifying a frequency, population number, or cluster number.

This tag stacks with {{token|MEGABEAST|c}}, {{token|SEMIMEGABEAST|c}}, or {{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}}; if used with one of these tags, the creature will spawn as both a boss and as a wild animal. This tag does not stack with {{token|FEATURE_BEAST|c}} and if both are used the creature will not spawn. This tag is unaffected by {{token|DEMON|c}}.
Large roamers are not able to spawn in Pool biomes as they do not connect to the edge of the map and are too small, Lake biomes are a suitable alternative.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAYS_EGGS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature lays [[egg]]s instead of giving birth to live young.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAYS_UNUSUAL_EGGS}}
| Caste
|
* [[item token]]
* [[material token]]
| Creature lays the specified item instead of regular eggs.

|-
| {{text anchor|LIGAMENTS}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
*healing rate
| The creature has ligaments in its {{token|CONNECTIVE_TISSUE_ANCHOR|td}} tissues (bone or chitin by default). Cutting the bone/chitin tissue severs the ligaments, disabling motor function if the target is a limb.

|-
| {{text anchor|LIGHT_GEN}}
| Caste
|
| A vermin featuring this tag will remain visible to an adventurer even at night.

Subterranean vermin which feature this token will flicker in unexposed and unrevealed cavern layers while playing in Fortress Mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|LISP}}
| Caste
|
| Creature uses "sssssnake talk" (multiplies 'S' when talking - "My name isss Recisssiz."). Used by [[Serpent man|serpent men]] and [[Reptile man|reptile men]] in the vanilla game. C's with the same pronunciation (depending on the word) are not affected by this token.

|-
| {{text anchor|LITTERSIZE}}
| Caste
|
* minimum
* maximum
| Determines the number of offspring per one birth; default 1-3, not used in vanilla raws. See also {{token|MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCAL_POPS_CONTROLLABLE}}
| Creature
|
| Allows you to play as a wild animal of this species in adventurer mode. Prevents trading of (tame) instances of this creature in caravans.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCAL_POPS_PRODUCE_HEROES}}
| Creature
|
| Wild animals of this species may occasionally join a civilization. Prevents trading of (tame) instances of this creature in caravans.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCKPICKER}}
| Caste
|
| Lets a creature open [[door]]s that are set to forbidden in fortress mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOOSE_CLUSTERS}}
| Creature
|
| The creatures will scatter if they have this tag, or form tight packs if they don't.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOW_LIGHT_VISION}}
| Caste
|
*number
| Determines how well a creature can see in the dark - higher is better. Dwarves have 10000, which amounts to perfect nightvision.
|}

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==M==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|MAGICAL}}
| Caste
|
| According to Toady One, this is completely interchangeable with {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE|c}} and might have been used in very early versions of the game by wandering wizards, or the ent-type tree creatures that used to be animated by elves. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8316954#msg8316954]

|-
| {{text anchor|MAGMA_VISION}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is able to see while submerged in [[magma]].

|-
| {{text anchor|MALE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature biologically male; usually declared inside a caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|MANNERISM|MANNERISM_*}}
| Caste
|
*occasionally body part
| Adds a possible mannerism to the creature's profile. See [[creature mannerism token]] for further info.

|-
| {{text anchor|MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*material id
| Begins defining a new local material. Follow this with standard material definition tokens to define the material. A maximum of 200 materials can be defined on any given creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER}}
| Caste
|
*[[Material token]]
*value A
*value B
| When struck with a weapon made of the specified material, the force exerted will be multiplied by A/B, thus making the creature more or less susceptible to this material. For example, if A is 2 and B is 1, the force exerted by the defined material will be doubled. If A is 1 and B is 2, it will be halved instead. See also {{token|GENERAL_MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER|c}}, which can be used to make this sort of effect applicable to all materials.

|-
| {{text anchor|MATUTINAL}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear at dawn (between 4:30 AM and 6:00 AM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|MAXAGE}}
| Caste
|
*min
*max
| Determines the creature's natural lifespan, using the specified minimum and maximum age values (in years). Each individual creature with this token is generated with a predetermined date (calculated down to the exact [[time|tick]]!) between these values, at which it is destined to die of old age, should it live long enough. Note that the probability of death at any given age does not increase as the creature gets older [http://i.imgur.com/A1A4aA9.png].
Creatures which lack this token are naturally immortal. The [[Syndrome#CE_ADD_TAG|NO_AGING]] syndrome tag will prevent death by old age from occurring. Also note that, among civilized creatures, castes which lack this token will refuse to marry others with it, and vice versa.

|-
| {{text anchor|MEANDERER}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature slowly stroll around, unless it's in combat or performing a job. If combined with {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}, will severely impact their [[pathfinding]] and lead the creature to move extremely slowly when not performing any task. <s>Problematically applies to animal people based on the animal, and war trained animals{{bug|9588}}</s> As of version 52.05, meandering behavior no longer applies to animal people and to animals that are trained for war or hunting..

|-
| {{text anchor|MEGABEAST}}
| Caste
|
| A 'boss' creature; a small number of those are created during worldgen, their histories and descendants (if any) will be tracked in worldgen (as opposed to simply 'spawning'), and they will occasionally go on rampages, potentially leading to worship if they attack the same place multiple times. Their presence and number will also influence world age names. When appearing in fortress mode, they will have a pop-up message announcing their arrival. They will remain hostile to the fortress military even after being tamed.{{bug|10731}} See [[megabeast]] page for more details.

Requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will live. Subterranean biomes appear to not be allowed. Does stack with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} and if both are used the creature will spawn as both historical bosses and as wild animals.

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_CAP_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*Cap %
|Default is 200. This means you can increase your attribute to 200% of its starting value (or the average value + your starting value if that is higher).

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_RANGE}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]]
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets up a [[Attribute#Soul_attributes|mental attribute]]'s range of values (0-5000). All mental attribute ranges default to 200:800:900:1000:1100:1300:2000.

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*cost to improve
*unused counter rate
*rust counter rate
*demotion counter rate
| [[Attribute#Soul_attributes|Mental attribute]] gain/decay rates. Lower numbers in the last three slots make decay occur faster. Defaults are 500:4:5:4.

|-
| {{text anchor|MILKABLE}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
* frequency
| Allows the creature to be [[milk]]ed in the [[farmer's workshop]]. The frequency is the amount of [[time|ticks]] the creature needs to "recharge" (i.e. how much time needs to pass before it can be milked again). Does not work on [[#CAN_LEARN|sentient]] creatures, regardless of [[ethics]].

|-
| {{text anchor|MISCHIEVIOUS}}
| Caste
|
| Alias for {{token|MISCHIEVOUS|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|MISCHIEVOUS}}
| Caste
|
| The creature spawns [[stealth]]ed and will attempt to path into the fortress, pulling any [[lever]]s it comes across. It will be invisible on the map and [[unit list]] until spotted by a citizen, at which point the game will pause and recenter on the creature. Used by [[gremlin]]s in the vanilla game. "They go on little missions to mess with various fortress buildings, not just levers."

|-
| {{text anchor|MODVALUE}}
| Caste
|
| Seemingly no longer used.

|-
| {{text anchor|MOUNT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature may be used as a [[mount]]. No use for the player in fortress mode, but enemy sieging forces may arrive with cavalry. Mounts are usable in adventure mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|MOUNT_EXOTIC}}
| Caste
|
| Creature may be used as a [[mount]], but civilizations cannot domesticate it in worldgen without certain exceptions.

|-
| {{text anchor|MULTIPART_FULL_VISION}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to have all-around vision, as long as it has multiple heads that can see.

|-
| {{text anchor|MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the species usually produce a single offspring per birth, with a 1/500 chance of using the {{token|LITTERSIZE|c}} as usual. Requires {{token|FEMALE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|MUNDANE}}
| Creature
|
| Marks if the creature is an actual real-life creature. Only used for age-names at present.
|}

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==N==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|NAME}}
| Creature
|
*singular
*plural
*adjective
| The generic name for any creature of this type - will be used for referring to the species in the abstract, such as the default material prefix. For labeling individual creatures, {{token|CASTE_NAME|c}} is necessary. If left undefined, the creature will be labeled as "nothing" by the game.

Some examples of adjective use:
* "super''dwarven'' strength"
* "the ''dwarven'' hillocks of X"
* Deity species as in "''feline'' deity"
* Megabeast attacks in worldgen. One with multiple dragons being a "''draconic'' rampage"

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL}}
| Caste
|
| Animal is considered to be natural. NATURAL animals will not engage creatures tagged with {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE|c}} in combat unless they are members of a hostile entity and vice-versa.

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL_ANIMAL}}
| Caste
|
| Alias of {{token|NATURAL|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL_SKILL}}
| Caste
|
*[[Skill_token|Skill token]]
*value
| The creature possesses the specified [[skill]] at this level inherently - that is, it begins with the skill at this level, and the skill may never rust below that. A value of 15 is legendary.

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE}}
| Caste
|
| Creatures with this token can appear as [[experiment|experiments]]. Causes the creature to count as {{token|NOT_LIVING|c}}.

Killing a creature featuring this token provides one point of "hero" reputation. Adds the creature's description as part of the initial summary of their historical figure in legends mode. People will react to creatures with this token as a night creature (natch). In adventure mode, ambushes involving these units will say "Night creature!" instead of "Ambush!"

Prevents creature behavior enabled by {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}}.

Removes the high nature value check imposed by {{token|LOCAL_POPS_PRODUCE_HEROES|c}}.

Prevents the AI from using ANIMATE interactions, unless the newly-animated{{token|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE|c}}undead will not attack them. The check for this is specifically whether the unit is:
*a ghost
*an animated unit
*a unit with the {{token|NO_AGING|c}} token added via {{token|CE_ADD_TAG|c}}. (This allows for the default exclusion of elves and goblins, unless raised as intelligent undead.)

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_BOGEYMAN}}
| Caste
|
| Creatures with this token can appear in [[bogeyman|bogeyman ambushes]] in [[adventure mode]], where they adopt classical bogeyman traits such as stalking the adventurer and vaporising when dawn breaks. Such traits do not manifest if the creature is encountered outside of a bogeyman ambush (for instance, as a megabeast or a civilised being). In addition, their corpses and severed body parts turn into [[smoke]] after a short while. Note that setting the "Number of Bogeyman Types" in [[advanced world generation]] to 0 will only remove randomly-generated bogeymen.

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_EXPERIMENTER}}
| Caste
|
| Found on some [[necromancer]]s. Creatures with this tag may periodically "perform horrible experiments" offscreen, during which they can use creature-targeting interactions with an <code>[[Interaction_token#I_SOURCE|[I_SOURCE:EXPERIMENT]]]</code> tag on living creatures in their area. Worlds are generated with a list of procedurally-generated experiments, allowing necromancers to turn living people and animals into [[Infected_ghoul|ghouls]] and [[Experiment|other experimental creatures]], and these will automatically be available to all experimenters; it does not appear possible to prevent this. You can mod in your own custom experiment interactions, but these are used very infrequently due to the large number of generated experiments.

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[night troll]]s and [[werebeast]]s. Implies that the creature is a [[night creature]], and shows its description in [[legends mode]] entry. The creature is always hostile and will start [[no quarter]] combat with any nearby creatures, except for members of its own race.{{verify}} Note that this tag does not override the creature's normal behavior in [[fortress mode]] except for the aforementioned aggression, and doesn't prevent the creature from fleeing the battles it started. It also removes the creature's materials from stockpile settings list, making them be stored there regardless of settings.

Does stack with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} and if both are used the creature will spawn as both historical hunters and as wild animals; this requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will live, and subterranean biomes are allowed.

This tag causes the usual behaviour of werebeasts in worldgen, that is, fleeing towns upon being cursed and conducting raids from a lair. If this tag is absent from a deity curse, the accursed will simply be driven out of towns in a similar manner to [[vampire]]s. When paired with SPOUSE_CONVERTER, a very small population of the creature will be created during worldgen (sometimes only a single individual will be created), and their histories will be tracked (that is, they will not spawn spontaneously later, they must either have children or convert other creatures to increase their numbers). The creature will settle in a lair and go on rampages during worldgen. It will actively attempt to seek out potential conversion targets to abduct, convert, and have children with (if possible).

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_NIGHTMARE}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[nightmare]]s. Corpses and severed body parts derived from creatures with this token turn into [[smoke]] after a short while.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_AUTUMN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|autumn]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_CONNECTIONS_FOR_MOVEMENT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't require connected body parts to move{{verify}}; generally used on undead creatures with connections that have rotted away.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_DIZZINESS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot become [[Symptom#Dizziness|dizzy]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_DRINK}}
| Caste
|
| Creature does not need to drink.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_EAT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature does not need to [[food|eat]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_FEVERS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot suffer [[Symptom#Fever|fevers]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_GENDER}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is biologically sexless, making it unable to [[breeding|breed]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_PHYS_ATT_GAIN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot raise any [[Attribute#Body_attributes|physical attributes]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_PHYS_ATT_RUST}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot lose any [[Attribute#Body_attributes|physical attributes]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SLEEP}}
| Caste
|
| Creature does not need to sleep, but can still be rendered unconscious by other means.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SPRING}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|spring]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SUMMER}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|summer]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT}}
| Caste
|
| The bodyparts of this creature don't need to be connected to an organ with the {{token|THOUGHT|body}} tag in order to have motor function. Generally used on creatures that don't have brains. If a creature doesn't have a thought part and doesn't have this token, it will be unable to grasp or stand. Nautilus men experience this issue in vanilla.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_UNIT_TYPE_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
| Prevents creature from selecting its color based on its profession (e.g. Miner, Hunter, Wrestler).

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_VEGETATION_PERTURB}}
| Caste{{Verify}}
|
| Likely prevents the creature from leaving broken vegetation tracks.{{Verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_WINTER}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|winter]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NOBONES}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot be picked up for worldgen fell moods and cannot be made a skeleton deity.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOBREATHE}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't need to breathe or have {{token|BREATHE|body}}parts in its body, nor can it drown or be strangled. Creatures living in magma must have this tag, otherwise they will drown.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOCTURNAL}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear at night (after 10:05 PM and before 4:30 AM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NOEMOTION}}
| Caste
|
| Creature has no emotions, thus; it is immune to the effects of [[stress]] and unable to rage, and its [[need]]s cannot be fulfilled in any way. Used on [[undead]] in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOEXERT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature can't become tired or over-exerted from taking too many combat actions, or moving at full speed for extended periods of time.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOFEAR}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't feel fear and will never flee from battle, and will be immune to [[ghost]]s' attempts to 'scare it to death'. Additionally, it causes [[bogeyman|bogeymen]] and [[nightmare]]s to become friendly towards the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOMEAT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature will not be hunted or fed to wild beasts.

|-
| {{text anchor|NONAUSEA}}
| Caste
|
| Creature isn't nauseated by gut hits and cannot vomit.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOPAIN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't feel pain.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSKIN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature will not drop a hide when [[butcher|butchered]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSKULL}}
| Caste
|
| Creature will not drop a skull on butchering, rot, or decay of severed head.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSMELLYROT}}
| Caste
|
| Does not produce [[miasma]] when rotting.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSTUCKINS}}
| Caste
|
| Weapons can't get stuck in the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSTUN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature can't be stunned and knocked unconscious by pain or head injuries. Creatures with this tag never wake up from sleep in Fortress Mode. If this creature needs to sleep while playing, it will die.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOT_BUTCHERABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Corpses from this creature cannot be [[butcher|butchered]]. Does not prevent the creature from being slaughtered while alive, however.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOT_LIVING}}
| Caste
|
| Cannot be raised from the dead by necromancers or evil clouds. Implies the creature is not a normal living being. Used by [[vampire]]s, [[Mummy|mummies]] and inorganic creatures like the [[amethyst man]] and [[bronze colossus]]. Creatures who are {{token|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE|c}} (undead) will be docile towards creatures with this token.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOTHOUGHT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't require a {{token|THOUGHT|body}} body part to survive. Has the added effect of preventing speech, though directly controlling creatures that would otherwise be capable of speaking allows them to engage in conversation.
|}

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==O==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ODOR_LEVEL}}
| Caste
|
*number
| How easy the creature is to [[smell]]. The higher the number, the easier the creature is to sniff out. Defaults to 50. Vanilla creatures have values from 0 (undetectable) to 90 (noticeable by humans and dwarves).

|-
| {{text anchor|ODOR_STRING}}
| Caste
|
*string
| What the creature [[smell]]s like. If no odor string is defined, the creature name (not the caste name) is used.

|-
| {{text anchor|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE}}
| Caste
|
| Is hostile to all creatures except undead and other non-living ones and will show {{DFtext|Opposed to life|0:1}} in the [[unit list]]. Used by [[undead]] in the vanilla game. Functions without the {{token|NOT_LIVING|c}} token, and seems to imply said token as well. Undead will not be hostile to otherwise-living creatures given this token. Living creatures given this token will attack living creatures that lack it, while ignoring other living creatures that also have this token.

|-
| {{text anchor|ORIENTATION}}
| Caste
|
*MALE/FEMALE
*disinterested chance
*casual chance
*strong chance
| Determines caste's likelihood of having sexual attraction to certain sexes. Values default to 75:20:5 for the same sex and 5:20:75 for the opposite sex. The first value indicates how likely to be entirely uninterested in the sex, the second decides if the creature will be able to become lovers with that sex, the third decides whether they will be able to marry in worldgen and post-worldgen world activities (which implies being able to become lovers). Marriage seems to be able to happen in fort mode play regardless, as long as they are lovers first.

|-
| {{text anchor|OUTSIDER_CONTROLLABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Lets you play as an [[Adventurer_mode_character_creation#Outsider|outsider]] of this species in adventure mode.

|}

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==P==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|PACK_ANIMAL}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to be used as a pack animal. Used by [[trading|merchants]] without wagons and adventurers. Also prevents creature from dropping hauled items on its own -- do ''not'' use for player-controllable creatures! May lead to the creature being domesticated during worldgen, even if it doesn't have {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC|c}}.

Creatures with this tag but without {{token|BENIGN|c}}, and/or with {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}} leads to hauled items being dropped.

|-
| {{text anchor|PARALYZEIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is immune to all [[Syndrome#CE_PARALYSIS|paralyzing]] special attacks.

|-
| {{text anchor|PATTERNFLIER}}
| Caste
|
| Used to control the bat riders with paralyze-dart blowguns that flew through the 2D chasm. Doesn't do anything now.

|-
| {{text anchor|PCG_LAYERING}}
| Creature
|
*[[Procedural graphics layer|Layering type]]
| Adds a layer to the current {{token|PROCEDURAL_CREATURE_GRAPHICS|c}} definition.

|-
| {{text anchor|PEARL}}
| Caste
|
| Does nothing.

|-
| {{text anchor|PENETRATEPOWER}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Controls the ability of [[vermin]] to find a way into containers when they are eating food from your stockpiles.

Objects made of most materials (e.g. metal) roll a number from 0-100, and if the resulting number is greater than the penetrate power, their contents escape for the time being. Objects made of [[wood]], [[leather]], [[amber]], or [[coral]] roll 0-95, and items made of [[cloth]] roll 0-90.

|-
| {{text anchor|PERSONALITY}}
| Caste
|
*ATTRIBUTE
*lowest
*median
*highest
| Determines the range and chance of personality facets. Standard is 0:50:100. See [[personality facet]] for more info.

|-
| {{text anchor|PET}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to be [[Animal_trainer|tamed]] in Fortress mode. Prerequisite for all other working animal roles. Civilizations that encounter it in worldgen will tame and domesticate it for their own use. Adding this to civilization members will classify them as pets instead of citizens, with all the [[Fun|problems]] that entails. However, you can solve these problems using the popular plugin [https://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=13095| Dwarf Therapist], which is completely unaffected by the tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|PET_EXOTIC}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to be [[Animal_trainer|tamed]] in Fortress mode. Prequisite for all other working animal roles. Civilizations cannot domesticate it in worldgen, with certain exceptions. More difficult to tame?{{verify}} Adding this to civilization members will classify them as pets instead of citizens, with all the [[Fun|problems]] that entails. ([[Gremlin|Example]]).

|-
| {{text anchor|PETVALUE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| How valuable a tamed animal is. Actual cost in points in the embarking screen is 1+(PETVALUE/2) for an untrained animal, 1+PETVALUE for a war/hunting one.

|-
| {{text anchor|PETVALUE_DIVISOR}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Divides the creature's {{token|PETVALUE|c}} by the specified number. Used by [[honey bee]]s to prevent a single hive from being worth a fortune.

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_CAP_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*Cap %
|Default is 200. This means you can increase your attribute to 200% of its starting value (or the average value + your starting value if that is higher).

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_RANGE}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]]
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets up a [[Attribute#Body_attributes|physical attribute]]'s range of values (0-5000). All physical attribute ranges default to 200:700:900:1000:1100:1300:2000.

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*cost to improve
*unused counter rate
*rust counter rate
*demotion counter rate
| [[Attribute#Body_attributes|Physical attribute]] gain/decay rates. Lower numbers in the last three slots make decay occur faster. Defaults for STRENGTH, AGILITY, TOUGHNESS, and ENDURANCE are 500:3:4:3, while RECUPERATION and DISEASE_RESISTANCE default to 500:NONE:NONE:NONE.

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_BP_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, or BY_TOKEN
*body type, category, or token
| Adds a body part group to selected body part group. Presumably used immediately after {{token|SET_BP_GROUP|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*material
| Adds a material to selected materials. Used immediately after {{token|SELECT_MATERIAL|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|POP_RATIO}}
| Caste
|
*number (max 100000)
| Weighted population of caste; Lower is rarer. Not to be confused with {{token|FREQUENCY|c}}. A weight of 0 will{{version|51.06 experimental}} prevent a caste from spawning naturally. Regardless of pop ratio, [[Position token|Position]]s that only allow a certain caste can force it to spawn.

|-
| {{text anchor|POPULATION_NUMBER}}
| Creature
|
*min
*max
| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many of these creatures are present in each world map tile of the appropriate region. Defaults to 1:1 if not specified. If the creature's chosen {{token|CLUSTER_NUMBER|c}} happens to be larger, it will be used instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|POWER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the being to represent itself as a deity, allowing it to become the leader of a civilized group. Not used by any creatures in the vanilla game. Requires {{token|CAN_SPEAK|c}} to actually do anything more than settle at a location (e.g. write books, lead armies, profane temples). Doesn't appear to do anything for creatures that are already civilized. Once the creature ascends to a position of leadership, it will proceed to act as a standard ruler for their entity and fulfill the same functions (hold tournaments, tame creatures, etc.).

|-
| {{text anchor|PREFSTRING}}
| Creature
|
*string
| Sets what other creatures [[Preferences|prefer]] about this creature. "Urist likes dwarves for their beards." Multiple entries will be chosen from at random. Creatures lacking a PREFSTRING token will never appear under another's preferences.

|-
| {{text anchor|PROCEDURAL_CREATURE_GRAPHICS}}
| Creature
|
* [[Graphics_token#Basic_creature_sprite_types|Sprite type]] or Caste then sprite type
| Makes the creature have procedural graphics built for it, like forgotten beasts/demons/titans/experiments. Must be associated with PCG_LAYERING tokens.

|-
| {{text anchor|PROFESSION_NAME}}
| Creature
|
*[[Unit type token]] (Profession)
*singular
*plural
| The generic name for members of this profession, at the creature level. In order to give members of specific castes different names for professions, use {{token|CASTE_PROFESSION_NAME|c}} instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|PRONE_TO_RAGE}}
| Caste
|
*Chance
| Creature has a percentage chance to flip out at visible non-friendly creatures. Enraged creatures attack anything regardless of timidity and get a strength bonus to their hits. This is what makes [[badger]]s so hardcore.

|-
| {{text anchor|PUS}}
| Caste
|
* <[[material token]]>
* <[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
| The creature has pus. Specifies the stuff secreted by [[Health_care#Infection|infected wounds]].
|}

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==R==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|RELSIZE}}
| Caste
|
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*body category, type, or token
*Relsize
| Specifies a new relative size for a part than what is stated in the body plan. For example, dwarves have larger livers.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
| What the creature's [[remains]] are called.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
| What color the creature's [[remains]] are.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_ON_VERMIN_BITE_DEATH}}
| Caste
|
| Goes with {{token|VERMIN_BITE|c}} and {{token|DIE_WHEN_VERMIN_BITE|c}}, the vermin creature will leave remains on death when biting. Leaving this tag out will cause the creature to disappear entirely after it bites.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_UNDETERMINED}}
| Caste
|
| Nothing.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMOVE_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*material token
| Removes a material from the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMOVE_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*tissue token
| Removes a tissue from the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|RETRACT_INTO_BP}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY or BY_TOKEN
*body type, [[Body_token#CATEGORY|category]], or [[Body_token#BP|token]]
*Second person ("You") retract verb text
*Third person ("The giant snail") retract verb text
*Second person cancel retract text
*Third person cancel retract text
| The creature will retract into the specified body part(s) when threatened. It will be unable to move or attack, but enemies will only be able to attack the specified body part(s). When one of the specified body part is severed off, the creature automatically unretracts and cannot retract anymore. More than one body part can be selected by using BY_TYPE or BY_CATEGORY.

Second-person descriptions are used for adventurer mode natural ability. "<pro_pos>" can be used in the descriptions, being replaced with the proper pronoun (or lack thereof) in-game.

Undead curled up creatures are buggy, specifically those that retract into their upper bodies: [[echidna]]s, [[hedgehog]]s and [[pangolin]]s.{{bug|11463}}{{bug|10519}} The upper body is prevented from collapsing by a separate body part (the middle spine), which cannot be attacked when the creature is retracted. See {{token|PREVENTS_PARENT_COLLAPSE|bo}}. Living creatures eventually succumb to blood loss, but undead creatures do not. Giant creatures also take a very long time to bleed out.
|-
| {{text anchor|RETURNS_VERMIN_KILLS_TO_OWNER}}
| Creature
|
| Cat behavior. If it kills a vermin creature and has an owner, it carries the remains in its mouth and drops them at their feet. Requires {{token|HUNTS_VERMIN|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|ROOT_AROUND}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY or BY_TOKEN
*body type, [[Body_token#CATEGORY|category]], or [[Body_token#BP|token]]
*Second person ("You") verb text
*Third person ("The hen") verb text
| Creature will occasionally root around in the grass, looking for insects. Used for flavor in Adventurer Mode, spawns vermin edible for this creature in Fortress Mode. Creatures missing the specified body part will be unable to perform this action. The action produces a message (visible in adventure mode) in the form:

{{DFtext|[creature] [verb text] the [description of creature's location].|6:0}}

In adventure mode, the "rooting around" ability will be included in the "natural abilities" menu, represented by its second person verb text.

|}

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==S==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|SAVAGE}}
| Creature
|
| The creature will only show up in "savage" biomes. Has no effect on cavern creatures. Cannot be combined with {{token|GOOD|c}} or {{token|EVIL|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SECRETION}}
| Caste
|
*<[[material token]]>
*<[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
*BY_TOKEN / BY_CATEGORY / BY_TYPE
*<[[Body_token#BP|body part ID]]> / <[[Body_token#CATEGORY|category]]> or ALL / <type (e.g. [[Body_token#GRASP|GRASP]])>
*<[[Body_detail_plan_token#BP_LAYERS|tissue layer]]> or ALL
*<trigger>
| Causes the specified tissue layer(s) of the indicated body part(s) to secrete the designated material. A size 100 ('covering') [[contaminant]] is created over the affected body part(s) in its specified material state (and at the temperature appropriate to this state) when the trigger condition is met, as long as one of the secretory tissue layers is still intact. Valid triggers are:
*'''CONTINUOUS'''
Secretion occurs once every 40 [[time|ticks]] in [[fortress mode]], and every tick in [[adventurer mode]].
*'''EXERTION'''
Secretion occurs continuously (at the rate described above) whilst the creature is at minimum {{Tile|Tired|6:1}} following physical exertion. Note that this cannot occur if the creature has {{token|NOEXERT|c}}.
*'''EXTREME_EMOTION'''
Secretion occurs continuously (as above) whilst the creature is distressed. Cannot occur in creatures with {{token|NOEMOTION|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_ADDITIONAL_CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*<caste>
| Adds an additional previously defined caste to the selection. Used after {{token|SELECT_CASTE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*<caste> or ALL
| Selects a previously defined caste

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*<[[material token]]>
| Selects a locally defined material. Can be ALL.

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*tissue token
| Selects a tissue for editing.

|-
| {{text anchor|SEMIMEGABEAST}}
| Caste
|
| Essentially the same as {{token|MEGABEAST|c}}, but more of them are created during worldgen. See the [[semi-megabeast]] page for details.

|-
| {{text anchor|SENSE_CREATURE_CLASS}}
| Caste
|
* <[[Creature_token#CREATURE_CLASS|creature class]]>
* [[Tilesets|<tile value or character>]]
* [[Color#Color_values|<foreground color>:<background color>:<foreground brightness>]]
| Gives the creature the ability to sense creatures belonging to the specified [[Creature_token#CREATURE_CLASS|creature class]] even when they lie far beyond line of sight, including through walls and floors. It also appears to reduce or negate the combat penalty of [[Wound#Blindness|blind]] units when fighting creatures they can sense. In [[adventure mode]], the specified tile will be used to represent sensed creatures when they cannot be seen directly.

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_BP_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*selection criteria BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*category, type, or token
| Begins a selection of body parts.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_LEARN_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*<[[skill_token]]>
*<percentage>
| The rate at which this creature learns this skill. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_LEARN_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*<percentage>
| The rate at which this creature learns all skills. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*[[skill_token]]
*<% of improvement points gained>
*<unused counter rate>
*<rust counter rate>
*<demotion counter rate>
| Like {{token|SKILL_RATES|c}}, but applies to individual skills instead. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*<% of improvement points gained>
*<unused counter rate>
*<rust counter rate>
*<demotion counter rate>
| Affects skill gain and decay. Lower numbers in the last three slots make decay occur faster ([SKILL_RATES:100:1:1:1] would cause rapid decay). The counter rates may also be replaced with NONE.
Default is [SKILL_RATES:100:8:16:16]. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RUST_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*[[skill_token]]
*value
*value
*value
| The rate at which this skill decays. Lower values cause the skill to decay faster. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RUST_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*value
*value
*value
| The rate at which all skills decay. Lower values cause the skills to decay faster. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SLAIN_CASTE_SPEECH}}
| Caste
|
*[[Speech file|text set]]
| Caste-specific {{token|SLAIN_SPEECH|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SLAIN_SPEECH}}
| Creature
|
*[[Speech file|text set]]
| Boasting speeches relating to killing this creature. Examples include [[text_dwarf.txt/raw|text_dwarf.txt]] (<code>[SLAIN_SPEECH:SLAIN_DWARF]</code>) and text_elf.txt (<code>[SLAIN_SPEECH:SLAIN_ELF]</code>) in data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects.

|-
| {{text anchor|SLOW_LEARNER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to learn skills without making the creature be considered sapient, though only at half of the normal rate (equivalent to {{token|SKILL_LEARN_RATES|c|50}}). All creatures that use this token in vanilla use it alongside {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}, so it is not well known what it does by itself. Used by a number of 'primitive' creatures (like [[ogre]]s, [[giant]]s and [[troglodyte]]s) in the vanilla game. Prevents a player from recruiting nobility, even basic ones. (clarify?) Creatures with this token combined with {{token|EVIL|c}} can become domesticated by civilizations with {{token|USE_EVIL_ANIMALS|e}}, as seen commonly with goblin civilizations domesticating [[troll]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|SMALL_REMAINS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature leaves "[[item token#REMAINS|remains]]" instead of a corpse. Used by [[vermin]].

|-
| {{text anchor|SMELL_TRIGGER}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Determines how keen a creature's sense of smell is - lower is better. At 10000, a creature cannot smell at all.

|-
| {{text anchor|SOLDIER_ALTTILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| If this creature is active in its civilization's military, it will blink between its default tile and this one.

|-
| {{text anchor|SOUND}}
| Caste
|
* Sound application (currently accepts ALERT or PEACEFUL_INTERMITTENT)
* Sound range (in tiles)
* Sound delay (lower values = sound is produced more often)
* VOCALIZATION or NONE (determines whether the sound requires breathing or not)
* First-person description
* Third-person description
* Description when out of sight
| Creature makes sounds periodically, which can be heard in Adventure mode.
* First-person reads "You '''bark'''"
* Third-person reads "The [[capybara]] '''barks'''"
* Out of sight reads "You hear '''a loud bark'''"
with the text in bold being the description arguments of the token.

|-
| {{text anchor|SOURCE_HFID}}
| Creature
|
*Integer
| Found on generated [[angel]]s. This is the historical figure ID of the deity with which the angel is associated. Since HFIDs are not predictable before worldgen, this isn't terribly usable in non-lua mods.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIFIC_FOOD}}
| Caste
|
* PLANT or CREATURE
* Plant/creature ID
| Creature will only appear in biomes with this plant or creature available. Grazers given a specific type of grass (such as [[panda]]s and [[bamboo]]) will only eat that grass and nothing else, risking starvation if there's none available.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPHERE}}
| Creature
|
* [[Sphere#Available_spheres|sphere]]
| Sets what religious spheres the creature is aligned to, for purposes of being worshipped via the {{token|POWER|c}} token. Affects the creature's name. Creatures with spheres opposed to Death (ie: HEALING, LONGEVITY, YOUTH) will be much less likely to pursue the secrets of life and death.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGET}}
| Caste
|
| This creature can be converted by a night creature with {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERTER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPOUSE_CONVERTER}}
| Caste
|
| If the creature has the {{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}} tag, it will kidnap {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGET|c}}s and transform them into the caste of its species with the {{token|CONVERTED_SPOUSE|c}} tag during worldgen. It may also start families this way.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPREAD_EVIL_SPHERES_IF_RULER}}
| Caste
|
| If the creature rules over a [[site]], it will cause the local landscape to be corrupted into [[Surroundings#Evil|evil surroundings]] associated with the creature's [[Creature_token#SPHERE|sphere]]s. The creature must have at least one of the following [[sphere]]s for this to take effect: BLIGHT, DEATH, DISEASE, DEFORMITY, NIGHTMARES. The first three kill vegetation, while the others sometimes do. The last two get [[Plant_token#EVIL|evil plants]] and [[Creature_token#EVIL|evil animals]] sometimes. NIGHTMARES gets [[bogeyman|bogeymen]]. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8162224#msg8162224] Used by [[demon]]s in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|STANCE_CLIMBER}}
| Caste
|
| Caste does not require <code>[[Body_token#GRASP|[GRASP]]]</code> body parts to climb -- it can climb with <code>[[Body_token#STANCE|[STANCE]]]</code> parts instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|STANDARD_GRAZER}}
| Caste
|
| Acts as {{token|GRAZER|c}} but set to 20000*G*(max size)^(-3/4), where G defaults to 100 but can be set in d_init, and the whole thing is trapped between 150 and 3 million. Used for all grazers in the default creature raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|STRANGE_MOODS}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will get [[strange mood]]s in fortress mode and can produce artifacts.

|-
| {{text anchor|SUPERNATURAL}}
| Caste
|
| Gives the creature knowledge of any secrets with <code>[[Interaction_token#IS_SECRET|[SUPERNATURAL_LEARNING_POSSIBLE]]]</code> that match its [[Creature_token#SPHERE|spheres]] and also prevents it from becoming a [[vampire]] or [[werebeast]]. Other effects are unknown.

|-
| {{text anchor|SWIMS_INNATE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature naturally knows how to swim perfectly and does not use the [[swimmer]] skill, as opposed to {{token|SWIMS_LEARNED|c}} below. However, Fortress mode AI never paths into water anyway, so it's less useful there.

|-
| {{text anchor|SWIMS_LEARNED}}
| Caste
|
| The creature swims only as well as their present [[Swimmer|swimming skill]] allows them to.

|-
| {{text anchor|SYNDROME_DILUTION_FACTOR}}
| Caste
| <[[Syndrome#SYN_IDENTIFIER|syndrome identifier]]>:<percentage>
| Dilutes the effects of syndromes which have the specified identifier. A percentage of 100 is equal to the regular syndrome effect severity, higher percentages reduce severity.
|}

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==T==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|TENDONS}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
*healing rate
| The creature has tendons in its {{token|CONNECTIVE_TISSUE_ANCHOR|td}} tissues (bone or chitin by default). Cutting the bone/chitin tissue severs the tendons, disabling motor function if the target is a limb.

|-
| {{text anchor|THICKWEB}}
| Caste
|
| The creature's [[web]]s can catch larger creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*name
| Begins defining a tissue in the creature file. Follow this with standard tissue definition tokens to define the tissue properties.

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
*LOCATION
| Adds the tissue layer to wherever it is required.
Non-argument Locations can be FRONT, RIGHT, LEFT, TOP, BOTTOM. Argument locations are AROUND and CLEANS, requiring a further body part and a % of coverage/cleansing

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_OVER}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
*LOCATION
| Alias for TISSUE_LAYER

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
| Adds the tissue layer under a given part.
For example, an [[iron man]] has a gaseous poison within, and this tissue (GAS is its name) has the token [TISSUE_LEAKS] and its state is GAS, so when you puncture the iron outside and damage this tissue it leaks gas (can have a syndrome by using a previous one in the creature sample.) [TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:{tissue}] {tissue} is what will be under the TISSUE_LAYER; here is an example Tissue from the Iron Man: 
[TISSUE:GAS] [TISSUE_NAME:gas:NP] [TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:GAS] [TISSUE_MAT_STATE:GAS] [RELATIVE_THICKNESS:50] [TISSUE_LEAKS] [TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]

|-
| {{text anchor|TITAN}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[titan]]s. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRADE_CAPACITY}}
| Caste
|
*number
| How much the creature can carry when used by merchants. 1000 by default. Completely ignored if the animal does not also have PACK_ANIMAL or WAGON, instead using BODY_SIZE^(2/3)/20, even if they're a pack animal due to ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PACK_ANIMAL.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Shortcut for {{token|TRAINABLE_HUNTING|c}} + {{token|TRAINABLE_WAR|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE_HUNTING}}
| Caste
|
| Can be [[Animal trainer|trained]] as a hunting beast, increasing speed.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE_WAR}}
| Caste
|
| Can be [[Animal trainer|trained]] as a war beast, increasing strength and endurance.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRANCES}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to go into [[martial trance]]s. Used by dwarves in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAPAVOID}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will never trigger [[trap]]s it steps on. Used by a [[Trapavoid|number of creatures]]. Doesn't make the creature immune to remotely activated traps (like retractable spikes being triggered while the creature is standing over them). TRAPAVOID creatures lose this power if they're immobilized while standing in a trap, be it by stepping on thick web, being paralyzed or being knocked unconscious.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRIGGERABLE_GROUP}}
| Creature
|
*min
*max
| A large swarm of vermin can be disturbed, usually in adventurer mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|TSU_NOUN}}
| Caste
|
*noun
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| Noun for the {{token|TISSUE_STYLE_UNIT|c}}, used in the description of the tissue layer's style.
|}

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==U==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|UBIQUITOUS}}
| Creature
|
| Creature will occur in every region with the correct biome. Does not apply to {{token|EVIL|c}}/{{token|GOOD|c}} tags. Supersedes {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} for the purposes of distributing populations through the map, they are present in every part of the valid biome. Respects {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} for the frequency of unit [[Creature token#CLUSTER_NUMBER|cluster]] spawns being of this species.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNDERGROUND_DEPTH}}
| Creature
|
*mindepth
*maxdepth
| Depth that the creature appears underground. Numbers can be from 0 to 5. 0 is actually 'above ground' and can be used if the creature is to appear both above and below ground. Values from 1-3 are the respective [[cavern]] levels, 4 is the [[magma sea]] and 5 is the [[HFS]]. A single argument may be used instead of min and max. [[Demon]]s use only 5:5; user-defined creatures with both this depth and {{token|FLIER}} will take part in the initial wave from the HFS alongside generated demons, but without {{token|FLIER}} they will only spawn from the map edges. Civilizations that can use underground plants or animals will only export (via the embark screen or caravans) things that are available at depth 1.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNDERSWIM}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is displayed as blue when in [[Water#Depth|7/7 water]]. Used on fish and amphibious creatures which swim under the water.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNIQUE_DEMON}}
| Caste
|
| Found on generated [[demon]]s; causes the game to create a single named instance of the demon, per caste, which will emerge from the underworld and take over civilizations during worldgen.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*new caste token
*old caste token
| Defines a new caste derived directly from a previous caste. The new caste inherits all properties of the old one. The effect of this tag is automatic if one has not yet defined any castes: "Any caste-level tag that occurs before castes are explicitly declared is saved up and placed on any caste that is declared later, unless the caste is explicitly derived from another caste."
Roostre: "When DF detects duplicate tokens in the raws of the same object, a failsafe seems to kick in; it takes the bottom-most of the duplicates, and disregards the others. In the case of tokens added by a mod, it prioritizes the duplicate in the mod." This means that if a tag is defined in the base-caste and redefined in the derived caste, the derived tag overwrites the base tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*new material ID
*old material ID
| Defines a new local creature material and populates it with all properties defined in the specified local creature material. A maximum of 200 materials can be defined on any given creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE}}
| Creature
|
*new material token
*material template
| Defines a new local creature material and populates it with all properties defined in the specified template. A maximum of 200 materials can be defined on any given creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*new tissue token
*old tissue id
| Defines a new local creature tissue and populates it with all properties defined in the local tissue specified in the second argument.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_TISSUE_TEMPLATE}}
| Creature
|
*new tissue token
*tissue template
| Loads a tissue template listed in OBJECT:TISSUE_TEMPLATE files, such as tissue_template_default.txt.

|-
| {{text anchor|UTTERANCES}}
| Creature
|
| Changes the language of the creature into unintelligible 'kobold-speak', which creatures of other species will be unable to understand. If a civilized creature has this and is not part of a {{token|SKULKING|e}} civ, it will tend to start wars with all nearby civilizations and will be unable to make peace treaties due to 'inability to communicate'.
|}

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==V==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|VEGETATION}}
| Caste
|
| Like {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE}}, but also makes the creature more valued in artwork by civilisations with the PLANT [[sphere]]. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8316954#msg8316954] Used by [[grimeling]]s in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_BITE}}
| Caste
|
*chance of occurrence{{verify}}
*verb (bitten, stung, etc.)
* [[material token]]
* [[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]
| Enables vermin to bite other creatures, injecting the specified material. See {{token|SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT|c}} for details about injection - this token presumably works in a similar manner.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_EATER}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin creature will attempt to eat exposed food. See {{token|PENETRATEPOWER|c}}. Distinct from {{token|VERMIN_ROTTER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_FISH}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin appears in [[water]] and will attempt to swim around. Required to catch the vermin with [[fishing]] or [[Fishery|capturing a live fish]].

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_GROUNDER}}
| Creature
|
| The creature appears in "general" surface ground locations. Note that this doesn't stop the creature from flying if it can (most vermin birds have this tag).

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_HATEABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Some dwarves will [[Preferences|hate]] the creature and get unhappy thoughts when around it. See the [[Hateable|list of hateable vermin]] for details.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_MICRO}}
| Caste
|
| This makes the creature move in a swarm of creatures of the same race as it (e.g. swarm of flies, swarm of ants).

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOFISH}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot be caught by [[fishing]].

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOROAM}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will not be observed randomly roaming about the map.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOTRAP}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot be caught in baited [[animal trap]]s; however, a "[[Trapper|catch live land animal]]" task may still be able to capture one if a dwarf finds one roaming around.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_ROTTER}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin are attracted to rotting stuff and loose food left in the open and cause unhappy thoughts to dwarves who encounter them. Present on flies, knuckle worms, acorn flies, and blood gnats.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_SOIL}}
| Creature
|
| The creature randomly appears near dirt or mud, and may be uncovered by creatures that have the {{token|ROOT_AROUND|c}} interaction such as [[goose|geese]] and [[chicken]]s. Dwarves will ignore the creature when given the "Capture live land animal" task.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_SOIL_COLONY}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin will appear in a single tile cluster of many vermin, such as a colony of ants.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMINHUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| Old shorthand for "does cat stuff". Contains {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE|c}} + {{token|RETURNS_VERMIN_KILLS_TO_OWNER|c}} + {{token|HUNTS_VERMIN|c}} + {{token|ADOPTS_OWNER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|VESPERTINE}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear in the evening (between 8:00 PM and 10:05 PM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|VIEWRANGE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Value should determine how close you have to get to a critter before it attacks (or prevents adv mode travel etc.) Default is 20.

|-
| {{text anchor|VISION_ARC}}
| Caste
|
*binocular vision arc
*non-binocular vision arc
| The width of the creature's vision arcs, in degrees (i.e. 0 to 360). The first number is binocular vision, the second is non-binocular vision. Binocular vision has a minimum of about 10 degrees, monocular, a maximum of about 350 degrees. Values past these limits will be accepted, but will default to ~10 degrees and ~350 degrees respectively. Defaults are 60:120.
|}

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==W==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|WAGON_PULLER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to pull caravan wagons. If a civilization doesn't have access to any, it is restricted to trading with pack animals.

|-
| {{text anchor|WEBBER}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
| Allows the creature to create [[web]]s, and defines what the webs are made of.

|-
| {{text anchor|WEBIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will not get caught in thick [[web]]s. Used by creatures who can shoot thick webs (such as [[giant cave spider]]s) in order to make them immune to their own attacks.
|}

==Attack Tokens==

Attacks can use four different part selection criteria. Except for TISSUE_LAYER, the base game makes use of all of these in its attacks.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Part type token
! width="30%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|BODYPART}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
| This attack uses a particular body part; for example, ATTACK:PUNCH:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:GRASP will make it use any part that can hold onto an object.

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* tissue layer
| This attack uses a specific tissue layer on a specific body part; ATTACK:SCRATCH:TISSUE_LAYER:BY_TYPE:GRASP:BONE will make it use the bone of the hands.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
| Uses a body part that is subordinate to another; ATTACK:SLAP:CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ARM_LOWER:BY_TYPE:GRASP will make it use every hand attached to each lower arm (so it will generate one attack per lower arm, each of which will use every hand on that arm, assuming there are multiple hands per arm).

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILD_TISSUE_LAYER_GROUP}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* tissue layer
| As CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP, but specifying a tissue, too; ATTACK:BITE:CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:HEAD:BY_CATEGORY:TOOTH

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_SKILL}}
| Caste
|
*[[Skill token]]
| Defines the skill used by the attack.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_VERB}}
| Caste
|
*2nd person
*3rd person
| Descriptive text for the attack.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*% value
| The contact area of the attack, measured in % of the body part's volume. Note that all attack percentages can be more than 100%.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*% value
| The penetration value of the attack, measured in % of the body part's volume. Requires ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE. Maximum value: 15000.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PRIORITY}}
| Caste
|
*MAIN or SECOND
| Usage frequency. MAIN attacks are 100 times more frequently chosen than SECOND. Opportunity attacks ignore this preference.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_VELOCITY_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*number
| The velocity multiplier of the attack, multiplied by 1000.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_CANLATCH}}
| Caste
|
| Attacks that damage tissue have the chance to latch on in a wrestling hold. The grabbing bodypart can then use the "shake around" wrestling move, causing severe, armor-bypassing tensile damage according to the attacker's body volume.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_WITH}}
| Caste
|
| Displays the name of the body part used to perform an attack while announcing it, e.g. "The weaver punches the bugbat with his right hand".

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE}}
| Caste
|
| The attack is edged, with all the effects on physical resistance and contact area that it entails.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER}}
| Caste
|
* Preparation time
* Recovery time
| Determines the length of time to prepare this attack and until one can perform this attack again. Values appear to be calculated in adventure mode ticks.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_BAD_MULTIATTACK}}
| Caste
|
| Multiple strikes with this attack cannot be performed effectively.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_INDEPENDENT_MULTIATTACK}}
| Caste
|
| Multiple strikes with this attack can be performed with no penalty. The creature will use all attacks with this token at once.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT}}
| Caste
|
*<[[material token]]>
*<[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
*<min quantity>
*<max quantity>
| When added to an attack, causes the attack to inject the specified material into the victim's bloodstream. Once injected, the material will participate in [[temperature|thermal]] exchange within the creature - injecting something like molten [[iron]] (INORGANIC:IRON:LIQUID) would cause most unmodded creatures to melt (note that some of the injected material also [[contaminant|splatters]] over the bodypart used to carry out the attack, so it should be protected appropriately). If the injected material has an associated [[syndrome]] with the [[Syndrome#SYN_INJECTED|[SYN_INJECTED]]] token, it will be transmitted to the victim. If the attack is blunt, the injected material lacks the [[Material definition token#ENTERS_BLOOD|[ENTERS_BLOOD]]] token, the attacked bodypart has no [[Tissue_definition_token#VASCULAR|[VASCULAR]]] tissues, or the victim is bloodless, the material will splatter over the attacked body part instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_INTERACTION}}
| Caste
|
*interaction
| When this attack lands successfully, a specified interaction will take effect on the target creature. The attack must break the target creature's skin in order to work. This will take effect in worldgen as well. If the attack would break skin, the interaction will occur '''before the attack actually lands'''.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_SUCK_BLOOD}}
| Caste
|
*min
*max
| Successful attack draws out an amount of blood randomized between the min and max value. Beware that this '''will''' trigger any ingestion syndromes attached to the target creature's blood - for example, using this attack on a vampire will turn you into one too.
|}

==Tissue Layer Tokens==
Tissue layers are added to a creature's body parts by the creature tokens [[#TISSUE_LAYER|TISSUE_LAYER]], [[#TISSUE_LAYER_OVER|TISSUE_LAYER_OVER]], [[#TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER|TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER]], and the body detail plan token [[#TL_LAYERS|TL_LAYERS]].

These tissue layers are not the same thing as tissues, which are defined at creature level, but rather applications of the tissues. If the SKIN tissue of a creature is the more general and abstract notion of what skin is for that creature, then a tissue layer may be the "actual" skin on the creature's nose, head, or second toe. As most creatures have more than one body part, tissue layers are normally selected en masse.

Some tissue layer tokens are analogous to tissue definition tokens, e.g. [[#TL_CONNECTS|TL_CONNECTS]] to [[tissue_definition_token#CONNECTS|CONNECTS]].

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token | Selects a tissue at a location
* (optional) FRONT, BACK, LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, BOTTOM, AROUND.
| Begins a selection of tissue layers.
[SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER:HEART:BY_TYPE:HEART]

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
| Adds tissue layers to those selected.

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_TL_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
*tissue
| Begins a selection of tissue layers. Only usable for descriptor and cosmetic purposes.

Research has implied it may be redundant with SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER, as the latter allows for cosmetics as well as "functional" tokens such as TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES. Vanilla raws still use SET_TL_GROUP though, for all cosmetic purposes. More research is needed on this subject.

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_TL_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
*tissue
| Adds tissue layers to those selected. Like SET_TL_GROUP, it may be redundant even if used in the vanilla raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_LAYER_TISSUE}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
| Sets a selected tissue layer to be made of a different tissue.

|-
| {{text anchor|SHEARABLE_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
* tissue modifier
* required value
| Tissue layer can be sheared for its component material. The specified modifier must be at least of the desired value for shearing to be possible (for example, a [[llama]]'s wool must have a LENGTH of 300 before it is shearable).

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*QUALITY
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets the range of qualities, including LENGTH, DENSE, HIGH_POSITION, CURLY, GREASY, WRINKLY

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_STYLE_UNIT}}
| Caste
|
*tissue style unit ID
*shaping
| Sets tissue layer to be the target of TISSUE_STYLE token specified for an entity, works only on entity members. Mostly used with tissues HAIR, BEARD, MOUSTACHE, SIDEBURNS.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_COLOR_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*COLOR
*freq
*COLOR
*freq etc.
| Creates a list of colors/color patterns, giving each a relative frequency. If the given color or pattern does not exist, the tissue is described as being "transparent".

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_GENETIC_MODEL}}
| Caste
|
| The way the color modifier is passed on to offspring. May or may not work right now.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_IMPORTANCE}}
| Caste
|
*number
| Presumably modifies the importance of the tissue layer color modifier, for description purposes.
HOWEVER using this appears to remove all mention of colour from creature descriptions. It does not appear in any default creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_NOUN}}
| Caste
|
*name
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| Names the tissue layer color modifier, and determines the noun. Also used by [[Utility:Stonesense|Stonesense]] for colouring body parts.

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_TIMING}}
| Caste
|
*ROOT
*start change window years
*days
*end change window years
*days
| Determines the point in the creature's life when the color change begins and ends.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_CONNECTS}}
| Caste
|
| Gives the CONNECTS attribute to selected layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_HEALING_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Changes the HEALING_RATE of the selected tissue layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES}}
| Caste
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==See Also==
*[[Body detail plan token]]
*[[Body token]]
*[[Material definition token]]
*[[Syndrome]]
*[[Tissue definition token]]
*[[Creature examples]]

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Plump helmet man

2026-07-24T19:14:34Z

ASpatula66:

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'''Plump helmet men''' are humanoid, intelligent versions of [[plump helmet]]s who can be found at the second and third layers of the [[caverns]]. They are nearly as large as [[dwarf|dwarves]] and spawn in groups of 3-5 individuals who meander about aimlessly. They are non-hostile and generally harmless, and if confronted in combat, are easily dispatched by the average dwarf, as their boneless mushroom composition is very fragile to damage. However, uncivilized plump helmet men can easily get into fights with both cats and dogs, so be careful if your fortress has a lot of pets.

Plump helmet men are featureless - they have no mouth, nose, ears or eyes, though they can still see through {{token|EXTRAVISION|c}}. They are composed of fungal material called 'plump helmet man tissue' which is, according to the raws, edible, though plump helmet men cannot be [[butcher]]ed or eaten due to being intelligent beings. Due to ''Dwarf Fortress''' item naming system, they turn into "Plump helmet man plump helmet man tissue" when they die. While generally fragile, they are also remarkably resistant to [[fire]] and [[magma]] - Dwarven Science Experiments have shown that they can live for several seasons while submerged in 7/7 magma (while on fire). Additionally, they possess the {{token|NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT|c}} token, meaning that their limbs do not need to be connected to a brain in order to function (they do not have brains), and possess the {{token|SWIMS_INNATE|c}} token, which means that they can swim perfectly without needing the [[swimmer]] skill.

Plump helmet men are similar to [[savage]] [[animal people]] in that they can join [[civilization]]s, normally being found in dwarven factions where they'll become full-fledged citizens. Plump helmet men are playable in [[adventurer mode]], but come with one major disadvantage compared to other races; they cannot [[Talking|speak]] (they lack the {{token|CAN_SPEAK|c}} token, evident by them having no mouths), meaning they can't receive quests, trade or hire companions, among other things, which severely limits their ability to interact with others. Going on a murderous rampage as a purple mushroom man is still fair game, though, provided you keep their relative fragility in mind.

Unlike most creatures, plump helmet men can't be spawned in the [[object testing arena]], as they possess the {{token|ARENA_RESTRICTED|c}} token.

Some dwarves [[Preferences|like]] plump helmet men for their ''similarity with food''.
[[File:plump_helmet_men.jpg|thumb|300px|center|Sometimes get made fun of because they're purple. ''Art by kruggsmash'']]

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Plump helmet men are known for their clever jokes and games, as well as their innocent, almost childlike nature. This has led to them being universally beloved by all sentient creatures of the world, as well as dwarves, who find them both sweeter and more succulent than the farm-grown variety. For years, dwarves have been trying to find a way to brew these majestic creatures alive, but the scientific effort has been frustrated by the tendency of dwarven brewers to pounce on any plump helmet man they see and eat their way through the still-living myconid in an orgy of mushroom juice and drool.

However, beneath the dumb exterior, they have a darker side. They are secretly geniuses, who strive constantly to escape.

(Source: [[Main:Dwarf_Fortress_webcomics#The_Littlest_Cheesemaker|The Littlest Cheesemaker]])


[[Intelligent_undead|Intelligent undead]] warrior from far away land often tells story about plump helmet men. Said group of plump helmet men usually lives in surface forest or underground, near a lake surrounded by ash. They are known to be legendary strikers.

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Construct creature

2026-07-24T19:12:52Z

ASpatula66: Blizzard men and plump helmet men, despite being named similarly to the other creatures on this page, don't really share many characteristics with them. I do not think they belong here. Also this article is pretty vague.

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[[File:construct_creatures_preview.png|right]]'''Construct creature''' is an unofficial term used{{verify}} by some members of the ''Dwarf Fortress'' community to refer to humanoid [[creature]]s that, while similar to [[animal people]], are derived from non-animal concepts. This is a bit of a fuzzy term, as the game itself doesn't have the concept of construct creatures (i.e. it doesn't treat them separately), so for the purposes of this page, any creature with a name in the format of "[somethingorother] man" counts (so, for example, [[bronze colossus]]es wouldn't count).

The following construct creatures exist:
* [[File:amethyst_man_sprite.png|16px]] / {{Tile|M|5:0:1}} [[Amethyst man]]
* [[File:blood_man_sprite.png|16px]] / {{Tile|M|4:0:0}} [[Blood man]]
* [[File:fire_man_sprite.png|16px]] / {{Tile|M|4:0:1}} [[Fire man]]
* [[File:gabbro_man_sprite.png|16px]] / {{Tile|M|0:0:1}} [[Gabbro man]]
* [[File:iron_man_sprite.png|16px]] / {{Tile|M|0:0:1}} [[Iron man]]
* [[File:magma_man_sprite.png|16px]] / {{Tile|M|4:0:1}} [[Magma man]]
* [[File:mud_man_sprite.png|16px]] / {{Tile|M|6:0:0}} [[Mud man]]

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Clothing

2026-07-23T19:07:39Z

ASpatula66: rat leather does exist. I'm not entirely sure whether it can appear in-game, but i've seen stuff like prepared fly brains show up so probably.

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:''For making clothes, see [[Textile industry]]''
:''For clothing coverage, see [[Armor#Types of protection]]''
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'''Clothes''' are items made out of [[cloth]], [[silk]], or [[leather]], and worn and owned by sapient creatures. The availability of specific articles of clothing varies by civilization; each has its own set of clothing that it can produce. For example, in Fortress mode, sandals and shoes are in the same clothing class, but dwarves can produce only the latter, whereas sandals would have to be stripped off dead or captured enemies. Dwarven clothing is gender-insensitive; a male dwarf may well put on a dress, a female can certainly wear trousers.

Within the game engine, there is no fundamental difference between clothing and [[armor]], something accentuated by regular clothing's ability to occasionally block attacks. Clothes wear out over time. Some wearable leather items, including leather armor, helms, and boots truly are armor and will not be worn by civilians. Armor can be thought of as metal clothing, thicker and having a much better chance of blocking attacks. However, armor is not subject to standard wear and will not be automatically equipped by civilians. For details on specific items of clothing and their materials, see: [[Armor#Material_requirements]].

Though many creatures, including non-humanoids, can wear all kinds of clothing, in terms of portraits, it is only dwarves, [[human]]s, [[elf|elves]], [[kobold]]s and [[goblin]]s that will visually appear wearing different articles of clothing. This is because those aforementioned races have dedicated sprite sheets for each of them. While other creatures ''can'' wear clothes, it won't appear on their portraits, but will appear on their sprites. Clicking on them and checking their inventory can show they are wearing something, even if it realistically doesn't make sense.

Graphically, the sprite of someone's clothing will resemble their occupation, this can be changed in the options so that the clothing is always represented by the dye. When selecting the creature and viewing their possessions, clothes will appear with their true colors, which is also easily seen if the creature has a portrait that shows the clothing they have, as well as their quality. In the [[object testing arena]], when spawning creatures, any visible clothes on sprites will be completely randomized to help differentiate individuals. However, clothing colors in portraits and sprite icons of spawned individuals in the arena will have their default, generic colors.

== Uses ==
[[File:dwarf_clothes_preview.png|right]]The primary reason that civilians wear clothing is for modesty, see the [[Clothing#Thoughts|thoughts]] section below for details. Some dwarves will also [[need]] to be extravagant, so clothing with [[quality]] or [[decoration]] bonuses will satisfy that. A particular benefit of footwear is to keep your dwarves from stepping barefoot in [[contaminant]]s that can be dangerous.

Due to the multiple [[value]] modifiers that can apply to finished clothing, they can be useful as a [[trade]] good - even tattered clothing can fetch a fair price, so such clothes can be useful twice.

Clothing provides much less protection against attacks than armor, especially from metal weapons, but leather clothing can provide significant protection from smaller animal attacks. Currently, clothing provides no protection from cold environments. As mentioned before, the quality of upper body clothes can be seen in portraits of some individuals, such as the created characters in [[Adventure mode]]. Before starting a game in said mode, the player can choose any type of wearable item for themselves, at the cost of points. In these character portraits, the quality of clothes can be easily seen, as the piece of clothing will appear to be more lavishly decorated the higher the quality is. This can be seen in the image below:

[[File:coat_quality_preview.png|thumb|708px|center|From left to right, the human's coat's levels of quality are standard, -well-crafted-, +finely-crafted+, *superior quality*, =exceptional=, ☼masterful☼ and artifact.]]

When creating a character in Adventure Mode, the player has the choice of choosing the quality of some clothing and weapons by clicking [[File:quality_increase_button.png|16px]] and [[File:quality_decrease_button.png|16px]], with higher quality levels costing more points. Note that some articles of clothing will not show a unique graphic for every level of quality, and the player can never choose the artifact quality from the start.

== Creation ==
Clothing can be made from cloth at a [[clothier's shop]] or leather at a [[leather works]]. It will be [[size]]d for the creature that does the job, see the size section next for details. Dye cannot be applied to clothing - to make dyed clothes, the cloth used to make clothes or the thread used to make the cloth must be dyed first. Clothing usually worn in pairs, like mittens, shoes and socks, will be made in pairs, though the quality levels of the two created items can differ. Currently, any clothing job consumes one whole unit of cloth or leather, regardless of the size of the piece(s) produced.

To maximize value, use a custom stockpile to collect high-quality dyed cloth and link it to a clothier's workshop producing dresses or robes, and assign the workshop to a skilled worker.

Remember that certain items produced at a [[leather works]] constitute leather [[armor]] rather than clothing. This includes "leather armor" (referring to leather upper-body armor), leather leggings, leather boots (high and low), and leather helms. This distinction is significant because these items will not be automatically picked up and equipped by civilians, will not wear out (but can of course suffer wear in combat), and must be stored in [[armor]] stockpiles rather than [[finished goods]] stockpiles as detailed below.

== Size ==
Clothing and armor all have a size associated with them, and equipment made for one size of creature cannot be worn by sufficiently larger or smaller creatures - the acceptable range is between ±1/7th of the creature's size. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140544.msg6843526#msg6843526][http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8284471#msg8284471] For dwarves, this applies to clothes and armor worn by humans and [[troll]]s (which will appear to be ''large''*) as well as kobolds (which will appear to be ''small''); goblins and [[elf|elves]] are the same size as dwarves, so their clothing and armor can be equipped rather than being limited to [[Melt item|melt]]ing (in the case of metal armor) or using as [[trade]] goods (especially once [[Decoration|decorate]]d).

:''(*) Note one exception due to terminology: items made from leather from [[large rat]]s will appear as "large rat leather ______". Large gloves made from large rat leather would be "large large rat leather gloves." Regular "rat leather" does exist, though it cannot be created in fortress mode due to rats being unbutcherable vermin. However it may show up rarely from offsite sources, in which case it could perhaps cause some minor confusion.''

Any clothing/armor that isn't ''large'' or ''small'' is one-size-fits-all, and can be worn by any dwarf, from the smallest child to the biggest adult.

Your dwarves can create clothing and armor in any size to accommodate the needs of non-dwarven fortress residents. To do so, request the clothing or armor to be made from their respective workshops, then click [[File:Mag glass icon.png]] for the task in the workshop or in the work order menu to specify the size. Alternatively, clothing made by a creature will be automatically sized for that creature. Sizing clothing for cougar or hyena men allows it to be worn by both humans and the dwarf-sized races.

== Storage ==
Clothes are [[finished goods]], and will be stored in a finished goods [[stockpile]] if not claimed by dwarves, optionally in [[bin]]s. Items of clothing can be filtered within a stockpile according to where they are worn on the body, and are classified as armor (referring to upper-body clothing, not protective [[armor]] which must be stored in an [[armor]] [[stockpile]]), handwear, footwear, headwear, or legwear.

Dwarves will store their personal clothing in their [[zone|room]]s, either directly on the floor, or in [[cabinet]]s. [[personality facet#ORDERLINESS|Tidy]] (aka orderly) dwarves will rarely relinquish their tattered clothing, instead accumulating a large collection of worn clothes in their rooms. Owned clothing cannot be claimed or hauled by other dwarves, though if not currently worn or in the owners quarters, it will eventually revert to unowned after one season, making it available.

Note that owned clothing stored in [[cabinet]]s zoned as part of a dwarf bedroom will never revert to an unowned state in the current version, which can lead to a large amount of tattered clothing gradually accumulating throughout you fortress [[bedroom]]s. See the bugs section below for more information.

== Wear ==
[[File:wearing_clothes_example.png|thumb|300px|right|The clothing of a dwarf child... that has recently touched alcohol.]]Clothing [[wear]]s out over time; while worn, it gains one level of wear every ten years. (This is a change from previous versions, where worn clothing gained one level of wear every two years.) While stored properly, either in a (non-refuse) stockpile or a dwarf's personal quarters, it will degrade very slowly (one wear level per century, automatically reduced to one wear level per 20 years if using [[DFHack]]). Worn clothing can quickly begin accumulating in a high population fort, and can be traded away or destroyed. Note that [[Item_quality#Quality_grades|masterful]] items of clothing destroyed via [[atom smasher]] or magma may generate unhappy thoughts for its creator, even if the item is worn out.

Note that clothing can also be damaged if the wearer takes damage, especially if the attack penetrates or from harder materials - this is true even for clothing made from [[Adamantine|special]] cloth.

Dwarves will try to replace their worn clothing themselves, if appropriate clothing is available in the fortress. ([http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=124350.msg4133470#msg4133470 supporting bay12 forum post])

===== Managing clothing =====
Producing new clothing sufficient to keep up with the demands of the dwarves of a large and bustling fortress is an ongoing endeavor, as items of clothing will wear out at different times. Even after establishing a sufficient [[textile industry]] or [[trading]] for raw materials, dwarves will constantly wear out their currently equipped items and new clothes will need to be manufactured.

In addition to the strategy above, another way to organize production and reduce the prevalence of rogue, abandoned clothing is to create two [[finished goods]] [[stockpiles]]. Be sure both stockpiles allow the "armor," footwear," "handwear," "headwear," and "legwear" categories in order to accept clothing, with the relevant materials and quality allowed.

The first stockpile is for New Clothes only, and will be filled only with new clothes you create. It has the "take items from anywhere" toggle turned off, and is assigned to ''only'' take items from the [[clothier's shop]] workshop. Both of these rules can be adjusted via the icons in the top right of the respective stockpile settings menu. If you assign skilled clothiers and sufficient production, this stockpile will quickly begin accumulating high quality clothes that can be picked up by your dwarves to wear (or to be traded away).

The second stockpile is for Used Clothes, and will collect worn, unowned clothes as well as those from sources other than your [[clothier's shop]]. To do this it has the "take items from anywhere" toggle turned on, so that any unowned clothes around the fortress will be hauled here by dwarves. Many worn items will accumulate here.

Now you can always create a third stockpile with similar rules near your [[trade depot]]. This stockpile can have the "take items from anywhere" toggle turned off, and be assigned to ''only'' take items from your Used Clothes stockpile. Now dwarves will haul all the worn clothing (and probably a few less-worn items collected from elsewhere) to bins in the stockpile ''very near'' the trade depot, making them easy to identify and trade away (as the distance to the trade depot will be very low in comparison to all the other bins in your fortress). This has the advantage of allowing for disposal of worn out [[Item_quality#Quality_grades|masterful]] quality items, which can be freely traded away without causing negative thoughts for their creators.

== Thoughts ==
Adult dwarves get unhappy thoughts if they are naked, or wearing tattered clothes. Babies do not wear clothes, but all adult and child dwarves will claim and wear clothing when available automatically. Dwarves may incur several different clothing-related bad thoughts from:
* Total nudity
* Missing upper body covering (shirt, tunic, vest, dress, robe, cloak, or coat)
* Missing lower body covering (trousers or skirts)
* Missing footwear (shoes, sandals, or socks)
* Wearing tattered clothing (items with "X" or "XX" wear, but not lowercase "x" wear)

Clothing thoughts are quite strong, and stack with each other. [[Tantrum spiral]]s are likely unless you produce sufficient footwear, upper-, and lower-body-covering items. Thankfully, [[armor]] assigned to the relevant body areas will also prevent negative thoughts, and has the advantage of not being subject to wear, in addition to affording better protection. If you tell your militia-dwarves to replace normal clothes with their uniform, make sure you have armor to spare when conscripting <s>cannon fodder</s> legendary [[cheese maker]]s, as they'll happily strip naked even if you don't have a uniform waiting for them. You can also include a layer of cloth "armor", leggings, and especially socks in the mix to prevent nudity unhappiness in case of a shortage of real armor, but be warned: your dwarves will not automatically replace worn uniform-assigned clothing, leading your clothing-equipped militia dwarves to a different set of unhappy thoughts.

If you find it easier to produce plenty of [[armor]] instead of clothing, you can also group all your civilian dwarves into squads and assign them a uniform covering the basics. This not only ensures you don't have to offer them replacement clothes, but also ensures your entire population is at least slightly better protected. Having everybody grouped up into squads also might come in handy <s>if</s> when something nasty shows up in the midst of your civilians while your soldiers are busy elsewhere. The disadvantage of this is that the heavier armor may slow the civilian dwarves down.

== Bugs ==
* Dwarves drop worn clothing wherever they happen to be when they decide to pick up replacements. These discarded clothes can interfere with stockpiles, workshops, build orders, etc.{{bug|6048}}, and are owned items so they can't be easily moved.{{bug|4403}} Dwarves will return later to collect the clothing, which can be particularly dangerous around [[trap design|traps]], battlefields and [[minecart]] tracks.
* Dwarves amass a large collection of discarded clothing in their rooms, filling all [[cabinet]]s and covering every available tile.{{bug|7680}} Forbidding the items will clear their ownership after some weeks.{{cite forum|173188/7926370}} [[Utility:DFHack|DFHack]] provides a "cleanowned" command to help clean up the clutter.
* Worn clothing issued by a military uniform is not replaced. {{bug|6039}}

== Sock obsession ==
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[[Image:deadly sock.png|thumb|right|Minotaurs like socks too.]]
This was the beginning of the dwarven obsession with socks. Long ago, socks were plentiful in dwarven kingdoms across the land, and the bearded ones paid little heed to what adorned their feet. But after the proud citadel of Nogrithog destroyed itself in a terrible civil war over a dispute concerning sock shortages, the production of which they were completely and utterly ignorant, the entire dwarf race everywhere in the universe vowed to never let this happen again. Dwarves made sure to stockpile woolen, silken, and even cloth footwear against the unthinkable happening ever again. Children were frightened with the story of the Great Sock War even before they stopped suckling at their mothers' breasts to indoctrinate them in proper sock hoarding behavior, and to get unruly children to behave: "If you don't stop pulling Catten's braids, Sibrek, all the socks will disappear!"

So great is the dwarves' fear of a sock shortage that they will sacrifice their own well-being and even their very lives to make sure that not a single sock will go overlooked. It is unknown how dwarves everywhere could possibly know how one dwarven civilization in a remote and utterly unimportant continent on a forgotten minor world destroyed itself. Most believe that this is once more the touch of Armok on their sodden, constantly intoxicated brains.

The bond between a dwarf and his socks is both wondrous and terrible. The most hardened warrior finds his socks so warm and comforting that he is frequently seen wearing but a single boot -- why should he need steel to protect his other foot? He already has a sock on it! Upon losing his unarmored foot to a goblin's blade, he will console himself in the knowledge that at least his foot still has its sock on.

== Trivia ==
* Socks can be worn on the tail of humanoid snake-like creatures, such as the [[serpent man]], [[anaconda man]], etc.{{cite|1|https://www.reddit.com/r/dwarffortress/comments/10n5dz1/the_snake_man_visiting_my_fortress_wears_a_single/}}
== See also ==
* [[Braies]]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braies
* [[Loincloth]]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loincloth

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Night troll

2026-07-19T22:48:37Z

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[[File:night_troll_preview.png|right]]'''Night trolls''' {{Tile|Ñ|2:0}} are a type of procedurally generated [[night creature]]. They are supernatural monsters which kidnap [[dwarf|dwarves]], [[human]]s, or [[elf|elves]], transform them into spouses, and then mate with them to produce young. The children are all the same sex as the original night troll, never that of the spouse, except if they breed somehow in fortress mode. In [[adventurer mode]], night trolls and their spouses can be given as the targets of [[quest]]s. They are not related to normal [[troll]]s.

Graphically, the default sprites that night trolls use will be of malformed, humanoid creatures that resemble the randomly-generated appearance they've been given. This same setup is used for other procedurally-generated creatures, such as [[bogeyman|bogeymen]] and smaller [[experiment]]s. The sprites night trolls use are smaller than those of other procedurally generated creatures, such as [[demon]]s, [[angel]]s and [[megabeast]]s.

==Characteristics==
[[File:Night_troll.jpg|thumb|310px|right|''Art by anonimus'']]A number of different types of night trolls are procedurally generated at every world creation, similar to [[Bogeyman|bogeymen]] and [[titan]]s. Their numbers are normally dependent on world size, but can be directly controlled with [[advanced world generation]] – a world seed with "{{tt|Number of Night Troll Types}}" set to {{tt|0}} in advanced world generation will not have any night trolls in it. Not all night troll species are named as such – the possible names, apart from words indicating night, evil, or darkness, include bridegroom, crone, freak, groom, hag, horror, man, monster, ogre, ogress, troll, and woman. Night trolls belong to the [[sphere]]s of death and night, and will be named appropriately.

While procedurally generated, night trolls all possess certain characteristics in common: they are all [[fanciful]], evil-aligned humanoids with either extra or missing features; for example, large feathered women, or large skinless one-eyed men with horns and trunks. Some night trolls possess wings which give them flight, though they will only use them to fight adventurers who are also flying. Their description always gives their movement method (e.g. ''moves with uneven, jerking motions'') and detailed descriptions of their skin (smooth, rough, warty, leathery, etc.). Their [[lair]]s are mounds or holes in the ground with [[door]]s or [[hatch cover]]s. Depending on the night troll, they can contain various tools (knives, forks, meat cleavers), small amounts of discarded [[coin]]s and [[clothing]] from their victims, [[corpse]]s, organs or skeletons of sentient creatures prepared as [[food]], cauldrons of [[blood]] or [[water]] with various food (meat, bones, full skeletons, vermin remains, rarely parts of armor), [[bone meal]], and ground [[vermin]], victim skulls as trophies, and even [[quern|querns]]. Most night troll lairs are inhabited by a single creature, but sometimes you'll encounter entire families of five or even ten. The night trolls' lairs, [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=60554.msg1729406#msg1729406 according to Toady One], have a unique tag that causes items placed there to not be scattered around or rot.

All night trolls possess Talented [[skill]] in [[wrestling]], [[Combat skill|biting, fighting, striking, kicking, dodging]] and [[Observer|observing]], on top of possessing bonuses to all body [[attribute]]s. Night trolls can [[Amphibious|breathe underwater]], [[No Exert|feel no exertion]], [[No Stun|cannot be stunned]] and are [[No Pain|immune to pain]], nausea, dizziness and fevers. Night trolls need no food, water or sleep to survive, nor do they need to breathe, meaning they cannot be drowned or strangled. Interestingly, their raws also reveal an [[Trapavoid|immunity to traps]], the ability of [[building destroyer|destroying buildings]] and a [[pet]] value of 2,000; due to existing in [[fortress mode]] only if the player embarks on their lair, night trolls almost never get to destroy buildings or interact with [[trap]]s, and they don't possess the necessary tokens to be [[Animal trainer|trained]]. All night trolls can sense unseen living creatures as {{Raw Tile|☼|4:0:1}} in a similar manner to [[vampire]]s, though this cannot normally be observed, as night trolls are not a playable race.

The potential size range of night trolls is unknown, but it is known to vary greatly, from slightly bigger than a [[dwarf]] to as large as an adult [[deer]]. Spouses are sometimes smaller than their captors, but this depends on the night troll species. Adventurers are able to [[smell]] night trolls with {{k|o}}, with them being described as smelling variously like "death", "cooked flesh" or "bug innards".

Dwarves may [[Preferences|like]] a species of night troll for their ''macabre ways''.

==Reproduction==
[[File:adv_night_troll.png|thumb|200px|right|An adventurer discovering a night troll in its cave.]]As stated above, night trolls must kidnap a dwarf, human, or elf and transform their victim into another night troll of the opposite sex in order to reproduce. The kidnapping troll can be either male or female, each species of night troll has one sex as the kidnapper and the other sex as the spouse. When the kidnapped victim is transformed into a night troll, they will share the same name as their captor, but with the inclusion of something indicating their spousal status. For example, a "Dusk Brute" will turn its victim into a "Dusk Brute consort" or "Spouse of the Dusk Brute", with the exact same appearance as the captor.

If night trolls give birth in fortress mode, the children will be friendly. Night trolls will not haul their babies, except if dfhacked into being a citizen of your fort.

==Fighting night trolls==
Night trolls are somewhat challenging opponents in battle, but not especially dangerous if encountered alone, though one is very capable of dispatching the overconfident. Since they are fairly large, wrestling them is quite difficult, though still possible, and they are a bit harder to harm with blunt attacks than humans. In addition, they are immune to pain and do not need to breathe, so they cannot be made to pass out and will not suffocate.

Night trolls can, rarely, wield one of the butchery [[tool]]s generated in their [[lair]]s, like boning knives or meat cleavers. Usually they will attack unarmed and can, due to their large size, cause serious harm with their punches, kicks and especially bites. In fact, teeth are usually their most dangerous weapon, so if the night troll in question is holding a cutting tool, you'd best ''not'' disarm it, since they always prioritize armed attacks. Avoid the spine in particular: this is never a mortal [[wound]] for a night troll, since they don't need lung function to live; all it will do is make them unable to use their legs or, if they have any, wings – both of which can already be disabled with aimed blows – and then leave them forced to always use their ''strongest'' attack.

Night trolls can die from blood loss, brain damage, beheading and bisection (cutting off the lower body). They never wear clothing or [[armor]] and so are quite susceptible to having limbs cut off – hacking and slashing attacks work remarkably well against them. Be especially wary of trolls and other night creatures that possess horns.

{{D for Dwarf}}
It is rumored by some that certain night trolls consider the destruction of the spine a rite of passage, demonstrating not just their superiority over [[Civilizations|their livestock]] in not needing to breathe, but also how strong they can be when freed from the distractions of things like punches, stabbing, flying, or kicks, and how easily they can catch up to their pathetic prey even without legs. Indeed, the loss of their upper or middle spinal nervous tissue is no emblem of handicap, but rather the catalyst for an epiphany of clarity in combat, as well as a show of just how dedicated the night troll is to utterly stamping their metaphorical boot on the hopes of any dwarf, elf, human, or goblin that is stupid enough to get in their way (and then proceeding to smash and rend any life out of them before promptly making them into steaks for their psychotic tea parties). The titans could only wish to be able to emulate such unmistakable malice and ill will.

{{gamedata|title=Example raws (as extracted from world.sav)|[OBJECT:CREATURE]

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[PHYS_ATT_RANGE:DISEASE_RESISTANCE:700:1300:1400:1500:1600:1800:2500]
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[NATURAL_SKILL:MELEE_COMBAT:6]
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[NATURAL_SKILL:SITUATIONAL_AWARENESS:6]
[DIFFICULTY:1]
[LAIR:SIMPLE_BURROW:50]
[LAIR:SIMPLE_MOUND:50]
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[HABIT_NUM:TEST_ALL]
[HABIT:GRIND_BONE_MEAL:50]
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[LARGE_PREDATOR]
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[ALL_ACTIVE]
[SWIMS_INNATE]
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[NONAUSEA]
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[LARGE_PREDATOR]
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[SELECT_CASTE:FEMALE]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:5900]
[BODY_SIZE:2:0:29500]
[BODY_SIZE:12:0:118000]
[SELECT_CASTE:MALE]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:106000]
[SELECT_CASTE:ALL]
[BABY:1]
[CHILD:12]
[CREATURE_TILE:165]
[BODY:RCP_UPPER_BODY:RCP_LOWER_BODY:RCP_NECK:RCP_HEAD:RCP_TWO_PART_ARMS:RCP_TWO_PART_LEGS:RCP_TAIL:RCP_2_EYES:RCP_LUNGS:RCP_HEART:RCP_GUTS:RCP_THROAT:RCP_SPINE:RCP_UPPER_SPINE:RCP_BRAIN:RCP:SKULL:RCP_MOUTH:RCP_TONGUE:RCP_RIBS]
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[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_MATERIALS]
[REMOVE_MATERIAL:HAIR]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_TISSUES]
[REMOVE_TISSUE:HAIR]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE:BONE:CARTILAGE]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_HEAD_POSITIONS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:HUMANOID_HEAD_POSITIONS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:HUMANOID_RIBCAGE_POSITIONS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:HUMANOID_RELSIZES]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:SINEW:SINEW_TEMPLATE]
[TENDRONS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]
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[HAS_NERVES]
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[PLUS_TISSUE_LAYER:SKIN:BY_CATEGORY:THROAT]
[TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:BLOOD:BLOOD_TEMPLATE]
[BLOOD:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:BLOOD:LIQUID]
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[ATTACK_SKILL:GRASP_STRIKE]
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[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:2:2]
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[GAIT:WALK:Creep:2600:NO_BUILD_UP:0]
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[GAIT:CRAWL:Fast Crawl:675:NO_BUILD_UP:5:LAYERS_SLOW:STRENGTH:AGILITY:STEALTH_SLOWS:10]
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[GAIT:CRAWL:Slow Crawl:1900:NO_BUILD_UP:0]
[GAIT:CRAWL:Creep:2900:NO_BUILD_UP:0]
[GAIT:CLIMB:Scramble:225:10:3:675:50:LAYERS_SLOW:STRENGTH:AGILITY:STEALTH_SLOWS:50]
[GAIT:CLIMB:Faster Climb:450:5:3:675:10:LAYERS_SLOW:STRENGTH:AGILITY:STEALTH_SLOWS:20]
[GAIT:CLIMB:Fast Climb:675:NO_BUILD_UP:5:LAYERS_SLOW:STRENGTH:AGILITY:STEALTH_SLOWS:10]
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[GAIT:CLIMB:Slow Climb:1900:NO_BUILD_UP:0]
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[DESCRIPTION:A large humanoid with lidless eyes. It has a short tail and its joints are backward. Its gray skin is waxy. Now you will know why you fear the night.]
[PREFSTRING:macabre ways]
[SELECT_CASTE:FEMALE]
[CASTE_NAME:hag of twilight:hags of twilight:hag of twilight]
[SELECT_CASTE:MALE]
[CASTE_NAME:hag groom of twilight:hag grooms of twilight:hag groom of twilight]
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[[ru:Night troll]]

Night troll

2026-07-19T22:46:08Z

ASpatula66: too much speculation and irrelevant or inaccurate information

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[[File:night_troll_preview.png|right]]'''Night trolls''' {{Tile|Ñ|2:0}} are a type of procedurally generated [[night creature]]. They are supernatural monsters which kidnap non-[[goblin]] [[civilization|civilized]] beings, transform them into spouses, and then mate with them to produce young. The children are all the same sex as the original night troll, never that of the spouse, except if they breed somehow in fortress mode. In [[adventurer mode]], night trolls and their spouses can be given as the targets of [[quest]]s. They are not related to normal [[troll]]s.

Graphically, the default sprites that night trolls use will be of malformed, humanoid creatures that resemble the randomly-generated appearance they've been given. This same setup is used for other procedurally-generated creatures, such as [[bogeyman|bogeymen]] and smaller [[experiment]]s. The sprites night trolls use are smaller than those of other procedurally generated creatures, such as [[demon]]s, [[angel]]s and [[megabeast]]s.

==Characteristics==
[[File:Night_troll.jpg|thumb|310px|right|''Art by anonimus'']]A number of different types of night trolls are procedurally generated at every world creation, similar to [[Bogeyman|bogeymen]] and [[titan]]s. Their numbers are normally dependent on world size, but can be directly controlled with [[advanced world generation]] – a world seed with "{{tt|Number of Night Troll Types}}" set to {{tt|0}} in advanced world generation will not have any night trolls in it. Not all night troll species are named as such – the possible names, apart from words indicating night, evil, or darkness, include bridegroom, crone, freak, groom, hag, horror, man, monster, ogre, ogress, troll, and woman. Night trolls belong to the [[sphere]]s of death and night, and will be named appropriately.

While procedurally generated, night trolls all possess certain characteristics in common: they are all [[fanciful]], evil-aligned humanoids with either extra or missing features; for example, large feathered women, or large skinless one-eyed men with horns and trunks. Some night trolls possess wings which give them flight, though they will only use them to fight adventurers who are also flying. Their description always gives their movement method (e.g. ''moves with uneven, jerking motions'') and detailed descriptions of their skin (smooth, rough, warty, leathery, etc.). Their [[lair]]s are mounds or holes in the ground with [[door]]s or [[hatch cover]]s. Depending on the night troll, they can contain various tools (knives, forks, meat cleavers), small amounts of discarded [[coin]]s and [[clothing]] from their victims, [[corpse]]s, organs or skeletons of sentient creatures prepared as [[food]], cauldrons of [[blood]] or [[water]] with various food (meat, bones, full skeletons, vermin remains, rarely parts of armor), [[bone meal]], and ground [[vermin]], victim skulls as trophies, and even [[quern|querns]]. Most night troll lairs are inhabited by a single creature, but sometimes you'll encounter entire families of five or even ten. The night trolls' lairs, [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=60554.msg1729406#msg1729406 according to Toady One], have a unique tag that causes items placed there to not be scattered around or rot.

All night trolls possess Talented [[skill]] in [[wrestling]], [[Combat skill|biting, fighting, striking, kicking, dodging]] and [[Observer|observing]], on top of possessing bonuses to all body [[attribute]]s. Night trolls can [[Amphibious|breathe underwater]], [[No Exert|feel no exertion]], [[No Stun|cannot be stunned]] and are [[No Pain|immune to pain]], nausea, dizziness and fevers. Night trolls need no food, water or sleep to survive, nor do they need to breathe, meaning they cannot be drowned or strangled. Interestingly, their raws also reveal an [[Trapavoid|immunity to traps]], the ability of [[building destroyer|destroying buildings]] and a [[pet]] value of 2,000; due to existing in [[fortress mode]] only if the player embarks on their lair, night trolls almost never get to destroy buildings or interact with [[trap]]s, and they don't possess the necessary tokens to be [[Animal trainer|trained]]. All night trolls can sense unseen living creatures as {{Raw Tile|☼|4:0:1}} in a similar manner to [[vampire]]s, though this cannot normally be observed, as night trolls are not a playable race.

The potential size range of night trolls is unknown, but it is known to vary greatly, from slightly bigger than a [[dwarf]] to as large as an adult [[deer]]. Spouses are sometimes smaller than their captors, but this depends on the night troll species. Adventurers are able to [[smell]] night trolls with {{k|o}}, with them being described as smelling variously like "death", "cooked flesh" or "bug innards".

Dwarves may [[Preferences|like]] a species of night troll for their ''macabre ways''.

==Reproduction==
[[File:adv_night_troll.png|thumb|200px|right|An adventurer discovering a night troll in its cave.]]As stated above, night trolls must kidnap a [[dwarf]], [[human]], or [[elf] and transform their victim into another night troll of the opposite sex in order to reproduce. The kidnapping troll can be either male or female, each species of night troll has one sex as the kidnapper and the other sex as the spouse. When the kidnapped victim is transformed into a night troll, they will share the same name as their captor, but with the inclusion of something indicating their spousal status. For example, a "Dusk Brute" will turn its victim into a "Dusk Brute consort" or "Spouse of the Dusk Brute", with the exact same appearance as the captor.

If night trolls give birth in fortress mode, the children will be friendly. Night trolls will not haul their babies, except if dfhacked into being a citizen of your fort.

==Fighting night trolls==
Night trolls are somewhat challenging opponents in battle, but not especially dangerous if encountered alone, though one is very capable of dispatching the overconfident. Since they are fairly large, wrestling them is quite difficult, though still possible, and they are a bit harder to harm with blunt attacks than humans. In addition, they are immune to pain and do not need to breathe, so they cannot be made to pass out and will not suffocate.

Night trolls can, rarely, wield one of the butchery [[tool]]s generated in their [[lair]]s, like boning knives or meat cleavers. Usually they will attack unarmed and can, due to their large size, cause serious harm with their punches, kicks and especially bites. In fact, teeth are usually their most dangerous weapon, so if the night troll in question is holding a cutting tool, you'd best ''not'' disarm it, since they always prioritize armed attacks. Avoid the spine in particular: this is never a mortal [[wound]] for a night troll, since they don't need lung function to live; all it will do is make them unable to use their legs or, if they have any, wings – both of which can already be disabled with aimed blows – and then leave them forced to always use their ''strongest'' attack.

Night trolls can die from blood loss, brain damage, beheading and bisection (cutting off the lower body). They never wear clothing or [[armor]] and so are quite susceptible to having limbs cut off – hacking and slashing attacks work remarkably well against them. Be especially wary of trolls and other night creatures that possess horns.

{{D for Dwarf}}
It is rumored by some that certain night trolls consider the destruction of the spine a rite of passage, demonstrating not just their superiority over [[Civilizations|their livestock]] in not needing to breathe, but also how strong they can be when freed from the distractions of things like punches, stabbing, flying, or kicks, and how easily they can catch up to their pathetic prey even without legs. Indeed, the loss of their upper or middle spinal nervous tissue is no emblem of handicap, but rather the catalyst for an epiphany of clarity in combat, as well as a show of just how dedicated the night troll is to utterly stamping their metaphorical boot on the hopes of any dwarf, elf, human, or goblin that is stupid enough to get in their way (and then proceeding to smash and rend any life out of them before promptly making them into steaks for their psychotic tea parties). The titans could only wish to be able to emulate such unmistakable malice and ill will.

{{gamedata|title=Example raws (as extracted from world.sav)|[OBJECT:CREATURE]

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[PERSONALITY:CRUELTY:100:100:100]
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[NATURAL_SKILL:BITE:6]
[NATURAL_SKILL:GRASP_STRIKE:6]
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[NATURAL_SKILL:MELEE_COMBAT:6]
[NATURAL_SKILL:DODGING:6]
[NATURAL_SKILL:SITUATIONAL_AWARENESS:6]
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[LAIR:SIMPLE_BURROW:50]
[LAIR:SIMPLE_MOUND:50]
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[HABIT_NUM:TEST_ALL]
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[HABIT:COOK_PEOPLE:50]
[HABIT:COLLECT_TROPHIES:50]
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[LARGE_PREDATOR]
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[BUILDINGDESTROYER:2]
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[TRAPAVOID]
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[NO_DIZZINESS]
[NO_FEVERS]
[LARGE_PREDATOR]
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[SELECT_CASTE:FEMALE]
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[SELECT_CASTE:MALE]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:106000]
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[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:HUMANOID_RELSIZES]
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[[ru:Night troll]]

Night troll

2026-07-19T22:40:31Z

ASpatula66: It's not unknown why they cannot reproduce amongst themselves without kidnapping people. that's simply impossible. night trolls of the opposite sex do not exist if they don't transform people into them. also i severely doubt they can ever appear as livestock for goblins, they are not wild animals so they can't be tamed by civs.

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[[File:night_troll_preview.png|right]]'''Night trolls''' {{Tile|Ñ|2:0}} are a type of procedurally generated [[night creature]]. They are supernatural monsters which kidnap non-[[goblin]] [[civilization|civilized]] beings, transform them into spouses, and then mate with them to produce young. The children are all the same sex as the original night troll, never that of the spouse, except if they breed somehow in fortress mode. In [[adventurer mode]], night trolls and their spouses can be given as the targets of [[quest]]s. They are not related to normal [[troll]]s.

Graphically, the default sprites that night trolls use will be of malformed, humanoid creatures that resemble the randomly-generated appearance they've been given. This same setup is used for other procedurally-generated creatures, such as [[bogeyman|bogeymen]] and smaller [[experiment]]s. The sprites night trolls use are smaller than those of other procedurally generated creatures, such as [[demon]]s, [[angel]]s and [[megabeast]]s.

==Characteristics==
[[File:Night_troll.jpg|thumb|310px|right|''Art by anonimus'']]A number of different types of night trolls are procedurally generated at every world creation, similar to [[Bogeyman|bogeymen]] and [[titan]]s. Their numbers are normally dependent on world size, but can be directly controlled with [[advanced world generation]] – a world seed with "{{tt|Number of Night Troll Types}}" set to {{tt|0}} in advanced world generation will not have any night trolls in it. Not all night troll species are named as such – the possible names, apart from words indicating night, evil, or darkness, include bridegroom, crone, freak, groom, hag, horror, man, monster, ogre, ogress, troll, and woman. Night trolls belong to the [[sphere]]s of death and night, and will be named appropriately.

While procedurally generated, night trolls all possess certain characteristics in common: they are all [[fanciful]], evil-aligned humanoids with either extra or missing features; for example, large feathered women, or large skinless one-eyed men with horns and trunks. Some night trolls possess wings which give them flight, though they will only use them to fight adventurers who are also flying. Their description always gives their movement method (e.g. ''moves with uneven, jerking motions'') and detailed descriptions of their skin (smooth, rough, warty, leathery, etc.). Their [[lair]]s are mounds or holes in the ground with [[door]]s or [[hatch cover]]s. Depending on the night troll, they can contain various tools (knives, forks, meat cleavers), small amounts of discarded [[coin]]s and [[clothing]] from their victims, [[corpse]]s, organs or skeletons of sentient creatures prepared as [[food]], cauldrons of [[blood]] or [[water]] with various food (meat, bones, full skeletons, vermin remains, rarely parts of armor), [[bone meal]], and ground [[vermin]], victim skulls as trophies, and even [[quern|querns]]. Most night troll lairs are inhabited by a single creature, but sometimes you'll encounter entire families of five or even ten. The night trolls' lairs, [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=60554.msg1729406#msg1729406 according to Toady One], have a unique tag that causes items placed there to not be scattered around or rot.

All night trolls possess Talented [[skill]] in [[wrestling]], [[Combat skill|biting, fighting, striking, kicking, dodging]] and [[Observer|observing]], on top of possessing bonuses to all body [[attribute]]s. Night trolls can [[Amphibious|breathe underwater]], [[No Exert|feel no exertion]], [[No Stun|cannot be stunned]] and are [[No Pain|immune to pain]], nausea, dizziness and fevers. Night trolls need no food, water or sleep to survive, nor do they need to breathe, meaning they cannot be drowned or strangled. Interestingly, their raws also reveal an [[Trapavoid|immunity to traps]], the ability of [[building destroyer|destroying buildings]] and a [[pet]] value of 2,000; due to existing in [[fortress mode]] only if the player embarks on their lair, night trolls almost never get to destroy buildings or interact with [[trap]]s, and they don't possess the necessary tokens to be [[Animal trainer|trained]]. All night trolls can sense unseen living creatures as {{Raw Tile|☼|4:0:1}} in a similar manner to [[vampire]]s, though this cannot normally be observed, as night trolls are not a playable race.

The potential size range of night trolls is unknown, but it is known to vary greatly, from slightly bigger than a [[dwarf]] to as large as an adult [[deer]]. Spouses are sometimes smaller than their captors, but this depends on the night troll species. Adventurers are able to [[smell]] night trolls with {{k|o}}, with them being described as smelling variously like "death", "cooked flesh" or "bug innards".

Dwarves may [[Preferences|like]] a species of night troll for their ''macabre ways''.

==Reproduction==
[[File:adv_night_troll.png|thumb|200px|right|An adventurer discovering a night troll in its cave.]]As stated above, night trolls must kidnap a [[dwarf]], [[human]], or [[elf] and transform their victim into another night troll of the opposite sex in order to reproduce. The kidnapping troll can be either male or female, each species of night troll has one sex as the kidnapper and the other sex as the spouse. When the kidnapped victim is transformed into a night troll, they will share the same name as their captor, but with the inclusion of something indicating their spousal status. For example, a "Dusk Brute" will turn its victim into a "Dusk Brute consort" or "Spouse of the Dusk Brute", with the exact same appearance as the captor.

If night trolls give birth in fortress mode, the children will be friendly. Night trolls will not haul their babies, except if dfhacked into being a citizen of your fort.

==Fighting night trolls==
Night trolls are somewhat challenging opponents in battle, but not especially dangerous if encountered alone, though one is very capable of dispatching the overconfident. Since they are fairly large, wrestling them is quite difficult, though still possible, and they are a bit harder to harm with blunt attacks than humans. In addition, they are immune to pain and do not need to breathe, so they cannot be made to pass out and will not suffocate.

Night trolls can, rarely, wield one of the butchery [[tool]]s generated in their [[lair]]s, like boning knives or meat cleavers. Usually they will attack unarmed and can, due to their large size, cause serious harm with their punches, kicks and especially bites. In fact, teeth are usually their most dangerous weapon, so if the night troll in question is holding a cutting tool, you'd best ''not'' disarm it, since they always prioritize armed attacks. Avoid the spine in particular: this is never a mortal [[wound]] for a night troll, since they don't need lung function to live; all it will do is make them unable to use their legs or, if they have any, wings – both of which can already be disabled with aimed blows – and then leave them forced to always use their ''strongest'' attack.

Night trolls can die from blood loss, brain damage, beheading and bisection (cutting off the lower body). They never wear clothing or [[armor]] and so are quite susceptible to having limbs cut off – hacking and slashing attacks work remarkably well against them. Be especially wary of trolls and other night creatures that possess horns.

{{D for Dwarf}}
It is rumored by some that certain night trolls consider the destruction of the spine a rite of passage, demonstrating not just their superiority over [[Civilizations|their livestock]] in not needing to breathe, but also how strong they can be when freed from the distractions of things like punches, stabbing, flying, or kicks, and how easily they can catch up to their pathetic prey even without legs. Indeed, the loss of their upper or middle spinal nervous tissue is no emblem of handicap, but rather the catalyst for an epiphany of clarity in combat, as well as a show of just how dedicated the night troll is to utterly stamping their metaphorical boot on the hopes of any dwarf, elf, human, or goblin that is stupid enough to get in their way (and then proceeding to smash and rend any life out of them before promptly making them into steaks for their psychotic tea parties). The titans could only wish to be able to emulate such unmistakable malice and ill will.

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[[ru:Night troll]]

Night troll

2026-07-19T22:32:16Z

ASpatula66: natural-born male and natural-born female night trolls are already different species...

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{{av}}
{{minorspoiler}}

[[File:night_troll_preview.png|right]]'''Night trolls''' {{Tile|Ñ|2:0}} are a type of procedurally generated [[night creature]]. They are supernatural monsters which kidnap non-[[goblin]] [[civilization|civilized]] beings, transform them into spouses, and then mate with them to produce young. The children are all the same sex as the original night troll, never that of the spouse, except if they breed somehow in fortress mode. In [[adventurer mode]], night trolls and their spouses can be given as the targets of [[quest]]s. They are not related to normal [[troll]]s.

Graphically, the default sprites that night trolls use will be of malformed, humanoid creatures that resemble the randomly-generated appearance they've been given. This same setup is used for other procedurally-generated creatures, such as [[bogeyman|bogeymen]] and smaller [[experiment]]s. The sprites night trolls use are smaller than those of other procedurally generated creatures, such as [[demon]]s, [[angel]]s and [[megabeast]]s.

==Characteristics==
[[File:Night_troll.jpg|thumb|310px|right|''Art by anonimus'']]A number of different types of night trolls are procedurally generated at every world creation, similar to [[Bogeyman|bogeymen]] and [[titan]]s. Their numbers are normally dependent on world size, but can be directly controlled with [[advanced world generation]] – a world seed with "{{tt|Number of Night Troll Types}}" set to {{tt|0}} in advanced world generation will not have any night trolls in it. Not all night troll species are named as such – the possible names, apart from words indicating night, evil, or darkness, include bridegroom, crone, freak, groom, hag, horror, man, monster, ogre, ogress, troll, and woman. Night trolls belong to the [[sphere]]s of death and night, and will be named appropriately.

While procedurally generated, night trolls all possess certain characteristics in common: they are all [[fanciful]], evil-aligned humanoids with either extra or missing features; for example, large feathered women, or large skinless one-eyed men with horns and trunks. Some night trolls possess wings which give them flight, though they will only use them to fight adventurers who are also flying. Their description always gives their movement method (e.g. ''moves with uneven, jerking motions'') and detailed descriptions of their skin (smooth, rough, warty, leathery, etc.). Their [[lair]]s are mounds or holes in the ground with [[door]]s or [[hatch cover]]s. Depending on the night troll, they can contain various tools (knives, forks, meat cleavers), small amounts of discarded [[coin]]s and [[clothing]] from their victims, [[corpse]]s, organs or skeletons of sentient creatures prepared as [[food]], cauldrons of [[blood]] or [[water]] with various food (meat, bones, full skeletons, vermin remains, rarely parts of armor), [[bone meal]], and ground [[vermin]], victim skulls as trophies, and even [[quern|querns]]. Most night troll lairs are inhabited by a single creature, but sometimes you'll encounter entire families of five or even ten. The night trolls' lairs, [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=60554.msg1729406#msg1729406 according to Toady One], have a unique tag that causes items placed there to not be scattered around or rot.

All night trolls possess Talented [[skill]] in [[wrestling]], [[Combat skill|biting, fighting, striking, kicking, dodging]] and [[Observer|observing]], on top of possessing bonuses to all body [[attribute]]s. Night trolls can [[Amphibious|breathe underwater]], [[No Exert|feel no exertion]], [[No Stun|cannot be stunned]] and are [[No Pain|immune to pain]], nausea, dizziness and fevers. Night trolls need no food, water or sleep to survive, nor do they need to breathe, meaning they cannot be drowned or strangled. Interestingly, their raws also reveal an [[Trapavoid|immunity to traps]], the ability of [[building destroyer|destroying buildings]] and a [[pet]] value of 2,000; due to existing in [[fortress mode]] only if the player embarks on their lair, night trolls almost never get to destroy buildings or interact with [[trap]]s, and they don't possess the necessary tokens to be [[Animal trainer|trained]] (but some species of night trolls are SLOW_LEARNER and very rarely, possibly because of a bug, could become minions of goblins). All night trolls can sense unseen living creatures as {{Raw Tile|☼|4:0:1}} in a similar manner to [[vampire]]s, though this cannot normally be observed, as night trolls are not a playable race.

The potential size range of night trolls is unknown, but it is known to vary greatly, from slightly bigger than a [[dwarf]] to as large as an adult [[deer]]. Spouses are sometimes smaller than their captors, but this depends on the night troll species. Adventurers are able to [[smell]] night trolls with {{k|o}}, with them being described as smelling variously like "death", "cooked flesh" or "bug innards".

Dwarves may [[Preferences|like]] a species of night troll for their ''macabre ways''.

==Reproduction==
[[File:adv_night_troll.png|thumb|200px|right|An adventurer discovering a night troll in its cave.]]As stated above, night trolls must kidnap a non-[[goblin]] [[civilization|civilized]] being and transform their victim into another night troll of the opposite sex (the process by which this is done is not known, nor is the reason why it cannot be done on goblins) in order to reproduce, but what is curious is that the kidnapping troll can be either male or female, and a given world is easily capable of having multiple trolls of both sexes. When the kidnapped victim is transformed into a night troll, they will share the same name as their captor, but with the inclusion of something indicating their spousal status. For example, a "Dusk Brute" will turn its victim into a "Dusk Brute consort" or "Spouse of the Dusk Brute", with the exact same appearance as the captor.

The reason why night trolls seek out victims to kidnap instead of simply breeding amongst themselves is unknown, but the fact that night troll young are always the same sex as the non-kidnapped parent suggests there may be some sort of issue with attempted reproduction between "natural-born" night trolls (the offspring being sexless, unable to come to term, etc).

If night trolls give birth in fortress mode, the children will be friendly. Night trolls will not haul their babies, except if dfhacked into being a citizen of your fort.

==Fighting night trolls==
Night trolls are somewhat challenging opponents in battle, but not especially dangerous if encountered alone, though one is very capable of dispatching the overconfident. Since they are fairly large, wrestling them is quite difficult, though still possible, and they are a bit harder to harm with blunt attacks than humans. In addition, they are immune to pain and do not need to breathe, so they cannot be made to pass out and will not suffocate.

Night trolls can, rarely, wield one of the butchery [[tool]]s generated in their [[lair]]s, like boning knives or meat cleavers. Usually they will attack unarmed and can, due to their large size, cause serious harm with their punches, kicks and especially bites. In fact, teeth are usually their most dangerous weapon, so if the night troll in question is holding a cutting tool, you'd best ''not'' disarm it, since they always prioritize armed attacks. Avoid the spine in particular: this is never a mortal [[wound]] for a night troll, since they don't need lung function to live; all it will do is make them unable to use their legs or, if they have any, wings – both of which can already be disabled with aimed blows – and then leave them forced to always use their ''strongest'' attack.

Night trolls can die from blood loss, brain damage, beheading and bisection (cutting off the lower body). They never wear clothing or [[armor]] and so are quite susceptible to having limbs cut off – hacking and slashing attacks work remarkably well against them. Be especially wary of trolls and other night creatures that possess horns.

{{D for Dwarf}}
It is rumored by some that certain night trolls consider the destruction of the spine a rite of passage, demonstrating not just their superiority over [[Civilizations|their livestock]] in not needing to breathe, but also how strong they can be when freed from the distractions of things like punches, stabbing, flying, or kicks, and how easily they can catch up to their pathetic prey even without legs. Indeed, the loss of their upper or middle spinal nervous tissue is no emblem of handicap, but rather the catalyst for an epiphany of clarity in combat, as well as a show of just how dedicated the night troll is to utterly stamping their metaphorical boot on the hopes of any dwarf, elf, human, or goblin that is stupid enough to get in their way (and then proceeding to smash and rend any life out of them before promptly making them into steaks for their psychotic tea parties). The titans could only wish to be able to emulate such unmistakable malice and ill will.

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[[ru:Night troll]]

Night troll

2026-07-19T22:31:26Z

ASpatula66: no. another spouse of the opposite sex would be a different species of night troll. i think it would be possible for them to have children with night trolls other than their original spouse as long as they're of the same species, but that's not unique behaviour.

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[[File:night_troll_preview.png|right]]'''Night trolls''' {{Tile|Ñ|2:0}} are a type of procedurally generated [[night creature]]. They are supernatural monsters which kidnap non-[[goblin]] [[civilization|civilized]] beings, transform them into spouses, and then mate with them to produce young. The children are all the same sex as the original night troll, never that of the spouse, except if they breed somehow in fortress mode. In [[adventurer mode]], night trolls and their spouses can be given as the targets of [[quest]]s. They are not related to normal [[troll]]s.

Graphically, the default sprites that night trolls use will be of malformed, humanoid creatures that resemble the randomly-generated appearance they've been given. This same setup is used for other procedurally-generated creatures, such as [[bogeyman|bogeymen]] and smaller [[experiment]]s. The sprites night trolls use are smaller than those of other procedurally generated creatures, such as [[demon]]s, [[angel]]s and [[megabeast]]s.

==Characteristics==
[[File:Night_troll.jpg|thumb|310px|right|''Art by anonimus'']]A number of different types of night trolls are procedurally generated at every world creation, similar to [[Bogeyman|bogeymen]] and [[titan]]s. Their numbers are normally dependent on world size, but can be directly controlled with [[advanced world generation]] – a world seed with "{{tt|Number of Night Troll Types}}" set to {{tt|0}} in advanced world generation will not have any night trolls in it. Not all night troll species are named as such – the possible names, apart from words indicating night, evil, or darkness, include bridegroom, crone, freak, groom, hag, horror, man, monster, ogre, ogress, troll, and woman. Night trolls belong to the [[sphere]]s of death and night, and will be named appropriately.

While procedurally generated, night trolls all possess certain characteristics in common: they are all [[fanciful]], evil-aligned humanoids with either extra or missing features; for example, large feathered women, or large skinless one-eyed men with horns and trunks. Some night trolls possess wings which give them flight, though they will only use them to fight adventurers who are also flying. Their description always gives their movement method (e.g. ''moves with uneven, jerking motions'') and detailed descriptions of their skin (smooth, rough, warty, leathery, etc.). Their [[lair]]s are mounds or holes in the ground with [[door]]s or [[hatch cover]]s. Depending on the night troll, they can contain various tools (knives, forks, meat cleavers), small amounts of discarded [[coin]]s and [[clothing]] from their victims, [[corpse]]s, organs or skeletons of sentient creatures prepared as [[food]], cauldrons of [[blood]] or [[water]] with various food (meat, bones, full skeletons, vermin remains, rarely parts of armor), [[bone meal]], and ground [[vermin]], victim skulls as trophies, and even [[quern|querns]]. Most night troll lairs are inhabited by a single creature, but sometimes you'll encounter entire families of five or even ten. The night trolls' lairs, [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=60554.msg1729406#msg1729406 according to Toady One], have a unique tag that causes items placed there to not be scattered around or rot.

All night trolls possess Talented [[skill]] in [[wrestling]], [[Combat skill|biting, fighting, striking, kicking, dodging]] and [[Observer|observing]], on top of possessing bonuses to all body [[attribute]]s. Night trolls can [[Amphibious|breathe underwater]], [[No Exert|feel no exertion]], [[No Stun|cannot be stunned]] and are [[No Pain|immune to pain]], nausea, dizziness and fevers. Night trolls need no food, water or sleep to survive, nor do they need to breathe, meaning they cannot be drowned or strangled. Interestingly, their raws also reveal an [[Trapavoid|immunity to traps]], the ability of [[building destroyer|destroying buildings]] and a [[pet]] value of 2,000; due to existing in [[fortress mode]] only if the player embarks on their lair, night trolls almost never get to destroy buildings or interact with [[trap]]s, and they don't possess the necessary tokens to be [[Animal trainer|trained]] (but some species of night trolls are SLOW_LEARNER and very rarely, possibly because of a bug, could become minions of goblins). All night trolls can sense unseen living creatures as {{Raw Tile|☼|4:0:1}} in a similar manner to [[vampire]]s, though this cannot normally be observed, as night trolls are not a playable race.

The potential size range of night trolls is unknown, but it is known to vary greatly, from slightly bigger than a [[dwarf]] to as large as an adult [[deer]]. Spouses are sometimes smaller than their captors, but this depends on the night troll species. Adventurers are able to [[smell]] night trolls with {{k|o}}, with them being described as smelling variously like "death", "cooked flesh" or "bug innards".

Dwarves may [[Preferences|like]] a species of night troll for their ''macabre ways''.

==Reproduction==
[[File:adv_night_troll.png|thumb|200px|right|An adventurer discovering a night troll in its cave.]]As stated above, night trolls must kidnap a non-[[goblin]] [[civilization|civilized]] being and transform their victim into another night troll of the opposite sex (the process by which this is done is not known, nor is the reason why it cannot be done on goblins) in order to reproduce, but what is curious is that the kidnapping troll can be either male or female, and a given world is easily capable of having multiple trolls of both sexes. When the kidnapped victim is transformed into a night troll, they will share the same name as their captor, but with the inclusion of something indicating their spousal status. For example, a "Dusk Brute" will turn its victim into a "Dusk Brute consort" or "Spouse of the Dusk Brute", with the exact same appearance as the captor.

The reason why night trolls seek out victims to kidnap instead of simply breeding amongst themselves is unknown, but the fact that night troll young are always the same sex as the non-kidnapped parent suggests there may be some sort of issue with attempted reproduction between "natural-born" night trolls (the offspring being sexless, unable to come to term, etc).

An interesting aspect of night troll reproduction is that it qualifies as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_isolate Genetic Barrier], meaning that natural-born male night trolls and natural-born female ones would eventually diverge into separate species if genes and mutation were added as game mechanics, since a mutation that arose amongst one sex would have no way of making it into the gene pool of the other.

If night trolls give birth in fortress mode, the children will be friendly. Night trolls will not haul their babies, except if dfhacked into being a citizen of your fort.

==Fighting night trolls==
Night trolls are somewhat challenging opponents in battle, but not especially dangerous if encountered alone, though one is very capable of dispatching the overconfident. Since they are fairly large, wrestling them is quite difficult, though still possible, and they are a bit harder to harm with blunt attacks than humans. In addition, they are immune to pain and do not need to breathe, so they cannot be made to pass out and will not suffocate.

Night trolls can, rarely, wield one of the butchery [[tool]]s generated in their [[lair]]s, like boning knives or meat cleavers. Usually they will attack unarmed and can, due to their large size, cause serious harm with their punches, kicks and especially bites. In fact, teeth are usually their most dangerous weapon, so if the night troll in question is holding a cutting tool, you'd best ''not'' disarm it, since they always prioritize armed attacks. Avoid the spine in particular: this is never a mortal [[wound]] for a night troll, since they don't need lung function to live; all it will do is make them unable to use their legs or, if they have any, wings – both of which can already be disabled with aimed blows – and then leave them forced to always use their ''strongest'' attack.

Night trolls can die from blood loss, brain damage, beheading and bisection (cutting off the lower body). They never wear clothing or [[armor]] and so are quite susceptible to having limbs cut off – hacking and slashing attacks work remarkably well against them. Be especially wary of trolls and other night creatures that possess horns.

{{D for Dwarf}}
It is rumored by some that certain night trolls consider the destruction of the spine a rite of passage, demonstrating not just their superiority over [[Civilizations|their livestock]] in not needing to breathe, but also how strong they can be when freed from the distractions of things like punches, stabbing, flying, or kicks, and how easily they can catch up to their pathetic prey even without legs. Indeed, the loss of their upper or middle spinal nervous tissue is no emblem of handicap, but rather the catalyst for an epiphany of clarity in combat, as well as a show of just how dedicated the night troll is to utterly stamping their metaphorical boot on the hopes of any dwarf, elf, human, or goblin that is stupid enough to get in their way (and then proceeding to smash and rend any life out of them before promptly making them into steaks for their psychotic tea parties). The titans could only wish to be able to emulate such unmistakable malice and ill will.

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[[ru:Night troll]]

Night troll

2026-07-19T22:21:41Z

ASpatula66: why is that "unknown"? it's not possible. they aren't spouse converters.

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[[File:night_troll_preview.png|right]]'''Night trolls''' {{Tile|Ñ|2:0}} are a type of procedurally generated [[night creature]]. They are supernatural monsters which kidnap non-[[goblin]] [[civilization|civilized]] beings, transform them into spouses, and then mate with them to produce young. The children are all the same sex as the original night troll, never that of the spouse, except if they breed somehow in fortress mode. In [[adventurer mode]], night trolls and their spouses can be given as the targets of [[quest]]s. They are not related to normal [[troll]]s.

Graphically, the default sprites that night trolls use will be of malformed, humanoid creatures that resemble the randomly-generated appearance they've been given. This same setup is used for other procedurally-generated creatures, such as [[bogeyman|bogeymen]] and smaller [[experiment]]s. The sprites night trolls use are smaller than those of other procedurally generated creatures, such as [[demon]]s, [[angel]]s and [[megabeast]]s.

==Characteristics==
[[File:Night_troll.jpg|thumb|310px|right|''Art by anonimus'']]A number of different types of night trolls are procedurally generated at every world creation, similar to [[Bogeyman|bogeymen]] and [[titan]]s. Their numbers are normally dependent on world size, but can be directly controlled with [[advanced world generation]] – a world seed with "{{tt|Number of Night Troll Types}}" set to {{tt|0}} in advanced world generation will not have any night trolls in it. Not all night troll species are named as such – the possible names, apart from words indicating night, evil, or darkness, include bridegroom, crone, freak, groom, hag, horror, man, monster, ogre, ogress, troll, and woman. Night trolls belong to the [[sphere]]s of death and night, and will be named appropriately.

While procedurally generated, night trolls all possess certain characteristics in common: they are all [[fanciful]], evil-aligned humanoids with either extra or missing features; for example, large feathered women, or large skinless one-eyed men with horns and trunks. Some night trolls possess wings which give them flight, though they will only use them to fight adventurers who are also flying. Their description always gives their movement method (e.g. ''moves with uneven, jerking motions'') and detailed descriptions of their skin (smooth, rough, warty, leathery, etc.). Their [[lair]]s are mounds or holes in the ground with [[door]]s or [[hatch cover]]s. Depending on the night troll, they can contain various tools (knives, forks, meat cleavers), small amounts of discarded [[coin]]s and [[clothing]] from their victims, [[corpse]]s, organs or skeletons of sentient creatures prepared as [[food]], cauldrons of [[blood]] or [[water]] with various food (meat, bones, full skeletons, vermin remains, rarely parts of armor), [[bone meal]], and ground [[vermin]], victim skulls as trophies, and even [[quern|querns]]. Most night troll lairs are inhabited by a single creature, but sometimes you'll encounter entire families of five or even ten. The night trolls' lairs, [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=60554.msg1729406#msg1729406 according to Toady One], have a unique tag that causes items placed there to not be scattered around or rot.

All night trolls possess Talented [[skill]] in [[wrestling]], [[Combat skill|biting, fighting, striking, kicking, dodging]] and [[Observer|observing]], on top of possessing bonuses to all body [[attribute]]s. Night trolls can [[Amphibious|breathe underwater]], [[No Exert|feel no exertion]], [[No Stun|cannot be stunned]] and are [[No Pain|immune to pain]], nausea, dizziness and fevers. Night trolls need no food, water or sleep to survive, nor do they need to breathe, meaning they cannot be drowned or strangled. Interestingly, their raws also reveal an [[Trapavoid|immunity to traps]], the ability of [[building destroyer|destroying buildings]] and a [[pet]] value of 2,000; due to existing in [[fortress mode]] only if the player embarks on their lair, night trolls almost never get to destroy buildings or interact with [[trap]]s, and they don't possess the necessary tokens to be [[Animal trainer|trained]] (but some species of night trolls are SLOW_LEARNER and very rarely, possibly because of a bug, could become minions of goblins). All night trolls can sense unseen living creatures as {{Raw Tile|☼|4:0:1}} in a similar manner to [[vampire]]s, though this cannot normally be observed, as night trolls are not a playable race.

The potential size range of night trolls is unknown, but it is known to vary greatly, from slightly bigger than a [[dwarf]] to as large as an adult [[deer]]. Spouses are sometimes smaller than their captors, but this depends on the night troll species. Adventurers are able to [[smell]] night trolls with {{k|o}}, with them being described as smelling variously like "death", "cooked flesh" or "bug innards".

Dwarves may [[Preferences|like]] a species of night troll for their ''macabre ways''.

==Reproduction==
[[File:adv_night_troll.png|thumb|200px|right|An adventurer discovering a night troll in its cave.]]As stated above, night trolls must kidnap a non-[[goblin]] [[civilization|civilized]] being and transform their victim into another night troll of the opposite sex (the process by which this is done is not known, nor is the reason why it cannot be done on goblins) in order to reproduce, but what is curious is that the kidnapping troll can be either male or female, and a given world is easily capable of having multiple trolls of both sexes. When the kidnapped victim is transformed into a night troll, they will share the same name as their captor, but with the inclusion of something indicating their spousal status. For example, a "Dusk Brute" will turn its victim into a "Dusk Brute consort" or "Spouse of the Dusk Brute", with the exact same appearance as the captor.

The reason why night trolls seek out victims to kidnap instead of simply breeding amongst themselves is unknown, but the fact that night troll young are always the same sex as the non-kidnapped parent suggests there may be some sort of issue with attempted reproduction between "natural-born" night trolls (the offspring being sexless, unable to come to term, etc).

It is not known whether spouses can mate with another spouse of the opposite sex (or even with any other night troll at all, aside from the one that transformed them), although this would of course be quite a rare event even ''if'' possible.

An interesting aspect of night troll reproduction is that it qualifies as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_isolate Genetic Barrier], meaning that natural-born male night trolls and natural-born female ones would eventually diverge into separate species if genes and mutation were added as game mechanics, since a mutation that arose amongst one sex would have no way of making it into the gene pool of the other.

If night trolls give birth in fortress mode, the children will be friendly. Night trolls will not haul their babies, except if dfhacked into being a citizen of your fort.

==Fighting night trolls==
Night trolls are somewhat challenging opponents in battle, but not especially dangerous if encountered alone, though one is very capable of dispatching the overconfident. Since they are fairly large, wrestling them is quite difficult, though still possible, and they are a bit harder to harm with blunt attacks than humans. In addition, they are immune to pain and do not need to breathe, so they cannot be made to pass out and will not suffocate.

Night trolls can, rarely, wield one of the butchery [[tool]]s generated in their [[lair]]s, like boning knives or meat cleavers. Usually they will attack unarmed and can, due to their large size, cause serious harm with their punches, kicks and especially bites. In fact, teeth are usually their most dangerous weapon, so if the night troll in question is holding a cutting tool, you'd best ''not'' disarm it, since they always prioritize armed attacks. Avoid the spine in particular: this is never a mortal [[wound]] for a night troll, since they don't need lung function to live; all it will do is make them unable to use their legs or, if they have any, wings – both of which can already be disabled with aimed blows – and then leave them forced to always use their ''strongest'' attack.

Night trolls can die from blood loss, brain damage, beheading and bisection (cutting off the lower body). They never wear clothing or [[armor]] and so are quite susceptible to having limbs cut off – hacking and slashing attacks work remarkably well against them. Be especially wary of trolls and other night creatures that possess horns.

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It is rumored by some that certain night trolls consider the destruction of the spine a rite of passage, demonstrating not just their superiority over [[Civilizations|their livestock]] in not needing to breathe, but also how strong they can be when freed from the distractions of things like punches, stabbing, flying, or kicks, and how easily they can catch up to their pathetic prey even without legs. Indeed, the loss of their upper or middle spinal nervous tissue is no emblem of handicap, but rather the catalyst for an epiphany of clarity in combat, as well as a show of just how dedicated the night troll is to utterly stamping their metaphorical boot on the hopes of any dwarf, elf, human, or goblin that is stupid enough to get in their way (and then proceeding to smash and rend any life out of them before promptly making them into steaks for their psychotic tea parties). The titans could only wish to be able to emulate such unmistakable malice and ill will.

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[ATTACK_VERB:punch:punches]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:2:2]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
[ATTACK:KICK:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:STANCE]
[ATTACK_SKILL:STANCE_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:kick:kicks]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:2:2]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
[ATTACK_FLAG_BAD_MULTIATTACK]
[ATTACK:BITE:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:MOUTH]
[ATTACK_SKILL:BITE]
[ATTACK_VERB:bite:bites]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER:2:2]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
[ATTACK_FLAG_CANLATCH]
[GAIT:SWIM:Maximum Swim Speed:725:10:3:2175:50:LAYERS_SLOW:STRENGTH:AGILITY:STEALTH_SLOWS:50]
[GAIT:SWIM:Faster Swim:1450:5:3:2175:10:LAYERS_SLOW:STRENGTH:AGILITY:STEALTH_SLOWS:20]
[GAIT:SWIM:Fast Swim:2175:NO_BUILD_UP:5:LAYERS_SLOW:STRENGTH:AGILITY:STEALTH_SLOWS:10]
[GAIT:SWIM:Swim:2900:NO_BUILD_UP:0]
[GAIT:SWIM:Slow Swim:3900:NO_BUILD_UP:0]
[GAIT:SWIM:Creeping Swim:5900:NO_BUILD_UP:0]
[GAIT:WALK:Sprint:200:10:3:600:50:LAYERS_SLOW:STRENGTH:AGILITY:STEALTH_SLOWS:50]
[GAIT:WALK:Run:400:5:3:600:10:LAYERS_SLOW:STRENGTH:AGILITY:STEALTH_SLOWS:20]
[GAIT:WALK:Jog:600:NO_BUILD_UP:5:LAYERS_SLOW:STRENGTH:AGILITY:STEALTH_SLOWS:10]
[GAIT:WALK:Walk:800:NO_BUILD_UP:0]
[GAIT:WALK:Stroll:1700:NO_BUILD_UP:0]
[GAIT:WALK:Creep:2600:NO_BUILD_UP:0]
[GAIT:CRAWL:Scramble:225:10:3:675:50:LAYERS_SLOW:STRENGTH:AGILITY:STEALTH_SLOWS:50]
[GAIT:CRAWL:Faster Crawl:450:5:3:675:10:LAYERS_SLOW:STRENGTH:AGILITY:STEALTH_SLOWS:20]
[GAIT:CRAWL:Fast Crawl:675:NO_BUILD_UP:5:LAYERS_SLOW:STRENGTH:AGILITY:STEALTH_SLOWS:10]
[GAIT:CRAWL:Crawl:900:NO_BUILD_UP:0]
[GAIT:CRAWL:Slow Crawl:1900:NO_BUILD_UP:0]
[GAIT:CRAWL:Creep:2900:NO_BUILD_UP:0]
[GAIT:CLIMB:Scramble:225:10:3:675:50:LAYERS_SLOW:STRENGTH:AGILITY:STEALTH_SLOWS:50]
[GAIT:CLIMB:Faster Climb:450:5:3:675:10:LAYERS_SLOW:STRENGTH:AGILITY:STEALTH_SLOWS:20]
[GAIT:CLIMB:Fast Climb:675:NO_BUILD_UP:5:LAYERS_SLOW:STRENGTH:AGILITY:STEALTH_SLOWS:10]
[GAIT:CLIMB:Climb:900:NO_BUILD_UP:0]
[GAIT:CLIMB:Slow Climb:1900:NO_BUILD_UP:0]
[GAIT:CLIMB:Creep:2900:NO_BUILD_UP:0]
[DESCRIPTION:A large humanoid with lidless eyes. It has a short tail and its joints are backward. Its gray skin is waxy. Now you will know why you fear the night.]
[PREFSTRING:macabre ways]
[SELECT_CASTE:FEMALE]
[CASTE_NAME:hag of twilight:hags of twilight:hag of twilight]
[SELECT_CASTE:MALE]
[CASTE_NAME:hag groom of twilight:hag grooms of twilight:hag groom of twilight]
[SELECT_CASTE:ALL]
}}

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{{Category|Amphibious}}
{{Category|Building destroyer}}
{{Category|Fanciful}}
{{Category|Learns}}
{{Category|No Exert}}
{{Category|No Pain}}
{{Category|No Stun}}
{{Category|Trapavoid}}
[[ru:Night troll]]

Creature token

2026-07-17T02:38:41Z

ASpatula66: clarify again

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The <code>[OBJECT:CREATURE]</code> [[token]] begins the definition of a ''Dwarf Fortress'' [[creature]] [[raw file]]. Each creature definition that follows begins with the {{token|creature|c|creature ID}} token, and the creature's exact properties and behavior are then specified by the use of further creature tokens. All known creature tokens are listed below.

Vanilla creature definitions can be found in <code>[[Game folder|<Dwarf Fortress>]]\data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\</code>.
Creature ID is also used with [[graphics token]]s to make customizable [[graphics set]]s.

The [[caste]] tokens allow defining sub-species within the broader creature definition, including true biological castes and lesser variations, such as sexes. Creature tokens can either be 'Creature' or 'CASTE-only' type which can only be applied to creature or caste respectively, or 'CASTE' which can be applied to both. In the table bellow, creature type distinguishes tokens that can be applied to creature only, caste only, and both ('creature', 'CASTE-only', and 'CASTE' respectively)

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==A==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ADOPTS_OWNER}}
| Caste
|
| Prevents the tamed creature from being made available for adoption, instead allowing it to automatically adopt whoever it wants. The basic requirements for adoption are intact, and the creature will only adopt individuals who have a [[preference]] for their species. Used by [[cat]]s in the vanilla game. When {{k|v}}iewing a tame creature with this token, the message "This animal isn't interested in your wishes" will appear instead of "This [adorable] animal can't work" or "This animal is waiting to be trained".

|-
| {{text anchor|ALCOHOL_DEPENDENT}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature need [[alcohol]] to get through the working day; it will choose to drink booze instead of [[water]] if possible. Going sober for too long reduces speed.

|-
| {{text anchor|ALL_ACTIVE}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will appear at any time of day. Overrides {{token|DIURNAL|c}}, {{token|NOCTURNAL|c}}, {{token|CREPUSCULAR|c}}, {{token|MATUTINAL|c}}, and {{token|VESPERTINE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|ALTTILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| If set, the creature will blink between its {{token|TILE|c}} and its ALTTILE.

|-
| {{text anchor|AMBUSHPREDATOR}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature start out hidden and remain near its original location until its prey draws near. When combined with {{token|WEBBER|c}}, causes them to lay gigantic webs near their spawn location, though only for creatures present during embark.

|-
| {{text anchor|AMPHIBIOUS}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to breathe both in and out of [[water]] (unlike {{token|AQUATIC|c}}) - does not prevent drowning in [[magma]].

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_DESC_RANGE}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*Range (6 values, low to high)
| Based on info from [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=113762.msg3473069#msg3473069 Wannabehero on the forums]: When used with an appearance modifier token (BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER or BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER), tells the game what numeric ranges to map to which descriptors.

The game uses 7 descriptor levels for each modifier, with the center one generally being to omit the thing from the creature description entirely. The six values in APP_MOD_DESC_RANGE define the boundaries between each described range. If this is not specified it uses the numbers 10:50:95:105:150:190.

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_GENETIC_MODEL}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*Model (Accepts DOMINANT_MORE, DOMINANT_LESS, and MIX)
| Defines a genetic model for the relevant appearance modifier(s). May or may not do anything significant at present.

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_IMPORTANCE}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*number
| Determines how important the appearance modifier is, for determining whether it shows up in the creature description.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_NOUN}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*noun
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| Creates a noun for the appearance, and whether it is singular or plural.

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_RATE}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*Rate (integer)
*Scale (DAILY, YEARLY)
*min (growth)
*max (growth)
*start year
*start day
*end year
*end day
| Setting the growth rate of the modifier. The last two tokens can be replaced by NO_END to have growth continue indefinitely.

|-
| {{text anchor|APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION}}
| Caste
|
*creature variation ID
*(optional) any amount of arbitrary arguments
| Applies the specified [[creature variation token|creature variation]]. See [[Creature_variation_token#Arguments_and_conditional_tokens]] for how the subsequent arguments may be used.

|-
| {{text anchor|APPLY_CURRENT_CREATURE_VARIATION}}
| Special
|
| Applies the effects of all pending {{token|CV_ADD_TAG|c}} and {{token|CV_REMOVE_TAG|c}} tokens that have been defined in the current creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|AQUATIC}}
| Caste
|
| Enables the creature to breathe in water, but causes it to air-drown on dry land.

|-
| {{text anchor|ARENA_RESTRICTED}}
| Caste
|
| Causes the creature to be excluded from the [[object testing arena]]'s creature spawning list. Typically applied to spoileriffic creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|ARTIFICIAL_HIVEABLE}}
| Creature
|
| Enables the creature to be kept in artificial [[hive]]s by [[beekeeper]]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE}}
| Caste
|
| Prevents the creature from attacking or frightening creatures with the {{Token|NATURAL|c}} tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK}}
| Caste
|
*token
*selection criteria (it's complicated)
| Defines the attack name, and the body part used. See [[#Attack Tokens|below]] for valid subtokens
'''Example:''' 
<code>[ATTACK:GORE:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:HORN]</code> 
''GORE'' = name of the attack 
''BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:HORN'' = the horn is used to attack (presuming the creature has one)

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_TRIGGER}}
| Caste
|
*population
*exported wealth
*created wealth
| Specifies when a [[megabeast]] or [[semi-megabeast]] will attack the fortress. The attacks will start occurring when all of the requirements are met. Setting a value to 0 disables the trigger.

|}

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==B==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|BABY}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Age at which creature is considered a child, the default is zero. One can think of this as the duration of the baby stage.

|-
| {{text anchor|BABYNAME}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
| Defines a new name for a creature in baby state at the caste level. For non-caste-specific baby names, see {{token|GENERAL_BABY_NAME|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|BEACH_FREQUENCY}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Creature may be subject to [[beaching]], becoming stranded on [[Beach|shores]], where they will eventually air-drown. The number indicates the frequency of the occurrence. Presumably requires the creature to be {{token|AQUATIC|c}}. Used by [[orca]]s, [[sperm whale]]s and [[sea nettle jellyfish]] in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|BENIGN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is non-aggressive by default, and will never automatically be engaged by companions or soldiers, running away from any creatures that are not friendly to it, and will only defend itself if it becomes enraged. Can be thought of as the counterpoint of the {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}} tag. When tamed, animals with this tag will be useless for fortress defense.

This and {{token|TRADE_CAPACITY|c}} are required for {{token|PACK_ANIMAL|c}} to function properly, if an animal contains the aforementioned requirements without this tag: items loaded by the merchants will be dropped upon departure.

|-
| {{text anchor|BIOME}}
| Creature
|
* [[biome token]]
| Select a [[biome]] the creature may appear in.

|-
| {{text anchor|BLOOD}}
| Caste
|
* <[[material token]]>
* <[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
| Specifies what the creature's blood is made of.

|-
| {{text anchor|BLOODSUCKER}}
| Caste
|
| Causes [[vampire]]-like behaviour; the creature will suck the [[Creature_token#BLOOD|blood]] of unconscious victims when its [[Syndrome#TIME_SINCE_SUCKED_BLOOD|thirst for blood]] grows sufficiently large. When controlling the creature in adventure mode, this can be done at will. Seems to be required to make the creature denouncable (in-world) as a creature of the night.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY}}
| Caste
|
*body parts
| Draws body parts from OBJECT:BODY files (such as body_default.txt)
'''Example:''' 
[BODY:BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG:HEART:GUTS:BRAIN:MOUTH] 
This is the body from a [[purring maggot]]. It creates a body with head, a heart, some guts, a brain, and a mouth. That's all a maggot needs.

The body parts need to be listed in an order such that any parent part appears before its connected children. For example [BODY:HEART:BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG] produces a "Body Token Recognized But Could Not Connect: HEART" error because HEART can't find any UPPERBODY(s) to connect to. Switching the order to [BODY:BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG:HEART] fixes the problem because now the UPPERBODY is created before the HEART tries to connect to it.

'''If the body is left undefined, the creature (or caste) will be tagged as [DOES_NOT_EXIST].''' {{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*ATTRIBUTE
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| These body modifiers give individual creatures different characteristics. In the case of HEIGHT, BROADNESS and LENGTH, the modifier is also a percentage change to the BODY_SIZE of the individual creature. The seven numbers afterward give a distribution of ranges. Each interval has an equal chance of occurring.
'''Example:''' 
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110] 
''HEIGHT'' : marks the height to be changed 
''90:95:98:100:102:105:110'' : sets the range from the shortest (90% of the average height) to the tallest (110% of the average height) creature variation.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY_DETAIL_PLAN}}
| Caste
|
*PlanName
*Arguments
| Loads a plan from listed OBJECT:BODY_DETAIL_PLAN files, such as b_detail_plan_default.txt. Mass applies USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE, mass alters RELSIZE, alters body part positions, and will allow tissue layers to be defined. Tissue layers are defined in order of skin to bone here.
'''Example:''' 
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE:BONE:CARTILAGE] 
This creates the detailed body of a [[fox]], the skin, fat, muscle, bones and cartilage out of the vertebrate tissues. 
A [[Purring maggot|maggot]] would only need: 
''[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:EXOSKELETON_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE]''

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*years
*days
*size
| Sets size at a given age. Size is in cubic centimeters, and for normal body materials, is roughly equal to the creature's average weight in grams.
'''Example:''' 
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:10000] 
[BODY_SIZE:1:168:50000] 
[BODY_SIZE:12:0:220000] 
This describes the size of a [[minotaur]]. Its birth size would be 10,000 cm3 (~10 kg). At 1 year and 168 days old it would be 50,000 cm3 (~50 kg). And as an adult (at 12 years old) it would be 220,000 cm3 and weigh roughly 220 kg.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODYGLOSS}}
| Caste
|
*gloss
| Substitutes body part text with replacement text. Draws gloss information from OBJECT:BODY files (such as body_default.txt)

|-
| {{text anchor|BONECARN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature eats bones. Implies {{token|CARNIVORE|c}}. Currently does not work due to a bug ({{Bug|11069}}).

|-
| {{text anchor|BP_ADD_TYPE}}
| Caste
|
| Adds a type to a body part - used with {{token|SET_BP_GROUP|c}}. In vanilla DF, this is used for adding the type '[[Body token#GELDABLE|GELDABLE]]' to the lower body of certain [[cat|creatures]].

|-
| {{text anchor|BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*QUALITY
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets up the breadth of possibilities for appearance qualities for a selected BP group. EG. Eyes (CLOSE_SET, DEEP_SET, ROUND_VS_NARROW, LARGE_IRIS),Lips (THICKNESS), Nose (BROADNESS, LENGTH, UPTURNED, CONVEX), Ear (SPLAYED_OUT, HANGING_LOBES, BROADNESS, HEIGHT), Tooth (GAPS), Skull (HIGH_CHEEKBONES, BROAD_CHIN, JUTTING CHIN, SQUARE_CHIN), Neck (DEEP_VOICE, RASPY_VOICE), Head (BROADNESS, HEIGHT)

|-
| {{text anchor|BP_REMOVE_TYPE}}
| Caste
|
| Removes a type from a body part. Used with {{token|SET_BP_GROUP|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|BUILDINGDESTROYER}}
| Caste
|
*1 or 2
| Allows a creature to destroy furniture and buildings. Value [1] targets mostly doors, hatches, furniture and the like. Value [2] targets anything not made with the {{k|b}} + {{k|C}} commands.
|}

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==C==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|CAN_DO_INTERACTION}}
| Caste
|
*interaction token
| The creature can perform an interaction. See [[interaction token]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CAN_LEARN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature gains [[skill]]s and can have [[labor|professions]]. If a member of a civilization (even a pet) has this token, it'll need to eat, drink and sleep. Note that this token makes the creature unable to be eaten by an adventurer, so it is not recommended for uncivilized monsters. Adventurers lacking this token can allocate but not increase attributes and skills. Skills allocated will disappear on start. A creature with at least this token or the {{token|CAN_SPEAK|c}} token will be able to have [[Personality value|values]] and [[Personality goal|goals]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CAN_SPEAK}}
| Caste
|
| Can [[talking|talk]]. Note that this is not necessary for a creature to gain social skills but to make friends in fortress mode. A creature with at least this token or the {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} token will be able to have [[Personality value|values]] and [[Personality goal|goals]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_CLIMB}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot [[climber|climb]], even if it has free grasp parts.

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_JUMP}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot [[jump]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_UNDEAD}}
| Caste
|
| Acts like {{token|NOT_LIVING|c}}, except that {{token|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE|c}} creatures will attack them.

|-
| {{text anchor|CANOPENDOORS}}
| Caste
|
| Defunct, as doors cannot be set as tightly closed anymore.

|-
| {{text anchor|CARNIVORE}}
| Caste
|
| Creature ''only'' eats [[meat]]. If the creature goes on rampages in worldgen, it will often devour the people/animals it kills.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*name
| Defines a [[caste]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_ALTTILE}}
| Caste
|
*tile number or "letter"
| Caste-specific {{token|ALTTILE|c}}. Requires {{token|CASTE_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
*fg
*bg
*brightness
| Caste-specific {{token|COLOR|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_GLOWCOLOR}}
| Caste
|
*fg
*bg
*brightness
| Caste-specific {{token|GLOWCOLOR|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_GLOWTILE}}
| Caste
|
*tile value or "letter"
| Caste-specific {{token|GLOWTILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_NAME}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
*adjective
| While {{token|NAME|c}} describes the name of the species, {{token|CASTE_NAME|c}} names individuals of the species. Unlike other caste-specific descriptions, this token is required, even for creatures without separate castes. If left undefined, the creature will not show up in the [[arena]] and members of the species will be labeled as "nothing".

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_PROFESSION_NAME}}
| Caste
|
*[[Unit type token]] (Profession)
*singular
*plural
| Caste-specific {{token|PROFESSION_NAME|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_SOLDIER_ALTTILE}}
| Caste
|
*'character' or tile number
| Caste-specific {{token|SOLDIER_ALTTILE|c}}. Requires {{token|CASTE_SOLDIER_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_SOLDIER_TILE}}
| Caste
|
*'character' or tile number
| Caste-specific {{token|CREATURE_SOLDIER_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_TILE}}
| Caste
|
* tile number or "letter"
| Caste-specific {{token|CREATURE_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CAVE_ADAPT}}
| Caste
|
| Causes the creature to develop [[cave adaptation]].

Allows for creature's race to be involved in jokes that end in "And the [race] saw the sun and vomited on the spot!"

|-
| {{text anchor|CDI}}
| Caste
|
*Varies
| Specifies interaction details following a {{token|CAN_DO_INTERACTION|c}} token. See [[interaction token]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CHANGE_BODY_SIZE_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Multiplies body size by a factor of (integer)%. 50 halves size, 200 doubles.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHANGE_FREQUENCY_PERC}}
| Creature
|
*integer
| Multiplies frequency by a factor of (integer)%.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILD}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Age at which creature is considered an adult - one can think of this as the duration of the [[children|child]] stage. Allows the creature's offspring to be rendered fully tame if [[animal trainer|trained]] during their childhood.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILDNAME}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
| Defines a new name for a creature in the child state at the caste level. For non-caste-specific child names, see {{token|GENERAL_CHILD_NAME|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CLUSTER_NUMBER}}
| Creature
|
*min
*max
| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many creatures per spawned cluster. Vermin fish with this token in combination with temperate ocean and river biome tokens [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=51864.msg1122319#msg1122319 will perform seasonal migrations]. Defaults to 1:1 if not specified.

|-
| {{text anchor|CLUTCH_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*min
*max
|Number of [[egg]]s laid in one sitting.

|-
| {{text anchor|COLONY_EXTERNAL}}
| Caste
|
| Caste hovers around colony.

|-
| {{text anchor|COLOR}}
| Creature
|
*foreground
*background
*brightness
| Color of the creature's tile. (See [[Color]] for usage.)

|-
| {{text anchor|COMMON_DOMESTIC}}
| Caste
|
| When combined with any of {{token|PET|c}}, {{token|PACK_ANIMAL|c}}, {{token|WAGON_PULLER|c}} and/or {{token|MOUNT|c}}, the creature is guaranteed to be domesticated by any [[civilization]] with {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_PET|e}}, {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_PACK|e}}, {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_PULL|e}} and/or {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_MOUNT|e}} respectively. Such civilizations will always have access to the creature, even in the absence of wild populations. This token is invalid on {{token|FANCIFUL|c}} creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|CONVERTED_SPOUSE}}
| Caste
|
| Creatures of this caste's species with the {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERTER|c}} and {{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}} tokens will kidnap {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGET|c}}s of an appropriate sex and convert them into castes with CONVERTED_SPOUSE.

|-
| {{text anchor|COOKABLE_LIVE}}
| Caste
|
| Set this on a vermin creature to allow it to be cooked in meals while it is still alive, as well as when it's dead but not yet [[fishery|cleaned]]. Used by some water-dwelling vermin such as [[mussel]]s, [[oyster]]s, and [[cave lobster]]s. Currently does not work correctly when applied to non-{{token|FISHITEM|c}} vermin.{{bug|13200}}

|-
| {{text anchor|CRAZED}}
| Caste
|
| Creature is '[[insanity|berserk]]' and will attack all other creatures, except members of its own species that '''also''' have the CRAZED tag. It will show {{DFtext|Berserk|4:1}} in the [[unit list]]. Berserk creatures go on rampages during [[world generation|worldgen]] much more frequently than non-berserk ones.

|-
| {{text anchor|COPY_TAGS_FROM}}
| Special
|
*creature ID
| Copies another specified creature. This will override any definitions made before it; essentially, it makes this creature identical to the other one, which can then be modified. Often used in combination with {{token|APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION|c}} to import standard variations from a file. The vanilla [[giant animal]]s and [[animal person|animal people]]s are examples of this token combination.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE}}
| Creature
|
*creature ID
| A unique, arbitrary identifier that begins the definition of each new creature, and is used to reference the creature in other tokens and raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_CLASS}}
| Caste
|
*classname
| An arbitrary creature classification. Can be set to anything, but the only vanilla uses are GENERAL_POISON (used in syndromes), EDIBLE_GROUND_BUG (used as targets for {{token|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS|c}}), MAMMAL, and POISONOUS (both used for kobold pet eligibility). If a creature has the REAL_WORLD_EXTINCT class, they can be customized in how they appear during world generation, and will also have another class creature class to denote what prehistoric period they existed in. A single creature can have multiple classes.

The full list of tokens that use creature classes is:

* Creature tokens: {{token|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS|c}}, {{token|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS|c}}
* Interaction tokens: {{token|IT_AFFECTED_CLASS|in}}, {{token|IT_IMMUNE_CLASS|in}}
* Animal definition (Entity) tokens: {{token|ANIMAL_CLASS|e}}, {{token|ANIMAL_FORBIDDEN_CLASS|e}}
* Position (Entity) token: {{token|ALLOWED_CLASS|po}}
* Syndrome tokens: {{token|SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS|sy}}, {{token|SYN_IMMUNE_CLASS|sy}}, {{token|CE_SENSE_CREATURE_CLASS|sy}}
* Extinction tokens: CAMBRIAN, CARBONIFEROUS, CENOZOIC, CRETACEOUS, DEVONIAN, JURASSIC, ORDOVICIAN, PERMIAN, SILURIAN, TRIASSIC [Todo: add token links]
|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_SOLDIER_TILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| Creatures active in their civilization's [[military]] will use this tile instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_TILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| The symbol of the creature in ASCII mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREPUSCULAR}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will appear at dawn (between 4:30 AM and 6:00 AM) and in the evening (between 8:00 PM and 10:05 PM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_EATER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to [[Steals food|steal and eat edible items]] from a site. It will attempt to grab a food item and immediately make its way to the map's edge, where it will disappear with it. If the creature goes on rampages during worldgen, it will often steal food instead of attacking. Trained and tame instances of the creature will no longer display this behavior.

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_GUZZLER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to (very quickly) [[Steals drink|drink your alcohol]]. Or spill the barrel to the ground. Also affects undead versions of the creature. Unlike food or item thieves, drink thieves will consume your alcohol on the spot rather than run away with one piece of it. Trained and tame instances of the creature will no longer display this behavior.

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_ITEM}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to [[Steals items|steal things]] (apparently, of the highest value it can find). It will attempt to grab an item of value and immediately make its way to the map's edge, where it will disappear with it. If a creature with any of the CURIOUSBEAST tokens carries anything off the map, even if it is a caravan's pack animal, it will be reported as stealing everything it carries. If the creature goes on rampages in worldgen, it will often steal items instead of attacking - [[kea]] birds are infamous for this. Trained and tame instances of the creature will no longer display this behavior. Also, makes the creature unable to drop hauled items until it enters combat.

|-
| {{text anchor|CV_ADD_TAG}}
| Special
|
*TAG NAME
| Adds a tag. Used in conjunction with creature variation templates.

|-
| {{text anchor|CV_REMOVE_TAG}}
| Special
|
*TAG NAME
| Removes a tag. Used in conjunction with creature variation templates.
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==D==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|DEMON}}
| Caste
|
| Found on generated [[demon]]s.

At least 1 demon generated, or custom must have the {{token|FLIER|c}} token in order for the [[Underworld|horrifying screams]] event to trigger.

|-
| {{text anchor|DESCRIPTION}}
| Caste
|
*text
| A brief description of the creature type, as displayed when viewing the creature's description/[[Thoughts and preferences|thoughts & preferences]] screen.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIE_WHEN_VERMIN_BITE}}
| Caste
|
| Causes the creature to die upon attacking. Used by [[honey bee]]s to simulate them dying after using their stingers.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIFFICULTY}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Increases experience gain during adventure mode. Creatures with a difficulty of 11 or higher are not assigned for quests in adventure mode. Vanilla [[semimegabeast]]s have a difficulty of 5 and [[megabeast]]s have a difficulty of 10.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIURNAL}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear during the day (between 6:00 AM and 8:00 PM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|DIVE_HUNTS_VERMIN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature hunts vermin by diving from the air. On tame creatures, it has the same effect as {{token|HUNTS_VERMIN|c}}. Found on [[peregrine falcon]]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|DOES_NOT_EXIST}}
| Creature
|
| Adding this token to a creature prevents it from appearing in generated worlds (unless it's marked as [[Entity_token#ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PRESENT|always present]] for a particular civilisation). For example, adding it to [[dog]]s will lead to worlds being generated without dogs in them. Also removes the creature from the [[object testing arena]]'s spawn list. If combined with {{token|FANCIFUL|c}}, artistic depictions of the creature will occur regardless. Used by [[centaur]]s, [[chimera]]s and [[griffon]]s in the vanilla game.

Note: a creature tagged as DOES_NOT_EXIST can still be [[Interaction_token#I_EFFECT|summoned]] successfully, as long as it has a body defined in its raws [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=165213.msg8086938#msg8086938], or, another creature can [[Syndrome#CE_BODY_TRANSFORMATION|transform]] into it.
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==E==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|EBO_ITEM}}
| Caste
|
*[[item token]]
*[[material token]] (ANY_HARD_STONE can be used for the material)
| Defines the item that the creature drops upon being [[butcher|butchered]]. Used with {{token|EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|EBO_SHAPE}}
| Caste
|
*gem shape
| The shape of the creature's extra [[butcher|butchering]] drop. Used with {{token|EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|EGG_MATERIAL}}
| Caste
|
* <[[material token]]>
* <[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
| Defines the material composition of [[egg]]s laid by the creature. [[creature_token#LAYS_EGGS|Egg-laying]] creatures in the default game define this 3 times, using LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGGSHELL, LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGG_WHITE, and then LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGG_YOLK. Eggs will be made out of eggshell. Edibility is determined by tags on whites or yolk, but they otherwise do not exist.

|-
| {{text anchor|EGG_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*size
| Determines the size of laid [[egg]]s. Doesn't affect hatching or cooking, but bigger eggs will be heavier, and may take longer to be hauled depending on the hauler's strength.

|-
| {{text anchor|EQUIPMENT_WAGON}}
| Creature
|
| Makes the creature appear as a large 3×3 [[wagon]] responsible for carrying trade goods, pulled by two {{token|WAGON_PULLER|c}} creatures and driven by a merchant.

|-
| {{text anchor|EQUIPS}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to wear or wield items.

|-
| {{text anchor|EVIL}}
| Creature
|
| The creature is considered evil and will only show up in evil biomes. Civilizations with {{token|USE_EVIL_ANIMALS|e}} can domesticate them regardless of exotic status. Has no effect on cavern creatures except to restrict taming. A civilization with evil creatures can colonize evil areas.

Civilizations which list evil creatures as one of their main population options will potentially emerge following an underworld mining disaster, with the added caveat that a demon will be in charge of the civ. The rules which govern which noble position the demon in charge adopts however, are unclear. It either picks one of the predefined positions, or simply makes its own.

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT}}
| Caste
|
* [[Body token#CATEGORY|BY_CATEGORY]] or [[Body token#CONTYPE|BY_TYPE]] or [[Body token#BP|BY_TOKEN]]
* TYPE, CATEGORY, or TOKEN
| The creature drops an additional object when [[butcher|butchered]], as defined by {{token|EBO_ITEM|c}} and {{token|EBO_SHAPE|c}}. Used for [[gizzard stone]]s in default creatures. For some materials, needs to be defined after caste definitions with SELECT_CASTE:ALL{{Bug|6355}}

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRACT}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
| Defines a creature extract which can be obtained via [[small animal dissection]].

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRAVISION}}
| Caste
|
| The creature can see regardless of whether it has working eyes and has full 360 degree vision, making it impossible to strike the creature from a blind spot in combat. Invisible creatures will also be seen, namely [[intelligent undead]] using a "vanish" power.
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==F==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|FANCIFUL}}
| Creature
|
| The creature is a thing of legend and known to all civilizations. Its materials cannot be requested or preferred. The tag also adds some art value modifiers. Used by a [[Fanciful|number of creatures]]. Conflicts with {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|FEATURE_ATTACK_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[Animal people#Subterranean animal people|subterranean animal-man]] tribals. Currently defunct. In previous versions{{verify}}, it caused these creatures to crawl out of chasms and underground rivers.

|-
| {{text anchor|FEATURE_BEAST}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[forgotten beast]]s. Presumably makes it act as such, initiating underground attacks on fortresses, or leads to the pop-up message upon encountering one{{verify}}. Displays the creature's {{token|DESCRIPTION|c}} in its [[legends mode]] entry and hides the creature from displaying in a world_sites_and_pops file. Does not create historical figures like generated forgotten beasts do.

Requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will live, and both surface and subterranean biomes are allowed. Does not stack with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} and if both are used the creature will not spawn. Appears to be incompatible with {{token|DEMON|c}} even if used in separate castes.

|-
| {{text anchor|FEMALE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature biologically female, enabling her to [[Breeding|bear young]]. Usually specified inside a caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|FIREIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature immune to [[Interaction_token#FIREBALL|FIREBALL]] and [[Interaction_token#FIREJET|FIREJET]] attacks, and allows it to path through high temperature zones, like lava or fires, but does not, by itself, make the creature immune to the damaging effects of burning in [[fire]], and does not prevent general heat damage or melting on its own (this would require adjustments to be made to the creature's body [[Material_definition_token|materials]] - see the [[Dragon/raw|dragon raws]] for an example).

|-
| {{text anchor|FIREIMMUNE_SUPER}}
| Caste
|
| Like {{token|FIREIMMUNE|c}}, but also renders the creature immune to [[Interaction_token#DRAGONFIRE|DRAGONFIRE]] attacks.

|-
| {{text anchor|FISHITEM}}
| Caste
|
| The creature's corpse is a single [[Item_token#FISH_RAW|FISH_RAW]] food item that needs to be cleaned (into a [[Item_token#FISH|FISH]] item) at a [[fishery]] to become edible. Before being cleaned the item is referred to as "raw". The food item is categorized under "fish" on the food and stocks screens, and when uncleaned it is sorted under "raw fish" in the stocks (but does not show up on the food screen).
Without this or {{token|COOKABLE_LIVE|c}}, [[fishing|fished]] vermin will turn into food the same way as non-vermin creatures, resulting in multiple units of food (meat, brain, lungs, eyes, spleen etc.) from a single fished vermin. These units of food are categorized as meat by the game.

|-
| {{text anchor|FIXED_TEMP}}
| Caste
|
*temperature
| The creature's body is constantly at this temperature, heating up or cooling the surrounding area. Alters the temperature of the creature's inventory and all adjacent tiles, [[Temperature|with all the effects that this implies]] - may trigger wildfires at high enough values. Also makes the creature immune to extreme heat or cold, as long as the temperature set is not harmful to the materials that the creature is made from. Corpses and body parts of creatures with a fixed temperature maintain their temperature even after death.

Note that temperatures of 12000 and higher may cause [[path|pathfinding]] issues in fortress mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|FLEEQUICK}}
| Caste
|
| If engaged in combat, the creature will flee at the first sign of resistance. Used by [[kobold]]s in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|FLIER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to fly, independent of it having wings or not. Fortress Mode pathfinding only partially incorporates flying - flying creatures need a land path to exist between them and an area in order to access it, but as long as one such path exists, they do not need to use it, instead being able to fly over intervening obstacles. Winged creatures with this token can lose their ability to fly if their wings are crippled or severed. Winged creatures without this token will be unable to fly. (A 'wing' in this context refers to any body part with its own [[Body_token#FLIER|FLIER]] token).

At least 1 [[Demon]] must have the flier token in order for the [[Underworld|horrifying screams]] event to trigger.

|-
| {{text anchor|FREQUENCY}}
| Creature
|
*number, max 100
| The {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} value plays two separate roles. The first is in determining the initial distribution of creatures across the world map. Each creature is randomly assigned a single x, y co-ordinate on the world map, which act as the epicenter for that creature's distribution. A square is drawn around that x, y co-ordinate with a Manhattan radius equal to the {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} value divided by 100 times the world map size. For example, in a 256 by 256 size world map, the [[lion]] might be assigned 14, 112. The [[lion]] has {{token|FREQUENCY:5|c}}, and so a square is drawn by moving 13 tiles in each direction from the [[lion]]'s x, y co-ordinate. This is the [[lion]]'s "territory".

Each sub-region in the world will attempt to fill lists of wildlife. There are five lists - {{token|VERMIN_GROUNDER|c}}, {{token|VERMIN_SOIL|c}}, {{token|VERMIN_SOIL_COLONY|c}}, {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}}, and {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}}, corresponding with the relevant tokens. The game will attempt to place seven creatures in each list for each sub-region. The game will select the seven nearest valid creatures. Creatures are valid for sub-region's list if they have the requisite token for that list, if they have the valid token for that sub-region's biome (for example, the [lion] can only be selected for {{token|BIOME:SAVANNA_TROPICAL|c}}, {{token|BIOME:GRASSLAND_TROPICAL|c}}, and {{token|BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TROPICAL|c}}, and if their "territory" as defined by their random epicenter and {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} radius overlaps with that sub-region. These lists then determine the creatures that can actually appear within that sub-region during gameplay.

There are some exceptions to the above. If the game was not capable of filling all seven entries in a list, it will drop the overlapping territory requirement, and simply pull the nearest creature which has the correct token and biome availability. Conversely, if a creature has an epicenter but has not appeared on any of the list for any of the world map's sub-regions, the creature will be assigned to the relevant list for the nearest appropriate sub-region - meaning it is occasionally possible to have lists of eight creatures or more. This is more common in smaller worlds where there are less possible sub-regions to be assigned towards. Creatures with the {{token|GOOD|c}} and {{token|EVIL|c}} tokens ignore the epicenter distribution system altogether. They are always capable of appearing in appropriate biomes which are {{token|GOOD|b}} or {{token|EVIL|b}} respectively. This is not true for {{token|SAVAGE|c}}, which acts more like the biome tokens. Creatures with {{token|UBIQUITOUS|c}} have a "territory" which covers the entire map, regardless of their epicenter (although they can still fail to be chosen if there are 7 creatures which are eligible and have nearer epicenters to the sub-region in question).

The second use for {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} is to determine how often a creature actually appears on map. In Fortress Mode, the game will try and spawn large wildlife (creatures with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} or {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}} in fairly regular waves. These waves include {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}}, {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} combined with {{token|FLIER|c}}, {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}}, and {{token|CURIOUS_BEAST|c}} - so a [[lion]] does not compete for selection with a [[gazelle]]. When the game decides it needs to spawn in a fresh wave of e.g. {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} creatures, it will select one of the creatures available to it from the lists for that sub-region at random, with all creatures weighted equally. Once it has selected a creature, it then effectively rolls a d100 against the relevant creature's {{token|FREQUENCY|c}}. If the d100 is equal to the creature's {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} or less, that creature is then spawned in. If the d100 is above the creature's {{token|FREQUENCY|c}}, the game returns to the relevant list and selects again. {{token|UBIQUITOUS|c}} acts as {{token|FREQUENCY:100|c}} for these purposes - in other words, the creature cannot fail the d100 check and will always be spawned in if it is selected from the list.

Defaults to 50.

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==G==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|GAIT}}
| Caste
|
* <gait type>
* <gait name>
* <max [[Gait#Speed|speed]]>
* <build up time>
* <max turning [[Gait#Speed|speed]]>
* <start [[Gait#Speed|speed]]>
* <energy expenditure>
* <gait flag(s)>
| Defines a gait by which the creature can move. See [[Gait]] for more information. Specifically, you likely want to use one of the existing STANDARD_X_GAITS creature variations, as described in [[Gait#Gaits_and_Modding|this subsection]].

* <max speed> indicates the maximum [[Gait#Speed|speed]] achievable by a creature using this gait
* <start speed> indicates the creature's speed when it starts moving using this gait
* <build up time> indicates how long it will take for a creature using this gait to go from <start speed> to <max speed>. For example, a value of 10 means that it should be able to reach the maximum speed by moving 10 [[tile]]s in a straight line over even terrain.
* <max turning speed> indicates the maximum speed permissible when the creature suddenly changes its direction of motion. The creature's speed will be reduced to <max turning speed> if travelling at a higher speed than this before turning.
* <energy expenditure> indicates how energy-consuming the gait is. Higher values cause the creature to tire out faster. Persistent usage of a high-intensity gait will eventually lead to exhaustion and [[Status_icon#Non-flashing|collapse]].

'''NO_BUILD_UP''' can be specified instead of a <start speed> value to make the <max speed> instantly achievable upon initiating movement (this is equivalent to a <build up time> of 0). Note that <build up time> and <max turning speed> are both ignored if specified alongside this (as NO_BUILD_UP trumps <build up time> and preserves <max speed> whilst turning, and <max turning speed> cannot exceed <max speed>) so it is permissible to omit them so long as they are '''both''' omitted together.

It's possible to specify a <start speed> greater than the <max speed>; the moving creature will decelerate towards its <max speed> in this case.

'''valid gait types:'''
*'''WALK''' 
Used for moving normally over ground tiles.

*'''CRAWL''' 
Used for moving over ground tiles whilst [[Status_icon#Non-flashing|prone]].

*'''SWIM''' 
Used for moving through tiles containing [[water]] or [[magma]] at a [[Water#Depth|depth]] of at least 4/7.

*'''FLY''' 
Used for moving through [[open space]].

*'''CLIMB''' 
Used for moving whilst [[Climber|climbing]].

'''valid gait flags:'''
* '''AGILITY''' 
Speeds/slows movement depending on the creature's [[Attribute#Agility|Agility]] stat.

* '''STRENGTH''' 
Speeds/slows movement depending on the creature's [[Attribute#Strength|Strength]] stat.

* '''LAYERS_SLOW''' 
Makes [[Tissue_definition_token#THICKENS_ON_ENERGY_STORAGE|THICKENS_ON_ENERGY_STORAGE]] and [[Tissue_definition_token#THICKENS_ON_STRENGTH|THICKENS_ON_STRENGTH]] tissue layers slow movement depending on how thick they are. Adding the STRENGTH gait flag counteracts the impact of the latter layer.

* '''STEALTH_SLOWS:'''<percentage> 
Slows movement by the specified percentage when the creature is [[Ambusher|sneaking]].

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_BABY_NAME}}
| Creature
|
*singular
*plural
| Like {{token|BABYNAME|c}}, but applied regardless of caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_CHILD_NAME}}
| Creature
|
*singular
*plural
| Like {{token|CHILDNAME|c}}, but applied regardless of caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER}}
| Caste
|
*value A
*value B
| Has the same function as {{token|MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER|c}}, but applies to all attacks instead of just those involving a specific material. Appears to be overridden by MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER ([[werebeast]]s, for example, use both tokens to provide resistance to all materials, with one exception to which they are especially vulnerable).

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERATED}}
| Creature
|
| Found on procedurally generated creatures like [[forgotten beast]]s, [[titan]]s, [[demon]]s, [[angel]]s, and [[night creature]]s. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|GETS_INFECTIONS_FROM_ROT}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature get [[Health_care#Infection|infections]] from necrotic tissue.

|-
| {{text anchor|GETS_WOUND_INFECTIONS}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature's wounds become [[Health_care#Infection|infected]] if left untreated for too long.

|-
| {{text anchor|GLOWCOLOR}}
| Creature
|
*foreground
*background
*brightness
| The colour of the creature's {{token|GLOWTILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|GLOWTILE}}
| Creature
|
*ascii character
| If present, the being glows in the dark (generally used for Adventurer Mode). The tile is what replaces the being's current tile when it is obscured from your sight by darkness. The default setting for kobolds (a yellow quotation mark) provides a nice "glowing eyes" effect. The game is also hardcoded to automatically convert quotation mark GLOWTILES into apostrophes if the creature has lost one eye. This works at the generic creature level - for caste-specific glow tiles, use {{token|CASTE_GLOWTILE|c}} instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|GNAWER}}
| Caste
|
*verb
| The creature can and will gnaw its way out of [[animal trap]]s and [[cage]]s using the specified verb, depending on the material from which it is made (normally wood).

|-
| {{text anchor|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS}}
| Caste
|
*class
| The creature eats vermin of the specified class.

|-
| {{text anchor|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CREATURE}}
| Caste
|
*creature
*caste
| The creature eats a specified [[vermin]].

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_END}}
| Special
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags at the end of the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_START}}
| Special
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags at the beginning of the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_TAG}}
| Special
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags ''before'' the specified tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|GOOD}}
| Creature
|
| Creature is considered good and will only show up in good biomes - [[unicorn]]s, for example. Civilizations with {{token|USE_GOOD_ANIMALS|e}} can domesticate them regardless of exotic status. Has no effect on cavern creatures except to restrict taming. A civilization that has good creatures can colonise good areas in world-gen.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRASSTRAMPLE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| The value determines how rapidly [[grass]] is trampled when a creature steps on it - a value of 0 causes the creature to never damage grass, while a value of 100 causes grass to be trampled as rapidly as possible. Defaults to 5.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRAVITATE_BODY_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*target value
| Used in Creature Variants. This token changes the adult body size to the average of the old adult body size and the target value and scales all intermediate growth stages by the same factor.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRAZER}}
| Caste
|
*number
| The creature is a grazer - if tamed in fortress mode, it needs a pasture to survive. The higher the number, the less frequently it needs to eat in order to live. Not used since 0.40.12, replaced by {{token|STANDARD_GRAZER|c}} to fix {{bugl|4113}}.
|}

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==H==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|HABIT}}
| Caste
|
*type
*probability
| Defines certain behaviors for the creature. The habit types are:
*COLLECT_TROPHIES
*COOK_PEOPLE
*COOK_VERMIN
*GRIND_VERMIN
*COOK_BLOOD
*GRIND_BONE_MEAL
*EAT_BONE_PORRIDGE
*USE_ANY_MELEE_WEAPON
*GIANT_NEST
*COLLECT_WEALTH.
These require the creature to have a {{token|LAIR|c}} to work properly, and also don't seem to work on creatures who are not a {{token|SEMIMEGABEAST|c}}, {{token|MEGABEAST|c}}, or{{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|HABIT_NUM}}
| Caste
|
*number or TEST_ALL
| "If you set HABIT_NUM to a number, it should give you that exact number of habits according to the weights.".{{cite forum|60554/1719248}} All lists of HABITs are preceded by [HABIT_NUM:TEST_ALL]

|-
| {{text anchor|HAS_NERVES}}
| Caste
|
| The creature has nerves in its muscles. Cutting the muscle tissue can sever motor and sensory nerves, disabling the limb.

|-
| {{text anchor|HASSHELL}}
| Caste
|
| The creature has a shell. Seemingly no longer used - holdover from previous versions.

|-
| {{text anchor|HIVE_PRODUCT}}
| Creature
|
*number
*[[time]]
*[[item token]]s
| What product is harvested from [[Beekeeping industry|beekeeping]].

|-
| {{text anchor|HOMEOTHERM}}
| Caste
|
*number or NONE
| Default 'NONE'. The creature's normal body [[temperature]]. Creature ceases maintaining temperature on death unlike fixed material temperatures. Provides minor protection from environmental temperature to the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|HUNTS_VERMIN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature hunts and kills nearby [[vermin]], randomly walking between places with food laying on the ground or in stockpiles, to check for possible [VERMIN_EATER] vermin, but they'll kill any other vermin too. Do not include this creature token on an intelligent entity that you intend to play as in fortress mode because it will prevent them from feeding themselves.

|}

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==I==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOBILE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot move. Found on [[sponge]]s. Will also stop a creature from breeding in fortress mode (MALE and FEMALE are affected, if one is IMMOBILE; no breeding will happen).

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOBILE_LAND}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is immobile while on land. Only works on {{token|AQUATIC|c}} creatures which can't breathe on land.

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOLATE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature radiates [[fire]]. It will ignite, and potentially completely destroy, items the creature is standing on. Also gives the vermin a high chance of escaping from [[animal trap]]s and [[cage]]s made of any flammable materials (specifically ones that could be ignited by magma).

|-
| {{text anchor|INTELLIGENT}}
| Caste
|
| Alias for {{token|CAN_SPEAK|c}} + {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|ITEMCORPSE}}
| Caste
|
* [[item token]]
* [[material token]]
| Determines if the creature leaves behind a non-standard corpse (i.e. wood, statue, bars, stone, pool of liquid, etc.). [[Ethics]] may prevent actually using the item in jobs or reactions.

|-
| {{text anchor|ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY}}
| Caste
|
* number
| The [[quality]] of an item-type corpse left behind. Valid values are: 0 for ordinary, 1 for well-crafted, 2 for finely-crafted, 3 for superior, 4 for exceptional, 5 for masterpiece.
|}

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==L==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR}}
| Caste
|
*type
*probability
| Found on megabeasts, semimegabeasts, and night creatures. The creature will seek out sites of this type and take them as lairs. The lair types are:
*SIMPLE_BURROW
*SIMPLE_MOUND
*WILDERNESS_LOCATION
*SHRINE
*LABYRINTH

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_CHARACTERISTIC}}
| Caste
|
*characteristic
*probability
| Defines certain features of the creature's lair. The only valid characteristic is HAS_DOORS.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_HUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| This creature will actively hunt adventurers in its lair.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_HUNTER_SPEECH}}
| Caste
|
*speech file
| What this creature says while hunting adventurers in its lair.

|-
| {{text anchor|LARGE_PREDATOR}}
| Caste
|
| Will attack other creatures that are smaller than it. Tamed large predators will still attack wildlife. In [[fortress mode]], only one group of "large predators" (possibly two groups on "savage" maps) will appear on any given map. In [[adventurer mode]], large predators will try to ambush and attack you (and your party will attack them back). When tamed, large predators tend to be much more aggressive to enemies than non-large predators, making them a good choice for an animal army. They may go on rampages in worldgen, and adventurers may receive quests to kill them. Also, they can be mentioned in the intro paragraph when starting a fortress e.g. "ere the wolves get hungry."
A single biome supports 7 large predator species, picking randomly and rolling a d100 under its {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} to add it until all 7 slots are filled.

Incompatible with {{token|PACK_ANIMAL|c}} on a technicality, if included: hauled items are likely to be dropped upon entering the map (even if {{token|TRADE_CAPACITY|c}} is present) in contrast to when the merchants depart.

|-
| {{text anchor|LARGE_ROAMING}}
| Creature
|
| This is the core requisite tag allowing the creature to spawn as a wild animal in the appropriate biomes. Requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will spawn. Does not require specifying a frequency, population number, or cluster number.

This tag stacks with {{token|MEGABEAST|c}}, {{token|SEMIMEGABEAST|c}}, or {{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}}; if used with one of these tags, the creature will spawn as both a boss and as a wild animal. This tag does not stack with {{token|FEATURE_BEAST|c}} and if both are used the creature will not spawn. This tag is unaffected by {{token|DEMON|c}}.
Large roamers are not able to spawn in Pool biomes as they do not connect to the edge of the map and are too small, Lake biomes are a suitable alternative.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAYS_EGGS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature lays [[egg]]s instead of giving birth to live young.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAYS_UNUSUAL_EGGS}}
| Caste
|
* [[item token]]
* [[material token]]
| Creature lays the specified item instead of regular eggs.

|-
| {{text anchor|LIGAMENTS}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
*healing rate
| The creature has ligaments in its {{token|CONNECTIVE_TISSUE_ANCHOR|td}} tissues (bone or chitin by default). Cutting the bone/chitin tissue severs the ligaments, disabling motor function if the target is a limb.

|-
| {{text anchor|LIGHT_GEN}}
| Caste
|
| A vermin featuring this tag will remain visible to an adventurer even at night.

Subterranean vermin which feature this token will flicker in unexposed and unrevealed cavern layers while playing in Fortress Mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|LISP}}
| Caste
|
| Creature uses "sssssnake talk" (multiplies 'S' when talking - "My name isss Recisssiz."). Used by [[Serpent man|serpent men]] and [[Reptile man|reptile men]] in the vanilla game. C's with the same pronunciation (depending on the word) are not affected by this token.

|-
| {{text anchor|LITTERSIZE}}
| Caste
|
* minimum
* maximum
| Determines the number of offspring per one birth; default 1-3, not used in vanilla raws. See also {{token|MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCAL_POPS_CONTROLLABLE}}
| Creature
|
| Allows you to play as a wild animal of this species in adventurer mode. Prevents trading of (tame) instances of this creature in caravans.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCAL_POPS_PRODUCE_HEROES}}
| Creature
|
| Wild animals of this species may occasionally join a civilization. Prevents trading of (tame) instances of this creature in caravans.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCKPICKER}}
| Caste
|
| Lets a creature open [[door]]s that are set to forbidden in fortress mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOOSE_CLUSTERS}}
| Creature
|
| The creatures will scatter if they have this tag, or form tight packs if they don't.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOW_LIGHT_VISION}}
| Caste
|
*number
| Determines how well a creature can see in the dark - higher is better. Dwarves have 10000, which amounts to perfect nightvision.
|}

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==M==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|MAGICAL}}
| Caste
|
| According to Toady One, this is completely interchangeable with {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE|c}} and might have been used in very early versions of the game by wandering wizards, or the ent-type tree creatures that used to be animated by elves. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8316954#msg8316954]

|-
| {{text anchor|MAGMA_VISION}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is able to see while submerged in [[magma]].

|-
| {{text anchor|MALE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature biologically male; usually declared inside a caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|MANNERISM|MANNERISM_*}}
| Caste
|
*occasionally body part
| Adds a possible mannerism to the creature's profile. See [[creature mannerism token]] for further info.

|-
| {{text anchor|MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*material id
| Begins defining a new local material. Follow this with standard material definition tokens to define the material. A maximum of 200 materials can be defined on any given creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER}}
| Caste
|
*[[Material token]]
*value A
*value B
| When struck with a weapon made of the specified material, the force exerted will be multiplied by A/B, thus making the creature more or less susceptible to this material. For example, if A is 2 and B is 1, the force exerted by the defined material will be doubled. If A is 1 and B is 2, it will be halved instead. See also {{token|GENERAL_MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER|c}}, which can be used to make this sort of effect applicable to all materials.

|-
| {{text anchor|MATUTINAL}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear at dawn (between 4:30 AM and 6:00 AM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|MAXAGE}}
| Caste
|
*min
*max
| Determines the creature's natural lifespan, using the specified minimum and maximum age values (in years). Each individual creature with this token is generated with a predetermined date (calculated down to the exact [[time|tick]]!) between these values, at which it is destined to die of old age, should it live long enough. Note that the probability of death at any given age does not increase as the creature gets older [http://i.imgur.com/A1A4aA9.png].
Creatures which lack this token are naturally immortal. The [[Syndrome#CE_ADD_TAG|NO_AGING]] syndrome tag will prevent death by old age from occurring. Also note that, among civilized creatures, castes which lack this token will refuse to marry others with it, and vice versa.

|-
| {{text anchor|MEANDERER}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature slowly stroll around, unless it's in combat or performing a job. If combined with {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}, will severely impact their [[pathfinding]] and lead the creature to move extremely slowly when not performing any task. <s>Problematically applies to animal people based on the animal, and war trained animals{{bug|9588}}</s> As of version 52.05, meandering behavior no longer applies to animal people and to animals that are trained for war or hunting..

|-
| {{text anchor|MEGABEAST}}
| Caste
|
| A 'boss' creature; a small number of those are created during worldgen, their histories and descendants (if any) will be tracked in worldgen (as opposed to simply 'spawning'), and they will occasionally go on rampages, potentially leading to worship if they attack the same place multiple times. Their presence and number will also influence world age names. When appearing in fortress mode, they will have a pop-up message announcing their arrival. They will remain hostile to the fortress military even after being tamed.{{bug|10731}} See [[megabeast]] page for more details.

Requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will live. Subterranean biomes appear to not be allowed. Does stack with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} and if both are used the creature will spawn as both historical bosses and as wild animals.

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_CAP_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*Cap %
|Default is 200. This means you can increase your attribute to 200% of its starting value (or the average value + your starting value if that is higher).

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_RANGE}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]]
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets up a [[Attribute#Soul_attributes|mental attribute]]'s range of values (0-5000). All mental attribute ranges default to 200:800:900:1000:1100:1300:2000.

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*cost to improve
*unused counter rate
*rust counter rate
*demotion counter rate
| [[Attribute#Soul_attributes|Mental attribute]] gain/decay rates. Lower numbers in the last three slots make decay occur faster. Defaults are 500:4:5:4.

|-
| {{text anchor|MILKABLE}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
* frequency
| Allows the creature to be [[milk]]ed in the [[farmer's workshop]]. The frequency is the amount of [[time|ticks]] the creature needs to "recharge" (i.e. how much time needs to pass before it can be milked again). Does not work on [[#CAN_LEARN|sentient]] creatures, regardless of [[ethics]].

|-
| {{text anchor|MISCHIEVIOUS}}
| Caste
|
| Alias for {{token|MISCHIEVOUS|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|MISCHIEVOUS}}
| Caste
|
| The creature spawns [[stealth]]ed and will attempt to path into the fortress, pulling any [[lever]]s it comes across. It will be invisible on the map and [[unit list]] until spotted by a citizen, at which point the game will pause and recenter on the creature. Used by [[gremlin]]s in the vanilla game. "They go on little missions to mess with various fortress buildings, not just levers."

|-
| {{text anchor|MODVALUE}}
| Caste
|
| Seemingly no longer used.

|-
| {{text anchor|MOUNT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature may be used as a [[mount]]. No use for the player in fortress mode, but enemy sieging forces may arrive with cavalry. Mounts are usable in adventure mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|MOUNT_EXOTIC}}
| Caste
|
| Creature may be used as a [[mount]], but civilizations cannot domesticate it in worldgen without certain exceptions.

|-
| {{text anchor|MULTIPART_FULL_VISION}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to have all-around vision, as long as it has multiple heads that can see.

|-
| {{text anchor|MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the species usually produce a single offspring per birth, with a 1/500 chance of using the {{token|LITTERSIZE|c}} as usual. Requires {{token|FEMALE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|MUNDANE}}
| Creature
|
| Marks if the creature is an actual real-life creature. Only used for age-names at present.
|}

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==N==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|NAME}}
| Creature
|
*singular
*plural
*adjective
| The generic name for any creature of this type - will be used for referring to the species in the abstract, such as the default material prefix. For labeling individual creatures, {{token|CASTE_NAME|c}} is necessary. If left undefined, the creature will be labeled as "nothing" by the game.

Some examples of adjective use:
* "super''dwarven'' strength"
* "the ''dwarven'' hillocks of X"
* Deity species as in "''feline'' deity"
* Megabeast attacks in worldgen. One with multiple dragons being a "''draconic'' rampage"

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL}}
| Caste
|
| Animal is considered to be natural. NATURAL animals will not engage creatures tagged with {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE|c}} in combat unless they are members of a hostile entity and vice-versa.

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL_ANIMAL}}
| Caste
|
| Alias of {{token|NATURAL|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL_SKILL}}
| Caste
|
*[[Skill_token|Skill token]]
*value
| The creature possesses the specified [[skill]] at this level inherently - that is, it begins with the skill at this level, and the skill may never rust below that. A value of 15 is legendary.

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE}}
| Caste
|
| Creatures with this token can appear as [[experiment|experiments]]. Causes the creature to count as {{token|NOT_LIVING|c}}.

Killing a creature featuring this token provides one point of "hero" reputation. Adds the creature's description as part of the initial summary of their historical figure in legends mode. People will react to creatures with this token as a night creature (natch). In adventure mode, ambushes involving these units will say "Night creature!" instead of "Ambush!"

Prevents creature behavior enabled by {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}}.

Removes the high nature value check imposed by {{token|LOCAL_POPS_PRODUCE_HEROES|c}}.

Prevents the AI from using ANIMATE interactions, unless the newly-animated{{token|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE|c}}undead will not attack them. The check for this is specifically whether the unit is:
*a ghost
*an animated unit
*a unit with the {{token|NO_AGING|c}} token added via {{token|CE_ADD_TAG|c}}. (This allows for the default exclusion of elves and goblins, unless raised as intelligent undead.)

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_BOGEYMAN}}
| Caste
|
| Creatures with this token can appear in [[bogeyman|bogeyman ambushes]] in [[adventure mode]], where they adopt classical bogeyman traits such as stalking the adventurer and vaporising when dawn breaks. Such traits do not manifest if the creature is encountered outside of a bogeyman ambush (for instance, as a megabeast or a civilised being). In addition, their corpses and severed body parts turn into [[smoke]] after a short while. Note that setting the "Number of Bogeyman Types" in [[advanced world generation]] to 0 will only remove randomly-generated bogeymen.

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_EXPERIMENTER}}
| Caste
|
| Found on some [[necromancer]]s. Creatures with this tag may periodically "perform horrible experiments" offscreen, during which they can use creature-targeting interactions with an <code>[[Interaction_token#I_SOURCE|[I_SOURCE:EXPERIMENT]]]</code> tag on living creatures in their area. Worlds are generated with a list of procedurally-generated experiments, allowing necromancers to turn living people and animals into [[Infected_ghoul|ghouls]] and [[Experiment|other experimental creatures]], and these will automatically be available to all experimenters; it does not appear possible to prevent this. You can mod in your own custom experiment interactions, but these are used very infrequently due to the large number of generated experiments.

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[night troll]]s and [[werebeast]]s. Implies that the creature is a [[night creature]], and shows its description in [[legends mode]] entry. The creature is always hostile and will start [[no quarter]] combat with any nearby creatures, except for members of its own race. Note that this tag does not override the creature's normal behavior in [[fortress mode]] except for the aforementioned aggression, and doesn't prevent the creature from fleeing the battles it started. It also removes the creature's materials from stockpile settings list, making them be stored there regardless of settings.

Does stack with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} and if both are used the creature will spawn as both historical hunters and as wild animals; this requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will live, and subterranean biomes are allowed.

This tag causes the usual behaviour of werebeasts in worldgen, that is, fleeing towns upon being cursed and conducting raids from a lair. If this tag is absent from a deity curse, the accursed will simply be driven out of towns in a similar manner to [[vampire]]s. When paired with SPOUSE_CONVERTER, a very small population of the creature will be created during worldgen (sometimes only a single individual will be created), and their histories will be tracked (that is, they will not spawn spontaneously later, they must either have children or convert other creatures to increase their numbers). The creature will settle in a lair and go on rampages during worldgen. It will actively attempt to seek out potential conversion targets to abduct, convert, and have children with (if possible).

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_NIGHTMARE}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[nightmare]]s. Corpses and severed body parts derived from creatures with this token turn into [[smoke]] after a short while.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_AUTUMN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|autumn]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_CONNECTIONS_FOR_MOVEMENT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't require connected body parts to move{{verify}}; generally used on undead creatures with connections that have rotted away.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_DIZZINESS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot become [[Symptom#Dizziness|dizzy]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_DRINK}}
| Caste
|
| Creature does not need to drink.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_EAT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature does not need to [[food|eat]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_FEVERS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot suffer [[Symptom#Fever|fevers]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_GENDER}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is biologically sexless, making it unable to [[breeding|breed]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_PHYS_ATT_GAIN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot raise any [[Attribute#Body_attributes|physical attributes]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_PHYS_ATT_RUST}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot lose any [[Attribute#Body_attributes|physical attributes]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SLEEP}}
| Caste
|
| Creature does not need to sleep, but can still be rendered unconscious by other means.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SPRING}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|spring]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SUMMER}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|summer]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT}}
| Caste
|
| The bodyparts of this creature don't need to be connected to an organ with the {{token|THOUGHT|body}} tag in order to have motor function. Generally used on creatures that don't have brains. If a creature doesn't have a thought part and doesn't have this token, it will be unable to grasp or stand. Nautilus men experience this issue in vanilla.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_UNIT_TYPE_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
| Prevents creature from selecting its color based on its profession (e.g. Miner, Hunter, Wrestler).

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_VEGETATION_PERTURB}}
| Caste{{Verify}}
|
| Likely prevents the creature from leaving broken vegetation tracks.{{Verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_WINTER}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|winter]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NOBONES}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot be picked up for worldgen fell moods and cannot be made a skeleton deity.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOBREATHE}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't need to breathe or have {{token|BREATHE|body}}parts in its body, nor can it drown or be strangled. Creatures living in magma must have this tag, otherwise they will drown.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOCTURNAL}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear at night (after 10:05 PM and before 4:30 AM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NOEMOTION}}
| Caste
|
| Creature has no emotions, thus; it is immune to the effects of [[stress]] and unable to rage, and its [[need]]s cannot be fulfilled in any way. Used on [[undead]] in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOEXERT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature can't become tired or over-exerted from taking too many combat actions, or moving at full speed for extended periods of time.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOFEAR}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't feel fear and will never flee from battle, and will be immune to [[ghost]]s' attempts to 'scare it to death'. Additionally, it causes [[bogeyman|bogeymen]] and [[nightmare]]s to become friendly towards the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOMEAT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature will not be hunted or fed to wild beasts.

|-
| {{text anchor|NONAUSEA}}
| Caste
|
| Creature isn't nauseated by gut hits and cannot vomit.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOPAIN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't feel pain.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSKIN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature will not drop a hide when [[butcher|butchered]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSKULL}}
| Caste
|
| Creature will not drop a skull on butchering, rot, or decay of severed head.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSMELLYROT}}
| Caste
|
| Does not produce [[miasma]] when rotting.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSTUCKINS}}
| Caste
|
| Weapons can't get stuck in the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSTUN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature can't be stunned and knocked unconscious by pain or head injuries. Creatures with this tag never wake up from sleep in Fortress Mode. If this creature needs to sleep while playing, it will die.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOT_BUTCHERABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Corpses from this creature cannot be [[butcher|butchered]]. Does not prevent the creature from being slaughtered while alive, however.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOT_LIVING}}
| Caste
|
| Cannot be raised from the dead by necromancers or evil clouds. Implies the creature is not a normal living being. Used by [[vampire]]s, [[Mummy|mummies]] and inorganic creatures like the [[amethyst man]] and [[bronze colossus]]. Creatures who are {{token|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE|c}} (undead) will be docile towards creatures with this token.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOTHOUGHT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't require a {{token|THOUGHT|body}} body part to survive. Has the added effect of preventing speech, though directly controlling creatures that would otherwise be capable of speaking allows them to engage in conversation.
|}

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==O==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ODOR_LEVEL}}
| Caste
|
*number
| How easy the creature is to [[smell]]. The higher the number, the easier the creature is to sniff out. Defaults to 50. Vanilla creatures have values from 0 (undetectable) to 90 (noticeable by humans and dwarves).

|-
| {{text anchor|ODOR_STRING}}
| Caste
|
*string
| What the creature [[smell]]s like. If no odor string is defined, the creature name (not the caste name) is used.

|-
| {{text anchor|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE}}
| Caste
|
| Is hostile to all creatures except undead and other non-living ones and will show {{DFtext|Opposed to life|0:1}} in the [[unit list]]. Used by [[undead]] in the vanilla game. Functions without the {{token|NOT_LIVING|c}} token, and seems to imply said token as well. Undead will not be hostile to otherwise-living creatures given this token. Living creatures given this token will attack living creatures that lack it, while ignoring other living creatures that also have this token.

|-
| {{text anchor|ORIENTATION}}
| Caste
|
*MALE/FEMALE
*disinterested chance
*casual chance
*strong chance
| Determines caste's likelihood of having sexual attraction to certain sexes. Values default to 75:20:5 for the same sex and 5:20:75 for the opposite sex. The first value indicates how likely to be entirely uninterested in the sex, the second decides if the creature will be able to become lovers with that sex, the third decides whether they will be able to marry in worldgen and post-worldgen world activities (which implies being able to become lovers). Marriage seems to be able to happen in fort mode play regardless, as long as they are lovers first.

|-
| {{text anchor|OUTSIDER_CONTROLLABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Lets you play as an [[Adventurer_mode_character_creation#Outsider|outsider]] of this species in adventure mode.

|}

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==P==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|PACK_ANIMAL}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to be used as a pack animal. Used by [[trading|merchants]] without wagons and adventurers. Also prevents creature from dropping hauled items on its own -- do ''not'' use for player-controllable creatures! May lead to the creature being domesticated during worldgen, even if it doesn't have {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC|c}}.

Creatures with this tag but without {{token|BENIGN|c}}, and/or with {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}} leads to hauled items being dropped.

|-
| {{text anchor|PARALYZEIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is immune to all [[Syndrome#CE_PARALYSIS|paralyzing]] special attacks.

|-
| {{text anchor|PATTERNFLIER}}
| Caste
|
| Used to control the bat riders with paralyze-dart blowguns that flew through the 2D chasm. Doesn't do anything now.

|-
| {{text anchor|PCG_LAYERING}}
| Creature
|
*[[Procedural graphics layer|Layering type]]
| Adds a layer to the current {{token|PROCEDURAL_CREATURE_GRAPHICS|c}} definition.

|-
| {{text anchor|PEARL}}
| Caste
|
| Does nothing.

|-
| {{text anchor|PENETRATEPOWER}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Controls the ability of [[vermin]] to find a way into containers when they are eating food from your stockpiles.

Objects made of most materials (e.g. metal) roll a number from 0-100, and if the resulting number is greater than the penetrate power, their contents escape for the time being. Objects made of [[wood]], [[leather]], [[amber]], or [[coral]] roll 0-95, and items made of [[cloth]] roll 0-90.

|-
| {{text anchor|PERSONALITY}}
| Caste
|
*ATTRIBUTE
*lowest
*median
*highest
| Determines the range and chance of personality facets. Standard is 0:50:100. See [[personality facet]] for more info.

|-
| {{text anchor|PET}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to be [[Animal_trainer|tamed]] in Fortress mode. Prerequisite for all other working animal roles. Civilizations that encounter it in worldgen will tame and domesticate it for their own use. Adding this to civilization members will classify them as pets instead of citizens, with all the [[Fun|problems]] that entails. However, you can solve these problems using the popular plugin [https://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=13095| Dwarf Therapist], which is completely unaffected by the tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|PET_EXOTIC}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to be [[Animal_trainer|tamed]] in Fortress mode. Prequisite for all other working animal roles. Civilizations cannot domesticate it in worldgen, with certain exceptions. More difficult to tame?{{verify}} Adding this to civilization members will classify them as pets instead of citizens, with all the [[Fun|problems]] that entails. ([[Gremlin|Example]]).

|-
| {{text anchor|PETVALUE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| How valuable a tamed animal is. Actual cost in points in the embarking screen is 1+(PETVALUE/2) for an untrained animal, 1+PETVALUE for a war/hunting one.

|-
| {{text anchor|PETVALUE_DIVISOR}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Divides the creature's {{token|PETVALUE|c}} by the specified number. Used by [[honey bee]]s to prevent a single hive from being worth a fortune.

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_CAP_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*Cap %
|Default is 200. This means you can increase your attribute to 200% of its starting value (or the average value + your starting value if that is higher).

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_RANGE}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]]
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets up a [[Attribute#Body_attributes|physical attribute]]'s range of values (0-5000). All physical attribute ranges default to 200:700:900:1000:1100:1300:2000.

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*cost to improve
*unused counter rate
*rust counter rate
*demotion counter rate
| [[Attribute#Body_attributes|Physical attribute]] gain/decay rates. Lower numbers in the last three slots make decay occur faster. Defaults for STRENGTH, AGILITY, TOUGHNESS, and ENDURANCE are 500:3:4:3, while RECUPERATION and DISEASE_RESISTANCE default to 500:NONE:NONE:NONE.

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_BP_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, or BY_TOKEN
*body type, category, or token
| Adds a body part group to selected body part group. Presumably used immediately after {{token|SET_BP_GROUP|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*material
| Adds a material to selected materials. Used immediately after {{token|SELECT_MATERIAL|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|POP_RATIO}}
| Caste
|
*number (max 100000)
| Weighted population of caste; Lower is rarer. Not to be confused with {{token|FREQUENCY|c}}. A weight of 0 will{{version|51.06 experimental}} prevent a caste from spawning naturally. Regardless of pop ratio, [[Position token|Position]]s that only allow a certain caste can force it to spawn.

|-
| {{text anchor|POPULATION_NUMBER}}
| Creature
|
*min
*max
| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many of these creatures are present in each world map tile of the appropriate region. Defaults to 1:1 if not specified. If the creature's chosen {{token|CLUSTER_NUMBER|c}} happens to be larger, it will be used instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|POWER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the being to represent itself as a deity, allowing it to become the leader of a civilized group. Not used by any creatures in the vanilla game. Requires {{token|CAN_SPEAK|c}} to actually do anything more than settle at a location (e.g. write books, lead armies, profane temples). Doesn't appear to do anything for creatures that are already civilized. Once the creature ascends to a position of leadership, it will proceed to act as a standard ruler for their entity and fulfill the same functions (hold tournaments, tame creatures, etc.).

|-
| {{text anchor|PREFSTRING}}
| Creature
|
*string
| Sets what other creatures [[Preferences|prefer]] about this creature. "Urist likes dwarves for their beards." Multiple entries will be chosen from at random. Creatures lacking a PREFSTRING token will never appear under another's preferences.

|-
| {{text anchor|PROCEDURAL_CREATURE_GRAPHICS}}
| Creature
|
* [[Graphics_token#Basic_creature_sprite_types|Sprite type]] or Caste then sprite type
| Makes the creature have procedural graphics built for it, like forgotten beasts/demons/titans/experiments. Must be associated with PCG_LAYERING tokens.

|-
| {{text anchor|PROFESSION_NAME}}
| Creature
|
*[[Unit type token]] (Profession)
*singular
*plural
| The generic name for members of this profession, at the creature level. In order to give members of specific castes different names for professions, use {{token|CASTE_PROFESSION_NAME|c}} instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|PRONE_TO_RAGE}}
| Caste
|
*Chance
| Creature has a percentage chance to flip out at visible non-friendly creatures. Enraged creatures attack anything regardless of timidity and get a strength bonus to their hits. This is what makes [[badger]]s so hardcore.

|-
| {{text anchor|PUS}}
| Caste
|
* <[[material token]]>
* <[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
| The creature has pus. Specifies the stuff secreted by [[Health_care#Infection|infected wounds]].
|}

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==R==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|RELSIZE}}
| Caste
|
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*body category, type, or token
*Relsize
| Specifies a new relative size for a part than what is stated in the body plan. For example, dwarves have larger livers.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
| What the creature's [[remains]] are called.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
| What color the creature's [[remains]] are.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_ON_VERMIN_BITE_DEATH}}
| Caste
|
| Goes with {{token|VERMIN_BITE|c}} and {{token|DIE_WHEN_VERMIN_BITE|c}}, the vermin creature will leave remains on death when biting. Leaving this tag out will cause the creature to disappear entirely after it bites.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_UNDETERMINED}}
| Caste
|
| Nothing.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMOVE_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*material token
| Removes a material from the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMOVE_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*tissue token
| Removes a tissue from the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|RETRACT_INTO_BP}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY or BY_TOKEN
*body type, [[Body_token#CATEGORY|category]], or [[Body_token#BP|token]]
*Second person ("You") retract verb text
*Third person ("The giant snail") retract verb text
*Second person cancel retract text
*Third person cancel retract text
| The creature will retract into the specified body part(s) when threatened. It will be unable to move or attack, but enemies will only be able to attack the specified body part(s). When one of the specified body part is severed off, the creature automatically unretracts and cannot retract anymore. More than one body part can be selected by using BY_TYPE or BY_CATEGORY.

Second-person descriptions are used for adventurer mode natural ability. "<pro_pos>" can be used in the descriptions, being replaced with the proper pronoun (or lack thereof) in-game.

Undead curled up creatures are buggy, specifically those that retract into their upper bodies: [[echidna]]s, [[hedgehog]]s and [[pangolin]]s.{{bug|11463}}{{bug|10519}} The upper body is prevented from collapsing by a separate body part (the middle spine), which cannot be attacked when the creature is retracted. See {{token|PREVENTS_PARENT_COLLAPSE|bo}}. Living creatures eventually succumb to blood loss, but undead creatures do not. Giant creatures also take a very long time to bleed out.
|-
| {{text anchor|RETURNS_VERMIN_KILLS_TO_OWNER}}
| Creature
|
| Cat behavior. If it kills a vermin creature and has an owner, it carries the remains in its mouth and drops them at their feet. Requires {{token|HUNTS_VERMIN|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|ROOT_AROUND}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY or BY_TOKEN
*body type, [[Body_token#CATEGORY|category]], or [[Body_token#BP|token]]
*Second person ("You") verb text
*Third person ("The hen") verb text
| Creature will occasionally root around in the grass, looking for insects. Used for flavor in Adventurer Mode, spawns vermin edible for this creature in Fortress Mode. Creatures missing the specified body part will be unable to perform this action. The action produces a message (visible in adventure mode) in the form:

{{DFtext|[creature] [verb text] the [description of creature's location].|6:0}}

In adventure mode, the "rooting around" ability will be included in the "natural abilities" menu, represented by its second person verb text.

|}

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==S==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|SAVAGE}}
| Creature
|
| The creature will only show up in "savage" biomes. Has no effect on cavern creatures. Cannot be combined with {{token|GOOD|c}} or {{token|EVIL|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SECRETION}}
| Caste
|
*<[[material token]]>
*<[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
*BY_TOKEN / BY_CATEGORY / BY_TYPE
*<[[Body_token#BP|body part ID]]> / <[[Body_token#CATEGORY|category]]> or ALL / <type (e.g. [[Body_token#GRASP|GRASP]])>
*<[[Body_detail_plan_token#BP_LAYERS|tissue layer]]> or ALL
*<trigger>
| Causes the specified tissue layer(s) of the indicated body part(s) to secrete the designated material. A size 100 ('covering') [[contaminant]] is created over the affected body part(s) in its specified material state (and at the temperature appropriate to this state) when the trigger condition is met, as long as one of the secretory tissue layers is still intact. Valid triggers are:
*'''CONTINUOUS'''
Secretion occurs once every 40 [[time|ticks]] in [[fortress mode]], and every tick in [[adventurer mode]].
*'''EXERTION'''
Secretion occurs continuously (at the rate described above) whilst the creature is at minimum {{Tile|Tired|6:1}} following physical exertion. Note that this cannot occur if the creature has {{token|NOEXERT|c}}.
*'''EXTREME_EMOTION'''
Secretion occurs continuously (as above) whilst the creature is distressed. Cannot occur in creatures with {{token|NOEMOTION|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_ADDITIONAL_CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*<caste>
| Adds an additional previously defined caste to the selection. Used after {{token|SELECT_CASTE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*<caste> or ALL
| Selects a previously defined caste

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*<[[material token]]>
| Selects a locally defined material. Can be ALL.

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*tissue token
| Selects a tissue for editing.

|-
| {{text anchor|SEMIMEGABEAST}}
| Caste
|
| Essentially the same as {{token|MEGABEAST|c}}, but more of them are created during worldgen. See the [[semi-megabeast]] page for details.

|-
| {{text anchor|SENSE_CREATURE_CLASS}}
| Caste
|
* <[[Creature_token#CREATURE_CLASS|creature class]]>
* [[Tilesets|<tile value or character>]]
* [[Color#Color_values|<foreground color>:<background color>:<foreground brightness>]]
| Gives the creature the ability to sense creatures belonging to the specified [[Creature_token#CREATURE_CLASS|creature class]] even when they lie far beyond line of sight, including through walls and floors. It also appears to reduce or negate the combat penalty of [[Wound#Blindness|blind]] units when fighting creatures they can sense. In [[adventure mode]], the specified tile will be used to represent sensed creatures when they cannot be seen directly.

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_BP_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*selection criteria BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*category, type, or token
| Begins a selection of body parts.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_LEARN_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*<[[skill_token]]>
*<percentage>
| The rate at which this creature learns this skill. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_LEARN_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*<percentage>
| The rate at which this creature learns all skills. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*[[skill_token]]
*<% of improvement points gained>
*<unused counter rate>
*<rust counter rate>
*<demotion counter rate>
| Like {{token|SKILL_RATES|c}}, but applies to individual skills instead. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*<% of improvement points gained>
*<unused counter rate>
*<rust counter rate>
*<demotion counter rate>
| Affects skill gain and decay. Lower numbers in the last three slots make decay occur faster ([SKILL_RATES:100:1:1:1] would cause rapid decay). The counter rates may also be replaced with NONE.
Default is [SKILL_RATES:100:8:16:16]. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RUST_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*[[skill_token]]
*value
*value
*value
| The rate at which this skill decays. Lower values cause the skill to decay faster. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RUST_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*value
*value
*value
| The rate at which all skills decay. Lower values cause the skills to decay faster. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SLAIN_CASTE_SPEECH}}
| Caste
|
*[[Speech file|text set]]
| Caste-specific {{token|SLAIN_SPEECH|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SLAIN_SPEECH}}
| Creature
|
*[[Speech file|text set]]
| Boasting speeches relating to killing this creature. Examples include [[text_dwarf.txt/raw|text_dwarf.txt]] (<code>[SLAIN_SPEECH:SLAIN_DWARF]</code>) and text_elf.txt (<code>[SLAIN_SPEECH:SLAIN_ELF]</code>) in data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects.

|-
| {{text anchor|SLOW_LEARNER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to learn skills much like with {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}, but without making the creature be considered sapient, and at a reduced (likely half) rate. If combined with the {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}, only the lattermost effect applies. All creatures that use this token in vanilla use it alongside {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}, so it is not well known what it does by itself. Used by a number of 'primitive' creatures (like [[ogre]]s, [[giant]]s and [[troglodyte]]s) in the vanilla game. Prevents a player from recruiting nobility, even basic ones. (clarify?) Creatures with this token combined with {{token|EVIL|c}} can become domesticated by civilizations with <code>[[Entity_token#USE_EVIL_ANIMALS|[USE_EVIL_ANIMALS]]]</code>, as seen commonly with goblin civilizations domesticating [[troll]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|SMALL_REMAINS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature leaves "[[item token#REMAINS|remains]]" instead of a corpse. Used by [[vermin]].

|-
| {{text anchor|SMELL_TRIGGER}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Determines how keen a creature's sense of smell is - lower is better. At 10000, a creature cannot smell at all.

|-
| {{text anchor|SOLDIER_ALTTILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| If this creature is active in its civilization's military, it will blink between its default tile and this one.

|-
| {{text anchor|SOUND}}
| Caste
|
* Sound application (currently accepts ALERT or PEACEFUL_INTERMITTENT)
* Sound range (in tiles)
* Sound delay (lower values = sound is produced more often)
* VOCALIZATION or NONE (determines whether the sound requires breathing or not)
* First-person description
* Third-person description
* Description when out of sight
| Creature makes sounds periodically, which can be heard in Adventure mode.
* First-person reads "You '''bark'''"
* Third-person reads "The [[capybara]] '''barks'''"
* Out of sight reads "You hear '''a loud bark'''"
with the text in bold being the description arguments of the token.

|-
| {{text anchor|SOURCE_HFID}}
| Creature
|
*Integer
| Found on generated [[angel]]s. This is the historical figure ID of the deity with which the angel is associated. Since HFIDs are not predictable before worldgen, this isn't terribly usable in non-lua mods.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIFIC_FOOD}}
| Caste
|
* PLANT or CREATURE
* Plant/creature ID
| Creature will only appear in biomes with this plant or creature available. Grazers given a specific type of grass (such as [[panda]]s and [[bamboo]]) will only eat that grass and nothing else, risking starvation if there's none available.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPHERE}}
| Creature
|
* [[Sphere#Available_spheres|sphere]]
| Sets what religious spheres the creature is aligned to, for purposes of being worshipped via the {{token|POWER|c}} token. Affects the creature's name. Creatures with spheres opposed to Death (ie: HEALING, LONGEVITY, YOUTH) will be much less likely to pursue the secrets of life and death.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGET}}
| Caste
|
| This creature can be converted by a night creature with {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERTER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPOUSE_CONVERTER}}
| Caste
|
| If the creature has the {{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}} tag, it will kidnap {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGET|c}}s and transform them into the caste of its species with the {{token|CONVERTED_SPOUSE|c}} tag during worldgen. It may also start families this way.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPREAD_EVIL_SPHERES_IF_RULER}}
| Caste
|
| If the creature rules over a [[site]], it will cause the local landscape to be corrupted into [[Surroundings#Evil|evil surroundings]] associated with the creature's [[Creature_token#SPHERE|sphere]]s. The creature must have at least one of the following [[sphere]]s for this to take effect: BLIGHT, DEATH, DISEASE, DEFORMITY, NIGHTMARES. The first three kill vegetation, while the others sometimes do. The last two get [[Plant_token#EVIL|evil plants]] and [[Creature_token#EVIL|evil animals]] sometimes. NIGHTMARES gets [[bogeyman|bogeymen]]. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8162224#msg8162224] Used by [[demon]]s in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|STANCE_CLIMBER}}
| Caste
|
| Caste does not require <code>[[Body_token#GRASP|[GRASP]]]</code> body parts to climb -- it can climb with <code>[[Body_token#STANCE|[STANCE]]]</code> parts instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|STANDARD_GRAZER}}
| Caste
|
| Acts as {{token|GRAZER|c}} but set to 20000*G*(max size)^(-3/4), where G defaults to 100 but can be set in d_init, and the whole thing is trapped between 150 and 3 million. Used for all grazers in the default creature raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|STRANGE_MOODS}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will get [[strange mood]]s in fortress mode and can produce artifacts.

|-
| {{text anchor|SUPERNATURAL}}
| Caste
|
| Gives the creature knowledge of any secrets with <code>[[Interaction_token#IS_SECRET|[SUPERNATURAL_LEARNING_POSSIBLE]]]</code> that match its [[Creature_token#SPHERE|spheres]] and also prevents it from becoming a [[vampire]] or [[werebeast]]. Other effects are unknown.

|-
| {{text anchor|SWIMS_INNATE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature naturally knows how to swim perfectly and does not use the [[swimmer]] skill, as opposed to {{token|SWIMS_LEARNED|c}} below. However, Fortress mode AI never paths into water anyway, so it's less useful there.

|-
| {{text anchor|SWIMS_LEARNED}}
| Caste
|
| The creature swims only as well as their present [[Swimmer|swimming skill]] allows them to.

|-
| {{text anchor|SYNDROME_DILUTION_FACTOR}}
| Caste
| <[[Syndrome#SYN_IDENTIFIER|syndrome identifier]]>:<percentage>
| Dilutes the effects of syndromes which have the specified identifier. A percentage of 100 is equal to the regular syndrome effect severity, higher percentages reduce severity.
|}

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==T==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|TENDONS}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
*healing rate
| The creature has tendons in its {{token|CONNECTIVE_TISSUE_ANCHOR|td}} tissues (bone or chitin by default). Cutting the bone/chitin tissue severs the tendons, disabling motor function if the target is a limb.

|-
| {{text anchor|THICKWEB}}
| Caste
|
| The creature's [[web]]s can catch larger creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*name
| Begins defining a tissue in the creature file. Follow this with standard tissue definition tokens to define the tissue properties.

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
*LOCATION
| Adds the tissue layer to wherever it is required.
Non-argument Locations can be FRONT, RIGHT, LEFT, TOP, BOTTOM. Argument locations are AROUND and CLEANS, requiring a further body part and a % of coverage/cleansing

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_OVER}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
*LOCATION
| Alias for TISSUE_LAYER

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
| Adds the tissue layer under a given part.
For example, an [[iron man]] has a gaseous poison within, and this tissue (GAS is its name) has the token [TISSUE_LEAKS] and its state is GAS, so when you puncture the iron outside and damage this tissue it leaks gas (can have a syndrome by using a previous one in the creature sample.) [TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:{tissue}] {tissue} is what will be under the TISSUE_LAYER; here is an example Tissue from the Iron Man: 
[TISSUE:GAS] [TISSUE_NAME:gas:NP] [TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:GAS] [TISSUE_MAT_STATE:GAS] [RELATIVE_THICKNESS:50] [TISSUE_LEAKS] [TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]

|-
| {{text anchor|TITAN}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[titan]]s. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRADE_CAPACITY}}
| Caste
|
*number
| How much the creature can carry when used by merchants. 1000 by default. Completely ignored if the animal does not also have PACK_ANIMAL or WAGON, instead using BODY_SIZE^(2/3)/20, even if they're a pack animal due to ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PACK_ANIMAL.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Shortcut for {{token|TRAINABLE_HUNTING|c}} + {{token|TRAINABLE_WAR|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE_HUNTING}}
| Caste
|
| Can be [[Animal trainer|trained]] as a hunting beast, increasing speed.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE_WAR}}
| Caste
|
| Can be [[Animal trainer|trained]] as a war beast, increasing strength and endurance.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRANCES}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to go into [[martial trance]]s. Used by dwarves in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAPAVOID}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will never trigger [[trap]]s it steps on. Used by a [[Trapavoid|number of creatures]]. Doesn't make the creature immune to remotely activated traps (like retractable spikes being triggered while the creature is standing over them). TRAPAVOID creatures lose this power if they're immobilized while standing in a trap, be it by stepping on thick web, being paralyzed or being knocked unconscious.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRIGGERABLE_GROUP}}
| Creature
|
*min
*max
| A large swarm of vermin can be disturbed, usually in adventurer mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|TSU_NOUN}}
| Caste
|
*noun
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| Noun for the {{token|TISSUE_STYLE_UNIT|c}}, used in the description of the tissue layer's style.
|}

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==U==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|UBIQUITOUS}}
| Creature
|
| Creature will occur in every region with the correct biome. Does not apply to {{token|EVIL|c}}/{{token|GOOD|c}} tags. Supersedes {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} for the purposes of distributing populations through the map, they are present in every part of the valid biome. Respects {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} for the frequency of unit [[Creature token#CLUSTER_NUMBER|cluster]] spawns being of this species.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNDERGROUND_DEPTH}}
| Creature
|
*mindepth
*maxdepth
| Depth that the creature appears underground. Numbers can be from 0 to 5. 0 is actually 'above ground' and can be used if the creature is to appear both above and below ground. Values from 1-3 are the respective [[cavern]] levels, 4 is the [[magma sea]] and 5 is the [[HFS]]. A single argument may be used instead of min and max. [[Demon]]s use only 5:5; user-defined creatures with both this depth and {{token|FLIER}} will take part in the initial wave from the HFS alongside generated demons, but without {{token|FLIER}} they will only spawn from the map edges. Civilizations that can use underground plants or animals will only export (via the embark screen or caravans) things that are available at depth 1.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNDERSWIM}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is displayed as blue when in [[Water#Depth|7/7 water]]. Used on fish and amphibious creatures which swim under the water.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNIQUE_DEMON}}
| Caste
|
| Found on generated [[demon]]s; causes the game to create a single named instance of the demon, per caste, which will emerge from the underworld and take over civilizations during worldgen.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*new caste token
*old caste token
| Defines a new caste derived directly from a previous caste. The new caste inherits all properties of the old one. The effect of this tag is automatic if one has not yet defined any castes: "Any caste-level tag that occurs before castes are explicitly declared is saved up and placed on any caste that is declared later, unless the caste is explicitly derived from another caste."
Roostre: "When DF detects duplicate tokens in the raws of the same object, a failsafe seems to kick in; it takes the bottom-most of the duplicates, and disregards the others. In the case of tokens added by a mod, it prioritizes the duplicate in the mod." This means that if a tag is defined in the base-caste and redefined in the derived caste, the derived tag overwrites the base tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*new material ID
*old material ID
| Defines a new local creature material and populates it with all properties defined in the specified local creature material. A maximum of 200 materials can be defined on any given creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE}}
| Creature
|
*new material token
*material template
| Defines a new local creature material and populates it with all properties defined in the specified template. A maximum of 200 materials can be defined on any given creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*new tissue token
*old tissue id
| Defines a new local creature tissue and populates it with all properties defined in the local tissue specified in the second argument.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_TISSUE_TEMPLATE}}
| Creature
|
*new tissue token
*tissue template
| Loads a tissue template listed in OBJECT:TISSUE_TEMPLATE files, such as tissue_template_default.txt.

|-
| {{text anchor|UTTERANCES}}
| Creature
|
| Changes the language of the creature into unintelligible 'kobold-speak', which creatures of other species will be unable to understand. If a civilized creature has this and is not part of a {{token|SKULKING|e}} civ, it will tend to start wars with all nearby civilizations and will be unable to make peace treaties due to 'inability to communicate'.
|}

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==V==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|VEGETATION}}
| Caste
|
| Like {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE}}, but also makes the creature more valued in artwork by civilisations with the PLANT [[sphere]]. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8316954#msg8316954] Used by [[grimeling]]s in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_BITE}}
| Caste
|
*chance of occurrence{{verify}}
*verb (bitten, stung, etc.)
* [[material token]]
* [[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]
| Enables vermin to bite other creatures, injecting the specified material. See {{token|SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT|c}} for details about injection - this token presumably works in a similar manner.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_EATER}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin creature will attempt to eat exposed food. See {{token|PENETRATEPOWER|c}}. Distinct from {{token|VERMIN_ROTTER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_FISH}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin appears in [[water]] and will attempt to swim around. Required to catch the vermin with [[fishing]] or [[Fishery|capturing a live fish]].

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_GROUNDER}}
| Creature
|
| The creature appears in "general" surface ground locations. Note that this doesn't stop the creature from flying if it can (most vermin birds have this tag).

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_HATEABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Some dwarves will [[Preferences|hate]] the creature and get unhappy thoughts when around it. See the [[Hateable|list of hateable vermin]] for details.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_MICRO}}
| Caste
|
| This makes the creature move in a swarm of creatures of the same race as it (e.g. swarm of flies, swarm of ants).

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOFISH}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot be caught by [[fishing]].

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOROAM}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will not be observed randomly roaming about the map.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOTRAP}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot be caught in baited [[animal trap]]s; however, a "[[Trapper|catch live land animal]]" task may still be able to capture one if a dwarf finds one roaming around.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_ROTTER}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin are attracted to rotting stuff and loose food left in the open and cause unhappy thoughts to dwarves who encounter them. Present on flies, knuckle worms, acorn flies, and blood gnats.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_SOIL}}
| Creature
|
| The creature randomly appears near dirt or mud, and may be uncovered by creatures that have the {{token|ROOT_AROUND|c}} interaction such as [[goose|geese]] and [[chicken]]s. Dwarves will ignore the creature when given the "Capture live land animal" task.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_SOIL_COLONY}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin will appear in a single tile cluster of many vermin, such as a colony of ants.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMINHUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| Old shorthand for "does cat stuff". Contains {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE|c}} + {{token|RETURNS_VERMIN_KILLS_TO_OWNER|c}} + {{token|HUNTS_VERMIN|c}} + {{token|ADOPTS_OWNER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|VESPERTINE}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear in the evening (between 8:00 PM and 10:05 PM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|VIEWRANGE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Value should determine how close you have to get to a critter before it attacks (or prevents adv mode travel etc.) Default is 20.

|-
| {{text anchor|VISION_ARC}}
| Caste
|
*binocular vision arc
*non-binocular vision arc
| The width of the creature's vision arcs, in degrees (i.e. 0 to 360). The first number is binocular vision, the second is non-binocular vision. Binocular vision has a minimum of about 10 degrees, monocular, a maximum of about 350 degrees. Values past these limits will be accepted, but will default to ~10 degrees and ~350 degrees respectively. Defaults are 60:120.
|}

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==W==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|WAGON_PULLER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to pull caravan wagons. If a civilization doesn't have access to any, it is restricted to trading with pack animals.

|-
| {{text anchor|WEBBER}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
| Allows the creature to create [[web]]s, and defines what the webs are made of.

|-
| {{text anchor|WEBIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will not get caught in thick [[web]]s. Used by creatures who can shoot thick webs (such as [[giant cave spider]]s) in order to make them immune to their own attacks.
|}

==Attack Tokens==

Attacks can use four different part selection criteria. Except for TISSUE_LAYER, the base game makes use of all of these in its attacks.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Part type token
! width="30%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|BODYPART}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
| This attack uses a particular body part; for example, ATTACK:PUNCH:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:GRASP will make it use any part that can hold onto an object.

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* tissue layer
| This attack uses a specific tissue layer on a specific body part; ATTACK:SCRATCH:TISSUE_LAYER:BY_TYPE:GRASP:BONE will make it use the bone of the hands.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
| Uses a body part that is subordinate to another; ATTACK:SLAP:CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ARM_LOWER:BY_TYPE:GRASP will make it use every hand attached to each lower arm (so it will generate one attack per lower arm, each of which will use every hand on that arm, assuming there are multiple hands per arm).

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILD_TISSUE_LAYER_GROUP}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* tissue layer
| As CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP, but specifying a tissue, too; ATTACK:BITE:CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:HEAD:BY_CATEGORY:TOOTH

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_SKILL}}
| Caste
|
*[[Skill token]]
| Defines the skill used by the attack.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_VERB}}
| Caste
|
*2nd person
*3rd person
| Descriptive text for the attack.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*% value
| The contact area of the attack, measured in % of the body part's volume. Note that all attack percentages can be more than 100%.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*% value
| The penetration value of the attack, measured in % of the body part's volume. Requires ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE. Maximum value: 15000.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PRIORITY}}
| Caste
|
*MAIN or SECOND
| Usage frequency. MAIN attacks are 100 times more frequently chosen than SECOND. Opportunity attacks ignore this preference.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_VELOCITY_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*number
| The velocity multiplier of the attack, multiplied by 1000.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_CANLATCH}}
| Caste
|
| Attacks that damage tissue have the chance to latch on in a wrestling hold. The grabbing bodypart can then use the "shake around" wrestling move, causing severe, armor-bypassing tensile damage according to the attacker's body volume.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_WITH}}
| Caste
|
| Displays the name of the body part used to perform an attack while announcing it, e.g. "The weaver punches the bugbat with his right hand".

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE}}
| Caste
|
| The attack is edged, with all the effects on physical resistance and contact area that it entails.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER}}
| Caste
|
* Preparation time
* Recovery time
| Determines the length of time to prepare this attack and until one can perform this attack again. Values appear to be calculated in adventure mode ticks.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_BAD_MULTIATTACK}}
| Caste
|
| Multiple strikes with this attack cannot be performed effectively.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_INDEPENDENT_MULTIATTACK}}
| Caste
|
| Multiple strikes with this attack can be performed with no penalty. The creature will use all attacks with this token at once.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT}}
| Caste
|
*<[[material token]]>
*<[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
*<min quantity>
*<max quantity>
| When added to an attack, causes the attack to inject the specified material into the victim's bloodstream. Once injected, the material will participate in [[temperature|thermal]] exchange within the creature - injecting something like molten [[iron]] (INORGANIC:IRON:LIQUID) would cause most unmodded creatures to melt (note that some of the injected material also [[contaminant|splatters]] over the bodypart used to carry out the attack, so it should be protected appropriately). If the injected material has an associated [[syndrome]] with the [[Syndrome#SYN_INJECTED|[SYN_INJECTED]]] token, it will be transmitted to the victim. If the attack is blunt, the injected material lacks the [[Material definition token#ENTERS_BLOOD|[ENTERS_BLOOD]]] token, the attacked bodypart has no [[Tissue_definition_token#VASCULAR|[VASCULAR]]] tissues, or the victim is bloodless, the material will splatter over the attacked body part instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_INTERACTION}}
| Caste
|
*interaction
| When this attack lands successfully, a specified interaction will take effect on the target creature. The attack must break the target creature's skin in order to work. This will take effect in worldgen as well. If the attack would break skin, the interaction will occur '''before the attack actually lands'''.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_SUCK_BLOOD}}
| Caste
|
*min
*max
| Successful attack draws out an amount of blood randomized between the min and max value. Beware that this '''will''' trigger any ingestion syndromes attached to the target creature's blood - for example, using this attack on a vampire will turn you into one too.
|}

==Tissue Layer Tokens==
Tissue layers are added to a creature's body parts by the creature tokens [[#TISSUE_LAYER|TISSUE_LAYER]], [[#TISSUE_LAYER_OVER|TISSUE_LAYER_OVER]], [[#TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER|TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER]], and the body detail plan token [[#TL_LAYERS|TL_LAYERS]].

These tissue layers are not the same thing as tissues, which are defined at creature level, but rather applications of the tissues. If the SKIN tissue of a creature is the more general and abstract notion of what skin is for that creature, then a tissue layer may be the "actual" skin on the creature's nose, head, or second toe. As most creatures have more than one body part, tissue layers are normally selected en masse.

Some tissue layer tokens are analogous to tissue definition tokens, e.g. [[#TL_CONNECTS|TL_CONNECTS]] to [[tissue_definition_token#CONNECTS|CONNECTS]].

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token | Selects a tissue at a location
* (optional) FRONT, BACK, LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, BOTTOM, AROUND.
| Begins a selection of tissue layers.
[SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER:HEART:BY_TYPE:HEART]

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
| Adds tissue layers to those selected.

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_TL_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
*tissue
| Begins a selection of tissue layers. Only usable for descriptor and cosmetic purposes.

Research has implied it may be redundant with SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER, as the latter allows for cosmetics as well as "functional" tokens such as TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES. Vanilla raws still use SET_TL_GROUP though, for all cosmetic purposes. More research is needed on this subject.

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_TL_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
*tissue
| Adds tissue layers to those selected. Like SET_TL_GROUP, it may be redundant even if used in the vanilla raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_LAYER_TISSUE}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
| Sets a selected tissue layer to be made of a different tissue.

|-
| {{text anchor|SHEARABLE_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
* tissue modifier
* required value
| Tissue layer can be sheared for its component material. The specified modifier must be at least of the desired value for shearing to be possible (for example, a [[llama]]'s wool must have a LENGTH of 300 before it is shearable).

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*QUALITY
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets the range of qualities, including LENGTH, DENSE, HIGH_POSITION, CURLY, GREASY, WRINKLY

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_STYLE_UNIT}}
| Caste
|
*tissue style unit ID
*shaping
| Sets tissue layer to be the target of TISSUE_STYLE token specified for an entity, works only on entity members. Mostly used with tissues HAIR, BEARD, MOUSTACHE, SIDEBURNS.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_COLOR_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*COLOR
*freq
*COLOR
*freq etc.
| Creates a list of colors/color patterns, giving each a relative frequency. If the given color or pattern does not exist, the tissue is described as being "transparent".

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_GENETIC_MODEL}}
| Caste
|
| The way the color modifier is passed on to offspring. May or may not work right now.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_IMPORTANCE}}
| Caste
|
*number
| Presumably modifies the importance of the tissue layer color modifier, for description purposes.
HOWEVER using this appears to remove all mention of colour from creature descriptions. It does not appear in any default creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_NOUN}}
| Caste
|
*name
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| Names the tissue layer color modifier, and determines the noun. Also used by [[Utility:Stonesense|Stonesense]] for colouring body parts.

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_TIMING}}
| Caste
|
*ROOT
*start change window years
*days
*end change window years
*days
| Determines the point in the creature's life when the color change begins and ends.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_CONNECTS}}
| Caste
|
| Gives the CONNECTS attribute to selected layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_HEALING_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Changes the HEALING_RATE of the selected tissue layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES}}
| Caste
|
| Gives the "major arteries" attribute to selected layers. Used to add massive bleeding properties to the throat, made from skin.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_PAIN_RECEPTORS}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Changes the number of pain receptors for selected tissue layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_RELATIVE_THICKNESS}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Changes the relative thickness for selected tissue layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_VASCULAR}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Sets a new VASCULAR value (which modulates bleeding) for selected tissue layers.

|}

==See Also==
*[[Body detail plan token]]
*[[Body token]]
*[[Material definition token]]
*[[Syndrome]]
*[[Tissue definition token]]
*[[Creature examples]]

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Creature token

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The <code>[OBJECT:CREATURE]</code> [[token]] begins the definition of a ''Dwarf Fortress'' [[creature]] [[raw file]]. Each creature definition that follows begins with the {{token|creature|c|creature ID}} token, and the creature's exact properties and behavior are then specified by the use of further creature tokens. All known creature tokens are listed below.

Vanilla creature definitions can be found in <code>[[Game folder|<Dwarf Fortress>]]\data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\</code>.
Creature ID is also used with [[graphics token]]s to make customizable [[graphics set]]s.

The [[caste]] tokens allow defining sub-species within the broader creature definition, including true biological castes and lesser variations, such as sexes. Creature tokens can either be 'Creature' or 'CASTE-only' type which can only be applied to creature or caste respectively, or 'CASTE' which can be applied to both. In the table bellow, creature type distinguishes tokens that can be applied to creature only, caste only, and both ('creature', 'CASTE-only', and 'CASTE' respectively)

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==A==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ADOPTS_OWNER}}
| Caste
|
| Prevents the tamed creature from being made available for adoption, instead allowing it to automatically adopt whoever it wants. The basic requirements for adoption are intact, and the creature will only adopt individuals who have a [[preference]] for their species. Used by [[cat]]s in the vanilla game. When {{k|v}}iewing a tame creature with this token, the message "This animal isn't interested in your wishes" will appear instead of "This [adorable] animal can't work" or "This animal is waiting to be trained".

|-
| {{text anchor|ALCOHOL_DEPENDENT}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature need [[alcohol]] to get through the working day; it will choose to drink booze instead of [[water]] if possible. Going sober for too long reduces speed.

|-
| {{text anchor|ALL_ACTIVE}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will appear at any time of day. Overrides {{token|DIURNAL|c}}, {{token|NOCTURNAL|c}}, {{token|CREPUSCULAR|c}}, {{token|MATUTINAL|c}}, and {{token|VESPERTINE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|ALTTILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| If set, the creature will blink between its {{token|TILE|c}} and its ALTTILE.

|-
| {{text anchor|AMBUSHPREDATOR}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature start out hidden and remain near its original location until its prey draws near. When combined with {{token|WEBBER|c}}, causes them to lay gigantic webs near their spawn location, though only for creatures present during embark.

|-
| {{text anchor|AMPHIBIOUS}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to breathe both in and out of [[water]] (unlike {{token|AQUATIC|c}}) - does not prevent drowning in [[magma]].

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_DESC_RANGE}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*Range (6 values, low to high)
| Based on info from [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=113762.msg3473069#msg3473069 Wannabehero on the forums]: When used with an appearance modifier token (BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER or BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER), tells the game what numeric ranges to map to which descriptors.

The game uses 7 descriptor levels for each modifier, with the center one generally being to omit the thing from the creature description entirely. The six values in APP_MOD_DESC_RANGE define the boundaries between each described range. If this is not specified it uses the numbers 10:50:95:105:150:190.

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_GENETIC_MODEL}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*Model (Accepts DOMINANT_MORE, DOMINANT_LESS, and MIX)
| Defines a genetic model for the relevant appearance modifier(s). May or may not do anything significant at present.

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_IMPORTANCE}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*number
| Determines how important the appearance modifier is, for determining whether it shows up in the creature description.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_NOUN}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*noun
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| Creates a noun for the appearance, and whether it is singular or plural.

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_RATE}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*Rate (integer)
*Scale (DAILY, YEARLY)
*min (growth)
*max (growth)
*start year
*start day
*end year
*end day
| Setting the growth rate of the modifier. The last two tokens can be replaced by NO_END to have growth continue indefinitely.

|-
| {{text anchor|APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION}}
| Caste
|
*creature variation ID
*(optional) any amount of arbitrary arguments
| Applies the specified [[creature variation token|creature variation]]. See [[Creature_variation_token#Arguments_and_conditional_tokens]] for how the subsequent arguments may be used.

|-
| {{text anchor|APPLY_CURRENT_CREATURE_VARIATION}}
| Special
|
| Applies the effects of all pending {{token|CV_ADD_TAG|c}} and {{token|CV_REMOVE_TAG|c}} tokens that have been defined in the current creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|AQUATIC}}
| Caste
|
| Enables the creature to breathe in water, but causes it to air-drown on dry land.

|-
| {{text anchor|ARENA_RESTRICTED}}
| Caste
|
| Causes the creature to be excluded from the [[object testing arena]]'s creature spawning list. Typically applied to spoileriffic creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|ARTIFICIAL_HIVEABLE}}
| Creature
|
| Enables the creature to be kept in artificial [[hive]]s by [[beekeeper]]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE}}
| Caste
|
| Prevents the creature from attacking or frightening creatures with the {{Token|NATURAL|c}} tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK}}
| Caste
|
*token
*selection criteria (it's complicated)
| Defines the attack name, and the body part used. See [[#Attack Tokens|below]] for valid subtokens
'''Example:''' 
<code>[ATTACK:GORE:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:HORN]</code> 
''GORE'' = name of the attack 
''BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:HORN'' = the horn is used to attack (presuming the creature has one)

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_TRIGGER}}
| Caste
|
*population
*exported wealth
*created wealth
| Specifies when a [[megabeast]] or [[semi-megabeast]] will attack the fortress. The attacks will start occurring when all of the requirements are met. Setting a value to 0 disables the trigger.

|}

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==B==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|BABY}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Age at which creature is considered a child, the default is zero. One can think of this as the duration of the baby stage.

|-
| {{text anchor|BABYNAME}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
| Defines a new name for a creature in baby state at the caste level. For non-caste-specific baby names, see {{token|GENERAL_BABY_NAME|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|BEACH_FREQUENCY}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Creature may be subject to [[beaching]], becoming stranded on [[Beach|shores]], where they will eventually air-drown. The number indicates the frequency of the occurrence. Presumably requires the creature to be {{token|AQUATIC|c}}. Used by [[orca]]s, [[sperm whale]]s and [[sea nettle jellyfish]] in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|BENIGN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is non-aggressive by default, and will never automatically be engaged by companions or soldiers, running away from any creatures that are not friendly to it, and will only defend itself if it becomes enraged. Can be thought of as the counterpoint of the {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}} tag. When tamed, animals with this tag will be useless for fortress defense.

This and {{token|TRADE_CAPACITY|c}} are required for {{token|PACK_ANIMAL|c}} to function properly, if an animal contains the aforementioned requirements without this tag: items loaded by the merchants will be dropped upon departure.

|-
| {{text anchor|BIOME}}
| Creature
|
* [[biome token]]
| Select a [[biome]] the creature may appear in.

|-
| {{text anchor|BLOOD}}
| Caste
|
* <[[material token]]>
* <[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
| Specifies what the creature's blood is made of.

|-
| {{text anchor|BLOODSUCKER}}
| Caste
|
| Causes [[vampire]]-like behaviour; the creature will suck the [[Creature_token#BLOOD|blood]] of unconscious victims when its [[Syndrome#TIME_SINCE_SUCKED_BLOOD|thirst for blood]] grows sufficiently large. When controlling the creature in adventure mode, this can be done at will. Seems to be required to make the creature denouncable (in-world) as a creature of the night.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY}}
| Caste
|
*body parts
| Draws body parts from OBJECT:BODY files (such as body_default.txt)
'''Example:''' 
[BODY:BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG:HEART:GUTS:BRAIN:MOUTH] 
This is the body from a [[purring maggot]]. It creates a body with head, a heart, some guts, a brain, and a mouth. That's all a maggot needs.

The body parts need to be listed in an order such that any parent part appears before its connected children. For example [BODY:HEART:BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG] produces a "Body Token Recognized But Could Not Connect: HEART" error because HEART can't find any UPPERBODY(s) to connect to. Switching the order to [BODY:BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG:HEART] fixes the problem because now the UPPERBODY is created before the HEART tries to connect to it.

'''If the body is left undefined, the creature (or caste) will be tagged as [DOES_NOT_EXIST].''' {{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*ATTRIBUTE
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| These body modifiers give individual creatures different characteristics. In the case of HEIGHT, BROADNESS and LENGTH, the modifier is also a percentage change to the BODY_SIZE of the individual creature. The seven numbers afterward give a distribution of ranges. Each interval has an equal chance of occurring.
'''Example:''' 
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110] 
''HEIGHT'' : marks the height to be changed 
''90:95:98:100:102:105:110'' : sets the range from the shortest (90% of the average height) to the tallest (110% of the average height) creature variation.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY_DETAIL_PLAN}}
| Caste
|
*PlanName
*Arguments
| Loads a plan from listed OBJECT:BODY_DETAIL_PLAN files, such as b_detail_plan_default.txt. Mass applies USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE, mass alters RELSIZE, alters body part positions, and will allow tissue layers to be defined. Tissue layers are defined in order of skin to bone here.
'''Example:''' 
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE:BONE:CARTILAGE] 
This creates the detailed body of a [[fox]], the skin, fat, muscle, bones and cartilage out of the vertebrate tissues. 
A [[Purring maggot|maggot]] would only need: 
''[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:EXOSKELETON_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE]''

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*years
*days
*size
| Sets size at a given age. Size is in cubic centimeters, and for normal body materials, is roughly equal to the creature's average weight in grams.
'''Example:''' 
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:10000] 
[BODY_SIZE:1:168:50000] 
[BODY_SIZE:12:0:220000] 
This describes the size of a [[minotaur]]. Its birth size would be 10,000 cm3 (~10 kg). At 1 year and 168 days old it would be 50,000 cm3 (~50 kg). And as an adult (at 12 years old) it would be 220,000 cm3 and weigh roughly 220 kg.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODYGLOSS}}
| Caste
|
*gloss
| Substitutes body part text with replacement text. Draws gloss information from OBJECT:BODY files (such as body_default.txt)

|-
| {{text anchor|BONECARN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature eats bones. Implies {{token|CARNIVORE|c}}. Currently does not work due to a bug ({{Bug|11069}}).

|-
| {{text anchor|BP_ADD_TYPE}}
| Caste
|
| Adds a type to a body part - used with {{token|SET_BP_GROUP|c}}. In vanilla DF, this is used for adding the type '[[Body token#GELDABLE|GELDABLE]]' to the lower body of certain [[cat|creatures]].

|-
| {{text anchor|BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*QUALITY
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets up the breadth of possibilities for appearance qualities for a selected BP group. EG. Eyes (CLOSE_SET, DEEP_SET, ROUND_VS_NARROW, LARGE_IRIS),Lips (THICKNESS), Nose (BROADNESS, LENGTH, UPTURNED, CONVEX), Ear (SPLAYED_OUT, HANGING_LOBES, BROADNESS, HEIGHT), Tooth (GAPS), Skull (HIGH_CHEEKBONES, BROAD_CHIN, JUTTING CHIN, SQUARE_CHIN), Neck (DEEP_VOICE, RASPY_VOICE), Head (BROADNESS, HEIGHT)

|-
| {{text anchor|BP_REMOVE_TYPE}}
| Caste
|
| Removes a type from a body part. Used with {{token|SET_BP_GROUP|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|BUILDINGDESTROYER}}
| Caste
|
*1 or 2
| Allows a creature to destroy furniture and buildings. Value [1] targets mostly doors, hatches, furniture and the like. Value [2] targets anything not made with the {{k|b}} + {{k|C}} commands.
|}

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==C==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|CAN_DO_INTERACTION}}
| Caste
|
*interaction token
| The creature can perform an interaction. See [[interaction token]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CAN_LEARN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature gains [[skill]]s and can have [[labor|professions]]. If a member of a civilization (even a pet) has this token, it'll need to eat, drink and sleep. Note that this token makes the creature unable to be eaten by an adventurer, so it is not recommended for uncivilized monsters. Adventurers lacking this token can allocate but not increase attributes and skills. Skills allocated will disappear on start. A creature with at least this token or the {{token|CAN_SPEAK|c}} token will be able to have [[Personality value|values]] and [[Personality goal|goals]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CAN_SPEAK}}
| Caste
|
| Can [[talking|talk]]. Note that this is not necessary for a creature to gain social skills but to make friends in fortress mode. A creature with at least this token or the {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} token will be able to have [[Personality value|values]] and [[Personality goal|goals]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_CLIMB}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot [[climber|climb]], even if it has free grasp parts.

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_JUMP}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot [[jump]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_UNDEAD}}
| Caste
|
| Acts like {{token|NOT_LIVING|c}}, except that {{token|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE|c}} creatures will attack them.

|-
| {{text anchor|CANOPENDOORS}}
| Caste
|
| Defunct, as doors cannot be set as tightly closed anymore.

|-
| {{text anchor|CARNIVORE}}
| Caste
|
| Creature ''only'' eats [[meat]]. If the creature goes on rampages in worldgen, it will often devour the people/animals it kills.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*name
| Defines a [[caste]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_ALTTILE}}
| Caste
|
*tile number or "letter"
| Caste-specific {{token|ALTTILE|c}}. Requires {{token|CASTE_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
*fg
*bg
*brightness
| Caste-specific {{token|COLOR|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_GLOWCOLOR}}
| Caste
|
*fg
*bg
*brightness
| Caste-specific {{token|GLOWCOLOR|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_GLOWTILE}}
| Caste
|
*tile value or "letter"
| Caste-specific {{token|GLOWTILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_NAME}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
*adjective
| While {{token|NAME|c}} describes the name of the species, {{token|CASTE_NAME|c}} names individuals of the species. Unlike other caste-specific descriptions, this token is required, even for creatures without separate castes. If left undefined, the creature will not show up in the [[arena]] and members of the species will be labeled as "nothing".

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_PROFESSION_NAME}}
| Caste
|
*[[Unit type token]] (Profession)
*singular
*plural
| Caste-specific {{token|PROFESSION_NAME|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_SOLDIER_ALTTILE}}
| Caste
|
*'character' or tile number
| Caste-specific {{token|SOLDIER_ALTTILE|c}}. Requires {{token|CASTE_SOLDIER_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_SOLDIER_TILE}}
| Caste
|
*'character' or tile number
| Caste-specific {{token|CREATURE_SOLDIER_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_TILE}}
| Caste
|
* tile number or "letter"
| Caste-specific {{token|CREATURE_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CAVE_ADAPT}}
| Caste
|
| Causes the creature to develop [[cave adaptation]].

Allows for creature's race to be involved in jokes that end in "And the [race] saw the sun and vomited on the spot!"

|-
| {{text anchor|CDI}}
| Caste
|
*Varies
| Specifies interaction details following a {{token|CAN_DO_INTERACTION|c}} token. See [[interaction token]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CHANGE_BODY_SIZE_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Multiplies body size by a factor of (integer)%. 50 halves size, 200 doubles.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHANGE_FREQUENCY_PERC}}
| Creature
|
*integer
| Multiplies frequency by a factor of (integer)%.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILD}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Age at which creature is considered an adult - one can think of this as the duration of the [[children|child]] stage. Allows the creature's offspring to be rendered fully tame if [[animal trainer|trained]] during their childhood.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILDNAME}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
| Defines a new name for a creature in the child state at the caste level. For non-caste-specific child names, see {{token|GENERAL_CHILD_NAME|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CLUSTER_NUMBER}}
| Creature
|
*min
*max
| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many creatures per spawned cluster. Vermin fish with this token in combination with temperate ocean and river biome tokens [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=51864.msg1122319#msg1122319 will perform seasonal migrations]. Defaults to 1:1 if not specified.

|-
| {{text anchor|CLUTCH_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*min
*max
|Number of [[egg]]s laid in one sitting.

|-
| {{text anchor|COLONY_EXTERNAL}}
| Caste
|
| Caste hovers around colony.

|-
| {{text anchor|COLOR}}
| Creature
|
*foreground
*background
*brightness
| Color of the creature's tile. (See [[Color]] for usage.)

|-
| {{text anchor|COMMON_DOMESTIC}}
| Caste
|
| When combined with any of {{token|PET|c}}, {{token|PACK_ANIMAL|c}}, {{token|WAGON_PULLER|c}} and/or {{token|MOUNT|c}}, the creature is guaranteed to be domesticated by any [[civilization]] with {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_PET|e}}, {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_PACK|e}}, {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_PULL|e}} and/or {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_MOUNT|e}} respectively. Such civilizations will always have access to the creature, even in the absence of wild populations. This token is invalid on {{token|FANCIFUL|c}} creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|CONVERTED_SPOUSE}}
| Caste
|
| Creatures of this caste's species with the {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERTER|c}} and {{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}} tokens will kidnap {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGET|c}}s of an appropriate sex and convert them into castes with CONVERTED_SPOUSE.

|-
| {{text anchor|COOKABLE_LIVE}}
| Caste
|
| Set this on a vermin creature to allow it to be cooked in meals while it is still alive, as well as when it's dead but not yet [[fishery|cleaned]]. Used by some water-dwelling vermin such as [[mussel]]s, [[oyster]]s, and [[cave lobster]]s. Currently does not work correctly when applied to non-{{token|FISHITEM|c}} vermin.{{bug|13200}}

|-
| {{text anchor|CRAZED}}
| Caste
|
| Creature is '[[insanity|berserk]]' and will attack all other creatures, except members of its own species that '''also''' have the CRAZED tag. It will show {{DFtext|Berserk|4:1}} in the [[unit list]]. Berserk creatures go on rampages during [[world generation|worldgen]] much more frequently than non-berserk ones.

|-
| {{text anchor|COPY_TAGS_FROM}}
| Special
|
*creature ID
| Copies another specified creature. This will override any definitions made before it; essentially, it makes this creature identical to the other one, which can then be modified. Often used in combination with {{token|APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION|c}} to import standard variations from a file. The vanilla [[giant animal]]s and [[animal person|animal people]]s are examples of this token combination.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE}}
| Creature
|
*creature ID
| A unique, arbitrary identifier that begins the definition of each new creature, and is used to reference the creature in other tokens and raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_CLASS}}
| Caste
|
*classname
| An arbitrary creature classification. Can be set to anything, but the only vanilla uses are GENERAL_POISON (used in syndromes), EDIBLE_GROUND_BUG (used as targets for {{token|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS|c}}), MAMMAL, and POISONOUS (both used for kobold pet eligibility). If a creature has the REAL_WORLD_EXTINCT class, they can be customized in how they appear during world generation, and will also have another class creature class to denote what prehistoric period they existed in. A single creature can have multiple classes.

The full list of tokens that use creature classes is:

* Creature tokens: {{token|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS|c}}, {{token|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS|c}}
* Interaction tokens: {{token|IT_AFFECTED_CLASS|in}}, {{token|IT_IMMUNE_CLASS|in}}
* Animal definition (Entity) tokens: {{token|ANIMAL_CLASS|e}}, {{token|ANIMAL_FORBIDDEN_CLASS|e}}
* Position (Entity) token: {{token|ALLOWED_CLASS|po}}
* Syndrome tokens: {{token|SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS|sy}}, {{token|SYN_IMMUNE_CLASS|sy}}, {{token|CE_SENSE_CREATURE_CLASS|sy}}
* Extinction tokens: CAMBRIAN, CARBONIFEROUS, CENOZOIC, CRETACEOUS, DEVONIAN, JURASSIC, ORDOVICIAN, PERMIAN, SILURIAN, TRIASSIC [Todo: add token links]
|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_SOLDIER_TILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| Creatures active in their civilization's [[military]] will use this tile instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_TILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| The symbol of the creature in ASCII mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREPUSCULAR}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will appear at dawn (between 4:30 AM and 6:00 AM) and in the evening (between 8:00 PM and 10:05 PM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_EATER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to [[Steals food|steal and eat edible items]] from a site. It will attempt to grab a food item and immediately make its way to the map's edge, where it will disappear with it. If the creature goes on rampages during worldgen, it will often steal food instead of attacking. Trained and tame instances of the creature will no longer display this behavior.

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_GUZZLER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to (very quickly) [[Steals drink|drink your alcohol]]. Or spill the barrel to the ground. Also affects undead versions of the creature. Unlike food or item thieves, drink thieves will consume your alcohol on the spot rather than run away with one piece of it. Trained and tame instances of the creature will no longer display this behavior.

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_ITEM}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to [[Steals items|steal things]] (apparently, of the highest value it can find). It will attempt to grab an item of value and immediately make its way to the map's edge, where it will disappear with it. If a creature with any of the CURIOUSBEAST tokens carries anything off the map, even if it is a caravan's pack animal, it will be reported as stealing everything it carries. If the creature goes on rampages in worldgen, it will often steal items instead of attacking - [[kea]] birds are infamous for this. Trained and tame instances of the creature will no longer display this behavior. Also, makes the creature unable to drop hauled items until it enters combat.

|-
| {{text anchor|CV_ADD_TAG}}
| Special
|
*TAG NAME
| Adds a tag. Used in conjunction with creature variation templates.

|-
| {{text anchor|CV_REMOVE_TAG}}
| Special
|
*TAG NAME
| Removes a tag. Used in conjunction with creature variation templates.
|}

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==D==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|DEMON}}
| Caste
|
| Found on generated [[demon]]s.

At least 1 demon generated, or custom must have the {{token|FLIER|c}} token in order for the [[Underworld|horrifying screams]] event to trigger.

|-
| {{text anchor|DESCRIPTION}}
| Caste
|
*text
| A brief description of the creature type, as displayed when viewing the creature's description/[[Thoughts and preferences|thoughts & preferences]] screen.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIE_WHEN_VERMIN_BITE}}
| Caste
|
| Causes the creature to die upon attacking. Used by [[honey bee]]s to simulate them dying after using their stingers.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIFFICULTY}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Increases experience gain during adventure mode. Creatures with a difficulty of 11 or higher are not assigned for quests in adventure mode. Vanilla [[semimegabeast]]s have a difficulty of 5 and [[megabeast]]s have a difficulty of 10.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIURNAL}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear during the day (between 6:00 AM and 8:00 PM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|DIVE_HUNTS_VERMIN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature hunts vermin by diving from the air. On tame creatures, it has the same effect as {{token|HUNTS_VERMIN|c}}. Found on [[peregrine falcon]]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|DOES_NOT_EXIST}}
| Creature
|
| Adding this token to a creature prevents it from appearing in generated worlds (unless it's marked as [[Entity_token#ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PRESENT|always present]] for a particular civilisation). For example, adding it to [[dog]]s will lead to worlds being generated without dogs in them. Also removes the creature from the [[object testing arena]]'s spawn list. If combined with {{token|FANCIFUL|c}}, artistic depictions of the creature will occur regardless. Used by [[centaur]]s, [[chimera]]s and [[griffon]]s in the vanilla game.

Note: a creature tagged as DOES_NOT_EXIST can still be [[Interaction_token#I_EFFECT|summoned]] successfully, as long as it has a body defined in its raws [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=165213.msg8086938#msg8086938], or, another creature can [[Syndrome#CE_BODY_TRANSFORMATION|transform]] into it.
|}

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==E==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|EBO_ITEM}}
| Caste
|
*[[item token]]
*[[material token]] (ANY_HARD_STONE can be used for the material)
| Defines the item that the creature drops upon being [[butcher|butchered]]. Used with {{token|EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|EBO_SHAPE}}
| Caste
|
*gem shape
| The shape of the creature's extra [[butcher|butchering]] drop. Used with {{token|EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|EGG_MATERIAL}}
| Caste
|
* <[[material token]]>
* <[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
| Defines the material composition of [[egg]]s laid by the creature. [[creature_token#LAYS_EGGS|Egg-laying]] creatures in the default game define this 3 times, using LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGGSHELL, LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGG_WHITE, and then LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGG_YOLK. Eggs will be made out of eggshell. Edibility is determined by tags on whites or yolk, but they otherwise do not exist.

|-
| {{text anchor|EGG_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*size
| Determines the size of laid [[egg]]s. Doesn't affect hatching or cooking, but bigger eggs will be heavier, and may take longer to be hauled depending on the hauler's strength.

|-
| {{text anchor|EQUIPMENT_WAGON}}
| Creature
|
| Makes the creature appear as a large 3×3 [[wagon]] responsible for carrying trade goods, pulled by two {{token|WAGON_PULLER|c}} creatures and driven by a merchant.

|-
| {{text anchor|EQUIPS}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to wear or wield items.

|-
| {{text anchor|EVIL}}
| Creature
|
| The creature is considered evil and will only show up in evil biomes. Civilizations with {{token|USE_EVIL_ANIMALS|e}} can domesticate them regardless of exotic status. Has no effect on cavern creatures except to restrict taming. A civilization with evil creatures can colonize evil areas.

Civilizations which list evil creatures as one of their main population options will potentially emerge following an underworld mining disaster, with the added caveat that a demon will be in charge of the civ. The rules which govern which noble position the demon in charge adopts however, are unclear. It either picks one of the predefined positions, or simply makes its own.

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT}}
| Caste
|
* [[Body token#CATEGORY|BY_CATEGORY]] or [[Body token#CONTYPE|BY_TYPE]] or [[Body token#BP|BY_TOKEN]]
* TYPE, CATEGORY, or TOKEN
| The creature drops an additional object when [[butcher|butchered]], as defined by {{token|EBO_ITEM|c}} and {{token|EBO_SHAPE|c}}. Used for [[gizzard stone]]s in default creatures. For some materials, needs to be defined after caste definitions with SELECT_CASTE:ALL{{Bug|6355}}

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRACT}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
| Defines a creature extract which can be obtained via [[small animal dissection]].

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRAVISION}}
| Caste
|
| The creature can see regardless of whether it has working eyes and has full 360 degree vision, making it impossible to strike the creature from a blind spot in combat. Invisible creatures will also be seen, namely [[intelligent undead]] using a "vanish" power.
|}

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==F==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|FANCIFUL}}
| Creature
|
| The creature is a thing of legend and known to all civilizations. Its materials cannot be requested or preferred. The tag also adds some art value modifiers. Used by a [[Fanciful|number of creatures]]. Conflicts with {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|FEATURE_ATTACK_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[Animal people#Subterranean animal people|subterranean animal-man]] tribals. Currently defunct. In previous versions{{verify}}, it caused these creatures to crawl out of chasms and underground rivers.

|-
| {{text anchor|FEATURE_BEAST}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[forgotten beast]]s. Presumably makes it act as such, initiating underground attacks on fortresses, or leads to the pop-up message upon encountering one{{verify}}. Displays the creature's {{token|DESCRIPTION|c}} in its [[legends mode]] entry and hides the creature from displaying in a world_sites_and_pops file. Does not create historical figures like generated forgotten beasts do.

Requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will live, and both surface and subterranean biomes are allowed. Does not stack with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} and if both are used the creature will not spawn. Appears to be incompatible with {{token|DEMON|c}} even if used in separate castes.

|-
| {{text anchor|FEMALE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature biologically female, enabling her to [[Breeding|bear young]]. Usually specified inside a caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|FIREIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature immune to [[Interaction_token#FIREBALL|FIREBALL]] and [[Interaction_token#FIREJET|FIREJET]] attacks, and allows it to path through high temperature zones, like lava or fires, but does not, by itself, make the creature immune to the damaging effects of burning in [[fire]], and does not prevent general heat damage or melting on its own (this would require adjustments to be made to the creature's body [[Material_definition_token|materials]] - see the [[Dragon/raw|dragon raws]] for an example).

|-
| {{text anchor|FIREIMMUNE_SUPER}}
| Caste
|
| Like {{token|FIREIMMUNE|c}}, but also renders the creature immune to [[Interaction_token#DRAGONFIRE|DRAGONFIRE]] attacks.

|-
| {{text anchor|FISHITEM}}
| Caste
|
| The creature's corpse is a single [[Item_token#FISH_RAW|FISH_RAW]] food item that needs to be cleaned (into a [[Item_token#FISH|FISH]] item) at a [[fishery]] to become edible. Before being cleaned the item is referred to as "raw". The food item is categorized under "fish" on the food and stocks screens, and when uncleaned it is sorted under "raw fish" in the stocks (but does not show up on the food screen).
Without this or {{token|COOKABLE_LIVE|c}}, [[fishing|fished]] vermin will turn into food the same way as non-vermin creatures, resulting in multiple units of food (meat, brain, lungs, eyes, spleen etc.) from a single fished vermin. These units of food are categorized as meat by the game.

|-
| {{text anchor|FIXED_TEMP}}
| Caste
|
*temperature
| The creature's body is constantly at this temperature, heating up or cooling the surrounding area. Alters the temperature of the creature's inventory and all adjacent tiles, [[Temperature|with all the effects that this implies]] - may trigger wildfires at high enough values. Also makes the creature immune to extreme heat or cold, as long as the temperature set is not harmful to the materials that the creature is made from. Corpses and body parts of creatures with a fixed temperature maintain their temperature even after death.

Note that temperatures of 12000 and higher may cause [[path|pathfinding]] issues in fortress mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|FLEEQUICK}}
| Caste
|
| If engaged in combat, the creature will flee at the first sign of resistance. Used by [[kobold]]s in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|FLIER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to fly, independent of it having wings or not. Fortress Mode pathfinding only partially incorporates flying - flying creatures need a land path to exist between them and an area in order to access it, but as long as one such path exists, they do not need to use it, instead being able to fly over intervening obstacles. Winged creatures with this token can lose their ability to fly if their wings are crippled or severed. Winged creatures without this token will be unable to fly. (A 'wing' in this context refers to any body part with its own [[Body_token#FLIER|FLIER]] token).

At least 1 [[Demon]] must have the flier token in order for the [[Underworld|horrifying screams]] event to trigger.

|-
| {{text anchor|FREQUENCY}}
| Creature
|
*number, max 100
| The {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} value plays two separate roles. The first is in determining the initial distribution of creatures across the world map. Each creature is randomly assigned a single x, y co-ordinate on the world map, which act as the epicenter for that creature's distribution. A square is drawn around that x, y co-ordinate with a Manhattan radius equal to the {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} value divided by 100 times the world map size. For example, in a 256 by 256 size world map, the [[lion]] might be assigned 14, 112. The [[lion]] has {{token|FREQUENCY:5|c}}, and so a square is drawn by moving 13 tiles in each direction from the [[lion]]'s x, y co-ordinate. This is the [[lion]]'s "territory".

Each sub-region in the world will attempt to fill lists of wildlife. There are five lists - {{token|VERMIN_GROUNDER|c}}, {{token|VERMIN_SOIL|c}}, {{token|VERMIN_SOIL_COLONY|c}}, {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}}, and {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}}, corresponding with the relevant tokens. The game will attempt to place seven creatures in each list for each sub-region. The game will select the seven nearest valid creatures. Creatures are valid for sub-region's list if they have the requisite token for that list, if they have the valid token for that sub-region's biome (for example, the [lion] can only be selected for {{token|BIOME:SAVANNA_TROPICAL|c}}, {{token|BIOME:GRASSLAND_TROPICAL|c}}, and {{token|BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TROPICAL|c}}, and if their "territory" as defined by their random epicenter and {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} radius overlaps with that sub-region. These lists then determine the creatures that can actually appear within that sub-region during gameplay.

There are some exceptions to the above. If the game was not capable of filling all seven entries in a list, it will drop the overlapping territory requirement, and simply pull the nearest creature which has the correct token and biome availability. Conversely, if a creature has an epicenter but has not appeared on any of the list for any of the world map's sub-regions, the creature will be assigned to the relevant list for the nearest appropriate sub-region - meaning it is occasionally possible to have lists of eight creatures or more. This is more common in smaller worlds where there are less possible sub-regions to be assigned towards. Creatures with the {{token|GOOD|c}} and {{token|EVIL|c}} tokens ignore the epicenter distribution system altogether. They are always capable of appearing in appropriate biomes which are {{token|GOOD|b}} or {{token|EVIL|b}} respectively. This is not true for {{token|SAVAGE|c}}, which acts more like the biome tokens. Creatures with {{token|UBIQUITOUS|c}} have a "territory" which covers the entire map, regardless of their epicenter (although they can still fail to be chosen if there are 7 creatures which are eligible and have nearer epicenters to the sub-region in question).

The second use for {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} is to determine how often a creature actually appears on map. In Fortress Mode, the game will try and spawn large wildlife (creatures with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} or {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}} in fairly regular waves. These waves include {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}}, {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} combined with {{token|FLIER|c}}, {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}}, and {{token|CURIOUS_BEAST|c}} - so a [[lion]] does not compete for selection with a [[gazelle]]. When the game decides it needs to spawn in a fresh wave of e.g. {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} creatures, it will select one of the creatures available to it from the lists for that sub-region at random, with all creatures weighted equally. Once it has selected a creature, it then effectively rolls a d100 against the relevant creature's {{token|FREQUENCY|c}}. If the d100 is equal to the creature's {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} or less, that creature is then spawned in. If the d100 is above the creature's {{token|FREQUENCY|c}}, the game returns to the relevant list and selects again. {{token|UBIQUITOUS|c}} acts as {{token|FREQUENCY:100|c}} for these purposes - in other words, the creature cannot fail the d100 check and will always be spawned in if it is selected from the list.

Defaults to 50.

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==G==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|GAIT}}
| Caste
|
* <gait type>
* <gait name>
* <max [[Gait#Speed|speed]]>
* <build up time>
* <max turning [[Gait#Speed|speed]]>
* <start [[Gait#Speed|speed]]>
* <energy expenditure>
* <gait flag(s)>
| Defines a gait by which the creature can move. See [[Gait]] for more information. Specifically, you likely want to use one of the existing STANDARD_X_GAITS creature variations, as described in [[Gait#Gaits_and_Modding|this subsection]].

* <max speed> indicates the maximum [[Gait#Speed|speed]] achievable by a creature using this gait
* <start speed> indicates the creature's speed when it starts moving using this gait
* <build up time> indicates how long it will take for a creature using this gait to go from <start speed> to <max speed>. For example, a value of 10 means that it should be able to reach the maximum speed by moving 10 [[tile]]s in a straight line over even terrain.
* <max turning speed> indicates the maximum speed permissible when the creature suddenly changes its direction of motion. The creature's speed will be reduced to <max turning speed> if travelling at a higher speed than this before turning.
* <energy expenditure> indicates how energy-consuming the gait is. Higher values cause the creature to tire out faster. Persistent usage of a high-intensity gait will eventually lead to exhaustion and [[Status_icon#Non-flashing|collapse]].

'''NO_BUILD_UP''' can be specified instead of a <start speed> value to make the <max speed> instantly achievable upon initiating movement (this is equivalent to a <build up time> of 0). Note that <build up time> and <max turning speed> are both ignored if specified alongside this (as NO_BUILD_UP trumps <build up time> and preserves <max speed> whilst turning, and <max turning speed> cannot exceed <max speed>) so it is permissible to omit them so long as they are '''both''' omitted together.

It's possible to specify a <start speed> greater than the <max speed>; the moving creature will decelerate towards its <max speed> in this case.

'''valid gait types:'''
*'''WALK''' 
Used for moving normally over ground tiles.

*'''CRAWL''' 
Used for moving over ground tiles whilst [[Status_icon#Non-flashing|prone]].

*'''SWIM''' 
Used for moving through tiles containing [[water]] or [[magma]] at a [[Water#Depth|depth]] of at least 4/7.

*'''FLY''' 
Used for moving through [[open space]].

*'''CLIMB''' 
Used for moving whilst [[Climber|climbing]].

'''valid gait flags:'''
* '''AGILITY''' 
Speeds/slows movement depending on the creature's [[Attribute#Agility|Agility]] stat.

* '''STRENGTH''' 
Speeds/slows movement depending on the creature's [[Attribute#Strength|Strength]] stat.

* '''LAYERS_SLOW''' 
Makes [[Tissue_definition_token#THICKENS_ON_ENERGY_STORAGE|THICKENS_ON_ENERGY_STORAGE]] and [[Tissue_definition_token#THICKENS_ON_STRENGTH|THICKENS_ON_STRENGTH]] tissue layers slow movement depending on how thick they are. Adding the STRENGTH gait flag counteracts the impact of the latter layer.

* '''STEALTH_SLOWS:'''<percentage> 
Slows movement by the specified percentage when the creature is [[Ambusher|sneaking]].

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_BABY_NAME}}
| Creature
|
*singular
*plural
| Like {{token|BABYNAME|c}}, but applied regardless of caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_CHILD_NAME}}
| Creature
|
*singular
*plural
| Like {{token|CHILDNAME|c}}, but applied regardless of caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER}}
| Caste
|
*value A
*value B
| Has the same function as {{token|MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER|c}}, but applies to all attacks instead of just those involving a specific material. Appears to be overridden by MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER ([[werebeast]]s, for example, use both tokens to provide resistance to all materials, with one exception to which they are especially vulnerable).

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERATED}}
| Creature
|
| Found on procedurally generated creatures like [[forgotten beast]]s, [[titan]]s, [[demon]]s, [[angel]]s, and [[night creature]]s. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|GETS_INFECTIONS_FROM_ROT}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature get [[Health_care#Infection|infections]] from necrotic tissue.

|-
| {{text anchor|GETS_WOUND_INFECTIONS}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature's wounds become [[Health_care#Infection|infected]] if left untreated for too long.

|-
| {{text anchor|GLOWCOLOR}}
| Creature
|
*foreground
*background
*brightness
| The colour of the creature's {{token|GLOWTILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|GLOWTILE}}
| Creature
|
*ascii character
| If present, the being glows in the dark (generally used for Adventurer Mode). The tile is what replaces the being's current tile when it is obscured from your sight by darkness. The default setting for kobolds (a yellow quotation mark) provides a nice "glowing eyes" effect. The game is also hardcoded to automatically convert quotation mark GLOWTILES into apostrophes if the creature has lost one eye. This works at the generic creature level - for caste-specific glow tiles, use {{token|CASTE_GLOWTILE|c}} instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|GNAWER}}
| Caste
|
*verb
| The creature can and will gnaw its way out of [[animal trap]]s and [[cage]]s using the specified verb, depending on the material from which it is made (normally wood).

|-
| {{text anchor|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS}}
| Caste
|
*class
| The creature eats vermin of the specified class.

|-
| {{text anchor|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CREATURE}}
| Caste
|
*creature
*caste
| The creature eats a specified [[vermin]].

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_END}}
| Special
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags at the end of the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_START}}
| Special
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags at the beginning of the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_TAG}}
| Special
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags ''before'' the specified tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|GOOD}}
| Creature
|
| Creature is considered good and will only show up in good biomes - [[unicorn]]s, for example. Civilizations with {{token|USE_GOOD_ANIMALS|e}} can domesticate them regardless of exotic status. Has no effect on cavern creatures except to restrict taming. A civilization that has good creatures can colonise good areas in world-gen.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRASSTRAMPLE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| The value determines how rapidly [[grass]] is trampled when a creature steps on it - a value of 0 causes the creature to never damage grass, while a value of 100 causes grass to be trampled as rapidly as possible. Defaults to 5.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRAVITATE_BODY_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*target value
| Used in Creature Variants. This token changes the adult body size to the average of the old adult body size and the target value and scales all intermediate growth stages by the same factor.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRAZER}}
| Caste
|
*number
| The creature is a grazer - if tamed in fortress mode, it needs a pasture to survive. The higher the number, the less frequently it needs to eat in order to live. Not used since 0.40.12, replaced by {{token|STANDARD_GRAZER|c}} to fix {{bugl|4113}}.
|}

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==H==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|HABIT}}
| Caste
|
*type
*probability
| Defines certain behaviors for the creature. The habit types are:
*COLLECT_TROPHIES
*COOK_PEOPLE
*COOK_VERMIN
*GRIND_VERMIN
*COOK_BLOOD
*GRIND_BONE_MEAL
*EAT_BONE_PORRIDGE
*USE_ANY_MELEE_WEAPON
*GIANT_NEST
*COLLECT_WEALTH.
These require the creature to have a {{token|LAIR|c}} to work properly, and also don't seem to work on creatures who are not a {{token|SEMIMEGABEAST|c}}, {{token|MEGABEAST|c}}, or{{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|HABIT_NUM}}
| Caste
|
*number or TEST_ALL
| "If you set HABIT_NUM to a number, it should give you that exact number of habits according to the weights.".{{cite forum|60554/1719248}} All lists of HABITs are preceded by [HABIT_NUM:TEST_ALL]

|-
| {{text anchor|HAS_NERVES}}
| Caste
|
| The creature has nerves in its muscles. Cutting the muscle tissue can sever motor and sensory nerves, disabling the limb.

|-
| {{text anchor|HASSHELL}}
| Caste
|
| The creature has a shell. Seemingly no longer used - holdover from previous versions.

|-
| {{text anchor|HIVE_PRODUCT}}
| Creature
|
*number
*[[time]]
*[[item token]]s
| What product is harvested from [[Beekeeping industry|beekeeping]].

|-
| {{text anchor|HOMEOTHERM}}
| Caste
|
*number or NONE
| Default 'NONE'. The creature's normal body [[temperature]]. Creature ceases maintaining temperature on death unlike fixed material temperatures. Provides minor protection from environmental temperature to the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|HUNTS_VERMIN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature hunts and kills nearby [[vermin]], randomly walking between places with food laying on the ground or in stockpiles, to check for possible [VERMIN_EATER] vermin, but they'll kill any other vermin too. Do not include this creature token on an intelligent entity that you intend to play as in fortress mode because it will prevent them from feeding themselves.

|}

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==I==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOBILE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot move. Found on [[sponge]]s. Will also stop a creature from breeding in fortress mode (MALE and FEMALE are affected, if one is IMMOBILE; no breeding will happen).

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOBILE_LAND}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is immobile while on land. Only works on {{token|AQUATIC|c}} creatures which can't breathe on land.

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOLATE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature radiates [[fire]]. It will ignite, and potentially completely destroy, items the creature is standing on. Also gives the vermin a high chance of escaping from [[animal trap]]s and [[cage]]s made of any flammable materials (specifically ones that could be ignited by magma).

|-
| {{text anchor|INTELLIGENT}}
| Caste
|
| Alias for {{token|CAN_SPEAK|c}} + {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|ITEMCORPSE}}
| Caste
|
* [[item token]]
* [[material token]]
| Determines if the creature leaves behind a non-standard corpse (i.e. wood, statue, bars, stone, pool of liquid, etc.). [[Ethics]] may prevent actually using the item in jobs or reactions.

|-
| {{text anchor|ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY}}
| Caste
|
* number
| The [[quality]] of an item-type corpse left behind. Valid values are: 0 for ordinary, 1 for well-crafted, 2 for finely-crafted, 3 for superior, 4 for exceptional, 5 for masterpiece.
|}

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==L==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR}}
| Caste
|
*type
*probability
| Found on megabeasts, semimegabeasts, and night creatures. The creature will seek out sites of this type and take them as lairs. The lair types are:
*SIMPLE_BURROW
*SIMPLE_MOUND
*WILDERNESS_LOCATION
*SHRINE
*LABYRINTH

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_CHARACTERISTIC}}
| Caste
|
*characteristic
*probability
| Defines certain features of the creature's lair. The only valid characteristic is HAS_DOORS.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_HUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| This creature will actively hunt adventurers in its lair.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_HUNTER_SPEECH}}
| Caste
|
*speech file
| What this creature says while hunting adventurers in its lair.

|-
| {{text anchor|LARGE_PREDATOR}}
| Caste
|
| Will attack other creatures that are smaller than it. Tamed large predators will still attack wildlife. In [[fortress mode]], only one group of "large predators" (possibly two groups on "savage" maps) will appear on any given map. In [[adventurer mode]], large predators will try to ambush and attack you (and your party will attack them back). When tamed, large predators tend to be much more aggressive to enemies than non-large predators, making them a good choice for an animal army. They may go on rampages in worldgen, and adventurers may receive quests to kill them. Also, they can be mentioned in the intro paragraph when starting a fortress e.g. "ere the wolves get hungry."
A single biome supports 7 large predator species, picking randomly and rolling a d100 under its {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} to add it until all 7 slots are filled.

Incompatible with {{token|PACK_ANIMAL|c}} on a technicality, if included: hauled items are likely to be dropped upon entering the map (even if {{token|TRADE_CAPACITY|c}} is present) in contrast to when the merchants depart.

|-
| {{text anchor|LARGE_ROAMING}}
| Creature
|
| This is the core requisite tag allowing the creature to spawn as a wild animal in the appropriate biomes. Requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will spawn. Does not require specifying a frequency, population number, or cluster number.

This tag stacks with {{token|MEGABEAST|c}}, {{token|SEMIMEGABEAST|c}}, or {{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}}; if used with one of these tags, the creature will spawn as both a boss and as a wild animal. This tag does not stack with {{token|FEATURE_BEAST|c}} and if both are used the creature will not spawn. This tag is unaffected by {{token|DEMON|c}}.
Large roamers are not able to spawn in Pool biomes as they do not connect to the edge of the map and are too small, Lake biomes are a suitable alternative.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAYS_EGGS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature lays [[egg]]s instead of giving birth to live young.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAYS_UNUSUAL_EGGS}}
| Caste
|
* [[item token]]
* [[material token]]
| Creature lays the specified item instead of regular eggs.

|-
| {{text anchor|LIGAMENTS}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
*healing rate
| The creature has ligaments in its {{token|CONNECTIVE_TISSUE_ANCHOR|td}} tissues (bone or chitin by default). Cutting the bone/chitin tissue severs the ligaments, disabling motor function if the target is a limb.

|-
| {{text anchor|LIGHT_GEN}}
| Caste
|
| A vermin featuring this tag will remain visible to an adventurer even at night.

Subterranean vermin which feature this token will flicker in unexposed and unrevealed cavern layers while playing in Fortress Mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|LISP}}
| Caste
|
| Creature uses "sssssnake talk" (multiplies 'S' when talking - "My name isss Recisssiz."). Used by [[Serpent man|serpent men]] and [[Reptile man|reptile men]] in the vanilla game. C's with the same pronunciation (depending on the word) are not affected by this token.

|-
| {{text anchor|LITTERSIZE}}
| Caste
|
* minimum
* maximum
| Determines the number of offspring per one birth; default 1-3, not used in vanilla raws. See also {{token|MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCAL_POPS_CONTROLLABLE}}
| Creature
|
| Allows you to play as a wild animal of this species in adventurer mode. Prevents trading of (tame) instances of this creature in caravans.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCAL_POPS_PRODUCE_HEROES}}
| Creature
|
| Wild animals of this species may occasionally join a civilization. Prevents trading of (tame) instances of this creature in caravans.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCKPICKER}}
| Caste
|
| Lets a creature open [[door]]s that are set to forbidden in fortress mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOOSE_CLUSTERS}}
| Creature
|
| The creatures will scatter if they have this tag, or form tight packs if they don't.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOW_LIGHT_VISION}}
| Caste
|
*number
| Determines how well a creature can see in the dark - higher is better. Dwarves have 10000, which amounts to perfect nightvision.
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==M==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|MAGICAL}}
| Caste
|
| According to Toady One, this is completely interchangeable with {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE|c}} and might have been used in very early versions of the game by wandering wizards, or the ent-type tree creatures that used to be animated by elves. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8316954#msg8316954]

|-
| {{text anchor|MAGMA_VISION}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is able to see while submerged in [[magma]].

|-
| {{text anchor|MALE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature biologically male; usually declared inside a caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|MANNERISM|MANNERISM_*}}
| Caste
|
*occasionally body part
| Adds a possible mannerism to the creature's profile. See [[creature mannerism token]] for further info.

|-
| {{text anchor|MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*material id
| Begins defining a new local material. Follow this with standard material definition tokens to define the material. A maximum of 200 materials can be defined on any given creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER}}
| Caste
|
*[[Material token]]
*value A
*value B
| When struck with a weapon made of the specified material, the force exerted will be multiplied by A/B, thus making the creature more or less susceptible to this material. For example, if A is 2 and B is 1, the force exerted by the defined material will be doubled. If A is 1 and B is 2, it will be halved instead. See also {{token|GENERAL_MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER|c}}, which can be used to make this sort of effect applicable to all materials.

|-
| {{text anchor|MATUTINAL}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear at dawn (between 4:30 AM and 6:00 AM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|MAXAGE}}
| Caste
|
*min
*max
| Determines the creature's natural lifespan, using the specified minimum and maximum age values (in years). Each individual creature with this token is generated with a predetermined date (calculated down to the exact [[time|tick]]!) between these values, at which it is destined to die of old age, should it live long enough. Note that the probability of death at any given age does not increase as the creature gets older [http://i.imgur.com/A1A4aA9.png].
Creatures which lack this token are naturally immortal. The [[Syndrome#CE_ADD_TAG|NO_AGING]] syndrome tag will prevent death by old age from occurring. Also note that, among civilized creatures, castes which lack this token will refuse to marry others with it, and vice versa.

|-
| {{text anchor|MEANDERER}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature slowly stroll around, unless it's in combat or performing a job. If combined with {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}, will severely impact their [[pathfinding]] and lead the creature to move extremely slowly when not performing any task. <s>Problematically applies to animal people based on the animal, and war trained animals{{bug|9588}}</s> As of version 52.05, meandering behavior no longer applies to animal people and to animals that are trained for war or hunting..

|-
| {{text anchor|MEGABEAST}}
| Caste
|
| A 'boss' creature; a small number of those are created during worldgen, their histories and descendants (if any) will be tracked in worldgen (as opposed to simply 'spawning'), and they will occasionally go on rampages, potentially leading to worship if they attack the same place multiple times. Their presence and number will also influence world age names. When appearing in fortress mode, they will have a pop-up message announcing their arrival. They will remain hostile to the fortress military even after being tamed.{{bug|10731}} See [[megabeast]] page for more details.

Requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will live. Subterranean biomes appear to not be allowed. Does stack with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} and if both are used the creature will spawn as both historical bosses and as wild animals.

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_CAP_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*Cap %
|Default is 200. This means you can increase your attribute to 200% of its starting value (or the average value + your starting value if that is higher).

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_RANGE}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]]
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets up a [[Attribute#Soul_attributes|mental attribute]]'s range of values (0-5000). All mental attribute ranges default to 200:800:900:1000:1100:1300:2000.

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*cost to improve
*unused counter rate
*rust counter rate
*demotion counter rate
| [[Attribute#Soul_attributes|Mental attribute]] gain/decay rates. Lower numbers in the last three slots make decay occur faster. Defaults are 500:4:5:4.

|-
| {{text anchor|MILKABLE}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
* frequency
| Allows the creature to be [[milk]]ed in the [[farmer's workshop]]. The frequency is the amount of [[time|ticks]] the creature needs to "recharge" (i.e. how much time needs to pass before it can be milked again). Does not work on [[#CAN_LEARN|sentient]] creatures, regardless of [[ethics]].

|-
| {{text anchor|MISCHIEVIOUS}}
| Caste
|
| Alias for {{token|MISCHIEVOUS|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|MISCHIEVOUS}}
| Caste
|
| The creature spawns [[stealth]]ed and will attempt to path into the fortress, pulling any [[lever]]s it comes across. It will be invisible on the map and [[unit list]] until spotted by a citizen, at which point the game will pause and recenter on the creature. Used by [[gremlin]]s in the vanilla game. "They go on little missions to mess with various fortress buildings, not just levers."

|-
| {{text anchor|MODVALUE}}
| Caste
|
| Seemingly no longer used.

|-
| {{text anchor|MOUNT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature may be used as a [[mount]]. No use for the player in fortress mode, but enemy sieging forces may arrive with cavalry. Mounts are usable in adventure mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|MOUNT_EXOTIC}}
| Caste
|
| Creature may be used as a [[mount]], but civilizations cannot domesticate it in worldgen without certain exceptions.

|-
| {{text anchor|MULTIPART_FULL_VISION}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to have all-around vision, as long as it has multiple heads that can see.

|-
| {{text anchor|MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the species usually produce a single offspring per birth, with a 1/500 chance of using the {{token|LITTERSIZE|c}} as usual. Requires {{token|FEMALE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|MUNDANE}}
| Creature
|
| Marks if the creature is an actual real-life creature. Only used for age-names at present.
|}

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==N==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|NAME}}
| Creature
|
*singular
*plural
*adjective
| The generic name for any creature of this type - will be used for referring to the species in the abstract, such as the default material prefix. For labeling individual creatures, {{token|CASTE_NAME|c}} is necessary. If left undefined, the creature will be labeled as "nothing" by the game.

Some examples of adjective use:
* "super''dwarven'' strength"
* "the ''dwarven'' hillocks of X"
* Deity species as in "''feline'' deity"
* Megabeast attacks in worldgen. One with multiple dragons being a "''draconic'' rampage"

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL}}
| Caste
|
| Animal is considered to be natural. NATURAL animals will not engage creatures tagged with {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE|c}} in combat unless they are members of a hostile entity and vice-versa.

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL_ANIMAL}}
| Caste
|
| Alias of {{token|NATURAL|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL_SKILL}}
| Caste
|
*[[Skill_token|Skill token]]
*value
| The creature possesses the specified [[skill]] at this level inherently - that is, it begins with the skill at this level, and the skill may never rust below that. A value of 15 is legendary.

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE}}
| Caste
|
| Creatures with this token can appear as [[experiment|experiments]]. Causes the creature to count as {{token|NOT_LIVING|c}}.

Killing a creature featuring this token provides one point of "hero" reputation. Adds the creature's description as part of the initial summary of their historical figure in legends mode. People will react to creatures with this token as a night creature (natch). In adventure mode, ambushes involving these units will say "Night creature!" instead of "Ambush!"

Prevents creature behavior enabled by {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}}.

Removes the high nature value check imposed by {{token|LOCAL_POPS_PRODUCE_HEROES|c}}.

Prevents the AI from using ANIMATE interactions, unless the newly-animated{{token|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE|c}}undead will not attack them. The check for this is specifically whether the unit is:
*a ghost
*an animated unit
*a unit with the {{token|NO_AGING|c}} token added via {{token|CE_ADD_TAG|c}}. (This allows for the default exclusion of elves and goblins, unless raised as intelligent undead.)

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_BOGEYMAN}}
| Caste
|
| Creatures with this token can appear in [[bogeyman|bogeyman ambushes]] in [[adventure mode]], where they adopt classical bogeyman traits such as stalking the adventurer and vaporising when dawn breaks. Such traits do not manifest if the creature is encountered outside of a bogeyman ambush (for instance, as a megabeast or a civilised being). In addition, their corpses and severed body parts turn into [[smoke]] after a short while. Note that setting the "Number of Bogeyman Types" in [[advanced world generation]] to 0 will only remove randomly-generated bogeymen.

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_EXPERIMENTER}}
| Caste
|
| Found on some [[necromancer]]s. Creatures with this tag may periodically "perform horrible experiments" offscreen, during which they can use creature-targeting interactions with an <code>[[Interaction_token#I_SOURCE|[I_SOURCE:EXPERIMENT]]]</code> tag on living creatures in their area. Worlds are generated with a list of procedurally-generated experiments, allowing necromancers to turn living people and animals into [[Infected_ghoul|ghouls]] and [[Experiment|other experimental creatures]], and these will automatically be available to all experimenters; it does not appear possible to prevent this. You can mod in your own custom experiment interactions, but these are used very infrequently due to the large number of generated experiments.

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[night troll]]s and [[werebeast]]s. Implies that the creature is a [[night creature]], and shows its description in [[legends mode]] entry. The creature is always hostile and will start [[no quarter]] combat with any nearby creatures, except for members of its own race. Note that this tag does not override the creature's normal behavior in [[fortress mode]] except for the aforementioned aggression, and doesn't prevent the creature from fleeing the battles it started. It also removes the creature's materials from stockpile settings list, making them be stored there regardless of settings.

Does stack with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} and if both are used the creature will spawn as both historical hunters and as wild animals; this requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will live, and subterranean biomes are allowed.

This tag causes the usual behaviour of werebeasts in worldgen, that is, fleeing towns upon being cursed and conducting raids from a lair. If this tag is absent from a deity curse, the accursed will simply be driven out of towns in a similar manner to [[vampire]]s. When paired with SPOUSE_CONVERTER, a very small population of the creature will be created during worldgen (sometimes only a single individual will be created), and their histories will be tracked (that is, they will not spawn spontaneously later, they must either have children or convert other creatures to increase their numbers). The creature will settle in a lair and go on rampages during worldgen. It will actively attempt to seek out potential conversion targets to abduct, convert, and have children with (if possible).

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_NIGHTMARE}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[nightmare]]s. Corpses and severed body parts derived from creatures with this token turn into [[smoke]] after a short while.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_AUTUMN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|autumn]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_CONNECTIONS_FOR_MOVEMENT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't require connected body parts to move{{verify}}; generally used on undead creatures with connections that have rotted away.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_DIZZINESS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot become [[Symptom#Dizziness|dizzy]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_DRINK}}
| Caste
|
| Creature does not need to drink.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_EAT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature does not need to [[food|eat]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_FEVERS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot suffer [[Symptom#Fever|fevers]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_GENDER}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is biologically sexless, making it unable to [[breeding|breed]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_PHYS_ATT_GAIN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot raise any [[Attribute#Body_attributes|physical attributes]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_PHYS_ATT_RUST}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot lose any [[Attribute#Body_attributes|physical attributes]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SLEEP}}
| Caste
|
| Creature does not need to sleep, but can still be rendered unconscious by other means.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SPRING}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|spring]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SUMMER}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|summer]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT}}
| Caste
|
| The bodyparts of this creature don't need to be connected to an organ with the {{token|THOUGHT|body}} tag in order to have motor function. Generally used on creatures that don't have brains. If a creature doesn't have a thought part and doesn't have this token, it will be unable to grasp or stand. Nautilus men experience this issue in vanilla.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_UNIT_TYPE_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
| Prevents creature from selecting its color based on its profession (e.g. Miner, Hunter, Wrestler).

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_VEGETATION_PERTURB}}
| Caste{{Verify}}
|
| Likely prevents the creature from leaving broken vegetation tracks.{{Verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_WINTER}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|winter]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NOBONES}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot be picked up for worldgen fell moods and cannot be made a skeleton deity.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOBREATHE}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't need to breathe or have {{token|BREATHE|body}}parts in its body, nor can it drown or be strangled. Creatures living in magma must have this tag, otherwise they will drown.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOCTURNAL}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear at night (after 10:05 PM and before 4:30 AM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NOEMOTION}}
| Caste
|
| Creature has no emotions, thus; it is immune to the effects of [[stress]] and unable to rage, and its [[need]]s cannot be fulfilled in any way. Used on [[undead]] in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOEXERT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature can't become tired or over-exerted from taking too many combat actions, or moving at full speed for extended periods of time.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOFEAR}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't feel fear and will never flee from battle, and will be immune to [[ghost]]s' attempts to 'scare it to death'. Additionally, it causes [[bogeyman|bogeymen]] and [[nightmare]]s to become friendly towards the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOMEAT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature will not be hunted or fed to wild beasts.

|-
| {{text anchor|NONAUSEA}}
| Caste
|
| Creature isn't nauseated by gut hits and cannot vomit.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOPAIN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't feel pain.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSKIN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature will not drop a hide when [[butcher|butchered]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSKULL}}
| Caste
|
| Creature will not drop a skull on butchering, rot, or decay of severed head.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSMELLYROT}}
| Caste
|
| Does not produce [[miasma]] when rotting.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSTUCKINS}}
| Caste
|
| Weapons can't get stuck in the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSTUN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature can't be stunned and knocked unconscious by pain or head injuries. Creatures with this tag never wake up from sleep in Fortress Mode. If this creature needs to sleep while playing, it will die.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOT_BUTCHERABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Corpses from this creature cannot be [[butcher|butchered]]. Does not prevent the creature from being slaughtered while alive, however.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOT_LIVING}}
| Caste
|
| Cannot be raised from the dead by necromancers or evil clouds. Implies the creature is not a normal living being. Used by [[vampire]]s, [[Mummy|mummies]] and inorganic creatures like the [[amethyst man]] and [[bronze colossus]]. Creatures who are {{token|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE|c}} (undead) will be docile towards creatures with this token.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOTHOUGHT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't require a {{token|THOUGHT|body}} body part to survive. Has the added effect of preventing speech, though directly controlling creatures that would otherwise be capable of speaking allows them to engage in conversation.
|}

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==O==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ODOR_LEVEL}}
| Caste
|
*number
| How easy the creature is to [[smell]]. The higher the number, the easier the creature is to sniff out. Defaults to 50. Vanilla creatures have values from 0 (undetectable) to 90 (noticeable by humans and dwarves).

|-
| {{text anchor|ODOR_STRING}}
| Caste
|
*string
| What the creature [[smell]]s like. If no odor string is defined, the creature name (not the caste name) is used.

|-
| {{text anchor|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE}}
| Caste
|
| Is hostile to all creatures except undead and other non-living ones and will show {{DFtext|Opposed to life|0:1}} in the [[unit list]]. Used by [[undead]] in the vanilla game. Functions without the {{token|NOT_LIVING|c}} token, and seems to imply said token as well. Undead will not be hostile to otherwise-living creatures given this token. Living creatures given this token will attack living creatures that lack it, while ignoring other living creatures that also have this token.

|-
| {{text anchor|ORIENTATION}}
| Caste
|
*MALE/FEMALE
*disinterested chance
*casual chance
*strong chance
| Determines caste's likelihood of having sexual attraction to certain sexes. Values default to 75:20:5 for the same sex and 5:20:75 for the opposite sex. The first value indicates how likely to be entirely uninterested in the sex, the second decides if the creature will be able to become lovers with that sex, the third decides whether they will be able to marry in worldgen and post-worldgen world activities (which implies being able to become lovers). Marriage seems to be able to happen in fort mode play regardless, as long as they are lovers first.

|-
| {{text anchor|OUTSIDER_CONTROLLABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Lets you play as an [[Adventurer_mode_character_creation#Outsider|outsider]] of this species in adventure mode.

|}

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==P==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|PACK_ANIMAL}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to be used as a pack animal. Used by [[trading|merchants]] without wagons and adventurers. Also prevents creature from dropping hauled items on its own -- do ''not'' use for player-controllable creatures! May lead to the creature being domesticated during worldgen, even if it doesn't have {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC|c}}.

Creatures with this tag but without {{token|BENIGN|c}}, and/or with {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}} leads to hauled items being dropped.

|-
| {{text anchor|PARALYZEIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is immune to all [[Syndrome#CE_PARALYSIS|paralyzing]] special attacks.

|-
| {{text anchor|PATTERNFLIER}}
| Caste
|
| Used to control the bat riders with paralyze-dart blowguns that flew through the 2D chasm. Doesn't do anything now.

|-
| {{text anchor|PCG_LAYERING}}
| Creature
|
*[[Procedural graphics layer|Layering type]]
| Adds a layer to the current {{token|PROCEDURAL_CREATURE_GRAPHICS|c}} definition.

|-
| {{text anchor|PEARL}}
| Caste
|
| Does nothing.

|-
| {{text anchor|PENETRATEPOWER}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Controls the ability of [[vermin]] to find a way into containers when they are eating food from your stockpiles.

Objects made of most materials (e.g. metal) roll a number from 0-100, and if the resulting number is greater than the penetrate power, their contents escape for the time being. Objects made of [[wood]], [[leather]], [[amber]], or [[coral]] roll 0-95, and items made of [[cloth]] roll 0-90.

|-
| {{text anchor|PERSONALITY}}
| Caste
|
*ATTRIBUTE
*lowest
*median
*highest
| Determines the range and chance of personality facets. Standard is 0:50:100. See [[personality facet]] for more info.

|-
| {{text anchor|PET}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to be [[Animal_trainer|tamed]] in Fortress mode. Prerequisite for all other working animal roles. Civilizations that encounter it in worldgen will tame and domesticate it for their own use. Adding this to civilization members will classify them as pets instead of citizens, with all the [[Fun|problems]] that entails. However, you can solve these problems using the popular plugin [https://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=13095| Dwarf Therapist], which is completely unaffected by the tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|PET_EXOTIC}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to be [[Animal_trainer|tamed]] in Fortress mode. Prequisite for all other working animal roles. Civilizations cannot domesticate it in worldgen, with certain exceptions. More difficult to tame?{{verify}} Adding this to civilization members will classify them as pets instead of citizens, with all the [[Fun|problems]] that entails. ([[Gremlin|Example]]).

|-
| {{text anchor|PETVALUE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| How valuable a tamed animal is. Actual cost in points in the embarking screen is 1+(PETVALUE/2) for an untrained animal, 1+PETVALUE for a war/hunting one.

|-
| {{text anchor|PETVALUE_DIVISOR}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Divides the creature's {{token|PETVALUE|c}} by the specified number. Used by [[honey bee]]s to prevent a single hive from being worth a fortune.

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_CAP_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*Cap %
|Default is 200. This means you can increase your attribute to 200% of its starting value (or the average value + your starting value if that is higher).

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_RANGE}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]]
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets up a [[Attribute#Body_attributes|physical attribute]]'s range of values (0-5000). All physical attribute ranges default to 200:700:900:1000:1100:1300:2000.

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*cost to improve
*unused counter rate
*rust counter rate
*demotion counter rate
| [[Attribute#Body_attributes|Physical attribute]] gain/decay rates. Lower numbers in the last three slots make decay occur faster. Defaults for STRENGTH, AGILITY, TOUGHNESS, and ENDURANCE are 500:3:4:3, while RECUPERATION and DISEASE_RESISTANCE default to 500:NONE:NONE:NONE.

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_BP_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, or BY_TOKEN
*body type, category, or token
| Adds a body part group to selected body part group. Presumably used immediately after {{token|SET_BP_GROUP|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*material
| Adds a material to selected materials. Used immediately after {{token|SELECT_MATERIAL|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|POP_RATIO}}
| Caste
|
*number (max 100000)
| Weighted population of caste; Lower is rarer. Not to be confused with {{token|FREQUENCY|c}}. A weight of 0 will{{version|51.06 experimental}} prevent a caste from spawning naturally. Regardless of pop ratio, [[Position token|Position]]s that only allow a certain caste can force it to spawn.

|-
| {{text anchor|POPULATION_NUMBER}}
| Creature
|
*min
*max
| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many of these creatures are present in each world map tile of the appropriate region. Defaults to 1:1 if not specified. If the creature's chosen {{token|CLUSTER_NUMBER|c}} happens to be larger, it will be used instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|POWER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the being to represent itself as a deity, allowing it to become the leader of a civilized group. Not used by any creatures in the vanilla game. Requires {{token|CAN_SPEAK|c}} to actually do anything more than settle at a location (e.g. write books, lead armies, profane temples). Doesn't appear to do anything for creatures that are already civilized. Once the creature ascends to a position of leadership, it will proceed to act as a standard ruler for their entity and fulfill the same functions (hold tournaments, tame creatures, etc.).

|-
| {{text anchor|PREFSTRING}}
| Creature
|
*string
| Sets what other creatures [[Preferences|prefer]] about this creature. "Urist likes dwarves for their beards." Multiple entries will be chosen from at random. Creatures lacking a PREFSTRING token will never appear under another's preferences.

|-
| {{text anchor|PROCEDURAL_CREATURE_GRAPHICS}}
| Creature
|
* [[Graphics_token#Basic_creature_sprite_types|Sprite type]] or Caste then sprite type
| Makes the creature have procedural graphics built for it, like forgotten beasts/demons/titans/experiments. Must be associated with PCG_LAYERING tokens.

|-
| {{text anchor|PROFESSION_NAME}}
| Creature
|
*[[Unit type token]] (Profession)
*singular
*plural
| The generic name for members of this profession, at the creature level. In order to give members of specific castes different names for professions, use {{token|CASTE_PROFESSION_NAME|c}} instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|PRONE_TO_RAGE}}
| Caste
|
*Chance
| Creature has a percentage chance to flip out at visible non-friendly creatures. Enraged creatures attack anything regardless of timidity and get a strength bonus to their hits. This is what makes [[badger]]s so hardcore.

|-
| {{text anchor|PUS}}
| Caste
|
* <[[material token]]>
* <[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
| The creature has pus. Specifies the stuff secreted by [[Health_care#Infection|infected wounds]].
|}

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==R==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|RELSIZE}}
| Caste
|
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*body category, type, or token
*Relsize
| Specifies a new relative size for a part than what is stated in the body plan. For example, dwarves have larger livers.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
| What the creature's [[remains]] are called.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
| What color the creature's [[remains]] are.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_ON_VERMIN_BITE_DEATH}}
| Caste
|
| Goes with {{token|VERMIN_BITE|c}} and {{token|DIE_WHEN_VERMIN_BITE|c}}, the vermin creature will leave remains on death when biting. Leaving this tag out will cause the creature to disappear entirely after it bites.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_UNDETERMINED}}
| Caste
|
| Nothing.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMOVE_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*material token
| Removes a material from the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMOVE_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*tissue token
| Removes a tissue from the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|RETRACT_INTO_BP}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY or BY_TOKEN
*body type, [[Body_token#CATEGORY|category]], or [[Body_token#BP|token]]
*Second person ("You") retract verb text
*Third person ("The giant snail") retract verb text
*Second person cancel retract text
*Third person cancel retract text
| The creature will retract into the specified body part(s) when threatened. It will be unable to move or attack, but enemies will only be able to attack the specified body part(s). When one of the specified body part is severed off, the creature automatically unretracts and cannot retract anymore. More than one body part can be selected by using BY_TYPE or BY_CATEGORY.

Second-person descriptions are used for adventurer mode natural ability. "<pro_pos>" can be used in the descriptions, being replaced with the proper pronoun (or lack thereof) in-game.

Undead curled up creatures are buggy, specifically those that retract into their upper bodies: [[echidna]]s, [[hedgehog]]s and [[pangolin]]s.{{bug|11463}}{{bug|10519}} The upper body is prevented from collapsing by a separate body part (the middle spine), which cannot be attacked when the creature is retracted. See {{token|PREVENTS_PARENT_COLLAPSE|bo}}. Living creatures eventually succumb to blood loss, but undead creatures do not. Giant creatures also take a very long time to bleed out.
|-
| {{text anchor|RETURNS_VERMIN_KILLS_TO_OWNER}}
| Creature
|
| Cat behavior. If it kills a vermin creature and has an owner, it carries the remains in its mouth and drops them at their feet. Requires {{token|HUNTS_VERMIN|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|ROOT_AROUND}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY or BY_TOKEN
*body type, [[Body_token#CATEGORY|category]], or [[Body_token#BP|token]]
*Second person ("You") verb text
*Third person ("The hen") verb text
| Creature will occasionally root around in the grass, looking for insects. Used for flavor in Adventurer Mode, spawns vermin edible for this creature in Fortress Mode. Creatures missing the specified body part will be unable to perform this action. The action produces a message (visible in adventure mode) in the form:

{{DFtext|[creature] [verb text] the [description of creature's location].|6:0}}

In adventure mode, the "rooting around" ability will be included in the "natural abilities" menu, represented by its second person verb text.

|}

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==S==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|SAVAGE}}
| Creature
|
| The creature will only show up in "savage" biomes. Has no effect on cavern creatures. Cannot be combined with {{token|GOOD|c}} or {{token|EVIL|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SECRETION}}
| Caste
|
*<[[material token]]>
*<[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
*BY_TOKEN / BY_CATEGORY / BY_TYPE
*<[[Body_token#BP|body part ID]]> / <[[Body_token#CATEGORY|category]]> or ALL / <type (e.g. [[Body_token#GRASP|GRASP]])>
*<[[Body_detail_plan_token#BP_LAYERS|tissue layer]]> or ALL
*<trigger>
| Causes the specified tissue layer(s) of the indicated body part(s) to secrete the designated material. A size 100 ('covering') [[contaminant]] is created over the affected body part(s) in its specified material state (and at the temperature appropriate to this state) when the trigger condition is met, as long as one of the secretory tissue layers is still intact. Valid triggers are:
*'''CONTINUOUS'''
Secretion occurs once every 40 [[time|ticks]] in [[fortress mode]], and every tick in [[adventurer mode]].
*'''EXERTION'''
Secretion occurs continuously (at the rate described above) whilst the creature is at minimum {{Tile|Tired|6:1}} following physical exertion. Note that this cannot occur if the creature has {{token|NOEXERT|c}}.
*'''EXTREME_EMOTION'''
Secretion occurs continuously (as above) whilst the creature is distressed. Cannot occur in creatures with {{token|NOEMOTION|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_ADDITIONAL_CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*<caste>
| Adds an additional previously defined caste to the selection. Used after {{token|SELECT_CASTE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*<caste> or ALL
| Selects a previously defined caste

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*<[[material token]]>
| Selects a locally defined material. Can be ALL.

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*tissue token
| Selects a tissue for editing.

|-
| {{text anchor|SEMIMEGABEAST}}
| Caste
|
| Essentially the same as {{token|MEGABEAST|c}}, but more of them are created during worldgen. See the [[semi-megabeast]] page for details.

|-
| {{text anchor|SENSE_CREATURE_CLASS}}
| Caste
|
* <[[Creature_token#CREATURE_CLASS|creature class]]>
* [[Tilesets|<tile value or character>]]
* [[Color#Color_values|<foreground color>:<background color>:<foreground brightness>]]
| Gives the creature the ability to sense creatures belonging to the specified [[Creature_token#CREATURE_CLASS|creature class]] even when they lie far beyond line of sight, including through walls and floors. It also appears to reduce or negate the combat penalty of [[Wound#Blindness|blind]] units when fighting creatures they can sense. In [[adventure mode]], the specified tile will be used to represent sensed creatures when they cannot be seen directly.

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_BP_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*selection criteria BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*category, type, or token
| Begins a selection of body parts.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_LEARN_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*<[[skill_token]]>
*<percentage>
| The rate at which this creature learns this skill. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_LEARN_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*<percentage>
| The rate at which this creature learns all skills. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*[[skill_token]]
*<% of improvement points gained>
*<unused counter rate>
*<rust counter rate>
*<demotion counter rate>
| Like {{token|SKILL_RATES|c}}, but applies to individual skills instead. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*<% of improvement points gained>
*<unused counter rate>
*<rust counter rate>
*<demotion counter rate>
| Affects skill gain and decay. Lower numbers in the last three slots make decay occur faster ([SKILL_RATES:100:1:1:1] would cause rapid decay). The counter rates may also be replaced with NONE.
Default is [SKILL_RATES:100:8:16:16]. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RUST_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*[[skill_token]]
*value
*value
*value
| The rate at which this skill decays. Lower values cause the skill to decay faster. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RUST_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*value
*value
*value
| The rate at which all skills decay. Lower values cause the skills to decay faster. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SLAIN_CASTE_SPEECH}}
| Caste
|
*[[Speech file|text set]]
| Caste-specific {{token|SLAIN_SPEECH|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SLAIN_SPEECH}}
| Creature
|
*[[Speech file|text set]]
| Boasting speeches relating to killing this creature. Examples include [[text_dwarf.txt/raw|text_dwarf.txt]] (<code>[SLAIN_SPEECH:SLAIN_DWARF]</code>) and text_elf.txt (<code>[SLAIN_SPEECH:SLAIN_ELF]</code>) in data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects.

|-
| {{text anchor|SLOW_LEARNER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to learn skills much like with {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}, but without making the creature be considered sapient, and at a reduced (likely half) rate. If combined with the {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}, only the lattermost effect applies. All creatures that use this token in vanilla use it alongside {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}, so it is not well known what it does by itself. Used by a number of 'primitive' creatures (like [[ogre]]s, [[giant]]s and [[troglodyte]]s) in the vanilla game. Prevents a player from recruiting nobility, even basic ones. (clarify?) Creatures with this token combined with {{token|EVIL|c}} can become domesticated by civilizations with <code>[[Entity_token#USE_EVIL_ANIMALS|[USE_EVIL_ANIMALS]]]</code>, as seen commonly with [[troll]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|SMALL_REMAINS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature leaves "[[item token#REMAINS|remains]]" instead of a corpse. Used by [[vermin]].

|-
| {{text anchor|SMELL_TRIGGER}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Determines how keen a creature's sense of smell is - lower is better. At 10000, a creature cannot smell at all.

|-
| {{text anchor|SOLDIER_ALTTILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| If this creature is active in its civilization's military, it will blink between its default tile and this one.

|-
| {{text anchor|SOUND}}
| Caste
|
* Sound application (currently accepts ALERT or PEACEFUL_INTERMITTENT)
* Sound range (in tiles)
* Sound delay (lower values = sound is produced more often)
* VOCALIZATION or NONE (determines whether the sound requires breathing or not)
* First-person description
* Third-person description
* Description when out of sight
| Creature makes sounds periodically, which can be heard in Adventure mode.
* First-person reads "You '''bark'''"
* Third-person reads "The [[capybara]] '''barks'''"
* Out of sight reads "You hear '''a loud bark'''"
with the text in bold being the description arguments of the token.

|-
| {{text anchor|SOURCE_HFID}}
| Creature
|
*Integer
| Found on generated [[angel]]s. This is the historical figure ID of the deity with which the angel is associated. Since HFIDs are not predictable before worldgen, this isn't terribly usable in non-lua mods.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIFIC_FOOD}}
| Caste
|
* PLANT or CREATURE
* Plant/creature ID
| Creature will only appear in biomes with this plant or creature available. Grazers given a specific type of grass (such as [[panda]]s and [[bamboo]]) will only eat that grass and nothing else, risking starvation if there's none available.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPHERE}}
| Creature
|
* [[Sphere#Available_spheres|sphere]]
| Sets what religious spheres the creature is aligned to, for purposes of being worshipped via the {{token|POWER|c}} token. Affects the creature's name. Creatures with spheres opposed to Death (ie: HEALING, LONGEVITY, YOUTH) will be much less likely to pursue the secrets of life and death.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGET}}
| Caste
|
| This creature can be converted by a night creature with {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERTER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPOUSE_CONVERTER}}
| Caste
|
| If the creature has the {{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}} tag, it will kidnap {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGET|c}}s and transform them into the caste of its species with the {{token|CONVERTED_SPOUSE|c}} tag during worldgen. It may also start families this way.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPREAD_EVIL_SPHERES_IF_RULER}}
| Caste
|
| If the creature rules over a [[site]], it will cause the local landscape to be corrupted into [[Surroundings#Evil|evil surroundings]] associated with the creature's [[Creature_token#SPHERE|sphere]]s. The creature must have at least one of the following [[sphere]]s for this to take effect: BLIGHT, DEATH, DISEASE, DEFORMITY, NIGHTMARES. The first three kill vegetation, while the others sometimes do. The last two get [[Plant_token#EVIL|evil plants]] and [[Creature_token#EVIL|evil animals]] sometimes. NIGHTMARES gets [[bogeyman|bogeymen]]. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8162224#msg8162224] Used by [[demon]]s in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|STANCE_CLIMBER}}
| Caste
|
| Caste does not require <code>[[Body_token#GRASP|[GRASP]]]</code> body parts to climb -- it can climb with <code>[[Body_token#STANCE|[STANCE]]]</code> parts instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|STANDARD_GRAZER}}
| Caste
|
| Acts as {{token|GRAZER|c}} but set to 20000*G*(max size)^(-3/4), where G defaults to 100 but can be set in d_init, and the whole thing is trapped between 150 and 3 million. Used for all grazers in the default creature raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|STRANGE_MOODS}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will get [[strange mood]]s in fortress mode and can produce artifacts.

|-
| {{text anchor|SUPERNATURAL}}
| Caste
|
| Gives the creature knowledge of any secrets with <code>[[Interaction_token#IS_SECRET|[SUPERNATURAL_LEARNING_POSSIBLE]]]</code> that match its [[Creature_token#SPHERE|spheres]] and also prevents it from becoming a [[vampire]] or [[werebeast]]. Other effects are unknown.

|-
| {{text anchor|SWIMS_INNATE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature naturally knows how to swim perfectly and does not use the [[swimmer]] skill, as opposed to {{token|SWIMS_LEARNED|c}} below. However, Fortress mode AI never paths into water anyway, so it's less useful there.

|-
| {{text anchor|SWIMS_LEARNED}}
| Caste
|
| The creature swims only as well as their present [[Swimmer|swimming skill]] allows them to.

|-
| {{text anchor|SYNDROME_DILUTION_FACTOR}}
| Caste
| <[[Syndrome#SYN_IDENTIFIER|syndrome identifier]]>:<percentage>
| Dilutes the effects of syndromes which have the specified identifier. A percentage of 100 is equal to the regular syndrome effect severity, higher percentages reduce severity.
|}

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==T==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|TENDONS}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
*healing rate
| The creature has tendons in its {{token|CONNECTIVE_TISSUE_ANCHOR|td}} tissues (bone or chitin by default). Cutting the bone/chitin tissue severs the tendons, disabling motor function if the target is a limb.

|-
| {{text anchor|THICKWEB}}
| Caste
|
| The creature's [[web]]s can catch larger creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*name
| Begins defining a tissue in the creature file. Follow this with standard tissue definition tokens to define the tissue properties.

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
*LOCATION
| Adds the tissue layer to wherever it is required.
Non-argument Locations can be FRONT, RIGHT, LEFT, TOP, BOTTOM. Argument locations are AROUND and CLEANS, requiring a further body part and a % of coverage/cleansing

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_OVER}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
*LOCATION
| Alias for TISSUE_LAYER

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
| Adds the tissue layer under a given part.
For example, an [[iron man]] has a gaseous poison within, and this tissue (GAS is its name) has the token [TISSUE_LEAKS] and its state is GAS, so when you puncture the iron outside and damage this tissue it leaks gas (can have a syndrome by using a previous one in the creature sample.) [TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:{tissue}] {tissue} is what will be under the TISSUE_LAYER; here is an example Tissue from the Iron Man: 
[TISSUE:GAS] [TISSUE_NAME:gas:NP] [TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:GAS] [TISSUE_MAT_STATE:GAS] [RELATIVE_THICKNESS:50] [TISSUE_LEAKS] [TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]

|-
| {{text anchor|TITAN}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[titan]]s. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRADE_CAPACITY}}
| Caste
|
*number
| How much the creature can carry when used by merchants. 1000 by default. Completely ignored if the animal does not also have PACK_ANIMAL or WAGON, instead using BODY_SIZE^(2/3)/20, even if they're a pack animal due to ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PACK_ANIMAL.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Shortcut for {{token|TRAINABLE_HUNTING|c}} + {{token|TRAINABLE_WAR|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE_HUNTING}}
| Caste
|
| Can be [[Animal trainer|trained]] as a hunting beast, increasing speed.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE_WAR}}
| Caste
|
| Can be [[Animal trainer|trained]] as a war beast, increasing strength and endurance.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRANCES}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to go into [[martial trance]]s. Used by dwarves in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAPAVOID}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will never trigger [[trap]]s it steps on. Used by a [[Trapavoid|number of creatures]]. Doesn't make the creature immune to remotely activated traps (like retractable spikes being triggered while the creature is standing over them). TRAPAVOID creatures lose this power if they're immobilized while standing in a trap, be it by stepping on thick web, being paralyzed or being knocked unconscious.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRIGGERABLE_GROUP}}
| Creature
|
*min
*max
| A large swarm of vermin can be disturbed, usually in adventurer mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|TSU_NOUN}}
| Caste
|
*noun
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| Noun for the {{token|TISSUE_STYLE_UNIT|c}}, used in the description of the tissue layer's style.
|}

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==U==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|UBIQUITOUS}}
| Creature
|
| Creature will occur in every region with the correct biome. Does not apply to {{token|EVIL|c}}/{{token|GOOD|c}} tags. Supersedes {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} for the purposes of distributing populations through the map, they are present in every part of the valid biome. Respects {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} for the frequency of unit [[Creature token#CLUSTER_NUMBER|cluster]] spawns being of this species.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNDERGROUND_DEPTH}}
| Creature
|
*mindepth
*maxdepth
| Depth that the creature appears underground. Numbers can be from 0 to 5. 0 is actually 'above ground' and can be used if the creature is to appear both above and below ground. Values from 1-3 are the respective [[cavern]] levels, 4 is the [[magma sea]] and 5 is the [[HFS]]. A single argument may be used instead of min and max. [[Demon]]s use only 5:5; user-defined creatures with both this depth and {{token|FLIER}} will take part in the initial wave from the HFS alongside generated demons, but without {{token|FLIER}} they will only spawn from the map edges. Civilizations that can use underground plants or animals will only export (via the embark screen or caravans) things that are available at depth 1.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNDERSWIM}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is displayed as blue when in [[Water#Depth|7/7 water]]. Used on fish and amphibious creatures which swim under the water.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNIQUE_DEMON}}
| Caste
|
| Found on generated [[demon]]s; causes the game to create a single named instance of the demon, per caste, which will emerge from the underworld and take over civilizations during worldgen.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*new caste token
*old caste token
| Defines a new caste derived directly from a previous caste. The new caste inherits all properties of the old one. The effect of this tag is automatic if one has not yet defined any castes: "Any caste-level tag that occurs before castes are explicitly declared is saved up and placed on any caste that is declared later, unless the caste is explicitly derived from another caste."
Roostre: "When DF detects duplicate tokens in the raws of the same object, a failsafe seems to kick in; it takes the bottom-most of the duplicates, and disregards the others. In the case of tokens added by a mod, it prioritizes the duplicate in the mod." This means that if a tag is defined in the base-caste and redefined in the derived caste, the derived tag overwrites the base tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*new material ID
*old material ID
| Defines a new local creature material and populates it with all properties defined in the specified local creature material. A maximum of 200 materials can be defined on any given creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE}}
| Creature
|
*new material token
*material template
| Defines a new local creature material and populates it with all properties defined in the specified template. A maximum of 200 materials can be defined on any given creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*new tissue token
*old tissue id
| Defines a new local creature tissue and populates it with all properties defined in the local tissue specified in the second argument.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_TISSUE_TEMPLATE}}
| Creature
|
*new tissue token
*tissue template
| Loads a tissue template listed in OBJECT:TISSUE_TEMPLATE files, such as tissue_template_default.txt.

|-
| {{text anchor|UTTERANCES}}
| Creature
|
| Changes the language of the creature into unintelligible 'kobold-speak', which creatures of other species will be unable to understand. If a civilized creature has this and is not part of a {{token|SKULKING|e}} civ, it will tend to start wars with all nearby civilizations and will be unable to make peace treaties due to 'inability to communicate'.
|}

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==V==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|VEGETATION}}
| Caste
|
| Like {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE}}, but also makes the creature more valued in artwork by civilisations with the PLANT [[sphere]]. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8316954#msg8316954] Used by [[grimeling]]s in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_BITE}}
| Caste
|
*chance of occurrence{{verify}}
*verb (bitten, stung, etc.)
* [[material token]]
* [[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]
| Enables vermin to bite other creatures, injecting the specified material. See {{token|SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT|c}} for details about injection - this token presumably works in a similar manner.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_EATER}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin creature will attempt to eat exposed food. See {{token|PENETRATEPOWER|c}}. Distinct from {{token|VERMIN_ROTTER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_FISH}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin appears in [[water]] and will attempt to swim around. Required to catch the vermin with [[fishing]] or [[Fishery|capturing a live fish]].

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_GROUNDER}}
| Creature
|
| The creature appears in "general" surface ground locations. Note that this doesn't stop the creature from flying if it can (most vermin birds have this tag).

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_HATEABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Some dwarves will [[Preferences|hate]] the creature and get unhappy thoughts when around it. See the [[Hateable|list of hateable vermin]] for details.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_MICRO}}
| Caste
|
| This makes the creature move in a swarm of creatures of the same race as it (e.g. swarm of flies, swarm of ants).

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOFISH}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot be caught by [[fishing]].

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOROAM}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will not be observed randomly roaming about the map.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOTRAP}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot be caught in baited [[animal trap]]s; however, a "[[Trapper|catch live land animal]]" task may still be able to capture one if a dwarf finds one roaming around.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_ROTTER}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin are attracted to rotting stuff and loose food left in the open and cause unhappy thoughts to dwarves who encounter them. Present on flies, knuckle worms, acorn flies, and blood gnats.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_SOIL}}
| Creature
|
| The creature randomly appears near dirt or mud, and may be uncovered by creatures that have the {{token|ROOT_AROUND|c}} interaction such as [[goose|geese]] and [[chicken]]s. Dwarves will ignore the creature when given the "Capture live land animal" task.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_SOIL_COLONY}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin will appear in a single tile cluster of many vermin, such as a colony of ants.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMINHUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| Old shorthand for "does cat stuff". Contains {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE|c}} + {{token|RETURNS_VERMIN_KILLS_TO_OWNER|c}} + {{token|HUNTS_VERMIN|c}} + {{token|ADOPTS_OWNER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|VESPERTINE}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear in the evening (between 8:00 PM and 10:05 PM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|VIEWRANGE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Value should determine how close you have to get to a critter before it attacks (or prevents adv mode travel etc.) Default is 20.

|-
| {{text anchor|VISION_ARC}}
| Caste
|
*binocular vision arc
*non-binocular vision arc
| The width of the creature's vision arcs, in degrees (i.e. 0 to 360). The first number is binocular vision, the second is non-binocular vision. Binocular vision has a minimum of about 10 degrees, monocular, a maximum of about 350 degrees. Values past these limits will be accepted, but will default to ~10 degrees and ~350 degrees respectively. Defaults are 60:120.
|}

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==W==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|WAGON_PULLER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to pull caravan wagons. If a civilization doesn't have access to any, it is restricted to trading with pack animals.

|-
| {{text anchor|WEBBER}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
| Allows the creature to create [[web]]s, and defines what the webs are made of.

|-
| {{text anchor|WEBIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will not get caught in thick [[web]]s. Used by creatures who can shoot thick webs (such as [[giant cave spider]]s) in order to make them immune to their own attacks.
|}

==Attack Tokens==

Attacks can use four different part selection criteria. Except for TISSUE_LAYER, the base game makes use of all of these in its attacks.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Part type token
! width="30%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|BODYPART}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
| This attack uses a particular body part; for example, ATTACK:PUNCH:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:GRASP will make it use any part that can hold onto an object.

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* tissue layer
| This attack uses a specific tissue layer on a specific body part; ATTACK:SCRATCH:TISSUE_LAYER:BY_TYPE:GRASP:BONE will make it use the bone of the hands.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
| Uses a body part that is subordinate to another; ATTACK:SLAP:CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ARM_LOWER:BY_TYPE:GRASP will make it use every hand attached to each lower arm (so it will generate one attack per lower arm, each of which will use every hand on that arm, assuming there are multiple hands per arm).

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILD_TISSUE_LAYER_GROUP}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* tissue layer
| As CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP, but specifying a tissue, too; ATTACK:BITE:CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:HEAD:BY_CATEGORY:TOOTH

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_SKILL}}
| Caste
|
*[[Skill token]]
| Defines the skill used by the attack.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_VERB}}
| Caste
|
*2nd person
*3rd person
| Descriptive text for the attack.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*% value
| The contact area of the attack, measured in % of the body part's volume. Note that all attack percentages can be more than 100%.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*% value
| The penetration value of the attack, measured in % of the body part's volume. Requires ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE. Maximum value: 15000.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PRIORITY}}
| Caste
|
*MAIN or SECOND
| Usage frequency. MAIN attacks are 100 times more frequently chosen than SECOND. Opportunity attacks ignore this preference.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_VELOCITY_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*number
| The velocity multiplier of the attack, multiplied by 1000.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_CANLATCH}}
| Caste
|
| Attacks that damage tissue have the chance to latch on in a wrestling hold. The grabbing bodypart can then use the "shake around" wrestling move, causing severe, armor-bypassing tensile damage according to the attacker's body volume.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_WITH}}
| Caste
|
| Displays the name of the body part used to perform an attack while announcing it, e.g. "The weaver punches the bugbat with his right hand".

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE}}
| Caste
|
| The attack is edged, with all the effects on physical resistance and contact area that it entails.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER}}
| Caste
|
* Preparation time
* Recovery time
| Determines the length of time to prepare this attack and until one can perform this attack again. Values appear to be calculated in adventure mode ticks.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_BAD_MULTIATTACK}}
| Caste
|
| Multiple strikes with this attack cannot be performed effectively.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_INDEPENDENT_MULTIATTACK}}
| Caste
|
| Multiple strikes with this attack can be performed with no penalty. The creature will use all attacks with this token at once.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT}}
| Caste
|
*<[[material token]]>
*<[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
*<min quantity>
*<max quantity>
| When added to an attack, causes the attack to inject the specified material into the victim's bloodstream. Once injected, the material will participate in [[temperature|thermal]] exchange within the creature - injecting something like molten [[iron]] (INORGANIC:IRON:LIQUID) would cause most unmodded creatures to melt (note that some of the injected material also [[contaminant|splatters]] over the bodypart used to carry out the attack, so it should be protected appropriately). If the injected material has an associated [[syndrome]] with the [[Syndrome#SYN_INJECTED|[SYN_INJECTED]]] token, it will be transmitted to the victim. If the attack is blunt, the injected material lacks the [[Material definition token#ENTERS_BLOOD|[ENTERS_BLOOD]]] token, the attacked bodypart has no [[Tissue_definition_token#VASCULAR|[VASCULAR]]] tissues, or the victim is bloodless, the material will splatter over the attacked body part instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_INTERACTION}}
| Caste
|
*interaction
| When this attack lands successfully, a specified interaction will take effect on the target creature. The attack must break the target creature's skin in order to work. This will take effect in worldgen as well. If the attack would break skin, the interaction will occur '''before the attack actually lands'''.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_SUCK_BLOOD}}
| Caste
|
*min
*max
| Successful attack draws out an amount of blood randomized between the min and max value. Beware that this '''will''' trigger any ingestion syndromes attached to the target creature's blood - for example, using this attack on a vampire will turn you into one too.
|}

==Tissue Layer Tokens==
Tissue layers are added to a creature's body parts by the creature tokens [[#TISSUE_LAYER|TISSUE_LAYER]], [[#TISSUE_LAYER_OVER|TISSUE_LAYER_OVER]], [[#TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER|TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER]], and the body detail plan token [[#TL_LAYERS|TL_LAYERS]].

These tissue layers are not the same thing as tissues, which are defined at creature level, but rather applications of the tissues. If the SKIN tissue of a creature is the more general and abstract notion of what skin is for that creature, then a tissue layer may be the "actual" skin on the creature's nose, head, or second toe. As most creatures have more than one body part, tissue layers are normally selected en masse.

Some tissue layer tokens are analogous to tissue definition tokens, e.g. [[#TL_CONNECTS|TL_CONNECTS]] to [[tissue_definition_token#CONNECTS|CONNECTS]].

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token | Selects a tissue at a location
* (optional) FRONT, BACK, LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, BOTTOM, AROUND.
| Begins a selection of tissue layers.
[SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER:HEART:BY_TYPE:HEART]

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
| Adds tissue layers to those selected.

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_TL_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
*tissue
| Begins a selection of tissue layers. Only usable for descriptor and cosmetic purposes.

Research has implied it may be redundant with SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER, as the latter allows for cosmetics as well as "functional" tokens such as TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES. Vanilla raws still use SET_TL_GROUP though, for all cosmetic purposes. More research is needed on this subject.

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_TL_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
*tissue
| Adds tissue layers to those selected. Like SET_TL_GROUP, it may be redundant even if used in the vanilla raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_LAYER_TISSUE}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
| Sets a selected tissue layer to be made of a different tissue.

|-
| {{text anchor|SHEARABLE_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
* tissue modifier
* required value
| Tissue layer can be sheared for its component material. The specified modifier must be at least of the desired value for shearing to be possible (for example, a [[llama]]'s wool must have a LENGTH of 300 before it is shearable).

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*QUALITY
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets the range of qualities, including LENGTH, DENSE, HIGH_POSITION, CURLY, GREASY, WRINKLY

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_STYLE_UNIT}}
| Caste
|
*tissue style unit ID
*shaping
| Sets tissue layer to be the target of TISSUE_STYLE token specified for an entity, works only on entity members. Mostly used with tissues HAIR, BEARD, MOUSTACHE, SIDEBURNS.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_COLOR_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*COLOR
*freq
*COLOR
*freq etc.
| Creates a list of colors/color patterns, giving each a relative frequency. If the given color or pattern does not exist, the tissue is described as being "transparent".

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_GENETIC_MODEL}}
| Caste
|
| The way the color modifier is passed on to offspring. May or may not work right now.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_IMPORTANCE}}
| Caste
|
*number
| Presumably modifies the importance of the tissue layer color modifier, for description purposes.
HOWEVER using this appears to remove all mention of colour from creature descriptions. It does not appear in any default creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_NOUN}}
| Caste
|
*name
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| Names the tissue layer color modifier, and determines the noun. Also used by [[Utility:Stonesense|Stonesense]] for colouring body parts.

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_TIMING}}
| Caste
|
*ROOT
*start change window years
*days
*end change window years
*days
| Determines the point in the creature's life when the color change begins and ends.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_CONNECTS}}
| Caste
|
| Gives the CONNECTS attribute to selected layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_HEALING_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Changes the HEALING_RATE of the selected tissue layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES}}
| Caste
|
| Gives the "major arteries" attribute to selected layers. Used to add massive bleeding properties to the throat, made from skin.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_PAIN_RECEPTORS}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Changes the number of pain receptors for selected tissue layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_RELATIVE_THICKNESS}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Changes the relative thickness for selected tissue layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_VASCULAR}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Sets a new VASCULAR value (which modulates bleeding) for selected tissue layers.

|}

==See Also==
*[[Body detail plan token]]
*[[Body token]]
*[[Material definition token]]
*[[Syndrome]]
*[[Tissue definition token]]
*[[Creature examples]]

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[[ru:Creature token]]

Creature token

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ASpatula66: Corrected some stuff.

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The <code>[OBJECT:CREATURE]</code> [[token]] begins the definition of a ''Dwarf Fortress'' [[creature]] [[raw file]]. Each creature definition that follows begins with the {{token|creature|c|creature ID}} token, and the creature's exact properties and behavior are then specified by the use of further creature tokens. All known creature tokens are listed below.

Vanilla creature definitions can be found in <code>[[Game folder|<Dwarf Fortress>]]\data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\</code>.
Creature ID is also used with [[graphics token]]s to make customizable [[graphics set]]s.

The [[caste]] tokens allow defining sub-species within the broader creature definition, including true biological castes and lesser variations, such as sexes. Creature tokens can either be 'Creature' or 'CASTE-only' type which can only be applied to creature or caste respectively, or 'CASTE' which can be applied to both. In the table bellow, creature type distinguishes tokens that can be applied to creature only, caste only, and both ('creature', 'CASTE-only', and 'CASTE' respectively)

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==A==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ADOPTS_OWNER}}
| Caste
|
| Prevents the tamed creature from being made available for adoption, instead allowing it to automatically adopt whoever it wants. The basic requirements for adoption are intact, and the creature will only adopt individuals who have a [[preference]] for their species. Used by [[cat]]s in the vanilla game. When {{k|v}}iewing a tame creature with this token, the message "This animal isn't interested in your wishes" will appear instead of "This [adorable] animal can't work" or "This animal is waiting to be trained".

|-
| {{text anchor|ALCOHOL_DEPENDENT}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature need [[alcohol]] to get through the working day; it will choose to drink booze instead of [[water]] if possible. Going sober for too long reduces speed.

|-
| {{text anchor|ALL_ACTIVE}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will appear at any time of day. Overrides {{token|DIURNAL|c}}, {{token|NOCTURNAL|c}}, {{token|CREPUSCULAR|c}}, {{token|MATUTINAL|c}}, and {{token|VESPERTINE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|ALTTILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| If set, the creature will blink between its {{token|TILE|c}} and its ALTTILE.

|-
| {{text anchor|AMBUSHPREDATOR}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature start out hidden and remain near its original location until its prey draws near. When combined with {{token|WEBBER|c}}, causes them to lay gigantic webs near their spawn location, though only for creatures present during embark.

|-
| {{text anchor|AMPHIBIOUS}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to breathe both in and out of [[water]] (unlike {{token|AQUATIC|c}}) - does not prevent drowning in [[magma]].

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_DESC_RANGE}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*Range (6 values, low to high)
| Based on info from [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=113762.msg3473069#msg3473069 Wannabehero on the forums]: When used with an appearance modifier token (BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER or BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER), tells the game what numeric ranges to map to which descriptors.

The game uses 7 descriptor levels for each modifier, with the center one generally being to omit the thing from the creature description entirely. The six values in APP_MOD_DESC_RANGE define the boundaries between each described range. If this is not specified it uses the numbers 10:50:95:105:150:190.

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_GENETIC_MODEL}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*Model (Accepts DOMINANT_MORE, DOMINANT_LESS, and MIX)
| Defines a genetic model for the relevant appearance modifier(s). May or may not do anything significant at present.

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_IMPORTANCE}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*number
| Determines how important the appearance modifier is, for determining whether it shows up in the creature description.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_NOUN}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*noun
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| Creates a noun for the appearance, and whether it is singular or plural.

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_RATE}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*Rate (integer)
*Scale (DAILY, YEARLY)
*min (growth)
*max (growth)
*start year
*start day
*end year
*end day
| Setting the growth rate of the modifier. The last two tokens can be replaced by NO_END to have growth continue indefinitely.

|-
| {{text anchor|APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION}}
| Caste
|
*creature variation ID
*(optional) any amount of arbitrary arguments
| Applies the specified [[creature variation token|creature variation]]. See [[Creature_variation_token#Arguments_and_conditional_tokens]] for how the subsequent arguments may be used.

|-
| {{text anchor|APPLY_CURRENT_CREATURE_VARIATION}}
| Special
|
| Applies the effects of all pending {{token|CV_ADD_TAG|c}} and {{token|CV_REMOVE_TAG|c}} tokens that have been defined in the current creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|AQUATIC}}
| Caste
|
| Enables the creature to breathe in water, but causes it to air-drown on dry land.

|-
| {{text anchor|ARENA_RESTRICTED}}
| Caste
|
| Causes the creature to be excluded from the [[object testing arena]]'s creature spawning list. Typically applied to spoileriffic creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|ARTIFICIAL_HIVEABLE}}
| Creature
|
| Enables the creature to be kept in artificial [[hive]]s by [[beekeeper]]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE}}
| Caste
|
| Prevents the creature from attacking or frightening creatures with the {{Token|NATURAL|c}} tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK}}
| Caste
|
*token
*selection criteria (it's complicated)
| Defines the attack name, and the body part used. See [[#Attack Tokens|below]] for valid subtokens
'''Example:''' 
<code>[ATTACK:GORE:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:HORN]</code> 
''GORE'' = name of the attack 
''BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:HORN'' = the horn is used to attack (presuming the creature has one)

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_TRIGGER}}
| Caste
|
*population
*exported wealth
*created wealth
| Specifies when a [[megabeast]] or [[semi-megabeast]] will attack the fortress. The attacks will start occurring when all of the requirements are met. Setting a value to 0 disables the trigger.

|}

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==B==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|BABY}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Age at which creature is considered a child, the default is zero. One can think of this as the duration of the baby stage.

|-
| {{text anchor|BABYNAME}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
| Defines a new name for a creature in baby state at the caste level. For non-caste-specific baby names, see {{token|GENERAL_BABY_NAME|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|BEACH_FREQUENCY}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Creature may be subject to [[beaching]], becoming stranded on [[Beach|shores]], where they will eventually air-drown. The number indicates the frequency of the occurrence. Presumably requires the creature to be {{token|AQUATIC|c}}. Used by [[orca]]s, [[sperm whale]]s and [[sea nettle jellyfish]] in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|BENIGN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is non-aggressive by default, and will never automatically be engaged by companions or soldiers, running away from any creatures that are not friendly to it, and will only defend itself if it becomes enraged. Can be thought of as the counterpoint of the {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}} tag. When tamed, animals with this tag will be useless for fortress defense.

This and {{token|TRADE_CAPACITY|c}} are required for {{token|PACK_ANIMAL|c}} to function properly, if an animal contains the aforementioned requirements without this tag: items loaded by the merchants will be dropped upon departure.

|-
| {{text anchor|BIOME}}
| Creature
|
* [[biome token]]
| Select a [[biome]] the creature may appear in.

|-
| {{text anchor|BLOOD}}
| Caste
|
* <[[material token]]>
* <[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
| Specifies what the creature's blood is made of.

|-
| {{text anchor|BLOODSUCKER}}
| Caste
|
| Causes [[vampire]]-like behaviour; the creature will suck the [[Creature_token#BLOOD|blood]] of unconscious victims when its [[Syndrome#TIME_SINCE_SUCKED_BLOOD|thirst for blood]] grows sufficiently large. When controlling the creature in adventure mode, this can be done at will. Seems to be required to make the creature denouncable (in-world) as a creature of the night.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY}}
| Caste
|
*body parts
| Draws body parts from OBJECT:BODY files (such as body_default.txt)
'''Example:''' 
[BODY:BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG:HEART:GUTS:BRAIN:MOUTH] 
This is the body from a [[purring maggot]]. It creates a body with head, a heart, some guts, a brain, and a mouth. That's all a maggot needs.

The body parts need to be listed in an order such that any parent part appears before its connected children. For example [BODY:HEART:BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG] produces a "Body Token Recognized But Could Not Connect: HEART" error because HEART can't find any UPPERBODY(s) to connect to. Switching the order to [BODY:BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG:HEART] fixes the problem because now the UPPERBODY is created before the HEART tries to connect to it.

'''If the body is left undefined, the creature (or caste) will be tagged as [DOES_NOT_EXIST].''' {{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*ATTRIBUTE
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| These body modifiers give individual creatures different characteristics. In the case of HEIGHT, BROADNESS and LENGTH, the modifier is also a percentage change to the BODY_SIZE of the individual creature. The seven numbers afterward give a distribution of ranges. Each interval has an equal chance of occurring.
'''Example:''' 
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110] 
''HEIGHT'' : marks the height to be changed 
''90:95:98:100:102:105:110'' : sets the range from the shortest (90% of the average height) to the tallest (110% of the average height) creature variation.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY_DETAIL_PLAN}}
| Caste
|
*PlanName
*Arguments
| Loads a plan from listed OBJECT:BODY_DETAIL_PLAN files, such as b_detail_plan_default.txt. Mass applies USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE, mass alters RELSIZE, alters body part positions, and will allow tissue layers to be defined. Tissue layers are defined in order of skin to bone here.
'''Example:''' 
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE:BONE:CARTILAGE] 
This creates the detailed body of a [[fox]], the skin, fat, muscle, bones and cartilage out of the vertebrate tissues. 
A [[Purring maggot|maggot]] would only need: 
''[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:EXOSKELETON_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE]''

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*years
*days
*size
| Sets size at a given age. Size is in cubic centimeters, and for normal body materials, is roughly equal to the creature's average weight in grams.
'''Example:''' 
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:10000] 
[BODY_SIZE:1:168:50000] 
[BODY_SIZE:12:0:220000] 
This describes the size of a [[minotaur]]. Its birth size would be 10,000 cm3 (~10 kg). At 1 year and 168 days old it would be 50,000 cm3 (~50 kg). And as an adult (at 12 years old) it would be 220,000 cm3 and weigh roughly 220 kg.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODYGLOSS}}
| Caste
|
*gloss
| Substitutes body part text with replacement text. Draws gloss information from OBJECT:BODY files (such as body_default.txt)

|-
| {{text anchor|BONECARN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature eats bones. Implies {{token|CARNIVORE|c}}. Currently does not work due to a bug ({{Bug|11069}}).

|-
| {{text anchor|BP_ADD_TYPE}}
| Caste
|
| Adds a type to a body part - used with {{token|SET_BP_GROUP|c}}. In vanilla DF, this is used for adding the type '[[Body token#GELDABLE|GELDABLE]]' to the lower body of certain [[cat|creatures]].

|-
| {{text anchor|BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*QUALITY
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets up the breadth of possibilities for appearance qualities for a selected BP group. EG. Eyes (CLOSE_SET, DEEP_SET, ROUND_VS_NARROW, LARGE_IRIS),Lips (THICKNESS), Nose (BROADNESS, LENGTH, UPTURNED, CONVEX), Ear (SPLAYED_OUT, HANGING_LOBES, BROADNESS, HEIGHT), Tooth (GAPS), Skull (HIGH_CHEEKBONES, BROAD_CHIN, JUTTING CHIN, SQUARE_CHIN), Neck (DEEP_VOICE, RASPY_VOICE), Head (BROADNESS, HEIGHT)

|-
| {{text anchor|BP_REMOVE_TYPE}}
| Caste
|
| Removes a type from a body part. Used with {{token|SET_BP_GROUP|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|BUILDINGDESTROYER}}
| Caste
|
*1 or 2
| Allows a creature to destroy furniture and buildings. Value [1] targets mostly doors, hatches, furniture and the like. Value [2] targets anything not made with the {{k|b}} + {{k|C}} commands.
|}

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==C==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|CAN_DO_INTERACTION}}
| Caste
|
*interaction token
| The creature can perform an interaction. See [[interaction token]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CAN_LEARN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature gains [[skill]]s and can have [[labor|professions]]. If a member of a civilization (even a pet) has this token, it'll need to eat, drink and sleep. Note that this token makes the creature unable to be eaten by an adventurer, so it is not recommended for uncivilized monsters. Adventurers lacking this token can allocate but not increase attributes and skills. Skills allocated will disappear on start. A creature with at least this token or the {{token|CAN_SPEAK|c}} token will be able to have [[Personality value|values]] and [[Personality goal|goals]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CAN_SPEAK}}
| Caste
|
| Can [[talking|talk]]. Note that this is not necessary for a creature to gain social skills but to make friends in fortress mode. A creature with at least this token or the {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} token will be able to have [[Personality value|values]] and [[Personality goal|goals]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_CLIMB}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot [[climber|climb]], even if it has free grasp parts.

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_JUMP}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot [[jump]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_UNDEAD}}
| Caste
|
| Acts like {{token|NOT_LIVING|c}}, except that {{token|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE|c}} creatures will attack them.

|-
| {{text anchor|CANOPENDOORS}}
| Caste
|
| Defunct, as doors cannot be set as tightly closed anymore.

|-
| {{text anchor|CARNIVORE}}
| Caste
|
| Creature ''only'' eats [[meat]]. If the creature goes on rampages in worldgen, it will often devour the people/animals it kills.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*name
| Defines a [[caste]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_ALTTILE}}
| Caste
|
*tile number or "letter"
| Caste-specific {{token|ALTTILE|c}}. Requires {{token|CASTE_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
*fg
*bg
*brightness
| Caste-specific {{token|COLOR|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_GLOWCOLOR}}
| Caste
|
*fg
*bg
*brightness
| Caste-specific {{token|GLOWCOLOR|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_GLOWTILE}}
| Caste
|
*tile value or "letter"
| Caste-specific {{token|GLOWTILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_NAME}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
*adjective
| While {{token|NAME|c}} describes the name of the species, {{token|CASTE_NAME|c}} names individuals of the species. Unlike other caste-specific descriptions, this token is required, even for creatures without separate castes. If left undefined, the creature will not show up in the [[arena]] and members of the species will be labeled as "nothing".

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_PROFESSION_NAME}}
| Caste
|
*[[Unit type token]] (Profession)
*singular
*plural
| Caste-specific {{token|PROFESSION_NAME|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_SOLDIER_ALTTILE}}
| Caste
|
*'character' or tile number
| Caste-specific {{token|SOLDIER_ALTTILE|c}}. Requires {{token|CASTE_SOLDIER_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_SOLDIER_TILE}}
| Caste
|
*'character' or tile number
| Caste-specific {{token|CREATURE_SOLDIER_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_TILE}}
| Caste
|
* tile number or "letter"
| Caste-specific {{token|CREATURE_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CAVE_ADAPT}}
| Caste
|
| Causes the creature to develop [[cave adaptation]].

Allows for creature's race to be involved in jokes that end in "And the [race] saw the sun and vomited on the spot!"

|-
| {{text anchor|CDI}}
| Caste
|
*Varies
| Specifies interaction details following a {{token|CAN_DO_INTERACTION|c}} token. See [[interaction token]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CHANGE_BODY_SIZE_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Multiplies body size by a factor of (integer)%. 50 halves size, 200 doubles.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHANGE_FREQUENCY_PERC}}
| Creature
|
*integer
| Multiplies frequency by a factor of (integer)%.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILD}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Age at which creature is considered an adult - one can think of this as the duration of the [[children|child]] stage. Allows the creature's offspring to be rendered fully tame if [[animal trainer|trained]] during their childhood.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILDNAME}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
| Defines a new name for a creature in the child state at the caste level. For non-caste-specific child names, see {{token|GENERAL_CHILD_NAME|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CLUSTER_NUMBER}}
| Creature
|
*min
*max
| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many creatures per spawned cluster. Vermin fish with this token in combination with temperate ocean and river biome tokens [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=51864.msg1122319#msg1122319 will perform seasonal migrations]. Defaults to 1:1 if not specified.

|-
| {{text anchor|CLUTCH_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*min
*max
|Number of [[egg]]s laid in one sitting.

|-
| {{text anchor|COLONY_EXTERNAL}}
| Caste
|
| Caste hovers around colony.

|-
| {{text anchor|COLOR}}
| Creature
|
*foreground
*background
*brightness
| Color of the creature's tile. (See [[Color]] for usage.)

|-
| {{text anchor|COMMON_DOMESTIC}}
| Caste
|
| When combined with any of {{token|PET|c}}, {{token|PACK_ANIMAL|c}}, {{token|WAGON_PULLER|c}} and/or {{token|MOUNT|c}}, the creature is guaranteed to be domesticated by any [[civilization]] with {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_PET|e}}, {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_PACK|e}}, {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_PULL|e}} and/or {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_MOUNT|e}} respectively. Such civilizations will always have access to the creature, even in the absence of wild populations. This token is invalid on {{token|FANCIFUL|c}} creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|CONVERTED_SPOUSE}}
| Caste
|
| Creatures of this caste's species with the {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERTER|c}} and {{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}} tokens will kidnap {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGET|c}}s of an appropriate sex and convert them into castes with CONVERTED_SPOUSE.

|-
| {{text anchor|COOKABLE_LIVE}}
| Caste
|
| Set this on a vermin creature to allow it to be cooked in meals while it is still alive, as well as when it's dead but not yet [[fishery|cleaned]]. Used by some water-dwelling vermin such as [[mussel]]s, [[oyster]]s, and [[cave lobster]]s. Currently does not work correctly when applied to non-{{token|FISHITEM|c}} vermin.{{bug|13200}}

|-
| {{text anchor|CRAZED}}
| Caste
|
| Creature is '[[insanity|berserk]]' and will attack all other creatures, except members of its own species that '''also''' have the CRAZED tag. It will show {{DFtext|Berserk|4:1}} in the [[unit list]]. Berserk creatures go on rampages during [[world generation|worldgen]] much more frequently than non-berserk ones.

|-
| {{text anchor|COPY_TAGS_FROM}}
| Special
|
*creature ID
| Copies another specified creature. This will override any definitions made before it; essentially, it makes this creature identical to the other one, which can then be modified. Often used in combination with {{token|APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION|c}} to import standard variations from a file. The vanilla [[giant animal]]s and [[animal person|animal people]]s are examples of this token combination.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE}}
| Creature
|
*creature ID
| A unique, arbitrary identifier that begins the definition of each new creature, and is used to reference the creature in other tokens and raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_CLASS}}
| Caste
|
*classname
| An arbitrary creature classification. Can be set to anything, but the only vanilla uses are GENERAL_POISON (used in syndromes), EDIBLE_GROUND_BUG (used as targets for {{token|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS|c}}), MAMMAL, and POISONOUS (both used for kobold pet eligibility). If a creature has the REAL_WORLD_EXTINCT class, they can be customized in how they appear during world generation, and will also have another class creature class to denote what prehistoric period they existed in. A single creature can have multiple classes.

The full list of tokens that use creature classes is:

* Creature tokens: {{token|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS|c}}, {{token|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS|c}}
* Interaction tokens: {{token|IT_AFFECTED_CLASS|in}}, {{token|IT_IMMUNE_CLASS|in}}
* Animal definition (Entity) tokens: {{token|ANIMAL_CLASS|e}}, {{token|ANIMAL_FORBIDDEN_CLASS|e}}
* Position (Entity) token: {{token|ALLOWED_CLASS|po}}
* Syndrome tokens: {{token|SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS|sy}}, {{token|SYN_IMMUNE_CLASS|sy}}, {{token|CE_SENSE_CREATURE_CLASS|sy}}
* Extinction tokens: CAMBRIAN, CARBONIFEROUS, CENOZOIC, CRETACEOUS, DEVONIAN, JURASSIC, ORDOVICIAN, PERMIAN, SILURIAN, TRIASSIC [Todo: add token links]
|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_SOLDIER_TILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| Creatures active in their civilization's [[military]] will use this tile instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_TILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| The symbol of the creature in ASCII mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREPUSCULAR}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will appear at dawn (between 4:30 AM and 6:00 AM) and in the evening (between 8:00 PM and 10:05 PM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_EATER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to [[Steals food|steal and eat edible items]] from a site. It will attempt to grab a food item and immediately make its way to the map's edge, where it will disappear with it. If the creature goes on rampages during worldgen, it will often steal food instead of attacking. Trained and tame instances of the creature will no longer display this behavior.

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_GUZZLER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to (very quickly) [[Steals drink|drink your alcohol]]. Or spill the barrel to the ground. Also affects undead versions of the creature. Unlike food or item thieves, drink thieves will consume your alcohol on the spot rather than run away with one piece of it. Trained and tame instances of the creature will no longer display this behavior.

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_ITEM}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to [[Steals items|steal things]] (apparently, of the highest value it can find). It will attempt to grab an item of value and immediately make its way to the map's edge, where it will disappear with it. If a creature with any of the CURIOUSBEAST tokens carries anything off the map, even if it is a caravan's pack animal, it will be reported as stealing everything it carries. If the creature goes on rampages in worldgen, it will often steal items instead of attacking - [[kea]] birds are infamous for this. Trained and tame instances of the creature will no longer display this behavior. Also, makes the creature unable to drop hauled items until it enters combat.

|-
| {{text anchor|CV_ADD_TAG}}
| Special
|
*TAG NAME
| Adds a tag. Used in conjunction with creature variation templates.

|-
| {{text anchor|CV_REMOVE_TAG}}
| Special
|
*TAG NAME
| Removes a tag. Used in conjunction with creature variation templates.
|}

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==D==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|DEMON}}
| Caste
|
| Found on generated [[demon]]s.

At least 1 demon generated, or custom must have the {{token|FLIER|c}} token in order for the [[Underworld|horrifying screams]] event to trigger.

|-
| {{text anchor|DESCRIPTION}}
| Caste
|
*text
| A brief description of the creature type, as displayed when viewing the creature's description/[[Thoughts and preferences|thoughts & preferences]] screen.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIE_WHEN_VERMIN_BITE}}
| Caste
|
| Causes the creature to die upon attacking. Used by [[honey bee]]s to simulate them dying after using their stingers.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIFFICULTY}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Increases experience gain during adventure mode. Creatures with a difficulty of 11 or higher are not assigned for quests in adventure mode. Vanilla [[semimegabeast]]s have a difficulty of 5 and [[megabeast]]s have a difficulty of 10.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIURNAL}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear during the day (between 6:00 AM and 8:00 PM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|DIVE_HUNTS_VERMIN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature hunts vermin by diving from the air. On tame creatures, it has the same effect as {{token|HUNTS_VERMIN|c}}. Found on [[peregrine falcon]]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|DOES_NOT_EXIST}}
| Creature
|
| Adding this token to a creature prevents it from appearing in generated worlds (unless it's marked as [[Entity_token#ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PRESENT|always present]] for a particular civilisation). For example, adding it to [[dog]]s will lead to worlds being generated without dogs in them. Also removes the creature from the [[object testing arena]]'s spawn list. If combined with {{token|FANCIFUL|c}}, artistic depictions of the creature will occur regardless. Used by [[centaur]]s, [[chimera]]s and [[griffon]]s in the vanilla game.

Note: a creature tagged as DOES_NOT_EXIST can still be [[Interaction_token#I_EFFECT|summoned]] successfully, as long as it has a body defined in its raws [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=165213.msg8086938#msg8086938], or, another creature can [[Syndrome#CE_BODY_TRANSFORMATION|transform]] into it.
|}

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==E==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|EBO_ITEM}}
| Caste
|
*[[item token]]
*[[material token]] (ANY_HARD_STONE can be used for the material)
| Defines the item that the creature drops upon being [[butcher|butchered]]. Used with {{token|EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|EBO_SHAPE}}
| Caste
|
*gem shape
| The shape of the creature's extra [[butcher|butchering]] drop. Used with {{token|EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|EGG_MATERIAL}}
| Caste
|
* <[[material token]]>
* <[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
| Defines the material composition of [[egg]]s laid by the creature. [[creature_token#LAYS_EGGS|Egg-laying]] creatures in the default game define this 3 times, using LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGGSHELL, LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGG_WHITE, and then LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGG_YOLK. Eggs will be made out of eggshell. Edibility is determined by tags on whites or yolk, but they otherwise do not exist.

|-
| {{text anchor|EGG_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*size
| Determines the size of laid [[egg]]s. Doesn't affect hatching or cooking, but bigger eggs will be heavier, and may take longer to be hauled depending on the hauler's strength.

|-
| {{text anchor|EQUIPMENT_WAGON}}
| Creature
|
| Makes the creature appear as a large 3×3 [[wagon]] responsible for carrying trade goods, pulled by two {{token|WAGON_PULLER|c}} creatures and driven by a merchant.

|-
| {{text anchor|EQUIPS}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to wear or wield items.

|-
| {{text anchor|EVIL}}
| Creature
|
| The creature is considered evil and will only show up in evil biomes. Civilizations with {{token|USE_EVIL_ANIMALS|e}} can domesticate them regardless of exotic status. Has no effect on cavern creatures except to restrict taming. A civilization with evil creatures can colonize evil areas.

Civilizations which list evil creatures as one of their main population options will potentially emerge following an underworld mining disaster, with the added caveat that a demon will be in charge of the civ. The rules which govern which noble position the demon in charge adopts however, are unclear. It either picks one of the predefined positions, or simply makes its own.

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT}}
| Caste
|
* [[Body token#CATEGORY|BY_CATEGORY]] or [[Body token#CONTYPE|BY_TYPE]] or [[Body token#BP|BY_TOKEN]]
* TYPE, CATEGORY, or TOKEN
| The creature drops an additional object when [[butcher|butchered]], as defined by {{token|EBO_ITEM|c}} and {{token|EBO_SHAPE|c}}. Used for [[gizzard stone]]s in default creatures. For some materials, needs to be defined after caste definitions with SELECT_CASTE:ALL{{Bug|6355}}

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRACT}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
| Defines a creature extract which can be obtained via [[small animal dissection]].

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRAVISION}}
| Caste
|
| The creature can see regardless of whether it has working eyes and has full 360 degree vision, making it impossible to strike the creature from a blind spot in combat. Invisible creatures will also be seen, namely [[intelligent undead]] using a "vanish" power.
|}

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==F==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|FANCIFUL}}
| Creature
|
| The creature is a thing of legend and known to all civilizations. Its materials cannot be requested or preferred. The tag also adds some art value modifiers. Used by a [[Fanciful|number of creatures]]. Conflicts with {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|FEATURE_ATTACK_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[Animal people#Subterranean animal people|subterranean animal-man]] tribals. Currently defunct. In previous versions{{verify}}, it caused these creatures to crawl out of chasms and underground rivers.

|-
| {{text anchor|FEATURE_BEAST}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[forgotten beast]]s. Presumably makes it act as such, initiating underground attacks on fortresses, or leads to the pop-up message upon encountering one{{verify}}. Displays the creature's {{token|DESCRIPTION|c}} in its [[legends mode]] entry and hides the creature from displaying in a world_sites_and_pops file. Does not create historical figures like generated forgotten beasts do.

Requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will live, and both surface and subterranean biomes are allowed. Does not stack with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} and if both are used the creature will not spawn. Appears to be incompatible with {{token|DEMON|c}} even if used in separate castes.

|-
| {{text anchor|FEMALE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature biologically female, enabling her to [[Breeding|bear young]]. Usually specified inside a caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|FIREIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature immune to [[Interaction_token#FIREBALL|FIREBALL]] and [[Interaction_token#FIREJET|FIREJET]] attacks, and allows it to path through high temperature zones, like lava or fires, but does not, by itself, make the creature immune to the damaging effects of burning in [[fire]], and does not prevent general heat damage or melting on its own (this would require adjustments to be made to the creature's body [[Material_definition_token|materials]] - see the [[Dragon/raw|dragon raws]] for an example).

|-
| {{text anchor|FIREIMMUNE_SUPER}}
| Caste
|
| Like {{token|FIREIMMUNE|c}}, but also renders the creature immune to [[Interaction_token#DRAGONFIRE|DRAGONFIRE]] attacks.

|-
| {{text anchor|FISHITEM}}
| Caste
|
| The creature's corpse is a single [[Item_token#FISH_RAW|FISH_RAW]] food item that needs to be cleaned (into a [[Item_token#FISH|FISH]] item) at a [[fishery]] to become edible. Before being cleaned the item is referred to as "raw". The food item is categorized under "fish" on the food and stocks screens, and when uncleaned it is sorted under "raw fish" in the stocks (but does not show up on the food screen).
Without this or {{token|COOKABLE_LIVE|c}}, [[fishing|fished]] vermin will turn into food the same way as non-vermin creatures, resulting in multiple units of food (meat, brain, lungs, eyes, spleen etc.) from a single fished vermin. These units of food are categorized as meat by the game.

|-
| {{text anchor|FIXED_TEMP}}
| Caste
|
*temperature
| The creature's body is constantly at this temperature, heating up or cooling the surrounding area. Alters the temperature of the creature's inventory and all adjacent tiles, [[Temperature|with all the effects that this implies]] - may trigger wildfires at high enough values. Also makes the creature immune to extreme heat or cold, as long as the temperature set is not harmful to the materials that the creature is made from. Corpses and body parts of creatures with a fixed temperature maintain their temperature even after death.

Note that temperatures of 12000 and higher may cause [[path|pathfinding]] issues in fortress mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|FLEEQUICK}}
| Caste
|
| If engaged in combat, the creature will flee at the first sign of resistance. Used by [[kobold]]s in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|FLIER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to fly, independent of it having wings or not. Fortress Mode pathfinding only partially incorporates flying - flying creatures need a land path to exist between them and an area in order to access it, but as long as one such path exists, they do not need to use it, instead being able to fly over intervening obstacles. Winged creatures with this token can lose their ability to fly if their wings are crippled or severed. Winged creatures without this token will be unable to fly. (A 'wing' in this context refers to any body part with its own [[Body_token#FLIER|FLIER]] token).

At least 1 [[Demon]] must have the flier token in order for the [[Underworld|horrifying screams]] event to trigger.

|-
| {{text anchor|FREQUENCY}}
| Creature
|
*number, max 100
| The {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} value plays two separate roles. The first is in determining the initial distribution of creatures across the world map. Each creature is randomly assigned a single x, y co-ordinate on the world map, which act as the epicenter for that creature's distribution. A square is drawn around that x, y co-ordinate with a Manhattan radius equal to the {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} value divided by 100 times the world map size. For example, in a 256 by 256 size world map, the [[lion]] might be assigned 14, 112. The [[lion]] has {{token|FREQUENCY:5|c}}, and so a square is drawn by moving 13 tiles in each direction from the [[lion]]'s x, y co-ordinate. This is the [[lion]]'s "territory".

Each sub-region in the world will attempt to fill lists of wildlife. There are five lists - {{token|VERMIN_GROUNDER|c}}, {{token|VERMIN_SOIL|c}}, {{token|VERMIN_SOIL_COLONY|c}}, {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}}, and {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}}, corresponding with the relevant tokens. The game will attempt to place seven creatures in each list for each sub-region. The game will select the seven nearest valid creatures. Creatures are valid for sub-region's list if they have the requisite token for that list, if they have the valid token for that sub-region's biome (for example, the [lion] can only be selected for {{token|BIOME:SAVANNA_TROPICAL|c}}, {{token|BIOME:GRASSLAND_TROPICAL|c}}, and {{token|BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TROPICAL|c}}, and if their "territory" as defined by their random epicenter and {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} radius overlaps with that sub-region. These lists then determine the creatures that can actually appear within that sub-region during gameplay.

There are some exceptions to the above. If the game was not capable of filling all seven entries in a list, it will drop the overlapping territory requirement, and simply pull the nearest creature which has the correct token and biome availability. Conversely, if a creature has an epicenter but has not appeared on any of the list for any of the world map's sub-regions, the creature will be assigned to the relevant list for the nearest appropriate sub-region - meaning it is occasionally possible to have lists of eight creatures or more. This is more common in smaller worlds where there are less possible sub-regions to be assigned towards. Creatures with the {{token|GOOD|c}} and {{token|EVIL|c}} tokens ignore the epicenter distribution system altogether. They are always capable of appearing in appropriate biomes which are {{token|GOOD|b}} or {{token|EVIL|b}} respectively. This is not true for {{token|SAVAGE|c}}, which acts more like the biome tokens. Creatures with {{token|UBIQUITOUS|c}} have a "territory" which covers the entire map, regardless of their epicenter (although they can still fail to be chosen if there are 7 creatures which are eligible and have nearer epicenters to the sub-region in question).

The second use for {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} is to determine how often a creature actually appears on map. In Fortress Mode, the game will try and spawn large wildlife (creatures with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} or {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}} in fairly regular waves. These waves include {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}}, {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} combined with {{token|FLIER|c}}, {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}}, and {{token|CURIOUS_BEAST|c}} - so a [[lion]] does not compete for selection with a [[gazelle]]. When the game decides it needs to spawn in a fresh wave of e.g. {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} creatures, it will select one of the creatures available to it from the lists for that sub-region at random, with all creatures weighted equally. Once it has selected a creature, it then effectively rolls a d100 against the relevant creature's {{token|FREQUENCY|c}}. If the d100 is equal to the creature's {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} or less, that creature is then spawned in. If the d100 is above the creature's {{token|FREQUENCY|c}}, the game returns to the relevant list and selects again. {{token|UBIQUITOUS|c}} acts as {{token|FREQUENCY:100|c}} for these purposes - in other words, the creature cannot fail the d100 check and will always be spawned in if it is selected from the list.

Defaults to 50.

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==G==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|GAIT}}
| Caste
|
* <gait type>
* <gait name>
* <max [[Gait#Speed|speed]]>
* <build up time>
* <max turning [[Gait#Speed|speed]]>
* <start [[Gait#Speed|speed]]>
* <energy expenditure>
* <gait flag(s)>
| Defines a gait by which the creature can move. See [[Gait]] for more information. Specifically, you likely want to use one of the existing STANDARD_X_GAITS creature variations, as described in [[Gait#Gaits_and_Modding|this subsection]].

* <max speed> indicates the maximum [[Gait#Speed|speed]] achievable by a creature using this gait
* <start speed> indicates the creature's speed when it starts moving using this gait
* <build up time> indicates how long it will take for a creature using this gait to go from <start speed> to <max speed>. For example, a value of 10 means that it should be able to reach the maximum speed by moving 10 [[tile]]s in a straight line over even terrain.
* <max turning speed> indicates the maximum speed permissible when the creature suddenly changes its direction of motion. The creature's speed will be reduced to <max turning speed> if travelling at a higher speed than this before turning.
* <energy expenditure> indicates how energy-consuming the gait is. Higher values cause the creature to tire out faster. Persistent usage of a high-intensity gait will eventually lead to exhaustion and [[Status_icon#Non-flashing|collapse]].

'''NO_BUILD_UP''' can be specified instead of a <start speed> value to make the <max speed> instantly achievable upon initiating movement (this is equivalent to a <build up time> of 0). Note that <build up time> and <max turning speed> are both ignored if specified alongside this (as NO_BUILD_UP trumps <build up time> and preserves <max speed> whilst turning, and <max turning speed> cannot exceed <max speed>) so it is permissible to omit them so long as they are '''both''' omitted together.

It's possible to specify a <start speed> greater than the <max speed>; the moving creature will decelerate towards its <max speed> in this case.

'''valid gait types:'''
*'''WALK''' 
Used for moving normally over ground tiles.

*'''CRAWL''' 
Used for moving over ground tiles whilst [[Status_icon#Non-flashing|prone]].

*'''SWIM''' 
Used for moving through tiles containing [[water]] or [[magma]] at a [[Water#Depth|depth]] of at least 4/7.

*'''FLY''' 
Used for moving through [[open space]].

*'''CLIMB''' 
Used for moving whilst [[Climber|climbing]].

'''valid gait flags:'''
* '''AGILITY''' 
Speeds/slows movement depending on the creature's [[Attribute#Agility|Agility]] stat.

* '''STRENGTH''' 
Speeds/slows movement depending on the creature's [[Attribute#Strength|Strength]] stat.

* '''LAYERS_SLOW''' 
Makes [[Tissue_definition_token#THICKENS_ON_ENERGY_STORAGE|THICKENS_ON_ENERGY_STORAGE]] and [[Tissue_definition_token#THICKENS_ON_STRENGTH|THICKENS_ON_STRENGTH]] tissue layers slow movement depending on how thick they are. Adding the STRENGTH gait flag counteracts the impact of the latter layer.

* '''STEALTH_SLOWS:'''<percentage> 
Slows movement by the specified percentage when the creature is [[Ambusher|sneaking]].

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_BABY_NAME}}
| Creature
|
*singular
*plural
| Like {{token|BABYNAME|c}}, but applied regardless of caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_CHILD_NAME}}
| Creature
|
*singular
*plural
| Like {{token|CHILDNAME|c}}, but applied regardless of caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER}}
| Caste
|
*value A
*value B
| Has the same function as {{token|MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER|c}}, but applies to all attacks instead of just those involving a specific material. Appears to be overridden by MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER ([[werebeast]]s, for example, use both tokens to provide resistance to all materials, with one exception to which they are especially vulnerable).

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERATED}}
| Creature
|
| Found on procedurally generated creatures like [[forgotten beast]]s, [[titan]]s, [[demon]]s, [[angel]]s, and [[night creature]]s. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|GETS_INFECTIONS_FROM_ROT}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature get [[Health_care#Infection|infections]] from necrotic tissue.

|-
| {{text anchor|GETS_WOUND_INFECTIONS}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature's wounds become [[Health_care#Infection|infected]] if left untreated for too long.

|-
| {{text anchor|GLOWCOLOR}}
| Creature
|
*foreground
*background
*brightness
| The colour of the creature's {{token|GLOWTILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|GLOWTILE}}
| Creature
|
*ascii character
| If present, the being glows in the dark (generally used for Adventurer Mode). The tile is what replaces the being's current tile when it is obscured from your sight by darkness. The default setting for kobolds (a yellow quotation mark) provides a nice "glowing eyes" effect. The game is also hardcoded to automatically convert quotation mark GLOWTILES into apostrophes if the creature has lost one eye. This works at the generic creature level - for caste-specific glow tiles, use {{token|CASTE_GLOWTILE|c}} instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|GNAWER}}
| Caste
|
*verb
| The creature can and will gnaw its way out of [[animal trap]]s and [[cage]]s using the specified verb, depending on the material from which it is made (normally wood).

|-
| {{text anchor|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS}}
| Caste
|
*class
| The creature eats vermin of the specified class.

|-
| {{text anchor|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CREATURE}}
| Caste
|
*creature
*caste
| The creature eats a specified [[vermin]].

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_END}}
| Special
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags at the end of the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_START}}
| Special
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags at the beginning of the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_TAG}}
| Special
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags ''before'' the specified tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|GOOD}}
| Creature
|
| Creature is considered good and will only show up in good biomes - [[unicorn]]s, for example. Civilizations with {{token|USE_GOOD_ANIMALS|e}} can domesticate them regardless of exotic status. Has no effect on cavern creatures except to restrict taming. A civilization that has good creatures can colonise good areas in world-gen.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRASSTRAMPLE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| The value determines how rapidly [[grass]] is trampled when a creature steps on it - a value of 0 causes the creature to never damage grass, while a value of 100 causes grass to be trampled as rapidly as possible. Defaults to 5.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRAVITATE_BODY_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*target value
| Used in Creature Variants. This token changes the adult body size to the average of the old adult body size and the target value and scales all intermediate growth stages by the same factor.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRAZER}}
| Caste
|
*number
| The creature is a grazer - if tamed in fortress mode, it needs a pasture to survive. The higher the number, the less frequently it needs to eat in order to live. Not used since 0.40.12, replaced by {{token|STANDARD_GRAZER|c}} to fix {{bugl|4113}}.
|}

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==H==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|HABIT}}
| Caste
|
*type
*probability
| Defines certain behaviors for the creature. The habit types are:
*COLLECT_TROPHIES
*COOK_PEOPLE
*COOK_VERMIN
*GRIND_VERMIN
*COOK_BLOOD
*GRIND_BONE_MEAL
*EAT_BONE_PORRIDGE
*USE_ANY_MELEE_WEAPON
*GIANT_NEST
*COLLECT_WEALTH.
These require the creature to have a {{token|LAIR|c}} to work properly, and also don't seem to work on creatures who are not a {{token|SEMIMEGABEAST|c}}, {{token|MEGABEAST|c}}, or{{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|HABIT_NUM}}
| Caste
|
*number or TEST_ALL
| "If you set HABIT_NUM to a number, it should give you that exact number of habits according to the weights.".{{cite forum|60554/1719248}} All lists of HABITs are preceded by [HABIT_NUM:TEST_ALL]

|-
| {{text anchor|HAS_NERVES}}
| Caste
|
| The creature has nerves in its muscles. Cutting the muscle tissue can sever motor and sensory nerves, disabling the limb.

|-
| {{text anchor|HASSHELL}}
| Caste
|
| The creature has a shell. Seemingly no longer used - holdover from previous versions.

|-
| {{text anchor|HIVE_PRODUCT}}
| Creature
|
*number
*[[time]]
*[[item token]]s
| What product is harvested from [[Beekeeping industry|beekeeping]].

|-
| {{text anchor|HOMEOTHERM}}
| Caste
|
*number or NONE
| Default 'NONE'. The creature's normal body [[temperature]]. Creature ceases maintaining temperature on death unlike fixed material temperatures. Provides minor protection from environmental temperature to the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|HUNTS_VERMIN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature hunts and kills nearby [[vermin]], randomly walking between places with food laying on the ground or in stockpiles, to check for possible [VERMIN_EATER] vermin, but they'll kill any other vermin too. Do not include this creature token on an intelligent entity that you intend to play as in fortress mode because it will prevent them from feeding themselves.

|}

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==I==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOBILE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot move. Found on [[sponge]]s. Will also stop a creature from breeding in fortress mode (MALE and FEMALE are affected, if one is IMMOBILE; no breeding will happen).

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOBILE_LAND}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is immobile while on land. Only works on {{token|AQUATIC|c}} creatures which can't breathe on land.

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOLATE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature radiates [[fire]]. It will ignite, and potentially completely destroy, items the creature is standing on. Also gives the vermin a high chance of escaping from [[animal trap]]s and [[cage]]s made of any flammable materials (specifically ones that could be ignited by magma).

|-
| {{text anchor|INTELLIGENT}}
| Caste
|
| Alias for {{token|CAN_SPEAK|c}} + {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|ITEMCORPSE}}
| Caste
|
* [[item token]]
* [[material token]]
| Determines if the creature leaves behind a non-standard corpse (i.e. wood, statue, bars, stone, pool of liquid, etc.). [[Ethics]] may prevent actually using the item in jobs or reactions.

|-
| {{text anchor|ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY}}
| Caste
|
* number
| The [[quality]] of an item-type corpse left behind. Valid values are: 0 for ordinary, 1 for well-crafted, 2 for finely-crafted, 3 for superior, 4 for exceptional, 5 for masterpiece.
|}

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==L==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR}}
| Caste
|
*type
*probability
| Found on megabeasts, semimegabeasts, and night creatures. The creature will seek out sites of this type and take them as lairs. The lair types are:
*SIMPLE_BURROW
*SIMPLE_MOUND
*WILDERNESS_LOCATION
*SHRINE
*LABYRINTH

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_CHARACTERISTIC}}
| Caste
|
*characteristic
*probability
| Defines certain features of the creature's lair. The only valid characteristic is HAS_DOORS.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_HUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| This creature will actively hunt adventurers in its lair.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_HUNTER_SPEECH}}
| Caste
|
*speech file
| What this creature says while hunting adventurers in its lair.

|-
| {{text anchor|LARGE_PREDATOR}}
| Caste
|
| Will attack other creatures that are smaller than it. Tamed large predators will still attack wildlife. In [[fortress mode]], only one group of "large predators" (possibly two groups on "savage" maps) will appear on any given map. In [[adventurer mode]], large predators will try to ambush and attack you (and your party will attack them back). When tamed, large predators tend to be much more aggressive to enemies than non-large predators, making them a good choice for an animal army. They may go on rampages in worldgen, and adventurers may receive quests to kill them. Also, they can be mentioned in the intro paragraph when starting a fortress e.g. "ere the wolves get hungry."
A single biome supports 7 large predator species, picking randomly and rolling a d100 under its {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} to add it until all 7 slots are filled.

Incompatible with {{token|PACK_ANIMAL|c}} on a technicality, if included: hauled items are likely to be dropped upon entering the map (even if {{token|TRADE_CAPACITY|c}} is present) in contrast to when the merchants depart.

|-
| {{text anchor|LARGE_ROAMING}}
| Creature
|
| This is the core requisite tag allowing the creature to spawn as a wild animal in the appropriate biomes. Requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will spawn. Does not require specifying a frequency, population number, or cluster number.

This tag stacks with {{token|MEGABEAST|c}}, {{token|SEMIMEGABEAST|c}}, or {{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}}; if used with one of these tags, the creature will spawn as both a boss and as a wild animal. This tag does not stack with {{token|FEATURE_BEAST|c}} and if both are used the creature will not spawn. This tag is unaffected by {{token|DEMON|c}}.
Large roamers are not able to spawn in Pool biomes as they do not connect to the edge of the map and are too small, Lake biomes are a suitable alternative.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAYS_EGGS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature lays [[egg]]s instead of giving birth to live young.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAYS_UNUSUAL_EGGS}}
| Caste
|
* [[item token]]
* [[material token]]
| Creature lays the specified item instead of regular eggs.

|-
| {{text anchor|LIGAMENTS}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
*healing rate
| The creature has ligaments in its {{token|CONNECTIVE_TISSUE_ANCHOR|td}} tissues (bone or chitin by default). Cutting the bone/chitin tissue severs the ligaments, disabling motor function if the target is a limb.

|-
| {{text anchor|LIGHT_GEN}}
| Caste
|
| A vermin featuring this tag will remain visible to an adventurer even at night.

Subterranean vermin which feature this token will flicker in unexposed and unrevealed cavern layers while playing in Fortress Mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|LISP}}
| Caste
|
| Creature uses "sssssnake talk" (multiplies 'S' when talking - "My name isss Recisssiz."). Used by [[Serpent man|serpent men]] and [[Reptile man|reptile men]] in the vanilla game. C's with the same pronunciation (depending on the word) are not affected by this token.

|-
| {{text anchor|LITTERSIZE}}
| Caste
|
* minimum
* maximum
| Determines the number of offspring per one birth; default 1-3, not used in vanilla raws. See also {{token|MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCAL_POPS_CONTROLLABLE}}
| Creature
|
| Allows you to play as a wild animal of this species in adventurer mode. Prevents trading of (tame) instances of this creature in caravans.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCAL_POPS_PRODUCE_HEROES}}
| Creature
|
| Wild animals of this species may occasionally join a civilization. Prevents trading of (tame) instances of this creature in caravans.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCKPICKER}}
| Caste
|
| Lets a creature open [[door]]s that are set to forbidden in fortress mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOOSE_CLUSTERS}}
| Creature
|
| The creatures will scatter if they have this tag, or form tight packs if they don't.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOW_LIGHT_VISION}}
| Caste
|
*number
| Determines how well a creature can see in the dark - higher is better. Dwarves have 10000, which amounts to perfect nightvision.
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==M==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|MAGICAL}}
| Caste
|
| According to Toady One, this is completely interchangeable with {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE|c}} and might have been used in very early versions of the game by wandering wizards, or the ent-type tree creatures that used to be animated by elves. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8316954#msg8316954]

|-
| {{text anchor|MAGMA_VISION}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is able to see while submerged in [[magma]].

|-
| {{text anchor|MALE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature biologically male; usually declared inside a caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|MANNERISM|MANNERISM_*}}
| Caste
|
*occasionally body part
| Adds a possible mannerism to the creature's profile. See [[creature mannerism token]] for further info.

|-
| {{text anchor|MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*material id
| Begins defining a new local material. Follow this with standard material definition tokens to define the material. A maximum of 200 materials can be defined on any given creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER}}
| Caste
|
*[[Material token]]
*value A
*value B
| When struck with a weapon made of the specified material, the force exerted will be multiplied by A/B, thus making the creature more or less susceptible to this material. For example, if A is 2 and B is 1, the force exerted by the defined material will be doubled. If A is 1 and B is 2, it will be halved instead. See also {{token|GENERAL_MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER|c}}, which can be used to make this sort of effect applicable to all materials.

|-
| {{text anchor|MATUTINAL}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear at dawn (between 4:30 AM and 6:00 AM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|MAXAGE}}
| Caste
|
*min
*max
| Determines the creature's natural lifespan, using the specified minimum and maximum age values (in years). Each individual creature with this token is generated with a predetermined date (calculated down to the exact [[time|tick]]!) between these values, at which it is destined to die of old age, should it live long enough. Note that the probability of death at any given age does not increase as the creature gets older [http://i.imgur.com/A1A4aA9.png].
Creatures which lack this token are naturally immortal. The [[Syndrome#CE_ADD_TAG|NO_AGING]] syndrome tag will prevent death by old age from occurring. Also note that, among civilized creatures, castes which lack this token will refuse to marry others with it, and vice versa.

|-
| {{text anchor|MEANDERER}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature slowly stroll around, unless it's in combat or performing a job. If combined with {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}, will severely impact their [[pathfinding]] and lead the creature to move extremely slowly when not performing any task. <s>Problematically applies to animal people based on the animal, and war trained animals{{bug|9588}}</s> As of version 52.05, meandering behavior no longer applies to animal people and to animals that are trained for war or hunting..

|-
| {{text anchor|MEGABEAST}}
| Caste
|
| A 'boss' creature; a small number of those are created during worldgen, their histories and descendants (if any) will be tracked in worldgen (as opposed to simply 'spawning'), and they will occasionally go on rampages, potentially leading to worship if they attack the same place multiple times. Their presence and number will also influence world age names. When appearing in fortress mode, they will have a pop-up message announcing their arrival. They will remain hostile to the fortress military even after being tamed.{{bug|10731}} See [[megabeast]] page for more details.

Requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will live. Subterranean biomes appear to not be allowed. Does stack with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} and if both are used the creature will spawn as both historical bosses and as wild animals.

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_CAP_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*Cap %
|Default is 200. This means you can increase your attribute to 200% of its starting value (or the average value + your starting value if that is higher).

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_RANGE}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]]
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets up a [[Attribute#Soul_attributes|mental attribute]]'s range of values (0-5000). All mental attribute ranges default to 200:800:900:1000:1100:1300:2000.

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*cost to improve
*unused counter rate
*rust counter rate
*demotion counter rate
| [[Attribute#Soul_attributes|Mental attribute]] gain/decay rates. Lower numbers in the last three slots make decay occur faster. Defaults are 500:4:5:4.

|-
| {{text anchor|MILKABLE}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
* frequency
| Allows the creature to be [[milk]]ed in the [[farmer's workshop]]. The frequency is the amount of [[time|ticks]] the creature needs to "recharge" (i.e. how much time needs to pass before it can be milked again). Does not work on [[#CAN_LEARN|sentient]] creatures, regardless of [[ethics]].

|-
| {{text anchor|MISCHIEVIOUS}}
| Caste
|
| Alias for {{token|MISCHIEVOUS|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|MISCHIEVOUS}}
| Caste
|
| The creature spawns [[stealth]]ed and will attempt to path into the fortress, pulling any [[lever]]s it comes across. It will be invisible on the map and [[unit list]] until spotted by a citizen, at which point the game will pause and recenter on the creature. Used by [[gremlin]]s in the vanilla game. "They go on little missions to mess with various fortress buildings, not just levers."

|-
| {{text anchor|MODVALUE}}
| Caste
|
| Seemingly no longer used.

|-
| {{text anchor|MOUNT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature may be used as a [[mount]]. No use for the player in fortress mode, but enemy sieging forces may arrive with cavalry. Mounts are usable in adventure mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|MOUNT_EXOTIC}}
| Caste
|
| Creature may be used as a [[mount]], but civilizations cannot domesticate it in worldgen without certain exceptions.

|-
| {{text anchor|MULTIPART_FULL_VISION}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to have all-around vision, as long as it has multiple heads that can see.

|-
| {{text anchor|MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the species usually produce a single offspring per birth, with a 1/500 chance of using the {{token|LITTERSIZE|c}} as usual. Requires {{token|FEMALE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|MUNDANE}}
| Creature
|
| Marks if the creature is an actual real-life creature. Only used for age-names at present.
|}

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==N==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|NAME}}
| Creature
|
*singular
*plural
*adjective
| The generic name for any creature of this type - will be used for referring to the species in the abstract, such as the default material prefix. For labeling individual creatures, {{token|CASTE_NAME|c}} is necessary. If left undefined, the creature will be labeled as "nothing" by the game.

Some examples of adjective use:
* "super''dwarven'' strength"
* "the ''dwarven'' hillocks of X"
* Deity species as in "''feline'' deity"
* Megabeast attacks in worldgen. One with multiple dragons being a "''draconic'' rampage"

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL}}
| Caste
|
| Animal is considered to be natural. NATURAL animals will not engage creatures tagged with {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE|c}} in combat unless they are members of a hostile entity and vice-versa.

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL_ANIMAL}}
| Caste
|
| Alias of {{token|NATURAL|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL_SKILL}}
| Caste
|
*[[Skill_token|Skill token]]
*value
| The creature possesses the specified [[skill]] at this level inherently - that is, it begins with the skill at this level, and the skill may never rust below that. A value of 15 is legendary.

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE}}
| Caste
|
| Creatures with this token can appear as [[experiment|experiments]]. Causes the creature to count as {{token|NOT_LIVING|c}}.

Killing a creature featuring this token provides one point of "hero" reputation. Adds the creature's description as part of the initial summary of their historical figure in legends mode. People will react to creatures with this token as a night creature (natch). In adventure mode, ambushes involving these units will say "Night creature!" instead of "Ambush!"

Prevents creature behavior enabled by {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}}.

Removes the high nature value check imposed by {{token|LOCAL_POPS_PRODUCE_HEROES|c}}.

Prevents the AI from using ANIMATE interactions, unless the newly-animated{{token|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE|c}}undead will not attack them. The check for this is specifically whether the unit is:
*a ghost
*an animated unit
*a unit with the {{token|NO_AGING|c}} token added via {{token|CE_ADD_TAG|c}}. (This allows for the default exclusion of elves and goblins, unless raised as intelligent undead.)

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_BOGEYMAN}}
| Caste
|
| Creatures with this token can appear in [[bogeyman|bogeyman ambushes]] in [[adventure mode]], where they adopt classical bogeyman traits such as stalking the adventurer and vaporising when dawn breaks. Such traits do not manifest if the creature is encountered outside of a bogeyman ambush (for instance, as a megabeast or a civilised being). In addition, their corpses and severed body parts turn into [[smoke]] after a short while. Note that setting the "Number of Bogeyman Types" in [[advanced world generation]] to 0 will only remove randomly-generated bogeymen.

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_EXPERIMENTER}}
| Caste
|
| Found on some [[necromancer]]s. Creatures with this tag may periodically "perform horrible experiments" offscreen, during which they can use creature-targeting interactions with an <code>[[Interaction_token#I_SOURCE|[I_SOURCE:EXPERIMENT]]]</code> tag on living creatures in their area. Worlds are generated with a list of procedurally-generated experiments, allowing necromancers to turn living people and animals into [[Infected_ghoul|ghouls]] and [[Experiment|other experimental creatures]], and these will automatically be available to all experimenters; it does not appear possible to prevent this. You can mod in your own custom experiment interactions, but these are used very infrequently due to the large number of generated experiments.

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[night troll]]s and [[werebeast]]s. Implies that the creature is a [[night creature]], and shows its description in [[legends mode]] entry. The creature is always hostile and will start [[no quarter]] combat with any nearby creatures, except for members of its own race. Note that this tag does not override the creature's normal behavior in [[fortress mode]] except for the aforementioned aggression, and doesn't prevent the creature from fleeing the battles it started. It also removes the creature's materials from stockpile settings list, making them be stored there regardless of settings.

Does stack with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} and if both are used the creature will spawn as both historical hunters and as wild animals; this requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will live, and subterranean biomes are allowed.

This tag causes the usual behaviour of werebeasts in worldgen, that is, fleeing towns upon being cursed and conducting raids from a lair. If this tag is absent from a deity curse, the accursed will simply be driven out of towns in a similar manner to [[vampire]]s. When paired with SPOUSE_CONVERTER, a very small population of the creature will be created during worldgen (sometimes only a single individual will be created), and their histories will be tracked (that is, they will not spawn spontaneously later, they must either have children or convert other creatures to increase their numbers). The creature will settle in a lair and go on rampages during worldgen. It will actively attempt to seek out potential conversion targets to abduct, convert, and have children with (if possible).

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_NIGHTMARE}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[nightmare]]s. Corpses and severed body parts derived from creatures with this token turn into [[smoke]] after a short while.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_AUTUMN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|autumn]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_CONNECTIONS_FOR_MOVEMENT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't require connected body parts to move{{verify}}; generally used on undead creatures with connections that have rotted away.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_DIZZINESS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot become [[Symptom#Dizziness|dizzy]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_DRINK}}
| Caste
|
| Creature does not need to drink.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_EAT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature does not need to [[food|eat]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_FEVERS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot suffer [[Symptom#Fever|fevers]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_GENDER}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is biologically sexless, making it unable to [[breeding|breed]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_PHYS_ATT_GAIN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot raise any [[Attribute#Body_attributes|physical attributes]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_PHYS_ATT_RUST}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot lose any [[Attribute#Body_attributes|physical attributes]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SLEEP}}
| Caste
|
| Creature does not need to sleep, but can still be rendered unconscious by other means.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SPRING}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|spring]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SUMMER}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|summer]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT}}
| Caste
|
| The bodyparts of this creature don't need to be connected to an organ with the {{token|THOUGHT|body}} tag in order to have motor function. Generally used on creatures that don't have brains. If a creature doesn't have a thought part and doesn't have this token, it will be unable to grasp or stand. Nautilus men experience this issue in vanilla.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_UNIT_TYPE_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
| Prevents creature from selecting its color based on its profession (e.g. Miner, Hunter, Wrestler).

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_VEGETATION_PERTURB}}
| Caste{{Verify}}
|
| Likely prevents the creature from leaving broken vegetation tracks.{{Verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_WINTER}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|winter]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NOBONES}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot be picked up for worldgen fell moods and cannot be made a skeleton deity.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOBREATHE}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't need to breathe or have {{token|BREATHE|body}}parts in its body, nor can it drown or be strangled. Creatures living in magma must have this tag, otherwise they will drown.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOCTURNAL}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear at night (after 10:05 PM and before 4:30 AM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NOEMOTION}}
| Caste
|
| Creature has no emotions, thus; it is immune to the effects of [[stress]] and unable to rage, and its [[need]]s cannot be fulfilled in any way. Used on [[undead]] in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOEXERT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature can't become tired or over-exerted from taking too many combat actions, or moving at full speed for extended periods of time.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOFEAR}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't feel fear and will never flee from battle, and will be immune to [[ghost]]s' attempts to 'scare it to death'. Additionally, it causes [[bogeyman|bogeymen]] and [[nightmare]]s to become friendly towards the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOMEAT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature will not be hunted or fed to wild beasts.

|-
| {{text anchor|NONAUSEA}}
| Caste
|
| Creature isn't nauseated by gut hits and cannot vomit.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOPAIN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't feel pain.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSKIN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature will not drop a hide when [[butcher|butchered]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSKULL}}
| Caste
|
| Creature will not drop a skull on butchering, rot, or decay of severed head.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSMELLYROT}}
| Caste
|
| Does not produce [[miasma]] when rotting.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSTUCKINS}}
| Caste
|
| Weapons can't get stuck in the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSTUN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature can't be stunned and knocked unconscious by pain or head injuries. Creatures with this tag never wake up from sleep in Fortress Mode. If this creature needs to sleep while playing, it will die.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOT_BUTCHERABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Corpses from this creature cannot be [[butcher|butchered]]. Does not prevent the creature from being slaughtered while alive, however.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOT_LIVING}}
| Caste
|
| Cannot be raised from the dead by necromancers or evil clouds. Implies the creature is not a normal living being. Used by [[vampire]]s, [[Mummy|mummies]] and inorganic creatures like the [[amethyst man]] and [[bronze colossus]]. Creatures who are {{token|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE|c}} (undead) will be docile towards creatures with this token.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOTHOUGHT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't require a {{token|THOUGHT|body}} body part to survive. Has the added effect of preventing speech, though directly controlling creatures that would otherwise be capable of speaking allows them to engage in conversation.
|}

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==O==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ODOR_LEVEL}}
| Caste
|
*number
| How easy the creature is to [[smell]]. The higher the number, the easier the creature is to sniff out. Defaults to 50. Vanilla creatures have values from 0 (undetectable) to 90 (noticeable by humans and dwarves).

|-
| {{text anchor|ODOR_STRING}}
| Caste
|
*string
| What the creature [[smell]]s like. If no odor string is defined, the creature name (not the caste name) is used.

|-
| {{text anchor|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE}}
| Caste
|
| Is hostile to all creatures except undead and other non-living ones and will show {{DFtext|Opposed to life|0:1}} in the [[unit list]]. Used by [[undead]] in the vanilla game. Functions without the {{token|NOT_LIVING|c}} token, and seems to imply said token as well. Undead will not be hostile to otherwise-living creatures given this token. Living creatures given this token will attack living creatures that lack it, while ignoring other living creatures that also have this token.

|-
| {{text anchor|ORIENTATION}}
| Caste
|
*MALE/FEMALE
*disinterested chance
*casual chance
*strong chance
| Determines caste's likelihood of having sexual attraction to certain sexes. Values default to 75:20:5 for the same sex and 5:20:75 for the opposite sex. The first value indicates how likely to be entirely uninterested in the sex, the second decides if the creature will be able to become lovers with that sex, the third decides whether they will be able to marry in worldgen and post-worldgen world activities (which implies being able to become lovers). Marriage seems to be able to happen in fort mode play regardless, as long as they are lovers first.

|-
| {{text anchor|OUTSIDER_CONTROLLABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Lets you play as an [[Adventurer_mode_character_creation#Outsider|outsider]] of this species in adventure mode.

|}

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==P==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|PACK_ANIMAL}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to be used as a pack animal. Used by [[trading|merchants]] without wagons and adventurers. Also prevents creature from dropping hauled items on its own -- do ''not'' use for player-controllable creatures! May lead to the creature being domesticated during worldgen, even if it doesn't have {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC|c}}.

Creatures with this tag but without {{token|BENIGN|c}}, and/or with {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}} leads to hauled items being dropped.

|-
| {{text anchor|PARALYZEIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is immune to all [[Syndrome#CE_PARALYSIS|paralyzing]] special attacks.

|-
| {{text anchor|PATTERNFLIER}}
| Caste
|
| Used to control the bat riders with paralyze-dart blowguns that flew through the 2D chasm. Doesn't do anything now.

|-
| {{text anchor|PCG_LAYERING}}
| Creature
|
*[[Procedural graphics layer|Layering type]]
| Adds a layer to the current {{token|PROCEDURAL_CREATURE_GRAPHICS|c}} definition.

|-
| {{text anchor|PEARL}}
| Caste
|
| Does nothing.

|-
| {{text anchor|PENETRATEPOWER}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Controls the ability of [[vermin]] to find a way into containers when they are eating food from your stockpiles.

Objects made of most materials (e.g. metal) roll a number from 0-100, and if the resulting number is greater than the penetrate power, their contents escape for the time being. Objects made of [[wood]], [[leather]], [[amber]], or [[coral]] roll 0-95, and items made of [[cloth]] roll 0-90.

|-
| {{text anchor|PERSONALITY}}
| Caste
|
*ATTRIBUTE
*lowest
*median
*highest
| Determines the range and chance of personality facets. Standard is 0:50:100. See [[personality facet]] for more info.

|-
| {{text anchor|PET}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to be [[Animal_trainer|tamed]] in Fortress mode. Prerequisite for all other working animal roles. Civilizations that encounter it in worldgen will tame and domesticate it for their own use. Adding this to civilization members will classify them as pets instead of citizens, with all the [[Fun|problems]] that entails. However, you can solve these problems using the popular plugin [https://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=13095| Dwarf Therapist], which is completely unaffected by the tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|PET_EXOTIC}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to be [[Animal_trainer|tamed]] in Fortress mode. Prequisite for all other working animal roles. Civilizations cannot domesticate it in worldgen, with certain exceptions. More difficult to tame?{{verify}} Adding this to civilization members will classify them as pets instead of citizens, with all the [[Fun|problems]] that entails. ([[Gremlin|Example]]).

|-
| {{text anchor|PETVALUE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| How valuable a tamed animal is. Actual cost in points in the embarking screen is 1+(PETVALUE/2) for an untrained animal, 1+PETVALUE for a war/hunting one.

|-
| {{text anchor|PETVALUE_DIVISOR}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Divides the creature's {{token|PETVALUE|c}} by the specified number. Used by [[honey bee]]s to prevent a single hive from being worth a fortune.

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_CAP_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*Cap %
|Default is 200. This means you can increase your attribute to 200% of its starting value (or the average value + your starting value if that is higher).

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_RANGE}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]]
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets up a [[Attribute#Body_attributes|physical attribute]]'s range of values (0-5000). All physical attribute ranges default to 200:700:900:1000:1100:1300:2000.

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*cost to improve
*unused counter rate
*rust counter rate
*demotion counter rate
| [[Attribute#Body_attributes|Physical attribute]] gain/decay rates. Lower numbers in the last three slots make decay occur faster. Defaults for STRENGTH, AGILITY, TOUGHNESS, and ENDURANCE are 500:3:4:3, while RECUPERATION and DISEASE_RESISTANCE default to 500:NONE:NONE:NONE.

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_BP_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, or BY_TOKEN
*body type, category, or token
| Adds a body part group to selected body part group. Presumably used immediately after {{token|SET_BP_GROUP|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*material
| Adds a material to selected materials. Used immediately after {{token|SELECT_MATERIAL|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|POP_RATIO}}
| Caste
|
*number (max 100000)
| Weighted population of caste; Lower is rarer. Not to be confused with {{token|FREQUENCY|c}}. A weight of 0 will{{version|51.06 experimental}} prevent a caste from spawning naturally. Regardless of pop ratio, [[Position token|Position]]s that only allow a certain caste can force it to spawn.

|-
| {{text anchor|POPULATION_NUMBER}}
| Creature
|
*min
*max
| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many of these creatures are present in each world map tile of the appropriate region. Defaults to 1:1 if not specified. If the creature's chosen {{token|CLUSTER_NUMBER|c}} happens to be larger, it will be used instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|POWER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the being to represent itself as a deity, allowing it to become the leader of a civilized group. Not used by any creatures in the vanilla game. Requires {{token|CAN_SPEAK|c}} to actually do anything more than settle at a location (e.g. write books, lead armies, profane temples). Doesn't appear to do anything for creatures that are already civilized. Once the creature ascends to a position of leadership, it will proceed to act as a standard ruler for their entity and fulfill the same functions (hold tournaments, tame creatures, etc.).

|-
| {{text anchor|PREFSTRING}}
| Creature
|
*string
| Sets what other creatures [[Preferences|prefer]] about this creature. "Urist likes dwarves for their beards." Multiple entries will be chosen from at random. Creatures lacking a PREFSTRING token will never appear under another's preferences.

|-
| {{text anchor|PROCEDURAL_CREATURE_GRAPHICS}}
| Creature
|
* [[Graphics_token#Basic_creature_sprite_types|Sprite type]] or Caste then sprite type
| Makes the creature have procedural graphics built for it, like forgotten beasts/demons/titans/experiments. Must be associated with PCG_LAYERING tokens.

|-
| {{text anchor|PROFESSION_NAME}}
| Creature
|
*[[Unit type token]] (Profession)
*singular
*plural
| The generic name for members of this profession, at the creature level. In order to give members of specific castes different names for professions, use {{token|CASTE_PROFESSION_NAME|c}} instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|PRONE_TO_RAGE}}
| Caste
|
*Chance
| Creature has a percentage chance to flip out at visible non-friendly creatures. Enraged creatures attack anything regardless of timidity and get a strength bonus to their hits. This is what makes [[badger]]s so hardcore.

|-
| {{text anchor|PUS}}
| Caste
|
* <[[material token]]>
* <[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
| The creature has pus. Specifies the stuff secreted by [[Health_care#Infection|infected wounds]].
|}

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==R==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|RELSIZE}}
| Caste
|
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*body category, type, or token
*Relsize
| Specifies a new relative size for a part than what is stated in the body plan. For example, dwarves have larger livers.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
| What the creature's [[remains]] are called.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
| What color the creature's [[remains]] are.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_ON_VERMIN_BITE_DEATH}}
| Caste
|
| Goes with {{token|VERMIN_BITE|c}} and {{token|DIE_WHEN_VERMIN_BITE|c}}, the vermin creature will leave remains on death when biting. Leaving this tag out will cause the creature to disappear entirely after it bites.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_UNDETERMINED}}
| Caste
|
| Nothing.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMOVE_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*material token
| Removes a material from the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMOVE_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*tissue token
| Removes a tissue from the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|RETRACT_INTO_BP}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY or BY_TOKEN
*body type, [[Body_token#CATEGORY|category]], or [[Body_token#BP|token]]
*Second person ("You") retract verb text
*Third person ("The giant snail") retract verb text
*Second person cancel retract text
*Third person cancel retract text
| The creature will retract into the specified body part(s) when threatened. It will be unable to move or attack, but enemies will only be able to attack the specified body part(s). When one of the specified body part is severed off, the creature automatically unretracts and cannot retract anymore. More than one body part can be selected by using BY_TYPE or BY_CATEGORY.

Second-person descriptions are used for adventurer mode natural ability. "<pro_pos>" can be used in the descriptions, being replaced with the proper pronoun (or lack thereof) in-game.

Undead curled up creatures are buggy, specifically those that retract into their upper bodies: [[echidna]]s, [[hedgehog]]s and [[pangolin]]s.{{bug|11463}}{{bug|10519}} The upper body is prevented from collapsing by a separate body part (the middle spine), which cannot be attacked when the creature is retracted. See {{token|PREVENTS_PARENT_COLLAPSE|bo}}. Living creatures eventually succumb to blood loss, but undead creatures do not. Giant creatures also take a very long time to bleed out.
|-
| {{text anchor|RETURNS_VERMIN_KILLS_TO_OWNER}}
| Creature
|
| Cat behavior. If it kills a vermin creature and has an owner, it carries the remains in its mouth and drops them at their feet. Requires {{token|HUNTS_VERMIN|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|ROOT_AROUND}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY or BY_TOKEN
*body type, [[Body_token#CATEGORY|category]], or [[Body_token#BP|token]]
*Second person ("You") verb text
*Third person ("The hen") verb text
| Creature will occasionally root around in the grass, looking for insects. Used for flavor in Adventurer Mode, spawns vermin edible for this creature in Fortress Mode. Creatures missing the specified body part will be unable to perform this action. The action produces a message (visible in adventure mode) in the form:

{{DFtext|[creature] [verb text] the [description of creature's location].|6:0}}

In adventure mode, the "rooting around" ability will be included in the "natural abilities" menu, represented by its second person verb text.

|}

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==S==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|SAVAGE}}
| Creature
|
| The creature will only show up in "savage" biomes. Has no effect on cavern creatures. Cannot be combined with {{token|GOOD|c}} or {{token|EVIL|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SECRETION}}
| Caste
|
*<[[material token]]>
*<[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
*BY_TOKEN / BY_CATEGORY / BY_TYPE
*<[[Body_token#BP|body part ID]]> / <[[Body_token#CATEGORY|category]]> or ALL / <type (e.g. [[Body_token#GRASP|GRASP]])>
*<[[Body_detail_plan_token#BP_LAYERS|tissue layer]]> or ALL
*<trigger>
| Causes the specified tissue layer(s) of the indicated body part(s) to secrete the designated material. A size 100 ('covering') [[contaminant]] is created over the affected body part(s) in its specified material state (and at the temperature appropriate to this state) when the trigger condition is met, as long as one of the secretory tissue layers is still intact. Valid triggers are:
*'''CONTINUOUS'''
Secretion occurs once every 40 [[time|ticks]] in [[fortress mode]], and every tick in [[adventurer mode]].
*'''EXERTION'''
Secretion occurs continuously (at the rate described above) whilst the creature is at minimum {{Tile|Tired|6:1}} following physical exertion. Note that this cannot occur if the creature has {{token|NOEXERT|c}}.
*'''EXTREME_EMOTION'''
Secretion occurs continuously (as above) whilst the creature is distressed. Cannot occur in creatures with {{token|NOEMOTION|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_ADDITIONAL_CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*<caste>
| Adds an additional previously defined caste to the selection. Used after {{token|SELECT_CASTE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*<caste> or ALL
| Selects a previously defined caste

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*<[[material token]]>
| Selects a locally defined material. Can be ALL.

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*tissue token
| Selects a tissue for editing.

|-
| {{text anchor|SEMIMEGABEAST}}
| Caste
|
| Essentially the same as {{token|MEGABEAST|c}}, but more of them are created during worldgen. See the [[semi-megabeast]] page for details.

|-
| {{text anchor|SENSE_CREATURE_CLASS}}
| Caste
|
* <[[Creature_token#CREATURE_CLASS|creature class]]>
* [[Tilesets|<tile value or character>]]
* [[Color#Color_values|<foreground color>:<background color>:<foreground brightness>]]
| Gives the creature the ability to sense creatures belonging to the specified [[Creature_token#CREATURE_CLASS|creature class]] even when they lie far beyond line of sight, including through walls and floors. It also appears to reduce or negate the combat penalty of [[Wound#Blindness|blind]] units when fighting creatures they can sense. In [[adventure mode]], the specified tile will be used to represent sensed creatures when they cannot be seen directly.

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_BP_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*selection criteria BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*category, type, or token
| Begins a selection of body parts.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_LEARN_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*<[[skill_token]]>
*<percentage>
| The rate at which this creature learns this skill. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_LEARN_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*<percentage>
| The rate at which this creature learns all skills. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*[[skill_token]]
*<% of improvement points gained>
*<unused counter rate>
*<rust counter rate>
*<demotion counter rate>
| Like {{token|SKILL_RATES|c}}, but applies to individual skills instead. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*<% of improvement points gained>
*<unused counter rate>
*<rust counter rate>
*<demotion counter rate>
| Affects skill gain and decay. Lower numbers in the last three slots make decay occur faster ([SKILL_RATES:100:1:1:1] would cause rapid decay). The counter rates may also be replaced with NONE.
Default is [SKILL_RATES:100:8:16:16]. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RUST_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*[[skill_token]]
*value
*value
*value
| The rate at which this skill decays. Lower values cause the skill to decay faster. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RUST_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*value
*value
*value
| The rate at which all skills decay. Lower values cause the skills to decay faster. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SLAIN_CASTE_SPEECH}}
| Caste
|
*[[Speech file|text set]]
| Caste-specific {{token|SLAIN_SPEECH|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SLAIN_SPEECH}}
| Creature
|
*[[Speech file|text set]]
| Boasting speeches relating to killing this creature. Examples include [[text_dwarf.txt/raw|text_dwarf.txt]] (<code>[SLAIN_SPEECH:SLAIN_DWARF]</code>) and text_elf.txt (<code>[SLAIN_SPEECH:SLAIN_ELF]</code>) in data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects.

|-
| {{text anchor|SLOW_LEARNER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to learn skills as with {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}, but at a reduced (likely half) rate. If combined with the {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}, only the latter effect applies. All creatures that use this token in vanilla use it alongside {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}, so it is not well known what it does by itself. Used by a number of 'primitive' creatures (like [[ogre]]s, [[giant]]s and [[troglodyte]]s) in the vanilla game. Prevents a player from recruiting nobility, even basic ones. (clarify?) Creatures with this token combined with {{token|EVIL|c}} can become domesticated by civilizations with <code>[[Entity_token#USE_EVIL_ANIMALS|[USE_EVIL_ANIMALS]]]</code>, as seen commonly with [[troll]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|SMALL_REMAINS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature leaves "[[item token#REMAINS|remains]]" instead of a corpse. Used by [[vermin]].

|-
| {{text anchor|SMELL_TRIGGER}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Determines how keen a creature's sense of smell is - lower is better. At 10000, a creature cannot smell at all.

|-
| {{text anchor|SOLDIER_ALTTILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| If this creature is active in its civilization's military, it will blink between its default tile and this one.

|-
| {{text anchor|SOUND}}
| Caste
|
* Sound application (currently accepts ALERT or PEACEFUL_INTERMITTENT)
* Sound range (in tiles)
* Sound delay (lower values = sound is produced more often)
* VOCALIZATION or NONE (determines whether the sound requires breathing or not)
* First-person description
* Third-person description
* Description when out of sight
| Creature makes sounds periodically, which can be heard in Adventure mode.
* First-person reads "You '''bark'''"
* Third-person reads "The [[capybara]] '''barks'''"
* Out of sight reads "You hear '''a loud bark'''"
with the text in bold being the description arguments of the token.

|-
| {{text anchor|SOURCE_HFID}}
| Creature
|
*Integer
| Found on generated [[angel]]s. This is the historical figure ID of the deity with which the angel is associated. Since HFIDs are not predictable before worldgen, this isn't terribly usable in non-lua mods.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIFIC_FOOD}}
| Caste
|
* PLANT or CREATURE
* Plant/creature ID
| Creature will only appear in biomes with this plant or creature available. Grazers given a specific type of grass (such as [[panda]]s and [[bamboo]]) will only eat that grass and nothing else, risking starvation if there's none available.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPHERE}}
| Creature
|
* [[Sphere#Available_spheres|sphere]]
| Sets what religious spheres the creature is aligned to, for purposes of being worshipped via the {{token|POWER|c}} token. Affects the creature's name. Creatures with spheres opposed to Death (ie: HEALING, LONGEVITY, YOUTH) will be much less likely to pursue the secrets of life and death.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGET}}
| Caste
|
| This creature can be converted by a night creature with {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERTER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPOUSE_CONVERTER}}
| Caste
|
| If the creature has the {{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}} tag, it will kidnap {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGET|c}}s and transform them into the caste of its species with the {{token|CONVERTED_SPOUSE|c}} tag during worldgen. It may also start families this way.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPREAD_EVIL_SPHERES_IF_RULER}}
| Caste
|
| If the creature rules over a [[site]], it will cause the local landscape to be corrupted into [[Surroundings#Evil|evil surroundings]] associated with the creature's [[Creature_token#SPHERE|sphere]]s. The creature must have at least one of the following [[sphere]]s for this to take effect: BLIGHT, DEATH, DISEASE, DEFORMITY, NIGHTMARES. The first three kill vegetation, while the others sometimes do. The last two get [[Plant_token#EVIL|evil plants]] and [[Creature_token#EVIL|evil animals]] sometimes. NIGHTMARES gets [[bogeyman|bogeymen]]. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8162224#msg8162224] Used by [[demon]]s in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|STANCE_CLIMBER}}
| Caste
|
| Caste does not require <code>[[Body_token#GRASP|[GRASP]]]</code> body parts to climb -- it can climb with <code>[[Body_token#STANCE|[STANCE]]]</code> parts instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|STANDARD_GRAZER}}
| Caste
|
| Acts as {{token|GRAZER|c}} but set to 20000*G*(max size)^(-3/4), where G defaults to 100 but can be set in d_init, and the whole thing is trapped between 150 and 3 million. Used for all grazers in the default creature raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|STRANGE_MOODS}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will get [[strange mood]]s in fortress mode and can produce artifacts.

|-
| {{text anchor|SUPERNATURAL}}
| Caste
|
| Gives the creature knowledge of any secrets with <code>[[Interaction_token#IS_SECRET|[SUPERNATURAL_LEARNING_POSSIBLE]]]</code> that match its [[Creature_token#SPHERE|spheres]] and also prevents it from becoming a [[vampire]] or [[werebeast]]. Other effects are unknown.

|-
| {{text anchor|SWIMS_INNATE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature naturally knows how to swim perfectly and does not use the [[swimmer]] skill, as opposed to {{token|SWIMS_LEARNED|c}} below. However, Fortress mode AI never paths into water anyway, so it's less useful there.

|-
| {{text anchor|SWIMS_LEARNED}}
| Caste
|
| The creature swims only as well as their present [[Swimmer|swimming skill]] allows them to.

|-
| {{text anchor|SYNDROME_DILUTION_FACTOR}}
| Caste
| <[[Syndrome#SYN_IDENTIFIER|syndrome identifier]]>:<percentage>
| Dilutes the effects of syndromes which have the specified identifier. A percentage of 100 is equal to the regular syndrome effect severity, higher percentages reduce severity.
|}

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==T==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|TENDONS}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
*healing rate
| The creature has tendons in its {{token|CONNECTIVE_TISSUE_ANCHOR|td}} tissues (bone or chitin by default). Cutting the bone/chitin tissue severs the tendons, disabling motor function if the target is a limb.

|-
| {{text anchor|THICKWEB}}
| Caste
|
| The creature's [[web]]s can catch larger creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*name
| Begins defining a tissue in the creature file. Follow this with standard tissue definition tokens to define the tissue properties.

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
*LOCATION
| Adds the tissue layer to wherever it is required.
Non-argument Locations can be FRONT, RIGHT, LEFT, TOP, BOTTOM. Argument locations are AROUND and CLEANS, requiring a further body part and a % of coverage/cleansing

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_OVER}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
*LOCATION
| Alias for TISSUE_LAYER

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
| Adds the tissue layer under a given part.
For example, an [[iron man]] has a gaseous poison within, and this tissue (GAS is its name) has the token [TISSUE_LEAKS] and its state is GAS, so when you puncture the iron outside and damage this tissue it leaks gas (can have a syndrome by using a previous one in the creature sample.) [TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:{tissue}] {tissue} is what will be under the TISSUE_LAYER; here is an example Tissue from the Iron Man: 
[TISSUE:GAS] [TISSUE_NAME:gas:NP] [TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:GAS] [TISSUE_MAT_STATE:GAS] [RELATIVE_THICKNESS:50] [TISSUE_LEAKS] [TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]

|-
| {{text anchor|TITAN}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[titan]]s. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRADE_CAPACITY}}
| Caste
|
*number
| How much the creature can carry when used by merchants. 1000 by default. Completely ignored if the animal does not also have PACK_ANIMAL or WAGON, instead using BODY_SIZE^(2/3)/20, even if they're a pack animal due to ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PACK_ANIMAL.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Shortcut for {{token|TRAINABLE_HUNTING|c}} + {{token|TRAINABLE_WAR|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE_HUNTING}}
| Caste
|
| Can be [[Animal trainer|trained]] as a hunting beast, increasing speed.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE_WAR}}
| Caste
|
| Can be [[Animal trainer|trained]] as a war beast, increasing strength and endurance.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRANCES}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to go into [[martial trance]]s. Used by dwarves in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAPAVOID}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will never trigger [[trap]]s it steps on. Used by a [[Trapavoid|number of creatures]]. Doesn't make the creature immune to remotely activated traps (like retractable spikes being triggered while the creature is standing over them). TRAPAVOID creatures lose this power if they're immobilized while standing in a trap, be it by stepping on thick web, being paralyzed or being knocked unconscious.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRIGGERABLE_GROUP}}
| Creature
|
*min
*max
| A large swarm of vermin can be disturbed, usually in adventurer mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|TSU_NOUN}}
| Caste
|
*noun
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| Noun for the {{token|TISSUE_STYLE_UNIT|c}}, used in the description of the tissue layer's style.
|}

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==U==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|UBIQUITOUS}}
| Creature
|
| Creature will occur in every region with the correct biome. Does not apply to {{token|EVIL|c}}/{{token|GOOD|c}} tags. Supersedes {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} for the purposes of distributing populations through the map, they are present in every part of the valid biome. Respects {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} for the frequency of unit [[Creature token#CLUSTER_NUMBER|cluster]] spawns being of this species.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNDERGROUND_DEPTH}}
| Creature
|
*mindepth
*maxdepth
| Depth that the creature appears underground. Numbers can be from 0 to 5. 0 is actually 'above ground' and can be used if the creature is to appear both above and below ground. Values from 1-3 are the respective [[cavern]] levels, 4 is the [[magma sea]] and 5 is the [[HFS]]. A single argument may be used instead of min and max. [[Demon]]s use only 5:5; user-defined creatures with both this depth and {{token|FLIER}} will take part in the initial wave from the HFS alongside generated demons, but without {{token|FLIER}} they will only spawn from the map edges. Civilizations that can use underground plants or animals will only export (via the embark screen or caravans) things that are available at depth 1.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNDERSWIM}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is displayed as blue when in [[Water#Depth|7/7 water]]. Used on fish and amphibious creatures which swim under the water.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNIQUE_DEMON}}
| Caste
|
| Found on generated [[demon]]s; causes the game to create a single named instance of the demon, per caste, which will emerge from the underworld and take over civilizations during worldgen.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*new caste token
*old caste token
| Defines a new caste derived directly from a previous caste. The new caste inherits all properties of the old one. The effect of this tag is automatic if one has not yet defined any castes: "Any caste-level tag that occurs before castes are explicitly declared is saved up and placed on any caste that is declared later, unless the caste is explicitly derived from another caste."
Roostre: "When DF detects duplicate tokens in the raws of the same object, a failsafe seems to kick in; it takes the bottom-most of the duplicates, and disregards the others. In the case of tokens added by a mod, it prioritizes the duplicate in the mod." This means that if a tag is defined in the base-caste and redefined in the derived caste, the derived tag overwrites the base tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*new material ID
*old material ID
| Defines a new local creature material and populates it with all properties defined in the specified local creature material. A maximum of 200 materials can be defined on any given creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE}}
| Creature
|
*new material token
*material template
| Defines a new local creature material and populates it with all properties defined in the specified template. A maximum of 200 materials can be defined on any given creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*new tissue token
*old tissue id
| Defines a new local creature tissue and populates it with all properties defined in the local tissue specified in the second argument.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_TISSUE_TEMPLATE}}
| Creature
|
*new tissue token
*tissue template
| Loads a tissue template listed in OBJECT:TISSUE_TEMPLATE files, such as tissue_template_default.txt.

|-
| {{text anchor|UTTERANCES}}
| Creature
|
| Changes the language of the creature into unintelligible 'kobold-speak', which creatures of other species will be unable to understand. If a civilized creature has this and is not part of a {{token|SKULKING|e}} civ, it will tend to start wars with all nearby civilizations and will be unable to make peace treaties due to 'inability to communicate'.
|}

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==V==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|VEGETATION}}
| Caste
|
| Like {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE}}, but also makes the creature more valued in artwork by civilisations with the PLANT [[sphere]]. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8316954#msg8316954] Used by [[grimeling]]s in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_BITE}}
| Caste
|
*chance of occurrence{{verify}}
*verb (bitten, stung, etc.)
* [[material token]]
* [[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]
| Enables vermin to bite other creatures, injecting the specified material. See {{token|SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT|c}} for details about injection - this token presumably works in a similar manner.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_EATER}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin creature will attempt to eat exposed food. See {{token|PENETRATEPOWER|c}}. Distinct from {{token|VERMIN_ROTTER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_FISH}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin appears in [[water]] and will attempt to swim around. Required to catch the vermin with [[fishing]] or [[Fishery|capturing a live fish]].

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_GROUNDER}}
| Creature
|
| The creature appears in "general" surface ground locations. Note that this doesn't stop the creature from flying if it can (most vermin birds have this tag).

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_HATEABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Some dwarves will [[Preferences|hate]] the creature and get unhappy thoughts when around it. See the [[Hateable|list of hateable vermin]] for details.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_MICRO}}
| Caste
|
| This makes the creature move in a swarm of creatures of the same race as it (e.g. swarm of flies, swarm of ants).

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOFISH}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot be caught by [[fishing]].

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOROAM}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will not be observed randomly roaming about the map.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOTRAP}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot be caught in baited [[animal trap]]s; however, a "[[Trapper|catch live land animal]]" task may still be able to capture one if a dwarf finds one roaming around.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_ROTTER}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin are attracted to rotting stuff and loose food left in the open and cause unhappy thoughts to dwarves who encounter them. Present on flies, knuckle worms, acorn flies, and blood gnats.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_SOIL}}
| Creature
|
| The creature randomly appears near dirt or mud, and may be uncovered by creatures that have the {{token|ROOT_AROUND|c}} interaction such as [[goose|geese]] and [[chicken]]s. Dwarves will ignore the creature when given the "Capture live land animal" task.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_SOIL_COLONY}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin will appear in a single tile cluster of many vermin, such as a colony of ants.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMINHUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| Old shorthand for "does cat stuff". Contains {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE|c}} + {{token|RETURNS_VERMIN_KILLS_TO_OWNER|c}} + {{token|HUNTS_VERMIN|c}} + {{token|ADOPTS_OWNER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|VESPERTINE}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear in the evening (between 8:00 PM and 10:05 PM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|VIEWRANGE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Value should determine how close you have to get to a critter before it attacks (or prevents adv mode travel etc.) Default is 20.

|-
| {{text anchor|VISION_ARC}}
| Caste
|
*binocular vision arc
*non-binocular vision arc
| The width of the creature's vision arcs, in degrees (i.e. 0 to 360). The first number is binocular vision, the second is non-binocular vision. Binocular vision has a minimum of about 10 degrees, monocular, a maximum of about 350 degrees. Values past these limits will be accepted, but will default to ~10 degrees and ~350 degrees respectively. Defaults are 60:120.
|}

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==W==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|WAGON_PULLER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to pull caravan wagons. If a civilization doesn't have access to any, it is restricted to trading with pack animals.

|-
| {{text anchor|WEBBER}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
| Allows the creature to create [[web]]s, and defines what the webs are made of.

|-
| {{text anchor|WEBIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will not get caught in thick [[web]]s. Used by creatures who can shoot thick webs (such as [[giant cave spider]]s) in order to make them immune to their own attacks.
|}

==Attack Tokens==

Attacks can use four different part selection criteria. Except for TISSUE_LAYER, the base game makes use of all of these in its attacks.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Part type token
! width="30%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|BODYPART}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
| This attack uses a particular body part; for example, ATTACK:PUNCH:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:GRASP will make it use any part that can hold onto an object.

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* tissue layer
| This attack uses a specific tissue layer on a specific body part; ATTACK:SCRATCH:TISSUE_LAYER:BY_TYPE:GRASP:BONE will make it use the bone of the hands.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
| Uses a body part that is subordinate to another; ATTACK:SLAP:CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ARM_LOWER:BY_TYPE:GRASP will make it use every hand attached to each lower arm (so it will generate one attack per lower arm, each of which will use every hand on that arm, assuming there are multiple hands per arm).

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILD_TISSUE_LAYER_GROUP}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* tissue layer
| As CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP, but specifying a tissue, too; ATTACK:BITE:CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:HEAD:BY_CATEGORY:TOOTH

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_SKILL}}
| Caste
|
*[[Skill token]]
| Defines the skill used by the attack.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_VERB}}
| Caste
|
*2nd person
*3rd person
| Descriptive text for the attack.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*% value
| The contact area of the attack, measured in % of the body part's volume. Note that all attack percentages can be more than 100%.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*% value
| The penetration value of the attack, measured in % of the body part's volume. Requires ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE. Maximum value: 15000.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PRIORITY}}
| Caste
|
*MAIN or SECOND
| Usage frequency. MAIN attacks are 100 times more frequently chosen than SECOND. Opportunity attacks ignore this preference.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_VELOCITY_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*number
| The velocity multiplier of the attack, multiplied by 1000.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_CANLATCH}}
| Caste
|
| Attacks that damage tissue have the chance to latch on in a wrestling hold. The grabbing bodypart can then use the "shake around" wrestling move, causing severe, armor-bypassing tensile damage according to the attacker's body volume.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_WITH}}
| Caste
|
| Displays the name of the body part used to perform an attack while announcing it, e.g. "The weaver punches the bugbat with his right hand".

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE}}
| Caste
|
| The attack is edged, with all the effects on physical resistance and contact area that it entails.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER}}
| Caste
|
* Preparation time
* Recovery time
| Determines the length of time to prepare this attack and until one can perform this attack again. Values appear to be calculated in adventure mode ticks.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_BAD_MULTIATTACK}}
| Caste
|
| Multiple strikes with this attack cannot be performed effectively.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_INDEPENDENT_MULTIATTACK}}
| Caste
|
| Multiple strikes with this attack can be performed with no penalty. The creature will use all attacks with this token at once.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT}}
| Caste
|
*<[[material token]]>
*<[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
*<min quantity>
*<max quantity>
| When added to an attack, causes the attack to inject the specified material into the victim's bloodstream. Once injected, the material will participate in [[temperature|thermal]] exchange within the creature - injecting something like molten [[iron]] (INORGANIC:IRON:LIQUID) would cause most unmodded creatures to melt (note that some of the injected material also [[contaminant|splatters]] over the bodypart used to carry out the attack, so it should be protected appropriately). If the injected material has an associated [[syndrome]] with the [[Syndrome#SYN_INJECTED|[SYN_INJECTED]]] token, it will be transmitted to the victim. If the attack is blunt, the injected material lacks the [[Material definition token#ENTERS_BLOOD|[ENTERS_BLOOD]]] token, the attacked bodypart has no [[Tissue_definition_token#VASCULAR|[VASCULAR]]] tissues, or the victim is bloodless, the material will splatter over the attacked body part instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_INTERACTION}}
| Caste
|
*interaction
| When this attack lands successfully, a specified interaction will take effect on the target creature. The attack must break the target creature's skin in order to work. This will take effect in worldgen as well. If the attack would break skin, the interaction will occur '''before the attack actually lands'''.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_SUCK_BLOOD}}
| Caste
|
*min
*max
| Successful attack draws out an amount of blood randomized between the min and max value. Beware that this '''will''' trigger any ingestion syndromes attached to the target creature's blood - for example, using this attack on a vampire will turn you into one too.
|}

==Tissue Layer Tokens==
Tissue layers are added to a creature's body parts by the creature tokens [[#TISSUE_LAYER|TISSUE_LAYER]], [[#TISSUE_LAYER_OVER|TISSUE_LAYER_OVER]], [[#TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER|TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER]], and the body detail plan token [[#TL_LAYERS|TL_LAYERS]].

These tissue layers are not the same thing as tissues, which are defined at creature level, but rather applications of the tissues. If the SKIN tissue of a creature is the more general and abstract notion of what skin is for that creature, then a tissue layer may be the "actual" skin on the creature's nose, head, or second toe. As most creatures have more than one body part, tissue layers are normally selected en masse.

Some tissue layer tokens are analogous to tissue definition tokens, e.g. [[#TL_CONNECTS|TL_CONNECTS]] to [[tissue_definition_token#CONNECTS|CONNECTS]].

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token | Selects a tissue at a location
* (optional) FRONT, BACK, LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, BOTTOM, AROUND.
| Begins a selection of tissue layers.
[SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER:HEART:BY_TYPE:HEART]

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
| Adds tissue layers to those selected.

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_TL_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
*tissue
| Begins a selection of tissue layers. Only usable for descriptor and cosmetic purposes.

Research has implied it may be redundant with SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER, as the latter allows for cosmetics as well as "functional" tokens such as TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES. Vanilla raws still use SET_TL_GROUP though, for all cosmetic purposes. More research is needed on this subject.

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_TL_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
*tissue
| Adds tissue layers to those selected. Like SET_TL_GROUP, it may be redundant even if used in the vanilla raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_LAYER_TISSUE}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
| Sets a selected tissue layer to be made of a different tissue.

|-
| {{text anchor|SHEARABLE_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
* tissue modifier
* required value
| Tissue layer can be sheared for its component material. The specified modifier must be at least of the desired value for shearing to be possible (for example, a [[llama]]'s wool must have a LENGTH of 300 before it is shearable).

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*QUALITY
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets the range of qualities, including LENGTH, DENSE, HIGH_POSITION, CURLY, GREASY, WRINKLY

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_STYLE_UNIT}}
| Caste
|
*tissue style unit ID
*shaping
| Sets tissue layer to be the target of TISSUE_STYLE token specified for an entity, works only on entity members. Mostly used with tissues HAIR, BEARD, MOUSTACHE, SIDEBURNS.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_COLOR_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*COLOR
*freq
*COLOR
*freq etc.
| Creates a list of colors/color patterns, giving each a relative frequency. If the given color or pattern does not exist, the tissue is described as being "transparent".

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_GENETIC_MODEL}}
| Caste
|
| The way the color modifier is passed on to offspring. May or may not work right now.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_IMPORTANCE}}
| Caste
|
*number
| Presumably modifies the importance of the tissue layer color modifier, for description purposes.
HOWEVER using this appears to remove all mention of colour from creature descriptions. It does not appear in any default creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_NOUN}}
| Caste
|
*name
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| Names the tissue layer color modifier, and determines the noun. Also used by [[Utility:Stonesense|Stonesense]] for colouring body parts.

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_TIMING}}
| Caste
|
*ROOT
*start change window years
*days
*end change window years
*days
| Determines the point in the creature's life when the color change begins and ends.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_CONNECTS}}
| Caste
|
| Gives the CONNECTS attribute to selected layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_HEALING_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Changes the HEALING_RATE of the selected tissue layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES}}
| Caste
|
| Gives the "major arteries" attribute to selected layers. Used to add massive bleeding properties to the throat, made from skin.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_PAIN_RECEPTORS}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Changes the number of pain receptors for selected tissue layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_RELATIVE_THICKNESS}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Changes the relative thickness for selected tissue layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_VASCULAR}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Sets a new VASCULAR value (which modulates bleeding) for selected tissue layers.

|}

==See Also==
*[[Body detail plan token]]
*[[Body token]]
*[[Material definition token]]
*[[Syndrome]]
*[[Tissue definition token]]
*[[Creature examples]]

{{Category|Modding}}
{{Category|Tokens}}
[[ru:Creature token]]

Armok

2026-07-17T02:15:22Z

ASpatula66: previous instructions would not work. you must use outsider_controllable if you want a creature to be playable without otherwise appearing in the world.

[[File:Armok sprite.png|right]]
'''Armok''', God of [[Blood]], is the name of the creator deity in the lore of the original ''[http://www.bay12games.com/armok/ Slaves to Armok: God of Blood]'', and the in-game explanation for that game's random world generation:

:''"Armok, the God of Blood, is just about the only constant in these chaotic random universes. A general sense of conflict keeps Armok appeased - when the universe becomes too boring, it is set on the anvil of creation to be reforged."''

:''"The destruction of the world by Armok will arise inevitably in most game worlds. As civilizations spread and the frontier closes, the world will start to look homogeneous. Armok, looking upon this decadence in disgust, will reform the world. Basically, when the universe has become too boring, it will be changed."''

:''"But who or what is Armok? ARMOK is the God of Blood…The Supreme God, he gives name to the game, his powers are literally endless…He creates and destroys whole Universes just for pleasure and fun. He enjoys watching death, destruction and, of course, blood run on his Universe…In a Universe, he can have billions of worshippers, while in another his existence might be unknown...but HE EXISTS. This cannot be denied, and allows to play almost any type universe…from a standard fantasy-type world to a “primitive”, stone age world…and, why not a “future world” with star travel? In fact, when Armok creates a Universe, he likes putting more than one planet in it!

:''Remember…Armok can control and destroy all other creatures, including the other, ”lesser” gods, but he usually enjoys watching civilizations grow, because he hopes that one day these civilizations will fight each other, and thus generate conflict and slaughter!"''

Despite the above description, Armok is not actually present in ''Dwarf Fortress'' proper; he does not appear as a [[deity]] available for worshipping, nor does Toady One intend to add him into the game. Not that it stops players from referencing him, especially when something extremely [[fun]] is ensuing. As implied by his role of reshaping reality for the sake of his own amusement, Armok is essentially an in-lore name for the player of the game.

==Name ==
The name of the Dwarven God comes from the variable "arm_ok", which is from [[Toady One|Tarn Adams]]'s fantasy game, ''Dragslay''. The variable was used to count the number of arms left, for inventory purposes. ([http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3549/interview_the_making_of_dwarf_.php?page=2 Source])

Armok was immediately after used by a Bay12 forums user as a name, and afterwards, it stuck.

==Playable Armok mod==
{{mod}}
Copy this into any creature file in the raws, and play with your very own avatar of the God of Blood! Shoots fireballs, smites heretics with dragonfire, and slays mortal creatures with a single touch!

<div style="height:200px; overflow:auto;"><pre>
[CREATURE:ARMOK]
[DESCRIPTION:The blood god is risen.]
[NAME:avatar of armok:avatars of armok:avatar of armok]
[CREATURE_TILE:'A'][COLOR:4:0:1]
[OUTSIDER_CONTROLLABLE]
[BODY:HUMANOID:MOUTH:TONGUE]
[EXTRAVISION]
[NOBREATHE][NOSTUN][NONAUSEA][NOPAIN][NO_DIZZINESS]
[NOEMOTION][NOSTUCKINS][NOTHOUGHT][NOEXERT][NO_DRINK][NO_EAT][NO_SLEEP]
[NO_GENDER][CAN_SPEAK]
[PARALYZEIMMUNE][WEBIMMUNE]
[NOT_LIVING]
[BUILDINGDESTROYER:2][NOT_BUTCHERABLE]
[SWIMS_INNATE]
[OUTSIDER_CONTROLLABLE]
[CANOPENDOORS][CAN_LEARN]
[NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT]
[NO_CONNECTIONS_FOR_MOVEMENT]
[EQUIPS]
[PREFSTRING:omnipotence]
[FIREIMMUNE]
[FLIER]
[NATURAL_SKILL:MELEE_COMBAT:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:RANGED_COMBAT:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:WRESTLING:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:BITE:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:GRASP_STRIKE:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:STANCE_STRIKE:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:DODGING:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:MISC_WEAPON:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:AXE:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:SWORD:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:DAGGER:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:MACE:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:HAMMER:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:SPEAR:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:CROSSBOW:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:SHIELD:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:ARMOR:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:SIEGECRAFT:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:SIEGEOPERATE:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:BOWYER:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:PIKE:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:WHIP:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:BOW:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:BLOWGUN:25]
[NATURAL_SKILL:THROW:25]
[TISSUE:SLADE]
[TISSUE_NAME:slade:NP]
[TISSUE_MATERIAL:INORGANIC:SLADE]
[MUSCULAR]
[FUNCTIONAL]
[STRUCTURAL]
[RELATIVE_THICKNESS:1]
[CONNECTS]
[TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]
[TISSUE_LAYER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:SLADE]
[USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:POISON:CREATURE_EXTRACT_TEMPLATE]
[STATE_NAME:ALL_SOLID:touch of death]
[STATE_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:touch of death]
[STATE_NAME:LIQUID:touch of death]
[STATE_ADJ:LIQUID:touch of death]
[STATE_NAME:GAS:touch of death]
[STATE_ADJ:GAS:touch of death]
[PREFIX:NONE]
[ENTERS_BLOOD]
[SYNDROME]
[SYN_NAME:curse of the blood god]
[SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS:GENERAL_POISON]
[SYN_IMMUNE_CREATURE:ARMOK:ALL]
[SYN_INJECTED]
[CE_NECROSIS:SEV:1000:PROB:100:BP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:ALL:START:30:PEAK:60:END:1200]
[BODY_SIZE:10:0:200000000]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:100:100:100:100:100:100:100]
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:BROADNESS:100:100:100:100:100:100:100]
[CAN_DO_INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Hurl fireball]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
[CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_CATEGORY:HAND]
[CDI:FLOW:FIREBALL]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:15]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:1]
[CAN_DO_INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Smite]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
[CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_CATEGORY:HAND]
[CDI:FLOW:DRAGONFIRE]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:15]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:1]
[ATTACK:PUNCH:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:GRASP]
[ATTACK_SKILL:GRASP_STRIKE]
[ATTACK_VERB:touch:touches]
[ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC:100]
[ATTACK_FLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK_PRIORITY:MAIN]
[SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:POISON:LIQUID:100:100]
[ITEMCORPSE:STATUE:NO_SUBTYPE:INORGANIC:SLADE]
[ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY:5]
</pre></div>

Updated for v0.42 
Original creature design taken from GenericOverusedName on the Bay12 Forums. ({{f|45820.45}})

[[Category:Lore]]
[[Category:World]]
[[ru:Armok]]
{{unversioned}}

Genetics

2026-07-11T00:32:34Z

ASpatula66: Directly clarify that attributes are not heritable

{{Quality|Fine|13:44, 21 February 2023 (CST)}}
{{av}}

[[File:genetics_preview.png|right]]'''Genetics''' is the study of inheritance and genes, the ”things” that decide an organism’s innate traits. ''Dwarf Fortress'' sports a model of [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendelian_inheritance Mendelian genetics], deciding creature colors. Appearance modifiers (e.g. nose length, height) are also affected by genetics. [[Attribute]]s are not genetic, and cannot be inherited.

Using knowledge of a creature’s genetics, breeding for specific traits can become easier.

Unlike real life, plants in ''Dwarf Fortress'' do not have genes.

==Simple color genetics==
[[File:Genetics_rabbits1.png|frame|right|All possible combinations of black and brown alleles in a rabbit. Because black is dominant, it is represented by an upper-case 'B'; the recessive brown by a lower-case 'b'.]]The model used for deciding creature colors is normally simple, but considerably more complicated when it comes to ”caste-specific” colors. For most creatures, including dwarves and all domestic animals but the [[blue peafowl]], only the ”simple” model is used. Thus, only this section is needed to understand those; consider the ”caste based” section an advanced course.

To explain genetics, a couple of terms are generally used: gene, genotype, phenotype, allele, dominance (and recessiveness).
Basically, ''genes'' are pieces of data that can be inherited from a creature to its offspring. Each creature has a double set of genes, one set from its mother and one set from its father. This set of genes are called the creature's ''genotype''. As the genes interact, they affect the traits of the creature. This, the expressed traits, are called the creature's ''phenotype''. Only the phenotype is ever visible in-game, so the genotype must be deduced from the former.

In ''Dwarf Fortress'', all traits are decided by one gene-pair each. This means each gene in a pair corresponds to a trait. The variants of a gene are called ''alleles''. Let's look at an example, here are the genotypes of four rabbits: black/black, black/brown, brown/black, brown/brown. The alleles involved here are black and brown, but often there are more than two. The phenotype is decided by the more ''dominant'' allele of the two. The opposite of dominant/dominance is ''recessive''/''recessiveness''. In this case black is more dominant than brown, so all but the last rabbit will be black.

This means a black rabbit can have a genotype consisting of either two 'black' genes, or one 'black' gene and one 'hidden' gene of any allele more recessive than black (brown, white, grey etc.). This also means the offspring of two black rabbits may be not-black, if they both carry a 'hidden' recessive allele. Which of the genes in the gene-pair is passed down to each offspring is random.

[[File:Genetics_rabbits2.png|frame|left|Two black rabbits may have a brown child. A square diagram like this is called a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punnett_square Punnett square]. Each sub-square has equal probability, 25%.]]
[[File:Genetics_rabbits3.png|frame|center|More than two alleles may come into question, even if there is only one phenotype. Here, a grey allele (represented by 'g') is more recessive than both black and brown. It will only show in the phenotype in later generations, if paired with another grey allele or one more recessive than grey.]]

Each gene corresponds to one trait/color, here's an example of dwarves, passing down both eye color (amethyst or aquamarine) and hair/beard color (black or brown). Amethyst eyes and black hair is dominant.

[[File:Genetics_dwarves1.png|frame|center|"Amethyst eyes = 'A', aquamarine eyes = 'a', black hair = 'B', brown hair = 'b'. Note that female dwarves in ''Dwarf Fortress'' normally don't have beards.]]

Of course, these mechanics apply to all breeding creatures, not only rabbits and dwarves, but the alleles may not be the same, and the order of dominance may vary from creature to creature, and from trait to trait. Whether a color is dominant or recessive is determined by the color's position in the list of possible colors, defined in the [[raw file]]s. The first colors listed are dominant over the colors after them.

Dwarves don’t have human eye colors. The most dominant colors are amethyst and aquamarine, the most recessive are turquoise and gray.

==Caste based color genetics==
[[File:Genetics_peafowls1.png|frame|right|Peafowl have colors defined at caste level. 'B' stands for both a blue and a brown allele. The two alleles never interact, as they are bound to specific castes. G1 stands for 'Generation 1', G2 for 'Generation 2'.]]Not to be confused with the real-world social [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste castes], castes in ''Dwarf Fortress'' are essentially the same as sexes; in vanilla, only [[ant]]s (and their variants) and [[bee]]s use the caste definitions for anything else, having queen, worker, and drone castes.

Color definitions can be declared both at the general creature (e.g. CASTE:ALL) level (this is what the 'Simple' tutorial detailed) and at caste level. In turn, creatures with color defined only at the caste level will have genetics bound to these. This means that a child of a certain caste will only inherit genes from a parent of the same caste, e.g. male children will only take after their father, and female children only their mother. How this works if no parent has the same caste as the child is as yet unknown. In any case, the way this works, is that one of the same-caste parents two genes is duplicated and given to the child. As creatures from off-map have random genotypes{confirm}, this means the first child bred in your fortress may have another color (if that allele was recessive) than its same-caste parent, but its children, grandchildren etc. will always remain the second generation's color. [[File:Genetics_peafowls2.png|frame|center|Here, a modded peacock has a recessive black allele = 'b'. After one generation, no more blue children can be born. G1 stands for 'Generation 1' etc.]]

It is also possible to have a creature with colors defined at ''both'' creature and caste level. In this case, colors defined at the caste level for a certain part/descriptor will override those at the caste level visually (i.e. in the creature description), but the genes for the creature level color will still be inherited. Basically, the creature will have an extra pair of 'hidden' color genes in its genotype. For this example, a modded peafowl is used, where the male colors (dominant blue, recessive black) are defined at the creature level, and female colors (dominant brown, recessive buff) at the caste level for the FEMALE caste.

[[File:Genetics_peafowls3.png|frame|center|A male and a female peafowl. The female also have the 'male's' colors hidden in its genotype, shown in brackets. 'B' = blue or brown allele (dominant), 'b' = black or buff allele (recessive).]]

Note that the colors defined at caste level will still be inherited like they would without the creature level color. Below is an example showing it all in action. The example has the female's genes decide the caste/sex of the child, to correspond to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZW_sex-determination_system ZW chromosomes] of real-life birds, but in all likelihood ''Dwarf Fortress'' uses no such system, instead using the [[Creature_token#POP_RATIO|POP_RATIO]] token and RNG.

[[File:Genetics peafowls4.png|frame|center|'B' = blue or brown allele (dominant), 'b' = black or buff allele (recessive).]]

==Population genetics==

Genetic information is saved for every [[historical figure]], from which each culture derives a number of tissue colors and other appearance modifiers that are likely to be found on any given member of that culture. Abstract entity populations have a (currently mild?) impact on the histfig's genetic profile, drawing from 'subpopulations' which are the cause of eye and skin color being very similar or identical in any given region.

{{Category|World}}{{Category|Modding}}{{Category|Creature attributes}}
[[ru:Genetics]]

Genetics

2026-07-11T00:30:21Z

ASpatula66: This part was irrelevant, attributes are not inherited by any creature.

{{Quality|Fine|13:44, 21 February 2023 (CST)}}
{{av}}

[[File:genetics_preview.png|right]]'''Genetics''' is the study of inheritance and genes, the ”things” that decide an organism’s innate traits. ''Dwarf Fortress'' sports a model of [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendelian_inheritance Mendelian genetics], deciding creature colors. Appearance modifiers (e.g. nose length, height) are also affected by genetics.

Using knowledge of a creature’s genetics, breeding for specific traits can become easier.

Unlike real life, plants in ''Dwarf Fortress'' do not have genes.

==Simple color genetics==
[[File:Genetics_rabbits1.png|frame|right|All possible combinations of black and brown alleles in a rabbit. Because black is dominant, it is represented by an upper-case 'B'; the recessive brown by a lower-case 'b'.]]The model used for deciding creature colors is normally simple, but considerably more complicated when it comes to ”caste-specific” colors. For most creatures, including dwarves and all domestic animals but the [[blue peafowl]], only the ”simple” model is used. Thus, only this section is needed to understand those; consider the ”caste based” section an advanced course.

To explain genetics, a couple of terms are generally used: gene, genotype, phenotype, allele, dominance (and recessiveness).
Basically, ''genes'' are pieces of data that can be inherited from a creature to its offspring. Each creature has a double set of genes, one set from its mother and one set from its father. This set of genes are called the creature's ''genotype''. As the genes interact, they affect the traits of the creature. This, the expressed traits, are called the creature's ''phenotype''. Only the phenotype is ever visible in-game, so the genotype must be deduced from the former.

In ''Dwarf Fortress'', all traits are decided by one gene-pair each. This means each gene in a pair corresponds to a trait. The variants of a gene are called ''alleles''. Let's look at an example, here are the genotypes of four rabbits: black/black, black/brown, brown/black, brown/brown. The alleles involved here are black and brown, but often there are more than two. The phenotype is decided by the more ''dominant'' allele of the two. The opposite of dominant/dominance is ''recessive''/''recessiveness''. In this case black is more dominant than brown, so all but the last rabbit will be black.

This means a black rabbit can have a genotype consisting of either two 'black' genes, or one 'black' gene and one 'hidden' gene of any allele more recessive than black (brown, white, grey etc.). This also means the offspring of two black rabbits may be not-black, if they both carry a 'hidden' recessive allele. Which of the genes in the gene-pair is passed down to each offspring is random.

[[File:Genetics_rabbits2.png|frame|left|Two black rabbits may have a brown child. A square diagram like this is called a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punnett_square Punnett square]. Each sub-square has equal probability, 25%.]]
[[File:Genetics_rabbits3.png|frame|center|More than two alleles may come into question, even if there is only one phenotype. Here, a grey allele (represented by 'g') is more recessive than both black and brown. It will only show in the phenotype in later generations, if paired with another grey allele or one more recessive than grey.]]

Each gene corresponds to one trait/color, here's an example of dwarves, passing down both eye color (amethyst or aquamarine) and hair/beard color (black or brown). Amethyst eyes and black hair is dominant.

[[File:Genetics_dwarves1.png|frame|center|"Amethyst eyes = 'A', aquamarine eyes = 'a', black hair = 'B', brown hair = 'b'. Note that female dwarves in ''Dwarf Fortress'' normally don't have beards.]]

Of course, these mechanics apply to all breeding creatures, not only rabbits and dwarves, but the alleles may not be the same, and the order of dominance may vary from creature to creature, and from trait to trait. Whether a color is dominant or recessive is determined by the color's position in the list of possible colors, defined in the [[raw file]]s. The first colors listed are dominant over the colors after them.

Dwarves don’t have human eye colors. The most dominant colors are amethyst and aquamarine, the most recessive are turquoise and gray.

==Caste based color genetics==
[[File:Genetics_peafowls1.png|frame|right|Peafowl have colors defined at caste level. 'B' stands for both a blue and a brown allele. The two alleles never interact, as they are bound to specific castes. G1 stands for 'Generation 1', G2 for 'Generation 2'.]]Not to be confused with the real-world social [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste castes], castes in ''Dwarf Fortress'' are essentially the same as sexes; in vanilla, only [[ant]]s (and their variants) and [[bee]]s use the caste definitions for anything else, having queen, worker, and drone castes.

Color definitions can be declared both at the general creature (e.g. CASTE:ALL) level (this is what the 'Simple' tutorial detailed) and at caste level. In turn, creatures with color defined only at the caste level will have genetics bound to these. This means that a child of a certain caste will only inherit genes from a parent of the same caste, e.g. male children will only take after their father, and female children only their mother. How this works if no parent has the same caste as the child is as yet unknown. In any case, the way this works, is that one of the same-caste parents two genes is duplicated and given to the child. As creatures from off-map have random genotypes{confirm}, this means the first child bred in your fortress may have another color (if that allele was recessive) than its same-caste parent, but its children, grandchildren etc. will always remain the second generation's color. [[File:Genetics_peafowls2.png|frame|center|Here, a modded peacock has a recessive black allele = 'b'. After one generation, no more blue children can be born. G1 stands for 'Generation 1' etc.]]

It is also possible to have a creature with colors defined at ''both'' creature and caste level. In this case, colors defined at the caste level for a certain part/descriptor will override those at the caste level visually (i.e. in the creature description), but the genes for the creature level color will still be inherited. Basically, the creature will have an extra pair of 'hidden' color genes in its genotype. For this example, a modded peafowl is used, where the male colors (dominant blue, recessive black) are defined at the creature level, and female colors (dominant brown, recessive buff) at the caste level for the FEMALE caste.

[[File:Genetics_peafowls3.png|frame|center|A male and a female peafowl. The female also have the 'male's' colors hidden in its genotype, shown in brackets. 'B' = blue or brown allele (dominant), 'b' = black or buff allele (recessive).]]

Note that the colors defined at caste level will still be inherited like they would without the creature level color. Below is an example showing it all in action. The example has the female's genes decide the caste/sex of the child, to correspond to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZW_sex-determination_system ZW chromosomes] of real-life birds, but in all likelihood ''Dwarf Fortress'' uses no such system, instead using the [[Creature_token#POP_RATIO|POP_RATIO]] token and RNG.

[[File:Genetics peafowls4.png|frame|center|'B' = blue or brown allele (dominant), 'b' = black or buff allele (recessive).]]

==Population genetics==

Genetic information is saved for every [[historical figure]], from which each culture derives a number of tissue colors and other appearance modifiers that are likely to be found on any given member of that culture. Abstract entity populations have a (currently mild?) impact on the histfig's genetic profile, drawing from 'subpopulations' which are the cause of eye and skin color being very similar or identical in any given region.

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Entity token

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'''Entity tokens''' define entities, or [[civilization]]s, in entity_*.txt files.

The <code>[OBJECT:ENTITY]</code> [[token]] begins the definition of an entity [[raw file]]. Each new entity definition that follows begins with the <code>[ENTITY:''entity_ID'']</code> token, where ''entity_ID'' is a unique identifier for that entity, and the entity's properties are then specified by the use of further entity tokens; or, tokens can be added to existing entities using <code>[SELECT_ENTITY:''entity_ID'']</code> instead.

All known entity tokens are listed below.

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== Gameplay ==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! Token
! Arguments
! Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ALL_MAIN_POPS_CONTROLLABLE}}
|
| Allows adventure mode for entities with sites.

|-
| {{text anchor|SITE_CONTROLLABLE}}
|
| Allows fortress mode. If multiple entities have the SITE_CONTROLLABLE token, then at embark the specific civs can be chosen on the civ list screen. At least one civilization must have this token.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE}}
| creature
|The type of creature that will inhabit the civilization. If multiple creature types are specified, each civilization will randomly choose one of the creatures. In entities with multiple possible creatures, you can manipulate the chance of one creature being chosen by adding multiple identical creature tags. For instance adding [CREATURE:DWARF][CREATURE:DWARF][CREATURE:DWARF][CREATURE:ELF] to the same entity will make the civs created about 75% dwarven, 25% elven. It should be noted that civilizations are in general weighted by this token: for example, if you have one entity with three [CREATURE:DWARF] tokens and another separate entity with a single [CREATURE:ELF] token, then you can expect to see three times as many of the former placed as the latter (assuming enough unclaimed [START_BIOME:X] space remains). Note that spawn rates are also limited by unclaimed biome space - if an entity can only spawn in a rarer set of biomes (only LAKE_TROPICAL_SALTWATER for example) then their spawn rate will end up being limited by the remaining unclaimed space in that biome type rather than the number of [CREATURE:X] tokens present in the entity raw.
|-
| {{text anchor|SOURCE_HFID}}
| integer
| Found on generated [[angel]] entities. Appears to draw from creatures with this HFID, which associates the entity with a historical figure of the same ID corresponding to a [[deity]].

|}

== Placement ==

Entity spawning during world gen is influenced by several factors:
* The "[[Advanced world generation#Number of Civilizations|Number of Civilizations]]" world gen setting places a hard limit on the total number of entities spawned.
* The "[[Advanced world generation#Playable Civilization Required|Playable Civilization Required]]" world gen setting forces at least one of each [[Entity token#SITE_CONTROLLABLE|SITE_CONTROLLABLE]] entity to spawn (presumably still limited by "Number of Civilizations").
* The number of <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Entity token#CREATURE|CREATURE]]:X] tokens present in an entity modifies its chance of spawning. An entity containing more <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Entity token#CREATURE|CREATURE]]:X] tokens will spawn more often (assuming other requirements are met) and may even block entities with fewer <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Entity token#CREATURE|CREATURE]]:X] tokens from spawning altogether. You can use [SELECT_ENTITY:VANILLA_ENTITY_X] followed by any number of duplicate <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Entity token#CREATURE|CREATURE]]:VANILLA_CREATURE_X] tokens to attempt to balance the spawn rates of the existing vanilla entities with any custom multi-creature entities you may add.
* The number of unclaimed [[Entity token#START_BIOME|START_BIOME]] or [[Entity token#EXCLUSIVE_START_BIOME|EXCLUSIVE_START_BIOME]] tiles remaining in the world limits the spawn rate for an entity and allows entities to block each other's spawns. If there is no "starting" [[Biome token|biome]] space left for an entity then it will not spawn and the game will try to spawn a different entity instead. This means that, on average, an entity that can start in ALL_MAIN [[Biome token|biomes]] will spawn more frequently than one that can start only in LAKE_TROPICAL_SALTWATER [[Biome token|biomes]]. This also means that entities whose starting [[Biome token|biomes]] do not overlap will not block each other's spawns.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! Token
! Arguments
! Description

|-
| {{text anchor|BIOME_SUPPORT}}
|
* [[Biome token|biome]]
* frequency
| Controls the expansion of the civilization's territory. The higher the number is relative to other BIOME_SUPPORT tokens in the entity, the faster it can spread through the biome. These numbers are evaluated relative to each other, i.e. if one biome is 1 and the other is 2, the spread will be the same as if one was 100 and the other was 200. Civs can spread out over biomes they cannot actually build in; for example, humans spread quickly over oceans but cannot actually build in them.
[BIOME_SUPPORT:ANY_GRASSLAND:4]

The first entry of biome support should be the Start biome, as mentioned in [START_BIOME] or [EXCLUSIVE_START_BIOME], otherwise no other settlements after the first one are founded.

|-
| {{text anchor|SETTLEMENT_BIOME}}
| [[Biome token|biome]]
| If the civ's territory crosses over this biome, it can build settlements here.
[SETTLEMENT_BIOME:ANY_GRASSLAND]

|-
| {{text anchor|START_BIOME}}
| [[Biome token|biome]]
| Combination of EXCLUSIVE_START_BIOME and SETTLEMENT_BIOME; allows the civ to start in and create settlements in the biome. Note that the civ's spawn rate may be limited if all of its START or EXCLUSIVE_START biome(s) are rare in the world or have already been fully occupied by other civ spawns.
[START_BIOME:ANY_FOREST]

|-
| {{text anchor|EXCLUSIVE_START_BIOME}}
| [[Biome token|biome]]
| The birth of the civilization can occur in this biome, but cannot (necessarily) build in it. If the civ does not have SETTLEMENT_BIOME or START_BIOME for the biome in question, it will only construct a single settlement there. Note that the civ's spawn rate may be limited if all of its START or EXCLUSIVE_START biome(s) are rare in the world or have already been fully occupied by other civ spawns.
[EXCLUSIVE_START_BIOME:MOUNTAIN]

|-
| {{text anchor|DEFAULT_SITE_TYPE}}
| site type
| Valid site types are DARK_FORTRESS (π), CAVE (•), CAVE_DETAILED (Ω), TREE_CITY (î), and CITY (#). Also recognizes PLAYER_FORTRESS (creates a civ of hillocks only), and MONUMENT (creates a civ without visible sites (except tombs and castles), but may cause worldgen crashes). FORTRESS is no longer a valid entry, castles are currently controlled by BUILDS_OUTDOOR_FORTIFICATIONS. Defaults to CITY. Selecting CAVE causes the classic kobold behavior of not showing up on the "neighbors" section of the site selection screen.
Selecting DARK_FORTRESS also allows generation of [[underworld spire|certain other structures]]. It also gives the civ a [[demon|special overlord]]. DARK_FORTRESS may cause crashes during world gen at "Placing civilizations... (0)" if it combined with entity tokens that the vanilla ENTITY:EVIL does not use (likely the POSITION related tokens see [https://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=175747.0 this forum post]).
CAVE_DETAILED civilizations will create fortresses in mountainous regions and hillocks in non-mountainous regions. [DEFAULT_SITE_TYPE:CAVE_DETAILED]

|-
| {{text anchor|LIKES_SITE}}
| site type
| Most residents will try to move to this site type, unless already at one.
[LIKES_SITE:CAVE_DETAILED]

|-
| {{text anchor|TOLERATES_SITE}}
| site type
| Some residents will try to move to this site type, unless already at one.
[TOLERATES_SITE:CITY]

|-
| {{text anchor|WORLD_CONSTRUCTION}}
| construction
| Controls which constructions the civ will build on the world map. Valid constructions are ROAD, TUNNEL, BRIDGE, and WALL.
[WORLD_CONSTRUCTION:BRIDGE]
[WORLD_CONSTRUCTION:ROAD]
[WORLD_CONSTRUCTION:TUNNEL]
[WORLD_CONSTRUCTION:WALL]

|}

== Population ==

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! Token
! Arguments
! Description

|-
| {{text anchor|MAX_POP_NUMBER}}
| number
| Max '''historical''' population '''per entity'''. Multiply this by max starting civ to get the total maximum historical population of the species. Defaults to 500, but all vanilla entities use 10,000, except skulking uses 2,000. Does not limit the '''total''' population, but it will prevent new settlements upon reaching the number.
[MAX_POP_NUMBER:10000]

|-
| {{text anchor|MAX_SITE_POP_NUMBER}}
| number
| Max historical population per individual site. Defaults to 50, but all the vanilla entities use 120.
[MAX_SITE_POP_NUMBER:120]

|-
| {{text anchor|MAX_STARTING_CIV_NUMBER}}
| number
| Max number of civilizations of this entity type to spawn at world generation, which picks entities in some sequential order from the raws, looping through the list as needed. This is a hard limit, if set to 1, only 1 civilization of this type will be placed. If all entities have reached their limit, world generation will not try to place any more, even if its own [[Advanced_world_generation#Number_of_Civilizations|total limit]] has not been reached, and will continue on. Defaults to 3, but all vanilla entities use 100 (essentially unlimited).
[MAX_STARTING_CIV_NUMBER:100]

|}

== Flavor ==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! Token
! Arguments
! Description

|-
| {{text anchor|PERMITTED_BUILDING}}
| building name
| The named, custom building can be built by a civilization in Fortress Mode.
[PERMITTED_BUILDING:SOAP_MAKER]

|-
| {{text anchor|PERMITTED_JOB}}
| [[Unit type token|profession]]
| Allows this job type to be selected. This applies to worldgen creatures, in the embark screen, and in play. Certain professions also influence the availability of materials for trade.
[PERMITTED_JOB:MINER]

|-
| {{text anchor|PERMITTED_REACTION}}
| reaction name
| Allows this reaction to be used by a civilization. It is used primarily in Fortress Mode, but also allows certain resources, such as [[steel]], to be available to a race. When creating custom reactions, this token '''must''' be present or the player will not be able to use the reaction in Fortress Mode.
[PERMITTED_REACTION:TAN_A_HIDE]

|-
| {{text anchor|CURRENCY_BY_YEAR}}
|
| Causes the civ's currency to be numbered with the year it was minted.

|-
| {{text anchor|CURRENCY}}
|
* inorganic material
* value
| What kind of metals the civ uses for coin minting, as well as the value of the [[coin]]. Only effective in Adventurer mode due to lack of [[dwarven economy]].

[CURRENCY:SILVER:5]

|-
| {{text anchor|ART_FACET_MODIFIER}}
|
* type
* number
| OWN_RACE, FANCIFUL, EVIL, GOOD
Number goes from 0 to 25600 where 256 is the default.
[ART_FACET_MODIFIER:OWN_RACE:512]

|-
| {{text anchor|ART_IMAGE_ELEMENT_MODIFIER}}
|
* item
* number
| CREATURE, PLANT, TREE, SHAPE, ITEM 0-25600

Determines the chance of each image occurring in that entity's artwork, such as engravings and on artifacts, for default (non-historical) artwork.

[ART_IMAGE_ELEMENT_MODIFIER:TREE:512]

|-
| {{text anchor|ITEM_IMPROVEMENT_MODIFIER}}
|
* item
* number
| ART_IMAGE, COVERED or GLAZED, RINGS_HANGING, BANDS, SPIKES, ITEMSPECIFIC, THREAD, CLOTH, SEWN_IMAGE. Also available, but effect unknown: PAGES, ILLUSTRATION, INSTRUMENT_PIECE, WRITING, IMAGE_SET, COLORATION. 0-25600

Determines the chance of the entity using that particular artwork method, such as "encircled with bands" or "menaces with spikes".

[ITEM_IMPROVEMENT_MODIFIER:SPIKES:0]

This also seems to change the amount that the entity will pay for items that are improved in these ways in their tokens.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRANSLATION}}
| language
| What language raw the entity uses.
* If an entity lacks this tag, translations are drawn randomly from all translation files. Multiple translation tags will only result in the last one being used. Migrants will sometimes arrive with no name.
* If GEN_DIVINE is entered, the entity will use a generated divine language, that is, the same language that is used for the names of [[angel]]s.
* If the entity's main creature has {{token|UTTERANCES|c}}, then this token will be ignored (except when using the naming menu) in favor of procedural [[kobold]]-style [[Kobold language|pseudolanguage]].
[TRANSLATION:DWARF]

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_SYMBOL}}
|
* category
* [[language#language_SYM.txt|symbol]]
| ALL, REMAINING, BATTLE, BRIDGE, CIV, CRAFT_GUILD, FESTIVAL (doesn't work, see below), HOSPITAL, LIBRARY, MERCHANT_COMPANY, MILITARY_UNIT, OTHER, RELIGION, ROAD, SIEGE, SITE, TEMPLE, TUNNEL, VESSEL, WALL, WAR
The entity will always use a word from the selected symbol(s) to generate names from that category.
* OTHER applies the symbol selection to personal names and site names. REMAINING will apply the symbol selection to all categories that have not already been declared above it.
* Specific to SELECT_SYMBOL, symbols selected this way will be used as "The X" in "The X of Y" names, and nouns from selected symbols can be used as first [[name]]s.
* FESTIVAL does not work. The game uses symbol NAME_FESTIVAL hardcoded. You may consider changing that symbol (with SELECT_SYMBOL), but then it's applied for all entities.

[SELECT_SYMBOL:ALL:PEACE]

|-
| {{text anchor|SUBSELECT_SYMBOL}}
|
* category
* [[language#language_SYM.txt|symbol]]
| As SELECT_SYMBOL, a word from the subselected symbol(s) will be used in names of that category, in addition to the word from SELECT_SYMBOL (if specified). Used in vanilla to put violent names in sieges and battles.
* Words chosen with SUBSELECT_SYMBOL will appear as either adjectives or "of Y" in "The X of Y" names.
* CULL_SYMBOL does not affect subselected symbols.

[SELECT_SYMBOL:SIEGE:NAME_SIEGE]

[SUBSELECT_SYMBOL:SIEGE:VIOLENT]

|-
| {{text anchor|CULL_SYMBOL}}
|
* category
* [[Language#language_SYM.txt|symbol]]
| Causes the entity to not use the words in these SYM sets.
[CULL_SYMBOL:ALL:UGLY]

|-
| {{text anchor|FRIENDLY_COLOR}}
| see [[color]]
|
The color of this entity's civilization settlements in the world gen and embark screens, also used when announcing arrival of their caravan. Defaults to 7:0:1.

[FRIENDLY_COLOR:1:0:1]

|}

== Religion ==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! Token
! Arguments
! Description

|-
| {{text anchor|RELIGION}}
| type
|
* REGIONAL_FORCE: The creatures will worship a single force associated with the terrain of their initial biome.
* PANTHEON: The creatures will worship a group of gods, each aligned with their spheres and other appropriate ones as well.

Can be specified multiple times, and will pick randomly from the assigned types. Additional instances of each type will weight the random choice, but unlike {{token|CREATURE|e}}, will not make the entity more likely to spawn.

[RELIGION:PANTHEON]

|-
| {{text anchor|RELIGION_SPHERE}}
| [[Sphere#Available_spheres|sphere]]
| Can be any available [[sphere]] - multiple entries are possible. Choosing a religious sphere will automatically make its opposing sphere not possible for the species to have: adding [[Sphere#WATER|WATER]], for example, means civs of this entity will never get [[Sphere#FIRE|FIRE]] as a religious sphere. Note that the [[Sphere#DEATH|DEATH]] sphere favours the appearance of necromancers (and therefore, towers) "in" the entity.

[RELIGION_SPHERE:FORTRESSES]

|-
| {{text anchor|SPHERE_ALIGNMENT}}
|
* [[Sphere#Available_spheres|sphere]]
* number
|
This token forces an entity to favor or disfavor particular religious spheres. Default is 256, minimum is 0, maximum is 25600.
* Presently, this doesn't cause them to acquire those spheres more often when generating a pantheon.
* [[Sphere#PLANTS|PLANTS]] and [[Sphere#ANIMALS|ANIMALS]] affect the prevalence of depicting {{token|VEGETATION}} and {{token|NATURAL}} creatures, respectively, in a similar fashion to {{token|ART_FACET_MODIFIER|e}}.
* [[Sphere#WAR|WAR]] modifies the effective [[item value]] of [[weapon]]s and [[armor]] to [[trader]]s of this entity. The multiplier is SPHERE_ALIGNMENT/256, though this only applies to equipment the entity's main creature can properly wield.

[SPHERE_ALIGNMENT:TREES:512]

|}

== Leadership ==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! Token
! Arguments
! Description

|-
| {{text anchor|POSITION}}
| string
| Defines a leader/noble position for a civilization. These replace previous tags such as [MAYOR] and [CAN_HAVE_SITE_LEADER] and so on. To define a position further, see [[Position token]].

|-
| {{text anchor|SITE_VARIABLE_POSITIONS}}
| Position responsibility or ALL
| Allows a site responsibility to be taken up by a dynamically generated position (lords, hearthpersons, etc.). Any defined positions holding a given responsibility will take precedence over generated positions for that responsibility. Also appears to cause site disputes.{{Verify}} See also: [[variable positions]]

|-
| {{text anchor|VARIABLE_POSITIONS}}
| Position responsibility or ALL
| Allows a responsibility to be taken up by a dynamically generated position (such as Law-maker). Any defined positions holding a given responsibility will take precedence over generated positions for that responsibility. See also: [[variable positions]]

|}

== Behavior ==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! Token
! Arguments
! Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ETHIC}}
|
*behavior
*reaction
| Sets the civ's view of [[ethic]]s (certain behaviors), from capital punishment to completely acceptable. This also causes the civ to look upon opposing ethics with disfavor if their reaction to it is opposing, and when at extremes (one ACCEPTABLE, another civ UNTHINKABLE; for example) they will often go to war over it.
[ETHIC:EAT_SAPIENT_KILL:ACCEPTABLE]

|-
| {{text anchor|VALUE}}
|
*value
*number
| Sets the civ's [[Personality value|cultural values]]. Numbers range from -50 (complete anathema) to 0 (neutral) to 50 (highly valued).
[VALUE:CRAFTSMANSHIP:50]

Certain values must be set to 15 or more for civs to create structures and form entities during history gen:
* 15+ KNOWLEDGE for libraries
* 15+ COOPERATION ''and'' 15+ CRAFTSMANSHIP for craft guilds
** Guilds also need guild-valid professions (see [[#PERMITTED_JOB|PERMITTED_JOB]])

If the positions of an entity are variable (and include the CUSTOM_OFFICIAL_1), then CUNNING > 10 is needed for the CUSTOM_OFFICIAL_1 to have the espionage responsibility.

Also note that the values of a civ can deviate from the fixed values set in the raws, if the civ is able to make libraries. See [[Library#Adventure mode|here]] for more details.

|-
| {{text anchor|VARIABLE_VALUE}}
|
*value or ALL
*min
*max
| Makes values randomized rather than specified.
This tag overrides the VALUE tag. Using [VARIABLE_VALUE:ALL:x:y] and then overwriting single values with further [VARIABLE_VALUE:value:x:y] tags works.

|-
| {{text anchor|WILL_ACCEPT_TRIBUTE}}
|
| Makes the civ's traders accept offered goods.

|-
| {{text anchor|WANDERER}}, {{text anchor|BEAST_HUNTER}}, {{text anchor|SCOUT}}, {{text anchor|MERCENARY}}
|
| The civ will send out these sorts of adventurers in worldgen, which seems to increase Tracker skill. These types of adventurers will sometimes be seen leading a battle (instead of war leaders or generals) in remote locations during world-gen, in charge of the defenders.

Mercenaries and monster hunters from the civ may visit player's fortress and petition for residency there to enlist in the military or hunt monsters in caverns, respectively.

|-
| {{text anchor|ABUSE_BODIES}}
|
| The civilization will mutilate bodies when they are the victors in history-gen warfare, such as hanging bodies from trees, putting them on spikes, and so forth. Adventurers killed in Adventurer mode will sometimes be impaled on spikes wherever they died, with or without this token, and regardless of whether they actually antagonized the townspeople.

|-
| {{text anchor|ACTIVE_SEASON}}
| season
| The season when the civ is most active: when they will trade, interact with you via diplomats, and/or invade you. Civs can have multiple season entries. Note: If multiple caravans arrive at the same time, you are able to select which civ to trade with at the depot menu. ACTIVE_SEASON tags may be changed for a currently active fort.
[ACTIVE_SEASON:AUTUMN]

|-
| {{text anchor|AMBUSHER}}
|
| When invading, sneaks around and shoots at straggling members of your society. They will spawn on the edge of the map and will only be visible when one of their party are spotted; this can be quite dangerous to undefended trade depots. If the civilization also has the SIEGER token, they will eventually ramp it up to less subtle means of warfare.

|-
| {{text anchor|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE}}
|
| Will not attack wildlife, and will not be attacked by them, even if you have them in your party. This can be somewhat disconcerting when attacked by bears in the forest, and your elven ally sits back and does nothing. Additionally, this token determines if the entity can settle in savage biomes.

|-
| {{text anchor|BABYSNATCHER}}
|
| Sends thieves to steal babies. Without this tag (or AMBUSHER, or ITEM_THIEF), enemy civs will only siege (if capable), and will siege as early as they would otherwise babysnatch. This can happen as early as the first year of the fort! In addition, babysnatcher civs will snatch children during worldgen, allowing them to become part of the civ if they do not escape. Also causes this civ to be hostile to any entity without this token.

Note: If the playable civ in fortress mode has this tag (e.g. you add BABYSNATCHER to the dwarf entity) then the roles will be reversed and elves and humans will siege and ambush and goblins will be friendly to you. However, animals traded away to one's own caravan will count as snatched, reported upon the animal leaving the map, and the animal will not count as having been exported.

|-
| {{text anchor|BUILDS_OUTDOOR_FORTIFICATIONS}}
|
| Makes the civilization build castles from [[mead hall]]s. Only functions when the type of site built is a hamlet/town. This, combined with the correct type of [[position token|position]] associated with a site, is why adventurers can only lay claim to human sites. {{bug|8001}}

|-
| {{text anchor|BUILDS_OUTDOOR_TOMBS}}
|
| Makes the civilization build tombs.

|-
| {{text anchor|BANDITRY}}
| percentage
| Sets a percentage of the entity population to be used as bandits.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIPLOMAT_BODYGUARDS}}
|
| Visiting diplomats are accompanied by a pair of soldiers.
|-
| {{text anchor|GENERATED}}
|
| Found on generated divine "HF Guardian Entities". Cannot be used in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|INVADERS_IGNORE_NEUTRALS}}
|
| Causes invaders to ignore visiting caravans and other neutral creatures.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|ITEM_THIEF}}
|
| Sends thieves to steal items. This will also occur in history generation, and thieves will have the "thief" profession. Items stolen in history gen will be scattered around that creature's home. Also causes that civ to be hostile to any entity without this token. Without this tag (or AMBUSHER, or BABYSNATCHER), enemy civs will only siege (if capable), and will siege as early as they would otherwise steal.

Note: If the playable civ in Fortress Mode has this tag (e.g. you add ITEM_THIEF to the Dwarf entity) then the roles will be reversed and elves and humans will siege and ambush and kobolds will be friendly to you. However, ALL items traded away to one's own caravan will count as stolen, reported when the items leave the map, and the stolen items will not count as exported.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCAL_BANDITRY}}
|
| Causes the entity to send out patrols that can ambush adventurers. Said patrols will be hostile to any adventurers they encounter, regardless of race or nationality.

|-
| {{text anchor|MERCHANT_BODYGUARDS}}
|
| Caravan merchants are accompanied by soldiers.

|-
| {{text anchor|MERCHANT_NOBILITY}}
|
| Merchants will engage in cross-civ trading and form companies.

In previous versions, this resulted in the civ having a Guild Representative / Merchant Baron / Merchant Prince, but now this is controlled solely by positions.

|-
| {{text anchor|PROGRESS_TRIGGER_POPULATION}}
| level
| 0 to 5, civ will come to site once population at site has reached that level. If multiple progress triggers exist for a civ, it will come when any one of them is fulfilled instead of waiting for all of them to be reached. A value of 0 disables the trigger. 1 corresponds to 20 dwarves, 2 to 50 dwarves, 3 to 80, 4 to 110, and 5 to 140. Progress triggers may be changed, added, or deleted for a currently active fort. Note: hostile civs require that this be fulfilled as well as at least one other non-siege trigger before visiting for non-siege activities.

|-
| {{text anchor|PROGRESS_TRIGGER_PRODUCTION}}
| level
| 0 to 5, civ will come to site once created wealth has reached that level. If multiple progress triggers exist for a civ, it will come when any one of them is fulfilled instead of waiting for all of them to be reached. A value of 0 disables the trigger. 1 corresponds to 5000☼ created wealth, 2 to 25000☼, 3 to 100000☼, 4 to 200000☼, and 5 to 300000☼. Progress triggers may be changed, added, or deleted for a currently active fort.

|-
| {{text anchor|PROGRESS_TRIGGER_TRADE}}
| level
| 0 to 5, civ will come to site once exported goods has reached that level. If multiple progress triggers exist for a civ, it will come when any one of them is fulfilled instead of waiting for all of them to be reached. A value of 0 disables the trigger. 1 corresponds to 500☼ exported wealth, 2 to 2500☼, 3 to 10000☼, 4 to 20000☼, and 5 to 30000☼. Progress triggers may be changed, added, or deleted for a currently active fort.

|-
| {{text anchor|PROGRESS_TRIGGER_POP_SIEGE}}
| level
| 0 to 5, civ will begin to send sieges against the player civ when this level is reached if it is hostile.

If multiple progress triggers exist for a civ, it will come when any one of them is fulfilled instead of waiting for all of them to be reached. A value of 0 disables the trigger.

|-
| {{text anchor|PROGRESS_TRIGGER_PROD_SIEGE}}
| level
| 0 to 5, civ will begin to send sieges against the player civ when this level is reached if it is hostile.

|-
| {{text anchor|PROGRESS_TRIGGER_TRADE_SIEGE}}
| level
| 0 to 5, civ will begin to send sieges against the player civ when this level is reached if it is hostile.

|-
| {{text anchor|SIEGER}}
|
| Will start campfires and wait around at the edge of your map for a month or two before rushing in to attack. This will occur when the progress triggers for sieging are reached. If the civ lacks smaller methods of conflict (AMBUSHER, BABYSNATCHER, ITEM_THIEF), they will instead send smaller-scale sieges when their triggers for "first contact" are reached.

|-
| {{text anchor|SIEGE_SKILLED_MINERS}}{{v|53.01}}
|
| Improves the skill of [[miner]] invaders by a factor of 5. Used for [[dwarves]] in vanilla.

|-
| {{text anchor|SITE_GUARDIAN}}
|
| Guards certain special sites, such as a [[vault]] belonging to a [[demon]] allied with a [[deity]]. Used in generated divine entities.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKULKING}}
|
| This makes the severity of attacks depend on the extent of item/baby thievery rather than the passage of time. Designed to go with ITEM_THIEF, may or may not work with BABYSNATCHER. Prevents the civ from engaging in diplomacy or ending up at war.

|-
| {{text anchor|TREE_CAP_DIPLOMACY}}
|
| Visiting diplomats impose tree cutting quotas; without this, they will simply compliment your fortress and leave. Also causes the diplomat to make unannounced first contact at the very beginning of the first spring after your fortress becomes a land holder.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAYER_LINKED}}
|
| Defines if a civilization is a hidden subterranean entity, such as [[bat man]] civilizations. May spawn in any of the three caverns; cavern dweller raids due to [[agitation]] will pull from these. If you embark as this civ, you have access to pets and trees from all three layers, not only the first.

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERATE_KEYBOARD_INSTRUMENTS}}, {{text anchor|GENERATE_PERCUSSION_INSTRUMENTS}}, {{text anchor|GENERATE_STRINGED_INSTRUMENTS}}, {{text anchor|GENERATE_WIND_INSTRUMENTS}}, {{text anchor|GENERATE_DANCE_FORMS}}, {{text anchor|GENERATE_MUSICAL_FORMS}}, {{text anchor|GENERATE_POETIC_FORMS}}
|
| Makes civilizations generate the given instruments/forms.

|-
| {{text anchor|SCHOLAR}}
| scholar type
| ALL, ASTRONOMER, CHEMIST, DOCTOR, ENGINEER, GEOGRAPHER, HISTORIAN, MATHEMATICIAN, NATURALIST, PHILOSOPHER

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_SCHOLARS_ON_VALUES_AND_JOBS}}
|
| Generates scholars based on the values generated with the VARIABLE_VALUE tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_ARTIFACT_CLAIMS}}
|
| Used for kobolds.

|-
| {{text anchor|MINING_UNDERWORLD_DISASTERS}}
|
| The civilization can breach the [[Underworld]] during world generation, spawning a civilization of {{token|EVIL}} creatures lead by a unique [[demon]].

|-
| {{text anchor|MYTHICAL}}{{version|51.01-beta26}}
|
| Builds [[mysterious dungeon]]s.

|}

== Available resources ==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! Token
! Arguments
! Description

|-
| {{text anchor|AMMO}}
| item token
| Used after a ranged weapon type.
[AMMO:ITEM_AMMO_BOLTS]

|-
| {{text anchor|ARMOR}}
|
* item token
* rarity
| Rarity is optional, and valid values are FORCED, COMMON, UNCOMMON, and RARE (anything else is treated as COMMON). FORCED items will be available 100% of the time, COMMON items 50%, UNCOMMON items 10%, and RARE items 1%. If certain armor types are lacking after performing one pass of randomised checks, the game will repeat random checks until an option is successfully chosen.
[ARMOR:ITEM_ARMOR_PLATEMAIL:COMMON]

|-
| {{text anchor|DIGGER}}
| item token
| Causes the selected weapon to fall under the "digging tools" section of the embark screen. Also forces the weapon to be made out of metal, which can cause issues if a modded entity has access to picks without access to metal - for those cases, listing the pick under the [WEAPON] token works just as well. Note that this tag is neither necessary nor sufficient to allow use of that item as a mining tool – for that, the item itself needs to be a weapon with {{token|SKILL|wp|MINING}}.
[DIGGER:ITEM_WEAPON_PICK]

|-
| {{text anchor|GLOVES}}
|
* item token
* rarity
| Rarity is optional, and valid values are FORCED, COMMON, UNCOMMON, and RARE (anything else is treated as COMMON). Uses the same rarity values and methods as outlined in ARMOR.
[GLOVES:ITEM_GLOVES_GLOVES:COMMON]

|-
| {{text anchor|HELM}}
|
* item token
* rarity
| Rarity is optional, and valid values are FORCED, COMMON, UNCOMMON, and RARE (anything else is treated as COMMON). Uses the same rarity values and methods as outlined in ARMOR.
[HELM:ITEM_HELM_HELM:COMMON]

|-
| {{text anchor|INSTRUMENT}}
| item token
| No longer used due to the ability to generate instruments in world generation. It is still usable if pre-defined instruments are modded in, and generated musical forms are capable of selecting pre-defined instruments to use. However, reactions for making instruments, instrument parts, and/or assembling such instruments need to be added as well, as this token no longer adds such instruments to the craftdwarf's workshop menu.
[INSTRUMENT:ITEM_INSTRUMENT_FLUTE]

|-
| {{text anchor|PANTS}}
|
* item token
* rarity
| Rarity is optional, and valid values are FORCED, COMMON, UNCOMMON, and RARE (anything else is treated as COMMON). Uses the same rarity values and methods as outlined in ARMOR.
[PANTS:ITEM_PANTS_PANTS:COMMON]

|-
| {{text anchor|SHIELD}}
| item token
|
[SHIELD:ITEM_SHIELD_SHIELD]

|-
| {{text anchor|SHOES}}
|
* item token
* rarity
| Rarity is optional, and valid values are FORCED, COMMON, UNCOMMON, and RARE (anything else is treated as COMMON). Uses the same rarity values and methods as outlined in ARMOR.
[SHOES:ITEM_SHOES_SHOES:COMMON]

|-
| {{text anchor|SIEGEAMMO}}
| item token
|
[SIEGEAMMO:ITEM_SIEGEAMMO_BALLISTA]

|-
| {{text anchor|TOOL}}
| item token
|
[TOOL:ITEM_TOOL_NEST_BOX]

|-
| {{text anchor|TOY}}
| item token
|
[TOY:ITEM_TOY_PUZZLEBOX]

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAPCOMP}}
| item token
|
[TRAPCOMP:ITEM_TRAPCOMP_GIANTAXEBLADE]

|-
| {{text anchor|WEAPON}}
| item token
| While this does not accept a rarity value, something similar can be achieved by having multiple variations of a weapon type with small differences and specifying each of them.{{cite forum|179547}}
[WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_AXE_BATTLE]

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_ANIMAL_PRODUCTS}}
|
| Allows use of products made from animals. All relevant creatures will be able to provide wool, silk, and extracts (including milk and venom) for trade, and non-sentient creatures (unless ethics state otherwise) will be able to provide eggs, caught fish, meat, leather, bone, shell, pearl, horn, and ivory.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_ANY_PET_RACE}}
|
| Any creature in the civilization's list of usables (from the surrounding 7x7 or so of squares and map features in those squares) will be included in the initial usable creature list, which then gets pared down or otherwise considered. Without this, only common domestic and equipment creatures are added to the initial list.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_CAVE_ANIMALS}}
|
| If they don't have it, creatures with exclusively subterranean biomes are skipped. If they have it, cave creatures will be included in the initial usable creature list.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_EVIL_ANIMALS}}
|
| Without this, {{token|EVIL|c}} creatures are skipped, otherwise, evil creatures with {{token|SLOW_LEARNER|c}} or ''without'' {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} will be included in the initial usable creature list, even the normally untameable species.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_EVIL_PLANTS}}
|
| Same as USE_EVIL_ANIMALS for all uses of plants.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_EVIL_WOOD}}
|
| Same as USE_EVIL_ANIMALS for all uses of wood.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_GOOD_ANIMALS}}
|
| Without this, {{token|GOOD|c}} creatures are skipped, otherwise, good creatures ''without'' {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} will be included in the initial usable creature list, even the normally untameable species.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_GOOD_PLANTS}}
|
| Same as USE_GOOD_ANIMALS for all uses of plants.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_GOOD_WOOD}}
|
| Same as USE_GOOD_ANIMALS for all uses of wood.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_MISC_PROCESSED_WOOD_PRODUCTS}}
|
| If the relevant professions are permitted, controls availability of lye ({{token|LYE_MAKER|ut}}), charcoal ({{token|WOOD_BURNER|ut}}), and potash ({{token|POTASH_MAKER|ut}}).

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_NON_EXOTIC_PET_RACE}}
|
| Makes the civilization use all locally available non-exotic pets.

|-
| {{text anchor|COMMON_DOMESTIC_MOUNT}}
|
| Gives the civilization access to creatures with {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC|c}} and {{token|MOUNT|c}}. Additionally, all available (based on USE_ANY_PET_RACE, USE_CAVE_ANIMALS, USE_GOOD_ANIMALS, and USE_EVIL_ANIMALS) creature with {{token|MOUNT|c}} and {{token|PET|c}} will be allowed for use as mounts during combat.

|-
| {{text anchor|COMMON_DOMESTIC_PACK}}
|
| Gives the civilization access to creatures with {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC|c}} and {{token|PACK_ANIMAL.|c}} Additionally, all available (see above) creatures with {{token|PACK_ANIMAL|c}} and {{token|PET|c}} will be allowed for use during trade as pack animals.

|-
| {{text anchor|COMMON_DOMESTIC_PET}}
|
| Gives the civilization access to creatures with {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC|c}} and {{token|PET|c}}. Additionally, all available (see above) creatures with {{token|PET|c}} will be allowed for use as pets.

|-
| {{text anchor|COMMON_DOMESTIC_PULL}}
|
| Gives the civilization access to creatures with {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC|c}} and {{token|WAGON_PULLER|c}}. Additionally, all available (see above) creatures with {{token|WAGON_PULLER|c}} and {{token|PET|c}} will be allowed for use during trade to pull [[wagon]]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|RIVER_PRODUCTS}}
|
| Allow use of river products in the goods available for trade.

|-
| {{text anchor|OCEAN_PRODUCTS}}
|
| Allow use of ocean products (including [[amber]] and [[coral]]) in the goods available for trade. Without OCEAN_PRODUCTS, civilizations will not be able to trade ocean fish even if they are ''also'' available from other sources (e.g. [[sturgeon]]s and [[stingray]]s).

|-
| {{text anchor|INDOOR_FARMING}}
|
| Allow use of underground plant products in the goods available for trade. Lack of suitable vegetation in the caverns will cause [[World generation#Rejections|worldgen rejection]]s. According to Droseran: "Gives access to plants (structural material) and seeds. It only checks for {{token|EDIBLE_RAW|md}} or {{token|EDIBLE_COOKED|md}} on the plant's structural material. It doesn't check if the plant can be used in a reaction to produce something edible, only if it can be eaten raw or cooked. If an entity with this token is placed in a biome that doesn't have at least one of these tokens on the structural material, the map is rejected. Due to the randomness of plant selection in biomes, this can happen a lot as only about half of the vanilla plants have edible structural materials. Removing either of these tokens from plants dramatically increases map rejections."

|-
| {{text anchor|OUTDOOR_FARMING}}
|
| Allow use of outdoor plant products in the goods available for trade. Lack of suitable vegetation in this civilization's starting area will cause [[World generation#Rejections|worldgen rejection]]s. According to Droseran: "Gives access to plants (structural material) and seeds. It only checks for {{token|EDIBLE_RAW|md}} or {{token|EDIBLE_COOKED|md}} on the plant's structural material. It doesn't check if the plant can be used in a reaction to produce something edible, only if it can be eaten raw or cooked. If an entity with this token is placed in a biome that doesn't have at least one of these tokens on the structural material, the map is rejected. Due to the randomness of plant selection in biomes, this can happen a lot as only about half of the vanilla plants have edible structural materials. Removing either of these tokens from plants dramatically increases map rejections."

|-
| {{text anchor|INDOOR_GARDENS}}
|
| Allow use of underground plant growths (quarry bush leaves, in unmodded games) in the goods available for trade. According to Droseran: "Will never cause map rejections. It allows growths to be used, but doesn't care if none exist. If an entity doesn't have a farming token, they won't have seeds or plants available on embark/trade. But you can still farm in fortress mode with only this token, you just have to get the seeds manually or trading with another civ."

|-
| {{text anchor|OUTDOOR_GARDENS}}
|
| Allow use of outdoor plant growths in the goods available for trade. According to Droseran: "Will never cause map rejections. It allows growths to be used, but doesn't care if none exist. If an entity doesn't have a farming token, they won't have seeds or plants available on embark/trade. But you can still farm in fortress mode with only this token, you just have to get the seeds manually or trading with another civ."

|-
| {{text anchor|INDOOR_ORCHARDS}}
|
| Allows use of indoor tree growths in the goods available for trade. Not used in vanilla entities, as vanilla underground trees do not grow fruit. Needs INDOOR_WOOD to function. Will cause rejections, if growths are unavailable. According to Droseran: "Gives access to tree growths. It only checks for growths on trees that are {{token|EDIBLE_RAW|md}} or {{token|EDIBLE_COOKED|md}}. If an entity with this token is placed in a biome that does not have a tree with a growth with at least one of these tokens, the map is rejected."

|-
| {{text anchor|OUTDOOR_ORCHARDS}}
|
| Allows use of outdoor tree growths in the goods available for trade. Needs OUTDOOR_WOOD to function{{verify}}. According to Droseran: "Gives access to tree growths. It only checks for growths on trees that are [EDIBLE_RAW] or [EDIBLE_COOKED]. If an entity with this token is placed in a biome that does not have a tree with a growth with at least one of these tokens, the map is rejected."

|-
| {{text anchor|CLOTHING}}
|
| Civilization members will attempt to wear clothing.

|-
| {{text anchor|SUBTERRANEAN_CLOTHING}}
|
| Will wear things made of spider silk and other subterranean materials.

|-
| {{text anchor|EQUIPMENT_IMPROVEMENTS}}
|
| Adds decorations to equipment based on the level of the generated unit. Also improves item quality.

|-
| {{text anchor|IMPROVED_BOWS}}
|
| Adds decorations to weapons generated for bowman and master bowman.

|-
| {{text anchor|METAL_PREF}}
|
| Allows metal materials to be used to make cages (inexpensive metals only) and crafts.

|-
| {{text anchor|STONE_PREF}}
|
| Allows the civilization to make use of nearby stone types. If the {{token|FURNACE_OPERATOR|ut}} job is permitted, also allows ore-bearing stones to be smelted into metals.

|-
| {{text anchor|WOOD_WEAPONS}}
|
| The civilization can make traditionally metallic weapons such as swords and spears from wood.

|-
| {{text anchor|WOOD_ARMOR}}
|
| The civilization can make traditionally metallic armor such as mail shirts and helmets from wood.

|-
| {{text anchor|GEM_PREF}}
|
| Enables creatures of this entity to bring gems in trade.

|-
| {{text anchor|INDOOR_WOOD}}
|
| Allow use of subterranean wood types, such as tower-cap and fungiwood logs.

|-
| {{text anchor|OUTDOOR_WOOD}}
|
| Allow use of outdoor wood types, such as mangrove and oak.

|-
| {{text anchor|GEM_SHAPE}}
| [[Descriptor shape token|shape]]
| Precious gems cut by this civilization's jewelers can be of this shape.

|-
| {{text anchor|STONE_SHAPE}}
| [[Descriptor shape token|shape]]
| Ordinary non-gem stones cut by this civilization's jewelers can be of this shape.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIVINE_MAT_CLOTHING}}
|
| Allows use of materials with {{token|DIVINE|im}} for clothing. Used for generated divine entities.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIVINE_MAT_CRAFTS}}
|
| Allows use of materials with {{token|DIVINE|im}} for crafts.{{verify}} Used for generated divine entities.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIVINE_MAT_WEAPONS}}
|
| Allows use of metals with {{token|DIVINE|im}} for weapons. Used for generated divine entities.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIVINE_MAT_ARMOR}}
|
| Allows use of metals with {{token|DIVINE|im}} for armor. Used for generated divine entities.
|}

== Animal definitions ==

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! Token
! Arguments
! Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ANIMAL}}
|
| Start an animal definition.

|-
| {{text anchor|ANIMAL_TOKEN}}
| [[creature token]]
| Select specific creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|ANIMAL_CASTE_TOKEN}}
| [[Caste|creature caste token]]
| Select specific creature caste (requires ANIMAL_TOKEN). Sites with animal populations will still include all castes, but only the selected ones will be used for specific roles.

|-
| {{text anchor|ANIMAL_CLASS}}
| [[Creature token#CREATURE_CLASS|creature class]]
| Select creature castes with this creature class (multiple uses allowed).

|-
| {{text anchor|ANIMAL_FORBIDDEN_CLASS}}
| [[Creature token#CREATURE_CLASS|creature class]]
| Forbid creature castes with this creature class (multiple uses allowed).

|-
| {{text anchor|ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PRESENT}}
|
| Animal will be present even if it does not naturally occur in the entity's terrain. All creatures, including [[demon]]s, night trolls and other generated ones will be used if no specific creature or class is selected.

|-
|
* {{text anchor|ANIMAL_NEVER_MOUNT}}, {{text anchor|ANIMAL_ALWAYS_MOUNT}}
* {{text anchor|ANIMAL_NEVER_WAGON_PULLER}}, {{text anchor|ANIMAL_ALWAYS_WAGON_PULLER}}
* {{text anchor|ANIMAL_NEVER_SIEGE}}, {{text anchor|ANIMAL_ALWAYS_SIEGE}}
* {{text anchor|ANIMAL_NEVER_PET}}, {{text anchor|ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PET}}
* {{text anchor|ANIMAL_NEVER_PACK_ANIMAL}}, {{text anchor|ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PACK_ANIMAL}}
|
| Override creature usage tokens. Respectively:
* [[Creature token#MOUNT|MOUNT]] and [[Creature token#MOUNT_EXOTIC|MOUNT_EXOTIC]]
* [[Creature token#WAGON_PULLER|WAGON_PULLER]]
* [[Creature token#TRAINABLE_WAR|TRAINABLE_WAR]] and not [[Creature token#CAN_LEARN|CAN_LEARN]]
* [[Creature token#PET|PET]] and [[Creature token#PET_EXOTIC|PET_EXOTIC]]
* [[Creature token#PACK_ANIMAL|PACK_ANIMAL]]
ALWAYS overrides NEVER if a caste is matched by more than one animal definition.

|}

== Tissue styling-related tokens ==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! Token
! Arguments
! Description

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_STYLE}}
| tissue style unit ID
| Select a tissue layer which has the ID attached using TISSUE_STYLE_UNIT token in unit raws. This allows setting further cultural style parameters for the selected tissue layer.

|-
| {{text anchor|TS_MAINTAIN_LENGTH}}
|
* minimum length?
* maximum length?
| Presumably sets culturally preferred tissue length for selected tissue. Needs testing.
Dwarves have their beards set to 100:NONE by default.

|-
| {{text anchor|TS_PREFERRED_SHAPING}}
| styling token
| Valid tokens are NEATLY_COMBED, BRAIDED, DOUBLE_BRAIDS, PONY_TAILS, CLEAN_SHAVEN and STANDARD_HAIR/BEARD/MOUSTACHE/SIDEBURNS_SHAPINGS.
Presumably sets culturally preferred tissue shapings for selected tissue. Needs testing.

|}

== Examples ==
:''Main articles: [[Entity examples]]''

{{Category|Modding}}
{{Category|Tokens}}
{{Category|Entities}}
[[ru:Entity token]]

Toad man

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ASpatula66: They could be encountered before, you know. They could still join civs despite not appearing as wild animals. So that didn't need to be written like they couldn't be encountered.

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'''Toad men''' are humanoid versions of the common [[toad]] and a [[Creature|species]] of unremarkable [[animal people]], spawning naturally in savage [[lake]]s.

They are a bit over half the size of [[dwarf|dwarves]] when adults and spawn in groups of 1-5 individuals, posing no threat to [[Dwarf|dwarves]] unless provoked.
Like other savage animal people, toad men can occasionally join [[civilization]]s, becoming full-fledged citizens who could appear in your fortress as [[visitor]]s, or [[historical figure]]s, or be playable in [[adventurer mode]].

Some dwarves [[Preferences|like]] toad men for their ''beauty''.

[[File:toad_man.png|thumb|280px|center|Ready to hop into action. ''Art by Rhys Harvey'']]

{{D for Dwarf}}

The absence of toad men has formed much speculation amongst civilizations. The most notable one involves a group of three intergalactic toad men who leap from planet to planet to defeat a "dark queen", whom had kidnapped all of the other toad men of the world.


Toad men have also been reported to occupy dams, and these specific toad men seem to be followed around by rain. However, this does not make them harder to slay.


[[Embark|Embarking]] [[Dwarf|dwarves]] and [[Trade|merchant]] [[Caravan|caravans]] should beware, as toad men have been known to steal and crash unattended [[Wagon|wagons]].

{{Translation| dwarven = nod udos | elvish = imadu onino | goblin = ngusnog ngorûg | human = budok abo}}

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{{Creatures}}
{{Category|Creatures}}

Giant dragonfly

2026-01-08T18:02:52Z

ASpatula66:

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{{Creaturelookup/0
|image=giant_dragonfly_sprite.png
|skin=chitin
|meat=42
|brain=2
|intestine=8
|heart=1
|eye=2
|fat=17
|contrib=no
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{{av}}
{{new in v0.42}}
{{creaturedesc}}
'''Giant dragonflies''' are much larger versions of the standard [[vermin]] [[dragonfly]], appearing in savage [[lake]]s.

They aren't very useful for anything other than immediate [[butcher]]ing, as they have a maximum lifespan of one year like other giant insects. And as they are not {{token|BENIGN|c}}, wild ones may annoyingly interrupt your [[dwarf|dwarves]] when spotted.

Some dwarves [[Preferences|like]] giant dragonflies for their ''faceted eyes''.
[[File:giant_dragonfly.jpg|thumb|330px|center|Are they still harmless to humans..? ''Art by Dead Fox'''']]

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{{Creatures}}
{{Category|Creatures}}
{{Category|Animals}}

Dragonfly man

2026-01-08T18:00:22Z

ASpatula66:

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'''Dragonfly men''' are [[animal people]] variants of the common [[dragonfly]] who can be found in [[savage]] [[lake]]s. They spawn in groups of 2-5 individuals and are generally content to keep to themselves, but may pick fights if provoked. In terms of size, they are a little over half the weight of the average [[dwarf]]. All dragonfly men are born with Legendary [[skill]] in [[Climber|climbing]].

Some dwarves [[Preferences|like]] dragonfly men for their ''faceted eyes''.
==Trivia==
*The dragonfly man uses the exact same sprite as the [[damselfly man]].
[[File:dragonfly_man.jpg|thumb|340px|center|''Art by Radharani Ribas-Valongo'']]

{{Translation| dwarven = måmgoz-fenglel udos | elvish = vutheni-yetine onino | goblin = kusnath-atu ngorûg | human = tamun-ngáthi abo}}

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{{Creatures}}
{{Category|Creatures}}
{{Category|Animals}}

Creature token

2026-01-08T17:53:29Z

ASpatula66: Not a bug, there's just no reasonable path for large roamers to enter the map via or end up in ponds.

{{Quality|Exceptional}}
{{av}}
{{Modding}}

The <code>[OBJECT:CREATURE]</code> [[token]] begins the definition of a ''Dwarf Fortress'' [[creature]] [[raw file]]. Each creature definition that follows begins with the {{token|creature|c|creature ID}} token, and the creature's exact properties and behavior are then specified by the use of further creature tokens. All known creature tokens are listed below.

Vanilla creature definitions can be found in <code>[[Game folder|<Dwarf Fortress>]]\data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\</code>.
Creature ID is also used with [[graphics token]]s to make customizable [[graphics set]]s.

The [[caste]] tokens allow defining sub-species within the broader creature definition, including true biological castes and lesser variations, such as sexes. Creature tokens can either be 'Creature' or 'CASTE-only' type which can only be applied to creature or caste respectively, or 'CASTE' which can be applied to both. In the table bellow, creature type distinguishes tokens that can be applied to creature only, caste only, and both ('creature', 'CASTE-only', and 'CASTE' respectively)

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==A==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ADOPTS_OWNER}}
| Caste
|
| Prevents the tamed creature from being made available for adoption, instead allowing it to automatically adopt whoever it wants. The basic requirements for adoption are intact, and the creature will only adopt individuals who have a [[preference]] for their species. Used by [[cat]]s in the vanilla game. When {{k|v}}iewing a tame creature with this token, the message "This animal isn't interested in your wishes" will appear instead of "This [adorable] animal can't work" or "This animal is waiting to be trained".

|-
| {{text anchor|ALCOHOL_DEPENDENT}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature need [[alcohol]] to get through the working day; it will choose to drink booze instead of [[water]] if possible. Going sober for too long reduces speed.

|-
| {{text anchor|ALL_ACTIVE}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will appear at any time of day. Overrides {{token|DIURNAL|c}}, {{token|NOCTURNAL|c}}, {{token|CREPUSCULAR|c}}, {{token|MATUTINAL|c}}, and {{token|VESPERTINE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|ALTTILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| If set, the creature will blink between its {{token|TILE|c}} and its ALTTILE.

|-
| {{text anchor|AMBUSHPREDATOR}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature start out hidden and remain near its original location until its prey draws near. When combined with {{token|WEBBER|c}}, causes them to lay gigantic webs near their spawn location, though only for creatures present during embark.

|-
| {{text anchor|AMPHIBIOUS}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to breathe both in and out of [[water]] (unlike {{token|AQUATIC|c}}) - does not prevent drowning in [[magma]].

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_DESC_RANGE}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*Range (6 values, low to high)
| Based on info from [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=113762.msg3473069#msg3473069 Wannabehero on the forums]: When used with an appearance modifier token (BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER or BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER), tells the game what numeric ranges to map to which descriptors.

The game uses 7 descriptor levels for each modifier, with the center one generally being to omit the thing from the creature description entirely. The six values in APP_MOD_DESC_RANGE define the boundaries between each described range. If this is not specified it uses the numbers 10:50:95:105:150:190.

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_GENETIC_MODEL}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*Model (Accepts DOMINANT_MORE, DOMINANT_LESS, and MIX)
| Defines a genetic model for the relevant appearance modifier(s). May or may not do anything significant at present.

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_IMPORTANCE}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*number
| Determines how important the appearance modifier is, for determining whether it shows up in the creature description.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_NOUN}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*noun
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| Creates a noun for the appearance, and whether it is singular or plural.

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_RATE}}
| Appearance Modifier
|
*Rate (integer)
*Scale (DAILY, YEARLY)
*min (growth)
*max (growth)
*start year
*start day
*end year
*end day
| Setting the growth rate of the modifier. The last two tokens can be replaced by NO_END to have growth continue indefinitely.

|-
| {{text anchor|APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION}}
| Caste
|
*creature variation ID
*(optional) any amount of arbitrary arguments
| Applies the specified [[creature variation token|creature variation]]. See [[Creature_variation_token#Arguments_and_conditional_tokens]] for how the subsequent arguments may be used.

|-
| {{text anchor|APPLY_CURRENT_CREATURE_VARIATION}}
| Special
|
| Applies the effects of all pending {{token|CV_ADD_TAG|c}} and {{token|CV_REMOVE_TAG|c}} tokens that have been defined in the current creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|AQUATIC}}
| Caste
|
| Enables the creature to breathe in water, but causes it to air-drown on dry land.

|-
| {{text anchor|ARENA_RESTRICTED}}
| Caste
|
| Causes the creature to be excluded from the [[object testing arena]]'s creature spawning list. Typically applied to spoileriffic creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|ARTIFICIAL_HIVEABLE}}
| Creature
|
| Enables the creature to be kept in artificial [[hive]]s by [[beekeeper]]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE}}
| Caste
|
| Prevents the creature from attacking or frightening creatures with the {{Token|NATURAL|c}} tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK}}
| Caste
|
*token
*selection criteria (it's complicated)
| Defines the attack name, and the body part used. See [[#Attack Tokens|below]] for valid subtokens
'''Example:''' 
<code>[ATTACK:GORE:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:HORN]</code> 
''GORE'' = name of the attack 
''BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:HORN'' = the horn is used to attack (presuming the creature has one)

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_TRIGGER}}
| Caste
|
*population
*exported wealth
*created wealth
| Specifies when a [[megabeast]] or [[semi-megabeast]] will attack the fortress. The attacks will start occurring when all of the requirements are met. Setting a value to 0 disables the trigger.

|}

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==B==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|BABY}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Age at which creature is considered a child, the default is zero. One can think of this as the duration of the baby stage.

|-
| {{text anchor|BABYNAME}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
| Defines a new name for a creature in baby state at the caste level. For non-caste-specific baby names, see {{token|GENERAL_BABY_NAME|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|BEACH_FREQUENCY}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Creature may be subject to [[beaching]], becoming stranded on [[Beach|shores]], where they will eventually air-drown. The number indicates the frequency of the occurrence. Presumably requires the creature to be {{token|AQUATIC|c}}. Used by [[orca]]s, [[sperm whale]]s and [[sea nettle jellyfish]] in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|BENIGN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is non-aggressive by default, and will never automatically be engaged by companions or soldiers, running away from any creatures that are not friendly to it, and will only defend itself if it becomes enraged. Can be thought of as the counterpoint of the {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}} tag. When tamed, animals with this tag will be useless for fortress defense.

This and {{token|TRADE_CAPACITY|c}} are required for {{token|PACK_ANIMAL|c}} to function properly, if an animal contains the aforementioned requirements without this tag: items loaded by the merchants will be dropped upon departure.

|-
| {{text anchor|BIOME}}
| Creature
|
* [[biome token]]
| Select a [[biome]] the creature may appear in.

|-
| {{text anchor|BLOOD}}
| Caste
|
* <[[material token]]>
* <[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
| Specifies what the creature's blood is made of.

|-
| {{text anchor|BLOODSUCKER}}
| Caste
|
| Causes [[vampire]]-like behaviour; the creature will suck the [[Creature_token#BLOOD|blood]] of unconscious victims when its [[Syndrome#TIME_SINCE_SUCKED_BLOOD|thirst for blood]] grows sufficiently large. When controlling the creature in adventure mode, this can be done at will. Seems to be required to make the creature denouncable (in-world) as a creature of the night.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY}}
| Caste
|
*body parts
| Draws body parts from OBJECT:BODY files (such as body_default.txt)
'''Example:''' 
[BODY:BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG:HEART:GUTS:BRAIN:MOUTH] 
This is the body from a [[purring maggot]]. It creates a body with head, a heart, some guts, a brain, and a mouth. That's all a maggot needs.

The body parts need to be listed in an order such that any parent part appears before its connected children. For example [BODY:HEART:BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG] produces a "Body Token Recognized But Could Not Connect: HEART" error because HEART can't find any UPPERBODY(s) to connect to. Switching the order to [BODY:BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG:HEART] fixes the problem because now the UPPERBODY is created before the HEART tries to connect to it.

'''If the body is left undefined, the creature (or caste) will be tagged as [DOES_NOT_EXIST].''' {{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*ATTRIBUTE
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| These body modifiers give individual creatures different characteristics. In the case of HEIGHT, BROADNESS and LENGTH, the modifier is also a percentage change to the BODY_SIZE of the individual creature. The seven numbers afterward give a distribution of ranges. Each interval has an equal chance of occurring.
'''Example:''' 
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110] 
''HEIGHT'' : marks the height to be changed 
''90:95:98:100:102:105:110'' : sets the range from the shortest (90% of the average height) to the tallest (110% of the average height) creature variation.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY_DETAIL_PLAN}}
| Caste
|
*PlanName
*Arguments
| Loads a plan from listed OBJECT:BODY_DETAIL_PLAN files, such as b_detail_plan_default.txt. Mass applies USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE, mass alters RELSIZE, alters body part positions, and will allow tissue layers to be defined. Tissue layers are defined in order of skin to bone here.
'''Example:''' 
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE:BONE:CARTILAGE] 
This creates the detailed body of a [[fox]], the skin, fat, muscle, bones and cartilage out of the vertebrate tissues. 
A [[Purring maggot|maggot]] would only need: 
''[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:EXOSKELETON_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE]''

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*years
*days
*size
| Sets size at a given age. Size is in cubic centimeters, and for normal body materials, is roughly equal to the creature's average weight in grams.
'''Example:''' 
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:10000] 
[BODY_SIZE:1:168:50000] 
[BODY_SIZE:12:0:220000] 
This describes the size of a [[minotaur]]. Its birth size would be 10,000 cm3 (~10 kg). At 1 year and 168 days old it would be 50,000 cm3 (~50 kg). And as an adult (at 12 years old) it would be 220,000 cm3 and weigh roughly 220 kg.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODYGLOSS}}
| Caste
|
*gloss
| Substitutes body part text with replacement text. Draws gloss information from OBJECT:BODY files (such as body_default.txt)

|-
| {{text anchor|BONECARN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature eats bones. Implies {{token|CARNIVORE|c}}. Currently does not work due to a bug ({{Bug|11069}}).

|-
| {{text anchor|BP_ADD_TYPE}}
| Caste
|
| Adds a type to a body part - used with {{token|SET_BP_GROUP|c}}. In vanilla DF, this is used for adding the type '[[Body token#GELDABLE|GELDABLE]]' to the lower body of certain [[cat|creatures]].

|-
| {{text anchor|BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*QUALITY
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets up the breadth of possibilities for appearance qualities for a selected BP group. EG. Eyes (CLOSE_SET, DEEP_SET, ROUND_VS_NARROW, LARGE_IRIS),Lips (THICKNESS), Nose (BROADNESS, LENGTH, UPTURNED, CONVEX), Ear (SPLAYED_OUT, HANGING_LOBES, BROADNESS, HEIGHT), Tooth (GAPS), Skull (HIGH_CHEEKBONES, BROAD_CHIN, JUTTING CHIN, SQUARE_CHIN), Neck (DEEP_VOICE, RASPY_VOICE), Head (BROADNESS, HEIGHT)

|-
| {{text anchor|BP_REMOVE_TYPE}}
| Caste
|
| Removes a type from a body part. Used with {{token|SET_BP_GROUP|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|BUILDINGDESTROYER}}
| Caste
|
*1 or 2
| Allows a creature to destroy furniture and buildings. Value [1] targets mostly doors, hatches, furniture and the like. Value [2] targets anything not made with the {{k|b}} + {{k|C}} commands.
|}

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==C==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|CAN_DO_INTERACTION}}
| Caste
|
*interaction token
| The creature can perform an interaction. See [[interaction token]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CAN_LEARN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature gains [[skill]]s and can have [[labor|professions]]. If a member of a civilization (even a pet) has this token, it'll need to eat, drink and sleep. Note that this token makes the creature unable to be eaten by an adventurer, so it is not recommended for uncivilized monsters. Adventurers lacking this token can allocate but not increase attributes and skills. Skills allocated will disappear on start. A creature with at least this token or the {{token|CAN_SPEAK|c}} token will be able to have [[Personality value|values]] and [[Personality goal|goals]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CAN_SPEAK}}
| Caste
|
| Can [[talking|talk]]. Note that this is not necessary for a creature to gain social skills but to make friends in fortress mode. A creature with at least this token or the {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} token will be able to have [[Personality value|values]] and [[Personality goal|goals]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_CLIMB}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot [[climber|climb]], even if it has free grasp parts.

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_JUMP}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot [[jump]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_UNDEAD}}
| Caste
|
| Acts like {{token|NOT_LIVING|c}}, except that {{token|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE|c}} creatures will attack them.

|-
| {{text anchor|CANOPENDOORS}}
| Caste
|
| Defunct, as doors cannot be set as tightly closed anymore.

|-
| {{text anchor|CARNIVORE}}
| Caste
|
| Creature ''only'' eats [[meat]]. If the creature goes on rampages in worldgen, it will often devour the people/animals it kills.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*name
| Defines a [[caste]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_ALTTILE}}
| Caste
|
*tile number or "letter"
| Caste-specific {{token|ALTTILE|c}}. Requires {{token|CASTE_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
*fg
*bg
*brightness
| Caste-specific {{token|COLOR|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_GLOWCOLOR}}
| Caste
|
*fg
*bg
*brightness
| Caste-specific {{token|GLOWCOLOR|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_GLOWTILE}}
| Caste
|
*tile value or "letter"
| Caste-specific {{token|GLOWTILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_NAME}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
*adjective
| While {{token|NAME|c}} describes the name of the species, {{token|CASTE_NAME|c}} names individuals of the species. Unlike other caste-specific descriptions, this token is required, even for creatures without separate castes. If left undefined, the creature will not show up in the [[arena]] and members of the species will be labeled as "nothing".

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_PROFESSION_NAME}}
| Caste
|
*[[Unit type token]] (Profession)
*singular
*plural
| Caste-specific {{token|PROFESSION_NAME|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_SOLDIER_ALTTILE}}
| Caste
|
*'character' or tile number
| Caste-specific {{token|SOLDIER_ALTTILE|c}}. Requires {{token|CASTE_SOLDIER_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_SOLDIER_TILE}}
| Caste
|
*'character' or tile number
| Caste-specific {{token|CREATURE_SOLDIER_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_TILE}}
| Caste
|
* tile number or "letter"
| Caste-specific {{token|CREATURE_TILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CAVE_ADAPT}}
| Caste
|
| Causes the creature to develop [[cave adaptation]].

Allows for creature's race to be involved in jokes that end in "And the [race] saw the sun and vomited on the spot!"

|-
| {{text anchor|CDI}}
| Caste
|
*Varies
| Specifies interaction details following a {{token|CAN_DO_INTERACTION|c}} token. See [[interaction token]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CHANGE_BODY_SIZE_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Multiplies body size by a factor of (integer)%. 50 halves size, 200 doubles.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHANGE_FREQUENCY_PERC}}
| Creature
|
*integer
| Multiplies frequency by a factor of (integer)%.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILD}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Age at which creature is considered an adult - one can think of this as the duration of the [[children|child]] stage. Allows the creature's offspring to be rendered fully tame if [[animal trainer|trained]] during their childhood.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILDNAME}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
| Defines a new name for a creature in the child state at the caste level. For non-caste-specific child names, see {{token|GENERAL_CHILD_NAME|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|CLUSTER_NUMBER}}
| Creature
|
*min
*max
| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many creatures per spawned cluster. Vermin fish with this token in combination with temperate ocean and river biome tokens [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=51864.msg1122319#msg1122319 will perform seasonal migrations]. Defaults to 1:1 if not specified.

|-
| {{text anchor|CLUTCH_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*min
*max
|Number of [[egg]]s laid in one sitting.

|-
| {{text anchor|COLONY_EXTERNAL}}
| Caste
|
| Caste hovers around colony.

|-
| {{text anchor|COLOR}}
| Creature
|
*foreground
*background
*brightness
| Color of the creature's tile. (See [[Color]] for usage.)

|-
| {{text anchor|COMMON_DOMESTIC}}
| Caste
|
| When combined with any of {{token|PET|c}}, {{token|PACK_ANIMAL|c}}, {{token|WAGON_PULLER|c}} and/or {{token|MOUNT|c}}, the creature is guaranteed to be domesticated by any [[civilization]] with {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_PET|e}}, {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_PACK|e}}, {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_PULL|e}} and/or {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC_MOUNT|e}} respectively. Such civilizations will always have access to the creature, even in the absence of wild populations. This token is invalid on {{token|FANCIFUL|c}} creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|CONVERTED_SPOUSE}}
| Caste
|
| Creatures of this caste's species with the {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERTER|c}} and {{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}} tokens will kidnap {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGET|c}}s of an appropriate sex and convert them into castes with CONVERTED_SPOUSE.

|-
| {{text anchor|COOKABLE_LIVE}}
| Caste
|
| Set this to allow the creature to be cooked in meals while it is still alive, as well as when it's dead but not yet [[fishery|cleaned]]. Used by some water-dwelling vermin such as [[mussel]]s, [[nautilus]]es and [[oyster]]s. Currently does not work correctly when applied to non-{{token|FISHITEM|c}} vermin.{{bug|13200}}

|-
| {{text anchor|CRAZED}}
| Caste
|
| Creature is '[[insanity|berserk]]' and will attack all other creatures, except members of its own species that '''also''' have the CRAZED tag. It will show {{DFtext|Berserk|4:1}} in the [[unit list]]. Berserk creatures go on rampages during [[world generation|worldgen]] much more frequently than non-berserk ones.

|-
| {{text anchor|COPY_TAGS_FROM}}
| Special
|
*creature ID
| Copies another specified creature. This will override any definitions made before it; essentially, it makes this creature identical to the other one, which can then be modified. Often used in combination with {{token|APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION|c}} to import standard variations from a file. The vanilla [[giant animal]]s and [[animal person|animal people]]s are examples of this token combination.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE}}
| Creature
|
*creature ID
| A unique, arbitrary identifier that begins the definition of each new creature, and is used to reference the creature in other tokens and raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_CLASS}}
| Caste
|
*classname
| An arbitrary creature classification. Can be set to anything, but the only vanilla uses are GENERAL_POISON (used in syndromes), EDIBLE_GROUND_BUG (used as targets for {{token|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS|c}}), MAMMAL, and POISONOUS (both used for kobold pet eligibility). A single creature can have multiple classes.

The full list of tokens that use creature classes is:

* Creature tokens: {{token|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS|c}}, {{token|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS|c}}
* Interaction tokens: {{token|IT_AFFECTED_CLASS|in}}, {{token|IT_IMMUNE_CLASS|in}}
* Animal definition (Entity) tokens: {{token|ANIMAL_CLASS|e}}, {{token|ANIMAL_FORBIDDEN_CLASS|e}}
* Position (Entity) token: {{token|ALLOWED_CLASS|po}}
* Syndrome tokens: {{token|SYN_AFFECTED_CLASS|sy}}, {{token|SYN_IMMUNE_CLASS|sy}}, {{token|CE_SENSE_CREATURE_CLASS|sy}}
|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_SOLDIER_TILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| Creatures active in their civilization's [[military]] will use this tile instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_TILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| The symbol of the creature in ASCII mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREPUSCULAR}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will appear at dawn (between 4:30 AM and 6:00 AM) and in the evening (between 8:00 PM and 10:05 PM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_EATER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to [[Steals food|steal and eat edible items]] from a site. It will attempt to grab a food item and immediately make its way to the map's edge, where it will disappear with it. If the creature goes on rampages during worldgen, it will often steal food instead of attacking. Trained and tame instances of the creature will no longer display this behavior.

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_GUZZLER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to (very quickly) [[Steals drink|drink your alcohol]]. Or spill the barrel to the ground. Also affects undead versions of the creature. Unlike food or item thieves, drink thieves will consume your alcohol on the spot rather than run away with one piece of it. Trained and tame instances of the creature will no longer display this behavior.

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_ITEM}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to [[Steals items|steal things]] (apparently, of the highest value it can find). It will attempt to grab an item of value and immediately make its way to the map's edge, where it will disappear with it. If a creature with any of the CURIOUSBEAST tokens carries anything off the map, even if it is a caravan's pack animal, it will be reported as stealing everything it carries. If the creature goes on rampages in worldgen, it will often steal items instead of attacking - [[kea]] birds are infamous for this. Trained and tame instances of the creature will no longer display this behavior. Also, makes the creature unable to drop hauled items until it enters combat.

|-
| {{text anchor|CV_ADD_TAG}}
| Special
|
*TAG NAME
| Adds a tag. Used in conjunction with creature variation templates.

|-
| {{text anchor|CV_REMOVE_TAG}}
| Special
|
*TAG NAME
| Removes a tag. Used in conjunction with creature variation templates.
|}

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==D==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|DEMON}}
| Caste
|
| Found on generated [[demon]]s.

At least 1 demon generated, or custom must have the {{token|FLIER|c}} token in order for the [[Underworld|horrifying screams]] event to trigger.

|-
| {{text anchor|DESCRIPTION}}
| Caste
|
*text
| A brief description of the creature type, as displayed when viewing the creature's description/[[Thoughts and preferences|thoughts & preferences]] screen.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIE_WHEN_VERMIN_BITE}}
| Caste
|
| Causes the creature to die upon attacking. Used by [[honey bee]]s to simulate them dying after using their stingers.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIFFICULTY}}
| Caste
|
*integer
| Increases experience gain during adventure mode. Creatures with a difficulty of 11 or higher are not assigned for quests in adventure mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIURNAL}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear during the day (between 6:00 AM and 8:00 PM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|DIVE_HUNTS_VERMIN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature hunts vermin by diving from the air. On tame creatures, it has the same effect as {{token|HUNTS_VERMIN|c}}. Found on [[peregrine falcon]]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|DOES_NOT_EXIST}}
| Creature
|
| Adding this token to a creature prevents it from appearing in generated worlds (unless it's marked as [[Entity_token#ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PRESENT|always present]] for a particular civilisation). For example, adding it to [[dog]]s will lead to worlds being generated without dogs in them. Also removes the creature from the [[object testing arena]]'s spawn list. If combined with {{token|FANCIFUL|c}}, artistic depictions of the creature will occur regardless. Used by [[centaur]]s, [[chimera]]s and [[griffon]]s in the vanilla game.

Note: a creature tagged as DOES_NOT_EXIST can still be [[Interaction_token#I_EFFECT|summoned]] successfully, as long as it has a body defined in its raws [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=165213.msg8086938#msg8086938], or, another creature can [[Syndrome#CE_BODY_TRANSFORMATION|transform]] into it.
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==E==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|EBO_ITEM}}
| Caste
|
*[[item token]]
*[[material token]] (ANY_HARD_STONE can be used for the material)
| Defines the item that the creature drops upon being [[butcher|butchered]]. Used with {{token|EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|EBO_SHAPE}}
| Caste
|
*gem shape
| The shape of the creature's extra [[butcher|butchering]] drop. Used with {{token|EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|EGG_MATERIAL}}
| Caste
|
* <[[material token]]>
* <[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
| Defines the material composition of [[egg]]s laid by the creature. [[creature_token#LAYS_EGGS|Egg-laying]] creatures in the default game define this 3 times, using LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGGSHELL, LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGG_WHITE, and then LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGG_YOLK. Eggs will be made out of eggshell. Edibility is determined by tags on whites or yolk, but they otherwise do not exist.

|-
| {{text anchor|EGG_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*size
| Determines the size of laid [[egg]]s. Doesn't affect hatching or cooking, but bigger eggs will be heavier, and may take longer to be hauled depending on the hauler's strength.

|-
| {{text anchor|EQUIPMENT_WAGON}}
| Creature
|
| Makes the creature appear as a large 3×3 [[wagon]] responsible for carrying trade goods, pulled by two {{token|WAGON_PULLER|c}} creatures and driven by a merchant.

|-
| {{text anchor|EQUIPS}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to wear or wield items.

|-
| {{text anchor|EVIL}}
| Creature
|
| The creature is considered evil and will only show up in evil biomes. Civilizations with {{token|USE_EVIL_ANIMALS|e}} can domesticate them regardless of exotic status. Has no effect on cavern creatures except to restrict taming. A civilization with evil creatures can colonize evil areas.

Civilizations which list evil creatures as one of their main population options will potentially emerge following an underworld mining disaster, with the added caveat that a demon will be in charge of the civ. The rules which govern which noble position the demon in charge adopts however, are unclear. It either picks one of the predefined positions, or simply makes its own.

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT}}
| Caste
|
* [[Body token#CATEGORY|BY_CATEGORY]] or [[Body token#CONTYPE|BY_TYPE]] or [[Body token#BP|BY_TOKEN]]
* TYPE, CATEGORY, or TOKEN
| The creature drops an additional object when [[butcher|butchered]], as defined by {{token|EBO_ITEM|c}} and {{token|EBO_SHAPE|c}}. Used for [[gizzard stone]]s in default creatures. For some materials, needs to be defined after caste definitions with SELECT_CASTE:ALL{{Bug|6355}}

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRACT}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
| Defines a creature extract which can be obtained via [[small animal dissection]].

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRAVISION}}
| Caste
|
| The creature can see regardless of whether it has working eyes and has full 360 degree vision, making it impossible to strike the creature from a blind spot in combat. Invisible creatures will also be seen, namely [[intelligent undead]] using a "vanish" power.
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==F==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|FANCIFUL}}
| Creature
|
| The creature is a thing of legend and known to all civilizations. Its materials cannot be requested or preferred. The tag also adds some art value modifiers. Used by a [[Fanciful|number of creatures]]. Conflicts with {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|FEATURE_ATTACK_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[Animal people#Subterranean animal people|subterranean animal-man]] tribals. Currently defunct. In previous versions{{verify}}, it caused these creatures to crawl out of chasms and underground rivers.

|-
| {{text anchor|FEATURE_BEAST}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[forgotten beast]]s. Presumably makes it act as such, initiating underground attacks on fortresses, or leads to the pop-up message upon encountering one{{verify}}. Displays the creature's {{token|DESCRIPTION|c}} in its [[legends mode]] entry and hides the creature from displaying in a world_sites_and_pops file. Does not create historical figures like generated forgotten beasts do.

Requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will live, and both surface and subterranean biomes are allowed. Does not stack with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} and if both are used the creature will not spawn. Appears to be incompatible with {{token|DEMON|c}} even if used in separate castes.

|-
| {{text anchor|FEMALE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature biologically female, enabling her to [[Breeding|bear young]]. Usually specified inside a caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|FIREIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature immune to [[Interaction_token#FIREBALL|FIREBALL]] and [[Interaction_token#FIREJET|FIREJET]] attacks, and allows it to path through high temperature zones, like lava or fires. Does not, by itself, make the creature immune to the damaging effects of burning in [[fire]], and does not prevent general heat damage or melting on its own (this would require adjustments to be made to the creature's body [[Material_definition_token|materials]] - see the [[Dragon/raw|dragon raws]] for an example).

|-
| {{text anchor|FIREIMMUNE_SUPER}}
| Caste
|
| Like {{token|FIREIMMUNE|c}}, but also renders the creature immune to [[Interaction_token#DRAGONFIRE|DRAGONFIRE]] attacks.

|-
| {{text anchor|FISHITEM}}
| Caste
|
| The creature's corpse is a single [[Item_token#FISH_RAW|FISH_RAW]] food item that needs to be cleaned (into a [[Item_token#FISH|FISH]] item) at a [[fishery]] to become edible. Before being cleaned the item is referred to as "raw". The food item is categorized under "fish" on the food and stocks screens, and when uncleaned it is sorted under "raw fish" in the stocks (but does not show up on the food screen).
Without this or {{token|COOKABLE_LIVE|c}}, [[fishing|fished]] vermin will turn into food the same way as non-vermin creatures, resulting in multiple units of food (meat, brain, lungs, eyes, spleen etc.) from a single fished vermin. These units of food are categorized as meat by the game.

|-
| {{text anchor|FIXED_TEMP}}
| Caste
|
*temperature
| The creature's body is constantly at this temperature, heating up or cooling the surrounding area. Alters the temperature of the creature's inventory and all adjacent tiles, [[Temperature|with all the effects that this implies]] - may trigger wildfires at high enough values. Also makes the creature immune to extreme heat or cold, as long as the temperature set is not harmful to the materials that the creature is made from. Corpses and body parts of creatures with a fixed temperature maintain their temperature even after death.

Note that temperatures of 12000 and higher may cause [[path|pathfinding]] issues in fortress mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|FLEEQUICK}}
| Caste
|
| If engaged in combat, the creature will flee at the first sign of resistance. Used by [[kobold]]s in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|FLIER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows a creature to fly, independent of it having wings or not. Fortress Mode pathfinding only partially incorporates flying - flying creatures need a land path to exist between them and an area in order to access it, but as long as one such path exists, they do not need to use it, instead being able to fly over intervening obstacles. Winged creatures with this token can lose their ability to fly if their wings are crippled or severed. Winged creatures without this token will be unable to fly. (A 'wing' in this context refers to any body part with its own [[Body_token#FLIER|FLIER]] token).

At least 1 [[Demon]] must have the flier token in order for the [[Underworld|horrifying screams]] event to trigger.

|-
| {{text anchor|FREQUENCY}}
| Creature
|
*number, max 100
| The {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} value plays two separate roles. The first is in determining the initial distribution of creatures across the world map. Each creature is randomly assigned a single x, y co-ordinate on the world map, which act as the epicenter for that creature's distribution. A square is drawn around that x, y co-ordinate with a Manhattan radius equal to the {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} value divided by 100 times the world map size. For example, in a 256 by 256 size world map, the [[lion]] might be assigned 14, 112. The [[lion]] has {{token|FREQUENCY:5|c}}, and so a square is drawn by moving 13 tiles in each direction from the [[lion]]'s x, y co-ordinate. This is the [[lion]]'s "territory".

Each sub-region in the world will attempt to fill lists of wildlife. There are five lists - {{token|VERMIN_GROUNDER|c}}, {{token|VERMIN_SOIL|c}}, {{token|VERMIN_SOIL_COLONY|c}}, {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}}, and {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}}, corresponding with the relevant tokens. The game will attempt to place seven creatures in each list for each sub-region. The game will select the seven nearest valid creatures. Creatures are valid for sub-region's list if they have the requisite token for that list, if they have the valid token for that sub-region's biome (for example, the [lion] can only be selected for {{token|BIOME:SAVANNA_TROPICAL|c}}, {{token|BIOME:GRASSLAND_TROPICAL|c}}, and {{token|BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TROPICAL|c}}, and if their "territory" as defined by their random epicenter and {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} radius overlaps with that sub-region. These lists then determine the creatures that can actually appear within that sub-region during gameplay.

There are some exceptions to the above. If the game was not capable of filling all seven entries in a list, it will drop the overlapping territory requirement, and simply pull the nearest creature which has the correct token and biome availability. Conversely, if a creature has an epicenter but has not appeared on any of the list for any of the world map's sub-regions, the creature will be assigned to the relevant list for the nearest appropriate sub-region - meaning it is occasionally possible to have lists of eight creatures or more. This is more common in smaller worlds where there are less possible sub-regions to be assigned towards. Creatures with the {{token|GOOD|c}} and {{token|EVIL|c}} tokens ignore the epicenter distribution system altogether. They are always capable of appearing in appropriate biomes which are {{token|GOOD|b}} or {{token|EVIL|b}} respectively. This is not true for {{token|SAVAGE|c}}, which acts more like the biome tokens. Creatures with {{token|UBIQUITOUS|c}} have a "territory" which covers the entire map, regardless of their epicenter (although they can still fail to be chosen if there are 7 creatures which are eligible and have nearer epicenters to the sub-region in question).

The second use for {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} is to determine how often a creature actually appears on map. In Fortress Mode, the game will try and spawn large wildlife (creatures with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} or {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}} in fairly regular waves. These waves include {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}}, {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} combined with {{token|FLIER|c}}, {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}}, and {{token|CURIOUS_BEAST|c}} - so a [[lion]] does not compete for selection with a [[gazelle]]. When the game decides it needs to spawn in a fresh wave of e.g. {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} creatures, it will select one of the creatures available to it from the lists for that sub-region at random, with all creatures weighted equally. Once it has selected a creature, it then effectively rolls a d100 against the relevant creature's {{token|FREQUENCY|c}}. If the d100 is equal to the creature's {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} or less, that creature is then spawned in. If the d100 is above the creature's {{token|FREQUENCY|c}}, the game returns to the relevant list and selects again. {{token|UBIQUITOUS|c}} acts as {{token|FREQUENCY:100|c}} for these purposes - in other words, the creature cannot fail the d100 check and will always be spawned in if it is selected from the list.

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==G==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|GAIT}}
| Caste
|
* <gait type>
* <gait name>
* <max [[Gait#Speed|speed]]>
* <build up time>
* <max turning [[Gait#Speed|speed]]>
* <start [[Gait#Speed|speed]]>
* <energy expenditure>
* <gait flag(s)>
| Defines a gait by which the creature can move. See [[Gait]] for more information. Specifically, you likely want to use one of the existing STANDARD_X_GAITS creature variations, as described in [[Gait#Gaits_and_Modding|this subsection]].

* <max speed> indicates the maximum [[Gait#Speed|speed]] achievable by a creature using this gait
* <start speed> indicates the creature's speed when it starts moving using this gait
* <build up time> indicates how long it will take for a creature using this gait to go from <start speed> to <max speed>. For example, a value of 10 means that it should be able to reach the maximum speed by moving 10 [[tile]]s in a straight line over even terrain.
* <max turning speed> indicates the maximum speed permissible when the creature suddenly changes its direction of motion. The creature's speed will be reduced to <max turning speed> if travelling at a higher speed than this before turning.
* <energy expenditure> indicates how energy-consuming the gait is. Higher values cause the creature to tire out faster. Persistent usage of a high-intensity gait will eventually lead to exhaustion and [[Status_icon#Non-flashing|collapse]].

'''NO_BUILD_UP''' can be specified instead of a <start speed> value to make the <max speed> instantly achievable upon initiating movement (this is equivalent to a <build up time> of 0). Note that <build up time> and <max turning speed> are both ignored if specified alongside this (as NO_BUILD_UP trumps <build up time> and preserves <max speed> whilst turning, and <max turning speed> cannot exceed <max speed>) so it is permissible to omit them so long as they are '''both''' omitted together.

It's possible to specify a <start speed> greater than the <max speed>; the moving creature will decelerate towards its <max speed> in this case.

'''valid gait types:'''
*'''WALK''' 
Used for moving normally over ground tiles.

*'''CRAWL''' 
Used for moving over ground tiles whilst [[Status_icon#Non-flashing|prone]].

*'''SWIM''' 
Used for moving through tiles containing [[water]] or [[magma]] at a [[Water#Depth|depth]] of at least 4/7.

*'''FLY''' 
Used for moving through [[open space]].

*'''CLIMB''' 
Used for moving whilst [[Climber|climbing]].

'''valid gait flags:'''
* '''AGILITY''' 
Speeds/slows movement depending on the creature's [[Attribute#Agility|Agility]] stat.

* '''STRENGTH''' 
Speeds/slows movement depending on the creature's [[Attribute#Strength|Strength]] stat.

* '''LAYERS_SLOW''' 
Makes [[Tissue_definition_token#THICKENS_ON_ENERGY_STORAGE|THICKENS_ON_ENERGY_STORAGE]] and [[Tissue_definition_token#THICKENS_ON_STRENGTH|THICKENS_ON_STRENGTH]] tissue layers slow movement depending on how thick they are. Adding the STRENGTH gait flag counteracts the impact of the latter layer.

* '''STEALTH_SLOWS:'''<percentage> 
Slows movement by the specified percentage when the creature is [[Ambusher|sneaking]].

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_BABY_NAME}}
| Creature
|
*singular
*plural
| Like {{token|BABYNAME|c}}, but applied regardless of caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_CHILD_NAME}}
| Creature
|
*singular
*plural
| Like {{token|CHILDNAME|c}}, but applied regardless of caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER}}
| Caste
|
*value A
*value B
| Has the same function as {{token|MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER|c}}, but applies to all attacks instead of just those involving a specific material. Appears to be overridden by MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER ([[werebeast]]s, for example, use both tokens to provide resistance to all materials, with one exception to which they are especially vulnerable).

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERATED}}
| Creature
|
| Found on procedurally generated creatures like [[forgotten beast]]s, [[titan]]s, [[demon]]s, [[angel]]s, and [[night creature]]s. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|GETS_INFECTIONS_FROM_ROT}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature get [[Health_care#Infection|infections]] from necrotic tissue.

|-
| {{text anchor|GETS_WOUND_INFECTIONS}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature's wounds become [[Health_care#Infection|infected]] if left untreated for too long.

|-
| {{text anchor|GLOWCOLOR}}
| Creature
|
*foreground
*background
*brightness
| The colour of the creature's {{token|GLOWTILE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|GLOWTILE}}
| Creature
|
*ascii character
| If present, the being glows in the dark (generally used for Adventurer Mode). The tile is what replaces the being's current tile when it is obscured from your sight by darkness. The default setting for kobolds (a yellow quotation mark) provides a nice "glowing eyes" effect. The game is also hardcoded to automatically convert quotation mark GLOWTILES into apostrophes if the creature has lost one eye. This works at the generic creature level - for caste-specific glow tiles, use {{token|CASTE_GLOWTILE|c}} instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|GNAWER}}
| Caste
|
*verb
| The creature can and will gnaw its way out of [[animal trap]]s and [[cage]]s using the specified verb, depending on the material from which it is made (normally wood).

|-
| {{text anchor|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS}}
| Caste
|
*class
| The creature eats vermin of the specified class.

|-
| {{text anchor|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CREATURE}}
| Caste
|
*creature
*caste
| The creature eats a specified [[vermin]].

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_END}}
| Special
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags at the end of the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_START}}
| Special
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags at the beginning of the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_TAG}}
| Special
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags ''before'' the specified tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|GOOD}}
| Creature
|
| Creature is considered good and will only show up in good biomes - [[unicorn]]s, for example. Civilizations with {{token|USE_GOOD_ANIMALS|e}} can domesticate them regardless of exotic status. Has no effect on cavern creatures except to restrict taming. A civilization that has good creatures can colonise good areas in world-gen.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRASSTRAMPLE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| The value determines how rapidly [[grass]] is trampled when a creature steps on it - a value of 0 causes the creature to never damage grass, while a value of 100 causes grass to be trampled as rapidly as possible. Defaults to 5.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRAVITATE_BODY_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*target value
| Used in Creature Variants. This token changes the adult body size to the average of the old adult body size and the target value and scales all intermediate growth stages by the same factor.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRAZER}}
| Caste
|
*number
| The creature is a grazer - if tamed in fortress mode, it needs a pasture to survive. The higher the number, the less frequently it needs to eat in order to live. Not used since 0.40.12, replaced by {{token|STANDARD_GRAZER|c}} to fix {{bugl|4113}}.
|}

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==H==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|HABIT}}
| Caste
|
*type
*probability
| Defines certain behaviors for the creature. The habit types are:
*COLLECT_TROPHIES
*COOK_PEOPLE
*COOK_VERMIN
*GRIND_VERMIN
*COOK_BLOOD
*GRIND_BONE_MEAL
*EAT_BONE_PORRIDGE
*USE_ANY_MELEE_WEAPON
*GIANT_NEST
*COLLECT_WEALTH.
These require the creature to have a {{token|LAIR|c}} to work properly, and also don't seem to work on creatures who are not a {{token|SEMIMEGABEAST|c}}, {{token|MEGABEAST|c}}, or{{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|HABIT_NUM}}
| Caste
|
*number or TEST_ALL
| "If you set HABIT_NUM to a number, it should give you that exact number of habits according to the weights.".{{cite forum|60554/1719248}} All lists of HABITs are preceded by [HABIT_NUM:TEST_ALL]

|-
| {{text anchor|HAS_NERVES}}
| Caste
|
| The creature has nerves in its muscles. Cutting the muscle tissue can sever motor and sensory nerves, disabling the limb.

|-
| {{text anchor|HASSHELL}}
| Caste
|
| The creature has a shell. Seemingly no longer used - holdover from previous versions.

|-
| {{text anchor|HIVE_PRODUCT}}
| Creature
|
*number
*[[time]]
*[[item token]]s
| What product is harvested from [[Beekeeping industry|beekeeping]].

|-
| {{text anchor|HOMEOTHERM}}
| Caste
|
*number or NONE
| Default 'NONE'. The creature's normal body [[temperature]]. Creature ceases maintaining temperature on death unlike fixed material temperatures. Provides minor protection from environmental temperature to the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|HUNTS_VERMIN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature hunts and kills nearby [[vermin]], randomly walking between places with food laying on the ground or in stockpiles, to check for possible [VERMIN_EATER] vermin, but they'll kill any other vermin too. Do not include this creature token on an intelligent entity that you intend to play as in fortress mode because it will prevent them from feeding themselves.

|}

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==I==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOBILE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot move. Found on [[sponge]]s. Will also stop a creature from breeding in fortress mode (MALE and FEMALE are affected, if one is IMMOBILE; no breeding will happen).

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOBILE_LAND}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is immobile while on land. Only works on {{token|AQUATIC|c}} creatures which can't breathe on land.

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOLATE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature radiates [[fire]]. It will ignite, and potentially completely destroy, items the creature is standing on. Also gives the vermin a high chance of escaping from [[animal trap]]s and [[cage]]s made of any flammable materials (specifically ones that could be ignited by magma).

|-
| {{text anchor|INTELLIGENT}}
| Caste
|
| Alias for {{token|CAN_SPEAK|c}} + {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|ITEMCORPSE}}
| Caste
|
* [[item token]]
* [[material token]]
| Determines if the creature leaves behind a non-standard corpse (i.e. wood, statue, bars, stone, pool of liquid, etc.). [[Ethics]] may prevent actually using the item in jobs or reactions.

|-
| {{text anchor|ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY}}
| Caste
|
* number
| The [[quality]] of an item-type corpse left behind. Valid values are: 0 for ordinary, 1 for well-crafted, 2 for finely-crafted, 3 for superior, 4 for exceptional, 5 for masterpiece.
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==L==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR}}
| Caste
|
*type
*probability
| Found on megabeasts, semimegabeasts, and night creatures. The creature will seek out sites of this type and take them as lairs. The lair types are:
*SIMPLE_BURROW
*SIMPLE_MOUND
*WILDERNESS_LOCATION
*SHRINE
*LABYRINTH

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_CHARACTERISTIC}}
| Caste
|
*characteristic
*probability
| Defines certain features of the creature's lair. The only valid characteristic is HAS_DOORS.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_HUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| This creature will actively hunt adventurers in its lair.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_HUNTER_SPEECH}}
| Caste
|
*speech file
| What this creature says while hunting adventurers in its lair.

|-
| {{text anchor|LARGE_PREDATOR}}
| Caste
|
| Will attack other creatures that are smaller than it. Tamed large predators will still attack wildlife. In [[fortress mode]], only one group of "large predators" (possibly two groups on "savage" maps) will appear on any given map. In [[adventurer mode]], large predators will try to ambush and attack you (and your party will attack them back). When tamed, large predators tend to be much more aggressive to enemies than non-large predators, making them a good choice for an animal army. They may go on rampages in worldgen, and adventurers may receive quests to kill them. Also, they can be mentioned in the intro paragraph when starting a fortress e.g. "ere the wolves get hungry."
A single biome supports 7 large predator species, picking randomly and rolling a d100 under its {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} to add it until all 7 slots are filled.

Incompatible with {{token|PACK_ANIMAL|c}} on a technicality, if included: hauled items are likely to be dropped upon entering the map (even if {{token|TRADE_CAPACITY|c}} is present) in contrast to when the merchants depart.

|-
| {{text anchor|LARGE_ROAMING}}
| Creature
|
| This is the core requisite tag allowing the creature to spawn as a wild animal in the appropriate biomes. Requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will spawn. Does not require specifying a frequency, population number, or cluster number.

This tag stacks with {{token|MEGABEAST|c}}, {{token|SEMIMEGABEAST|c}}, or {{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}}; if used with one of these tags, the creature will spawn as both a boss and as a wild animal. This tag does not stack with {{token|FEATURE_BEAST|c}} and if both are used the creature will not spawn. This tag is unaffected by {{token|DEMON|c}}.
Large roamers are not able to spawn in Pool biomes as they do not connect to the edge of the map and are too small, Lake biomes are a suitable alternative.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAYS_EGGS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature lays [[egg]]s instead of giving birth to live young.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAYS_UNUSUAL_EGGS}}
| Caste
|
* [[item token]]
* [[material token]]
| Creature lays the specified item instead of regular eggs.

|-
| {{text anchor|LIGAMENTS}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
*healing rate
| The creature has ligaments in its {{token|CONNECTIVE_TISSUE_ANCHOR|td}} tissues (bone or chitin by default). Cutting the bone/chitin tissue severs the ligaments, disabling motor function if the target is a limb.

|-
| {{text anchor|LIGHT_GEN}}
| Caste
|
| A vermin featuring this tag will remain visible to an adventurer even at night.

Subterranean vermin which feature this token will flicker in unexposed and unrevealed cavern layers while playing in Fortress Mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|LIKES_FIGHTING}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will attack enemies rather than flee from them. This tag has the same effect on player-controlled creatures - including modded dwarves. Retired as of v0.40.14 in favor of {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|LISP}}
| Caste
|
| Creature uses "sssssnake talk" (multiplies 'S' when talking - "My name isss Recisssiz."). Used by [[Serpent man|serpent men]] and [[Reptile man|reptile men]] in the vanilla game. C's with the same pronunciation (depending on the word) are not affected by this token.

|-
| {{text anchor|LITTERSIZE}}
| Caste
|
* minimum
* maximum
| Determines the number of offspring per one birth; default 1-3, not used in vanilla raws. See also {{token|MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCAL_POPS_CONTROLLABLE}}
| Creature
|
| Allows you to play as a wild animal of this species in adventurer mode. Prevents trading of (tame) instances of this creature in caravans.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCAL_POPS_PRODUCE_HEROES}}
| Creature
|
| Wild animals of this species may occasionally join a civilization. Prevents trading of (tame) instances of this creature in caravans.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCKPICKER}}
| Caste
|
| Lets a creature open [[door]]s that are set to forbidden in fortress mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOOSE_CLUSTERS}}
| Creature
|
| The creatures will scatter if they have this tag, or form tight packs if they don't.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOW_LIGHT_VISION}}
| Caste
|
*number
| Determines how well a creature can see in the dark - higher is better. Dwarves have 10000, which amounts to perfect nightvision.
|}

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==M==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|MAGICAL}}
| Caste
|
| According to Toady One, this is completely interchangeable with {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE|c}} and might have been used in very early versions of the game by wandering wizards or the ent-type tree creatures that used to be animated by elves. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8316954#msg8316954]

|-
| {{text anchor|MAGMA_VISION}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is able to see while submerged in [[magma]].

|-
| {{text anchor|MALE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature biologically male; usually declared inside a caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|MANNERISM|MANNERISM_*}}
| Caste
|
*occasionally body part
| Adds a possible mannerism to the creature's profile. See [[creature mannerism token]] for further info.

|-
| {{text anchor|MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*material id
| Begins defining a new local material. Follow this with standard material definition tokens to define the material.

|-
| {{text anchor|MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER}}
| Caste
|
*[[Material token]]
*value A
*value B
| When struck with a weapon made of the specified material, the force exerted will be multiplied by A/B, thus making the creature more or less susceptible to this material. For example, if A is 2 and B is 1, the force exerted by the defined material will be doubled. If A is 1 and B is 2, it will be halved instead. See also {{token|GENERAL_MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER|c}}, which can be used to make this sort of effect applicable to all materials.

|-
| {{text anchor|MATUTINAL}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear at dawn (between 4:30 AM and 6:00 AM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|MAXAGE}}
| Caste
|
*min
*max
| Determines the creature's natural lifespan, using the specified minimum and maximum age values (in years). Each individual creature with this token is generated with a predetermined date (calculated down to the exact [[time|tick]]!) between these values, at which it is destined to die of old age, should it live long enough. Note that the probability of death at any given age does not increase as the creature gets older [http://i.imgur.com/A1A4aA9.png].
Creatures which lack this token are naturally immortal. The [[Syndrome#CE_ADD_TAG|NO_AGING]] syndrome tag will prevent death by old age from occurring. Also note that, among civilized creatures, castes which lack this token will refuse to marry others with it, and vice versa.

|-
| {{text anchor|MEANDERER}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the creature slowly stroll around, unless it's in combat or performing a job. If combined with {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}}, will severely impact their [[pathfinding]] and lead the creature to move extremely slowly when not performing any task. Problematically applies to animal people based on the animal, and war trained animals{{bug|9588}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|MEGABEAST}}
| Caste
|
| A 'boss' creature; a small number of those are created during worldgen, their histories and descendants (if any) will be tracked in worldgen (as opposed to simply 'spawning'), and they will occasionally go on rampages, potentially leading to worship if they attack the same place multiple times. Their presence and number will also influence age names. When appearing in fortress mode, they will have a pop-up message announcing their arrival. They will remain hostile to the fortress military even after being tamed.{{bug|10731}} See [[megabeast]] page for more details.

Requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will live. Subterranean biomes appear to not be allowed. Does stack with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} and if both are used the creature will spawn as both historical bosses and as wild animals.

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_CAP_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*Cap %
|Default is 200. This means you can increase your attribute to 200% of its starting value (or the average value + your starting value if that is higher).

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_RANGE}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]]
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets up a [[Attribute#Soul_attributes|mental attribute]]'s range of values (0-5000). All mental attribute ranges default to 200:800:900:1000:1100:1300:2000.

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*cost to improve
*unused counter rate
*rust counter rate
*demotion counter rate
| [[Attribute#Soul_attributes|Mental attribute]] gain/decay rates. Lower numbers in the last three slots make decay occur faster. Defaults are 500:4:5:4.

|-
| {{text anchor|MILKABLE}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
* frequency
| Allows the creature to be [[milk]]ed in the [[farmer's workshop]]. The frequency is the amount of [[time|ticks]] the creature needs to "recharge" (i.e. how much time needs to pass before it can be milked again). Does not work on [[#CAN_LEARN|sentient]] creatures, regardless of [[ethics]].

|-
| {{text anchor|MISCHIEVIOUS}}
| Caste
|
| Alias for {{token|MISCHIEVOUS|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|MISCHIEVOUS}}
| Caste
|
| The creature spawns [[stealth]]ed and will attempt to path into the fortress, pulling any [[lever]]s it comes across. It will be invisible on the map and [[unit list]] until spotted by a citizen, at which point the game will pause and recenter on the creature. Used by [[gremlin]]s in the vanilla game. "They go on little missions to mess with various fortress buildings, not just levers."

|-
| {{text anchor|MODVALUE}}
| Caste
|
| Seemingly no longer used.

|-
| {{text anchor|MOUNT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature may be used as a [[mount]]. No use for the player in fortress mode, but enemy sieging forces may arrive with cavalry. Mounts are usable in adventure mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|MOUNT_EXOTIC}}
| Caste
|
| Creature may be used as a [[mount]], but civilizations cannot domesticate it in worldgen without certain exceptions.

|-
| {{text anchor|MULTIPART_FULL_VISION}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to have all-around vision, as long as it has multiple heads that can see.

|-
| {{text anchor|MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE}}
| Caste
|
| Makes the species usually produce a single offspring per birth, with a 1/500 chance of using the {{token|LITTERSIZE|c}} as usual. Requires {{token|FEMALE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|MUNDANE}}
| Creature
|
| Marks if the creature is an actual real-life creature. Only used for age-names at present.
|}

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==N==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|NAME}}
| Creature
|
*singular
*plural
*adjective
| The generic name for any creature of this type - will be used for referring to the species in the abstract, such as the default material prefix. For labeling individual creatures, {{token|CASTE_NAME|c}} is necessary. If left undefined, the creature will be labeled as "nothing" by the game.

Some examples of adjective use:
* "super''dwarven'' strength"
* "the ''dwarven'' hillocks of X"
* Deity species as in "''feline'' deity"
* Megabeast attacks in worldgen. One with multiple dragons being a "''draconic'' rampage"

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL}}
| Caste
|
| Animal is considered to be natural. NATURAL animals will not engage creatures tagged with {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE|c}} in combat unless they are members of a hostile entity and vice-versa.

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL_ANIMAL}}
| Caste
|
| Alias of {{token|NATURAL|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL_SKILL}}
| Caste
|
*[[Skill_token|Skill token]]
*value
| The creature possesses the specified [[skill]] at this level inherently - that is, it begins with the skill at this level, and the skill may never rust below that. A value of 15 is legendary.

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE}}
| Caste
|
| Creatures with this token can appear as [[experiment|experiments]]. Causes the creature to count as {{token|NOT_LIVING|c}}.

Killing a creature featuring this token provides one point of "hero" reputation. Adds the creature's description as part of the initial summary of their historical figure in legends mode. People will react to creatures with this token as a night creature (natch). In adventure mode, ambushes involving these units will say "Night creature!" instead of "Ambush!"

Prevents creature behavior enabled by {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}}.

Removes the high nature value check imposed by {{token|LOCAL_POPS_PRODUCE_HEROES|c}}.

Prevents the AI from using ANIMATE interactions, unless the newly-animated{{token|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE|c}}undead will not attack them. The check for this is specifically whether the unit is:
*a ghost
*an animated unit
*a unit with the {{token|NO_AGING|c}} token added via {{token|CE_ADD_TAG|c}}. (This allows for the default exclusion of elves and goblins, unless raised as intelligent undead.)

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_BOGEYMAN}}
| Caste
|
| Creatures with this token can appear in [[bogeyman|bogeyman ambushes]] in [[adventure mode]], where they adopt classical bogeyman traits such as stalking the adventurer and vaporising when dawn breaks. Such traits do not manifest if the creature is encountered outside of a bogeyman ambush (for instance, as a megabeast or a civilised being). In addition, their corpses and severed body parts turn into [[smoke]] after a short while. Note that setting the "Number of Bogeyman Types" in [[advanced world generation]] to 0 will only remove randomly-generated bogeymen.

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_EXPERIMENTER}}
| Caste
|
| Found on some [[necromancer]]s. Creatures with this tag may periodically "perform horrible experiments" offscreen, during which they can use creature-targeting interactions with an <code>[[Interaction_token#I_SOURCE|[I_SOURCE:EXPERIMENT]]]</code> tag on living creatures in their area. Worlds are generated with a list of procedurally-generated experiments, allowing necromancers to turn living people and animals into [[Infected_ghoul|ghouls]] and [[Experiment|other experimental creatures]], and these will automatically be available to all experimenters; it does not appear possible to prevent this. You can mod in your own custom experiment interactions, but these are used very infrequently due to the large number of generated experiments.

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[night troll]]s and [[werebeast]]s. Implies that the creature is a [[night creature]], and shows its description in [[legends mode]] entry. The creature is always hostile and will start [[no quarter]] combat with any nearby creatures, except for members of its own race. Note that this tag does not override the creature's normal behavior in [[fortress mode]] except for the aforementioned aggression, and doesn't prevent the creature from fleeing the battles it started. It also removes the creature's materials from stockpile settings list, making them be stored there regardless of settings.

Does stack with {{token|LARGE_ROAMING|c}} and if both are used the creature will spawn as both historical hunters and as wild animals; this requires specifying a {{token|BIOME|c}} in which the creature will live, and subterranean biomes are allowed.

This tag causes the usual behaviour of werebeasts in worldgen, that is, fleeing towns upon being cursed and conducting raids from a lair. If this tag is absent from a deity curse, the accursed will simply be driven out of towns in a similar manner to [[vampire]]s. When paired with SPOUSE_CONVERTER, a very small population of the creature will be created during worldgen (sometimes only a single individual will be created), and their histories will be tracked (that is, they will not spawn spontaneously later, they must either have children or convert other creatures to increase their numbers). The creature will settle in a lair and go on rampages during worldgen. It will actively attempt to seek out potential conversion targets to abduct, convert, and have children with (if possible).

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_NIGHTMARE}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[nightmare]]s. Corpses and severed body parts derived from creatures with this token turn into [[smoke]] after a short while.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_AUTUMN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|autumn]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_CONNECTIONS_FOR_MOVEMENT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't require connected body parts to move{{verify}}; generally used on undead creatures with connections that have rotted away.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_DIZZINESS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot become [[Symptom#Dizziness|dizzy]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_DRINK}}
| Caste
|
| Creature does not need to drink.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_EAT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature does not need to [[food|eat]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_FEVERS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot suffer [[Symptom#Fever|fevers]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_GENDER}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is biologically sexless, making it unable to [[breeding|breed]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_PHYS_ATT_GAIN}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot raise any [[Attribute#Body_attributes|physical attributes]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_PHYS_ATT_RUST}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot lose any [[Attribute#Body_attributes|physical attributes]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SLEEP}}
| Caste
|
| Creature does not need to sleep, but can still be rendered unconscious by other means.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SPRING}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|spring]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SUMMER}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|summer]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT}}
| Caste
|
| The bodyparts of this creature don't need to be connected to an organ with the {{token|THOUGHT|body}} tag in order to have motor function. Generally used on creatures that don't have brains. If a creature doesn't have a thought part and doesn't have this token, it will be unable to grasp or stand. Nautilus men experience this issue in vanilla.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_UNIT_TYPE_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
| Prevents creature from selecting its color based on its profession (e.g. Miner, Hunter, Wrestler).

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_VEGETATION_PERTURB}}
| Caste{{Verify}}
|
| Likely prevents the creature from leaving broken vegetation tracks.{{Verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_WINTER}}
| Caste
|
| The creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|winter]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NOBONES}}
| Caste
|
| Creature cannot be picked up for worldgen fell moods and cannot be made a skeleton deity.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOBREATHE}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't need to breathe or have {{token|BREATHE|body}}parts in its body, nor can it drown or be strangled. Creatures living in magma must have this tag, otherwise they will drown.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOCTURNAL}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear at night (after 10:05 PM and before 4:30 AM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NOEMOTION}}
| Caste
|
| Creature has no emotions, thus; it is immune to the effects of [[stress]] and unable to rage, and its [[need]]s cannot be fulfilled in any way. Used on [[undead]] in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOEXERT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature can't become tired or over-exerted from taking too many combat actions, or moving at full speed for extended periods of time.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOFEAR}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't feel fear and will never flee from battle, and will be immune to [[ghost]]s' attempts to 'scare it to death'. Additionally, it causes [[bogeyman|bogeymen]] and [[nightmare]]s to become friendly towards the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOMEAT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature will not be hunted or fed to wild beasts.

|-
| {{text anchor|NONAUSEA}}
| Caste
|
| Creature isn't nauseated by gut hits and cannot vomit.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOPAIN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't feel pain.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSKIN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature will not drop a hide when [[butcher|butchered]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSKULL}}
| Caste
|
| Creature will not drop a skull on butchering, rot, or decay of severed head.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSMELLYROT}}
| Caste
|
| Does not produce [[miasma]] when rotting.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSTUCKINS}}
| Caste
|
| Weapons can't get stuck in the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSTUN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature can't be stunned and knocked unconscious by pain or head injuries. Creatures with this tag never wake up from sleep in Fortress Mode. If this creature needs to sleep while playing, it will die.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOT_BUTCHERABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Corpses from this creature cannot be [[butcher|butchered]]. Does not prevent the creature from being slaughtered while alive, however.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOT_LIVING}}
| Caste
|
| Cannot be raised from the dead by necromancers or evil clouds. Implies the creature is not a normal living being. Used by [[vampire]]s, [[Mummy|mummies]] and inorganic creatures like the [[amethyst man]] and [[bronze colossus]]. Creatures who are {{token|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE|c}} (undead) will be docile towards creatures with this token.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOTHOUGHT}}
| Caste
|
| Creature doesn't require a {{token|THOUGHT|body}} body part to survive. Has the added effect of preventing speech, though directly controlling creatures that would otherwise be capable of speaking allows them to engage in conversation.
|}

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==O==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ODOR_LEVEL}}
| Caste
|
*number
| How easy the creature is to [[smell]]. The higher the number, the easier the creature is to sniff out. Defaults to 50. Vanilla creatures have values from 0 (undetectable) to 90 (noticeable by humans and dwarves).

|-
| {{text anchor|ODOR_STRING}}
| Caste
|
*string
| What the creature [[smell]]s like. If no odor string is defined, the creature name (not the caste name) is used.

|-
| {{text anchor|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE}}
| Caste
|
| Is hostile to all creatures except undead and other non-living ones and will show {{DFtext|Opposed to life|0:1}} in the [[unit list]]. Used by [[undead]] in the vanilla game. Functions without the {{token|NOT_LIVING|c}} token, and seems to imply said token as well. Undead will not be hostile to otherwise-living creatures given this token. Living creatures given this token will attack living creatures that lack it, while ignoring other living creatures that also have this token.

|-
| {{text anchor|ORIENTATION}}
| Caste
|
*MALE/FEMALE
*disinterested chance
*casual chance
*strong chance
| Determines caste's likelihood of having sexual attraction to certain sexes. Values default to 75:20:5 for the same sex and 5:20:75 for the opposite sex. The first value indicates how likely to be entirely uninterested in the sex, the second decides if the creature will be able to become lovers with that sex, the third decides whether they will be able to marry in worldgen and post-worldgen world activities (which implies being able to become lovers). Marriage seems to be able to happen in fort mode play regardless, as long as they are lovers first.

|-
| {{text anchor|OUTSIDER_CONTROLLABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Lets you play as an [[Adventurer_mode_character_creation#Outsider|outsider]] of this species in adventure mode.

|}

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==P==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|PACK_ANIMAL}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to be used as a pack animal. Used by [[trading|merchants]] without wagons and adventurers. Also prevents creature from dropping hauled items on its own -- do ''not'' use for player-controllable creatures! May lead to the creature being domesticated during worldgen, even if it doesn't have {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC|c}}.

Creatures with this tag but without {{token|BENIGN|c}}, and/or with {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}} leads to hauled items being dropped.

|-
| {{text anchor|PARALYZEIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is immune to all [[Syndrome#CE_PARALYSIS|paralyzing]] special attacks.

|-
| {{text anchor|PATTERNFLIER}}
| Caste
|
| Used to control the bat riders with paralyze-dart blowguns that flew through the 2D chasm. Doesn't do anything now.

|-
| {{text anchor|PCG_LAYERING}}
| Creature
|
*[[Procedural graphics layer|Layering type]]
| Adds a layer to the current {{token|PROCEDURAL_CREATURE_GRAPHICS|c}} definition.

|-
| {{text anchor|PEARL}}
| Caste
|
| Does nothing.

|-
| {{text anchor|PENETRATEPOWER}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Controls the ability of [[vermin]] to find a way into containers when they are eating food from your stockpiles.

Objects made of most materials (e.g. metal) roll a number from 0-100, and if the resulting number is greater than the penetrate power, their contents escape for the time being. Objects made of [[wood]], [[leather]], [[amber]], or [[coral]] roll 0-95, and items made of [[cloth]] roll 0-90.

|-
| {{text anchor|PERSONALITY}}
| Caste
|
*ATTRIBUTE
*lowest
*median
*highest
| Determines the range and chance of personality facets. Standard is 0:50:100. See [[personality facet]] for more info.

|-
| {{text anchor|PET}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to be [[Animal_trainer|tamed]] in Fortress mode. Prerequisite for all other working animal roles. Civilizations that encounter it in worldgen will tame and domesticate it for their own use. Adding this to civilization members will classify them as pets instead of citizens, with all the [[Fun|problems]] that entails. However, you can solve these problems using the popular plugin [https://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=13095| Dwarf Therapist], which is completely unaffected by the tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|PET_EXOTIC}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to be [[Animal_trainer|tamed]] in Fortress mode. Prequisite for all other working animal roles. Civilizations cannot domesticate it in worldgen, with certain exceptions. More difficult to tame?{{verify}} Adding this to civilization members will classify them as pets instead of citizens, with all the [[Fun|problems]] that entails. ([[Gremlin|Example]]).

|-
| {{text anchor|PETVALUE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| How valuable a tamed animal is. Actual cost in points in the embarking screen is 1+(PETVALUE/2) for an untrained animal, 1+PETVALUE for a war/hunting one.

|-
| {{text anchor|PETVALUE_DIVISOR}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Divides the creature's {{token|PETVALUE|c}} by the specified number. Used by [[honey bee]]s to prevent a single hive from being worth a fortune.

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_CAP_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*Cap %
|Default is 200. This means you can increase your attribute to 200% of its starting value (or the average value + your starting value if that is higher).

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_RANGE}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]]
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets up a [[Attribute#Body_attributes|physical attribute]]'s range of values (0-5000). All physical attribute ranges default to 200:700:900:1000:1100:1300:2000.

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*[[Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*cost to improve
*unused counter rate
*rust counter rate
*demotion counter rate
| [[Attribute#Body_attributes|Physical attribute]] gain/decay rates. Lower numbers in the last three slots make decay occur faster. Defaults for STRENGTH, AGILITY, TOUGHNESS, and ENDURANCE are 500:3:4:3, while RECUPERATION and DISEASE_RESISTANCE default to 500:NONE:NONE:NONE.

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_BP_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, or BY_TOKEN
*body type, category, or token
| Adds a body part group to selected body part group. Presumably used immediately after {{token|SET_BP_GROUP|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*material
| Adds a material to selected materials. Used immediately after {{token|SELECT_MATERIAL|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|POP_RATIO}}
| Caste
|
*number (max 100000)
| Weighted population of caste; Lower is rarer. Not to be confused with {{token|FREQUENCY|c}}. A weight of 0 will{{version|51.06 experimental}} prevent a caste from spawning naturally. Regardless of pop ratio, [[Position token|Position]]s that only allow a certain caste can force it to spawn.

|-
| {{text anchor|POPULATION_NUMBER}}
| Creature
|
*min
*max
| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many of these creatures are present in each world map tile of the appropriate region. Defaults to 1:1 if not specified. If the creature's chosen {{token|CLUSTER_NUMBER|c}} happens to be larger, it will be used instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|POWER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the being to represent itself as a deity, allowing it to become the leader of a civilized group. Not used by any creatures in the vanilla game. Requires {{token|CAN_SPEAK|c}} to actually do anything more than settle at a location (e.g. write books, lead armies, profane temples). Doesn't appear to do anything for creatures that are already civilized. Once the creature ascends to a position of leadership, it will proceed to act as a standard ruler for their entity and fulfill the same functions (hold tournaments, tame creatures, etc.).

|-
| {{text anchor|PREFSTRING}}
| Creature
|
*string
| Sets what other creatures [[Preferences|prefer]] about this creature. "Urist likes dwarves for their beards." Multiple entries will be chosen from at random. Creatures lacking a PREFSTRING token will never appear under another's preferences.

|-
| {{text anchor|PROCEDURAL_CREATURE_GRAPHICS}}
| Creature
|
* [[Graphics_token#Basic_creature_sprite_types|Sprite type]] or Caste then sprite type
| Makes the creature have procedural graphics built for it, like forgotten beasts/demons/titans/experiments. Must be associated with PCG_LAYERING tokens.

|-
| {{text anchor|PROFESSION_NAME}}
| Creature
|
*[[Unit type token]] (Profession)
*singular
*plural
| The generic name for members of this profession, at the creature level. In order to give members of specific castes different names for professions, use {{token|CASTE_PROFESSION_NAME|c}} instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|PRONE_TO_RAGE}}
| Caste
|
*Chance
| Creature has a percentage chance to flip out at visible non-friendly creatures. Enraged creatures attack anything regardless of timidity and get a strength bonus to their hits. This is what makes [[badger]]s so hardcore.

|-
| {{text anchor|PUS}}
| Caste
|
* <[[material token]]>
* <[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
| The creature has pus. Specifies the stuff secreted by [[Health_care#Infection|infected wounds]].
|}

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==R==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|RELSIZE}}
| Caste
|
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*body category, type, or token
*Relsize
| Specifies a new relative size for a part than what is stated in the body plan. For example, dwarves have larger livers.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS}}
| Caste
|
*singular
*plural
| What the creature's [[remains]] are called.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
| What color the creature's [[remains]] are.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_ON_VERMIN_BITE_DEATH}}
| Caste
|
| Goes with {{token|VERMIN_BITE|c}} and {{token|DIE_WHEN_VERMIN_BITE|c}}, the vermin creature will leave remains on death when biting. Leaving this tag out will cause the creature to disappear entirely after it bites.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_UNDETERMINED}}
| Caste
|
| Nothing.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMOVE_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*material token
| Removes a material from the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMOVE_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*tissue token
| Removes a tissue from the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|RETRACT_INTO_BP}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY or BY_TOKEN
*body type, [[Body_token#CATEGORY|category]], or [[Body_token#BP|token]]
*Second person ("You") retract verb text
*Third person ("The giant snail") retract verb text
*Second person cancel retract text
*Third person cancel retract text
| The creature will retract into the specified body part(s) when threatened. It will be unable to move or attack, but enemies will only be able to attack the specified body part(s). When one of the specified body part is severed off, the creature automatically unretracts and cannot retract anymore. More than one body part can be selected by using BY_TYPE or BY_CATEGORY.

Second-person descriptions are used for adventurer mode natural ability. "<pro_pos>" can be used in the descriptions, being replaced with the proper pronoun (or lack thereof) in-game.

Undead curled up creatures are buggy, specifically those that retract into their upper bodies: [[echidna]]s, [[hedgehog]]s and [[pangolin]]s.{{bug|11463}}{{bug|10519}} The upper body is prevented from collapsing by a separate body part (the middle spine), which cannot be attacked when the creature is retracted. See {{token|PREVENTS_PARENT_COLLAPSE|bo}}. Living creatures eventually succumb to blood loss, but undead creatures do not. Giant creatures also take a very long time to bleed out.
|-
| {{text anchor|RETURNS_VERMIN_KILLS_TO_OWNER}}
| Creature
|
| Cat behavior. If it kills a vermin creature and has an owner, it carries the remains in its mouth and drops them at their feet. Requires {{token|HUNTS_VERMIN|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|ROOT_AROUND}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY or BY_TOKEN
*body type, [[Body_token#CATEGORY|category]], or [[Body_token#BP|token]]
*Second person ("You") verb text
*Third person ("The hen") verb text
| Creature will occasionally root around in the grass, looking for insects. Used for flavor in Adventurer Mode, spawns vermin edible for this creature in Fortress Mode. Creatures missing the specified body part will be unable to perform this action. The action produces a message (visible in adventure mode) in the form:

{{DFtext|[creature] [verb text] the [description of creature's location].|6:0}}

In adventure mode, the "rooting around" ability will be included in the "natural abilities" menu, represented by its second person verb text.

|}

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==S==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|SAVAGE}}
| Creature
|
| The creature will only show up in "savage" biomes. Has no effect on cavern creatures. Cannot be combined with {{token|GOOD|c}} or {{token|EVIL|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SECRETION}}
| Caste
|
*<[[material token]]>
*<[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
*BY_TOKEN / BY_CATEGORY / BY_TYPE
*<[[Body_token#BP|body part ID]]> / <[[Body_token#CATEGORY|category]]> or ALL / <type (e.g. [[Body_token#GRASP|GRASP]])>
*<[[Body_detail_plan_token#BP_LAYERS|tissue layer]]> or ALL
*<trigger>
| Causes the specified tissue layer(s) of the indicated body part(s) to secrete the designated material. A size 100 ('covering') [[contaminant]] is created over the affected body part(s) in its specified material state (and at the temperature appropriate to this state) when the trigger condition is met, as long as one of the secretory tissue layers is still intact. Valid triggers are:
*'''CONTINUOUS'''
Secretion occurs once every 40 [[time|ticks]] in [[fortress mode]], and every tick in [[adventurer mode]].
*'''EXERTION'''
Secretion occurs continuously (at the rate described above) whilst the creature is at minimum {{Tile|Tired|6:1}} following physical exertion. Note that this cannot occur if the creature has {{token|NOEXERT|c}}.
*'''EXTREME_EMOTION'''
Secretion occurs continuously (as above) whilst the creature is distressed. Cannot occur in creatures with {{token|NOEMOTION|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_ADDITIONAL_CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*<caste>
| Adds an additional previously defined caste to the selection. Used after {{token|SELECT_CASTE|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*<caste> or ALL
| Selects a previously defined caste

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*<[[material token]]>
| Selects a locally defined material. Can be ALL.

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*tissue token
| Selects a tissue for editing.

|-
| {{text anchor|SEMIMEGABEAST}}
| Caste
|
| Essentially the same as {{token|MEGABEAST|c}}, but more of them are created during worldgen. See the [[semi-megabeast]] page for details.

|-
| {{text anchor|SENSE_CREATURE_CLASS}}
| Caste
|
* <[[Creature_token#CREATURE_CLASS|creature class]]>
* [[Tilesets|<tile value or character>]]
* [[Color#Color_values|<foreground color>:<background color>:<foreground brightness>]]
| Gives the creature the ability to sense creatures belonging to the specified [[Creature_token#CREATURE_CLASS|creature class]] even when they lie far beyond line of sight, including through walls and floors. It also appears to reduce or negate the combat penalty of [[Wound#Blindness|blind]] units when fighting creatures they can sense. In [[adventure mode]], the specified tile will be used to represent sensed creatures when they cannot be seen directly.

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_BP_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*selection criteria BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*category, type, or token
| Begins a selection of body parts.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_LEARN_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*<[[skill_token]]>
*<percentage>
| The rate at which this creature learns this skill. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_LEARN_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*<percentage>
| The rate at which this creature learns all skills. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*[[skill_token]]
*<% of improvement points gained>
*<unused counter rate>
*<rust counter rate>
*<demotion counter rate>
| Like {{token|SKILL_RATES|c}}, but applies to individual skills instead. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*<% of improvement points gained>
*<unused counter rate>
*<rust counter rate>
*<demotion counter rate>
| Affects skill gain and decay. Lower numbers in the last three slots make decay occur faster ([SKILL_RATES:100:1:1:1] would cause rapid decay). The counter rates may also be replaced with NONE.
Default is [SKILL_RATES:100:8:16:16]. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RUST_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*[[skill_token]]
*value
*value
*value
| The rate at which this skill decays. Lower values cause the skill to decay faster. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RUST_RATES}}
| Caste
|
*value
*value
*value
| The rate at which all skills decay. Lower values cause the skills to decay faster. Requires {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} or {{token|INTELLIGENT|c}} to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SLAIN_CASTE_SPEECH}}
| Caste
|
*[[Speech file|text set]]
| Caste-specific {{token|SLAIN_SPEECH|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SLAIN_SPEECH}}
| Creature
|
*[[Speech file|text set]]
| Boasting speeches relating to killing this creature. Examples include [[text_dwarf.txt/raw|text_dwarf.txt]] (<code>[SLAIN_SPEECH:SLAIN_DWARF]</code>) and text_elf.txt (<code>[SLAIN_SPEECH:SLAIN_ELF]</code>) in data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects.

|-
| {{text anchor|SLOW_LEARNER}}
| Caste
|
| Shorthand for {{token|CAN_LEARN|c}} + <code>[[Creature_token#SKILL_LEARN_RATES|[SKILL_LEARN_RATES:50]]]</code>.{{verify}} Used by a number of 'primitive' creatures (like [[ogre]]s, [[giant]]s and [[troglodyte]]s) in the vanilla game. Applicable to player races. Prevents a player from recruiting nobility, even basic ones. Subterranean creatures with this token combined with {{token|EVIL|c}} will become servants of goblins in their civilizations, in the style of [[troll]]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|SMALL_REMAINS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature leaves "[[item token#REMAINS|remains]]" instead of a corpse. Used by [[vermin]].

|-
| {{text anchor|SMELL_TRIGGER}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Determines how keen a creature's sense of smell is - lower is better. At 10000, a creature cannot smell at all.

|-
| {{text anchor|SOLDIER_ALTTILE}}
| Creature
|
*'character' or tile number
| If this creature is active in its civilization's military, it will blink between its default tile and this one.

|-
| {{text anchor|SOUND}}
| Caste
|
* Sound application (currently accepts ALERT or PEACEFUL_INTERMITTENT)
* Sound range (in tiles)
* Sound delay (lower values = sound is produced more often)
* VOCALIZATION or NONE (determines whether the sound requires breathing or not)
* First-person description
* Third-person description
* Description when out of sight
| Creature makes sounds periodically, which can be heard in Adventure mode.
* First-person reads "You '''bark'''"
* Third-person reads "The [[capybara]] '''barks'''"
* Out of sight reads "You hear '''a loud bark'''"
with the text in bold being the description arguments of the token.

|-
| {{text anchor|SOURCE_HFID}}
| Creature
|
*Integer
| Found on generated [[angel]]s. This is the historical figure ID of the deity with which the angel is associated. Since HFIDs are not predictable before worldgen, this isn't terribly usable in mods.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIFIC_FOOD}}
| Caste
|
* PLANT or CREATURE
* Plant/creature ID
| Creature will only appear in biomes with this plant or creature available. Grazers given a specific type of grass (such as [[panda]]s and [[bamboo]]) will only eat that grass and nothing else, risking starvation if there's none available.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPHERE}}
| Creature
|
* [[Sphere#Available_spheres|sphere]]
| Sets what religious spheres the creature is aligned to, for purposes of being worshipped via the {{token|POWER|c}} token. Also affects the creature's name.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGET}}
| Caste
|
| This creature can be converted by a night creature with {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERTER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPOUSE_CONVERTER}}
| Caste
|
| If the creature has the {{token|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER|c}} tag, it will kidnap {{token|SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGET|c}}s and transform them into the caste of its species with the {{token|CONVERTED_SPOUSE|c}} tag during worldgen. It may also start families this way.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPREAD_EVIL_SPHERES_IF_RULER}}
| Caste
|
| If the creature rules over a [[site]], it will cause the local landscape to be corrupted into [[Surroundings#Evil|evil surroundings]] associated with the creature's [[Creature_token#SPHERE|sphere]]s. The creature must have at least one of the following [[sphere]]s for this to take effect: BLIGHT, DEATH, DISEASE, DEFORMITY, NIGHTMARES. The first three kill vegetation, while the others sometimes do. The last two get [[Plant_token#EVIL|evil plants]] and [[Creature_token#EVIL|evil animals]] sometimes. NIGHTMARES gets [[bogeyman|bogeymen]]. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8162224#msg8162224] Used by [[demon]]s in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|STANCE_CLIMBER}}
| Caste
|
| Caste does not require <code>[[Body_token#GRASP|[GRASP]]]</code> body parts to climb -- it can climb with <code>[[Body_token#STANCE|[STANCE]]]</code> parts instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|STANDARD_GRAZER}}
| Caste
|
| Acts as {{token|GRAZER|c}} but set to 20000*G*(max size)^(-3/4), where G defaults to 100 but can be set in d_init, and the whole thing is trapped between 150 and 3 million. Used for all grazers in the default creature raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|STRANGE_MOODS}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will get [[strange mood]]s in fortress mode and can produce artifacts.

|-
| {{text anchor|SUPERNATURAL}}
| Caste
|
| Gives the creature knowledge of any secrets with <code>[[Interaction_token#IS_SECRET|[SUPERNATURAL_LEARNING_POSSIBLE]]]</code> that match its [[Creature_token#SPHERE|spheres]] and also prevents it from becoming a [[vampire]] or [[werebeast]]. Other effects are unknown.

|-
| {{text anchor|SWIMS_INNATE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature naturally knows how to swim perfectly and does not use the [[swimmer]] skill, as opposed to {{token|SWIMS_LEARNED|c}} below. However, Fortress mode AI never paths into water anyway, so it's less useful there.

|-
| {{text anchor|SWIMS_LEARNED}}
| Caste
|
| The creature swims only as well as their present [[Swimmer|swimming skill]] allows them to.

|-
| {{text anchor|SYNDROME_DILUTION_FACTOR}}
| Caste
| <[[Syndrome#SYN_IDENTIFIER|syndrome identifier]]>:<percentage>
| Dilutes the effects of syndromes which have the specified identifier. A percentage of 100 is equal to the regular syndrome effect severity, higher percentages reduce severity.
|}

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==T==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|TENDONS}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
*healing rate
| The creature has tendons in its {{token|CONNECTIVE_TISSUE_ANCHOR|td}} tissues (bone or chitin by default). Cutting the bone/chitin tissue severs the tendons, disabling motor function if the target is a limb.

|-
| {{text anchor|THICKWEB}}
| Caste
|
| The creature's [[web]]s can catch larger creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*name
| Begins defining a tissue in the creature file. Follow this with standard tissue definition tokens to define the tissue properties.

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
*LOCATION
| Adds the tissue layer to wherever it is required.
Non-argument Locations can be FRONT, RIGHT, LEFT, TOP, BOTTOM. Argument locations are AROUND and CLEANS, requiring a further body part and a % of coverage/cleansing

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_OVER}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
*LOCATION
| Alias for TISSUE_LAYER

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
| Adds the tissue layer under a given part.
For example, an [[iron man]] has a gaseous poison within, and this tissue (GAS is its name) has the token [TISSUE_LEAKS] and its state is GAS, so when you puncture the iron outside and damage this tissue it leaks gas (can have a syndrome by using a previous one in the creature sample.) [TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:{tissue}] {tissue} is what will be under the TISSUE_LAYER; here is an example Tissue from the Iron Man: 
[TISSUE:GAS] [TISSUE_NAME:gas:NP] [TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:GAS] [TISSUE_MAT_STATE:GAS] [RELATIVE_THICKNESS:50] [TISSUE_LEAKS] [TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER]

|-
| {{text anchor|TITAN}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[titan]]s. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRADE_CAPACITY}}
| Caste
|
*number
| How much the creature can carry when used by merchants. 1000 by default. Completely ignored if the animal does not also have PACK_ANIMAL or WAGON, instead using BODY_SIZE^(2/3)/20, even if they're a pack animal due to ANIMAL_ALWAYS_PACK_ANIMAL.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Shortcut for {{token|TRAINABLE_HUNTING|c}} + {{token|TRAINABLE_WAR|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE_HUNTING}}
| Caste
|
| Can be [[Animal trainer|trained]] as a hunting beast, increasing speed.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE_WAR}}
| Caste
|
| Can be [[Animal trainer|trained]] as a war beast, increasing strength and endurance.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRANCES}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to go into [[martial trance]]s. Used by dwarves in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAPAVOID}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will never trigger [[trap]]s it steps on. Used by a [[Trapavoid|number of creatures]]. Doesn't make the creature immune to remotely activated traps (like retractable spikes being triggered while the creature is standing over them). TRAPAVOID creatures lose this power if they're immobilized while standing in a trap, be it by stepping on thick web, being paralyzed or being knocked unconscious.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRIGGERABLE_GROUP}}
| Creature
|
*min
*max
| A large swarm of vermin can be disturbed, usually in adventurer mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|TSU_NOUN}}
| Caste
|
*noun
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| Noun for the {{token|TISSUE_STYLE_UNIT|c}}, used in the description of the tissue layer's style.
|}

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==U==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|UBIQUITOUS}}
| Creature
|
| Creature will occur in every region with the correct biome. Does not apply to {{token|EVIL|c}}/{{token|GOOD|c}} tags. Supersedes {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} for the purposes of distributing populations through the map, they are present in every part of the valid biome. Respects {{token|FREQUENCY|c}} for the frequency of unit [[Creature token#CLUSTER_NUMBER|cluster]] spawns being of this species.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNDERGROUND_DEPTH}}
| Creature
|
*mindepth
*maxdepth
| Depth that the creature appears underground. Numbers can be from 0 to 5. 0 is actually 'above ground' and can be used if the creature is to appear both above and below ground. Values from 1-3 are the respective [[cavern]] levels, 4 is the [[magma sea]] and 5 is the [[HFS]]. A single argument may be used instead of min and max. [[Demon]]s use only 5:5; user-defined creatures with both this depth and {{token|FLIER}} will take part in the initial wave from the HFS alongside generated demons, but without {{token|FLIER}} they will only spawn from the map edges. Civilizations that can use underground plants or animals will only export (via the embark screen or caravans) things that are available at depth 1.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNDERSWIM}}
| Caste
|
| The creature is displayed as blue when in [[Water#Depth|7/7 water]]. Used on fish and amphibious creatures which swim under the water.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNIQUE_DEMON}}
| Caste
|
| Found on generated [[demon]]s; causes the game to create a single named instance of the demon which will emerge from the underworld and take over civilizations during worldgen.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*new caste token
*old caste token
| Defines a new caste derived directly from a previous caste. The new caste inherits all properties of the old one. The effect of this tag is automatic if one has not yet defined any castes: "Any caste-level tag that occurs before castes are explicitly declared is saved up and placed on any caste that is declared later, unless the caste is explicitly derived from another caste."
Roostre: "When DF detects duplicate tokens in the raws of the same object, a failsafe seems to kick in; it takes the bottom-most of the duplicates, and disregards the others. In the case of tokens added by a mod, it prioritizes the duplicate in the mod." This means that if a tag is defined in the base-caste and redefined in the derived caste, the derived tag overwrites the base tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*new material ID
*old material ID
| Defines a new local creature material and populates it with all properties defined in the specified local creature material.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE}}
| Creature
|
*new material token
*material template
| Defines a new local creature material and populates it with all properties defined in the specified template. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=175437.msg8441368#msg8441368 There seems to be a limit of 200 materials per creature].

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*new tissue token
*old tissue id
| Defines a new local creature tissue and populates it with all properties defined in the local tissue specified in the second argument.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_TISSUE_TEMPLATE}}
| Creature
|
*new tissue token
*tissue template
| Loads a tissue template listed in OBJECT:TISSUE_TEMPLATE files, such as tissue_template_default.txt.

|-
| {{text anchor|UTTERANCES}}
| Creature
|
| Changes the language of the creature into unintelligible 'kobold-speak', which creatures of other species will be unable to understand. If a civilized creature has this and is not part of a {{token|SKULKING|e}} civ, it will tend to start wars with all nearby civilizations and will be unable to make peace treaties due to 'inability to communicate'.
|}

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==V==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|VEGETATION}}
| Caste
|
| Like {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE}}, but also makes the creature more valued in artwork by civilisations with the PLANT [[sphere]]. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169696.msg8316954#msg8316954] Used by [[grimeling]]s in the vanilla game.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_BITE}}
| Caste
|
*chance of occurrence{{verify}}
*verb (bitten, stung, etc.)
* [[material token]]
* [[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]
| Enables vermin to bite other creatures, injecting the specified material. See {{token|SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT|c}} for details about injection - this token presumably works in a similar manner.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_EATER}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin creature will attempt to eat exposed food. See {{token|PENETRATEPOWER|c}}. Distinct from {{token|VERMIN_ROTTER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_FISH}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin appears in [[water]] and will attempt to swim around.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_GROUNDER}}
| Creature
|
| The creature appears in "general" surface ground locations. Note that this doesn't stop the creature from flying if it can (most vermin birds have this tag).

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_HATEABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Some dwarves will [[Preferences|hate]] the creature and get unhappy thoughts when around it. See the [[Hateable|list of hateable vermin]] for details.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_MICRO}}
| Caste
|
| This makes the creature move in a swarm of creatures of the same race as it (e.g. swarm of flies, swarm of ants).

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOFISH}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot be caught by [[fishing]].

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOROAM}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will not be observed randomly roaming about the map.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOTRAP}}
| Caste
|
| The creature cannot be caught in baited [[animal trap]]s; however, a "[[Trapper|catch live land animal]]" task may still be able to capture one if a dwarf finds one roaming around.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_ROTTER}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin are attracted to rotting stuff and loose food left in the open and cause unhappy thoughts to dwarves who encounter them. Present on flies, knuckle worms, acorn flies, and blood gnats.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_SOIL}}
| Creature
|
| The creature randomly appears near dirt or mud, and may be uncovered by creatures that have the {{token|ROOT_AROUND|c}} interaction such as [[goose|geese]] and [[chicken]]s. Dwarves will ignore the creature when given the "Capture live land animal" task.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_SOIL_COLONY}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin will appear in a single tile cluster of many vermin, such as a colony of ants.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMINHUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| Old shorthand for "does cat stuff". Contains {{token|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE|c}} + {{token|RETURNS_VERMIN_KILLS_TO_OWNER|c}} + {{token|HUNTS_VERMIN|c}} + {{token|ADOPTS_OWNER|c}}.

|-
| {{text anchor|VESPERTINE}}
| Caste
|
| When set, the creature will only appear in the evening (between 8:00 PM and 10:05 PM) in [[Adventurer mode]].

|-
| {{text anchor|VIEWRANGE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Value should determine how close you have to get to a critter before it attacks (or prevents adv mode travel etc.) Default is 20.

|-
| {{text anchor|VISION_ARC}}
| Caste
|
*binocular vision arc
*non-binocular vision arc
| The width of the creature's vision arcs, in degrees (i.e. 0 to 360). The first number is binocular vision, the second is non-binocular vision. Binocular vision has a minimum of about 10 degrees, monocular, a maximum of about 350 degrees. Values past these limits will be accepted, but will default to ~10 degrees and ~350 degrees respectively. Defaults are 60:120.
|}

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==W==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|WAGON_PULLER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the creature to pull caravan wagons. If a civilization doesn't have access to any, it is restricted to trading with pack animals.

|-
| {{text anchor|WEBBER}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
| Allows the creature to create [[web]]s, and defines what the webs are made of.

|-
| {{text anchor|WEBIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|
| The creature will not get caught in thick [[web]]s. Used by creatures who can shoot thick webs (such as [[giant cave spider]]s) in order to make them immune to their own attacks.
|}

==Attack Tokens==

Attacks can use four different part selection criteria. Except for TISSUE_LAYER, the base game makes use of all of these in its attacks.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Part type token
! width="30%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|BODYPART}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
| This attack uses a particular body part; for example, ATTACK:PUNCH:BODYPART:BY_TYPE:GRASP will make it use any part that can hold onto an object.

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* tissue layer
| This attack uses a specific tissue layer on a specific body part; ATTACK:SCRATCH:TISSUE_LAYER:BY_TYPE:GRASP:BONE will make it use the bone of the hands.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
| Uses a body part that is subordinate to another; ATTACK:SLAP:CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ARM_LOWER:BY_TYPE:GRASP will make it use every hand attached to each lower arm (so it will generate one attack per lower arm, each of which will use every hand on that arm, assuming there are multiple hands per arm).

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILD_TISSUE_LAYER_GROUP}}
|
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* BY_TYPE/BY_TOKEN/BY_CATEGORY
* type/token/category
* tissue layer
| As CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP, but specifying a tissue, too; ATTACK:BITE:CHILD_BODYPART_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:HEAD:BY_CATEGORY:TOOTH

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_SKILL}}
| Caste
|
*[[Skill token]]
| Defines the skill used by the attack.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_VERB}}
| Caste
|
*2nd person
*3rd person
| Descriptive text for the attack.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*% value
| The contact area of the attack, measured in % of the body part's volume. Note that all attack percentages can be more than 100%.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*% value
| The penetration value of the attack, measured in % of the body part's volume. Requires ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE. Maximum value: 15000.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PRIORITY}}
| Caste
|
*MAIN or SECOND
| Usage frequency. MAIN attacks are 100 times more frequently chosen than SECOND. Opportunity attacks ignore this preference.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_VELOCITY_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*number
| The velocity multiplier of the attack, multiplied by 1000.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_CANLATCH}}
| Caste
|
| Attacks that damage tissue have the chance to latch on in a wrestling hold. The grabbing bodypart can then use the "shake around" wrestling move, causing severe, armor-bypassing tensile damage according to the attacker's body volume.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_WITH}}
| Caste
|
| Displays the name of the body part used to perform an attack while announcing it, e.g. "The weaver punches the bugbat with his right hand".

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE}}
| Caste
|
| The attack is edged, with all the effects on physical resistance and contact area that it entails.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER}}
| Caste
|
* Preparation time
* Recovery time
| Determines the length of time to prepare this attack and until one can perform this attack again. Values appear to be calculated in adventure mode ticks.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_BAD_MULTIATTACK}}
| Caste
|
| Multiple strikes with this attack cannot be performed effectively.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_INDEPENDENT_MULTIATTACK}}
| Caste
|
| Multiple strikes with this attack can be performed with no penalty. The creature will use all attacks with this token at once.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT}}
| Caste
|
*<[[material token]]>
*<[[Material_definition_token#Material_States|material state]]>
*<min quantity>
*<max quantity>
| When added to an attack, causes the attack to inject the specified material into the victim's bloodstream. Once injected, the material will participate in [[temperature|thermal]] exchange within the creature - injecting something like molten [[iron]] (INORGANIC:IRON:LIQUID) would cause most unmodded creatures to melt (note that some of the injected material also [[contaminant|splatters]] over the bodypart used to carry out the attack, so it should be protected appropriately). If the injected material has an associated [[syndrome]] with the [[Syndrome#SYN_INJECTED|[SYN_INJECTED]]] token, it will be transmitted to the victim. If the attack is blunt, the injected material lacks the [[Material definition token#ENTERS_BLOOD|[ENTERS_BLOOD]]] token, the attacked bodypart has no [[Tissue_definition_token#VASCULAR|[VASCULAR]]] tissues, or the victim is bloodless, the material will splatter over the attacked body part instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_INTERACTION}}
| Caste
|
*interaction
| When this attack lands successfully, a specified interaction will take effect on the target creature. The attack must break the target creature's skin in order to work. This will take effect in worldgen as well. If the attack would break skin, the interaction will occur '''before the attack actually lands'''.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_SUCK_BLOOD}}
| Caste
|
*min
*max
| Successful attack draws out an amount of blood randomized between the min and max value. Beware that this '''will''' trigger any ingestion syndromes attached to the target creature's blood - for example, using this attack on a vampire will turn you into one too.
|}

==Tissue Layer Tokens==
Tissue layers are added to a creature's body parts by the creature tokens [[#TISSUE_LAYER|TISSUE_LAYER]], [[#TISSUE_LAYER_OVER|TISSUE_LAYER_OVER]], [[#TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER|TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER]], and the body detail plan token [[#TL_LAYERS|TL_LAYERS]].

These tissue layers are not the same thing as tissues, which are defined at creature level, but rather applications of the tissues. If the SKIN tissue of a creature is the more general and abstract notion of what skin is for that creature, then a tissue layer may be the "actual" skin on the creature's nose, head, or second toe. As most creatures have more than one body part, tissue layers are normally selected en masse.

Some tissue layer tokens are analogous to tissue definition tokens, e.g. [[#TL_CONNECTS|TL_CONNECTS]] to [[tissue_definition_token#CONNECTS|CONNECTS]].

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token | Selects a tissue at a location
* (optional) FRONT, BACK, LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, BOTTOM, AROUND.
| Begins a selection of tissue layers.
[SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER:HEART:BY_TYPE:HEART]

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
| Adds tissue layers to those selected.

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_TL_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
*tissue
| Begins a selection of tissue layers. Only usable for descriptor and cosmetic purposes.

Research has implied it may be redundant with SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER, as the latter allows for cosmetics as well as "functional" tokens such as TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES. Vanilla raws still use SET_TL_GROUP though, for all cosmetic purposes. More research is needed on this subject.

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_TL_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
*tissue
| Adds tissue layers to those selected. Like SET_TL_GROUP, it may be redundant even if used in the vanilla raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_LAYER_TISSUE}}
| Caste
|
*TISSUE
| Sets a selected tissue layer to be made of a different tissue.

|-
| {{text anchor|SHEARABLE_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
* tissue modifier
* required value
| Tissue layer can be sheared for its component material. The specified modifier must be at least of the desired value for shearing to be possible (for example, a [[llama]]'s wool must have a LENGTH of 300 before it is shearable).

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*QUALITY
*lowest
*lower
*low
*median
*high
*higher
*highest
| Sets the range of qualities, including LENGTH, DENSE, HIGH_POSITION, CURLY, GREASY, WRINKLY

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_STYLE_UNIT}}
| Caste
|
*tissue style unit ID
*shaping
| Sets tissue layer to be the target of TISSUE_STYLE token specified for an entity, works only on entity members. Mostly used with tissues HAIR, BEARD, MOUSTACHE, SIDEBURNS.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_COLOR_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
|
*COLOR
*freq
*COLOR
*freq etc.
| Creates a list of colors/color patterns, giving each a relative frequency. If the given color or pattern does not exist, the tissue is described as being "transparent".

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_GENETIC_MODEL}}
| Caste
|
| The way the color modifier is passed on to offspring. May or may not work right now.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_IMPORTANCE}}
| Caste
|
*number
| Presumably modifies the importance of the tissue layer color modifier, for description purposes.
HOWEVER using this appears to remove all mention of colour from creature descriptions. It does not appear in any default creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_NOUN}}
| Caste
|
*name
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| Names the tissue layer color modifier, and determines the noun. Also used by [[Utility:Stonesense|Stonesense]] for colouring body parts.

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_TIMING}}
| Caste
|
*ROOT
*start change window years
*days
*end change window years
*days
| Determines the point in the creature's life when the color change begins and ends.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_CONNECTS}}
| Caste
|
| Gives the CONNECTS attribute to selected layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_HEALING_RATE}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Changes the HEALING_RATE of the selected tissue layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES}}
| Caste
|
| Gives the "major arteries" attribute to selected layers. Used to add massive bleeding properties to the throat, made from skin.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_PAIN_RECEPTORS}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Changes the number of pain receptors for selected tissue layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_RELATIVE_THICKNESS}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Changes the relative thickness for selected tissue layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_VASCULAR}}
| Caste
|
*value
| Sets a new VASCULAR value (which modulates bleeding) for selected tissue layers.

|}

==See Also==
*[[Body detail plan token]]
*[[Body token]]
*[[Material definition token]]
*[[Syndrome]]
*[[Tissue definition token]]
*[[Creature examples]]

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{{Category|Tokens}}
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