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v0.31:Hive

2011-05-31T17:08:01Z

TheWealthyAardvark:

{{Quality|Fine}}{{av}}

A hive is a building used to house {{L|honey bee}}s. A {{L|tool|hive}} must first be created in a workshop before it can be {{k|b}}uilt. Hives can be created at a craftsdwarf's workshop, kiln, glass furnace or metalsmith's forge using stone, wood, ceramics, glass or metal. Once a hive is created, it is {{k|b}}uilt using the {{k|alt}}+{{k|H}} hotkey. Hives are categorized as {{L|tool|Tools}} in {{L|Finished goods}} {{L|stockpile|stockpiles}}.

In order to house bees, a hive must be constructed on or adjacent to a tile that is {{L|Tile attributes|above ground}}. A dwarf with the {{L|beekeeping}} labor enabled will place bees in any hive toggled to "install colony when ready," so long as he or she has access to a preexisting colony of wild bees, or another hive that is ready to be split.

You can find out if a hive has bees, and whether or not it has a honeycomb ready to collect by using the View I{{k|t}}ems in Buildings menu.

Once a hive contains bees, it will eventually become "ready to be split," which will allow a beekeeper to populate an empty hive using bees from the original. Doing this leaves the original hive populated, however it will be some time before it again becomes ready for splitting. Bees cannot be brought with on embark, so starting the beekeeping industry requires at least one wild colony. Dwarven hives appear to magically transform {{L|bumblebee}}s into honey bees, so a wild bumblebee colony will work if no honey bee colony exists on the map.

Populated hives will produce a honeycomb and a royal jelly at some point in time after they become ready to be split. If the hive is toggled to "gather any products," a beekeeper will harvest the {{L|honeycomb}} and {{L|royal jelly}}, assuming he has access to a suitable {{L|jug}} in which to put the royal jelly. This process kills the bees. Royal jelly can be eaten or cooked, and the honeycomb is processed at a {{L|screw press}} workshop to yield {{L|wax}} and {{L|honey}}.

It may be possible to move a hive, but the easiest way to move it is to simply split one into the new location, turn off the original one, and harvest it.

Honeybees in their artificial hive can and will sting your dwarves. Worker bees occasionally appear within a few tiles of a hive and are presumed to be responsible for stinging dwarves. It is likely that an inexperienced beekeeper will receive a bee sting when gathering the products of a hive. Additionally, it has been observed that placing a {{L|Activity zone#Meeting Area|Meeting zone}} next to hives puts idle dwarves at serious risk of being stung.

Bee stings currently seem to be inconsequential. Bee stings do not appear to be recorded as wounds, but the {{L|Health screen}} will show "Slight pain" for the stung dwarf, which can trigger a "recover wounded" task. This can trigger good thoughts about being rescued and resting, even though the hospital stay was instantaneous. Being stung does not seem to produce a bad thought. But don't be surprised if your refuse pile fills up with bees that have been punched to death.

There appears to be an upper limit on how many built hives can be active at a time (forty). Once you hit that limit, additional hives will have the message "Too many hives *No output" when examined.

[[Category:Buildings]]

v0.31:Jug

2011-05-31T17:03:34Z

TheWealthyAardvark:

{{quality|Fine|03:21, 18 April 2011 (UTC)}}{{av}}

'''Jugs''' are a type of {{L|container}}, made from {{L|ceramic}} at a {{L|kiln}}, from {{L|glass}} at a {{L|glass furnace}} or from stone by a {{L|stone crafter}}. They are used in {{l|Beekeeping industry|beekeeping}} to store royal jelly or at a {{L|screw press}} to store honey or rock nut oil. Jugs made from earthenware need to be {{L|glaze}}d before they can be used to hold liquids like honey. Jugs are stored in the {{L|tool|Tools}} section of the Finished Goods stockpile.

Jugs are stored in bins. Jugs with royal jelly / honey can be stored in two stockpiles:
- Finished goods / tools (stored as JUGS)
- food / extract animal / honey, royal jelly (Stored based on content)

'''Note''': Jugs with royal jelly, that stored as finished goods are '''NOT''' used for processing royal jelly, like screw press.

{{Category|Items}}

v0.31:Nest box

2011-05-31T17:02:40Z

TheWealthyAardvark:

{{quality|Exceptional|18:13, 28 April 2011 (UTC)}}{{av}}

A '''nest box''' is a building that {{L|egg}} laying creatures will use to lay their eggs in. A nest box is created at a {{L|craftsdwarf's workshop}} or {{L|metalsmith's forge}}, and is stored stored in the {{L|Tool}} section of the Finished Goods stockpile. Once {{k|b}}uilt, the box will be claimed by an egg laying animal. The animal that claims the nest box will periodically lay {{L|egg}}s into the box. A dwarf with the {{L|food hauling}} labor enabled will then remove the eggs and take them to a food stockpile. When the clutch of eggs is removed from the nest box, the egg-laying animal will abandon the nest box until she needs to lay another clutch.

A nested female will lay eggs regardless of the presence of a male of the same species, however the eggs will not be fertilized and will not hatch unless a male is present. If a male is present, the eggs may be fertilized and hatch if the dwarves can be prevented from snatching them out of the nest box and hauling them to be eaten. To achieve this, eggs can be {{L|forbidden}}, or access to the nest box can be blocked with locked doors, or eggs can be forbidden as a cooking ingredient in the kitchen menu. There may be no way of telling whether or not eggs have been fertilized, but if they sit in a nest box for more than two seasons, they are unlikely to ever hatch.

It should be noted that most domestic birds have tremendous reproductive potential, and a few species of breeding birds can cause a population explosion that rivals even the deadliest of {{L|catsplosion}}s. Entire fortresses can be fed with {{L|egg production}}.

[[category:buildings]]

v0.31:Large pot

2011-05-31T16:59:03Z

TheWealthyAardvark:

{{Quality|Fine|18:07, 16 March 2011 (UTC)}}{{av}}

{{buggy}}

'''Pots''' are basically stone versions of {{L|barrel}}s. They can be made from {{L|ceramic}} at a {{L|kiln}}, from stone by a {{L|stone crafter}} at a {{L|craftsdwarf's workshop}}, or from {{L|glass}} at a {{L|glass furnace}}. Pots made from stone, {{L|stoneware}}, {{L|glass}} or {{L|glaze}}d {{L|earthenware}} are water-tight and can be used to store liquids, and even for {{L|brewing}}. Unglazed earthenware can only be used for storing dry items. Pots are stored in the Tools section of the Finished Goods stockpile.

== Bugs ==
* Pots will not be used for processing {{L|sweet pod|sweet pods}} into {{L|dwarven syrup}}.{{bug|4356}}

{{Category|Items}}

v0.31:Skill

2011-05-29T20:39:41Z

TheWealthyAardvark: Alphabetizing, adding in 0.31.19 skills

{{quality|Exceptional|22:45, 1 May 2011 (UTC)}}{{av}}

Skills are used by dwarves to accomplish almost every task. Higher skills allows dwarves to accomplish tasks more quickly, but also more effectively (for example mining and crafting). Using a skill will grant '''[[experience]]''' in that skill, allowing the dwarf to reach higher skill levels.

Skills now become '''rusty''' and eventually '''very rusty''' after a certain period of time. The exact effects of this are unknown, but skills remaining at "very rusty" for prolonged periods of time will gradually suffer '''permanent''' experience loss.

Skill levels are as follows:

:*Dabbling
:*Novice
:*Adequate
:*Competent
:*Skilled
:*Proficient
:*Talented
:*Adept
:*Expert
:*Professional
:*Accomplished
:*Great
:*Master
:*High Master
:*Grand Master
:*Legendary

==Skill penalties==
Dwarves that are {{L|Status icon|hungry, tired, or thirsty}} will work slower and produce lower quality goods. For some tasks like wood cutting or furnace operating this is unimportant, but you may wish to halt construction of {{L|aluminum}} {{L|statue}}s, or remove the designation on those diamond or native aluminum clusters if your {{L|blacksmith}} or {{L|miner}} are famished and hollow-eyed from lack of sleep.

==Skills==

{| style="margin: 0 auto"
|-
| valign='top' |

{{Skill Box|Miner|7:0|7:0|
* {{L|Miner}}
}}

{{Skill Box|{{L|Woodworker}}|6:1|6:1|
* {{L|Bowyer}}
* {{L|Carpenter}}
* {{L|Wood cutter}}
}}

{{Skill Box|{{L|Stoneworker}}|7:1|7:1|
* {{L|Engraver}}
* {{L|Mason}}
}}

{{Skill Box|{{L|Ranger}}|2:0|2:0|
* {{L|Ambusher}}
* {{L|Animal caretaker}}
* {{L|Animal dissector}}
* {{L|Animal trainer}}
* {{L|Trapper}}
}}

{{Skill Box|{{L|Doctor}}|5:0|5:0|
* {{L|Bone doctor}}
* {{L|Crutch-walker}}
* {{L|Diagnostician}}
* {{L|Surgeon}}
* {{L|Suturer}}
* {{L|Wound dresser}}
}}

| valign='top' |

{{Skill Box|{{L|Farmer}}|6:0|6:0|
* {{L|Beekeeper}}
* {{L|Brewer}}
* {{L|Butcher}}
* {{L|Cheese maker}}
* {{L|Cook}}
* {{L|Dyer}}
* {{L|Grower}}
* {{L|Herbalist}}
* {{L|Lye maker}}
* {{L|Milker}}
* {{L|Miller}}
* {{L|Potash maker}}
* {{L|Presser}}
* {{L|Shearer}}
* {{L|Soaper}}
* {{L|Spinner}}
* {{L|Tanner}}
* {{L|Thresher}}
* {{L|Wood burner}}
}}

{{Skill Box|{{L|Fishery worker}}|1:0|1:0|
* {{L|Fish cleaner}}
* {{L|Fish dissector}}
* {{L|Fisherdwarf}}
}}

{{Skill Box|{{L|Metalsmith}}|0:1|0:1|
* {{L|Armorsmith}}
* {{L|Furnace operator}}
* {{L|Metal crafter}}
* {{L|Blacksmith|Metalsmith}}
* {{L|Weaponsmith}}
}}

| valign='top' |

{{Skill Box|{{L|Jeweler}}|2:1|2:1|
* {{L|Gem cutter}}
* {{L|Gem setter}}
}}

{{Skill Box|{{L|Craftsdwarf}}|1:1|1:1|
* {{L|Bone carver}}
* {{L|Clothier}}
* {{L|Glassmaker}}
* {{L|Glazer}}
* {{L|Leatherworker}}
* {{L|Potter}}
* {{L|Stone crafter}}
* {{L|Strand extractor}}
* {{L|Wax worker}}
* {{L|Weaver}}
* {{L|Wood crafter}}
}}

{{Skill Box|{{L|Engineer}}|4:1|4:1|
* {{L|Mechanic}}
* {{L|Pump operator}}
* {{L|Siege engineer}}
* {{L|Siege operator}}
}}

{{Skill Box|Other Jobs|3:0|3:0|
* {{L|Alchemy|Alchemist}}
* {{L|Knapper}}
* {{L|Swimmer}}
}}

{{Skill Box|{{L|Administrator}}|5:0|5:0|
* {{L|Appraiser}}
* {{L|Building designer}}
* {{L|Organizer}}
* {{L|Record keeper}}
}}

| valign='top' |

{{Skill Box|{{L|Military}}|0:1|0:0|
* {{L|Archer}}
* {{L|Armor user}}
* {{L|Axeman}}
* {{L|Biter}}
* {{L|Blowgunner}}
* {{L|Bowman}}
* {{L|Crossbowman}}
* {{L|Dodger}}
* {{L|Fighter}}
* {{L|Hammerman}}
* {{L|Kicker}}
* {{L|Knife user}}
* {{L|Lasher}}
* {{L|Maceman}}
* {{L|Misc. object user}}
* {{L|Pikeman}}
* {{L|Shield user}}
* {{L|Spearman}}
* {{L|Striker}}
* {{L|Swordsman}}
* {{L|Thrower}}
* {{L|Wrestler}}
}}

{{Skill Box|{{L|Broker}}|3:0|3:0|
* {{L|Comedian}}
* {{L|Conversationalist}}
* {{L|Flatterer}}
* {{L|Intimidator}}
* {{L|Judge of intent}}
* {{L|Liar}}
* {{L|Negotiator}}
* {{L|Persuader}}
}}

| valign='top' |

{{Skill Box|Miscellaneous|3:0|3:0|
* {{L|Concentration}}
* {{L|Consoler}}
* {{L|Leader}}
* {{L|Observer}}
* {{L|Pacifier}}
* {{L|Student}}
* {{L|Teacher}}
}}

{{Skill Box|Unused|3:0|3:0|
* {{L|Balance}}
* {{L|Coordination}}
* {{L|Discipline}}
* {{L|Druid}}
* {{L|Poet}}
* {{L|Reader}}
* {{L|Speaker}}
* {{L|Tracker}}
* {{L|Wordsmith}}
* {{L|Writer}}
}}
|}

==Skills, Attributes and Traits==
*'''Skills''':
**are trained by being used in some activity.
**train '''{{L|attribute}}s'''.
**the same {{L|attribute}} can be trained by various skills.
**it's assumed that the skills also use some of the {{L|attribute}}s that they train.
**certain skills are required or important for certain {{L|noble}}, {{L|military}} and civilian professions.
**certain professions require several skills.
**the same skill can be used by various professions.
**are increased by {{L|Preferences}}, but capped, so the dwarf will make items beyond its skill level but won't affect the chances of making more high value items at the highest skill level.

*'''{{L|Personality trait|Traits}}''':
**can not be modified in-game.{{verify}}
**affect which {{L|social skill}}s gain experience ''(if the dwarf has X trait it will not gain experience in X skill)'' at all.
**have other in-game effects that can be useful for certain professions.
**give {{L|thought}}s when performing certain activities.

To summarize it goes like this:
Trait --> Skill <--> Attribute
| ^
v |
effect |
| v
'--> Profession

Since the same skills can be used by various professions, and the same {{L|attribute}}s are trained by various skills, this allows for {{L|cross-training}}.

Being {{L|Personality trait|traits}} the unmodifiable{{verify}}, limiting factor on which skills can be learned or having useful effects, and certain professions requiring various skills, the need arises to:
*avoid appointing a dwarf that will never learn a certain skill to a profession that uses it:
**''appointing a {{L|Personality trait|straightforward}} dwarf as a {{L|broker}} will result in a {{L|consoler}}, non-{{L|flatterer}}, non-{{L|liar}} {{L|broker}}''.
*appoint a dwarf with an useful effect given by a {{L|Personality trait|trait}} to a profession that benefits from it:
**''appointing an {{L|Personality trait|undisciplined}} dwarf to an important job will result in {{L|fun|}}''.
**''appointing an {{L|Personality trait|angry}} dwarf to {{L|soldier}} will result in more {{L|Status_icon|enraged}} bonuses.

The solution comes in the form of a nice sortable reference table:

coming soon! work in progress... please don't delete hidden comments... ;)


==Skills first introduced in version 0.31.01==

Combat:

{{L|Fighter}}, {{L|Archer}}, {{L|Striker}}, {{L|Kicker}}, {{L|Biter}}, {{L|Dodger}}

Healthcare:

{{L|Wound dresser}}, {{L|Diagnostician}}, {{L|Surgeon}}, {{L|Bone doctor|Bone Doctor}}, {{L|Suturer}} ''(stitching wounds)'', {{L|Crutch walker|Crutch Walker}} ''(this is for patients rather than doctors)''

Other:

{{L|Misc. object user}}, {{L|Student}}, {{L|Concentration}}, {{L|Observer}}, {{L|Leader}}, {{L|Teacher}},

==Skills first observed in version 0.31.14==
Combat:

{{L|Military tactics}}

==Skills first introduced in version 0.31.19==

Farming:

{{L|Shearer}}, {{L|Spinner}}, {{L|Presser}}, {{L|Beekeeper}}

Crafting:

{{L|Potter}}, {{L|Glazer}}, {{L|Wax worker}}

{{Skills}}
{{Category|Skills}}

v0.31:Domestic animal

2011-05-09T04:18:28Z

TheWealthyAardvark: Apparently this changed at some point.

{{quality|Exceptional|06:12, 27 December 2010 (UTC)}}{{av}}

Domestic {{L|animal}}s are creatures that can be used by dwarves one way or another without taming or training, usually for security or food. Distinguished by having the [COMMON_DOMESTIC] tag in the {{L|raw file|raws}}, they can be bought at {{L|embark}} or {{L|trade}}d for with {{L|caravan}}s. Wild versions of domesticated animals (horses, muskoxen, etc) can be {{L|tame}}d and used normally.

Every embark starts with two free domestic '''draft animals''' which pulls the {{L|Wagon (embark)|wagon}} to the fortress site. This can be any of the animals in the list below with the [WAGON_PULLER] tag (Horses, Yaks and Water Buffalos) which are available at embark. Embarking with a sufficient quantity of goods can result in multiple wagons, each of which comes with another two animals. A fortress has no use for wagons after embark except, so these animals can be slaughtered or kept for breeding and making your dwarves {{L|preferences|happy}} as pets. The wagons can be deconstructed for {{L|wood}}.

The player may choose which gender of animals to bring at embark. Only one male is necessary for breeding. {{L|cat|Depending on the animal}}, you may wish to limit breeding altogether.

== Comparison of domestic mammals ==
When butchered, all adult domestic mammals yield one {{L|skull}} and one {{L|leather|raw hide}}. All milkable mammals give the same value {{L|milk}} and appear to be milkable at the same frequency. The embark costs shown apply to both adults and juveniles of either sex.
{| border="1px #AAA solid;" style="text-align:center;" class="wikitable sortable"

!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;"| Animal
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;"| Embark cost
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;"| Pet value
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;"| Size when full-grown*
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;"| Total edible†‡
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;"| Bones‡
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;"| Horns + hooves
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;"| Milkable?
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;"| Shearable?
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;"| Grazer#
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;"| Notes
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Alpaca}}
|style="padding:0.2em;"|101
|style="padding:0.2em;"|200
|style="padding:0.2em;"|70,000
|style="padding:0.2em;"|?
|style="padding:0.2em;"|?
|style="padding:0.2em;"|?
|style="padding:0.2em;"|Yes
|style="padding:0.2em;"|Yes
|style="padding:0.2em;"|857
|style="padding:0.2em;"|
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Cavy}}
|style="padding:0.2em;"|2
|style="padding:0.2em;"|3
|style="padding:0.2em;"|800
|style="padding:0.2em;"|0
|style="padding:0.2em;"|0
|style="padding:0.2em;"|0
|style="padding:0.2em;"|No
|style="padding:0.2em;"|No
|style="padding:0.2em;"|75,000
|style="padding:0.2em;"|Commonly called ''guinea pigs''
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Cat}}
|style="padding:0.2em;"|11
|style="padding:0.2em;"|20
|style="padding:0.2em;"|5,000
|style="padding:0.2em;"|14
|style="padding:0.2em;"|4
|style="padding:0.2em;"|0
|style="padding:0.2em;"|No
|style="padding:0.2em;"|No
|style="padding:0.2em;"| -
|style="padding:0.2em;"|Adopts owners. Hunts {{L|vermin}}. Beware {{L|Catsplosion}}!
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Cow}}
|style="padding:0.2em;"|151
|style="padding:0.2em;"|300
|style="padding:0.2em;"|600,000
|style="padding:0.2em;"|37
|style="padding:0.2em;"|15
|style="padding:0.2em;"|6
|style="padding:0.2em;"|Yes
|style="padding:0.2em;"|No
|style="padding:0.2em;"|100
|style="padding:0.2em;"|
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Dog}}
|style="padding:0.2em;"|16
|style="padding:0.2em;"|30
|style="padding:0.2em;"|30,000
|style="padding:0.2em;"|37
|style="padding:0.2em;"|11
|style="padding:0.2em;"|0
|style="padding:0.2em;"|No
|style="padding:0.2em;"|No
|style="padding:0.2em;"| -
|style="padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Kennel|Trainable}} as war dogs or hunting dogs, which can also be bought for 31☼
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Donkey}}
|style="padding:0.2em;"|101
|style="padding:0.2em;"|200
|style="padding:0.2em;"|300,000
|style="padding:0.2em;"|30
|style="padding:0.2em;"|13
|style="padding:0.2em;"|4
|style="padding:0.2em;"|Yes
|style="padding:0.2em;"|No
|style="padding:0.2em;"|200
|style="padding:0.2em;"|
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Goat}}
|style="padding:0.2em;"|26
|style="padding:0.2em;"|50
|style="padding:0.2em;"|50,000
|style="padding:0.2em;"|27
|style="padding:0.2em;"|10
|style="padding:0.2em;"|6
|style="padding:0.2em;"|Yes
|style="padding:0.2em;"|No
|style="padding:0.2em;"|1,200
|style="padding:0.2em;"|
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Horse}}
|style="padding:0.2em;"|101
|style="padding:0.2em;"|200
|style="padding:0.2em;"|500,000
|style="padding:0.2em;"|32
|style="padding:0.2em;"|13
|style="padding:0.2em;"|4
|style="padding:0.2em;"|Yes
|style="padding:0.2em;"|No
|style="padding:0.2em;"|120
|style="padding:0.2em;"|
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Llama}}
|style="padding:0.2em;"|101
|style="padding:0.2em;"|200
|style="padding:0.2em;"|180,000
|style="padding:0.2em;"|36
|style="padding:0.2em;"|18
|style="padding:0.2em;"|0
|style="padding:0.2em;"|Yes
|style="padding:0.2em;"|Yes
|style="padding:0.2em;"|333
|style="padding:0.2em;"|
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Mule}}
|style="padding:0.2em;"|101
|style="padding:0.2em;"|200
|style="padding:0.2em;"|400,000
|style="padding:0.2em;"|34
|style="padding:0.2em;"|13
|style="padding:0.2em;"|4
|style="padding:0.2em;"|No
|style="padding:0.2em;"|No
|style="padding:0.2em;"|150
|style="padding:0.2em;"|Sterile in real life; all male in Dwarf Fortress
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Pig}}
|style="padding:0.2em;"|51
|style="padding:0.2em;"|100
|style="padding:0.2em;"|60,000
|style="padding:0.2em;"|?
|style="padding:0.2em;"|?
|style="padding:0.2em;"|4
|style="padding:0.2em;"|Yes
|style="padding:0.2em;"|No
|style="padding:0.2em;"|1,000
|style="padding:0.2em;"|
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Sheep}}
|style="padding:0.2em;"|51
|style="padding:0.2em;"|100
|style="padding:0.2em;"|50,000
|style="padding:0.2em;"|27
|style="padding:0.2em;"|8 or 10@
|style="padding:0.2em;"|4 or 6@
|style="padding:0.2em;"|Yes
|style="padding:0.2em;"|Yes
|style="padding:0.2em;"|1,200
|style="padding:0.2em;"|
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Rabbit}}
|style="padding:0.2em;"|2
|style="padding:0.2em;"|3
|style="padding:0.2em;"|500
|style="padding:0.2em;"|0
|style="padding:0.2em;"|0
|style="padding:0.2em;"|0
|style="padding:0.2em;"|No
|style="padding:0.2em;"|No
|style="padding:0.2em;"|120,000
|style="padding:0.2em;"|
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Reindeer}}
|style="padding:0.2em;"|101
|style="padding:0.2em;"|200
|style="padding:0.2em;"|130,000
|style="padding:0.2em;"|28
|style="padding:0.2em;"|16
|style="padding:0.2em;"|6
|style="padding:0.2em;"|Yes
|style="padding:0.2em;"|No
|style="padding:0.2em;"|461
|style="padding:0.2em;"|
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;"|{{L|water_buffalo|Water Buffalo}}
|style="padding:0.2em;"|101
|style="padding:0.2em;"|200
|style="padding:0.2em;"|1,000,000
|style="padding:0.2em;"|70
|style="padding:0.2em;"|20
|style="padding:0.2em;"|6
|style="padding:0.2em;"|Yes
|style="padding:0.2em;"|No
|style="padding:0.2em;"|60
|style="padding:0.2em;"|
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;"|{{L|Yak}}
|style="padding:0.2em;"|101
|style="padding:0.2em;"|200
|style="padding:0.2em;"|700,000
|style="padding:0.2em;"|42
|style="padding:0.2em;"|16
|style="padding:0.2em;"|6
|style="padding:0.2em;"|Yes
|style="padding:0.2em;"|No
|style="padding:0.2em;"|86
|style="padding:0.2em;"|
|}

:<nowiki>*</nowiki> Gives a crude estimate of ability in combat, and thus danger to hunters. This number comes from the raws, so it might also be a better estimate of butchering results than the dodgy numbers from this wiki. 
:† Total of meat, fat, and offal. 
:‡ Maximum reported in infoboxes in this wiki, April 2011. Strongly influenced by individual attributes, especially for larger animals. Use with caution! 
:<nowiki>#</nowiki> A lower number means the animal needs to graze more often, and will thus need a larger {{L|pasture}}. Cats and dogs have the [CARNIVORE] tag and do not graze or require pasture. 
:@ The higher number is for rams.

== Comparison of domestic poultry == 
All domestic poultry have a {{L|pet}} value of 10 and cost 6{{L|currency|☼}} at embark. When butchered, all adult poultry yield one {{L|skull}}; those that yield bones also yield a {{L|leather|raw hide}}.

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!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;text-align:center;"| Animal
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;text-align:center;"| Min. eggs
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;text-align:center;"| Max. eggs
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;text-align:center;"| Avg. eggs*
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;text-align:center;"| Egg size
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;text-align:center;"| Years til full-grown
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;text-align:center;"| Size when full-grown
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;text-align:center;"| Total edible†‡
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;background:#DDD;text-align:center;"| Bones‡
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|{{L|Blue peafowl}}
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|6
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|8
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|7
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|102
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|1
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|4000
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|17
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|6
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|{{L|Chicken}}
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|4
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|15
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|9.5
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|62
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|1
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|3000
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|13
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|4
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|{{L|Duck}}
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|8
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|13
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|10.5
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|52
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|1
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|1000
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|0
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|0
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|{{L|Goose}}
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|3
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|8
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|5.5
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|152
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|1
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|4500
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|17-18
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|6
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|{{L|Guineafowl}}
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|4
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|15
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|9.5
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|42
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|1
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|1500
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|0
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|0
|-
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|{{L|Turkey}}
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|10
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|14
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|12
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|87
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|1
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|5000
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|19
|style="padding:0.2em;text-align:center;"|6
|}
:<nowiki>*</nowiki> Estimate based on mean of minimum and maximum clutch sizes. 
:† Total of meat, fat, and intestines. 
:‡ Reported in infoboxes in this wiki, April 2011. Might be influenced by individual attributes. Use with caution! 

{{Category|Creatures}}
{{Category|Animals}}

Main Page/Quote

2011-05-08T01:00:46Z

TheWealthyAardvark:

<noinclude>
Please limit quotes to ~135 characters or less (longest below are longer than that, but remain as "legacy" from Toady etc.). Longer quotes may be deleted.

Do not use equals signs or vertical bars in your quotes or they will break.

When adding a quote, be sure to update the {{tl|rand|###}} number.

[[Category:Humor and stories]]
----
</noinclude>{{#switch:{{rand|127}}|
|1=I can't put my finger on it. Something about this [[Fire|‼]]Cat tallow roast[[Fire|‼]] tastes funny.
|2=Toady withdraws from society. Toady has begun a [[Strange_mood|mysterious]] construction!
|3=Let us never forget the last words of Inod the Stoker, [http://archive.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Fortress_Paintrag#1056 "Aaah! Gorillas!"]
|4=[[Children|Newborn]] Zuglar Baldnessgranite prefers to consume Gorilla. A sure sign of his unparalleled strength!
|5=[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/video-game-article/duke-nukem-image.php In an unrelated article] - I had no idea elephants could bounce that high!
|6=[[Toady]] looses a roaring laughter, [[Fey|fell]] and terrible! Toady has butchered a spammer!
|7=The critical question is this''':''' do elf bones yield more crossbow bolts than the average number of bolts necessary to kill an elf?
|8="Dwarf Fortress" ... "Like chess, only with short people that can catch on [[fire]] like [[clothing|rags]] soaked in tar, and lots of [[booze]]." ... "Like chess."
|9=Dwarf Fortress has taught me that all the world's problems would be substantially reduced had our parent civilizations never minted more than four stacks of [[coins]].
|10=[[Booze]] does all the work in forts. Dwarves are just booze exoskeletons.
|11=My unconscious and bleeding [[mayor]] just mandated the construction of some goods.
|12=I can just imagine a wagon throwing a tantrum and tossing all its contents at people.
|13=Döbesh Udosdeb has been ecstatic lately. He was forced to eat a friend to survive. He enjoyed a truly decadent meal.
|14=Iron [[screw pump]] exercise equipment. Pump iron and get superdwarvenly strong!
|15=The violence, aggression, pain, madness, sadness of the ASCII characters never ceases to amaze me...
|16=Wait, you're MAKING animals? —''Torak'' At this moment, yes, I am smelting cows. —''Spiders Everywhere''
|17="Didn't you read the manual? He he he he... the manual... ..." --[[Toady One]]
|18=(Compared to real-world years) Dwarven years are shorter. --Sowelu Very fitting to dwarves, I must add. --Sean Mirrsen
|19=[[Magma]] is not a [[water]] source. Dwarves can't drink it or supply it to their wounded. --[[User:AlienChickenPie|AlienChickenPie]]
|20="<nowiki>[B]</nowiki>oats are the enemy of tiles. And tiles are the enemy of boats." --[[Toady One]]
|21="I went through and fixed a few places where forbidden/on fire weren't being respected for next time. Burning milkable creatures were still a problem for example." --[[Toady One]]
|22="You have been processed! Go forth, now, and edit!" --[[User:Savok|Savok]]
|23="What happened in 1048?" "Jreengus occurred."
|24=Making rock instruments isn't nearly as awesome as it sounds --Shandrunn
|25=The cyclops I was quested to kill had a thousand year history of badassery, and all of that without the leg it lost in the Year 3 (a dwarf bit it off... I should probably deal with that). --[[Toady One]]
|26=[FIREIMMUNE] makes them think that [[magma]] is safe but doesn't actually make them fireproof. This can lead to some rather interesting results.
|27=Endok Cerolneth has begun a mysterious construction!
Endok Cerolneth, Planter has given birth to a girl.
|28="Incendia sunt socia vestra, armaque vestra, fortesque Montis Domi." "Magma is your ally, your weapon, the strength of the Mountain-Home." --Eita
|29="Stopped people from giving quests to kill themselves." --[[Toady One]]
|30="...And I simply doubt we have a need for 7 fishery workers. On top of that, a second soap maker. The hell IS soap?!" --Zero
|31="This is a terrible pun. All craftsdwarfship is of the poorest quality." - [http://tinyurl.com/6yruly Soup_alex]
|32="The default mental state of a dwarf is madness. Sanity is a temporary condition - a PRIVILEGE you have to EARN!" --[[User:Fedor|Fedor]]
|33="Why get normal cats? I buy lolcats in the embark screen. Much more fun to engrave about them." --Yanlin
|34="Dwarf Fortress taught me it was okay to make a suit out of my neighbour's skin, as long as I gave it a name."
|35="Got rid of world gen crash during succession after death of prolific long-standing position holders with inbred descendants" --[[Toady One]]
|36="There was a typo in the siegers' campfire code. When the fires went out, so did the game." --[[Toady One]]
|37="Hey, what does that flashing red and orange text mean? What? Why is there smoke everywhere? Oh god, are those BABIES on fire?" --[[User:StrawberryBunny|StrawberryBunny]]
|38="It's never 'just a game' when you're losing." --George Carlin (if he played Dwarf Fortress)
|39=Not that building a bridge out of soap makes much sense to begin with anyway.
|40=Note that while you cannot milk larger animals yourself, civilizations can still milk animals "off screen" for your benefit.
|41=Tosid Idenarzes likes tentacle demons for their corrupt intentions. "There! Now we've covered all of the seven deadly sins."
|42="Litast Idenudesh, baby, is throwing a tantrum! Inod Litastrilem, Mayor, has lost consciousness. Inod Litastrilem, Mayor, has bled to death."
|43="Known bug #780: Town guard becomes a criminal after getting an adventurer's stolen weapon stuck in his body."
|44="Udib Toblumaid, Axedwarf, cancels sparring in Barracks: too insane." [[User:Ben jamm1n|Ben jamm1n]]
|45=Kosoth Cilobonol, Bone Carver cancels Drink: Unconscious.
|46=Sizir the Snail of Bait is a deity of The Fresh Towers. Sizir most often takes the form of a female dwarf and is associated with jealousy.
|47=Sibrek Tanbim likes Limestone, Tin, Smoky Quartz, the color crimson, bolts, scepters, anvils, and rock blocks for their lack of quality levels.
|48=Most vermin teleport, so nothing actually contains them. -[[User:Fuzzy|Fuzzy]]
|49=There are 5 articles in category Lore: Armok, Cave Adaptation, Elephant, Philosopher, and Vomit.
|50=There is nothing to catch in the magma pipe.
|51=Bug #563: mayor ordered himself beaten for failing to make crystal glass objects
|52=If cow cheese is made from cow's milk, what is dwarven cheese made of?
|53=Bugs are opportunities to cause unprecedented amounts of destruction. --Zorgn
|54="You know, Urist, you've got a mind like an +Ash Trap+."--[[User:Destor|Destor]]
|55='''Zander J:''' "Is there a way to stop immigration without setting the population cap?" '''Yanlin:''' "Magma."
|56=An animal trainer just suddenly stopped working and hid himself in a workshop. He's probably going to make a wardog out of rock and goblin skulls.
|57=Bug #597: Flying creatures give birth in midair, leading to tragedy.
|58='''Urdim Kutamèrith, Pump Operator, has created Rakusttenshed, a Glumprong blowgun!''' Urdim, you are a freaking idiot.
|59=<Forkez> I don't get the game, but I do get that tunnels flooded with water is a bad thing.
|60="If you give a dwarf a fire, he will be warm for a night. If you set a dwarf on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life."
|61="Since the Elves said they won't let me cut down any trees, I bought 50 of their logs instead."
|62=Do not make a trading race that breathes fire. I REPEAT, DON'T!! EVER!!
|63=Dwarf Fortress: Because burning elves are funny.
|64=The carp has drowned.
|65=There's one thing a dwarf needs, and that's stones. And alcohol... and magma... but mainly stones.
|66="I swear to god once I saw a dwarf who was labeled as being Strong, Very Agile, Very Tough... and ''Clean''. But it was probably just a bad dream."
|67=Urist McRandy has been ecstatic lately. He brought somebody to bed lately.
|68="Dwarven children kidnapped and incorporated into goblin society might sh... shave." --Toady One
|69=Bug #871: babies fall to death when born on stairs
|70=Bug #1031: a merchant pack animal caught at an old dwarf site during adv mode was wearing a full set of clothes
|71="[[Magma]] solves everything. [[Fire]] just ruins the [[booze]]." -sonerohi
|72=You can't yet strangle people with the exposed guts, though I suppose that's now within reach. --[[Toady One]]
|73=Look, there are roving clumps of sentient lava outside, ... This isn't going to get better. --PTTG??
|74=...and the only surviving dwarf is a noble who has mandated the construction of crowns and clear glass items to the empty halls. --PTTG??
|75=Adil Idenlocun is conflicted: "When possible he prefers to consume purring maggot, Dwarven ale and Dwarven syrup. He absolutely detests purring maggots."
|76="I had to leave just before I tested the dwarf with the boiling gold blood." -- Toady the Great One
|77=Urdim Zatinod has been quite content lately. She has lost an annoying friend to tragedy lately.
|78=I added two levers. One opens the magma. The other sets free all the cats. --Someone in Headshoots
|79="As Manbaspecut, Human Merchant is stricken by melancholy!" "Muskox has gone stark raving mad!" I think something is wrong with the human caravan...
|80="Somebody needs to build an active volcano inside a fortress inside an active volcano." --Boksi
|81=It has stats. It can be killed.
|82=Bug #432: Bones pop out of coffins.
|83=Thanks. I wish I had known that about three forts ago.
|84=If I remembered what the damn lever did, I'd pull it! <...pulls lever anyway...>
|85=Sarvesh Ralrubal likes olivine, olivine and olivine.
|86="So let me get this straight. We managed to destroy a dwarven civilization while only managing a single town??"
|87=Kara Mase, the Glory of Amusing: Engraved on the wall is an image of a dwarf and an elf. The dwarf is committing a depraved act on the elf.
|88=Once saw a water skin with red beryl spikes. I still wonder how you would drink from that.
|89=Watching a kobold thief be chased by batman is very satisfying.
|90=Kol Tölunimush has been ecstatic lately. He killed somebody by accident while sparring recently. He took joy in slaughter lately. He has lost a lover to tragedy lately. He has witnessed death. He had a satisfying sparring session recently.
|91=You haven't embarked on a quest - you've joined a religion. --Quietust
|92=The alert statuses (i.e., "Stay Indoors") have been entirely redone. You may set several custom alerts with user defined [[scheduling]].
|93=There was kind of a violent explosion of boiling human blood when I was testing a human vs a magma man in the arena... it was a little weird, but I guess that's okay. --[[Toady One]]
|94=Mew? Chop!
|95="If Dwarf Fortress geology is to be believed, then the Earth's core is made of microline and demons."
|96='They're firing arrows at us! Quickly! Raise the babies!!' -Urdim McSquadLeader, mother of 8
|97=It started raining, then all my dwarves outside started bleeding to death. On inspection their upper bodies were missing.
|98=It seems that a fresh recruit given a crossbow and a quiver with ammo in it will opt to run up to the enemy and bash them with the crossbow.
|99=Bug introduced in the latest version: Firemen can have their flames severed. These flames then just lie around the place.
|100=You stab Iron Man in the right leg from behind with your adamantine short sword, breaking away a piece of the gas and shattering the iron! The Beak Dog is caught in a burst of Iron Man gas! Beak Dog vomits into the Iron Man gas.
|101=Urist McDairy, Milker cancels store item in stockpile: handling dangerous creature
|102=Ildomushat, Fish Cleaner, cancels Clean Self: Could not find path.
|103=Losing is [[Fun]]!!! --The Motto of Dwarf Fortress
|104=I hate walking under dwarven archways. You never know how many mechanized crossbows they have hidden underneath those damn things.
|105="Bibo ergo sum. I drink, therefore I am." -- Dwarven Philosopher
|106=This is a menacing iron spike. This object menaces with spikes of iron.
|107=Kogsak is a deity of The Helpful Diamond. Kogsak most often takes the form of a dwarf and is associated with fortresses.
|108=The Forgotten Beast pushes The Wrestler in the head, bruising the muscle, driving the skull through the brain, and tearing apart the brain! The Wrestler has been struck down!
|109=Goblin Chops at the Diagnostician in the right leg, damaging the muscle! Urist McHouse is Unconscious!
|110=Limul Itebdesis, trader has been Possessed. Limul Itebdesis, trader has created Stodir Isethlolor, a Mortgage-Backed Security!
|111=The heart wound ended up being a guy getting shot in the arm, dropping his crossbow, running over to the opposing line, and jabbing his stack of bolts into somebody's chest.
|112=Giant mole has stolen a preserved prepared giant mole lung! ''"Hey, I want my grandfather back!"''
|113="You must construct additional barrels!" - [[User:Speed112]]
|114=All I want is a major river next to a volcano with flux, sand and bituminous coal.
|115=Do not taunt magma.
|116=I bury my pets in gold coffins and my nobles in wood coffins. Pets before people, I say.--[[KingAuggie]]
|117=[the cavern] is basically like the surface, except underground
|118=The fortress' randomly generated name was "Greatestfailure".
|119="You stab the Human Thresher in the mouth with your large copper dagger, tearing the left cheek!" "The large copper dagger has lodged firmly in the wound!"
|120="The best way to determine how dangerous a fortress is, is to make only one dwarf with the burial job, and nothing else: the lower his social skills, the more dangerous the fortress is - [[User:Rhenaya|Rhenaya]]"
|121="Before retiring in the evening, heed my words and give yourself to volcanos" - Ted Usmokatra, law-giver
|122=Upon coming of age, about 8, Urist McYoung Made an artifact, became mayor and promptly mandated the construction of slade goods.
|123=Dwarf Fortress: You've already lost.
|124=A sober fortress makes even a mental hospital seem like a pleasant place to live.
|125=A typical Dwarven nightmare consists of running out of booze or getting a beard lopped off in an accident.
|126=There are two ways of dealing with goblins in a tree. One is by marksdwarves. The other is by flooding the world with magma.
|127=Portal and Dwarf Fortress share a mystical trend. It is !!Science!!.
}}

v0.31 Talk:Brewer

2011-05-07T03:17:02Z

TheWealthyAardvark: /* Brewing Quality */

==Brewing Numbers==
My Adequate Brewer made a stack of 5 Dwarven wine out of a "stack" of 1 plump helmet. The old version had brewers producing this amount all the time, but I want some verification that it doesn't change in this version. What's everyone else getting? Also, two seeds were produced.--[[User:Eagle0600|Eagle0600]] 09:10, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
: My Great Brewer made a stack of 10 Dwarven Ale out of a stack of 2 pig tails, with 4 pig tail seeds remaining. --[[User:Doub|Doub]] 11:20, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
::I have also confirmed this. Five units of alcohol and two seeds per plant brewed, at the very least with all brewable underground plants. --[[User:AzureShadow|AzureShadow]] 11:38, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
:::I'll put this down as confirmed in the [[DF2010:crop|Plant]] article. I might also start the brewer article. --[[User:Eagle0600|Eagle0600]] 12:34, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
:(Respect, people! Assume nothing! Carry on...)--[[User:Albedo|Albedo]] 15:43, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

==Brewing Quality==
I seem to remember in the old version, there was some sort of inexplicit quality modifier thought to apply to beverages, and thus a higher-skilled brewer makes better booze. Was this hogwash, and if not, is it the case in 0.31 as well? --[[User:Zombiejustice|Zombiejustice]] 17:43, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
:Probably hogwash - alcohol is nothing more than stacks of liquid stored in a barrel, and liquids don't have quality levels. In all likelihood, the happiness received from drinking alcohol was determined based on the dwarf's preference for the booze and possibly the quality of the barrel. --[[User:Quietust|Quietust]] 18:08, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
::Can this possibly be tested? I think it would have to wait until hacking is available so we can measure the exact amount of happiness the dwarves are getting from the drinks. Until that time, yeah, just don't say anything on the matter. --[[User:Eagle0600|Eagle0600]] 15:24, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
:::It looks some some information about alcohol quality ended up on the [[DF2010:Starting_build|Starting Build]] page. Have we gotten any confirmation about this yet? --[[User:TheWealthyAardvark|TheWealthyAardvark]] 03:17, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

==Seeds==
Neither of the articles (2010 or 40d) mention whether brewing returns the seeds of the plant you brew. I'm going to add this into the article, but I am not an experienced wiki editor, so I would appreciate a response from more experienced editors along the lines of "Good idea," or "Bad idea," or "why did you add to the talk page for this?" --[[User:Kierkkadon|Kierkkadon]] 00:25, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

== Reserving Barrels/Bins ==

Barrels and bins can be reserved(set aside for tasks such a brewing) through the stockpiles menu. This might be what this:"Unlike many farming labours, brewing cannot be done without a barrel. This can become an issue if your fortress has more food than barrels, as any spare barrels will be immediately filled with food. Limiting the number of barrels that your food stockpiles can store can help keep some barrels empty for brewing." is supposed to mean, but its not very clear about it.

v0.31 Talk:Building designer

2010-05-12T06:04:11Z

TheWealthyAardvark:

This page was created whole with a lot of information. Was all of this info ''verified'' for DF2010? --[[User:Eagle0600|Eagle0600]] 12:08, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
:I took the d40 page, and copied over all information that I had verified. The only thing that may be questionable is the list of buildings requiring Building Designer, as there may be a few more that were added and/or a couple removed, so I will remove that if it is deemed necessary.--[[User:AzureShadow|AzureShadow]] 17:21, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Bug?
I've noticed that neither a screwpump nor a windmill are being built - the building just sits there saying 'Awaiting architect' in its default initial screen no matter how many architects I have designated. I'm not sure what might be causing this. Is anyone else having a similar problem in vanilla 0.2?
:As far as I can tell in 0.31.03, Architects will only design a building if they're allowed to manipulate the materials assigned to build it. I've been building Supports out of wood, but my Architect/Mason won't design the them unless I turn Carpentry on for him. I'm going to have to test this further to see if it's a bug or feature or whatever. [[User:TheWealthyAardvark|TheWealthyAardvark]] 06:04, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

v0.31:Olm

2010-05-10T14:29:49Z

TheWealthyAardvark: Category fixing.

{{av}}
{{Quality|Fine}}

::''A tiny amphibian, found in underground streams.''
An '''olm''' is a non-combative {{l|vermin}}, a small sightless amphibian commonly found in subterranean lakes or rivers. They are quite unlike their larger, dangerous cousins, the ''{{l|giant olm|giant olms}}'', which tend to pose a much "larger" threat.

[[File:P anguinus2.jpg|Olm]]

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[UNDERGROUND_DEPTH:1:2]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:250:500]
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[TENDONS:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:SINEW:200]
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[HAS_NERVES]
[SPEED:2900]
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[BLOOD:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:BLOOD:LIQUID]
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[GETS_WOUND_INFECTIONS]
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{{Category|Vermin}}

v0.31:Whale

2010-05-10T14:16:00Z

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nerves=Yes|skulls=1|skin=Yes|
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:''An enormous aquatic mammal that lives in the deep sea, surfacing only to take in air.''

Whales can sometimes wash up on the beach, allowing you to harvest their massive corpses.

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{{Category|Animals}}

v0.31:Camel

2010-05-10T14:14:36Z

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Camels come in {{L|one-humped camel|one-humped}} and {{L|two-humped camel|two-humped}} varieties.

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{{Creatures}}
{{Category|Animals}}

v0.31:Buzzard

2010-05-10T14:12:22Z

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:''A medium-sized, red-faced black bird that searches the temperate lands for carrion.''

Watch out for these. They can steal five units of food each, and travel in groups. They can be particularly devastating for a newly set up fortress which hasn't yet set up a farm; while the buzzards feast upon prepared warthog kidney, you'll be searching for vermin to eat.

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40d Talk:Giant cave spider

2010-01-15T18:21:43Z

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==Anecdotes on article page==
THEY ARE EVIL. One killed 2 of my proficient miners on its own! It has a breath attack that shoots webs and it rips off people limbs! Dont attack them if you know whats good for you! --[[User:Diabl0658]]
:What is this? I did not write this in the comments! [[User:Diabl0658|Diabl0658]] 22:23, 31 October 2007 (EDT)
::The article page was cleaned up - less personal (the 'my' aspect of it - that only applies to ''your'' (Diabl0658's) experience and not necessarily that of any future editor). JT copied the anecdote in the article to the talk page and attributed it to you. (Side consideration sub pages of /anecdote for this type of thing?) --[[User:Shagie|Shagie]] 22:44, 31 October 2007 (EDT)

::What Shagie said. I figure the articles themselves should be left for "fact" (you can inject subtle humour or hearsay if it's between the lines), while any personal experiences or questions can be mentioned on the Talk pages. (I dunno if an anecdotal page is necessary. Do we really need so many more stub pages?) That's the general idea on Wikipedia, anyway... --[[User:JT|JT]] 23:13, 31 October 2007 (EDT)

::: The sub page idea could be a way of clearly making a place for anecdotes that would otherwise show up in article pages or talk pages (where talk pages would (in theory) be more about the factual/design content of the articles themselves. One of the wikis I am involved with is particularly prone to vandalism - the funny vandalism they move off to a sub page. This way, its still there as a record but isn't hampering discussion or reading the article itself. Realize I'm not calling anecdotes vandalism, but rather suggesting a similar way that they can be put somewhere so they don't hamper discussion or the article. --[[User:Shagie|Shagie]] 23:25, 31 October 2007 (EDT)
==Categories?==
Should this article not be under the "creatures" section? --[[User:Talith|Talith]]
==Phantom vs GC spiders==
I've noticed a few references to "phantom spiders" in material lists and such. Is it possible that a phantom spider is in fact what created that hellishly large web in the picture, or is it known that that was a regular giant cave spider? --[[User:AlBorland|AlBorland]]

:Nope, that's a bona fide giant cave spider. You can see it towards the centre of the web. Phantom spiders are vermin-sized critters which appear only on evil maps. --[[User:JT|JT]] 01:06, 6 November 2007 (EST)

You should probably upload that web picture to the wiki rather than an external host. -[[User:EarthquakeDamage|EarthquakeDamage]] 02:18, 10 November 2007 (EST)

== The Spidernator ==

Added a line half intended to bring a chuckle to readers, though well with intent of warning of one of their greatest threats that wasn't previously mentioned; they can't be stunned or incapacitated in any way, due to having such tokens as [NOPAIN] and [NOSTUN], along with several other immunities. I modified the "quote" a bit so that it more accurately fits the description for more practical purposes. --[[User:Hesitris|Hesitris]] 21:53 EST, 15 November 2007

== Giant Spider Silk ==

Sure, they can poison you and web you up and eat you later. (Attercob! Attercob!) But don't their webs make the loveliest high-value [[silk]] shirts and cloaks? --[[User:Jellyfishgreen|Jellyfishgreen]] 11:11, 1 October 2008 (EDT)
: I understand they can be tamed by a [[Dungeon Master]]; does anyone know if they will still produce silk for the loom if tame? Is the webbing they spray at attacking enemies collectible for the loom? --[[User:Jellyfishgreen|Jellyfishgreen]] 10:08, 14 January 2009 (EST)
::To catch it, you would probably need a ton of cage traps and AT LEAST half a dozen recruits for bait (the faster the better). Beware: 'bait' has 90% fatality rate, and you may cause a tantrum spiral. Use a wave of immigrants you don't want for this (insane) task. --[[User:Arkenstone|Arkenstone]] 04:47, 13 August 2009 (EST)
:::Alternatively, if it's inside a bottomless pit (and you know which level it's on), you can dig a tunnel up to it (but not all the way), build a cage trap, chain a puppy behind the trap, then dig out the final wall (and make sure everything inside the pit is forbidden, such as any ratman bones). If the spider has already revealed itself, place the tunnel somewhere in its line of sight - once it sees the chained animal, it'll make a beeline toward it and walk straight into the cage trap. In my latest fortress, I got impatient and unchained the first dog to reveal the spider, then chained a second one to lure it into the trap - my GCS silk farm can easily generate over a hundred webs per season. --[[User:Quietust|Quietust]] 17:57, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
:::The way I managed to capture one was by digging a tunnel that was in as direct a line as possible from where the Giant Spider was hanging out to the entrance of my fort. (Making sure the end point of the tunnel was far enough away from the spiddy that it didn't "trigger" it to attack.) Then I built a cage trap inside and activated a dwarf of mine who was supper agile (fast) and slowly walked him towards the spider. As soon as the spider started moving I deactivated my dwarf and the civilianized dwarf headed back twards my fort taking the shortest route possible (through the tunnel). Spider followed and got caught. I lost my first dwarf trying this out, but was successful with my second. --[[User:Frewfrux|Frewfrux]] 16:52, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
::So, the question still stands: Can you use tame GCS to produce webbing? Do they only shoot it at enemies, and can you collect it? --[[Special:Contributions/24.179.141.137|24.179.141.137]] 23:30, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
:::I imagine it best not to tame them to harvest the silk. Instead, try to entomb them hostile into a 1x1 room with a fortification in it which faces your silk industry. Dwarves going to work in the shop or hauling from the stockpile will anger the spider enough to make it vomit web through the fortification, continually replenishing your stocks? [[Special:Contributions/76.185.61.24|76.185.61.24]] 11:15, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
::::GCS silk farms work just fine if the spider is tame, provided you use hostile bait. Also, your described setup would not work at all - a GCS won't shoot webs unless it has a valid path to its target (ideally involving unlocked but pet-impassable doors, due to a pathfinding bug), and putting it right near your workshops would make it impossible for your dwarves to do anything at all, instead constantly '''running away''' from what they perceive to be a hostile creature. --[[User:Quietust|Quietust]] 13:34, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
::::Problem is, it'll scare the dwarves and you'll be flooded with job cancellation spam. Actually, I bet most of the silk would never even be collected, as everyone would be too scared to go close enough to the cage to get it. --Arrkhal (not logged in)
::::Oh, and a tame one ''will'' still shoot webs at hostiles. Just use captured, unarmed goblins. Either with the spider in a fortification "cage," or the lazy way and just "feed" it the gobbos. --Arrkhal (not logged in)

== Visible invisible web ==

I've seen giant cave spider silk webs in my pit in my most recent fort (haven't bothered to touch them yet, haha). Could it be that new pieces of web are visible from creation point? --[[User:GreyMario|GreyMaria]] 17:30, 4 November 2008 (EST)
:I've got the same thing in my bottomless pit. I've had five units of Giant Cave Spider Silk Web visible on my stocks screen since embark, despite the pit not being revealed (probably a bug). --[[Special:Contributions/24.179.141.137|24.179.141.137]] 23:30, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

== Escaping a web ==

Could someone who knows include information in this article regarding whether a dwarf can escape a web or be freed from one?
When my dwarf gets stuck in a web he invariably gets killed...--[[User:Jpwrunyan|Jpwrunyan]] 00:30, 3 February 2009 (EST)
:Well, when the spider cannot reach entangled dwarf, the paralysis wears away pretty quickly.--[[User:Dorten|Dorten]] 01:40, 3 February 2009 (EST)
::Thanks, I think I understand now. The web just "paralyzes" the dwarf for an amount of time after which he is able to move again and get stuck again.--[[User:Jpwrunyan|Jpwrunyan]] 02:23, 4 February 2009 (EST)

== Stray Giant Cave Spider (tame) bleeds to death ==

Anyone have this problem? I've a tame giant cave spider that just keeps randomly dying while staying in my meeting hall. It was perfectly healthy. I assume that the creature is somehow "freezing" to death, even though I'm on a warm map? I come to this conclusion because of its homeotherm:10040 and no layering, perhaps, and I'm thinking that it is too hot for the creature. -[[User:Belathus|Belathus]] 07:17, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

:Upon further review, I think a friendly trade caravan is killing it. Either way, it is bothersome. -[[User:Belathus|Belathus]] 07:52, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

== Wall climbing abilities? ==
I was in the middle of constructing my spider moat (it involves a sealed of room with a cow(and a trap in front of it), the other room contains the soon-to-be-captured GCS, my plan was to have the not tame GCS kill everything in my moat and then get re-caught but they i realized "couldn't it simply climb out?" How does GCS's move around in their almost cliff-like pits and chasms? do they have some kind of wall climb abilities? - [[User:Sava2004|Sava2004]] 20:04, 30 May 2009 (EST)

:As far as I know, there are no creatures that can climb walls. I've never seen a GCS change z-levels in a pit or chasm unless they were at the surface, where there were ramps. --[[User:Elvang|Elvang]] 10:11, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

== Sensitive to Motion ==
Anyone else find that Giant Spiders appear to be sensitive to motion? Needs more testing, but A) when my sacrificial pet entered a giant spider’s lair it was safe while it didn’t move. As soon as it moved the spider shot at it with webbing and proceeded to devour it. And B) when a soldier stood in front of a row of fortifications with a giant spider behind it nothing happened, but when he was set to “patrol” along the border of the fortifications the giant spider would occasionally shoot at him with webbing. --[[User:Frewfrux|Frewfrux]] 17:00, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

== Harvesting Giant Cave Spider Silk ==
For those who are inclined to try, it is definitely possible to harvest Giant Cave Spider (GCS) silk. While profitable, it can also be fairly costly in terms of how many dwarves end up dying in the attempt to capture the creature, but once captured there are at least two methods of harvesting the GCS silk.

1) Build a series of rooms which are connected by floodgates (floodgates can’t get stuck open) each of which has a tile channeled out above it and an activity zone making the hole a pit into the GCS’s den. Then all you need to do is drop in an animal and the GCS will (eventually) shoot at it with its webbing and eat it up. Once the GCS moves to another of the connected rooms you can go in to harvest the webs.

2) Slightly more efficient then the above method, you can also place your captured GCS in its cage along the length of a wall, link the cage to a lever, build fortifications around the cage so that the GCS can’t escape, and pull the lever releasing the GCS. Once it is released, place a recruit on patrol along the length of the fortifications. The GCS will occasionally shoot at the soldier causing webbing to appear which can be harvested. (No dwarves or animals are harmed with this method.)
Anyone else know of any GCS silk harvesting methods? --[[User:Frewfrux|Frewfrux]] 17:25, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
:Floodgates '''will''' get jammed open if there's anything there, and I'm pretty sure spider webs are included. If you want a gate that will never get jammed, better make it a raising bridge. As for actually farming the silk, there are several methods that involve pet-impassable doors and chained creatures such that the spider can't reach its target but shoots webs anyways. --[[User:Quietust|Quietust]] 17:37, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
::I don't know why, but for some reason I was under the impression that floodgates would crunch anything that gets caught in them. I have no idea why I thought that, however. I guess I'm going to have to pay a bit more attention to my spider den now that I know the doors can get stuck open. --[[User:Frewfrux|Frewfrux]] 17:48, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

== Web Spinning ==

What causes the GCS to spin visible webs for reasons other than attacking? --[[User:Iban|Iban]] 08:24, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

== Can they walk on their webs? ==

Can a GCS walk on the webs that are built over the chasm? [[User:TheWealthyAardvark|TheWealthyAardvark]] 18:21, 15 January 2010 (UTC)