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All [[animal]]s can be encountered in [[skeletal]] or [[zombie]] varieties when visiting a [[haunted]], [[sinister]] or [[terrifying]] [[biome]]. The type of '''undead''' animal is the same as the animals which would be found in a normal biome of the same type, and they are encountered in the same size groups. As of .39c, both [[megabeast]]s and [[semi-megabeast]]s can be also be undead.

Undead are highly aggressive and will attack and chase any living creature that approaches them. Zombie animals move slowly, so [[dwarves]] can usually outrun them. Skeletal animals, however, are both strong and extremely fast, making them very dangerous.

[[Image:Undead_Fish.png|frame|Undead fish traversing dry land to attack an adventurer.]]

Undead creatures do not need to breathe, and all can swim in [[water]] and walk on land, including normally aquatic creatures such as [[carp]], sharks and even [[whale]]s. While this is only a minor nuisance most of the time, groups of undead [[carp]] can pose a serious threat to even a well trained squad. The average dwarf can easily run away from zombie carp, but skeletal carp are a vile force of darkness which should be feared by anyone who confronts them.

All undead gain the [[BUILDINGDESTROYER]] tag at value 1, allowing them to deconstruct doors, hatches, statues and such.

Zombies start with brown and grey [[wound]]s to several of their organs; skeletons start with grey (missing) wound status on all their organs. Both types appear to be immune to critical hits against organs, making crits with [[Weapon#Damage_calculation|piercing]] weapons meaningless, although they can still be dismembered by an axe or knocked across the screen with a hammer.

When defeated, a zombie leaves a rotten [[corpse]] which should be disposed of to avoid [[miasma]]. It will eventually rot completely to leave a pile of [[bone]]s. Skeletal creatures leave a [[skull]] and [[bone]]s, which can be used immediately by a [[bone carver]].

Undead [[trees]] show on the map as {{DFtext|Dead Highwood}}, but an undead {{DFtext|Dead Highwood Sapling}} will still mature into a full grown tree. After cutting down, the [[log]]s are indistinguishable from those cut from a living tree. Undead [[shrub]]s and grass are useless, though these tainted lands contain a mix of living and dead plants.

Beware undead [[giant eagle]]s, as [[bolt]]s have little effect upon them, and [[dwarves]] have trouble attacking them in melee. If you find skeletal whales or other exceptionally large creatures... run and lock your fort down.
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[[Image:Waterfall.png|frame|A waterfall on a brook, seen from the top and bottom. Notice water "piling up" at the bottom: the brook itself is one level below the layer of water visible here.]]

'''Waterfalls''' can be found often in [[mountain]]s. To locate them in the region map, check for [[river]]s that cross tall [[cliff]]s.

Waterfalls, like any other falling [[water]], generate [[mist]]. Mist gives your dwarves happy [[thought]]s: "He was comforted by a lovely waterfall lately." Mist makes [[dwarves]] happy even if it's just from water cascading down a [[stair]]way, which in real life might be more of a cause for alarm. Note that dwarves must touch the mist to get the happy thought from a waterfall, just being near or seeing a waterfall will not generate a thought.

If it's cold enough for water to freeze, the waterfall will freeze as well, forming a partial wall.

= [[Water pressure]] within waterfalls=
Water at the bottom keeps the pressure of the water at the top of the waterfall. Even water far away from the waterfall has the pressure of the first z-level of the waterfall. Channels dug after a waterfall will overflow.

Waterfalls can be used to drive water through a fort with nothing but gravity power: just push it through whatever [[channel]]s you desire and back off the cliff side when it's done its course.

= Artificial waterfall =
By creating a stream of falling water with screw pumps, you can engineer a waterfall to take advantage of the happiness it causes. Such waterfalls can become highly complex indeed.

Placing such a device is most useful in crowded areas, such as your dining hall or a main hallway/stairway that all your dwarves pass through.

== Design example (see pic at right) ==
[[File:Simple_waterfall.jpg|thumb|right|A simple artificial waterfall, water position before starting pump]]
You need three [[z-level]]s to do this. On the bottom is the [[reservoir]] of water. The middle layer is the [[screw pump]] and the "[[meeting hall]]" where your dwarves will gather to enjoy the mist. On top is a narrow corridor that connects the pump chamber to the hole though the ceiling of the meeting hall. Under this hole is a [[grate]] that connects to the reservoir.

The pump pulls water out the reservoir and pushes it up above the meeting hall. The water falls down through the grate, back into the reservoir.

One dwarven waterfall can be seen [http://mkv25.net/dfma/movie-193-artificalwaterfall here], at DFMA, in movie form. A mistake to note: Water is hitting the side of the bridges, which splashes the water around and can knock dwarves in.

=See also=

[[Water pressure]]
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