Magma crab
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C
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| Urist likes magma crabs for their chittering.
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| Biome
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| Attributes
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· Fire immune
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| Cannot be tamed
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| Size
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| Birth:
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1,000 cm3
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| Mid:
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2,000 cm3
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| Max:
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30,000 cm3
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| Age
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| Adult at:
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Birth
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| Max age:
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50-70
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| Cannot be butchered
(Value multiplier x2)
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This article is about the current version of DF.
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- A small rock-eating creature that lives in molten rock. It scurries on little feet and swims through liquid rock with sharp wings. It uses magma to digest rock and spits out burning globs.
A magma crab is a small magma-dwelling creature that has the unique ability to spit globs of liquid basalt in small quantities. It does so at a very fast rate when at range, but if confronted in close quarters, they can only defend themselves with a weak push attack. The basalt spit is a very small and incredibly hot glob of the stuff and as such only burns areas it hits, generally melting off the fat of that body part. It should be noted however that this can be exceptionally deadly, especially to smaller dwarves if they're struck multiple times, as they rapidly bleed until all the fat on the hit parts is melted away.
Due to having few organs, magma crabs are quite resilient, but they can be killed relatively easily by just about any conventional means due to their small size, from cave-in traps and marksdwarves to having a mace- or hammerdwarf bash it enough times to crush its body. Using militia dwarves can potentially result in fatalities as dwarves are easily hit by the basalt spit, though soldiers with enough skill in shield use may come out unscathed. Overall, if you leave an open path from their home, magma crabs can be quite disrupting and dangerous, but any potential threat can be neutralized if you wall off any magma access before or after they appear, sealing them in and your dwarves out. Magma crabs cannot be butchered, so the only use of their corpses is filling your refuse stockpile.
Before 0.40, magma crabs used to spit solid basalt rather than liquid (this was a bug), and were therefore much more fun as they could easily break dwarves into pieces. Despite their description, they are not actually crab-like - they are essentially crawling heads with a pair of flightless wings, being devoid of legs or pincers which actual crabs possess, they actually more resemble hungry heads than crabs. Magma crabs possess a pet value of 200, but lack the necessary tokens to be trainable. Additionally, they can't be spawned in the object testing arena.
Some dwarves like magma crabs for their chittering.
Not handshake-friendly.
Art by Piper.t
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[CREATURE:MAGMA_CRAB]
[ARENA_RESTRICTED]
[DESCRIPTION:A small rock-eating creature that lives in molten rock. It scurries on little feet and swims through liquid rock with sharp wings. It uses magma to digest rock and spits out burning globs.]
[NAME:magma crab:magma crabs:magma crab]
[CASTE_NAME:magma crab:magma crabs:magma crab]
[CREATURE_TILE:'C'][COLOR:0:0:1]
[PETVALUE:200]
[NATURAL]
[LARGE_ROAMING]
[BIOME:SUBTERRANEAN_LAVA]
[UNDERGROUND_DEPTH:3:5]
[FREQUENCY:100]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:25:50]
[CLUSTER_NUMBER:1:5]
[PREFSTRING:chittering]
[ALL_ACTIVE]
[NO_SLEEP]
[HOMEOTHERM:12000]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_WALK_CRAWL_GAITS:6561:6115:5683:1755:7456:8567] 5 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CRAWLING_GAITS:9000:8900:8825:8775:9500:9900] 1 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_SWIMMING_GAITS:4732:4026:3327:1097:5922:7567] 8 kph
[SWIMS_INNATE]
[FIREIMMUNE]
[NOT_BUTCHERABLE]
[EXTRAVISION]
[CANNOT_JUMP]
[MAGMA_VISION]
[NOBREATHE]
[NOBONES]
[BODY:BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG:BRAIN:MOUTH:2WINGS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:CHITIN_MATERIALS]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:CHITIN_TISSUES]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:EXOSKELETON_TISSUE_LAYERS:CHITIN:FAT:MUSCLE]
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:STANDARD_HEAD_POSITIONS]
[CAN_DO_INTERACTION:MATERIAL_EMISSION]
[CDI:ADV_NAME:Spit molten rock]
[CDI:USAGE_HINT:ATTACK]
[CDI:BP_REQUIRED:BY_CATEGORY:MOUTH]
[CDI:MATERIAL:INORGANIC:BASALT:LIQUID_GLOB]
[CDI:VERB:spit a glob of molten rock:spits a glob of molten rock:NA]
[CDI:TARGET:C:LINE_OF_SIGHT]
[CDI:TARGET_RANGE:C:15]
[CDI:MAX_TARGET_NUMBER:C:1]
[CDI:WAIT_PERIOD:30]
[HAS_NERVES]
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:1000]
[BODY_SIZE:1:168:2000]
[BODY_SIZE:5:0:30000]
[MAXAGE:50:70]
[CASTE:FEMALE]
[FEMALE]
[CASTE:MALE]
[MALE]
[SELECT_CASTE:ALL]
[SET_TL_GROUP:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:CHITIN]
[TL_COLOR_MODIFIER:BLACK:1]
[TLCM_NOUN:exterior:SINGULAR]
[SELECT_MATERIAL:ALL]
[MULTIPLY_VALUE:2]
[IF_EXISTS_SET_HEATDAM_POINT:13000]
[IF_EXISTS_SET_IGNITE_POINT:13000]
[IF_EXISTS_SET_MELTING_POINT:13000]
[IF_EXISTS_SET_BOILING_POINT:15000]
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| Creatures
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| Races
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Dwarf • Elf • Goblin • Human • Kobold
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| Amphibian man • Antman • Bat man • Cave fish man • Cave swallow man • Olm man • Reptile man • Rodent man • Serpent man
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| Birds
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Albatross (man, giant) • Barn owl (man, giant) • Blue jay (man, giant) • Bushtit (man, giant) • Cardinal (man, giant) • Cassowary (man, giant) • Cockatiel (man, giant) • Crow (man, giant) • Eagle (man, giant) • Emu (man, giant) • Grackle (man, giant) • Great horned owl (man, giant) • Grey parrot (man, giant) • Hornbill (man, giant) • Kakapo (man, giant) • Kea (man, giant) • Kestrel (man, giant) • Kiwi (man, giant) • Loon (man, giant) • Lorikeet (man, giant) • Magpie (man, giant) • Masked lovebird (man, giant) • Oriole (man, giant) • Osprey (man, giant) • Ostrich (man, giant) • Parakeet (man, giant) • Peach-faced lovebird (man, giant) • Penguin (little, emperor, man, giant) • Peregrine falcon (man, giant) • Puffin (man, giant) • Raven (man, giant) • Red-winged blackbird (man, giant) • Snowy owl (man, giant) • Sparrow (man, giant) • Swan (man, giant) • White stork (man, giant) • Wren (man, giant)
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| Bugs
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Bark scorpion (man, giant) • Beetle (man, giant) • Brown recluse spider (man, giant) • Damselfly (man, giant) • Dragonfly (man, giant) • Firefly (man, giant) • Fly (man, giant) • Grasshopper (man, giant) • Jumping spider (man, giant) • Louse (man, giant) • Mantis (man, giant) • Monarch butterfly (man, giant) • Moon snail (man, giant) • Mosquito (man, giant) • Moth (man, giant) • Roach (man, giant) • Slug (man, giant) • Snail (man, giant) • Thrips (man, giant) • Tick (man, giant)
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| Desert
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Desert tortoise (man, giant) • Gila monster (man, giant) • Leopard gecko (man, giant)
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| Domestic
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Alpaca • Blue peafowl • Cat • Cavy • Chicken • Cow • Dog • Donkey • Duck • Goat • Goose • Guineafowl • Horse • Llama • Mule • Pig • Rabbit • Reindeer • Sheep • Turkey • Water buffalo • Yak
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| Mountain
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Chinchilla (man, giant) • Dark gnome • Hoary marmot (man, giant) • Mountain gnome • Mountain goat (man, giant) • Wolverine (man, giant)
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| Ocean
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Angelshark • Basking shark • Blacktip reef shark • Blue shark • Bluefin tuna • Bluefish • Bull shark • Cod • Coelacanth • Common skate • Conger eel • Crab (man, giant) • Cuttlefish (man, giant) • Elephant seal (man, giant) • Frill shark • Giant grouper • Great barracuda • Great white shark • Halibut • Hammerhead shark • Harp seal (man, giant) • Horseshoe crab (man, giant) • Leopard seal (man, giant) • Longfin mako shark • Manta ray • Marlin • Milkfish • Narwhal (man, giant) • Nautilus (man, giant) • Nurse shark • Ocean sunfish • Octopus (man, giant) • Opah • Orca (man, giant) • Sea lamprey • Shortfin mako shark • Sperm whale (man, giant) • Spiny dogfish • Sponge (man, giant) • Spotted wobbegong • Squid (man, giant) • Stingray • Sturgeon • Swordfish • Tiger shark • Walrus (man, giant) • Whale shark • Whitetip reef shark
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| River/Lake
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Axolotl (man, giant) • Beaver (man, giant) • Carp • Hippo (man, giant) • Leech (man, giant) • Longnose gar • Mink (man, giant) • Otter (river, sea, man, giant) • Pike • Platypus (man, giant) • Pond turtle (man, giant) • Snapping turtle (common, alligator, man, giant) • Tigerfish
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| Temperate
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Adder (man, giant) • Alligator (man, giant) • Badger (man, giant) • Black bear (man, giant) • Bobcat (man, giant) • Buzzard (man, giant) • Capybara (man, giant) • Coati (man, giant) • Copperhead snake (man, giant) • Cougar (man, giant) • Coyote (man, giant) • Deer (man, giant) • Dingo (man, giant) • Echidna (man, giant) • Fox (man, giant) • Gray langur (man, giant) • Green tree frog (man, giant) • Grizzly bear (man, giant) • Groundhog (man, giant) • Hare (man, giant) • Ibex (man, giant) • Kangaroo (man, giant) • Kingsnake (man, giant) • Koala (man, giant) • Moose (man, giant) • Opossum (man, giant) • Panda (man, giant) • Porcupine (man, giant) • Raccoon (man, giant) • Rattlesnake (man, giant) • Red panda (man, giant) • Rhesus macaque (man, giant) • Skunk (man, giant) • Weasel (man, giant) • Wild boar (man, giant) • Wolf (man, giant) • Wombat (man, giant)
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| Tropical
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Aardvark (man, giant) • Anaconda (man, giant) • Armadillo (man, giant) • Aye-aye (man, giant) • Bilou • Black mamba (man, giant) • Black-crested gibbon • Black-handed gibbon • Bonobo • Bushmaster (man, giant) • Capuchin (man, giant) • Cheetah (man, giant) • Chimpanzee • Elephant (man, giant) • Gazelle (man, giant) • Giant desert scorpion • Giant tortoise (man, giant) • Giraffe (man, giant) • Gorilla • Gray gibbon • Honey badger (man, giant)• Hyena (man, giant) • Impala (man, giant) • Jackal (man, giant) • Jaguar (man, giant) • King cobra (man, giant) • Leopard (man, giant) • Lion (man, giant) • Lion tamarin (man, giant) • Mandrill (man, giant) • Mongoose (man, giant) • Monitor lizard (man, giant) • Ocelot (man, giant) • One-humped camel (man, giant) • Orangutan • Pangolin (man, giant) • Pileated gibbon • Python (man, giant) • Rhinoceros (man, giant) • Saltwater crocodile (man, giant) • Siamang • Silvery gibbon • Sloth (man, giant) • Sloth bear (man, giant) • Spider monkey (man, giant) • Tapir (man, giant) • Tiger (man, giant) • Two-humped camel (man, giant) • Vulture (man, giant) • Warthog (man, giant) • White-browed gibbon • White-handed gibbon
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| Tundra
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Elk (man, giant) • Lynx (man, giant) • Muskox (man, giant) • Polar bear (man, giant) • Stoat (man, giant)
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| Subterranean
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Amethyst man • Blind cave bear • Blind cave ogre • Blood man • Bugbat • Cave blob • Cave crocodile • Cave dragon • Cave floater • Creeping eye • Crundle • Draltha • Drunian • Elk bird • Fire imp • Fire man • Flesh ball • Floating guts • Gabbro man • Giant bat • Giant cave spider • Giant cave swallow • Giant earthworm • Giant mole • Giant olm • Giant rat • Giant cave toad • Gorlak • Green devourer • Helmet snake • Hungry head • Iron man • Jabberer • Large rat • Magma crab • Magma man • Manera • Molemarian • Mud man • Naked mole dog • Plump helmet man • Pond grabber • Reacher • Rutherer • Troglodyte • Voracious cave crawler
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| Mammals
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Chipmunk (man, giant) • Flying squirrel (man, giant) • Gray squirrel (man, giant) • Hamster (man, giant) • Hedgehog (man, giant) • Rat (man) • Red squirrel (man, giant)
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| Reptiles
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Anole (man, giant) • Chameleon (man, giant) • Iguana (man, giant) • Lizard (man, giant) • Skink (man, giant)
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| Miscellaneous
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Toad (man, giant) • Wagon • Worm (man, giant)
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| Fantasy
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Beak dog • Blizzard man • Foul blendec • Gremlin • Grimeling • Harpy • Ice wolf • Merperson • Nightwing • Ogre • Sasquatch • Satyr • Sea monster • Sea serpent • Strangler • Troll • Unicorn • Yeti
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| Night creatures
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Bogeyman • Ghost • Mummy • Necromancer • Night troll • Undead • Vampire • Werebeast
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| Semi-Megabeasts
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Cyclops • Ettin • Giant • Minotaur
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| Megabeasts
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Bronze colossus • Dragon • Forgotten beast • Hydra • Roc • Titan
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| Hidden Fun Stuff
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Angel • Demon
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| Nonexistent
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Centaur • Chimera • Griffon
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