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:''This article contains information on advanced world generation. For information on basic world generation, see [[World generation]].'' ''See [[World token]] to more easily find information by the names used in the world_gen.txt file, [[World rejection]] for information on solving problems related to worlds always being rejected, and [[Worldgen examples]] for example worlds.''

[[File:adv_worldgen_v50.png|thumb|400px|right|The advanced world generation screen. ''(Click to enlarge)'']]'''Advanced world generation''', also labeled as '''detailed mode''', allows substantially more detail-oriented options of customization than standard, basic world generation. This gives the player much more control over how their world is generated. To better understand this article, it is advised that one should read about [[World generation|'''basic world generation''']] first.

The advanced world generation screen is reached by clicking "Create new world" at the main menu, then clicking "Detailed mode". Once at that screen, clicking "Basic options" will return the user to the standard world generation screen.

== Parameter sets ==
There are multiple default sets of all the advanced world generation parameters hard-coded in ''Dwarf Fortress'', which will be overridden by the <tt>prefs/world_gen.txt</tt> file in the main ''Dwarf Fortress'' directory, if it exists. It does not exist by default, you must create it, either by saving the default sets, or saving a copy from the [[world_gen.txt]] wiki page or elsewhere. This file can then be edited with a text editor, and you can copy and paste other players' sets of parameters into it. For sources of such parameter sets see [[Advanced_world_generation#Parameter_set_examples|Parameter set examples]] below.

To get back the default sets, move the existing <tt>prefs/world_gen.txt</tt> to somewhere else (like Documents), or delete it if you do not want to keep the changes, then load the sets in the game, it will then use the hardcoded defaults.

== User interface ==
First, there is a line of text inputs and buttons along the top of the screen, from left to right:
* The drop down menu of currently defined parameter sets, click the down arrow to select a set that you want to work with. The currently selected set can be renamed by clicking the current name or the [[File:Quill.png]] button. The first set in the file is selected by default, usually "LARGE ISLAND". See [[#Parameter set title|Parameter set title]].
* The dimensions of the world for the selected set, see [[#World dimensions|World dimensions]].
* A text entry box to set all of the seed options to the same seed, will show "Random seed", "Various seeds", or, if all four seeds are set to use the same value, that value. See [[Advanced_world_generation#Seed_values|Seed values]] and [[Advanced_world_generation#Seed_values|Seed notes]].
* The Copy Button to make a copy of the currently selected set and appends it to the bottom of the list.
* The red Delete button to delete the currently selected set, you will be prompted to confirm the deletion.
* The New parameter set to create a new parameter set and appends it to the bottom of the list. This seems to just copy the default "LARGE REGION" set.
* The Save button to save all of the current sets to the <tt>prefs/world_gen.txt</tt> file.
* The Load button to load from the same file, there is no confirmation, '''any unsaved changes will be lost'''. If that file does not exist, this resets all of the sets to the defaults.

Most of the middle is the parameters themselves, with a scroll bar to the right. Each row of the list can include:
* The name of the option
* The range of accepted values; not every option has this, and does not always match the displayed value, for example "0 to 1" might show as "No" and "Yes".
:* Sometimes the range might not initially show on rows that it should, reloading the sets with the Load button sometimes fixes that.{{bug|13176}}
* A plus button to increase the value or cycle through options, when applicable (this button will be missing if the range is missing.)
* The current value; can be clicked to edit, to actually set a value you must press {{k|enter}}, without doing that, clicking another entry box or right clicking will instead reset to the currently set value.
* An edit button to show that the previous box is editable, same as clicking on the text box.
* A minus button to decrease the value or cycle through options, when applicable (this button will be missing if the range is missing).
* A red button to disable this parameter, when applicable, usually setting the value to 0, or -1.

{{notice bar|bgcolor=#faa|bordercolor=#f00|All of the buttons below leave this screen and do not prompt to save the sets, so unsaved changes may be lost.}}
At the bottom right are 3 or 4 more buttons:
* The Create world button to do just that using the currently selected set, '''unsaved changes are lost'''.
* The Basic options button to go back to the normal world generation screen, unsaved changes are not lost if you come directly back to Detailed mode.
* The [[Mods]] button to go to the mod selection screen, unsaved changes are not lost if you come directly back to Detailed mode. Only shown if mods are available.
* Back to main menu button to do just that, '''unsaved changes are lost'''.

=== World painter ===
:''Main article: [[World painter]]
The '''world painter''' tool is not in the current version of ''Dwarf Fortress''; it allowed you to paint features onto a map. '''However''', those maps can still be used when generating a world by pasting world painter parameter set maps created in old versions into the <tt>prefs/world_gen.txt</tt> file. [[Utilities#Perfect_World_DF|Perfect World DF]] is a utility that uses the same parameter functionality as the world painter to paint a map, and it also can work with the current version of ''Dwarf Fortress''.

== Generating a world ==
You can either use an already-defined parameter set, or you can edit them, though it is highly suggested to edit a copy of one of the defaults. Once you are happy with the parameters you should save the values you just edited before you click the Create world button. Information about each parameter is documented below.

The phases of the world generation process are (this order is not completely correct):
* Preparing elevation...
* Setting temperature...
* Running rivers...
* Forming lakes and minerals...
* Growing vegetation...
* Verifying terrain...
* Importing wildlife...
* Recounting legends...
* Placing civilizations...
* Making cave civilizations...
* Making cave pops...
* Placing other beasts...
* Placing megabeasts...
* Placing good/evil...
* Placing caves...
* Prehistory generation
* Finalizing civ mats...
* Finalizing art...
* Finalizing uniforms...
* Finalizing sites...

== Seed notes ==
The world generation process uses a PRNG (Pseudo Random Number Generator) algorithm. A PRNG will produce a sequence of numbers that "looks" random, even though the actual sequence of numbers will always be the same if the PRNG is started with the same seed value. Basically this means that if you run world generation with a certain seed value on your computer, and someone else runs world generation with the same seed value on their computer, the same sequence of random numbers will be generated on both computers. The practical impact of this is that someone else can generate exactly the same world that you generated by entering the same seed value that you used.

In the current version, the seed values for the world itself and the names seem to produce the same result, but you will get changes in events which will result in a very different world history.{{bug|6934}} Keep this in mind if you want to regenerate a particular world.

The way that a world is generated can also be affected by certain world tokens. Changing them causes that code to use more or fewer PRNG values, causing later uses to get different parts of the sequence. So, you cannot for example, change the minimum and maximum rainfall and get 'the same world but drier or wetter', instead, a different world is generated. That said, it would also seem that certain small changes to these world tokens can occasionally generate a very similar world, however, other tokens are more sensitive. For more information see the forum thread [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=112132.msg3404199#msg3404199 here].

The following are tokens which use the PRNG values in ways that changing them will likely cause broader changes:

* [DIM:X:X]
* [ELEVATION:X:X:X:X]
* [RAINFALL:X:X:X:X]
* [TEMPERATURE:X:X:X:X]
* [DRAINAGE:X:X:X:X]
* [VOLCANISM:X:X:X:X]
* [SAVAGERY:X:X:X:X]
* [ELEVATION_FREQUENCY:X:X:X:X:X:X]
* [RAIN_FREQUENCY:X:X:X:X:X:X]
* [DRAINAGE_FREQUENCY:X:X:X:X:X:X]
* [TEMPERATURE_FREQUENCY:X:X:X:X:X:X]
* [SAVAGERY_FREQUENCY:X:X:X:X:X:X]
* [VOLCANISM_FREQUENCY:X:X:X:X:X:X]
* [PARTIAL_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:X]
* [COMPLETE_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:X]
* [HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_1:X]
* [MINERAL_SCARCITY:X] {{cite talk/this|Mineral scarcity}}

Many other world parameters, such as end year and embark points, can, however, be changed without it having any effect on the geography of the world generated from the seed values.

Normally, you don't enter these seed values, the game comes up with values based on some other sort of pseudo-random information from things like the current date and time.

When generating a world, ''Dwarf Fortress'' records the seeds it used in [[gamelog.txt]]; they can also be found with <code>gui/gm-editor world.worldgen.worldgen_parms</code> in [[DFHack]].

== Advanced parameters ==
There are essentially 4 types of controls for the generation of the surface map;

'''Terrain parameters''': as described below, these 5 variables define the basic background world, how hot or cold it is, how much rainfall, how high the mountains are. The world automatically goes through the temperature range along the Y axis, although sometimes it will be hotter in the north, other times in the south, or cold at both. Minimum, maximum and X,Y variance can drastically alter the world.

'''Weighted meshes''': these are a way to fine-tune the amount of the 5 basic variables on the map. They can be used to set the specific distribution of different elevations or rainfall areas for example.

'''Feature parameters''': such as rivers, mountain peaks, volcanoes, and oceans, which can cause rejections if the terrain parameters don't allow enough suitable locations for the features to be placed.

'''Rejection parameters''': ''Dwarf Fortress'' uses a 'belt-and-braces' approach to world generation. The above controls allow you to shape the world, then the rejection parameters throw it out if it does not meet certain criteria. There are a number of rejection parameters for the number and degree of the 5 basic variables, for biome types, etc. If the world does not meet the requirements of any one rejection parameter the world is rejected and re-randomised. Also see [[World rejection]].

Leaving tokens out of a set in <tt>world_gen.txt</tt> will cause the game to use default values which are not adjusted for smaller world sizes, this may cause smaller worlds to always be rejected.

If you are experimenting with world design, there is also a [[Settings#Feature_toggles|game setting]] that will log the rejection reasons to ``[[map_rejection_log.txt]]``. With that information you can then either adjust the rejection parameters to allow those worlds, or the other parameters to prevent them from trying to generate. ''Dwarf Fortress'' will keep adding to the file, so you may want to trim or delete it occasionally.

The parameters are described below in the order that they appear in the list in the game, which is not necessarily the order they appear in <tt>world_gen.txt</tt>. See [[world token]] for an index that will help you look things up by token name. The tokens used in <tt>world_gen.txt</tt> are at the bottom of each of the following parameter descriptions.

=== Parameter set title ===
This sets the name of the parameter set itself, as used in the list of sets (this has nothing to do with the name of the generated world).
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[TITLE:<name>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[TITLE:MEDIUM ISLAND]</nowiki></tt>
| Required
|}

=== World dimensions ===
The size of the map for the current set can be changed by changing the Width and Height values at the top next to the set title. You will need to confirm this, since changing the dimensions of the world will change other parameters, because many of them have different defaults depending on the surface area available.

Larger maps usually take longer to generate and may reduce [[Frames per second|FPS]] in-game, though this is really a matter of larger worlds usually having more civilizations, sites, historical figures, and events; restricting the number of those can speed up the process. Non-square maps may result in crashes{{bug|2928}}.
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[DIM:<width>:<height>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[DIM:257:257]</nowiki></tt>
| Valid values are 17, 33, 65, 129, and 257, other values will use one of those. Changing the size in the file without adjusting other parameters can cause many rejections.
|}

=== Seed values ===
Enables the use of, and specifies seed values for, different parts of the world generation process. Just entering a specific seed does not enable it, that must be done separately, although using the box at the top to set all the seeds to the same value does enable them all. Enabling a seed puts the token in using what ever is in the text box below. If you enable a seed, but do not enter a seed, the string "Seed text" will be used (<tt><nowiki>[SEED:Seed text]</nowiki></tt>). Trying to use a <tt><nowiki>]</nowiki></tt> in the string in the file will end the seed there, since it closes the token, any text after that will be ignored. Normally, just leave these set to Random, unless trying to reproduce the results of a previous world generation. See also the [[Advanced_world_generation#Seed_notes|seed notes section]] above.
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[SEED:<text>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[SEED:31337]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="4" |
For each of these not in the config file, a random seed will be used, and the first seed is not used to generate the others. The seeds used are output to [[gamelog.txt]] when world generation starts.
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[HISTORY_SEED:<text>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[HISTORY_SEED:31337]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[NAME_SEED:<text>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[NAME_SEED:31337]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CREATURE_SEED:<text>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CREATURE_SEED:31337]</nowiki></tt>
|}

=== World name ===
As previously mentioned, the title of the parameter set doesn't affect the name of the world. You can specify a particular name for your world, or leave the value blank for a random one. (The [[DFHack]] utility adds an option to rename the world using the in-game languages.)
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CUSTOM_NAME:<name>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CUSTOM_NAME:Realm of Cheese Engravings]</nowiki></tt>
| For a random name, simply don't use this token.
|}

=== Embark Points ===
The number of points for equipment and animals when embarking in fortress mode (there is no equivalent setting for adventure mode). Normally, the default of 1504 is fine, but can be increased for various purposes like experimentation or to help dwarves survive in a particularly evil world, or reduced for certain [[challenges]].
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[EMBARK_POINTS:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[EMBARK_POINTS:1504]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 10,000
|}

=== End year ===
The maximum number of years generated for the world, although generation can be paused and the world used as is any time after the second year; the same as the [[World_generation#History|History]] parameter in basic world gen, except that you can enter an exact value. A too-short history can limit the materials available to civilizations, and [[Chosen|certain adventure mode features]] are only available after certain site events, while too long a history often leads to civilizations dying.

For more information on the history aspect of the game, see [[Legends]] and [[Calendar#Ages|Ages]].
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[END_YEAR:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[END_YEAR:250]</nowiki></tt>
| 2 to 10,000
|}

=== Population cap after civ creation ===
A soft limit to the total number of [[historical figure]]s alive at the same time during generation across all civilizations, only preventing the birth of new historical figures.{{cite forum|140544/5701667}} Each civilization is allotted a percentage of the total by the percentage of sites they control.{{cite forum|159164/7553641}} Civilizations also have non-historical populations, and there is no setting to limit those (in early versions, all civilization members were historical figures, this is also why the name of this setting is misleading). Each [[entity]] also has limits from their raws, see the [[Entity_token#Population|population]] entity tokens, and setting this to unlimited will not remove those.

Huge historical figure populations can slow generation and the game in general.
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[TOTAL_CIV_POPULATION:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[TOTAL_CIV_POPULATION:15000]</nowiki></tt>
| -1 to 100,000, -1 is no limit
|}

=== Site cap after civ creation ===
Total number of [[site]]s that can be directly created by all civilizations combined like [[hillocks]], [[hamlet]]s, [[dark pits]], [[forest retreat]]s, etc. Does not prevent the placement of initial civilization sites, though they will then be counted for the limit. Does not affect creature sites like [[cave]]s or [[lair]]s, group sites like [[castle]]s, [[monastery|monasteries]], [[tower_(necromancy)|tower]]s, [[fort]]s, or [[camp]]s, or unpopulated sites like [[tomb]]s. After this limit is reached, no civilization will be able to place new sites. See the [[Entity_token#Placement|placement]] entity tokens for other ways that civilization site placement can be limited.

Increasing this will slow generation down and reduce the available places for player sites. Since the {{token|MAX_SITE_POP_NUMBER|entity}} entity token limits the historical figure population per site, this site cap can also limit the total historical figure population of all civilizations combined, and some expand faster than others getting more sites before the limit is reached.
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[SITE_CAP:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[SITE_CAP:1500]</nowiki></tt>
| -1 to 100,000, -1 is no limit
|}

=== Beast control ===

These parameters don't usually matter too much, but may matter for small numbers of beasts.

==== Percentage of Megabeasts and Titans Dead for Stoppage ====

The world starts out with a certain number of powerful megabeast and titan entities in existence. If a percentage of the megabeast and titan population dies out during history generation, then history generation will stop early. For example, if the elimination value is 80%, and the generated history starts with 200 entities and 160 of those 200 entities are eliminated by historical events before the End Year is reached, history generation will stop immediately.

If you want to end the creation of your world at the beginning of a certain age, choose the following values:
* Age of Legends: ~34%
* Age of Heroes: ~67%
If there are three or fewer titans or megabeasts in your world, the age will be given a special name reflecting the remaining megabeasts/titans, instead.

==== Year to Begin Checking Megabeast Percentage ====

The percentage of dead [[megabeast]]s and [[titan]]s for stoppage will not be checked until this year is reached in history generation. This can be used to ensure that a world reaches a certain year even if all of the megabeasts in the world are slain earlier.

If the number of living [[megabeast]]s and [[titan]]s starts at or drops to less than four, then world generation will always stop if the current year is equal to or greater than the Year to Begin Checking Megabeast Percentage ''regardless'' of how many [[megabeast]]s and [[titan]]s are dead — Percentage of Megabeasts and Titans Dead for Stoppage is ignored. The number of megabeasts and titans at the start of the world is set by the sum of the [[Advanced_world_generation#Max_Megabeasts_Caves|Max Megabeasts Caves]] and [[Advanced_world_generation#Titan_Parameters|Titan Number]] parameters.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[BEAST_END_YEAR:<year>:<percentage or -1>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[BEAST_END_YEAR:200:80]</nowiki></tt>
| Use -1 as percentage to disable. Year must still be at least 2.
|}

=== Cull Unimportant Historical Figures ===
{{main|Historical figure}}
Whether to remove unimportant dead historical figures after history generation; a short CPU-intensive step, but saves space which can speed up loading, saving, and running games with large histories. Legends mode will refer to culled creatures as "an unknown creature", and they will not appear in engravings, but likely would not have anyway.

Exactly what is considered important is not clear. A member of an abstract group killing a named creature is not important, nor is creating an artifact, even if that artifact had important history. Unculled historical figures can have parentage described as "The identity of" that parent "has been lost to time", so just having children is not, though having living direct relations seems to prevent culling.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CULL_HISTORICAL_FIGURES:<0 or 1>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CULL_HISTORICAL_FIGURES:0]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 = No, 1 = Yes
|}

=== Reveal All Historical Events ===

Setting this to Yes will allow access to most information about the history of the world in [[Legends mode]]. All events will be revealed, but some [[historical figure]]s, [[site]]s, [[region]]s, and [[civilization]]s and other entities may not be, possibly because they are not known to any civilization. If set to No, then you will have to discover historical information in [[adventure mode]] or by instructing dwarves to make engravings.{{Verify}}

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REVEAL_ALL_HISTORY:<0 or 1>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REVEAL_ALL_HISTORY::1]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 = No, 1 = Yes
|}

=== Terrain Parameters ===

These set limits and variance for terrain elevation, rainfall, temperature, drainage, volcanism, and savagery which determines how those values are generated. What biomes exist are then determined by how these factors overlap with each other.

==== Minima and Maxima ====
These are the absolute minimum and maximum values that can ever be generated for a particular map square characteristic. By ''subtly'' tweaking the min and max values, vastly different maps can be made. Changing these can cause the occurrence of certain [[Biome|biomes]] to become impossible, so you may want to use [[#Terrain Mesh Sizes and Weights|Weighted Ranges]] instead.

==== X and Y Variance ====
These control how wildly things like elevation and rainfall can vary between adjacent map squares. For example, if these values are set to the maximum of 3,200 for elevation then you will end up with more very low areas right next to very high areas. The number for X determines the east-west variance and the number for Y determines the north-south variance. By setting only one of these to a high value you can, for example, create horizontal or vertical bands of areas which are more similar to each other.

Generally speaking, raising both of these values will create a more random "patchwork" of many small biomes while setting both x and y values to 0 will cause every square on the map to use a single random value for the given characteristic.

For "patchwork" worlds to avoid being rejected, [[#Maximum Number of Subregions|Maximum Number of Subregions]] will probably need to be increased from the default.

==== Elevation ====
This controls the range of terrain elevations that can occur in the world. Usually, you just want to leave the min/max values alone. Raising the minimum elevation can, for example, make it impossible for oceans to exist. This does '''not''' directly control the number of available Z-levels at a particular site, though high maximum values may contribute to peaks, which can raise the number of above ground Z-levels - in other words, a maximum elevation of 400 and minimum of 1 does not mean you get 400 Z-levels, but it might increase the number of Z-levels somewhat in some regions compared to others. Raising the variance will result in a more bumpy, uneven landscape.

Some biomes/features that are impacted by elevation:
* A high minimum (above 99) means no oceans, as they need elevations below 100.
* A low maximum (below 300) means no mountains, as mountains need elevations above 300.
* Rivers will be placed when the elevation maximum is 104 or higher. Therefore, keeping both values above 100 and below 104 will prevent all water tiles from appearing.
* Mountain peaks can only form at elevations of 400.

==== Rainfall ====
Controls the amount of rainfall in each map square/area. Setting the minimum or maximum too high or low can make the formation of certain biomes impossible. Rainfall causes it to [[rain]] more in a given area, which can have various effects. Also makes more rivers appear on the world map.

Note that if [[#Do Orographic Precipitation and Rain Shadows|orographic precipitation and rain shadows]] is on, then mountains will cause additional variance in rainfall, so (for example) rainfall below the specified minimum can occur in the shadow of a mountain. If you want the minimum and maximum for this parameter to be absolutely respected, you must turn off the orographic precipitation option.

Additionally, with 'Orthographic Precipitation' turned on, orthographic precipitation and rain shadows will only occur in regions with greater than or equal to 50 drainage. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=139916.0 [Report, reproduced 2022]]

==== Temperature ====
{{main|Climate|Temperature}}
These parameters control how hot or cold various areas will be. If you lower the minimum and maximum values, the world will be colder overall, for example. As with the others, changing these values too much could make it impossible for certain biomes to exist. The temperature scale used in this setting is related to regular degrees Urist by the equation "local temp = world temp * 0.75 + 10000".{{cite forum|169696/8395484}} This scale doesn't seem to be used anywhere else in the game. See [[Climate]] for more info.

These parameters form the "base" temperature for an area, and describe peak summer temperature in a scale that isn't used elsewhere in the game. This number also does not correspond 1:1 with the final climate. [[Temperature]] is always influenced by a number of variables, including elevation, time of year, thick forestation, and if [[Advanced_world_generation#Poles|poles]] are enabled, latitude. These other variables are factored in after the temperature mesh is applied, and frequently bring temperatures above and below their set minimum and maximum values. ''The inclusion of Poles is particularly strong in this regard, as it allows latitude to raise and/or lower temperatures by more than 75 degrees Celsius! That said, the temperatures aren't raised or lowered by more than about 65 degrees past the set minimum and maximum. Furthermore, for typical ranges, the temperature will never be raised more than about 25 degrees past the maximum (but will still drop up to about 65 degrees Celsius below the minimum).'' (unsure about exact values, research needed)

Elves can spawn where the temperature is 10 degrees or warmer, and humans can spawn where the temperature is 0 degrees or warmer.

==== Drainage ====
Changing drainage parameters will change the way water-affected biomes are formed. Low drainage will contribute to the formation of [[Lake|lakes]], [[River|rivers]], and [[Swamp|swamps]]. High drainage will cause water to sink into the ground rather than sit on the surface, which is important for forming hills.

Lower drainage values have been reported to contribute to the formation of thicker soil layers, though it is currently unknown exactly how other factors (such as elevation or perhaps rain) impact soil formation.

==== Volcanism ====
Volcanism controls the occurrence of igneous [[layer]]s, and the formation of volcanoes. For a volcano to form, a square must have a volcanism value of 100, so reducing the maximum from 100 will make volcanoes impossible. Raising the minimum will increase the rarity of non-igneous layers.

Setting the minimum to a high value is not a good way to produce multiple volcanoes, as you are likely to get a "Volcanism not evenly distributed" rejection. Instead, use the Minimum Number of Volcanoes parameter, and possibly adjust the weighted ranges for volcanism as described below.

==== Savagery ====
These parameters control the level of [[Surroundings#Savage|savagery]] on the map. Raising the minimum savagery too high may make it impossible for certain races to exist, and similarly lowering the maximum too far can make it impossible for certain creatures to exist. The largest chance of having unusable maps comes from a too-high savagery value.

==== Configuration Tokens ====
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ELEVATION:<min>:<max>:<x variance>:<y variance>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ELEVATION:1:400:401:401]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 0 to 400 Maximum of 400 required for mountain peaks. Variance range: 0-3200
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[RAINFALL:<min>:<max>:<x variance>:<y variance>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[RAINFALL:0:100:200:200]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 0 to 100 Variance range: 0-3200
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[TEMPERATURE:<min>:<max>:<x variance>:<y variance>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[TEMPERATURE:25:75:200:200]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: -1000 to 1000 Variance range: 0-3200
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[DRAINAGE:<min>:<max>:<x variance>:<y variance>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[DRAINAGE:0:100:200:200]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 0 to 100 Variance range: 0-3200
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[VOLCANISM:<min>:<max>:<x variance>:<y variance>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[VOLCANISM:1:100:200:200]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 0 to 100 Maximum of 100 required for volcanoes. Variance range: 0-3200
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[SAVAGERY:<min>:<max>:<x variance>:<y variance>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[SAVAGERY:1:100:200:200]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 0 to 100 Variance range: 0-3200
|}

=== Terrain Mesh Sizes and Range Weights ===
[[File:World_map-large-32x32-elevation-mesh.png|thumb|300px|A large world generated with an Elevation Mesh Size of 32×32 and range weights set to 1:0:0:0:1 (i.e., only extreme high and low elevations). Note how the grid intersections are either set very high (mountains) or very low (oceans) and the space between them is smoothed out.]]
These parameters influence the relative proportions of terrain feature ranges, without making other ranges impossible. For example, to have many more low-elevation squares exist, without making it impossible for high elevations; this makes changing these parameters often preferable to simply changing the above min/max values. See the image on the right for an example.

The basic steps of applying weighted ranges are as follows:
# Divide the world into a grid of quantity <code>2''MeshSize'' - 1</code> areas in both X and Y direction.
# At each grid intersection, set the value according to the weighted ranges.
# Smooth out the areas between the intersection points.
# Add noise according to the variance parameters.
Where ''MeshSize'' is the raw parameter value found in the <code>[[world_gen.txt]]</code>.

==== Interaction between Mesh Size and Weighted Ranges ====
Mesh size determines how many intersection points the world will have. As an example, setting it to 2×2 means the world will be divided into 4 areas, 2 across and 2 tall, and there will be a total of 9 intersection points (3×3), including the outer-most corners. The grid intersection points are in the middle of world tiles, and the minimum size for a grid area is a span of 9 world tiles in either direction, with adjacent areas sharing an overlapping world tile. On a pocket world, this means one grid tile will span 9×9 world tiles, whereas on a large world, one grid tile will span 129×129 world tiles. A pocket world will always use a 2×2 grid of 9×9 world tiles, since it has only 17×17 tiles total (even if the game UI allows setting those worlds to a 4×4 grid, which can happen when changing the world size; changing the world size doesn't adjust mesh size limits, but saving then reloading the parameters does). A world that is 17 tiles wide, but 257 tall, and set to a 32×32 mesh size, will have 3×33 intersection points.

Setting mesh size to something other than Ignore, will apply random values at those intersections, with those random values being more likely to be in the ranges with higher weights. Setting to Ignore will cause the weighted range settings to be ignored for that terrain characteristic; instead setting the 4 corners of the world to completely random values and smoothing between those, or in other words, using a 1×1 grid for square worlds; while for rectangular worlds, using the same ratio as the world dimensions with 1 in the narrow dimension (for example, a 1×16 grid for a 17×257 world).

For example, if the Elevation Weighted Range parameters are set to <code>60:10:10:10:10</code> (starting with the 0-20 range, and these values do not need to add up to any particular number), and elevation min and max are left at the defaults of 1 and 400 respectively, then about 60% (on average) of the grid line intersection points will be set to an elevation in the range of 1-80 (0% to 20%), and the other ranges will be represented by around 10% of the intersection points each. The exact distribution is still left up to chance, though ''on average'' it will be close to this specification. This allows random number generation to be non-linear for the given terrain characteristic.

Setting the weight for a range to None only prevents intersection points from being set to a value in that range; terrain between intersection points can still be smoothed to values in ranges set to None that are between the intersection point values. Setting all the weights to None just puts them all at the same weight, the same as the default of all at 1.

Weighted ranges do not make rejection checks, although they can be responsible for many rejections if you neglect to adjust or disable some of the [[#Minimum Number of Mid/Low/High Characteristic Squares|Minimum Number of Mid/Low/High Characteristic Squares]], for example.

==== Interaction between these and Variances ====
The end result can vary greatly depending on how the corresponding [[#X_and_Y_Variance|X and Y Variance]] parameters are set. First of all, if the variance is too high, the noise it adds can completely negate the effect of the weighted ranges. For instance, with a 2×2 mesh, the default variance parameters are high enough that usually the mesh grid can hardly be recognized. How strong the variance's effect is, is also dependent on the mesh size. Having a larger mesh size (i.e. smaller grid tiles) means the variance also has to be higher for a visible effect. For instance, with a variance of 400, the effects are clearly visible with a 2×2 mesh and barely visible at all with a 8×8 mesh. Note that this effect is directly dependent on the mesh size and not, as one might expect, on the actual size of the grid tiles. This means, that a large world with a 32×32 mesh will look essentially the same as a pocket world with a 2×2 mesh, only stretched to 256 times the size.

Also see this [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=139916.0 forum post] for more details.

==== Configuration Tokens ====
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ELEVATION_FREQUENCY:<mesh>:<0-20 weight>:<20-40 weight>:<40-60 weight>:<60-80 weight>:<80-100 weight>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ELEVATION_FREQUENCY:2:1:2:3:4:5]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="6" | Valid mesh values:

1 = Ignore

2 = 2x2

3 = 4x4

4 = 8x8

5 = 16x16

6 = 32x32

(limited by world size)
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[RAIN_FREQUENCY:<mesh>:<0-20 weight>:<20-40 weight>:<40-60 weight>:<60-80 weight>:<80-100 weight>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[RAIN_FREQUENCY:3:1:2:3:4:5]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[DRAINAGE_FREQUENCY:<mesh>:<0-20 weight>:<20-40 weight>:<40-60 weight>:<60-80 weight>:<80-100 weight>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[DRAINAGE_FREQUENCY:4:1:2:3:4:5]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[SAVAGERY_FREQUENCY:<mesh>:<0-20 weight>:<20-40 weight>:<40-60 weight>:<60-80 weight>:<80-100 weight>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[SAVAGERY_FREQUENCY:5:1:2:3:4:5]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[TEMPERATURE_FREQUENCY:<mesh>:<0-20 weight>:<20-40 weight>:<40-60 weight>:<60-80 weight>:<80-100 weight>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[TEMPERATURE_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[VOLCANISM_FREQUENCY:<mesh>:<0-20 weight>:<20-40 weight>:<40-60 weight>:<60-80 weight>:<80-100 weight>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[VOLCANISM_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]</nowiki></tt>
|}

=== Poles ===

With this, you can influence how polar regions are added. The poles can be on the north or south edge, and the equator will be on the opposite edge, or in the middle if there are two poles. If poles are set to NONE, then there will be no seasonal changes in the weather (e.g. no winter snow in temperate biomes).

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[POLE:<placement>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[POLE:NORTH]</nowiki></tt>
| Viable options: NONE, NORTH_OR_SOUTH, NORTH_AND_OR_SOUTH, NORTH, SOUTH, NORTH_AND_SOUTH
|}

=== Minimum Mountain Peak Number ===

This will cause the world to be rejected if fewer than this many peaks (based on elevation) are present on the map. EG: elevations of 400 must be possible for mountain peaks to occur. If set to zero, then worlds will not be rejected based on number of peaks.

You may need to adjust elevation parameters, such as the highest weighted range, in order to get the desired number of elevation-400 squares needed for larger numbers of peaks. Like volcanoes, mountain peaks can make embark zones more interesting (reportedly, they do increase the highest Z-level above ground in all embark zones in the same region, even if the selected embark zone does not include the peak) but other than that, they don't appear to "do" anything special.
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[PEAK_NUMBER_MIN:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[PEAK_NUMBER_MIN:20]</nowiki></tt>
| Elevations of 400 must occur for peaks to form.
|}

=== Minimum Partial Edge Oceans ===

This will cause a world to be rejected unless there are at least this many oceans touching an edge of the map. If set to zero then worlds will not be rejected based on this criterion. Setting both this parameter and Minimum Complete Edge Oceans to values that total more than 4 when added together may cause all worlds to be rejected, as you can't have both a partial and complete edge ocean on a given edge.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[PARTIAL_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[PARTIAL_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:2]</nowiki></tt>
| Maximum of 4
|}

=== Minimum Complete Edge Oceans ===

This will cause a world to be rejected unless there are at least this many oceans which completely cover an edge of the map. Since a square map only has 4 edges, the maximum value possible is 4. If set to zero then worlds will not be rejected based on this criterion but still might end up with complete edge oceans by chance.

Note that the ability for this many edge oceans to exist will be limited by elevation. Therefore, to actually create large oceans you will probably need to change things like the Elevation Mesh Size and Weighted Ranges to increase the number and distribution of very low elevation squares on the map. In addition, if Complete Edge Oceans is set to any value ''other'' than 0 or 4, you may need to lower elevation variance for at least one of the axes: if set too high, such as a variation of 1600 for both X and Y axes (the default for Large Island and Medium Island parameter sets), the game may generate worlds very slowly or even hang.{{bug|565}}

Given appropriate weight, range, and variance values for things like elevation, a setting of: 1 results in a world that seems like a chunk of coastline. One edge of the map will be completely underwater and there will be ocean taking up much of the map on that side (think the east or west coast of the United States, the north coast of Canada, or southern Europe). If your edge ocean happens to pick your world's frozen side, most of it will be glacier.

*2 results in another coastline along with the first one -- the map could end up looking something like Panama if the oceans pick opposite sides of the map.
*3 results in a peninsula, like Florida in the US. There will be oceans surrounding 3 sides of the map, and land touching only one side of the map.
*4 results in one or more island(s) depending on things like elevation variance and weights. Regardless of whether you get one island or multiple islands, the entire map will be surrounded by water.

Unfortunately, there's no easy way to control which oceans end up on which edges, except perhaps setting X/Y variance to different values.

Edge oceans will take up part of the other edges too. For example, a full edge ocean on the east side will have part of the north and south sides underwater, but that does ''not'' add to the ''partial'' edge oceans count.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[COMPLETE_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[COMPLETE_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:0]</nowiki></tt>
| Maximum of 4
|}

=== Minimum Volcano Number ===

The game will attempt to place this many volcanoes, but there must be at least this many squares with a volcanism of 100, if there are not, the world will be rejected. Therefore, [[Advanced_world_generation#Volcanism|maximum volcanism]] above must be set to 100, and adjusting the [[Advanced_world_generation#Configuration_Tokens_2|volcanism weighted range]] above for 80-100 to a higher value can increase the number of those squares.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[VOLCANO_MIN:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[VOLCANO_MIN:15]</nowiki></tt>
| Volcanoes require a volcanism of 100 to occur.
|}

=== Mineral Scarcity ===
Controls the frequency at which minerals occur; setting this value higher will decrease both the number of different types and amounts of ore and gems present on a map. The default value will result in a variety of metal ores, while the old default of ''sparse'' would be only a few ores, which may be limiting until other metals can be requested and traded for. Note that abundances are limited by removing large cluster and/or vein spawn types from certain z-levels entirely, which can counterintuitively increase the abundance of one specific ore or mineral. The abundance of small cluster deposits (including gemstones) is not significantly affected, only the variety of types.

The options "Very Rare", "Rare", "Sparse", "Frequent", and "Everywhere" in the [[World_generation#Basic_world_generation_menu|basic world generation menu]] use the values 50000, 10000, 2500, 500 and 100 respectively.

According to [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=79018.msg2063804#msg2063804 research] by Shandra in v0.31.25, this is the relationship between the value of this setting and the approximate number of gems and ore:

[[File:MineralSetting_v25_limit10k.png]]

This is for the same 8x8 embark region in a world which is otherwise the same, except for the mineral scarcity parameter (although most of the detailed information comes from experiments with previous versions). (The chart legend has an error, the first "Pot.(Types)" should read "Pot.(Amount)".)
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[MINERAL_SCARCITY:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[MINERAL_SCARCITY:100]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 100 to 100,000
|}

=== Real-world extinct creatures ===
Controls if and where extinct animals and animal people can exist; either not at all, in [[savage]] or [[Surroundings#Neutral|wilderness]] areas, or as [[domestic animal]]s in civilizations.{{v|53.15}}
This world gen setting also affects the following:
All non-extinct settings give - in vanilla - elven and human civilizations who do settle in an area (during world gen), where the surroundings include dinosaurs the possibility to pick such dinos, which are land-based, above ground, non-vermin creatures, as (exotic) pets (and thus gain that dino as domesticated), with elves being notoriously better at this then humans (and more often then not even consider animals with the "exotic pet" token as normal "pets"). Dwarves, when settling in an area (in world gen), will usually - if at all - only pick any pack animals from the above ground surroundings as new domesticated animals (if any), thus they may only possibly gain dinos, which are also pack animals, by settling additional sites in world gen. Goblins do not gain any new domesticated above-ground animals by settling new sites. In addition, the domesticated option gives - in vanilla - dwarven, elven and human civilisation the possibility to pick dinos as domesticated animals (at the start of world generation), but these animals are currently - at least for dwarven civs - not added to resources.animals.pet_races (or resources.animals.exotic_pet_races) only to resources.animals.mount_races, resources.animals.pack_animal_races, resources.animals.minion_races, resources.animals.wagon_puller_races (in all cases if the dino has the appropriate creature token, which is trainable, hunting trainable or war trainable) of the corresponding civ entity.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REAL_WORLD_EXTINCT:<option>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REAL_WORLD_EXTINCT:UNTAMED_WILDS]</nowiki></tt>
| EXTINCT, ISOLATED, UNTAMED_WILDS, WILDERNESS, or DOMESTICATED
|}

=== Max Megabeast Caves ===

This is the number of [[megabeast]]s placed at the beginning of history. Megabeasts are [[hydra]]s, [[bronze colossus]]es, [[roc]]s, and [[dragon]]s, which are all placed in equal proportions [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=112465.msg3415177#msg3415177 data].

Increasing this value can lead to early extinction of civilizations.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[MEGABEAST_CAP:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[MEGABEAST_CAP:75]</nowiki></tt>
| Megabeasts count towards BEAST_END_YEAR calculation.
|}

=== Max Semi-Megabeast Caves ===

This is the number of [[semi-megabeast]]s placed at the beginning of history. Semimegabeasts are [[giant]]s, [[ettin]]s, [[minotaur]]s, and [[cyclops]], which are placed in equal proportions [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=112465.msg3415188#msg3415188 data].

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[SEMIMEGABEAST_CAP:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[SEMIMEGABEAST_CAP:150]</nowiki></tt>
| Semimegabeasts do not count towards the BEAST_END_YEAR calculation.
|}

=== Titan Parameters ===

==== Number ====

This controls the number of [[titan]]s that exist at the beginning of history[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=112465.msg3415203#msg3415203 data]. The number of forgotten beasts is unaffected by this parameter [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=112465.msg3415155#msg3415155 data].

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[TITAN_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[TITAN_NUMBER:33]</nowiki></tt>
| Titans count towards BEAST_END_YEAR calculation.
|}

==== Attack Population Requirement ====

[[Titan]]s will begin to attack your fort once at least this many dwarves inhabit it, regardless of whether any other attack criteria have been met.

This number defaults to 80, which isn't usually too difficult to deal with.

==== Exported Wealth Requirement ====

Titans will begin to attack your fort once you have exported at least this many [[Currency|dwarfbucks]]-worth of goods, regardless of whether or not any other criteria have been met. This parameter defaults to None (disabled).

==== Created Wealth Requirement ====

Titans will begin to attack your fort once the fort's total wealth has reached this many [[Currency|dwarfbucks]] in value. This happens regardless of whether any of the other criteria, such as population, have been met; therefore, even with 1 dwarf, a fort could be attacked if the fort were worth at least this value.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[TITAN_ATTACK_TRIGGER:<population>:<exp wealth>:<created wealth>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[TITAN_ATTACK_TRIGGER:80:0:100000]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 = None (disabled). Only one requirement must be met for an attack.
|}

=== Number of Demon Types ===

[[Demon]]s are similar to [[titan]]s and [[forgotten beast]]s, in that they are procedurally generated, but most are not unique. Thus, many different types of demons can exist in the world, but there will also be many individuals of most types. Thanks to [[Underworld spire|certain fun things]], fewer demon types also means fewer goblin civilizations.{{cite forum|112465/7392706}} You need at least 2 demon types, or else goblin civilizations won't exist initially, though if dwarves breach the underworld during world generation, at least one will be generated then.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[DEMON_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[DEMON_NUMBER:52]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

=== Number of Night Troll Types ===

The number of different [[night troll]]s, also procedurally generated, that will exist in the world. Setting this to zero means that the world will have no night trolls, custom or otherwise.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[NIGHT_TROLL_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[NIGHT_TROLL_NUMBER:77]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

=== Number of Bogeyman Types ===
The number of different [[bogeyman]] forms that will exist in the world. Bogeymen are procedurally generated, though their forms do not vary by much. Setting this to zero means that the world will have no bogeymen, custom or otherwise.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[BOGEYMAN_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[BOGEYMAN_NUMBER:27]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

=== Number of Nightmare Types ===
The number of different [[nightmare]] forms that will exist in the world. Nightmares are procedurally generated. Setting this to zero means that the world will have no nightmares, custom or otherwise.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[NIGHTMARE_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[NIGHTMARE_NUMBER:27]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

=== Number of Vampire Curse Types ===

The number of different types of [[Vampire|vampires]] that will exist in the world. Although they are generated at the start of a new world, they aren't different from each other. Setting this to zero means no vampires will exist.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[VAMPIRE_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[VAMPIRE_NUMBER:72]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

=== Werebeast Parameters ===

==== Number of Werebeast Curse Types====

The number of different types of [[werebeast]]s that can exist in the world. It is common for werebeasts, unlike vampires, to assume many different forms and variations, the most well-known of these amount to different species of animals, from lizards, to wolves, to even bears. Setting this to zero means no werebeasts will exist, and will also remove a large amount of [[fun]] from the game.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[WEREBEAST_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[WEREBEAST_NUMBER:58]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

==== Attack Population Requirement ====

Werebeasts will begin to attack your fort once at least this many dwarves inhabit it, regardless of whether any other attack criteria have been met. This number defaults to 50 which will often be reached in the second year of the fort.

==== Exported Wealth Requirement ====
Werebeasts will begin to attack your fort once you have exported at least this many [[Currency|dwarfbucks]]-worth of goods, regardless of whether or not any other criteria have been met. This parameter defaults to 5000.

==== Created Wealth Requirement ====

Werebeasts will begin to attack your fort once the fort's total wealth has reached this many [[Currency|dwarfbucks]] in value. This happens regardless of whether any of the other criteria, such as population, have been met; therefore, even with 1 dwarf, a fort could be attacked if the fort were worth at least this value.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[WEREBEAST_ATTACK_TRIGGER:<population>:<exp wealth>:<created wealth>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[WEREBEAST_ATTACK_TRIGGER:50:5000:50000]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 = None (disabled). Only one requirement must be met for an attack.
|}

=== Number of Secret Types ===

The number of secrets that exist in the world. Currently, all secrets are secrets of life and death, and the ones holding these secrets are [[necromancer]]s, thus, setting this to zero means that no necromancers will appear.
Non-necromancer towers can still appear (extremely rarely) with zero secrets, constructed by independent undead groups.
The primary difference between having 1 or 1000 secrets is the chance of your world having any necromancer towers at all. With 1, this chance is low. With the default number, it's seemingly guaranteed.
Even with 1 secret, if you have any necromancer towers at all, it is likely a great number will quickly appear in world generation (though this isn't guaranteed).

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[SECRET_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[SECRET_NUMBER:52]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

=== Number of Regional Interaction Types ===

The number of interactions that can be caused in regions, which may incorporate evil rain and cloud types. Currently, only evil region interactions are generated this way.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGIONAL_INTERACTION_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGIONAL_INTERACTION_NUMBER:20]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

=== Number of Disturbance Interaction Types ===
The number of different [[Mummy|disturbed dead]] that can exist in the world. Setting this to zero should prevent any mummy from appearing{{verify}}, but it will not prevent the creation of [[tomb]]s.
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[DISTURBANCE_INTERACTION_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[DISTURBANCE_INTERACTION_NUMBER:10]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

=== Number of Evil Cloud / Evil Rain Types ===

This number specifies how many [[Weather#Evil weather|various face-melting, eye-boiling, and zombifyingly-fun]] clouds of pure evil may appear in your world. Setting this to zero means you no longer will ever have to deal with encroaching dust walls of doom in that world. It is generally advised to keep this value low...

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[EVIL_CLOUD_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[EVIL_CLOUD_NUMBER:45]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

The latter number states how many different types of green-ooze drenchers, disconcerting blood-showers, and sickly yellow slime-baths can occur in your world. Compared to evil clouds though, this one hardly is worth stressing out about, usually.... Setting this to zero means the only semi-solid to fully-liquid fluids to fall from the sky will be pure H2O.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[EVIL_RAIN_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[EVIL_RAIN_NUMBER:352]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

=== Generate Divine Materials ===
This turns the generation of [[Divine_metal|divine metals]] on or off. It does not influence the creation of [[vault]]s. Probably determines whenever or not using divination dice spawns weapons.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[GENERATE_DIVINE_MATERIALS:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[GENERATE_DIVINE_MATERIALS:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|}

=== Generate Mythical Materials ===

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[GENERATE_MYTHICAL_MATERIALS:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[GENERATE_MYTHICAL_MATERIALS:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|}

=== Allow Mythical Healing ===

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_MYTHICAL_HEALING:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_MYTHICAL_HEALING:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|}

=== Allow Divination, Experiments, and Necromancy types ===
These allow or disallow [[die|divination]], demon or necromancer [[experiment]]s, and the more advanced [[necromancer]] abilities.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_DIVINATION:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_DIVINATION:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_DEMONIC_EXPERIMENTS:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_DEMONIC_EXPERIMENTS:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_NECROMANCER_EXPERIMENTS:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_NECROMANCER_EXPERIMENTS:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_NECROMANCER_LIEUTENANTS:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_NECROMANCER_LIEUTENANTS:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_NECROMANCER_GHOULS:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_NECROMANCER_GHOULS:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_NECROMANCER_SUMMONS:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_NECROMANCER_SUMMONS:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|}

=== Desired Good/Evil Square Counts ===

These values change the amount of [[Surroundings#Good|good or evil]] tiles on the map, depending on the size of the region they are being considered for. The counts are for all tiles in all subregions of a given size considered together, ''not'' counts for each subregion considered separately (all tiles in the same subregion share the same [[surroundings]] values).

As used here, a "subregion" is a named world area. Subregion names and locations for a generated world are viewable in legends mode under "Regions". Subregions are classified by size the same way for all map sizes: 1-24 tiles is Small, 25-99 tiles is Medium, and 100+ tiles is Large.

The counts used here will always be restricted to regions of the given size, no matter how large the count. Also, the count is more of a goal than a minimum or maximum. As a result, you can end up with many more or many fewer than the requested number of squares in some situations. In particular, if you have something like a case where only 3 large regions exist in a world, and you request "1 evil square" in large regions, you will end up with one of the large regions being ''entirely evil''. So any non-zero value in one of these settings essentially means "force at least one region of this size to be all good/evil."

Note that the "evilness" of evil biomes is also impacted by savagery. Certain civilizations cannot exist in good and/or evil squares, so too many of one or the other may limit the size of certain types of civilizations - dwarves, for example, need non-aligned biomes. Creating too many evil biomes seems to lead to the danger of many civilizations' early extinction.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[GOOD_SQ_COUNTS::<med region>:<lg region>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[GOOD_SQ_COUNTS:100:1000:2000]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="2" | Set count to zero to disable for that region size.
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[EVIL_SQ_COUNTS::<med region>:<lg region>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[EVIL_SQ_COUNTS:100:1000:2000]</nowiki></tt>
|}

=== Minimum Biome Square Counts ===

These numbers control whether or not a world will be rejected based on a lack of different [[biome|biomes]]. Raising these numbers will '''not''' automatically generate the given number of squares of the given biome! For a biome to exist, certain conditions like elevation and rainfall must exist.

These parameters simply filter out worlds that (for example) randomly fail to have enough high elevation squares to support a given number of mountains, etc. Some settings may cause worlds to always be rejected. For example, if for some reason the maximum elevation parameter is set to a value below what will support mountain biomes, it will be impossible to satisfy a non-zero requirement for mountain squares. The same principle goes for other conditions and biomes such as low elevations and oceans, etc.

Certain civilizations require different biomes to exist (such as dwarves and mountains), so eliminating certain biomes will make it impossible for certain civilizations to form.

These parameters often result in infinite world rejection problems. See [[World rejection]] for information on solving problems related to worlds always being rejected due to one or more of these parameters.

0 means no minimum for rejection - setting it to 0 does not guarantee 0 squares of that biome.

==== Biome Type Requirement Table ====

Terrain requirements for various biomes are described below.{{Verify}} Note that some of the exact ranges are unknown.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! rowspan="2" | Biome
! colspan="4" | Terrain Requirement
|-
! Elevation
! Rainfall
! Temperature
! Drainage
|-
| Swamp/Marsh
| 100-299
| 33-100
| Non-Freezing
| 0-32
|-
| Desert/Badland
| 100-299
| 0-9
| non-freezing
| note1
|-
| Forest
| 100-299
| 66-100
| non-freezing
| 66-100
|-
| Mountains
| 300-400
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
|-
| Ocean
| 0-99
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
|-
| Glacier
| 100-299
| N/A
| Freezing
| 80(?)-100
|-
| Tundra
| 100-299
| N/A
| Freezing
| 0-66
|-
| Grassland
| 100-299
| 0-66
| Non-Freezing
| 0-66
|-
| Hills
| 100-299
| 0-66
| Non-Freezing
| 66-100
|}
note1 drainage: 00-32 sand desert, 33-49 rocky wasteland, 50-65 rocky wasteland but different characters/appearance, 66-100 badlands

==== Minimum Initial Square Count ====

'''Note: The exclusive purpose of these parameters is to cause world rejection.'''

This is the minimum number of squares of the given biome that must exist before things like erosion take place. One thing to keep in mind is the maximum number of squares on a map of a given size - if the total number of squares on a map is lower than the sum of all square count parameters, then you will get infinite world rejection.

To determine the number of squares on a map, just multiply the dimensions. In practice these parameters will need to sum to lower than the maximum because some space is needed for "slack".

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Map Size
! Number of Squares
|-
| 17×17
| 289
|-
| 33×33
| 1089
|-
| 65×65
| 4225
|-
| 129×129
| 16614
|-
| 257×257
| 66049
|}

==== Minimum Initial Region Count ====

This is the minimum number of regions of contiguous biome squares that must exist before other processes such as erosion take place.

==== Minimum Final Region Count ====

This many regions of the given biome must exist after erosion and similar phases of generation have been completed.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:SWAMP:<init sq>:<init rg>:<final rg>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:SWAMP:1032:7:6]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:DESERT:<init sq>:<init rg>:<final rg>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:DESERT:1032:7:6]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:FOREST:<init sq>:<init rg>:<final rg>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:FOREST:4128:13:12]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:MOUNTAINS:<init sq>:<init rg>:<final rg>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:MOUNTAINS:8256:9:9]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:OCEAN:<init sq>:<init rg>:<final rg>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:OCEAN:8256:7:6]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:GLACIER:<init sq>:<init rg>:<final rg>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:GLACIER:0:0:0]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:TUNDRA:<init sq>:<init rg>:<final rg>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:TUNDRA:0:0:0]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:GRASSLAND:<init sq>:<init rg>:<final rg>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:GRASSLAND:8256:13:12]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:HILLS:<init sq>:<init rg>:<final rg>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:HILLS:8256:13:12]</nowiki></tt>
|}

=== Erosion Cycle Count ===

Tells the world generator how long the world has to erode its tall peaks down to mountainsides during the 'running rivers...' stage of world creation. The higher this number, the less jagged the world will be, and the more wide the major rivers will be. If you use the maximum number, your mountains will dissolve before your eyes into plains which can lead to rejections if there aren't enough mountains to use for river start points and dwarven civilization origin points.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[EROSION_CYCLE_COUNT:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[EROSION_CYCLE_COUNT:250]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 0 to 1000
|}

=== Minimum/Desired River Start Locations ===

This is the minimum number of riverheads that must exist before and after erosion takes place. Worlds will be rejected if they fail to meet these numbers. As with minimum biome counts, raising this number doesn't automatically create this many riverheads. Other conditions like terrain and rainfall must exist for rivers to form.

Extremely high pre-erosion values speed erosion greatly, while low post erosion values are useful for limiting rejects due to lack of river origin points. One can try the 800 value to get more lakes.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[RIVER_MINS:<min pre-erosion>:<des post-erosion>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[RIVER_MINS:200:400]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 0 to 800
|}

=== Periodically Erode Extreme Cliffs ===

If enabled, makes every impassable rock wall into a series of ramps. Some prefer to pump up erosion to about 250, and turn the "Desired pre-erosion river count" to 0 for good erosion and no extra canyons.

Normally this is set to Yes (1).

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[PERIODICALLY_ERODE_EXTREMES:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[PERIODICALLY_ERODE_EXTREMES:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|}

=== Do Orographic Precipitation and Rain Shadows ===

Toggle that allows terrain height to affect rainfall. For example, moist air coming from the ocean blows over the land. As the terrain gets higher, it forces the moist air up, causing it to rain on the seaward side of a mountain. Eventually, all the rain has fallen if the mountain is tall enough. So, when the breeze goes over the top, there's no moisture left to fall on the other side, creating a rain-shadow. In the current version, regions where drainage is above 50 will also create rain shadows, regardless of the underlying biome and elevation.{{cite forum|140685/5484064}}

Turning this on should create a tendency for more extreme rainfall in regions, creating more forests, deserts, marshlands, and grasslands. Also note that it can create rainfall outside of min-max rainfall settings, so even in a world with a 0 max rainfall you may get rainfall biomes. Turning it off should result in more controllable, less complex rainfall conditions based on rainfall parameters as it adds a random element which can distort or otherwise mess up the climates on a pregenerated map.

This should be disabled if you're importing a map or using a preset map file that has weather.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[OROGRAPHIC_PRECIPITATION:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[OROGRAPHIC_PRECIPITATION:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|}

=== Maximum Number of Subregions ===

This is the number of separate biomes (the flashing regions you see on embark when you hit F1, F2, etc. when there's more than one biome on the embark location) that are allowed to exist on the entire map.

Setting this to very low values will result in numerous rejections depending on [[#X and Y Variance|variance parameters]]. If variance values are set to high numbers, many small biomes will be created causing rejection if this parameter value is not increased beyond the default.

Increasing the value of this tag is often a must when generating "patchwork" worlds with lots of biome variance, but simply increasing it without increasing variance parameters will not guarantee more biomes.

It is also interesting to note that the maximum subregions is 5000 which is more than the total number of squares for a pocket or small map. However, for a medium or large map (16641 or 66049 squares) it quickly becomes a mere fraction of the total number of possible subregions. In fact it would be quite easy on a large map to end up with far too many subregions and get endless rejections of this type.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[SUBREGION_MAX:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[SUBREGION_MAX:2750]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 1 to 5000
|}

=== Cavern Parameters ===
[[Caverns]] are the hollow areas underground, which dwarves tend to encounter when they're digging around. The '''Cavern Layer Number''' parameter determines how many cavern systems will be generated, not including the magma layer or the Bottom layer. Defaults to three - setting it to lower values could help FPS. Setting it to 2 will merge cavern 3 species into the 2nd cavern, and setting it to 1 will merge all into one cavern. However, disabling them entirely by setting it to 0 will make it impossible to grow any underground plants, as none will exist for your civilization to cultivate, nor will they be available on embark.

*Setting caverns to a sub-3 number (Spoiler, highlight to view) erases about one-third of HFS spires{{Bug|10267}} and prevents dig deep disasters. Additionally, random plant or animal species can be more frequently absent.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_COUNT:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_COUNT:3]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 0 to 3
|}

==== Cavern Layout Parameters ====

Open caverns and dense passageways are not mutually exclusive. When both are raised, bizarre results can occur, such as layers showing a combination of open caverns, a cluster of network passages, and natural walls sprinkling the inside of an otherwise open cavern. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=76355.msg1936859#msg1936859 Reference]

If you want the largest open spaces possible, then decrease the density and increase the openness. If you want a labyrinth of passageways, lower the openness and raise the passage density.

Another interesting note about the cavern layers is that the seed and number of demon types affect the layout of the caverns.

<gallery widths=200 heights=200 perrow=2>
File:Open00Density100.jpg|Cavern slice with Openness of 0 and Density of 100
File:Open100Density00.jpg|Cavern slice with Openness of 100 and Density of 0
File:Open100Density100.jpg|Cavern slice with Openness of 100 and Density of 100
File:Open50Density50.jpg|Cavern slice with Openness of 50 and Density of 50
</gallery>

===== Layer Openness min/max =====

Dictates the size of cavern passages. When Passage Density (see below) is set to minimum (0), caverns will be open expanses. Raising the maximum will increase the size of the caverns.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MIN:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MIN:0]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="2" | Range: 0 to 100
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MAX:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MAX:100]</nowiki></tt>
|}

===== Layer Passage Density min/max =====

Determines how many passages form the cavern. If openness (see above) is set to minimum and density increased, then you will get a maze-like network of small criss-crossing passages. Raising the values further increases the number of the maze-like passages.

Caverns will be large, open spaces at 0, and comprised of many small vertical shafts of rock at 100. Setting both values to be the same results in a uniform look for the caverns.{{Verify}}

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MIN:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MIN:0]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="2" | Range: 0 to 100
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MAX:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MAX:100]</nowiki></tt>
|}

===== Layer Water min/max =====

Determines the minimum and maximum percentage of water each cavern can contain.

Caverns with a water level of 10 or higher can support creatures and plants from the "Subterranean Water" biome, and caverns with a water level of 90 or lower can support the "Subterranean Chasm" biome; levels of 10-90 support ''both'' biomes, while levels below 10 or above 90 support only one.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MIN:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MIN:0]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="2" | Range: 0 to 100
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MAX:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MAX:100]</nowiki></tt>
|}

==== Magma Layer ====

This parameter controls whether the [[magma sea]] exists.

Setting 1/Yes causes the magma layer to exist, value 0/No prevents it. Appears not to have any impact on volcanoes nor volcanism, so even if 0/No, there will still be embark locations with magma. If a [[volcano]] exists, it appears to always tap the magma sea, but the magma sea will not be revealed by revealing the volcano.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_1:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_1:1]</nowiki></tt>
|}

==== Bottom Layer ====

Determines if the space below the magma sea exists. If Yes the "HFS" layer is always present. Normally you want to leave this set to Yes for maximum fun.

If enabled, this will force the magma layer above it.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_2:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_2:1]</nowiki></tt>
|}

=== Z Levels (Depth) Settings ===

These parameters control the "thickness" of various "layers" on the map. Note that a "layer" in this case does not refer to one Z-level, but refers to a number of related Z-levels such as "levels above ground".

The following table assumes that you have 3 cavern layers. (out of a minimum of 0-3) The Levels Above Layer settings control how many Z-Levels are above each layer. A layer may itself consist of multiple Z-Levels (and almost always does).

{|style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0;background:#F9F9F9;border:1px #AAA solid;border-collapse:collapse;" class="wikitable"
|-style="background:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;"
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;" width="120"|Setting Name
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;" width="200"|Token
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Description
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Above Ground
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| <nowiki>[LEVELS_ABOVE_GROUND:<number>]</nowiki>
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| The number of Z-levels of air above the highest surface level. Has no impact on how many Z-levels deep the surface layer is.
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Above layer 1
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| <nowiki>[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_1:<number>]</nowiki>
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Z-levels of stone above the first cavern layer. Making this higher will guarantee ''at least'' that many levels to build your fortress, but will have no impact on how many z-levels thick the surface layer is. Also, the top of a cavern may be higher than the rest of a cavern, so in practice there will be more "solid" levels than this above the cavern.
As of version 0.31.25 this setting is inaccurate. The actual number of z-levels may vary in a range of approx. ±5, which may result in non-existence of any solid z-levels between a surface layer and first cavern layer.
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Above Layer 2
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| <nowiki>[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_2:<number>]</nowiki>
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Z-levels of earth between the very top of the second cavern and the very bottom of the first cavern.
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Above Layer 3
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| <nowiki>[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_3:<number>]</nowiki>
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Z-levels of earth between the very top of the third cavern and the very bottom of the second cavern.
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Above Layer 4
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| <nowiki>[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_4:<number>]</nowiki>
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Z-levels of earth between the very highest magma and the very bottom of the third cavern. Spoiler Hidden (select invisible text to read): Making this high will give a large area for HFS veins, so that it never touches caverns, giving more to mine '''if''' it was impacting the cavern previously.
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Above Layer 5
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| <nowiki>[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_5:<number>]</nowiki>
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Uncertain. May control the number of levels of "Semi Molten Rock" between HFS and Magma, may control number of levels of magma, may impact both. In experimentation, the overall depth of all magma sea and semi-molten rock levels appears to increase, but not consistent enough to say for certain. Only valid if Magma Layer present. Spoiler Hidden:Often the HFS vein will only extend as high as the highest magma, making this the only guaranteed way to increase amount of HFS to mine, but unfortunately also creating enormous useless semi-molten z-levels
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| At Bottom
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| <nowiki>[LEVELS_AT_BOTTOM:<number>]</nowiki>
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Appears to be number of levels of HFS chamber. Only valid if Bottom Layer present, often having no impact. Values larger than default result in strange things.
|}

Some implications:
* The number of surface layers (e.g. soil), at this time, cannot be controlled. For example, on a map with 1 layer of peat, then a layer of silt, then a layer of obsidian, there is no control to let you increase either one to be, say, 20 z-levels. (though you may get lucky with the obsidian).
* There can be multiple stone layers between the cavern and the surface, so, increasing Levels Above Layer 1 may give you more conglomerate or more granite, and you have no control over which stone layer spans those Z-levels.
* The layers shown on embark span across the cavern layers in an unknown and inconsistent way. Sometimes those 10 different layers of stone are evenly distributed over your 400 z-level deep map, sometimes the first 9 get 1 z-level each and the last gets the other 391 levels. No way to control found yet.
* The HFS chamber, if present, will always extend into the rock layers, and appears to always make contact with the bottom cave. Large values for levels above layer 5 and layer 4 can result in enormous chambers, but the number of levels at the top (the part with undead) appears to be unaffected.
* Unconfirmed whether number of levels between caverns has any impact on cavern height. There will be connecting ramps and/or shafts between cavern layers no matter how many levels are between them.
* '''Very Important''': These values appear to apply across a whole 16x16 region, not just embark areas. That means that if a 16x16 region is completely flat, but has one tall mountain in one far corner, even if you set Levels Above Ground low (e.g. 2 z-levels) you still have all the empty air of the highest mountain in every embark tile (e.g. 200 z-levels). Also can happen to the semi-molten layer, and can lead to unexpected behavior.
* Very large or small values can cause strange things to happen.

=== Minimum/Maximum Natural Cave Size ===
It's not clear what effect these currently have, other than changing them can change the location of caves somewhat.{{verify}}

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVE_MIN_SIZE:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVE_MIN_SIZE:5]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="2" | Range: 1 to 500
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVE_MAX_SIZE:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVE_MAX_SIZE:25]</nowiki></tt>
|}

=== Number of Caves ===
The number of caves generated in mountainous and non-mountainous regions, mountain caves will always be generated on the edge of mountain ranges next to non-mountainous regions. Lurking [[kobold]]s set up shop in caves, and store their stolen items there - a setting of 0 in both will stop kobold civilizations from appearing. Special note: a cave is not initially a [[lair]], although beasts can later use them as their lair.
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:100]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="2" | Range: 0 to 800
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[NON_MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[NON_MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:200]</nowiki></tt>
|}

=== Number of Mythical Sites ===
The number of [[mysterious dungeon|mysterious sites]] generated around the world. The extended effects of setting this to 0 has not been determined{{verify|is chosen still available? is quest still given? etc.}}.
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[MYTHICAL_SITE_NUM:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[MYTHICAL_SITE_NUM:200]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="2" | Range: 0 to 800
|}

=== Make Caves Visible ===
If set to no (default) then the location of caves will not be marked on the map. If set to yes, caves will appear on the map so that they may be sought out or avoided as desired.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ALL_CAVES_VISIBLE:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ALL_CAVES_VISIBLE:0]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|}

=== Allow Init Options to Show Tunnels ===

If enabled, you will be able to see the underground tunnels often built by dwarves on the world map, and they will appear as black lines, similar to roads.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[SHOW_EMBARK_TUNNEL:<0-2>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[SHOW_EMBARK_TUNNEL:2]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 = No 1 = Only in Finder 2 = Always
|}

=== Number of Civilizations ===

This number of [[civilization]]s will be placed on the map before history generation begins. These civilizations may later die out due to historical events. It is noteworthy that the chance for any given civilization to be destroyed through megabeasts decreases with a higher total number of civilizations present[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=7348f68f41a9659443c05b2acf534e6c&topic=112465.15 data]. The five races are dwarf, elf, human, goblin, and kobold; they will generally be placed in equal numbers until the quota has been reached. If there are not enough biomes or other worldgen prerequisites for an even distribution, certain civs will be much more or less frequent than others[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=7348f68f41a9659443c05b2acf534e6c&topic=112465.15 data]. If there is an odd number of civs (not divisible by 5), then the remainder is distributed randomly. Kobold civs require caves to be placed; if no caves exist, then kobolds are skipped and will not appear. This does not cause rejections [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=112465.msg3415125#msg3415125 data]. Goblin civilizations require multiple demons, see the [[#Number_of_Demon_Types|number of demon types]] section above.

Note that a high value here can cause lots of map rejections, particularly on smaller maps as there simply isn't enough room or regions to put them all in.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[TOTAL_CIV_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[TOTAL_CIV_NUMBER:40]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 0 to 300
|}

=== Playable Civilization Required ===

If this is set to yes (default) then worlds will be rejected if no civilization with [[Entity token|CIV_CONTROLLABLE]] can be placed. In an unmodded game, only the dwarves have this token.

If set to no, the result may be a world that cannot be played in Fortress Mode.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[PLAYABLE_CIVILIZATION_REQUIRED:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[PLAYABLE_CIVILIZATION_REQUIRED:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|}

=== Minimum Number of Mid/Low/High Characteristic Squares ===

Sets the minimum possible number of squares of certain ranges of each of the region qualities, such as elevation, rain, drainage, volcanism, savagery, and temperature. These need to be changed to reflect your regional meshes and weights, and are responsible for a HUGE number of map rejections. These values can all be set to 0 for much fewer map rejections, particularly in the case of more wacky, non-standard maps.

These values will cause worlds to be rejected unless at least the given number of squares of the given type are randomly generated. Setting these values too high could result in worlds always being rejected if other parameters such as the maximum/minimums for elevation, etc., don't allow enough of those squares to get generated.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ELEVATION_RANGES:<low sq>:<mid sq>:<high sq>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ELEVATION_RANGES:8256:16512:8256]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="5" | Minimum number of squares that must have low, medium, and high amounts of the given attribute. 
0 = No minimum
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[RAIN_RANGES:<low sq>:<mid sq>:<high sq>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[RAIN_RANGES:8256:16512:8256]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[DRAINAGE_RANGES:<low sq>:<mid sq>:<high sq>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[DRAINAGE_RANGES:8256:16512:8256]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[SAVAGERY_RANGES:<low sq>:<mid sq>:<high sq>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[SAVAGERY_RANGES:8256:16512:8256]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[VOLCANISM_RANGES:<low sq>:<mid sq>:<high sq>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[VOLCANISM_RANGES:8256:16512:8256]</nowiki></tt>
|}

==World rejection==

:''Main article: [[World rejection]]''

If you are having the common problem of generated worlds always being rejected by the world generator, see [[v0.31:World rejection|Solving World Rejection Problems (v0.31 page)]] as it contains many detailed suggestions on how to troubleshoot and solve these issues.

== Parameter set examples ==

If you're trying to do something specific, then the [[Worldgen examples]] - complete parameter sets that can be copied directly into your ''world_gen.txt'' file and customized as desired - might be helpful.
If none of the examples suit your needs, [[Worldgen tricks]] has strategies and tips on making a world just right for you.

For many, many more examples see:
* [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=101280 DF2012 (v0.34) WorldGen "Cookbook" Thread]
* [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140180 DF2014 (v0.40) WorldGen "Cookbook" Thread]
* [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=168543.0 DF2014 (v0.44.02+) WorldGen "Cookbook" Thread]
* [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=175538 DF2014 (v0.47.01+) WorldGen "Cookbook" Thread]
* [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180805.0 DF2022 (v0.50.01+) WorldGen "Cookbook" Thread]

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Advanced world generation

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:''This article contains information on advanced world generation. For information on basic world generation, see [[World generation]].'' ''See [[World token]] to more easily find information by the names used in the world_gen.txt file, [[World rejection]] for information on solving problems related to worlds always being rejected, and [[Worldgen examples]] for example worlds.''

[[File:adv_worldgen_v50.png|thumb|400px|right|The advanced world generation screen. ''(Click to enlarge)'']]'''Advanced world generation''', also labeled as '''detailed mode''', allows substantially more detail-oriented options of customization than standard, basic world generation. This gives the player much more control over how their world is generated. To better understand this article, it is advised that one should read about [[World generation|'''basic world generation''']] first.

The advanced world generation screen is reached by clicking "Create new world" at the main menu, then clicking "Detailed mode". Once at that screen, clicking "Basic options" will return the user to the standard world generation screen.

== Parameter sets ==
There are multiple default sets of all the advanced world generation parameters hard-coded in ''Dwarf Fortress'', which will be overridden by the <tt>prefs/world_gen.txt</tt> file in the main ''Dwarf Fortress'' directory, if it exists. It does not exist by default, you must create it, either by saving the default sets, or saving a copy from the [[world_gen.txt]] wiki page or elsewhere. This file can then be edited with a text editor, and you can copy and paste other players' sets of parameters into it. For sources of such parameter sets see [[Advanced_world_generation#Parameter_set_examples|Parameter set examples]] below.

To get back the default sets, move the existing <tt>prefs/world_gen.txt</tt> to somewhere else (like Documents), or delete it if you do not want to keep the changes, then load the sets in the game, it will then use the hardcoded defaults.

== User interface ==
First, there is a line of text inputs and buttons along the top of the screen, from left to right:
* The drop down menu of currently defined parameter sets, click the down arrow to select a set that you want to work with. The currently selected set can be renamed by clicking the current name or the [[File:Quill.png]] button. The first set in the file is selected by default, usually "LARGE ISLAND". See [[#Parameter set title|Parameter set title]].
* The dimensions of the world for the selected set, see [[#World dimensions|World dimensions]].
* A text entry box to set all of the seed options to the same seed, will show "Random seed", "Various seeds", or, if all four seeds are set to use the same value, that value. See [[Advanced_world_generation#Seed_values|Seed values]] and [[Advanced_world_generation#Seed_values|Seed notes]].
* The Copy Button to make a copy of the currently selected set and appends it to the bottom of the list.
* The red Delete button to delete the currently selected set, you will be prompted to confirm the deletion.
* The New parameter set to create a new parameter set and appends it to the bottom of the list. This seems to just copy the default "LARGE REGION" set.
* The Save button to save all of the current sets to the <tt>prefs/world_gen.txt</tt> file.
* The Load button to load from the same file, there is no confirmation, '''any unsaved changes will be lost'''. If that file does not exist, this resets all of the sets to the defaults.

Most of the middle is the parameters themselves, with a scroll bar to the right. Each row of the list can include:
* The name of the option
* The range of accepted values; not every option has this, and does not always match the displayed value, for example "0 to 1" might show as "No" and "Yes".
:* Sometimes the range might not initially show on rows that it should, reloading the sets with the Load button sometimes fixes that.{{bug|13176}}
* A plus button to increase the value or cycle through options, when applicable (this button will be missing if the range is missing.)
* The current value; can be clicked to edit, to actually set a value you must press {{k|enter}}, without doing that, clicking another entry box or right clicking will instead reset to the currently set value.
* An edit button to show that the previous box is editable, same as clicking on the text box.
* A minus button to decrease the value or cycle through options, when applicable (this button will be missing if the range is missing).
* A red button to disable this parameter, when applicable, usually setting the value to 0, or -1.

{{notice bar|bgcolor=#faa|bordercolor=#f00|All of the buttons below leave this screen and do not prompt to save the sets, so unsaved changes may be lost.}}
At the bottom right are 3 or 4 more buttons:
* The Create world button to do just that using the currently selected set, '''unsaved changes are lost'''.
* The Basic options button to go back to the normal world generation screen, unsaved changes are not lost if you come directly back to Detailed mode.
* The [[Mods]] button to go to the mod selection screen, unsaved changes are not lost if you come directly back to Detailed mode. Only shown if mods are available.
* Back to main menu button to do just that, '''unsaved changes are lost'''.

=== World painter ===
:''Main article: [[World painter]]
The '''world painter''' tool is not in the current version of ''Dwarf Fortress''; it allowed you to paint features onto a map. '''However''', those maps can still be used when generating a world by pasting world painter parameter set maps created in old versions into the <tt>prefs/world_gen.txt</tt> file. [[Utilities#Perfect_World_DF|Perfect World DF]] is a utility that uses the same parameter functionality as the world painter to paint a map, and it also can work with the current version of ''Dwarf Fortress''.

== Generating a world ==
You can either use an already-defined parameter set, or you can edit them, though it is highly suggested to edit a copy of one of the defaults. Once you are happy with the parameters you should save the values you just edited before you click the Create world button. Information about each parameter is documented below.

The phases of the world generation process are (this order is not completely correct):
* Preparing elevation...
* Setting temperature...
* Running rivers...
* Forming lakes and minerals...
* Growing vegetation...
* Verifying terrain...
* Importing wildlife...
* Recounting legends...
* Placing civilizations...
* Making cave civilizations...
* Making cave pops...
* Placing other beasts...
* Placing megabeasts...
* Placing good/evil...
* Placing caves...
* Prehistory generation
* Finalizing civ mats...
* Finalizing art...
* Finalizing uniforms...
* Finalizing sites...

== Seed notes ==
The world generation process uses a PRNG (Pseudo Random Number Generator) algorithm. A PRNG will produce a sequence of numbers that "looks" random, even though the actual sequence of numbers will always be the same if the PRNG is started with the same seed value. Basically this means that if you run world generation with a certain seed value on your computer, and someone else runs world generation with the same seed value on their computer, the same sequence of random numbers will be generated on both computers. The practical impact of this is that someone else can generate exactly the same world that you generated by entering the same seed value that you used.

In the current version, the seed values for the world itself and the names seem to produce the same result, but you will get changes in events which will result in a very different world history.{{bug|6934}} Keep this in mind if you want to regenerate a particular world.

The way that a world is generated can also be affected by certain world tokens. Changing them causes that code to use more or fewer PRNG values, causing later uses to get different parts of the sequence. So, you cannot for example, change the minimum and maximum rainfall and get 'the same world but drier or wetter', instead, a different world is generated. That said, it would also seem that certain small changes to these world tokens can occasionally generate a very similar world, however, other tokens are more sensitive. For more information see the forum thread [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=112132.msg3404199#msg3404199 here].

The following are tokens which use the PRNG values in ways that changing them will likely cause broader changes:

* [DIM:X:X]
* [ELEVATION:X:X:X:X]
* [RAINFALL:X:X:X:X]
* [TEMPERATURE:X:X:X:X]
* [DRAINAGE:X:X:X:X]
* [VOLCANISM:X:X:X:X]
* [SAVAGERY:X:X:X:X]
* [ELEVATION_FREQUENCY:X:X:X:X:X:X]
* [RAIN_FREQUENCY:X:X:X:X:X:X]
* [DRAINAGE_FREQUENCY:X:X:X:X:X:X]
* [TEMPERATURE_FREQUENCY:X:X:X:X:X:X]
* [SAVAGERY_FREQUENCY:X:X:X:X:X:X]
* [VOLCANISM_FREQUENCY:X:X:X:X:X:X]
* [PARTIAL_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:X]
* [COMPLETE_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:X]
* [HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_1:X]
* [MINERAL_SCARCITY:X] {{cite talk/this|Mineral scarcity}}

Many other world parameters, such as end year and embark points, can, however, be changed without it having any effect on the geography of the world generated from the seed values.

Normally, you don't enter these seed values, the game comes up with values based on some other sort of pseudo-random information from things like the current date and time.

When generating a world, ''Dwarf Fortress'' records the seeds it used in [[gamelog.txt]]; they can also be found with <code>gui/gm-editor world.worldgen.worldgen_parms</code> in [[DFHack]].

== Advanced parameters ==
There are essentially 4 types of controls for the generation of the surface map;

'''Terrain parameters''': as described below, these 5 variables define the basic background world, how hot or cold it is, how much rainfall, how high the mountains are. The world automatically goes through the temperature range along the Y axis, although sometimes it will be hotter in the north, other times in the south, or cold at both. Minimum, maximum and X,Y variance can drastically alter the world.

'''Weighted meshes''': these are a way to fine-tune the amount of the 5 basic variables on the map. They can be used to set the specific distribution of different elevations or rainfall areas for example.

'''Feature parameters''': such as rivers, mountain peaks, volcanoes, and oceans, which can cause rejections if the terrain parameters don't allow enough suitable locations for the features to be placed.

'''Rejection parameters''': ''Dwarf Fortress'' uses a 'belt-and-braces' approach to world generation. The above controls allow you to shape the world, then the rejection parameters throw it out if it does not meet certain criteria. There are a number of rejection parameters for the number and degree of the 5 basic variables, for biome types, etc. If the world does not meet the requirements of any one rejection parameter the world is rejected and re-randomised. Also see [[World rejection]].

Leaving tokens out of a set in <tt>world_gen.txt</tt> will cause the game to use default values which are not adjusted for smaller world sizes, this may cause smaller worlds to always be rejected.

If you are experimenting with world design, there is also a [[Settings#Feature_toggles|game setting]] that will log the rejection reasons to ``[[map_rejection_log.txt]]``. With that information you can then either adjust the rejection parameters to allow those worlds, or the other parameters to prevent them from trying to generate. ''Dwarf Fortress'' will keep adding to the file, so you may want to trim or delete it occasionally.

The parameters are described below in the order that they appear in the list in the game, which is not necessarily the order they appear in <tt>world_gen.txt</tt>. See [[world token]] for an index that will help you look things up by token name. The tokens used in <tt>world_gen.txt</tt> are at the bottom of each of the following parameter descriptions.

=== Parameter set title ===
This sets the name of the parameter set itself, as used in the list of sets (this has nothing to do with the name of the generated world).
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[TITLE:<name>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[TITLE:MEDIUM ISLAND]</nowiki></tt>
| Required
|}

=== World dimensions ===
The size of the map for the current set can be changed by changing the Width and Height values at the top next to the set title. You will need to confirm this, since changing the dimensions of the world will change other parameters, because many of them have different defaults depending on the surface area available.

Larger maps usually take longer to generate and may reduce [[Frames per second|FPS]] in-game, though this is really a matter of larger worlds usually having more civilizations, sites, historical figures, and events; restricting the number of those can speed up the process. Non-square maps may result in crashes{{bug|2928}}.
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[DIM:<width>:<height>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[DIM:257:257]</nowiki></tt>
| Valid values are 17, 33, 65, 129, and 257, other values will use one of those. Changing the size in the file without adjusting other parameters can cause many rejections.
|}

=== Seed values ===
Enables the use of, and specifies seed values for, different parts of the world generation process. Just entering a specific seed does not enable it, that must be done separately, although using the box at the top to set all the seeds to the same value does enable them all. Enabling a seed puts the token in using what ever is in the text box below. If you enable a seed, but do not enter a seed, the string "Seed text" will be used (<tt><nowiki>[SEED:Seed text]</nowiki></tt>). Trying to use a <tt><nowiki>]</nowiki></tt> in the string in the file will end the seed there, since it closes the token, any text after that will be ignored. Normally, just leave these set to Random, unless trying to reproduce the results of a previous world generation. See also the [[Advanced_world_generation#Seed_notes|seed notes section]] above.
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[SEED:<text>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[SEED:31337]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="4" |
For each of these not in the config file, a random seed will be used, and the first seed is not used to generate the others. The seeds used are output to [[gamelog.txt]] when world generation starts.
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[HISTORY_SEED:<text>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[HISTORY_SEED:31337]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[NAME_SEED:<text>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[NAME_SEED:31337]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CREATURE_SEED:<text>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CREATURE_SEED:31337]</nowiki></tt>
|}

=== World name ===
As previously mentioned, the title of the parameter set doesn't affect the name of the world. You can specify a particular name for your world, or leave the value blank for a random one. (The [[DFHack]] utility adds an option to rename the world using the in-game languages.)
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CUSTOM_NAME:<name>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CUSTOM_NAME:Realm of Cheese Engravings]</nowiki></tt>
| For a random name, simply don't use this token.
|}

=== Embark Points ===
The number of points for equipment and animals when embarking in fortress mode (there is no equivalent setting for adventure mode). Normally, the default of 1504 is fine, but can be increased for various purposes like experimentation or to help dwarves survive in a particularly evil world, or reduced for certain [[challenges]].
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[EMBARK_POINTS:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[EMBARK_POINTS:1504]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 10,000
|}

=== End year ===
The maximum number of years generated for the world, although generation can be paused and the world used as is any time after the second year; the same as the [[World_generation#History|History]] parameter in basic world gen, except that you can enter an exact value. A too-short history can limit the materials available to civilizations, and [[Chosen|certain adventure mode features]] are only available after certain site events, while too long a history often leads to civilizations dying.

For more information on the history aspect of the game, see [[Legends]] and [[Calendar#Ages|Ages]].
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[END_YEAR:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[END_YEAR:250]</nowiki></tt>
| 2 to 10,000
|}

=== Population cap after civ creation ===
A soft limit to the total number of [[historical figure]]s alive at the same time during generation across all civilizations, only preventing the birth of new historical figures.{{cite forum|140544/5701667}} Each civilization is allotted a percentage of the total by the percentage of sites they control.{{cite forum|159164/7553641}} Civilizations also have non-historical populations, and there is no setting to limit those (in early versions, all civilization members were historical figures, this is also why the name of this setting is misleading). Each [[entity]] also has limits from their raws, see the [[Entity_token#Population|population]] entity tokens, and setting this to unlimited will not remove those.

Huge historical figure populations can slow generation and the game in general.
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[TOTAL_CIV_POPULATION:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[TOTAL_CIV_POPULATION:15000]</nowiki></tt>
| -1 to 100,000, -1 is no limit
|}

=== Site cap after civ creation ===
Total number of [[site]]s that can be directly created by all civilizations combined like [[hillocks]], [[hamlet]]s, [[dark pits]], [[forest retreat]]s, etc. Does not prevent the placement of initial civilization sites, though they will then be counted for the limit. Does not affect creature sites like [[cave]]s or [[lair]]s, group sites like [[castle]]s, [[monastery|monasteries]], [[tower_(necromancy)|tower]]s, [[fort]]s, or [[camp]]s, or unpopulated sites like [[tomb]]s. After this limit is reached, no civilization will be able to place new sites. See the [[Entity_token#Placement|placement]] entity tokens for other ways that civilization site placement can be limited.

Increasing this will slow generation down and reduce the available places for player sites. Since the {{token|MAX_SITE_POP_NUMBER|entity}} entity token limits the historical figure population per site, this site cap can also limit the total historical figure population of all civilizations combined, and some expand faster than others getting more sites before the limit is reached.
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[SITE_CAP:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[SITE_CAP:1500]</nowiki></tt>
| -1 to 100,000, -1 is no limit
|}

=== Beast control ===

These parameters don't usually matter too much, but may matter for small numbers of beasts.

==== Percentage of Megabeasts and Titans Dead for Stoppage ====

The world starts out with a certain number of powerful megabeast and titan entities in existence. If a percentage of the megabeast and titan population dies out during history generation, then history generation will stop early. For example, if the elimination value is 80%, and the generated history starts with 200 entities and 160 of those 200 entities are eliminated by historical events before the End Year is reached, history generation will stop immediately.

If you want to end the creation of your world at the beginning of a certain age, choose the following values:
* Age of Legends: ~34%
* Age of Heroes: ~67%
If there are three or fewer titans or megabeasts in your world, the age will be given a special name reflecting the remaining megabeasts/titans, instead.

==== Year to Begin Checking Megabeast Percentage ====

The percentage of dead [[megabeast]]s and [[titan]]s for stoppage will not be checked until this year is reached in history generation. This can be used to ensure that a world reaches a certain year even if all of the megabeasts in the world are slain earlier.

If the number of living [[megabeast]]s and [[titan]]s starts at or drops to less than four, then world generation will always stop if the current year is equal to or greater than the Year to Begin Checking Megabeast Percentage ''regardless'' of how many [[megabeast]]s and [[titan]]s are dead — Percentage of Megabeasts and Titans Dead for Stoppage is ignored. The number of megabeasts and titans at the start of the world is set by the sum of the [[Advanced_world_generation#Max_Megabeasts_Caves|Max Megabeasts Caves]] and [[Advanced_world_generation#Titan_Parameters|Titan Number]] parameters.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[BEAST_END_YEAR:<year>:<percentage or -1>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[BEAST_END_YEAR:200:80]</nowiki></tt>
| Use -1 as percentage to disable. Year must still be at least 2.
|}

=== Cull Unimportant Historical Figures ===
{{main|Historical figure}}
Whether to remove unimportant dead historical figures after history generation; a short CPU-intensive step, but saves space which can speed up loading, saving, and running games with large histories. Legends mode will refer to culled creatures as "an unknown creature", and they will not appear in engravings, but likely would not have anyway.

Exactly what is considered important is not clear. A member of an abstract group killing a named creature is not important, nor is creating an artifact, even if that artifact had important history. Unculled historical figures can have parentage described as "The identity of" that parent "has been lost to time", so just having children is not, though having living direct relations seems to prevent culling.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CULL_HISTORICAL_FIGURES:<0 or 1>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CULL_HISTORICAL_FIGURES:0]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 = No, 1 = Yes
|}

=== Reveal All Historical Events ===

Setting this to Yes will allow access to most information about the history of the world in [[Legends mode]]. All events will be revealed, but some [[historical figure]]s, [[site]]s, [[region]]s, and [[civilization]]s and other entities may not be, possibly because they are not known to any civilization. If set to No, then you will have to discover historical information in [[adventure mode]] or by instructing dwarves to make engravings.{{Verify}}

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REVEAL_ALL_HISTORY:<0 or 1>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REVEAL_ALL_HISTORY::1]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 = No, 1 = Yes
|}

=== Terrain Parameters ===

These set limits and variance for terrain elevation, rainfall, temperature, drainage, volcanism, and savagery which determines how those values are generated. What biomes exist are then determined by how these factors overlap with each other.

==== Minima and Maxima ====
These are the absolute minimum and maximum values that can ever be generated for a particular map square characteristic. By ''subtly'' tweaking the min and max values, vastly different maps can be made. Changing these can cause the occurrence of certain [[Biome|biomes]] to become impossible, so you may want to use [[#Terrain Mesh Sizes and Weights|Weighted Ranges]] instead.

==== X and Y Variance ====
These control how wildly things like elevation and rainfall can vary between adjacent map squares. For example, if these values are set to the maximum of 3,200 for elevation then you will end up with more very low areas right next to very high areas. The number for X determines the east-west variance and the number for Y determines the north-south variance. By setting only one of these to a high value you can, for example, create horizontal or vertical bands of areas which are more similar to each other.

Generally speaking, raising both of these values will create a more random "patchwork" of many small biomes while setting both x and y values to 0 will cause every square on the map to use a single random value for the given characteristic.

For "patchwork" worlds to avoid being rejected, [[#Maximum Number of Subregions|Maximum Number of Subregions]] will probably need to be increased from the default.

==== Elevation ====
This controls the range of terrain elevations that can occur in the world. Usually, you just want to leave the min/max values alone. Raising the minimum elevation can, for example, make it impossible for oceans to exist. This does '''not''' directly control the number of available Z-levels at a particular site, though high maximum values may contribute to peaks, which can raise the number of above ground Z-levels - in other words, a maximum elevation of 400 and minimum of 1 does not mean you get 400 Z-levels, but it might increase the number of Z-levels somewhat in some regions compared to others. Raising the variance will result in a more bumpy, uneven landscape.

Some biomes/features that are impacted by elevation:
* A high minimum (above 99) means no oceans, as they need elevations below 100.
* A low maximum (below 300) means no mountains, as mountains need elevations above 300.
* Rivers will be placed when the elevation maximum is 104 or higher. Therefore, keeping both values above 100 and below 104 will prevent all water tiles from appearing.
* Mountain peaks can only form at elevations of 400.

==== Rainfall ====
Controls the amount of rainfall in each map square/area. Setting the minimum or maximum too high or low can make the formation of certain biomes impossible. Rainfall causes it to [[rain]] more in a given area, which can have various effects. Also makes more rivers appear on the world map.

Note that if [[#Do Orographic Precipitation and Rain Shadows|orographic precipitation and rain shadows]] is on, then mountains will cause additional variance in rainfall, so (for example) rainfall below the specified minimum can occur in the shadow of a mountain. If you want the minimum and maximum for this parameter to be absolutely respected, you must turn off the orographic precipitation option.

Additionally, with 'Orthographic Precipitation' turned on, orthographic precipitation and rain shadows will only occur in regions with greater than or equal to 50 drainage. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=139916.0 [Report, reproduced 2022]]

==== Temperature ====
{{main|Climate|Temperature}}
These parameters control how hot or cold various areas will be. If you lower the minimum and maximum values, the world will be colder overall, for example. As with the others, changing these values too much could make it impossible for certain biomes to exist. The temperature scale used in this setting is related to regular degrees Urist by the equation "local temp = world temp * 0.75 + 10000".{{cite forum|169696/8395484}} This scale doesn't seem to be used anywhere else in the game. See [[Climate]] for more info.

These parameters form the "base" temperature for an area, and describe peak summer temperature in a scale that isn't used elsewhere in the game. This number also does not correspond 1:1 with the final climate. [[Temperature]] is always influenced by a number of variables, including elevation, time of year, thick forestation, and if [[Advanced_world_generation#Poles|poles]] are enabled, latitude. These other variables are factored in after the temperature mesh is applied, and frequently bring temperatures above and below their set minimum and maximum values. ''The inclusion of Poles is particularly strong in this regard, as it allows latitude to raise and/or lower temperatures by more than 75 degrees Celsius! That said, the temperatures aren't raised or lowered by more than about 65 degrees past the set minimum and maximum. Furthermore, for typical ranges, the temperature will never be raised more than about 25 degrees past the maximum (but will still drop up to about 65 degrees Celsius below the minimum).'' (unsure about exact values, research needed)

Elves can spawn where the temperature is 10 degrees or warmer, and humans can spawn where the temperature is 0 degrees or warmer.

==== Drainage ====
Changing drainage parameters will change the way water-affected biomes are formed. Low drainage will contribute to the formation of [[Lake|lakes]], [[River|rivers]], and [[Swamp|swamps]]. High drainage will cause water to sink into the ground rather than sit on the surface, which is important for forming hills.

Lower drainage values have been reported to contribute to the formation of thicker soil layers, though it is currently unknown exactly how other factors (such as elevation or perhaps rain) impact soil formation.

==== Volcanism ====
Volcanism controls the occurrence of igneous [[layer]]s, and the formation of volcanoes. For a volcano to form, a square must have a volcanism value of 100, so reducing the maximum from 100 will make volcanoes impossible. Raising the minimum will increase the rarity of non-igneous layers.

Setting the minimum to a high value is not a good way to produce multiple volcanoes, as you are likely to get a "Volcanism not evenly distributed" rejection. Instead, use the Minimum Number of Volcanoes parameter, and possibly adjust the weighted ranges for volcanism as described below.

==== Savagery ====
These parameters control the level of [[Surroundings#Savage|savagery]] on the map. Raising the minimum savagery too high may make it impossible for certain races to exist, and similarly lowering the maximum too far can make it impossible for certain creatures to exist. The largest chance of having unusable maps comes from a too-high savagery value.

==== Configuration Tokens ====
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ELEVATION:<min>:<max>:<x variance>:<y variance>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ELEVATION:1:400:401:401]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 0 to 400 Maximum of 400 required for mountain peaks. Variance range: 0-3200
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[RAINFALL:<min>:<max>:<x variance>:<y variance>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[RAINFALL:0:100:200:200]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 0 to 100 Variance range: 0-3200
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[TEMPERATURE:<min>:<max>:<x variance>:<y variance>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[TEMPERATURE:25:75:200:200]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: -1000 to 1000 Variance range: 0-3200
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[DRAINAGE:<min>:<max>:<x variance>:<y variance>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[DRAINAGE:0:100:200:200]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 0 to 100 Variance range: 0-3200
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[VOLCANISM:<min>:<max>:<x variance>:<y variance>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[VOLCANISM:1:100:200:200]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 0 to 100 Maximum of 100 required for volcanoes. Variance range: 0-3200
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[SAVAGERY:<min>:<max>:<x variance>:<y variance>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[SAVAGERY:1:100:200:200]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 0 to 100 Variance range: 0-3200
|}

=== Terrain Mesh Sizes and Range Weights ===
[[File:World_map-large-32x32-elevation-mesh.png|thumb|300px|A large world generated with an Elevation Mesh Size of 32×32 and range weights set to 1:0:0:0:1 (i.e., only extreme high and low elevations). Note how the grid intersections are either set very high (mountains) or very low (oceans) and the space between them is smoothed out.]]
These parameters influence the relative proportions of terrain feature ranges, without making other ranges impossible. For example, to have many more low-elevation squares exist, without making it impossible for high elevations; this makes changing these parameters often preferable to simply changing the above min/max values. See the image on the right for an example.

The basic steps of applying weighted ranges are as follows:
# Divide the world into a grid of quantity <code>2''MeshSize'' - 1</code> areas in both X and Y direction.
# At each grid intersection, set the value according to the weighted ranges.
# Smooth out the areas between the intersection points.
# Add noise according to the variance parameters.
Where ''MeshSize'' is the raw parameter value found in the <code>[[world_gen.txt]]</code>.

==== Interaction between Mesh Size and Weighted Ranges ====
Mesh size determines how many intersection points the world will have. As an example, setting it to 2×2 means the world will be divided into 4 areas, 2 across and 2 tall, and there will be a total of 9 intersection points (3×3), including the outer-most corners. The grid intersection points are in the middle of world tiles, and the minimum size for a grid area is a span of 9 world tiles in either direction, with adjacent areas sharing an overlapping world tile. On a pocket world, this means one grid tile will span 9×9 world tiles, whereas on a large world, one grid tile will span 129×129 world tiles. A pocket world will always use a 2×2 grid of 9×9 world tiles, since it has only 17×17 tiles total (even if the game UI allows setting those worlds to a 4×4 grid, which can happen when changing the world size; changing the world size doesn't adjust mesh size limits, but saving then reloading the parameters does). A world that is 17 tiles wide, but 257 tall, and set to a 32×32 mesh size, will have 3×33 intersection points.

Setting mesh size to something other than Ignore, will apply random values at those intersections, with those random values being more likely to be in the ranges with higher weights. Setting to Ignore will cause the weighted range settings to be ignored for that terrain characteristic; instead setting the 4 corners of the world to completely random values and smoothing between those, or in other words, using a 1×1 grid for square worlds; while for rectangular worlds, using the same ratio as the world dimensions with 1 in the narrow dimension (for example, a 1×16 grid for a 17×257 world).

For example, if the Elevation Weighted Range parameters are set to <code>60:10:10:10:10</code> (starting with the 0-20 range, and these values do not need to add up to any particular number), and elevation min and max are left at the defaults of 1 and 400 respectively, then about 60% (on average) of the grid line intersection points will be set to an elevation in the range of 1-80 (0% to 20%), and the other ranges will be represented by around 10% of the intersection points each. The exact distribution is still left up to chance, though ''on average'' it will be close to this specification. This allows random number generation to be non-linear for the given terrain characteristic.

Setting the weight for a range to None only prevents intersection points from being set to a value in that range; terrain between intersection points can still be smoothed to values in ranges set to None that are between the intersection point values. Setting all the weights to None just puts them all at the same weight, the same as the default of all at 1.

Weighted ranges do not make rejection checks, although they can be responsible for many rejections if you neglect to adjust or disable some of the [[#Minimum Number of Mid/Low/High Characteristic Squares|Minimum Number of Mid/Low/High Characteristic Squares]], for example.

==== Interaction between these and Variances ====
The end result can vary greatly depending on how the corresponding [[#X_and_Y_Variance|X and Y Variance]] parameters are set. First of all, if the variance is too high, the noise it adds can completely negate the effect of the weighted ranges. For instance, with a 2×2 mesh, the default variance parameters are high enough that usually the mesh grid can hardly be recognized. How strong the variance's effect is, is also dependent on the mesh size. Having a larger mesh size (i.e. smaller grid tiles) means the variance also has to be higher for a visible effect. For instance, with a variance of 400, the effects are clearly visible with a 2×2 mesh and barely visible at all with a 8×8 mesh. Note that this effect is directly dependent on the mesh size and not, as one might expect, on the actual size of the grid tiles. This means, that a large world with a 32×32 mesh will look essentially the same as a pocket world with a 2×2 mesh, only stretched to 256 times the size.

Also see this [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=139916.0 forum post] for more details.

==== Configuration Tokens ====
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ELEVATION_FREQUENCY:<mesh>:<0-20 weight>:<20-40 weight>:<40-60 weight>:<60-80 weight>:<80-100 weight>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ELEVATION_FREQUENCY:2:1:2:3:4:5]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="6" | Valid mesh values:

1 = Ignore

2 = 2x2

3 = 4x4

4 = 8x8

5 = 16x16

6 = 32x32

(limited by world size)
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[RAIN_FREQUENCY:<mesh>:<0-20 weight>:<20-40 weight>:<40-60 weight>:<60-80 weight>:<80-100 weight>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[RAIN_FREQUENCY:3:1:2:3:4:5]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[DRAINAGE_FREQUENCY:<mesh>:<0-20 weight>:<20-40 weight>:<40-60 weight>:<60-80 weight>:<80-100 weight>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[DRAINAGE_FREQUENCY:4:1:2:3:4:5]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[SAVAGERY_FREQUENCY:<mesh>:<0-20 weight>:<20-40 weight>:<40-60 weight>:<60-80 weight>:<80-100 weight>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[SAVAGERY_FREQUENCY:5:1:2:3:4:5]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[TEMPERATURE_FREQUENCY:<mesh>:<0-20 weight>:<20-40 weight>:<40-60 weight>:<60-80 weight>:<80-100 weight>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[TEMPERATURE_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[VOLCANISM_FREQUENCY:<mesh>:<0-20 weight>:<20-40 weight>:<40-60 weight>:<60-80 weight>:<80-100 weight>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[VOLCANISM_FREQUENCY:1:1:1:1:1:1]</nowiki></tt>
|}

=== Poles ===

With this, you can influence how polar regions are added. The poles can be on the north or south edge, and the equator will be on the opposite edge, or in the middle if there are two poles. If poles are set to NONE, then there will be no seasonal changes in the weather (e.g. no winter snow in temperate biomes).

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[POLE:<placement>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[POLE:NORTH]</nowiki></tt>
| Viable options: NONE, NORTH_OR_SOUTH, NORTH_AND_OR_SOUTH, NORTH, SOUTH, NORTH_AND_SOUTH
|}

=== Minimum Mountain Peak Number ===

This will cause the world to be rejected if fewer than this many peaks (based on elevation) are present on the map. EG: elevations of 400 must be possible for mountain peaks to occur. If set to zero, then worlds will not be rejected based on number of peaks.

You may need to adjust elevation parameters, such as the highest weighted range, in order to get the desired number of elevation-400 squares needed for larger numbers of peaks. Like volcanoes, mountain peaks can make embark zones more interesting (reportedly, they do increase the highest Z-level above ground in all embark zones in the same region, even if the selected embark zone does not include the peak) but other than that, they don't appear to "do" anything special.
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[PEAK_NUMBER_MIN:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[PEAK_NUMBER_MIN:20]</nowiki></tt>
| Elevations of 400 must occur for peaks to form.
|}

=== Minimum Partial Edge Oceans ===

This will cause a world to be rejected unless there are at least this many oceans touching an edge of the map. If set to zero then worlds will not be rejected based on this criterion. Setting both this parameter and Minimum Complete Edge Oceans to values that total more than 4 when added together may cause all worlds to be rejected, as you can't have both a partial and complete edge ocean on a given edge.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[PARTIAL_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[PARTIAL_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:2]</nowiki></tt>
| Maximum of 4
|}

=== Minimum Complete Edge Oceans ===

This will cause a world to be rejected unless there are at least this many oceans which completely cover an edge of the map. Since a square map only has 4 edges, the maximum value possible is 4. If set to zero then worlds will not be rejected based on this criterion but still might end up with complete edge oceans by chance.

Note that the ability for this many edge oceans to exist will be limited by elevation. Therefore, to actually create large oceans you will probably need to change things like the Elevation Mesh Size and Weighted Ranges to increase the number and distribution of very low elevation squares on the map. In addition, if Complete Edge Oceans is set to any value ''other'' than 0 or 4, you may need to lower elevation variance for at least one of the axes: if set too high, such as a variation of 1600 for both X and Y axes (the default for Large Island and Medium Island parameter sets), the game may generate worlds very slowly or even hang.{{bug|565}}

Given appropriate weight, range, and variance values for things like elevation, a setting of: 1 results in a world that seems like a chunk of coastline. One edge of the map will be completely underwater and there will be ocean taking up much of the map on that side (think the east or west coast of the United States, the north coast of Canada, or southern Europe). If your edge ocean happens to pick your world's frozen side, most of it will be glacier.

*2 results in another coastline along with the first one -- the map could end up looking something like Panama if the oceans pick opposite sides of the map.
*3 results in a peninsula, like Florida in the US. There will be oceans surrounding 3 sides of the map, and land touching only one side of the map.
*4 results in one or more island(s) depending on things like elevation variance and weights. Regardless of whether you get one island or multiple islands, the entire map will be surrounded by water.

Unfortunately, there's no easy way to control which oceans end up on which edges, except perhaps setting X/Y variance to different values.

Edge oceans will take up part of the other edges too. For example, a full edge ocean on the east side will have part of the north and south sides underwater, but that does ''not'' add to the ''partial'' edge oceans count.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[COMPLETE_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[COMPLETE_OCEAN_EDGE_MIN:0]</nowiki></tt>
| Maximum of 4
|}

=== Minimum Volcano Number ===

The game will attempt to place this many volcanoes, but there must be at least this many squares with a volcanism of 100, if there are not, the world will be rejected. Therefore, [[Advanced_world_generation#Volcanism|maximum volcanism]] above must be set to 100, and adjusting the [[Advanced_world_generation#Configuration_Tokens_2|volcanism weighted range]] above for 80-100 to a higher value can increase the number of those squares.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[VOLCANO_MIN:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[VOLCANO_MIN:15]</nowiki></tt>
| Volcanoes require a volcanism of 100 to occur.
|}

=== Mineral Scarcity ===
Controls the frequency at which minerals occur; setting this value higher will decrease both the number of different types and amounts of ore and gems present on a map. The default value will result in a variety of metal ores, while the old default of ''sparse'' would be only a few ores, which may be limiting until other metals can be requested and traded for. Note that abundances are limited by removing large cluster and/or vein spawn types from certain z-levels entirely, which can counterintuitively increase the abundance of one specific ore or mineral. The abundance of small cluster deposits (including gemstones) is not significantly affected, only the variety of types.

The options "Very Rare", "Rare", "Sparse", "Frequent", and "Everywhere" in the [[World_generation#Basic_world_generation_menu|basic world generation menu]] use the values 50000, 10000, 2500, 500 and 100 respectively.

According to [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=79018.msg2063804#msg2063804 research] by Shandra in v0.31.25, this is the relationship between the value of this setting and the approximate number of gems and ore:

[[File:MineralSetting_v25_limit10k.png]]

This is for the same 8x8 embark region in a world which is otherwise the same, except for the mineral scarcity parameter (although most of the detailed information comes from experiments with previous versions). (The chart legend has an error, the first "Pot.(Types)" should read "Pot.(Amount)".)
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[MINERAL_SCARCITY:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[MINERAL_SCARCITY:100]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 100 to 100,000
|}

=== Real-world extinct creatures ===
Controls if and where extinct animals and animal people can exist; either not at all, in [[savage]] or [[Surroundings#Neutral|wilderness]] areas, or as [[domestic animal]]s in civilizations.{{v|53.15}}
This world gen setting also affects the following:
All non-extinct settings give - in vanilla - elven and human civilizations who do settle in an area (during world gen), where the surroundings include dinosaurs the possibility to pick such dinos, which are land-based, above ground, non-vermin creatures, as (exotic) pets (and thus gain that dino as domesticated), with elves being notoriously better at this then humans (and more often then not even consider animals with the "exotic pet" token as normal "pets"). Dwarves, when settling in an area (in world gen), will usually - if at all - only pick any pack animals from the above ground surroundings as new domesticated animals (if any), thus they may only possibly gain dinos, which are also pack animals, by settling additional sites in world gen. Goblins do not gain any new domesticated above-ground animals by settling new sites. In addition, the domesticated option gives - in vanilla - dwarven, elven and human civilisation the possibility to pick dinos as domesticated animals (at the start of world generation), but these animals are currently - at least for dwarven civs - not added to resources.animals.pet_races (or resources.animals.exotic_pet_races) only to resources.animals.mount_races, resources.animals.pack_animal_races, resources.animals.minion_races, resources.animals.wagon_puller_races (in all cases if the dino has the appropriate creature token, which is trainable, hunting trainable or war trainable) of the corresponding civ entity.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REAL_WORLD_EXTINCT:<option>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REAL_WORLD_EXTINCT:UNTAMED_WILDS]</nowiki></tt>
| EXTINCT, ISOLATED, UNTAMED_WILDS, WILDERNESS, or DOMESTICATED
|}

=== Max Megabeast Caves ===

This is the number of [[megabeast]]s placed at the beginning of history. Megabeasts are [[hydra]]s, [[bronze colossus]]es, [[roc]]s, and [[dragon]]s, which are all placed in equal proportions [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=112465.msg3415177#msg3415177 data].

Increasing this value can lead to early extinction of civilizations.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[MEGABEAST_CAP:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[MEGABEAST_CAP:75]</nowiki></tt>
| Megabeasts count towards BEAST_END_YEAR calculation.
|}

=== Max Semi-Megabeast Caves ===

This is the number of [[semi-megabeast]]s placed at the beginning of history. Semimegabeasts are [[giant]]s, [[ettin]]s, [[minotaur]]s, and [[cyclops]], which are placed in equal proportions [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=112465.msg3415188#msg3415188 data].

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[SEMIMEGABEAST_CAP:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[SEMIMEGABEAST_CAP:150]</nowiki></tt>
| Semimegabeasts do not count towards the BEAST_END_YEAR calculation.
|}

=== Titan Parameters ===

==== Number ====

This controls the number of [[titan]]s that exist at the beginning of history[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=112465.msg3415203#msg3415203 data]. The number of forgotten beasts is unaffected by this parameter [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=112465.msg3415155#msg3415155 data].

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[TITAN_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[TITAN_NUMBER:33]</nowiki></tt>
| Titans count towards BEAST_END_YEAR calculation.
|}

==== Attack Population Requirement ====

[[Titan]]s will begin to attack your fort once at least this many dwarves inhabit it, regardless of whether any other attack criteria have been met.

This number defaults to 80, which isn't usually too difficult to deal with.

==== Exported Wealth Requirement ====

Titans will begin to attack your fort once you have exported at least this many [[Currency|dwarfbucks]]-worth of goods, regardless of whether or not any other criteria have been met. This parameter defaults to None (disabled).

==== Created Wealth Requirement ====

Titans will begin to attack your fort once the fort's total wealth has reached this many [[Currency|dwarfbucks]] in value. This happens regardless of whether any of the other criteria, such as population, have been met; therefore, even with 1 dwarf, a fort could be attacked if the fort were worth at least this value.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[TITAN_ATTACK_TRIGGER:<population>:<exp wealth>:<created wealth>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[TITAN_ATTACK_TRIGGER:80:0:100000]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 = None (disabled). Only one requirement must be met for an attack.
|}

=== Number of Demon Types ===

[[Demon]]s are similar to [[titan]]s and [[forgotten beast]]s, in that they are procedurally generated, but most are not unique. Thus, many different types of demons can exist in the world, but there will also be many individuals of most types. Thanks to [[Underworld spire|certain fun things]], fewer demon types also means fewer goblin civilizations.{{cite forum|112465/7392706}} You need at least 2 demon types, or else goblin civilizations won't exist initially, though if dwarves breach the underworld during world generation, at least one will be generated then.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[DEMON_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[DEMON_NUMBER:52]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

=== Number of Night Troll Types ===

The number of different [[night troll]]s, also procedurally generated, that will exist in the world. Setting this to zero means that the world will have no night trolls, custom or otherwise.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[NIGHT_TROLL_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[NIGHT_TROLL_NUMBER:77]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

=== Number of Bogeyman Types ===
The number of different [[bogeyman]] forms that will exist in the world. Bogeymen are procedurally generated, though their forms do not vary by much. Setting this to zero means that the world will have no bogeymen, custom or otherwise.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[BOGEYMAN_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[BOGEYMAN_NUMBER:27]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

=== Number of Nightmare Types ===
The number of different [[nightmare]] forms that will exist in the world. Nightmares are procedurally generated. Setting this to zero means that the world will have no nightmares, custom or otherwise.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[NIGHTMARE_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[NIGHTMARE_NUMBER:27]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

=== Number of Vampire Curse Types ===

The number of different types of [[Vampire|vampires]] that will exist in the world. Although they are generated at the start of a new world, they aren't different from each other. Setting this to zero means no vampires will exist.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[VAMPIRE_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[VAMPIRE_NUMBER:72]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

=== Werebeast Parameters ===

==== Number of Werebeast Curse Types====

The number of different types of [[werebeast]]s that can exist in the world. It is common for werebeasts, unlike vampires, to assume many different forms and variations, the most well-known of these amount to different species of animals, from lizards, to wolves, to even bears. Setting this to zero means no werebeasts will exist, and will also remove a large amount of [[fun]] from the game.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[WEREBEAST_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[WEREBEAST_NUMBER:58]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

==== Attack Population Requirement ====

Werebeasts will begin to attack your fort once at least this many dwarves inhabit it, regardless of whether any other attack criteria have been met. This number defaults to 50 which will often be reached in the second year of the fort.

==== Exported Wealth Requirement ====
Werebeasts will begin to attack your fort once you have exported at least this many [[Currency|dwarfbucks]]-worth of goods, regardless of whether or not any other criteria have been met. This parameter defaults to 5000.

==== Created Wealth Requirement ====

Werebeasts will begin to attack your fort once the fort's total wealth has reached this many [[Currency|dwarfbucks]] in value. This happens regardless of whether any of the other criteria, such as population, have been met; therefore, even with 1 dwarf, a fort could be attacked if the fort were worth at least this value.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[WEREBEAST_ATTACK_TRIGGER:<population>:<exp wealth>:<created wealth>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[WEREBEAST_ATTACK_TRIGGER:50:5000:50000]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 = None (disabled). Only one requirement must be met for an attack.
|}

=== Number of Secret Types ===

The number of secrets that exist in the world. Currently, all secrets are secrets of life and death, and the ones holding these secrets are [[necromancer]]s, thus, setting this to zero means that no necromancers will appear.
Non-necromancer towers can still appear (extremely rarely) with zero secrets, constructed by independent undead groups.
The primary difference between having 1 or 1000 secrets is the chance of your world having any necromancer towers at all. With 1, this chance is low. With the default number, it's seemingly guaranteed.
Even with 1 secret, if you have any necromancer towers at all, it is likely a great number will quickly appear in world generation (though this isn't guaranteed).

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[SECRET_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[SECRET_NUMBER:52]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

=== Number of Regional Interaction Types ===

The number of interactions that can be caused in regions, which may incorporate evil rain and cloud types. Currently, only evil region interactions are generated this way.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGIONAL_INTERACTION_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGIONAL_INTERACTION_NUMBER:20]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

=== Number of Disturbance Interaction Types ===
The number of different [[Mummy|disturbed dead]] that can exist in the world. Setting this to zero should prevent any mummy from appearing{{verify}}, but it will not prevent the creation of [[tomb]]s.
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[DISTURBANCE_INTERACTION_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[DISTURBANCE_INTERACTION_NUMBER:10]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

=== Number of Evil Cloud / Evil Rain Types ===

This number specifies how many [[Weather#Evil weather|various face-melting, eye-boiling, and zombifyingly-fun]] clouds of pure evil may appear in your world. Setting this to zero means you no longer will ever have to deal with encroaching dust walls of doom in that world. It is generally advised to keep this value low...

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[EVIL_CLOUD_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[EVIL_CLOUD_NUMBER:45]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

The latter number states how many different types of green-ooze drenchers, disconcerting blood-showers, and sickly yellow slime-baths can occur in your world. Compared to evil clouds though, this one hardly is worth stressing out about, usually.... Setting this to zero means the only semi-solid to fully-liquid fluids to fall from the sky will be pure H2O.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[EVIL_RAIN_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[EVIL_RAIN_NUMBER:352]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 to 1000
|}

=== Generate Divine Materials ===
This turns the generation of [[Divine_metal|divine metals]] on or off. It does not influence the creation of [[vault]]s. Probably determines whenever or not using divination dice spawns weapons.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[GENERATE_DIVINE_MATERIALS:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[GENERATE_DIVINE_MATERIALS:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|}

=== Generate Mythical Materials ===

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[GENERATE_MYTHICAL_MATERIALS:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[GENERATE_MYTHICAL_MATERIALS:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|}

=== Allow Mythical Healing ===

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_MYTHICAL_HEALING:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_MYTHICAL_HEALING:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|}

=== Allow Divination, Experiments, and Necromancy types ===
These allow or disallow [[die|divination]], demon or necromancer [[experiment]]s, and the more advanced [[necromancer]] abilities.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_DIVINATION:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_DIVINATION:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_DEMONIC_EXPERIMENTS:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_DEMONIC_EXPERIMENTS:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_NECROMANCER_EXPERIMENTS:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_NECROMANCER_EXPERIMENTS:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_NECROMANCER_LIEUTENANTS:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_NECROMANCER_LIEUTENANTS:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_NECROMANCER_GHOULS:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_NECROMANCER_GHOULS:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_NECROMANCER_SUMMONS:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ALLOW_NECROMANCER_SUMMONS:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|}

=== Desired Good/Evil Square Counts ===

These values change the amount of [[Surroundings#Good|good or evil]] tiles on the map, depending on the size of the region they are being considered for. The counts are for all tiles in all subregions of a given size considered together, ''not'' counts for each subregion considered separately (all tiles in the same subregion share the same [[surroundings]] values).

As used here, a "subregion" is a named world area. Subregion names and locations for a generated world are viewable in legends mode under "Regions". Subregions are classified by size the same way for all map sizes: 1-24 tiles is Small, 25-99 tiles is Medium, and 100+ tiles is Large.

The counts used here will always be restricted to regions of the given size, no matter how large the count. Also, the count is more of a goal than a minimum or maximum. As a result, you can end up with many more or many fewer than the requested number of squares in some situations. In particular, if you have something like a case where only 3 large regions exist in a world, and you request "1 evil square" in large regions, you will end up with one of the large regions being ''entirely evil''. So any non-zero value in one of these settings essentially means "force at least one region of this size to be all good/evil."

Note that the "evilness" of evil biomes is also impacted by savagery. Certain civilizations cannot exist in good and/or evil squares, so too many of one or the other may limit the size of certain types of civilizations - dwarves, for example, need non-aligned biomes. Creating too many evil biomes seems to lead to the danger of many civilizations' early extinction.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[GOOD_SQ_COUNTS::<med region>:<lg region>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[GOOD_SQ_COUNTS:100:1000:2000]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="2" | Set count to zero to disable for that region size.
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[EVIL_SQ_COUNTS::<med region>:<lg region>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[EVIL_SQ_COUNTS:100:1000:2000]</nowiki></tt>
|}

=== Minimum Biome Square Counts ===

These numbers control whether or not a world will be rejected based on a lack of different [[biome|biomes]]. Raising these numbers will '''not''' automatically generate the given number of squares of the given biome! For a biome to exist, certain conditions like elevation and rainfall must exist.

These parameters simply filter out worlds that (for example) randomly fail to have enough high elevation squares to support a given number of mountains, etc. Some settings may cause worlds to always be rejected. For example, if for some reason the maximum elevation parameter is set to a value below what will support mountain biomes, it will be impossible to satisfy a non-zero requirement for mountain squares. The same principle goes for other conditions and biomes such as low elevations and oceans, etc.

Certain civilizations require different biomes to exist (such as dwarves and mountains), so eliminating certain biomes will make it impossible for certain civilizations to form.

These parameters often result in infinite world rejection problems. See [[World rejection]] for information on solving problems related to worlds always being rejected due to one or more of these parameters.

0 means no minimum for rejection - setting it to 0 does not guarantee 0 squares of that biome.

==== Biome Type Requirement Table ====

Terrain requirements for various biomes are described below.{{Verify}} Note that some of the exact ranges are unknown.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! rowspan="2" | Biome
! colspan="4" | Terrain Requirement
|-
! Elevation
! Rainfall
! Temperature
! Drainage
|-
| Swamp/Marsh
| 100-299
| 33-100
| Non-Freezing
| 0-32
|-
| Desert/Badland
| 100-299
| 0-9
| non-freezing
| note1
|-
| Forest
| 100-299
| 66-100
| non-freezing
| 66-100
|-
| Mountains
| 300-400
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
|-
| Ocean
| 0-99
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
|-
| Glacier
| 100-299
| N/A
| Freezing
| 80(?)-100
|-
| Tundra
| 100-299
| N/A
| Freezing
| 0-66
|-
| Grassland
| 100-299
| 0-66
| Non-Freezing
| 0-66
|-
| Hills
| 100-299
| 0-66
| Non-Freezing
| 66-100
|}
note1 drainage: 00-32 sand desert, 33-49 rocky wasteland, 50-65 rocky wasteland but different characters/appearance, 66-100 badlands

==== Minimum Initial Square Count ====

'''Note: The exclusive purpose of these parameters is to cause world rejection.'''

This is the minimum number of squares of the given biome that must exist before things like erosion take place. One thing to keep in mind is the maximum number of squares on a map of a given size - if the total number of squares on a map is lower than the sum of all square count parameters, then you will get infinite world rejection.

To determine the number of squares on a map, just multiply the dimensions. In practice these parameters will need to sum to lower than the maximum because some space is needed for "slack".

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Map Size
! Number of Squares
|-
| 17×17
| 289
|-
| 33×33
| 1089
|-
| 65×65
| 4225
|-
| 129×129
| 16614
|-
| 257×257
| 66049
|}

==== Minimum Initial Region Count ====

This is the minimum number of regions of contiguous biome squares that must exist before other processes such as erosion take place.

==== Minimum Final Region Count ====

This many regions of the given biome must exist after erosion and similar phases of generation have been completed.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:SWAMP:<init sq>:<init rg>:<final rg>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:SWAMP:1032:7:6]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:DESERT:<init sq>:<init rg>:<final rg>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:DESERT:1032:7:6]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:FOREST:<init sq>:<init rg>:<final rg>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:FOREST:4128:13:12]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:MOUNTAINS:<init sq>:<init rg>:<final rg>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:MOUNTAINS:8256:9:9]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:OCEAN:<init sq>:<init rg>:<final rg>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:OCEAN:8256:7:6]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:GLACIER:<init sq>:<init rg>:<final rg>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:GLACIER:0:0:0]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:TUNDRA:<init sq>:<init rg>:<final rg>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:TUNDRA:0:0:0]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:GRASSLAND:<init sq>:<init rg>:<final rg>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:GRASSLAND:8256:13:12]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:HILLS:<init sq>:<init rg>:<final rg>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[REGION_COUNTS:HILLS:8256:13:12]</nowiki></tt>
|}

=== Erosion Cycle Count ===

Tells the world generator how long the world has to erode its tall peaks down to mountainsides during the 'running rivers...' stage of world creation. The higher this number, the less jagged the world will be, and the more wide the major rivers will be. If you use the maximum number, your mountains will dissolve before your eyes into plains which can lead to rejections if there aren't enough mountains to use for river start points and dwarven civilization origin points.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[EROSION_CYCLE_COUNT:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[EROSION_CYCLE_COUNT:250]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 0 to 1000
|}

=== Minimum/Desired River Start Locations ===

This is the minimum number of riverheads that must exist before and after erosion takes place. Worlds will be rejected if they fail to meet these numbers. As with minimum biome counts, raising this number doesn't automatically create this many riverheads. Other conditions like terrain and rainfall must exist for rivers to form.

Extremely high pre-erosion values speed erosion greatly, while low post erosion values are useful for limiting rejects due to lack of river origin points. One can try the 800 value to get more lakes.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[RIVER_MINS:<min pre-erosion>:<des post-erosion>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[RIVER_MINS:200:400]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 0 to 800
|}

=== Periodically Erode Extreme Cliffs ===

If enabled, makes every impassable rock wall into a series of ramps. Some prefer to pump up erosion to about 250, and turn the "Desired pre-erosion river count" to 0 for good erosion and no extra canyons.

Normally this is set to Yes (1).

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[PERIODICALLY_ERODE_EXTREMES:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[PERIODICALLY_ERODE_EXTREMES:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|}

=== Do Orographic Precipitation and Rain Shadows ===

Toggle that allows terrain height to affect rainfall. For example, moist air coming from the ocean blows over the land. As the terrain gets higher, it forces the moist air up, causing it to rain on the seaward side of a mountain. Eventually, all the rain has fallen if the mountain is tall enough. So, when the breeze goes over the top, there's no moisture left to fall on the other side, creating a rain-shadow. In the current version, regions where drainage is above 50 will also create rain shadows, regardless of the underlying biome and elevation.{{cite forum|140685/5484064}}

Turning this on should create a tendency for more extreme rainfall in regions, creating more forests, deserts, marshlands, and grasslands. Also note that it can create rainfall outside of min-max rainfall settings, so even in a world with a 0 max rainfall you may get rainfall biomes. Turning it off should result in more controllable, less complex rainfall conditions based on rainfall parameters as it adds a random element which can distort or otherwise mess up the climates on a pregenerated map.

This should be disabled if you're importing a map or using a preset map file that has weather.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[OROGRAPHIC_PRECIPITATION:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[OROGRAPHIC_PRECIPITATION:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|}

=== Maximum Number of Subregions ===

This is the number of separate biomes (the flashing regions you see on embark when you hit F1, F2, etc. when there's more than one biome on the embark location) that are allowed to exist on the entire map.

Setting this to very low values will result in numerous rejections depending on [[#X and Y Variance|variance parameters]]. If variance values are set to high numbers, many small biomes will be created causing rejection if this parameter value is not increased beyond the default.

Increasing the value of this tag is often a must when generating "patchwork" worlds with lots of biome variance, but simply increasing it without increasing variance parameters will not guarantee more biomes.

It is also interesting to note that the maximum subregions is 5000 which is more than the total number of squares for a pocket or small map. However, for a medium or large map (16641 or 66049 squares) it quickly becomes a mere fraction of the total number of possible subregions. In fact it would be quite easy on a large map to end up with far too many subregions and get endless rejections of this type.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[SUBREGION_MAX:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[SUBREGION_MAX:2750]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 1 to 5000
|}

=== Cavern Parameters ===
[[Caverns]] are the hollow areas underground, which dwarves tend to encounter when they're digging around. The '''Cavern Layer Number''' parameter determines how many cavern systems will be generated, not including the magma layer or the Bottom layer. Defaults to three - setting it to lower values could help FPS. Setting it to 2 will merge cavern 3 species into the 2nd cavern, and setting it to 1 will merge all into one cavern. However, disabling them entirely by setting it to 0 will make it impossible to grow any underground plants, as none will exist for your civilization to cultivate, nor will they be available on embark.

*Setting caverns to a sub-3 number (Spoiler, highlight to view) erases about one-third of HFS spires{{Bug|10267}} and prevents dig deep disasters. Additionally, random plant or animal species can be more frequently absent.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_COUNT:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_COUNT:3]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 0 to 3
|}

==== Cavern Layout Parameters ====

Open caverns and dense passageways are not mutually exclusive. When both are raised, bizarre results can occur, such as layers showing a combination of open caverns, a cluster of network passages, and natural walls sprinkling the inside of an otherwise open cavern. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=76355.msg1936859#msg1936859 Reference]

If you want the largest open spaces possible, then decrease the density and increase the openness. If you want a labyrinth of passageways, lower the openness and raise the passage density.

Another interesting note about the cavern layers is that the seed and number of demon types affect the layout of the caverns.

<gallery widths=200 heights=200 perrow=2>
File:Open00Density100.jpg|Cavern slice with Openness of 0 and Density of 100
File:Open100Density00.jpg|Cavern slice with Openness of 100 and Density of 0
File:Open100Density100.jpg|Cavern slice with Openness of 100 and Density of 100
File:Open50Density50.jpg|Cavern slice with Openness of 50 and Density of 50
</gallery>

===== Layer Openness min/max =====

Dictates the size of cavern passages. When Passage Density (see below) is set to minimum (0), caverns will be open expanses. Raising the maximum will increase the size of the caverns.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MIN:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MIN:0]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="2" | Range: 0 to 100
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MAX:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_OPENNESS_MAX:100]</nowiki></tt>
|}

===== Layer Passage Density min/max =====

Determines how many passages form the cavern. If openness (see above) is set to minimum and density increased, then you will get a maze-like network of small criss-crossing passages. Raising the values further increases the number of the maze-like passages.

Caverns will be large, open spaces at 0, and comprised of many small vertical shafts of rock at 100. Setting both values to be the same results in a uniform look for the caverns.{{Verify}}

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MIN:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MIN:0]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="2" | Range: 0 to 100
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MAX:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_PASSAGE_DENSITY_MAX:100]</nowiki></tt>
|}

===== Layer Water min/max =====

Determines the minimum and maximum percentage of water each cavern can contain.

Caverns with a water level of 10 or higher can support creatures and plants from the "Subterranean Water" biome, and caverns with a water level of 90 or lower can support the "Subterranean Chasm" biome; levels of 10-90 support ''both'' biomes, while levels below 10 or above 90 support only one.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MIN:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MIN:0]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="2" | Range: 0 to 100
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MAX:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVERN_LAYER_WATER_MAX:100]</nowiki></tt>
|}

==== Magma Layer ====

This parameter controls whether the [[magma sea]] exists.

Setting 1/Yes causes the magma layer to exist, value 0/No prevents it. Appears not to have any impact on volcanoes nor volcanism, so even if 0/No, there will still be embark locations with magma. If a [[volcano]] exists, it appears to always tap the magma sea, but the magma sea will not be revealed by revealing the volcano.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_1:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_1:1]</nowiki></tt>
|}

==== Bottom Layer ====

Determines if the space below the magma sea exists. If Yes the "HFS" layer is always present. Normally you want to leave this set to Yes for maximum fun.

If enabled, this will force the magma layer above it.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_2:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[HAVE_BOTTOM_LAYER_2:1]</nowiki></tt>
|}

=== Z Levels (Depth) Settings ===

These parameters control the "thickness" of various "layers" on the map. Note that a "layer" in this case does not refer to one Z-level, but refers to a number of related Z-levels such as "levels above ground".

The following table assumes that you have 3 cavern layers. (out of a minimum of 0-3) The Levels Above Layer settings control how many Z-Levels are above each layer. A layer may itself consist of multiple Z-Levels (and almost always does).

{|style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0;background:#F9F9F9;border:1px #AAA solid;border-collapse:collapse;" class="wikitable"
|-style="background:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;"
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;" width="120"|Setting Name
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;" width="200"|Token
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Description
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Above Ground
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| <nowiki>[LEVELS_ABOVE_GROUND:<number>]</nowiki>
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| The number of Z-levels of air above the highest surface level. Has no impact on how many Z-levels deep the surface layer is.
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Above layer 1
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| <nowiki>[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_1:<number>]</nowiki>
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Z-levels of stone above the first cavern layer. Making this higher will guarantee ''at least'' that many levels to build your fortress, but will have no impact on how many z-levels thick the surface layer is. Also, the top of a cavern may be higher than the rest of a cavern, so in practice there will be more "solid" levels than this above the cavern.
As of version 0.31.25 this setting is inaccurate. The actual number of z-levels may vary in a range of approx. ±5, which may result in non-existence of any solid z-levels between a surface layer and first cavern layer.
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Above Layer 2
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| <nowiki>[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_2:<number>]</nowiki>
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Z-levels of earth between the very top of the second cavern and the very bottom of the first cavern.
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Above Layer 3
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| <nowiki>[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_3:<number>]</nowiki>
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Z-levels of earth between the very top of the third cavern and the very bottom of the second cavern.
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Above Layer 4
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| <nowiki>[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_4:<number>]</nowiki>
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Z-levels of earth between the very highest magma and the very bottom of the third cavern. Spoiler Hidden (select invisible text to read): Making this high will give a large area for HFS veins, so that it never touches caverns, giving more to mine '''if''' it was impacting the cavern previously.
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Above Layer 5
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| <nowiki>[LEVELS_ABOVE_LAYER_5:<number>]</nowiki>
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Uncertain. May control the number of levels of "Semi Molten Rock" between HFS and Magma, may control number of levels of magma, may impact both. In experimentation, the overall depth of all magma sea and semi-molten rock levels appears to increase, but not consistent enough to say for certain. Only valid if Magma Layer present. Spoiler Hidden:Often the HFS vein will only extend as high as the highest magma, making this the only guaranteed way to increase amount of HFS to mine, but unfortunately also creating enormous useless semi-molten z-levels
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| At Bottom
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| <nowiki>[LEVELS_AT_BOTTOM:<number>]</nowiki>
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Appears to be number of levels of HFS chamber. Only valid if Bottom Layer present, often having no impact. Values larger than default result in strange things.
|}

Some implications:
* The number of surface layers (e.g. soil), at this time, cannot be controlled. For example, on a map with 1 layer of peat, then a layer of silt, then a layer of obsidian, there is no control to let you increase either one to be, say, 20 z-levels. (though you may get lucky with the obsidian).
* There can be multiple stone layers between the cavern and the surface, so, increasing Levels Above Layer 1 may give you more conglomerate or more granite, and you have no control over which stone layer spans those Z-levels.
* The layers shown on embark span across the cavern layers in an unknown and inconsistent way. Sometimes those 10 different layers of stone are evenly distributed over your 400 z-level deep map, sometimes the first 9 get 1 z-level each and the last gets the other 391 levels. No way to control found yet.
* The HFS chamber, if present, will always extend into the rock layers, and appears to always make contact with the bottom cave. Large values for levels above layer 5 and layer 4 can result in enormous chambers, but the number of levels at the top (the part with undead) appears to be unaffected.
* Unconfirmed whether number of levels between caverns has any impact on cavern height. There will be connecting ramps and/or shafts between cavern layers no matter how many levels are between them.
* '''Very Important''': These values appear to apply across a whole 16x16 region, not just embark areas. That means that if a 16x16 region is completely flat, but has one tall mountain in one far corner, even if you set Levels Above Ground low (e.g. 2 z-levels) you still have all the empty air of the highest mountain in every embark tile (e.g. 200 z-levels). Also can happen to the semi-molten layer, and can lead to unexpected behavior.
* Very large or small values can cause strange things to happen.

=== Minimum/Maximum Natural Cave Size ===
It's not clear what effect these currently have, other than changing them can change the location of caves somewhat.{{verify}}

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVE_MIN_SIZE:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVE_MIN_SIZE:5]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="2" | Range: 1 to 500
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVE_MAX_SIZE:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[CAVE_MAX_SIZE:25]</nowiki></tt>
|}

=== Number of Caves ===
The number of caves generated in mountainous and non-mountainous regions, mountain caves will always be generated on the edge of mountain ranges next to non-mountainous regions. Lurking [[kobold]]s set up shop in caves, and store their stolen items there - a setting of 0 in both will stop kobold civilizations from appearing. Special note: a cave is not initially a [[lair]], although beasts can later use them as their lair.
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:100]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="2" | Range: 0 to 800
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[NON_MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[NON_MOUNTAIN_CAVE_MIN:200]</nowiki></tt>
|}

=== Number of Mythical Sites ===
The number of [[mysterious dungeon|mysterious sites]] generated around the world. The extended effects of setting this to 0 has not been determined{{verify|is chosen still available? is quest still given? etc.}}.
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[MYTHICAL_SITE_NUM:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[MYTHICAL_SITE_NUM:200]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="2" | Range: 0 to 800
|}

=== Make Caves Visible ===
If set to no (default) then the location of caves will not be marked on the map. If set to yes, caves will appear on the map so that they may be sought out or avoided as desired.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ALL_CAVES_VISIBLE:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ALL_CAVES_VISIBLE:0]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|}

=== Allow Init Options to Show Tunnels ===

If enabled, you will be able to see the underground tunnels often built by dwarves on the world map, and they will appear as black lines, similar to roads.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[SHOW_EMBARK_TUNNEL:<0-2>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[SHOW_EMBARK_TUNNEL:2]</nowiki></tt>
| 0 = No 1 = Only in Finder 2 = Always
|}

=== Number of Civilizations ===

This number of [[civilization]]s will be placed on the map before history generation begins. These civilizations may later die out due to historical events. It is noteworthy that the chance for any given civilization to be destroyed through megabeasts decreases with a higher total number of civilizations present[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=7348f68f41a9659443c05b2acf534e6c&topic=112465.15 data]. The five races are dwarf, elf, human, goblin, and kobold; they will generally be placed in equal numbers until the quota has been reached. If there are not enough biomes or other worldgen prerequisites for an even distribution, certain civs will be much more or less frequent than others[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=7348f68f41a9659443c05b2acf534e6c&topic=112465.15 data]. If there is an odd number of civs (not divisible by 5), then the remainder is distributed randomly. Kobold civs require caves to be placed; if no caves exist, then kobolds are skipped and will not appear. This does not cause rejections [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=112465.msg3415125#msg3415125 data]. Goblin civilizations require multiple demons, see the [[#Number_of_Demon_Types|number of demon types]] section above.

Note that a high value here can cause lots of map rejections, particularly on smaller maps as there simply isn't enough room or regions to put them all in.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[TOTAL_CIV_NUMBER:<number>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[TOTAL_CIV_NUMBER:40]</nowiki></tt>
| Range: 0 to 300
|}

=== Playable Civilization Required ===

If this is set to yes (default) then worlds will be rejected if no civilization with [[Entity token|CIV_CONTROLLABLE]] can be placed. In an unmodded game, only the dwarves have this token.

If set to no, the result may be a world that cannot be played in Fortress Mode.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[PLAYABLE_CIVILIZATION_REQUIRED:<1 or 0>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[PLAYABLE_CIVILIZATION_REQUIRED:1]</nowiki></tt>
| 1/0 = Yes/No
|}

=== Minimum Number of Mid/Low/High Characteristic Squares ===

Sets the minimum possible number of squares of certain ranges of each of the region qualities, such as elevation, rain, drainage, volcanism, savagery, and temperature. These need to be changed to reflect your regional meshes and weights, and are responsible for a HUGE number of map rejections. These values can all be set to 0 for much fewer map rejections, particularly in the case of more wacky, non-standard maps.

These values will cause worlds to be rejected unless at least the given number of squares of the given type are randomly generated. Setting these values too high could result in worlds always being rejected if other parameters such as the maximum/minimums for elevation, etc., don't allow enough of those squares to get generated.

{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
! Token
! Example
! Notes
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[ELEVATION_RANGES:<low sq>:<mid sq>:<high sq>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[ELEVATION_RANGES:8256:16512:8256]</nowiki></tt>
| rowspan="5" | Minimum number of squares that must have low, medium, and high amounts of the given attribute. 
0 = No minimum
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[RAIN_RANGES:<low sq>:<mid sq>:<high sq>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[RAIN_RANGES:8256:16512:8256]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[DRAINAGE_RANGES:<low sq>:<mid sq>:<high sq>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[DRAINAGE_RANGES:8256:16512:8256]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[SAVAGERY_RANGES:<low sq>:<mid sq>:<high sq>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[SAVAGERY_RANGES:8256:16512:8256]</nowiki></tt>
|-
| <tt><nowiki>[VOLCANISM_RANGES:<low sq>:<mid sq>:<high sq>]</nowiki></tt>
| <tt><nowiki>[VOLCANISM_RANGES:8256:16512:8256]</nowiki></tt>
|}

==World rejection==

:''Main article: [[World rejection]]''

If you are having the common problem of generated worlds always being rejected by the world generator, see [[v0.31:World rejection|Solving World Rejection Problems (v0.31 page)]] as it contains many detailed suggestions on how to troubleshoot and solve these issues.

== Parameter set examples ==

If you're trying to do something specific, then the [[Worldgen examples]] - complete parameter sets that can be copied directly into your ''world_gen.txt'' file and customized as desired - might be helpful.
If none of the examples suit your needs, [[Worldgen tricks]] has strategies and tips on making a world just right for you.

For many, many more examples see:
* [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=101280 DF2012 (v0.34) WorldGen "Cookbook" Thread]
* [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=140180 DF2014 (v0.40) WorldGen "Cookbook" Thread]
* [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=168543.0 DF2014 (v0.44.02+) WorldGen "Cookbook" Thread]
* [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=175538 DF2014 (v0.47.01+) WorldGen "Cookbook" Thread]
* [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180805.0 DF2022 (v0.50.01+) WorldGen "Cookbook" Thread]

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Wealth

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[[File:wealth_preview.png|right]]Your '''created wealth''' is the sum product of all the labors of your fortress. It is visible on the [[Status#Fortress name and status|wealth tooltip]]* once you have a [[broker]] with the [[appraisal]] [[skill]] and a [[bookkeeper]] maintaining your records, and will update with the continual maintenance of your [[stocks]] by the bookkeeper.

: ''(* On the left of the bar at the top of your screen is your basic fortress info, its name and size. Mouse-hovering over this area reveals the wealth tooltip, a basic breakdown of the fortress' [[wealth]].)

Wealth is the sum of all objects of [[item value|value]] in your fortress, including raw materials like [[stone]]s and [[metal bar]]s, [[building]]s, engravings, and every kind of created good, all of which contribute to your total wealth to various degrees. [[Corpse]]s (''other than certain [[bone]]s, as seen below'') and [[remains]] of creatures have no wealth value.

[[Artifact]] items are usually one of the largest influences on fortress wealth, especially artifacts made out of or [[decorate]]d using valuable materials.

The display of your wealth on the main status screen is broken up into several categories: [[weapon]]s, [[armor]] and [[Clothing|garb]], [[furniture]], other objects (like [[finished goods]]), architecture ([[building]]s, [[constructions]], [[engravings]] and such), [[Display furniture|displayed]], and held/worn (items created internally that have been claimed by dwarves, like clothing). Also the displayed total created wealth is always the sum of the aforementioned categories, but if for any category the shown (wealth) number has either a tilde as a prefix (which means that the value is only an estimate) or a question mark as a suffix (which means that the value is actually only a guess and can be way off mark), then the calculated value for that category is off (and the brokers appraisal skill level is to low to give a better or precise estimate), and thus the total created wealth value will also be wrong (allthough that number will never have a tilde as a prefix or question mark as a suffix).

See [[account]]s for the more abstract wealth count, used in [[world generation]] to determine building ownership and help ground various acts of corruption and [[villain]]y.

== Imports and exports ==
[[File:Wealth-tooltip.png|thumb|right|327px|[[Status#Fortress name and status|Wealth tooltip]] in Premium. Accuracy is based on your current [[Bookkeeper|Bookkeeping]].]]
Items made off-site are not counted in your total fortress wealth, and are instead listed as imports. This only applies so long as the object is unchanged; a decorated imported object will be made your own, and its value will be moved from imports to wealth. This is important when trading with caravans, as they will not accept goods stolen or lost by a previous caravan of that civilization. It is listed under "Imported Wealth".

Similarly, items made in the fortress that leave the map after being traded to a [[caravan]] are counted as exports, listed under "Exported Wealth."

== Influences ==
Wealth influences various game features. Having more fortress wealth increases the amount of [[migrant]]s you get per wave. Assuming that you are equipped to handle the new dwarves, this is usually a good thing. However, having an ''extreme'' surplus of wealth can cause your fortress to grow so quickly that the migrant arrivals outpace your ability to house and feed them or give them useful things to do. Drowning in migrants is a very real danger; make sure you are always equipped with surplus food, drink, beds and work stations.

A certain level of exports and overall wealth is required to acquire economically-linked [[holding]]s. However, for smaller sites, fortress wealth is the more important factor in determining economic linkage. Also, having a certain amount of fortress wealth and exported wealth is required to ascend the [[noble]] ladder: a [[baron]] requires 100,000 units of wealth overall and 10,000 wealth worth of exports. These values increase to 200,000 in overall wealth and 20,000 in exports for a [[count]], and 300,000 units of wealth with 30,000 in exports for a [[duke]]. The [[monarch]] has some fairly complicated requirements based on a few different categories.

On the negative side, having more wealth attracts more frequent and larger attacks from enemies. At first, this will be an above-average amount of [[thief|thieves]], but as the game progresses and your wealth continues to grow, this will develop into [[ambush]]es or [[siege]]s from opposing factions and visits from [[megabeast]]s. This keeps the game from being boring, but too much [[fun]] is also a bad thing; if you have a hard time dealing with the numerous waves of immigrants, you're probably not equipped to deal with a full-on siege.

== Building and limiting wealth==
Building wealth is simple -- just commit more people to useful industries and continue growing. You will want to establish a major [[industry]] and commit a number of skilled dwarves to it, allowing you to spend grand sums on caravans and get everything you absolutely need quickly and painlessly. If you intend to go this route, be sure to create plenty of extra [[bin]]s to ease the transfer of items to the trade depot and prevent stockpiles from becoming too full.

When first starting out, it's typically best to not focus on building fortress wealth too much until you have an effective military that can deal with the [[Megabeast|fun]] [[Werebeasts|things]] that such wealth can cause. However, in your first year, you probably want to create goods to be able to [[trade]] with the autumn dwarven [[caravan]], in order to obtain goods that are not available at your location, or that your fortress cannot produce on its own yet. A simple way to create a decent amount of wealth without much effort is to [[cook]] a surplus of [[lavish meal]]s. Be cautious about selling prepared meals to the [[Elf|elves]] though, as food with meat-based ingredients, and the wooden barrels in which the meals are likely stored, are [[Trading#Unacceptable_items|unacceptable]] to them.

[[Metal]]s are great materials for creating wealth. In particular, many locations have an [[ore]] of [[iron]] or [[silver]] - both are of moderate value and can be made into [[weapon]]s, [[furniture]] or crafts, while [[statue]]s make for high-value furniture. Certain butchered [[animal]]s have high-value bones or skulls. [[Ceramic]]s, especially [[stoneware]] made from [[fire clay]] can provide a continuous source of decent valued goods. Rough [[gem]]s can be hard to find, but a highly skilled [[gem setter]] can decorate objects to add considerable value to furniture or crafts.

On the opposite side, there are the fortresses that would much rather establish a baseline of sorts before embarking on an expansionist binge - getting a full defensive militia or defensive structures up, for instance, or penetrating an [[aquifer]] without having to waste precious reserves on more dwarves and more enemies. These players concentrate on low-value activities like carpentry, masonry, and mining, and only produce enough trade goods to get what is necessary from the caravans. Although they are slower to grow, they also afford their players more time to plan and to lay the groundwork for the future of the fortress.

Note that, no matter what, you ''will'' have to deal with ''some'' growth -- besides the natural expansion of your fortress, there's also the issue of [[artifact]]s. Do what you will, but every once in a while a dwarf will [[Strange mood|claim a workshop]] and produce a valuable trinket, and all you can hope for is that it's not worth too much. It's worth noting that artifact furniture is counted three separate times toward created wealth: as furniture, as architecture, and as displayed. You may wish to hold off on installing that legendary [[coffer]] that's worth three times as much as your fortress when just sitting in a stockpile.

Most players choose to walk the middle line, getting together the necessary industries, but concentrating on the [[metal industry]] early on, to get together their arms and armor. Although [[steel]] is worth its weight in [[gold]], it is much more useful deflecting goblin arrows from your fortress defenders than as a [[statue]] decorating your [[Meeting area|lobby]].

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| elvish = rano
| goblin = sloron
| human = ostri
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Settings

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Settings for ''Dwarf Fortress'' can be accessed with a button on the main menu, which can be accessed in-game with {{Menu icon|Esc}}. They are divided into six groups; Video, Audio, Game, Keybindings, Announcements, and Difficulty. They are stored in several different files, including [[init.txt]], [[d_init.txt]], and [[interface.txt]], with current values in the <code>prefs\</code> folder and default values in the <code>data\init\</code> folder. The default files in <code>data\init\</code> include explanations of each setting, including possible values. The files in both <code>data\init\</code> and <code>prefs\</code> are read when ''Dwarf Fortress'' starts, in that order, with the last value read for each option being used. The location of the <code>prefs\</code> folder depends on various factors, see [[Game folders and files]]. Not all of the settings can be changed in game, including [[colors.txt]], [[arena.txt]], and some keybindings.

== Video ==
These settings change how the game looks and are all stored in <code>prefs\init.txt</code> and defaults in <code>data\init\init_default.txt</code>.
* '''Windowed or Fullscreen''' - the highlighted button is the active one and they correspond with [WINDOWED:YES] or [WINDOWED:NO] in the files. [WINDOWED:PROMPT] can be set in the files to make the game ask when starting up, in which case neither button will be highlighted.
* '''Resolution''' - the screen mode the game uses when in fullscreen mode, 'Detect' corresponds with [FULLSCREENX:0] and [FULLSCREENY:0] in the files.
* '''Scale interface''' - whether to scale the font used to draw interface elements such as the menus and minimap to a specific number of character cells, [INTERFACE_SCALING_TO_DESIRED_GRID:YES] in the files.
* '''Desired grid width and height''' - how much to scale the interface, in how many character cells wide and tall the interface should be. [INTERFACE_SCALING_DESIRED_GRID_WIDTH:170] and [INTERFACE_SCALING_DESIRED_GRID_HEIGHT:64] in the files. No effect if [INTERFACE_SCALING_TO_DESIRED_GRID:NO] is used.
* '''Interface scale percentage''' - percentage to scale the interface character cell size up when not scaling to specified grid counts, not every value makes a difference since the interface won't display a partial character at the edges. [INTERFACE_SCALING_PERCENTAGE:100] in the files, no effect if [INTERFACE_SCALING_TO_DESIRED_GRID:YES] is used.
* '''Initial window size''' - when not fullscreen, [WINDOWEDX:1200] and [WINDOWEDY:800] in the files.
* '''Window resizable''' - when not fullscreen, [RESIZABLE:YES] in the files.
* '''Maximum interface width''' - what percentage of the display the overlay interface elements can occupy, useful for extra wide displays to make notifications more visible. [MAXIMUM_INTERFACE_PERCENTAGE:100] in the files. The game will still use the entire window/screen and the minimap and elevation bar will stay at the edge.
* '''Graphical FPS cap''' - how many frames to cap the graphical display rate at. [G_FPS_CAP:50] in the files.
* '''Classic ASCII''' - [USE_CLASSIC_ASCII:NO] in the files.
* '''Scaling mode''' - NEAREST, nearest-neighbor, distorts shapes at some zoom levels; LANCZOS, less distortion but fuzzier at some zoom levels; AUTO, the default, will try to select whichever one is more appropriate depending on the zoom level. [TEXTURE_PARAM:AUTO] in the files.

As the interface gets narrower, some elements will be removed from the [[status]] bar when there's not enough room for all of them; some menus may also display elements under other elements or outside their window.

There are a few other file settings that can affect the display, see [[Technical_tricks#Settings_-_init.txt|technical tricks]].

== Audio ==
These settings change how the game plays sounds and are all stored in <code>prefs\init.txt</code> with defaults in <code>data\init\init_default.txt</code>. All volumes can be from 0 to 255 in the game files, with 255 being 100%.
* '''Master Volume''' - [MASTER_VOLUME:255] in the files.
* '''Music Volume (Fortress)''' - [MUSIC_VOLUME:255] in the files.
* '''Ambience Volume (Fortress)''' - [AMBIENCE_VOLUME:230] in the files.
* '''Sound Effects Volume (Fortress)''' - [SFX_VOLUME:204] in the files.
* '''Average Seconds Between Tracks/Interludes (Fortress)''' - [AVERAGE_TIME_BETWEEN_SONGS:240] in the files. The default of 240 gives a range of 180 to 300 seconds, which is 3 to 5 minutes. Can be anywhere from 10 to 600.
* '''Music Volume (Adventure)'''{{v|51.01}} - [MUSIC_VOLUME_ADV:217] in the files.
* '''Ambience Volume (Adventure)'''{{v|51.01}} - [AMBIENCE_VOLUME_ADV:240] in the files.
* '''Sound Effects Volume (Adventure)'''{{v|51.01}} - [SFX_VOLUME_ADV:230] in the files.

The classic version of the game available on the website only includes the original songs, so most of these will have no effect without the [[premium version]] or mods.

All sound can be disabled completely with [SOUND:NO] in the files. If so, the rest of these settings will be replaced by text explaining that sound is disabled and how to enable it.

== Game ==
These settings change how the game plays and most are stored in <code>prefs\d_init.txt</code> with defaults in <code>data\init\d_init_default.txt</code>, but some are in <code>prefs\init.txt</code> with defaults in <code>data\init\init_default.txt</code>.

=== Display all errors ===
* '''Display all errorlogs on screen'''{{v|53.15}} - when set to yes, all errors will be shown on screen. [DISPLAY_ALL_ERRORLOGS:NO] in init.txt, YES or NO.

=== Portable mode ===
* '''Portable mode'''{{v|52.01}} - when set to NO, the game stores mods, preferences, and saves in a folder specific to the user, (see [[game folders and files]] for details) when set to YES, it stores them in the game folder. Changing this only changes where the files will be written the next time, it does not immediately move them, or change anything else about them. Changing this to YES creates the empty file <code>prefs\portable.txt</code>, changing back to NO removes it; manually creating or removing the file changes the setting.

=== Autosaves ===
{{for/see|more information about autosaves|[[Saved_game_folder#Save_folder_format|Saved game folder]]}}
* '''Autosave frequency''' - when to autosave, [AUTOSAVE:SEMIANNUAL] in d_init.txt, NONE, SEASONAL, SEMIANNUALLY, or YEARLY.
* '''Autosave at embark''' - [INITIAL_SAVE:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO. Additionally to initial saving the game: If set to YES (and the game is paused in the beginning) then the game is paused (and saved) before a dwarf gets assigned to fishing duty (if water to fish in is available), otherwise (meaning this option is set to NO), if there is water, a dwarf is assigned to fishing duty (even if the game is paused in the beginning).

=== Pausing ===
* '''Pause after autosave''' - [AUTOSAVE_PAUSE:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Pause after loading''' - [PAUSE_ON_LOAD:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.

=== Embark ===
* '''Always confirm embark''' - asks for confirmation of the embark location even if there are no warnings such as for [[aquifer]]s, dangerous [[surroundings]], etc, [EMBARK_WARNING_ALWAYS:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Confirm preparations''' - [POST_PREPARE_EMBARK_CONFIRMATION:IF_POINTS_REMAIN] in d_init.txt, ALWAYS, IF_POINTS_REMAIN, or NO.
* '''Show tunnels when embarking''' - for dwarven [[tunnel]]s, shown as a black dashed line or grey double line with classic ASCII, [SHOW_EMBARK_TUNNEL:FINDER] in d_init.txt, FINDER, ALWAYS, or NO.{{verify|is there a difference between ALWAYS and FINDER now?}} More restrictive world generation settings will override these.
* '''Default embark width and height''' - also determines what is considered a normal embark size and will only warn when the actual embark is larger than this many (width × height) tiles, [EMBARK_RECTANGLE:4:4] in d_init.txt, 2 to 16. See Maximum embark dimension below. (This option is actually listed after the feature toggles on the tab in game.)
* '''Maximum embark dimension''' - maximum width or height for an embark, larger sizes may be buggy and need much more memory, [MAXIMUM_EMBARK_DIM:6] in d_init.txt, 6 to 16. (This option is actually listed in game near the bottom of the tab, before the dye and scroll options.)

=== Feature toggles ===
* '''Enable temperature''' - If temperature calculations are off, only a few direct temperature changes will take place; for example, magma will set tiles to high temperatures, but those tiles will never cool, making them unpathable until this setting is enabled. Effects that rely on temperature calculations, such as water freezing, melting, or evaporating, or creatures and items taking temperature-related damage, will not occur. May somewhat affect FPS, but be aware of the likely pathing issues, [TEMPERATURE:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Enable weather''' - toggles rain and snow, rarely affects FPS, [WEATHER:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.{{verify|does this affect wind or evil weather?}}
* '''Enable caveins''' - toggles [[cave-ins]], [CAVEINS:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Enable artifact moods''' - toggles [[strange mood]]s and the resulting [[artifact]]s, [ARTIFACTS:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.{{verify|does this affect world gen artifacts?}}
* '''Enable testing arena''' - [TESTING_ARENA:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Walking spreads spatter (fort mode)''' - toggle the spread of blood spatter and other [[contaminant]]s by creatures on ground tiles in fortress mode. As spatter can infinitely spread, it is recommended to leave this as "NO". [WALKING_SPREADS_SPATTER_DWF:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Walking spreads spatter (adv mode)'''{{v|51.01}} - toggle the spread of blood spatter and other [[contaminant]]s by creatures on ground tiles in adventure mode. As spatter can help with tracking creatures, it is recommended to leave this as "YES". [WALKING_SPREADS_SPATTER_ADV:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Enable keyboard cursor''' - allows for using the keyboard controls for some designations, [KEYBOARD_CURSOR:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO. Arrow keys {{k|↑←↓→}} move one tile, {{k|WASD}} 10 tiles, and {{k|Shift|WASD|sep=+}} 20 tiles; also see [[Settings#Keyboard_scroll_amounts|Keyboard scroll amounts]] section below.
* '''Log world rejects''' - logs the reasons worlds were rejected in ``[[map_rejection_log.txt]]``, useful in [[advanced world generation]] and [[modding]], [LOG_MAP_REJECTS:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO. ''Dwarf Fortress'' will keep adding to the file, so you may want to trim or delete it occasionally.
* '''Multithreading''' - limited multithreading, mainly for line of sight calculations, [MULTITHREADING:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Classic varied ground tiles'''{{v|51.05}} - if changed to NO, ground tiles will be displayed only with periods in ASCII mode, has no effect in graphics mode. [CLASSIC_VARIED_GROUND_TILES:YES] in d_init.txt. (This option is actually listed in game near the bottom of the tab, before the scroll options.)
* '''Show rectangle dimensions'''{{v|51.06}} - if changed to NO, hides the size display when drawing selection rectangles, [SHOW_RECTANGLE_DIMENSIONS:YES] in d_init.txt. (This option is actually listed in game near the bottom of the tab, before the scroll options.)

=== Pathing costs ===
* '''Path costs''' - extreme changes to these may cause more lag, [PATH_COST:1:2:5:25] in d_init.txt, 1 to 1000.
* '''Storage path cost decreases''' - controls how aggressively dwarves place objects in a container with like items (rather than an empty container). The default combine options are very aggressive. All in d_init.txt, 2 to 1000.
** [STORE_DIST_ITEM_DECREASE:20] - for each object found in a container, one tile is removed from its apparent distance to the dwarf, up to this cap
** [STORE_DIST_SEED_COMBINE:1000] - a bag with seeds already in it will appear this many tiles closer
** [STORE_DIST_BUCKET_COMBINE:1000] - a bucket with the same liquid already in it will appear this many tiles closer
** [STORE_DIST_BARREL_COMBINE:1000] - a barrel with the same item type already in it will appear this many tiles closer
** [STORE_DIST_BIN_COMBINE:1000] - a bin with the same item type already in it will appear this many tiles closer

=== Population and seed capacities ===
* '''Population caps''' - can be changed at will to limit migration, strict also prevents births, [POPULATION_CAP:200] and [STRICT_POPULATION_CAP:220] in d_init.txt, 0 to 5000. Certain game features are triggered by population number, see [[difficulty]]. Some of those features may also cause the actual population to slightly go over these.
* '''Children limits''' - how many and what percentage of total there can be at a time, [BABY_CHILD_CAP:100:1000] in d_init.txt, 0 to 1000. Only prevents further pregnancies, so migrant children, multiple births and existing pregnancies from old saves can still push you over the cap. Setting either number to zero will disallow new pregnancies in the fortress.
* '''Visitor cap''' - This does not include merchants, diplomats, animals or invaders, but only those dropping by for a temporary visit to a tavern, library or temple, or those seeking permanent employment. Once you accept a petition from a visitor to stay at your fort, they no longer count against the cap, even if they never become a full citizen. [VISITOR_CAP:100] in d_init.txt, 0 to 5000.
* '''Dead units cull''' - During a season changeover, the game checks if there's a certain number of units in play. If it is above this amount, it removes all the unimportant dead units who died at least two years ago. [CULL_DEAD_UNITS_AT:1000] in d_init.txt, 100 to 5000.
* '''Seed caps''' - per type and total, when over the total cap, seeds will be periodically removed, starting with the oldest and most worthless. [SPECIFIC_SEED_CAP:200] 0 to 10000 and [FORTRESS_SEED_CAP:3000] 0 to 30000 in d_init.txt.

=== Information display ===
* '''Engraving display''' - [ENGRAVINGS_START_OBSCURED:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Improvement quality display''' - [SHOW_IMP_QUALITY:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Numeric liquid levels''' - can be toggled in game either with a button next to the minimap or a keybind {{menu icon|f}}, [SHOW_FLOW_AMOUNTS:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Ramp arrows''' - can be toggled in game either with a button next to the minimap or a keybind {{menu icon|r}}, [SHOW_RAMP_ARROWS:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Elevation layers display''' - [NUMBER_OF_LOWER_ELEVATIONS_SHOWN:8] in d_init.txt, 0 to 8.
* '''Engraving historical events''' - [SHOW_ALL_HISTORY_IN_DWARF_MODE:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Nickname display''' - [NICKNAME_DWARF:REPLACE_FIRST], [NICKNAME_ADVENTURE:REPLACE_FIRST], [NICKNAME_LEGENDS:REPLACE_FIRST] in d_init.txt, REPLACE_FIRST, CENTRALIZE (between first and last), or REPLACE_ALL.

=== Grazing coefficient ===
* '''Grazing coefficient''' - how much grazers get from grazing, larger numbers mean less food is needed. [GRAZE_COEFFICIENT:100] in d_init.txt, 1 to 1000000.

=== FPS ===
* '''Show FPS''' - the first number is simulation rate, the number in parentheses is graphical FPS, [FPS:NO] in init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Game FPS cap''' - limits how quickly the game runs the simulation, [FPS_CAP:100] in init.txt, 5 to 1000. This cap can also be temporarily changed on the fly by ~10% with {{k|Alt|Equals|sep=+}} and {{k|Alt|Minus|sep=+}}; if '''Show FPS''' is set to yes, then pressing either of those will briefly show what the cap has been changed to.

=== Input timings ===
* '''Key hold time''' - [KEY_HOLD_MS:250] in init.txt, 100 to 20000.
* '''Key repeat time''' - [KEY_REPEAT_MS:150] in init.txt, 100 to 20000.
* '''Key repeat acceleration''' - [KEY_REPEAT_ACCEL_START:10] 1 to 1000 and [KEY_REPEAT_ACCEL_LIMIT:8] 2 to 100 in init.txt.
* '''Interface shutdown time''' - how long after a view recenter to ignore input, [RECENTER_INTERFACE_SHUTDOWN_MS:0] in init.txt, 0 to 2000.
* '''Macro timing''' - [MACRO_MS:15] in init.txt, 1 to 2000.

=== Compressed saves ===
* '''Compressed saves''' - saves drive space (since running out of space while saving '''will''' corrupt the save) at the expense of slowing down save operations, [COMPRESSED_SAVES:YES] in init.txt, YES or NO.

=== Dye display ===
* '''Display worn clothing dyes (fort mode)'''{{v|50.15}} - if changed to NO, color will be determined by [[profession]], mostly only useful in ASCII mode, [DISPLAY_CLOTHING_WITH_DYES_IN_FORT_MODE:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Display worn clothing dyes (adv mode)'''{{v|51.01}} - if changed to NO, color will be determined by profession, [DISPLAY_CLOTHING_WITH_DYES_IN_ADV_MODE:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.

=== Keyboard scroll amounts ===
* '''Keyboard scroll tiles'''{{v|51.11}} - how many tiles to scroll with the "Move view/cursor" keys (default {{k|WASD}}, the FAST settings are used for {{k|Shift|WASD|sep=+}}) in the normal and world views, as well as the [[Settings#Feature_toggles|keyboard cursor]], though for that, the cursor keys {{k|↑←↓→}} also always move 1 tile, in addition to these values for the "Move view/cursor" keys. 1 to 100, and the following tokens in d_init.txt
**[HORIZONTAL_SCROLL_SPEED:10]
**[HORIZONTAL_SCROLL_SPEED_FAST:20]
**[VERTICAL_SCROLL_SPEED:10]
**[VERTICAL_SCROLL_SPEED_FAST:20]
**[HORIZONTAL_SCROLL_SPEED_WORLD:10]
**[HORIZONTAL_SCROLL_SPEED_WORLD_FAST:20]
**[VERTICAL_SCROLL_SPEED_WORLD:10]
**[VERTICAL_SCROLL_SPEED_WORLD_FAST:20]

== Keybindings ==
{{main|Controls}}{{main|interface.txt}}
These settings change the controls and are all stored in interface.txt.

== Announcements ==
{{main|Announcement}}{{main|announcements.txt}}
Used to control how different announcements are displayed in Dwarf Fortress. This can be useful to add alerts for critical combat events, stopping the recentering on birth events, or reducing the constant chatter of announcements like 'quota filled' or 'someone is visiting'.

== Difficulty ==
{{main|Difficulty}}
This tab is only available when in a fortress game, and these settings are initially set when starting a fortress game. Since they are specific to each save they are stored as part of the save and are not editable outside the game. They are divided into two groups: enemies and economy; enemies can be disabled, both groups have normal and hard presets, and all of the individual settings can be adjusted in '''Custom settings'''. The values used in each preset can be seen by selecting the preset and then viewing them in '''Custom settings'''.

[[ru:Settings]]

Potato

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'''Potatoes''' are an [[aboveground]] [[crop|garden vegetable]]. Potato seeds can be planted in all seasons, while the plants are edible raw or [[cooking|cooked]], and can also be [[brewing|brewed]] into [[alcohol|potato wine]] or processed in a [[dyer's shop]] into beige [[dye]].

Some [[Dwarf|dwarves]] [[preferences|like]] potato plants for their ''edible tubers''.

[[File:Patates.jpg|thumb|center|300px|Admired for its ''edible tubers''.]]

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One can succeed in making an entire dwarven civilization [[fat|obese]] by starting a chain of [[kitchen]]s that serve +potato biscuits+ made with minced potatoes and finely minced cow tallow, and call it McDwarf's.


If you like to waltz with potatoes...

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{{Plants}}

[[Category:Dye sources]]

Squash

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'''Squash''' is an [[aboveground]] [[crop|garden vegetable]] (though botanically a fruit). They can be planted in all seasons and its fruit is edible raw or [[cooking|cooked]].

Some [[Dwarf|dwarves]] [[preferences|like]] squash vines for their ''fruit''.

[[File:Squashes at Kew Gardens IncrEdibles 2013.jpg|thumb|center|300px|Admired for its ''fruit''.]]

{{D for Dwarf}}

Squash are worth 50☼ and are invaluable at [[Attack type#Blunt weapons|crushing]] [[undead]].


If a squash can make you smile...

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Tomato

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'''Tomatoes''' are an [[aboveground]] [[crop|garden vegetable]]. They can be planted in all seasons, the fruit is edible raw or [[cooking|cooked]], (seeds when cooked), and can also be [[brewing|brewed]] into [[alcohol|tomato wine]] or processed in a [[dyer's shop]] into amber [[dye]].

Some [[Dwarf|dwarves]] [[preferences|like]] tomato plants for their ''fruit''.

Note that this plant, along with buckwheat, is only found in worlds with poles and a Medium or Large size, since it's unique to the Tropical Dry Broadleaf forest biome which only generates under those conditions due to a bug.

[[File:Tomato scanned.jpg|thumb|center|300px|Admired for its ''fruit''.]]

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[[Miasma#Rotten items|Withered]] tomatoes are often employed by [[thrower|throwing]] them at [[performer]]s with low [[comedian]] skill who attempt to tell jokes.


If you like to talk to tomatoes...

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{{Plants}}

[[Category:Dye sources]]

Zone

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[[Image:Zones menu v50.03.png|right]]
A '''zone''' is an area where your citizens will work, socialize, rest, or perform specific duties, such as [[fishing]], dumping objects, or collecting [[water]].

== Usage ==
Zones can be placed in any [[revealed tile]], including in [[open space]], over a [[river]], on top of a [[building]] or [[stockpile]], or a [[wall]]. They are placed in one of three ways: rectangular, draw, or (for some zones) multi. From within the Zones [[menu]] ({{menu icon|z}}), selecting a zone type will open the zone creation menu. From here, you can select whether to create a zone in a rectangle (at which point you click the two corners for the zone) or simply draw it (where clicking adds single squares to the zone). You can enable erasing at any time and use rectangle and draw to remove squares from the zone. The number shown indicates how many selected floor tiles can be used for that type of zone. After selecting some tiles, two numbers are shown with a plus sign (+) between; the first is the number of valid tiles already in the zone, and the second is how many would be added with the new selection or tile.

Unlike [[stockpiles]], multiple zones can overlap, though this can greatly reduce their value, see [[Zone#Overlapping_Rooms|below]].

For zone types that require a piece of furniture, you can change from Paint to Multi mode, in which you can draw a rectangle over multiple rooms, and each room valid for that zone type will be a separate zone. The number shown is the number of zones created in the last rectangle drawn, and the undo button will only undo the last rectangle created. This will define each room from the furniture building (either built or only designated) out to the walls (including diagonally); this requires some way for the game to know where the room ends, i.e. walls all around and a way in and out, either a door, stair, or ramp. The [[DFHack]] tool <code>[https://docs.dfhack.org/en/stable/docs/tools/burial.html burial]</code> can create a 1×1 tomb zone for each built coffin, without the need for walls or a door.

Some zones can be further specified into [[location]]s after creation. To do this, first create the relevant zone, then click the Add Location button ([[File:Ui location add.png]]) to further specify it as a location. Multiple zones can be added to a single location, allowing them to span multiple rooms.

In some cases (pen/pasture, pit/pond) additional orders can then be set from the same menu. The location of a zone is only visible while in the Zones menu, and any object lying on the ground will hide the presence of a zone tile. The size of a zone is unlimited.

== Zone Types ==

=== Meeting area ===
[[File:meeting_icon_preview.png|right]]'''Meeting area zones''' are zones in which idle dwarves and animals will congregate. After a meeting area is designated, it can be left as is, or it can be made into a [[tavern]], [[temple]], [[library]], [[guildhall]] or [[hospital]], but animals will not congegrate to meeting areas, which are assigned to certain locations like temple, tavern or guildhall (and presumably, but not yet tested, library or hospital). Additionally, [[immigration|immigrants]] will collect at a meeting area until their "migrant" status wears off. Note that the [[wagon (embark)|wagon]] you [[embark|arrive with]] constitutes a meeting area until you designate the first meeting area of your own (and it will, at least as long as the embark wagon is around, constitute a meeting area for animals, if all other meeting areas are assigned to locations to which animals do not congregate to). If you start in hostile surroundings, it is important to do so, so as to get your dwarves and animals out of danger quickly. It is a good idea to have at least one meeting area of one form or another: It allows you to make off-duty dwarves and animals gather in an area where they are not vulnerable within the fortress. A meeting area filled with dwarves increases the [[social skill]]s of idlers. It makes idle dwarves a little less idle. Because almost every dwarf visits a meeting area at least occasionally, it's an ideal place to site valuable objects and buildings. A meeting area exposed to sunlight will additionally prevent dwarves from becoming [[cave adaptation|cave-adapted]]. Note that having dwarves socialize will often result in them forming [[relationship]]s.

It is not advisable to have animals mill around in crowded meeting areas for a prolonged time, as they will pick fights with dwarves and other animals. While this may be negligible in the case of a hen, it also applies to your [[Dog#War dogs|war dogs]] (although this can be partly beneficial, since all your dwarves will get combat experience from being bitten occasionally, especially the children, who mill around constantly).

If the meeting area is made a guildhall or a temple, the icon of the zone will change depending on the room's quality. For a guildhall, the icons are [[File:meeting_quality0_sprite.png|19px]] and [[File:meeting_quality1_sprite.png|19px]]. For a temple, the icons are [[File:temple_quality0_sprite.png|20px]], [[File:temple_quality1_sprite.png|20px]] and [[File:temple_quality2_sprite.png|20px]]. Dwarves may petition for these types of rooms of varying qualities.

=== Office ===
{{main|Office}}

[[File:office_medium_icon.png|right]]An office is a zone required by some [[Noble|nobles]], and requires a [[chair]]. [[Manager|Managers]] will use the chair to validate and check [[work orders]]. A [[bookkeeper]] will use the office to update the [[stock]]records and increase the precision of the records. A dwarf with an office assigned will sometimes [[eat]] in their own office if there is no communal [[dining hall]] designated in the fortress, but this does not provide any happy [[thought]], no matter how [[#Quality_and_value|luxuriously decorated]] the office may be, and may even generate a bad thought if the chair doesn't have a [[table]] adjacent to it.

=== Bedroom ===
{{main|Bedroom}}

[[File:bedroom_medium_icon.png|right]]A bedroom is a zone where a single dwarf (and possibly their spouse and children) will sleep and store their belongings in. Requires a [[bed]]. A cabinet can be built for the dwarf to store their [[Wear|old]] clothing; and a chest for dwarves to store their belongings like [[coins]], [[Finished Goods|rings, scepters]] etc. A dwarf with no cabinet, or with low [[Personality facet#ORDERLINESS|orderliness]] personality facet will scatter their old clothing everywhere.

=== Dormitory ===
{{main|Dormitory}}

[[File:bedroom_medium_icon.png|right]]A dormitory is a zone containing multiple [[Bed|beds]] where all dwarves that do not have a bedroom assigned to them will sleep. However, sleeping in a dormitory will generate a negative [[thought]] (embarrassed after sleeping without a proper room).

=== Dining hall ===
{{main|Dining hall}}

[[File:dining_medium_icon.png|right]]A Dining Hall is a zone where dwarves go to eat. Requires one or more [[Table|tables]].

=== Barracks ===
{{main|Barracks}}

[[File:barracks_medium_icon.png|right]]A barracks zone is a zone where a [[military]] will go to sleep, train, or store their equipment.

=== Pen/Pasture ===
{{main|Pasture}}

[[File:pasture_medium_icon.png|right]]A pen or a pasture is used to contain tame animals. Once one is created, animals must be assigned to it individually from the zone information menu. Dwarves will drag the assigned animals to the pen or pasture automatically. Domestic animals tend to aggregate at [[meeting area]]s instead, as will herbivorous ones, which will probably lead to starvation, unless your meeting area is overgrown with [[grass]] or fungi for some reason. '''Any tame creature with the "grazer" token in the raws should be assigned to a pasture. This includes mules, cows, goats, horses, yaks, unicorns etc.''' Animals will not typically wander out of their assigned pasture even if it is not walled in, however animals will abandon their posts and will have to be dragged back to them if they are threatened by enemies, and an exposed pasture may lead to premature slaughter at the hands of invaders. Since pets can be assigned to pen/pastures and a zone can be created under a [[dwarven atom smasher]], this is one of the easiest ways to prevent [[catsplosion]]s.

=== Archery range ===
{{main|Archery range}}

[[File:archery_medium_icon.png|right]]An archery range is used by [[marksdwarves]] (or [[Bow|bowdwarves]] and [[blowgun|blowgunners]] by editing the raw). A marksdwarf will pick up bolts nearest to them And then shoot at the target. Upon depleting the bolts, the markdwarf will gain a happy thought(feels pleasure after practicing at an archery range). The marksdwarf's XP gain by practicing in an archery range is only [[Experience|half the amount]] compared to using a [[Advanced Marksdwarf Training Guide|live target]]. but it has the advantages of being easy to set up and needing much less micromanagement. Note that markdwarves cannot shoot adjacent to the [[archery target]]. and there must be at least 1 tile of walkable perimeter that is from the target in order for archery practice to happen.

=== Pit/Pond ===
{{TipBox2|titlebg=#c00|textbg=#ffd|[[File:warning_icon.png|25px]] Warning!|There have been multiple reports of hostile creatures escaping confinement while pitting. Use of forbidden tightly closed hatches above every hole appears to prevent escape.
See [[Mass pitting]] for more. If there are walls under the hole's edges rather than open space, they will allow [[Climber|grabbing and climbing]], so you may want to dig out an overhang, or at least [[Smoothing|smooth]] these walls.
}}

[[File:pit_medium_icon.png|right]]A Pit/Pond requires a [[ramp]] or hole with adjacent flooring on which a dwarf can stand. Designate the zone from the top of the ramp or hole, such that the zone designation is floating in the open space above the floor of the pit/pond. By default, the zone will be a pit. To toggle between pit and pond, press corresponding icon in zone information menu ([[File:Ui Pit.png|24px]]/[[File:Ui Pond.png|24px]]).

Creatures can be assigned to a pit/pond ([[File:Ui assign creature.png|24px]]). If the creature is [[cage]]d, a dwarf will release it from the cage (rather than bringing the cage to the pit). The dwarf will lead the beast to the pit and throw it in. If the pit is a ramp rather than a hole, the creature will then wander back out, as it will if the pit has some other exit path (which would include straight back up the hole for flying creatures). Note that some (or possibly all?) hostile creatures may escape on being released from their cage, possibly attacking the dwarf who opened the cage.
Additionally, dwarves refuse to pit dwarves, hostile or not.
{{Colored Notice Box||See [[Mass pitting]] for more information on pit design involving hostile creatures.}}

The only real difference between a pit and a pond is that dwarves will attempt to fill a pond with [[water]], carried by [[bucket]] from a water source. They will stand on the floor adjacent to the top of the ramp or hole, and toss the water onto the ramp or into the hole. This works even if there is a forbidden [[floor hatch]] covering the hole. Each bucketful increases the depth of the water in the tile below by 1/7. Once the water is dumped from the bucket, the dwarf will either drop the bucket and perform a different task, or choose to fill a pond zone tile again using the bucket (s)he currently holds. Dwarves will stop scheduling the Fill Pond job when the water depth reaches 6/7. Specifying a pond zone is one technique used for [[irrigation]], in order to make [[mud]] for [[farming]] on areas without soil. Currently, no matter how large the designated pond area, only one dwarf at a time will try to fill the pond. In order to fill a large area quickly, it is necessary to designate multiple smaller pond zones (or several zones overlapping the same area).

To make obsidian or cleanse stagnant water with fresh water, the pond zone must be designated an extra tile above the magma/stagnant pool, so that the water falls for a full tile before contacting the surface.

If you have more than one pond designated as a water source, your dwarves may endlessly try to fill each pond with the other pond's water, making a loop of useless duty; this may be undesirable, although otherwise-idle dwarves performing this task won't be making any friends. Only dwarves with the [[Hauling#Water_hauling|Water hauling]] labor enabled will fill ponds.

Artificial ponds are considered to be the same as Murky Pools - you'll only catch pond fish from them (i.e. turtles). If you want to catch river fish, you must fish from the river's original tiles (or perform some DFHack trickery to mark your new tiles as being part of the river).

:See also [[Irrigation#via_Buckets|irrigating via bucket]]

=== Garbage Dump ===
{{main|Garbage dump}}
[[File:trash_medium_icon.png|right]]Garbage dump zones are areas in which dwarves will throw items marked for dumping - either by manual setting of dump status from item information menu, or {{menu icon|i|p}} (bulk dumping; note that this designates ''all'' items on the tiles for dumping, even built [[furniture]] and items inside [[Storage|container]]s). Garbage dumps are ''not'' the same as [[Refuse#Refuse|refuse]] stockpiles, which can be designated to accept specific type(s) of refuse, such as animal [[corpse]]s or [[bones]], and then are automatically filled by haulers whenever the items appear on the map. Despite the name, garbage dump zones are useful for many things beyond [[garbage disposal]]; they can create [[quantum stockpile]]s, transport materials to a job site, send items to the [[trade depot]] when no caravan is present, [[trap design#Falling_debris_trap|drop rocks]] on enemies below, and numerous other uses.

Be aware that if a garbage zone is designated beside a cliff or hole (any open space, either natural or dwarf-made), garbage will be thrown into the open space. If a dump is designated over a [[ramp]] to the next level down, some dwarves may walk down the ramp to dump their items, while others may just toss their items down from above and onto those dwarves, injuring or killing them.

The garbage dump may be inappropriately named, as it's more of a matter compression zone. The specifics are beyond human understanding; however, dwarves are in fact capable of compressing an infinite amount of matter into only one tile, as long as it is specified as a garbage dump. If, for some reason [[Main:Urist|Urist]] is yet again incapable of locating his favorite pair of, say, troll fur socks, he should think to look among the black hole of matter that is the nearest garbage dump, as they could be snugly lodged between a few billion rocks.

=== Water source ===
[[File:water_medium_icon.png|right]]Dwarves will use these zones to draw water, to satisfy booze-less [[thirst]], to tend to another thirsty dwarf (with the Give Water job), or to fill a [[#Pit/Pond|Pond zone]]. Only tiles ''adjacent'' to water qualify as usable water sources - thus, if you want to place a single-tile zone, place the zone onto a ground tile next to the water, not over the water itself. This zone should ''not'' be used with [[well]]s - this is redundant, as they are already considered their own water source.

If this zone does not exist, any water source can be used. If at least one water source zone exists, then dwarves will only get water from these zones.

Remember that natural bodies of water usually contain aquatic wildlife, some of which may attack your dwarves, or at least spook civilians, and interrupt their tasks. Often it may be best to simply designate a safe body of water as a water source so dwarves aren't allowed to drink/fish anywhere else.

Normally, creatures cannot attack any dwarves through a [[well]] so long as the well is not on the same z-level as the top of the lake/river, thus building one will allow your dwarves safe access to water inhabited by vicious animals (as long as those can't climb).

When dangerous fish are found in the river, one solution is to dig an artificial [[channel]] and place a [[grate]] between it and the river proper, as fish cannot swim through grates, but grates still allow water through. However, beware [[Grate#Bugs|the bug with flow and ''wall'' grates]] - taking water via U-shaped tunnel capped with ''floor'' grates may be safer. If you use a completely isolated smooth reservoir filled with [[pump]]-filtered water, it may still need protection, since the dwarf operating a pump stands right next to its water source tile.
Placing floor grates over the river or channel may also protect dwarves by preventing them from falling in.

[[Carp]] and other non-[[vermin]] fish suffocate if they are not in water, so in some situations it might be possible to pump the water out of a lake or pond. Conversely, an open water body (river or sea) not only cannot be subjected to temporary drainage, but even if there isn't anything dangerous right now, it may arrive later.

=== Animal Training ===
{{main|Animal Training}}
[[File:animaltraining_medium_icon.png|right]]An animal training zone allows [[Animal trainer|animal training]]. Animals cannot be trained, unless they are in a training zone or [[pasture]], or on a [[restraint]]. To be tamed, they must be in a [[cage]].

For making an animal training zone, it is advisable to create a small room with a [[door]], which can be closed if necessary. The training zone should be combined with a pasture to keep in wild animals. This will make sure your animals don't escape when they are not being trained.

=== Dungeon ===
{{main|Jail}}
[[File:dungeon_medium_icon.png|right]]A dungeon is a room designed for [[justice|dwarven justice]]; and in each room, there must be 1 metal [[cage]] or a [[Restraint|rope/chain]]. Once the prisoner is selected to be imprisoned via the justice screen. the [[fortress guard]]/[[sheriff]] will chain or lock the creature in the selected chain or cage. The prisoner will continuously generate a bad thought while being imprisoned. so with some micromanagement, you can save the poor innocent [[cheese maker]] who violated the [[mayor]]'s export ban, from being overly stressed out, by deconstructing the chain as soon as they were chained up. A chain is recommended over a cage, as the chained up creature can still have access to the 8 tiles adjacent to the chain, granting them access to bed, food stockpile, chair and table, as well as allowing the prisoner to admire the chain if they were made from valuable metal like [[gold]] and [[platinum]]. While a caged prisoner is fully dependent on idle dwarves to deliver them food and drink (and only water instead of alcohol are delivered!). So they are more likely to starve to death than chained prisoners (provided you designate a food & drink stockpile within that can be reached by the chained prisoner). Plus, sleeping on a cage floor is, as expected, [[Stress|not very pleasant]].

=== Tomb ===
{{main|Tomb}}
[[File:tomb_medium_icon.png|right]]A tomb is designated to a specific dwarf ([[File:Interface dwarf face.jpg|26px]]), or a pet's corpse ([[File:Interface tomb pet.png|26px]]), to be buried or memorialized in order to prevent the appearance of [[ghosts]]. A tomb zone can only accommodate one dwarf. The primary function of tombs is to keep nobles happy: certain nobles demand their own tomb, and the more self-important the noble is, the higher the quality they will require. In some circumstances a noble will get an unhappy thought if an "inferior" dwarf has a higher-quality tomb, however it is unclear what quality threshold the tomb must be to trigger the thought. Also, a noble that demands a tomb also generates a bad thought at the end of every year if the tomb is yet to be built for them, or did not reach their [[#Quality_and_value|desired rank]]. Nobles may also store certain favored objects in their tombs. To be considered properly buried, at least ''half'' (rounded up, so no less than one) of their existing body parts must be buried.

=== Fishing ===
[[File:fishing_medium_icon.png|right]]Dwarves will preferably use these zones when [[fishing]], using them up until their supply is exhausted before moving on to the next water source. As with water sources, only tiles ''adjacent'' to water qualify as usable tiles. Far-flung fisherdwarves fishing in a distant [[river]] or [[pool]] are a serious defensive liability in case of an attack, so designating a safer fishing zone and, optionally, restricting non-zone fishing in the [[standing orders]] menu will help keep your fisherdwarves safe. Dwarves can fish through a [[grate]] or even a [[well]], provided there is water in the tile 1 z-level below the activity zone.

The [[Captured live fish|capture live fish]] job can ''only'' be carried out at a designated fishing zone.

=== Gather Fruit ===
[[File:gather_medium_icon.png|right]]This will automate plant-gathering jobs in this area, necessary if you want your dwarves to collect fruit from the floor ([[File:Ui gather fallen fruits.png|28px]]), from the [[shrub]]s ([[File:Ui gather shrubs.png|28px]]) and from the trees ([[File:Ui gather trees.png|28px]]). If there are fruit-bearing trees in the designated area, a dwarf will fetch a [[stepladder]] to climb into the tree. The ladder-using dwarf will drop harvested fruit to the ground for others to collect and haul. The details can be set in a sub-menu.

=== Sand collection ===
{{main|Glass industry#Collecting sand}}
[[File:sandpit_medium_icon.png|right]]A '''sand collection''' zone allows dwarves with the [[item hauling]] labor active to fill an unused [[bag]] with [[sand]] for use in the [[glass industry]]. The 'collect sand' task is created at a [[glass furnace]].

=== Clay collection ===
{{main|Ceramic industry#Clay collection}}
[[File:claypit_medium_icon.png|right]]A '''clay collection''' zone allows dwarves with the [[item hauling]] labor active to create [[clay]] for use in the [[ceramic industry]]. The 'collect clay' task is created at a [[kiln]].

== Quality and value ==

Most dwarves don't have high expectations when it comes to rooms - a communal [[dining room]] and [[dormitory]] are enough for the general populace, though making that dining room high-quality and giving them individual quarters will give them happy [[thoughts]], helping to avoid [[tantrum]]s.
[[Nobles]], on the other hand, require rooms of a particular minimum quality that contain certain [[furniture]]. Not meeting these demands will cause [[Emotion|stressful thoughts]], and may prevent them from functioning at their full capacity.

The thoughts generated by more impressive zones will have a stronger stress–relieving value than the thoughts generated by plain or unimpressive zones.

You can check a current rank of a room in the owner's [[profile]] on the "Rooms" tab. There are 8 rank names for each type of a personal room:

{| class = "wikitable unsortable" style="margin:auto;"
|-
! Bedroom name
! Dining room name
! Office Name
! Grave Name
! Numeric Value
|-
| Meager Quarters
| Meager Dining Room
| Meager Office
| Grave
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
|-
| Modest Quarters
| Modest Dining Room
| Modest Office
| Servant's Burial Chamber
| style="text-align:right;" | 100
|-
| Quarters
| Dining Room
| Office
| Burial Chamber
| style="text-align:right;" | 250
|-
| Decent Quarters
| Decent Dining Room
| Decent Office
| Tomb
| style="text-align:right;" | 500
|-
| Fine Quarters
| Fine Dining Room
| Splendid Office
| Fine Tomb
| style="text-align:right;" | 1000
|-
| Great Bedroom
| Great Dining Room
| Throne Room
| Mausoleum
| style="text-align:right;" | 1500
|-
| Grand Bedroom
| Grand Dining Room
| Opulent Throne Room
| Grand Mausoleum
| style="text-align:right;" | 2500
|-
| Royal Bedroom
| Royal Dining Room
| Royal Throne Room
| Royal Mausoleum
| style="text-align:right;" | 10000
|}
Note: unassigned (or communal) rooms may be referenced by other descriptors, such as the happy thought "... dined in a legendary dining room ...".

=== What counts towards room value ===

Room value can be loosely-split into 3 categories: walls, floors, and furniture (everything that is a placeable object goes here, including doors).

A room's furniture value is calculated simply by counting every item of furniture in the room and adding all their [[item value]]s up. Due to the quality-value nerf in v50, furniture is a less effective way to pump up a room's value.

[[Display furniture]] counts towards room value. However, the items ''displayed in it'' only count if the dwarf has a [[preference]] for them. So if your king likes [[sword]]s then any sword in a display case will count towards room value, and any other item (such as a [[crossbow]]), no matter how valuable, won't.

Unlike previous versions where natural surfaces were preferred, now ''placed'' floors and walls have a higher value than natural, with walls having a slightly higher value than floors. Wall and floor values are also calculated by adding all the individual tiles of walls and floor, but first we have to calculate the individual values...

=== Value calculation ===
The formula for calculating the final room value has changed significantly from prior versions of Dwarf Fortress. Thanks to research by TBTerra{{cite reddit|zzqlfu}}, the new formula has been discovered (and included here with only minor edits).

* '''[[Item value#Material multipliers|Material value]]''' - The value given to an item, floor, wall etc due to the material it is made from. ''Common material types:'' Natural spaces like sky, water, or magma are 1, wood is 1, rocks are 1–3, ores/metals are 2–40, gems are 2–60
* '''Pre v50 quality multiplier''' - This is still used in some places.
* '''Current quality multiplier''' - This is used for items.
* '''Quality bonus''' - a flat bonus added after the multiplier.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin:auto;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" | Quality
! colspan="2" | Quality multiplier
! rowspan="2" | Quality bonus
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Pre v50
! Current
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | -well crafted-
| 2
| 1.1
| 3
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | +finely crafted+
| 3
| 1.2
| 6
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | *superior*
| 4
| 4⁄3 ≈ 1.3
| 10
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | ≡exceptional≡
| 5
| 1.5
| 15
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | ☼masterful☼
| 12
| 2.0
| 30
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Artifact
| 120
| 20.0
| 300
|}

=== Values of floor tiles ===

The value of an individual floor tile depends on if it's the original cave floor, a smoothed cave floor, or a placed floor.

;raw cave floor
:1 × material value
;smoothed cave floor
:4 × material value
;placed floor
:7 × material value

Additionally if the floor is engraved you add an extra 10 × material value × old quality multiplier.

=== Values of wall tiles ===

Again, value depends on whether a tile is original stone, smoothed stone, or placed wall. (Boulders, bars, and blocks of the same material type all have the same value.)

;original wall
:1 × material value
;smoothed wall
:5 × material value
;placed wall
:9 × material value

[[Engraving]] with walls is not always a simple matter. In order for an engraved wall to add its engraving to the room value, the room must contain both the wall itself ''and'' the location the engraver was standing when it was engraved. This means that an engraved wall shared between two zones will only add its value to one of those zones, whichever one the engraver was standing in when that engraving was done.

The value of a wall engraving is 10 × old quality multiplier × material value.

=== Overlapping Rooms ===
[[File:overlapping_zones_preview.png]]{{clear}}
When room designations such that they share floor tiles, the label of some zones in that same area will be renamed to "Overlapping (Zone)" in red text. When selecting an overlapped area, the player is able to select the zone layers with clickable arrows on either side of the zone name. Zones in this state have their values set to 0{{cite reddit|13097u3/comment/jhwgm0e}}. There is no difference in value between a piece of furniture shared by two rooms, or by forty.

Sharing walls is fine however, and sharing doors is allowed as long as the room contains a wall adjacent to the door. When sharing a door, the floor tile it is on is also shared.

[[Location]]s have individual values and are therefore not affected by overlapping zones (eg. A ''Dining Hall/Tavern'' overlapping a ''Meeting Hall/Temple'' will have both Dining and Meeting halls value to 0, but the Temple and the Tavern will share the same values{{cite forum|181632.msg8475740#msg8475740}}.

=== Building optimally ===

If you are limited on your high-value materials (or have lots of rooms you wish to improve) and don't want to abuse wall sharing or other glitches, here's how best to use those high value mats:

# Use your high-value materials on floor tiles, not furniture. A decently-engraved floor has a value of 37–57 × material value; the only thing that gets close to that is the mechanisms in levers.
# The floors of doors that go between rooms you wish to increase are of particular importance as they will count for both rooms.
# Engravings are tedious to redo (For a natural floor, you will need to carve tracks and smooth over before re-engraving. For constructed floors, you will need to build a wall, then carve fortifications, remove the fortification and replace the floor). To minimize the extra work of redoing engravings, leave your highest-value tiles to be done by your most experienced engraver so they will have a high quality on the first try.

=== Breaking room value ===

Since version 50, there is nothing that requires a room to be a single connected piece. This, combined with wall sharing, allows for some… less than fair cheesing of platinum walls that are somehow owned by every single bedroom. And with a trick in the “how to break room value” section, you can have every room royal quality for as little as 4 platinum and 6 basic wood/stone

So you don’t care about using glitches and non–contiguous rooms. Here’s the way you break room value with minimal effort and resources:
[[File:Zone value breaking example.png|thumb|200px|Steps 2 and 3.]]
# Make a line of wall with a 1 tile gap on either side (if your engravers are really good this might only need to be 2–3 long).
# Make the lines of floor either side of this wall out of the most valuable material you can (aluminum or platinum are great, steel and gold also work), and have your best engraver engrave them.
# Place doors on top of all those engraved tiles, what sort doesn’t really matter, as they will be adding 10–100 value to 2–3k value floor tiles.
# For every room ''on the same [[z-level]]'' add the doors and the wall (this is a convenient rectangle). The wall makes the doors shareable, and the doors make the engraved floor shareable.
# For optimal results hide this to the south east of your area, otherwise the zone icons can get rather confusing.

You can also assign arbitrary stretches of space on the same z-level, such as sky, magma, or water, as part of the zone to increase value. Because the standard 4×4 embark contains 192×192=36864 tiles, each with a value of one, designating one entire z-level of sky would instantly create a royal quality zone.

{{Zones}}
{{V50 menus}}
{{Category|Fortress mode}}
{{Category|Zones}}
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Flood

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{{Quality|Superior}}
{{av}}
[[File:oops1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|It happens. ''Art by kennydalman'']]'''Flooding''' refers to filling a chamber with a liquid, traditionally [[water]], for a variety of reasons. This is achieved through numerous methods, with varying degrees of [[fun]]. For more information as to why on [WORLD_NAME] any dwarf would want to do this, see [[irrigation]], [[trap design]], and [[unfortunate accident]].

==Flooding with Water==
===Floodgate and River/Brook===
[[File:v50_floodgate_preview.png|111px|left]]
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The simplest way to achieve controlled flooding is tunneling right up to a riverbed and placing a [[floodgate]] to stop the flow when the water is initially released. Then, pull the lever to let the water enter the chamber under your careful eye. In order to do this safely, it is recommended that you channel into the riverbed from above instead of puncturing it from the tunnel, and then pull the lever that activates the floodgate. Having a [[pressure plate]] somewhere in the room assures a controlled shutoff.

===Screw Pump and Reservoir/Aquifer===
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When the water in question is one Z-level below the desired level (for more than one level, see [[Screw pump#Pump stack|pump stack]]), particularly in the case of an [[aquifer]], it can be very easy just to set up a dwarf-powered [[screw pump]] near a channel to flood rooms when necessary.

=== Pressure Flooding ===
Pressure flooding refers to using [[pressure]] mechanics to push water from a source, through a channel, and up into an area. Unless the destination room is above the source's pressure output level (usually the level of the source; see [[Pressure#Water_in_a_U-Bend|these examples]] for more information), no pumps are necessary. In addition to the possibility of moving the water through a U-bend instead of a straight channel, pressure flooding can deliver more water more quickly than using a standard flow.

== Flooding with Magma ==
Be warned: Magma is inherently more [[fun]] than water. Screw pumps and floodgates must be made of [[magma-safe]] materials, and a failure to account for [[pressure]] can result in [[fun|hilarious antics]].

== Cleaning up a Flood ==
If you accidentally circumvented your floodgates (e.g. mining around it), read this section for how to clean up.

Assuming that you have some surviving miners, the easiest way to clean up a flood is to create a drain into a cavern layer below. This is accomplished by digging an up/down stairway parallel to the flooded areas that terminates somewhere in a cavern, then joining the flooded chambers at their lowest point.

If this solution is undesirable, consider draining the liquid into a hastily-constructed [[Screw pump|pump stack]], [[Dwarven atom smasher|atom smasher]], or simply any large space in which the liquid can spread out and evaporate.

As long as there is at least one tile below 2/7, both water and magma will slowly "evaporate" into thin air (yes, water ''and magma''), so once your passages or rooms have been sufficiently drained, the problem should sort itself out eventually. To speed up this process, get the liquid into a larger area so that it can spread out more. If necessary, a screw pump or a [[Zone#Pit.2FPond|bucket brigade]] can help get the water level low enough.

If your flood consisted of water, then any surface that it touched will now be covered in [[mud]]. This could be a benefit if you were attempting [[Irrigation]], an inconvenience if you don't want random plants growing in your muddy hallways, or possibly even a [[Tantrum spiral|dire risk]] if the mud has covered your only [[quality|masterwork]] [[engravings]] (growing [[plant]]s will destroy the engravings, causing severe negative [[thought]]s in your engravers).

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| dwarven = låluth
| elvish = wikira
| goblin = oda
| human = nonu
}}
{{Category|Game mechanics}}{{Category|Physics}}
[[ru:Flood]]

Release information/53.10

2026-08-09T10:03:14Z

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{{release notes}}

:This patch fixes a freeze and a display error in some creature lists. We also added the final aquatic portraits.
:—[[Toady One]], January 12, 2026

:This is a tiny small release to fix the freeze issue and the naked dwarves.
:—[[Alexandra]], January 12, 2026
* [https://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=183674.0 Bay 12 Forum thread]
* [https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2026-01-12 Patch notes on Bay 12 Games]
* [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/520861145713608431 Patch notes on Steam]
* [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dwarf-fortress/devlog/1314268/aquatic-portraits-naked-dwarf-fix-and-more-dwarf-fortress-patch-5310 Patch notes on itch.io]

== Patch notes ==
=== General updates ===
* Stopped game from freezing during some item storage checks related to burrows.

=== Graphics updates ===
* Added 28 aquatic portraits to finish the set.
* Made dwarves clothed again in certain lists.
* Stopped last portrait being shown on small animal sheets if the animal has no portrait.
* Made female peachick visible again.

Release information/53.13

2026-08-09T10:01:34Z

Ziusudra: added patch notes heading

{{release notes}}
:This patch gives messengers more tasks, like the ability to make peace and improve or open trade relations. You can assign messengers in the same menu where you assign other positions like the manager and broker, and you can give them missions from the world screen (button on the lower right.) There are also some optimizations and other fixes.
:—[[Toady One]], May 13, 2026

:Hey Urists,
:We’ve got another patch/community news hybrid post today! There’s lots on the go right now as we prepare for a packed summer of news and updates. The artists are finishing up dinos and continuing with the art for the Myth and Magic update. You can expect to see the dinosaur update next and we'll be sharing a release date very soon. Tarn is also in full Wizard-mode but in the meantime, he has a new patch with a focus on diplomacy and bugs.
:See you next time, with dinos!
:—[[Alexandra]], May 13, 2026
* [https://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=183877.0 Bay 12 Forum thread]
* [https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2026-05-13 Patch notes on Bay 12 Games]
* [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/693135146596958388 Patch notes on Steam]
* [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dwarf-fortress/devlog/1521849/diplomacy-improvements-20th-anniversary-dwarf-fortress-patch-5313 Patch notes on itch.io]

== Patch notes==
=== Diplomacy ===
* Your appointed [[messenger]]s can now do a variety of diplomatic [[mission]]s from the [[Civilization_and_World_Info|world screen]]. Make peace, declare war, make contact, and improve [[trade]]. You can also seek alliances if you have the [[monarch]] in your fortress.
* Increased the priority of messenger actions.
* It's possible to open trade with [[human]]s and [[elf|elves]] before their usual time if you send a messenger. You can also open trade with multiple [[civilization]]s of the same type.
* If traders don't make decent profits and you do not engage in [[Trade_agreement|negotiations]], trade will taper off.
* Added confirmation to mission interface.
* Changed some colors on mission interface.
* Added a dialog line for dwarven traders from other civilizations.
* Fixed issue where [[Difficulty#Individual_enemy_toggles|turning enemies off]] lead to early caravans (requires resetting difficulty to apply).

=== General updates ===
* Optimization: [[Undead|zombies]] don't consider their surrounding until disturbed.
* Optimization: throttled creatures trying to repeatedly failing [[path]].
* Added announcements for residents and creatures that have begun throttling pathing.
* Can view activity details again from the [[Unit list|residents list]].
* Stopped scroll bar from disappearing when closing bins near the bottom of the trade list.
* Increased the maximum number of [[announcement]]s that can be saved.
* Prioritized the removal of [[sparring]] announcements from the announcement list.
* Tries to repair corrupted musical [[instrument]]s upon load.
* Did some exception handing for map saving and loading.
* Added the ability to display all logged errors on screen (useful for debugging mods etc).

== Tarn and Zach open their Magic: The Gathering cards ==
In case you missed it, Tarn and Zach just received their copies of the new Secret Lair x Dwarf Fortress collection of Magic: The Gathering cards. [https://youtu.be/2nMRSBXQDpw They open their packs together and reminisce about ASCII Dwarf Fortress and getting into Magic in the 90s]. You can still [https://secretlair.wizards.com/us/product/1250417/secret-lair-x-dwarf-fortress-create-new-world pre-order the cards here].

== 20th Anniversary of Dwarf Fortress ==
[[File:DF20thAnniversary.png|400px|right]]This year we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress. To start, we have a new special logo for the occasion featuring Armok himself, who has never been depicted until now! Credit goes to artist Jacob for the new portrait. You can expect to see more 20th anniversary events throughout the rest of the year. If you’re interested in hosting your own Dwarf Fortress gathering, we’ve opened up a [https://forms.gle/TsimLyvt5zLyTikU7 form where you can apply for merch support here].

== File changes ==
* data\init\init_default.txt
** Added DISPLAY_ALL_ERRORLOGS

Release information/53.07

2026-08-09T10:00:11Z

Ziusudra: added patch notes heading and file changes section

{{release notes}}

:Here's another patch for the Siege Update. Dwarves will now have happy thoughts to bolster them after sieges, while invader movement has been made a bit more dynamic. There are lots of new animal portraits. Hundreds of them! And the lua has been brought in line with our full set of procedural creature graphics, so forgotten beasts in new worlds should look extra fancy now.
:—[[Toady One]], December 18, 2025

:Hey Urists,
:This is our last Dwarf Fortress update for the year and we have patch 53.07, a list of the upcoming major features and a winter Tarn Time video.
:So that’s all for 2025! We hope you have a relaxing Holidays and your dwarves will be nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of a fey mood dance in their heads. We’ll be back in the new year with a magical mindset!
:—[[Alexandra]], December 18, 2025
* [https://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=183626.0 Bay 12 Forum thread]
* [https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2025-12-18 Patch notes on Bay 12 Games]
* [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/520859243419533943 Patch notes on Steam]
* [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dwarf-fortress/devlog/1148917/dwarf-fortress-patch-5307-whats-next-for-sieges-new-animal-portraits Patch notes on itch.io]

== Patch notes ==
=== Siege Updates ===
* Added a positive thought for everybody in the fortress when a siege is defeated.
* Made siege leaders a bit more dynamic when cut off.
* Made fleeing invaders with special movement (flying, magma etc.) escape more cleanly.
* Added invasion creature cap and strength to the difficulty settings.
* Pick/wall material now impacts digging speed through natural materials (for invaders and the player).
* Hunters reserve only 25 bolts at embark now.
* Default archer uniforms at embark specifies weapon if civilization has only one type.
* Default archer uniforms at embark created for both leather and metal armor.

=== Graphics Updates ===
* Added hundreds of new creature portraits, and added new full body graphics for a few natural creatures.
* Added some new graphical layers to forgotten beasts/demons/titans and enhanced other layers.
* Added some missing graphical layers and tweaks to forgotten beasts/demons/titans/experiments.

=== General Updates ===
* Fixed a crash caused by kitchen input with no entries.
* Fixed a crash related to post-worldgen population growth.
* Stopped items thrown at visitors by tantruming dwarves from causing an escalation to lethal combat.
* Stopped drunk/tantrum brawlers from attacking small and vulnerable body parts like the throat.
* Throwing and pinching are no longer considered brawling-level moves.
* Added a chance for falling creatures and objects to bounce at each level of stairs or heavy branches, rather than falling all the way down.
* Added (economic) difficulty setting for fortress dig speed. Currently the same on normal/hard.
* Tree/axe material impacts tree felling speed.
* Stopped certain children/animals from being born with negative sizes and/or random ages.
* Displayed correct age in years on sheets, respecting birthday.
* Displayed proper experimented-upon historical figure name in experiment description.
* Stopped fort vampires from attempting to disguise their kills with unique "Zero Kill" text on their kill list.
* Handled a few more issues with hospital patients and caretakers being frozen.
* Fixed grazer status only being displayed for grazers with long names.
* Brought mead value in line with other drinks.
* Properly respected complete ocean edge minimum settings of 1 and 2 during world generation.
* Added a mitigation for underground feature save corruption.
* Fixed some sort issues with lua for RNG stability.

== What's Next for Sieges? ==
The list does not include the ongoing work on bugfixes and other quality of life improvements that occur simultaneously. We don’t have specific dates or timeframes to share but you can expect a lot of things from the list to arrive in 2026. If you’d rather see the video version, skip down past the text!

Tarn writes: "Following the release of the Siege Update in November 2025, we're continuing on with a series of releases involving magic, armies, villains, site building, and maps. The first Siege Update focused on invasion planning, overcoming fortress defenses, and defensive siege engines. The second release will focus on magic, armies, and diplomacy. We've revised the list below of possible changes, none of which are guaranteed, but which we are aiming for:

=== Magic diverse enough to make sieges and siege defense more exciting ===
* Kidnapped humans and dwarves trained by demons as sorcerers
* Deity-based powers and temple ceremonies
* Other magic based on the supernatural structure of the world

=== Resident wizards ===
* Help to defend the fortress against magical sieges while you aid them in their work
* Assign assistants to work in magical workshops and to go off-site for research tasks
* Laboratory zones can incorporate lab equipment for alchemy and other magical research

=== Improved diplomacy ===
* Clean up siege negotiations
* Send messengers to other sites
* Ability to see existing petitions

=== Using outside armies ===
* Send out squads to muster armies in the hillocks
* Use scouts to receive warning before enemy armies arrive
* Engage, delay, and turn back sieging armies

=== Misc ===
* Changes to cage traps to make it more intensive but still possible to e.g. capture megabeasts
* Make megabeast and kobold attacks more functional and interesting
* Fix and improve underground civilization attacks (as far as we can without future map changes)
* Anything from Combat Flow and Combat Styles that comes up, also a notion of reach

We've promised Adventure mode site building as the first major Adventure mode feature post launch, since it used to be in the game but didn't make it in for the graphical version. This is still the plan, and we'll take care of it after Fortress mode gets some attention with the siege improvements above. In order to further motivate this for everybody, we're planning a foray into cross-mode play and Adventure mode crafting here. Details will follow as we get closer and select our direction.

Post siege improvements, we'd like to start some map rewrites and additions to get us prepared for a more magical and procedural future.

Prior to the Steam/itch work over the last years, we were working on villains, and left quite a bit of work on the table. After the siege improvements are done, and we've made some additional progress, we'll make another post to see how these additions will be incorporated.

And of course, we'd like to start bringing more and more myths and magic and world changes into the game, probably through the avenues of covens and religion, but we'll see how that develops as all of the above progresses, since it will be important to be flexible.”

== Community Requests ==
We hear you! There are many of you who have been asking for classic keyboard controls from the ascii version to make their way to Steam. We know this is important for the veterans who have developed muscle memory for the last 20 years. In order to do this we are going to move the interface elements out into lua. The expansion of lua is an ongoing project and work on interface widget luafication has already begun. But we don’t have any dates or timelines.

We also get occasional questions about the Mac port, but as we announced earlier in 2025, we have chosen to put that port on hold indefinitely. The improvements and advances made wouldn't have been possible if we had been supporting that platform.

== Tarn Time Winter 2025 ==
Tarn reflects on the siege update and outlines the features he’s excited to work on next. Watch [https://youtu.be/cbzttKQofFg here].

== Hundreds of new Animal Portraits are in! ==
Part of today’s update includes over 350 new animal and creature portraits from artist Neoriceisgood/Guido Bos. There’s lots to discover here with everything from the majestic horse to the timid fluffy wambler. We'll be chatting with Guido soon about his art and process, so comment with your question below if you have a specific curiosity!

== Bundle with Songs of Syx ==
Dwarf Fortress players can get a 10% additional discount on the newly updated fantasy city-builder Songs of Syx by picking up the bundle, on top of its current 25% off sale. This is the perfect game for Dwarf Fortress fans who want even more simulated armies and battle.

== File changes ==
* data\init\generators.lua and globals.lua,
* data\vanilla\vanilla_procedural\scripts\generators\creatures.lua and language.lua,
* and data\vanilla\vanilla_procedural\scripts\generators\creatures\rcp.lua and shared_info.lua
** Added pairsByKeys and adjusted various functions to use it or ipairs
* data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects\creature_insects.txt
** Added MATERIAL_VALUE:2 for [[Mead]] in [[Honey bee|HONEY_BEE]] and [[Bumblebee|BUMBLEBEE]]
* data\vanilla\vanilla_procedural\scripts\generators\creatures\rcp.lua and shared_info.lua
** Many changes for graphics updates
* data\vanilla\vanilla_procedural\scripts\generators\creatures.lua
** Various changes to [[experiment]] description logic

Dungeon master

2026-08-09T01:30:57Z

Ziusudra: changed verify to indicate which edit in history

{{Quality|Superior}}
{{Noble
| noble=Dungeon Master
| office=Office
| quarters=Quarters
| dining=Dining Room
| chests=1
| cabinets=1
| racks=1
| stands=1
| arrival=
* Appointed by player
* Requires [[mayor]]
| function=
* [[Intrigue]] target
}}{{av}}
The '''dungeon master''' is a [[Dwarf|dwarven]] [[noble]] who can be appointed once your fortress has a [[mayor]]. They are part of the (unfinished) [[intrigue]] system{{cite forum|169696/8309877}} and have been observed either recruiting [[agent]]s, or, less likely, discovering them{{verify|claim by anonymous edit from 130.211.0.185 in June 2020}}. They have mild [[zone|room]] requirements and favor citizens with the [[Schemer]] [[skill]]. Because they do not make mandates or demands, there are no downsides to their existence and they can be appointed for the sole purpose of flavor in your fortress.

Their raws note they hold espionage and managing animals as responsibilities. In previous versions of the game, dungeon masters were responsible for taming exotic creatures, a function which in the current version is done by any dwarf with the [[animal training]] labor enabled, regardless of the fortress having a dungeon master or not. The espionage responsibility is used in the intrigue system, but has no functional use in fortress mode.

{{D for Dwarf}}
Many Dungeon masters have high Storytelling skills and possess a fondness for dragons and dice.

{{Translation| dwarven = edir kôn | elvish = nuwetha ithera | goblin = bosa âs | human = thudel siñur}}

{{gamedata}}
{{Nobles}}
{{Category|Appointed Nobles}}

Dungeon master

2026-08-09T01:22:07Z

Ziusudra: added FotF cite and verify

{{Quality|Superior}}
{{Noble
| noble=Dungeon Master
| office=Office
| quarters=Quarters
| dining=Dining Room
| chests=1
| cabinets=1
| racks=1
| stands=1
| arrival=
* Appointed by player
* Requires [[mayor]]
| function=
* [[Intrigue]] target
}}{{av}}
The '''dungeon master''' is a [[Dwarf|dwarven]] [[noble]] who can be appointed once your fortress has a [[mayor]]. They are part of the (unfinished) [[intrigue]] system{{cite forum|169696/8309877}} and have been observed either recruiting [[agent]]s, or, less likely, discovering them{{verify|What observations and by who?}}. They have mild [[zone|room]] requirements and favor citizens with the [[Schemer]] [[skill]]. Because they do not make mandates or demands, there are no downsides to their existence and they can be appointed for the sole purpose of flavor in your fortress.

Their raws note they hold espionage and managing animals as responsibilities. In previous versions of the game, dungeon masters were responsible for taming exotic creatures, a function which in the current version is done by any dwarf with the [[animal training]] labor enabled, regardless of the fortress having a dungeon master or not. The espionage responsibility is used in the intrigue system, but has no functional use in fortress mode.

{{D for Dwarf}}
Many Dungeon masters have high Storytelling skills and possess a fondness for dragons and dice.

{{Translation| dwarven = edir kôn | elvish = nuwetha ithera | goblin = bosa âs | human = thudel siñur}}

{{gamedata}}
{{Nobles}}
{{Category|Appointed Nobles}}

Release information/53.08

2026-08-07T04:06:05Z

Ziusudra: added itch patch notes URL and file changes section

{{release notes}}
:Here's a little patch to clean up some issues that sprang up (broken deconstruction speeds, broken work detail scrollbar.)
:I've also tried to adjust the new material-based dwarf dig speeds to be faster overall - there had to be give somewhere, so legendary miners now aren't as relatively speedy (they are still twice as fast as a novice.) Native metals were also taking way too long to mine. And the lack of drinks effect was coming on a little too strong too early in mining in a noticeable way.
:—[[Toady One]], December 19, 2025
* [https://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=183626.0 Bay 12 Forum thread]
* [https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2025-12-19 Patch notes on Bay 12 Games]
* [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/520859243419534469 Patch notes on Steam]
* [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dwarf-fortress/devlog/1155160/hotfix-patch-5308 Patch notes on itch.io]

== General updates ==
* Reduced erroneously long deconstruction speeds.
* Fixed broken scrollbar for work detail labor list.
* Changed relationship between mining speed, mining skill, and materials.
* Fixed broken mining speeds for native metals.
* Moderated lack of drink effect on work speed.

== File changes ==
* data\vanilla\vanilla_materials\objects\inorganic_stone_mineral.txt
** Changed yield, fracture, and strain values for NATIVE_GOLD, NATIVE_SILVER, NATIVE_COPPER, NATIVE_PLATINUM, and NATIVE_ALUMINUM to be the same as stone template

Beyond Quality Awards

2026-08-07T00:45:02Z

Ziusudra: added Youtube vod

{{stub}}

The '''Beyond Quality Awards''' are a set of awards that were given out by [[Bay 12 Games]] to various community members and games other than [[Dwarf Fortress]], as part of the Dwarf Fortress 20th Anniversary Show held on August 5 2026 ([https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2838060900 Twitch VOD]; [https://youtu.be/-X8KEqHdekE YouTube VOD]).

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Category !! Description !! Winner
|-
| Origins Award || The best game that influenced Dwarf Fortress. || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angband_(video_game) Angband]
|-
| Storyteller Award || For the most memorable Dwarf Fortress stories. || [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaifrB5IrvGNPJmPeVOcqBA Kruggsmash]
|-
| Best Roguelike Award || The best roguelike according to the Adams brothers. || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caves_of_Qud Caves of Qud]
|-
| Best Descendant Award || The best game inspired by Dwarf Fortress. || [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RimWorld RimWorld]
|-
| Inside Scoop Award || For contribution to the popularization of Dwarf Fortress. || [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcqk8pdIsCFU32ofbjJkzOg BlindiRL]
|-
| Moment in Time Award || For the best documentary work about Dwarf Fortress. || [https://youtube.com/channel/UC0fDG3byEcMtbOqPMymDNbw Noclip]
|-
| Outpost Liaison Award || For contributions to community moderation outside of the [[Bay 12 Forums]]. || [https://www.reddit.com/user/clinodev/ clinodev]
|-
| Wizardry Award || For contributions to improving the Dwarf Fortress gaming experience. || [[DFHack]]
|-
| Hidden Gem Award || The best recent little-known game. || [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1741640/Shadows_of_Forbidden_Gods/ Shadows of the Forbidden Gods] 
|}
{{Category|Community}}
[[ru:Beyond Quality Awards]]

Release information/53.16

2026-08-06T20:31:19Z

Ziusudra: /* 20th Anniversary Show */ added YouTube video

{{release notes}}
:This patch adds some quality of life features, fixes some bugs, and addresses some issues with the [[Release_information/53.15|extinct creatures patch]]. A key cause of overindulging tavern patrons was fixed. Dinosaurs grow more slowly and dinosaur people have their missing attack types. Divine objects are visible, generally, and visiting scholars should stop walking off with your books and scrolls. And many more!
:—[[Toady One]], August 5, 2026

:Hey Urists,
:We're back and celebrating the 20th anniversary of Dwarf Fortress this week with a special show, Myth & Magic at and music updates and a patch. While Myth & Magic work is very much underway, we also have patch 53.16 today which fixes a bunch of things. We are also preparing to go to Gamescom at the end of the month to show a first-look of Myth & Magic gameplay that you'll be able to watch at home! Dabu and Simon also released their latest Dwarf Fortress track today.
:—[[Alexandra]], August 5, 2026
* [https://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=184026.0 Bay 12 Forum thread]
* [https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2026-08-05 Patch notes on Bay 12 Games]
* [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/676253720257759384 Patch notes on Steam]
* [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dwarf-fortress/devlog/1617987/20th-anniversary-myth-magic-art-and-music-dwarf-fortress-patch-5316 Patch notes on itch.io]

== Patch notes ==
=== General updates ===
* [[Fanciful]] (but existent) creatures like [[unicorn]]s appear again and have their materials tracked.{{bug|13523}} This also caused some issues with [[zombie]]s coming back to life (and then dying immediately because of their rotted state.{{bug|13519}})
* [[Tavern]] goers will no longer order a [[drink]] from every single [[tavern keeper]] in the bar and drink them all, causing them to die of acute alcohol [[poison]]ing.
* Tavern keepers will now refuse orders for drinks if the one ordering it is sufficiently [[drunk]] (if their personality allows.)
* Dwarves will exercise self-control and not order alcohol from tavern-keepers when drunk (if their personality allows.)
* [[Save]]s can be sorted by most recently played now.
* Ordered potential [[memorial]] [[slab]] [[engraving]] [[job]]s by urgency and added some coloration.
* [[Visitor]]s should no longer steal fortress [[library]] [[book]]s (or other fortress items.)
* Disabled "be with family" [[need]] until isolated residents have ways to visit, be visited by, or contact distant family.
* Added confirmation for changing or clearing [[hotkey]] recenter locations.
* Added various missing attacks to the extinct creature people.
* Changed growth rates for various [[extinct]] creatures.
* Changed [[egg]] [[size]] and clutch size for various extinct creatures.
* Stopped [[caravan]] from bringing [[food]] when it wasn't needed due to seed and drink overcounting{{bug|13530}}.
* Strengthened effect of unconditional surrender.
* Stopped player [[messenger]]s from being given conflicting [[diplomacy]] goals (such as declaring war and making an alliance.)
* Stopped dwarves from being trapped in [[guildhall]] skill [[demonstration]]s when they have unmet social needs.
* [[Strange mood]] dwarves will no longer make equipment types from outside of their civilization.
* Fixed broken xml export for historical negotiation events{{bug|13512}}.
* [[Wilderness]] creature type number further depends on the size of each [[region]].
* Click the bottom [[stockpile]] button now goes directly to adding a new stockpile.
* Gave recenter information to building destruction and toppling [[announcement]]s.
* Stopped [[tantrum]]ing dwarves and others from targeting [[farm plot]]s for destruction.
* Announcement and report recenter buttons should properly close their menus again.
* Added description to top of [[burrow]] menu.

=== Graphics updates ===
* Procedural weapons and armor images appear, and procedural weapons appear when held (worn armor will have to come later.)
* Stone short sword should now appear as held item properly.
* Made skill blocks of administrator candidates easier to parse.
* Improved display of game load/worldgen errors.
* Quern and millstone cursors appear properly when placing them.
* Displayed cauldrons properly in [[night troll]] [[lair]]s.

== New artwork ==
We'd like to reveal [https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images//34693670/f0bf58f49ab4ae225311fe9d7d57b71ffd434c80.png breathtaking new artwork] by Thea Kent for the Myth & Magic update featuring a dwarven wizard, a bunch of wild looking creatures and the God of Blood Armok himself.

== New Song: Myth & Magic ==
Inspired by the Myth & Magic update, Dabu and Simon Swewer have just released one of two new Dwarf Fortress songs for this year. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RxKWfkWC74 A song] about a dwarven wizard experimenting with the amazing, destructive powers of magic...

== 20th Anniversary Show ==
We're celebrating the 20th anniversary of classic Dwarf Fortress with a special show. Join Tarn and Zach as they play the first ever build of the game from 2006 and reminisce about the olden days. It’s been a while since they’ve played the build and it’s very unstable so who knows what will happen? They are also hosting the [[Beyond Quality Awards]], recognizing the devs and community members who have contributed throughout the years.

The show starts today at 11am PT/ 2pm ET/ 7pm BT on the [https://www.twitch.tv/kitfoxgames Kitfox Twitch channel] ([https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2838060900 Twitch VOD]; [https://youtu.be/-X8KEqHdekE YouTube VOD]).

== On Sale now! ==
Dwarf Fortress is part of the [https://store.steampowered.com/sale/kitfoxfestival2026?snr=1_2108_9__2107 Kitfox Publisher sale] which is running all week. All our games are on sale so now is a great time to get a friend into Dwarf Fortress.

== Updated Beginner Tutorial ==
And if you're new to Dwarf Fortress, we just collabed with BlindiRL to create a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRTwK8XR6kE new updated version of the beginner tutorial guide]. It's a great place to start your learning journey.

== File changes ==
* data\init\[[announcements.txt]]
** Added BARTENDER_SLACKING
* data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects\[[Creature_variation_token|c_variation_default.txt]]
** Added CLAW_SCRATCH_ATTACK_STANCE, HORN_ATTACK, PROBOSCIS_BITE_ATTACK, and TOOTH_WHORL_BITE_ATTACK
* data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects\creature_standard.txt
** Changed SEA_MONSTER PINCER attack token to match verb
* multiple data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures_extinct\objects\ files
** Added many missing attacks
* data\vanilla\vanilla_procedural\scripts\generators\entities.lua
** Added many PROCEDURAL_ITEM_GRAPHICS

Release information/53.09

2026-08-06T06:04:24Z

Ziusudra: added patch notes heading and file changes section

{{release notes}}
:Here's a patch with lots of routine fixes. Lots of new portraits and some updated portraits. Small experimental beasts now have their own colorful graphics to match the forgotten beasts.
:—[[Toady One]], January 7, 2026

:We heard your feedback about the portraits and updated a bunch of them that were feeling inconsistent with the tone of the game. I'm still getting a hang of making art direction decisions and wasn't as careful as I should have been. So Guido/Neoriceisgood and I talked more about the portrait art and I gave him more time to rework them.
:Although we always welcome feedback, it was disappointing to see disrespectful and disparaging comments directed to Guido/Neoriceisgood who was simply working within the confines of his role. And so I ask that folks be more kind to the dev team in future feedback. I also want to clarify that we do not use generative AI for Dwarf Fortress in any step of development. We make things that make things but we make them by hand.
:—[[Alexandra]], January 7, 2026
* [https://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=183674.0 Bay 12 Forum thread]
* [https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2026-01-07 Patch notes on Bay 12 Games]
* [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/520860962365900794 Patch notes on Steam]
* [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dwarf-fortress/devlog/1309415/portrait-update-other-fixes-dwarf-fortress-patch-5309 Patch notes on itch.io]

== Patch notes ==
=== Graphics updates ===
* New procedural graphics for small experiments.
* New animal portraits, and some new full body animal tiles.
* Can pop up basic small animal sheets to view portraits and read descriptions for small animals.
* Offering place, display furniture, and nest box show proper item materials when placed as buildings.
* Uses proper list icons for creatures when choosing animals in embark or adventure setup.
* Added further box highlighting for chosen/hero/ordinary selection in Classic.
* Added error log for unrecognized tile graphics rectangle tokens.
* Properly sized giant flying/gray squirrel list icons and corpses.
* Fixed upright weapon trap display error.
* Minimap properly updates on certain recenter commands.

=== General updates ===
* Stopped mood dwarves from choosing inaccessible workshops and causing path cancellation lag.
* Dwarves no longer try to store pile and tomb items which are located outside their burrows.
* Dwarves no longer try to store carried objects outside of their burrows.
* Stopped dwarves with no working grasps from trying to store owned objects and excess equipment.
* Made armor appear again on many non-sieging units where it was missing.
* Mothers seeking lost infants no longer respect burrows but do respect chains.
* Mothers no longer seek ghostly babies.
* If an egg hatches and the mother is assigned to a zone (e.g. pasture), the baby is now assigned to the zone.
* Soldiers given an order while hauling will now drop their hauled job items instead of taking them along on duty.
* Dwarves heading off to meetings will drop hauled items from cancelled jobs.
* Dwarves are more likely to handle their hauled drink-related items after drinking.
* Appropriate buildings now stop rain and snow.
* Added indication during assignment of specific military items whether the item is already assigned elsewhere.
* Animal traps can catch subterranean water creatures like cave lobsters again.
* Cave lobsters can be processed in the fishery and their shell can be used for shell crafts.
* Creatures that leave statue corpses now leave statues of themselves rather than of random creatures.
* Prophets and other religious people with prophetic belief systems will no longer include incorrect beliefs in their greetings.
* Stopped pedestals and display cases from being allowed to display themselves.
* Made mussels and oysters stop appearing on land when animals root around near oceans.
* Stopped a few illegal werebeast types from being created.
* Added visual button to back out of art element creation and deletion.
* Fixed conflicting hauling/hot keys keybindings. You may have to restore defaults or update it yourself if you have custom bindings.
* Specified amount created in some job names.
* Fixed some item description grammar.
* Fixed broken child/baby strings in certain contexts like action reports.
* Cleaned up procedural creature text a bit.
* Fixed incorrect name for coral material.
* Fixed improper text for mythical dream objects.
* Giant and animal person variants of pool creatures will now appear in savage lakes. (New worlds)
* Fixed a few typos with key binding text.

== File changes ==
* data\init\globals.lua
** Added blank comment/divider before debug variable at line 146
* data\init\interface.txt
** Changed D_HAULING to lower case 'h'
* data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects\c_variation_default.txt
** Added CV_CONVERT_TAG ({{token|BIOME|creature}} {{token|ANY_POOL|biome}} to {{token|ANY_LAKE|biome}}) to [[Animal person|ANIMAL_PERSON]], ANIMAL_PERSON_LEGLESS, and [[Giant|GIANT]]
* data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects\creature_small_ocean.txt
** Removed {{token|VERMIN_SOIL|creature}} from [[Mussel|MUSSEL]]
* data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects\creature_subterranean.txt
** Added white [[color]] for [[chitin]] in [[Cave lobster|LOBSTER_CAVE]]
* data\vanilla\vanilla_procedural\scripts\generators\creatures\rcp.lua
** Renamed is_valid_random_creature argument humanoid_only to humanoidable_only
** In quadruped_function_curry moved BEAST_FRONT_GRASP before any BEAST_QUADRUPED_*
* data\vanilla\vanilla_procedural\scripts\generators\creatures\shared_info.lua
** Many changes related to portrait graphics updates
* data\vanilla\vanilla_procedural\scripts\generators\interactions\mythical.lua
** Corrected "of stone" to "of sleep" in DREAMS in mythical_adjectives
* data\vanilla\vanilla_procedural\scripts\generators\creatures.lua
** More renaming of humanoid_only to humanoidable_only
** Removed humanoid_only from night_creature_universals, creatures.night_creature.nightmare.default, and creatures.night_creature.werebeast.default

Noise

2026-08-06T03:17:51Z

Ziusudra: /* Avoiding unhappy thoughts caused by noise */ added ghost prevention

{{av}}
{{Quality|Superior}}

[[File:noise_preview.png|right]]Certain jobs generate '''noise''' which may disturb [[dwarves]] sleeping nearby. Depending on a job's noise level and proximity, your dwarves could sleep "uneasily due to noise", "very uneasily due to noise", or be woken up by noise. These events will produce unhappy [[thought]]s in varying degrees.

Noise in [[cavern]] layers will also agitate [[Forgotten beast|forgotten beasts]], which may cause them to attack sooner. Don't worry about this too much, because your fortress' [[wealth]] has a much greater impact on how soon they attack.

Neither [[wall]]s nor [[door]]s will insulate dwarves from noise - distance and how loud a job is are the only factors determining whether a dwarf's sleep will be disturbed. Noise is produced when a noisy job is completed, but thoughts about noise do not appear until the sleeping dwarf has woken up.

Also, Howling Spirit [[ghost]]s can disrupt sleeping dwarves, who will then complain about noise; this (probably{{verify}}) doesn't affect agitation. While dwarves walking through a sleeping dwarf's room (even over their heads) will not cause noise, which is important for [[bedroom design]].

'''Note''': Contrary to common belief based on [[23a:Noise|earlier versions]], [[workshop]]s do ''not'' currently produce any noise.

==Noisiness of various jobs==
Only 5 jobs are known to cause noise. These include the following:

* [[Digging]] - 8 tiles
* [[Wood cutting]] - 8 tiles
* [[Engraving]] - 4 tiles
* [[Fortification]] carving - 4 tiles
* Removing [[construction]]s - 8 tiles

====Visualization====

Noise radiates across [[z-level]]s in the shape of a cube, in all 6 directions (north/south, east/west, ''and'' up/down), so noise that travels 4 tiles will generate noise in a 9x9 pattern on 9 successive floors. The noise radiates from the center of the noise-producing things.

{{diagram|spaces=yes|
█ Level 0 Level ± 1 Level ± 2 Level ± 3 Level ± 4 Level ± 5

........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.****[#000][#808000]N****. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........}}

'''N''' = Origin of noise
* = Noise
. = No noise

== Avoiding unhappy thoughts caused by noise ==
* Don't dig near bedrooms when there are dwarves sleeping in them.
* Smooth your bedrooms before placing the actual furniture.
* [[tomb|Bury]] or [[memorial]]ize the dead, to prevent ghosts.

== Designing in anticipation of noise ==
* Putting all your bedrooms 8 levels or lower below ground eliminates noise from wood cutting (''and all other relevant noise-related concerns, that being beside the point'').
* Remember that [[jail]]s, [[hospital]]s, and sleeping [[barracks]] should also ideally be kept away from noise, in addition to standard and noble bedrooms.

Facilities that ''can'' be safely built around or above/below bedrooms and other sleeping facilities, to separate the area set aside for the "quiet zone", include anything that does ''not'' make noise.

== In adventurer mode ==
In [[adventurer mode]], various noises that can be heard in unseen areas will be represented by a respective icon, otherwise the sounds will be shown with exclamation marks of different colors in older versions, or if ASCII mode is turned on in the premium version. Double exclamation marks denote louder noises.

* {{Raw Tile|!|3:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|!|3:0:0}} {{Raw Tile|‼|3:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|‼|3:0:0}} / [[File:story_tell_indicator.png]] [[File:poetry_indicator.png]] [[File:sing_indicator.png]] [[File:preach_indicator.png]]: Talking
* {{Raw Tile|!|6:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|!|6:0:0}} {{Raw Tile|‼|6:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|‼|6:0:0}} / [[File:sound_indicator.png]]: Movement, such as walking or running
* {{Raw Tile|!|4:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|!|4:0:0}} {{Raw Tile|‼|4:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|‼|4:0:0}} / [[File:combat_indicator.png]]: [[Combat]]
* {{Raw Tile|!|2:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|!|2:0:0}} {{Raw Tile|‼|2:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|‼|2:0:0}} / [[File:mechanic_indicator.png]]: Mechanical noises, such as from a [[lever]]-operated [[door]]

Most wildlife will not make any noise in adventurer mode, with a few exceptions, such as [[capybara]]s and [[kakapo]]s.

{{Category|Fortress mode}}
{{Category|Physics}}
[[ru:Noise]]

Noise

2026-08-06T03:14:36Z

Ziusudra: redundant "also"

{{av}}
{{Quality|Superior}}

[[File:noise_preview.png|right]]Certain jobs generate '''noise''' which may disturb [[dwarves]] sleeping nearby. Depending on a job's noise level and proximity, your dwarves could sleep "uneasily due to noise", "very uneasily due to noise", or be woken up by noise. These events will produce unhappy [[thought]]s in varying degrees.

Noise in [[cavern]] layers will also agitate [[Forgotten beast|forgotten beasts]], which may cause them to attack sooner. Don't worry about this too much, because your fortress' [[wealth]] has a much greater impact on how soon they attack.

Neither [[wall]]s nor [[door]]s will insulate dwarves from noise - distance and how loud a job is are the only factors determining whether a dwarf's sleep will be disturbed. Noise is produced when a noisy job is completed, but thoughts about noise do not appear until the sleeping dwarf has woken up.

Also, Howling Spirit [[ghost]]s can disrupt sleeping dwarves, who will then complain about noise; this (probably{{verify}}) doesn't affect agitation. While dwarves walking through a sleeping dwarf's room (even over their heads) will not cause noise, which is important for [[bedroom design]].

'''Note''': Contrary to common belief based on [[23a:Noise|earlier versions]], [[workshop]]s do ''not'' currently produce any noise.

==Noisiness of various jobs==
Only 5 jobs are known to cause noise. These include the following:

* [[Digging]] - 8 tiles
* [[Wood cutting]] - 8 tiles
* [[Engraving]] - 4 tiles
* [[Fortification]] carving - 4 tiles
* Removing [[construction]]s - 8 tiles

====Visualization====

Noise radiates across [[z-level]]s in the shape of a cube, in all 6 directions (north/south, east/west, ''and'' up/down), so noise that travels 4 tiles will generate noise in a 9x9 pattern on 9 successive floors. The noise radiates from the center of the noise-producing things.

{{diagram|spaces=yes|
█ Level 0 Level ± 1 Level ± 2 Level ± 3 Level ± 4 Level ± 5

........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.****[#000][#808000]N****. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........}}

'''N''' = Origin of noise
* = Noise
. = No noise

== Avoiding unhappy thoughts caused by noise ==
* Don't dig near bedrooms when there are dwarves sleeping in them.
* Smooth your bedrooms before placing the actual furniture.

== Designing in anticipation of noise ==
* Putting all your bedrooms 8 levels or lower below ground eliminates noise from wood cutting (''and all other relevant noise-related concerns, that being beside the point'').
* Remember that [[jail]]s, [[hospital]]s, and sleeping [[barracks]] should also ideally be kept away from noise, in addition to standard and noble bedrooms.

Facilities that ''can'' be safely built around or above/below bedrooms and other sleeping facilities, to separate the area set aside for the "quiet zone", include anything that does ''not'' make noise.

== In adventurer mode ==
In [[adventurer mode]], various noises that can be heard in unseen areas will be represented by a respective icon, otherwise the sounds will be shown with exclamation marks of different colors in older versions, or if ASCII mode is turned on in the premium version. Double exclamation marks denote louder noises.

* {{Raw Tile|!|3:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|!|3:0:0}} {{Raw Tile|‼|3:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|‼|3:0:0}} / [[File:story_tell_indicator.png]] [[File:poetry_indicator.png]] [[File:sing_indicator.png]] [[File:preach_indicator.png]]: Talking
* {{Raw Tile|!|6:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|!|6:0:0}} {{Raw Tile|‼|6:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|‼|6:0:0}} / [[File:sound_indicator.png]]: Movement, such as walking or running
* {{Raw Tile|!|4:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|!|4:0:0}} {{Raw Tile|‼|4:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|‼|4:0:0}} / [[File:combat_indicator.png]]: [[Combat]]
* {{Raw Tile|!|2:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|!|2:0:0}} {{Raw Tile|‼|2:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|‼|2:0:0}} / [[File:mechanic_indicator.png]]: Mechanical noises, such as from a [[lever]]-operated [[door]]

Most wildlife will not make any noise in adventurer mode, with a few exceptions, such as [[capybara]]s and [[kakapo]]s.

{{Category|Fortress mode}}
{{Category|Physics}}
[[ru:Noise]]

Noise

2026-08-06T03:12:29Z

Ziusudra: added ghost to intro

{{av}}
{{Quality|Superior}}

[[File:noise_preview.png|right]]Certain jobs generate '''noise''' which may disturb [[dwarves]] sleeping nearby. Depending on a job's noise level and proximity, your dwarves could sleep "uneasily due to noise", "very uneasily due to noise", or be woken up by noise. These events will produce unhappy [[thought]]s in varying degrees.

Noise in [[cavern]] layers will also agitate [[Forgotten beast|forgotten beasts]], which may cause them to attack sooner. Don't worry about this too much, because your fortress' [[wealth]] has a much greater impact on how soon they attack.

Neither [[wall]]s nor [[door]]s will insulate dwarves from noise - distance and how loud a job is are the only factors determining whether a dwarf's sleep will be disturbed. Noise is produced when a noisy job is completed, but thoughts about noise do not appear until the sleeping dwarf has woken up.

Also, Howling Spirit [[ghost]]s can also disrupt sleeping dwarves, who will then complain about noise; this (probably{{verify}}) doesn't affect agitation. While dwarves walking through a sleeping dwarf's room (even over their heads) will not cause noise, which is important for [[bedroom design]].

'''Note''': Contrary to common belief based on [[23a:Noise|earlier versions]], [[workshop]]s do ''not'' currently produce any noise.

==Noisiness of various jobs==
Only 5 jobs are known to cause noise. These include the following:

* [[Digging]] - 8 tiles
* [[Wood cutting]] - 8 tiles
* [[Engraving]] - 4 tiles
* [[Fortification]] carving - 4 tiles
* Removing [[construction]]s - 8 tiles

====Visualization====

Noise radiates across [[z-level]]s in the shape of a cube, in all 6 directions (north/south, east/west, ''and'' up/down), so noise that travels 4 tiles will generate noise in a 9x9 pattern on 9 successive floors. The noise radiates from the center of the noise-producing things.

{{diagram|spaces=yes|
█ Level 0 Level ± 1 Level ± 2 Level ± 3 Level ± 4 Level ± 5

........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.****[#000][#808000]N****. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
.*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. .*********. ...........
........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........}}

'''N''' = Origin of noise
* = Noise
. = No noise

== Avoiding unhappy thoughts caused by noise ==
* Don't dig near bedrooms when there are dwarves sleeping in them.
* Smooth your bedrooms before placing the actual furniture.

== Designing in anticipation of noise ==
* Putting all your bedrooms 8 levels or lower below ground eliminates noise from wood cutting (''and all other relevant noise-related concerns, that being beside the point'').
* Remember that [[jail]]s, [[hospital]]s, and sleeping [[barracks]] should also ideally be kept away from noise, in addition to standard and noble bedrooms.

Facilities that ''can'' be safely built around or above/below bedrooms and other sleeping facilities, to separate the area set aside for the "quiet zone", include anything that does ''not'' make noise.

== In adventurer mode ==
In [[adventurer mode]], various noises that can be heard in unseen areas will be represented by a respective icon, otherwise the sounds will be shown with exclamation marks of different colors in older versions, or if ASCII mode is turned on in the premium version. Double exclamation marks denote louder noises.

* {{Raw Tile|!|3:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|!|3:0:0}} {{Raw Tile|‼|3:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|‼|3:0:0}} / [[File:story_tell_indicator.png]] [[File:poetry_indicator.png]] [[File:sing_indicator.png]] [[File:preach_indicator.png]]: Talking
* {{Raw Tile|!|6:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|!|6:0:0}} {{Raw Tile|‼|6:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|‼|6:0:0}} / [[File:sound_indicator.png]]: Movement, such as walking or running
* {{Raw Tile|!|4:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|!|4:0:0}} {{Raw Tile|‼|4:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|‼|4:0:0}} / [[File:combat_indicator.png]]: [[Combat]]
* {{Raw Tile|!|2:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|!|2:0:0}} {{Raw Tile|‼|2:0:1}} {{Raw Tile|‼|2:0:0}} / [[File:mechanic_indicator.png]]: Mechanical noises, such as from a [[lever]]-operated [[door]]

Most wildlife will not make any noise in adventurer mode, with a few exceptions, such as [[capybara]]s and [[kakapo]]s.

{{Category|Fortress mode}}
{{Category|Physics}}
[[ru:Noise]]

Release information/53.11

2026-08-06T01:19:15Z

Ziusudra: added page links in change list, added file changes section

{{release notes}}

:Here's another routine patch. Notably, good food should make dwarves happier and they should seek out better food. I've been sick through February so the changes are a bit sparse, but I should be back at things now.
:—[[Toady One]], March 4, 2026

:Hey Urists,
:Alexandra here with with today’s patch and a bunch of community news! We've got an AMA on r/dwarffortress, some support for creating your own Dwarf Fortress gatherings and some cool stuff from the community.
:—[[Alexandra]], March 4, 2026
* [https://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=183759.0 Bay 12 Forum thread]
* [https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2026-03-04 Patch notes on Bay 12 Games]
* [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/497222321068572753 Patch notes on Steam]
* [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dwarf-fortress/devlog/1448582/food-fixes-ama-community-spotlight-and-more-dwarf-fortress-patch-5311 Patch notes on itch.io]

== General updates ==
* Made happy [[food]] [[thought]] levels easier to obtain (more in line with newer food values).
* Dwarves seek good [[meal]]s more aggressively and value better foods over worse ones more precisely.
* Stopped dwarves from forgetting friends/grudges they rarely meet after a few years.
* Added item dimension check to [[strange mood]]s to make sure they don't gather e.g. infinite [[cloth]] from [[hospital]] zones.
* Stopped [[world gen]] interrogations from sometimes disordering known site records.
* Fixed crash issue with error-logging for certain modded languages.
* Fixed some potential multithreading stability issues.
* Added some crash-proofing to conversations.
* Worldgen now aborts instead of quitting the whole game when a raw object is missing.
* Fixed issue causing deletion of nemesis records for units.
* Made several distance calculations euclidean instead of rectangular.
* Fixed issue with [[temperature]] check so that certain items (butchery products etc.) respond to temperature properly.
* Changed filesystem for certain setups to support UTF-8 strings.
* Fixed problem causing [[Adventurer_mode_character_creation#Party_summary|party]] [[Adventurer_mode_gameplay#Party_members|tactical]] AI settings to be unchangeable.
* Fixed display problem for desired metal [[cage]]s and [[chain]]s in [[dungeon]]s.
* Fixed problem causing generated creatures to not be immune to their own [[poison]]s.
* Stopped [[channel]]ing in the undiggable [[underworld]].
* Made choreographers and composers use existing [[music]] and [[poem]]s for their works instead of always making new ones.
* Made [[werebeast]] types duplicate if necessary rather than creating blobs (only applies if werebeast curse number set higher than 72).
* Fixed typo in [[angel]] descriptions.

== AMA with Kitfox Publishing ==
Tanya, Tina and I are hosting an AMA on r/dwarffortress on March 9th at 11am ET. Ask us about Dwarf Fortress things, publishing things, anything you’d like! You can [https://www.reddit.com/r/dwarffortress/comments/1rk2tvd/ama_with_kitfox_games_publishing/ submit your questions before the AMA starts here] and we'll answer in the same thread. Looking forward to chatting with you all on Monday!

== Wanted: Your Siege Screenshots ==
Most of the screenshots on Steam are from community-made forts and we’d like to get some new ones showing off the siege fortifications. If you’d like to show off your fort (with credit) on the Dwarf Fortress store pages, send us your screenshots to info@kitfoxgames.com and include how you’d like to be credited.

== Host your own Dwarf Fortress gathering! ==
In the past, we’ve hosted a few Dwarf Fortress fan meetups called The Fey Mood Society Gatherings during major events like PAX and Gamescom. Since we can’t always make it to those events, and there’s urists from all over the world, we’d like to support you in hosting your own Fey Mood Gathering. If you have a meetup planned for Dwarf Fortress fans, [https://forms.gle/x2L7XxbvAXikwjsM9 fill out this form] and we might send you a merch package and other Dwarf Fortress goodies to use at your event.

== Adventure Mode Vinyl Update ==
The Adventure Mode vinyls have started shipping! [https://gamemusicrecords.com/product/dwarf-fortress-adventure-mode-soundtrack-vinyl/ There’s still a few copies in stock] so if you'd like to snag the limited edition version with exclusive colours, now is your chance. If you've already pre-ordered keep your eyes out for the mail.

== Soundtrack Interview with Dabu and Simon ==
Speaking of music, Blindirl recently interviewed Dabu and Simon Swewer about the creation of the Dwarf Fortress soundtracks. It covers everything from the musical backgrounds of the composers, how the soundtracks were created and the trials and tribulations along the way. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6lL-GD9_YU Give it a watch!]

== Mod Spotlight - HEWN (A Total Graphical Overhaul) ==
We wanted to shoutout phlegm7qmtvs for creating the first tileset mod for the Steam version. This mod transforms the game into a classic retro style inspired by traditional roguelikes like Caves of Qud and DF Classic. [https://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=183729.0 Forum thread] [https://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=17759 Classic pack with DFHack] [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3662002056 Steam workshop]

== File changes ==
* data\vanilla\vanilla_procedural\scripts\generators\creatures\shared_info.lua
** Added :ALL to {{token|SYN_IMMUNE_CREATURE|syndrome}} in add_poison_bits
* data\vanilla\vanilla_procedural\scripts\generators\creatures.lua
** Added number to internal werebeast name in werebeast_origin_interactions
** Added werebeast_count and related in creatures.night_creature.werebeast.default
** Added missing space in angel_description

Release information/53.13

2026-08-06T00:29:59Z

Ziusudra: /* 20th Anniversary of Dwarf Fortress */ added file changes section

{{release notes}}
:This patch gives messengers more tasks, like the ability to make peace and improve or open trade relations. You can assign messengers in the same menu where you assign other positions like the manager and broker, and you can give them missions from the world screen (button on the lower right.) There are also some optimizations and other fixes.
:—[[Toady One]], May 13, 2026

:Hey Urists,
:We’ve got another patch/community news hybrid post today! There’s lots on the go right now as we prepare for a packed summer of news and updates. The artists are finishing up dinos and continuing with the art for the Myth and Magic update. You can expect to see the dinosaur update next and we'll be sharing a release date very soon. Tarn is also in full Wizard-mode but in the meantime, he has a new patch with a focus on diplomacy and bugs.
:See you next time, with dinos!
:—[[Alexandra]], May 13, 2026
* [https://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=183877.0 Bay 12 Forum thread]
* [https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2026-05-13 Patch notes on Bay 12 Games]
* [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/693135146596958388 Patch notes on Steam]
* [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dwarf-fortress/devlog/1521849/diplomacy-improvements-20th-anniversary-dwarf-fortress-patch-5313 Patch notes on itch.io]

== Diplomacy ==
* Your appointed [[messenger]]s can now do a variety of diplomatic [[mission]]s from the [[Civilization_and_World_Info|world screen]]. Make peace, declare war, make contact, and improve [[trade]]. You can also seek alliances if you have the [[monarch]] in your fortress.
* Increased the priority of messenger actions.
* It's possible to open trade with [[human]]s and [[elf|elves]] before their usual time if you send a messenger. You can also open trade with multiple [[civilization]]s of the same type.
* If traders don't make decent profits and you do not engage in [[Trade_agreement|negotiations]], trade will taper off.
* Added confirmation to mission interface.
* Changed some colors on mission interface.
* Added a dialog line for dwarven traders from other civilizations.
* Fixed issue where [[Difficulty#Individual_enemy_toggles|turning enemies off]] lead to early caravans (requires resetting difficulty to apply).

== General updates ==
* Optimization: [[Undead|zombies]] don't consider their surrounding until disturbed.
* Optimization: throttled creatures trying to repeatedly failing [[path]].
* Added announcements for residents and creatures that have begun throttling pathing.
* Can view activity details again from the [[Unit list|residents list]].
* Stopped scroll bar from disappearing when closing bins near the bottom of the trade list.
* Increased the maximum number of [[announcement]]s that can be saved.
* Prioritized the removal of [[sparring]] announcements from the announcement list.
* Tries to repair corrupted musical [[instrument]]s upon load.
* Did some exception handing for map saving and loading.
* Added the ability to display all logged errors on screen (useful for debugging mods etc).

== Tarn and Zach open their Magic: The Gathering cards ==
In case you missed it, Tarn and Zach just received their copies of the new Secret Lair x Dwarf Fortress collection of Magic: The Gathering cards. [https://youtu.be/2nMRSBXQDpw They open their packs together and reminisce about ASCII Dwarf Fortress and getting into Magic in the 90s]. You can still [https://secretlair.wizards.com/us/product/1250417/secret-lair-x-dwarf-fortress-create-new-world pre-order the cards here].

== 20th Anniversary of Dwarf Fortress ==
[[File:DF20thAnniversary.png|400px|right]]This year we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress. To start, we have a new special logo for the occasion featuring Armok himself, who has never been depicted until now! Credit goes to artist Jacob for the new portrait. You can expect to see more 20th anniversary events throughout the rest of the year. If you’re interested in hosting your own Dwarf Fortress gathering, we’ve opened up a [https://forms.gle/TsimLyvt5zLyTikU7 form where you can apply for merch support here].

== File changes ==
* data\init\init_default.txt
** Added DISPLAY_ALL_ERRORLOGS

Release information/53.15

2026-08-06T00:08:49Z

Ziusudra: /* File changes */ added the new extinct folders

{{release notes}}
:This patch adds a hundred animals that went extinct in the real world. Each of these animals also gets an animal person. You'll need to create a new world to see them. There are five options for the frequency of the extinct animals. You can have them in untamed wilds, small isolated areas, every wilderness, or even domesticated by most civilizations. You can also keep them extinct.
:This release also brings a graphical update to existing animal people. You can now see their held equipment and some of their bodywear. This should work in your old saves without a new world.
:—[[Toady One]], June 25, 2026

:Hey Urists!
:The dino update is live now adding 100 extinct creatures to the game. All sprites and portraits are created by Dwarf Fortress artist Guido/Neoriceisgood. We hope you enjoy this update as we continue with development on the Magic update.
:Enjoy the update, we look forward to seeing how your forts hold up.
:—[[Alexandra]], June 25, 2026
* [https://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=183961.0 Bay 12 Forum thread]
* [https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2026-06-25 Patch notes on Bay 12 Games]
* [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/701020331235606547 Patch notes on Steam]
* [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dwarf-fortress/devlog/1564025/the-dino-update-is-out-now-dwarf-fortress-patch-5315 Patch notes on itch.io]

== Patch notes ==
* 100 new [[Creature#Extinct|extinct animals]] (requires new world):
** [[wikipedia:Cambrian|Cambrian]]: [[Hallucigenia]], [[Haikouichthys]], [[Opabinia]], [[Anomalocaris]], [[Trilobite]], [[Wiwaxia]]
** [[wikipedia:Ordovician|Ordovician]]: [[Aegirocassis]]
** [[wikipedia:Silurian|Silurian]]: [[Jaekelopterus]]
** [[wikipedia:Devonian|Devonian]]: [[Dunkleosteus]], [[Tiktaalik]], [[Hibbertopterus scouleri]], [[Hibbertopterus peachi]], [[Drepanopterus]], [[Mimetaster]]
** [[wikipedia:Carboniferous|Carboniferous]]: [[Oestocephalus]], [[Tullimonstrum]], [[Arthropleura]], [[Meganeura]]
** [[wikipedia:Permian|Permian]]: [[Diplocaulus]], [[Eryops]], [[Helicoprion]], [[Dimetrodon]], [[Diadectes]], [[Anteosaurus]], [[Lystrosaurus]]
** [[wikipedia:Triassic|Triassic]]: [[Gerrothorax]], [[Eoraptor]], [[Sharovipteryx]], [[Psephoderma]], [[Procompsognathus]], [[Drepanosaurus]]
** [[wikipedia:Jurassic|Jurassic]]: [[Ichthyosaurus]], [[Torvosaurus]], [[Archaeopteryx]], [[Plesiosaurus]], [[Stegosaurus]], [[Kentrosaurus]], [[Pterodactylus]], [[Jeholopterus]], [[Dilophosaurus]], [[Ceratosaurus]], [[Europasaurus]], [[Brachiosaurus]], [[Diplodocus]], [[Brontosaurus]], [[Allosaurus]], [[Afrovenator]], [[Rhamphorhynchus]], [[Ostenocaris]]
** [[wikipedia:Cretaceous|Cretaceous]]: [[Ammonite]], [[Archelon]], [[Velociraptor]], [[Mononykus]], [[Linhenykus]], [[Buitreraptor]], [[Deinonychus]], [[Utahraptor]], [[Mosasaurus]], [[Parasaurolophus]], [[Iguanodon]], [[Triceratops]], [[Kosmoceratops]], [[Microceratus]], [[Ankylosaurus]], [[Pachycephalosaurus]], [[Quetzalcoatlus]], [[Colepiocephale]], [[Tsintaosaurus]], [[Therizinosaurus]], [[Suzhousaurus]], [[Nothronychus]], [[Carnotaurus]], [[Spinosaurus aegyptiacus]], [[Tyrannosaurus]], [[Amargasaurus]], [[Oviraptor]], [[Sinopterus]], [[Spinosaurus mirabilis]], [[Hypsilophodon]], [[Nodosaurus]]
** [[wikipedia:Cenozoic|Cenozoic]]: [[Deinotherium]], [[Smilodon]], [[Pygmy mammoth]], [[Megatherium]], [[Thylacine]], [[Andrewsarchus]], [[Woolly rhinoceros]], [[Miohippus]], [[Glyptodon]], [[Woolly mammoth]], [[Paraceratherium]], [[Dodo]], [[Kelenken]], [[Moa]], [[Megalodon]], [[Megalania]], [[Titanoboa]], [[Platybelodon]], [[Entelodon]], [[Megacerops]]
* 100 new [[animal people]] based on the extinct animals:
** Cambrian: [[Hallucigenia man]], [[Haikouichthys man]], [[Opabinia man]], [[Anomalocaris man]], [[Trilobite man]], [[Wiwaxia man]]
** Ordovician: [[Aegirocassis man]]
** Silurian: [[Jaekelopterus man]]
** Devonian: [[Dunkleosteus man]], [[Tiktaalik man]], [[Hibbertopterus scouleri man]], [[Hibbertopterus peachi man]], [[Drepanopterus man]], [[Mimetaster man]]
** Carboniferous: [[Oestocephalus man]], [[Tullimonstrum man]], [[Arthropleura man]], [[Meganeura man]]
** Permian: [[Diplocaulus man]], [[Eryops man]], [[Helicoprion man]], [[Dimetrodon man]], [[Diadectes man]], [[Anteosaurus man]], [[Lystrosaurus man]]
** Triassic: [[Gerrothorax man]], [[Eoraptor man]], [[Sharovipteryx man]], [[Psephoderma man]], [[Procompsognathus man]], [[Drepanosaurus man]]
** Jurassic: [[Ichthyosaurus man]], [[Torvosaurus man]], [[Archaeopteryx man]], [[Plesiosaurus man]], [[Stegosaurus man]], [[Kentrosaurus man]], [[Pterodactylus man]], [[Jeholopterus man]], [[Dilophosaurus man]], [[Ceratosaurus man]], [[Europasaurus man]], [[Brachiosaurus man]], [[Diplodocus man]], [[Brontosaurus man]], [[Allosaurus man]], [[Afrovenator man]], [[Rhamphorhynchus man]], [[Ostenocaris man]]
** Cretaceous: [[Ammonite man]], [[Archelon man]], [[Velociraptor man]], [[Mononykus man]], [[Linhenykus man]], [[Buitreraptor man]], [[Deinonychus man]], [[Utahraptor man]], [[Mosasaurus man]], [[Parasaurolophus man]], [[Iguanodon man]], [[Triceratops man]], [[Kosmoceratops man]], [[Microceratus man]], [[Ankylosaurus man]], [[Pachycephalosaurus man]], [[Quetzalcoatlus man]], [[Colepiocephale man]], [[Tsintaosaurus man]], [[Therizinosaurus man]], [[Suzhousaurus man]], [[Nothronychus man]], [[Carnotaurus man]], [[Spinosaurus aegyptiacus man]], [[Tyrannosaurus man]], [[Amargasaurus man]], [[Oviraptor man]], [[Sinopterus man]], [[Spinosaurus mirabilis man]], [[Hypsilophodon man]], [[Nodosaurus man]]
** Cenozoic: [[Deinotherium man]], [[Smilodon man]], [[Pygmy mammoth man]], [[Megatherium man]], [[Thylacine man]], [[Andrewsarchus man]], [[Woolly rhinoceros man]], [[Miohippus man]], [[Glyptodon man]], [[Woolly mammoth man]], [[Paraceratherium man]], [[Dodo man]], [[Kelenken man]], [[Moa man]], [[Megalodon man]], [[Megalania man]], [[Titanoboa man]], [[Platybelodon man]], [[Entelodon man]], [[Megacerops man]]
* Many of the new animals can be [[Animal trainer|trained]] for war or hunting.
* Keep the new creatures as [[pet]]s or use them in [[industry]].
* Be [[Invader|terrorized]] by the extinct creatures as elves and others ride them into [[Siege|battle]] against your fortress.
* You can [[World generation|set]] the frequency of extinct animals, from often domesticated to untamed wilds only to isolated areas to still extinct.
* All animal people are shown wearing their equipment and some of their bodywear (works in old world.)

== Anniversary Celebration Stream ==
[[File:DF20thAnniversary.png|200px|left]]To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original Dwarf Fortress, we are hosting a celebratory stream on August 5th. You'll see Tarn and Zach play the original build from 2006, and we'll also be giving out awards to gamedevs and creators who have inspired us over the decades. You won't want to miss it! More details to come, but feel free to follow the Kitfox Twitch channel ahead of time.

== Celebrating Dinos! ==
We received a sample of the gorlak plushie that will be included in the Serenity Forge 20th Anniversary box set. It looks like he's also encountered some dinos of his own kind! You can still pre-order the set which includes the gorlak plush [https://store.serenityforge.com/products/dwarf-fortress-20th-anniversary-archival-collectors-edition here].

== Other changes ==
* Added [[announcement]]s for stuck citizens and creatures.

== File changes ==
* Added data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures_extinct and data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures_extinct_graphics folders
* data\init\[[announcements.txt]]
** Added CREATURE_STUCK and CITIZEN_STUCK
* data\vanilla\vanilla_bodies\objects\b_detail_plan_default.txt
** Added STURDY_GROWTH [[body part]]s
* data\vanilla\vanilla_bodies\objects\body_default.txt
** Added various body templates for new creatures
* data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects\c_variation_default.txt
* data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects\creature_subterranean.txt
** Added CREATURE_CLASS:[[Animal person|ANIMAL_PERSON]] to ANIMAL_PERSON, ANIMAL_PERSON_LEGLESS, and ANT_MAN
* data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects\creature_large_tropical.txt
** Added TRADE_CAPACITY to [[Elephant|ELEPHANT]]
* data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects\creature_tropical_new.txt
** Added GENERAL_CHILD_NAME to [[Sloth|SLOTH]]
* data\vanilla\vanilla_descriptors\objects\descriptor_pattern_special.txt
** Added STRIPES_TAN_BROWN, STRIPES_GREEN_PINK, and STRIPES_COPPER_CHESTNUT
* Classic data\init\init_default.txt
** Removed DISPLAY_ALL_ERRORLOGS, but the option is still in [[Settings#Display_all_errors|settings]]

Release information/53.15

2026-08-06T00:05:07Z

Ziusudra: /* Other changes */ removed setting added in earlier version, added file changes section

{{release notes}}
:This patch adds a hundred animals that went extinct in the real world. Each of these animals also gets an animal person. You'll need to create a new world to see them. There are five options for the frequency of the extinct animals. You can have them in untamed wilds, small isolated areas, every wilderness, or even domesticated by most civilizations. You can also keep them extinct.
:This release also brings a graphical update to existing animal people. You can now see their held equipment and some of their bodywear. This should work in your old saves without a new world.
:—[[Toady One]], June 25, 2026

:Hey Urists!
:The dino update is live now adding 100 extinct creatures to the game. All sprites and portraits are created by Dwarf Fortress artist Guido/Neoriceisgood. We hope you enjoy this update as we continue with development on the Magic update.
:Enjoy the update, we look forward to seeing how your forts hold up.
:—[[Alexandra]], June 25, 2026
* [https://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=183961.0 Bay 12 Forum thread]
* [https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2026-06-25 Patch notes on Bay 12 Games]
* [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/701020331235606547 Patch notes on Steam]
* [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dwarf-fortress/devlog/1564025/the-dino-update-is-out-now-dwarf-fortress-patch-5315 Patch notes on itch.io]

== Patch notes ==
* 100 new [[Creature#Extinct|extinct animals]] (requires new world):
** [[wikipedia:Cambrian|Cambrian]]: [[Hallucigenia]], [[Haikouichthys]], [[Opabinia]], [[Anomalocaris]], [[Trilobite]], [[Wiwaxia]]
** [[wikipedia:Ordovician|Ordovician]]: [[Aegirocassis]]
** [[wikipedia:Silurian|Silurian]]: [[Jaekelopterus]]
** [[wikipedia:Devonian|Devonian]]: [[Dunkleosteus]], [[Tiktaalik]], [[Hibbertopterus scouleri]], [[Hibbertopterus peachi]], [[Drepanopterus]], [[Mimetaster]]
** [[wikipedia:Carboniferous|Carboniferous]]: [[Oestocephalus]], [[Tullimonstrum]], [[Arthropleura]], [[Meganeura]]
** [[wikipedia:Permian|Permian]]: [[Diplocaulus]], [[Eryops]], [[Helicoprion]], [[Dimetrodon]], [[Diadectes]], [[Anteosaurus]], [[Lystrosaurus]]
** [[wikipedia:Triassic|Triassic]]: [[Gerrothorax]], [[Eoraptor]], [[Sharovipteryx]], [[Psephoderma]], [[Procompsognathus]], [[Drepanosaurus]]
** [[wikipedia:Jurassic|Jurassic]]: [[Ichthyosaurus]], [[Torvosaurus]], [[Archaeopteryx]], [[Plesiosaurus]], [[Stegosaurus]], [[Kentrosaurus]], [[Pterodactylus]], [[Jeholopterus]], [[Dilophosaurus]], [[Ceratosaurus]], [[Europasaurus]], [[Brachiosaurus]], [[Diplodocus]], [[Brontosaurus]], [[Allosaurus]], [[Afrovenator]], [[Rhamphorhynchus]], [[Ostenocaris]]
** [[wikipedia:Cretaceous|Cretaceous]]: [[Ammonite]], [[Archelon]], [[Velociraptor]], [[Mononykus]], [[Linhenykus]], [[Buitreraptor]], [[Deinonychus]], [[Utahraptor]], [[Mosasaurus]], [[Parasaurolophus]], [[Iguanodon]], [[Triceratops]], [[Kosmoceratops]], [[Microceratus]], [[Ankylosaurus]], [[Pachycephalosaurus]], [[Quetzalcoatlus]], [[Colepiocephale]], [[Tsintaosaurus]], [[Therizinosaurus]], [[Suzhousaurus]], [[Nothronychus]], [[Carnotaurus]], [[Spinosaurus aegyptiacus]], [[Tyrannosaurus]], [[Amargasaurus]], [[Oviraptor]], [[Sinopterus]], [[Spinosaurus mirabilis]], [[Hypsilophodon]], [[Nodosaurus]]
** [[wikipedia:Cenozoic|Cenozoic]]: [[Deinotherium]], [[Smilodon]], [[Pygmy mammoth]], [[Megatherium]], [[Thylacine]], [[Andrewsarchus]], [[Woolly rhinoceros]], [[Miohippus]], [[Glyptodon]], [[Woolly mammoth]], [[Paraceratherium]], [[Dodo]], [[Kelenken]], [[Moa]], [[Megalodon]], [[Megalania]], [[Titanoboa]], [[Platybelodon]], [[Entelodon]], [[Megacerops]]
* 100 new [[animal people]] based on the extinct animals:
** Cambrian: [[Hallucigenia man]], [[Haikouichthys man]], [[Opabinia man]], [[Anomalocaris man]], [[Trilobite man]], [[Wiwaxia man]]
** Ordovician: [[Aegirocassis man]]
** Silurian: [[Jaekelopterus man]]
** Devonian: [[Dunkleosteus man]], [[Tiktaalik man]], [[Hibbertopterus scouleri man]], [[Hibbertopterus peachi man]], [[Drepanopterus man]], [[Mimetaster man]]
** Carboniferous: [[Oestocephalus man]], [[Tullimonstrum man]], [[Arthropleura man]], [[Meganeura man]]
** Permian: [[Diplocaulus man]], [[Eryops man]], [[Helicoprion man]], [[Dimetrodon man]], [[Diadectes man]], [[Anteosaurus man]], [[Lystrosaurus man]]
** Triassic: [[Gerrothorax man]], [[Eoraptor man]], [[Sharovipteryx man]], [[Psephoderma man]], [[Procompsognathus man]], [[Drepanosaurus man]]
** Jurassic: [[Ichthyosaurus man]], [[Torvosaurus man]], [[Archaeopteryx man]], [[Plesiosaurus man]], [[Stegosaurus man]], [[Kentrosaurus man]], [[Pterodactylus man]], [[Jeholopterus man]], [[Dilophosaurus man]], [[Ceratosaurus man]], [[Europasaurus man]], [[Brachiosaurus man]], [[Diplodocus man]], [[Brontosaurus man]], [[Allosaurus man]], [[Afrovenator man]], [[Rhamphorhynchus man]], [[Ostenocaris man]]
** Cretaceous: [[Ammonite man]], [[Archelon man]], [[Velociraptor man]], [[Mononykus man]], [[Linhenykus man]], [[Buitreraptor man]], [[Deinonychus man]], [[Utahraptor man]], [[Mosasaurus man]], [[Parasaurolophus man]], [[Iguanodon man]], [[Triceratops man]], [[Kosmoceratops man]], [[Microceratus man]], [[Ankylosaurus man]], [[Pachycephalosaurus man]], [[Quetzalcoatlus man]], [[Colepiocephale man]], [[Tsintaosaurus man]], [[Therizinosaurus man]], [[Suzhousaurus man]], [[Nothronychus man]], [[Carnotaurus man]], [[Spinosaurus aegyptiacus man]], [[Tyrannosaurus man]], [[Amargasaurus man]], [[Oviraptor man]], [[Sinopterus man]], [[Spinosaurus mirabilis man]], [[Hypsilophodon man]], [[Nodosaurus man]]
** Cenozoic: [[Deinotherium man]], [[Smilodon man]], [[Pygmy mammoth man]], [[Megatherium man]], [[Thylacine man]], [[Andrewsarchus man]], [[Woolly rhinoceros man]], [[Miohippus man]], [[Glyptodon man]], [[Woolly mammoth man]], [[Paraceratherium man]], [[Dodo man]], [[Kelenken man]], [[Moa man]], [[Megalodon man]], [[Megalania man]], [[Titanoboa man]], [[Platybelodon man]], [[Entelodon man]], [[Megacerops man]]
* Many of the new animals can be [[Animal trainer|trained]] for war or hunting.
* Keep the new creatures as [[pet]]s or use them in [[industry]].
* Be [[Invader|terrorized]] by the extinct creatures as elves and others ride them into [[Siege|battle]] against your fortress.
* You can [[World generation|set]] the frequency of extinct animals, from often domesticated to untamed wilds only to isolated areas to still extinct.
* All animal people are shown wearing their equipment and some of their bodywear (works in old world.)

== Anniversary Celebration Stream ==
[[File:DF20thAnniversary.png|200px|left]]To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original Dwarf Fortress, we are hosting a celebratory stream on August 5th. You'll see Tarn and Zach play the original build from 2006, and we'll also be giving out awards to gamedevs and creators who have inspired us over the decades. You won't want to miss it! More details to come, but feel free to follow the Kitfox Twitch channel ahead of time.

== Celebrating Dinos! ==
We received a sample of the gorlak plushie that will be included in the Serenity Forge 20th Anniversary box set. It looks like he's also encountered some dinos of his own kind! You can still pre-order the set which includes the gorlak plush [https://store.serenityforge.com/products/dwarf-fortress-20th-anniversary-archival-collectors-edition here].

== Other changes ==
* Added [[announcement]]s for stuck citizens and creatures.

== File changes ==
* data\init\[[announcements.txt]]
** Added CREATURE_STUCK and CITIZEN_STUCK
* data\vanilla\vanilla_bodies\objects\b_detail_plan_default.txt
** Added STURDY_GROWTH [[body part]]s
* data\vanilla\vanilla_bodies\objects\body_default.txt
** Added various body templates for new creatures
* data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects\c_variation_default.txt
* data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects\creature_subterranean.txt
** Added CREATURE_CLASS:[[Animal person|ANIMAL_PERSON]] to ANIMAL_PERSON, ANIMAL_PERSON_LEGLESS, and ANT_MAN
* data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects\creature_large_tropical.txt
** Added TRADE_CAPACITY to [[Elephant|ELEPHANT]]
* data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects\creature_tropical_new.txt
** Added GENERAL_CHILD_NAME to [[Sloth|SLOTH]]
* data\vanilla\vanilla_descriptors\objects\descriptor_pattern_special.txt
** Added STRIPES_TAN_BROWN, STRIPES_GREEN_PINK, and STRIPES_COPPER_CHESTNUT
* Classic data\init\init_default.txt
** Removed DISPLAY_ALL_ERRORLOGS, but the option is still in [[Settings#Display_all_errors|settings]]

Release information/53.16

2026-08-05T22:51:28Z

Ziusudra: added file changes section

{{release notes}}
:This patch adds some quality of life features, fixes some bugs, and addresses some issues with the [[Release_information/53.15|extinct creatures patch]]. A key cause of overindulging tavern patrons was fixed. Dinosaurs grow more slowly and dinosaur people have their missing attack types. Divine objects are visible, generally, and visiting scholars should stop walking off with your books and scrolls. And many more!
:—[[Toady One]], August 5, 2026

:Hey Urists,
:We're back and celebrating the 20th anniversary of Dwarf Fortress this week with a special show, Myth & Magic at and music updates and a patch. While Myth & Magic work is very much underway, we also have patch 53.16 today which fixes a bunch of things. We are also preparing to go to Gamescom at the end of the month to show a first-look of Myth & Magic gameplay that you'll be able to watch at home! Dabu and Simon also released their latest Dwarf Fortress track today.
:—[[Alexandra]], August 5, 2026
* [https://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=184026.0 Bay 12 Forum thread]
* [https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2026-08-05 Patch notes on Bay 12 Games]
* [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/676253720257759384 Patch notes on Steam]
* [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dwarf-fortress/devlog/1617987/20th-anniversary-myth-magic-art-and-music-dwarf-fortress-patch-5316 Patch notes on itch.io]

== Patch notes ==
=== General updates ===
* [[Fanciful]] (but existent) creatures like [[unicorn]]s appear again and have their materials tracked.{{bug|13523}} This also caused some issues with [[zombie]]s coming back to life (and then dying immediately because of their rotted state.{{bug|13519}})
* [[Tavern]] goers will no longer order a [[drink]] from every single [[tavern keeper]] in the bar and drink them all, causing them to die of acute alcohol [[poison]]ing.
* Tavern keepers will now refuse orders for drinks if the one ordering it is sufficiently [[drunk]] (if their personality allows.)
* Dwarves will exercise self-control and not order alcohol from tavern-keepers when drunk (if their personality allows.)
* [[Save]]s can be sorted by most recently played now.
* Ordered potential [[memorial]] [[slab]] [[engraving]] [[job]]s by urgency and added some coloration.
* [[Visitor]]s should no longer steal fortress [[library]] [[book]]s (or other fortress items.)
* Disabled "be with family" [[need]] until isolated residents have ways to visit, be visited by, or contact distant family.
* Added confirmation for changing or clearing [[hotkey]] recenter locations.
* Added various missing attacks to the extinct creature people.
* Changed growth rates for various [[extinct]] creatures.
* Changed [[egg]] [[size]] and clutch size for various extinct creatures.
* Stopped [[caravan]] from bringing [[food]] when it wasn't needed due to seed and drink overcounting{{bug|13530}}.
* Strengthened effect of unconditional surrender.
* Stopped player [[messenger]]s from being given conflicting [[diplomacy]] goals (such as declaring war and making an alliance.)
* Stopped dwarves from being trapped in [[guildhall]] skill [[demonstration]]s when they have unmet social needs.
* [[Strange mood]] dwarves will no longer make equipment types from outside of their civilization.
* Fixed broken xml export for historical negotiation events{{bug|13512}}.
* [[Wilderness]] creature type number further depends on the size of each [[region]].
* Click the bottom [[stockpile]] button now goes directly to adding a new stockpile.
* Gave recenter information to building destruction and toppling [[announcement]]s.
* Stopped [[tantrum]]ing dwarves and others from targeting [[farm plot]]s for destruction.
* Announcement and report recenter buttons should properly close their menus again.
* Added description to top of [[burrow]] menu.

=== Graphics updates ===
* Procedural weapons and armor images appear, and procedural weapons appear when held (worn armor will have to come later.)
* Stone short sword should now appear as held item properly.
* Made skill blocks of administrator candidates easier to parse.
* Improved display of game load/worldgen errors.
* Quern and millstone cursors appear properly when placing them.
* Displayed cauldrons properly in [[night troll]] [[lair]]s.

== New artwork ==
We'd like to reveal [https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images//34693670/f0bf58f49ab4ae225311fe9d7d57b71ffd434c80.png breathtaking new artwork] by Thea Kent for the Myth & Magic update featuring a dwarven wizard, a bunch of wild looking creatures and the God of Blood Armok himself.

== New Song: Myth & Magic ==
Inspired by the Myth & Magic update, Dabu and Simon Swewer have just released one of two new Dwarf Fortress songs for this year. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RxKWfkWC74 A song] about a dwarven wizard experimenting with the amazing, destructive powers of magic...

== 20th Anniversary Show ==
We're celebrating the 20th anniversary of classic Dwarf Fortress with a special show. Join Tarn and Zach as they play the first ever build of the game from 2006 and reminisce about the olden days. It’s been a while since they’ve played the build and it’s very unstable so who knows what will happen? They are also hosting the Beyond Quality Awards, recognizing the devs and community members who have contributed throughout the years.

The show starts today at 11am PT/ 2pm ET/ 7pm BT on the [https://www.twitch.tv/kitfoxgames Kitfox Twitch channel] ([https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2838060900 VOD]).

== On Sale now! ==
Dwarf Fortress is part of the [https://store.steampowered.com/sale/kitfoxfestival2026?snr=1_2108_9__2107 Kitfox Publisher sale] which is running all week. All our games are on sale so now is a great time to get a friend into Dwarf Fortress.

== Updated Beginner Tutorial ==
And if you're new to Dwarf Fortress, we just collabed with BlindiRL to create a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRTwK8XR6kE new updated version of the beginner tutorial guide]. It's a great place to start your learning journey.

== File changes ==
* data\init\[[announcements.txt]]
** Added BARTENDER_SLACKING
* data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects\[[Creature_variation_token|c_variation_default.txt]]
** Added CLAW_SCRATCH_ATTACK_STANCE, HORN_ATTACK, PROBOSCIS_BITE_ATTACK, and TOOTH_WHORL_BITE_ATTACK
* data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures\objects\creature_standard.txt
** Changed SEA_MONSTER PINCER attack token to match verb
* multiple data\vanilla\vanilla_creatures_extinct\objects\ files
** Added many missing attacks
* data\vanilla\vanilla_procedural\scripts\generators\entities.lua
** Added many PROCEDURAL_ITEM_GRAPHICS

Release information/53.16

2026-08-05T22:08:39Z

Ziusudra: Creating release notes for v53.16

{{release notes}}
:This patch adds some quality of life features, fixes some bugs, and addresses some issues with the [[Release_information/53.15|extinct creatures patch]]. A key cause of overindulging tavern patrons was fixed. Dinosaurs grow more slowly and dinosaur people have their missing attack types. Divine objects are visible, generally, and visiting scholars should stop walking off with your books and scrolls. And many more!
:—[[Toady One]], August 5, 2026

:Hey Urists,
:We're back and celebrating the 20th anniversary of Dwarf Fortress this week with a special show, Myth & Magic at and music updates and a patch. While Myth & Magic work is very much underway, we also have patch 53.16 today which fixes a bunch of things. We are also preparing to go to Gamescom at the end of the month to show a first-look of Myth & Magic gameplay that you'll be able to watch at home! Dabu and Simon also released their latest Dwarf Fortress track today.
:—[[Alexandra]], August 5, 2026
* [https://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=184026.0 Bay 12 Forum thread]
* [https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2026-08-05 Patch notes on Bay 12 Games]
* [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/676253720257759384 Patch notes on Steam]
* [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dwarf-fortress/devlog/1617987/20th-anniversary-myth-magic-art-and-music-dwarf-fortress-patch-5316 Patch notes on itch.io]

== Patch notes ==
=== General updates ===
* [[Fanciful]] (but existent) creatures like [[unicorn]]s appear again and have their materials tracked.{{bug|13523}} This also caused some issues with [[zombie]]s coming back to life (and then dying immediately because of their rotted state.{{bug|13519}})
* [[Tavern]] goers will no longer order a [[drink]] from every single [[tavern keeper]] in the bar and drink them all, causing them to die of acute alcohol [[poison]]ing.
* Tavern keepers will now refuse orders for drinks if the one ordering it is sufficiently [[drunk]] (if their personality allows.)
* Dwarves will exercise self-control and not order alcohol from tavern-keepers when drunk (if their personality allows.)
* [[Save]]s can be sorted by most recently played now.
* Ordered potential [[memorial]] [[slab]] [[engraving]] [[job]]s by urgency and added some coloration.
* [[Visitor]]s should no longer steal fortress [[library]] [[book]]s (or other fortress items.)
* Disabled "be with family" [[need]] until isolated residents have ways to visit, be visited by, or contact distant family.
* Added confirmation for changing or clearing [[hotkey]] recenter locations.
* Added various missing attacks to the extinct creature people.
* Changed growth rates for various [[extinct]] creatures.
* Changed [[egg]] [[size]] and clutch size for various extinct creatures.
* Stopped [[caravan]] from bringing [[food]] when it wasn't needed due to seed and drink overcounting{{bug|13530}}.
* Strengthened effect of unconditional surrender.
* Stopped player [[messenger]]s from being given conflicting [[diplomacy]] goals (such as declaring war and making an alliance.)
* Stopped dwarves from being trapped in [[guildhall]] skill [[demonstration]]s when they have unmet social needs.
* [[Strange mood]] dwarves will no longer make equipment types from outside of their civilization.
* Fixed broken xml export for historical negotiation events{{bug|13512}}.
* [[Wilderness]] creature type number further depends on the size of each [[region]].
* Click the bottom [[stockpile]] button now goes directly to adding a new stockpile.
* Gave recenter information to building destruction and toppling [[announcement]]s.
* Stopped [[tantrum]]ing dwarves and others from targeting [[farm plot]]s for destruction.
* Announcement and report recenter buttons should properly close their menus again.
* Added description to top of [[burrow]] menu.

=== Graphics updates ===
* Procedural weapons and armor images appear, and procedural weapons appear when held (worn armor will have to come later.)
* Stone short sword should now appear as held item properly.
* Made skill blocks of administrator candidates easier to parse.
* Improved display of game load/worldgen errors.
* Quern and millstone cursors appear properly when placing them.
* Displayed cauldrons properly in [[night troll]] [[lair]]s.

== New artwork ==
We'd like to reveal [https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images//34693670/f0bf58f49ab4ae225311fe9d7d57b71ffd434c80.png breathtaking new artwork] by Thea Kent for the Myth & Magic update featuring a dwarven wizard, a bunch of wild looking creatures and the God of Blood Armok himself.

== New Song: Myth & Magic ==
Inspired by the Myth & Magic update, Dabu and Simon Swewer have just released one of two new Dwarf Fortress songs for this year. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RxKWfkWC74 A song] about a dwarven wizard experimenting with the amazing, destructive powers of magic...

== 20th Anniversary Show ==
We're celebrating the 20th anniversary of classic Dwarf Fortress with a special show. Join Tarn and Zach as they play the first ever build of the game from 2006 and reminisce about the olden days. It’s been a while since they’ve played the build and it’s very unstable so who knows what will happen? They are also hosting the Beyond Quality Awards, recognizing the devs and community members who have contributed throughout the years.

The show starts today at 11am PT/ 2pm ET/ 7pm BT on the [https://www.twitch.tv/kitfoxgames Kitfox Twitch channel] ([https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2838060900 VOD]).

== On Sale now! ==
Dwarf Fortress is part of the [https://store.steampowered.com/sale/kitfoxfestival2026?snr=1_2108_9__2107 Kitfox Publisher sale] which is running all week. All our games are on sale so now is a great time to get a friend into Dwarf Fortress.

== Updated Beginner Tutorial ==
And if you're new to Dwarf Fortress, we just collabed with BlindiRL to create a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRTwK8XR6kE new updated version of the beginner tutorial guide]. It's a great place to start your learning journey.

Version history

2026-08-05T21:33:36Z

Ziusudra: /* Dwarf Fortress v53 */ .16

This page documents the complete release history of ''Dwarf Fortress'', starting from the very first public release of [[23a:Release information/0.21.93.19a|0.21.93.19a]]. See each release's page for more information.

== Dwarf Fortress v53 ==
{| class=wikitable
! style="width:85px"|Version
! style="width:100px"|Date of release
! Note
|-
| [[Release information/53.16|53.16]] || 2026-8-5
| QoL, general, and extinct creatures fixes and tweaks
|-
| [[Release information/53.15|53.15]] || 2026-6-25
| '''Dino Update''': Extinct animals, animal people equipment graphics
|-
| [[Release information/53.14|53.14]] || 2026-5-20
| ''Hotfix'' for announcements crash
|-
| [[Release information/53.13|53.13]] || 2026-5-13
| More messenger actions, idle undead and pathing optimizations, and general fixes
|-
| [[Release information/53.12|53.12]] || 2026-4-14
| General QoL tweaks for petitions, trade, mining, squads, and more
|-
| [[Release information/53.11|53.11]] || 2026-3-4
| General fixes
|-
| [[Release information/53.10|53.10]] || 2026-1-12
| ''Hotfixes'' and more aquatic animal portraits
|-
| [[Release information/53.09|53.09]] || 2026-1-7
| General fixes, new portraits, experiment graphics
|-
| [[Release information/53.08|53.08]] || 2025-12-19
| ''Hotfix'' for mining and deconstruction speed
|-
| [[Release information/53.07|53.07]] || 2025-12-18
| Siege related ''Bugfixes'' and more animal portraits
|-
| [[Release information/53.06|53.06]] || 2025-11-24
| Siege related ''Bugfixes'' and a new song
|-
| [[Release information/53.05|53.05]] || 2025-11-18
| Quick fix for a few sorting issues.
|-
| [[Release information/53.04|53.04]] || 2025-11-17
| ''Hotfix'' for Siege Update and other ''Bugfixes''.
|-
| [[Release information/53.03|53.03]] || 2025-11-10
| ''Hotfix'' for Siege Update.
|-
| [[Release information/53.02|53.02]] || 2025-11-04
| ''Hotfix'' for Siege Update.
|-
| [[Release information/53.01|53.01]] || 2025-11-03
| '''Siege Update''': Invaders can dig, destroy, build, and plan. Improved siege engines including new [[bolt thrower]].
|-
|}

== Dwarf Fortress v52 ==
{| class=wikitable
! style="width:85px"|Version
! style="width:100px"|Date of release
! Note
|-
| [[Release information/52.05|52.05]] || 2025-10-01
| Miscellaneous ''Bugfixes''
|-
| [[Release information/52.04|52.04]] || 2025-08-28
| ''Bugfixes'' relating to traveling squads
|-
| [[Release information/52.03|52.03]] || 2025-08-07
| Added new [[Dye]] related plants and features
|-
| [[Release information/52.02|52.02]] || 2025-07-24
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[Release information/52.01|52.01]] || 2025-07-21
| Lua update for easier mod making and future advanced systems
|}

== Dwarf Fortress v51 ==
{| class=wikitable
! style="width:85px"|Version
! style="width:100px"|Date of release
! Note
|-
| [[Release information/51.13|51.13]] || 2025-06-27
| ''Hotfix'' for dehydration issues
|-
| [[Release information/51.12|51.12]] || 2025-06-26
| Ranged weapon updates
|-
| [[Release information/51.11|51.11]] || 2025-04-21
| Turned off underground humanoid invasions until fixed, traveling creatures retain room ownership, artifact weapon images
|-
| [[Release information/51.10|51.10]] || 2025-04-03
| ''Hotfix'' for path overflow fix
|-
| [[Release information/51.09|51.09]] || 2025-04-02
| [[Forbidden]] [[coffin]]s now unusable; [[mining]], [[woodcutting]], [[hunting]] [[labor]]s now mutually exclusive; stopped [[Reclaim_fortress_mode|reclaim/unretire]] [[magma]] overflows
|-
| [[Release information/51.08|51.08]] || 2025-03-13
| ''Hotfix'' for issue preventing player input during fast travel in Adventure Mode after a popup appears
|-
| [[Release information/51.07|51.07]] || 2025-03-12
| Quick-pick most-recently-used material for constructions, ordinary adventurers can start anywhere in their civilization, several ''Bugfixes''.
|-
| [[Release information/51.06|51.06]] || 2025-02-26
| Nerfs prepared food value, adjusts metal settings, adds option to disable rectangle size info box, several ''Bugfixes''.
|-
| [[Release information/51.05|51.05]] || 2025-02-12
| Adds Adventure mode speedometer and fixes ASCII Travel map. Adds tree growth graphics. Re-implements non-varied terrain in ASCII mode. ''Bugfixes''.
|-
| [[Release information/51.04|51.04]] || 2025-01-27
| Fixed Steam modding workshop support. ''Steam only''.
|-
| [[Release information/51.03|51.03]] || 2025-01-25
| Fixed two screeching ogg vorbis audio files and made an unknown binary change. ''Premium-only''.
|-
| [[Release information/51.02|51.02]] || 2025-01-221 2025-01-23
| '''Public Adventure release''': Audio changes, keyboard look, ''Bugfixes''.
|-
| [[Release information/51.01|51.01]] || 2024-04-172 2025-01-213
| '''Adventure beta''': [[Adventure mode]] now available, with a new [[soundtrack]] and [[interface]]. Graphics changes, skill archetypes, [[Chosen]] mode, [[mysterious dungeon]]s. ''Steam only''.
|}

1: Dwarf Fortress v51.02 was initially released on the beta branch on Steam ~24 hours before the official release.

2: Adventure mode had an extended beta testing period, with 28 updates being worked on concurrently with v50 releases. This is the initial launch date.

3: The final version of 51.01 was released to the beta branch on this date, and is not listed in-game as a beta.

== Dwarf Fortress v50 ==
{| class=wikitable
! style="width:85px"|Version
! style="width:100px"|Date of release
! Note
|-
| [[Release information/50.15|50.15]] || 2024-12-12
| More container graphics, color clothing by dye or profession, negatively-aged migrant fix, more ''Bugfixes''.
|-
| [[Release information/50.14|50.14]] || 2024-09-25
| Child/baby graphics for 5 major civs, more crop & equipment graphics, ''Bugfixes''.
|-
| [[Release information/50.13|50.13]] || 2024-04-23
| Added portraits for most races, ''Bugfixes''.
|-
| [[Release information/50.12|50.12]] || 2024-03-06
| ''Bugfixes'', improvements to UI and UX.
|-
| [[Release information/50.11|50.11]] || 2023-10-03
| ''Bugfixes''
|-
| [[Release information/50.10|50.10]] || 2023-09-19
| [[Alerts]] and combat [[reports]] can be viewed. Linux support. Crash logging. In game [[Settings#Announcements|Announcement Settings]].
|-
| [[Release information/50.09|50.09]] || 2023-06-28
| Updated to SDL2, performance optimization, experimental multithreading (field of view calculations became a separate thread).
|-
| [[Release information/50.08|50.08]] || 2023-05-02
| Re-introduced [[XML dump|XML]] export in [[legends mode]], аdded graphics for many plants and child/baby creatures.
|-
| [[Release information/50.07|50.07]] || 2023-02-07
| ''Hotfix'' - embark warning fix
|-
| [[Release information/50.06|50.06]] || 2023-02-07
| Re-introduced [[arena mode]].
|-
| [[Release information/50.05|50.05]] || 2023-01-05
| ''Bugfixes and optimizations''
|-
| [[Release information/50.04|50.04]] || 2022-12-22
| '''Classic release''': released the free [[Classic]] version on [https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ bay12games.com], and enabled classic mode in the Premium version. Added ability to advance time by one frame, and assign everyone to a burrow.
|-
| [[Release information/50.03|50.03]] || 2022-12-12
| ''Premium-only bugfixes''. Improved UX for selecting building materials.
|-
| [[Release information/50.02|50.02]] || 2022-12-08
| ''Premium-only bugfixes''
|-
| [[Release information/50.01|50.01]] || 2022-12-06
| '''Premium release''': launched the paid [[Premium]] version on Steam and itch.io. Introduced [[graphics]], full [[Mouse control|mouse support]], a new user [[interface]], tutorials, and new [[soundtrack|music]] and sound effects. A number of features from v0.47 were lost in 50.01 (see [[Missing features]]).
|}

== Dwarf Fortress v0.47 ==
{| class=wikitable
! style="width:85px"|Version
! style="width:100px"|Date of release
! Note
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.47.05|0.47.05]] || 2021-01-28
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.47.04|0.47.04]] || 2020-02-29
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.47.03|0.47.03]] || 2020-02-16
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.47.02|0.47.02]] || 2020-02-06
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.47.01|0.47.01]] || 2020-01-29
| ''Release'': introduced creation of [[guildhall]]s and [[temple]]s. Introduced [[traitor]]s and [[villain]]s. Many new events in world generation, organizations, sites, pets and mounts in adventure mode, [[Aquifier#Light aquifers|light aquifers]].
|}

== Dwarf Fortress v0.44 ==
{| class=wikitable
! style="width:85px"|Version
! style="width:100px"|Date of release
! Note
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.44.12|0.44.12]] || 2018-06-23
| ''Hotfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.44.11|0.44.11]] || 2018-06-23
| Civilizations create nearby sites and associate them with your fortress, can request/send workers, long-term memories can lead to personality changes
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.44.10|0.44.10]] || 2018-05-05
| Dwarves now have short-term and long-term memories of emotional events, Adventurer mode log improved
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.44.09|0.44.09]] || 2018-04-01
| ''Hotfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.44.08|0.44.08]] || 2018-03-29
| ''Bugfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.44.07|0.44.07]] || 2018-03-12
| ''Hotfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.44.06|0.44.06]] || 2018-03-09
| Raids can pillage/raze sites and demand tribute, will gain skills (e.g. military tactics) during missions
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.44.05|0.44.05]] || 2018-01-14
| ''Hotfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.44.04|0.44.04]] || 2018-01-10
| ''Bugfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.44.03|0.44.03]] || 2017-12-25
| ''Bugfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.44.02|0.44.02]] || 2017-11-23
| ''Hotfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.44.01|0.44.01]] || 2017-11-22
| ''Release''; can now send raids to other sites, build museums using pedestals and display cases, artifacts created during worldgen, civilizations can send spies to gather information on artifacts
|}

== Dwarf Fortress v0.43 ==
{| class=wikitable
! style="width:85px"|Version
! style="width:100px"|Date of release
! Note
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.43.05|0.43.05]] || 2016-06-20
| '''64-bit support''', bugfixes
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.43.04|0.43.04]] || 2016-06-20
| ''Bugfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.43.03|0.43.03]] || 2016-05-22
| ''Bugfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.43.02|0.43.02]] || 2016-05-11
| ''Hotfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.43.01|0.43.01]] || 2016-05-09
| ''Release''; Adventurers can create sites, make stone axes, fell trees, perform carpentry, and construct buildings; Fortress mode work orders can now specify start conditions, restart frequencies, and how many workshops can be used
|}

== Dwarf Fortress v0.42 ==
{| class=wikitable
! style="width:85px"|Version
! style="width:100px"|Date of release
! Note
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.42.06|0.42.06]] || 2016-02-10
| Can specify exact materials for jobs, make specific crafts, apply specific decorations, and even customize the details of art images; Adventurers can now do bone carving, complete with custom images
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.42.05|0.42.05]] || 2016-01-17
| Reputations for hunters and protection from bandits
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.42.04|0.42.04]] || 2015-12-26
| More varieties of [[animal people]] and giant animals, Vampire purges during worldgen, bugfixes
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.42.03|0.42.03]] || 2015-12-12
| ''Bugfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.42.02|0.42.02]] || 2015-12-05
| ''Bugfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.42.01|0.42.01]] || 2015-12-01
| ''Release''; introduced taverns, temples, and libraries, added new musical instruments and performance skills, introduced [[need]]s to replace dwarves going On Break, added visitors who can petition for fortress membership, scholars and historians can write books and spread knowledge, and drinking alcohol actually causes inebriation (and eventually fatal alcohol poisoning)
|}

== Dwarf Fortress v0.40 ==
{| class=wikitable
! style="width:85px"|Version
! style="width:100px"|Date of release
! Note
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.24|0.40.24]] || 2015-01-07
| ''Bugfix''; Misc. bugfixes; allowing 1x1 forts
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.23|0.40.23]] || 2014-12-24
| ''Bugfix''; Fixed farming job cancellations, armies camping forever, typos, and channeling bug
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.22|0.40.22]] || 2014-12-21
| ''Bugfix''; Fixed multi-item jobs and toggle marker tweak
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.21|0.40.21]] || 2014-12-19
| ''Hotfix''; Fixed a crash bug and other issues
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.20|0.40.20]] || 2014-12-18
| Job priorities rewrite; vein and cluster automining
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.19|0.40.19]] || 2014-11-26
| [[Gelding]] and related profession/skill/etc
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.18|0.40.18]] || 2014-11-20
| ''Hotfix''; Fixed a smelting issue on Windows
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.17|0.40.17]] || 2014-11-19
| ''Bugfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.16|0.40.16]] || 2014-11-12
| ''Bugfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.15|0.40.15]] || 2014-11-05
| ''Bugfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.14|0.40.14]] || 2014-10-25
| Thought/emotion rewrite, stopped site invaders from always winning
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.13|0.40.13]] || 2014-09-17
| ''Bugfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.12|0.40.12]] || 2014-09-10
| ''Bugfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.11|0.40.11]] || 2014-09-03
| ''Bugfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.10|0.40.10]] || 2014-08-24
| ''Bugfix'';
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.09|0.40.09]] || 2014-08-17
| ''Bugfix''; Misc. bugfixes
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.08|0.40.08]] || 2014-08-11
| ''Hotfix''; Fixed a crash bug and issues with constructions
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.07|0.40.07]] || 2014-08-10
| ''Bugfix''; AI and invasion fixes
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.06|0.40.06]] || 2014-08-03
| ''Bugfix''; stack bugfixes.
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.05|0.40.05]] || 2014-07-27
| ''Bugfix''; fixed large world slowdown, decreased rampant tree growth, many old and new bugfixes.
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.04|0.40.04]] || 2014-07-20
| ''Bugfix''; several crash fixes, made saplings grow properly.
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.03|0.40.03]] || 2014-07-13
| ''Bugfix''; broke save game compatibility again due to more save corruption, several crash fixes.
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.02|0.40.02]] || 2014-07-10
| ''Bugfix''; broke save game compatibility due to save corruption, several crash fixes.
|-
| [[DF2014:Release information/0.40.01|0.40.01]] || 2014-07-07
| ''Release''; Introduced world generation running in the background while fortresses and adventurers progress, un-retiring of fortresses, multiple tile trees, climbing & jumping, and more.
|}

== Dwarf Fortress v0.34 ==
In a [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html devlog] entry for 2011-01-30, Threetoe announced plans for a series of nine numbered releases ("Short-term Goals" on the [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/dev.html dev page]) to finish off the long-planned "caravan" development arc. Release 1, improving towns and introducing markets, along with a variety of supernatural creature types, was predicted to have a version number of [http://www.bay12games.com/media/df_talk_14_transcript.html#14.16 0.33 or 0.34] and was released on Valentine's Day 2012 as version 0.34.01.

{| class=wikitable
! style="width:85px"|Version
! style="width:100px"|Date of release
! Note
|-
| [[v0.34:Release information/0.34.11|0.34.11]] || 2012-06-04
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[v0.34:Release information/0.34.10|0.34.10]] || 2012-05-21
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[v0.34:Release information/0.34.09|0.34.09]] || 2012-05-17
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[v0.34:Release information/0.34.08|0.34.08]] || 2012-05-14
| Hauling overhaul - minecarts and wheelbarrows, more accurate projectiles, reduced mining yields, advanced stockpile/workshop links
|-
| [[v0.34:Release information/0.34.07|0.34.07]] || 2012-03-30
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[v0.34:Release information/0.34.06|0.34.06]] || 2012-03-23
| Updates to animal training ([[dungeon master]] removed, having been nonfunctional since 0.31.01), return of good/evil trees and shrubs
|-
| [[v0.34:Release information/0.34.05|0.34.05]] || 2012-03-06
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[v0.34:Release information/0.34.04|0.34.04]] || 2012-02-29
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[v0.34:Release information/0.34.03|0.34.03]] || 2012-02-28
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[v0.34:Release information/0.34.02|0.34.02]] || 2012-02-18
| ''Bugfix''; broke save compatibility due to save corruption, numerous fixes for old issues
|-
| [[v0.34:Release information/0.34.01|0.34.01]] || 2012-02-14
| Introduction of human cities (shops, marketplaces, sewers, dungeons) and tombs, addition of [[interaction]]s ([[necromancer]]s, [[werebeast]]s, [[vampire]]s, etc.), historical migrants, truly evil regions, updated [[justice]] system, many [[Animal sponsorship drive|"sponsorship" creatures]], [[Gem#Gem cuts|gem cuts]], many adventure mode tweaks and minor features
|}

== Dwarf Fortress v0.31 ==
{| class=wikitable
! style="width:85px"|Version
! style="width:100px"|Date of release
! Note
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.25|0.31.25]] || 2011-03-28
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.24|0.31.24]] || 2011-03-27
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.23|0.31.23]] || 2011-03-26
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.22|0.31.22]] || 2011-03-24
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.21|0.31.21]] || 2011-03-06
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.20|0.31.20]] || 2011-03-06
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.19|0.31.19]] || 2011-02-16
| Worldgen starvation, usually wiping out kobolds; grazing; ceramics; jugs, pots, nest boxes, beehives (and bees); site finder changes. Last major 0.31 release, and the (unnumbered) beginning of the caravan arc series.
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.18|0.31.18]] || 2010-11-16
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.17|0.31.17]] || 2010-11-11
| Bandits, Night Creatures, Bogeyman, Adventure mode improvements, combat aiming, castles
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.16|0.31.16]] || 2010-10-04
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.15|0.31.15]] || 2010-10-03
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.14|0.31.14]] || 2010-09-23
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.13|0.31.13]] || 2010-09-15
| Entity populations, sprawl, river density tweaking, TrueType font support
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.12|0.31.12]] || 2010-07-25
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.11|0.31.11]] || 2010-07-23
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.10|0.31.10]] || 2010-07-11
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.09|0.31.09]] || 2010-07-10
| Adventure mode knapping and butchery, combat improvements
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.08|0.31.08]] || 2010-06-19
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.07|0.31.07]] || 2010-06-19
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.06|0.31.06]] || 2010-06-09
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.05|0.31.05]] || 2010-06-04
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.04|0.31.04]] || 2010-05-16
| Merge with the 40d19 branch bringing the return of Mac downloads, SDL and Linux downloads, OpenGL optimizations, macros, and zooming
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.03|0.31.03]] || 2010-04-12
| Ability to create undead in arena
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.02|0.31.02]] || 2010-04-08
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.01|0.31.01]] || 2010-04-01
| Overhaul of many aspects of the game: new material system, new fortress military system, healthcare and combat system was heavily expanded, creatures now have 19 [[attributes]] which affect [[skills]], body features influences gameplay, underground areas have been totally redone, introduced [[raws]], [[genetics]], [[caste]]s, [[burrow]]s, [[poison]]s, [[Tree#Underground trees|underground trees]], [[forgotten beast]]s, [[arena mode]], and dozens of minor changes
|}

== 3D Version (before 2010) ==
A test branch including 0.28.181.40d2 thru 0.28.181.40d19: OpenGL optimizations, macros, zooming, and native Linux support. Not available on [[Bay 12 Games]], but can be found on the [https://archive.org/details/dwarf-fortress?tab=collection&and%5B%5D=year%3A%5B2009+TO+2010%5D Internet Archive]

{| class=wikitable
! style="width:85px"|Version
! style="width:100px"|Date of release
! Note
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.28.181.40d|0.28.181.40d]] || 2008-09-06
| ''Bugfix''; [[40d:Cat cancels Store Item in Stockpile: Too injured|Cat bug introduced]]
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.28.181.40c|0.28.181.40c]] || 2008-08-21
| ''Hotfix'', partial print now allows specifying a frame count
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.28.181.40b|0.28.181.40b]] || 2008-08-20
| Partial print, windowed/fullscreen gridsizes
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.28.181.40a|0.28.181.40a]] || 2008-08-18
| Embark profiles added, [[note]]s extended to embark map, customizable forbid [[orders]] added (used ammunition, dead creatures' possessions, etc.), and dwarves now try to store items in partially-filled containers instead of empty ones
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.28.181.39f|0.28.181.39f]] || 2008-08-09
| [[Custom grid]] sizes added
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.28.181.39e|0.28.181.39e]] || 2008-07-23
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.28.181.39d|0.28.181.39d]] || 2008-07-23
| Added [[Site finder]], can display hidden map features when choosing a site, [[Note]] support implemented, and worldgen presets added
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.28.181.39c|0.28.181.39c]] || 2008-07-16
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.28.181.39b|0.28.181.39b]] || 2008-07-14
| ''Hotfix''; trees in [[Elf|Elven]] forest retreats no longer have names
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.28.181.39a|0.28.181.39a]] || 2008-07-13
| Lots of worldgen changes, including ethics (leading to wars and conquered sites), dynamic era naming, worldgen roads/bridges/tunnels, megabeasts being killed during worldgen, megabeasts being undead; cats and trained animals are now named on adoption, human weapon stores stock more stuff (including ammo), placing [[construction]]s now destroys engravings, and flying creatures no longer give birth in mid-air
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.27.176.38c|0.27.176.38c]] || 2008-02-24
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.27.176.38b|0.27.176.38b]] || 2008-02-23
| First Macintosh-compatible release; Dwarves no longer carry their artifacts around, booze food no longer melts, worlds can now have custom sizes
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.27.176.38a|0.27.176.38a]] || 2008-02-15
| Magma pipes now refill, ZERO_RENT and BABY_CHILD_CAP init.txt options were added, strange moods no longer convert workshops, metal crossbows now made by [[weaponsmith]]s instead of [[bowyer]]s, dwarves chat and make friends/grudges and get married, unhappy thoughts from [[masterpiece]] destruction are now reduced based on the number of masterpieces the dwarf has made, and plants can now drown in deep water
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.27.173.38a|0.27.173.38a]] || 2008-02-04
| [[Sphere]]s added, lots of new entity tags, numerous worldgen improvements, religions implemented, undead [[ruin]]s removed
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.27.169.33g|0.27.169.33g]] || 2007-12-21
| Mud no longer dries up during winter, occupied cages are named according to their contents, brand new "Bring to depot" interface, [[strange mood]]s no longer require glass until you actually make some
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.27.169.33f|0.27.169.33f]] || 2007-12-14
| ''Bugfix''; mud and blood no longer spread, auto-[[forbid]] fired ammunition, donkey/horse foals are now named properly, graphics sets can now use custom tiles for appointed nobles, and flux stones now have a value of 2 again.
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.27.169.33e|0.27.169.33e]] || 2007-12-08
| ''Bugfix''; in particular, nobles no longer order themselves to be punished for failed mandates, donkeys can now breed, most types of vermin no longer have bones, and most types of fish no longer have lungs or throats
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.27.169.33d|0.27.169.33d]] || 2007-11-30
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.27.169.33c|0.27.169.33c]] || 2007-11-23
| Animals screen now labels war dogs and hunting dogs correctly, [[sliver barb]]s now have seeds, and process priority can now be configured in init.txt
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.27.169.33b|0.27.169.33b]] || 2007-11-16
| [[Carp]] and other fish no longer gain [[swimming]] skill (making them ''slightly'' less dangerous), and various ore types now properly show up as '*' when mined.
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.27.169.33a|0.27.169.33a]] || 2007-11-01
| added [[wood]]en [[block]]s, renamed aluminum ore to "native aluminum", [[mountain gnome]]s and [[dark gnome]]s no longer butcherable
|-
| [[40d:Release information/0.27.169.32a|0.27.169.32a]] || 2007-10-29
| The very first fully 3D version
|}

== 2D Version ==
{| class=wikitable
! style="width:85px"|Version
! style="width:100px"|Date of release
! Note
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.23.130.23a|0.23.130.23a]] || 2007-01-18
| ''Hotfix'' - Final version
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.23.125.23b|0.23.125.23b]] || 2007-01-16
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.23.125.23a|0.23.125.23a]] || 2007-01-16
| Temperature support was further improved, population/FPS caps were added, coffins could now be restricted to only dwarves or only pets, and animals could now be marked for slaughter from their {{K|v}}-{{K|p}} screen. Spirits of fire also got a '''lot''' hotter. For some reason, [[23a:horse|horse]]s are now made of [[iron]].
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.22.123.23a|0.22.123.23a]] || 2006-12-21
| More workshop orders were added - auto collect webs, auto slaughter, auto butcher, auto tan; male cows are now called bulls, and whips can no longer get stuck in opponents
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.22.121.23b|0.22.121.23b]] || 2006-12-16
| The ability to disable temperature and weather were added (to boost FPS)
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.22.121.23a|0.22.121.23a]] || 2006-12-14
| Bins could now be made from metal, and the embark screen now described your biome and listed what civilizations were nearby
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.22.120.23b|0.22.120.23b]] || 2006-12-10
| Improved temperature support was added
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.22.120.23a|0.22.120.23a]] || 2006-11-23
| The ability to use custom [[graphics sets]] was added
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.22.110.23c|0.22.110.23c]] || 2006-11-17
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.22.110.23b|0.22.110.23b]] || 2006-11-15
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.22.110.23a|0.22.110.23a]] || 2006-11-14 {{cite devlog|2006|11|14}}
| [[Dye]]s and dyeing were implemented, allowed sewing cloth/leather images into goods, as well as more detailed [[decoration|art]] (historical figures and events, special shapes); standing orders now allowed auto collecting webs and only using dyed cloth
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.22.110.22f|0.22.110.22f]] || 2006-11-03
| ''Bugfix''; additionally, butterflies, fireflies, and dragonflies can no longer be kept as pets. [[Boatmurdered]] began in this version.
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.22.110.22e|0.22.110.22e]] || 2006-10-29
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.22.110.22d|0.22.110.22d]] || 2006-10-29
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.22.110.22c|0.22.110.22c]] || 2006-10-29
| Custom [[stockpile]]s were added (previously, there were only 16 basic stockpile types; things like [[potash]] would be stored with your metal bars and you could not force [[seed]]s to be kept near the farm).
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.22.110.22b|0.22.110.22b]] || 2006-10-21
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.22.110.22a|0.22.110.22a]] || 2006-10-21
| Inventory system changes (most notably, gloves and boots were split into two items (left & right for gloves))
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.22.107.21a|0.22.107.21a]] || 2006-10-02
| Various changes to [[adventurer mode]] - guards and families, plus "." as a wait key
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.105.21a|0.21.105.21a]] || 2006-09-25
| ''Hotfix''
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.104.21c|0.21.104.21c]] || 2006-09-25
| Making potash no longer required making ashes into lye first.
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.104.21b|0.21.104.21b]] || 2006-09-16
| Workshop profiles were added, along with showing genders on the Animal status screen
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.104.21a|0.21.104.21a]] || 2006-09-08
| [[Designation|Designating]] with the mouse was added
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.104.19d|0.21.104.19d]] || 2006-09-02
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.104.19c|0.21.104.19c]] || 2006-09-02
| The ability to hide engravings was added, announcement consolidation (x15), seasonal blood cleanup was temporarily added (and would remain until version 0.31)
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.104.19b|0.21.104.19b]] || 2006-08-27
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.104.19a|0.21.104.19a]] || 2006-08-27
| The ability to "chasm" items was added (complete with attacks from chasm creatures as a result), as well as butchering cats
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.102.19a|0.21.102.19a]] || 2006-08-24
| Dwarves could now have custom nicknames and professions, fullscreen could be toggled, starting animals would have mixed genders, horses could breed
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.101.19d|0.21.101.19d]] || 2006-08-21
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.101.19c|0.21.101.19c]] || 2006-08-20
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.101.19b|0.21.101.19b]] || 2006-08-20
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.101.19a|0.21.101.19a]] || 2006-08-19
| Adventurers could now have custom first names
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.100.19a|0.21.100.19a]] || 2006-08-16
| Gender symbol was added to unit views, config options for disabling sound and the intro movie, command-line world generation, ability to export local map
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.95.19c|0.21.95.19c]] || 2006-08-14
| Farm plot fertilization could be controlled directly
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.95.19b|0.21.95.19b]] || 2006-08-13
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.95.19a|0.21.95.19a]] || 2006-08-12
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.93.19c|0.21.93.19c]] || 2006-08-10
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.93.19b|0.21.93.19b]] || 2006-08-10
| ''Bugfix''
|-
| [[23a:Release information/0.21.93.19a|0.21.93.19a]] || 2006-08-08
| Initial public release
|}
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'''Cartilage''' is a body part generated from [[butcher]]ing most animals. It has no use in the [[meat industry]], and can be dumped without a second thought.

Its category in stockpiles is "Body parts" inside "Refuse".

Some fish, such as [[shark]]s, are notable for having cartilaginous skeletons. These fish do not drop bones, only cartilage.

Note that dwarves consider cartilage useful (like bones), so they will not dump it automatically, even if you have the {{menu icon|y}}→Standing orders→"Workers dump other objects" option enabled. It does not rot on its own either.

[[File:cartilage.jpg|thumb|300px|center|Bodily material between bones.]]

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Tileset repository

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A character set, or simply [[tilesets|tileset]], is an image in BMP or PNG format that contains the 256 different tiles, corresponding to the [[Main:Character table|IBM Code Page 437]] (sometimes called Extended ASCII). They are used to display the text elements in graphics mode and everything in ASCII mode. This page serves as a repository for custom tilesets made by users, including instructions on how to install them.

==Background==

The default tilesets (640×300 and 800×600) render 8×12 and 10×12 characters respectively, with majuscule latin letters occupying a 7×9 box, and appear broadly similar to the IBM MDA font based on the shape of the "0", "g", and "f" characters (but with slight differences including the "0", "W", and "y"). The exact origin of the DF font is unknown.

==Installation==

{{TipBox|#fb0|float=center|'''Currently, using some tilesets can cause the lower and right edges of the screen to not react to the mouse.'''{{bug|13462}} This is dependent on size; the 8×12 and 10×12 that come with the game are fine, but the 16×16 is not. Maximizing the window or [[Settings|setting]] the game to fullscreen may avoid this.}}
Other issues that can appear when using a different tileset:
* In graphics mode, the minimap frame will scale to the tileset, but the minimap image will not.
* In graphics mode, using a tileset with a different aspect ratio will stretch UI elements.
* In graphics mode, some UI elements do not scale to the tileset.
* In either mode, and even with the default tileset at some scales and game display sizes, some menus may not have enough space to display all elements; the [[Noble#Menu|Nobles menu]] especially.

To use a specific tileset with ''Dwarf Fortress'', you must perform the following steps:

# Download the tileset to your computer. Each tileset is just an image, so there is no separate download link. ('''Right-Click''' on the tileset image and '''Save-As'''.) Alternatively, export a BMP from [https://github.com/viler-int10h/Fontraption Fontraption].
# If using very old versions of ''Dwarf Fortress'', it is necessary to convert the tileset to the BMP image format:
## You '''must not''' just change the extension to .bmp or .png or the tileset will be '''unusable''', because only the extension is changed, but not the file header and encoding; you '''must''' use a program like MS Paint to convert and save it properly.
## For ''[[40d:Release information/0.28.181.40d|DF 0.28.181.40d]] or older:'' open the PNG file in an image editor and save it as a '''24-bit bitmap''' (BMP).
## For ''[[v0.31:Release information/0.31.01|DF 0.31.01]] or newer:'' it is not necessary to convert images, since these versions should be able to use either format, however, to do so, open the BMP file in an image editor and save it as a '''PNG''' with ''transparency''.
# Move or copy the file to the DF art directory ({{tt|data/art}}), which is in the game installation folder.
## Alternatively, depending on the the [[Settings#Portable_mode|portable mode setting]], files in the ''Local User''{{tt|/data/art}} folder will override the files in the installation folder.
# Edit the {{tt|data/init/init_default.txt}} file to specify the tileset file to use. There are three lines that can be changed:
## '''[FONT:''<filename>'']''' — the tileset for a windowed display.
## '''[FULLFONT:''<filename>'']''' — the tileset for a full-screen display.
## '''[BASIC_FONT:''<filename>'']''' — the tileset for initial loading and menu display.
## All three can be set to the same file. In fact, setting them to different files can give unexpected results.
## Once you have made the changes you need to remember to save the file.
# If the selected tileset requires modifications to the [[Raw]]s, you will have to make those edits. What those changes are will depend on the tileset itself, and may only be valid for older versions. Likewise, some tilesets may suggest changes to {{tt|d_init.txt}}, such as {{tt|[PILLAR_TILE:255]}}, but those options, sadly, no longer exist.

Once the file is saved and the required changes are made, you are ready to play DF with your new tileset! The game does not save these FONT options in {{tt|prefs/init.txt}}, so adding them there will only be temporary.

=Square tilesets=

==1×1==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Monoscii Lite.png
|image=[[Image:Monoscii_Lite.png]]
|author=Loud Whispers
|dated=2015-03-30
|size=1×1
|resolution=80×25
|comments=So on suggestion I made the new version of Monoscii which has every tile be 1 pixel, the entire map nearly fits into the screen just fine. Monoscii Lite is superior in every way, the information is denser, crisper and cleaner. pUrists will finally be one step closer to the most pUrist DF possible. ([http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=149759.msg6131651#msg6131651 forum post link])
|demo=[[Image:Monoscii lite large world screenshot.png|thumb|right|Monoscii Lite]]
}}

==5×5==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Kein_400x125.png
|author=[[User:Kein|Kein]]
|dated=2008-8-7
|size=5×5
|resolution=400×125
|comments=A large 257x257 DFMA world gen map can be found [http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-3278-5x5largeworldmap here.]Updated 08/06/08. Changed most text characters as well as some others to 4x4 with blackspace to avoid tiling. Most characters have been revised to be spaced out to be more distinguishable in such a small set. After seeing the dev update earlier today about increasing your view size I decided to create this small font. This has been built completely from scratch, mostly while at work today. I may be making a shaded version in the future. The first image to the right is from the Abbeyverse succession game.
|demo=[[Image:Kein_400x125.gif|thumb|right|Kein's 5x5]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Zaratustra_custom_5x5.png
|author=[[User:Zaratustra|Zaratustra]]
|dated=2008-11-20
|size=5×5
|resolution=400×125, 800×250, 800×500
|comments=
}}

==6×6==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Geti_custom_6x6.png
|author=[[User:Geti|Geti]]
|dated=2010-08-04
|size=6×6
|resolution=480×150, 960times;300
|comments=A 6x6 Tileset optimised for legibility through personal use. Not shaded on most glyphs, aiming for a crisper look. Best at 2x2 pixels.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Lord Nightmare 6x6font01.png
|author=Lord Nightmare
|dated=2007-11-5
|size=6×6
|resolution=480×150
|comments=Made in 5 hours on 11/5/07 (I was bored and dissatisfied with other fonts). Most glyphs are really 5×6, with a separator column.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Lord Nightmare 6x6font02.png
|author=Lord Nightmare
|dated=2007-11-12
|size=6×6
|resolution=480×150
|comments=Version 2.05. Updated 11/12/07 to de-fuzz uppercase letters, added serifs and clarified lowercase letters, made horizontal spacing consistent throughout character set, fixed one error in the double horizontal-left-right, single-vertical-up-down character, made exclamation points consistent, thinned out question mark and inverse question mark, sharpened sideways stemless arrows, clarified international characters, and clarified some Greek letters. Since v2.0: fixed 'i' 'g', fixed Yen symbol, fixed smiley 0x01 to not have an extra line to its right, lowered the period and colon characters, fixed position of 'x'. Thanks to Markavian for ideas on how to improve the font, as well as an occasional character glyph.
|demo=[[Image:Nightmare_6x6_v2.jpg|thumb|right|Lord Nightmare's 6x6 v2]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Mkv_curses_480x150.png
|author=[[User:Markavian|Markavian]]
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=6×6
|resolution=480×150
|comments=The first version of the tiny tileset, superseded by the version below.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Mkv_curses_480x150_v2.png
|author=[[User:Markavian|Markavian]]
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=6×6
|resolution=480×150
|comments=My second version of the tiny tileset, for uber small resolution DF, with improved visibility of several symbols.
Available in [http://mkv25.net/showcase/df/mkv_curses%2012x12%20and%206x6%20v2.zip mkv curses 12×12 and 6×6 v2.zip].
|demo=[[Image:mark_6x6_v2.jpg|thumb|right|Markavian's 6x6 v2]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=nobbins6x6.png
|author=[[User:Nobbins|Nobbins]]
|dated=2010-01-10
|size=6×6
|resolution=480×150, 960×300
|comments=Tiny tileset for small screens, with experimental colour blending and pseudo-curved walls.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=nobbin_ts_v2.png
|author=[[User:Nobbins|Nobbins]]
|dated=2010-06-28
|size=6×6
|resolution=480×150, 960×300
|comments=Tiny tileset for small screens/large projects, using slightly Monaco-styled serifs. Transparency-supporting version needed. [http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=47680 Forum thread.]
}}

{{Tileset|
filename=unbeatable.png
|author=[[User:Qazwsxplm|Qazwsxplm]]
|dated=2026-07-27
|size=6×6
|resolution=480×150
|comments=the ones above looks too ugly in my eyes. so i designed this 5x5 tileset that no one, '''No One''', '''<big>NO ONE</big>''' can ever beat.
}}

{{Tileset|
filename=unbeatable_shadowed.png
|author=[[User:Qazwsxplm|Qazwsxplm]]
|dated=2026-07-29
|size=6×6
|resolution=480×150
|comments=Thanks to [https://ibispaint.com/?lang=en-US ibisPaint], now with shadows!
}}

==7×7==

{{Tileset|
filename=Herrbdog_7x7_tileset.gif
|author=[[User:herrbdog|herrbdog]]
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=7×7
|resolution=560×175
|comments=
|demo=[[Image:Herrbdog_7x7.jpg|thumb|right|herrbdog's 7x7 tileset]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=terbert_7x7.png
|author=[[User:Terbert|Terbert]]
|dated=2009-6-30
|size=7×7
|resolution=560×175
|comments=This is a 7x7 tileset made for overseeing large constructions
}}

==8×8==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Anikki_square_8x8.png
|author=[[User:Anikki|Anikki]]
|dated=2008-7-27
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×200 native.
|comments=Based on the original IBM CGA Character set with a lot of tweaks. The characters remain as descriptive yet universal as possible. I chose the CGA set because it is in my opinion the square set with the best readability. This set is for those who like the basic ASCII look where every pixel has meaning or (multiple meanings). [http://www.anikki.com/share/df/Anikki_square_8x8.bmp Download the BMP]

There is also an upscaled [[#Anikki_square_16x16.png|16x16 version]] of this set available for fullscreen use below.
|demo=[[Image:df_anikki_2.png|thumb|right]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|title=cheepicus_8x8
|filename=cheepicus_8x8.png
|author=[[User:Cheepicus|Cheepicus]]
|dated=2014-4-3
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×200
|comments=An 8x8 tileset I made. Hand-made, mostly ASCII, with just a few special characters, like my other tilesets.
|demo=[[Image:cheepicus_8x8_ss.png|thumb|right|cheepicus_8x8 sample]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Jdpage_8x8.png
|author=[[User:Jdpage|Jdpage]]
|dated=2010-09-15
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×200 native.
|comments=Modified version of the [[#Anikki_square_8x8.png|Anikki 8x8 tileset]]. Just prettifies it a bit; some characters are tweaked to make them work slightly better for one of their jobs without disturbing the rest. Others are redesigned entirely. Most importantly, dwarves were given beards.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=NICER40C OG?.png
|author=[https://int10h.org/ VileR]/IBM?
|dated=2019-05-16
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×200
|comments=When you don't listen to him

Tool used: https://www.imageresizer.work/stretch-image-online

𝓻 𝓸 𝓯 𝓵 𝓶 𝓫 𝓯 𝓪 𝓸
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=CGA8x8thick.png
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×400
|comments=The original IBM CGA Character set, thick variant, dumped from addresses 0x1800-0x1fff the 5788005 IBM Character Generator ROM. This is the far more common 'thick' variant. Best viewed at 8:5 aspect ratio.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=CGA8x8thin.png
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|dated=2008-6-6
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×400
|comments=The original IBM CGA Character set, thin variant, dumped from addresses 0x1000-0x17ff the 5788005 IBM Character Generator ROM. This is the less common 'thin' variant, which required soldering on two pins and jumpering them on the CGA card to use. Best viewed at 8:5 aspect ratio.
|demo=[[Image:Nightmare_cga_8x8.jpg|thumb|right|Lord Nightmare's 8×8 CGA tileset]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=LN_EGA8x8.png
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×400
|comments=The IBM EGA 8×8 Character set, dumped from the 6277356 IBM EGA BIOS ROM. This is ALMOST 100% IDENTICAL to the CGA thick font, but has minor modifications (23 pixels total) done to four characters: the capital 'S', the club sign, the spade sign, and the large asterisk (the one with a hole in the middle, char 0x0f, not the shift-8 one which is char 0x2a). There is no thin variant of this font. Best viewed at 8:5 aspect ratio.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=RDE_8x8.png
|author=[[User:RedDeadElite|RedDeadElite]]
|dated=2018-08-17
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×200
|comments=Meant to resemble the vanilla curses tileset, which itself is similar to Microsoft's 8x12 Terminal font. Glyphs sourced from various bitmap fonts and/or modified by hand.
|demo=[[Image:RDE_8x8_screencap.png|thumb|right|RedDeadElite's 8x8 tileset with [[Graphics_set_repository#Phoebus.27_Graphics_Set|Phoebus's color scheme]].]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Pastiche_8x8.png
|author=[[User:Tejón|tejón]]
|dated=2012-6-12
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×200 @ 80×25.
|comments=A mishmash of the CGA, Acorn and C64 character fonts (and just a hint of Fixedsys), with a few pixels nudged here and there and several symbols shifted to make world maps look nicer.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Potash_8x8.png
|author=[[User:Tejón|tejón]]
|dated=2012-6-12
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×200 @ 80×25.
|comments=I like packing as much on the screen as I can, but 8×8 is just too crowded for 1920×1080 fullscreen. I intended to make a 10×10 version of Pastiche, but I had to make countless little changes to maintain visual consistency between the two sizes. I finally gave up, called it a new font, and changed some more stuff just because! Like Pastiche, Potash is a pure ASCII/CP437 font, suitable for use outside of ''Dwarf Fortress'' should you happen to find yourself stuck in 1985.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Acorntileset8x8.png
|author=[[User:Xenomorph|Xenomorph]]
|dated=2008-8-9
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×200
|comments=This is the tileset used by Acorn computers, starting with the BBC Micro. This version is as it would have appeared in 40-column modes (and shuffled a little to adapt it to CP437). It also looks nice at double resolution. [http://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=407 Download the BMP.]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=yayo_c64_640x200.png
|author=[[User:Yayo|Yayo]]
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×200
|comments=Name: Yayo's C64; Based on the charset of the Commodore 64. It's a flat style, but it's clean and also highly readable. I recreated all the missing chars like letters with accents and symbols, trying to get a c64 style as much as possible. If it's too small, use the 16×16 version [[#Yayo_c64_1280x400_83b157.png|below]]. :)
|demo=[[Image:yayo_c64_640x200_screenshot.png|thumb|right|yayo's c64 Tileset]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Zaratustra_msx.png
|author=[[User:Zaratustra|Zaratustra]]
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×200 or 640×400
|comments= The MSX and MSX2 font, shuffled around to fit the char set. Double lines were added.
|demo=[[Image:Zara_8x8.jpg|thumb|right|Zaratustra's 8×8 tileset]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=IBM PC Convertible.png
|author=IBM
|dated=1986-04-03
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×200
|comments=Dumped from original IBM PC Convertible ROM.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Sharp PC-3000.png
|author=Sharp
|dated=1991
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×200 or 640×400
|comments=Dumped from original Sharp PC-3000 ROM.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Sharp PC-3000 Thin.png
|author=Sharp
|dated=1991
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×200 or 640×400
|comments=Dumped from original Sharp PC-3000 ROM.
}}

==9×9==

{{Tileset|
|filename=720x225_SmoothWalls.PNG
|author=[[User:Dorten|Dorten]]
|dated=2009-2-13
|size=9×9
|resolution=720×225
|comments=It's improved Savok's tileset, which is changed to make walls look smooth. Plus another little differences.
|demo=[[Image:Snap.PNG|thumb|right|Dorten's smooth-walled version of Savok's tileset. (Without fix for 7s)]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=720x225_SmoothWalls7.png
|author=[[User:Dorten|Dorten]]
|dated=2009-2-13
|size=9×9
|resolution=720×225
|comments=Minor tweak so the 7's don't look like question marks.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Nostalgia_720x225.png
|author=[[User:Maus|maus]]
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=9×9
|resolution=720×225
|comments=Another square tileset that's usable on low resolutions, modelled after a common font used on the Nintendo Entertainment System. I also made a [[#Nostalgia_1440x450_3e4a08.png|18x18 version]] to fit my 1440x900 screen, back when the aspect ratio of DF was locked. If you like your set a bit more graphical, check out [[#Teeto_K_18x18.PNG|Teeto_K's version]].
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=DortenSolid.png
|author=[[User:Qjet|Qjet]]
|dated=2009-2-13
|size=9×9
|resolution=720×225
|comments=Mod of Dortens super sexy 9*9 tileset, this time to provide solid backgrounds to tiles, avoids designation problems by using PNG transparency.
|demo=[[Image:DortenSolidex1.png|thumb|right|Qjet's solid-background mod of Dorten's smooth-walled edit of Savok's tileset.]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Curses_720x225_8d6752.png
|author=[[User:Savok|Savok]]
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=9×9
|resolution=720×225
|comments=There is no doubt that this tileset is old. This must be distinctly understood if anything wonderful is to come of your use of it. You may like [[#720x225_SmoothWalls.PNG|Dorten's revision]] more. The following is the original description: I dislike curses_640x300.bmp due to its lack of any kind of graphics for things like a bed or a barrel and the fact that it distorts my beautiful circles, so I made a similarish tileset to fix those.
|demo=[[Image:Screenshot_41ea57.png|thumb|right|Savok's tiny, non-updated tileset.]]
}}

==10×10==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Anikki_square_10x10.png
|author=[[User:Anikki|Anikki]]
|dated=2008-7-27
|size=10×10
|resolution=800×250 native.
|comments=Based primarily on Tocky and Plac1d's sets (which are brilliant). The characters remain as descriptive as possible with some tweaks to the font for better readability and some changes to symbols for more consistency. This set is for those who like the basic ASCII look where every pixel has meaning or (multiple meanings). [http://www.anikki.com/share/df/Anikki_square_10x10.bmp Download the BMP]
(Note: The up and down ramps are reversed.)
|demo=[[Image:df_anikki_1.png|thumb|right]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=buddy.png
|author=buddy
|dated=2014-07-12
|size=10×10
|comments=I wanted every character in this set to be the very best text symbol it could possibly be, while still looking good in-game.

A hidden feature of this tileset is that the border around the white tile only has its red color-component changed, which means that a nice clear grid shows up over (brown) designations, while (blue) ice walls still look perfectly smooth.

[PILLAR_TILE:10]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=buddy--graphical.png
|author=buddy
|dated=2014-07-16
|size=10×10
|comments=The graphical version of my tileset.

data/init/d_init.txt: 
[PILLAR_TILE:10] 
[TREE_BRANCHES:171]

raw/objects/creature_standard.txt: 
[CREATURE:GOBLIN] ... [CREATURE_TILE:255]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=ddw.png
|author=[[User:Ddw|Ddw]]
|dated=2011-03-10
|size=10×10
|resolution=800×250 native
|comments=Based on [[#Anikki_square_10x10.png|Anikki]], with some simplifications and modifications. I like Markavian's walls, so I did something similar. The bottom right tile, number 255, I use for pillars. You can set that in your d_init.txt, the line should look like [PILLAR_TILE:255]
[http://www.dougwhiteley.co.uk/images/ddw_shot.png Example].
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Paul_10x10.png
|author=[[User:Paul|Paul]]
|dated=2008-9-5
|size=10×10
|resolution=800×250 for 80×25 grid size, others just multiply grid by 10.
|comments=Custom tileset I made for my own use when the adjustable grid sizes were released for DF. Some accented letters cut slightly to allow for larger letter display. Contains several of Tocky's tiles (barrels, some trees, dimple cups, coins, slightly modified armor stand). Others are either made by me or adjusted from curses_800x600 tiles.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Potash_10x10.png
|author=[[User:Tejón|tejón]]
|dated=2012-6-12
|size=10×10
|resolution=800×250 @ 80×25.
|comments=The "full size" version of Potash. I insist on using a square font to maintain sanity when judging sizes and distances, but I'm not a fan of how text usually looks with square glyphs -- the letters are either too wide, or spaced too far apart. I've tried balance those two flaws against each other as much as possible, and I think this font is very readable as a result. Nearly all the 10×10 glyphs have empty borders on all four sides, to prevent confusing (or just ugly) connections between adjacent tiles.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Taffer 10x10.png
|author=[[User:Taffer|Taffer]]
|dated=2017-01-10
|size=10×10
|resolution=Looks decent at almost any resolution.
|comments=A sharp looking, vanilla styled tileset that strives to strike a good balance between nice, attractive graphics, while avoiding graphical oddities. I find the cumulative differences from the ASCII add to the game. Feel free to leave me a [http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/User_talk:Taffer note]. This has turned into a [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=107924.0], and includes alternate walls, fonts, and racial graphics.
|demo=[[Image:Taffer.png|thumb|right]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Terbert_10x10.png
|author=[[User:Terbert|Terbert]]
|dated=2009-6-30
|size=10×10
|resolution=800×250
|comments=This is Terbert's First tileset
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Tocky_square_10x10.png
|author=[[User:Tocky|Tocky]]
|dated=2007-11-15
|size=10×10
|resolution=800×250 native, 800×500 for fullscreen.
|comments=I tried to make all the pictographic symbols as descriptive as possible: the only ones I've spotted that show up in odd places are the staircase symbols, '<' and '>', which are used as tags on barrel descriptions, and don't match -- but I'm willing to live with that in order to be able to tell up-stairs from down-ones. With everything else, I just tried to maximize clarity and readability and to keep them consistent. I'm really very pleased with how this set turned out.
|demo=[[Image:Df_tock10_1.PNG|thumb|right]]
}}

==11×11==

{{Tileset|
|filename=terminus.png
|author=[[User:Gekz|Gekz]]
|dated=2010-1-08
|size=11×11
|resolution=880×275
|comments=This works great on my EeePCs shoddy resolution of 1024x600, and this is why I made it. This is basically the [http://www.is-vn.bg/hamster/ Terminus font] converted for use on DF. I chose this font due to its readability at a low resolutions, and soon I'll convert some of the non-letter characters into actually objects like beds and dwarves, so keep a look out for an updated version that I'll add below.

[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=47570.0 This forum thread] has the slightly 'graphical' test version. Quite amusing. Check there for updates.
|demo=[[Image:terminus-sc.png|thumb|right|Terminus Tileset]]
}}

==12×12==

{{Tileset|
|filename=DB_curses_12x12.PNG
|author=[[User:Hanuman|Hanuman]]
|dated=2008-7-23
|size=12×12
|resolution=900×300
|comments=This is basically the curses_800x600.bmp file converted to 12x12. It may be slightly different but it is close enough for me. [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=318 Get the .BMP here.]
Note: If the tileset doesn't look right played at 900x300, try changing the resolution to 966x325.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Alloy_curses_12x12.png
|author=[[User:Alloy|Alloy]]
|dated=2010-12-3 - v1.1
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300 native.
|comments=Much like [[Tileset_repository#Hanuman|Hanuman's conversion]], this is based on the default curses_640x300 tileset, converted to 12x12. There are no significant modifications to the tiles, smoothing, etc - just some cosmetic changes mostly to take advantage of 4 extra horizontal pixels. For people who like the original tileset's look and size but want a square version of it.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Haberdash_curses_12x12.png
|author=[[User:Haberdash|Haberdash]]
|dated=2014-07-24
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300
|comments=Similar to [[Tileset_repository#Alloy|Alloy's conversion]], this is based on the default curses_800x600 tileset, converted to 12x12. I wrote a GIMP python plugin to add padding to bring each tile up to the required size, and then I manually tidied up the places where the images no longer went all the way to the edge of the tile. This ensures that the positioning of each image within each tile stays exactly the same as in the original tileset, but with a single pixel column added on both sides of the tile to bring it up to size. For people who like the 800x600 original tileset's look and size but want a square version of it.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Curses_classic_square_12x12.png
|author=DPh Kraken
|dated=2025-1-1
|size=12×12
|resolution=1024×768
|comments=The vanilla tileset, resized to 12x12 with no added frills. Some non-text characters have been additionally centered within the wider margins.
}}

{{Tileset|
|title=cheepicus_12x12
|filename=cheepicus_12x12.png
|author=[[User:Cheepicus|Cheepicus]]
|dated=2010-8-4
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300
|comments=I wanted a 12x12 ASCII graphics set, sharp, with pleasant text, so I wound up making one myself from scratch. It's a little influenced by Guybrush, which I love, but after awhile the blurriness got to me.

(This tileset is not entirely ASCII; I changed the equals sign to a pattern, so that stockpiles would look the way I like.)
|demo=[[Image:cheepicus_12x12_ss.png|thumb|right|cheepicus_12x12 sample]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Unknown curses 12x12 & Markvii Walls.png
|author=DDR & Others
|dated=2010-9-3
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300 native
|comments=A remix of the Unknown 12x12 curses with Markvii's diagonal walls. Works quite nicely together.
|demo=[[Image:Unknown curses 12x12 & Markvii Walls example screenshot.jpeg|thumb|right|A dwarf practicing archery. He died later.]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Herrbdog_144.png
|author=Herrbdog
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300
|comments=A larger version of this tileset is available [[#Herrbdog_16x16_tileset.gif|below]].
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Dullard_Exponent_12x12.png
|author=Lord Dullard/Exponent
|dated=2009-3-30
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300 native
|comments=Adjusted by Exponent, and with new dwarf characters added. A version of the Unknown 12×12 tileset with smoothed walls. Example: [http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-5243-wiltedblight Wiltedblight].
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=mkv_solidcurses_stairs_960x300.png
|author=[[User:Markavian|Markavian]]
|dated=2007-12-4
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300
|comments=This revision is designed to work with DF version 0.27.169.33a with special tiles for [[stair]]s and [[ramp]]s, as well as the changes present in the earlier version such as bones, walls, trees and swords. Available in [http://mkv25.net/showcase/df/mkv_curses%2012x12%20and%206x6%20v2.zip mkv curses 12×12 and 6x6 v2.zip]. As seen in the fortress of [http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-1329-axegear Axegear].
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Mkv_solidcurses_960x300.png
|author=[[User:Markavian|Markavian]]
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300
|comments=An older revision of my square tileset, featuring more detailed symbols, with alterations to certain text characters to look more like ingame items. The walls are infilled now. 
Available in [http://mkv25.net/showcase/df/mkv_curses%2012x12%20and%206x6%20v2.zip mkv curses 12×12 and 6x6 v2.zip]. As seen in the fortress of [http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-800-inflew. Inkflew].
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Markvii.png
|author=[[User:Turnip|Turnip]]
|dated=2009-7-9
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300
|comments=My revision of Markavian's tileset, made to be more "curvy"
|demo=[[Image:Rev7.PNG|thumb|right]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Tileset_unknown_960x300_02.png
|author=Unknown
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300
|comments=This is a tileset submitted by an unknown user from the IP address 86.43.81.125. 
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Unknown_curses_12x12.png
|author=Unknown
|dated=2007-11-24
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300
|comments=This is very similar to the above tileset, but has some noticeable differences. I have no idea where I got it from. It's great on a 1024x768 CRT monitor in windowed mode. I use it in a 1000x500 window with [BLACKSPACE:YES]. --[[User:JT|JT]]
|demo=[[Image:Unknown_12x12.jpg|thumb|right|Unknown 12×12 v2]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=nice_curses_12x12.png
|author=[[User:Vidumec|Vidumec]]
|dated=2013-01-30
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300 native
|comments=This tileset is a square version of Plac1d's tileset with some modifications, like duller ground tiles and other.
|demo=[[Image:Screenshot_nice_curses_12x12.png|thumb|right]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=zesty_curses_12x12.png
|author=[[User:ZesT|ZesT]]
|dated=2022-11-3
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300 native
|comments= A fresh spin on Vidumec's "nice curses" tileset - includes a couple different graphics that both keep the ASCII feel and provide better visual representations while preventing text artefacts, including new graphics for sheets, plus a Moai statue since making the statue specifically humanoid didn't feel generalisable enough. A [[Tileset repository#zesty_curses_24x24.png|24x24 version]] is available.
}}

==13×13==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Kren_13x13.png
|author=[[User:Krenshala|krenshala]]
|dated=2015-12-27 (Updated 2017-08-27)
|size=13×13
|comments=I wanted a tileset smaller than 15x15 that would still display nicely on a netbook (e.g. 1366×768), but still be clearly legible. I think I have succeeded in that goal. On a 1680×1050 display the resolution is 129×80 with this tileset.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=yayo_tunur_1040x325.png
|author=[[User:Yayo|Yayo]]
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=13×13
|resolution=1040×325
|comments=Name: Yayo's Tunur; According to the language files of DF, Tunur means "style" in dwarf language. It may require a bit to get used to some symbols, but it's a very clean tileset. (It's just a bit weird. :P)
|demo=[[Image:yayo_tunur_1040x325_screenshot.png|thumb|right|yayo's Tunur Tileset]]
}}

==14×14==

{{Tileset|
|title=cheepicus_14x14
|filename=cheepicus_14x14.png
|author=[[User:Cheepicus|Cheepicus]]
|dated=2018-11-28
|size=14×14
|resolution=1120×350
|comments=Back on my bullshit. I made this because I wanted a bold, low-eyestrain tileset.
|demo=[[Image:cheepicus_14x14_ss2.png|thumb|right|cheepicus_14x14 sample]]
|demo2=[[Image:cheepicus_14x14_ss1.png|thumb|right|cheepicus_14x14 sample]]
}}

==15×15==

{{Tileset|
|title=cheepicus_15x15
|filename=cheepicus_15x15.png
|author=[[User:Cheepicus|Cheepicus]]
|dated=2012-5-6
|size=15×15
|resolution=1200×375
|comments=I find the text hard to read in most other tilesets, so I made a new one. Mostly ASCII with a few graphical nods. Lower right char is for PILLAR:255 in df_init.
|demo=[[Image:cheepicus_15x15_ss1.png|thumb|right|cheepicus_15x15 sample]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Talryth_square_15x15.png
|author=[[User:Talryth|Talryth]]
|dated=2010-06-18
|size=15×15
|resolution=1440×900 (96×60 grid size) 1680×1050 (112×70 grid size)
|comments=Built from scratch, this ASCII tileset is made with two common 16:10 resolutions in mind. The odd tile size fills the above resolutions without artifacts and it gives an advantage in design, making for sharp features and equal spacing between characters. The manual anti-aliasing gives the set a nice and clean look. Transparent PNG support is needed for this one.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Vidumec_15x15.png
|author=[[User:Vidumec|Vidumec]]
|dated=2011-09-05
|size=15×15
|resolution=1440×900 (96×60 grid size) 1680×1050 (112×70 grid size) Actually looks good on any resolution
|comments=I liked the great Talryth square 15x15 very much! However dwarves tiles were a litlle bit out of the style, so I changed them to default-like ones. Also added background so the there is no more black background which with bright ASCII was hard to my eyes. Again thanks to Talryth for his amazing job!
|demo=[[Image:Df_screen1.png|thumb|right]]
}}

==16×16==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Anno_16x16.png
|author=[[User:AbuDhabi|AbuDhabi]]
|dated=2011-03-19
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400 native.
|comments=Based on [[#Anikki_square_16x16.png|Anikki's 16x16 tileset]], but smoothed/enhanced and with the dwarf images reworked.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Aesomatica_16x16.png
|author=[[User:Aesomatica|Aesomatica]]
|dated=2008-11-29
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400 native.
|comments=Tileset intended to build upon [[User:Sphr|Sphr's]] and [[User:Jackard|Jackard's]] work, as well as others. Some tiles are original, some are variants and most are copied from various sets the author found pleasing. Notable originals include the broken bolt/ashes tiles, the ballista heads/large hills, the small hills, the ore (gear animation is pleasing, though axle animation is unimproved), ground tiles, and vermin. Also, bins look decent and up/down stairs look okay. This set looks its best with Sphr's graphics.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=LCD_Tileset.png
|author=[[User:Agm|Agm]]
|dated=2020-02-07
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Semi-graphical ASCII tileset, original work. Font used is Kelora. Suggested that you set [PILLAR_TILE:255] in d_init.txt.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=16x16-RogueYun-AgmEdit.png
|author=[[User:Agm|Agm]]
|dated=2017-10-21
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=ASCII Edit of [[User:RogueYun|Rogue Yun]]'s tileset with diagonal walls and other edited tiles. Suggested that you set [PILLAR_TILE:255] in d_init.txt.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Anikki_square_16x16.png
|author=[[User:Anikki|Anikki]]
|dated=2008-7-27
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400 native.
|comments=Based on the original IBM CGA Character set with a lot of tweaks. The characters remain as descriptive yet universal as possible. I chose the CGA set because it is in my opinion the square set with the best readability. This set is for those who like the basic ASCII look where every pixel has meaning or (multiple meanings). This is a scaled up version for fullscreen use. [http://www.anikki.com/share/df/Anikki_square_16x16.bmp Download the BMP]
|demo=[[Image:df_anikki_2.png|thumb|right]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Bisasam_16x16.png
|author=Bisasam
|dated=2010-01-11
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=This is the 16x16 version of my 24x24 tileset. A DF version supporting transparent PNGs must be used. In order to use unscaled tiles, horizontal resolution must be at least 1280.
|demo=[[Image:Bisasam_16x16_preview.png|thumb|right]]
|demo2=[[Image:Bisasam_16x16_preview_stocks.png|thumb|right]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|title=cheepicus_8x8x2
|filename=cheepicus_8x8x2.png
|author=[[User:Cheepicus|Cheepicus]]
|dated=2014-4-3
|size=16×16 (doubled 8x8)
|resolution=1280×400 native.
|comments=I liked the font on my 8x8 tileset, but it was too small to use every day. So I doubled it and the result has a nice 8-bit feel. Hand-made, mostly ASCII.
|demo=[[Image:cheepicus_8x8x2_ss.png|thumb|right|cheepicus_8x8x2 sample]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|title=cheepicus_16x16
|filename=cheepicus_16x16.png
|author=[[User:Cheepicus|Cheepicus]]
|dated=2014-5-10
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400 native.
|comments=Mostly ASCII 16x16 with an art deco/Nixie tube inspired kind of font.
|demo=[[Image:cheepicus_18x18_ss01.png|thumb|right|cheepicus_16x16 sample]]
|demo2=[[Image:cheepicus_16x16_ss02.png|thumb|right|cheepicus_16x16 sample]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Cooz_curses_square_16x16.png
|author=[[User:Cooz|Cooz]]
|dated=2009-2-28
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400 native.
|comments=v1.1 - 3px wide walls and some other tweaks. Based on Klokjammer and Marble Dice tilesets. Some tiles were taken from other sets, some were made from scratch. The aim was to keep feel of default curses font in 16×16 tileset. There's also [http://i.imgur.com/rKRKz.png version without shading].
|demo=[[Image:Cooz_Tileset_Screenshot.png|thumb|right|Cooz's Tileset]]
}}

{{Tileset|
filename=Guybrush_square_16x16.png
|author=[[User:Guybrush|Guybrush]]
|dated=2007-11-15
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=A 16×16 tileset based on the very nice Herrbdog's one, and for use with the superb [[40d:Graphics_set_repository#Dystopian_Rhetoric|Dystopian Rhetoric objects]]. A slightly modified version of Herrbdog's tileset is available below if you want to keep the original ASCII symbols for some objects (just do some cut & paste). It's just a little brighter and with some very slight changes. The tileset shown is a tileset with graphic objects added, for use with Fortress Mode.

I recommend to have a look at the [[color schemes|color schemes page]] to find your favorite color settings. The color scheme I used for the screenshots is [[Color_Schemes#.28Yet.29_Another_scheme|this one]].
|demo=[[Image:GuybrushScreenshot1.PNG|thumb|right|Guybrush Tileset]]
|demo2=[[Image:GuybrushScreenshot2.PNG|thumb|right|the wilderness...]]
}}

{{Tileset|
filename=GuybrushASCII_curses_square_16x16.png
|author=Herrbdog, modified by [[User:Guybrush|Guybrush]]
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Here is the slightly modified version of Herrbdog's tileset which still has all the ASCII characters intact
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Herrbdog_16x16_tileset.gif
|author=Herrbdog
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=The 16×16 version of Herrbdog's tileset.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Oddball_16x16.png
|author=[[User:HexaBlu|HexaBlu]]
|title=Oddball-16
|dated=2021-07-05
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments="A silly and whimsical 16x16 Tileset focused on unique graphics, Made completely from scratch. The font is designed off of my bad handwriting. "[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=178707 Forum Page]
|demo=[[Image:Oddball_16x16_Gameplay.png|thumb|right|A screenshot of what the landscape looks like using Oddball-16.]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=MRC_square_16x16.png
|author=Inquisitor Saturn
|dated=2008-5-18
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Another 16 by 16 tileset. This one is notable because of the subtle shadowing and a completely original, hand-made font.
}}

{{Tileset|
filename=Redjack17.png
|author=[[User:Jackard|Jackard]]
|dated=2008-7-22
|size=16x16
|resolution=1280x400
|comments=This combines content from other tilesets with Nintendo sprites to give the game a classic dungeon look. ''Note: Bins are hard to see using this tileset because the "bin" tile is also used as the "up/down staircase" tile. [[Tileset_repository#Aesomatica |Aesomatica]] and [[Tileset_repository#Martin|Martin]] improve upon this tileset making the bin tile easier to see.''

[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=7 You may download all variations of this tileset here.]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Kai-1280x400-v2 7512b5.png
|author=Kaishaku
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=A square 1280×400 font. Simple and legible. Converted from roarl's 16×16 nethack font, on top of super foul egg's template, extended manually and with ideas from lucida console. This is version 1, created in one morning. Screenshots available [http://kaishaku.org/dwarfort here].
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Kelora_16x16_diagonal.png
|author=[[User:Kelora|Kelora]]
|dated=2009-7-26
|size=16×16
|resolution=
|comments=A square tileset using the diagonal wall concept from Belal and others but simplified drastically to improve the appearance. All the walls line up correctly and have consistent widths.
I did not use much of the pretty but confusing art I see in many of the other sets. I tried for a while to incorporate many of these but found that with the multiple uses for most characters they were just wrong far too often to be useful. The only ones that seem to work are the dwarves which I took from Flying Mage / Guybrush. The pretty 3Dish fonts as well just seem to look muddier and be less legible. I love it and my husband has been happily playing it for months.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Kelora_16x16_diagonal-clouds.png
|author=[[User:Kelora|Kelora]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=
|comments=A square tileset using the diagonal wall concept from Belal and others but simplified drastically to improve the appearance. All the walls line up correctly and have consistent widths.
I did not use much of the pretty but confusing art I see in many of the other sets. I tried for a while to incorporate many of these but found that with the multiple uses for most characters they were just wrong far too often to be useful. The only ones that seem to work are the dwarves which I took from Flying Mage / Guybrush. The pretty 3Dish fonts as well just seem to look muddier and be less legible. This tileset is a copy of my first with more realistic clouds I hope.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Kenran.png
|author=[[User:Kenran|Kenran]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=
|comments=This tileset is for the most part identical to the great one by Kelora above. I fixed an error with the single lines and curves (used for instance for rivers on the world map) where two tiles didn't connect correctly. I also adjusted the diagonal walls a bit.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Kjammer square 16x16 v02.png
|author=[[User:Klokjammer|Klokjammer]]
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Name: ''"Masked Adventurer"'' - after tile (0,4), where '@' used to be. A somewhat abstract version of the original curses square tileset, but with the alpha numeric characters shaped so as not to look distorted. Other symbols are either borrowed from or improved from curses, and some (including the dwarves) were created from the ground up. Alternate variations, are available [[User:Klokjammer#My Tilesets|here]].
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Kjammer square 16x16 v00.png
|author=[[User:Klokjammer|Klokjammer]]
|dated=2007-10-31
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=A "clean" version of the above set, one without any fancy tiles (except for the dwarves).
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Md_curses_16x16.png
|author=[[User:Marble Dice|Marble Dice]]
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=This tileset attempts to modify the size and aspect ratio of the classic 8x12 terminal/curses font employed by many roguelikes without sacrificing the distinctive character.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Runeset_16x16.png
|author=monkeyfritz
|dated=2018-3-23
|size=16×16
|resolution=256×256
|comments= Runeset is an RSCII (Runic Standard Code for Information Interchange) font pack for ''Dwarf Fortress''. Much more dwarfy than that American standards stuff. Best used with [[Color_scheme#Runeset Mapmaker|Runeset Mapmaker]] or [[Color_scheme#Runeset|Runeset]] color schemes.
|demo=[[Image:Runeset Example.jpg|thumb|right|Runeset Maps]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=PTTGV2tiles.png
|author=[[User:PTTG|PTTG]]
|dated=2007-11-21
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=A new version! Clean, sharp, and clear. All-original, and large size for big screens! Also features coloured indicators for levers, helping to remove the guesswork. It is good stand-alone, or with my [[List of user graphics sets#PTTG|graphics set]].
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Fnord 16x16.png
|author=PopTart
|dated=2016-5-08
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400 native.
|comments="FnordSet contributes a bold Roman font that takes advantage of the square tile. Baskerville served as the main model. This set was also inspired by (and borrows from) the bold geometry of Rogue Yun's Simple Mood and the seriffed grace of the Duerer set. It also draws inspiration from the Ishmeria tileset, which I think complements it nicely as text in TWBT. (Nowadays I use the nicely contrasting sans serif tileset Jecfox for the text font.)" [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=158009 Forum thread]
|demo=[[Image:Fnordgameplay.png|thumb|right]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Msgothic.png
|author=[[User:Random832]]
|dated=2009-4-22
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×800 etc
|comments=Based on the ＭＳゴシック (MS Gothic) japanese font, with some gaps filled in from the VGA 8x16 font, and some other characters tweaked by hand.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Raving_1280x400.png
|author=[[User:RavingManiac|RavingManiac]]
|dated=2010-3-13
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=A heavily modified version of Tyrving's tileset, with smoothed walls based on those from Tahin's. This tileset was made to retain the feel of the original curses in a square tileset with smoothed walls.
[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1920 Download the BMP.]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=16x16_sm.png
|author=[[User:RogueYun|Rogue Yun]]
|dated=2015-06-09
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=I recommend setting all the pillar tiles in d_init.txt to tile 10. Possible updates may be on [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=144897.0 this thread].
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=16x16_sb_ascii.png
|author=[[User:RogueYun|Rogue Yun]]
|dated=2018-11-04
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=A good solid ASCII Tileset. See the [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=172536.0 Something Boxy] thread for more information and updates.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Sapphos_square_16x16.png
|author=Sappho
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Another square font, target resolution 1280×400. This one is exactly the same as the default font except it has been made square, painstakingly edited to ensure that nothing looks squished.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Savok_curses_1280x400_517caa.png
|author=[[User:Savok|Savok]]
|dated=2008-6-16
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Unsatisfied with any existing tileset, I decided to go about creating my own. Since I can't create from scratch, I had to take tiles from other tilesets and modify them, in an evolution-like manner, until they became how I wanted them. Since most are dramatically different from the tileset I took them from, I believe I can call them original. In the raws, change the tag [TILE:'U'] for humans to [TILE:172]. This changes both the image and corpse of humans to a unique image, which creature graphics cannot do. The elves also get a different tile, [TILE:171]. I plan to make a separate goblin symbol. If you use it and like it, please leave a message for at [[User talk:Savok|my talk page]] or at [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=201 the DFFD page]. This will greatly speed progress, since I won't be doing it just for myself. Note: The [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=201 DFFD version] is updated more frequently and has the changelist.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=SFE_Curses_square_16x16.png
|author=Super Foul Egg
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=The font is rough as hell and some of the characters still need attention, but it'll do for now. Since this tileset is for graphics mode I'd rather wait for more complete object support than hack in pictures and gum up the UI. Uppercase from [http://www.zee-3.com/pickfordbros/archive/bitmapfonts.php this site]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Tahin_16x16_rounded.png
|author=[[User:Tahin|Tahin]]
|dated=2007-12-28
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Based on Marble Dice's tileset, above. Smoothed corners are "rounded", which takes some getting used to but look quite nice, in my opinion. I have managed to get all of the standard "L" tiles to fit together nicely, but "T" and "+" don't quite match up. It's not a problem that comes up often, and it still doesn't look that bad, but I'll get to it eventually.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=DF-Nordic_v1.png
|author=[[User:Techhead|Techhead]]
|dated=2009-3-26
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=My first attempt at a unique curses-style tileset with a Nordic Theme. Some characters have been altered.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Markx.png
|author=[[User:TurnipII|TurnipII]]
|dated=2018-8-2
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Descended from the original MarkVII tileset. Has Markavian inspired walls, and many of Anikki's characters.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Tyr_1280x400.PNG
|author=[[User:Tyrving|Tyrving]]
|dated=2008-2-15
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=None of the existing modifications of curses_square satisfied me, so I made my own. The bulk of it is from Klokjammer's set, with the dwarf symbols and @ taken from Sappho's. Quite a few minor alterations have been made, and I feel that it's become distinct enough to release it.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Winterwing_Curses_16x16_lucon.png
|author=[[User:Winterwing|Winterwing]]
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Like usual, lucida console with cleartype. Creative, huh. :)
|demo=[[Image:Winterwing_Dfort-tiles-lucon.png|thumb|right|Lucida Console with Dystopian Rhetoric objects]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Yayo_c64_1280x400_83b157.png
|author=[[User:Yayo|Yayo]]
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Name: Yayo's C64; The 16×16 version of Yayo's tileset.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Zaratustra_16x16.png
|author=[[User:Zaratustra|Zaratustra]]
|dated=2007-11-10
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Because everyone is making one.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Zilk_16x16.png
|author=[[User:Zilk|Zilk]]
|dated=2015-7-15
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=This tileset is based on Lord Nightmare's IBM CGA character set. I made a lot of minor modifications to clean the tiles up and give them symmetry in all directions. The result is a wide tileset that looks relatively similar to the default 8x12 curses tileset.
|demo=[[Image:Zilk_16x16_screenshot.png|thumb|right|Preview with a high-contrast [[Color_scheme#Solarized|Solarized]] color scheme]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Minecraft-ish.png
|author=[[User:Qazwsxplm|Qazwsxplm]]
|dated=2026-01-31
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=I like Minecraft and if the font is on DF that will be cooler. So I made this Minecraft-ish Tileset. Hope you guys love it.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Minecraft-ish_Metal.png
|author=[[User:Qazwsxplm|Qazwsxplm]]
|dated=2026-01-31
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=It's Minecraft-ish, but Metallic. Also changed '''some''' characters.
}}

==18×18==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Haowan_Curses_1440x450.png
|author=Haowan
|dated=2007-11-2
|size=18×18
|resolution=1440×450
|comments=An enlarged version of a square version of the default set.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Teeto_K_18x18.PNG
|author=[[User:Teeto_K|Teeto_K]]
|dated=2008-10-24
|size=18×18
|resolution=1440×450
|comments=A tileset based on [[#Nostalgia_1440x450_3e4a08.png|Maus's 18x18 version of his "Nostalgia" tileset]], however, it has been heavily revised. The entire font has been "smoothed over", and many of the symbols changed to more "graphical" representations of the items they represent. An attempt to fill the void of "graphic heavy" tilesets in the 18x18 tile-size. A special emphasis is placed on maximizing the text's readability, while still providing a "graphics enhanced" play area. Special thanks to Maus for the font, and Guybrush for the inspiration.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Nostalgia 1440x450 3e4a08.png
|author=[[User:maus|maus]]
|dated=2009-10-04
|size=18×18
|resolution=1440×450
|comments=18x18 version of [[#Nostalgia_720x225.png|Nostalgia_720x225.png]]. Scaled up to 200%.
}}

==20×20==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Anikki_square_20x20.png
|author=[[User:Anikki|Anikki]]
|dated=2008-7-27
|size=20×20
|resolution=1600×500 native.
|comments=Based primarily on Tocky and Plac1d. This is a scaled-up version of [[#Anikki_square_10x10.png|the 10x10 tileset]] for fullscreen use. [http://www.anikki.com/share/df/Anikki_square_20x20.bmp Download the BMP]
(Note: The up and down ramps are reversed.)
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Bisasam_20x20.png
|author=Bisasam
|dated=2010-05-15
|size=20×20
|resolution=1600×500 (80x25 grid size); 1600×1000 (80x50 grid size)
|comments=This is the 20x20 version of my 24x24 tileset. A DF version supporting transparent PNGs must be used. In order to use unscaled tiles, horizontal resolution must be at least 1600.
|demo=[[Image:Bisasam_20x20_preview.png|thumb|right]]
|demo2=[[Image:Bisasam_20x20_preview_stocks.png|thumb|right]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Bisasam_20x20_ascii.png
|author=Bisasam
|dated=2010-05-15
|size=20×20
|resolution=1600×500 (80x25 grid size); 1600×1000 (80x50 grid size)
|comments=This is the 20x20 version of my 24x24 tileset. Graphical tiles have been replaced by ASCII ones. A DF version supporting transparent PNGs must be used. In order to use unscaled tiles, horizontal resolution must be at least 1600.
|demo=[[Image:Bisasam_20x20_ascii_preview.png|thumb|right]]
|demo2=[[Image:Bisasam_20x20_ascii_preview_stocks.png|thumb|right]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Rose_20x20.png
|author=[[User:Japa|Rose]]
|dated=2019-04-29
|size=20×20
|resolution=1600×500 (80x25 grid size); 1600×1000 (80x50 grid size)
|comments=This is the 20x20 version of the default curses_800x600 tileset, hand-tweaked to give as similar a feel to the original as possible, while still being square and larger, without any resizing artifacts.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Taffer_20x20.png
|author=[[User:Taffer|Taffer]]
|dated=2017-01-10
|size=20×20
|resolution=Looks best at high resolutions, or on very large monitors.
|comments=A sharp looking, vanilla styled tileset that strives to strike a good balance between nice, attractive graphics, while avoiding graphical oddities. I find the cumulative differences from the ASCII add to the game. Feel free to leave me a [http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/User_talk:Taffer note]. This has turned into a [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=107924.0], and includes alternate walls, fonts, and racial graphics.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Oreslam_1920x1200_20x20.png
|author=[[User:Yayo|Yayo]]
|dated=2009-09-12
|size=20×20
|resolution=1920×1200
|comments=Name: Yayo's Oreslam; Just like the previous one, this tileset is named according to the dwarf language: or-es-lam means "Large Clear Stone". I decided to create this tileset to fit my usual screen resolution (1920x1200). I tried giving it a clean look. To use it in windowed mode try these settings in the init file: WINDOWEDX:1900, WINDOWEDY:1160, GRID:95:58.
|demo=[[Image:Oreslam_1900x1200_20x20_screenshot.png|thumb|right|yayo's Oreslam Tileset]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Bisasam_20x20_mod_T.png
|author=yobbo
|dated=2014-07-13
|size=20×20
|resolution=1600×500 (80x25 grid size); 1600×1000 (80x50 grid size)
|comments=A modified version of Bisasam's 20x20 tileset above. Walls were changed to make smooth curves and circles, broken arrows were changed to look broken, periods and commas were raised to center more closely on the tile, the seed tile was changed to help distinguish the current level and the one below, and a leaf / root tile was added for the new trees. There may have been a couple other minor changes, but the feel of the tileset should still be the same.
|demo=[[Image:Bisasam_20x20_mod_T_preview.png|thumb|right]]
}}

==24×24==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Curses square 24.png
|author=DragonDePlatino
|dated=2015-06-01
|size=24×24
|resolution=1920×600
|comments=A larger hand-drawn version of curses_square_16. This was created to be as faithful as possible to the original tileset while taking advantage of the larger resolution.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Bisasam_24x24.png
|author=Bisasam
|dated=2010-01-01
|size=24×24
|resolution=1920×600 (80x25 grid size); 1920×1200 (80x50 grid size)
|comments=Inspired by the Terminus24 tileset, I created this square 24x24 tileset. Almost all symbols have been redrawn antialiased; so a DF version supporting transparent PNGs must be used. In order to use unscaled tiles, horizontal resolution must be at least 1920.
|demo=[[Image:Bisasam_24x24_preview.png|thumb|right]]
|demo2=[[Image:Bisasam_24x24_preview_stocks.png|thumb|right]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Nagidal24x24shade.png
|author=[[User:Nagidal|Nagidal]]
|dated=2012-06-07
|size=24×24
|resolution=1920×600 (80×25 grid size); 1920×1080 (80×45 grid size)
|comments=I love the original curses_640x300, but could not find anything like it for full HD gameplay, so I made this. There is also a [[:Image:Nagidal24x24.png|non-shaded version]], [[:Image:Nagidal24x24Beards.png|non-shaded bearded version]], and [[:Image:Nagidal24x24shadeBeards.png|shaded and bearded version]].
For further info see [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=101657.0 this forum thread].
|demo=[[Image:Nagidal_classic_24x24.png|thumb|right|Nagidal's 24×24 tileset]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Runeset_24x24.png
|author=monkeyfritz
|dated=2018-3-23
|size=24×24
|resolution=384×384
|comments= Runeset is an RSCII (Runic Standard Code for Information Interchange) font pack for ''Dwarf Fortress''. Much more dwarfy than that American standards stuff. Best used with [[Color_scheme#Runeset Mapmaker|Runeset Mapmaker]] or [[Color_scheme#Runeset|Runeset]] color schemes.
|demo=[[Image:Runeset Example.jpg|thumb|right|Runeset Maps]]
|demo2=[[Image:Runeset Gameplay.jpg|thumb|right|Runeset Example]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=zesty_curses_24x24.png
|author=[[User:ZesT|ZesT]]
|dated=2022-11-3
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300 native
|comments= An upscaled alternative to [[Tileset_repository#zesty_curses_12x12.png|my 12x12 tileset]]. '''Original description:''' A fresh spin on Vidumec's "nice curses" tileset - includes a couple different graphics that both keep the ASCII feel and provide better visual representations while preventing text artefacts, including new graphics for sheets, plus a Moai statue since making the statue specifically humanoid didn't feel generalisable enough.
}}

==32×32==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Runeset_32x32.png
|image=[[:Image:Runeset_32x32.png|Not shown due to size]]
|author=monkeyfritz
|dated=2018-3-23
|size=32×32
|resolution=512×512
|comments= Runeset is an RSCII (Runic Standard Code for Information Interchange) font pack for ''Dwarf Fortress''. Much more dwarfy than that American standards stuff. Best used with [[Color_scheme#Runeset Mapmaker|Runeset Mapmaker]] or [[Color_scheme#Runeset|Runeset]] color schemes.
|demo=[[Image:Runeset Example.jpg|thumb|right|Runeset Maps]]
|demo2=[[Image:Runeset Gameplay.jpg|thumb|right|Runeset Example]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Sir_Henry's_32x32.png
|image=[[:Image:Sir_Henry's_32x32.png|Not shown due to size]]
|author=Sir Henry
|dated=2009-8-19
|size=32×32
|resolution=2560×800
|comments=Recently I learned of a monitor displaying 2560 pixels horizontally, and I decided it needed a tileset to put to use. Taking the tileset I use (Kelora 16x16 diagonal) and doubling it, I was able to get a decent tileset. Smoothing the edges, and redoing some glyphs to get a better look (or just messing up some to bad to fix), I was able to achieve this.
}}

==48×48==

{{Tileset|
|filename=RDE_vector_48x48.png
|image=[[:Image:RDE_vector_48x48.png|Not shown due to size]]
|author=[[User:RedDeadElite|RedDeadElite]]
|dated=2021-04-21
|size=48×48
|resolution=3840×1200
|comments=A render of a vectorized version of [[:File:RDE_8x8.png|RDE_8x8]], with ASCII smileys substituting bearded dwarves.Original vector image and additional renders available at the [https://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=15509 DF File Depot].
}}

==64×64==

{{Tileset|
|filename=hack_square_64x64.png
|image=[[:Image:hack_square_64x64.png|Not shown due to size]]
|author=Taywee
|dated=2016-06-21
|size=64×64
|resolution=1024×1024
|comments=Built this from the fantastic [https://github.com/chrissimpkins/Hack Hack] font, as I have a high-dpi monitor and wanted a good-looking text tileset of a decent resolution.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=HarmonyOS Sans.png
|image=[[:Image:HarmonyOS Sans.png|Not shown due to size]]
|author=Huawei
|dated=2022-07-04
|size=64×64
|resolution=1024×1024
|comments=Yeah, yeah. What a crazy idea.
}}

=Square tilesets for edited raws=

:''If you cannot find the altered raws of a tileset for your version of ''Dwarf Fortress'' have a look at the [[Raw tile selector]] tool.''

These tilesets require modified [[raws]] to work properly. Specifically, the tile numbers assigned to some objects (critters, stones, plants) need to be changed and accented characters usually need to be removed from all languages.

==8×8==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Crazy 8x8s.png
|author=PigtailLlama
|dated=2012-6-14
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×200 or 640×400
|comments= They're a collaboration of 8x8 tiles I made, in the standard monotone style - They're great if you want to give your game a bit of a Commodore 64 feel to it, or if you're tired of vanilla dimensions. You also get a boatload of extra tiles to customize and personalize your own set!
:''See [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=126363.0 Forum Thread] for download and installation details.''
|demo=[[Image:Crazy 8x8s earlyfort.png|thumb|right|PigtailLlama's Crazy 8x8s tileset]]
}}

==12×12==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Jolly12x12.png
|author=Alexander Ocias
|dated=2012-3-11
|size=12×12 (also available in 9×12)
|resolution=1024×768
|comments= Dwarf Fortress looks too serious and gritty, especially when it's filled with so much fun, ☼Fun☼ and comedy. There are four main handy-dandy aspects of this mod: Injecting some more personality and brightness into the visuals; Making important stuff easier to see, smoothing over unimportant things (9x12 or 12x12 ASCII!); Delicious icon :D
:''See [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=104261.0 Official Forum Page] for download and installation details.''
|demo=[[Image:Jolly Bastion Screenies2-1.png|thumb|right|Jolly Bastion screenshot]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Grim Fortress sample tileset.png
|author=Lightrow
|dated=2013-2-3
|size=12×12 (also available in 9×12)
|resolution=1024×768
|comments= I always liked the simplicity and feeling of ASCII tilesets but at the same time I really missed solid backgrounds and some interesting tiles from graphical tilesets. So my first try was to apply a solid background to all tiles of Talryth square tileset ( except few ones ), but it came out looking like a bunch of vermin swimming in a goblin's vomit... anyway I tried further and began to experiment with different base tilesets and finally made my own, using elements from tilesets of other authors ( mainly Tocky's one, big thanks to him! ). Then I spotted Alexander's Jolly Bastion and took some ideas from him ( big thanks to Alexander too! ) like sky tiles and color. Then I applied Lee's Natural Color Scheme with modified "BLACK" value and here it is! Grim Fortress. It is pretty dark, kinda foggy and I think the name "Grim Fortress" fits well.
:''See [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=122421.0 Official Forum Page] for download and installation details.''
|demo=[[Image:Grim Fortress Logo.png|thumb|right]]
}}

==16×16==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Belal_Smooth_Walls.png
|author=[[User:Belal|Belal]]
|dated=2009-1-9
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400 native.
|comments=Based on the Mike Mayday tileset and using angled smoothed walls as in [[User:Dorten|Dorten's]] Tileset. I like the look of the walls for doing near circular or honeycomb layouts. [http://mkv25.net/dfma/poi-9935-seethewallshere Example Fort]
|demo=[[Image:Belal_Example.png|thumb|right]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=DarkondDigsDeeper_16x16.png
|author=[[User:Darkond2100|Darkond2100]]
|dated=2010-3-6
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400 native.
|comments=I like Dig Dwarfier, but I don't like their tileset so much. I fused DigDeeperNEW_16x16 with Aesomatica_16x16 to make this. I just took what I liked and put it in. I hope that others like it too! This will work with Dig Dwarfier v0.85, I am not yet aware of whether or not it will work with Dig Deeper put into vanilla.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Gold_plated_16x16_v2.png
|title = '''Gold Plated'''
|author=[[User:DrD_AVEL|DrD_AVEL]]
|dated=2010-Jun-17
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400 native.
|comments=Gold Plated is updated. Improvements complete. Some tiles were redrawn and corrected.
This tileset contains the best graphic tiles (in my opinion) that were collected from many other tilesets and other games; I took [[User:Lemunde|Lemunde's]] tileset as a basis (thanx a lot, Lemunde). Some of tiles were drawn by me. Many tiles were reworked and improved with some additional colours. I hope you enjoy with this tiles. ;)

[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2021 Graphical version of DF2010 v0.31.08 with Gold Plated tileset]
[http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=49479.0 Discussion of this tileset is here]
|demo=[[Image:Gold_Plated_preview.png|thumb|right|Presentation of Gold Plated (v.1)]]
|demo2=[[Image:Gold_Plated_text_preview.png|thumb|right|Text preview(v.1)]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Gold-plated-bmp-16x16.png
|title = '''Gold Plated (bmp-version)'''
|author=[[User:DrD_AVEL|DrD_AVEL]]
|dated=2010-Apr-02
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400 native.
|comments=Gold Plated is redrawn to magenta BMP. So you can use it with versions of DF2010, that don't understand .png (v31.01). This is a preliminary version for DF2010, but it works well. Don't forget to convert this image to '''.bmp''' before use in new version. Enjoy! ;)
|demo=[[Image:Scrdf01.png|thumb|right|Preview of Gold Plated (bmp-version)]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Synergy.png
|author=[[User:Dvorovic|Dvorovic]]
|dated=2010-10-8
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Tileset based on DrD_AVEL's, Phoebus', Ironhand's projects. [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2983 Download] [http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-9553-ardentdikes Demo Fortress Map on the DFMA]
}}

{{Tileset|
filename=Flying_Mage_square_16x16.png
|author=[[User:Flying Mage|Flying Mage]]
|dated=2008-4-12
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=A 16×16 tileset based on several other tilesets by various authors. I did some changes because I like some things in different ways, but the base for tileset was made by another users and for this I thankful. List of major and minor changes you can see below. And I hope you'll enjoy this. There is some tiles I really proud of :) 
*[[:Image:Flying_Mage_square_16x16_Major_Changes.png|Major changes]] 
*[[:Image:Flying_Mage_square_16x16_Minor_Changes.png|Minor changes]]
*[[:Image:Flying_Mage_square_16x16_Stone_Type.png|Some ''rough/smoothed/engraved stone'' improvement]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Hermano.png
|author=[[User:hermano|hermano]]
|dated=2010-2-6
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400 native.
|comments=A tileset with colored backgrounds that keeps texts readable. It uses tiles from belal and ranting rodent.
A Package for 0.31.16 (df2010) can be downloaded [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2031 here].
The altered raws for 40d# can be downloaded [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1838 here].
|demo=[[Image:Hermano example.png|thumb|right|example]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=16x16_isenhertz_v2.png
|author=[[User:Isenhertz|Isenhertz]]
|dated=2008-7-14
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Impressed with the genius of using sprites as tiles, I cobbled together this tileset of my own. It uses Super Foul Egg's superb font as a base, with several sprites also found in other users' sets. Because a lot of letters are used for graphics, I suggest that you [[User:Jackard|remove accented letters from names]] with this set. I also suggest you shift some items to other icons, such as the coniferous trees (change Pine, Cedar, Larch from 024 to 147), the turtle (change 15 to 151), and Quarry Bush leaves (change from 006 to 003).
V2 now with new graphics for walls and liquids, as well as some other tweaks here and there and a first attempt at using dual-color sprites using a cyan base instead of simple greyscale. (Right now implemented for beds, wood and statues.)
V1 can still be found [[:Image:16x16_isenhertz_v1.png|here]].
|demo=[[Image:isenhertz_v2_screenshot.png|thumb|right|Isenhertz's tileset in action.]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Lemunde_16x16.png
|author=[[User:Lemunde|Lemunde]]
|dated=2010-6-11
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=This is a modified version of Mike Mayday's/Herrbdog's tileset. It has a more textured feel to the walls and makes heavy use of the new transparency features to make some of the tiles a little more dynamic. You can view a preview map [http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-7000-dragonskull here]. I recommend changing the sky settings in the init.txt file to [SKY:249:1:0:0] for a more natural look.

Update June 11, 2010: Updated to work with the 31.xx versions of Mike Mayday's set. It will probably not look right using it with vanilla Dwarf Fortress.
|demo=[[Image:LemundeTilesetPreview2.png|thumb|right|Lemunde's Tileset.]]
}}

{{Tileset|
filename=DwarfletterGothic.PNG
|author=LordZorinthrox
|dated=2009-7-20
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1205|Download here] 
;see also
:[[:File:Dwarfletter2.png|Status screen - Font]]
:[[:File:Dwarfletter3.png|Foliage]]
:[[:File:Dwarfletter4.png|Ballista]]
|demo=[[Image:Dwarfletter1.png|thumb|right|Dwarfletter - Stockpile]]

}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Martin_16x16.png
|author=[[User:Martin|Martin]]
|dated=2009-8-8
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=This is a 16x16 tileset based on Redjack and Flying Mage sets (and possible tiles taken from others that I've since lost track of - apologies). Some tiles are original or have been tweaked, mainly to provide a much more subtle background than most. A completely new character set is used to improve legibility, tweaked and anti-aliased for dark backgrounds.

[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1316 Download]
[http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-6239-lashedwines Demo fortress at DFMA]
|demo=[[Image:Martin_16x16_sample.png|thumb|right]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Phoebus_16x16.png
|download link=[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=137096.0]
|author=[[User:Phoebus|Phoebus]]
|dated=2011-04-04
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=For more information, and to download the full package, see the thread on the official forums: [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=137096.0 Phoebus' Graphic Set]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Phssthpok_16x16.png
|author=[[User:Phssthpok|Phssthpok]]
|dated=2010-03-07
|size=16×16, 24×24, 32×32
|resolution=2560×800
|comments=A high resolution tileset with a focus on readable text, simple shaded shapes, and plenty of negative space. Uses PNG transparency features in 40d16 and newer. Requires [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=794 RantingRodent's edited raws].

[[:Image:Phssthpok 32x32.png|32x32 version]]

[[:Image:Phssthpok 24x24.png|24x24 version]]

[[:Image:Phssthpok 16x16.png|16x16 version]]

[http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-8189-blockadewhips Sample Fortress]
}}

{{Tileset|
filename=SL_square_16x16.png
|author=[[User:SL]]
|dated=2008-8-3
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=(Requires a download, not just the image) Art based on Flying Mage's, Guybrush's, and previous tilesets in that lineage. Uses ModBase to relocate relocatable art and de-accentify certain accented letters to reduce graphical bizarreness while still improving some art. [http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=22154.0 Forum Thread] [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=370 Download] [http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-3203-flamespear Demo Fortress Map on the DFMA]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Autonomous_Font.png
|author=Spreggo
|dated=2009-2-2
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Started off inspired by Belal's diagonal support, and ended up doing almost every tile from scratch. Added different tiles for each type of stone, and new ones for ore, but the matgloss files need to be edited for that functionality(see image details).
|demo=[[Image:Autonomous_Font_example.png|thumb|right|The Autonomous Font in action.]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Moons_square_16x16.PNG
|author=[[User:The-Moon|The-Moon]]
|dated=2008-3-24
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Edited Character set of [[User:mikemayday|mikemayday]] and [[User:Jackard|Jackard]]
|demo=[[Image:SS_moons_square_16x16.PNG|thumb|right]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=tigrex3d.PNG
|author=[[User:Tigrex|Tigrex]]
|dated=2009-2-22
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=This is my tileset, modified from Dorten's 2d diagonal wall set. It incorporates many original creations of mine, and I hope you like it.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=tigrex3drunes.PNG
|author=[[User:Tigrex|Tigrex]]
|dated=2009-4-10
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=This is a modification of the above, that takes advantage of Norse runes for a more authentic Dwarven experience. CAUTION! This tileset has little practical value, and may induce myopia, blindness, or death.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Tims_16x16.png
|author=[[User:Timmeh|Timmeh]]
|dated=2009-8-12
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=A tileset using heavily modified versions of the diagonal walls from Belal's set, a modified version of the floor from Spreggo's set, most of the furniture and objects are from Flying Mage's set, and some various other bits and pieces from other sets. Replaces the black box that normally surrounds the walls with a copy of the floor tile. [http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-5740-foresthold Example Fort]
|demo=[[Image:example_tims.png|thumb|right]]
}}

=Non-Square Tilesets=

==1×1.1875==

{{Tileset|
|filename=analfabetico_80x60.png
|author=Fitmoos
|dated=2021-01-01
|size=1×1.1875
|resolution=80x60 (at 80x50 window size)
|comments= [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=177855.0 Based on the idea] of Monoscii, this is a blank tileset, with an analphabetic aspect ratio.
See [[#Analfabetico_640x300.png]] for a large version as well.
}}

==4×6==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Lord-Nightmare-Terminal-4x6.png
|author=Lord Nightmare/Microsoft
|dated=2008-1-27
|size=4×6
|resolution=320×150
|comments=A DF conversion of the 4x6 variant of Microsoft's 'Terminal' Font. Note that I have left the font entirely alone other than converting it, so several glyphs are indistinguishable from one another!
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Zaratustra_custom_4x6.png
|author=[[User:Zaratustra|Zaratustra]]
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=4×6
|resolution=320×150
|comments=
|demo=[[Image:Zara_4x6.jpg|thumb|right|Zaratustra's 4x6]]
}}

==5×6==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Zaratustra_custom_5x6.png
|author=[[User:Zaratustra|Zaratustra]]
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=5×6
|resolution=400×150, 800×300, 800×600
|comments=
|demo=[[Image:Zara_5x6.jpg|thumb|right|Zaratustra's 5x6]]
}}

==6×8==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Ti84.png
|author=[[User:Agm|Agm]]
|dated=2018-01-12
|size=6×8
|resolution=480×200, 960×400, 1152×864
|comments=Based on Texas Instruments graphing calculators TI83/TI84/+. [https://pastebin.com/EWuDXjbg Color scheme] [https://pastebin.com/YhgiP0kq Inverted (dark) color scheme)]
|demo=[[Image:Ti84-demo-BothColorSchemes.png|thumb|right|6x8 tileset based on the TI84 graphing calculator.]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Font6x8.png
|author=[[User:Thief^|Thief^]]
|dated=2011-04-05
|size=6×8
|resolution=480×200, 960×400, 1152×864
|comments=A 6x8 tileset I originally created for an LCD electronics project, expanded to extended ASCII for DF. [http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-10274-mistmatched Example]
}}

==6×9==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Curses6x9.png
|author=Madk
|dated=2010-6-21
|size=6×9
|resolution=480×225
|comments=Check the [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=59851.0 original thread] for more info.
}}

==6×10==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Bedstead-10-df.png
|author=[[User:Bjh21|Ben Harris]]
|dated=2013-11-24, updated 2020-03-29
|size=6×10
|resolution=480×250
|comments=This is generated from my font [http://bjh21.me.uk/bedstead/ Bedstead], which in turn is based on the Mullard SAA5050 teletext character generator, with lots of extra glyphs of my own design. There's a larger version [[#Bedstead-20-df.png|below]].
}}

==8×6==

{{Tileset|
|filename=TMFONT.F6.png
|author=[http://adoxa.altervista.org/ Jason Hood]
|dated=2000-02
|size=8×6
|resolution=640×150
|comments=This is generated and extracted from his [http://adoxa.altervista.org/tm/ Text Mode] program.
}}

==8×10==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Philips -YES.png
|author=Philips
|dated=1985
|size=8×10
|resolution=640×250
|comments=Dumped from original Philips :YES ROM.
}}

==8×12==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Andux_cp866ish.png
|author=[[User:Andux|Andux]]
|dated=2011-05-03
|size=8×12
|resolution=640×480
|comments=A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_866 CP866]-based version of the default curses_640x300 tileset. Note that characters 240-255 were not all updated, in order to preserve tiles required by hard-coded stuff.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Andux_sleipnir_8x12_tf.png
|author=[[User:Andux|Andux]]
|dated=2012-08-07 (updated 2024-10-01)
|size=8×12
|resolution=640×480
|comments=A modified version of the default curses_640x300 tileset, partly inspired by the font [https://www.myfonts.com/collections/loki-font-facetype Loki] by Marcus Sterz/FaceType.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=DF+Tileset.png
|author=[[User:Coaldiamond|Coaldiamond]]
|dated=2010-6-18
|size=8×12
|resolution=640×300
|comments= An update of [[user:Plac1d|Plac1d's]] tile set, now updated for DF2010. This tileset also presents an elegant solution for modifying the {{K|%}} tile to get good pumps, rocks, and meals. This tileset was made to serve three purposes; a) To always make text understandable, b) to make DF games more visually interesting, and c) to keep symbols simple so that the player can imagine multiple meanings for the same symbol.
See the [[user:Coaldiamond|screencaps]] or just get the whole [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2533 DF+graphics] repack.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Analfabetico_640x300.png
|author=Fitmoos
|dated=2021-01-01
|size=8×12
|resolution=640×300
|comments= [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=177855.0 Based on the idea] of Monoscii, this is a blank tileset, with an analphabetic aspect ratio.
See [[#analfabetico_80x60.png]] for a tiny version as well.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Kein_640x300.png
|author=Kein
|dated=2008-8-9
|size=8×12
|resolution=640×300
|comments=Updated 08/09/09. Updated most characters, the biggest change is the 3d style walls. If you use my set I'd highly recommend [[40d:Graphics set repository#Plac1d's graphics set|Plac1d's character graphic set]]. My 640×300, everything completely shaded.
|demo=[[Image:Kein-curs.gif|thumb|right|Kein's Tileset]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Plac1d_640x300tileset.png
|author=[[User:Plac1d|Plac1d]]
|dated=2008-3-13
|size=8×12
|resolution=640×300
|comments=A tweaked version of [[#Tocky_square_10x10.png|Tocky's 10×10 tileset]] converted to 8×12. Try using this with my [[40d:Graphics set repository#Plac1d's graphics set|graphics set]]!

[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=63 Download the .BMP]
|demo=[[Image:Plac1d_640x300EZ_1.png|thumb|right|Plac1d's Tileset]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Pythset_8x12.png
|author=Pythania
|dated=2026-5-27
|size=8×12
|resolution=640×300
|comments=A tileset commissioned by Avenkyr Pakacit for public usage.
|demo=[[Image:Pythania_Pythset_8x12_Example_image.png|thumb|right|Pythset 8x12]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=SyrenalianVeidancyr_8x12_updated.png
|author=[[User:AvenkyrPakacit|Avenkyr Pakacit]]
|dated=2025-4-28
|size=8×12
|resolution=640×300
|comments=A graphical tileset that combines style & design. The official repository can be found [https://github.com/AvenkyrPakacit/Syrenalian-Veidancyr/tree/main/Tilesets here].
|demo=[[Image:SV_Tileset_image_8x12.png|thumb|right|Syrenalian Veidancyr 8x12 Tileset]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Curses 640x300diag.png
|author=Taritus
|dated=2009-03-23
|size=8×12
|resolution=640×300
|comments=Yuppers. I requested it a long time ago when everyone else was requesting different sized square tilesets with diagonal walls, and nobody ever fulfilled the request. I decided, "Oh, it's not like I have some menial and huge English project that's due tomorrow to work on, I'm going to make that." And I did.--[[User:Taritus|Taritus]] 20:53, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=TMFONT.F12.png
|author=[http://adoxa.altervista.org/ Jason Hood]
|dated=2000-02
|size=8×12
|resolution=640×300
|comments=This is generated and extracted from his [http://adoxa.altervista.org/tm/ Text Mode] program.
}}

==8×14==

{{Tileset|
|filename=MDA8x14.png
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=8×14
|resolution=640×350
|comments=The original IBM MDA character set, dumped from addresses 0x0000-0x0fff the 5788005 IBM Character Generator ROM. This font is as would be displayed on an EGA/VGA with the 9-pixel-width mode disabled. Best for a 64:35 aspect ratio. The required resolution is strange, so run fullscreen with BLACK_SPACE:YES and resolution at 640x480. The MDA card did not actually support displaying the font in 8x14, but ONLY 9x14 mode, see below. Theoretically, you CAN upload this font into EGA video memory though and use it.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=EGA8x14.png
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=8×14
|resolution=640×350
|comments=The IBM EGA character set, dumped from the 6277356 IBM EGA BIOS ROM. This font is as would be displayed on an EGA/VGA with the 9-pixel-width mode disabled. Best for a 64:35 aspect ratio. The required resolution is strange, so run fullscreen with BLACK_SPACE:YES and resolution at 640x480. This font is different from the MDA version in that many characters are slightly narrower to avoid 'running into' each other, and many characters have been shifted slightly to the left.
Thanks to Zaratustra for poking me into getting this done, and for related help.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=CP850.png
|author=Tae/IBM
|dated=2009-9-06
|size=8×14
|resolution=640×350
|comments=Play the Dwarf Fortress game in CP 850.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Zaratustra_megazeux2.png
|author=[[User:Zaratustra|Zaratustra]]
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=8×14
|resolution=640×350
|comments=EGA font with added Megazeux modifications.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=IBM 3270.png
|author=IBM
|dated=1983-10
|size=8×14
|resolution=640×350
|comments=Dumped from original IBM 3270 ROM.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Siemens PC-D.png
|author=Siemens
|dated=Circa 1982
|size=8×14
|resolution=640×350
|comments=Dumped from original Siemens PC-D ROM.
}}

==8×15==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Lord_Nightmare-Fixedsys-02.png
|author=Lord Nightmare/Microsoft
|dated=2007-12-20
|size=8×15
|resolution=640×375
|comments=v2.2 - (v1.0 is [[:Image:Lord_Nightmare-Fixedsys.png|here]]) - Based on Microsoft's Fixedsys font (which dates back to Windows 1.0!), Many glyphs needed redoing by hand since they were absent from the font, since it is an 'ansi' character set and not a code-page 437 one like DF expects. v2.0 Based on Microsoft's Fixedsys font. Updated new glyphs to be more consistent with the Fixedsys style. - v2.1 - update a few more glyphs, namely the integral, the infinity symbol, and the spade, and a few others I'm forgetting. - v2.2 - update the club and spade, and the music notes - v2.3 - fix the fact that 0xF9 and 0xFA were inadvertently swapped.
}}

==8×16==

{{Tileset|
|filename=VGA8x16.png
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM?
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=8×16
|resolution=640×400
|comments=The original? IBM VGA 8x16 character set, (from http://madscientistroom.org/fpga/default-8x16-bram.html) as would be displayed on a VGA card with the 9-pixel-width disabled. Best for an 8:5 aspect ratio. The required resolution is strange, so run fullscreen with BLACK_SPACE:YES and resolution at 640x480. This rom has not yet been dumped from a real VGA card, and is coming from a secondary source, so it may be replaced later if I find the real font is different.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Lord_Nightmare-Fixedsys-03.png
|author=Lord Nightmare/Microsoft
|dated=2007-12-20
|size=8×16
|resolution=640×400
|comments=v3.0 - changed font size to 8x16, altered glyphs to respect this. - v3.1 - fix the fact that 0xF9 and 0xFA were inadvertently swapped.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Acorntileset.png
|author=[[User:Xenomorph|Xenomorph]]
|dated=2008-8-9
|size=8×16
|resolution=640×400
|comments=This is the tileset used by Acorn computers, starting with the BBC Micro. This version is as it would have appeared in 80-column modes (albeit adapted to CP437). [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=408 Download the BMP.]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=cowboy-ish.png
|author=Unknown
|dated=Unknown
|size=8×16
|resolution=640×400
|comments=
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=NICER40C.png
|author=[https://int10h.org/ VileR]/IBM?
|dated=2019-05-16
|size=8×16
|resolution=640×400
|comments=VileR made both NICER40C and THIN40C to de-uglify 40-column text games for VGA. NICER40C closely follows the optics and metrics of the CGA font, at a higher resolution. More information [https://int10h.org/blog/2019/05/de-uglifying-40-column-text-games-for-vga/ here].

Don't click [[#NICER40C OG?.png|this button]]. If you did, don't look up. You'll gonna laugh.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=THIN40C.png
|author=[https://int10h.org/ VileR]
|dated=2019-05-16
|size=8×16
|resolution=640×400
|comments=VileR made both NICER40C and THIN40C to de-uglify 40-column text games for VGA. THIN40C is derived from the FM Towns system charset, adapted to the default DOS/PC codepage. More information [https://int10h.org/blog/2019/05/de-uglifying-40-column-text-games-for-vga/ here].
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Nixdorf 8810 M15.png
|author=Nixdorf
|dated=1986
|size=8×16
|resolution=640×400
|comments=Dumped from original Nixdorf 8810 M15 ROM.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Unscii.png
|author=[https://viznut.fi viznut]
|dated=2021
|size=8×16
|resolution=640×400
|comments=A bitmapped Unscii font based on classic system fonts. See http://viznut.fi/unscii/ for more.
}}

==8×19==

{{Tileset|
|filename=AST Premium Exec.png
|author=AST Research
|dated=1991
|size=8×19
|resolution=640×475
|comments=Dumped from original AST Premium Exec 386SX/20 ROM.
}}

== 8×32==

{{Tileset|
|filename=font-cl.xb.png
|author=[https://16colo.rs/pack/newschool-01 new school]
|dated=Unknown
|size=8×32
|resolution=640×800
|comments=It was accessible before, but no longer now. I'm in China.
}}

==9×12==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Yoshis_island.png
|author=[[User:Nobbins|Nobbins]]
|dated=2011-03-20
|size=9×12
|resolution=720×300, 720×600 (non-recommended)
|comments=Heavily based on the text style from Yoshi's Island, with most letters being direct copies.
}}

==9×14==

{{Tileset|
|filename=MDA9x14.png
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=9×14
|resolution=720×350
|comments=The original IBM MDA character set, dumped from addresses 0x0000-0x0fff the 5788005 IBM Character Generator ROM. This font is as would be displayed on a real MDA card (use a black/dkgreen/ltgreen palette for full monochrome effect) or on an EGA/VGA card with the 9-pixel-width mode enabled. Best for a 72:35 aspect ratio. The required resolution is strange, so run fullscreen with BLACK_SPACE:YES and resolution at 720x480.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=EGA9x14.png
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=9×14
|resolution=720×350
|comments=The IBM EGA character set, dumped from the 6277356 IBM EGA BIOS ROM. This font is as would be displayed on an EGA/VGA with the 9-pixel-width mode enabled. Best for a 72:35 aspect ratio. The required resolution is strange, so run fullscreen with BLACK_SPACE:YES and resolution at 640x480. This font is actually different from the 8x14 version in that 20 characters have been replaced with the original MDA wide versions. These 'extra' wide characters are sandwiched in between the end of the 8x14 and beginning of the 8×8 font in the EGA BIOS ROM. The changed characters, in ASCII order, are: arrow-left-and-right, '"', '+', '-', 'M', 'T', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z', 'm', 'v', 'w', 'ae', cent sign, yen, peseta, plus-minus, and division sign. Other than these characters, all characters are the same, with rightmost-row duplicated on the C and D rows like the MDA (though I don't actually know if this is technically correct).
}}

==9×16==

{{Tileset|
|filename=VGA9x16.png
|author=Quietust/IBM?
|dated=2009-7-24
|size=9×16
|resolution=720×400
|comments=The original? IBM VGA 9x16 character set, as would be displayed on a VGA card with the 9-pixel-width enabled.
}}

==10×12==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Curses_800x600_shade.png
|author=[[User:Chinkeeyong|Chinkeeyong]]
|dated=2009-6-11
|size=10×12
|resolution=800×600
|comments=Partially inspired by Eagle of Fire's tiles, below. Essentially, this is the default tileset with a little bevel-style shading around the edges to make it look neater. Also, I fixed the accented 'e' tails to look closer to the standard 'e'.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=eofshaded800x600pb9_f64ded.png
|author=[[User:Eagle of Fire|Eagle of Fire]]
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=10×12
|resolution=800×600
|comments=Designed for fullscreen. Inspired by Herrbdog's tileset, I created a shaded tileset targeting the default fullscreen 800x600 resolution. Basicaly, you have the exact same "curses" default tileset but with some shading done to the lower right of each letters and items. I've left alone everything which was related to mining or was meant to be plain, for example the smoothered tiles and the plain tiles in the demo. The reason behind that is that I didn't find much logic to have those graphics shaded as they could possibly connect on any direction on the screen, which would make the shading a little strange. Please note that this tileset is only a "beta". I might work on it again if there is enough people who like it and would like improvements. You can discuss the matter [http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=11&t=000645 here].
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Sleroux_800x300.png
|author=Sergius
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=10×12
|resolution=800×300
|comments=Mostly vanilla tileset, dwarves have graphic from intro [[Utilities#CMVPlayer|Movie]], with some tweaks (for soldiers). I find it helpful for playing (instead of happy faces).
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Kyzers_thin.png
|author=[[User:KyzerB|KyzerB]]
|dated=2018-11-11
|size=10×12
|resolution=853×480, 1280×720, 1920×1080, 3840×2160; looks fine at most others, legible down to 240p (for the most part).
|comments=Tileset designed to be a little easier to read and crisp. Very useful for lower resolutions, as it stays crisp down to 480p. 98% of the sprites have been changed, many received changes to their white-space, and the Dwarves have new and easily distinguishable sprites. Took about a week to make.
|demo=[[Image:Kyzers_thin_medmap.png|thumb|right|Kyzer's Thin Tileset]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=UncleSporky_curses_800x600.png
|author=UncleSporky
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=10×12
|resolution=800×300
|comments=
|demo=[[Image:UncleSporky_DFTiles1.png|thumb|right|UncleSporky Tileset]]
|demo2=[[Image:UncleSporky_DFTiles2.png|thumb|right|UncleSporky Tileset]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=nice_curses_10x12.png
|author=[[User:Vidumec|Vidumec]]
|dated=2013-01-31
|size=10×12
|resolution=800×300
|comments=Non-square version of my 12x12 tileset, based on Plac1d's one with some additional features and modifications.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Zaratustra_custom800x300ca3.png
|author=[[User:Zaratustra|Zaratustra]]
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=10×12
|resolution=800×300, 800×600 (non-recommended)
|comments=Has an appropriate [http://archive.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Object_Tilesets#10x12_version object tileset for v0.23.130.23a (now outdated)].
}}

==10×16==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Lord_Nightmare_Freehand_10x16.png
|author=Lord Nightmare
|dated=2007-12-23
|size=10×16
|resolution=800×400
|comments=v1.0 - A character set drawn entirely in freehand on the tablet PC... with MINIMAL EDITING! Yes, its SUPPOSED to look like that. v1.1 - fixed character 0x02 background (filled smiley), filled in the card suits, minor touch up to the comma, fix black instead of magenta on the greyscale blocks and other tweaks to them, redrew the square block (was 'too clean' before) v1.1a - fixed spade by adding 1 pixel at tip so it doesn't look like another club
|demo=[[Image:Lord_Nightmare_Freehand_screenshot_2b7d67.png|thumb|right|Freehand screenie... ooh, neat! Unreadable.]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Lord_Nightmare_Freehand^2_10x16.png
|author=Lord Nightmare
|dated=2008-3-28
|size=10×16
|resolution=800×400
|comments=Freehand^2, v1.2 - A heavily edited version of Freehand, now hopefully less unreadable. V1.2 is the current version, see the image link changelog/older versions.
|demo=[[Image:Lord_Nightmare_Freehand_screenshot_2_05c04b.png|thumb|right|Freehand^2 screenie... ooh, neat! Readable. But ugly.]]
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Vintl01.png
|author=Lord Nightmare/Victor-Sirius
|dated=2007-12-19
|size=10×16
|resolution=800×400
|comments=The Victor 9000/Sirius 1 computer character set, extracted from vintl01.chr.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Andux_SleipnirLt_10x16_tf.png
|author=[[User:Andux|Andux]]
|dated=2024-10-01
|size=10×16
|resolution=1280×768
|comments=Larger variant of my 8×12 Sleipnir tileset.
}}

==12×20==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Bedstead-20-df.png
|author=[[User:Bjh21|Ben Harris]]
|dated=2013-11-24, updated 2020-03-29
|size=12×20
|resolution=960×500
|comments=This is generated from my font [http://bjh21.me.uk/bedstead/ Bedstead], which in turn is based on the Mullard SAA5050 teletext character generator, with lots of extra glyphs of my own design. There's a smaller version [[#Bedstead-10-df.png|above]].
}}

==14×16==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Cooz_curses_14x16.png
|author=Anonymous/[[User:Cooz|Cooz]]
|dated=2017-05-12
|size=14×16
|resolution=1120×400
|comments=I was looking for a narrower, more readable tileset with the aesthetic of Cooz's shaded square 16x16 one and didn't see one, so I made this from it. Like the original, it's just rounded ASCII characters with no special glyphs.
}}

==16×20==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Shizzle_1280x500.png
|author=[[User:MasterShizzle|MasterShizzle]]
|dated=2012-12-10
|size=16×20
|resolution=1280×500
|comments=Couldn't find a 16x20 set, so I made my own: a good compromise between form and function. Completely original font adapted by hand from the standard curses with minimal shading, designed to run natively on HD monitors.
|demo=[[Image:Shizzle16x20Screenshot.png|thumb|right|MasterShizzle's 16x20 tileset]]
}}

==16×24==

{{Tileset|
|filename=MRC_1280x600.png
|author=[[User:InquisitorSaturn|Inquisitor Saturn]]
|dated=2008-2-28
|size=16×24
|resolution=1280×600
|comments=Designed for a double-sized window mode. Based on the default set, but more detailed and with a few custom characters. Good for those who want larger characters but enjoy the aesthetics of the default set.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Bmac smooth 16x24.png
|author=[[User:BMacZero|BMacZero]]
|dated=2020-11-07
|size=16×24
|resolution=1280×600
|comments=A smaller version of [[#Kyzsmooth.png|Kyzsmooth.png]] (24x32), with standard curses dwarf icons. Effectively, curses_640x300.png at 200% and smoothed.
}}

==16×32==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Lumin_Graphical_1280x800.png
|author=Lumin
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=16×32
|resolution=1280×800
|comments=Ideas used from several others on this page. I've also added more detail and color to some objects.
}}

==20×32==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Curses_24pt_cleartype_ThomModifications.PNG
|author=Herrbdog
|dated=2007-10-30
|size=20×32
|resolution=1600×800
|comments=Hi res won't slow the game as it doesn't use graphics, so if your monitor can display it, go for it, really... I strongly recommend to enable blackspace in the init: [BLACK_SPACE:YES] Made from the 24pts cleartype lucida console above (from winterwing). I added some stuff (some original, some ideas taken from others tilesets). Basically I try to avoid symbols that are often seen in menus, etc. The main "problem" is the bag, because its the male symbol, but it was too good looking to not put it ;) Hope you enjoy :) . . .
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=TerminusAliased_handedit_gal.png
|author=[[User:Shaja|Shaja]]
|dated=2008-3-27
|size=20×32
|resolution=1600×800
|comments=Alphanumerics based on Dimitar Zhekov's [http://www.is-vn.bg/hamster/jimmy-en.html Terminus] font with light antialias shading added, walls and some symbols redrawn, others carried over from Thom's 20x32 tileset.
|demo=[[Image:Shaja_10-27-09.png|thumb|right|TerminusAliased text]]
|demo2=[[Image:Shaja_10-13-09.png|thumbnail|right|Terminus24 text]]
}}

==24×32==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Terminus24.png
|author=[[User:Shaja|Shaja]]
|dated=2008-5-19
|size=24×32
|resolution=1920×800
|comments=Revised version of my earlier Terminus 20x32 character set for 1920x800 display.
}}

==24×36==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Curses_1920x900.png
|author=IBM, I think
|dated=2017-02-28
|size=24×36
|resolution=1920×900 (80×25 grid size); 1920×1080 (80×30 grid size, double for 4k)
|comments=Original curses_640x300.png enlarged to 300%. Good for FullHD displays.
}}

{{Tileset|
|filename=Kyzsmooth.png
|author=KyzerB
|dated=2019-07-02
|size=24×36
|resolution=1920×900 (80×25 grid size); 1920×1080 (80×30 grid size, double for 4k)
|comments=Original curses_640x300.png enlarged to 300%, intricately smoothed for readability and a lack of chunkiness.
}}

==48×72==

{{Tileset|
|filename=Vector square 48x72.png
|image=[[:Image:Vector square 48x72.png|Not shown due to size]]
|author=[[User:DragonDePlatino|DragonDePlatino]]
|dated=2016-11-22
|size=48×72
|resolution=3820×1920 (4k)
|comments=A resolution-independent tileset based off of curses_640x300.bmp. The tileset was hand-vectorized in Inkscape then exported in multiple resolutions up to 4k. More information and resolutions can be found at the forum thread [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=161328.0 here].
}}

[[Category:Mods]]
[[Category:Interface]]
[[ru:Tileset repository]]

Settings

2026-07-28T04:23:51Z

Ziusudra: /* Feature toggles */ added temperature and pathing, removed "experimental" from multithreading since on by default now, added varied ground tiles not affecting graphics

{{av}}
{{Quality|Fine}}
Settings for ''Dwarf Fortress'' can be accessed with a button on the main menu, which can be accessed in-game with {{Menu icon|Esc}}. They are divided into six groups; Video, Audio, Game, Keybindings, Announcements, and Difficulty. They are stored in several different files, including [[init.txt]], [[d_init.txt]], and [[interface.txt]], with current values in the <code>prefs\</code> folder and default values in the <code>data\init\</code> folder. The default files in <code>data\init\</code> include explanations of each setting, including possible values. The files in both <code>data\init\</code> and <code>prefs\</code> are read when ''Dwarf Fortress'' starts, in that order, with the last value read for each option being used. The location of the <code>prefs\</code> folder depends on various factors, see [[Game folders and files]]. Not all of the settings can be changed in game, including [[colors.txt]], [[arena.txt]], and some keybindings.

== Video ==
These settings change how the game looks and are all stored in <code>prefs\init.txt</code> and defaults in <code>data\init\init_default.txt</code>.
* '''Windowed or Fullscreen''' - the highlighted button is the active one and they correspond with [WINDOWED:YES] or [WINDOWED:NO] in the files. [WINDOWED:PROMPT] can be set in the files to make the game ask when starting up, in which case neither button will be highlighted.
* '''Resolution''' - the screen mode the game uses when in fullscreen mode, 'Detect' corresponds with [FULLSCREENX:0] and [FULLSCREENY:0] in the files.
* '''Scale interface''' - whether to scale the font used to draw interface elements such as the menus and minimap to a specific number of character cells, [INTERFACE_SCALING_TO_DESIRED_GRID:YES] in the files.
* '''Desired grid width and height''' - how much to scale the interface, in how many character cells wide and tall the interface should be. [INTERFACE_SCALING_DESIRED_GRID_WIDTH:170] and [INTERFACE_SCALING_DESIRED_GRID_HEIGHT:64] in the files. No effect if [INTERFACE_SCALING_TO_DESIRED_GRID:NO] is used.
* '''Interface scale percentage''' - percentage to scale the interface character cell size up when not scaling to specified grid counts, not every value makes a difference since the interface won't display a partial character at the edges. [INTERFACE_SCALING_PERCENTAGE:100] in the files, no effect if [INTERFACE_SCALING_TO_DESIRED_GRID:YES] is used.
* '''Initial window size''' - when not fullscreen, [WINDOWEDX:1200] and [WINDOWEDY:800] in the files.
* '''Window resizable''' - when not fullscreen, [RESIZABLE:YES] in the files.
* '''Maximum interface width''' - what percentage of the display the overlay interface elements can occupy, useful for extra wide displays to make notifications more visible. [MAXIMUM_INTERFACE_PERCENTAGE:100] in the files. The game will still use the entire window/screen and the minimap and elevation bar will stay at the edge.
* '''Graphical FPS cap''' - how many frames to cap the graphical display rate at. [G_FPS_CAP:50] in the files.
* '''Classic ASCII''' - [USE_CLASSIC_ASCII:NO] in the files.
* '''Scaling mode''' - NEAREST, nearest-neighbor, distorts shapes at some zoom levels; LANCZOS, less distortion but fuzzier at some zoom levels; AUTO, the default, will try to select whichever one is more appropriate depending on the zoom level. [TEXTURE_PARAM:AUTO] in the files.

As the interface gets narrower, some elements will be removed from the [[status]] bar when there's not enough room for all of them; some menus may also display elements under other elements or outside their window.

There are a few other file settings that can affect the display, see [[Technical_tricks#Settings_-_init.txt|technical tricks]].

== Audio ==
These settings change how the game plays sounds and are all stored in <code>prefs\init.txt</code> with defaults in <code>data\init\init_default.txt</code>. All volumes can be from 0 to 255 in the game files, with 255 being 100%.
* '''Master Volume''' - [MASTER_VOLUME:255] in the files.
* '''Music Volume (Fortress)''' - [MUSIC_VOLUME:255] in the files.
* '''Ambience Volume (Fortress)''' - [AMBIENCE_VOLUME:230] in the files.
* '''Sound Effects Volume (Fortress)''' - [SFX_VOLUME:204] in the files.
* '''Average Seconds Between Tracks/Interludes (Fortress)''' - [AVERAGE_TIME_BETWEEN_SONGS:240] in the files. The default of 240 gives a range of 180 to 300 seconds, which is 3 to 5 minutes. Can be anywhere from 10 to 600.
* '''Music Volume (Adventure)'''{{v|51.01}} - [MUSIC_VOLUME_ADV:217] in the files.
* '''Ambience Volume (Adventure)'''{{v|51.01}} - [AMBIENCE_VOLUME_ADV:240] in the files.
* '''Sound Effects Volume (Adventure)'''{{v|51.01}} - [SFX_VOLUME_ADV:230] in the files.

The classic version of the game available on the website only includes the original songs, so most of these will have no effect without the [[premium version]] or mods.

All sound can be disabled completely with [SOUND:NO] in the files. If so, the rest of these settings will be replaced by text explaining that sound is disabled and how to enable it.

== Game ==
These settings change how the game plays and most are stored in <code>prefs\d_init.txt</code> with defaults in <code>data\init\d_init_default.txt</code>, but some are in <code>prefs\init.txt</code> with defaults in <code>data\init\init_default.txt</code>.

=== Display all errors ===
* '''Display all errorlogs on screen'''{{v|53.15}} - when set to yes, all errors will be shown on screen. [DISPLAY_ALL_ERRORLOGS:NO] in init.txt, YES or NO.

=== Portable mode ===
* '''Portable mode'''{{v|52.01}} - when set to NO, the game stores mods, preferences, and saves in a folder specific to the user, (see [[game folders and files]] for details) when set to YES, it stores them in the game folder. Changing this only changes where the files will be written the next time, it does not immediately move them, or change anything else about them. Changing this to YES creates the empty file <code>prefs\portable.txt</code>, changing back to NO removes it; manually creating or removing the file changes the setting.

=== Autosaves ===
{{for/see|more information about autosaves|[[Saved_game_folder#Save_folder_format|Saved game folder]]}}
* '''Autosave frequency''' - when to autosave, [AUTOSAVE:SEMIANNUAL] in d_init.txt, NONE, SEASONAL, SEMIANNUALLY, or YEARLY.
* '''Autosave at embark''' - [INITIAL_SAVE:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO. Additionally to initial saving the game: If set to YES (and the game is paused in the beginning) then the game is paused (and saved) before a dwarf gets assigned to fishing duty (if water to fish in is available), otherwise (meaning this option is set to NO), if there is water, a dwarf is assigned to fishing duty (even if the game is paused in the beginning).

=== Pausing ===
* '''Pause after autosave''' - [AUTOSAVE_PAUSE:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Pause after loading''' - [PAUSE_ON_LOAD:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.

=== Embark ===
* '''Always confirm embark''' - asks for confirmation of the embark location even if there are no warnings such as for [[aquifer]]s, dangerous [[surroundings]], etc, [EMBARK_WARNING_ALWAYS:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Confirm preparations''' - [POST_PREPARE_EMBARK_CONFIRMATION:IF_POINTS_REMAIN] in d_init.txt, ALWAYS, IF_POINTS_REMAIN, or NO.
* '''Show tunnels when embarking''' - for dwarven [[tunnel]]s, shown as a black dashed line or grey double line with classic ASCII, [SHOW_EMBARK_TUNNEL:FINDER] in d_init.txt, FINDER, ALWAYS, or NO.{{verify|is there a difference between ALWAYS and FINDER now?}} More restrictive world generation settings will override these.
* '''Default embark width and height''' - also determines what is considered a normal embark size and will only warn when the actual embark is larger than this many (width × height) tiles, [EMBARK_RECTANGLE:4:4] in d_init.txt, 2 to 16. See Maximum embark dimension below. (This option is actually listed after the feature toggles on the tab in game.)
* '''Maximum embark dimension''' - maximum width or height for an embark, larger sizes may be buggy and need much more memory, [MAXIMUM_EMBARK_DIM:6] in d_init.txt, 6 to 16. (This option is actually listed in game near the bottom of the tab, before the dye and scroll options.)

=== Feature toggles ===
* '''Enable temperature''' - If temperature calculations are off, only a few direct temperature changes will take place; for example, magma will set tiles to high temperatures, but those tiles will never cool, making them unpathable until this setting is enabled. Effects that rely on temperature calculations, such as water freezing, melting, or evaporating, or creatures and items taking temperature-related damage, will not occur. May somewhat affect FPS, but be aware of the likely pathing issues, [TEMPERATURE:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Enable weather''' - toggles rain and snow, rarely affects FPS, [WEATHER:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.{{verify|does this affect wind or evil weather?}}
* '''Enable caveins''' - toggles [[cave-ins]], [CAVEINS:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Enable artifact moods''' - toggles [[strange mood]]s and the resulting [[artifact]]s, [ARTIFACTS:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.{{verify|does this affect world gen artifacts?}}
* '''Enable testing arena''' - [TESTING_ARENA:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Walking spreads spatter (fort mode)''' - toggle the spread of blood spatter and other [[contaminant]]s by creatures on ground tiles in fortress mode. As spatter can infinitely spread, it is recommended to leave this as "NO". [WALKING_SPREADS_SPATTER_DWF:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Walking spreads spatter (adv mode)'''{{v|51.01}} - toggle the spread of blood spatter and other [[contaminant]]s by creatures on ground tiles in adventure mode. As spatter can help with tracking creatures, it is recommended to leave this as "YES". [WALKING_SPREADS_SPATTER_ADV:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Enable keyboard cursor''' - allows for using the keyboard controls for some designations, [KEYBOARD_CURSOR:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO. Arrow keys {{k|↑←↓→}} move one tile, {{k|WASD}} 10 tiles, and {{k|Shift|WASD|sep=+}} 20 tiles; also see [[Settings#Keyboard_scroll_amounts|Keyboard scroll amounts]] section below.
* '''Log world rejects''' - logs the reasons worlds were rejected in ``[[map_rejection_log.txt]]``, useful in [[advanced world generation]] and [[modding]], [LOG_MAP_REJECTS:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO. ''Dwarf Fortress'' will keep adding to the file, so you may want to trim or delete it occasionally.
* '''Multithreading''' - limited multithreading, mainly for line of sight calculations, [MULTITHREADING:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Classic varied ground tiles'''{{v|51.05}} - if changed to NO, ground tiles will be displayed only with periods in ASCII mode, has no effect in graphics mode. [CLASSIC_VARIED_GROUND_TILES:YES] in d_init.txt. (This option is actually listed in game near the bottom of the tab, before the scroll options.)
* '''Show rectangle dimensions'''{{v|51.06}} - if changed to NO, hides the size display when drawing selection rectangles, [SHOW_RECTANGLE_DIMENSIONS:YES] in d_init.txt. (This option is actually listed in game near the bottom of the tab, before the scroll options.)

=== Pathing costs ===
* '''Path costs''' - extreme changes to these may cause more lag, [PATH_COST:1:2:5:25] in d_init.txt, 1 to 1000.
* '''Storage path cost decreases''' - controls how aggressively dwarves place objects in a container with like items (rather than an empty container). The default combine options are very aggressive. All in d_init.txt, 2 to 1000.
** [STORE_DIST_ITEM_DECREASE:20] - for each object found in a container, one tile is removed from its apparent distance to the dwarf, up to this cap
** [STORE_DIST_SEED_COMBINE:1000] - a bag with seeds already in it will appear this many tiles closer
** [STORE_DIST_BUCKET_COMBINE:1000] - a bucket with the same liquid already in it will appear this many tiles closer
** [STORE_DIST_BARREL_COMBINE:1000] - a barrel with the same item type already in it will appear this many tiles closer
** [STORE_DIST_BIN_COMBINE:1000] - a bin with the same item type already in it will appear this many tiles closer

=== Population and seed capacities ===
* '''Population caps''' - can be changed at will to limit migration, strict also prevents births, [POPULATION_CAP:200] and [STRICT_POPULATION_CAP:220] in d_init.txt, 0 to 5000. Certain game features are triggered by population number, see [[difficulty]]. Some of those features may also cause the actual population to slightly go over these.
* '''Children limits''' - how many and what percentage of total there can be at a time, [BABY_CHILD_CAP:100:1000] in d_init.txt, 0 to 1000. Only prevents further pregnancies, so migrant children, multiple births and existing pregnancies from old saves can still push you over the cap. Setting either number to zero will disallow new pregnancies in the fortress.
* '''Visitor cap''' - This does not include merchants, diplomats, animals or invaders, but only those dropping by for a temporary visit to a tavern, library or temple, or those seeking permanent employment. Once you accept a petition from a visitor to stay at your fort, they no longer count against the cap, even if they never become a full citizen. [VISITOR_CAP:100] in d_init.txt, 0 to 5000.
* '''Dead units cull''' - During a season changeover, the game checks if there's a certain number of units in play. If it is above this amount, it removes all the unimportant dead units who died at least two years ago. [CULL_DEAD_UNITS_AT:1000] in d_init.txt, 100 to 5000.
* '''Seed caps''' - per type and total, when over the total cap, seeds will be periodically removed, starting with the oldest and most worthless. [SPECIFIC_SEED_CAP:200] 0 to 10000 and [FORTRESS_SEED_CAP:3000] 0 to 30000 in d_init.txt.

=== Information display ===
* '''Engraving display''' - [ENGRAVINGS_START_OBSCURED:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Improvement quality display''' - [SHOW_IMP_QUALITY:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Numeric liquid levels''' - can be toggled in game either with a button next to the minimap or a keybind {{menu icon|f}}, [SHOW_FLOW_AMOUNTS:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Ramp arrows''' - can be toggled in game either with a button next to the minimap or a keybind {{menu icon|r}}, [SHOW_RAMP_ARROWS:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Elevation layers display''' - [NUMBER_OF_LOWER_ELEVATIONS_SHOWN:8] in d_init.txt, 0 to 8.
* '''Engraving historical events''' - [SHOW_ALL_HISTORY_IN_DWARF_MODE:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Nickname display''' - [NICKNAME_DWARF:REPLACE_FIRST], [NICKNAME_ADVENTURE:REPLACE_FIRST], [NICKNAME_LEGENDS:REPLACE_FIRST] in d_init.txt, REPLACE_FIRST, CENTRALIZE (between first and last), or REPLACE_ALL.

=== Grazing coefficient ===
* '''Grazing coefficient''' - how much grazers get from grazing, larger numbers mean less food is needed. [GRAZE_COEFFICIENT:100] in d_init.txt, 1 to 1000000.

=== FPS ===
* '''Show FPS''' - the first number is simulation rate, the number in parentheses is graphical FPS, [FPS:NO] in init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Game FPS cap''' - limits how quickly the game runs the simulation, [FPS_CAP:100] in init.txt, 5 to 1000. This cap can also be temporarily changed on the fly by ~10% with {{k|Alt|Equals|sep=+}} and {{k|Alt|Minus|sep=+}}; if '''Show FPS''' is set to yes, then pressing either of those will briefly show what the cap has been changed to.

=== Input timings ===
* '''Key hold time''' - [KEY_HOLD_MS:250] in init.txt, 100 to 20000.
* '''Key repeat time''' - [KEY_REPEAT_MS:150] in init.txt, 100 to 20000.
* '''Key repeat acceleration''' - [KEY_REPEAT_ACCEL_START:10] 1 to 1000 and [KEY_REPEAT_ACCEL_LIMIT:8] 2 to 100 in init.txt.
* '''Interface shutdown time''' - how long after a view recenter to ignore input, [RECENTER_INTERFACE_SHUTDOWN_MS:0] in init.txt, 0 to 2000.
* '''Macro timing''' - [MACRO_MS:15] in init.txt, 1 to 2000.

=== Compressed saves ===
* '''Compressed saves''' - saves drive space (since running out of space while saving '''will''' corrupt the save) at the expense of slowing down save operations, [COMPRESSED_SAVES:YES] in init.txt, YES or NO.

=== Dye display ===
* '''Display worn clothing dyes (fort mode)'''{{v|50.15}} - if set to the default NO, color will be determined by [[profession]], mostly only useful in ASCII mode, [DISPLAY_CLOTHING_WITH_DYES_IN_FORT_MODE:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Display worn clothing dyes (adv mode)'''{{v|51.01}} - if changed to NO, color will be determined by profession, [DISPLAY_CLOTHING_WITH_DYES_IN_ADV_MODE:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.

=== Keyboard scroll amounts ===
* '''Keyboard scroll tiles'''{{v|51.11}} - how many tiles to scroll with the "Move view/cursor" keys (default {{k|WASD}}, the FAST settings are used for {{k|Shift|WASD|sep=+}}) in the normal and world views, as well as the [[Settings#Feature_toggles|keyboard cursor]], though for that, the cursor keys {{k|↑←↓→}} also always move 1 tile, in addition to these values for the "Move view/cursor" keys. 1 to 100, and the following tokens in d_init.txt
**[HORIZONTAL_SCROLL_SPEED:10]
**[HORIZONTAL_SCROLL_SPEED_FAST:20]
**[VERTICAL_SCROLL_SPEED:10]
**[VERTICAL_SCROLL_SPEED_FAST:20]
**[HORIZONTAL_SCROLL_SPEED_WORLD:10]
**[HORIZONTAL_SCROLL_SPEED_WORLD_FAST:20]
**[VERTICAL_SCROLL_SPEED_WORLD:10]
**[VERTICAL_SCROLL_SPEED_WORLD_FAST:20]

== Keybindings ==
{{main|Controls}}{{main|interface.txt}}
These settings change the controls and are all stored in interface.txt.

== Announcements ==
{{main|Announcement}}{{main|announcements.txt}}
Used to control how different announcements are displayed in Dwarf Fortress. This can be useful to add alerts for critical combat events, stopping the recentering on birth events, or reducing the constant chatter of announcements like 'quota filled' or 'someone is visiting'.

== Difficulty ==
{{main|Difficulty}}
This tab is only available when in a fortress game, and these settings are initially set when starting a fortress game. Since they are specific to each save they are stored as part of the save and are not editable outside the game. They are divided into two groups: enemies and economy; enemies can be disabled, both groups have normal and hard presets, and all of the individual settings can be adjusted in '''Custom settings'''. The values used in each preset can be seen by selecting the preset and then viewing them in '''Custom settings'''.

[[ru:Settings]]

Stockpile design

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Ziusudra: /* Avoiding hauling-caused job cancellations */ added outdated template and reason

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[[Image:DFflowchart.png|thumb|200px|'''Production flowchart for most workshops'''. Not all items are represented! ''(Click to enlarge)'']]

[[Stockpile]]s can be created almost anywhere, can have almost any size, and have many different options. Choosing where to place them, how big to make them, and how to configure their settings constitutes the art of '''stockpile design'''. Efficient stockpile design is one of the most critical aspects of overall fortress efficiency. Stockpile and workflow design is, perhaps, the third most important thing you need to do in your fortress, after keeping dwarves fed and protected. A fortress with poor stockpile layouts will grind to an [[FPS]] death much faster than one designed with efficiency in mind.

== Avoiding hauling-caused job cancellations ==
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:Cancellation due to bins were supposed to have been fixed in [[Release_information/50.01|50.01]] and be much less of a problem now, but this section needs in game verification of whether any of these are still issues.
One of the major problems you will face in a fortress with inefficient stockpile design is the endless "spam" of job cancellations due to items being hauled. While an item is being hauled, ''or is inside a container which is tasked for hauling'', it can't be used. If a hauling job takes a month, then all the items involved in that job are unavailable for an entire month.

The solution to this issue is to minimize the amount of time a container full of items spends being hauled, either by avoiding the use of containers altogether, or by minimizing the distance a container will travel.

The classic example of this problem is the seed stockpile. Your planters need seeds to sow crops in farm plots. Seeds are stored in food stockpiles, in [[bag]]s; the bags in turn will be stored in [[barrel]]s or large pots if you allow it, and if enough empty barrels/pots are available. If you simply create a food stockpile next to the farm, and disable everything except seeds, the default settings will allow the use of barrels to store the seed bags. This will lead to job cancellations. Let's take a closer look at why this happens.

In the "stockpile at rest" (when no new seeds have been generated in a long time), we will most likely have 1 or 2 barrels full of seed bags, plus one empty barrel. (All barrel- and bin-using stockpiles try to keep one empty container for future use.) The barrels can hold a huge number of seed bags, so there will be a small number of very full barrels.

Now, suppose some dwarf eats a [[plump helmet]] and generates a plump helmet spawn. The stockpile will eventually realize this has occurred, and will generate a job to acquire the seed. If there is already a bag of plump helmet spawn in the stockpile, then the job will be "Store Item in Bag". Some dwarf will be assigned to take the bag of plump helmet spawn ''out'' of the stockpile, bring it to the dining room where the seed is, and put the seed into the bag. However, as soon as this job has been '''created''', the bag is marked as being part of the hauling job. All the seeds in it are now unavailable for use -- and the dwarf hasn't even picked it up yet!

But it gets worse. Once the bag has been taken to the dining room and has acquired one (or possibly several) new seeds, the stockpile will generate another job to bring the bag back. Since there is a non-full barrel already in the stockpile, the job will be "Store Item in Barrel". Some dwarf will be assigned to take the barrel ''out'' of the stockpile, drag it to the dining room where the bag is, and put the bag into the barrel. As soon as this job is created, the '''whole barrel full of seed bags''' (which may be every seed in the entire fortress) is marked for hauling and is unavailable for any other purpose, including planting crops. The planter can't use any of those seeds until the barrel has been dragged out, and then finally dragged back to the original stockpile. And if any new seeds have been generated while that's going on, then the cycle never ends.

There are a few designs that try to mitigate this problem. The simplest design is to '''disallow barrels''' in the seed stockpile. Seeds will continue to be stored in bags (you cannot stop this by any means, if empty, unforbidden bags exist). You will continue to get some planting job cancellations when a bag is removed to pick up new seeds, but it is nowhere near as bad as the situation you get with barrels.

== Multiple stockpile designs ==

=== Double stockpile ===

Another design that works well for seeds uses two stockpiles. The first stockpile is set to "take from anywhere", and disallows barrels. This stockpile is typically quite small, because it only holds items temporarily. The second stockpile is set to "take from links only", and is linked to take from the first stockpile (and the two stockpiles are extremely close together). This second stockpile may permit barrels. This design gives you the increased storage capacity of the stockpile with containers (for long term storage), while minimizing the amount of the time the barrels spend out of their stockpile. Rather than being dragged all the way from the seed stockpile to the dining room (or still, or farmer's workshop, etc.) the barrel only has to move a few tiles to the neighboring stockpile.

Neither of these designs will completely eliminate job cancellations, but they reduce the spam (and the time a planter spends waiting for seeds) immensely.

The double-stockpile design is also particularly good for heavy items, like armor. An armor stockpile that accepts items from anywhere and permits bins will cause dwarves to drag bins full of metal armor all the way down to the forges and back. If you're using magma forges a hundred levels down, along corridors that have to twist around caverns, such a trip can take literally weeks. The armor in that bin is unavailable for that entire time. But if you make a small "feeder" stockpile with no bins that takes from anywhere, dwarves will simply carry pieces of armor one at a time from the forge to the feeder stockpile. A larger long-term storage stockpile has bins, takes from links only, and takes from the nearby feeder stockpile. The heavy bins will only have to be moved a few tiles, and the armor in them is unavailable for a much shorter time.

=== Single source distribution ===

This design works well for inputs that come from a single location (e.g. plants from [[farming|farm plots]]), and are used in many other locations. Rather than simply putting a plant stockpile by each workshop that uses plants (which would mean a great deal of hauling barrels from those workshops to the farm plots to pick up new plants), place one "source" plant stockpile by the farms which disallows barrels, and takes from anywhere. All the farm crops will go there first (directly, because no barrels are involved).

Now, place a plant stockpile by each workshop that uses plants ([[still]], [[farmer's workshop]], etc.), set it to take from links only, and link it to take from the "source" stockpile. Ideally, each of these workshop-feeding stockpiles will take only an appropriately chosen subset of the plants (the still takes only brewable plants, while the farmer's workshop for the textile industry only takes plants that can be processed into [[thread]], and so on). You may choose whether to allow barrels on a case by case basis, depending on how many of each plant you expect to have at once, how time-critical their processing is, etc.

If you are so inclined, you can use a [[Exploit#The_Minecart_Stop|quantum stockpile]] as the "source". This allows an infinite amount of storage in a tiny space. In the specific case of plants, this means your harvest ''always'' has somewhere to go, and will never wilt on the ground (unless your haulers are all busy elsewhere).

== Workshop layout for efficient hauling ==

It is virtually impossible to discuss stockpile design without simultaneously addressing workshop (or workflow) design. They are two sides of the same coin.

Most workshops take some items as ''input'' and produce other items as ''output''. Consider an entire chain of workshops and products from raw materials to finished products. The closer each workshop's inputs are, the faster your dwarves can process them. When the outputs are in turn used as inputs in another workshop, it makes sense to keep those two workshops close together, to minimize the amount of distance each intermediate product has to move. In many cases, you may not even ''need'' a stockpile for the intermediate products; just let them sit in the first workshop until the second workshop is ready for them. (This depends on the workshop and the products.)

It's also worth mentioning that heavily congested corridors are extremely inefficient. Your most heavily traveled tunnels should be at ''least'' two tiles wide, and three tiles is better. When dwarves have to squeeze past each other, one of them has to stop moving to let the other go by. Worse, dwarves who are ''about'' to collide will run a path-finding algorithm (which takes computer time), and if an alternative route is available, they'll go out of their way - possibly a ''long'' way out of their way - rather than simply stop and let the other dwarf squeeze by. Try to avoid this.

=== Stockpile placement ===

One strategy is to place the feeder stockpile immediately around the workshop. This works well for single workshops with just one input (like a [[mason's workshop|mason's]] or [[mechanic's workshop]]).

SSSSS S feeder stockpile
SWWWS W workshop
SWWWS
SWWWS
SSSSS

Another strategy is to put the workshop's stockpile above or below it. This keeps the stockpiles close to the workshops, and lets the workshops expand, even adding workshops on additional Z-levels as necessary. It works particularly well with multiple similar workshops working off the same stockpile.

adjacent z-level
WWW WWW SSSSSSS
WWW<WWW SSS>SSS
WWW WWW SSSSSSS

== Specific industry designs ==

=== Farm-centric ===

[[Farming|Farms]] feed a wide array of workshops. Plants from farms may directly feed the [[kitchen]], [[still]], [[millstone]] (or [[quern]]) and [[farmer's workshop]]. The mill and farmer's workshop feed the [[loom]] and [[dyer]] which feed the [[clothier]]. Farms are in turn supplied seeds from the still, mill, farmer's workshop and dining rooms, completing the cycle of plant life.

As such, it's a good idea to design all (or at least, many) of these workshops and their [[stockpile]]s around each other. Above-ground farms can only be built in certain places, and underground farms are much ''easier'' to build in soil layers, so in many cases this dictates the location and layout.

=== Butcher & Tanning ===

Because tanners are supplied directly from a butcher it's best to put them right next to each other. Designate a refuse stockpile taking Corpses for the butcher. Let the hides sit in the [[butcher's shop]], and the tanner will take them directly to the [[tanner's shop]] with no hauling jobs required.

Consider placing a [[stockpile#Refuse|refuse stockpile]] somewhere behind an airlock (to keep out the [[miasma]]), to take the cartilage and other useless by-products.

* Note: When near a [[necromancer|necromancer tower]], butcher shops and refuse piles where corpses are collected should be kept within the fortress out of line of sight of any necromancer. When in an evil [[biome]] which causes the dead to reanimate, corpses should be disposed of promptly, preferably in magma.

=== Kitchen ===

A food stockpile accepting meat/fish, raw edible [[crop|plants]]*†, [[cheese]], [[Quarry bush|leaves]], cookable [[millstone|milled]] plants (everything but the [[dye|dyes]]), [[fat]]†, cookable [[extract|extracts]] ([[Dwarven syrup]] and all the [[milk|milks]]†). If you cook [[Alcohol|booze]], include that. If you want to reserve some edible plants for [[still|brewing]], leave them out. Allow the maximum barrels. Remember to turn off prepared food.
:''(* [[plump helmet]], [[muck root]], [[bloated tuber]], [[prickle berry]], [[strawberry]], [[rat weed]], [[fisher berry]] and [[sun berry]])'' 
:''(† These items generally have better uses than cooking: [[milk]] for [[cheese]], [[fat]] for [[tallow]] which is used in [[soap]] and [[crop|plants]] for brewing as cooking will not return seeds. See [[kitchen]] for more information.)''

=== Brewing ===

A food stockpile accepting brewable [[plant|plants]]. Some of these have other uses, like pig tail for making thread, so you might want to disallow them if you plan on using them for something else. Remember to turn off prepared food.

Also include a barrel stockpile near your [[still]] to ensure a steady supply of empty barrels.

== Use of wheelbarrows ==

[[Wheelbarrow]]s are tremendously useful tools, when properly applied. They allow a dwarf to move a single item at the dwarf's normal walking speed, ''regardless of the item's weight''. But they have trade-offs, so they should not be used in every stockpile.

A major trade-off is that the dwarf has to walk to the stockpile first to fetch the wheelbarrow, then take the wheelbarrow to the item, and finally back to the stockpile. So, each hauling job may involve a much greater travel distance, and even though all the walking done at full speed, the total time spent may actually increase if you aren't careful.

Wheelbarrows are used by default in stone stockpiles, and for good reason -- stones are ''heavy''! Dwarves, especially [[Attribute#Strength|weak]] ones, will move extremely slowly when hauling a stone without a wheelbarrow or [[minecart]]. It is strongly recommend that if you have any workshops which process stones, you use a feeder stockpile near them (linked to give to the workshop, so the mason doesn't carry a stone all the way from her bedroom!), and use wheelbarrows in that stockpile. This way, the stone is only ever carried by hand for a few tiles, from the stockpile to the workshop, by the mason/mechanic/craftsdwarf doing the work.

Furniture stockpiles are another good use of wheelbarrows, as many pieces of furniture are extremely heavy (a granite statue weighs 156Γ, and a gold statue weighs 1159Γ, despite being made out of 3 gold bars that weigh 115Γ apiece -- dwarves aren't great at math).

By contrast, wheelbarrows are not a great choice for a wood stockpile. Most logs of wood weigh about 30Γ, which will not slow a dwarf of average strength. Forcing the use of wheelbarrows would just increase the time spent per log, as well as reducing the number of simultaneous log hauling jobs. (Weak or very weak dwarves ''will'' be slowed when hauling typical logs; you may wish to disable wood hauling on these dwarves. Ironically, very weak dwarves make great stone haulers, because they can push a wheelbarrow perfectly well.)

== See Also ==
*[[Minecart]]
*[[Exploit#Quantum_stockpiles|Quantum stockpiles]]

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:[[File:v50_standing_orders_preview.png|300px|right]]'''''Standing orders''' are non-military orders that apply to the entire fortress, including civilians. If you were looking for information on how to get your military to patrol or defend areas without actively managing them, see '''[[Scheduling]]'''. If you were looking for information on how to order your squads to move around on command and attack designated creatures, see '''[[Squads]]'''.

'''Standing orders''' that apply to the whole fortress can be accessed by opening the Labor menu with {{Menu icon|y}} and then clicking on the '''Standing orders''' tab.

==Automated Workshops==
* '''Automatically weave all thread''' toggles whether [[loom]]s will automatically weave available thread (or available dyed thread) into cloth
* '''Use any cloth''' toggles whether [[clothier's shop]]s will use only dyed cloth or all cloth. Since finished clothing cannot be dyed, this is one way to make sure the clothing is of the best quality possible.
* '''Automatically collect webs''' toggles whether [[weaver]]s will automatically go out and collect spider [[web]]s
* '''Slaughter any marked animal''' toggles whether animals marked for slaughter will automatically add slaughter tasks to [[butcher's shop]]s
* '''Automatically butcher carcasses''' toggles whether butcherable corpses will have butcher tasks automatically generated at [[butcher's shop]]s
* '''Automatically clean fish''' toggles whether "prepare raw fish" tasks will be automatically added to [[fishery]]s after raw fish are caught
* '''Automate kitchen''' toggles whether automatic [[reactions]] ("render fat") will be added at [[kitchen]]s
* '''Automate tannery''' toggles whether automatic [[reactions]] ("tan a hide") will be added at [[tanner's shop]]s

==Hauling==
* '''Workers gather animals''' toggles whether dwarves will move caged [[animal]]s to a stockpile
* '''Workers gather food''' toggles whether dwarves will move [[food]] to a stockpile
* '''Workers gather furniture''' toggles whether dwarves will move [[furniture]] to a stockpile
* '''Workers gather bodies''' toggles whether dwarves will move [[corpse]]s to a stockpile
* '''Workers gather minerals''' toggles whether dwarves will move [[stone]] to a stockpile
* '''Workers gather wood''' toggles whether dwarves will move [[wood]] to a stockpile

==Refuse and dumping==
Dwarves can do different things with different types of [[refuse]].

You can tell them to ignore refuse altogether by toggling off '''Workers gather refuse''' for a smelly fort, or toggle on '''Workers gather outdoor refuse''' which is mainly useful for collecting animals killed by military dwarves.

Various refuse types can be toggled between "save" (bring to a stockpile) and "dump" (throw in a garbage dump [[activity zone]]). Setting a type of refuse as "dump" will make dwarves start automatically dumping refuse of that type, even ones pre-stored in a refuse stockpile.

NOTE: If you have outdoor refuse stockpiles set up with give and take chains (to shift garbage away from your fortress, for example,) you must turn on collecting outdoor refuse if you want your dwarves to move the piles.

*'''Workers gather refuse''' toggles whether dwarves will ignore refuse completely
*'''Workers gather outdoor refuse''' toggles whether dwarves will gather refuse [[Tile_attributes|outside]]
*'''Workers ignore outdoor vermin remains''' toggles whether dwarves will gather [[vermin]] remains from outside (only available when '''Workers gather outdoor refuse''' is on)
*'''Workers save corpses''' toggles whether [[corpse]]s, [[body part]]s, and other parts not applied to the options below are stored or dumped, including [[Ivory|ivory/teeth]], [[horn]]s, [[nervous tissue]], and [[cartilage]]
*'''Workers save skulls''' toggles whether [[skull]]s are stored or dumped
*'''Workers save bones''' [[bone]]s are stored or dumped
*'''Workers save shells''' [[shell]]s are stored or dumped
*'''Workers save skins''' toggles whether [[skin]]s, [[chitin]] or [[scale]]s are stored or dumped
*'''Workers save hair and wool''' toggles whether [[hair]] or [[wool]] are stored or dumped
*'''Workers save other objects''' toggles other refuse not mentioned above, including vermin remains, rotten products, withered plants, damaged furniture, or [[Wear|tattered]] clothes ("Gather Vermin Remains" must be on for outdoor vermin remains to be collected)

==Sieges and forbidding==
Dwarves can automatically [[forbid]] certain types of items, automatically forbid these items only during sieges, or not automatically forbid them at all.
*'''Forbid used ammunition''' toggles whether shot ammunition is automatically forbidden
*'''Claim your dead''' toggles whether dead citizens are automatically forbidden
*'''Forbid your death items''' toggles whether dead citizens' items are automatically forbidden
*'''Claim other dead''' toggles whether other dead creatures are automatically forbidden
*'''Claim other death items''' toggles whether other dead creatures' items are automatically forbidden
*'''Forbid floor/wall cleaning''' toggles when dwarves will clean contaminants such as [[vomit]] and [[blood]] from floors and walls.
*'''Forbid trap cleaning''' toggles when dwarves will clean [[trap]]s.
*'''Forbid trap rearming''' toggles when dwarves will rearm traps.
*'''Forbid cages from sprung traps''' toggles whether filled cages from traps will be automatically forbidden
*'''Forbid toppled building items''' toggles whether remnants of [[building destroyer|smashed buildings]] will be automatically forbidden

==Chores==
The Chores tab allows you to select what tasks [[children]] will automatically do. You can select '''Children don't do chores''' to forbid all children from doing work tasks or toggle tasks from the list of "Feeding Patients/Prisoners", "Milking", hauling tasks, "Cleaning", and "Lever Operation". The tab lists all of the children in your fort and you can also select individual children to do either all or none of the tasks you've selected. If either list has a scroll bar, only click the arrows at the top and bottom of the scroll bar to scroll the list; otherwise (after scrolling) the selecting and deselecting of children or options might not work (until the menu is closed and reopened){{bug|13461}}.

==Other==
*'''Announce some job cancellations''' adjusts the level of job cancellation [[announcement]]s that are shown
*'''Mining cancelled near new damp stone'''{{version|53.12}} toggles the announcement and [[Digging designation canceled|cancellation of digging designations]] for walls next to [[water]] or [[aquifer]]s
*'''Mining cancelled near new warm stone'''{{version|53.12}} toggles the announcement and cancellation of digging designations for walls next to [[magma]]
*'''Everybody harvests''' toggles who will harvest plants from [[farm plot|farm plots]]; see [[Planter#All_dwarves_harvest|Planter]] for details
*'''Mix similar foods in barrels''' toggles whether different types of food can be put in one barrel at a stockpile
*'''Prefer zones for water drinking''' toggles whether dwarves can drink at water sources not marked as zones
*'''Prefer zones for fishing''' toggles whether fisherdwarves can fish at water sources not marked as zones
 
* '''Set hunter ammunition''' opens a separate tab where you can configure the material, type and amount of [[ammunition]] available to [[hunter]]s.

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Vomit

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:''For removing vomit see [[Cleaning]]''
Under certain conditions, [[creature]]s (such as your [[dwarf|dwarves]]) will '''vomit''', creating a [[contaminant|puddle of vomit]]. This may occur from an injury to an organ (usually the stomach, pancreas, and such), or from [[cave adaptation]]. Vomiting does not seem to create an unhappy thought ("nauseated by the sun" is from cave adaptation). Eating too much in [[adventurer mode]] will cause an adventurer to vomit. After vomiting once, a creature will begin to retch, bringing up nothing. The retching will continue in place of vomiting until the creature eats again. For example, dwarves that have been stationed for too long without food or water will occasionally eat vomit, causing an unhappy thought.

[[Titan]]s, [[forgotten beast]]s, and [[demon]]s are occasionally made of vomit, though, unless paired with a dangerous attack, these creatures are relatively weak due to liquids like vomit being extremely fragile to damage.
[[Image:Vomit_Trail.png‎|thumb|center|280px|Both vomit and [[Finished goods|useless crap]] are common markers of a dwarf trail on the surface. Seen in ASCII form.]]
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| human = sethbap
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Aquifer

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An '''aquifer''' is a subterranean [[layer]] of [[soil]] or [[stone]] that holds groundwater. Once exposed it will start leaking [[water]], which can lead to a lot of [[Fun]] [[flood]]ing if left unmanaged. Each [[embark]] tile within the embark rectangle might contain an aquifer.

== Leaking ==
Aquifer tiles produce water in any ''neighboring'' open tiles – '''north, south, east, west,''' and '''below'''. The amount of water an aquifer produces depends on what type it is. '''Heavy aquifers''' are faster to produce water and much harder to manage compared to '''light aquifers'''. Aquifers cannot be drained; the groundwater is limitless, with even a single isolated tile leaking water forever. However, [[smoothing|smoothed]], mined, carved staircase, or [[channel]]ed aquifer tiles no longer produce water. Aquifers located in [[ocean]] [[biome]]s will produce salty water; aquifers in other biomes will produce freshwater.

== Identifying ==
If you are digging an up/down staircase in the downward direction and you hit an aquifer, the aquifer tile will be revealed as [[damp stone|damp soil]] or stone and the dig designation cancelled for that tile, though the cancellation can be disabled in [[Standing_orders#Other|Standing orders]]{{version|53.12}}. If you are mining horizontally, you will similarly be warned of "damp stone" before breaching the aquifer. If there is no water next to or above these tiles, these are aquifer tiles. If you are digging an up/down staircase in the ''upward'' direction, or a ramp, and you hit an aquifer from below, the aquifer tile will immediately start producing water in the stairwell.

== Types of aquifers ==
[[File:aqua_varied.png|thumb|158px|Embark screen: Area with a varied aquifer.]]
The type of aquifers contained within the [[embark]] location can be reviewed in the [[embark screen]], and each tile in the embark rectangle (default 4×4) may contain an aquifer independently of the others. In addition to heavy or light aquifer, ''Dwarf Fortress'' can also display "Varied aquifer" if both types are present within the embark rectangle (also note that the biomes of neighboring tiles can "spill over" into a tile, resulting in different, unannounced aquifers in those parts).

=== Light aquifers ===
Light aquifers are by far the most common (being ~19 out of every 20 aquifers), and produce water slowly enough that they can easily be penetrated with minimal effort by digging out one level at a time and walling it off reasonably quickly. Light aquifers can be useful for low-water applications such as slowly filling a cistern for wells, or feeding a [[waterfall]].

An open tile will receive water from a light aquifer only if it is directly '''north of, south of, east of, west of, or below''' a tile of the aquifer (not in the tile '''above''' them, nor in any diagonally-adjacent tiles). The amount of water that the open tile receives is random, on average four per month, possibly reaching as low as two or as high as six. The same amount of water is received regardless of the number of adjacent aquifer tiles.

Since water will leak into tiles '''below''' an aquifer, you must dig out and wall off or smooth the same tiles in every single damp [[Z-level]] you wish to utilize, or else find all lower z-levels flooded from a seemingly unknown source; the rough aquifer walls above. It may seem as though the [[floor]] is leaking water, but it is actually the ceiling. There is no need to smooth or construct floors, as only rough wall tiles will leak water. However, if what you're trying to do is dig out a cistern, the most efficient way is to simply dig a large area out from directly under an aquifer layer, since every single tile will fill with water at a steady rate until it reaches 7/7. You'll know you're digging in the right level to make a cistern when every single tile you're trying to dig out is damp stone, but the layer below is dry.

If you wish to excavate a large area within a light aquifer without painstakingly and continually walling it off, dig regular drains to an open area in a non-aquifer layer where the water can evaporate more quickly than it arrives. Note, however, that the open area that the water drains to will need to be much larger than the area of the aquifer that has been dug out. Or drain the water off the edge of the map.

Unlike heavy aquifers, light aquifer tiles do not absorb (drain away) water.

Although digging through light aquifer walls is not very dangerous, your dwarves will continuously cancel designations with the "damp stone" warning with each new tile revealed, unless that is disabled in [[Standing_orders#Other|Standing orders]]{{version|53.12}}, otherwise the player must repeatedly re-designate light aquifer squares to get the dwarves to mine it, making it a tedious affair.

=== Heavy aquifers ===
Unlike light aquifers, heavy aquifers produce water almost immediately, effectively halting excavation at or 1 z-level below the aquifer level. This, in conjunction with the fact that they are often located in areas rich in [[loam]] and [[sand]], makes it difficult to find great quantities of [[stone]] in areas with heavy aquifers, making them more challenging.

Rough heavy aquifer walls also act as an infinite ''sink'' for water, just like an open map edge. A single aquifer tile can absorb any amount of [[pressure|pressurized]] water each tick, limited only by the supply. One less obvious consequence is that if an opening is made through a multi-layer aquifer, only the lowest opened layer will ever fill with water.

Empirically, heavy aquifers gain approximately 1/7 water every 14 ticks, though production has been observed to vary from 2-28 ticks. This rate does not appear to change significantly based on the number of adjacent aquifer tiles.

== Where they are found ==
Aquifers appear based on the drainage of the terrain. Low elevations - particularly those near [[river]]s and oceans - are more prone to having an aquifer present, while locations closer to mountains are much less likely, but still possible. Depending on the [[embark]] location's biomes, you may embark to an area containing no aquifers, or up to several aquifers throughout your map.

Layers which '''can''' contain aquifers:
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* [[sandy clay loam]]
* [[silty clay loam]]
* [[loam]]
* [[sandy loam]]
* [[silt loam]]
* [[loamy sand]]
* [[silt]]
* [[sand (tan)|sand]]
* [[yellow sand]]
* [[white sand]]
* [[black sand]]
* [[red sand]]
* [[peat]]
* [[pelagic clay]]
* [[calcareous ooze]]
* [[siliceous ooze]]
* [[sandstone]]
* [[conglomerate]]
* [[puddingstone]]
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Layers which '''cannot''' contain aquifers, despite their names suggesting otherwise:
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* [[clay]]
* [[silty clay]]
* [[sandy clay]]
* [[clay loam]]
* [[siltstone]]
* [[mudstone]]
* [[claystone]]
}}

== Working in aquifers ==
Some points to keep in mind:
* Water on the tile where a worker is standing will cause job cancellations if it gets too high. A construction job (e.g. wall building) will be suspended by 2/7 depth, but a mining job will only be stopped by 4/7 depth of water.
* Flowing water will cause parents to drop their infants, leading to job cancellations, and occasionally [[fun]].
* Aquifers do not create water in diagonal tiles, but do create water in open tiles directly below them. Therefore, you will want to dig two z-levels below the lowest aquifer layer before continuing with your fortress.

=== Probing an aquifer ===
You can discover what layer lies below an aquifer layer by digging up/down [[stairs]] into the aquifer. This will reveal the tile below the aquifer layer, and if this is non-aquifer (such as [[clay]], [[ore]], or bedrock) then you know the aquifer is only 1 Z-level deep at that location. This method can only be used to determine whether the aquifer is 1 layer deep, or multiple layers deep, but this is still enough information to help plan how to penetrate it. Using a pump-based method is highly recommended for multiple layer heavy aquifers.

== Dealing with heavy aquifers ==
===Going around===
If your embark site is covered by multiple biomes, there is a chance the heavy aquifer is not present in every biome. In some maps this may be indicated by an outcropping of stone in a landscape otherwise composed of soil; in other maps the change in biome might be visible as a change in soil type, vegetation type or density. You might be able to dig down through a biome that doesn't have a heavy aquifer, to a Z-level below the heavy aquifer, and then (if you wish) tunnel beneath the heavy aquifer to the previously-inaccessible region.

Even if all the biomes of your site contain aquifers, they might not all be at the same Z-level, so you still might be able to dig down in one biome, reaching a Z-level beneath the aquifer in another biome.

Additionally, if your biome contains deep cliffs (such as a river gorge), it may be possible to build a staircase down the side of the gorge past the aquifer.

=== The double slit method ===
{{Main|Double-slit method}}
This is one of the most commonly-used methods, due to its convenience and power. It was originally developed by QuantumMenace, and is also mentioned below under [[#The pump method|the pump method]].

=== The hatch trick ===
The [[hatch]] trick is a simple method for putting one or two dwarves through a single heavy aquifer layer. (This is not to be mistaken with only working for a single layer aquifer.) You can use the trick to essentially bypass the problematic final layer of a multi-layer aquifer, allowing access to the rock layers and caverns before you've put a sealed staircase through the aquifer.

First you must dig a pair of up/down stairs into the aquifer (i.e. as in twin slit), while draining one of the tiles with a [[screw pump]], simply build a hatch on the tile (the hatch must be built on a downstairs or up/down stairs for the trick to work). Once the hatch is constructed, with the pump still operating, designate an up/down staircase under the hatch, a miner will dig the staircase out while standing 'on top' of the hatch, he can then pass through the hatch to continue digging, the hatch will let 1-2 water through with him before closing and preventing further water from following the miner. The miner is now safely under the aquifer and can dig down to the caverns or to the map edge and establish a drain, allowing you to use the much faster [[#The drainage method|drainage from below method]] to finish penetrating the aquifer. This can save a lot of time for multiple-layer aquifers where the final layer is sand. It is also quicker and cleaner than cave-in for single layer aquifers if you plan to extend a staircase straight down to the caverns anyway (making the drain essentially free).

===The ore method===
On maps where the aquifer is not held in a layer of soil, but instead is held in a [[sedimentary layer]] such as sandstone, it may be possible to tunnel down through deposits of ore such as [[magnetite]]. For this to work you have to find a spot where there is coincidentally an ore deposit on each Z-level you need to dig through. This is only possible through tiresome trial and error, or through the use of a utility like DFHack's <tt>reveal</tt>. The trial and error method can be accomplished somewhat more easily by digging up/down stairs to reveal the layer underneath them without actually digging into the underlying layer. This method is more complicated with aquifers located in layers of [[conglomerate]], as large clusters of [[puddingstone]] will support the aquifer and thus cannot be used to provide a path through it.

=== The "Chicken Run" technique ===
When a newly revealed damp tile cancels a mining designation, and without any other mining designations, the miner will revert to "No Job" status and will take a few dozen ticks to resume mining. In that time, the miner will walk away and the site will be flooded, making the tile below unreachable. However, the cancellation can be disabled in [[Standing_orders#Other|Standing orders]]{{version|53.12}}. A sufficiently fast miner (Professional or so should do for soil layers, depending on agility) can then dig a stair in one of the tiles, and before that tile floods, channel out an adjacent tile, removing that tile and breaching the layer below; if that layer is also a heavy aquifer, it will act as an infinite drain for water from above. This then opens the possibility of digging space to work in the upper layer.

While not a direct staircase in the original method, establishing a drain with just a pick is also possible with a dabbling miner. One can channel an aquifer tile from up to four ramps dug at the corners of the tile to be channeled, such that the channel priority is higher than the ramp-digging priority. Using this, one can establish drains into the next level of a soil aquifer, as digging progress accumulates in revealed tiles.

If you fail to mine fast enough, or if flowing water pushes your miner down the channeled ramp, the dwarf will usually walk up the stairs to safety, but it is possible that the miner might <s>drown</s> have fun. In stone aquifers, a legendary miner can manage with one attempt at channeling, and at minimum, a proficient miner can manage with four, though in the second case they'll risk drowning and can take weeks to dig the next channel to expand the drain.

=== Exploiting cave-ins ===
Conceptually this method involves removing the aquifer-bearing sand, soil or rock using channeling, and then dropping an island of dry sand, soil or clay into the resulting pond, a staircase can then be dug through the center of the resulting artificial island. This requires at least one natural dry layer, but is more flexible if two or more are available. An advantage of these methods is that they can be carried out by a single miner with no resources other than a pick.

This does not work with [[construction|constructed]] walls since they deconstruct on cave-in.

'''Note:''' There is a bug{{bug|1206}} that can occasionally prevent this method from working. Collapsed layers often turn into the layer type that was dug out at the level where they land (e.g. dry loam becomes dry sand). On occasion, a dry layer collapsed into an aquifer will also transform into actual aquifer tiles (e.g. dry loam becomes water-producing sand). It is unknown what triggers this behavior, but when it occurs it will be impossible to pierce the aquifer using cave-ins.

When unmined tiles collapse into a liquid, the displaced liquid teleports to sit ''on top'' of the collapsed tiles. Thus, when plugging an aquifer, it is usually advisable to incorporate aquifer drain space into the design to dispose of the displaced water.

==== Cave-in example ====
[[File:Aquifer-Plug.png|frame|none|Side view]]
*Dig stairs down to the aquifer. Dig over the aquifer layer but under your "plug". You'll need a 5x5 landmass. (Slide 2)
*Channel out the area the plug will fall into. (Slide 3)
*Leave a single floor tile on top of the plug and dig out the outer layer of your plug. The plug should be a 3x3 landmass now. The single floor tile must keep the plug from falling. (Slide 3)
*Channel out the floor tile holding up the plug. (Slides 4 & 5)
*Construct floor tiles to reach the plug and dig through the middle to get under the aquifer. (Slide 6)

==== Concentric ring method for multiple layers ====
If you build many rings inside one another in your top drop layer, you can breach multi-level aquifers with as little as 2 natural layers of dry soil above it. Drop the rings from the outside to the inside using constructed arms to hold the center rings in place. Once a ring drops into the water below it, pump out the water in the center and dig down another layer. When that is complete, drop the next ring and continue the process until you are through. Since you start dropping rings from the outside it is necessary to know how many levels deep the aquifer is before you begin. Tutorial for more than one aquifer can be found here: [[User:Rhenaya/HowtoDualAquifer]]

==== "Chicken-Run" plug ====
This method was developed for a single-pick challenge on a hostile biome. In the specific (but common) case of a 2-Z thick soil aquifer, with two dry layers above, it is possible to very quickly penetrate the aquifer using a cave-in without breaching the surface and compromising the fort's security. The method starts with a Chicken Run (see above), after which an area of the upper aquifer level is cleared out with drainage into the lower level. The lower dry level is then collapsed, which means that the sub-surface level only needs to be mined (to release the plug) rather than collapsed as part of the plug.

The procedure is described in detail {{Forum|129994.msg4620421#msg4620421|in this and the following posts}}.

While not yet demonstrated, it should be possible to use successive cycles of chicken-running and clearing to pierce arbitrarily deep soil aquifers this way.

=== The pump method ===
The pumping method uses one or more [[screw pump|pumps]] to keep an area dry long enough to smooth or [[wall]] off the sides, stopping the flow of water. It requires no special environment or resources, other than wood and dwarves (and patience). Most commonly, a modestly-sized section of the aquifer layer is channeled out and several screw pumps are built facing it. Directly behind each of the screw pumps a few tiles are channeled out to receive and dispose of the pumped water. When the pumps are activated, they should pump water faster than the aquifer can produce it, allowing masons to smooth or build walls around your future staircase. You ''will'' get job cancellations during this process, as stray 2/7's of water interrupt the building process. Just unsuspend the construction when this happens, as long a dwarf manages to touch the wall before canceling, it will move incrementally toward completion and eventually finish. Depending on the availability of screw pumps and dwarves, you may need to wall off one corner or side at a time, then move the pumps and repeat. When drilling through more than one aquifer layer, be sure to leave yourself enough room to build additional layers of pumps and water disposal channels on lower levels.

Things to consider:
* The smaller your work area, the less water your dwarves will have to remove and the faster construction will finish. For a single-layer soil aquifer, you only need to mine five tiles (your stairway and walls directly North, South, East, and West of it); single-layer stone aquifers require only a single tile be channeled.
* Mechanical [[power]] may come in handy, but dwarf power works just fine and is much more portable.
* Channels can sometimes be used in place of walls, causing water produced by the aquifer on one level to immediately fall and be consumed by the aquifer on the level below.
* This method may take a while.

==== Specific pump methods in detail ====
QuantumMenace's [[double-slit method]] can pierce an aquifer of any depth using only wood and dwarven labor. Taken from [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=79224.15 this forum post].

`http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=79224.0#msg2058307 Earlier] in the same thread, Hans Lemurson laid out a very dwarfy method that can also pierce aquifers of any depth, using several pumps and machinery.

A convenient method without job cancellation using a [[pump stack]] was presented by kingubu in [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=143064.0 this forum post], see [[Pump-stack_method]]

Leonidas posted a [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169616.0 detailed procedure], copiously illustrated, for tunneling through any aquifer with limited resources and relative safety.

===The freezing method===
If you are playing in a freezing or very cold landscape, where it snows in winter and instantly freezes water on the map, you can dig out a 3x3 hole in the ground using [[channel]]s, and make it deeper and deeper until you reach the aquifer level. Once you reach the damp rock, tunnel into it with up/down staircases, then channel out the downstairs, the exposed water will turn to ice, digging the up/downstairs before channeling allows the tiles to safely fill with 7/7 water before being frozen, this avoids the hazard of miners being encased in ice and avoids a bug(?) where frozen water which is less than 7/7 deep does not produce a floor above it. The central square of the 3x3 hole should be tunnelable ice, so you can get to the rock beneath.

If your fortress is in a zone that gets warm, build walls around the inside of the hole to stop the water coming in once the ice melts. In order to build a wall around a 1x1 staircase it will be necessary to have a 5x5 hole, since you need to leave an outer ring of ice to seal the aquifer.

If the aquifer is multiple layers deep you will need to start with a sufficiently large hole to account for both an ice wall to seal the aquifer and a constructed wall to seal the ice wall for each layer of the aquifer. A pump based method might be preferable.

As an alternative to building a second wall to seal the ice wall, you can establish a drain into the caverns, and build a constructed wall when the melt comes.

===The magma/obsidian method===
If you have access to a supply of magma, you can create your own obsidian caissons. By channeling into the aquifer layer and then filling these channels with magma, or by digging staircases and pouring magma down the staircases, it is possible to create a wall of obsidian between your working area and the [[water]]-bearing rock or [[soil]]. However, changes to world generation with the last version have made this method more difficult than it once was, as it is now harder to find magma vents that extend above the aquifer level.

===The drainage method===
Having made an initial hole in the aquifer, you may wish to punch another larger hole through, say for example to grow wild strawberries in the caverns. Or you may simply want an additional (natural stone!) staircase. Once you have access from below this is much easier than digging from above, and it has the additional benefit of producing a shaft of exactly the size you want.

Locate the caverns and dig a drainage shaft of up/down stairs or downward stairs up from the caverns to the aquifer (downward stairs function as grates and are far safer than channeling). Once the drainage shaft is complete punch the shaft up through the aquifer (using up/down stairs) until you hit dry dirt. Now mine out the walls around the shaft and build constructed walls to seal the aquifer. It's even faster if the walls are dug out using down stairs instead, constructed walls can be built on the stairs and water falls straight through, thus construction can always be started and is never suspended. Always build the walls from the highest layer down, so the dwarves aren't having water dumped on them from above.

This method can be used to create arbitrarily large (and shaped) holes. Large holes, which would be impractical to dig from above, are very easy using this technique. It's also extremely useful for digging straight shafts through "layercake" aquifers where aquifer tiles and non-aquifer tiles are intermixed.

Just be very aware that your framerate is bound to suffer, if you are not fast with plugging the aquifer walls.

===The modding method===
{{Mod}}
By editing the raws and removing the [AQUIFER] tag from all of the appropriate entries in inorganic_stone_layer.txt, inorganic_stone_mineral.txt, and inorganic_stone_soil.txt it is possible to remove all aquifers from the world. This can be done before creating a new world or after, if you find a particularly neat location ruined only by the presence of an aquifer. In order to modify an existing world, you must delete the [AQUIFER] tag from the raws in the savegame's folder.

==== With DFHack ====
The [[Utility:DFHack|DFHack]] command <code>light-aquifers-only</code> changes all heavy aquifers to light aquifers. If you prefer not having to deal with aquifers at all, the DFHack command <code>aquifer drain --all</code> removes the aquifer flag from all tiles in your current embark without requiring raw edits.

===== With DFHack's gui/aquifer command =====
DFHack's [https://docs.dfhack.org/en/latest/docs/tools/gui/aquifer.html "gui/aquifer"] command lets you interactively remove (or create) aquifers on specific tiles. This is useful if you want to keep a heavy aquifer on your map, but don't want to deal with the hassle of breaching it.

To create an aquiferless shaft, do this:
# Open gui/launcher by clicking on the DFHack logo and selecting gui/launcher
# Run gui/aquifer
# Draw a cube (''e.g. a 4x4'') containing the area to drain

Don't worry about hitting non-aquifer tiles: they shouldn't be affected by the tool at all.

==== Command-line (Linux) ====
Note that this prevents light aquifers as well as heavy ones!

cd df_linux/data/vanilla/vanilla_materials/
sed -i 's/\[AQUIFER\]/(AQUIFER)/g' inorganic_stone_*.txt

and generate your world. If you want to restore the tags later, you can do it with the command:

sed -i 's/(AQUIFER)/[AQUIFER]/g' inorganic_stone_*.txt

==== Text editor (all operating systems) ====
You can manually perform the command-line method above.

There are three files, all found within ``“THE FOLDER ''Dwarf Fortress'' IS INSTALLED IN”\data\vanilla\vanilla_materials\objects``:
* inorganic_stone_layer.txt
* inorganic_stone_mineral.txt
* inorganic_stone_soil.txt

Open these in a text editor, then use the “Find and Replace” function and replace all instances of ``[AQUIFER]`` with ``(AQUIFER)``. Later on, if you would like to reverse the process, replace ``(AQUIFER)`` with ``[AQUIFER]``.

== Benefits of aquifers ==
Aquifers can be useful for building a self-sufficient fortress, and are often indispensable for water-related [[megaprojects]] in maps without a river.

Aquifers outside [[ocean]] biomes also contain fresh water. Since aquifers are almost always located close to the surface, freshwater aquifers can easily be turned into a source of infinite, secure, non-freezing drinking water for your dwarves. While both of these roles can also be filled by [[Caverns|cavern]] features, an aquifer allows you to get the same advantages without exposing yourself to potentially <s>dangerous</s> Fun cavern creatures.

=== A benefit of heavy aquifers? ===
Although annoying, heavy aquifers can absorb an infinite amount of water, meaning they can function as a drain for anything above them. For instance, digging a pit in a lower Z-level of the aquifer, then connecting it to a breached aquifer a level above, through a channel dug a level above that, will create a permanently flowing, compact, secure water/power source completely contained within the fortress.

== Technical implementation of the aquifer type split ==
An aquifer will be heavy if the Drainage modulo 20 equals 7, all other aquifers are light.

== Bugs ==
* Aquifers south/west of the NW-SE diagonal in the local embark map are not displayed on the embark screen (but they're still present). {{bug|11358}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=79224.15 QuantumMenace's two-slit method] for breaching aquifers of any depth - Illustrated guide
* [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=141600 Hatch trick] described with ascii art.
[[File:aquifier_preview.png|thumb|360px|center|"This is what the in-game prompts were warning us about!" ''Photographed by Michael Behrens'']]
{{World}}

Announcements.txt

2026-07-10T09:33:04Z

Ziusudra: /* {{text anchor|List of announcements}} */ added standing orders link for dig cancels

{{Quality|Tattered}}
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{{file|prefs/announcements.txt}}
'''Announcements.txt''' determines how and whether announcements appear and can be adjusted in game on that tab in the [[settings]]{{version|50.10}}; those settings are stored in the ``announcements.txt`` files, with the defaults in ``data/init/announcements.txt``, and the current settings in ``prefs/announcements.txt``; the location of the ``prefs`` [[Game folders and files|folder]] depends on the [[Settings#Portable_mode|portable mode setting]] (there can also be a ``data`` folder there, but if you put a ``data/init/announcements.txt`` there it will not be read). These adjustments are mainly useful for changing whether an announcement pauses the game or recenters the view.

== Syntax ==
['''''EVENT_LABEL''''''':option:option''...]
=== Available options ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! [[Settings]] Options
! announcements.txt '':options''
! Description
! Notes
|-
| {{text anchor|Popup}}
| {{text anchor|BOX}} or {{text anchor|DO_MEGA}}
| Causes a box to appear in the middle of the screen, requiring a click on the Okay button to close it. If multiple boxes are displayed at the same time, the button says More and displays the next box.
| This is often used with [[Announcement#Game-changing announcements|game-changing announcements]].
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Pause}}
| {{text anchor|P}} or {{text anchor|PAUSE}}
| Pauses the game when the announcement occurs.
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Recenter}}
| {{text anchor|R}} or {{text anchor|RECENTER}}
| Recenters the game to the location of the announcement when the announcement occurs.
| Commonly used for [[baby|births]], [[caravan]] arrivals, and [[ambush]]es. Use of this without the [[#PAUSE|pause]] option is not recommended, since your screen will recenter without warning.
|-
| {{text anchor|Adv}}
| {{text anchor|A_D}} or {{text anchor|A_DISPLAY}}
| Causes the announcement to be displayed at the bottom of the screen in [[adventure mode]] (and be viewable in the {{k|a}}nnouncements list).
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Fort}}
| {{text anchor|D_D}} or {{text anchor|D_DISPLAY}}
| Causes the announcement to appear under one of the categories at the left side of the screen in [[fortress mode]].
| The default for [[Announcement#Minor announcements|minor announcements]] including profession changes, [[weather]], job cancellations, and striking new minerals while [[mining]]. While playing in Fortress mode, enabling/disabling Adv has no impact on your announcement experience.
|-
| {{text anchor|Report}}
| {{text anchor|UCR}} or {{text anchor|UNIT_COMBAT_REPORT}}
| Causes the announcement to appear in all [[reports]]. A new report will be created if none are active.
| Commonly used for logging combat details.
|-
| {{text anchor|Report (Active)}}
| {{text anchor|UCR_A}} or {{text anchor|UNIT_COMBAT_REPORT_ALL_ACTIVE}}
| Nearly identical to [[#UCR|UNIT_COMBAT_REPORT]], but does not create a new report if none are active.
| There is no difference between having 'Report (Active)/UCR_A' and 'Report/UCR' enabled verse having only 'Report/UCR' enabled. Use Report (Active)/UCR_A for things you want in the combat reports that would be too chatty to always generate a combat report for (Urist Falls down) but don't forget to disable 'Report/UCR' or you won't get the benefit.
|-
| {{text anchor|Alert}}
| {{text anchor|ALERT}}
| Causes the announcement to appear under the alert button at the left side of the screen in [[fortress mode]].
|
|}

== {{text anchor|List of announcements}} ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! [[Settings]] Name
! announcements.txt EVENT_LABEL
! Example
! Description/Notes
|-
| {{text anchor|Reached peak}}
| {{text anchor|REACHED_PEAK}}
|
| rowspan=2 | See [[calendar]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Era change}}
| {{text anchor|ERA_CHANGE}}
| {{DFtext|The world has passed into The Dwarven Age.|7:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|Endgame event 1}}
| {{text anchor|ENDGAME_EVENT_1}}
|
| rowspan=3 | Discovery of the [[HFS]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Endgame event 1B}}
| {{text anchor|ENDGAME_EVENT_1B}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Endgame event 2}}
| {{text anchor|ENDGAME_EVENT_2}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Found a feature}}
| {{text anchor|FEATURE_DISCOVERY}}
| {{DFtext|You have discovered an expansive cavern deep underground.|7:1}}
| Discovery of [[cavern]]s and their various features
|-
| {{text anchor|Praise the miners}}
| {{text anchor|STRUCK_DEEP_METAL}}
| {{DFtext|Raw adamantine! Praise the miners!|3:1}}
| Striking [[adamantine]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Struck mineral}}
| {{text anchor|STRUCK_MINERAL}}
| {{DFtext|You have struck mica!|6:1}}
| rowspan=2 | Striking a mineral while [[mining]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Struck economic mineral}}
| {{text anchor|STRUCK_ECONOMIC_MINERAL}}
| {{DFtext|You have struck hematite!|6:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|Weapon twist}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_TWIST_WEAPON}}
|
| rowspan=43 | Used in [[combat]], most often in [[adventure mode]] (also in the [[object testing arena|arena]])
|-
| {{text anchor|Drop item}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_LET_ITEM_DROP}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Charge}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_START_CHARGE}}
| {{DFtext|The Swordsdwarf charges at The Wolf!|6:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|Surprised}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_SURPRISE_CHARGE}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf looks suprised by the ferocity of The Swordsdwarf's onslaught!|5:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|Jump-dodge (proj)}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_JUMP_DODGE_PROJ}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf jumps away from the flying +bronze bolt+!|3:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|Jump-dodge (strike)}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_JUMP_DODGE_STRIKE}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Dodge}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_DODGE}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Counterstrike}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_COUNTERSTRIKE}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Block}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_BLOCK}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Parry}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_PARRY}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Charge) Collision}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_CHARGE_COLLISION}}
| {{DFtext|The Swordsdwarf collides with The Wolf!|6:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|(Charge) (D) Tumble}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_CHARGE_DEFENDER_TUMBLES}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf is knocked over and tumbles backwards!|6:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|(Charge) (D) Knocked over}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_CHARGE_DEFENDER_KNOCKED_OVER}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf is knocked over!|6:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|(Charge) (A) Tumble}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_CHARGE_ATTACKER_TUMBLES}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Charge) (A) Knocked over}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_CHARGE_ATTACKER_BOUNCE_BACK}}
| {{DFtext|The Swordsdwarf bounces backwards!|6:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|(Charge) Tangle}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_CHARGE_TANGLE_TOGETHER}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Charge) Tangle/tumble}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_CHARGE_TANGLE_TUMBLE}}
| {{DFtext|They tangle together and tumble forward!|6:1}}
|-
|
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_CHARGE_RUSH_BY}}
|
|-
|
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_CHARGE_MANAGE_STOP}}
|
|-
|
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_CHARGE_OBSTACLE_SLAM}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Wrestle) Joint lock}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_WRESTLE_LOCK}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Wrestle) Chokehold}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_WRESTLE_CHOKEHOLD}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Wrestle) Takedown}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_WRESTLE_TAKEDOWN}}
| {{DFtext|The Swordsdwarf takes The Wolf down by the neck with The Swordsdwarf's right lower arm!|5:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|(Wrestle) Throw}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_WRESTLE_THROW}}
| {{DFtext|The Swordsdwarf throws The Wolf by the neck with The Swordsdwarf's right lower arm!|5:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|(Wrestle) Release lock}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_WRESTLE_RELEASE_LOCK}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Wrestle) Release choke}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_WRESTLE_RELEASE_CHOKE}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Wrestle) Release}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_WRESTLE_RELEASE_GRIP}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Wrestle) Struggle}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_WRESTLE_STRUGGLE}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Wrestle) Latch on}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_WRESTLE_RELEASE_LATCH}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Wrestle) Strangle}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_WRESTLE_STRANGLE_KO}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Wrestle) Adjust grip}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_WRESTLE_ADJUST_GRIP}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Wrestle) Part ripped away}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_GRAB_TEAR}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Combat) Strike}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_STRIKE_DETAILS}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Combat) Wounds}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_STRIKE_DETAILS_2}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Combat) Enraged}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_EVENT_ENRAGED}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf has become enraged!|4:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|(Combat) Attack stuck in}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_EVENT_STUCKIN}}
| {{DFtext|The *bronze spear* has lodged firmly in the wound!|5:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|(Combat) Natural attack latched}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_EVENT_LATCH_BP}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Combat) Attack latched}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_EVENT_LATCH_GENERAL}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf latches on firmly!|5:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|(Combat) Propelling blow}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_EVENT_PROPELLED_AWAY}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf is propelled away by the force of the blow!|6:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|(Combat) Knocked out}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_EVENT_KNOCKED_OUT}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf has been knocked unconscious!|7:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|(Combat) Stunned}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_EVENT_STUNNED}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf has been stunned!|3:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|(Combat) Winded}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_EVENT_WINDED}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf is having trouble breathing!|7:0}}
|-
| {{text anchor|(Combat) Nauseated}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_EVENT_NAUSEATED}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf looks sick!|2:1}}
|-
|
| {{text anchor|MIGRANT_ARRIVAL_NAMED}}
|
|
|-
|
| {{text anchor|MIGRANT_ARRIVAL}}
|
| The arrival of [[migrants]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Dig canceled (warm)}}
| {{text anchor|DIG_CANCEL_WARM}}
| {{DFtext|Digging designation cancelled: warm stone located.|6:1}}
| rowspan=2 | The [[Main:Digging designation canceled|cancellation]] of a mining task due to potentially dangerous stone; can be disabled in [[Standing_orders#Other|Standing orders]]{{version|53.12}}
|-
| {{text anchor|Dig canceled (wet)}}
| {{text anchor|DIG_CANCEL_DAMP}}
| {{DFtext|Digging designation cancelled: damp stone located.|6:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|Regular beast}}
| {{text anchor|BEAST_AMBUSH}}
|
|
|-
|
| {{text anchor|AMBUSH_DEFENDER}}
|
| rowspan=14 | Discovering an [[ambush]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Ambush (resident)}}
| {{text anchor|AMBUSH_RESIDENT}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Thief (villain)}}
| {{text anchor|AMBUSH_HERO}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Ambush (thief)}}
| {{text anchor|AMBUSH_THIEF}}
| {{DFtext|Thief! Protect the hoard from skulking filth!|4:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|Ambush (thief, sulking)}}
| {{text anchor|AMBUSH_THIEF_SUPPORT_SKULKING}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Ambush (thief, nature)}}
| {{text anchor|AMBUSH_THIEF_SUPPORT_NATURE}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Ambush (thief, other)}}
| {{text anchor|AMBUSH_THIEF_SUPPORT}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Gremlin}}
| {{text anchor|AMBUSH_MISCHIEVOUS}}
| {{DFtext|A gremlin! Drive it away!|4:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|Snatcher}}
| {{text anchor|AMBUSH_SNATCHER}}
| {{DFtext|Snatcher! Protect the children!|4:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|Ambush (snatcher)}}
| {{text anchor|AMBUSH_SNATCHER_SUPPORT}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Ambush (nature)}}
| {{text anchor|AMBUSH_AMBUSHER_NATURE}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Ambush}}
| {{text anchor|AMBUSH_AMBUSHER}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Ambush (injured creature)}}
| {{text anchor|AMBUSH_INJURED}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Ambush (uninjured creature)}}
| {{text anchor|AMBUSH_OTHER}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Ambush (incapacitated creature)}}
| {{text anchor|AMBUSH_INCAPACITATED}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Caravan}}
| {{text anchor|CARAVAN_ARRIVAL}}
| {{DFtext|A caravan from Sarvesh Langgud has arrived.|1:1}}
| Arrival of a [[caravan]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Noble}}
| {{text anchor|NOBLE_ARRIVAL}}
|
| Arrival of a [[noble]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Migrants}}
| {{text anchor|D_MIGRANTS_ARRIVAL}}
| {{DFtext|Some migrants have arrived.|7:0}}
| rowspan=3| Arrival of a [[migrant]] wave
|-
| {{text anchor|Migrant (one)}}
| {{text anchor|D_MIGRANT_ARRIVAL}}
| {{DFtext|A migrant has arrived.|7:0}}
|-
| {{text anchor|Migrants (danger)}}
| {{text anchor|D_MIGRANT_ARRIVAL_DISCOURAGED}}
| {{DFtext|Some migrants have arrived, despite the danger.|7:0}}
|-
| {{text anchor|No migrants}}
| {{text anchor|D_NO_MIGRANT_ARRIVAL}}
| {{DFtext|The fortress attracted no migrants this season.|6:0}}
| The failure of [[migrants]] to show up in Fortress mode
|-
| {{text anchor|Animal trapped}}
| {{text anchor|ANIMAL_TRAP_CATCH}}
|
| A [[vermin]] was caught in an [[animal trap]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Animal trap robbed}}
| {{text anchor|ANIMAL_TRAP_ROBBED}}
|
| Failure to catch a [[vermin]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Gremlin pulled lever}}
| {{text anchor|MISCHIEF_LEVER}}
|
| rowspan=4| Fun caused by a [[gremlin|certain mischievous creature]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Gremlin triggered plate}}
| {{text anchor|MISCHIEF_PLATE}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Gremlin opened cage}}
| {{text anchor|MISCHIEF_CAGE}}
| {{DFtext|Something has emptied in a cage!|5:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|Gremlin unshackled something}}
| {{text anchor|MISCHIEF_CHAIN}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Diplomat}}
| {{text anchor|DIPLOMAT_ARRIVAL}}
|
| Arrival of a [[diplomat]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Liaison}}
| {{text anchor|LIAISON_ARRIVAL}}
| {{DFtext|The outpost liaison Tun Unnostobul from Sarvesh Langgud has arrived.|7:1}}
| Arrival of an [[outpost liaison]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Trade diplomat}}
| {{text anchor|TRADE_DIPLOMAT_ARRIVAL}}
|
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Cave-in}}
| {{text anchor|CAVE_COLLAPSE}}
| {{DFtext|A section of the cavern has collapsed!|4:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Citizen birth}}
| {{text anchor|BIRTH_CITIZEN}}
| {{DFtext|Fath Ikudäs, Miner has given birth to a girl.|2:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Animal birth}}
| {{text anchor|BIRTH_ANIMAL}}
| {{DFtext|Stray Dog (Tame) has given birth to puppies.|2:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Wild animal gave birth}}
| {{text anchor|BIRTH_WILD_ANIMAL}}
|
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Strange mood}}
| {{text anchor|STRANGE_MOOD}}
| {{DFtext|Zon Urabasub, Metalcrafter is taken by a fey mood!|5:1}}
{{DFtext|Logem Stinthdkithn, Bowyer has been possessed!|5:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Artifact made}}
| {{text anchor|MADE_ARTIFACT}}
| {{DFtext|Zon Urabasub, Metalcrafter has created Lonsust Stato, a platinum amulet!|6:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Item given name}}
| {{text anchor|NAMED_ARTIFACT}}
| {{DFtext|Urdim Arbanerib, Mace Lord has bestowed the name Ostar Kinem upon a iron buckler!|3:1}}
| A soldier named their equipment.
|-
| {{text anchor|Attachment to item}}
| {{text anchor|ITEM_ATTACHMENT}}
| {{DFtext|Kirkrost Inethnosig, mayor has grown attached to a steel crossbow!|3:0}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Vermin escaped from cage}}
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_CAGE_ESCAPE}}
|
| A [[vermin]] escapes from a [[cage]]/[[animal trap]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Entangled in hidden web}}
| {{text anchor|TRIGGER_WEB}}
|
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Strange mood) Building claimed}}
| {{text anchor|MOOD_BUILDING_CLAIMED}}
| {{DFtext|Zon Urabasub, Metalcrafter has claimed a Metalsmith's Forge.|0:1}}
| A [[strange mood|moody]] dwarf has claimed a workshop
|-
| {{text anchor|Artifact construction begun}}
| {{text anchor|ARTIFACT_BEGUN}}
| {{DFtext|Zon Urabasub, Metalcrafter has begun a mysterious construction!|7:1}}
| A dwarf has begun construction of an [[artifact]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Megabeast}}
| {{text anchor|MEGABEAST_ARRIVAL}}
| {{DFtext|The Forgotten Beast Smespu has come! An enormous hairy ceratopsoid. It has an enormous shell and it is slavering. Its sea green hair is patchy. Beware its deadly dust!|4:1}}
| Arrival of a [[megabeast]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Werebeast}}
| {{text anchor|WEREBEAST_ARRIVAL}}
| {{DFtext|The Werepanda Onget Râlukerib has come! A large panda twisted into humanoid form. It is crazed for blood and flesh. Its eyes glow spring green. Its sepia hair is long and straight. Now you will know why you fear the night.|4:1}}
| Arrival of a [[werebeast]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Berserk}}
| {{text anchor|BERSERK_CITIZEN}}
| {{DFtext|Lòr Eralamug, Weaponsmith has gone berserk!|4:1}}
| A citizen has gone [[berserk]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Magma defaces engraving}}
| {{text anchor|MAGMA_DEFACES_ENGRAVING}}
|
| rowspan=2| An [[engraving]] has melted in magma
|-
| {{text anchor|Engraving melted}}
| {{text anchor|ENGRAVING_MELTS}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Masterwork made}}
| {{text anchor|MASTERPIECE_CONSTRUCTION}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Masterwork architecture lost}}
| {{text anchor|MASTER_ARCHITECTURE_LOST}}
|
| A [[masterwork|masterpiece]] [[building]] has been destroyed
|-
| {{text anchor|Masterwork construction lost}}
| {{text anchor|MASTER_CONSTRUCTION_LOST}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Adventure) Awaken}}
| {{text anchor|ADV_AWAKEN}}
|
| rowspan=3| Related to [[adventure mode]]
|-
| {{text anchor|(Adventure) Sleep interrupted}}
| {{text anchor|ADV_SLEEP_INTERRUPTED}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Adventure) Made item}}
| {{text anchor|ADV_REACTION_PRODUCTS}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Job cancellation}}
| {{text anchor|CANCEL_JOB}}
| {{DFtext|Sibrek ùshrireshon, Mechanic cancels Load Cage Trap: Needs empty cage.|4:1}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|(Adventure) Death}}
| {{text anchor|ADV_CREATURE_DEATH}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf has been struck down.|5:1}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Citizen death}}
| {{text anchor|CITIZEN_DEATH}}
| {{DFtext|Lòr Eralamug, Weaponsmith has been found dead.|5:1}}
| Death of a citizen in [[fortress mode]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Pet death}}
| {{text anchor|PET_DEATH}}
| {{DFtext|The Stray Boar (Tame) has been slaughtered.|5:1}}
| The death of a [[pet]], causing a negative [[thought]] for its owner Also used when a butcher slaughters unadopted [[livestock]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Fall over}}
| {{text anchor|FALL_OVER}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf falls over.|6:0}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Caught in flame}}
| {{text anchor|CAUGHT_IN_FLAMES}}
| {{DFtext|The Swordsdwarf is caught in a burst of forgotten beast flames!|4:1}}
| Also used when a creature is caught in poison gas/vapors or cave-in dust.
|-
| {{text anchor|Caught in web}}
| {{text anchor|CAUGHT_IN_WEB}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf is caught up in a web!|4:1}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Slam into obstacle (blow apart)}}
| {{text anchor|UNIT_PROJECTILE_SLAM_BLOW_APART}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf slams into an obstacle and blows apart!|5:1}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Slam into obstacle}}
| {{text anchor|UNIT_PROJECTILE_SLAM}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf slams into an obstacle!|6:0}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Slam into unit}}
| {{text anchor|UNIT_PROJECTILE_SLAM_INTO_UNIT}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf slams into the Wolf!|1:1}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Vomit}}
| {{text anchor|VOMIT}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf vomits.|2:0}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Lose hold of item}}
| {{text anchor|LOSE_HOLD_OF_ITEM}}
| {{DFtext|The Goblin Bowman loses the hold of the (bismuth bronze bow).|6:0}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Regain consciousness}}
| {{text anchor|REGAIN_CONSCIOUSNESS}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf regains consciousness.|7:0}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Free from web}}
| {{text anchor|FREE_FROM_WEB}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf is partially free from the web.|7:0}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Paralyzed}}
| {{text anchor|PARALYZED}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf is completely paralyzed!|3:1}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Overcome paralysis}}
| {{text anchor|OVERCOME_PARALYSIS}}
|
| A creature is no longer [[syndrome|paralyzed]]
|-
| {{text anchor|No longer stunned}}
| {{text anchor|NOT_STUNNED}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf is no longer stunned.|3:1}}
| A creature is no longer [[stun]]ned
|-
| {{text anchor|Exhausted}}
| {{text anchor|EXHAUSTION}}
|
| [[Exhaustion]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Give into pain}}
| {{text anchor|PAIN_KO}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf gives in to pain.|6:0}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|(Wrestling) Break grip}}
| {{text anchor|BREAK_GRIP}}
| {{DFtext|The Swordsdwarf breaks the grip of the Wolf's teeth on the Swordsdwarf's left upper arm.|5:1}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|(Wrestling) Cannot break grip}}
| {{text anchor|NO_BREAK_GRIP}}
| {{DFtext|The Swordsdwarf struggles in vain against the grip of the Wolf's teeth on the Swordsdwarf's left upper arm.|5:1}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Block fire}}
| {{text anchor|BLOCK_FIRE}}
|
| Blocking a [[fire]] attack
|-
| {{text anchor|Breathe fire}}
| {{text anchor|BREATHE_FIRE}}
| {{DFtext|The Fire Imp breathes fire!|4:1}}
| A creature breathes [[fire]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Shoot web}}
| {{text anchor|SHOOT_WEB}}
| {{DFtext|The Giant Cave Spider shoots out thick strands of webbing!|4:1}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Pull out and drop item}}
| {{text anchor|PULL_OUT_DROP}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Stand up}}
| {{text anchor|STAND_UP}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf stands up.|7:0}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Martial trance}}
| {{text anchor|MARTIAL_TRANCE}}
| {{DFtext|Mörul Bardumoslan, Hammerdwarf has entered a martial trance!|2:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Breath attack}}
| {{text anchor|MAT_BREATH}}
| {{DFtext|The Forgotten Beast breathes a cloud of Mirgur Sealhorse the Infinite Shadows's forgotten beast extract!|4:1}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|(Adventure) Night Creature Attack}}
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_ATTACK_STARTS}}
| {{DFtext|You are surrounded by incessant cackling.|5:1}}
| rowspan=3| [[Bogeymen]] attack
|-
| {{text anchor|(Adventure) Cackling fades}}
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_ATTACK_ENDS}}
| {{DFtext|The cackling fades away.|5:1}}
|-
|
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_ATTACK_TRAVEL}}
| {{DFtext|You are still surrounded by cackling.|5:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|Ghost attack}}
| {{text anchor|GHOST_ATTACK}}
| {{DFtext|Lòr Eralamug, Ghostly Weaponsmith has arisen and is haunting the fortress!|4:1}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Discovered site}}
| {{text anchor|TRAVEL_SITE_DISCOVERY}}
| {{DFtext|You have discovered a lair.|6:1}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Cannot travel through site}}
| {{text anchor|TRAVEL_SITE_BUMP}}
| {{DFtext|You cannot travel through the Lair.|6:1}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Intro}}
| {{text anchor|ADVENTURE_INTRO}}
| {{DFtext|You've finally got your equipment together, such as it is. Now it's time for action and adventure! In the rush of excitement, you've forgotten where you're going to go. Perhaps some of your friends might have ideas.|7:1}}
| Beginning [[adventure mode]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Creature sound}}
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_SOUND}}
| {{DFtext|The capybara barks.|3:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Mechanism sounds}}
| {{text anchor|MECHANISM_SOUND}}
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|
|-
| {{text anchor|Creature stolen object}}
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_STEALS_OBJECT}}
| {{DFtext|A gray langur has stolen a -giant bat bone amulet-!|6:1}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Found trap}}
| {{text anchor|FOUND_TRAP}}
|
| Discovery of a [[trap]] in [[adventure mode]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Transformation}}
| {{text anchor|BODY_TRANSFORMATION}}
| {{DFtext|Iden Ustuthod, Fisherdwarf has transformed into a wereskink!|3:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Interaction (user)}}
| {{text anchor|INTERACTION_ACTOR}}
|
| See [[Interaction token#VERB]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Interaction (target)}}
| {{text anchor|INTERACTION_TARGET}}
|
| See [[Interaction token#TARGET_VERB]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Undead attack}}
| {{text anchor|UNDEAD_ATTACK}}
| {{DFtext|The dead walk. Hide while you still can!|5:1}}
| Arrival of a horde of [[undead]].
|-
| {{text anchor|Citizen missing}}
| {{text anchor|CITIZEN_MISSING}}
| {{DFtext|Lòr Eralamug, Weaponsmith has been missing for a week.|5:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Pet missing}}
| {{text anchor|PET_MISSING}}
|
| A pet has gone missing
|-
| {{text anchor|Weird weather}}
| {{text anchor|STRANGE_RAIN_SNOW}}
| {{DFtext|It is raining rotten sludge!|4:1}}
| rowspan=2 | The appearance of unusual [[weather]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Evil cloud}}
| {{text anchor|STRANGE_CLOUD}}
| {{DFtext|A cloud of haunting fog has drifted nearby!|4:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|Animal Action}}
| {{text anchor|SIMPLE_ANIMAL_ACTION}}
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|
|-
| {{text anchor|Flounder in water}}
| {{text anchor|FLOUNDER_IN_LIQUID}}
| {{DFtext|You flounder in the water!|6:1}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Semi-wild}}
| {{text anchor|TRAINING_DOWN_TO_SEMI_WILD}}
| {{DFtext|The Stray war Cave Dragon (Semi-Wild) has forgotten its training!|6:1}}
| A trained animal has reverted to a semi-wild state (Fortress mode). If the animal is not [[animal trainer|trained]] properly, it will become wild and possibly attack your dwarves.
|-
| {{text anchor|Full reversion}}
| {{text anchor|TRAINING_FULL_REVERSION}}
| {{DFtext|The war Cave Dragon has reverted to a wild state!|4:1}}
| An animal has reverted to a wild state (follows the previous announcement)
|-
| {{text anchor|Gained knowledge}}
| {{text anchor|ANIMAL_TRAINING_KNOWLEDGE}}
| {{DFtext|The dwarves of the Monastery of Tin are now quite knowledgable cave dragon trainers.|3:1}}
| See [[Animal trainer#Taming|Animal trainer]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Skipped on liquid}}
| {{text anchor|SKIP_ON_LIQUID}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Dodge projectile}}
| {{text anchor|DODGE_FLYING_OBJECT}}
|
| Dodging a shot [[arrow]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Conversation}}
| {{text anchor|REGULAR_CONVERSATION}}
| {{DFtext|Caspa Linkon, Human Swordsman: I must pray to Uspram Boldyell the Contest of Stability. I'm uneasy.|3:1}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Conversation (conflict)}}
| {{text anchor|CONFLICT_CONVERSATION}}
| {{DFtext|Caspa Linkon, Human Swordsman: This is my fight too. I will take revenge!|3:1}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Hit by ball of flames}}
| {{text anchor|FLAME_HIT}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Embrace}}
| {{text anchor|EMBRACE}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Bandit empties container}}
| {{text anchor|BANDIT_EMPTY_CONTAINER}}
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|
|-
| {{text anchor|Bandit grabs item}}
| {{text anchor|BANDIT_GRAB_ITEM}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Attack interrupted}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_EVENT_ATTACK_INTERRUPTED}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf's attack is interrupted!|4:1}}
| [[Wrestling]] interrupts opponent's attack
|-
| {{text anchor|Attack caught}}
| {{text anchor|COMBAT_WRESTLE_CATCH_ATTACK}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Fail to grab hold}}
| {{text anchor|FAIL_TO_GRAB_SURFACE}}
|
| Failing to grab a tile
|-
| {{text anchor|Lose hold of surface}}
| {{text anchor|LOSE_HOLD_OF_SURFACE}}
|
| Losing hold of a surface while [[climb]]ing
|-
| {{text anchor|Travel complaint}}
| {{text anchor|TRAVEL_COMPLAINT}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|No longer overwhelmed}}
| {{text anchor|LOSE_EMOTION}}
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|
|-
| {{text anchor|Reorganize possessions}}
| {{text anchor|REORGANIZE_POSSESSIONS}}
| {{DFtext|The Human Pikeman reorganizes his possessions.|6:0}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Push item}}
| {{text anchor|PUSH_ITEM}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Draw item}}
| {{text anchor|DRAW_ITEM}}
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|
|-
| {{text anchor|Strap item}}
| {{text anchor|STRAP_ITEM}}
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|
|-
| {{text anchor|Gained site control}}
| {{text anchor|GAIN_SITE_CONTROL}}
| {{DFtext|You are now in control of Tanfield, ruling The Ignition of Churches from The Holy Saturninity.|3:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Assumed position}}
| {{text anchor|FORT_POSITION_SUCCESSION}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Citizen overwhelmed by stress}}
| {{text anchor|STRESSED_CITIZEN}}
| {{DFtext|Lòr Eralamug, Weaponsmith is stumbling obliviously!|3:0}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Citizen lost to stress}}
| {{text anchor|CITIZEN_LOST_TO_STRESS}}
| {{DFtext|Lòr Eralamug, Weaponsmith has gone stark raving mad!|3:1}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Tantrum}}
| {{text anchor|CITIZEN_TANTRUM}}
| {{DFtext|Lòr Eralamug, Weaponsmith is throwing a tantrum!|6:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Enemy moved out of range}}
| {{text anchor|MOVED_OUT_OF_RANGE}}
| {{DFtext|The Wolf has moved out of range!|7:1}}
| An [[attack]]ed creature has moved out of range
|-
| {{text anchor|Cannot jump}}
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_JUMP}}
| {{DFtext|You cannot jump while prone.|6:0}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|No tracks}}
| {{text anchor|NO_TRACKS}}
|
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Already searched}}
| {{text anchor|ALREADY_SEARCHED_AREA}}
| {{DFtext|You've already searched this area recently.|6:0}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Search found something}}
| {{text anchor|SEARCH_FOUND_SOMETHING}}
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|
|-
| {{text anchor|Search found nothing}}
| {{text anchor|SEARCH_FOUND_NOTHING}}
| {{DFtext|Your intense search turns up nothing.|6:0}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Nothing to interact}}
| {{text anchor|NOTHING_TO_INTERACT}}
| {{DFtext|You have nothing with which to interact.|6:0}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Nothing to examine}}
| {{text anchor|NOTHING_TO_EXAMINE}}
| {{DFtext|You have nothing to examine.|6:0}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|You yield}}
| {{text anchor|YOU_YIELDED}}
| {{DFtext|You assume a submissive posture.|6:1}}
| rowspan=2| [[Yield]]ing in adventure mode
|-
| {{text anchor|You unyield}}
| {{text anchor|YOU_UNYIELDED}}
| {{DFtext|You no longer assume a submissive posture.|6:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|You strap item}}
| {{text anchor|YOU_STRAP_ITEM}}
| {{DFtext|You strap the steel short sword to your Upper body.|6:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|You draw}}
| {{text anchor|YOU_DRAW_ITEM}}
| {{DFtext|You draw the steel short sword with your Right hand.|6:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|No grasp to draw}}
| {{text anchor|NO_GRASP_TO_DRAW_ITEM}}
| {{DFtext|You do not have a free grasp for the steel short sword.|6:0}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|No item to strap}}
| {{text anchor|NO_ITEM_TO_STRAP}}
| {{DFtext|You have nothing left to draw or put away.|6:0}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|No item to remove}}
| {{text anchor|NO_INV_TO_REMOVE}}
| {{DFtext|You have nothing left to remove.|6:0}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|No item to wear}}
| {{text anchor|NO_INV_TO_WEAR}}
| {{DFtext|You have nothing left to wear.|6:0}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|No item to eat}}
| {{text anchor|NO_INV_TO_EAT}}
| {{DFtext|You have nothing left to eat or drink.|6:0}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|No item to contain}}
| {{text anchor|NO_INV_TO_CONTAIN}}
| {{DFtext|You have nothing to put inside a container.|6:0}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|No item to drop}}
| {{text anchor|NO_INV_TO_DROP}}
| {{DFtext|You have nothing left to drop.|6:0}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|No item to pick up}}
| {{text anchor|NOTHING_TO_PICK_UP}}
| {{DFtext|There is nothing to pick up here.|6:0}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|No item to throw}}
| {{text anchor|NO_INV_TO_THROW}}
| {{DFtext|You have nothing left to throw.|6:0}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|No item to throw}}
| {{text anchor|NO_INV_TO_FIRE}}
| {{DFtext|You have nothing left to fire.|6:0}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Check smells}}
| {{text anchor|CURRENT_SMELL}}
|
| [[Smell]]ing in [[adventure mode]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Check weather}}
| {{text anchor|CURRENT_WEATHER}}
| {{DFtext|The sky is clear above you.|7:1}}
| Checking [[weather]] in [[adventure mode]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Check temperature}}
| {{text anchor|CURRENT_TEMPERATURE}}
|
| Checking [[temperature]] in [[adventure mode]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Check date}}
| {{text anchor|CURRENT_DATE}}
| {{DFtext|It is the 14th of Granite, 250.|7:1}}
| Checking [[time]] in [[adventure mode]]
|-
| {{text anchor|No hands to pick up}}
| {{text anchor|NO_GRASP_FOR_PICKUP}}
| {{DFtext|You do not have a free grasp.|6:0}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Cannot climb}}
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_CLIMB}}
|
| You are unable to [[climb]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Cannot stand}}
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_STAND}}
|
| You are unable to stand up
|-
| {{text anchor|Must unretract first}}
| {{text anchor|MUST_UNRETRACT_FIRST}}
| {{DFtext|You must unroll.|6:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Cannot rest}}
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_REST}}
|
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Cannot make campfire}}
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_MAKE_CAMPFIRE}}
|
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Made a campfire}}
| {{text anchor|MADE_CAMPFIRE}}
|
| You make a [[campfire]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Cannot set a fire}}
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_SET_FIRE}}
|
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Set fire}}
| {{text anchor|SET_FIRE}}
|
| You set a [[fire]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Break of dawn}}
| {{text anchor|DAWN_BREAKS}}
| {{DFtext|The dawn is breaking.|6:1}}
| rowspan=3| Change of the time of day
|-
| {{text anchor|Noon}}
| {{text anchor|NOON}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Nightfall}}
| {{text anchor|NIGHTFALL}}
| {{DFtext|The night is falling.|1:1}}
|-
| {{text anchor|Nothing to do with item}}
| {{text anchor|NO_INV_INTERACTION}}
|
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Empty a container}}
| {{text anchor|EMPTY_CONTAINER}}
| {{DFtext|You empty your giant moon snail leather backpack.|6:0}}
| Emptying a container in [[adventure mode]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Take out of a container}}
| {{text anchor|TAKE_OUT_OF_CONTAINER}}
|
| Taking an item out of container in [[adventure mode]]
|-
| {{text anchor|No container to insert item}}
| {{text anchor|NO_CONTAINER_FOR_ITEM}}
| {{DFtext|You don't have a suitable container.|6:0}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Put into container}}
| {{text anchor|PUT_INTO_CONTAINER}}
|
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Eat}}
| {{text anchor|EAT_ITEM}}
|
| You eat an item
|-
| {{text anchor|Drink}}
| {{text anchor|DRINK_ITEM}}
|
| You drink an item
|-
| {{text anchor|Failed to eat/drink}}
| {{text anchor|CONSUME_FAILURE}}
|
| You lick an item
|-
| {{text anchor|Drop}}
| {{text anchor|DROP_ITEM}}
|
| You drop an item
|-
| {{text anchor|Pick up}}
| {{text anchor|PICK_UP_ITEM}}
|
| You pick up an item
|-
| {{text anchor|You interact with building}}
| {{text anchor|YOU_BUILDING_INTERACTION}}
|
| Interaction with a [[building]] in [[adventure mode]]
|-
| {{text anchor|You interact with item}}
| {{text anchor|YOU_ITEM_INTERACTION}}
|
| Interaction with an [[item]] in [[adventure mode]]
|-
| {{text anchor|You feel hot/cold}}
| {{text anchor|YOU_TEMPERATURE_EFFECTS}}
| {{DFtext|You are melting!|4:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|(Combat) Gain/lose possession of item}}
| {{text anchor|RESOLVE_SHARED_ITEMS}}
|
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Cough blood}}
| {{text anchor|COUGH_BLOOD}}
|
| [[Syndrome|Coughing blood]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Vomit blood}}
| {{text anchor|VOMIT_BLOOD}}
|
| [[Syndrome|Vomiting blood]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Learned a power}}
| {{text anchor|POWER_LEARNED}}
|
| Learning a new power
|-
| {{text anchor|You feed on victim}}
| {{text anchor|YOU_FEED_ON_SUCKEE}}
|
| [[Vampire|Sucking blood]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Profession change}}
| {{text anchor|PROFESSION_CHANGES}}
|
| Changing a profession
|-
| {{text anchor|Recruit gains skill}}
| {{text anchor|RECRUIT_PROMOTED}}
|
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Soldier becomes a master}}
| {{text anchor|SOLDIER_BECOMES_MASTER}}
|
| A [[soldier]] has mastered a weapon [[skill]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Merchants unloading}}
| {{text anchor|MERCHANTS_UNLOADING}}
| {{DFtext|The merchants from Sarvesh Langgud have arrived and are unloading their goods.|6:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Merchants need depot}}
| {{text anchor|MERCHANTS_NEED_DEPOT}}
| {{DFtext|The merchants need a trade depot to unload their goods.|6:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Wagons bypassed inaccessible site}}
| {{text anchor|MERCHANT_WAGONS_BYPASSED}}
|
| The [[merchants]]' wagons have bypassed the site
|-
| {{text anchor|Merchants leaving soon}}
| {{text anchor|MERCHANTS_LEAVING_SOON}}
| {{DFtext|The merchants from Sarvesh Langgud will be leaving soon.|6:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Merchants leaving now}}
| {{text anchor|MERCHANTS_EMBARKED}}
| {{DFtext|The merchants from Sarvesh Langgud have embarked on their journey.|6:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Pet loses dead owner}}
| {{text anchor|PET_LOSES_DEAD_OWNER}}
|
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Pet adopts owner}}
| {{text anchor|PET_ADOPTS_OWNER}}
|
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Vermin bite}}
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_BITE}}
| {{DFtext|The Stray Cow (Tame) has been stung by a honey bee!|6:1}}
| A [[vermin]] bites/stings a creature
|-
| {{text anchor|Unable to complete building}}
| {{text anchor|UNABLE_TO_COMPLETE_BUILDING}}
| {{DFtext|The dwarves were unable to complete the Wall.|6:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Job removed from unpowered building}}
| {{text anchor|JOBS_REMOVED_FROM_UNPOWERED_BUILDING}}
|
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Citizen kidnapped}}
| {{text anchor|CITIZEN_SNATCHED}}
| {{DFtext|A kidnapper has made off with the Dwarven child Ustuth Therlethendok!|5:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Vermin disturbed}}
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_DISTURBED}}
|
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|-
| {{text anchor|Land gains a status}}
| {{text anchor|LAND_GAINS_STATUS}}
|
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Land's status elevated}}
| {{text anchor|LAND_ELEVATED_STATUS}}
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|-
| {{text anchor|Masterpiece crafted}}
| {{text anchor|MASTERPIECE_CRAFTED}}
| {{DFtext|Fikod Razulban has created a masterpiece ☼Juwog Minedscratch's forgotten beast silk cloth☼|3:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Masterpiece defaced}}
| {{text anchor|ARTWORK_DEFACED}}
| {{DFtext|A foolish builder defaced a Edëm Stinzas!|4:0}}
| A [[masterwork]] was destroyed
|-
| {{text anchor|Animal trained}}
| {{text anchor|ANIMAL_TRAINED}}
| {{DFtext|An animal has become a Stray war Dog.|2:1}}
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Masterful dye}}
| {{text anchor|DYED_MASTERPIECE}}
|
| An item has been [[masterwork|masterfully]] [[dyer|dyed]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Masterwork food}}
| {{text anchor|COOKED_MASTERPIECE}}
| {{DFtext|Atír Sigunzlir has cooked a masterful meal!|3:1}}
| Cooking a [[masterwork|masterful]] [[prepared meal|meal]]
|-
| {{text anchor|Mandate ends}}
| {{text anchor|MANDATE_ENDS}}
| {{DFtext| Medtob Aludineth, mayor has ended a mandate.|3:1}}
| A [[noble]] ended a [[mandate]]
|-
|
| {{text anchor|SLOWDOWN_ENDS}}
|
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Diplomat bids farewell}}
| {{text anchor|FAREWELL_HELPER}}
|
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Election}}
| {{text anchor|ELECTION_RESULTS}}
|
|
|-
| {{text anchor|Site located}}
| {{text anchor|SITE_PRESENT}}
|
| A site already exists at the location you are trying to embark to
|-
| {{text anchor|Construction suspended}}
| {{text anchor|CONSTRUCTION_SUSPENDED}}
|
| Construction of a [[building]] was suspended
|-
| {{text anchor|Machine link suspended}}
| {{text anchor|LINKAGE_SUSPENDED}}
|
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== Bugs ==
* Removing an '':option'' from ``DF'''/prefs/'''announcements.txt`` will not disable that option if it is enabled by ``DF'''/data/init/'''announcements.txt``; the workaround is to remove the option from both ``DF'''/prefs/'''announcements.txt`` and ``DF'''/data/init/'''announcements.txt``.{{bug|13034}}{{verify|is this what is causing this bug?}}

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[[ru:Announcements.txt]]

Mining

2026-07-10T09:27:48Z

Ziusudra: /* Mining warm and damp stone */ replaced warm stone work around with standing order link

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{{Labor
| labor = Mining
| skill = * [[Miner]]
| tasks =
* Dig
* [[Construction removal|Remove construction]]
}}
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[[File:mining_anim_v50.gif|thumb|189px|right|A designated area being mined.]]'''Mining''' is an essential part of building a fort in ''Dwarf Fortress''. There are several reasons you might want to mine, such as [[exploratory mining|searching]] for various [[stone|stone types]], [[ore]]s and [[gem]]s, or simply to create the basic tunnels and [[zone|room]]s in your fort. Mining refers to either the [[skill]] that performs mining, the [[labor]] associated with it, or simply the task or job of performing said labor. Military dwarves equipped with picks will use mining as their "[[Combat skill|weapon skill]]." Mining through softer materials such as [[sand]] or [[soil]] is much faster than mining through stone.

There are several types of jobs associated with this skill:
* '''Digging''' removes the section of the wall while preserving both the ceiling (which is the floor of the level above) and the floor.
* '''[[Channel]]ing''' removes the section of the wall, the floor, and if possible places a ramp one level below.
* '''[[Ramp]]s''' replaces the section with a ramp, also removing the tile and floor one level above.
* '''[[Stairs]]''' carves out upward and/or downward stairs.
* '''Remove [[Construction]]''' removes a construction, ie. a built wall, stair, floor, etc.
* '''Remove Stairs/Ramp''' removes a dug-out stairs or ramp.

Mining can only be done in pre-existing stone or soil. NOTE: Constructed [[wall]]s, [[stairs]] or [[ramp]]s are not dug and instead must be removed using the 'Remove Construction' option ({{Menu icon|m|x}}). This uses the mining skill to be completed, regardless of the material the construction is made from.

When discovering a unique stone, gem or ore, the game will display an annoucement that looks like the following: 
{{DFtext|You have struck saltpeter!|6:1}}

==Understanding digging==
[[Image:DF2014_Terraform.png|thumb|664px|
Side view of various mining tasks.
 
Gray/black areas represent un-mined rock, cyan/black represents mined-out areas. Solid green represents existing floor "tiles", cyan represents mined-out floor tiles. Up stairs, down stairs, and ramps are red, blue, and mustard (yellow) respectively.
 
In each of the 9 "digging" scenarios, the dwarf miner is shown as having completed the command(s) listed in that figure, moving from left to right. Each individual command is separated by a comma ",". (The "x2" notation indicates that the command is completed twice.) The dwarf has completed those commands in the order they are listed. For example, in the bottom right figure: "Down stairs, up/down stairs, up stairs, mine x2" is five separate commands.
]]
Each layer in the three-dimensional ''Dwarf Fortress'' map consists of two parts: a wall-part, and a floor-part. Mining a tunnel removes the wall-part but leaves the floor-part in place. Channeling removes the floor-part as well, leaving open space above, and if a wall-part exists below, it becomes an upward ramp. Digging an upward ramp removes the wall-part of the designated tile and both parts of the tile above it. Up stairs only modify the wall-part of the designated tile (and are unusable without Down stairs in the tile above), the Down stairs designation will remove the wall-part of the tile (if present) and place a stair connection in the floor-part of the designated tile. Up/down stairs modify both parts of the designated tile (but remain unusable until the tile above/below has the proper stair connection).

== Making a dwarf a miner ==

# Go to the {{Menu icon|y}} labor menu, then work details tab
# Select the "Miners" work detail on the left side of the screen
# Find the dwarf you would like to make a miner, and click the rightmost box, a green check mark should appear
# If you would like this dwarf to ''only'' mine, and ignore all other labors (they will still eat, sleep, take breaks, etc. ) you can toggle the dwarf's "Specialize" button (the hammer and lock icon) to be red.
To start mining, a [[miner]] requires an available [[pick]]. A dwarf's agility and mining skill affect how quickly they mine, as does pick material and quality, and even a [[Difficulty#Fortress_dig_speed|difficulty setting]].

Giving a dwarf the miner work detail will disable the "wood cutter" and "hunter" work details, as those labors all involve the usage of different tools.

== Designating the area to be mined ==
# Press {{Menu icon|m}} to bring up the digging orders menu.
# Highlight the requested action by pressing:
#* {{Menu icon|m}} for mining
#* {{Menu icon|m|u|num=1}} for channeling
#* {{Menu icon|m|r|num=1}} for an upward ramp
#* {{Menu icon|m|t|num=1}} for stairs, set a start and an end point in a different elevation to determine if it leads upwards or downwards
# (Optional) Set the priority by pressing {{Menu icon|m|n|num=1}} to open the advanced options, and clicking a number to set the priority. Tiles with first/lowest numbered priority value will be mined first.
# Draw a rectangle using the mouse. An area should now be highlighted, indicating the area to be mined. The opposite corner can also be placed on a different z-level with {{k|c}}/{{k|e}}, designating areas across z-levels for mining.

==Mineral production (profit!)==
When the wall-part is removed from a stone tile, there is a 25% chance that a single [[stone]] (also known as a boulder) will be left behind. Minerals which are found in [[vein]]s have a 33% chance of leaving ore, and minerals found in [[vein|small clusters]] (or individual tiles) have a 100% chance of leaving a stone or rough gem behind. Finally, any "deep" material (i.e. [[adamantine]] or [[slade]]) has a 100% chance of leaving a usable stone (though the latter is normally undiggable). Mining skill only influences the amount of time it takes to mine each tile; it does not affect drop rate.

Carving a channel down or ramp up needs special care to provide the full 25%/33%/100% mineral production: in the case that both the bottom tile (where the new ramp up is) and the top tile (new open-space above the newly carved ramp) are both dug out together as part of the same designation, there is only a single chance of mineral production, even though two tiles had their wall-part removed, effectively halving the mineral production chance to 12.5%/16.5%/50% in that case. But if special care is taken to ensure the top open-space tile is dug out first before carving the ramp below it, the full chance from both tiles can be achieved.

The [[stoneworker's workshop]] can create four [[block]]s from each boulder, so on average you can create one stone block for each tile of stone mined. Each ore stone also produces 4 metal bars at a [[smelter]], so, on average, you will produce 1⅓ bars of the basic metal* for every tile of ore mined, or 4/ for small clusters of rare ore.

: (* Two ores, [[tetrahedrite]] or [[galena]], have a chance to produce additional bars of [[silver]] as well as producing the 4 bars of their basic metal ([[copper]] and [[lead]], respectively). As a footnote, while [[iron]] ores produce 4 bars of iron, and that is all the metal required for 1 bar of steel, [[steel]] production additionally consumes 1 [[flux]] stone and 1 bar of [[fuel]] per single bar of steel produced.)

When tunnels are dug in [[soil]], nothing is left from the material, there is no soil equivalent of a "[[stone]]" to be further used. The floor-part will remain (if it wasn't channeled), and is suitable for [[farming]], or, if the right kind of soil, for sand or [[clay]] collection.

After pressing {{Menu icon|m}} and opening the advanced {{Menu icon|m|n|num=1}} options menu, you can set the designation type to switch between designating all materials ({{Menu icon|m|v|num=1}}), designating just {{Menu icon|m|g|num=1}} gems, designating just gems and {{Menu icon|m|o|num=1}} ores, or designating ore/gem clusters or veins to be mined automatically with {{Menu icon|m|V|num=1}}. Switching the designation type to automining will allow you to quickly assign mining tasks to entire veins.

==Training mining==
Dwarves gain mining experience for each tile mined, be it stone, ore, gem, or soil. Soil is mined extremely quickly and is one of the fastest ways to train miners. Since the skill of mining also is used in combat, a dwarf with mining enabled that is carrying a pick will increase their mining skill through combat drills. This process is much faster than learning by digging through stone, but not nearly as fast as learning by digging through soil.

The fastest way to train mining is to first dig out upstairs, then remove the upstairs. Removing upstairs (even rock ones) is extremely quick and still provides mining experience.

==Mining warm and damp stone==
[[File:digging_wet_preview.png|thumb|Wet tiles that should not be dug.]]
When designating any digging operation, warm and damp tiles will flash, indicating magma or water in adjacent tiles. Miners can dig these safely, provided there is an escape route. (''"Safely"'' here implies only the short term survival of the digging dwarf, your fortress may well be flooded as a result, even many levels above the digging level, ''eventually'' killing your dwarf.)

Channeling and ramping designations involve two operations, and your dwarf will be submerged in the fluid when done. Unskilled swimmers can reach an exit ramp out of water if near enough, but magma will certainly cost your miner's life (the flow from either can knock dwarves off ledges, or, naturally, [[flood]] the fortress.)

Wall tiles ''above'' magma will flash "warm", and designations will be cancelled even if an entirely safe tunnel is being dug. This is rather annoying when carving out rooms above the magma sea, and can be disabled on the [[Standing_orders#Other|Other tab]] on the Standing orders tab in the Labor menu {{Menu icon|y}}{{version|53.12}}.

==How to cancel a mining operation==
If you placed a designated area for mining but want to cancel the mining (for example if you approached [[Main:Digging designation canceled|damp stone]]) open the eraser tool with {{Menu icon|x}} and select an area you want to cancel.

== Rampless channels ==
To create a channel with no ramps, you have to mine out the area underneath the channel first, or manually designate the ramps created for removal afterwards {{Menu icon|m|x}}. If you wish for these channels to be completely inaccessible from the outside, channel out the access-point (downward staircase). Another (more complicated) way of removing any access to the moat is to replace the dug out ramps with constructed ones and creating a cave-in with constructed floors. Rampless channels are an effective substitute for walls against melee enemies that cannot fly, and they can be dug out far faster than a wall can be built. However, channels offer no defense against archers or dragonbreath.

When digging ramps upwards, watch out for loose stone or other items that might be on the floor above, as falling objects can injure the unfortunate miner.

== See also ==
* [[Map tile]]s – Different types of walled, floor and open spaces.
* [[Caverns]] – Large underground tunnel systems.
* [[Exploratory mining]] – Mining focused on finding valuable [[stone]].
* [[Soil]] – A list of soil types.
* [[Stone]] – A list of different types of stones and ores left behind from mining.
* [[Smoothing]] – Increase fortress value and dwarf happiness by improving the quality of your rough-stone mineshafts.

{{Translation| dwarven = avuz | elvish = cèthutha | goblin = ngogngo | human = bora}}

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Revealed tile

2026-07-10T09:17:35Z

Ziusudra: added premium caveat, changed caverns link to section, added announcement, dig cancel, standing order links

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A '''revealed tile''', in [[fortress mode]], is any tile that has a description when pointed at with the mouse.

All [[Tile attributes|above ground]] tiles on the map start out revealed, including tiles above the surface. All [[Tile attributes|subterranean]] tiles must be revealed by [[mining|digging]] into them. All tiles adjacent to a dug tile on the same level will also be revealed, including diagonally: you can see what the rock walls adjacent to a mined-out tile are made of, for instance, and you can see the outermost tile of each z-level of a mountain. You can also see the tile immediately below where a downward or up/down [[stairs|stairway]] has been dug - this is because digging the stairway removes the [[floor]] between the levels. Upward stairways do not reveal the level above, because they do not remove the floor/ceiling above the stairs. With [[premium]] graphics, solid tiles that are not adjacent to open space will still be rendered as unrevealed, but they can still be examined by pointing at them with the mouse.

Underground features like [[cavern]]s and [[Magma#Magma_pools|magma pool]]s start out hidden and must be discovered by mining into them. Upon breaching a feature, an [[announcement]] will be displayed informing the player of the discovery, and a chunk of the new feature "within view" of your dwarves will be revealed; see the [[Cavern#Methods_of_exploration|Methods of exploration]] in the caverns article for information on revealing more. Walls next to water or magma, including vertically, will be damp or warm, and dig designations for such walls will be [[Digging designation canceled|cancelled]] when revealed to avoid potentially flooding the fortress with what is beyond them, by default, though this can be disabled on the [[Standing_orders#Other|Other tab]] on the Standing orders tab in the Labor menu {{Menu icon|y}}{{version|53.12}}.

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Digging designation canceled

2026-07-10T09:03:15Z

Ziusudra: added standing orders link

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This error message pauses the game and zooms to the location where the warm or damp stone was located, and can be disabled on the [[Standing_orders#Other|Other tab]] on the Standing orders tab in the Labor menu {{Menu icon|y}}{{version|53.12}}.

[[File:warm_stone_preview.png|right]]Warm or damp stone can be very dangerous, as it indicates the presence of nearby [[magma]] or [[water]], respectively. However, the stone could be warm/damp because the magma/water is beside the tile, directly above the tile, or directly below the tile - and, most of the time, ''you don't know which''. You will only know if you are near the surface and find the damp stone below a known [[murky pool]] or [[river]].

[[File:Damp Stone Butcher.png|thumb|right|In this case, digging the room around the butcher was cancelled due to the last, bottom right tile being below the pool floor. The pool is known since it is on the surface. Note that it was possible to dig below the upper level's damp tiles of clay.]]The safest thing to do is back off several tiles, mine up a [[z-level]] then approach the location again. Rinse and repeat until you emerge above the surface of the magma/water. Note that you will not receive warnings when digging staircases upward. If you plan on digging a staircase to a higher z-level, make sure there are no heavy [[aquifer]]s or [[magma]] in your way!

Side Profile:

Below tile Beside tile Above tile Key

####### ####### ####### # Unmined stone
↑ __o#### ####### ####### # Warm stone
z ###~~## _o#~~## ###~~## # Square that was just canceled
axis ###~~## ###~~## ###~~## ~ Magma
↓ ####### ####### __o#### _ Floor of the tunnel
####### ####### ####### o Miner

Only in the middle case would it be unsafe to mine out the square that had just been canceled: In the first and last cases, there would be a floor between your miner and the fluid.

If the damp stone is due to an aquifer, empty tiles next to damp stone will fill with water, either slowly with a light aquifer, or quickly.

The announcements can be changed to add recentering and pausing, either in the [[settings]], or by editing [[announcements.txt]].

If you have [[DFHack]] installed, you will have the option to enable "Damp dig" or "Warm dig" mode. If you do not want to have your digging designations canceled, for example when digging minerals out of a light aquifer, you can enable the appropriate mode when you designate the tiles for digging. Click on the toolbar icon to set your desired mode.

[[File:Dfhack damp dig.png|thumb|Digging toolbar with DFHack damp dig enabled]]

In this screenshot, the upper row is designated without any special mode. The second row is designated with damp dig enabled. The third row is designated with warm dig enabled. The fourth row is designated with both damp and warm dig modes enabled.

In ASCII mode, tiles designated in warm and/or damp dig mode will flash in an appropriate color.

There are also options to retroactively enable damp or warm dig mode for existing designations on a z-level.

{{Errors FAQ}}
{{Water FAQ}}
{{Magma FAQ}}
{{Category|Errors}}{{Category|Designations}}
[[ru:Digging designation canceled]]

Standing orders

2026-07-10T08:56:09Z

Ziusudra: /* Other */ added warm/damp cancel toggle, added link to planter page

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:[[File:v50_standing_orders_preview.png|300px|right]]'''''Standing orders''' are non-military orders that apply to the entire fortress, including civilians. If you were looking for information on how to get your military to patrol or defend areas without actively managing them, see '''[[Scheduling]]'''. If you were looking for information on how to order your squads to move around on command and attack designated creatures, see '''[[Squads]]'''.

'''Standing orders''' that apply to the whole fortress can be accessed by opening the Labor menu with {{Menu icon|y}} and then clicking on the '''Standing orders''' tab.

==Automated Workshops==
* '''Automatically weave all thread''' toggles whether [[loom]]s will automatically weave available thread (or available dyed thread) into cloth
* '''Use any cloth''' toggles whether [[clothier's shop]]s will use only dyed cloth or all cloth. Since finished clothing cannot be dyed, this is one way to make sure the clothing is of the best quality possible.
* '''Automatically collect webs''' toggles whether [[weaver]]s will automatically go out and collect spider [[web]]s
* '''Slaughter any marked animal''' toggles whether animals marked for slaughter will automatically add slaughter tasks to [[butcher's shop]]s
* '''Automatically butcher carcasses''' toggles whether butcherable corpses will have butcher tasks automatically generated at [[butcher's shop]]s
* '''Automatically clean fish''' toggles whether "prepare raw fish" tasks will be automatically added to [[fishery]]s after raw fish are caught
* '''Automate kitchen''' toggles whether automatic [[reactions]] ("render fat") will be added at [[kitchen]]s
* '''Automate tannery''' toggles whether automatic [[reactions]] ("tan a hide") will be added at [[tanner's shop]]s

==Hauling==
* '''Workers gather animals''' toggles whether dwarves will move caged [[animal]]s to a stockpile
* '''Workers gather food''' toggles whether dwarves will move [[food]] to a stockpile
* '''Workers gather furniture''' toggles whether dwarves will move [[furniture]] to a stockpile
* '''Workers gather bodies''' toggles whether dwarves will move [[corpse]]s to a stockpile
* '''Workers gather minerals''' toggles whether dwarves will move [[stone]] to a stockpile
* '''Workers gather wood''' toggles whether dwarves will move [[wood]] to a stockpile

==Refuse and dumping==
Dwarves can do different things with different types of [[refuse]].

You can tell them to ignore refuse altogether by toggling off '''Workers gather refuse''' for a smelly fort, or toggle on '''Workers gather outdoor refuse''' which is mainly useful for collecting animals killed by military dwarves.

Various refuse types can be toggled between "save" (bring to a stockpile) and "dump" (throw in a garbage dump [[activity zone]]). Setting a type of refuse as "dump" will make dwarves start automatically dumping refuse of that type, even ones pre-stored in a refuse stockpile.

NOTE: If you have outdoor refuse stockpiles set up with give and take chains (to shift garbage away from your fortress, for example,) you must turn on collecting outdoor refuse if you want your dwarves to move the piles.

*'''Workers gather refuse''' toggles whether dwarves will ignore refuse completely
*'''Workers gather outdoor refuse''' toggles whether dwarves will gather refuse [[Tile_attributes|outside]]
*'''Workers ignore outdoor vermin remains''' toggles whether dwarves will gather [[vermin]] remains from outside (only available when '''Workers gather outdoor refuse''' is on)
*'''Workers save corpses''' toggles whether [[corpse]]s, [[body part]]s, and other parts not applied to the options below are stored or dumped, including [[Ivory|ivory/teeth]], [[horn]]s, [[nervous tissue]], and [[cartilage]]
*'''Workers save skulls''' toggles whether [[skull]]s are stored or dumped
*'''Workers save bones''' [[bone]]s are stored or dumped
*'''Workers save shells''' [[shell]]s are stored or dumped
*'''Workers save skins''' toggles whether [[skin]]s, [[chitin]] or [[scale]]s are stored or dumped
*'''Workers save hair and wool''' toggles whether [[hair]] or [[wool]] are stored or dumped
*'''Workers save other objects''' toggles other refuse not mentioned above, including vermin remains, rotten products, withered plants, damaged furniture, or [[Wear|tattered]] clothes ("Gather Vermin Remains" must be on for outdoor vermin remains to be collected)

==Sieges and forbidding==
Dwarves can automatically [[forbid]] certain types of items, automatically forbid these items only during sieges, or not automatically forbid them at all.
*'''Forbid used ammunition''' toggles whether shot ammunition is automatically forbidden
*'''Claim your dead''' toggles whether dead citizens are automatically forbidden
*'''Forbid your death items''' toggles whether dead citizens' items are automatically forbidden
*'''Claim other dead''' toggles whether other dead creatures are automatically forbidden
*'''Claim other death items''' toggles whether other dead creatures' items are automatically forbidden
*'''Forbid floor/wall cleaning''' toggles when dwarves will clean contaminants such as [[vomit]] and [[blood]] from floors and walls.
*'''Forbid trap cleaning''' toggles when dwarves will clean [[trap]]s.
*'''Forbid trap rearming''' toggles when dwarves will rearm traps.
*'''Forbid cages from sprung traps''' toggles whether filled cages from traps will be automatically forbidden
*'''Forbid toppled building items''' toggles whether remnants of [[building destroyer|smashed buildings]] will be automatically forbidden

==Chores==
The Chores tab allows you to select what tasks [[children]] will automatically do. You can select '''Children don't do chores''' to forbid all children from doing work tasks or toggle tasks from the list of "Feeding Patients/Prisoners", "Milking", hauling tasks, "Cleaning", and "Lever Operation". The tab lists all of the children in your fort and you can also select individual children to do either all or none of the tasks you've selected. If either list has a scroll bar, only click the arrows at the top and bottom of the scroll bar to scroll the list; otherwise (after scrolling) the selecting and deselecting of children or options might not work (until the menu is closed and reopened){{bug|13461}}.

==Other==
*'''Announce some job cancellations''' adjusts the level of job cancellation announcements that are shown
*'''Mining cancelled near new damp stone'''{{version|53.12}} toggles [[Digging designation canceled|cancellation of digging designations]] for walls next to [[water]] or [[aquifer]]s
*'''Mining cancelled near new warm stone'''{{version|53.12}} toggles cancellation of digging designations for walls next to [[magma]]
*'''Everybody harvests''' toggles who will harvest plants from [[farm plot|farm plots]]; see [[Planter#All_dwarves_harvest|Planter]] for details
*'''Mix similar foods in barrels''' toggles whether different types of food can be put in one barrel at a stockpile
*'''Prefer zones for water drinking''' toggles whether dwarves can drink at water sources not marked as zones
*'''Prefer zones for fishing''' toggles whether fisherdwarves can fish at water sources not marked as zones
 
* '''Set hunter ammunition''' opens a separate tab where you can configure the material, type and amount of [[ammunition]] available to [[hunter]]s.

{{Translation| dwarven = savot lotol | elvish = rino feri | goblin = axod axusp | human = wur cika}}

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[[ru:Standing orders]]

Difficulty

2026-07-10T00:49:53Z

Ziusudra: /* Enemy/merchant triggers */ added creature and trade tokens to option descriptions, adjusted text see those tokens for details

{{Quality|Superior}}
{{av}}
{{distinguish|Creature token#DIFFICULTY|l1=the Difficulty creature token}}
'''Difficulty''' is the level of challenge presented by the game in [[Fortress Mode]], largely customizable by the player. These [[settings]] will affect whether your fortress can be attacked by outside forces, how frequent said attacks are, how big invading armies are, [[noble]] neediness, etc. You can modify these settings before and at any time after embarking, the tab will only appear in the settings screen when a [[fortress]] is loaded. Since they are specific to each save, they are stored as part of the save and are not editable outside the game.

== Default settings ==
They are divided into two groups: enemies and economy; enemies can be disabled, both groups have normal and hard presets, and all of the individual settings can be adjusted in Custom settings. The values used in each preset can be seen by selecting the preset and then viewing them in Custom settings.

'''Enemies''' has 3 options:
* '''Off''' will disable [[Ambush|ambushes]], [[Siege|sieges]], [[Megabeast|uninvited]] [[Forgotten beast|guests]], [[Werebeast|werebeasts]], and agitated wildlife attacks, but not [[intrigue]], [[HFS]], or misbehaving dwarves, so it is still recommended to train a military.
* '''Normal''' is the standard ''Dwarf Fortress'' experience.
* '''Hard''' ensures a never-ending stream of [[Fun]], causing invaders to show up earlier, more often, and with more bodies to throw at the gates.
----
'''Economy''' has 2 options:
* '''Normal''' is the standard ''Dwarf Fortress'' economy.
* '''Hard''' requires you to produce more wealth in order to receive higher-ranking nobles, requires [[Temple|temples]] and [[Guildhall|guildhalls]] to be more valuable before satisfying petitions, and causes [[Noble|nobles]] to make more [[Mandate|mandates]] and [[Demand|demands]].

== Enemy settings ==

If you wish, you can also fine-tune individual settings - maybe you only want megabeasts to assault your fortress, and would prefer the elves to leave well enough alone. The following options are available for enemy settings:
=== Individual enemy toggles ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Civilizations can attack || Yes/No || Controls whether [[Ambush|ambushes]] and [[Siege|sieges]] can occur. || No; Yes; Yes
|-
| Megabeasts can attack || Yes/No || Controls whether [[Megabeast|megabeasts]] and [[Forgotten beast|forgotten beasts]] can attack. || No; Yes; Yes
|-
| Werebeasts can attack || Yes/No || Controls whether [[Werebeast|werebeasts]] can attack. || No; Yes; Yes
|-
| Curious wilderness creatures can come to cause trouble || Yes/No || Controls whether agitated animals can assault your fortress, and whether animals will spawn with the intent to steal items. || No; Yes; Yes
|}
=== Enemy/merchant triggers ===
Used for creatures' {{token|ATTACK_TRIGGER|creature}} and civilizations [[Entity_token#PROGRESS_TRIGGER_POPULATION|trade and siege tokens]] (for sieges, all the default civilizations only use {{token|PROGRESS_TRIGGER_POP_SIEGE|entity}}, and it might be only the goblin/evil civilizations use that.)
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Population triggers || 1 to 300 || Sets the population values for each level of {{token|ATTACK_TRIGGER|creature}} (first value), {{token|PROGRESS_TRIGGER_POPULATION|entity}}, and {{token|PROGRESS_TRIGGER_POP_SIEGE|entity}}; see those tokens for details of how a player fortress reaching this many population will affect them. || 0/0/0/0/0; 20/50/80/110/140; 15/30/40/55/70
|-
| Production triggers || 0 to 100,000,000 || Sets the created [[Status#Fortress_wealth|wealth]] values for each level of {{token|ATTACK_TRIGGER|creature}} (second value), {{token|PROGRESS_TRIGGER_PRODUCTION|entity}}, and {{token|PROGRESS_TRIGGER_PROD_SIEGE|entity}}; see those tokens for details of how a player fortress reaching this value of created wealth will affect them. || 0/0/0/0/0; 5,000/25,000/100,000/200,000/300,000; 2,500/12,500/50,000/100,000/150,000
|-
| Trade triggers || 0 to 100,000,000 || Sets the exported wealth values for each level of {{token|ATTACK_TRIGGER|creature}} (third value), {{token|PROGRESS_TRIGGER_TRADE|entity}}, and {{token|PROGRESS_TRIGGER_TRADE_SIEGE|entity}}; see those tokens for details of how a player fortress reaching this value of exported wealth will affect them. || 0/0/0/0/0; 500/2,500/10,000/20,000/30,000; 250/1,250/5,000/10,000/15,000
|}

=== Megabeasts ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Megabeast attack period (seasons) || 0 to 100 || How many seasons must pass before a megabeast may attack your fortress.{{verify}} || 10; 10; 8
|}
=== Forgotten beasts ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Forgotten beast sensitivity || 1 to 100,000 || Performing nature-disrupting actions within the caverns will agitate forgotten beasts and may cause them to attack. [[Noise]] will also increase agitation. A smaller value will require less actions before the maximum attack chance is reached. || 10,000; 10,000; 10,000
|-
| Forgotten beast irritation minimum || 1 to 100,000 || If the hidden agitation counter is at this value or below, no forgotten beasts will attack. || 5,000; 5,000; 2,000
|-
| Forgotten beast wealth divisor || 1 to 100,000 || Your current fortress wealth is divided by this number - the result is added to effective irritation to determine forgotten beast attacks. A smaller number will cause forgotten beasts to attack sooner. || 40; 40; 40
|}
=== Wilderness irritation ===
These only apply to fortresses with an embark area that includes [[savage]]ry.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Wilderness sensitivity || 1 to 100,000 || Performing nature-disrupting actions such as cutting down trees will agitate wildlife and may cause them to attack. A smaller value will require less actions before the maximum attack chance is reached. || 10,000; 10,000; 10,000
|-
| Wilderness irritation minimum || 1 to 100,000 || If the hidden agitation counter is at this value or below, no agitated wildlife will spawn. || 2,000; 2,000; 0
|-
| Wilderness irritation decay || 0 to 100,000 || Causes wildlife to be less irritated after every year. A higher value will make them less irritated faster. || 500; 500; 100
|}

=== Werebeasts ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Werebeast attack period (seasons) || 0 to 100 || How many seasons must pass before a werebeast may attack your fortress.{{verify}} || 10; 10; 8
|}
=== Vampires ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Vampire migrant fraction || 1 to 1,000 || Affects what percentage of new migrants will be [[Vampire|vampires]]. A value of 0 will disable vampiric migrants. (Only on '''Off''' difficulty) || 0; 100; 75
|}
=== Invasion caps ===
These were changed as part of the siege update.{{v|53.07}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Invasion creature cap (excluding mounts) || 0 to 5,000 || The maximum amount of enemies that can be thrown at you when a civilization sieges you, not counting mounts. || 0; 140; 140
|-
| Invasion difficulties || 0 to 30,000 || Strength of the consecutive sieging forces {{verify|equipment materials, creature types?}}, each siege after the third increasing in difficulty by the fourth value.{{verify}} Tracked per civilization per fortress{{cite forum|183066/8606428}}. || 0/0/0/0; 50/300/1000/500; 100/600/1500/750
|}

=== Raids ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Minimum raids before first siege (per civ) || 0 to 500 || Affects how many [[Ambush|ambushes]] must be performed before a civilization can try a proper siege for the first time. || 0; 2; 2
|-
| Minimum raids between sieges (per civ) || 0 to 500 || Affects how many ambushes must be performed before a civilization can try a proper siege from the second time onwards. || 0; 3; 1
|-
| Siege frequency (percentage, otherwise raid) || 0 to 100 || Percentage chance to receive a siege instead of an ambush. || 0; 25; 50
|}
=== Cavern dwellers ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Cavern dweller scale (increase per attack) || 0 to 100 || Every time cavern-dwellers attack your fortress, the maximum number of attackers increases by this number. || 0; 10; 20
|-
| Cavern dweller maximum attackers || 0 to 500 || The maximum amount of enemies that can be thrown at you when cavern dwellers attack. || 0; 50; 75
|}
=== Tree quota ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Diplomacy tree-fell count || 1 to 1000 || Affects the default amount of trees [[Elf|elven]] diplomats will request you limit your felling to. Your negotiator will still try and increase the tree limit. || 25; 25; 10
|-
| Diplomacy tree-fell count (untamed wilds) || 1 to 1000 || Affects the default amount of trees elven diplomats will request you limit your felling to if you've settled in a [[savage]] area instead. Your negotiator will still try and increase the tree limit. || 5; 5; 1
|}
=== Siege invaders ===
These were all added with the [[release information/53.01|siege update]].{{version|53.01}} The aversion values are multipliers for pathing cost; for instance, an aversion to deconstruction of 20 means they would just as soon deconstruct 5 tiles as dig 2 natural tiles (as walk 100 steps), because each of those has the same cost (5×20 = 2×50 = 1×100). The material is not used in this calculation, only whether the tile must be deconstructed or dug through.{{cite forum|183066/8606428}}

==== Invader ability toggles ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Break constructed walls || Yes/No || Reinforced walls take longer to break. Speed and aversion can be adjusted, see below. || No; Yes; Yes
|-
| Dig natural walls || Yes/No || Trolls can now come with great picks. Delay, speed, and aversion can be adjusted, see below. || No; Yes; Yes
|-
| Build floors and stairs || Yes/No || Speed and aversion can be adjusted, see below. || No; Yes; Yes
|-
| Free creatures from cages || Yes/No || Is this only cage traps? Or does it include built cages and/or stockpiled cages? || No; Yes; Yes
|}
==== Invader deconstruction ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Speed || 1 to 1000 || The base rate of deconstruction, smaller is slower, reinforced walls take even longer to break. || 10; 50; 100
|-
| Aversion || 1 to 1000 || How likely they are to try deconstruction, smaller is more likely to try. || 20; 20; 20
|}
==== Invader digging ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Speed || 1 to 1000 || The base rate of digging, smaller is slower. || 10; 50; 100
|-
| Horizontal aversion || 1 to 1000 || How likely they are to try digging on the same z-level, smaller is more likely to try. || 50; 50; 50
|-
| Vertical aversion || 1 to 1000 || How likely they are to try digging to a different z-level, smaller is more likely to try. || 1,000; 1,000; 1,000
|-
| Days to delay vertical digging || 1 to 10,000 || Is this before the first try, or before each try? Does it reset each siege? || 84; 84; 84
|}
==== Invader construction ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Speed || 1 to 1000 || The base rate of construction, smaller is slower, reinforced walls take even longer to break. || 10; 50; 100
|-
| Aversion || 1 to 1000 || How likely they are to try construction, smaller is more likely to try. || 5; 5; 5
|}
==== Invader death aversion ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| One death || 1 to 1000 || How strongly one death in a location will deter future activity there. || 0; 0; 0
|-
| Two deaths || 1 to 1000 || How strongly two deaths in a location will deter future activity there. || 0; 0; 0
|-
| Three deaths || 1 to 1000 || How strongly three deaths in a location will deter future activity there. || 0; 0; 0
|-
| Four deaths || 1 to 1000 || How strongly four deaths in a location will deter future activity there. || 0; 0; 0
|-
| Five deaths || 1 to 1000 || How strongly five deaths in a location will deter future activity there. || 5; 5; 5
|-
| Six deaths || 1 to 1000 || How strongly six deaths in a location will deter future activity there. || 6; 6; 6
|-
| Seven deaths || 1 to 1000 || How strongly seven deaths in a location will deter future activity there. || 8; 8; 8
|-
| Eight deaths || 1 to 1000 || How strongly eight deaths in a location will deter future activity there. || 10; 10; 10
|-
| Nine deaths || 1 to 1000 || How strongly nine deaths in a location will deter future activity there. || 20; 20; 20
|-
| Ten or more deaths || 1 to 1000 || How strongly more than 9 deaths in a location will deter future activity there. || 100; 100; 100
|}

== Economy settings ==

The following options are available for economy settings:
=== Fortress rank ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Normal; Hard)
|-
| Economy population triggers || 1 to 300 || Affects how many citizens you need to increase the rank of your fortress. Must meet population and one of production or trade. Triggers 1 through 5 correspond to Hamlet, Village, Town, City, and Metropolis. || 20/50/80/110/140; 20/50/80/110/140
|-
| Economy production triggers || 1 to 100,000,000 || Affects how much created wealth you need to increase the rank of your fortress. Must meet population and one of production or trade. Triggers 1 through 5 correspond to Hamlet, Village, Town, City, and Metropolis. Setting this trigger to 0 causes it to be met immediately. || 5,000/25,000/100,000/200,000/300,000; 25,000/125,000/500,000/1,000,000/1,500,000
|-
| Economy trade triggers || 1 to 100,000,000 || Affects how much exported wealth you need to increase the rank of your fortress. Must meet population and one of production or trade. Triggers 1 through 5 correspond to Hamlet, Village, Town, City, and Metropolis. Setting a trigger to 0 causes it to be met immediately. || 500/2,500/10,000/20,000/30,000; 2,500/12,500/50,000/100,000/150,000
|}
=== Land holder ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Normal; Hard)
|-
| Land holder population triggers || 1 to 300 || Affects how [[Baron|barons]] and upwards are achieved. See [[Noble#Triggers|noble triggers]]. Values 4 through 10 are not used in the base game. || 20/20/20; 20/20/20
|-
| Land holder production triggers || 1 to 100,000,000 || Affects how barons and upwards are achieved. Values 4 through 10 are not used in the base game. || 100,000/200,000/300,000; 500,000/1,000,000/1,500,000
|-
| Land holder trade triggers || 1 to 100,000,000 || Affects how barons and upwards are achieved. Values 4 through 10 are not used in the base game. || 10,000/20,000/30,000; 50,000/100,000/150,000
|}

=== Temples ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Normal; Hard)
|-
| Value of temple || 1 to 100,000,000 || Affects how valuable a designated [[temple]] zone must be before it satisfies a petition to create it. || 2,000; 6,000
|-
| Value of temple complex || 1 to 100,000,000 || Affects how valuable a designated temple zone must be before it satisfies a petition to upgrade it. || 10,000; 30,000
|-
| Priesthood unit count || 1 to 300 || Affects how many members of a religion must be citizens in your fortress before a petition for a temple is made. || 10; 10
|-
| High priesthood unit count || 1 to 300 || Affects how many members of a religion must be citizens in your fortress before a petition to upgrade an existing temple is made. || 25; 25
|}
=== Guilds ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Normal; Hard)
|-
| Value of guildhall || 1 to 100,000,000 || Affects how valuable a designated [[guildhall]] zone must be before it satisfies a petition to create it. || 2,000; 6,000
|-
| Value of grand guildhall || 1 to 100,000,000 || Affects how valuable a designated guildhall zone must be before it satisfies a petition to upgrade it. || 10,000; 30,000
|-
| Guild unit count || 1 to 300 || Affects how many members of a profession must be citizens in your fortress before a petition for a guildhall is made. || 10; 10
|-
| Grand guild unit count || 1 to 300 || Affects how many members of a profession must be citizens in your fortress before a petition to upgrade an existing guildhall is made. || 25; 25
|}
=== Mandates and demands ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Normal; Hard)
|-
| Mandate period (more = fewer) || 1 to 10,000 || Affects how long nobles must wait before making new mandates. A higher value forces them to wait longer before mandating something.|| 1,000; 500
|-
| Demand period (more = fewer) || 1 to 10,000 || Affects how long nobles must wait before making new demands. A higher value forces them to wait longer before making a demand.|| 500; 250
|}

=== Fortress dig speed ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Normal; Hard)
|-
| Citizen/resident dig speed (more = faster) || 1 to 10,000 || Affects how quickly player fortress creatures can dig natural walls and remove constructions.|| 100; 100
|}

[[ru:Difficulty]]

Difficulty

2026-07-10T00:30:33Z

Ziusudra: /* Enemy civilization triggers */ renamed section to match game text, added creatures, trade, and tokens

{{Quality|Superior}}
{{av}}
{{distinguish|Creature token#DIFFICULTY|l1=the Difficulty creature token}}
'''Difficulty''' is the level of challenge presented by the game in [[Fortress Mode]], largely customizable by the player. These [[settings]] will affect whether your fortress can be attacked by outside forces, how frequent said attacks are, how big invading armies are, [[noble]] neediness, etc. You can modify these settings before and at any time after embarking, the tab will only appear in the settings screen when a [[fortress]] is loaded. Since they are specific to each save, they are stored as part of the save and are not editable outside the game.

== Default settings ==
They are divided into two groups: enemies and economy; enemies can be disabled, both groups have normal and hard presets, and all of the individual settings can be adjusted in Custom settings. The values used in each preset can be seen by selecting the preset and then viewing them in Custom settings.

'''Enemies''' has 3 options:
* '''Off''' will disable [[Ambush|ambushes]], [[Siege|sieges]], [[Megabeast|uninvited]] [[Forgotten beast|guests]], [[Werebeast|werebeasts]], and agitated wildlife attacks, but not [[intrigue]], [[HFS]], or misbehaving dwarves, so it is still recommended to train a military.
* '''Normal''' is the standard ''Dwarf Fortress'' experience.
* '''Hard''' ensures a never-ending stream of [[Fun]], causing invaders to show up earlier, more often, and with more bodies to throw at the gates.
----
'''Economy''' has 2 options:
* '''Normal''' is the standard ''Dwarf Fortress'' economy.
* '''Hard''' requires you to produce more wealth in order to receive higher-ranking nobles, requires [[Temple|temples]] and [[Guildhall|guildhalls]] to be more valuable before satisfying petitions, and causes [[Noble|nobles]] to make more [[Mandate|mandates]] and [[Demand|demands]].

== Enemy settings ==

If you wish, you can also fine-tune individual settings - maybe you only want megabeasts to assault your fortress, and would prefer the elves to leave well enough alone. The following options are available for enemy settings:
=== Individual enemy toggles ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Civilizations can attack || Yes/No || Controls whether [[Ambush|ambushes]] and [[Siege|sieges]] can occur. || No; Yes; Yes
|-
| Megabeasts can attack || Yes/No || Controls whether [[Megabeast|megabeasts]] and [[Forgotten beast|forgotten beasts]] can attack. || No; Yes; Yes
|-
| Werebeasts can attack || Yes/No || Controls whether [[Werebeast|werebeasts]] can attack. || No; Yes; Yes
|-
| Curious wilderness creatures can come to cause trouble || Yes/No || Controls whether agitated animals can assault your fortress, and whether animals will spawn with the intent to steal items. || No; Yes; Yes
|}
=== Enemy/merchant triggers ===
Used for creatures' {{token|ATTACK_TRIGGER|creature}} and civilizations [[Entity_token#PROGRESS_TRIGGER_POPULATION|trade and siege tokens]] (for sieges, all the default civilizations only use {{token|PROGRESS_TRIGGER_POP_SIEGE|entity}}, and it might be only the goblin/evil civilizations use that.)
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Population triggers || 1 to 300 || Sets the population values for each level of {{token|PROGRESS_TRIGGER_POP_SIEGE|entity}}; hostile civilizations might begin sending sieges after a player fortress reaches this many population. || 0/0/0/0/0; 20/50/80/110/140; 15/30/40/55/70
|-
| Production triggers || 0 to 100,000,000 || Sets the created [[Status#Fortress_wealth|wealth]] values for each level of {{token|PROGRESS_TRIGGER_PROD_SIEGE|entity}}; hostile civilizations might begin sending sieges after a player fortress has created various stuff worth this much in total. || 0/0/0/0/0; 5,000/25,000/100,000/200,000/300,000; 2,500/12,500/50,000/100,000/150,000
|-
| Trade triggers || 0 to 100,000,000 || Sets the exported wealth values for each level of {{token|PROGRESS_TRIGGER_TRADE_SIEGE|entity}}; hostile civilizations might begin sending sieges after a player fortress has exported various stuff worth this much in total. || 0/0/0/0/0; 500/2,500/10,000/20,000/30,000; 250/1,250/5,000/10,000/15,000
|}

=== Megabeasts ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Megabeast attack period (seasons) || 0 to 100 || How many seasons must pass before a megabeast may attack your fortress.{{verify}} || 10; 10; 8
|}
=== Forgotten beasts ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Forgotten beast sensitivity || 1 to 100,000 || Performing nature-disrupting actions within the caverns will agitate forgotten beasts and may cause them to attack. [[Noise]] will also increase agitation. A smaller value will require less actions before the maximum attack chance is reached. || 10,000; 10,000; 10,000
|-
| Forgotten beast irritation minimum || 1 to 100,000 || If the hidden agitation counter is at this value or below, no forgotten beasts will attack. || 5,000; 5,000; 2,000
|-
| Forgotten beast wealth divisor || 1 to 100,000 || Your current fortress wealth is divided by this number - the result is added to effective irritation to determine forgotten beast attacks. A smaller number will cause forgotten beasts to attack sooner. || 40; 40; 40
|}
=== Wilderness irritation ===
These only apply to fortresses with an embark area that includes [[savage]]ry.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Wilderness sensitivity || 1 to 100,000 || Performing nature-disrupting actions such as cutting down trees will agitate wildlife and may cause them to attack. A smaller value will require less actions before the maximum attack chance is reached. || 10,000; 10,000; 10,000
|-
| Wilderness irritation minimum || 1 to 100,000 || If the hidden agitation counter is at this value or below, no agitated wildlife will spawn. || 2,000; 2,000; 0
|-
| Wilderness irritation decay || 0 to 100,000 || Causes wildlife to be less irritated after every year. A higher value will make them less irritated faster. || 500; 500; 100
|}

=== Werebeasts ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Werebeast attack period (seasons) || 0 to 100 || How many seasons must pass before a werebeast may attack your fortress.{{verify}} || 10; 10; 8
|}
=== Vampires ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Vampire migrant fraction || 1 to 1,000 || Affects what percentage of new migrants will be [[Vampire|vampires]]. A value of 0 will disable vampiric migrants. (Only on '''Off''' difficulty) || 0; 100; 75
|}
=== Invasion caps ===
These were changed as part of the siege update.{{v|53.07}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Invasion creature cap (excluding mounts) || 0 to 5,000 || The maximum amount of enemies that can be thrown at you when a civilization sieges you, not counting mounts. || 0; 140; 140
|-
| Invasion difficulties || 0 to 30,000 || Strength of the consecutive sieging forces {{verify|equipment materials, creature types?}}, each siege after the third increasing in difficulty by the fourth value.{{verify}} Tracked per civilization per fortress{{cite forum|183066/8606428}}. || 0/0/0/0; 50/300/1000/500; 100/600/1500/750
|}

=== Raids ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Minimum raids before first siege (per civ) || 0 to 500 || Affects how many [[Ambush|ambushes]] must be performed before a civilization can try a proper siege for the first time. || 0; 2; 2
|-
| Minimum raids between sieges (per civ) || 0 to 500 || Affects how many ambushes must be performed before a civilization can try a proper siege from the second time onwards. || 0; 3; 1
|-
| Siege frequency (percentage, otherwise raid) || 0 to 100 || Percentage chance to receive a siege instead of an ambush. || 0; 25; 50
|}
=== Cavern dwellers ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Cavern dweller scale (increase per attack) || 0 to 100 || Every time cavern-dwellers attack your fortress, the maximum number of attackers increases by this number. || 0; 10; 20
|-
| Cavern dweller maximum attackers || 0 to 500 || The maximum amount of enemies that can be thrown at you when cavern dwellers attack. || 0; 50; 75
|}
=== Tree quota ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Diplomacy tree-fell count || 1 to 1000 || Affects the default amount of trees [[Elf|elven]] diplomats will request you limit your felling to. Your negotiator will still try and increase the tree limit. || 25; 25; 10
|-
| Diplomacy tree-fell count (untamed wilds) || 1 to 1000 || Affects the default amount of trees elven diplomats will request you limit your felling to if you've settled in a [[savage]] area instead. Your negotiator will still try and increase the tree limit. || 5; 5; 1
|}
=== Siege invaders ===
These were all added with the [[release information/53.01|siege update]].{{version|53.01}} The aversion values are multipliers for pathing cost; for instance, an aversion to deconstruction of 20 means they would just as soon deconstruct 5 tiles as dig 2 natural tiles (as walk 100 steps), because each of those has the same cost (5×20 = 2×50 = 1×100). The material is not used in this calculation, only whether the tile must be deconstructed or dug through.{{cite forum|183066/8606428}}

==== Invader ability toggles ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Break constructed walls || Yes/No || Reinforced walls take longer to break. Speed and aversion can be adjusted, see below. || No; Yes; Yes
|-
| Dig natural walls || Yes/No || Trolls can now come with great picks. Delay, speed, and aversion can be adjusted, see below. || No; Yes; Yes
|-
| Build floors and stairs || Yes/No || Speed and aversion can be adjusted, see below. || No; Yes; Yes
|-
| Free creatures from cages || Yes/No || Is this only cage traps? Or does it include built cages and/or stockpiled cages? || No; Yes; Yes
|}
==== Invader deconstruction ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Speed || 1 to 1000 || The base rate of deconstruction, smaller is slower, reinforced walls take even longer to break. || 10; 50; 100
|-
| Aversion || 1 to 1000 || How likely they are to try deconstruction, smaller is more likely to try. || 20; 20; 20
|}
==== Invader digging ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Speed || 1 to 1000 || The base rate of digging, smaller is slower. || 10; 50; 100
|-
| Horizontal aversion || 1 to 1000 || How likely they are to try digging on the same z-level, smaller is more likely to try. || 50; 50; 50
|-
| Vertical aversion || 1 to 1000 || How likely they are to try digging to a different z-level, smaller is more likely to try. || 1,000; 1,000; 1,000
|-
| Days to delay vertical digging || 1 to 10,000 || Is this before the first try, or before each try? Does it reset each siege? || 84; 84; 84
|}
==== Invader construction ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| Speed || 1 to 1000 || The base rate of construction, smaller is slower, reinforced walls take even longer to break. || 10; 50; 100
|-
| Aversion || 1 to 1000 || How likely they are to try construction, smaller is more likely to try. || 5; 5; 5
|}
==== Invader death aversion ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Off; Normal; Hard)
|-
| One death || 1 to 1000 || How strongly one death in a location will deter future activity there. || 0; 0; 0
|-
| Two deaths || 1 to 1000 || How strongly two deaths in a location will deter future activity there. || 0; 0; 0
|-
| Three deaths || 1 to 1000 || How strongly three deaths in a location will deter future activity there. || 0; 0; 0
|-
| Four deaths || 1 to 1000 || How strongly four deaths in a location will deter future activity there. || 0; 0; 0
|-
| Five deaths || 1 to 1000 || How strongly five deaths in a location will deter future activity there. || 5; 5; 5
|-
| Six deaths || 1 to 1000 || How strongly six deaths in a location will deter future activity there. || 6; 6; 6
|-
| Seven deaths || 1 to 1000 || How strongly seven deaths in a location will deter future activity there. || 8; 8; 8
|-
| Eight deaths || 1 to 1000 || How strongly eight deaths in a location will deter future activity there. || 10; 10; 10
|-
| Nine deaths || 1 to 1000 || How strongly nine deaths in a location will deter future activity there. || 20; 20; 20
|-
| Ten or more deaths || 1 to 1000 || How strongly more than 9 deaths in a location will deter future activity there. || 100; 100; 100
|}

== Economy settings ==

The following options are available for economy settings:
=== Fortress rank ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Normal; Hard)
|-
| Economy population triggers || 1 to 300 || Affects how many citizens you need to increase the rank of your fortress. Must meet population and one of production or trade. Triggers 1 through 5 correspond to Hamlet, Village, Town, City, and Metropolis. || 20/50/80/110/140; 20/50/80/110/140
|-
| Economy production triggers || 1 to 100,000,000 || Affects how much created wealth you need to increase the rank of your fortress. Must meet population and one of production or trade. Triggers 1 through 5 correspond to Hamlet, Village, Town, City, and Metropolis. Setting this trigger to 0 causes it to be met immediately. || 5,000/25,000/100,000/200,000/300,000; 25,000/125,000/500,000/1,000,000/1,500,000
|-
| Economy trade triggers || 1 to 100,000,000 || Affects how much exported wealth you need to increase the rank of your fortress. Must meet population and one of production or trade. Triggers 1 through 5 correspond to Hamlet, Village, Town, City, and Metropolis. Setting a trigger to 0 causes it to be met immediately. || 500/2,500/10,000/20,000/30,000; 2,500/12,500/50,000/100,000/150,000
|}
=== Land holder ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Normal; Hard)
|-
| Land holder population triggers || 1 to 300 || Affects how [[Baron|barons]] and upwards are achieved. See [[Noble#Triggers|noble triggers]]. Values 4 through 10 are not used in the base game. || 20/20/20; 20/20/20
|-
| Land holder production triggers || 1 to 100,000,000 || Affects how barons and upwards are achieved. Values 4 through 10 are not used in the base game. || 100,000/200,000/300,000; 500,000/1,000,000/1,500,000
|-
| Land holder trade triggers || 1 to 100,000,000 || Affects how barons and upwards are achieved. Values 4 through 10 are not used in the base game. || 10,000/20,000/30,000; 50,000/100,000/150,000
|}

=== Temples ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Normal; Hard)
|-
| Value of temple || 1 to 100,000,000 || Affects how valuable a designated [[temple]] zone must be before it satisfies a petition to create it. || 2,000; 6,000
|-
| Value of temple complex || 1 to 100,000,000 || Affects how valuable a designated temple zone must be before it satisfies a petition to upgrade it. || 10,000; 30,000
|-
| Priesthood unit count || 1 to 300 || Affects how many members of a religion must be citizens in your fortress before a petition for a temple is made. || 10; 10
|-
| High priesthood unit count || 1 to 300 || Affects how many members of a religion must be citizens in your fortress before a petition to upgrade an existing temple is made. || 25; 25
|}
=== Guilds ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Normal; Hard)
|-
| Value of guildhall || 1 to 100,000,000 || Affects how valuable a designated [[guildhall]] zone must be before it satisfies a petition to create it. || 2,000; 6,000
|-
| Value of grand guildhall || 1 to 100,000,000 || Affects how valuable a designated guildhall zone must be before it satisfies a petition to upgrade it. || 10,000; 30,000
|-
| Guild unit count || 1 to 300 || Affects how many members of a profession must be citizens in your fortress before a petition for a guildhall is made. || 10; 10
|-
| Grand guild unit count || 1 to 300 || Affects how many members of a profession must be citizens in your fortress before a petition to upgrade an existing guildhall is made. || 25; 25
|}
=== Mandates and demands ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Normal; Hard)
|-
| Mandate period (more = fewer) || 1 to 10,000 || Affects how long nobles must wait before making new mandates. A higher value forces them to wait longer before mandating something.|| 1,000; 500
|-
| Demand period (more = fewer) || 1 to 10,000 || Affects how long nobles must wait before making new demands. A higher value forces them to wait longer before making a demand.|| 500; 250
|}

=== Fortress dig speed ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Setting !! Possible values !! Description !! Default values (Normal; Hard)
|-
| Citizen/resident dig speed (more = faster) || 1 to 10,000 || Affects how quickly player fortress creatures can dig natural walls and remove constructions.|| 100; 100
|}

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Gem

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[[File:gem_sprite_preview.png|right]]Small clusters of rough '''gems''' can be found almost anywhere while [[mining]]. After they have been mined they can be cut by a [[gem cutter]], and then a [[gem setter]] can use them to [[encrust]] [[furniture]], [[crafts]], and [[ammunition]]. Unlike [[Mining#Mineral_production_.28profit.21.29|mining stone or minerals]], there is a 100% chance to successfully mine gems.*

: ''(* exception: see comment re [[Mining#Mineral_production_.28profit.21.29|Mining Ramps/Channels]])''

'''Cut gems''' can also be used to create [[window]]s and are often required as a source material for [[legendary artifact]]s. Gem-encrusted [[weapon]]s and [[armor]] can be found in-game, but cannot be made in fortress mode. Stones, except the various types of [[clay]], can also be cut into gems.

There are a total of 130 different kinds of gems, 127 excluding the three kinds of [[glass]]. Of these, 57 are ornamental, 58 semi-precious, 4 precious and 8 rare.

A large variety of cut gems can be brought by and requested from the dwarven caravan. You cannot import rough gems with the exception of raw [[glass]], which human and dwarven caravans can bring.

====Large gems and crafts====
Exactly 5% of all rough gems will be cut into a single [[Finished goods#Large gems|craft]] or '''large gem''' (with 1 craft for every 8 large gems), and the same occurs with raw glass (but with different ratios - 33% of all jobs, producing 11 crafts for every 16 large gems). Note that these will ''replace'' a cut gem as the final product and cannot be used to encrust goods. The value of such crafts can easily reach hundreds, even several thousand in the case of valuable gems and good craftsdwarfship. A dwarf in the throes of a [[strange mood]] can take a single gem and cut it into a [[legendary artifact]] known as a "'''perfect gem'''" - this is simply a special name for an [[artifact]] large gem.

You can also direct your dwarves to cut [[shell]], [[horn]] and [[teeth|ivory]] into a '''large gem''' which can be done at a [[craftsdwarf's workshop]]. Metal bars can also be made into large 'gems' at a [[metalsmith's forge]].

===Other sources===
====Glass====
If you have any bags of [[sand]] and a [[glass furnace]], you can manufacture [[Glass|raw glass]], which is treated as an uncut gem. There are three subtypes of raw glass (and, once cut, of cut glass gems):

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Gem name
! Value
! Color
! Sprite
! Requires
|-
|green glass||2×||{{Raw Tile|☼♦|2:0}}||[[File:green_glass_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_green_glass_sprite.png]]||[[bag]] full of [[sand]]
|-
|clear glass||5×||{{Raw Tile|☼♦|3:0}}||[[File:clear_crystal_glass.png]] [[File:cut_clear_glass_sprite.png]]||[[bag]] full of [[sand]] + [[pearlash]]
|-
|crystal glass||10×||{{Raw Tile|☼♦|7:1}}||[[File:clear_crystal_glass.png]] [[File:cut_crystal_glass_sprite.png]]||rough [[rock crystal]] + [[pearlash]]
|}

Making raw glass requires a dwarf with the [[glassmaking]] [[labor]] designated, and, just like working [[metal]], it also requires [[fuel]] (either [[coke]] or [[charcoal]]) at a normal glass furnace, or [[magma]] at a magma [[glass furnace]]. Like all gems, raw glass has no [[quality]] modifiers. Note that cut rock crystals can't be used to make crystal glass objects.

Raw gems are only one of the many things your [[glassmaker]]s can make from glass. See [[glass]] and [[glass industry]] for more information.

* Note that rough [[rock crystal]] gems are ''required'' to make [[crystal glass]] goods. If you're going to have any sort of [[glass industry]], reserve your rough rock crystals for that purpose, rather than cutting them.

====Other====
[[Gizzard stone]]s are found as a by-product when butchering some animals, and can be used like cut gems. Only a few animal species give gizzard stones, but each member of such a species butchered will yield one, which can lead to a decent supply when you manage to set up an [[ostrich]] or [[elk bird]] farm.

A killed [[amethyst man]] will, logically, drop a rough amethyst, but amethyst men are fairly rare. Forgotten beasts made of gem will leave a [[corpse]], in some cases weighing thousands of [[Urist#Other_uses|Urist]]s, but the corpse cannot be cut into gems or used in any other way.

== Value ==
[[File:gem_encrust_preview.png|right]]Gems have a base [[value]] of 6 in rough form, which is multiplied by the appropriate value modifier from the table below. They gain value after they are cut in a [[jeweler's workshop]]. Cut gems have a base value of 20. Items can be decorated (encrusted) with cut gems; all such decorations have a value of 20 times the gem type's value multiplier - see [[gem cutting]] and [[gem setting]]. Large gems have a base value of 10, and can also have a [[quality]] modifier which increases value.

To give an example, a rough green zircon will be worth (6×20=) 120☼, a cut green zircon (20×20=) 400☼ and a masterwork large green zircon (10×20×2+30=) 430☼.

Dwarves who have preferences for certain gems and colors will have a higher-value perception of the items and walls encrusted with, or painted in, them.

In the premium version of the game, you can also quickly identify low-value uncut gems from the higher-value counterparts by the way they appear in-game - lower-value gems are smaller and do not have as many spikes.

[[File:Gems.png|High value and low value gems]]

== Varieties ==
Gems come in many varieties, with their own color and value multipliers:
{{Gem table head|class=wikitable}}

{{Gem table row|rarity=[[#Glass|Synthetic]]|name=[[green glass]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼♦|2:0}} dark green2:0|graphic=[[File:green_glass_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_green_glass_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Glass furnace]]|fhow=Manufactured}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=[[#Glass|Synthetic]]|name=[[clear glass]]|value=5|color={{Raw Tile|☼♦|3:0}} clear3:0|graphic=[[File:clear_crystal_glass.png]] [[File:cut_clear_glass_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Glass furnace]]|fhow=Manufactured}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=[[#Glass|Synthetic]]|name=[[crystal glass]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼♦|7:1}} clear7:1|graphic=[[File:clear_crystal_glass.png]] [[File:cut_crystal_glass_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Glass furnace]]|fhow=Manufactured}}

{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[amber opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}} amber6:0|graphic=[[File:rough_amber_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_amber_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[aventurine]]|value=3|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}} mint green2:0|graphic=[[File:rough_aventurine_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_aventurine_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[banded agate]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}} maroon4:0|graphic=[[File:rough_banded_agate_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_banded_agate_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[bloodstone]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}} sea green4:0|graphic=[[File:rough_bloodstone_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_bloodstone_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[blue jade]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|1:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|1:1}} blue1:1|graphic=[[File:rough_blue_jade_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_blue_jade_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Alluvial]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[bone opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:0}} beige7:0|graphic=[[File:rough_bone_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_bone_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[brown jasper]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}} brown6:0|graphic=[[File:rough_brown_jasper_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_brown_jasper_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[carnelian]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}} rust4:0|graphic=[[File:rough_carnelian_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_carnelian_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[cherry opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:1}} chestnut4:1|graphic=[[File:rough_cherry_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_cherry_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[chrysocolla]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|3:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|3:1}} turquoise3:1|graphic=[[File:rough_chrysocolla_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_chrysocolla_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Malachite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[chrysoprase]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:1}} jade2:1|graphic=[[File:rough_chrysoprase_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_chrysoprase_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[citrine]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}} cream6:1|graphic=[[File:rough_citrine_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_citrine_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[clear tourmaline]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:0}} clear7:0|graphic=[[File:rough_clear_tourmaline_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_clear_tourmaline_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Sedimentary]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[dendritic agate]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:0}} ivory7:0|graphic=[[File:rough_dendritic_agate__sprite.png]] [[File:cut_dendritic_agate_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[fire agate]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}} lemon6:0|graphic=[[File:rough_fire_agate_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_fire_agate_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[fortification agate]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} cardinal7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_fortification_agate_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_fortification_agate_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[gold opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}} golden yellow6:1|graphic=[[File:rough_gold_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_gold_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[gray chalcedony]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:0}} gray7:0|graphic=[[File:rough_gray_chalcedony_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_gray_chalcedony_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[jasper opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} maroon7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_jasper_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_jasper_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[lace agate]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|1:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|1:1}} light blue1:1|graphic=[[File:rough_lace_agate_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_lace_agate_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[lapis lazuli]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|1:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|1:1}} azure1:1|graphic=[[File:rough_lapis_lazuli_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_lapis_lazuli_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Igneous intrusive]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[lavender jade]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:0}} heliotrope5:0|graphic=[[File:rough_lavender_jade_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_lavender_jade_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Alluvial]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[milk opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} cream7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_milk_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_milk_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[milk quartz]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} cream7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_milk_quartz_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_milk_quartz_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[moonstone]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} ivory7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_moonstone_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_moonstone_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[morion]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|0:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|0:1}} black0:1|graphic=[[File:rough_morion_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_morion_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[moss agate]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}} white2:0|graphic=[[File:rough_moss_agate_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_moss_agate_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[moss opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}} moss green2:0|graphic=[[File:rough_moss_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_moss_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[onyx opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} ivory7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_onyx_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_onyx_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[onyx]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|0:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|0:1}} black0:1|graphic=[[File:rough_onyx_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_onyx_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[picture jasper]]|value=3|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}} golden yellow6:0|graphic=[[File:rough_picture_jasper_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_picture_jasper_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[pineapple opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} beige7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_pineapple_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_pineapple_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[pink jade]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:1}} pink5:1|graphic=[[File:rough_pink_jade_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_pink_jade_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Alluvial]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[pipe opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} ivory7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_pipe_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_pipe_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[plume agate]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}} cream6:0|graphic=[[File:rough_plume_agate_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_plume_agate_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[prase opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}} mint green2:0|graphic=[[File:rough_prase_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_prase_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[prase]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}} spring green2:0|graphic=[[File:rough_prase_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_prase_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[pyrite]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}} silver6:1|graphic=[[File:rough_pyrite_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_pyrite_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[resin opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}} yellow6:1|graphic=[[File:rough_resin_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_resin_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[rock crystal]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} clear7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_rock_crystal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_rock_crystal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[rose quartz]]|value=3|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:1}} pink4:1|graphic=[[File:rough_rose_quartz_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_rose_quartz_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[sardonyx]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}} scarlet4:0|graphic=[[File:rough_sardonyx_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_sardonyx_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[sard]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}} mahogany4:0|graphic=[[File:rough_sard_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_sard_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[schorl]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|0:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|0:1}} taupe dark0:1|graphic=[[File:rough_schorl_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_schorl_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Sedimentary]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[shell opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:0}} ivory7:0|graphic=[[File:rough_shell_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_shell_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[smoky quartz]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}} olive6:0|graphic=[[File:rough_smoky_quartz_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_smoky_quartz_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[sunstone]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}} pumpkin6:1|graphic=[[File:rough_sunstone_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_sunstone_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Basalt]], [[Gneiss]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[tiger iron]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}} golden yellow6:1|graphic=[[File:rough_tiger_iron_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_tiger_iron_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[tigereye]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}} lemon6:1|graphic=[[File:rough_tigereye_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_tigereye_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[tube agate]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}} amber6:0|graphic=[[File:rough_tube_agate_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_tube_agate_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[turquoise]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|3:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|3:1}} turquoise3:1|graphic=[[File:rough_turquoise_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_turquoise_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Igneous extrusive]], [[Kaolinite]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[variscite]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}} jade2:0|graphic=[[File:rough_variscite_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_variscite_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Bauxite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[wax opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}} flax6:0|graphic=[[File:rough_wax_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_wax_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[white chalcedony]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} white7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_white_chalcedony_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_white_chalcedony_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[white jade]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} white7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_white_jade_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_white_jade_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Alluvial]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[wood opal]]|value=10|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}} dark brown6:0|graphic=[[File:rough_wood_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_wood_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Ornamental|name=[[yellow jasper]]|value=2|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}} yellow6:1|graphic=[[File:rough_yellow_jasper_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_yellow_jasper_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sedimentary]]|fhow=Small clusters}}

{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[alexandrite]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:1}} violet5:1|graphic=[[File:rough_alexandrite_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_alexandrite_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[almandine]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}} maroon4:0|graphic=[[File:rough_almandine_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_almandine_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Diorite]], [[Gabbro]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[amethyst]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:1}} amethyst5:1|graphic=[[File:rough_amethyst_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_amethyst_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[aquamarine]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|3:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|3:1}} aquamarine3:1|graphic=[[File:rough_aquamarine_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_aquamarine_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[bandfire opal]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} pearl7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_bandfire_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_bandfire_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[black opal]]|value=30|color={{Raw Tile|☼|0:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|0:1}} black0:1|graphic=[[File:rough_black_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_black_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[black pyrope]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|0:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|0:1}} black0:1|graphic=[[File:rough_black_pyrope_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_black_pyrope_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Kimberlite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[black zircon]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|0:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|0:1}} black0:1|graphic=[[File:rough_black_zircon_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_black_zircon_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[igneous]], [[Metamorphic]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[blue garnet]]|value=30|color={{Raw Tile|☼|1:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|1:0}} blue1:0|graphic=[[File:rough_blue_garnet_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_blue_garnet_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[brown zircon]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}} light brown6:0|graphic=[[File:rough_brown_zircon_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_brown_zircon_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[igneous]], [[Metamorphic]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[cat's eye]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} cream7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_cats_eye_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_cats_eye_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[chrysoberyl]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:1}} chartreuse2:1|graphic=[[File:rough_chrysoberyl_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_chrysoberyl_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[cinnamon grossular]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}} cinnamon6:0|graphic=[[File:rough_cinnamon_grossular_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_cinnamon_grossular_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[claro opal]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|1:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|1:1}} light blue1:1|graphic=[[File:rough_claro_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_claro_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[clear garnet]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:0}} clear7:0|graphic=[[File:rough_clear_garnet_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_clear_garnet_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[clear zircon]]|value=25|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} clear7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_clear_zircon_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_clear_zircon_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[igneous]], [[Metamorphic]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[crystal opal]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} clear7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_crystal_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_crystal_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[demantoid]]|value=30|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}} green-yellow2:0|graphic=[[File:rough_demantoid_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_demantoid_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Chromite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[fire opal]]|value=15|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:1}} scarlet4:1|graphic=[[File:rough_fire_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_fire_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[golden beryl]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}} golden yellow6:1|graphic=[[File:rough_golden_beryl_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_golden_beryl_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[goshenite]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} clear7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_goshenite_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_goshenite_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[green jade]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:1}} jade2:1|graphic=[[File:rough_green_jade_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_green_jade_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Alluvial]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[green tourmaline]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}} green2:0|graphic=[[File:rough_green_tourmaline_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_green_tourmaline_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Sedimentary]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[green zircon]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}} green2:0|graphic=[[File:rough_green_zircon_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_green_zircon_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[igneous]], [[Metamorphic]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[harlequin opal]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} ivory7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_harlequin_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_harlequin_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[heliodor]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:1}} green-yellow2:1|graphic=[[File:rough_heliodor_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_heliodor_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[honey yellow beryl]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}} saffron6:0|graphic=[[File:rough_honey_yellow_beryl_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_honey_yellow_beryl_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[indigo tourmaline]]|value=25|color={{Raw Tile|☼|1:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|1:0}} indigo1:0|graphic=[[File:rough_indigo_tourmaline_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_indigo_tourmaline_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Sedimentary]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[jelly opal]]|value=15|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}} clear6:0|graphic=[[File:rough_jelly_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_jelly_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[kunzite]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:1}} fuchsia5:1|graphic=[[File:rough_kunzite_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_kunzite_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[levin opal]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}} flax6:1|graphic=[[File:rough_levin_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_levin_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[light yellow diamond]]|value=30|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} cream7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_light_yellow_diamond_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_light_yellow_diamond_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Kimberlite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[melanite]]|value=15|color={{Raw Tile|☼|0:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|0:1}} black0:1|graphic=[[File:rough_melanite_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_melanite_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[morganite]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:1}} lilac5:1|graphic=[[File:rough_morganite_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_morganite_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[peridot]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:1}} green-yellow2:1|graphic=[[File:rough_peridot_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_peridot_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Gabbro]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[pinfire opal]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} flax7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_pinfire_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_pinfire_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[pink garnet]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:1}} pink5:1|graphic=[[File:rough_pink_garnet_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_pink_garnet_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[pink tourmaline]]|value=15|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:1}} pink4:1|graphic=[[File:rough_pink_tourmaline_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_pink_tourmaline_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Sedimentary]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[precious fire opal]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:1}} red4:1|graphic=[[File:rough_precious_fire_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_precious_fire_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[purple spinel]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:0}} purple5:0|graphic=[[File:rough_purple_spinel_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_purple_spinel_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Diorite]], [[Gabbro]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[red beryl]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:1}} red4:1|graphic=[[File:rough_red_beryl_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_red_beryl_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[red flash opal]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:1}} red4:1|graphic=[[File:rough_red_flash_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_red_flash_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[red grossular]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}} red4:0|graphic=[[File:rough_red_grossular_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_red_grossular_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[red pyrope]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}} red4:0|graphic=[[File:rough_red_grossular_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_red_pyrope_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Kimberlite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[red spinel]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}} red4:0|graphic=[[File:rough_red_grossular_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_red_spinel_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Diorite]], [[Gabbro]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[red tourmaline]]|value=15|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}} chestnut4:0|graphic=[[File:rough_red_tourmaline_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_red_tourmaline_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Sedimentary]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[red zircon]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}} red4:0|graphic=[[File:rough_red_zircon_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_red_zircon_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[igneous]], [[Metamorphic]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[rhodolite]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:0}} puce5:0|graphic=[[File:rough_rhodolite_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_rhodolite_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Kimberlite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[rubicelle]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}} red6:1|graphic=[[File:rough_rubicelle_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_rubicelle_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Diorite]], [[Gabbro]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[tanzanite]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:1}} azure5:1|graphic=[[File:rough_tanzanite_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_tanzanite_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Gabbro]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[topazolite]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}} saffron6:1|graphic=[[File:rough_topazolite_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_topazolite_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[topaz]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}} goldenrod6:1|graphic=[[File:rough_topaz_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_topaz_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[tsavorite]]|value=30|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}} green2:0|graphic=[[File:rough_tsavorite_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_tsavorite_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[violet spessartine]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|5:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|5:1}} violet5:1|graphic=[[File:rough_violet_spessartine_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_violet_spessartine_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[white opal]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} white7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_white_opal_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_white_opal_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[stone]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[yellow grossular]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}} yellow6:1|graphic=[[File:rough_yellow_grossular_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_yellow_grossular_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[yellow spessartine]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}} yellow6:1|graphic=[[File:rough_yellow_spessartine_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_yellow_spessartine_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Metamorphic]], [[Granite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Semi-Precious|name=[[yellow zircon]]|value=20|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}} yellow6:1|graphic=[[File:rough_yellow_zircon_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_yellow_zircon_sprite.png]]|fwhere=All [[igneous]], [[Metamorphic]]|fhow=Small clusters}}

{{Gem table row|rarity=Precious|name=[[emerald]]|value=40|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}} emerald2:0|graphic=[[File:rough_emerald_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_emerald_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Granite]], [[Schist]], [[Marble]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Precious|name=[[faint yellow diamond]]|value=40|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:0}} beige6:0|graphic=[[File:rough_faint_yellow_diamond_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_faint_yellow_diamond_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Kimberlite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Precious|name=[[ruby]]|value=40|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}} scarlet4:0|graphic=[[File:rough_ruby_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_ruby_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Bauxite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Precious|name=[[sapphire]]|value=40|color={{Raw Tile|☼|1:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|1:0}} azure1:0|graphic=[[File:rough_sapphire_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_sapphire_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Bauxite]]|fhow=Small clusters}}

{{Gem table row|rarity=Rare|name=[[black diamond]]|value=60|color={{Raw Tile|☼|0:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|0:1}} black0:1|graphic=[[File:rough_black_diamond_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_black_diamond_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Faint yellow diamond]]|fhow=Single gem}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Rare|name=[[blue diamond]]|value=60|color={{Raw Tile|☼|1:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|1:0}} blue1:0|graphic=[[File:rough_blue_diamond_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_blue_diamond_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Faint yellow diamond]]|fhow=Single gem}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Rare|name=[[clear diamond]]|value=60|color={{Raw Tile|☼|7:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|7:1}} clear7:1|graphic=[[File:rough_clear_diamond_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_clear_diamond_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Faint yellow diamond]]|fhow=Single gem}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Rare|name=[[green diamond]]|value=60|color={{Raw Tile|☼|2:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|2:0}} green2:0|graphic=[[File:rough_green_diamond_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_green_diamond_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Faint yellow diamond]]|fhow=Single gem}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Rare|name=[[red diamond]]|value=60|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:0}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:0}} scarlet4:0|graphic=[[File:rough_red_diamond_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_red_diamond_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Faint yellow diamond]]|fhow=Single gem}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Rare|name=[[star ruby]]|value=60|color={{Raw Tile|☼|4:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|4:1}} red4:1|graphic=[[File:rough_star_ruby_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_star_ruby_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Ruby]]|fhow=Single gem}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Rare|name=[[star sapphire]]|value=60|color={{Raw Tile|☼|1:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|1:1}} light blue1:1|graphic=[[File:rough_star_sapphire_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_star_sapphire_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Sapphire]]|fhow=Single gem}}
{{Gem table row|rarity=Rare|name=[[yellow diamond]]|value=60|color={{Raw Tile|☼|6:7:1}}{{Raw Tile|♦|6:1}} yellow6:1|graphic=[[File:rough_yellow_diamond_sprite.png]] [[File:cut_yellow_diamond_sprite.png]]|fwhere=[[Faint yellow diamond]]|fhow=Single gem}}

|}
See [https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Auy0R4dx5JF6dEdwQ3B5WkdCeUp0SjZYSl9vc3lteFE&hl=en_US#gid=0 here] or [https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApoOG6GC8_0RdHR5QkNDZlYwa1RYeUpCSzJSNUZIRkE&hl=en_US here] for a sortable, print-friendly spreadsheet with all gems and their values.

See [[Gem/Textlist|here]] for a text list of rough gems sorted alphabetically by variety.

Unlike other gems, diamonds can [[Fire|ignite]] if they come into contact with [[magma]], and can burn for the better part of a year before finally [[wear]]ing away.

== Gem cuts ==
Finished gems have a particular cut, which doesn't affect the gem's value, only being an aesthetic feature. There are a total of 22 types of gem cuts in the game, and a gem may appear to have multiple cuts, such as a "square brilliant" or "tapered baguette" cut, but these combinations are actually distinct cuts (judging by the game's raws). "Cabochon" gem cuts are polished smooth instead of faceted. [[Gizzard stone]]s do not have cuts.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Graphic !! Cut !! style="background:#aeaeae;" | !! Graphic !! Cut
|-
| [[File:baguette_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Baguette || style="background:#dddddd;" | || [[File:radiant_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Radiant
|-
| [[File:briolette_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Briolette || style="background:#dddddd;" | || [[File:rectangular_cabochon_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Rectangular cabochon
|-
| [[File:cushion_cabochon_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Cushion cabochon || style="background:#dddddd;" | || [[File:rose_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Rose
|-
| [[File:cushion_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Cushion || style="background:#dddddd;" | || [[File:round_brilliant_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Round brilliant
|-
| [[File:emerald_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Emerald || style="background:#dddddd;" | || [[File:round_cabochon_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Round cabochon
|-
| [[File:marquise_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Marquise || style="background:#dddddd;" | || [[File:single_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Single
|-
| [[File:octagon_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Octagon || style="background:#dddddd;" | || [[File:square_brilliant_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Square brilliant
|-
| [[File:oval_cabochon_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Oval cabochon || style="background:#dddddd;" | || [[File:square_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Square
|-
| [[File:oval_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Oval || style="background:#dddddd;" | || [[File:table_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Table
|-
| [[File:pear_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Pear || style="background:#dddddd;" | || [[File:tapered_baguette_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Tapered baguette
|-
| [[File:point_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Point || style="background:#dddddd;" | || [[File:tapered_cut_sprite.png|center]] || Trillion
|}

== Size and plurality ==
The [[size]] of a single "small gems" item is 4× larger than a single "large gem", additionally, the game refers to large gems (the finished good) as a singular item of their material, such as "large single cut clear zircon" or "large cushion moonstone cabochon"; while small gems are referred to as a plural item of their material, such as "round brilliant cut peridots" or "cushion green diamond cabochons". This indicates that a single "small gems" item is actually a group of gems all with the same cut (the item does not have a [[Reaction#PRODUCT_DIMENSION|dimension]], though).

== Rare gems ==
[[Faint yellow diamond]]s only appear in [[kimberlite]] (which, itself, only appears in [[gabbro]] layers) and [[sapphire]]s and [[ruby|rubies]] only appear in [[bauxite]] (which occurs in any sedimentary layers). Colored diamonds only occur in pre-existing clusters of faint yellow diamonds, and in the gem-encrusted walls on the bottom-most cavern layer. [[Star sapphire]]s and [[Star ruby|star rubies]] only occur within clusters of other sapphires or rubies, respectively.

{{Minorspoiler}}
All precious and rare gems may also be found in [[unusual volcanic wall]]s.

== In real life ==
A gem is a [[Stone|mineral]] (or a mineral-like material) admired by a culture, often due to their beauty and durability (resistance to scratches), so that they have economic value in and of themselves.

Most gems are made of the same basic minerals found in common rocks; but their atoms are arranged into ordered patterns, called '''crystals''', with drastic consequences to their appearance and material properties. For example, the same mineral quartz that looks so unremarkable in [[quartzite]] may form the strikingly geometric, beautifully translucent [[Rock crystal|rock crystals]], if it has the space to grow up slowly – in a crack or cavity within [[granite|granite rock]], for example.
<gallery>
File:Kwarcyt osadowy 1.jpg|Quartzite, an unremarkable stone.
File:QuartzVug.jpg|Rock crystal growing inside a rock cavity. These are made of the same basic stuff as quartzite, only better arranged.
</gallery>

Each particular crystal has a stable angle between its faces, depending on the underlying atomic structure; quartz is hexagonal, while [[rock salt]] is cubic.
<gallery>
File:Close packing.svg|Hexagonal (left) and cubic (right) patterns of ordered mineral growth.
File:Rough rock crystals.JPG|Rough rock crystals (quartz).
File:Quartztaille.jpg|A large rock crystal, cut in an emerald-cut shape. Expert [[Gem cutter|gem cutters]] will work with the natural planes of the crystal's structure, making them shiny and reflective.
File:Salt crystals, Kuyalnik.JPG|Cubic [[rock salt]] crystals (click to embiggen).
</gallery>

A more drastic (and famous) example is carbon. The organic content of sedimentary rocks like [[bituminous coal]] may be pressured and heated into honeycomb [[Layer|layers]], forming the [[metamorphic]] stone [[graphite]] (which we use in pencils, and dwarves use for long-lasting fires). That very same carbon may be shaped, with more pressure and less heat (when, for example, stricken by a meteorite), into the nested cubes known as [[Diamond|diamonds]].
<gallery>
File:Coal bituminous.jpg|[[Bituminous coal]], aka dead swamp stuff. Mostly carbon.
File:Diamond and graphite without structures.jpg|[[Diamond|Rough diamonds]] and [[graphite]], also carbon.
File:Graphit gitter.png|Internal structure of graphite; honeycomb patterns layered in sheets.
File:Diamond cubic animation.gif|Complex cubic internal structure of diamonds.
File:Brillanten.jpg|[[Gem cutting|Round brilliant cut]] diamonds.
</gallery>

Some non-mineral materials that have been sometimes considered "gems" include organic products like [[amber]], [[coral]], and [[pearl]]; and rocks (bundles of multiple minerals) like [[jet]], [[green jade|jade]] and [[lapis lazuli]]. Of these, pearl only exists in DF as a placeholder, coral and amber in the most rudimentary of forms; but not as gemstones. Jet counts as a [[stone|regular stone]] in DF, while jade (in various colors) and lapis lazuli are gemstones.

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Talk:Building destroyer

2026-07-04T09:25:01Z

Ziusudra: please sign talk posts

Updated article: Building Destroyers can destroy bridges. Screenshot available but uploading a jpeg is considered a "harmful action". Uploaded it to my steam profile. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3757310242 – [[template:unsigned|unsigned]] comment by [[User:CaptainTofu|CaptainTofu]]

Building destroyer

2026-07-04T09:20:38Z

Ziusudra: typo

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'''Building destroyers''' are creatures with the {{token|BUILDINGDESTROYER|c}} token and will actively seek out various [[furniture|furnishings]], [[workshop]]s and other [[building]]s and topple or destroy them. Uncompleted [[construction]]s are [[Construction#Destruction|vulnerable]], but completed ones are not. They come in two varieties, the first being annoying, and the second dangerous. Most buildings will be "toppled" (deconstructed), leaving the building material or furniture unbuilt but otherwise unharmed, however [[door]]s, [[hatch cover]]s, and [[floodgate]]s will be damaged until destroyed, not deconstructed.

Creatures with this tag are gifted with an incredible ability to sense exactly where your buildings are, and will generally charge a building from 10 tiles away, with the exception of forgotten beasts and (semi-)megabeasts. Plan your [[defense guide|defenses]] accordingly. Building destroyers still prefer to attack creatures, and if a valid creature target for their aggression is or becomes visible to them, they will abandon building destruction in favor of classic creature destruction.

The time it takes for a building destroyer to destroy a building depends on the [[quality]] of the building. [[Artifact]] quality furniture can never be damaged or destroyed, but some kinds of artifact furniture will be deconstructed by a building destroyer, given enough time: for instance, artifact statues will eventually be deconstructed; artifact hatch covers never will.

Building destroyers will destroy nearly '''all''' types of buildings they can reach, whether or not they block their path - [[door]]s, [[floodgate]]s, [[hatch]] covers, vertical/horizontal [[bars]], floor/wall [[grate]]s, [[statue]]s, [[workshop]]s, and even furniture are vulnerable.{{verify|Are all buildings are still targeted in current ver?}} The only buildings that will be spared by a building destroyer are [[well]]s, [[road]]s, [[trap]]s (including [[lever]]s and track stops), [[animal trap]]s, [[chain]]s, [[cage]]s, [[stockpile]]s, [[Trap#Upright Spear/Spike|upright weapon]]s, and any buildings submerged in 4/7 or deeper [[Water#Depth|liquid]] (even if they're innate swimmers). They can destroy most furniture and buildings from a lower [[z-level]] when a valid path exists to that furniture, though locked hatches and closed grates are safe as long as no alternative paths exist. Building destroyers will path to and destroy even opened (or stuck open) doors, hatches, floodgates, or vertical bars. They will cause damage to any attached mechanisms during building destruction, sometimes leading to the unlinking of furniture to a lever before the furniture in question is fully destroyed. Note that building destroyers can destroy raised [[bridge]]s but tend to prioritize choosing an unblocked path, even if it includes building constructions.

==Destroying from underneath==

Building destroyers cannot destroy buildings unless they can path to the building on the z-level of the building. This means that building destroyers '''cannot''' destroy, for instance, a forbidden hatch above them (note that non-forbidden, i.e. passable, hatches are vulnerable!) or a magma forge from the magma underneath it '''unless''' a clear alternate path to the building exists. If such a path exists, they do not have to follow it; they can destroy the building from the z-level below while standing on a ramp or stairs that leads up to the building's z-level.

Consider the following diagrams, as viewed from the side:
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| style="padding: 1em" |Here, the {{Raw Tile|B|#F00|#000}}uilding destroyer has path to a square from which it can destroy the cyan door; thus, '''it can destroy the door, even if forbidden, from the tile directly in front of it.'''
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This was tested with trolls in an entrance-way accessed by both lever-controlled floodgates and a manually locked door. Ramps led up to the floodgates and the door. When both were closed, the trolls showed no interest. When the door was unlocked, a troll began to destroy it. When the door was locked again, the troll went away. When the floodgates were opened, a troll returned and destroyed the locked door from the ramp outside, while the open floodgates were also apparently being destroyed from the ramps by other trolls. This may be related to the bug in which dwarves appear to be building diagonally as long as they can access the spot orthogonally. It is unknown whether this applies to an open path extending through the full length of a fortress, rather than just a few steps away through open floodgates.

==Annoying Variety: level 1==
When the value is '''1''', the creature will go after [[statue]]s, [[window]]s (glass or gem), [[archery target]]s, [[slab]]s, wooden [[door]]s, and wooden [[hatch]]es. They can't destroy homes during world gen as (semi)megabeasts.

'''[BUILDINGDESTROYER:1] creatures:'''
*[[Cave crocodile]]
*[[Giant cave spider]]
*[[Giant olm]]
*[[Giant cave toad]]

==<s>Dangerous</s> Fun Variety: level 2==
When the value is '''2''' the creature will actively seek out [[building]]s and destroy them. They can also destroy buildings during world-gen with this tag. Megabeasts rely on this token for their pathing when attacking your fort. [[Construction]]s (walls, staircase, floors, etc.) are still safe, since they're processed the same way natural terrain is for most situations.

The simplest way to keep building destroyer 2's from targets is with walls or channels. A [[bridge|drawbridge]] will act like a constructed wall ''(if up)'' or floor ''(if down)'', blocking building destroyer 2's without that danger of being destroyed.

Tame animals still carry their building destroyer tokens, and have been observed to occasionally topple a statue.

'''[BUILDINGDESTROYER:2] creatures:'''
*[[Amethyst man]]
*[[Blind cave ogre]]
*[[Bronze colossus]]
*[[Cave dragon]]
*[[Cyclops]]
*[[Dragon]]
*[[Ettin]]
*[[Fire man]]
*[[Gabbro man]]
*[[Giant]]
*[[Hydra]]
*[[Iron man]]
*[[Magma man]]
*[[Minotaur]]
*[[Mud man]]
*[[Ogre]]
*[[Sasquatch]]
*[[Troll]]
*[[Voracious cave crawler]]
*[[Yeti]]
*All [[forgotten beast]]s, [[titan]]s, and [[demon|HFS creatures]]
*All [[Experiment]]s
*[[Werebeast]]s (in werebeast form only)

Level 2 building destroyers can destroy chairs, beds, tables, coffins, non-empty farm plots, furnaces, trade depots, shops, doors, floodgates, chests, weapon racks, armor stands, workshops, cabinets, statues, glass windows, gem windows, siege engines, archery targets, your embark wagon, screw pumps, unfinished constructions, floor hatches, wall/floor grates, wall/floor bars, gear assemblies, horizontal/vertical axles, water wheels, and windmills.

See the [[Modding guide]] for more information on creature tokens.

==Capture==

Considering a good part of the building destroyers are useful to capture, and that most of them are not trapavoid, you can easily trap them with the right arrangement of cage traps, furniture and walls.

See [[Trap design]] for more information on this subject.

==Undead==
All [[undead]] building destroyers are level 1 (except if they are undead versions of level 2 destroyers), and they also gain the ability to destroy wooden [[support]]s, which generally ends poorly for the creature.

Due to the way undeath is classified, "non-living" creatures such as [[magma man|magma men]], [[bronze colossus]]es, and inorganic [[forgotten beast]]s/[[titan]]s are also considered to be undead.{{verify}}

==Bugs==
* Building destroyers can, and will, destroy buildings even if there's one tile of empty space between them and the building. {{Bug|4585}} In fact, they cannot destroy immediately adjacent buildings, and they can become stuck if they start destroying the building while adjacent. This can be a result of a fight, for instance when a Forgotten Beast kills the last defender while standing in such a spot, then it won't move to a better suiting position and will stand idling, unless killed or distracted.

{{Category|Creature attributes}}
[[ru:Building destroyer]]

Settings

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Settings for ''Dwarf Fortress'' can be accessed with a button on the main menu, which can be accessed in-game with {{Menu icon|Esc}}. They are divided into six groups; Video, Audio, Game, Keybindings, Announcements, and Difficulty. They are stored in several different files, including [[init.txt]], [[d_init.txt]], and [[interface.txt]], with current values in the <code>prefs\</code> folder and default values in the <code>data\init\</code> folder. The default files in <code>data\init\</code> include explanations of each setting, including possible values. The files in both <code>data\init\</code> and <code>prefs\</code> are read when ''Dwarf Fortress'' starts, in that order, with the last value read for each option being used. The location of the <code>prefs\</code> folder depends on various factors, see [[Game folders and files]]. Not all of the settings can be changed in game, including [[colors.txt]], [[arena.txt]], and some keybindings.

== Video ==
These settings change how the game looks and are all stored in <code>prefs\init.txt</code> and defaults in <code>data\init\init_default.txt</code>.
* '''Windowed or Fullscreen''' - the highlighted button is the active one and they correspond with [WINDOWED:YES] or [WINDOWED:NO] in the files. [WINDOWED:PROMPT] can be set in the files to make the game ask when starting up, in which case neither button will be highlighted.
* '''Resolution''' - the screen mode the game uses when in fullscreen mode, 'Detect' corresponds with [FULLSCREENX:0] and [FULLSCREENY:0] in the files.
* '''Scale interface''' - whether to scale the font used to draw interface elements such as the menus and minimap to a specific number of character cells, [INTERFACE_SCALING_TO_DESIRED_GRID:YES] in the files.
* '''Desired grid width and height''' - how much to scale the interface, in how many character cells wide and tall the interface should be. [INTERFACE_SCALING_DESIRED_GRID_WIDTH:170] and [INTERFACE_SCALING_DESIRED_GRID_HEIGHT:64] in the files. No effect if [INTERFACE_SCALING_TO_DESIRED_GRID:NO] is used.
* '''Interface scale percentage''' - percentage to scale the interface character cell size up when not scaling to specified grid counts, not every value makes a difference since the interface won't display a partial character at the edges. [INTERFACE_SCALING_PERCENTAGE:100] in the files, no effect if [INTERFACE_SCALING_TO_DESIRED_GRID:YES] is used.
* '''Initial window size''' - when not fullscreen, [WINDOWEDX:1200] and [WINDOWEDY:800] in the files.
* '''Window resizable''' - when not fullscreen, [RESIZABLE:YES] in the files.
* '''Maximum interface width''' - what percentage of the display the overlay interface elements can occupy, useful for extra wide displays to make notifications more visible. [MAXIMUM_INTERFACE_PERCENTAGE:100] in the files. The game will still use the entire window/screen and the minimap and elevation bar will stay at the edge.
* '''Graphical FPS cap''' - how many frames to cap the graphical display rate at. [G_FPS_CAP:50] in the files.
* '''Classic ASCII''' - [USE_CLASSIC_ASCII:NO] in the files.
* '''Scaling mode''' - NEAREST, nearest-neighbor, distorts shapes at some zoom levels; LANCZOS, less distortion but fuzzier at some zoom levels; AUTO, the default, will try to select whichever one is more appropriate depending on the zoom level. [TEXTURE_PARAM:AUTO] in the files.

As the interface gets narrower, some elements will be removed from the [[status]] bar when there's not enough room for all of them; some menus may also display elements under other elements or outside their window.

There are a few other file settings that can affect the display, see [[Technical_tricks#Settings_-_init.txt|technical tricks]].

== Audio ==
These settings change how the game plays sounds and are all stored in <code>prefs\init.txt</code> with defaults in <code>data\init\init_default.txt</code>. All volumes can be from 0 to 255 in the game files, with 255 being 100%.
* '''Master Volume''' - [MASTER_VOLUME:255] in the files.
* '''Music Volume (Fortress)''' - [MUSIC_VOLUME:255] in the files.
* '''Ambience Volume (Fortress)''' - [AMBIENCE_VOLUME:230] in the files.
* '''Sound Effects Volume (Fortress)''' - [SFX_VOLUME:204] in the files.
* '''Average Seconds Between Tracks/Interludes (Fortress)''' - [AVERAGE_TIME_BETWEEN_SONGS:240] in the files. The default of 240 gives a range of 180 to 300 seconds, which is 3 to 5 minutes. Can be anywhere from 10 to 600.
* '''Music Volume (Adventure)'''{{v|51.01}} - [MUSIC_VOLUME_ADV:217] in the files.
* '''Ambience Volume (Adventure)'''{{v|51.01}} - [AMBIENCE_VOLUME_ADV:240] in the files.
* '''Sound Effects Volume (Adventure)'''{{v|51.01}} - [SFX_VOLUME_ADV:230] in the files.

The classic version of the game available on the website only includes the original songs, so most of these will have no effect without the [[premium version]] or mods.

All sound can be disabled completely with [SOUND:NO] in the files. If so, the rest of these settings will be replaced by text explaining that sound is disabled and how to enable it.

== Game ==
These settings change how the game plays and most are stored in <code>prefs\d_init.txt</code> with defaults in <code>data\init\d_init_default.txt</code>, but some are in <code>prefs\init.txt</code> with defaults in <code>data\init\init_default.txt</code>.

=== Display all errors ===
* '''Display all errorlogs on screen'''{{v|53.15}} - when set to yes, all errors will be shown on screen. [DISPLAY_ALL_ERRORLOGS:NO] in init.txt, YES or NO.

=== Portable mode ===
* '''Portable mode'''{{v|52.01}} - when set to NO, the game stores mods, preferences, and saves in a folder specific to the user, (see [[game folders and files]] for details) when set to YES, it stores them in the game folder. Changing this only changes where the files will be written the next time, it does not immediately move them, or change anything else about them. Changing this to YES creates the empty file <code>prefs\portable.txt</code>, changing back to NO removes it; manually creating or removing the file changes the setting.

=== Autosaves ===
{{for/see|more information about autosaves|[[Saved_game_folder#Save_folder_format|Saved game folder]]}}
* '''Autosave frequency''' - when to autosave, [AUTOSAVE:SEMIANNUAL] in d_init.txt, NONE, SEASONAL, SEMIANNUALLY, or YEARLY.
* '''Autosave at embark''' - [INITIAL_SAVE:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO. Additionally to initial saving the game: If set to YES (and the game is paused in the beginning) then the game is paused (and saved) before a dwarf gets assigned to fishing duty (if water to fish in is available), otherwise (meaning this option is set to NO), if there is water, a dwarf is assigned to fishing duty (even if the game is paused in the beginning).

=== Pausing ===
* '''Pause after autosave''' - [AUTOSAVE_PAUSE:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Pause after loading''' - [PAUSE_ON_LOAD:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.

=== Embark ===
* '''Always confirm embark''' - asks for confirmation of the embark location even if there are no warnings such as for [[aquifer]]s, dangerous [[surroundings]], etc, [EMBARK_WARNING_ALWAYS:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Confirm preparations''' - [POST_PREPARE_EMBARK_CONFIRMATION:IF_POINTS_REMAIN] in d_init.txt, ALWAYS, IF_POINTS_REMAIN, or NO.
* '''Show tunnels when embarking''' - for dwarven [[tunnel]]s, shown as a black dashed line or grey double line with classic ASCII, [SHOW_EMBARK_TUNNEL:FINDER] in d_init.txt, FINDER, ALWAYS, or NO.{{verify|is there a difference between ALWAYS and FINDER now?}} More restrictive world generation settings will override these.
* '''Default embark width and height''' - also determines what is considered a normal embark size and will only warn when the actual embark is larger than this many (width × height) tiles, [EMBARK_RECTANGLE:4:4] in d_init.txt, 2 to 16. See Maximum embark dimension below. (This option is actually listed after the feature toggles on the tab in game.)
* '''Maximum embark dimension''' - maximum width or height for an embark, larger sizes may be buggy and need much more memory, [MAXIMUM_EMBARK_DIM:6] in d_init.txt, 6 to 16. (This option is actually listed in game near the bottom of the tab, before the dye and scroll options.)

=== Feature toggles ===
* '''Enable temperature''' - If temperature calculations are off, only a few direct temperature changes will take place. For example, magma will set tiles and creatures to high temperatures, but those tiles will never cool and those creatures will not catch fire. Effects that rely on temperature calculations, such as water freezing, melting, or evaporating, or creatures and items taking temperature-related damage, will not occur. May affect FPS in unusual circumstances, [TEMPERATURE:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Enable weather''' - toggles rain and snow, rarely affects FPS, [WEATHER:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.{{verify|does this affect wind or evil weather?}}
* '''Enable caveins''' - toggles [[cave-ins]], [CAVEINS:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Enable artifact moods''' - toggles [[strange mood]]s and the resulting [[artifact]]s, [ARTIFACTS:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.{{verify|does this affect world gen artifacts?}}
* '''Enable testing arena''' - [TESTING_ARENA:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Walking spreads spatter (fort mode)''' - toggle the spread of blood spatter and other [[contaminant]]s by creatures on ground tiles in fortress mode. As spatter can infinitely spread, it is recommended to leave this as "NO". [WALKING_SPREADS_SPATTER_DWF:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Walking spreads spatter (adv mode)'''{{v|51.01}} - toggle the spread of blood spatter and other [[contaminant]]s by creatures on ground tiles in adventure mode. As spatter can help with tracking creatures, it is recommended to leave this as "YES". [WALKING_SPREADS_SPATTER_ADV:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Enable keyboard cursor''' - allows for using the keyboard controls for some designations, [KEYBOARD_CURSOR:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO. Arrow keys {{k|↑←↓→}} move one tile, {{k|WASD}} 10 tiles, and {{k|Shift|WASD|sep=+}} 20 tiles; also see [[Settings#Keyboard_scroll_amounts|Keyboard scroll amounts]] section below.
* '''Log world rejects''' - logs the reasons worlds were rejected in ``[[map_rejection_log.txt]]``, useful in [[advanced world generation]] and [[modding]], [LOG_MAP_REJECTS:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO. ''Dwarf Fortress'' will keep adding to the file, so you may want to trim or delete it occasionally.
* '''Multithreading''' - limited experimental multithreading, [MULTITHREADING:NO] in d_init.txt.
* '''Classic varied ground tiles'''{{v|51.05}} - if changed to NO, ground tiles will be displayed only with periods in ASCII mode, [CLASSIC_VARIED_GROUND_TILES:YES] in d_init.txt. (This option is actually listed in game near the bottom of the tab, before the scroll options.)
* '''Show rectangle dimensions'''{{v|51.06}} - if changed to NO, hides the size display when drawing selection rectangles, [SHOW_RECTANGLE_DIMENSIONS:YES] in d_init.txt. (This option is actually listed in game near the bottom of the tab, before the scroll options.)

=== Pathing costs ===
* '''Path costs''' - extreme changes to these may cause more lag, [PATH_COST:1:2:5:25] in d_init.txt, 1 to 1000.
* '''Storage path cost decreases''' - controls how aggressively dwarves place objects in a container with like items (rather than an empty container). The default combine options are very aggressive. All in d_init.txt, 2 to 1000.
** [STORE_DIST_ITEM_DECREASE:20] - for each object found in a container, one tile is removed from its apparent distance to the dwarf, up to this cap
** [STORE_DIST_SEED_COMBINE:1000] - a bag with seeds already in it will appear this many tiles closer
** [STORE_DIST_BUCKET_COMBINE:1000] - a bucket with the same liquid already in it will appear this many tiles closer
** [STORE_DIST_BARREL_COMBINE:1000] - a barrel with the same item type already in it will appear this many tiles closer
** [STORE_DIST_BIN_COMBINE:1000] - a bin with the same item type already in it will appear this many tiles closer

=== Population and seed capacities ===
* '''Population caps''' - can be changed at will to limit migration, strict also prevents births, [POPULATION_CAP:200] and [STRICT_POPULATION_CAP:220] in d_init.txt, 0 to 5000. Certain game features are triggered by population number, see [[difficulty]]. Some of those features may also cause the actual population to slightly go over these.
* '''Children limits''' - how many and what percentage of total there can be at a time, [BABY_CHILD_CAP:100:1000] in d_init.txt, 0 to 1000. Only prevents further pregnancies, so migrant children, multiple births and existing pregnancies from old saves can still push you over the cap. Setting either number to zero will disallow new pregnancies in the fortress.
* '''Visitor cap''' - This does not include merchants, diplomats, animals or invaders, but only those dropping by for a temporary visit to a tavern, library or temple, or those seeking permanent employment. Once you accept a petition from a visitor to stay at your fort, they no longer count against the cap, even if they never become a full citizen. [VISITOR_CAP:100] in d_init.txt, 0 to 5000.
* '''Dead units cull''' - During a season changeover, the game checks if there's a certain number of units in play. If it is above this amount, it removes all the unimportant dead units who died at least two years ago. [CULL_DEAD_UNITS_AT:1000] in d_init.txt, 100 to 5000.
* '''Seed caps''' - per type and total, when over the total cap, seeds will be periodically removed, starting with the oldest and most worthless. [SPECIFIC_SEED_CAP:200] 0 to 10000 and [FORTRESS_SEED_CAP:3000] 0 to 30000 in d_init.txt.

=== Information display ===
* '''Engraving display''' - [ENGRAVINGS_START_OBSCURED:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Improvement quality display''' - [SHOW_IMP_QUALITY:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Numeric liquid levels''' - can be toggled in game either with a button next to the minimap or a keybind {{menu icon|f}}, [SHOW_FLOW_AMOUNTS:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Ramp arrows''' - can be toggled in game either with a button next to the minimap or a keybind {{menu icon|r}}, [SHOW_RAMP_ARROWS:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Elevation layers display''' - [NUMBER_OF_LOWER_ELEVATIONS_SHOWN:8] in d_init.txt, 0 to 8.
* '''Engraving historical events''' - [SHOW_ALL_HISTORY_IN_DWARF_MODE:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Nickname display''' - [NICKNAME_DWARF:REPLACE_FIRST], [NICKNAME_ADVENTURE:REPLACE_FIRST], [NICKNAME_LEGENDS:REPLACE_FIRST] in d_init.txt, REPLACE_FIRST, CENTRALIZE (between first and last), or REPLACE_ALL.

=== Grazing coefficient ===
* '''Grazing coefficient''' - how much grazers get from grazing, larger numbers mean less food is needed. [GRAZE_COEFFICIENT:100] in d_init.txt, 1 to 1000000.

=== FPS ===
* '''Show FPS''' - the first number is simulation rate, the number in parentheses is graphical FPS, [FPS:NO] in init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Game FPS cap''' - limits how quickly the game runs the simulation, [FPS_CAP:100] in init.txt, 5 to 1000. This cap can also be temporarily changed on the fly by ~10% with {{k|Alt|Equals|sep=+}} and {{k|Alt|Minus|sep=+}}; if '''Show FPS''' is set to yes, then pressing either of those will briefly show what the cap has been changed to.

=== Input timings ===
* '''Key hold time''' - [KEY_HOLD_MS:250] in init.txt, 100 to 20000.
* '''Key repeat time''' - [KEY_REPEAT_MS:150] in init.txt, 100 to 20000.
* '''Key repeat acceleration''' - [KEY_REPEAT_ACCEL_START:10] 1 to 1000 and [KEY_REPEAT_ACCEL_LIMIT:8] 2 to 100 in init.txt.
* '''Interface shutdown time''' - how long after a view recenter to ignore input, [RECENTER_INTERFACE_SHUTDOWN_MS:0] in init.txt, 0 to 2000.
* '''Macro timing''' - [MACRO_MS:15] in init.txt, 1 to 2000.

=== Compressed saves ===
* '''Compressed saves''' - saves drive space (since running out of space while saving '''will''' corrupt the save) at the expense of slowing down save operations, [COMPRESSED_SAVES:YES] in init.txt, YES or NO.

=== Dye display ===
* '''Display worn clothing dyes (fort mode)'''{{v|50.15}} - if set to the default NO, color will be determined by [[profession]], mostly only useful in ASCII mode, [DISPLAY_CLOTHING_WITH_DYES_IN_FORT_MODE:NO] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.
* '''Display worn clothing dyes (adv mode)'''{{v|51.01}} - if changed to NO, color will be determined by profession, [DISPLAY_CLOTHING_WITH_DYES_IN_ADV_MODE:YES] in d_init.txt, YES or NO.

=== Keyboard scroll amounts ===
* '''Keyboard scroll tiles'''{{v|51.11}} - how many tiles to scroll with the "Move view/cursor" keys (default {{k|WASD}}, the FAST settings are used for {{k|Shift|WASD|sep=+}}) in the normal and world views, as well as the [[Settings#Feature_toggles|keyboard cursor]], though for that, the cursor keys {{k|↑←↓→}} also always move 1 tile, in addition to these values for the "Move view/cursor" keys. 1 to 100, and the following tokens in d_init.txt
**[HORIZONTAL_SCROLL_SPEED:10]
**[HORIZONTAL_SCROLL_SPEED_FAST:20]
**[VERTICAL_SCROLL_SPEED:10]
**[VERTICAL_SCROLL_SPEED_FAST:20]
**[HORIZONTAL_SCROLL_SPEED_WORLD:10]
**[HORIZONTAL_SCROLL_SPEED_WORLD_FAST:20]
**[VERTICAL_SCROLL_SPEED_WORLD:10]
**[VERTICAL_SCROLL_SPEED_WORLD_FAST:20]

== Keybindings ==
{{main|Controls}}{{main|interface.txt}}
These settings change the controls and are all stored in interface.txt.

== Announcements ==
{{main|Announcement}}{{main|announcements.txt}}
Used to control how different announcements are displayed in Dwarf Fortress. This can be useful to add alerts for critical combat events, stopping the recentering on birth events, or reducing the constant chatter of announcements like 'quota filled' or 'someone is visiting'.

== Difficulty ==
{{main|Difficulty}}
This tab is only available when in a fortress game, and these settings are initially set when starting a fortress game. Since they are specific to each save they are stored as part of the save and are not editable outside the game. They are divided into two groups: enemies and economy; enemies can be disabled, both groups have normal and hard presets, and all of the individual settings can be adjusted in '''Custom settings'''. The values used in each preset can be seen by selecting the preset and then viewing them in '''Custom settings'''.

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Creature

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[[File:creatures_preview2.png|right]]In ''Dwarf Fortress'', a '''creature''' is defined as any animate, normally-mobile (and for the sake of this article, non-[[vermin]]) being that can interact with the world and any element inside it. The creatures in the game range from being entirely realistic to completely mythical. Although most creatures are animals, [[dwarf|dwarves]], [[giant cave spider]]s, and even [[megabeast]]s are all also considered creatures. Various creatures can and will interact with a fortress or adventurer in many different ways.

Some creatures have [[skill]]s that match what type of creature they are (e.g. [[monkey]]s having legendary climbing skill). Though most creatures can be found in any mode, some are exclusive to [[adventure mode]] or [[fortress mode]]. Some creatures are randomly and procedurally generated, meaning they could have many different sprites in-game. Creatures of that type may have just one to a few sprites showcased out of many in the list below. A question-mark placeholder may also be shown instead. Also note that creatures with the {{token|ARENA_RESTRICTED}} or {{token|DOES_NOT_EXIST}} tokens cannot be spawned in the [[object testing arena]], similarly to [[vermin]] (e.g. [[fly|flies]], [[worm]]s).

Nearly all creatures in the game, including [[Megabeast|very]] [[Giant sperm whale|large]] [[Sea serpent|ones]], take the space of a single tile, even if their [[Graphics|sprites]] imply otherwise ([[wagons]] being the only exception). There are 870 creatures in the game. In adventure mode, creatures can have different labels to differentiate similar ones from [[historical figure]]s. For example, a goblin may be labeled as a "white-haired goblin bowyer" while another would be a "high-cheekbones goblin bowyer". There are also extinct creatures, which exist as a separate category, that can be completely removed from a world, only existing either in the wild or as domesticated beings, depending on the player's settings. Many of these extinct creatures are based on real-world prehistoric animals, and also - like the other animals in the game - exist in humanoid form.

==Spawning==
[[File:creatures_many.png|thumb|right|124px|Many creatures packed into one area, but in ASCII mode.]]The creatures that will spawn on any given fortress map depend on the biome(s) that the fortress is in. Additionally, there are several [[creature token]]s in the [[raws]] that deal with creature spawning:
*<tt>[FREQUENCY:X]</tt>: This tag dictates ''how often'' a creature will spawn. It ranges from 0-100, and is a comparative number, where the higher this number is, the more likely the creature is to spawn.
*<tt>[CLUSTER_NUMBER:X]</tt>: This determines ''how many'' creatures will appear at one time on a map.
*<tt>[POPULATION_NUMBER:X]</tt>: This determines the ''total number'' of this type of creature that can ''ever'' visit your fortress - the exact number varies, depending on the map.

For example, [[deer]] have a <tt>[POPULATION_NUMBER:15:30]</tt>, meaning that if you kill between 15-30 deer, no more deer will ever visit your fortress.

==Reading the Table==
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The above columns indicate, in order:
* '''Graphic:''' The sprite assigned to the creature. Seen only in the [[premium version]].
* '''Tile:''' The tile assigned to the creature, how you will see it without a graphic set.
* '''Name:''' The name of the creature as it displays in-game.
* '''Playable:''' If "No", the creature is not playable in any modes. "Fort" indicates that the creature is playable in fortress mode ({{token|SITE_CONTROLLABLE|e}}). "Adv" indicates that the creature is playable in adventure mode. All creatures except humans must have a population in an {{token|ALL_MAIN_POPS_CONTROLLABLE|e}} civilization in order to be playable in adventure mode; goblins (and other creatures) cannot be played from a goblin civ. Humans can be played whether or not a population exists due to {{token|OUTSIDER_CONTROLLABLE|c}}, but an {{tt|[ALL_MAIN_POPS_CONTROLLABLE]}} civ still needs to have existed at some point. Creatures with {{token|LOCAL_POPS_CONTROLLABLE|c}} are also playable in adventure mode.
* '''Hostile:''' If "Yes", then the creature will attack on sight,{{verify}} if "No" then the creature is either neutral, or friendly - mindless [[undead]] creatures are always hostile to living things.
* '''Food Source:''' If "Yes", then the creature can be butchered into an [[meat|edible substance]] that your dwarves will feed on.
* '''Adult Body Size:''' The average [[size]] of the creature when an adult. This can be anywhere from 500 for a [[rabbit]], to 25,000,000 for a [[dragon]]. This value represents the creature's volume in cm3, which, for creatures made of flesh, more-or-less equals the creature's weight in grams.[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=30026.msg831163#msg831163] These sizes do not correspond to the sizes which trigger [[pressure plate]]s. Size is modified with height and broadness (i.e. incredibly skinny and short is below the average weight, while a fat and tall one is above it).
* '''Pet Value:''' This is the base value that the creature and its butchering products can be bought and sold for during [[trading]].
* '''Biome:''' Where the creature can be found.
* '''Features:''' Any special features the creature possesses, including things such as [[cave blob|causing a syndrome]], [[dragon|breathing fire]], or [[giant cave spider|spinning webs]].

Note: If you wish to view alternate ways of sorting creatures, such as sorting by biomes and location, or sorting domestic creatures by features, there is a new page found here: [[Alternate creature sorting]]

==Creatures==
===Civilized===
====Main races====
These are intelligent creatures that form the dominant [[civilisation|civilized]] races of the world. While most are part of society, many have turned to [[Bandits|banditry]].

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{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Dwarf|symbol=☺|color=3:0:0|playable=Fort, Adv|hostile=No|food=No|size=60,000|value=Not tameable|biome=[[Mountain halls]], [[Fortress|dwarf fortress]]es, [[hillock]]s|note=Trading race}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Elf|symbol=e|color=3:0:0|playable=Adv|hostile=Variable1|food=No|size=60,000|value=Not tameable|biome=[[Forest retreat]]s|note=Trading race}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Human|symbol=U|color=3:0:0|playable=Adv|hostile=Variable1|food=No|size=70,000|value=Not tameable|biome=[[Town]]s and [[hamlet]]s|note=Trading race}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Goblin|symbol=g|color=7:0:0|playable=Adv|hostile=Usually1|food=No|size=60,000|value=Not tameable|biome=[[Dark fortress]]es and [[dark pit]]s|note=Snatchers2}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kobold|symbol=k|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|hostile=Usually1|food=No|size=20,000|value=Not tameable|biome=[[Cave]]s|note=Skulking race}}
|}
:1. Whether or not you are hostile with select civilized races depends on the history of your game world, and its length. Shorter histories mean less ongoing wars and general hostility, good for a newer player to learn the basics.
:2. Snatchers try to snatch children of other civilizations. Snatched individuals become part of the Snatcher's civilization.

==== Underground Tribes ====
Intelligent [[animal people]] that form crude civilizations underground, but will not trade with you. They wield some weapons and can join adventurers. They can also perform [[Ambush|ambushes]] once the [[cavern]]s are reached, depending on which creatures are hostile.

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{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Amphibian man|symbol=a|color=6:0:0|playable=No|hostile=Variable1|food=No|size=20,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Underground|note=Amphibious}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Antman|symbol=a|color=0:0:1|playable=No|hostile=Variable1|food=No|size=Variable2|value=Not tameable|biome=Underground|note=Four castes}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Bat man|symbol=b|color=0:0:1|playable=Adv|hostile=Variable1|food=No|size=35,050|value=Not tameable|biome=Underground|note=Can fly}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Cave fish man|symbol=f|color=7:0:1|playable=Adv|hostile=Variable1|food=No|size=35,500|value=Not tameable|biome=Underground|note=Amphibious}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Cave swallow man|symbol=s|color=0:0:1|playable=Adv|hostile=Variable1|food=No|size=35,050|value=Not tameable|biome=Underground|note=Can fly}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Olm man|symbol=o|color=7:0:1|playable=Adv|hostile=Variable1|food=No|size=35,100|value=Not tameable|biome=Underground|note=Amphibious}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Reptile man|symbol=r|color=2:0:0|playable=No|hostile=Variable1|food=No|size=50,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Underground|note=Amphibious}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Rodent man|symbol=r|color=0:0:1|playable=No|hostile=Variable1|food=No|size=40,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Underground|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Serpent man|symbol=s|color=7:0:1|playable=No|hostile=Variable1|food=No|size=50,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Underground|note=Amphibious; Causes [[Syndrome]]}}
|}
:1. Animal person civilizations initially encountered in the caverns will never be hostile, even if the game states otherwise. Those encountered in ambushes, however, will be aggressive.
:2. Ant-men body sizes depend on their caste.

=== Livestock and Domestic Animals ===


Creatures that have long been [[Domestic animal|domesticated]], and either play a part in the [[meat industry]], or are simply [[pet]]s to keep dwarves company. Note: Except for [[wagon]]s, domestic animals can be bought at embark, or requested from dwarven caravans. Animals of these types below that are caught in the wild with [[cage trap]]s can be tamed after only one session with an [[animal trainer]].

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{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Alpaca|symbol=a|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=70,000|value=200|biome=N/A|note=Domestic, milkable and can be sheared}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:peafowls_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=
Blue peafowl|symbol=p|color=1:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=4,000|value=10|biome=Tropical broadleaf forest|note=Domestic, lay eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Cat|symbol=c|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=5,000|value=20|biome=N/A|note=Domestic}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Cavy|symbol=c|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=800|value=3|biome=Tropical savanna, grassland, and shrubland|note=Domestic}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:chickens_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Chicken|symbol=c|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=3,000|value=10|biome=N/A|note=Domestic, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Cow|symbol=C|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=600,000|value=300|biome=N/A|note=Domestic and milkable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:dogs_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Dog|symbol=d|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=30,000|value=30|biome=N/A|note=Domestic and trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:ducks_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Duck|symbol=d|color=2:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,000|value=10|biome=Any lakes and any wetland|note=Domestic, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Donkey|symbol=D|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=300,000|value=200|biome=N/A|note=Domestic, milkable, pack animal}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Goat|symbol=g|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=50,000|value=50|biome=N/A|note=Domestic and milkable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Goose|symbol=g|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=4,500|value=10|biome=Temperate lakes and temperate marshes|note=Domestic, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Guineafowl|symbol=g|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,500|value=10|biome=N/A|note=Domestic, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Horse|symbol=H|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=500,000|value=200|biome=N/A|note=Domestic, milkable, wagon puller, pack animal}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Llama|symbol=L|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=180,000|value=200|biome=N/A|note=Domestic, milkable, pack animal and can be sheared}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Mule|symbol=M|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=400,000|value=200|biome=N/A|note=Domestic, pack animal}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=One-humped camel|symbol=C|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=500,000|value=500|biome=Any desert|note=Domestic, milkable, pack animal}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Pig|symbol=p|color=5:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=60,000|value=100|biome=N/A|note=Domestic and milkable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Rabbit|symbol=r|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=500|value=3|biome=Temperate savanna, grassland, and shrubland|note=Domestic}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Reindeer|symbol=R|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=130,000|value=200|biome=Tundra and taiga|note=Domestic and milkable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:sheep_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Sheep|symbol=s|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=50,000|value=100|biome=N/A|note=Domestic, milkable and can be sheared}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Turkey|symbol=t|color=4:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=5,000|value=10|biome=Temperate forest, swamp and shrubland|note=Domestic, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Two-humped camel|symbol=C|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=500,000|value=500|biome=Any desert|note=Domestic, milkable, pack animal}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:wagon_sprite.png|x40px]]|name=Wagon|symbol=W|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=12,000|value=Not tameable|biome=|note=A special "creature" - see [[wagon|article]]}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Water buffalo|symbol=W|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,000,000|value=200|biome=Tropical wetland|note=Domestic, milkable, wagon puller, pack animal}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Yak|symbol=Y|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=700,000|value=200|biome=Mountains|note=Domestic, milkable, wagon puller, pack animal}}
|}

===Beasts and Monsters===
All kinds of monstrous creatures that roam the land and underground caverns, including: [[semi-megabeast]]s, [[megabeast]]s, and randomly generated ones that can take any form. all very powerful and can easily be game-ending.

====Semi-Megabeasts====


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{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Cyclops|symbol=C|color=4:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=8,000,000|value=Not tameable|biome=All land|note=One eyed}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Ettin|symbol=E|color=6:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=8,000,000|value=Not tameable|biome=All land|note=Has two heads}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant|symbol=G|color=3:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=9,000,000|value=Not tameable|biome=All land|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Minotaur|symbol=M|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=220,000|value=Not tameable|biome=All land|note=Starts with combat skill}}
|}

====Megabeasts====


{{v50_creaturecurrent table head}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=
Bronze colossus|symbol=C|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=20,000,000|value=Not tameable|biome=All land|note=Made of bronze, fairly hard to kill, drops masterwork [[bronze]] [[statue]] on death}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Dragon|symbol=D|color=2:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=25,000,000|value=10000|biome=All land|note=Breathes fire, trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hydra|symbol=H|color=4:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=8,000,000|value=10000|biome=All land|note=Has seven heads}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Roc|symbol=R|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=20,000,000|value=10000|biome=All land|note=Can fly, trainable}}
|}

====Procedurally generated====
These creatures are procedurally generated, and different for every savefile. Their raws may be extracted from the world.dat file in uncompressed save folders. Their sprite will appear as the closest resemblance to their randomly generated appearance, including their colors and design, such as having wings, trunks, tusks, etc. The animated sprites below are just a few possible sprites without custom colors added.

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{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:beast_sprites_preview_anim.gif]]|name=Forgotten beast|symbol=Any|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=10,000,000|value=Not tameable|biome=All underground|note=See article for more information}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:beast_sprites_preview_anim.gif]]|name=Titan|symbol=Any|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=10,000,000|value=Not tameable|biome=All above-ground|note=See article for more information}}
|}

=== Wild Animals ===
This section includes wild [[animals]], as well as their giant and humanoid counterparts. Wild animals are mostly found roaming the wilderness. Many of them are predators, while others are benign, and will not attack unless being attacked first. Some will be drawn to your stockpiles to steal [[steals drink|drink]], [[Steals food|food]] or [[Steals items|something shiny]]. Some can be easily overcome, and yet others can be significant threats, like the dreaded [[elephant]].

==== Agitation ====
Disruption of the environment in a [[savage]] biome, such as [[woodcutting]] or [[fishing]], may cause the appearance of "agitated" or "irritated" animals. Agitated animals will directly seek out and attack dwarves, instead of their normal behavior. Agitation rate and threshold can be adjusted in the [[Difficulty#Wilderness_irritation|difficulty]] [[settings]]. Agitation can be removed by [[taming]] animals captured in [[cage trap]]s. With [[DFHack]], it is possible to check current agitation status by executing the command <code>agitation-rebalance status</code>[https://docs.dfhack.org/en/stable/docs/tools/agitation-rebalance.html].

====Above Ground====

{{v50_creaturecurrent table head|class="wikitable sortable"}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Aardvark|symbol=a|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=50,000|value=50|biome=Tropical shrubland, tropical savanna, tropical grassland|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Aardvark man|symbol=a|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=60,000|value=50|biome=Tropical shrubland, tropical savanna, tropical grassland|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Adder|symbol=a|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=150|value=50|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, any temperate forest, any temperate wetland|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Adder man|symbol=a|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,075|value=50|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, any temperate forest, any temperate wetland|note=Animal person, Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Alligator|symbol=A|color=2:0:0|playable=No|hostile=Yes|food=Yes|size=400,000|value=650|biome=Freshwater swamps, marshes, rivers|note=Amphibious}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Anaconda|symbol=A|color=2:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=100,000|value=200|biome=Any tropical swamp|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Anaconda man|symbol=A|color=2:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=85,000|value=200|biome=Any tropical swamp|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Anole man|symbol=a|color=2:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,045|value=n/a|biome=Any tropical forest|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Armadillo|symbol=a|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=7,500|value=20|biome=Tropical savanna, tropical grassland, tropical shrubland, any tropical forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Armadillo man|symbol=a|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=38,750|value=20|biome=Tropical savanna, tropical grassland, tropical shrubland, any tropical forest|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Aye-aye|symbol=a|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=2,500|value=50|biome=Tropical dry broadleaf forest, tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Aye-aye man|symbol=a|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=36,250|value=50|biome=Tropical dry broadleaf forest, tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Badger|symbol=b|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=15,000|value=25|biome=Taiga, any temperate savanna, grassland, shrubland, forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Badger man|symbol=b|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=42,500|value=25|biome=Taiga, any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Bark scorpion man|symbol=s|color=6:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,001|value=Not tameable|biome=Any desert, tropical grassland, tropical savanna, tropical shrubland, tropical conifer forest|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Barn owl|symbol=b|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=500|value=25|biome=Any wetland, any temperate forest, tropical conifer forest, tropical dry broadleaf forest, any shrubland, any savanna, any grassland, any desert|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Barn owl man|symbol=b|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,250|value=25|biome=Any wetland, any temperate forest, tropical conifer forest, tropical dry broadleaf forest, any shrubland, any savanna, any grassland, any desert|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Beak dog|symbol=B|color=4:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=150,000|value=50|biome=Evil marshes|note=Can be mounted by goblins}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Beetle man|symbol=b|color=4:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,000|value=n/a|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Bilou|symbol=g|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=6,000|value=500|biome=Tropical broadleaf forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Black bear|symbol=B|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=120,000|value=300|biome=Taiga, temperate forest|note=Steals booze}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Black bear man|symbol=B|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=95,000|value=n/a|biome=Forest taiga, any temperate forest|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Black mamba|symbol=s|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=5,000|value=50|biome=Tropical savanna, tropical shrubland, any tropical forest, any tropical swamp|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Black mamba man|symbol=s|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=37,500|value=50|biome=Tropical savanna, tropical shrubland, any tropical forest, any tropical swamp|note=Animal person, Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|graphic=[[File:black_crested_gibbon_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Black-crested gibbon|symbol=g|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=6,000|value=500|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Black-handed gibbon|symbol=g|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=6,000|value=500|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Blizzard man|symbol=M|color=3:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=300,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Tundra, glacier|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|graphic=[[File:peafowls_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Blue peafowl|symbol=p|color=1:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=4,000|value=10|biome=Tropical broadleaf forest|note=Domestic, lay eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Bluejay man|symbol=b|color=1:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,050|value=n/a|biome= Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, temperate broadleaf forest, temperate conifer forest|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Bobcat|symbol=b|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=8,000|value=75|biome=Any forest, any desert, tropical freshwater swamp, tropical saltwater swamp, temperate freshwater swamp, temperate saltwater swamp, mangrove swamp, mountain|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Bobcat man|symbol=b|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=39,000|value=75|biome=Any forest, any desert, tropical freshwater swamp, tropical saltwater swamp, temperate freshwater swamp, temperate saltwater swamp, mangrove swamp, mountain|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Bonobo|symbol=b|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=50,000|value=500|biome=Tropical broadleaf forest, shrubland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Brown recluse spider man|symbol=s|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Bushmaster|symbol=s|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=8,500|value=50|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Bushmaster man|symbol=s|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=39,250|value=50|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Animal person, Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Bushtit man|symbol=b|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,002|value=30|biome=Any temperate forest|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Buzzard|symbol=b|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=1,400|value=30|biome=Any desert, temperate grassland, savanna, marsh|note=Steals food, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Buzzard man|symbol=b|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,700|value=n/a|biome=Temperate freshwater marsh, temperate saltwater marsh, temperate grassland, temperate savanna, any desert|note=Animal person, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Capuchin|symbol=c|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=3,500|value=50|biome=Any tropical forest, mangrove swamp|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Capuchin man|symbol=c|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=36,750|value=50|biome=Any tropical forest, mangrove swamp|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Capybara|symbol=c|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=45,000|value=100|biome=Any wetland|note=Makes sounds in Adventure mode}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Capybara man|symbol=c|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=57,499|value=100|biome=Any wetland|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Cardinal man|symbol=c|color=4:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,025|value=n/a|biome= temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, temperate broadleaf forest, temperate conifer forest |note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Cassowary|symbol=c|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=50,000|value=100|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Cassowary man|symbol=c|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=60,000|value=100|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Cavy|symbol=c|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=800|value=3|biome=Tropical savanna, grassland, shrubland|note=Domestic}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Chameleon man|symbol=c|color=2:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,075|value=n/a|biome=Any tropical forest, shrubland tropical, savanna tropical, any desert|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Cheetah|symbol=c|color=6:0:1|playable=No|hostile=Yes|food=Yes|size=50,000|value=200|biome=Tropical savanna, grassland, shrubland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Cheetah man|symbol=c|color=6:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=60,000|value=n/a|biome=tropical savanna, tropical grassland, tropical shrubland|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Chimpanzee|symbol=c|color=0:0:1|playable=No|hostile=No|food=Yes|size=50,000|value=500|biome=Tropical broadleaf forest, shrubland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Chinchilla|symbol=c|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=500|value=3|biome=Mountain|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Chinchilla man|symbol=c|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,250|value=3|biome=Mountain|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Chipmunk man|symbol=c|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,150|value=n/a|biome=Any temperate forest|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Coati|symbol=c|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=6,000|value=50|biome=Any temperate forest, any tropical forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Coati man|symbol=c|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=38,000|value=50|biome=Any temperate forest, any tropical forest|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Cockatiel man|symbol=c|color=7:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,045|value=30|biome=Any desert, temperate grassland|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Copperhead snake|symbol=s|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=500|value=50|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, any temperate swamp|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Copperhead snake man|symbol=s|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,250|value=50|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, any temperate swamp|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Cougar|symbol=c|color=6:0:1|playable=No|hostile=Yes|food=Yes|size=60,000|value=100|biome=Any forest, any shrubland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Cougar man|symbol=c|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=65,000|value=n/a|biome=Any temperate forest, any tropical forest, temperate shrubland, tropical shrubland |note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Coyote|symbol=c|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=15,000|value=50|biome=Mountain, tundra, taiga, any temperate forest, temperate savanna, temperate grassland, temperate shrubland, any temperate wetland, any desert|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Coyote man|symbol=c|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=42,500|value=50|biome=Mountain, tundra, taiga, any temperate forest, temperate savanna, temperate grassland, temperate shrubland, any temperate wetland, any desert|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Crow man|symbol=c|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,250|value=10|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, taiga, any temperate forest, any temperate wetland|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Dark gnome|symbol=g|color=3:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=15,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Evil mountain|note=Steals booze}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|graphic=[[File:deer_sprites_anim.gif]]|name=Deer|symbol=D|color=6:0:0|playable=No|hostile=No|food=Yes|size=140,000|value=50|biome=Taiga, temperate forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|graphic=[[File:deer_man_sprites_anim.gif]]|name=Deer man|symbol=d|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=105,000|value=n/a|biome=Forest taiga, any temperate forest|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Desert tortoise|symbol=t|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=5,500|value=50|biome=Any desert|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Desert tortoise man|symbol=t|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=37,750|value=50|biome=Any desert|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Dingo|symbol=d|color=6:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=20,000|value=50|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Dingo man|symbol=d|color=6:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=45,000|value=50|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:ducks_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Duck|symbol=d|color=2:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,000|value=10|biome=Any lakes, any wetland|note=Domestic, lay eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Eagle|symbol=e|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=4,000|value=25|biome=Any wetland, any forest, any shrubland, any savanna, any grassland, any desert, mountain, tundra|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Eagle man|symbol=e|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=37,000|value=25|biome=Any wetland, any forest, any shrubland, any savanna, any grassland, any desert, mountain, tundra|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Echidna|symbol=e|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=10,000|value=50|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland, any desert|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Echidna man|symbol=e|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=40,000|value=50|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland, any desert|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Elephant|symbol=E|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=5,000,000|value=500|biome=Tropical forest, shrubland|note=Trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Elephant man|symbol=E|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=2,535,000|value=n/a|biome=Any tropical forest, shrubland tropical|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:elk_sprites_anim.gif]]|name=Elk|symbol=E|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=300,000|value=100|biome=Tundra, temperate grassland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:elk_man_sprites_anim.gif]]|name=Elk man|symbol=E|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=185,000|value=n/a|biome=Tundra, temperate grassland |note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Emu|symbol=E|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=100|biome=Temperate shrubland, any temperate forest|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Emu man|symbol=E|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=52,500|value=100|biome=Temperate shrubland, any temperate forest|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Firefly man|symbol=f|color=2:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,000|value=n/a|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Fly man|symbol=f|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,000|value=n/a|biome=Any non-freezing biome, any pool|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Flying squirrel man|symbol=s|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,100|value=10|biome=Any temperate forest|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Foul blendec|symbol=b|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=60,000|value=250|biome=Most evil forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Fox|symbol=f|color=4:0:0|playable=No|hostile=No|food=Yes|size=6,000|value=25|biome=Taiga, temperate forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Fox man|symbol=f|color=4:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=38,000|value=n/a|biome=Forest taiga, any temperate forest|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Gazelle|symbol=g|color=6:0:0|playable=No|hostile=No|food=Yes|size=20,000|value=50|biome=Tropical savanna, grassland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Gazelle man|symbol=g|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=45,000|value=n/a|biome= Tropical savanna, tropical grassland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant aardvark|symbol=A|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=560,000|value=500|biome=Tropical shrubland, tropical savanna, tropical grassland|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant adder|symbol=A|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=201,049|value=500|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, any temperate forest, any temperate wetland|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant anaconda|symbol=A|color=2:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=933,000|value=500|biome=Any tropical swamp|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant anole|symbol=A|color=2:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,629|value=500|biome=Any tropical forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant armadillo|symbol=A|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=252,750|value=1000|biome=Tropical savanna, tropical grassland, tropical shrubland, any tropical forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant aye-aye|symbol=A|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=217,525|value=500|biome=Tropical dry broadleaf forest, tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant badger|symbol=B|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=306,000|value=500|biome=Taiga, any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant bark scorpion|symbol=S|color=6:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,021|value=500|biome=Any desert, tropical grassland, tropical savanna, tropical shrubland, tropical conifer forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant barn owl|symbol=B|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=203,500|value=500|biome=Any wetland, any temperate forest, tropical conifer forest, tropical dry broadleaf forest, any shrubland, any savanna, any grassland, any desert|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant beetle|symbol=B|color=4:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant black bear|symbol=B|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=1,084,800|value=500|biome=Forest taiga, any temperate forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant black mamba|symbol=S|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=235,100|value=500|biome=Tropical savanna, tropical shrubland, any tropical forest, any tropical swamp|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant bluejay|symbol=B|color=1:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,700|value=500|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, temperate broadleaf forest, temperate conifer forest |note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant bobcat|symbol=B|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=256,320|value=500|biome=Any forest, any desert, tropical freshwater swamp, tropical saltwater swamp, temperate freshwater swamp, temperate saltwater swamp, mangrove swamp, mountain|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant brown recluse spider|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant bushmaster|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=259,845|value=500|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant bushtit|symbol=B|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,035|value=500|biome=Any temperate forest|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant buzzard|symbol=B|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=209,804|value=500|biome=Temperate freshwater marsh, temperate saltwater marsh, temperate grassland, temperate savanna, any desert|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant capuchin|symbol=C|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=224,560|value=500|biome=Any tropical forest, mangrove swamp|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant capybara|symbol=C|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=523,350|value=500|biome=Any wetland|note=Makes sounds in Adventure mode}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant cardinal|symbol=C|color=4:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,350|value=500|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, temperate broadleaf forest, temperate conifer forest |note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant cassowary|symbol=C|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=560,000|value=500|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant chameleon|symbol=C|color=2:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=201,049|value=500|biome=Any tropical forest, shrubland tropical, savanna tropical, any desert|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant cheetah|symbol=C|color=6:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=560,000|value=500|biome=Tropical savanna, grassland, shrubland|note=Trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant chinchilla|symbol=C|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=203,500|value=500|biome=Mountain|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant chipmunk|symbol=C|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=202,101|value=500|biome=Any temperate forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant coati|symbol=C|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=242,160|value=500|biome=Any temperate forest, any tropical forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant cockatiel|symbol=C|color=7:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,629|value=500|biome=Any desert, temperate grassland|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant copperhead snake|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=203,500|value=500|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, any temperate swamp|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant cougar|symbol=C|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=633,600|value=500|biome=Any temperate forest, any tropical forest, shrubland temperate, shrubland tropical|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant coyote|symbol=C|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=306,000|value=500|biome=Mountain, tundra, taiga, any temperate forest, temperate savanna, temperate grassland, temperate shrubland, any temperate wetland, any desert|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant crow|symbol=C|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=203,500|value=500|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, taiga, any temperate forest, any temperate wetland|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant deer|symbol=D|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=1,237,600|value=500|biome=Forest taiga, any temperate forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant desert scorpion|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,000|value=2500|biome=Savage desert|note=No pain, no stun, no emotion; deadly [[Syndrome]]. '''No longer exists past [[Release_information/0.42.06|0.42.06]].'''}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant desert tortoise|symbol=T|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=238,645|value=500|biome=Any desert|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant dingo|symbol=D|color=6:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=341,800|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant eagle|symbol=E|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=228,040|value=500|biome=Savage mountain|note=Trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant echidna|symbol=E|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=270,500|value=500|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland, any desert|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant elephant|symbol=E|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=40,000,000|value=500|biome=Any tropical forest, tropical shrubland |note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant elk|symbol=E|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=2,478,000|value=500|biome=Tundra, temperate grassland |note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant emu|symbol=E|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=450,100|value=500|biome=Temperate shrubland, any temperate forest|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant firefly|symbol=F|color=2:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant fly|symbol=F|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome, any pool|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant flying squirrel|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=201,400|value=500|biome=Any temperate forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant fox|symbol=F|color=4:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=242,160|value=500|biome=Forest taiga, any temperate forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant gazelle|symbol=G|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=341,800|value=500|biome=savanna tropical, grassland tropical|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant gila monster|symbol=G|color=4:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=214,020|value=500|biome=Any desert|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant giraffe|symbol=G|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=8,030,000|value=500|biome=tropical savanna, tropical shrubland |note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant grackle|symbol=G|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,840|value=500|biome=temperate grassland, temperate savanna |note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant grasshopper|symbol=G|color=2:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant gray langur|symbol=L|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=306,000|value=500|biome=Any desert, any grassland, any savanna, any shrubland, any forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant gray squirrel|symbol=S|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=202,101|value=500|biome=Any temperate forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant great horned owl|symbol=O|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=214,020|value=500|biome=Any forest, any shrubland, any savanna, any grassland, any desert, mangrove swamp, mountain, tundra|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant green tree frog|symbol=F|color=2:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,700|value=500|biome=Temperate freshwater pool, temperate freshwater lake, temperate freshwater swamp, temperate freshwater marsh|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant grey parrot|symbol=P|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=202,800|value=500|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant grizzly bear|symbol=B|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=1,700,000|value=500|biome=Forest taiga, any temperate forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant groundhog|symbol=G|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=221,040|value=500|biome=Temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland |note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant hamster|symbol=H|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=201,049|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant hare|symbol=H|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=224,560|value=500|biome=Temperate savanna, temperate grassland|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant hedgehog|symbol=H|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=205,600|value=500|biome=Temperate shrubland, temperate savanna|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant hippo|symbol=H|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=12,030,000|value=500|biome=tropical saltwater river, tropical brackishwater river, tropical freshwater river, tropical saltwater lake, tropical brackishwater lake, tropical freshwater lake|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant hoary marmot|symbol=M|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=270,500|value=500|biome=Mountain|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant honey badger|symbol=B|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=298,900|value=500|biome=Any tropical forest, tropical shrubland, tropical savanna, tropical grassland, any tropical wetland, any desert|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant hornbill|symbol=H|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=217,525|value=500|biome=Any tropical forest|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant hyena|symbol=H|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=633,600|value=500|biome=Tropical savanna, tropical grassland, tropical shrubland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant ibex|symbol=I|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=560,000|value=500|biome=Any grassland, any desert|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant iguana|symbol=I|color=2:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=228,040|value=500|biome=Any tropical forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant impala|symbol=I|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=560,000|value=500|biome=Tropical savanna, tropical grassland|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant jackal|symbol=J|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=306,000|value=500|biome=Tropical shrubland, tropical savanna, tropical grassland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant jaguar|symbol=J|color=6:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=745,500|value=500|biome=Savage tropical areas, any desert|note=Trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant jumping spider|symbol=J|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant kakapo|symbol=K|color=2:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=221,040|value=500|biome=Temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland, any temperate forest|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant kangaroo|symbol=K|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=857,700|value=500|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, any desert|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant kea|symbol=K|color=2:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=207,010|value=500|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, mountain|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant kestrel|symbol=K|color=4:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=201,750|value=500|biome=Tropical freshwater marsh, tropical saltwater marsh, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate saltwater marsh, any shrubland, any savanna, any grassland|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant king cobra|symbol=K|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=242,160|value=500|biome=Any tropical forest|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant kingsnake|symbol=K|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=210,510|value=500|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, mountain, any desert|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant kiwi|symbol=K|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=217,525|value=1000|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant koala|symbol=K|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=270,500|value=500|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant leopard|symbol=L|color=6:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=560,000|value=500|biome=Savage tropical areas, any desert|note=Trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant leopard gecko|symbol=G|color=6:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,350|value=500|biome=Any desert|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant lion|graphic=[[File:giant_lion_sprite_anim.gif]]|symbol=L|color=6:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=1,700,000|value=500|biome=Tropical savanna, Tropical grassland, Tropical shrubland |note=Trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant lion tamarin|symbol=L|color=6:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=204,302|value=500|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant lizard|symbol=L|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=201,400|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant lorikeet|symbol=L|color=4:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=201,400|value=500|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest, mangrove swamp|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant louse|symbol=L|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant lynx|symbol=L|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=377,750|value=500|biome=Taiga|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant magpie|symbol=M|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=201,400|value=500|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant mandrill|symbol=M|color=1:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=341,800|value=500|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant mantis|symbol=M|color=2:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant masked lovebird|symbol=L|color=2:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,629|value=500|biome=Any tropical forest|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant monarch butterfly|symbol=B|color=4:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant mongoose|symbol=M|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=221,040|value=500|biome=Tropical savanna, tropical shrubland|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant monitor lizard|symbol=M|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=933,000|value=500|biome=Tropical grassland, tropical savanna, tropical shrubland, any tropical forest|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant moose|symbol=M|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=4,257,750|value=1000|biome=Taiga, any temperate forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant mosquito|symbol=M|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome, any pool|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant moth|symbol=M|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant mountain goat|symbol=G|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=560,000|value=500|biome=Mountain|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant muskox|symbol=M|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=2,362,650|value=500|biome=Tundra, temperate grassland |note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant ocelot|symbol=O|color=6:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=377,750|value=500|biome=Any tropical forest, mangrove swamp, tropical savanna, tropical grassland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant one-humped camel|symbol=C|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=4,055,000|value=500|biome=any desert|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant opossum|symbol=O|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=221,040|value=500|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant oriole|symbol=O|color=6:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,280|value=500|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant osprey|symbol=O|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=214,020|value=500|biome=Any ocean, any lake, any river, tropical freshwater marsh, tropical saltwater marsh, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate saltwater marsh|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant ostrich|symbol=O|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=857,700|value=1000|biome=Tropical savanna, tropical grassland, any desert|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant pangolin|symbol=P|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=235,100|value=500|biome=Tropical grassland, tropical savanna, tropical shrubland, any tropical forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant parakeet|symbol=P|color=2:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,840|value=500|biome=Tropical grassland, tropical savanna, tropical shrubland, any tropical forest|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant peach-faced lovebird|symbol=L|color=2:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,419|value=500|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, temperate broadleaf forest|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant peregrine falcon|symbol=P|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=113,292|value=500|biome=Any wetland, any temperate forest, tropical conifer forest, tropical dry broadleaf forest, taiga, any shrubland, any savanna, any grassland, any desert, mountain, tundra|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant polar bear|symbol=B|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=3,268,000|value=500|biome=Glacier, tundra|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant porcupine|symbol=P|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=263,430|value=500|biome=Temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland, temperate conifer forest, taiga, any desert, tundra|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant python|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,700,000|value=500|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant raccoon|symbol=R|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=249,270|value=500|biome=Taiga forest, any temperate forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant rattlesnake|symbol=S|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=249,270|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant raven|symbol=R|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=208,403|value=500|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, taiga, any temperate forest, any temperate wetland, tundra, any desert|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant red panda|symbol=P|color=4:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=235,100|value=500|biome=Any temperate forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant red squirrel|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=202,101|value=500|biome=Any temperate forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant rhesus macaque|symbol=M|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=235,100|value=500|biome=Shrubland temperate, savanna temperate, grassland temperate|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant rhinoceros|symbol=R|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=24,000,000|value=500|biome=Grassland tropical, savanna tropical, shrubland tropical|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant roach|symbol=R|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant skink|symbol=S|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=203,500|value=500|biome=Any temperate, any tropical, any desert|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant skunk|symbol=S|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=228,040|value=500|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant sloth|symbol=S|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=242,160|value=500|biome=Any tropical forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant sloth bear|symbol=B|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=933,000|value=500|biome=Any tropical forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant slug|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant snail|symbol=S|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant snowy owl|symbol=O|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=214,020|value=500|biome=Tundra|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant sparrow|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,210|value=500|biome=Any grassland, any savanna, any shrubland, any temperate forest, any tropical forest, any desert, any wetland|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant spider monkey|symbol=M|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=259,845|value=500|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest, tropical dry broadleaf forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant stoat|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=202,450|value=500|biome=Taiga, tundra|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant swan|symbol=S|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=270,500|value=500|biome=Any temperate lake, any temperate marsh|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant tapir|symbol=T|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,700,000|value=500|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant thrips|symbol=T|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant tick|symbol=T|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant tiger|symbol=T|color=6:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=1,894,500|value=500|biome=Some savage tropical areas|note=Trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant tortoise|symbol=T|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=300,000|value=50|biome=Tropical shrubland, tropical savanna|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant tortoise man|symbol=T|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=185,000|value=50|biome=Tropical shrubland, tropical savanna|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant two-humped camel|symbol=C|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=4,055,000|value=500|biome=any desert|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant vulture|symbol=V|color=4:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=263,430|value=500|biome=Grassland tropical, savanna tropical, any desert|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant warthog|symbol=W|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=933,000|value=500|biome=Savanna tropical, grassland tropical, shrubland tropical|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant weasel|symbol=W|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=201,400|value=500|biome=Any land|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant white stork|symbol=S|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=221,040|value=500|biome=Any grassland, any wetland|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant wild boar|symbol=B|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=783,199|value=500|biome=Any savanna, any grassland, any shrubland, any forest, any wetland|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant wolf|symbol=W|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=486,800|value=500|biome=Tundra, forest taiga, any temperate forest, shrubland temperate|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant wolverine|symbol=W|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=341,800|value=500|biome=Taiga, mountain|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant wombat|symbol=W|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=377,750|value=500|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, mountain|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant wren|symbol=W|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,280|value=500|biome=Any forest, any grassland, any savanna, any shrubland, any wetland, any desert|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Gigantic panda|symbol=P|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,160,900|value=1000|biome=Temperate forest|note=Trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Gigantic tortoise|symbol=T|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=2,478,000|value=1500|biome=Tropical shrubland, tropical savanna|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Gila monster|symbol=g|color=4:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=2,000|value=50|biome=Any desert|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Gila monster man|symbol=g|color=4:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=36,000|value=50|biome=Any desert|note=Animal person, Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giraffe|symbol=G|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,000,000|value=500|biome=Tropical savanna, shrubland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giraffe man|symbol=G|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=535,000|value=n/a|biome=Savanna tropical, shrubland tropical|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Goose|symbol=g|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=4,500|value=10|biome=Temperate lakes, temperate marshes|note=Domestic, lay eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Gorilla|symbol=G|color=0:0:1|playable=No|hostile=No|food=Yes|size=150,000|value=500|biome=Tropical broadleaf forest, swamp|note=Trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Grackle man|symbol=g|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,060|value=n/a|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Grasshopper man|symbol=g|color=2:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Gray gibbon|symbol=g|color=0:0:1|playable=No|hostile=No|food=Yes|size=6,000|value=500|biome=Tropical broadleaf forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Gray langur|symbol=l|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=15,000|value=50|biome=Any desert, any grassland, any savanna, any shrubland, any forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Gray langur man|symbol=l|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=42,500|value=50|biome=Any desert, any grassland, any savanna, any shrubland, any forest|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Gray squirrel man|symbol=s|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,150|value=n/a|biome=Any temperate forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Great horned owl|symbol=o|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=2,000|value=25|biome=Any forest, any shrubland, any savanna, any grassland, any desert, mangrove swamp, mountain, tundra|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Great horned owl man|symbol=o|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=36,000|value=25|biome=Any forest, any shrubland, any savanna, any grassland, any desert, mangrove swamp, mountain, tundra|note=Animal person, Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Green tree frog man|symbol=f|color=2:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,050|value=10|biome=Temperate freshwater pool, temperate freshwater lake, temperate freshwater swamp, temperate freshwater marsh|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Grey parrot|symbol=p|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=400|value=10|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Grey parrot man|symbol=p|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,200|value=10|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Grimeling|symbol=g|color=2:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=70,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Evil swamps|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Grizzly bear|symbol=B|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,000|value=500|biome=Taiga, temperate forest|note=Steals booze, trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Grizzly bear man|symbol=B|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=135,000|value=n/a|biome=Forest taiga, any temperate forest|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Groundhog|symbol=g|color=6:0:0|playable=No|hostile=No|food=Yes|size=3,000|value=50|biome=Temperate savanna, grassland, shrubland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Groundhog man|symbol=g|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=36,500|value=n/a|biome=Shrubland temperate, savanna temperate, grassland temperate|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Guineafowl|symbol=g|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,500|value=10|biome=Mountain|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hamster man|symbol=h|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,075|value=10|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hare|symbol=h|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=3,500|value=10|biome=Temperate savanna, temperate grassland|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hare man|symbol=h|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=36,750|value=10|biome=Temperate savanna, temperate grassland|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Harpy|symbol=h|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=60,000|value=n/a|biome=Evil savanna, grassland, shrubland, marshes|note=All harpies are females}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hedgehog man|symbol=h|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,400|value=10|biome=Temperate shrubland, temperate savanna|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hoary marmot|symbol=m|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=10,000|value=50|biome=Mountain|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hoary marmot man|symbol=m|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=40,000|value=n/a|biome=Mountain|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Honey badger|symbol=b|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=14,000|value=25|biome=Any tropical land, any desert|note=can become enraged at random}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Honey badger man|symbol=b|color=7:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=42,000|value=n/a|biome=Any tropical forest, shrubland tropical, savanna tropical, grassland tropical, any tropical wetland, any desert|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hornbill|symbol=h|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=2,500|value=25|biome=Any tropical forest|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hornbill man|symbol=h|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=36,250|value=25|biome=Any tropical forest|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Horse|symbol=H|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=500,000|value=200|biome=Grassland temperate, savanna temperate|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hyena|symbol=h|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=60,000|value=50|biome=Tropical savanna, tropical grassland, tropical shrubland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hyena man|symbol=h|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=64,999|value=50|biome=Tropical savanna, tropical grassland, tropical shrubland|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Ibex|symbol=i|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=50,000|value=50|biome=Any grassland, any desert|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Ibex man|symbol=i|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=60,000|value=50|biome=Any grassland, any desert|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Ice wolf|symbol=w|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=50,000|value=50|biome=Evil tundra, glacier|note=Evil}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Iguana|symbol=i|color=2:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=4,000|value=400|biome=Any tropical forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Iguana man|symbol=i|color=2:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=37,000|value=n/a|biome=Any tropical forest|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Impala|symbol=i|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=50,000|value=50|biome=Tropical savanna, tropical grassland|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Impala man|symbol=i|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=60,000|value=50|biome=Tropical savanna, tropical grassland|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Jackal|symbol=j|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=15,000|value=50|biome=Tropical shrubland, tropical savanna, tropical grassland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Jackal man|symbol=j|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=42,500|value=50|biome=Tropical shrubland, tropical savanna, tropical grassland|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Jaguar|symbol=J|color=6:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=75,000|value=100|biome=Any tropical land, any desert|note=Trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Jaguar man|symbol=J|color=6:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=72,500|value=n/a|biome=Any tropical, badland desert, rock desert, sand desert |note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Jumping spider man|symbol=j|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kakapo|symbol=k|color=2:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=3,000|value=50|biome=Temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland, any temperate forest|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kakapo man|symbol=k|color=2:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=36,500|value=50|biome=Temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland, any temperate forest|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kangaroo|symbol=K|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=90,000|value=100|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, any desert|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kangaroo man|symbol=K|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=80,000|value=100|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, any desert|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kea|symbol=k|color=2:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,000|value=25|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, mountain|note=Lays eggs, steals objects}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kea man|symbol=k|color=2:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,500|value=25|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, mountain|note=Animal person, Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kestrel|symbol=k|color=4:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=250|value=25|biome=Tropical freshwater marsh, tropical saltwater marsh, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate saltwater marsh, any shrubland, any savanna, any grassland|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kestrel man|symbol=k|color=4:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,125|value=25|biome=Tropical freshwater marsh, tropical saltwater marsh, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate saltwater marsh, any shrubland, any savanna, any grassland|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=King cobra|symbol=k|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=6,000|value=200|biome=Any tropical forest|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=King cobra man|symbol=k|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=38,000|value=200|biome=Any tropical forest|note=Animal person, Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kingsnake|symbol=k|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,500|value=50|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, mountain, any desert|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kingsnake man|symbol=k|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,750|value=50|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, mountain, any desert|note=Animal person, Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kiwi|symbol=k|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=2,500|value=10|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kiwi man|symbol=k|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=36,250|value=10|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Koala|symbol=k|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=10,000|value=50|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Koala man|symbol=k|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=40,000|value=50|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Leopard|symbol=l|color=6:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=50,000|value=100|biome=Any tropical land, any desert|note=Trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Leopard man|symbol=l|color=6:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=60,000|value=n/a|biome=Any tropical, desert badland, desert rock, desert sand|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Leopard gecko man|symbol=g|color=6:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,025|value=10|biome=Any desert|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:lion_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Lion|symbol=L|color=6:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,000|value=200|biome=Tropical savanna, grassland, shrubland|note=Trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:lion_man_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Lion man|symbol=L|color=6:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=135,000|value=n/a|biome=Tropical savanna, tropical grassland, tropical shrubland |note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Lion tamarin man|symbol=l|color=6:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,310|value=10|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Lizard man|symbol=l|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,100|value=n/a|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Llama|symbol=L|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=180,000|value=200|biome=mountain|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Lorikeet man|symbol=l|color=4:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,100|value=30|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest, mangrove swamp|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Louse man|symbol=l|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Lynx|symbol=l|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=25,000|value=75|biome=Taiga|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Lynx man|symbol=l|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=47,500|value=75|biome=Taiga|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Magpie man|symbol=m|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,100|value=30|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Mandrill|symbol=m|color=1:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=20,000|value=50|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Mandrill man|symbol=m|color=1:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=45,000|value=n/a|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Mantis man|symbol=m|color=2:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Masked lovebird man|symbol=l|color=2:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,045|value=30|biome=Any tropical forest|note=Animal person, Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Monarch butterfly man|symbol=b|color=4:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,000|value=n/a|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Mongoose|symbol=m|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=3,000|value=25|biome=Tropical savanna, tropical shrubland|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Mongoose man|symbol=m|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=36,500|value=25|biome=Tropical savanna, tropical shrubland|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Monitor lizard|symbol=M|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=100,000|value=400|biome=Tropical grassland, tropical savanna, tropical shrubland, any tropical forest|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Monitor lizard man|symbol=M|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=85,000|value=400|biome=Tropical grassland, tropical savanna, tropical shrubland, any tropical forest|note=Animal person, Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:moose_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Moose|symbol=M|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=525,000 (males) 315,000 (females)|value=300|biome=Taiga, temperate forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:moose_man_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Moose man|symbol=M|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=297,500|value=300|biome=Taiga, any temperate forest|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Mosquito man|symbol=m|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Any non-freezing biome, any pool|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Moth man|symbol=m|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Mountain gnome|symbol=g|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=15,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Good mountain|note=Steals booze}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Mountain goat|symbol=g|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=50,000|value=50|biome=Mountain|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Mountain goat man|symbol=g|color=7:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=60,000|value=n/a|biome=Mountain|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Muskox|symbol=M|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=285,000|value=300|biome=Tundra, grassland|note=Wagon puller, pack animal}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Muskox man|symbol=M|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=177,500|value=n/a|biome=Tundra, grassland temperate|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Nightwing|symbol=N|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=120,000|value=n/a|biome=Evil desert|note=Can fly}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Ocelot|symbol=o|color=6:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=25,000|value=100|biome=Any tropical forest, mangrove swamp, tropical savanna, tropical grassland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Ocelot man|symbol=o|color=6:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=47,500|value=100|biome=Any tropical forest, mangrove swamp, tropical savanna, tropical grassland|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Ogre|symbol=O|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=6,000,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Evil savanna, grassland, shrubland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=One-humped camel|symbol=C|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=500,000|value=500|biome=Any desert|note=Benign, pack animal}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=One-humped camel man|symbol=C|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=285,000|value=n/a|biome=Any desert|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Opossum|symbol=o|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=3,000|value=10|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Opossum man|symbol=o|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=36,500|value=10|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Orangutan|symbol=O|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=80,000|value=500|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Oriole man|symbol=o|color=6:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,020|value=n/a|biome=Forest temperate broadleaf|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Osprey|symbol=o|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=2,000|value=25|biome=Any ocean, any lake, any river, tropical freshwater marsh, tropical saltwater marsh, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate saltwater marsh|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Osprey man|symbol=o|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=36,000|value=25|biome=Any ocean, any lake, any river, tropical freshwater marsh, tropical saltwater marsh, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate saltwater marsh|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:ostrich_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Ostrich|symbol=O|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=90,000|value=100|biome=Tropical savanna, tropical grassland, any desert|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:ostrich_man_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Ostrich man|symbol=O|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=80,000|value=100|biome=Tropical savanna, tropical grassland, any desert|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Panda|symbol=P|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=130,000|value=300|biome=Temperate forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Panda man|symbol=P|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=100,000|value=300|biome=Any temperate forest|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Pangolin|symbol=p|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=5,000|value=20|biome=Tropical grassland, tropical savanna, tropical shrubland, any tropical forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Pangolin man|symbol=p|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=37,500|value=20|biome=Tropical grassland, tropical savanna, tropical shrubland, any tropical forest|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Parakeet man|symbol=p|color=2:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,060|value=30|biome=Tropical grassland, tropical savanna, tropical shrubland, any tropical forest|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Peach-faced lovebird man|symbol=l|color=2:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,030|value=30|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, temperate broadleaf forest|note=Animal person, Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Peregrine falcon|symbol=p|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=600|value=25|biome=Any wetland, any temperate forest, tropical conifer forest, tropical dry broadleaf forest, taiga, any shrubland, any savanna, any grassland, any desert, mountain, tundra|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Peregrine falcon man|symbol=p|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,300|value=25|biome=Any wetland, any temperate forest, tropical conifer forest, tropical dry broadleaf forest, taiga, any shrubland, any savanna, any grassland, any desert, mountain, tundra|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Pig|symbol=p|color=5:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=60,000|value=100|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna |note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Pileated gibbon|symbol=g|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=6,000|value=500|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Polar bear|symbol=B|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=400,000|value=750|biome=Tundra, glacier|note=Steals booze, trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Polar bear man|symbol=B|color=7:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=235,000|value=n/a|biome=Glacier, tundra|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Porcupine|symbol=p|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=9,000|value=50|biome=Temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland, temperate conifer forest, taiga, any desert, tundra|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Porcupine man|symbol=p|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=39,500|value=50|biome=Temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland, temperate conifer forest, taiga, any desert, tundra|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Python|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,000|value=50|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Python man|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=135,000|value=n/a|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Animal person, Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Rabbit|symbol=r|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=500|value=3|biome=Temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland |note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Raccoon|symbol=r|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=7,000|value=25|biome=Taiga, temperate forest|note=Steals items and food}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Raccoon man|symbol=r|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=38,500|value=n/a|biome=Forest taiga, any temperate forest|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Rat man|symbol=r|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,150|value=n/a|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Rattlesnake|symbol=s|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=7,000|value=20|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Rattlesnake man|symbol=s|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=38,500|value=n/a|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Raven|symbol=r|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,200|value=25|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, taiga, any temperate forest, any temperate wetland, tundra, any desert|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Raven man|symbol=r|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,600|value=25|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, taiga, any temperate forest, any temperate wetland, tundra, any desert|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Red panda|symbol=p|color=4:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=5,000|value=25|biome=Any temperate forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Red panda man|symbol=p|color=4:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=37,500|value=25|biome=Any temperate forest|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Red squirrel man|symbol=s|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,150|value=n/a|biome=Any temperate forest|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Reindeer|symbol=R|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=130,000|value=200|biome=Tundra, taiga|note=Domestic, milkable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Rhesus macaque|symbol=m|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=5,000|value=50|biome=Temperate savanna, grassland, shrubland|note=Steals items and food}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Rhesus macaque man|symbol=m|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=37,500|value=n/a|biome=Temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland |note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Rhinoceros|symbol=R|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=3,000,000|value=500|biome=Tropical savanna, grassland, shrubland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Rhinoceros man|symbol=R|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=1,535,000|value=n/a|biome=Tropical grassland, tropical savanna, tropical shrubland |note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Roach man|symbol=r|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,000|value=n/a|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Saltwater crocodile|symbol=C|color=2:0:0|playable=No|hostile=Yes|food=Yes|size=800,000|value=700|biome=Any tropical swamps, marshes, rivers|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Saltwater crocodile man|symbol=C|color=2:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=435,000|value=n/a|biome=Tropical freshwater swamp, tropical freshwater marsh, tropical saltwater swamp, tropical saltwater marsh, mangrove swamp, tropical saltwater river, tropical brackishwater river, tropical freshwater river |note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Sasquatch|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=300,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Temperate forest, taiga|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Satyr|symbol=s|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=60,000|value=n/a|biome=Most good forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:sheep_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Sheep|symbol=s|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=50,000|value=100|biome=Temperate grassland, temperate savanna |note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Siamang|symbol=s|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=12,000|value=500|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Silvery gibbon|symbol=g|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=6,000|value=500|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Skink man|symbol=s|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,250|value=n/a|biome=Any temperate, any tropical, any desert|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Skunk|symbol=s|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=4,000|value=50|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Skunk man|symbol=s|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=37,000|value=50|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Sloth|symbol=s|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=6,000|value=50|biome=Any tropical forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Sloth bear|symbol=B|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=100,000|value=250|biome=Any tropical forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Sloth bear man|symbol=B|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=85,000|value=250|biome=Any tropical forest|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Sloth man|symbol=s|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=38,000|value=50|biome=Any tropical forest|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Slug man|symbol=s|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=10|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Snail man|symbol=s|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=10|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Snowy owl|symbol=o|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=2,000|value=25|biome=Tundra|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Snowy owl man|symbol=o|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=36,000|value=25|biome=Tundra|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Sparrow man|symbol=s|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,015|value=30|biome=Any grassland, any savanna, any shrubland, any temperate forest, any tropical forest, any desert, any wetland|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Spider monkey|symbol=m|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=8,500|value=50|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest, tropical dry broadleaf forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Spider monkey man|symbol=m|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=39,250|value=50|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest, tropical dry broadleaf forest|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Stoat|symbol=s|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=350|value=25|biome=Taiga, tundra|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Stoat man|symbol=s|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,175|value=25|biome=Taiga, tundra|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Strangler|symbol=s|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=40,000|value=250|biome=Evil tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Swan|symbol=s|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=10,000|value=10|biome=Any temperate lake, any temperate marsh|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Swan man|symbol=s|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=40,000|value=10|biome=Any temperate lake, any temperate marsh|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Tapir|symbol=T|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,000|value=200|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Tapir man|symbol=T|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=135,000|value=200|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Thrips man|symbol=t|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Tick man|symbol=t|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Any non-freezing biome|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Tiger|symbol=T|color=6:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=225,000|value=200|biome=Most tropical biomes|note=Trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Tiger man|symbol=T|color=6:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=147,500|value=n/a|biome=Savage tropical areas|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Toad man|symbol=t|color=2:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,100|value=n/a|biome=Any pool|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Turkey|symbol=t|color=4:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=5,000|value=10|biome=Temperate forest, swamp, shrubland|note=Domestic, lay eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Two-humped camel|symbol=C|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=500,000|value=500|biome=Any desert|note=Benign, pack animal}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Two-humped camel man|symbol=C|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=285,000|value=n/a|biome=Any desert|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Unicorn|symbol=U|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=600,000|value=1000|biome=Good taiga, forest, shrubland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Vulture|symbol=v|color=4:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=9,000|value=30|biome=Any desert, tropical grassland, savanna|note=Steals food}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Vulture man|symbol=v|color=4:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=39,500|value=n/a|biome=Tropicalgrassland, tropical savanna, any desert|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Warthog|symbol=W|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=100,000|value=100|biome=Tropical savanna, grassland, shrubland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Warthog man|symbol=W|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=85,000|value=n/a|biome=Savanna tropical, grassland tropical, shrubland tropical|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Water buffalo|symbol=W|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,000,000|value=200|biome=Tropical wetland|note=Domestic, milkable, wagon puller, pack animal}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Weasel|symbol=w|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200|value=10|biome=Any land biome|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Weasel man|symbol=w|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,100|value=10|biome=Any land|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=White stork|symbol=s|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=3,000|value=25|biome=Any grassland, any wetland|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=White stork man|symbol=s|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=36,500|value=n/a|biome=Any grassland, any wetland|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=White-browed gibbon|symbol=g|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=6,000|value=500|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=White-handed gibbon|symbol=g|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=6,000|value=500|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Wild boar|symbol=B|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=80,000|value=100|biome=Any savanna, any grassland, any shrubland, any forest, any wetland|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Wild boar man|symbol=B|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=75,000|value=100|biome=Any savanna, any grassland, any shrubland, any forest, any wetland|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Wolf|symbol=w|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=40,000|value=50|biome=Tundra, taiga, temperate forest/shrubland|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Wolf man|symbol=w|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=55,000|value=n/a|biome=Tundra, forest taiga, any temperate forest, shrubland temperate|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Wolverine|symbol=w|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=20,000|value=25|biome=Taiga, mountain|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Wolverine man|symbol=w|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=45,000|value=25|biome=Taiga, mountain|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Wombat|symbol=w|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=25,000|value=50|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, mountain|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Wombat man|symbol=w|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=47,500|value=n/a|biome=Any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, mountain|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Worm man|symbol=w|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,050|value=n/a|biome=Forest taiga, any temperate, any tropical|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Wren man|symbol=w|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,020|value=30|biome=Any forest, any grassland, any savanna, any shrubland, any wetland, any desert|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Yak|symbol=Y|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=700,000|value=200|biome=Mountain|note=Domestic, milkable, wagon puller, pack animal}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Yeti|symbol=Y|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=300,000|value=n/a|biome=Mountain, glacier, tundra|note=}}
|}

====Subterranean====

{{v50_creaturecurrent table head}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Amethyst man|symbol=M|color=5:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=70,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Caverns (3)|note=Leaves behind an [[amethyst]]}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Blind cave bear|symbol=B|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,000|value=500|biome=Caverns (1,2)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Blind cave ogre|symbol=O|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=7,000,000|value=500|biome=Caverns (2,3)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Blood man|symbol=M|color=4:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=70,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Evil Caverns (3)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Bugbat|symbol=b|color=5:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=10,000|value=20|biome=Caverns (2,3)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Cave blob|symbol=o|color=6:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=20,000|value=50|biome=Caverns (3)|note=Causes [[syndrome]]}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Cave crocodile|symbol=C|color=7:0:0|playable=No|hostile=Yes|food=Yes|size=600,000|value=750|biome=Caverns (1,2)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:cave_dragon_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Cave dragon|symbol=D|color=7:0:1|playable=No|hostile=Yes|food=Yes|size=15,000,000|value=10000|biome=Caverns (3)|note=Trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Cave floater|symbol=f|color=6:0:1|playable=No|hostile=No|food=No|size=40,000|value=50|biome=Caverns (2,3)|note=Causes [[syndrome]]}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Creeping eye|symbol=e|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=20,000|value=50|biome=Caverns (3)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Crundle|symbol=c|color=4:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=10,000|value=50|biome=Caverns (2,3)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Draltha|symbol=D|color=6:0:1|playable=No|hostile=No|food=Yes|size=2,500,000|value=500|biome=Caverns (1,2)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Drunian|symbol=d|color=7:0:0|playable=No|hostile=No|food=Yes|size=50,000|value=50|biome=Caverns (1,2)|note=Steals food and items}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Elk bird|symbol=E|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=100,000|value=400|biome=Caverns (1,2,3)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Fire imp|symbol=i|color=6:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=6,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Magma|note=Throws fireballs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Fire man|symbol=M|color=4:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=70,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Magma|note=Throws fireballs and leaves behind [[ash|ashes]]}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Flesh ball|symbol=o|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=70,000|value=10|biome=Subterranean water - Cavern (3)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Floating guts|symbol=%|color=7:0:0|playable=No|hostile=No|food=Yes|size=20,000|value=10|biome=Caverns (2,3)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Gabbro man|symbol=M|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=70,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Caverns (3)|note=Leaves behind [[gabbro]]}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:giant_bat_sprite_anim2.gif]]|name=Giant bat|symbol=B|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,000|value=750|biome=Caverns (1,2)|note=Trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant cave spider|symbol=S|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,000|value=2500|biome=Caverns (1,2)|note=Spins/throws [[web]]s and causes [[syndrome]]}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:giant_cave_swallow_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Giant cave swallow|symbol=C|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No{{verify}}|size=200,000|value=700|biome=Caverns (1,2)|note=Trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant cave toad|symbol=T|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,000|value=750|biome=Caverns (1,2)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant earthworm|symbol=W|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,000|value=500|biome=Caverns (1,2)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant mole|symbol=m|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No{{verify}}|size=200,000|value=350|biome=Caverns (1,2) |note=Steals food and booze}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant olm|symbol=O|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,000|value=750|biome=Caverns (1,2)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant rat|symbol=R|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No{{verify}}|size=200,000|value=500|biome=Caverns (1,2) |note=Steals food and booze}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Gorlak|symbol=g|color=6:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=50,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Good caverns (1,2,3)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Green devourer|symbol=G|color=2:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=70,000|value=200|biome=Caverns (2,3)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Gremlin|symbol=g|color=2:0:1|playable=No|hostile=No|food=No|size=10,000|value=N/A|biome=Caverns (1,2,3)|note=[[Gremlin|Cause mischief around fortress]]}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Helmet snake|symbol=s|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=50,000|value=50|biome=Caverns (1,2)|note=Causes [[syndrome]]}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hungry head|symbol=h|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=5,000|value=50|biome=Caverns (3)|note=Flying}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Iron man|symbol=M|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=70,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Caverns (3)|note=Causes [[syndrome]]}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:jabberer_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Jabberer|symbol=J|color=5:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=4,500,000|value=1500|biome=Caverns (2,3)|note=Trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Large rat|symbol=r|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=25,000|value=250|biome=Caverns (1)|note=Steals food}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Magma crab|symbol=C|color=0:0:1|playable=No|hostile=Yes|food=Yes|size=30,000|value=200|biome=Magma|note=Throws molten [[basalt]]}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Magma man|symbol=M|color=4:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=70,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Magma|note=Leaves behind [[obsidian]]}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Manera|symbol=m|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=60,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Evil Caverns (2)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Molemarian|symbol=M|color=4:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=90,000|value=400|biome=Caverns (2,3)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Mud man|symbol=M|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=70,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Caverns (3)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Naked mole dog|symbol=n|color=4:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=60,000|value=350|biome=Caverns (1)|note=Steals food}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Plump helmet man|symbol=m|color=5:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=50,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Caverns (2,3)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Pond grabber|symbol=p|color=1:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=30,000|value=50|biome=Caverns (1,2)|note=Aquatic}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Reacher|symbol=R|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=70,000|value=100|biome=Caverns (2,3)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Rutherer|symbol=R|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=3,000,000|value=600|biome=Caverns (2,3)|note=Exotic Mount}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Troglodyte|symbol=t|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=60,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Caverns (1,2)|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Troll|symbol=T|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=250,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Caverns (1,2,3)|note=Forms civilizations}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Voracious cave crawler|symbol=C|color=1:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=900,000|value=1000|biome=Caverns (2,3)|note=}}
|}

====Aquatic====
Note: This does not include subterranean sea creatures.

{{v50_creaturecurrent table head}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Albatross|symbol=a|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=8,000|value=10|biome=Any ocean|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Albatross man|symbol=a|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=39,000|value=10|biome=Any ocean|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Alligator|symbol=A|color=2:0:0|playable=No|hostile=Yes|food=Yes|size=400,000|value=650|biome=Freshwater swamp, marsh, river|note=Amphibious, Lays eggs.}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Alligator man|symbol=A|color=2:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=235,000|value=n/a|biome=Temperate freshwater swamp, temperate freshwater marsh, swamp tropical freshwater swamp, tropical freshwater marsh, temperate freshwater river, tropical freshwater river, temperate brackishwater river, tropical brackishwater river|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Alligator snapping turtle|symbol=T|color=2:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=80,000|value=25|biome=Temperate freshwater river, temperate brackishwater river, temperate freshwater lake, temperate brackishwater lake, temperate freshwater pool, temperate brackishwater pool|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Angelshark|symbol=s|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=15,000|value=200|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Axolotl man|symbol=a|color=5:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,100|value=10|biome=Tropical saltwater lake, tropical brackishwater lake, tropical freshwater lake|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Basking shark|symbol=S|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=15,000,000|value=1000|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Beak dog|symbol=B|color=4:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=150,000|value=50|biome=Temperate freshwater marsh, temperate saltwater marsh, tropical freshwater marsh, tropical saltwater marsh|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Beaver|symbol=b|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=20,000|value=25|biome=Any temperate lake, any temperate river|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Beaver man|symbol=b|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=45,000|value=25|biome=Any temperate lake, any temperate river|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Blacktip reef shark|symbol=s|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=15,000|value=200|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Blue shark|symbol=S|color=1:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=300,000|value=400|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Bluefin tuna|symbol=α|color=1:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=600,000|value=200|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Bluefish|symbol=α|color=3:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=15,000|value=200|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Bull shark|symbol=S|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=150,000|value=500|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Buzzard|symbol=b|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=1,400|value=30|biome=Marsh temperate freshwater, marsh temperate saltwater, grassland temperate, savanna temperate, any desert|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Buzzard man|symbol=b|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,700|value=n/a|biome=Marsh temperate freshwater, marsh temperate saltwater, grassland temperate, savanna temperate, any desert|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Carp|symbol=α|color=3:0:0|playable=No|hostile=No|food=Yes|size=40,000|value=50|biome=Freshwater river, freshwater lake|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Cod|symbol=α|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=50,000|value=200|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Coelacanth|symbol=C|color=1:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=80,000|value=200|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Common skate|symbol=ò|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=100,000|value=200|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:snapping_turtle_sprite.png]]|name=Common snapping turtle|symbol=t|color=2:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=30,000|value=25|biome=Temperate freshwater river, temperate brackishwater river, temperate freshwater lake, temperate brackishwater lake, temperate freshwater pool, temperate brackishwater pool|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Conger eel|symbol=~|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=50,000|value=400|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Crab|symbol=c|color=4:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=8,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Crab man|symbol=c|color=4:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=39,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Any ocean|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Cuttlefish man|symbol=c|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,500|value=10|biome=Any ocean|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Damselfly man|symbol=d|color=3:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Any pool|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Dragonfly man|symbol=d|color=3:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,000|value=n/a|biome=Any pool|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:ducks_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Duck|symbol=d|color=2:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,000|value=10|biome=Any lake, any wetland|note=Domestic, lay eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Elephant seal|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=3,000,000|value=400|biome=Arctic ocean|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Elephant seal man|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=1,535,000|value=400|biome=Arctic ocean|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Emperor penguin|symbol=p|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=30,000|value=10|biome=Arctic ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Fly man|symbol=f|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,000|value=n/a|biome=Any non-freezing biome, any pool|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Frill shark|symbol=s|color=3:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=60,000|value=500|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant albatross|symbol=A|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=256,320|value=500|biome=Any ocean|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant alligator|symbol=A|color=2:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=3,268,000|value=500|biome=Swamp, marsh, river|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant axolotl|symbol=A|color=5:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=201,400|value=500|biome=Tropical saltwater lake, tropical brackishwater lake, tropical freshwater lake|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant beaver|symbol=B|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=341,800|value=500|biome=Any temperate lake, any temperate river|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant buzzard|symbol=B|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=209,804|value=500|biome=Temperate marsh|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant crab|symbol=C|color=4:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=256,320|value=500|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant cuttlefish|symbol=C|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=207,010|value=500|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant damselfly|symbol=D|color=3:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Any pool|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant dragonfly|symbol=D|color=3:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Any pool|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant elephant seal|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=24,119,999|value=500|biome=Arctic ocean|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant fly|symbol=F|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome, any pool|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant green tree frog|symbol=F|color=2:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,700|value=500|biome=Temperate freshwater pool, temperate freshwater lake, temperate freshwater swamp, temperate freshwater marsh|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant grouper|symbol=G|color=1:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=600,000|value=200|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant harp seal|symbol=H|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,428,900|value=500|biome=Arctic ocean|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant hippo|symbol=H|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=12,030,000|value=500|biome=Any river, lake|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant horseshoe crab|symbol=C|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=214,020|value=500|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant kestrel|symbol=K|color=4:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=201,750|value=500|biome=Marsh|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant leech|symbol=L|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,700|value=500|biome=Any pool, any lake|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant leopard seal|symbol=L|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=3,268,000|value=500|biome=Arctic ocean|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant loon|symbol=L|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=242,160|value=500|biome=Temperate saltwater lake, temperate brackishwater lake, temperate freshwater lake|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant mink|symbol=M|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=205,600|value=500|biome=Any temperate lake, any temperate river|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant moon snail|symbol=S|color=4:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=201,400|value=500|biome=Temperate ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant mosquito|symbol=M|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,007|value=500|biome=Any non-freezing biome, any pool|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant narwhal|symbol=N|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=9,624,000|value=2000|biome=Arctic ocean|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant nautilus|symbol=N|color=4:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=203,500|value=500|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant octopus|symbol=O|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=235,100|value=500|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant orca|symbol=O|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=20,000,000|value=500|biome=Any ocean|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant osprey|symbol=O|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=214,020|value=500|biome=Any ocean, any lake, any river, tropical freshwater marsh, tropical saltwater marsh, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate saltwater marsh|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant otter|symbol=O|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=270,500|value=500|biome=Any pool, any lake, any river|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant penguin|symbol=P|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=228,080|value=500|biome=Arctic ocean|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant platypus|symbol=P|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=214,020|value=500|biome=Any river|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant pond turtle|symbol=T|color=2:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=203,500|value=500|biome=Any pool|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant puffin|symbol=P|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=205,252|value=500|biome=Arctic ocean|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:giant_red-winged_blackbird_sprite.png]]|name=Giant red-winged blackbird|symbol=R|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=200,350|value=500|biome=Temperate marsh|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant saltwater crocodile|symbol=C|color=2:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=6,440,000|value=500|biome=Any swamp, marsh, river|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant snapping turtle|symbol=T|color=2:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=414,000|value=500|biome=Temperate freshwater river, temperate brackishwater river, temperate freshwater lake, temperate brackishwater lake, temperate freshwater pool, temperate brackishwater pool|note=Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant sperm whale|symbol=W|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,000,000|value=500|biome=Any ocean|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant sponge|symbol=S|color=4:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=560,000|value=500|biome=Any ocean, any lake, any river|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant swan|symbol=S|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=270,500|value=500|biome=Any temperate lake, any temperate marsh|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant toad|symbol=T|color=2:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=201,400|value=500|biome=Any pool|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Giant walrus|symbol=W|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=12,030,000|value=500|biome=Arctic Ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Gigantic squid|symbol=S|color=7:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=201,400|value=2000|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Goose|symbol=g|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=4,500|value=10|biome=Temperate lake, temperate marsh|note=Domestic, lay eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Great barracuda|symbol=b|color=2:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=60,000|value=200|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Great white shark|symbol=S|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=2,000,000|value=500|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Green tree frog man|symbol=f|color=2:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,050|value=10|biome=Temperate freshwater pool, temperate freshwater lake, temperate freshwater swamp, temperate freshwater marsh|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Grimeling|symbol=g|color=2:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=70,000|value=n/a|biome=Swamp, marsh|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Halibut|symbol=α|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,000|value=200|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hammerhead shark|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=500,000|value=500|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Harp seal|symbol=H|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=165,000|value=100|biome=Arctic ocean|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Harp seal man|symbol=h|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=117,500|value=100|biome=Arctic ocean|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Harpy|symbol=h|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=60,000|value=30|biome=Marsh|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hippo|symbol=H|color=7:0:0|playable=No|hostile=No|food=Yes|size=1,500,000|value=400|biome=Tropical river, tropical lake|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hippo man|symbol=H|color=7:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=785,000|value=n/a|biome=Tropical river, tropical lake|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Horseshoe crab|symbol=c|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=2,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Horseshoe crab man|symbol=c|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=36,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Any ocean|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kestrel|symbol=k|color=4:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=250|value=25|biome=Marsh|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kestrel man|symbol=k|color=4:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,125|value=n/a|biome=Marsh|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Leech man|symbol=l|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,050|value=n/a|biome=Any pool, any lake|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Leopard seal|symbol=L|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=400,000|value=350|biome=Arctic ocean|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Leopard seal man|symbol=L|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=235,000|value=350|biome=Arctic ocean|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Little penguin|symbol=p|color=1:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,500|value=10|biome=Arctic ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Longfin mako shark|symbol=S|color=3:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=80,000|value=500|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Longnose gar|symbol=g|color=6:0:0|playable=No|hostile=No|food=Yes|size=20,000|value=200|biome=Temperate river, temperate lake|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Loon|symbol=l|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=6,000|value=10|biome=Temperate saltwater lake, temperate brackishwater lake, temperate freshwater lake|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Loon man|symbol=l|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=38,000|value=n/a|biome=Temperate saltwater lake, temperate brackishwater lake, temperate freshwater lake|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Manta ray|symbol=►|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=2,300,000|value=500|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Marlin|symbol=α|color=1:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=800,000|value=500|biome=Tropical ocean, temperate ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:merperson_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Merperson|symbol=M|color=3:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=70,000|value=n/a|biome=Good ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Milkfish|symbol=α|color=3:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=10,000|value=50|biome=Almost any water|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Mink|symbol=m|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=800|value=50|biome=Any temperate lake, any temperate river|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Mink man|symbol=m|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,400|value=50|biome=Any temperate lake, any temperate river|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Moon snail man|symbol=s|color=4:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,100|value=10|biome=Temperate ocean|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Mosquito man|symbol=m|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=Not tameable|biome=Any non-freezing biome, any pool|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Narwhal|symbol=N|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,200,000|value=100|biome=Arctic ocean|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Narwhal man|symbol=N|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=635,000|value=100|biome=Arctic ocean|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Nautilus man|symbol=n|color=4:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,250|value=n/a|biome=Any ocean|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Nurse shark|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=150,000|value=300|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Ocean sunfish|symbol=α|color=3:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,000,000|value=500|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Octopus|symbol=o|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=5,000|value=10|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Octopus man|symbol=o|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=37,500|value=n/a|biome=Any ocean|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Opah|symbol=α|color=4:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=200,000|value=200|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Orca|symbol=O|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=5,000,000|value=750|biome=Any ocean|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Orca man|symbol=O|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=2,535,000|value=n/a|biome=Any ocean|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Osprey|symbol=o|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=2,000|value=25|biome=Any ocean, any lake, any river, tropical freshwater marsh, tropical saltwater marsh, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate saltwater marsh|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Osprey man|symbol=o|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=36,000|value=25|biome=Any ocean, any lake, any river, tropical freshwater marsh, tropical saltwater marsh, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate saltwater marsh|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Otter man|symbol=o|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=50,000|value=n/a|biome=Any pool, any lake, any river|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Penguin|symbol=p|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=4,000|value=10|biome=Arctic ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Penguin man|symbol=p|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=37,000|value=10|biome=Arctic ocean|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|graphic=[[File:pike_sprite.png]]|name=Pike (fish)|Pike|symbol=α|color=2:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=200|biome=Temperate river, temperate lake|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Platypus|symbol=p|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=2,000|value=10|biome=All river|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Platypus man|symbol=p|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=36,000|value=10|biome=Any river|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Pond turtle man|symbol=t|color=2:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,250|value=10|biome=Any pool|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Puffin|symbol=p|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=750|value=10|biome=Arctic ocean|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Puffin man|symbol=p|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,375|value=10|biome=Arctic ocean|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Red-winged blackbird man|symbol=r|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,025|value=n/a|biome=Temperate marsh|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=River otter|symbol=o|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=10,000|value=25|biome=Any pool, any lake, any river|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Saltwater crocodile|symbol=C|color=2:0:0|playable=No|hostile=Yes|food=Yes|size=800,000|value=700|biome=Any tropical swamp, marsh, river|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Saltwater crocodile man|symbol=C|color=2:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=435,000|value=n/a|biome=Swamp, marsh, river|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Sea lamprey|symbol=~|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=20,000|value=200|biome=Almost any water|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Sea monster|symbol=M|color=0:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=8,000,000|value=1000|biome=Evil ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Sea otter|symbol=o|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=30,000|value=25|biome=Temperate ocean|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Sea serpent|symbol=S|color=3:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=9,000,000|value=1000|biome=Savage ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Shortfin mako shark|symbol=S|color=3:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=80,000|value=500|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Snapping turtle man|symbol=t|color=2:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=50,000|value=25|biome=Temperate freshwater river, temperate brackishwater river, temperate freshwater lake, temperate brackishwater lake, temperate freshwater pool, temperate brackishwater pool|note=Animal person, Lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Sperm whale|symbol=W|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=25,000,000|value=1000|biome=Any ocean|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Sperm whale man|symbol=W|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=12,535,000|value=n/a|biome=Any ocean|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Spiny dogfish|symbol=s|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=30,000|value=200|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Sponge|symbol=s|color=4:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=No|size=50,000|value=10|biome=Any ocean, any lake, any river|note=Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Sponge man|symbol=s|color=4:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=60,000|value=n/a|biome=Any ocean, any lake, any river|note=Animal person, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Spotted wobbegong|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=80,000|value=n/a|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Squid man|symbol=s|color=7:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=35,100|value=10|biome=Any ocean|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Stingray|symbol=ò|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=5,000|value=200|biome=Almost any water|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Sturgeon|symbol=α|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,500,000|value=300|biome=Any ocean, any river|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Swan|symbol=s|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=10,000|value=10|biome=Any temperate lake, any temperate marsh|note=Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Swan man|symbol=s|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=40,000|value=10|biome=Any temperate lake, any temperate marsh|note=Animal person, Lays eggs, Benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Swordfish|symbol=α|color=3:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=650,000|value=500|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Tiger shark|symbol=S|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=500,000|value=500|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Tigerfish|symbol=α|color=3:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=50,000|value=200|biome=Tropical freshwater river, tropical lake|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Toad man|symbol=t|color=2:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=35,100|value=n/a|biome=Any pool|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Walrus|symbol=W|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=1,500,000|value=400|biome=Arctic ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Walrus man|symbol=W|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=Yes|size=785,000|value=n/a|biome=Arctic ocean|note=Animal person}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Whale shark|symbol=W|color=6:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=20,000,000|value=1000|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Whitetip reef shark|symbol=s|color=7:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=15,000|value=200|biome=Any ocean|note=}}
|}

===Extinct===
Added in the [[Release information/53.15|Dino Update]], [[extinct]] creatures are a separate class of creatures, including their [[animal person]] variants. These creatures are further classified by the prehistoric time period they existed in: [[wikipedia:Cambrian|Cambrian]], [[wikipedia:Carboniferous|Carboniferous]] , [[wikipedia:Cenozic|Cenozic]], [[wikipedia:Cretaceous|Cretaceous]], [[wikipedia:Devonian|Devonian]], [[wikipedia:Jurassic|Jurassic]], [[wikipedia:Ordovician|Ordovician]], [[wikipedia:Permian|Permian]], [[wikipedia:Silurian|Silurian]] and [[wikipedia:Triassic|Triassic]], though this era classification currently has no effect on how or where they appear. A [[World generation#Real world extinct creatures|world generation option]] controls if and where they appear. If generated in a world, the animal people can be playable in adventurer mode; some of the animal people listed here are based on [[Vermin#Extinct|extinct vermin]], which are listed on that page.

====Above Ground====
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_head}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Afrovenator|symbol=A|color=2:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=950,000|value=300|biome=Tropical shrubland and savanna, badland desert|note=Jurassic; exotic mount, trainable, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Afrovenator man|symbol=A|color=2:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=510,000|value=300|biome=Tropical shrubland and savanna, badland desert|note=Jurassic; animal people, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Allosaurus|symbol=A|color=4:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=2,000,000|value=400|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland and savanna, badland desert|note=Jurassic; exotic mount, lays eggs, trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Allosaurus man|symbol=A|color=4:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=1,035,000|value=400|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland and savanna, badland desert|note=Jurassic; animal people, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Amargasaurus|symbol=A|color=4:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=3,250,000|value=400|biome=Temperate shrubland, badland desert|note=Cretaceous; benign, lays eggs, pack animal (capacity: 3000), wagon puller}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Amargasaurus man|symbol=A|color=4:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=1,593,920|value=400|biome=Temperate shrubland, badland desert|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Andrewsarchus|symbol=A|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=850,000|value=300|biome=Temperate shurbland, badland desert|note=Cenozoic; exotic mount, trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Andrewsarchus man|symbol=A|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=460,000|value=300|biome=Temperate shurbland, badland desert|note=Cenozoic; animal people}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Ankylosaurus|symbol=A|color=6:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=6,396,000|value=500|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate savanna, temperate freshwater marsh|note=Cretaceous; benign, exotic mount, war trainable, pack animal (capacity: 4000), lays eggs, wagon puller}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Ankylosaurus man|symbol=A|color=6:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=3,199,420|value=500|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate savanna, temperate freshwater marsh|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Anteosaurus|symbol=A|color=7:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=600,000|value=300|biome=Temperate shrubland, badland desert|note=Permian; exotic mount, lays eggs, trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Anteosaurus man|symbol=A|color=7:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=335,000|value=300|biome=Temperate shrubland, badland desert|note=Permian; animal people, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Archaeopteryx man|symbol=a|color=7:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=35,370|value=20|biome=Tropical dry broadleaf forest, tropical shrubland|note=Jurassic; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Arthropleura|symbol=a|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=yes|hostile=No|size=50,000|value=100|biome=Temperate freshwater swamp, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate forest|note=Carboniferous; benign, not butcherable, cookable live}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Arthropleura man|symbol=a|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=60,000|value=100|biome=Temperate freshwater swamp, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate forest|note=Carboniferous; animal people, benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Brachiosaurus|symbol=B|color=7:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=37,603,000|value=3000|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland and savanna, badland desert|note=Jurassic; benign, lays eggs, pack animal (capacity: 15000 - same as wagon), wagon puller}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Brachiosaurus man|symbol=B|color=7:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=18,802,230|value=3000|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland and savanna, badland desert|note=Jurassic; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Brontosaurus|symbol=B|color=6:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=22,500,000|value=2000|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland and savanna, badland desert|note=Jurassic; benign, lays eggs, pack animal (capacity: 10000), wagon puller}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Brontosaurus man|symbol=B|color=6:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=11,246,820|value=2000|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland and savanna, badland desert|note=Jurassic; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Buitreraptor|symbol=b|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=3000|value=50|biome=Tropical shrubland, temperate shrubland, badland desert|note=Cretaceous; benign, hunting trainable, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Buitreraptor man|symbol=b|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=36,500|value=50|biome=Tropical shrubland, temperate shrubland, badland desert|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Carnotaurus|symbol=C|color=4:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=1,700,000|value=400|biome=Temperate shrubland, tropical shrubland|note=Cretaceous; exotic mount, lays eggs, trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Carnotaurus man|symbol=C|color=4:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=885,000|value=400|biome=Temperate shrubland, tropical shrubland|note=Cretaceous; animal people, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Ceratosaurus|symbol=C|color=2:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=750,000|value=300|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland and savanna, badland desert|note=Jurassic; exotic mount, trainable, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Ceratosaurus man|symbol=C|color=2:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=410,000|value=300|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland and savanna, badland desert|note=Jurassic; animal people, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Colepiocephale|symbol=c|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=10,000|value=50|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate freshwater marsh|note=Cretaceous; benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Colepiocephale man|symbol=c|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=40,000|value=50|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate freshwater marsh|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Deinonychus|symbol=D|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=100,000|value=100|biome=Temperate shrubland, Temperate broadleaf forest|note=Cretaceous; trainable, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Deinonychus man|symbol=D|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=85,000|value=100|biome=Temperate shrubland, Temperate broadleaf forest|note=Cretaceous; animal people, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Deinotherium|symbol=D|color=7:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=11,793,000|value=1000|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest, tropical grassland and savanna|note=Cenozoic; benign, grazer, exotic mount, war trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Deinotherium man|symbol=D|color=7:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=5,895,080|value=1000|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest, tropical grassland and savanna|note=Cenozoic; animal people, benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Diadectes|symbol=D|color=2:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=375,000|value=200|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate savanna and shrubland|note=Permian; benign, grazer, lays eggs, war trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Diadectes man|symbol=D|color=2:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=222,500|value=200|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate savanna and shrubland|note=Permian; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Dilophosaurus|symbol=D|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=400,000|value=200|biome=Temperate shrubland, badland desert|note=Jurassic; exotic mount, lays eggs, trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Dilophosaurus man|symbol=D|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=235,000|value=200|biome=Temperate shrubland, badland desert|note=Jurassic; animal people, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Diplodocus|symbol=D|color=2:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=15,000,000|value=1000|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland and savanna, badland desert|note=Jurassic; benign, lays eggs, pack animal (capacity: 7500), wagon puller}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Diplodocus man|symbol=D|color=2:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=7,506,360|value=1000|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland and savanna, badland desert|note=Jurassic; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Dodo|symbol=d|color=7:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=14,000|value=50|biome=Tropical broadleaf forest|note=Cenozoic; benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Dodo man|symbol=d|color=7:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=42,000|value=50|biome=Tropical broadleaf forest|note=Cenozoic; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Drepanopterus man|symbol=d|color=2:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=35,250|value=20|biome=temperate brackish lake, temperate freshwater lake, temperate freshwater river, temperate brackish river|note=Devonian; animal people, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Drepanosaurus|symbol=d|color=2:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=4,530|value=50|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate conifer forest|note=Triassic; benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Drepanosaurus man|symbol=d|color=2:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=37,260|value=50|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate conifer forest|note=Triassic; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Entelodon|symbol=E|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=272,000|value=200|biome=Temperate shrubland, grassland and savanna|note=Cenozoic; benign, exotic mount, grazer, war trainable, pack animal (capacity: 1000), wagon puller}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Entelodon man|symbol=E|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=171,000|value=200|biome=Temperate shrubland, grassland and savanna|note=Cenozoic; animal people, benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Eoraptor|symbol=e|color=2:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=10,000|value=50|biome=Temperate shrubland, badland desert|note=Triassic; benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Eoraptor man|symbol=e|color=2:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=40,000|value=50|biome=Temperate shrubland, badland desert|note=Triassic; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Europasaurus|symbol=E|color=6:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=750,000|value=300|biome=Temperate conifer forest, temperate broadleaf forest|note=Jurassic; benign, lays eggs, pack animal (capacity: 2000), wagon puller}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Europasaurus man|symbol=E|color=6:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=410,000|value=300|biome=Temperate conifer forest, temperate broadleaf forest|note=Jurassic}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Glyptodon|symbol=G|color=6:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=2,000,000|value=400|biome=Temperate shrubland, grassland and savanna|note=Cenozoic; benign, shell }}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Glyptodon man|symbol=G|color=6:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=1,035,000|value=400|biome=Temperate shrubland, grassland and savanna|note=Cenozoic; animal people, benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hypsilophodon|symbol=h|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=20,000|value=50|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate freshwater marsh|note=Cretaceous; benign lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hypsilophodon man|symbol=h|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=45,000|value=50|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate freshwater marsh|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Iguanodon|symbol=I|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=4,536,000|value=400|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate freshwater marsh|note=Cretaceous; benign, exotic mount, war trainable, pack animal (capacity: 3000)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Iguanodon man|symbol=I|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=2,255,660|value=400|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate freshwater marsh|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Jeholopterus man|symbol=j|color=0:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=35,020|value=20|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Jurassic; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kelenken|symbol=K|color=7:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=100,000|value=100|biome=Temperate shrubland, grassland and savanna|note=Cenozoic; trainable, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kelenken man|symbol=K|color=7:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=85,000|value=100|biome=Temperate shrubland, grassland and savanna|note=Cenozoic; animal people, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kentrosaurus|symbol=K|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=1,600,000|value=400|biome=Tropical dry broadleaf forest, tropical shrubland and savanna|note=Jurassic; benign, lays eggs, war trainable, pack animal (capacity: 3000), wagon puller}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kentrosaurus man|symbol=K|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=835,000|value=400|biome=Tropical dry broadleaf forest, tropical shrubland and savanna|note=Jurassic; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kosmoceratops|symbol=K|color=1:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=1,179,000|value=400|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate savanna|note=Cretaceous; benign, exotic mount, lays eggs, war trainable, pack animal (capacity: 2000), wagon puller}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Kosmoceratops man|symbol=K|color=1:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=624,500|value=400|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate savanna|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Linhenykus man|symbol=l|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=35,250|value=20|biome=Tropical shrubland, badland desert, rock desert|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Lystrosaurus|symbol=L|color=7:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=90,000|value=100|biome=Temperate shrubland and grassland, badland desert|note=Permian; benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Lystrosaurus man|symbol=L|color=7:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=80,000|value=100|biome=Temperate shrubland and grassland, badland desert|note=Permian; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Megacerops|symbol=M|color=7:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=3,000,000|value=400|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate grassland and savanna|note=Cenozoic; benign, exotic mount, grazer}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Megacerops man|symbol=M|color=7:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=1,535,000|value=400|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate grassland and savanna|note=Cenozoic; animal people, benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Megalania|symbol=M|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=450,000|value=200|biome=Tropical dry broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland and grassland|note=Cenozoic; exotic mount, war trainable, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Megalania man|symbol=M|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=260,000|value=200|biome=Tropical dry broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland and grassland|note=Cenozoic; animal people, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Meganeura man|symbol=m|color=2:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=35,060|value=20|biome=temperate freshwater swamp, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate freshwater river, temperate broadleaf forest|note=Carboniferous; animal people}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Megatherium|symbol=M|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=3,742,000|value=400|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate savanna, grassland and shrubland|note=Cenozoic; benign, grazer}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Megatherium man|symbol=M|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=1,848,610|value=400|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate savanna, grassland and shrubland|note=Cenozoic; animal people, benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Microceratus|symbol=m|color=5:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=6,550|value=50|biome=Tropical shrubland, rock desert, sand desert|note=Cretaceous; benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Microceratus man|symbol=m|color=5:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=38,270|value=50|biome=Tropical shrubland, rock desert, sand desert|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Miohippus|symbol=m|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=47,500|value=50|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate grassland and savanna|note=Cenozoic; benign, grazer, can be milked}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Miohippus man|symbol=m|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=58,750|value=50|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate grassland and savanna|note=Cenozoic; animal people, benign }}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Moa|symbol=M|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=160,000|value=100|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate grassland and shrubland|note=Cenozoic; benign, lays eggs, male has only size 72,000}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Moa man|symbol=M|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=115,000|value=100|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate grassland and shrubland|note=Cenozoic; animal people, benign, male has only size 71,000}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Mononykus|symbol=m|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=3,500|value=50|biome=Tropical shrubland, badland desert, rock desert|note=Cretaceous; benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Mononykus man|symbol=m|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=36,750|value=50|biome=Tropical shrubland, badland desert, rock desert|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Nodosaurus|symbol=h|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=3,500,000|value=400|biome=Temperate shrubland, temperate savanna|note=Cretaceous; benign, exotic mount, war trainable, lays eggs, pack animal (capacity: 3000), wagon puller}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Nodosaurus man|symbol=h|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=1,723,640|value=400|biome=Temperate shrubland, temperate savanna|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Nothronychus|symbol=N|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=1,000,000|value=400|biome=Temperate shrubland and savanna|note=Cretaceous; benign, exotic mount, lays eggs, war trainable, pack animal (capacity: 1500)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Nothronychus man|symbol=N|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=535,000|value=400|biome=Temperate shrubland and savanna|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Oviraptor|symbol=o|color=7:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=36,500|value=50|biome=Sand desert, rock desert, tropical shrubland|note=Cretaceous; benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Oviraptor man|symbol=o|color=7:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=53,250|value=50|biome=Sand desert, rock desert, tropical shrubland|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign, las eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Pachycephalosaurus|symbol=P|color=2:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=410,000|value=200|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate savanna, temperate freshwater marsh|note=Cretaceous; benign, exotic mount, war trainable, pack animal (capacity: 1000)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Pachycephalosaurus man|symbol=P|color=2:0:1|playable=Adv|food=Nos|hostile=No|size=240,000|value=200|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate savanna, temperate freshwater marsh|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Paraceratherium|symbol=P|color=7:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=18,000,000|value=1000|biome=Temperate grassland and shrubland, badland desert|note=Cenozoic; benign, exotic mount, grazer, war trainable, pack animal (capacity: 7500)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Paraceratherium man|symbol=P|color=7:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=8,999,210|value=1000|biome=Temperate grassland and shrubland, badland desert|note=Cenozoic; animal people, benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Parasaurolophus|symbol=P|color=2:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=3,742,000|value=400|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate freshwater marsh|note=Cretaceous; benign, exotic mount, pack animal (capacity: 2500), war trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Parasaurolophus man|symbol=P|color=2:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=1,848,610|value=400|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate freshwater marsh|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Platybelodon|symbol=P|color=7:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=3,500,000|value=400|biome=temperate freshwater marsh, temperate grassland and savanna|note=Cenozoic; benign, exotic mount, grazer, war trainable, pack animal (capacity: 2000)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Platybelodon man|symbol=P|color=7:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=1,723,640|value=400|biome=temperate freshwater marsh, temperate grassland and savanna|note=Cenozoic; animal people, benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Procompsognathus man|symbol=p|color=2:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=35,650|value=20|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland, badland desert|note=Triassic; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Pterodactylus man|symbol=p|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=35,620|value=20|biome=Tropical dry broadleaf forest|note=Jurassic; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Pygmy mammoth|symbol=P|color=7:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=1,055,000|value=400|biome=Temperate shrubland and grassland|note=Cenozoic; benign, exotic mount, grazer, war trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Pygmy mammoth man|symbol=P|color=7:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=562,500|value=400|biome=Temperate shrubland and grassland|note=Cenozoic; animal people, benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Quetzalcoatlus|symbol=Q|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=225,000|value=200|biome=Temperate savanna, temperate savanna|note=Cretaceous; exotic mount, lays eggs, war trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Quetzalcoatlus man|symbol=Q|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=147,500|value=200|biome=Temperate savanna, temperate savanna|note=Cretaceous; animal people, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Rhamphorhynchus|symbol=r|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=2150|value=50|biome=Tropical dry broadleaf forest|note=Jurassic; benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Rhamphorhynchus man|symbol=r|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=36,070|value=50|biome=Tropical dry broadleaf forest|note=Jurassic; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Sharovipteryx man|symbol=s|color=2:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=20|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland|note=Triassic; animal people, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Sinopterus|symbol=s|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=2,940|value=50|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Cretaceous; benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Sinopterus man|symbol=s|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=36,470|value=50|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Smilodon|symbol=S|color=6:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=328,000|value=200|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate savanna, grassland and shrubland|note=Cenozoic; exotic mount, trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Smilodon man|symbol=S|color=6:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=199,000|value=200|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate savanna, grassland and shrubland|note=Cenozoic; animal people}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Stegosaurus|symbol=S|color=2:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=4,990,000|value=400|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, badland desert|note=Jurassic; benign, war trainable, lays eggs, pack animal (capacity: 5000), wagon puller}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Stegosaurus man|symbol=S|color=2:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=2,486,960|value=400|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, badland desert|note=Jurassic; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Suzhousaurus|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=2,200,000|value=400|biome=Temperate shrubland, badland desert|note=Cretaceous; benign, exotic mount, lays eggs, war trainable, pack animal (capacity: 2000)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Suzhousaurus man|symbol=S|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=1,135,000|value=400|biome=Temperate shrubland, badland desert|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Therizinosaurus|symbol=T|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=5,000,000|value=500|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest, tropical shrubland|note=Cretaceous; benign, exotic mount, war trainable, pack animal (capacity: 3000), lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Therizinosaurus man|symbol=T|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=2,492,050|value=500|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest, tropical shrubland|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Thylacine|symbol=t|color=6:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=19,000|value=50|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland and grassland|note=Cenozoic; trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Thylacine man|symbol=t|color=6:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=44,500|value=50|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland and grassland|note=Cenozoic; animal people}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Torvosaurus|symbol=T|color=4:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=2,177,000|value=400|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland and savanna, badland desert|note=Jurassic; exotic mount, trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Torvosaurus man|symbol=T|color=4:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=1,123,500|value=400|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate shrubland and savanna, badland desert|note=Jurassic; animal people}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Triceratops|symbol=T|color=6:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=9,000,000|value=500|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate savanna|note=Cretaceous; benign, exotic mount, war trainable, lays eggs, pack animal (capacity: 5000), wagon puller}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Triceratops man|symbol=T|color=6:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=4,511,130|value=500|biome=Temperate broadleaf forest, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate savanna|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Tsintaosaurus|symbol=T|color=2:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=2,500,000|value=400|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest, tropical freshwater marsh|note=Cretaceous; benign, exotic mount, war trainable, pack animal (capacity: 3000)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Tsintaosaurus man|symbol=T|color=2:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=1,285,000|value=400|biome=Tropical moist broadleaf forest, tropical freshwater marsh|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Tyrannosaurus|symbol=T|color=2:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=6,250,000|value=500|biome=Temperate Savanna, Temperate freshwater marsh, temperate broadleaf forest|note=Cretaceous; exotic mount, trainable, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Tyrannosaurus man|symbol=T|color=2:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=3,125,640|value=500|biome=Temperate Savanna, Temperate freshwater marsh, temperate broadleaf forest|note=Cretaceous; animal people, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Utahraptor|symbol=U|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=500,000|value=300|biome=Temperate shrubland, badland desert|note=Cretaceous; exotic mount, trainable, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Utahraptor man|symbol=U|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=285,000|value=300|biome=Temperate shrubland, badland desert|note=Cretaceous; animal people, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Velociraptor|symbol=v|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=17,000|value=50|biome=Tropical shrubland, badland desert, rock desert|note=Cretaceous; hunting trainable, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Velociraptor man|symbol=v|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=43,500|value=50|biome=Tropical shrubland, badland desert, rock desert|note=Cretaceous; animal people, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Woolly mammoth|symbol=W|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=6,045,000|value=500|biome=Tundra, temperate grassland|note=Cenozoic; benign, grazer, exotic mount, war trainable, pack animal (capacity: 5000), can be sheared}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Woolly mammoth man|symbol=W|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=3,021,980|value=500|biome=Tundra, temperate grassland|note=Cenozoic; animal people, benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Woolly rhinoceros|symbol=R|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=2,650,000|value=400|biome=Tundra, temperate grassland|note=Cenozoic; benign, grazer, exotic mount, war trainable, can be sheared}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Woolly rhinoceros man|symbol=R|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=1,360,000|value=400|biome=Tundra, temperate grassland|note=Cenozoic; animal people, benign}}
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====Aquatic====
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{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Aegirocassis|symbol=a|color=1:0:1|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=40,000|value=50|biome=Tropical ocean, temperate ocean|note=Ordovician; benign, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Aegirocassis man|symbol=a|color=1:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv|hostile=No|size=55,000|value=50|biome=Tropical ocean, temperate ocean|note=Ordovician; animal people, benign, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Ammonite|symbol=A|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=400,000|value=200|biome=Any Ocean|note=Cretaceous; has shell}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Ammonite man|symbol=A|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=235,000|value=200|biome=Any Ocean|note=Cretaceous; animal people}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Anomalocaris man|symbol=a|color=6:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=35,220|value=20|biome=Tropical ocean, Tropical Saltwater Pool|note=Cambrian; animal people, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Archelon|symbol=A|color=3:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=2,676,000|value=400|biome=Temperate Ocean|note=Cretaceous; benign, shell, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Archelon man|symbol=A|color=3:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=1,373,000|value=400|biome=Temperate Ocean|note=Cretaceous; animal people, benign, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Dimetrodon|symbol=D|color=7:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=139,000|value=100|biome=Temperate savanna and shrubland, badland desert, temperate freshwater river|note=Permian; amphibious, lays eggs, war trainable}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Dimetrodon man|symbol=D|color=7:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=104,500|value=100|biome=Temperate savanna and shrubland, badland desert, temperate freshwater river|note=Permian; animal people, amphibious, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Diplocaulus|symbol=d|color=0:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=10,000|value=50|biome=Temperate freshwater swamp, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate freshwater lake, temperate freshwater river|note=Permian; amphibious, benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Diplocaulus man|symbol=d|color=0:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=40,000|value=50|biome=Temperate freshwater swamp, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate freshwater lake, temperate freshwater river|note=Permian; animal people, amphibious, benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Dunkleosteus|symbol=D|color=7:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=2,500,000|value=400|biome=Tropical ocean, temperate ocean|note=Devonian}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Dunkleosteus man|symbol=D|color=7:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=1,285,000|value=400|biome=Tropical ocean, temperate ocean|note=Devonian; animal people}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Eryops|symbol=e|color=2:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=16,200|value=50|biome=Temperate freshwater swamp, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate freshwater lake, temperate freshwater river|note=Permian; amphibious, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Eryops man|symbol=e|color=2:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=43,100|value=50|biome=Temperate freshwater swamp, temperate freshwater marsh, temperate freshwater lake, temperate freshwater river|note=Permian; animal people, amphibious, benign, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Gerrothorax|symbol=g|color=7:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=50|biome=Temperate freshwater swamp, temperate freshwater lake, temperate freshwater river|note=Triassic; benign, amphibious}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Gerrothorax man|symbol=g|color=7:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=52,500|value=50|biome=Temperate freshwater swamp, temperate freshwater lake, temperate freshwater river|note=Triassic; animal people, benign, amphibious}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Haikouichthys man|symbol=h|color=1:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=20|biome=Tropical ocean, Tropical Saltwater Pool|note=Cambrian; animal people, benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hallucigenia man|symbol=h|color=6:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=20|biome=Tropical ocean, Tropical Saltwater Pool|note=Cambrian; animal people, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Helicoprion|symbol=h|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=339000|value=200|biome=Tropical Ocean, temperate ocean|note=Permian}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Helicoprion man|symbol=h|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=204,500|value=200|biome=Tropical Ocean, temperate ocean|note=Permian; animal people}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hibbertopterus peachi|symbol=H|color=2:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=50,000|value=100|biome=temperate brackish lake, temperate freshwater lake, temperate freshwater river, temperate brackish river|note=Devonian; benign, not butcherable, cookable live, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hibbertopterus peachi man|symbol=H|color=2:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=60,000|value=100|biome=temperate brackish lake, temperate freshwater lake, temperate freshwater river, temperate brackish river|note=Devonian; animal people, benign, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hibbertopterus scouleri|symbol=H|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=60,000|value=100|biome=temperate brackish lake, temperate freshwater lake, temperate freshwater river, temperate brackish river|note=Devonian; benign, not butcherable, cookable live, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Hibbertopterus scouleri man|symbol=H|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=65,000|value=100|biome=temperate brackish lake, temperate freshwater lake, temperate freshwater river, temperate brackish river|note=Devonian; animal people, benign, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Ichthyosaurus|symbol=I|color=3:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=650,000|value=300|biome=Any ocean|note=Jurassic}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Ichthyosaurus man|symbol=I|color=3:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=360,000|value=300|biome=Any ocean|note=Jurassic; animal people}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Jaekelopterus|symbol=J|color=6:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=200,000|value=200|biome=Temperate brackish lake, temperate freshwater lake, temperate freshwater river, temperate brackish river|note=Silurian; not butcherable, cookable live, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Jaekelopterus man|symbol=J|color=6:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=135,000|value=200|biome=Temperate brackish lake, temperate freshwater lake, temperate freshwater river, temperate brackish river|note=Silurian; animal people, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Megalodon|symbol=M|color=7:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=23,269,000|value=2000|biome=Temperate Ocean, tropical ocean|note=Cenozoic}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Megalodon man|symbol=M|color=7:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=11,632,580|value=2000|biome=Temperate Ocean, tropical ocean|note=Cenozoic; animal people}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Mimetaster man|symbol=m|color=2:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=35,020|value=20|biome=temperate ocean, temperate saltwater pool|note=Devonian; animal people, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Mosasaurus|symbol=M|color=2:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=12,500,000|value=1000|biome=Tropical Ocean, Temperate Ocean|note=Cretaceous; (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Mosasaurus man|symbol=M|color=2:0:1|playable=Adv|food=Nos|hostile=Yes|size=6,250,640|value=1000|biome=Tropical Ocean, Temperate Ocean|note=Cretaceous; animal people, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Oestocephalus man|symbol=o|color=6:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=35,150|value=20|biome=Temperate freshwater Swamp, Marsh, Lake and River|note=Carboniferous; animal people, amphibious}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Opabinia man|symbol=o|color=4:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=35,010|value=20|biome=Tropical ocean, Tropical Saltwater Pool|note=Cambrian; animal people, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Ostenocaris man|symbol=∙|color=7:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=50|biome=Temperate Ocean, Temperate saltwater pool|note=Jurassic; animal people, benign}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Plesiosaurus|symbol=P|color=3:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=450000|value=200|biome=Tropical ocean, temperate ocean|note=Jurassic; (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Plesiosaurus man|symbol=P|color=3:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=260,000|value=200|biome=Tropical ocean, temperate ocean|note=Jurassic; animal people, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Psephoderma|symbol=p|color=2:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=no|size=5270|value=50|biome=Temperate ocean, temperate saltwater pool, tropical saltwater pool|note=Triassic; lays eggs, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Psephoderma man|symbol=p|color=2:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=no|size=37,630|value=50|biome=Temperate ocean, temperate saltwater pool, tropical saltwater pool|note=Triassic; animal people, lays eggs, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Spinosaurus aegyptiacus|symbol=S|color=7:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=7,400,000|value=500|biome=Tropical marsh, tropical brackish river, tropical saltwater river|note=Cretaceous; amphibious, exotic mount, trainable, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Spinosaurus aegyptiacus man|symbol=S|color=7:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=3,705,970|value=500|biome=Tropical marsh, tropical brackish river, tropical saltwater river|note=Cretaceous; animal people, amphibious, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Spinosaurus mirabilis|symbol=S|color=2:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=7,400,000|value=500|biome=Tropical freshwater marsh, tropical saltwater marsh, tropical brackish river, tropical saltwater river|note=Cretaceous; amphibious, exotic mount, trainable, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Spinosaurus mirabilis man|symbol=S|color=2:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=3,705,970|value=500|biome=Tropical freshwater marsh, tropical saltwater marsh, tropical brackish river, tropical saltwater river|note=Cretaceous; animal people, amphibious, lays eggs}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Tiktaalik|symbol=t|color=2:0:1|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=Yes|size=47,000|value=50|biome=Tropical freshwater swamp, tropical freshwater marsh, tropical freshwater river, tropical freshwater lake|note=Devonian; amphibious}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Tiktaalik man|symbol=t|color=2:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=Yes|size=58,500|value=50|biome=Tropical freshwater swamp, tropical freshwater marsh, tropical freshwater river, tropical freshwater lake|note=Devonian; animal people, amphibious}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Titanoboa|symbol=T|color=2:0:0|playable=No|food=Yes|hostile=No|size=933,000|value=300|biome=Any tropical freshwater|note=Cenozoic; amphibious, war trainable, exotic mount}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Titanoboa man|symbol=T|color=2:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=501,500|value=300|biome=Any tropical freshwater|note=Cenozoic; animal people, amphibious}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Trilobite|symbol=t|color=7:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=No|size=4,500|value=50|biome=Tropical Ocean, temperate ocean, Tropical/Temperate Saltwater Pools|note=Cambrian; benign, not butcherable, cookable live, (moveable on land), shell}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Trilobite man|symbol=t|color=7:0:0|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=37,250|value=50|biome=Tropical Ocean, temperate ocean, Tropical/Temperate Saltwater Pools|note=Cambrian; animal people, benign, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Tullimonstrum man|symbol=t|color=4:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=35,080|value=20|biome=Temperate Ocean, temperate brackish pool, temperate saltwater pool, temperate brackish river|note=Carboniferous; animal people, (moveable on land)}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent table row|name=Wiwaxia man|symbol=w|color=4:0:1|playable=Adv|food=No|hostile=No|size=35,000|value=20|biome=Tropical ocean, Tropical Saltwater Pool|note=Cambrian; animal people, (moveable on land)}}
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Note: "moveable on land" in the above table means that the creature has the creature token "AQUATIC", but not the creature token "IMMOBILE_LAND".

== [[Night creature|Night Creatures]] / Other ==


===Night creatures===
These creatures are either vicious creatures that attack in the night, or are created through certain [[Interaction token|interaction]]s - be it a condition of the game, or intentionally by another creature.
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{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|graphic=[[File:Animated dead example anim.gif]]|name=Undead|Animated dead|symbol=Ñ|color=3:0:0|food=Yes|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=Unchanged|value=Not tameable|biome=[[Evil]] biomes, [[tower (necromancy)|tower]]s, [[camp]]s|note=Formerly living creatures animated through magic.}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|graphic=[[File:bogeyman_sprite.png]]|name=Bogeyman|symbol=ñ|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=10,000 to 20,000|value=Not tameable|biome=[[Evil]] biomes|note=Evil predatory shape-shifters that stalk unfortunate victims in the night.}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|graphic=[[File:experiment_sprite_anim.gif]]|name=Experiment|symbol=Any|color=7:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv1|hostile=Possibly|size=Varies|value=Not tameable|biome=[[Tower (necromancy)|Tower]]s, Towns and cities1|note= Failed or successful products of experimentation on living citizens or livestock.}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Ghost|symbol=Ñ|color=7:1:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Possibly|size=Unchanged|value=Not tameable|biome=Any|note=Spiritual residents who have not been memorialized properly.}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Infected ghoul|symbol=Ñ|color=4:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=Unchanged|value=Not tameable|biome=[[Tower (necromancy)|Tower]]s|note=Undead creatures who can spread their condition through bites.}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Intelligent undead|symbol=Ñ|color=3:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv2|hostile=Possibly|size=Unchanged|value=Not tameable|biome=All above-ground|note=Former historical figures raised from the dead, retaining part of their personality.}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|graphic=[[File:mummy_preview_sprite.png]]|name=Mummy|symbol=Ñ|color=6:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=Unchanged|value=Not tameable|biome=[[Tomb]]s|note=Undead rulers who will attack when disturbed, as well as lay curses.}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Necromancer|symbol=Ñ|color=5:0:1|food=No|playable=Adv3|hostile=Yes|size=Unchanged|value=Not tameable|biome=[[Tower (necromancy)|Tower]]s, [[camp]]s|note=Immortal beings who are able to raise the dead.}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|graphic=[[File:night_troll_sprite.png]]|name=Night troll|symbol=Ñ|color=2:0:0|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=70,000 to 150,000|value=Not tameable|biome=All above-ground|note=A stalker troll that kidnaps and mates with victims, turning them into troll spouses.}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|graphic=[[File:moon_sprite.png]]|name=Nightmare|symbol=Ñ|color=0:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=100,000 to 1,100,000|value=Not tameable|biome=N/A|note=Unspeakably horrifying and grotesque creatures summoned by supernatural forces.}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Vampire|symbol=Ñ|color=4:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv4|hostile=Yes|size=Unchanged|value=Not tameable|biome=All above-ground|note=Immortal beings who feed on blood and can appear in migrant waves while disguised.}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Werebeast|symbol=Ñ|color=6:0:0|food=No|playable=Adv5|hostile=Yes|size=80,000 to 90,000|value=Not tameable|biome=All above-ground|note=Sapient creatures cursed to transform into a cross of themselves and an animal on a full moon.}}
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:1. In some worlds, intelligent experiments escape their creators and join normal civilizations. They will then be playable in adventurer mode. 
:2. The player cannot normally start out as an intelligent undead, but can [[unretire]] a former adventurer that has been resurrected. This can also be done (without unretiring) by using [[Adventurer mode character creation#Party summary|adventurer parties]]. 
:3. The player cannot start out as a necromancer, but can gain necromancer powers by reading a slab or book containing the secrets of life and death. 
:4. The player cannot start out as a vampire, but can become one by feeding on spilled vampire blood. [[Animal people]] with the ability to suck blood can also gain vampirism by blood-sucking a vampire during combat.
:5. The player cannot start out as a werebeast, but can [[Werebeast#Becoming a werebeast|become one]] by getting bitten by one, or cursed by a deity.

===Hidden Fun Stuff===

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{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|graphic=[[File:beast_sprites_preview_anim.gif]]|name=Demon|symbol=&|color=7:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=400,000 to 10,000,000|value=Not tameable|biome=[[Underworld]]|note=See article for more information}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|graphic=[[File:beast_sprites_preview_anim.gif]]|name=Angel|symbol=Ä|color=7:0:1|food=No|playable=No†|hostile=Yes|size=Varies|value=Not tameable|biome=[[Vault]]s|note=See article for more information}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|graphic=[[File:Blind_cave_bear_sprite.png]] [[File:guardian_sprite.png]]|name=Dungeon guardian|symbol=ÿ|color=5:0:1|food=No|playable=No|hostile=Yes|size=Unchanged|value=Not tameable|biome=[[Mysterious dungeon|Mysterious sites]]|note=Immortal figures that have been changed to relentlessly guard [[mysterious dungeon]]s.}}
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†except in a few [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=172326.msg7869456#msg7869456 special cases]

===Nonexistent===

{{v50_creaturecurrent table head}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Centaur|symbol=C|graphic=[[File:statue_covered_sprite.png]]|color=6:0:0|food=N/A|size=N/A|value=N/A|playable=No|hostile=N/A|biome=Nowhere|note=Only found in engravings}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Chimera|symbol=C|graphic=[[File:statue_covered_sprite.png]]|color=2:0:1|food=N/A|size=N/A|value=N/A|playable=No|hostile=N/A|biome=Nowhere|note=Only found in engravings}}
{{v50_creaturecurrent_table_row|name=Griffon|symbol=G|graphic=[[File:statue_covered_sprite.png]]|color=7:0:1|food=N/A|size=N/A|value=N/A|playable=No|hostile=N/A|biome=Nowhere|note=Only found in engravings}}
|}

==Trivia==
*[[File:placeholder_sprite.png|right|thumb|The debug creature.]]If the game does not recognize a creature and/or cannot find the [[Graphics#Creature_Graphics|sprite associated for it]], the sprite will default to a blue, round, blob-like face with stubby legs.
*Many of the original [[Cavern#Creatures|underground creatures]] were drawn by [[Toady One|Tarn]] and [[ThreeToe|Zach]] Adams "in a couple of notebooks in our parents' living room one day, more than a decade ago, when we were trying to populate the [[v0.31:Release_information#The_Underground|new-at-the-time]] 3D [[Cavern|underground]]." ([http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html#2024-06-25 Bay 12 Games]) While most of these were implemented in [[v0.31:Release_information|v0.31]], some concepts were left on the cutting room floor.
** [https://bay12games.com/dwarves/notebook/notebook_01.jpg Page 1]: [[Bugbat]] and [[drunian]].
** [https://bay12games.com/dwarves/notebook/notebook_02.jpg Page 2]: [[Manera]] and king cave worm.
** [https://bay12games.com/dwarves/notebook/notebook_03.jpg Page 3]: [[Molemarian]] and mole rat [[Animal person#Subterranean animal people|man]].
** [https://bay12games.com/dwarves/notebook/notebook_04.jpg Page 4]: Magma seal, magma walrus, and [[jabberer]].
** [https://bay12games.com/dwarves/notebook/notebook_05.jpg Page 5]: [[Pond grabber]], [[blind cave bear]], [[cave dragon]], and [[reacher]].
** [https://bay12games.com/dwarves/notebook/notebook_06.jpg Page 6]: [[Gorlak]] and [[cave fish man]].
** [https://bay12games.com/dwarves/notebook/notebook_07.jpg Page 7]: [[Floating guts]], [[drunian]], and grabber.
** [https://bay12games.com/dwarves/notebook/notebook_08.jpg Page 8]: [[Creeping eye]], [[voracious cave crawler]], and [[blind cave ogre]].
** [https://bay12games.com/dwarves/notebook/notebook_09.jpg Page 9]: [[Cap hopper]], [[magma crab]], and [[crundle]].
** [https://bay12games.com/dwarves/notebook/notebook_10.jpg Page 10]: [[Hungry head]], [[flesh ball]], and [[elk bird]].
** [https://bay12games.com/dwarves/notebook/notebook_11.jpg Page 11]: [[Helmet snake]], [[green devourer]], and [[rutherer]].
** [https://bay12games.com/dwarves/notebook/notebook_12.jpg Page 12]: [[Creepy crawler]].
** [https://bay12games.com/dwarves/notebook/notebook_13.jpg Page 13]: [[Draltha]], [[giant earthworm]], and [[blood man]].
** [https://bay12games.com/dwarves/notebook/notebook_14.jpg Page 14]: Stilt plucker.

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| elvish = amu
| goblin = los
| human = mos
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Extinction

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[[File:extinct_preview.png|right]]'''Extinction''' means one of three things in ''Dwarf Fortress''.

== Extinct creatures ==
With the release of the [[Release_information/53.15|Dino Update]], [[Creature#Extinct|extinct creatures]] from the real world were added to the game, including [[animal person]] variants of them. Depending on the options chosen when [[World generation#Real world extinct creatures|generating a world]], these extinct creatures can be removed entirely, made to only exist in certain circumstances, or to exist as domesticated animals. They are classified by the prehistoric era they existed in, but this has no effect on how or where they appear. These creatures aren't inherently related to the concept of extinction as defined on the rest of this page, though it is possible for them to become locally extinct in an area they initially existed in.

== Sapient extinction ==
The first meaning of the word pertains to [[world generation]]: fighting between different sapient species may be so intense that a particular sapient species is wiped out entirely, going extinct in the process. Extinction events are exceedingly rare in larger worlds, but surprisingly common in pocket ones, where inter-species competition is at its fiercest. Sapient species that go extinct will obviously no longer [[caravan|trade]] with your dwarves, nor threaten them with [[ambush]]es or [[siege]]s. You can somehow still start a fortress mode game in a map vacated of any dwarves, but will not receive any [[migrant]]s beyond the first two (hard-coded) waves, nor any [[noble]] appointments (including the [[monarch]]). Conversely, if your fortress receives a third migrant wave, a dwarf trade caravan, or a monarch, then your civilization was not truly extinct, only "dying". Civilizations can remain "dying" for hundreds of years{{bug|9503}}, and the game won't allow you to embark from an extinct civilization if any non-extinct civilizations are available, so a truly extinct civilization embark is fairly difficult to obtain, but not impossible.{{cite_forum|154368.msg6754648#msg6754648}}

On a smaller scale, landmass-specific extinctions can also occur, and although they are not nearly so dramatic as ''mass'' extinctions and are in fact quite common, they can still affect your game. This usually happens on separated landmasses, and [[island]]s inhabited by more than one sapient species below a certain area. Since [[civilization]]s cannot yet cross bodies of water that don't freeze over, such extinctions will affect your gameplay should you chose to settle on such a landmass. The effect of settling someplace inaccessible to dwarves is the same as starting a fortress when they are extinct: only two hard-coded migrant waves.

[[Calendar#Ages|Calendar ages]] are greatly influenced by the relative lack - or abundance - of sapient life in your world, and so provide an at-a-glance view of the state of civilization on your lonely planet (if you know what they stand for, of course). Two calendar ages are more directly associated with extinction: the ''Age of Death'' and the ''Age of Emptiness'', in which all civilizations have been wiped out. Actually getting these to happen can be difficult - the latter can only be achieved by killing every civilized creature in a world in Adventurer mode, then committing suicide, then [[embark]]ing on the same map in fortress mode, then committing suicide with all of ''those'' dwarves. Once all of this is done, you will finally get an [[announcement]] telling you of the passing of the age. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=46033.0 It's been done before].

== Site extinction ==
The second, more nuanced form of extinction has to do with the wildlife in your [[surroundings]]. Every [[site]] can have a certain number of [[creature]]s appear in it; ''which'' creatures depends on the site's [[biome]]s, ''how often'' depends on the <tt>[FREQUENCY]</tt> [[creature token]] in their [[raw file]]s, ''how many'' depends on the number of biomes you abridge and on the creature's <tt>[CLUSTER_NUMBER:#]</tt>, and ''how many before none will ever appear in the wild again'' depends on a somewhat randomized token in specific creatures' definitions, the <tt>[POPULATION_NUMBER:#:#]</tt> tag. That is, if as many (wild, non-[[mount|siege mount]]) creatures die or are [[cage trap|captured]] and kept upon visiting your fortress as <tt>[POPULATION_NUMBER]</tt> is set to, they will be considered locally extinct, and will have their range clipped from your fortress surroundings.

This cap will not limit any [[breeding]] you do once you have captured the creature, and will obviously not affect any creatures visiting your [[site]] that are allowed to leave. It ''will'' affect the maximum number of non-breeding creatures that you can have at your fortress, however, and will not allow the appearance of creatures in clusters larger than are allowed by the cap. Note that the cap is biome-specific: even though [[sea serpent]]s are capped at one serpent per site, it is possible to get multiples, and even [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=75780.0 start a breeding program], if your fortress abridges multiple valid biomes - note that such a breeding program wouldn't work in the current version, as sea serpents are now egg-laying and aquatic egg-layers don't breed due to a bug)

Every time a species becomes locally extinct it is (obviously) taken out of the wildlife visitation rotation. Rendering a policy of mass genocide on the countryside can thus eventually force the appearance of a sought-after species of wildlife, if you push hard enough. However, for the most part the number of creatures that can appear in the biome is so large, and the population caps are set so high, that it doesn't seriously affect gameplay. Aggressively hunting the local wildlife ''will'' eventually restrict its variety, however, and eventually you can prevent ''any'' wildlife from spawning at all on your map.

The cap does have important ramifications for a few specific species, however. Wildlife appearances on [[glacier]]s are heavily restricted, for instance, so the particularly aggressive [[yeti]], which only appears five to ten times, is often made extinct very quickly. Because of a bug, aquatic vermin do not restock when fished, resulting in guaranteed eventual extinction.{{bug|2780}} [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=84112.msg2252463#msg2252463 A certain nuance] of the tag's implementation allows maintained hunting of certain species, with some micromanagement: if a cluster (or pack) of animals appears on the map, as long as at least one animal in that cluster is allowed to leave, the species will not have been considered depleted. This obviously does not work on solitary creatures. Another option is to capture a [[breed]]ing pair and release their (untamed) young back into the wild; doing so can even raise the site population past its starting value.

===Natural regeneration===
Supposedly, wildlife populations very slowly naturally repopulate due to continuous world-gen/[[world activities]].{{cite mantis|2780/c36019}} Whether this can happen if they are locally extinct is unknown.

== Repopulating site extinction with DFHack ==

To fully bring back creatures from permanent extinction, the DFHack [https://dfhack.readthedocs.io/en/stable/docs/_auto/base.html#region-pops region-pops] can help. The script is versatile, and when used correctly, can selectively weed out creatures a player does not want to bring back. This tool is not perfect, and with time, creatures you have weeded out may return. This may be due to a range limit, and does not take very long range migration into account.

To view which animals may spawn in your embark, use 'region-pops list-all'.

=== Repopulation ===
To get started, first download the template [https://github.com/EldrickWT/eld-dfhack-scripts here] named 'region-pops.list' (credits to EldrickWT), and open it up with any text editor. The finished file should be structured like a .bat (all commands are stated before the options). By default, this scriptlet will remove every creature, which is not what we want. All we have to do is flip (or replace) the value into a positive number. Once done, save, copy and paste it in to the dfhack terminal. This script will restock all creatures with the value you inserted.

=== Fine tuning ===
With the basic repopulation done, you can fine-tune which creatures you don't want out with this part. Since a negative value removes creatures from the region, you can add below the last line, 'region-pops incr-all BIRD -X' to remove X from all creatures with 'BIRD' in its name. This also includes giant and animal person variants. Just remember to have the removing part at least larger than the repopulation part, to play it safe. Flying creatures often have a big impact on FPS, and removing them from your embark will definitely help. After saving the file, you can easily copy and paste your preferred region populations on every new playthrough.

There is (currently) no known script to repopulate civilizations.

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