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v0.31:List of mods

2012-02-04T20:39:14Z

Deon: Oops, now a correct link for the mod download.

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= Modifications =

Major modifications generally add or change a significant portion of the game, such as adding in new civilizations or altering the placement and properties of the game's metals and minerals. Major modifications normally require a new world to be generated using the modified files before they can be played.

Due to the wide range of modified files, major modifications have high likelihoods of conflicting with each other. Make sure to check for compatibility issues before attempting to install multiple mods.

==[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=98196.0 Masterwork Mod]==
'''''Current version: [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=5315 1.0]''''' for '''''DF Version 0.31.25+'''''

'''Description:'''

Author: Meph 
Type: Major 
Summary: Includes a Settings program, a GUI that lets you alter the mod how you want. You can turn features on or off. The mod itself adds over 20 races, 45 buildings, hundrets of reactions, 300 plant/trees, 200 creatures, 100 weapons and armors, a caste system, religion, new metals and alloys... A reward system for people who explore the caverns, do exploratory mining, fight megabeasts and find the HFS is inlcuded as well. All of these features are optional. 
[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=31157.0 Forum Thread] 
[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=5315 Download] 

==[[Main:Civilization_Forge|Civilization Forge Mod]]==
'''''Current version: [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2277 2.31]''''' for '''''DF Version 0.31.18+'''''

'''Description:'''

Author: [[User:Mephansteras|Mephansteras]] 
Type: Major 
Summary: Adds numerous races, animals, and items to Dwarf Fortress as well as rebalancing many aspects of the game. 
[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=31157.0 Forum Thread] 
[[Main:Civilization_Forge|Civilization Forge Wiki Page]]

==[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2281 Dig Deeper]==
'''''Current version: ALPHA''''' for '''''DF Version 0.31.03'''''

'''Description:'''

Author: [[User:The13thRonin|The13thRonin]] 
Type: Total Conversion 
Summary: Adds a whole lot of different changes. 
[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=56229.0 Forum Thread] 

==[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2316 Dwarf Chocolate]==
'''''Current version: 0.26b''''' for '''''DF Version 0.31.06'''''

'''Description:'''

Author: [[User:SethCreiyd|SethCreiyd]] 
Type: Major 
Summary: Contains many additions to Dwarf Fortress with the intention of diversifying the game while retaining its flavor. 
[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=56828.0 Forum Thread] 

==[http://www.mediafire.com/?6wosvum3krwjr3p Genesis Mod]==
'''''Current version: 3.29''''' (January, 2012) for '''''DF Version 0.31.25'''''

'''Description:'''

Author: [[User:Deon|Deon]] 
Type: Total Conversion 
Mod site: [http://www.genesis-mod.webs.com Genesis-Mod.Webs.Com] 
Summary: 
- Three graphical versions (ASCII, Ironhand, Phoebus) 
- Adventure mode crafting and spells 
- Sorted by category stone menu 
- 10 dwarven castes 
- 16 races/subraces 
- ~100 new unique creatures 
- 60+ new items 
- Reworked plants and trees, many new plants and trees were added. 
- Evil and good biomes have more diverse plantlife/trees. 
- Different trees have different value of wood. 
- Metalworking is reworked; many new alloys and metal types; magical metals; alchemy. 
- Dozens of new workshops. 
- Material and tissue overhaul; combat is deadlier and more realistic. 
- Many tiers of leather. Small critters provide barely useable suede while megabeasts grant you deephide which is almost as good as metal. The leather tiers are: suede/leather/hide/mythskin/deephide. 
- Caverns have visually noticeable difference in plants and critters; no longer caverns 1 will look the same as caverns 2 or cavens 3. 
- New custom night creatures and bogeymen for your adventurers. 
[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=52988.0 Forum Thread] 

==[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2071 Kobold Camp]==
'''''Current version: 1.3''''' for '''''DF Version 0.31.25'''''

'''Description:'''

Author: Lagotrope 
Type: Major 
Summary: Makes Kobolds into a playable race, with new workshops, items, and weapons. 
[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=70558.0 Forum Thread]

==[[Main:Fortress Defense II|Fortress Defense II Mod]]==
'''''Current version: [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=62874.0]''''' for '''''DF Version 0.31.25'''''

'''Description:'''

Author: [[User:darkflagrance|darkflagrance]] 
Type: Major 
Summary: Adds numerous (10+) hostile civilizations of increasing difficulty and power to besiege the players fortress. 

==[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=4101 Corrosion]==

'''Description:'''

Author: IT 000 
Type: Total Conversion 
Summary: A Total Conversion featuring hundreds of changes. Face hordes of Infected in a barren, and decimated world in an attempt to create a flourishing fort. 
Forum Post:[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=81068.0 Corrosion]

==[http://checkitoutmanz.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/47936739/patmod.zip Adventure Mode: Spells n' Fun]==
'''''Current version:[http://checkitoutmanz.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/47936739/patmod.zip]''''' for '''''DF Version 0.31.25'''''

'''Description:'''

Author: Lonely Road Wilmington 
Developed by Lonely Road's epic PATRICK!!! If you can find trophycoins, get his items! 
Type: Major, Adventure Mode only 
Summary: This adds a throwable fireball and paralysis spell, or, if you don't care about effects, a staff to fire them only. This also comes with the drink additions of coffee, hot chocolate, coca cola, and tea, as well as a gallery of other items. New personal trading system introduced with TrophyCoins(--Complete as of 11/11/11 5:59 PM EST--). NEW!!! Baking and sewing have been added! NEW!! plants added! 
Forum Post:Discuss, suggest, and report errors on my page: [http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/User_talk:LoRoWil LoRoWil] 
Current Version/changelog: 
[http://checkitoutmanz.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/47945666/version.txt Click for current version]

==[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=97516.0: Sergal Mod]==
'''''Current version: [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=97516.0]''''' for '''''DF Version 0.31.25'''''

'''Description:'''

Author: Skie, Chronojiuj, Vellarain, Darklord92 
Type: Major 
Summary: Adds the wartime Sergal race as well as several new weapons to the game in dwarf fortress mode and adventure mode. Adds two new workshops, and the yellow eye terror(semi-megabeast).

v0.31:List of mods

2012-02-04T20:36:29Z

Deon: I've changed my Genesis mod's summary; it was REALLY old.

{{quality|Exceptional|11:42, 26 December 2010 (UTC)}}{{av}}
{{mod}}

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= Modifications =

Major modifications generally add or change a significant portion of the game, such as adding in new civilizations or altering the placement and properties of the game's metals and minerals. Major modifications normally require a new world to be generated using the modified files before they can be played.

Due to the wide range of modified files, major modifications have high likelihoods of conflicting with each other. Make sure to check for compatibility issues before attempting to install multiple mods.

==[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=98196.0 Masterwork Mod]==
'''''Current version: [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=5315 1.0]''''' for '''''DF Version 0.31.25+'''''

'''Description:'''

Author: Meph 
Type: Major 
Summary: Includes a Settings program, a GUI that lets you alter the mod how you want. You can turn features on or off. The mod itself adds over 20 races, 45 buildings, hundrets of reactions, 300 plant/trees, 200 creatures, 100 weapons and armors, a caste system, religion, new metals and alloys... A reward system for people who explore the caverns, do exploratory mining, fight megabeasts and find the HFS is inlcuded as well. All of these features are optional. 
[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=31157.0 Forum Thread] 
[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=5315 Download] 

==[[Main:Civilization_Forge|Civilization Forge Mod]]==
'''''Current version: [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2277 2.31]''''' for '''''DF Version 0.31.18+'''''

'''Description:'''

Author: [[User:Mephansteras|Mephansteras]] 
Type: Major 
Summary: Adds numerous races, animals, and items to Dwarf Fortress as well as rebalancing many aspects of the game. 
[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=31157.0 Forum Thread] 
[[Main:Civilization_Forge|Civilization Forge Wiki Page]]

==[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2281 Dig Deeper]==
'''''Current version: ALPHA''''' for '''''DF Version 0.31.03'''''

'''Description:'''

Author: [[User:The13thRonin|The13thRonin]] 
Type: Total Conversion 
Summary: Adds a whole lot of different changes. 
[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=56229.0 Forum Thread] 

==[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2316 Dwarf Chocolate]==
'''''Current version: 0.26b''''' for '''''DF Version 0.31.06'''''

'''Description:'''

Author: [[User:SethCreiyd|SethCreiyd]] 
Type: Major 
Summary: Contains many additions to Dwarf Fortress with the intention of diversifying the game while retaining its flavor. 
[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=56828.0 Forum Thread] 

==[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=3393 Genesis Mod, Ironhand tileset version]|[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=3582 Phoebus tileset]|[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=3391 ASCII version]==
'''''Current version: 3.29''''' (January, 2012) for '''''DF Version 0.31.25'''''

'''Description:'''

Author: [[User:Deon|Deon]] 
Type: Total Conversion 
Summary: 
- Three graphical versions (ASCII, Ironhand, Phoebus) 
- Adventure mode crafting and spells 
- Sorted by category stone menu 
- 10 dwarven castes 
- 16 races/subraces 
- ~100 new unique creatures 
- 60+ new items 
- Reworked plants and trees, many new plants and trees were added. 
- Evil and good biomes have more diverse plantlife/trees. 
- Different trees have different value of wood. 
- Metalworking is reworked; many new alloys and metal types; magical metals; alchemy. 
- Dozens of new workshops. 
- Material and tissue overhaul; combat is deadlier and more realistic. 
- Many tiers of leather. Small critters provide barely useable suede while megabeasts grant you deephide which is almost as good as metal. The leather tiers are: suede/leather/hide/mythskin/deephide. 
- Caverns have visually noticeable difference in plants and critters; no longer caverns 1 will look the same as caverns 2 or cavens 3. 
- New custom night creatures and bogeymen for your adventurers. 
[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=52988.0 Forum Thread] 

==[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2071 Kobold Camp]==
'''''Current version: 1.3''''' for '''''DF Version 0.31.25'''''

'''Description:'''

Author: Lagotrope 
Type: Major 
Summary: Makes Kobolds into a playable race, with new workshops, items, and weapons. 
[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=70558.0 Forum Thread]

==[[Main:Fortress Defense II|Fortress Defense II Mod]]==
'''''Current version: [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=62874.0]''''' for '''''DF Version 0.31.25'''''

'''Description:'''

Author: [[User:darkflagrance|darkflagrance]] 
Type: Major 
Summary: Adds numerous (10+) hostile civilizations of increasing difficulty and power to besiege the players fortress. 

==[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=4101 Corrosion]==

'''Description:'''

Author: IT 000 
Type: Total Conversion 
Summary: A Total Conversion featuring hundreds of changes. Face hordes of Infected in a barren, and decimated world in an attempt to create a flourishing fort. 
Forum Post:[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=81068.0 Corrosion]

==[http://checkitoutmanz.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/47936739/patmod.zip Adventure Mode: Spells n' Fun]==
'''''Current version:[http://checkitoutmanz.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/47936739/patmod.zip]''''' for '''''DF Version 0.31.25'''''

'''Description:'''

Author: Lonely Road Wilmington 
Developed by Lonely Road's epic PATRICK!!! If you can find trophycoins, get his items! 
Type: Major, Adventure Mode only 
Summary: This adds a throwable fireball and paralysis spell, or, if you don't care about effects, a staff to fire them only. This also comes with the drink additions of coffee, hot chocolate, coca cola, and tea, as well as a gallery of other items. New personal trading system introduced with TrophyCoins(--Complete as of 11/11/11 5:59 PM EST--). NEW!!! Baking and sewing have been added! NEW!! plants added! 
Forum Post:Discuss, suggest, and report errors on my page: [http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/User_talk:LoRoWil LoRoWil] 
Current Version/changelog: 
[http://checkitoutmanz.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/47945666/version.txt Click for current version]

==[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=97516.0: Sergal Mod]==
'''''Current version: [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=97516.0]''''' for '''''DF Version 0.31.25'''''

'''Description:'''

Author: Skie, Chronojiuj, Vellarain, Darklord92 
Type: Major 
Summary: Adds the wartime Sergal race as well as several new weapons to the game in dwarf fortress mode and adventure mode. Adds two new workshops, and the yellow eye terror(semi-megabeast).

User talk:Deon

2011-10-07T12:25:10Z

Deon: /* Grasstrample */

==Grasstrample==
How exactly did you come to the conclusion that lower values for [GRASSTRAMPLE] caused more rapid damage to grass? --[[User:Quietust|Quietust]] 15:55, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Through sheer experimentation. Did you see what a creature with GRASSTRAMPLE:0 does? Check it some day :)--[[User:Deon|Deon]] 13:24, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

v0.31:Creature token

2011-10-05T10:58:28Z

Deon: proper grasstrample explanation (the lower the number - the more often the creature tramples the grass)

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A full list of all known creature tokens.

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{{alphabetical TOC}}
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==A==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| ADOPTS_OWNER
|
| Tame creature cannot be made available for adoption, instead automatically adopting whoever it wants. It appears that the basic requirements for adoption are intact; for example, the creature is more likely to adopt an owner which likes creatures of that species.{{verify}}

|-
| ALCOHOL_DEPENDENT
|
| Creature needs alcohol to get through the working day.

|-
| ALL_ACTIVE
|
| Sets if the creature is active in day, night, and twilight. Seems to be a separate value from DIURNAL/NOCTURNAL/CREPUSCULAR, rather than implying them.

|-
| ALTTILE
|
| If set, the creature will blink between its [TILE] and its [ALTTILE].

|-
| AMBUSHPREDATOR
|
| Instead of charging relentlessly at prey, a creature with this tag will wait till the prey is within a few squares before charging.{{verify}}

|-
| AMPHIBIOUS
|
| Allows a creature to breathe with or without {{L| water}}. Implies [AQUATIC].

|-
| APP_MOD_DESC_RANGE
|
*Range
| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=60554.msg1766793#msg1766793 Forum post describing how description ranges work]

|-
| APP_MOD_GENETIC_MODEL
|
*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.

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

|-
| APP_MOD_NOUN
|
*noun
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| creates a noun for the appearance and whether it is singular or plural

|-
| APP_MOD_RATE
|
*Rate (integer)
*Scale (DAILY, YEARLY)
*min:max of 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.

|-
| APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION
|
*CV TEMPLATE NAME
| Loads the Creature Variation Template specified.

|-
| APPLY_CURRENT_CREATURE_VARIATION
|
| Applies loaded Creature Variation

|-
| AQUATIC
|
| Allows a creature to breathe underwater, but causes it to "drown" out of {{L|water}}.

|-
| ARENA_RESTRICTED
|
| Does not appear in arena mode list

|-
| ARTIFICIAL_HIVEABLE
|
| Can be kept in artificial hives by beekeepers.

|-
| AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE
|
| Does not attack or frighten wildlife.

|-
| ATTACK
|
*token
*bodypart
*selection criteria
*location
| Defines the attack name, and the body part used. See [[#Attack Tokens|below]] for valid subtokens
'''Example:''' 
[ATTACK:GORE:BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:HORN] 
''GORE'' : name of the attack 
''BODYPART:BY_CATEGORY:HORN'' : the horn is used to attack (presuming the creature has one)

|-
| ATTACK_TRIGGER
| pop:exported wealth:created wealth
| Specifies when a {{L|megabeast}} will attack the fortress.

|}

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{{alphabetical TOC}}
</div>

==B==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description
|-
| BABY
| integer
| Age at which creature is considered a child. Default is zero. One can think of this as the duration of the baby stage.

|-
| BABYNAME
| singular:plural
| Defines a new name for a creature in baby state at the caste level. For non-caste-specific baby names, see GENERAL_BABY_NAME.

|-
| BEACH_FREQUENCY
|
| {{L|Whale}}s and {{L|Sea nettle jellyfish|jellyfish}} have this. Controls the beaching frequency of the creature.

|-
| BENIGN
|
| Determines whether creature can show up on "tame" maps (includes {{L|elephant}}s), which will generally avoid dwarves, although they may chase and/or attack them if they get too close).

|-
| BIOME
|
* {{L|biome token}}
| Select a {{L|Biome}} the creature may appear in.

|-
| BLOOD
|
* {{L|material token}}
*matter state (LIQUID, GAS, SOLID)
| Specifies what the creature's blood is made of.

|-
| BODY
| 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 {{L|Purring maggot}}. It creates a body with head, a heart, some guts, a brain, and a mouth. Thats all a maggot needs.

|-
| BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER
|
*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.

|-
| BODY_DETAIL_PLAN
| PlanName, PlanName:type:type:type:etc
| loads a plan 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 {{L|fox}}, the skin, fat, muscle, bones and cartilage out of the vertebrate tissues. 
A {{L|Purring maggot|maggot}} would only need: 
''[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:EXOSKELETON_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE]''

|-
| BODY_SIZE
| years:days:size
| sets up size at a given time. Size is in cubic centimeters (milliliters), 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 {{L|minotaur}}. His birth size would be 10000 (10000 mL, ~10 kg). With 1 year and 168 days he would be 50000 tall (~50 kg). As an adult (with 12 years) he would weight roughly 220 kg

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

|-
| BONECARN
|
| Creature 'eats' bones. Eating bones makes their happiness go up, but can cause death (suffocation){{verify}}. Implies CARNIVORE.

|-
| BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER
|
*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)

|-
| BUILDINGDESTROYER
| 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 b + C commands.
|}

<div align="center">
{{alphabetical TOC}}
</div>

==C==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| CAN_LEARN
|
| The creature gets skills and professions. Note that this token makes the creature unable to be butchered 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.

|-
| CAN_SPEAK
|
| Can talk. Note that it is not necessary for a creature to gain social skills. If a member of a civilization (such as a pet) has this token, it'll need to eat and drink.{{verify}}

|-
| CANNOT_UNDEAD
|
| Cannot be turned into a zombie or skeletal undead. Also prevents ghosts of that creature appearing.

|-
| CANOPENDOORS
|
| Allows the creature to open doors.

|-
| CARNIVORE
|
| Creature ''only'' eats meat. Note that carnivorous species will not be able to survive worldgen if they do not also have NO_EAT.

|-
| CASTE
|
*name
| defines a caste

|-
| CASTE_ALTTILE
|
*tile number or "letter"
| Caste-specific alternate tile. Expects CASTE_TILE

|-
| CASTE_COLOR
|
*fg
*bg
*brightness
| Creature tile color of the caste.

|-
| CASTE_GLOWCOLOR
|
*fg
*bg
*brightness
| GLOWTILE color of the caste.

|-
| CASTE_GLOWTILE
|
*tile value or "letter"
| Caste-specific glowtile

|-
| CASTE_NAME
| singular:plural:adjective
| The name of the caste of the creature in the game.

|-
| CASTE_PROFESSION_NAME
|
*Profession
*singular
*plural
| alters the name of the given profession, caste-specific

|-
| CASTE_SOLDIER_ALTTILE
| 'character' or tile number
| Creatures of this caste active in their civilization's military will blink between their default tile and this one.

|-
| CASTE_SOLDIER_TILE
| 'character' or tile number
| Creatures of this caste active in their civilization's military will use this tile instead.

|-
| CASTE_SPEECH
| speech file?
| Possibly a caste-specific instance of the SPEECH token

|-
| CASTE_TILE
|
* tile number or "letter"
| Caste-specific creature tile.

|-
| CAVE_ADAPT
|
| Gives the creature a bonus in caves. Also causes [[Cave adaptation]].

|-
| CHANGE_BODY_SIZE_PERC
|
|

|-
| CHILD
| integer
| age at which creature is considered an adult. One can think of this as the duration of the child stage. Without this token, a creature will not reproduce in Fortress mode.

|-
| CHILDNAME
| singular:plural
| Defines a new name for a creature in child state at the caste level. For non-caste-specific child names, see GENERAL_CHILD_NAME.

|-
| CLUSTER_NUMBER
|
*min
*max
| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many creatures per spawned cluster. Certain vermin fish use this token in combination with temperate ocean and river biome tokens to perform seasonal migrations.
e.g. [CLUSTER_NUMBER:1:3]

|-
|CLUTCH_SIZE
|
*min
*max
|Number of eggs laid in one sitting.

|-
| COLONY_EXTERNAL
|
| Caste hovers around colony.

|-
| COLOR
| foreground:background:brightness
| Color of the creature's tile.

|-
| COMMON_DOMESTIC
|
| Allows the creature to be brought with immigrants and when creating a new fortress, as long as the creature also includes at least one of the following tokens: PET, PACK_ANIMAL, WAGON_PULLER, MOUNT. In addition, the creature must be NATURAL rather than FANCIFUL

|-
| CONVERTED_SPOUSE
|
| Found only at caste level. Creatures of this caste's species with the SPOUSE_CONVERTER and NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER tokens will kidnap SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGETs of an appropriate sex and convert them into castes with CONVERTED_SPOUSE.

|-
| COOKABLE_LIVE
|
| Set this to allow the creature to be cooked in meals without first being butchered / fishcleaned.

|-
| COPY_TAGS_FROM
|
*CREATURE NAME
| Copies tags from another specified creature.

|-
| CREATURE_CLASS
|
*classname
| Creature class. Can be anything, but only existing use is GENERAL_POISON. Appears to only be used for Syndromes. Supposedly can also be used for entity positions.

|-
| CREATURE_SOLDIER_TILE
| 'character' or tile number
| Creatures active in their civilization's military will use this tile instead.

|-
| CREATURE_TILE
| 'character' or tile number
| The symbol of the creature in ASCII mode.

|-
| CREPUSCULAR
|
| Sets if the creature is active at twilight.

|-
| CURIOUSBEAST_EATER
|
| Allows a creature to steal and eat edible items from a site.

|-
| CURIOUSBEAST_GUZZLER
|
| Allows a creature to (very quickly) drink your alcohol. Or spill the barrel to the ground. Also affects undead versions of the creature.

|-
| CURIOUSBEAST_ITEM
|
| Allows a creature to steal things (apparently the highest value it can find). Semimegabeast thievery is in Legends mode. Lightweight creatures can probably steal heavy items.

|-
| CV_ADD_TAG
|
*TAG NAME
| Adds a tag. Used in conjunction with creature variation templates.

|-
| CV_REMOVE_TAG
|
*TAG NAME
| Removes a tag. Used in conjunction with creature variation templates.
|}

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==D==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| DEMON
|
| Found on generated {{L|demon}}s; sets the creature as potential {{L|hell}} spawn

|-
| DESCRIPTION
| text
| A brief description of the creature type.

|-
| DIE_WHEN_VERMIN_BITE
|
| Dies upon attacking. Used for bee stings.

|-
| DIFFICULTY
| integer
| Toady: "Difficulty determines how deep it places them in adventure mode/reclaim caves, and the chance that they are wounded the first few river attacks." Also increases experience gain during adventure mode.

|-
| DIURNAL
|
| Sets if the creature is active in day.

|-
| DOES_NOT_EXIST
|
| Creature does not actually exist; used for fanciful creatures.

|-
| DRAGONFIREBREATH
|
| Creature breathes fire in a cone.
|}

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==E==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| EGG_MATERIAL
|
* {{L|material token}}
*state (SOLID, LIQUID, or GAS)
| Egg material. Egg-laying creatures will 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.

|-
| EGG_SIZE
|
*size
| Determines how long it takes for eggs to hatch{{verify}}. The larger the number, the longer it takes.

|-
| EQUIPMENT_WAGON
|
| Makes the creature into a large 3x3 creature responsible for carrying trade goods, pulled by two [WAGON_PULLER]s and driven by a merchant.

|-
| EQUIPS
|
| Allows the creature to wear or wield items.

|-
| EVIL
|
| Determines whether creature can show up on "evil" maps

|-
| EXTRACT
|
* {{L|material token}}
| Defines a creature extract which can be obtained via {{L|small animal dissection}}.

|-
| EXTRAVISION
|
| Creature can see regardless of whether it has working eyes.
|}

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==F==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
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! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description
|-
| FANCIFUL
|
| Makes every civilization know about the creature. The creature won't occur in regular material preference lists. The tag also adds some art value modifiers. Used for things like dragons and other legendary creatures.

|-
| FEATURE_ATTACK_GROUP
|
| Found on subterranean animalmen.

|-
| FEATURE_BEAST
|
| Found on {{L|forgotten beast}}s.

|-
| FEMALE
|
| Inside a female caste, sets femaleness. Outside of a caste, sets all individuals female unless overridden by caste.

|-
| FIREBREATH
|
| The creature breathes fire projectiles (as opposed to DRAGONFIREBREATH, which is in a cone).

|-
| FIREIMMUNE
|
| ?

|-
| FIREIMMUNE_SUPER
|
| The creature is immune to DRAGONFIREBREATH. Implies FIREIMMUNE.

|-
| FISHITEM
|
| Needs to be cleaned at a fishery

|-
| FIXED_TEMP
| temperature
| The natural heat generated by the creature.

|-
| FLEEQUICK
|
| Determines how soon a creature flees in a losing battle.

|-
| FLIER
|
| Allows a creature to fly. Fortress Mode pathfinding only partially incorporates pathfinding - flying dwarves 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.

|-
| FREQUENCY
|
*number, max 100
| Determines the time between creature spawns in Fortress Mode. Higher is more occurrences per time unit. Creatures without a frequency statement default to 50. Almost all others have either [FREQUENCY:5] or [FREQUENCY:100]. Not to be confused with POP_RATIO
|}

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==G==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description
|-
| GENERAL_BABY_NAME
| singular:plural
| name at creature level

|-
| GENERAL_CHILD_NAME
| singular:plural
| name at creature level

|-
| GENERATED
|
| Found on procedurally generated creatures like {{L|Forgotten beast}}s, (biome name) {{L|titan}}s, {{L|Demon}}s, and {{L|night creature}}s.

|-
| GETS_INFECTIONS_FROM_ROT
|
| Creature can get infections from necrotic tissue.

|-
| GETS_WOUND_INFECTIONS
|
| Creature's wounds can become infected.

|-
| GLOWCOLOR
|
*foreground
*background
*brightness
| The colour of the GLOWTILE of the creature.

|-
| GLOWTILE
| ascii character
| If present, the being glows in the dark (generally used for Adventure 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 CASTE_GLOWTILE instead.

|-
| GNAWER
| verb (gnawed)
| The creature chews on food barrels and bags.

|-
| GO_TO_END
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags at the end of the creature.

|-
| GO_TO_START
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags at the beginning of the creature.

|-
| GO_TO_TAG
|
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags after the specified tag.

|-
| GOOD
|
| Determines whether creature can show up on "good" areas. Eg. unicorn.

|-
| GRASSTRAMPLE
| value
| The value determines the wait time until the next grass trampling when a creature steps on it. Delete the tag to make the creature never trample grass. Setting it to zero will make the creature to become an absolute grass destroyer.

|-
| GRAVITATE_BODY_SIZE
| 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.

|-
| GRAZER
|
*number
| Animals is a grazer. The higher the number, the less frequently it needs to eat in order to survive.
|}

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==H==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description
|-
| HABIT
| 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, and COLLECT_WEALTH. These may require the creature to have a lair to work properly.

|-
| HABIT_NUM
| number or TEST_ALL
| Unknown. All lists of HABITs are preceded by [HABIT_NUM:TEST_ALL]

|-
| HAS_NERVES
|
| This makes the creature susceptible to severed motor and sensory nerves when muscles are torn in limb, grasp and stance parts. Some butchering yields nervous tissue.

|-
| HASSHELL
|
| The creature has a shell. Seemingly no longer used - holdover from previous versions.

|-
| HIVE_PRODUCT
|
*number
*{{L|time}}
*{{L|item token}}s
| What product is harvested from {{L|Beekeeping industry|beekeeping}}.

|-
| HOMEOTHERM
|
| Default 'NONE'. The creature's normal body {{L|temperature}}

|-
| HUNTS_VERMIN
|
| Creature hunts and kills nearby vermin.

|}

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==I==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| IMMOBILE_LAND
|
| The creature is immobile while on land. Only works on AQUATIC creatures which can't breath on land.

|-
| IMMOLATE
|
| Will ignite, and potentially completely destroy, items the creature is standing on. Keep booze away from critters with this tag.

|-
| INTELLIGENT
|
| Implies CAN_SPEAK and CAN_LEARN. CAN_LEARN probably means the creature gets skills - including social skills - and professions. Not recommended for uncivilized monsters.

|-
| ITEMCORPSE
|
* {{L|item token}}:subtype
* {{L|material token}}
| Determines if the creature leaves behind a non-standard corpse (i.e. wood, statue, bars, ash from ghost etc).

|-
| ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY
|
| The quality of an item-type corpse left behind; 5 is masterpiece-level.
|}

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==L==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description
|-
| LAIR
| type:probability
| Found on megabeasts, semimegabeasts, and night creatues. 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, and LABYRINTH.

|-
| LAIR_CHARACTERISTIC
| characteristic:probability
| Defines certain features of the creature's lair. The only valid characteristic is HAS_DOORS.

|-
| LAIR_HUNTER
|
| This creature will actively hunt adventurers in its lair.

|-
| LAIR_HUNTER_SPEECH
| speech file
| What this creature says while hunting adventurers in its lair.

|-
| LARGE_PREDATOR
|
| Will attack things that are smaller than it (like dwarves). Only one group of "large predators" will appear on any given map (possibly two groups on "savage" maps). In adventure mode, large predators will try to ambush and attack you (and your party will attack them back). Also, they can be mentioned in the intro paragraph when starting a fortress e.g. "ere the wolves get hungry."

|-
| LARGE_ROAMING
|
| In Fortress Mode, spawns outdoors and is not a vermin creature.

|-
| LAYS_EGGS
|
| Creature lays eggs instead of giving birth to live young.

|-
| LAYS_UNUSUAL_EGGS
|
* {{L|item token}}
* {{L|material token}}
| Creature lays a particular item instead of regular eggs.

|-
| LIGAMENTS
|
* {{L|material token}}
*healing rate
| Defines the material and healing rate of ligaments.

|-
| LIGHT_GEN
|
| The creature will generate light, such as in adventurer mode at night.

|-
| LIKES_FIGHTING
|
| The creature will attack enemies rather than flee from them. This tag has the same effect on player-controlled creatures - included modded dwarves.

|-
| LISP
|
| Creature uses "sssssnake talk" (multiplies 'S' when talking - "My name isss Recisssiz.")

|-
| LITTERSIZE
|
* minumum
* maximum
| Determines the random chance of how many creatures are generated when giving birth. [LITTERSIZE:1:2]

|-
| LOCKPICKER
|
| Lets a creature open doors that are set to forbidden in Fortress Mode.

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

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==M==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| MAGICAL
|
| Unknown.

|-
| MAGMA_VISION
|
| Creature's able to see while covered in magma.

|-
| MALE
|
| The species or caste is all male.

|-
| MANNERISM_??
|
*occassionally body part
| Adds a possible mannerism to the creature's profile.
Refer to {{L|Creature mannerism token}}s

|-
| MATERIAL
|
*material id
| Begins defining a new material.{{verify}}

|-
| MATERIAL_BREATH_ATTACK
|
* {{L|material token}}
* breath attack type (TRAILING_DUST_FLOW, TRAILING_VAPOR_FLOW, TRAILING_GAS_FLOW, SOLID_GLOB, LIQUID_GLOB, UNDIRECTED_GAS, UNDIRECTED_VAPOR, UNDIRECTED_DUST)
| Creates an attack referencing a material, using a given type of breath attack.

|-
| MATUTINAL
|
| Sets if the creature is active in dawn.

|-
| MAXAGE
| min:max
| Range of time in years in which death from old age may occur. Once a creature reaches the min value, it has a random chance each season of dying from old age. Unknown if the chance increases with further age.

|-
| MEANDERER
|
| Gives a creature random movement.

|-
| MEGABEAST
|
| Appears on fortress territory in Fortress Mode occasionally. Can also be worshipped.

|-
|MENT_ATT_CAP_PERC
|
*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).

|-
| MENT_ATT_RANGE
|
*ATTRIBUTE
*lowest:lower:low:median:high:higher:highest
| Sets up a mental attribute's range of values (0-5000). All mental attribute ranges default to 200:800:900:1000:1100:1300:2000.

|-
| MENT_ATT_RATES
|
*ATTRIBUTE Token
*cost to improve
*unused counter rate
*rust counter rate
*demotion counter rate
| Mental attribute gain/decay rates. Defaults are 500:4:5:4.

|-
| MILKABLE
|
* {{L|material token}}
* frequency
| Allows the creature to be milked.

|-
| MISCHIEVIOUS
|
| Will pull any levers it comes across. Also makes creature spawn invisible and with several ranks in Ambusher. "They go on little missions to mess with various fortress buildings, not just levers."

|-
| MODVALUE
|
| Seemingly no longer used - holdover from previous versions.

|-
| MOUNT
|
| Creature may be used as a mount.

|-
| MOUNT_EXOTIC
|
| You need the Dungeon master noble to mount the creature.

|-
| MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE
|
| Makes litters with more than one offspring rare.

|-
| MULTIPLY_VALUE
|
*Multiplier
| Multiplies value of materials.

|-
| MUNDANE
|
| Marks if the creature is an actual real-life creature. Only used for age-names at present, and determining whether a creature will attack creatures with the AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE token.
|}

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==N==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description
|-
| NAME
| singular:plural:adjective
| The generic name for any creature of this type - will be used when distinctions between caste are unimportant. For names for specific castes, use CASTE_NAME instead.

|-
| NATURAL
|
| Animal is considered to be natural.

|-
| NATURAL_SKILL
| skill:value
| The creature possesses this skill at this level inherently. It begins with this skill at this level, and the skill may never rust below this level. Requires CAN_LEARN or INTELLIGENT to function (changed in .25 or earlier that CAN_LEARN is no longer required).

|-
| NIGHT_CREATURE_BOGEYMAN
|
| Found on bogeymen. Creatures with this tag will join other bogeymen in attacking adventurers at night, and will also adopt their other behaviors, such as vanishing in smoke upon being killed. Setting the number of night creatures to zero in the world gen parameters will remove only the randomly-generated bogeymen.

|-
| NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER
|
| If this creature has SPOUSE_CONVERTER, it will actively attempt to seek out potential conversion targets, abduct them, and convert them. Night creatures will seek out one SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGET <s>of the opposite sex</s>(seems to choose anyone of any sex of the caste/s that have the CONVERTED_SPOUSE tag), convert them, and then have children with them(if possible). NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTERs without SPOUSE_CONVERTER will not be placed. Setting the number of night creatures to zero in the world gen parameters will remove only the randomly-generated night creatures.

|-
| NO_AUTUMN
|
| does not appear this season.

|-
| NO_DIZZINESS
|
| Creature cannot become dizzy

|-
| NO_DRINK
|
| Creature does not need to drink.

|-
| NO_EAT
|
| Creature does not need to eat.

|-
| NO_FEVERS
|
| Creature cannot suffer fevers

|-
| NO_GENDER
|
| Creature has no gender.

|-
| NO_SLEEP
|
| Creature does not need to sleep.

|-
| NO_SPRING
|
| does not appear this season.

|-
| NO_SUMMER
|
| does not appear this season.

|-
| NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT
|
| Creatures doesn't require an organ with the [THOUGHT] tag to survive; generally used on creatures that don't have brains.

|-
| NO_WINTER
|
| does not appear this season.

|-
| NOBONES
|
| Creature has no bones.

|-
| NOBREATHE
|
| Creature doesn't need to breathe or have [BREATHE] parts in body. Cannot drown or be strangled.

|-
| NOCTURNAL
|
| Sets if the creature is active in night.

|-
| NOEMOTION
|
| The creature has no emotions, and does not rage.

|-
| NOEXERT
|
| Creature can't become tired or over-exerted.

|-
| NOFEAR
|
| Creature doesn't feel fear and will never run away from battle.

|-
| NOMEAT
|
| Creature will not drop meat on butcher.

|-
| NONAUSEA
|
| Creature can't vomit.

|-
| NOPAIN
|
| Creature doesn't feel pain.

|-
| NOSKIN
|
| Creature will not drop skin on butcher.

|-
| NOSKULL
|
| Creature will not drop skull on butcher, rot, or decay of severed head.

|-
| NOSMELLYROT
|
| Does not produce miasma when rotting

|-
| NOSTUCKINS
|
| Weapons can't be stuck in creature.

|-
| NOSTUN
|
| Creature can't be stunned. Creatures with this tag never wake up from sleep in Fortress Mode and stay drowsy. If this creature must eat and drink while playing, it WILL die.

|-
| NOT_BUTCHERABLE
|
| Cannot be butchered

|-
| NOTHOUGHT
|
| Creature doesn't think, or doesn't require a [BRAIN] body part.
|}

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==P==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
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! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description
|-
| PACK_ANIMAL
|
| Allows the creature to be used as a pack animal. Currently only used by merchants.

|-
| PARALYZEIMMUNE
|
| The creature is immune to all paralyzing special attacks.

|-
| PATTERNFLIER
|
|

|-
| PEARL
|
| Creature will generate pearls.

|-
| PENETRATEPOWER
| value
| Controls the ability of vermin to find a way into containers when they are eating food from your stockpiles. Wood and cloth objects roll a 0-9 and if it's greater than the penetrate power, their contents escape for the time being. Other objects roll a 0-99.

|-
| PERSONALITY
|
*ATTRIBUTE
*lowest:median:highest
| Determines the range and chance of personality traits. Standard is 0:50:100. See [[DF2010:Personality_trait|Personality traits]] for more info.

|-
| PET
|
| Allows the creature to be tamed. Also allows all females of the species to breed regardless of marital status.

|-
| PET_EXOTIC
|
| You need a Dungeon master noble in your fortress for the creature to be tamable (but any Animal trainer can do the taming).

|-
| PETVALUE
| value
| How valuable a tamed animal/pet is. Actual cost in points in the embarking screen is (PETVALUE/2)+1 for an untrained animal, PETVALUE+1 for a trained(War or Hunting) one. Note that for an animal to be selectable in this screen, it must have the COMMON_DOMESTIC token.

|-
| PETVALUE_DIVISOR
| value
| Divides the creature's PETVALUE by the specified number. Used for bees to prevent a single hive from being worth a fortune.

|-
|PHYS_ATT_CAP_PERC
|
*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).

|-
| PHYS_ATT_RANGE
|
*ATTRIBUTE
*lowest:lower:low:median:high:higher:highest
| Sets up a physical attribute's range of values (0-5000). All physical attribute ranges default to 200:700:900:1000:1100:1300:2000.

|-
| PHYS_ATT_RATES
|
*ATTRIBUTE Token
*cost to improve
*unused counter rate
*rust counter rate
*demotion counter rate
| Physical attribute gain/decay rates. Defaults for STRENGTH, AGILITY, TOUGHNESS, and ENDURANCE are 500:3:4:3, while RECUPERATION and DISEASE_RESISTANCE default to 500:NONE:NONE:NONE.

|-
| PLUS_BP_GROUP
|
*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 SET_BP_GROUP.

|-
| PLUS_MATERIAL
|
*material
| Adds a material to selected materials. Used immediately after SELECT_MATERIAL.

|-
| POP_RATIO
|
| Weighted population of caste; Lower is rarer. Not to be confused with FREQUENCY.

|-
| POPULATION_NUMBER
| min:max
| old guess: "The minimum/maximum numbers of how many of these creatures can show up on a map per year." Toady: "Pop number is the number per square of the region, I think."

|-
| POWER
|
|Allows the being to represent itself as a deity. Requires CAN_SPEAK to actually do anything more than settle at a location.

|-
| PREFSTRING
| string
| Sets what other creatures like about this creature. "Urist likes dwarves for their beards." Multiple entries will be chosen from at random

|-
| PROFESSION_NAME
|
*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 CASTE_PROFESSION_NAME instead.

|-
| PRONE_TO_RAGE
| number
| Untested effect, though it clearly affects how likely a creature is to become enraged. Number may be percentage chance of becoming enraged during combat. As described in file_changes.txt, creatures with this token "follow its normal behavior, but flip out on occasion, higher rate = more flipping out".

|-
| PUS
|
* {{L|material token}}
*matter state (LIQUID, GAS, SOLID)
| Specifies what the creature's wounds will ooze when infected.
|}

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==R==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
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! width="60%" | Description
|-
| RELSIZE
|
*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.

|-
| REMAINS
| singular:plural
| What creature's remains are called.

|-
| REMAINS_COLOR
|
| What color creature's remains are.

|-
| REMAINS_ON_VERMIN_BITE_DEATH
|
| Leaves remains when its attack causes it to die? Seems to go with DIE_WHEN_VERMIN_BITE.

|-
| REMAINS_UNDETERMINED
|
| Unknown.

|-
| REMOVE_MATERIAL
|
*material token
| Removes a material from a creature.

|-
| REMOVE_TISSUE
|
*material token
| Removes a tissue from a creature.

|-
| RETURNS_VERMIN_KILLS_TO_OWNER
|
| Used with HUNTS_VERMIN, causes the creature to return killed vermin to its owner.

|}

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==S==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description
|-
| SAVAGE
|
| Allows creature to show up on (and limits it to) "savage" maps.

|-
| SECRETION
|
* {{L|material token}}
*Material State
*location secreted from (by_type, by_category, by_token)
*body part
*tissue layer
| creates a secreted material on given tissue on a given part of the body.

|-
| SELECT_ADDITIONAL_CASTE
|
*caste name
| adds an additional previously defined caste to the selection. Used immediately after SELECT_CASTE.

|-
| SELECT_CASTE
|
*caste name, or ALL
| selects a previously defined caste

|-
| SELECT_MATERIAL
|
*Material token
| Selects a locally defined material. Can be ALL.

|-
| SEMIMEGABEAST
|
| Appears as boss creature in quests. Makes history by rampaging around towns. Possibly inhabits non-mountain caves.

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

|-
| SET_TL_GROUP
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
*tissue
| begins a selection of tissue layers

|-
| SHEARABLE_TISSUE_LAYER
|
* 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 (a llama's wool must have a LENGTH of 300 before it is shearable).

|-
| SKILL_LEARN_RATE
| {{L|skill_token}}:percentage
| The rate at which this creature learns this skill. Requires CAN_LEARN or INTELLIGENT to function.

|-
| SKILL_LEARN_RATES
| percentage
| The rate at which this creature learns all skills. Requires CAN_LEARN or INTELLIGENT to function.

|-
| SKILL_RATE
| {{L|skill_token}}:percentage:value:value:value
| As SKILL_RATES for individual skills. Requires CAN_LEARN or INTELLIGENT to function.

|-
| SKILL_RATES
|
*% of improvement points you get
*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]. [SLOW_LEARNER] changes the 100 to a 50. Requires CAN_LEARN or INTELLIGENT to function.

|-
| SKILL_RUST_RATE
| {{L|skill_token}}:value:value:value
| The rate at which this skill decays. Lower values cause the skill to decay faster. Requires CAN_LEARN or INTELLIGENT to function.

|-
| SKILL_RUST_RATES
| value:value:value
| The rate at which all skills decay. Lower values cause the skills to decay faster. Requires CAN_LEARN or INTELLIGENT to function.

|-
| SLOW_LEARNER
|
| Similar to [CAN_LEARN], but slower; skills are gained at a fraction of the rate. Present in the entries for ogres and giants; can be applied to civ or player races.

|-
| SMALL_REMAINS
|
| If a creature has this token, it'll leave "remains" instead of a corpse.

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

|-
| SOUND
|
* 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.

|-
| SPECIFIC_FOOD
|
* PLANT or CREATURE
* Plant/creature ID
| Indicates that the creature is only capable of eating a particular type of food.

|-
| SPEECH
| speech file
| Boasting speeches relating to killing this creature. Examples include dwarf.txt and elf.txt in data\speech.

|-
| SPEECH_FEMALE
| speech file
| Boasting speeches relating to killing females of this creature.

|-
| SPEECH_MALE
| speech file
| Boasting speeches relating to killing males of this creature.

|-
| SPEED
| value
| Sets the creatures' movement and work speed, 1000/[100 + SPEED X] is the resulting effect on creatures movement and work rates from default. See {{L|Speed}} for more information.

|-
| SPHERE
|
*sphere name
| Sets what religious spheres the creature is aligned to, for purposes of being worshipped via the [POWER] token. Also affects the layout of hidden fun stuff, and the creature's name.

|-
| SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGET
|
| This creature can be converted by a night creature with SPOUSE_CONVERTED.

|-
| SPOUSE_CONVERTER
|
| Enables the creature to convert SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGETs into CONVERTED_SPOUSE castes of its species. The creature won't actually actively do this unless it also has NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER, however.

|-
| SWIM_SPEED
|
*speed
| How fast the creature swims. Typically 2500 (0.38 times the default speed).

|-
| SWIMS_INNATE
|
| The creature naturally knows how to swim, as opposed to [SWIMS_LEARNED] below. Currently, an AI bug prevents this from being useful on PC races in fortress mode.

|-
| SWIMS_LEARNED
|
| The creature doesn't know how to swim unless it has learned the skill. Requires [CAN_LEARN], obviously.

|}

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</div>

==T==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description
|-
| TENDONS
|
* {{L|material token}}
*healing rate
| Defines the material and healing rate of tendons.

|-
| THICKWEB
|
| The creature's webs can catch larger creatures.

|-
| TISSUE
| name
| Begins defining a tissue in the creature file.

|-
| TITAN
|
| Found on {{L|titan}}s.

|-
| TL_COLOR_MODIFIER
| COLOR:freq:COLOR:freq etc
| Creates a list of color patterns, giving each a frequency.

|-
| TLCM_GENETIC_MODEL
|
| tissue layer color modifier is passed to offspring genetically?

|-
| TLCM_IMPORTANCE
|
*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.

|-
| TLCM_NOUN
|
*name
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| names the tissue layer color modifier, and determines the noun

|-
| TLCM_TIMING
|
*ROOT
*start change window years:days:end change window years:days
| determines the point in the creature's life where the color change begins

|-
| TRADE_CAPACITY
|
| How much the creature can carry when used by merchants.

|-
| TRAINABLE
|
| Implies both [TRAINABLE_HUNTING] and [TRAINABLE_WAR].

|-
| TRAINABLE_HUNTING
|
| Can be trained as hunting beasts by way of kennels.

|-
| TRAINABLE_WAR
|
| Can be trained as war beasts by way of kennels.

|-
| TRANCES
|
| Allows the creature to go into martial trances.

|-
| TRAPAVOID
|
| The creature is immune to traps. Probably every procedurally generated megabeast has this.

|-
| TRIGGERABLE_GROUP
| min:max
| A large swarm of vermin can be disturbed, usually in Adventure mode.{{verify}}

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

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</div>

==U==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| UBIQUITOUS
|
| Creature will occur in every region with the correct biome. Does not apply to evil/good tags.

|-
| UNDERGROUND_DEPTH
|
*mindepth
*maxdepth
| Depth the creature appears underground. Numbers can be from 1 to 5. Only magma creatures use 4 or 5 in the default raws. A single argument may be used instead of min and max. Dwarven civilizations will only export (via the embark screen or caravans) things that available at depth 1.

|-
| UNDERSWIM
|
| Creature swims under the water and can't be seen.{{verify}}

|-
| UNIQUE_DEMON
|
| Typically found on generated {{L|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. Cannot be used for modder-defined creatures.

|-
| USE_CASTE
|
*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."

|-
| USE_MATERIAL
|
*new material token
*old material id
| Defines a new local creature material and populates it with all properties defined in the specified material. Old material id accepts any valid material id, including INORGANIC:X, CREATURE_MAT:C:X, LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:X, and others (where X is a material id from that set, and C is a valid creature id).{{verify}}

|-
| USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE
|
*new material token
*material template
| Defines a new local creature material and populates it with all properties defined in the specified template.

|-
| USE_TISSUE
|
*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.

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

|-
| UTTERANCES
|
| Changes the language of the creature into an unintelligible mess.
|}

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{{alphabetical TOC}}
</div>

==V==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description
|-
| VEGETATION
|
| unknown

|-
| VERMIN_BITE
|
*chance of occurance{{verify}}
*verb (bitten, stung, etc)
* {{L|material token}}
| Vermin bites, and injects something.

|-
| VERMIN_EATER
|
| The vermin creature will attempt to eat exposed food. See PENETRATEPOWER. Distict from VERMIN_ROTTER.

|-
| VERMIN_FISH
|
| The vermin appears in water and will attempt to swim around.

|-
| VERMIN_GROUNDER
|
| 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).

|-
| VERMIN_HATEABLE
|
| Some dwarves will hate the creature and get unhappy thoughts when around it.

|-
| VERMIN_MICRO
|
| This makes the creature move in a swarm of creatures of the same race as it. I.E. Swarm of flies, swarm of ants, etc.

|-
| VERMIN_NOFISH
|
| The creature cannot be caught by fishing.

|-
| VERMIN_NOROAM
|
| The creature will not be observed randomly roaming about the map.

|-
| VERMIN_NOTRAP
|
| The creature cannot be caught in baited animal traps; however, a "catch live land animal" task may still be able to capture one if a dwarf finds one roaming around.

|-
| VERMIN_ROTTER
|
| Present on flies, knuckle worms, acorn flies, and blood gnats. Probably means either the creature is attracted to rot, the creature speeds rotting, or both.

|-
| VERMIN_SOIL
|
| The creature randomly appears near dirt or mud.

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

|-
| VERMINHUNTER
|
| Implies AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE, RETURNS_VERMIN_KILLS_TO_OWNER, HUNTS_VERMIN, and ADOPTS_OWNER.

|-
| VESPERTINE
|
| Sets if the creature is active in evening.

|-
| VIEWRANGE
| 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.
|}

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==W==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description
|-
| WAGON_PULLER
|
| Allows the creature to pull caravan wagons.

|-
| WEBBER
|
* {{L|material token}}
| Allows the creature to create webs, and defines what the webs are made of.

|-
| WEBIMMUNE
|
| The creature will not get caught in thick webs.
|}

==Attack Tokens==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| ATTACK_SKILL
|
*skill used ({{L|Skill token}})
| defines the attack skill used

|-
| ATTACK_VERB
| 2nd person:3rd person
| descriptive text for the attack

|-
| ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC
|
*% value
| amount of available tissue used in attack

|-
| ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC
|
*% value
| probably amount of material that makes contact when penetration is done

|-
| ATTACK_PRIORITY
|
*MAIN or SECOND
| use of the attack in combat. Secondary attacks are only used if main attacks are impossible.

|-
| ATTACK_VELOCITY_MODIFIER
| number
| Modifies the attack velocity. Believed to be percent based (so 100 would be "normal"). May be on same scale as weapon velocity (where 1000 is "normal").

|-
| ATTACK_FLAG_CANLATCH
|
| Enables an attacker to occasionally latch on with the bodypart used by an attack when an attack with this flag in its definition is made.

|-
| ATTACK_FLAG_WITH
|
| In adventure mode, displays the name of the body part used by an attack when announcing the attack.

|-
| ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE
|
| attack type

|-
| SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT
|
* {{L|material token}}
*state (SOLID, LIQUID, GAS)
*min:max
| attack type addition that injects a material into the victim.

|-
| SPECIALATTACK_SUCK_BLOOD
| min:max
| Successful attack draws out an amount of blood randomized between the min and max value.
|}

==Important Related Tokens==
These next groups of tokens include several tokens that are not technically classified as creature tokens in string dump, but bear mentioning in this as they are used frequently in creature raws. (Some regular creature tokens may also be reprinted for the sake of ease of navigation)

===Tissue Modification===
This next group of tokens deals setting and modifying tissue properties. (See also {{L|Tissue definition token}})

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="60%" | Description

|-
| INSULATION
|
*value
| Tissue supplies the creature with heat insulation. Higher values result in more insulation.

|-
| PLUS_TISSUE_LAYER
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
| Adds a tissue to those selected

|-
| PLUS_TL_GROUP
|
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token
*tissue
| continues a selection of tissue layers

|-
| SELECT_TISSUE
|
*tissue token
| Selects a tissue for editing.

|-
| SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER
|
*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.
| Selects a tissue layer for descriptor and cosmetic purposes.

|-
| SET_LAYER_TISSUE
|
| Sets a tissue layer to be made of a different tissue.

|-
| TISSUE_LAYER
|
*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

|-
| TISSUE_LAYER_OVER
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
*LOCATION
| Presumably a counterpart to TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER (see below).

|-
| TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER
|
*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 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]

|-
| TISSUE_LAYER_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER
|
*QUALITY
*lowest:lower:low:median:high:higher:highest
| sets the range of qualities, including LENGTH, DENSE, HIGH_POSITION, CURLY, GREASY, WRINKLY

|-
| TISSUE_LEAKS
|
| The selected tissue leaks out of the creature when the layers above it are pierced. As per an iron man's internal poison gas.

|-
| TISSUE_MATERIAL
|
*VALUE (material)
*MATERIAL (material subtype)
| Defines the tissue material. VALUE can be LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT, INORGANIC etc. MATERIAL is a subtype of the material, e.g. [TISSUE_MATERIAL:INORGANIC:BRONZE]

|-
| TISSUE_STYLE_UNIT
|
*tissue
*shaping
| sets tissue to be in a certain shape, mostly used with tissues HAIR, BEARD, MOUSTACHE, SIDEBURNS.

|-
| TL_COLOR_MODIFIER
| COLOR:freq:COLOR:freq etc
| Creates a list of color patterns, giving each a frequency.

|-
| TL_CONNECTS
|
| Presumably gives the CONNECTS attribute to selected layers.

|-
| TL_HEALING_RATE
|
| Presumably changes the HEALING_RATE of the selected tissue layers.

|-
| TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES
|
| Gives Major Artery attribute to selected layers.

|-
| TL_PAIN_RECEPTORS
|
| Seems to set new number of pain receptors for selected tissue layers.

|-
| TL_RELATIVE_THICKNESS
|
| Seems to set new relative thickness for selected tissue layers.

|-
| TL_VASCULAR
|
| Seems to set new a VASCULAR value (which modulates bleeding) for selected tissue layers.

|}

==See Also==
*{{L|Body detail plan token}}
*{{L|Body token}}
*{{L|Material definition token}}
*{{L|Syndrome}}
*{{L|Tissue definition token}}

{{Category|Modding}}
{{Category|Tokens}}

Âsax

2010-04-25T21:45:27Z

Deon: Uploaded a badass image by Wrytalin

{{D for Dwarf}}
Âsax (Goblin for Masterjails) was without a doubt one of the most badass {{L|Cave swallowman|cave swallowmen}} in the entirety of the underworld. He defeated one forgotten beast and severely wounded two others before flying off to live with the dwarves. He was eventually slain during an ambush by a goblin lasher wielding a silver whip. Following this short paragraph is a more detailed history from the owner of the particular game Asax lived in.

[[File:Asax1.jpg|800px]]

==History of Âsax==
(Quoted from Killer Clowns)
Masterjails was a cave swallow man born in 1042. He was of unknown parentage.

In the early autumn of 1053, Masterjails mortally wounded the forgotten beast Rusmo Mournfulcackled, who suffocated, with Squareluck the Tones of Safety in Reignstake.

[Yes, Âsax was 11 years old when he killed Rusmo.]

In the early summer of 1054, Moroserivers the Decent Salve received its name in Reignstake from Masterjails.

In the early summer of 1054, The Cyclopean Tar received its name in Reignstake from Masterjails.

[So on and so forth for many pages...]

In the early spring of 1055, Masterjails bled to death, slain by the goblin Atu Wraithwhipped with a silver whip in Reignstake.

Yeah, that's pretty much his entire life according to legends mode. It misses the months spent fighting undying abominations of ash and coral, though, dodging attack after attack, without suffering anything worse than a broken toe, but there isn't much to say about him. He only had thirteen years of life, though with them, he achieved more than the average elf does in a thousand.

The sheer ordinariness of him makes him all the more awesome. He wasn't chosen by some mighty god, or born to some ancient lineage. He did not wield mighty artifacts or arcane magics. He was a cave swallowman with a fungiwood spear and a tunnel tube shield, who dared to challenge the unspeakable... and won.

Source: http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=52295.0

File:Asax1.jpg

2010-04-25T21:42:43Z

Deon:

v0.31:List of mods

2010-04-16T18:02:01Z

Deon:

{{av}}
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= Major mods =

==[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=52988.0 ஃ Genesis Mod ஃ]==
'''''Current version: 1.2''''' for '''''DF version 0.31.03'''''

''Description:''
10 major races/subraces, 30 new unique creatures, 47 new items, 150 new plants, 76 new trees, 5 new diseases, 4 new underground monsters, dangerous mining, deadly archery.
For the detailed info check the [http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=52988.0 Forum Thread]

==[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=52540.0 ஃ Kobold Camp ஃ]==
'''''Current version: Alpha 03''''' for '''''DF version 0.31.03'''''
''Description:''
Kobold Camp is playing Dwarf Fortress as, you guessed it, kobolds.
As a general thing, you build your camp above ground, as it'd be called Kobold Warren otherwise!

v0.31 Talk:List of mods

2010-04-16T18:00:54Z

Deon: Created page with '"- I've started to make this page, so sorry for not logging in during my first update. I will keep it up once more major mods arrive." ~~~~'

"- I've started to make this page, so sorry for not logging in during my first update. I will keep it up once more major mods arrive." [[User:Deon|Deon]] 18:00, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

v0.31:List of mods

2010-04-16T17:59:36Z

Deon:

{{av}}
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=[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=52988.0 ஃ Genesis Mod ஃ]=
'''''Current version: 1.2''''' for '''''DF version 0.31.03'''''

''Description:''
10 major races/subraces, 30 new unique creatures, 47 new items, 150 new plants, 76 new trees, 5 new diseases, 4 new underground monsters, dangerous mining, deadly archery.
For the detailed info check the [http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=52988.0 Forum Thread]

=[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=52540.0 ஃ Kobold Camp ஃ]=
'''''Current version: Alpha 03''''' for '''''DF version 0.31.03'''''
''Description:''
Kobold Camp is playing Dwarf Fortress as, you guessed it, kobolds.
As a general thing, you build your camp above ground, as it'd be called Kobold Warren otherwise!

User:Deon

2008-07-21T14:39:02Z

Deon: /* Adding the body */

= Greetings =
I'm a dedicated member of our great community so I wanted to organize a bit some of my things I already wrote for the community which are lost in swarms of forum threads.
They may be useful for someone.
I don't have a time for now to organize them but I hope they are understandable.

= Guides =

== What is a tileset and how the graphics are determined? ==
http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=21176.msg227109#msg227109

== Essential tags of a creature ==
http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=21045.msg225768#msg225768

= Game Modifications =

[http://http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=18703.0 Middle-Earth mod (39+ compatible)]

[http://http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=18623.0 Mods and components for Mod Base]

=How to=

==How to add a new creature==

Let's add a completely new creature with a custom body which will be modular (will not overwrite any content) and will be easy to install.
Note that even if the creature was designed right it won't appear in your world until you generate a new one.

I want to make a tripod creature.
It has 3 legs, a tentacle as tail and a hand with 3 sharp fingers instead of head with a single eye on the palm.

===Adding the body===

'''Body template'''

File with a name body_template.txt

body_template

[OBJECT:BODY]

[BODY:BODY1]
[BP:BP1:bodypart1]
[BP:BP2:bodypart2]
[BP:BP3:bodypart3]

Let's start with a body. I will use [[Body tokens]], you can read their descriptions there.
Make a body_tripod.txt text file in your /raw/objects folder.
According to the template the first string shold be the file name without the extension (.txt) and then you announce that the type of the content is body ([OBJECT:BODY]). Then we'll add a tripod body with no bodyparts still.

So now we have

creature_tripod

[OBJECT:BODY]

[BODY:TRIPOD]

Now we want to start to build the body structure.
The main rule here is that if some bodypart was connected to another it should be listed after that.
I.e. if we had an eye which is connected to the head we should announce the head first and the eye next.

So we will start with the main "carrier" - upper body, other parts are connected to it or to other parts which are connected to it.
[BP:UB:upper body][UPPERBODY]
* "BP" here indicates that it is a part of the announced BODY structure (TRIPOD).
* "UB" is a unique (inside this creature) identintificator.
* "upper body" is the displayed name. [UPPERBODY] token means that this is the main part where the chest armor would be worn if the creature could wear armor and also it can be "cloven asunder" etc.

[BP:LB:lower body][COBTYPE:UPPERBODY][LOWERBODY]
* [CONTYPE:UPPERBODY] means that this part is connected to the part of this body which has the "UPPERBODY" token. Surprisingly it's UB (upper body) :).
* It could be [CON:UB] also, CONTYPE tries to attach the bodypart to every another part with the listed token while the CON connects to a single bodypart with the indicated unique identificator (UB for the upper body).

Let's add a front leg.
[BP:FL:front leg][CONTYPE:UPPERBODY][LIMB][STANCE]

BP, FL, "front leg", CONTYPE are the same things as before. However there're 2 new tokens.
*[LIMB] means that this part is a limb and can be easily lopped off, also it allows wrestling with it.
*[STANCE] means that the creature uses this bodypart to stand. If the half of the total number of STANCE bodyparts is damaged the creature falls on the ground and cannot get up.

Two rear legs are added the same way, but they're connected to the lower body.
[BP:RRL:right rear leg][CONTYPE:LOWERBODY][LIMB][STANCE][RIGHT]
[BP:LRL:left rear leg][CONTYPE:LOWERBODY][LIMB][STANCE][LEFT]
"Right" and "left" tokens do not require any special explanation.

Now we want a tail which can be used as a tentacle to wrestle and grab things.
[BP:TAILT:tail tentacle][CONTYPE:LOWERBODY][LIMB][GRASP]
* Here goes the "GRASP" token, it allows creatures to pick up items and grab bodyparts.

So now we have.

creature_tripod

[OBJECT:BODY]

[BODY:TRIPOD]
[BP:UB:upper body][UPPERBODY][LOWERBODY]
[BP:FL:front leg][CONTYPE:UPPERBODY][LIMB][STANCE]
[BP:RRL:right rear leg][CONTYPE:LOWERBODY][LIMB][STANCE][RIGHT]
[BP:LRL:left rear leg][CONTYPE:LOWERBODY][LIMB][STANCE][LEFT]
[BP:TAILT:tail tentacle][CONTYPE:LOWERBODY][LIMB][GRASP]

Is it all right? No! We forgot the head-arm with a single eye.
We could make more bodyparts to finish the picture but I want to teach you how to use BODYGLOSS.

Simply BODYGLOSS just renames the things while leaving the contents unharmed.
Let's use a bit of imagination here.
We already have a head on other creatures and a single eye from cyclops.

Bodygloss syntax is:
[BODYGLOSS:ID:original:new]
Where "ID" = unique identificator, "original" = the original name and the "new" is the name which replaces the original one.
So you use the already present bodypart but add a bodygloss reference after that to rename it while leaving it's functions. I'll show you.

But we wanted 3 fingers for the palm-head. They are not related to the structure above because they should be connected to the head which is not listed there. So let's make them as a new body.
[BODY:HEAD_3FINGERS]
[BP:HF1:first head finger][CONTYPE:HEAD][SMALL][DIGIT]
[BP:HF2:second head finger][CONTYPE:HEAD][SMALL][DIGIT]
[BP:HF3:third head finger][CONTYPE:HEAD][SMALL][DIGIT]
We use contype because it's safer to connect to an object with any ID and a [HEAD] token (it should definitely be on any kind of head) than to the specialized ID which may appear wrong.

Now let's make the bodygloss I described. Remember the syntax. We rename the usual head to head-palm and the usual cyclops'es eye to "eye on the palm"
[BODYGLOSS:HEAD_PALM:head:head-palm]
[BODYGLOSS:EYE_PALM:eye:eye on the palm]
Don't forget that every ID I use I take from my head, you can call it anything you want, just make it reasonable for modders to understand what the heck is that.

The full content of our new body file is.
creature_tripod

[OBJECT:BODY]

[BODY:TRIPOD]
[BP:UB:upper body][UPPERBODY][LOWERBODY]
[BP:FL:front leg][CONTYPE:UPPERBODY][LIMB][STANCE]
[BP:RRL:right rear leg][CONTYPE:LOWERBODY][LIMB][STANCE][RIGHT]
[BP:LRL:left rear leg][CONTYPE:LOWERBODY][LIMB][STANCE][LEFT]
[BP:TAILT:tail tentacle][CONTYPE:LOWERBODY][LIMB][GRASP]

[BODY:HEAD_3FINGERS]
[BP:HF1:first head finger][CONTYPE:HEAD][SMALL][DIGIT]
[BP:HF2:second head finger][CONTYPE:HEAD][SMALL][DIGIT]
[BP:HF3:third head finger][CONTYPE:HEAD][SMALL][DIGIT]

[BODYGLOSS:HEAD_PALM:head:head-palm]

[BODYGLOSS:EYE_PALM:eye:eye on the palm]

Note that I leave empty lines between neighbouring structures, it's not necessary but it greatly improves the code's readability.

Let's look a bit forward and describe how the body is added to the creature. If you add no body to the creture it won't have any body parts to damage. The token is [BODY:<contents>]. Remember the order of body parts: '''if the A is connected to B then B should be listed before A'''.

We will need organs for our creature, I want a brain, a heart, lungs, organs, spine and guts. They are already present in body_default.txt so I'll use them. Don't be afraid to borrow bodyparts from original file or other files and don't hesistate to use bodygloss.

So a bit later we will have to put the full body in the creature information like this:
[BODY:TRIPOD:HEAD:HEAD_3FINGERS:1EYE:BRAIN:HEART:2LUNGS:ORGANS:GUTS:SPINE]
Notice that I borrowed HEAD, 1EYE, BRAIn, HEART, 2LUNGS, ORGANS, GUTS and SPINE from body_default.txt.

The bodyglosses in creature raws are listed in 1 token and divided by ":" symbols.
[BODYGLOSS:HEAD_PALM:EYE_PALM]

===Adding the creature===

'''Creature template'''

File with a name creature_template.txt

creature_template

[OBJECT:CREATURE]

[CREATURE:CREATURE1]
[NAME:creature:creatures:creature]
[TILE:'C'][COLOR:1:0:1]
[PREFSTRING:prefstring]

At first we should make a file. Let's call it "creature_tripod.txt". According to the syntax it should have the 1st string "creature_tripod" and then "[OBJECT:CREATURE]".
Let's make a tripod creature. I will use [[Creature tokens|creature tokens]], you can get the full list there.

creature_tripod

[OBJECT:CREATURE]

[CREATURE:TRIPOD]
[NAME:tripod:tripods:tripod]
[TILE:'t'][COLOR:2:0:1]
[PREFSTRING:three legs]
[PREFSTRING:tentacle-tail]
I changed the tile and the [[Color|color]] (it will be displayed as a green "t" now).
Perfstring determines verbal characteristics of the creature, it's used for situations like "Urist McDwarf likes the Tripods for their three legs). Each prefstring is a separate token.

Now we want it to have a specific body. I already showed the right syntax and content in the "making the body" section so it will have (considering bodyglosses):
[BODY:TRIPOD:HEAD:HEAD_3FINGERS:1EYE:BRAIN:HEART:2LUNGS:ORGANS:GUTS:SPINE]
[BODYGLOSS:HEAD_PALM:EYE_PALM]

But the creature has no attacks. It will "push" it's victims which is not effective at all.
Let's add a few attack moves.
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTOKEN:TAILT:slash:slashes:1:4:GORE][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:HEAD:scratch:scratches:1:4:SLASH][ATTACKFLAG_WITH][ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH]
[ATTACK:SECOND:BYTYPE:STANCE:kick:kicks:1:3:KICK][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
* The first one one will enable it to attack with a specific bodypart (BYTOKEN) with the id "TAILT" (tail tentacle) and it will lash the target with the GORE type damage. ATTACKFLAG_WITH will add to the combat message the "with it's tail tentacle" string.
* The second one uses BYTYPE relation which means that the creature will attack with any of the bodyparts which has the HEAD token. ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH means that it can latch on it's victim upon attack.
* The third one is SECONDARY so it will happen only if the first 2 are unavaliable (i.e. the tentacle is lopped off and the head-palm is grabbed). It uses BYTYPE relation so it will use any of the bodyparts with the "STANCE".

Don't forget to add the size parameter, it determines most things. I want it to be a bit bigger than a cow (cow's DF size is 9)
[SIZE:10]
Also it will have the ablity to learn to swim and it will have a standard base swimming speed.
[SWIMS_LEARNED][SWIMSPEED:2500]

So now we have the file creature_tripod.txt with the following contents:
creature_tripod

[OBJECT:CREATURE]

[CREATURE:TRIPOD]
[NAME:tripod:tripods:tripod]
[TILE:'t'][COLOR:2:0:1]
[PREFSTRING:three legs]
[PREFSTRING:tentacle-tail]
[BODY:TRIPOD:HEAD:HEAD_3FINGERS:1EYE:BRAIN:HEART:2LUNGS:ORGANS:GUTS:SPINE]
[BODYGLOSS:HEAD_PALM:EYE_PALM]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTOKEN:TAILT:slash:slashes:1:4:GORE][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:HEAD:scratch:scratches:1:4:SLASH][ATTACKFLAG_WITH][ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH]
[ATTACK:SECOND:BYTYPE:STANCE:kick:kicks:1:3:KICK][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
[SWIMS_LEARNED][SWIMSPEED:2500]

But we need to do more to actually see the creature in game.
* We need to add biomes information (where the creature dwells).
* We need to add information about it's behaviour (size of clusters, how often is it spawned, is it roaming etc.)

Let's start with the biome information. Click the link to see the full list of the [[Biome tokens|biome tokens]].
I want tripods to live in all swamps and marshes, this I add
[BIOME:ANY_WETLAND]
I want it to travel in loose clusters of 4-8.
[CLUSTER_SIZE:4:8]
[LOOSE_CLUSTERS]
Also I want it to attack it my adventurers so I set is as a wandering creature and a predator.
[LARGE_ROAMING]
[LARGE_PREDATOR]
At last let's set it's max world population and numbers for a fortress mode (min and max per year if they come).
[POPULATION_NUMBER:8:16]

Let's add a few more "reasonable" tokens to make it more real.
[MAXAGE:40:50]
[DIURNAL]
[FAT:2]
[STANDARD_FLESH]
[HOMEOTHERM:10067]
Thus we set the min/max life duration, a diurnal way of life, number of fat, avaliability of standard flesh and body temperature.

Now we have the finished creature file: creature_tripod.txt

creature_tripod

[OBJECT:CREATURE]

[CREATURE:TRIPOD]
[NAME:tripod:tripods:tripod]
[TILE:'t'][COLOR:2:0:1]
[PREFSTRING:three legs]
[PREFSTRING:tentacle-tail]
[BODY:TRIPOD:HEAD:HEAD_3FINGERS:1EYE:BRAIN:HEART:2LUNGS:ORGANS:GUTS:SPINE]
[BODYGLOSS:HEAD_PALM:EYE_PALM]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTOKEN:TAILT:slash:slashes:1:4:GORE][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:HEAD:scratch:scratches:1:4:SLASH][ATTACKFLAG_WITH][ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH]
[ATTACK:SECOND:BYTYPE:STANCE:kick:kicks:1:3:KICK][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
[SWIMS_LEARNED][SWIMSPEED:2500]
[BIOME:ANY_WETLAND]
[CLUSTER_SIZE:4:8]
[LOOSE_CLUSTERS]
[LARGE_ROAMING]
[LARGE_PREDATOR]
[MAXAGE:40:50]
[DIURNAL]
[FAT:2]
[STANDARD_FLESH]
[HOMEOTHERM:10067]

Note that this creature is a dangerous one in the fortress mode because it doesn't have the [MEANDERER] token (random movement) so it will go straightly for your dwarves.

User:Deon

2008-07-21T14:37:38Z

Deon: /* Adding the body */

2008-07-21T13:40:17Z

2008-07-21T11:38:53Z

Deon:

Taken from /raw/graphics/graphics_example.txt. For use with entity leadership tokens.

Profession tokens:

MINER

WOODWORKER

CARPENTER

BOWYER

WOODCUTTER

STONEWORKER

ENGRAVER

MASON

RANGER

ANIMAL_CARETAKER

ANIMAL_TRAINER

HUNTER

TRAPPER

ANIMAL_DISSECTOR

METALSMITH

FURNACE_OPERATOR

WEAPONSMITH

ARMORER

BLACKSMITH

METALCRAFTER

JEWELER

GEM_CUTTER

GEM_SETTER

CRAFTSMAN

WOODCRAFTER

STONECRAFTER

LEATHERWORKER

BONE_CARVER

WEAVER

CLOTHIER

GLASSMAKER

STRAND_EXTRACTOR

KING

KING_CONSORT

FISHERY_WORKER

FISHERMAN

FISH_DISSECTOR

FISH_CLEANER

FARMER

CHEESE_MAKER

MILKER

COOK

THRESHER

MILLER

BUTCHER

TANNER

DYER

PLANTER

HERBALIST

BREWER

SOAP_MAKER

POTASH_MAKER

LYE_MAKER

WOOD_BURNER

ENGINEER

MECHANIC

SIEGE_ENGINEER

SIEGE_OPERATOR

PUMP_OPERATOR

CLERK

ARCHITECT

ADMINISTRATOR

TRADER

TAXCOLLECTOR

EXECUTIONER

BARON

COUNT

DUKE

BARON_CONSORT

COUNT_CONSORT

DUKE_CONSORT

PHILOSOPHER

ADVISOR

ALCHEMIST

DUNGEONMASTER

MERCHANT

DIPLOMAT

GUILDREP

MERCHANTBARON

MERCHANTPRINCE

OUTPOSTLIAISON

DRUID

CHAMPION

HAMMERMAN

MASTER_HAMMERMAN

SPEARMAN

MASTER_SPEARMAN

CROSSBOWMAN

MASTER_CROSSBOWMAN

WRESTLER

MASTER_WRESTLER

AXEMAN

MASTER_AXEMAN

SWORDSMAN

MASTER_SWORDSMAN

MACEMAN

MASTER_MACEMAN

PIKEMAN

MASTER_PIKEMAN

BOWMAN

MASTER_BOWMAN

BLOWGUNMAN

MASTER_BLOWGUNMAN

RECRUIT

TRAINED_HUNTER

TRAINED_WAR

MASTER_THIEF

THIEF

STANDARD

CHILD

BABY

DRUNK

LASHER

MASTER_LASHER

SLAVE

PRISONER

[[Category:Modding]]
[[Category:Tokens]]

2008-07-21T11:31:00Z

Deon:

= Introduction =

The modding of the Dwarf Fortress game is mostly limited to the things the author allowed us to do via text files because the application is not an open-source one.
This page describes the main idea of the raw file.

= What is a "raw file"? =

== Where are they? ==
A "raw file" is a text file which is stored into your <game folder>/raw/ folder.
There're 2 subfolders: "graphics" and "objects".

The first one contains information about a special feature which supports replacement of ascii characters for creatures with actual pictures.
The second one contains all the major moddable info about the game.

== How does the game understands their content? ==

There are 2 major rules about raw file for the game to read it.

1) It should have a file name (without an extension) in the first string inside.

2) The next not empty string* should be a [OBJECT:TYPE] token which describes the contents of the file.
The types are:
BODY, CREATURE, DESCRIPTOR, ENTITY, GRAPHICS, ITEM, LANGUAGE, MATGLOSS, REACTION.

*BODY - body parts and structures
*CREATURE - creatures
*DESCRIPTOR - objects to be used for engravings/symbols
*ENTITY - civilizations
*GRAPHICS - graphic tiles for creatures
*ITEM - items
*LANGUAGE - language translation
*MATGLOSS - different types of materials (soil, minerals, wood, plants etc.)
*REACTION - smelter reactions

* usually the empty strings are used to divide different types of structures like the fine name
and [OBJECT:] or different entries, however everything which is not a token besides the 1st string
(which is the filename) is understood as comments and is not considered.

The tokens are enclosed in square brackets ([TOKEN:VALUES]).
*[[Tokens|The list of tokens]]

When the game is started the program "compiles" each file from <game folder>/raw/objects folder and converts them in actual data files which are placed in <game folder>/data/objects folder with the same names. This is made every time you start the game so if you make any changes to file structure or remove some files don't forget to clear the /data/objects folder as well for the game to avoid presense of data files which are no longer supported by raw files (the engine does not check for it yet).

Category:Tokens

2008-07-21T11:30:33Z

Deon: New page: This is the category of different tokens from raw files.

This is the category of different tokens from [[Raw file|raw files]].