Editing Creature token

{{Quality|Exceptional|22:04, 20 September 2016 (UTC)}}
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A full list of all known creature tokens.

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==A==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

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

|-
| {{text anchor|ALCOHOL_DEPENDENT}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature needs alcohol to get through the working day, choosing to drink booze instead of water if possible. Going sober for too long reduces speed.

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

|-
| {{text anchor|ALTTILE}}
| Creature
| 'character' or tile number
| If set, the creature will blink between its TILE and its ALTTILE. 

|-
| {{text anchor|AMBUSHPREDATOR}}
| Caste
|  
| Found on LARGE_PREDATORs who ambush their prey. Instead of charging relentlessly at prey, the predator will wait till the prey is within a few squares before charging. May or may not work on other creatures. {{verify}}

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| {{text anchor|AMPHIBIOUS}}
| Caste
|  
| Allows a creature to breathe with or without [[water]]. Does not prevent from drowning in [[magma]].

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

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_GENETIC_MODEL}}
| Caste
|
*Model (Accepts DOMINANT_MORE, DOMINANT_LESS, and MIX)
| Defines a genetic model for the relevant appearance modifier(s). May or may not do anything significant at present.

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

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_NOUN}}
| Caste
| 
*noun
*SINGULAR or PLURAL 
| Creates a noun for the appearance and whether it is singular or plural.

|-
| {{text anchor|APP_MOD_RATE}}
| Caste
| 
*Rate (integer)
*Scale (DAILY, YEARLY)
*min:max of growth
*start year:start day
*end year:end day 
| Setting the growth rate of the modifier. The last two tokens can be replaced by NO_END to have growth continue indefinitely.

|-
| {{text anchor|APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION}}
| Caste
| 
*CV TEMPLATE NAME 
| Applies the specified [[creature variation token|creature variation]].

|-
| {{text anchor|APPLY_CURRENT_CREATURE_VARIATION}}
| Special
|  
| Applies the effects of all pending [[#CV_ADD_TAG|CV_ADD_TAG]] and [[#CV_REMOVE_TAG|CV_REMOVE_TAG]] tokens that have been defined in the current creature.

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| {{text anchor|AQUATIC}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature can breathe in water, but air-drowns on dry land. 

|-
| {{text anchor|ARENA_RESTRICTED}}
| Caste
|  
| Does not appear in arena mode list.

|-
| {{text anchor|ARTIFICIAL_HIVEABLE}}
| Creature
|
| Can be kept in artificial hives by beekeepers.

|-
| {{text anchor|AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE}}
| Caste
|
| Does not attack or frighten creatures with the NATURAL tag.

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

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| {{text anchor|ATTACK_TRIGGER}}
| Caste
| population:exported wealth:created wealth
| Specifies when a [[megabeast]] or [[semi-megabeast]] will attack the fortress. The attacks will start occuring when at least one of the requirements is met. Setting a value to 0 disables the trigger.

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==B==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|BABY}}
| Caste
| integer 
| Age at which creature is considered a child. Default is zero. One can think of this as the duration of the baby stage.

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

|-
| {{text anchor|BEACH_FREQUENCY}}
| Caste
| integer
| Creature may be subject to [[beaching]], becoming stranded in shores where they will eventually air-drown. The number indicates the frequency of it occurring. Presumably requires the creature to be aquatic. Used for [[orca]]s, [[sperm whale]]s and [[sea nettle jellyfish]].

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| {{text anchor|BENIGN}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature is non-aggressive by default and will never automatically be engaged by companions or soldiers. It will run away from any creatures that are not friendly to it, and will only defend itself if it becomes enraged. Can be thought of as the counterpoint of the {{token|LARGE_PREDATOR|c}} tag. When tamed, animals with this tag will be useless for fortress defense.

|-
| {{text anchor|BIOME}}
| Creature
| 
* [[biome token]]
| Select a [[Biome]] the creature may appear in.

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

|-
| {{text anchor|BLOODSUCKER}}
| Caste
| 
| Seems to be required to make the creature denouncable as a creature of the night.

|-
| {{text anchor|BODY}}
| Caste
| body parts 
| Draws body parts from OBJECT:BODY files (such as body_default.txt)
'''Example:'''<br />
[BODY:BODY_WITH_HEAD_FLAG:HEART:GUTS:BRAIN:MOUTH] <br />
This is the body from a [[purring maggot]]. It creates a body with head, a heart, some guts, a brain, and a mouth. That's all a maggot needs.

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| {{text anchor|BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
| 
*ATTRIBUTE
*lowest:lower:low:median:high:higher:highest 
| These body modifiers give individual creatures different characteristics. In the case of HEIGHT, BROADNESS and LENGTH, the modifier is also a percentage change to the BODY_SIZE of the individual creature. The seven numbers afterward give a distribution of ranges. Each interval has an equal chance of occurring.
'''Example:'''<br />
[BODY_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER:HEIGHT:90:95:98:100:102:105:110] <br />
''HEIGHT'' : marks the height to be changed <br />
''90:95:98:100:102:105:110'' : sets the range from the shortest (90% of the average height) to the tallest (110% of the average height) creature variation.

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| {{text anchor|BODY_DETAIL_PLAN}}
| Caste
| PlanName, PlanName:type:type:type:etc. 
| loads a plan listed OBJECT:BODY_DETAIL_PLAN files, such as b_detail_plan_default.txt. Mass applies USE_MATERIAL_TEMPLATE, mass alters RELSIZE, alters body part positions, and will allow tissue layers to be defined. Tissue layers are defined in order of skin to bone here.
'''Example:'''<br />
[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:VERTEBRATE_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE:BONE:CARTILAGE] <br />
This creates the detailed body of a [[fox]], the skin, fat, muscle, bones and cartilage out of the vertebrate tissues.<br />
A [[Purring maggot|maggot]] would only need:<br />
''[BODY_DETAIL_PLAN:EXOSKELETON_TISSUE_LAYERS:SKIN:FAT:MUSCLE]'' 

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| {{text anchor|BODY_SIZE}}
| Caste
| years:days:size 
| Sets size at a given age. Size is in cubic centimeters, and for normal body materials is roughly equal to the creature's average weight in grams.
'''Example:'''<br />
[BODY_SIZE:0:0:10000]<br />
[BODY_SIZE:1:168:50000]<br />
[BODY_SIZE:12:0:220000]<br />
This describes the size of a [[minotaur]]. His birth size would be 10,000 cm<sup>3</sup> (~10 kg). At 1 year and 168 days old he would be 50,000 cm<sup>3</sup> (~50 kg). And as an adult (at 12 years old) he would be 220,000 cm<sup>3</sup> and weigh roughly 220 kg.

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

|-
| {{text anchor|BONECARN}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature eats bones. Implies CARNIVORE.

|-
| {{text anchor|BP_ADD_TYPE}}
| Caste
| 
| Adds a type to a body part. Used with SET_BP_GROUP. 
In vanilla DF this is used for adding the type 'GELDABLE' to the lower body of certain [[cat|creatures]]. 

|-
| {{text anchor|BP_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
| 
*QUALITY
*lowest:lower:low:median:high:higher:highest 
| sets up the breadth of possibilities for appearance qualities for a selected BP group. EG. Eyes (CLOSE_SET, DEEP_SET, ROUND_VS_NARROW, LARGE_IRIS),Lips (THICKNESS), Nose (BROADNESS, LENGTH, UPTURNED, CONVEX), Ear (SPLAYED_OUT, HANGING_LOBES, BROADNESS, HEIGHT), Tooth (GAPS), Skull (HIGH_CHEEKBONES, BROAD_CHIN, JUTTING CHIN, SQUARE_CHIN), Neck (DEEP_VOICE, RASPY_VOICE), Head (BROADNESS, HEIGHT)

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| {{text anchor|BUILDINGDESTROYER}}
| Caste
| 1 or 2 
| Allows a creature to destroy furniture and buildings. Value [1] targets mostly doors, hatches, furniture and the like. Value [2] targets anything not made with the {{k|b}} + {{k|C}} commands. 
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==C==
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|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|CAN_DO_INTERACTION}}
| Caste
| interaction token
| The creature can perform an interaction. See [[interaction token]].

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| {{text anchor|CAN_LEARN}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature gains skills and can have professions. If a member of a civilization (even a pet) has this token, it'll need to eat, drink and sleep. Note that this token makes the creature unable to be butchered by an adventurer so it is not recommended for uncivilized monsters. Adventurers lacking this token can allocate but not increase attributes and skills. skills allocated will disappear on start.

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| {{text anchor|CAN_SPEAK}}
| Caste
|  
| Can talk. Note that it is not necessary for a creature to gain social skills.

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_CLIMB}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature cannot climb, even if it has free grasps.

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_JUMP}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature cannot jump.

|-
| {{text anchor|CANNOT_UNDEAD}}
| Caste
|  
| Acts as NOT_LIVING, except that [OPPOSED_TO_LIFE] creatures will attack them.

|-
| {{text anchor|CANOPENDOORS}}
| Caste
|  
| Allows the creature to open doors that are set to be unpassable for pets. 

|-
| {{text anchor|CARNIVORE}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature ''only'' eats meat. If the creature goes on rampages in worldgen, it will often devour the people/animals it kills. 

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE}}
| Creature
| 
*name 
| Defines a [[caste]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_ALTTILE}}
| Caste
|
*tile number or "letter"
| Caste-specific ALTTILE. Requires CASTE_TILE.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
*fg
*bg
*brightness
| Caste-specific COLOR.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_GLOWCOLOR}}
| Caste
|
*fg
*bg
*brightness
| Caste-specific GLOWCOLOR.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_GLOWTILE}}
| Caste
|
*tile value or "letter"
| Caste-specific GLOWTILE.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_NAME}}
| Caste
| singular:plural:adjective 
| Caste-specific NAME.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_PROFESSION_NAME}}
| Caste
| 
*[[Unit type token]] (Profession)
*singular
*plural 
| Caste-specific PROFESSION_NAME.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_SOLDIER_ALTTILE}}
| Caste
| 'character' or tile number
| Caste-specific SOLDIER_ALTTILE. Requires CASTE_SOLDIER_TILE.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_SOLDIER_TILE}}
| Caste
| 'character' or tile number
| Caste-specific CREATURE_SOLDIER_TILE.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_SPEECH}}
| Caste
| speech file
| Caste-specific SPEECH.

|-
| {{text anchor|CASTE_TILE}}
| Caste
|
* tile number or "letter"
| Caste-specific CREATURE_TILE.

|-
| {{text anchor|CAVE_ADAPT}}
| Caste
|  
| Gives the creature a bonus in caves. Also causes [[Cave adaptation]]. 

|-
| {{text anchor|CDI}}
| Caste
| Varies
| Specifies details for the preceding CAN_DO_INTERACTION token. See [[Interaction token]].

|-
| {{text anchor|CHANGE_BODY_SIZE_PERC}}
| Caste
| integer
| Multiplies body size by a factor of (integer)%. 50 halves size, 200 doubles.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHANGE_FREQUENCY_PERC}}
| Creature
| integer
| Multiplies frequency by a factor of (integer)%.

|-
| {{text anchor|CHILD}}
| Caste
| integer 
| Age at which creature is considered an adult. One can think of this as the duration of the child stage. If available to animal trainers, allows the creature's offspring to be rendered fully tame if trained during their childhood. 

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

|-
| {{text anchor|CLUSTER_NUMBER}}
| Creature
|
*min
*max
| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many creatures per spawned cluster. Certain vermin fish use this token in combination with temperate ocean and river biome tokens to perform seasonal migrations. Defaults to 1:1 if not specified.

|-
| {{text anchor|CLUTCH_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*min
*max
|Number of eggs laid in one sitting.

|-
| {{text anchor|COLONY_EXTERNAL}}
| Caste
|
| Caste hovers around colony.

|-
| {{text anchor|COLOR}}
| Creature
| foreground:background:brightness 
| Color of the creature's tile. See [[Color]] for usage.

|-
| {{text anchor|COMMON_DOMESTIC}}
| Caste
|  
| Any civilization with USE_COMMON_DOMESTIC tag (humans, dwarves) has domesticated this creature by default and always has access to it, even without any wild populations. Useless without PET, PACK_ANIMAL, WAGON_PULLER or MOUNT tags and invalid on FANCIFUL creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|CONVERTED_SPOUSE}}
| Caste
|
| Creatures of this caste's species with the SPOUSE_CONVERTER and NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER tokens will kidnap SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGETs of an appropriate sex and convert them into castes with CONVERTED_SPOUSE.

|-
| {{text anchor|COOKABLE_LIVE}}
| Caste
|  
| Set this to allow the creature to be cooked in meals without first being butchered/cleaned. Used for mussels, for one.

|-
| {{text anchor|CRAZED}}
| Caste
| 
| Creature is 'berserk' and will attack all other creatures, except members of its own species that ALSO have the CRAZED tag. It will show {{DFtext|Berserk|4:1}} at the [[unit list]]. Berserk creatures go on rampages during [[world generation|worldgen]] much more frequently than non-berserk ones.

|-
| {{text anchor|COPY_TAGS_FROM}}
| Spec
| 
*CREATURE NAME
| Copies Creature, but not Caste tags from another specified creature. Used when making creature variations (i.e. giants and animal people). Often used in combination with [[#APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION]] to import standard variations from a file. Variations are documented in c_variation_default.txt, which also contains the code for giants and animal people.

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| {{text anchor|CREATURE_CLASS}}
| Caste
|
*classname
| An arbitrary creature classification. Can be set to anything, but only existing uses are GENERAL_POISON (used in syndromes) and EDIBLE_GROUND_BUG (valid targets for GOBBLE_VERMIN_x tokens). A single creature can have multiple classes. Eligibility for certain entity positions can also be permitted or restricted by this tag.

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

|-
| {{text anchor|CREATURE_TILE}}
| Creature
| 'character' or tile number 
| The symbol of the creature in ASCII mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|CREPUSCULAR}}
| Caste
|  
| Sets if the creature is active at twilight.

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_EATER}}
| Caste
|  
| Allows a creature to [[Steals food|steal and eat edible items]] from a site. It will attempt to grab a food item and immediately make its way to the map's edge, where it will disappear with it. If the creature goes on rampages during worldgen, it will often steal food instead of attacking. Trained and tame instances of the creature will no longer display this behavior.

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_GUZZLER}}
| Caste
|  
| Allows a creature to (very quickly) [[Steals drink|drink your alcohol]]. Or spill the barrel to the ground. Also affects undead versions of the creature. Unlike food or item thieves, drink thieves will consume your alcohol on the spot rather than run away with one piece of it. Trained and tame instances of the creature will no longer display this behavior.

|-
| {{text anchor|CURIOUSBEAST_ITEM}}
| Caste
|  
| Allows a creature to [[Steals items|steal things]] (apparently the highest value it can find). It will attempt to grab an item of value and immediately make its way to the map's edge, where it will disappear with it. If the creature goes on rampages in worldgen, it will often steal items instead of attacking. [[Kea]] birds are infamous for this. Trained and tame instances of the creature will no longer display this behavior. Also, makes the creature unable to drop hauled items until it enters combat.

|-
| {{text anchor|CV_ADD_TAG}}
| Special
| 
*TAG NAME 
| Adds a tag. Used in conjunction with creature variation templates.

|-
| {{text anchor|CV_REMOVE_TAG}}
| Special
| 
*TAG NAME 
| Removes a tag. Used in conjunction with creature variation templates. 
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==D==
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! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

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| {{text anchor|DEMON}}
| Caste
|  
| Found on generated [[demon]]s. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|DESCRIPTION}}
| Caste
| text 
| A brief description of the creature type.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIE_WHEN_VERMIN_BITE}}
| Caste
|
| Dies upon attacking. Used for [[bee]] stings.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIFFICULTY}}
| Caste
| integer 
| Increases experience gain during adventure mode. Creatures with 11 or higher are not assigned for quests in adventure mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|DIURNAL}}
| Caste
|  
| Sets if the creature is active in day. 

|-
| {{text anchor|DIVE_HUNTS_VERMIN}}
| Caste
| 
| Found on [[peregrine falcon]]s. The creature hunts vermin by diving from the air. Does not seem to work on tame creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|DOES_NOT_EXIST}}
| Creature
|  
| Creature does not physically exist, but is known by civilizations and can be used for artistic purposes such as engravings; used for [[centaur]]s, [[chimera]]s and [[griffon]]s. Adding this token to a creature causes it to not appear in generated worlds, i.e. adding it to [[dog]]s will lead to worlds being generated without dogs in them. Also removes the creature from the [[object testing arena]]'s spawn list.
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==E==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|EBO_ITEM}}
| Caste
| [[item token]]:[[material token]] (ANY_HARD_STONE can be used for the material)
| Defines the item that the creature drops upon being butchered. Used with EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT.

|-
| {{text anchor|EBO_SHAPE}}
| Caste
| gem shape
| The shape of the extra item of the creature upon butchering. Used with EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT.

|-
| {{text anchor|EGG_MATERIAL}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
*state (SOLID, LIQUID, or GAS)
| Egg material. Egg-laying creatures will define this 3 times, using LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGGSHELL, LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGG_WHITE, and then LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:EGG_YOLK. Eggs will be made out of eggshell. Edibility is determined by tags on whites or yolk, but they otherwise do not exist.

|-
| {{text anchor|EGG_SIZE}}
| Caste
|
*size
| Determines the size of eggs. Doesn't affect hatching or cooking, but bigger eggs will be heavier and may take longer to be hauled depending of the hauler's strength.

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

|-
| {{text anchor|EQUIPS}}
| Caste
|  
| Allows the creature to wear or wield items.

|-
| {{text anchor|EVIL}}
| Creature
|  
| Creature is considered evil and will only show up in evil biomes. Civilizations with USE_EVIL_ANIMALS can domesticate them regardless of exotic status. Has no effect on cavern creatures except to restrict taming. A civilization with evil creatures can colonise evil areas.

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRA_BUTCHER_OBJECT}}
| Caste
| 
* BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
* TYPE, CATEGORY, or TOKEN
| The creature drops an additional object when butchered (typically a gizzard stone), defined by EBO_ITEM and EBO_SHAPE.

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRACT}}
| Caste
|
* [[material token]]
| Defines a creature extract which can be obtained via [[small animal dissection]].

|-
| {{text anchor|EXTRAVISION}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature can see regardless of whether it has working eyes. 
|}

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==F==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|FANCIFUL}}
| Creature
|  
| The creature is a thing of legend and known to all civilizations. Its materials cannot be requested or preferred. The tag also adds some art value modifiers. Used for a [[Fanciful|number of creatures]]. Conflicts with {{token|COMMON_DOMESTIC|c}}

|-
| {{text anchor|FEATURE_ATTACK_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
| Found on subterranean animal-man tribals.

|-
| {{text anchor|FEATURE_BEAST}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[forgotten beast]]s. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|FEMALE}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature is female and can bear young. Usually determined inside a caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|FIREIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature is immune to FIREBALL and FIREJET attacks. Does not, by itself, make the creature immune to the damaging effects of burning in fire but does not prevent general heat damage or melting on its own. 

|-
| {{text anchor|FIREIMMUNE_SUPER}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature is immune to DRAGONFIRE attacks. Implies {{token|FIREIMMUNE|c}}. 

|-
| {{text anchor|FISHITEM}}
| Caste
|  
| Needs to be cleaned at a fishery.

|-
| {{text anchor|FIXED_TEMP}}
| Caste
| temperature 
| The creature's body is constantly at this temperature, heating up or cooling the surrounding area. Alters the temperature of the creature's inventory and all adjectent tiles, [[Temperature|with all the effects that it implies]]. May trigger wildfires on high enough values. Also makes the creature immune to extreme heat or cold as long as the temperature set is not harmful to the materials that the creature is made from.

Note that temperatures 12000 and higher may cause pathfinding issues in fortress mode.

|-
| {{text anchor|FLEEQUICK}}
| Caste
|  
| If engaged in combat, the creature will flee at the first sign of resistance. Used for [[kobold]]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|FLIER}}
| Caste
|  
| Allows a creature to fly, independent of it having wings or not. Fortress Mode pathfinding only partially incorporates flying - flying creatures need a land path to exist between them and an area in order to access it, but as long as one such path exists, they do not need to use it, instead being able to fly over intervening obstacles. Winged creatures with this token can lose their ability to fly if their wings are crippled or severed. Winged creatures without this token will be unable to fly.

|-
| {{text anchor|FREQUENCY}}
| Creature
|
*number, max 100
| Determines the chances of a creature appearing within its environment, with higher values resulting in more frequent appearance. Also affects the chance of a creature being brought in a caravan for trading. The game effectively considers all creatures that can possibly appear and uses the FREQUENCY value as a ''weight'' - for example, if there are three creatures with frequencies 10/25/50, the creature with [FREQUENCY:50] will appear approximately 58.8% of the time. Defaults to 50 if not specified. Not to be confused with {{token|POP_RATIO|c}}.
|}

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{{alphabetical TOC}}
</div>

==G==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|GAIT}}
| Caste
| 
* type (WALK, CLIMB, SWIM, CRAWL, or FLY)
* gait name
* full speed
* build up time:max turning speed:start speed (or NO_BUILD_UP for instant use)
* energy use
* Optional flags:
** LAYERS_SLOW - if gait is slowed by increased weight
** STRENGTH - if gait is affected by strength stat
** AGILITY - if gait is affected by agility stat
** STEALTH_SLOWS:penalty - if gait is slowed by being stealthed
| Defines a gait at which the creature can move. See [[Gait]] for more information.

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_BABY_NAME}}
| Creature
| singular:plural 
| BABYNAME applied regardless of caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_CHILD_NAME}}
| Creature
| singular:plural 
| CHILDNAME applied regardless of caste.

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERAL_MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER}}
| Caste
| A:B
| Attacks against the creature have their force modified by A/B. For example, 1:2 will halve the force of an attack made against the creature. {{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|GENERATED}}
| Creature
|  
| Found on procedurally generated creatures like [[Forgotten beast]]s, (biome name) [[titan]]s, [[Demon]]s, and [[night creature]]s. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|GETS_INFECTIONS_FROM_ROT}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature can get infections from necrotic tissue.

|-
| {{text anchor|GETS_WOUND_INFECTIONS}}
| Caste
|  
| This creature's wounds can become infected if left untreated for too long.

|-
| {{text anchor|GLOWCOLOR}}
| Creature
| 
*foreground
*background
*brightness 
| The colour of the creature's GLOWTILE.

|-
| {{text anchor|GLOWTILE}}
| Creature
| ascii character 
| If present, the being glows in the dark (generally used for Adventure Mode). The tile is what replaces the being's current tile when it is obscured from your sight by darkness. The default setting for kobolds (a yellow quotation mark) provides a nice "glowing eyes" effect. The game is also hardcoded to automatically convert quotation mark GLOWTILES into apostrophes if the creature has lost one eye. This works at the generic creature level - for caste-specific glow tiles, use CASTE_GLOWTILE instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|GNAWER}}
| Caste
| verb
| The creature can and will gnaw its way out of [[animal trap]]s and [[cage]]s using the specified verb, depending on the material from which it is made (normally wood).

|-
| {{text anchor|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CLASS}}
| Caste
| class
| The creature eats vermin of the specified class.

|-
| {{text anchor|GOBBLE_VERMIN_CREATURE}}
| Caste
| creature:caste
| The creature eats a specified vermin.

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_END}}
| Special
|  
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags at the end of the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_START}}
| Special
|  
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags at the beginning of the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|GO_TO_TAG}}
| Special
|  
| When using tags from an existing creature, inserts new tags after the specified tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|GOOD}}
| Creature
|  
| Creature is considered good and will only show up in good biomes. [[unicorn]]s for example. Civilizations with USE_GOOD_ANIMALS can domesticate them regardless of exotic status. Has no effect on cavern creatures except to restrict taming. A civilization that has good creatures can colonise good areas in world-gen.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRASSTRAMPLE}}
| Caste
| value 
| The value determines how rapidly grass is trampled when a creature steps on it - a value of 0 causes the creature to never damage grass, while a value of 100 causes grass to be trampled as rapidly as possible. Defaults to 5.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRAVITATE_BODY_SIZE}}
| Caste
| target value
| Used in Creature Variants. This token changes the adult body size to the average of the old adult body size and the target value and scales all intermediate growth stages by the same factor.

|-
| {{text anchor|GRAZER}}
| Caste
|
*number
| The creature is a grazer. If tamed in Fortress mode, it needs a pasture to survive. The higher the number, the less frequently it needs to eat in order to live. See [[Pasture]] for details on its issues.
|}

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{{alphabetical TOC}}
</div>

==H==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|HABIT}}
| Caste
| type:probability
| Defines certain behaviors for the creature. The habit types are COLLECT_TROPHIES, COOK_PEOPLE, COOK_VERMIN, GRIND_VERMIN, COOK_BLOOD, GRIND_BONE_MEAL, EAT_BONE_PORRIDGE, USE_ANY_MELEE_WEAPON, GIANT_NEST, and COLLECT_WEALTH. These require the creature to have a lair to work properly, and also don't seem to work on creatures who are not (SEMI)MEGABEASTs or NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTERs.

|-
| {{text anchor|HABIT_NUM}}
| Caste
| number or TEST_ALL
| "If you set HABIT_NUM to a number, it should give you that exact number of habits according to the weights.".<sup>[[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=60554.msg1719248#msg1719248 source post]]</sup> All lists of HABITs are preceded by [HABIT_NUM:TEST_ALL]

|-
| {{text anchor|HAS_NERVES}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature has nerves in its muscles. Cutting the muscle tissue can sever motor and sensory nerves.

|-
| {{text anchor|HASSHELL}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature has a shell. Seemingly no longer used - holdover from previous versions.

|-
| {{text anchor|HFID}}
| Creature
| Integer (generic token?)
| Found on generated [[angel]]s. Seemingly identifies a historical figure with said hist figure ID, possibly to associate it with hist figure.

|-
| {{text anchor|HIVE_PRODUCT}}
| Creature
|
*number
*[[time]]
*[[item token]]s
| What product is harvested from [[Beekeeping industry|beekeeping]].

|-
| {{text anchor|HOMEOTHERM}}
| Caste
| number or NONE
| Default 'NONE'. The creature's normal body [[temperature]]. Creature ceases maintaining temperature on death unlike fixed material temperatures. Provides minor protection from environmental temperature to the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|HUNTS_VERMIN}}
| Caste
|
| Creature hunts and kills nearby vermin.

|}

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{{alphabetical TOC}}
</div>

==I==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOBILE}}
| Caste
| 
| The creature cannot move. Found on [[sponge]]s. Will also stop a creature from breeding in Fortress Mode (MALE and FEMALE are affected, if one is IMMOBILE no breeding will happen)

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOBILE_LAND}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature is immobile while on land. Only works on AQUATIC creatures which can't breathe on land.

|-
| {{text anchor|IMMOLATE}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature radiates fire. It will ignite, and potentially completely destroy, items the creature is standing on. Keep booze away from critters with this tag. Also gives the vermin a high chance of escaping from [[animal trap]]s and [[cage]]s made of certain materials.

|-
| {{text anchor|INTELLIGENT}}
| Caste
|  
| Alias for [CAN_SPEAK] + [CAN_LEARN] but additionally keeps creatures from being butchered by the AI during World-Gen and Post-Gen. In Fortress Mode CAN_LEARN is enough.

|-
| {{text anchor|ITEMCORPSE}}
| Caste
|  
* [[item token]]
* [[material token]]
| Determines if the creature leaves behind a non-standard corpse (i.e. wood, statue, bars, stone, pool of liquid, etc.).

|-
| {{text anchor|ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY}}
| Caste
| 
* number
| The [[quality]] of an item-type corpse left behind. Valid values are: 0 for ordinary, 1 for well-crafted, 2 for finely-crafted, 3 for superior, 4 for exceptional, 5 for masterpiece.
|}

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{{alphabetical TOC}}
</div>

==L==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR}}
| Caste
| type:probability
| Found on megabeasts, semimegabeasts, and night creatures. The creature will seek out sites of this type and take them as lairs. The lair types are SIMPLE_BURROW, SIMPLE_MOUND, WILDERNESS_LOCATION, SHRINE, and LABYRINTH.

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

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_HUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| This creature will actively hunt adventurers in its lair.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAIR_HUNTER_SPEECH}}
| Caste
| speech file
| What this creature says while hunting adventurers in its lair.

|-
| {{text anchor|LARGE_PREDATOR}}
| Caste
|  
| Will attack things that are smaller than it (like dwarves). Only one group of "large predators" will appear on any given map (possibly two groups on "savage" maps). In adventure mode, large predators will try to ambush and attack you (and your party will attack them back). When tamed, large predators tend to be much more aggressive to enemies than non-large predators, making them a good choice for an animal army. They may go on rampages in worldgen, and adventurers may receive quests to kill them. Also, they can be mentioned in the intro paragraph when starting a fortress e.g. "ere the wolves get hungry." 

|-
| {{text anchor|LARGE_ROAMING}}
| Creature
|  
| Creature can spawn as a wild animal in the appropriate biomes.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAYS_EGGS}}
| Caste
|
| Creature lays eggs instead of giving birth to live young.

|-
| {{text anchor|LAYS_UNUSUAL_EGGS}}
| Caste
|
* [[item token]]
* [[material token]]
| Creature lays a particular item instead of regular eggs.

|-
| {{text anchor|LIGAMENTS}}
| Caste
| 
* [[material token]]
*healing rate 
| Creature has ligaments in its bones. Cutting the bone tissue severs them, disabling motor function if the target is a limb.

|-
| {{text anchor|LIGHT_GEN}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature will generate light, such as in adventurer mode at night. 

|-
| {{text anchor|LIKES_FIGHTING}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature will attack enemies rather than flee from them. This tag has the same effect on player-controlled creatures - included modded dwarves. Retired as of v0.40.14.

|-
| {{text anchor|LISP}}
| Caste
| 
| Creature uses "sssssnake talk" (multiplies 'S' when talking - "My name isss Recisssiz."). Used for [[Serpent man|serpent men]] and [[Reptile man|reptile men]].

|-
| {{text anchor|LITTERSIZE}}
| Caste
| 
* minimum
* maximum
| Determines the number of offspring per one birth.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCAL_POPS_CONTROLLABLE}}{{version|0.42.01}}
|
|
| Allows you to play as a wild animal of this species in adventurer mode. Prevents trading of (tame) instances of this creature in caravans.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCAL_POPS_PRODUCE_HEROES}}{{version|0.42.01}}
|
|
| Wild animals of this species may occasionally join a civilization. Prevents trading of (tame) instances of this creature in caravans.

|-
| {{text anchor|LOCKPICKER}}
| Caste
|  
| Lets a creature open doors that are set to forbidden in Fortress Mode.

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

|-
| {{text anchor|LOW_LIGHT_VISION}}
| Caste
| number
| Determines how well a creature can see in the dark. Higher is better. Dwarves have 10000, which amounts to perfect nightvision.
|}

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{{alphabetical TOC}}
</div>

==M==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|MAGICAL}}
| Caste
|  
| Unknown.

|-
| {{text anchor|MAGMA_VISION}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature's able to see while covered in magma. 

|-
| {{text anchor|MALE}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature is male. Usually declared inside a caste.

|- 
| {{text anchor|MANNERISM|MANNERISM_*}}
| Caste
| 
*occasionally body part 
| Adds a possible mannerism to the creature's profile.
See [[Creature mannerism token]] for further info.

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

|-
| {{text anchor|MATERIAL_FORCE_MULTIPLIER}}
| Caste
| 
*[[Material token]]
*A:B
| Set the force multiplier of a specific material against the creature to A/B. For example, 10:1 multiplies the force by 10. {{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|MATUTINAL}}
| Caste
| 
| Sets if the creature is active in dawn. 

|-
| {{text anchor|MAXAGE}}
| Caste
| min:max 
| Range of time in years in which death from old age may occur. Once a creature reaches the min value, it has a random chance each season of dying from old age. The chance does not increases with further age [http://i.imgur.com/A1A4aA9.png]. Note that, among civilized creatures, castes which lack this token will refuse to marry others with it, and vice versa.

|-
| {{text anchor|MEANDERER}}
| Caste
|  
| Makes the creature slowly stroll around, unless it's in combat or performing a job. If combined with CAN_LEARN, will severely impact their pathfinding and lead the creature to move extremely slowly when not performing any task.

|-
| {{text anchor|MEGABEAST}}
| Caste
|  
| A 'boss' creature. A small number of the creature are created during worldgen, their histories and descendants (if any) will be tracked in worldgen (as opposed to simply 'spawning'), and they will occasionally go on rampages, potentially leading to worship if they attack the same place multiple times. Their presence and number will also influence age names. When appearing in Fortress Mode, they will have a pop-up message announcing their arrival.

Requires specifying a [[#BIOME|BIOME]] in which the creature will live.

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_CAP_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*[[DF2012:Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*Cap %
|Default is 200.  This means you can increase your attribute to 200% of its starting value (or the average value + your starting value if that is higher).

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_RANGE}}
| Caste
|
*[[DF2012:Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]]
*lowest:lower:low:median:high:higher:highest 
| Sets up a mental attribute's range of values (0-5000). All mental attribute ranges default to 200:800:900:1000:1100:1300:2000.

|-
| {{text anchor|MENT_ATT_RATES}}
| Caste
| 
*[[DF2012:Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*cost to improve
*unused counter rate
*rust counter rate
*demotion counter rate
| Mental attribute gain/decay rates. Defaults are 500:4:5:4.

|-
| {{text anchor|MILKABLE}}
| Caste
| 
* [[material token]]
* frequency
| Allows the creature to be milked in the farmer's workshop. The frequency is the amount of time units the creature needs to "recharge". 

|-
| {{text anchor|MISCHIEVIOUS}}
| Caste
|
| Alias for MISCHIEVOUS.

|-
| {{text anchor|MISCHIEVOUS}}
| Caste
|  
| Will pull any levers it comes across. Also makes creature spawn invisible and with several ranks in Ambusher. Used for [[gremlin]]s. "They go on little missions to mess with various fortress buildings, not just levers." 

|-
| {{text anchor|MODVALUE}}
| Caste
|  
| Seemingly no longer used.

|-
| {{text anchor|MOUNT}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature may be used as a mount. No use for the player, but enemy siegers may arrive with cavalry.

|-
| {{text anchor|MOUNT_EXOTIC}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature may be used as a mount, but civilizations cannot domesticate it in worldgen without certain exceptions.

|-
| {{text anchor|MULTIPART_FULL_VISION}}
| Caste {{Verify}}
|  
| Allows the creature to have all-around vision as long as it has multiple heads(?) that can see. {{Verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE}}
| Caste
|  
| Makes the species usually produce a single offspring per birth, occasionally producing twins or triplets using typical real-world human probabilities. Requires [[Creature_token#FEMALE|FEMALE]].

|-
| {{text anchor|MUNDANE}}
| Creature
|  
| Marks if the creature is an actual real-life creature. Only used for age-names at present.
|}

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==N==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|NAME}}
| Creature
| singular:plural:adjective 
| The generic name for any creature of this type - will be used when distinctions between caste are unimportant. For names for specific castes, use CASTE_NAME instead. If left undefined, the creature will be labeled as "nothing" by the game.

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL}}
| Caste
|  
| Animal is considered to be natural. Creatures with AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE will not fight with them.

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL_ANIMAL}}
| Caste
| 
| Alias of NATURAL.

|-
| {{text anchor|NATURAL_SKILL}}
| Caste
| [[Skill_token|Skill token]]:value
| The creature possesses this skill at this level inherently. It begins with this skill at this level, and the skill may never rust below this level. A value of 15 is legendary. Requires CAN_LEARN or INTELLIGENT to function in .25 or earlier.

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_BOGEYMAN}}
| Caste
|
| Found on bogeymen. Creatures with this tag will join other bogeymen in attacking adventurers at night, and will also adopt their other behaviors, such as vanishing in smoke upon being killed. This does not affect the creature's presence elsewhere, such as for generated megabeasts, normal creatures, entity members, etc. Setting the number of bogeyman types to zero in the world gen parameters will remove only the randomly-generated bogeymen.

|-
| {{text anchor|NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[night troll]]s and [[werebeast]]s. Implies that the creature is a [[night creature]], and shows its description in [[legends mode]] entry. The creature is always hostile and will ruthlessly kill anybody it comes across. Also removes the creature's materials from stockpile settings list.

This tag causes the usual behaviour of werebeasts in worldgen, that is, fleeing towns upon being cursed and conducting raids from a lair. If this tag is absent from a deity curse, the accursed will simply be driven out of towns in a similar manner to [[vampire]]s.

When paired with SPOUSE_CONVERTER, a very small population of the creature will be created during worldgen (sometimes only a single individual will be created), and their histories will be tracked (that is, they will not spawn spontaneously later, they must either have children or convert other creatures to increase their numbers). The creature will settle in a lair and go on rampages during worldgen. It will actively attempt to seek out potential conversion targets to abduct, convert, and have children with (if possible).

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_AUTUMN}}
| Caste
|  
| This creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|autumn]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_CONNECTIONS_FOR_MOVEMENT}}
| Caste
| 
| Creature doesn't require connected body parts to move{{verify}}; generally used on undead creatures with connections that have rotted away.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_DIZZINESS}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature cannot become dizzy.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_DRINK}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature does not need to drink. 

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_EAT}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature does not need to eat. 

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_FEVERS}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature cannot suffer fevers.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_GENDER}}
| Caste
|
| Creature has no gender.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_PHYS_ATT_GAIN}}
| Caste
|
| The affected caste cannot gain any physical skills.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_PHYS_ATT_RUST}}
| Caste
| 
| The affected caste cannot lose any physical skills.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SLEEP}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature does not need to sleep. Can still be rendered unconscious by other means.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SPRING}}
| Caste
|  
| This creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|spring]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_SUMMER}}
| Caste
|  
| This creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|summer]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature doesn't require an organ with the [THOUGHT] tag to survive or attack; generally used on creatures that don't have brains.

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_UNIT_TYPE_COLOR}}
| Caste
|  
| Prevents creature from selecting its color based on its profession (e.g. Miner, Hunter, Wrestler).

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_VEGETATION_PERTURB}}
| Caste{{Verify}}
|  
| Likely prevents the creature from leaving broken vegetation tracks.{{Verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|NO_WINTER}}
| Caste
|  
| This creature caste does not appear in [[Calendar|winter]].

|-
| {{text anchor|NOBONES}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature has no bones.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOBREATHE}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature doesn't need to breathe or have [BREATHE] parts in body. Cannot drown or be strangled. Creatures living in magma must have this tag, otherwise they will drown.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOCTURNAL}}
| Caste
|  
| Sets if the creature is active in night. 

|-
| {{text anchor|NOEMOTION}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature has no emotions. It is immune to the effects of [[stress]], and unable to rage.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOEXERT}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature can't become tired or over-exerted from taking too many combat actions. 

|-
| {{text anchor|NOFEAR}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature doesn't feel fear and will never run away from battle. Additionally, it causes [[bogeyman|bogeymen]] to become friendly towards the creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOMEAT}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature will not drop meat when butchered.

|-
| {{text anchor|NONAUSEA}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature isn't nauseated by gut hits and cannot vomit.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOPAIN}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature doesn't feel pain. 

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSKIN}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature will not drop a hide when butchered. 

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSKULL}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature will not drop a skull on butcher, rot, or decay of severed head.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSMELLYROT}}
| Caste
|  
| Does not produce miasma when rotting.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSTUCKINS}}
| Caste
|  
| Weapons can't get stuck in creature. 

|-
| {{text anchor|NOSTUN}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature can't be stunned and knocked unconscious by pain or head injuries. Creatures with this tag never wake up from sleep in Fortress Mode. If this creature needs to sleep while playing, it <b>will</b> die.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOT_BUTCHERABLE}}
| Caste
|  
| Cannot be butchered.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOT_LIVING}}
| Caste
| 
| Cannot be raised from the dead by necromancers or evil clouds. Implies the creature is not a normal living being. Used by vampires, [[Mummy|mummies]] and inorganic creatures like the [[amethyst man]] and [[bronze colossus]]. Creatures who are OPPOSED_TO_LIFE (undead) will be docile towards creatures with this token.

|-
| {{text anchor|NOTHOUGHT}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature doesn't require a [THOUGHT] body part to survive. If it does not have NO_THOUGHT_CENTER_FOR_MOVEMENT as well, it will be unable to use any attacks other than the default 'push'. Has the added effect of preventing speech.
|}

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</div>

==O==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|ODOR_LEVEL}}
| Caste
| number
| How easy the creature is to smell. The higher the number, the easier the creature can be smelled. Zero is odorless. Default is 50.

|-
| {{text anchor|ODOR_STRING}}
| Caste
| string
| What the creature smells like. If no odor string is defined, the creature name (not the caste name) is used.

|-
| {{text anchor|OPPOSED_TO_LIFE}}
| Caste
| 
| Is hostile to all creatures except undead and other non-living ones and will show {{DFtext|Opposed to life|0:1}} at the [[unit list]]. Used for [[undead]]. Functions without the NOT_LIVING token, and seems to imply said token as well. Undead will not be hostile to otherwise-living creatures given this token, living creatures given this token will attack living creatures that lack this token, while ignoring living creatures that also have this token.

|-
| {{text anchor|ORIENTATION}}
| Caste
|  MALE/FEMALE:disinterested chance:lover-possible chance:commitment-possible chance
| Determines caste's likelihood of having sexual attraction to certain sexes. Values default to 75:20:5 for the same sex and 5:20:75 for the opposite sex. The first value indicates how likely to be entirely uninterested in the sex, the second decides if the creature will become lovers but not marry, the third decides if the creature will marry this sex. The values themselves are simply ratios and do not need to add up to any particular value.

|-
| {{text anchor|OUTSIDER_CONTROLLABLE}}{{version|0.42.01}}
|
|
| Lets you play as an outsider of this species in adventure mode.

|}

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==P==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|PACK_ANIMAL}}
| Caste
|  
| Allows the creature to be used as a pack animal. Currently only used by merchants without wagons. Also prevents creature from dropping hauled items on its own -- do not use for player-controllable creatures!

|-
| {{text anchor|PARALYZEIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature is immune to all paralyzing special attacks.

|-
| {{text anchor|PATTERNFLIER}}
| Caste
|  
| Used to control the bat riders with paralyze-dart blowguns that flew through the 2D chasm. Doesn't do anything now.

|-
| {{text anchor|PEARL}}
| Caste
|  
| In earlier versions, creature would generate pearls. Does nothing in the current version.

|-
| {{text anchor|PENETRATEPOWER}}
| Caste
| value 
| Controls the ability of vermin to find a way into containers when they are eating food from your stockpiles.

|-
| {{text anchor|PERSONALITY}}
| Caste
| 
*ATTRIBUTE
*lowest:median:highest 
| Determines the range and chance of personality traits. Standard is 0:50:100. See [[Personality trait]] for more info.

|-
| {{text anchor|PET}}
| Caste
|  
| Allows the creature to be tamed in Fortress mode. Prequisite for all other working animal roles. Civilizations that encounter it in worldgen will tame and domesticate it for their own use. Adding this to civilization members will classify them as pets instead of citizens, with all the [[Fun|problems]] that entails. However, you can solve these problems using the popular plugin Dwarf Therapist, which is completely unaffected by the tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|PET_EXOTIC}}
| Caste
|  
| Allows the creature to be tamed in Fortress mode. Prequisite for all other working animal roles. Civilizations cannot domesticate it in worldgen without certain exceptions. More difficult to tame?{{verify}} Adding this to civilization members will classify them as pets instead of citizens, with all the [[Fun|problems]] that entails. However, you can solve these problems using the popular plugin Dwarf Therapist, which is completely unaffected by the tag.

|-
| {{text anchor|PETVALUE}}
| Caste
| value 
| How valuable a tamed animal is. Actual cost in points in the embarking screen is 1+(PETVALUE/2) for an untrained animal, 1+PETVALUE for a war/hunting one. 

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

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_CAP_PERC}}
| Caste
|
*[[DF2012:Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*Cap %
|Default is 200. This means you can increase your attribute to 200% of its starting value (or the average value + your starting value if that is higher).

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_RANGE}}
| Caste
| 
*[[DF2012:Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]]
*lowest:lower:low:median:high:higher:highest 
| Sets up a physical attribute's range of values (0-5000). All physical attribute ranges default to 200:700:900:1000:1100:1300:2000.

|-
| {{text anchor|PHYS_ATT_RATES}}
| Caste
| 
*[[DF2012:Attribute|ATTRIBUTE]] Token
*cost to improve
*unused counter rate
*rust counter rate
*demotion counter rate
| Physical attribute gain/decay rates. Defaults for STRENGTH, AGILITY, TOUGHNESS, and ENDURANCE are 500:3:4:3, while RECUPERATION and DISEASE_RESISTANCE default to 500:NONE:NONE:NONE.

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_BP_GROUP}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, or BY_TOKEN
*body type, category, or token
| Adds a body part group to selected body part group. Presumably used immediately after SET_BP_GROUP.

|-
| {{text anchor|PLUS_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
| 
*material
| Adds a material to selected materials. Used immediately after SELECT_MATERIAL.

|-
| {{text anchor|POP_RATIO}}
| Caste
|  
*number
| Weighted population of caste; Lower is rarer. Not to be confused with FREQUENCY.

|-
| {{text anchor|POPULATION_NUMBER}}
| Creature
| min:max 
| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many of these creatures are present in each world map tile of the appropriate region. Defaults to 1:1 if not specified.

|-
| {{text anchor|POWER}}
| Caste
|
| Allows the being to represent itself as a deity, allowing it to become the leader of a civilized group. Used by unique demons in the vanilla game. Requires CAN_SPEAK to actually do anything more than settle at a location (e.g. write books, lead armies, profane temples). Doesn't appear to do anything for creatures that are already civilized. Beings with this token behave like civilized leaders and will sometimes make journeys to the wilds and tame creatures for their civilization to use; above-ground beings domesticate above-ground animals, while demons domesticate subterranean wildlife.

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

|-
| {{text anchor|PROFESSION_NAME}}
| Creature
| 
*[[Unit type token]] (Profession)
*singular
*plural 
| The generic name for members of this profession, at the creature level. In order to give members of specific castes different names for professions, use CASTE_PROFESSION_NAME instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|PRONE_TO_RAGE}}
| Caste
| Chance
| Creature has a percentage chance to flip out at visible non-friendly creatures. Enraged creatures attack anything regardless of timidity and get a strength bonus to their hits. This is what makes badgers so hardcore.

|-
| {{text anchor|PUS}}
| Caste
| 
* [[material token]]
*matter state (LIQUID, GAS, SOLID) 
| The creature has pus. Specifies the stuff secreted by infected wounds.
|}

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==R==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|RELSIZE}}
| Caste
| 
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*body category, type, or token
*Relsize 
| Specifies a new relative size for a part than what is stated in the body plan. For example, Dwarves have larger livers.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS}}
| Caste
| singular:plural
| What creature's remains are called.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_COLOR}}
| Caste
|
| What color creature's remains are.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_ON_VERMIN_BITE_DEATH}}
| Caste
|
| Goes with VERMIN_BITE and DIE_WHEN_VERMIN_BITE, the vermin creature will leave remains on death when biting. Leaving this tag out will cause the creature to disappear entirely after it bites.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMAINS_UNDETERMINED}}
| Caste
|
| Unknown.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMOVE_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
| 
*material token 
| Removes a material from a creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|REMOVE_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*tissue token
| Removes a tissue from a creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|RETRACT_INTO_BP}}
| Caste
|
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY or BY_TOKEN
*body category, type, or token
| The creature will retract into a body part when threatened. It will be unable to move or attack, but enemies will only be able to attack the specified body part. (eg. Turtle, Snail)

|-
| {{text anchor|RETURNS_VERMIN_KILLS_TO_OWNER}}
|
|
| Cat behavior. If it kills a vermin creature and has an owner, it carries the remains in its mouth and drops them at his feet. Requires HUNTS_VERMIN, obviously.

|-
| {{text anchor|ROOT_AROUND}}
| Caste
| 
| Creature will occasionally root around in the grass, looking for insects. Used for flavor in Adventure Mode, spawns vermin edible by this creature in Fortress Mode.

|}

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==S==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|SAVAGE}}
| Creature
|  
| The creature will only show up in "savage" biomes. Has no effect on cavern creatures. Cannot be combined with <code>[GOOD]</code> or <code>[EVIL]</code>.

|-
| {{text anchor|SECRETION}}
| Caste
| 
* [[material token]]
*Material State
*location secreted from (by_type, by_category, by_token)
*body part 
*tissue layer 
*trigger
| creates a secreted material on given tissue on a given part of the body. Valid triggers are:
*CONTINUOUS
*EXTREME_EMOTION
*EXERTION


|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_ADDITIONAL_CASTE}}
| Creature
| 
*caste name
| adds an additional previously defined caste to the selection. Used after SELECT_CASTE.

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_CASTE}}
| Creature
| 
*caste name, or ALL 
| selects a previously defined caste

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
| 
*Material token
| Selects a locally defined material. Can be ALL.

|-
| {{text anchor|SEMIMEGABEAST}}
| Caste
| 
| Essentially the same as MEGABEAST, but more of them are created during worldgen.

|-
| {{text anchor|SENSE_CREATURE_CLASS}}
| Caste
| 
* Creature class
* [[Tilesets|Tile]]
* [[Color|Color]]
| Allows creature to sense creatures with a certain creature class through walls, floors etc. Sense will be with tile and color specified.


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

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

|-
| {{text anchor|SHEARABLE_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
|
* tissue modifier
* required value
| Tissue layer can be sheared for its component material. The specified modifier must be at least of the desired value for shearing to be possible (a llama's wool must have a LENGTH of 300 before it is shearable).

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_LEARN_RATE}}
| Caste
| [[skill_token]]:percentage
| The rate at which this creature learns this skill. Requires CAN_LEARN or INTELLIGENT to function.

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

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RATE}}
| Caste
| [[skill_token]]:percentage:value:value:value
| As SKILL_RATES for individual skills. Requires CAN_LEARN or INTELLIGENT to function.

|-
| {{text anchor|SKILL_RATES}}
| Caste
|  
*% of improvement points you get
*unused counter rate
*rust counter rate
*demotion counter rate
| Affects skill gain and decay. Lower numbers in the last three slots make decay occur faster ([SKILL_RATES:100:1:1:1] would cause rapid decay). The counter rates may also be replaced with NONE.
Default is [SKILL_RATES:100:8:16:16]. Requires CAN_LEARN or INTELLIGENT to function.

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

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

|-
| {{text anchor|SLOW_LEARNER}}
| Caste
|  
| Shorthand for [CAN_LEARN] + [SKILL_LEARN_RATES:50].{{verify}} Used for 'primitive' creatures like [[ogre]]s, [[giant]]s and [[troglodyte]]s. Applicable to player races. Prevents a player from recruiting nobility, even basic ones. Subterranean creatures with this token combined with [EVIL] will become servants of goblins in their civilizations, in the style of [[troll]]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|SMALL_REMAINS}}
| Caste
|  
| Creature leaves a "remains" instead of a corpse. Used for vermin.

|-
| {{text anchor|SMELL_TRIGGER}}
| Creature
| value
| Determines how keen a creature's sense of smell is. Lower is better. At 10000, a creature cannot smell at all.

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

|-
| {{text anchor|SOUND}}
| Caste
|
* Sound application (currently accepts ALERT or PEACEFUL_INTERMITTENT)
* Sound range (in tiles)
* Sound delay (lower values = sound is produced more often)
* VOCALIZATION or NONE (determines whether the sound requires breathing or not)
* First-person description
* Third-person description
* Description when out of sight
| Creature makes sounds periodically, which can be heard in Adventure mode.
* First-person reads "You '''bark'''"
* Third-person reads "The capybara '''barks'''"
* Out of sight reads "You hear '''a loud bark'''"
with the text in bold being the description arguments of the token.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIFIC_FOOD}}
| Caste
|
* PLANT or CREATURE
* Plant/creature ID
| Creature will only appear in biomes with this plant or creature available. Grazers given a specific type of grass (such as [[panda]]s and [[bamboo]]) will only eat that grass and nothing else, risking starvation if there's none available. 

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

|-
| {{text anchor|SPEECH_FEMALE}}
| Creature
| speech file 
| Boasting speeches relating to killing females of this creature.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPEECH_MALE}}
| Creature
| speech file 
| Boasting speeches relating to killing males of this creature.

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

|-
| {{text anchor|SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGET}}
| Caste
|
| This creature can be converted by a night creature with SPOUSE_CONVERTER.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPOUSE_CONVERTER}}
| Caste
|
| If the creature has the NIGHT_CREATURE_HUNTER tag, it will kidnap SPOUSE_CONVERSION_TARGETs and transform them into the caste of its species with the CONVERTED_SPOUSE tag during worldgen. It may also start families this way.

|-
| {{text anchor|STANCE_CLIMBER}}
| Caste {{verify}}
|
| Caste does not require GRASP body parts to climb -- it can climb with STANCE parts instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|STANDARD_GRAZER}}
| Caste
|
| Acts as GRAZER but set to 20000*G*(max size)^(-3/4), where G defaults to 100 but can be set in d_init, and the whole thing is trapped between 150 and 3 million. Used in all default creature RAWs for grazers.

|-
| {{text anchor|STRANGE_MOODS}}{{version|0.42.01}}
|
|
| The creature will get strange moods in fortress mode and can produce artifacts.

|-
| {{text anchor|SUPERNATURAL}}
| Caste
| 
| Gives the creature knowledge of any secrets with SUPERNATURAL_LEARNING_POSSIBLE that match its spheres and prevents it from becoming a vampire or a werebeast. Other effects are unknown.

|-
| {{text anchor|SWIMS_INNATE}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature naturally knows how to swim perfectly and does not use swimmer skill, as opposed to [SWIMS_LEARNED] below. However, Fortress mode AI never paths into water anyway, so it's less useful there. 

|-
| {{text anchor|SWIMS_LEARNED}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature swims only as well as their present swimming skill allows them to.

|-
| {{text anchor|SYNDROME_DILUTION_FACTOR}}{{version|0.42.01}}
| Syndrome name:Amount
|
| Dilutes the effects of a syndrome. 100 is normal effect, higher numbers reduce the effects of the syndrome more.
|}

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==T==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|TENDONS}}
| Caste
| 
* [[material token]]
*healing rate 
| The creature has tendons in its bones. Cutting the bone tissue severs them, disabling motor function if the target is a limb.

|-
| {{text anchor|THICKWEB}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature's webs can catch larger creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE}}
| Creature
| name 
| Begins defining a tissue in the creature file.

|-
| {{text anchor|TITAN}}
| Caste
|
| Found on [[titan]]s. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_COLOR_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
| COLOR:freq:COLOR:freq etc. 
| Creates a list of color patterns, giving each a relative frequency. 

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_GENETIC_MODEL}}
| Caste
|
| The way the color modifier is passed on to offspring. May or may not work right now.{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_IMPORTANCE}}
| Caste
|
*number
| Presumably modifies the importance of the tissue layer color modifier, for description purposes.
HOWEVER using this appears to remove all mention of colour from creature descriptions. It does not appear in any default creatures.

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_NOUN}}
| Caste
| 
*name
*SINGULAR or PLURAL
| Names the tissue layer color modifier, and determines the noun. Also used by stonesense for colouring body parts. 

|-
| {{text anchor|TLCM_TIMING}}
| Caste
| 
*ROOT
*start change window years:days:end change window years:days
| Determines the point in the creature's life when the color change begins and ends.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRADE_CAPACITY}}
| Caste
|  
*number
| How much the creature can carry when used by merchants. 

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE}}
| Caste
|  
| Shortcut for [TRAINABLE_HUNTING] + [TRAINABLE_WAR].

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE_HUNTING}}
| Caste
|  
| Can be trained as a hunting beast, increasing speed.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAINABLE_WAR}}
| Caste
|  
| Can be trained as a war beast, increasing strength and endurance.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRANCES}}
| Caste
|  
| Allows the creature to go into [[martial trance]]s.

|-
| {{text anchor|TRAPAVOID}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature will never trigger [[trap]]s it steps on. Used by a [[Trapavoid|number of creatures]]. Doesn't make the creature immune to remotely activated traps (like retractable spikes being triggered while the creature is standing over them). TRAPAVOID creatures lose this power if they're immobilized while standing in a trap, be it by stepping on thick web, being paralyzed or being knocked unconscious.

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

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

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==U==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

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

|-
| {{text anchor|UNDERGROUND_DEPTH}}
| Creature
|
*mindepth
*maxdepth 
| Depth the creature appears underground. Numbers can be from 0 to 5. 0 is actually 'above ground' and can be used if the creature is to appear both above and below ground. Values from 1 to 3 are the respective [[cavern]] levels, 4 is the [[magma sea]] and 5 is the [[HFS]]. A single argument may be used instead of min and max. [[Demon]]s use only 5:5; user-defined creatures with both this depth and [FLIER] will take part in the initial wave from the HFS alongside generated demons. Without [FLIER], they will only spawn from the map edges. Civilizations that can use underground plants or animals will only export (via the embark screen or caravans) things that available at depth 1.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNDERSWIM}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature is displayed as blue when in 7/7 water. Used on fish and amphibious creatures which swim under the water.

|-
| {{text anchor|UNIQUE_DEMON}}
| Caste
|  
| Typically found on generated [[demon]]s; causes the game to create a single named instance of the demon which will emerge from the underworld and take over civilizations during worldgen. Cannot be specified in user-defined raws.

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_CASTE}}
| Creature
|
*new caste token
*old caste token
| Defines a new caste derived directly from a previous caste. The new caste inherits all properties of the old one. The effect of this tag is automatic if one has not yet defined any castes: "Any caste-level tag that occurs before castes are explicitly declared is saved up and placed on any caste that is declared later, unless the caste is explicitly derived from another caste."

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_MATERIAL}}
| Creature
|
*new material ID
*old material ID
| Defines a new local creature material and populates it with all properties defined in the specified local creature material.

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

|-
| {{text anchor|USE_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*new tissue token
*old tissue id
| Defines a new local creature tissue and populates it with all properties defined in the local tissue specified in the second argument.

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

|-
| {{text anchor|UTTERANCES}}
| Caste
|  
| Changes the language of the creature into unintelligible 'kobold-speak', which creatures of other species will be unable to understand. If a civilized creature has this and is not part of a SKULKING civ, it will tend to start wars with all nearby civilizations and will be unable to make peace treaties due to 'inability to communicate'.
|}

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{{alphabetical TOC}}
</div>

==V==
{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor="#ddd"
! width="20%" | Token
! width="10%" | Type
! width="20%" | Arguments
! width="50%" | Description

|-
| {{text anchor|VEGETATION}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature is made of swamp stuff. Used for [[grimeling]]s. Doesn't appear to do anything in particular.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_BITE}}
| Caste
| 
*chance of occurrence{{verify}}
*verb (bitten, stung, etc.)
* [[material token]]
| Vermin bites, and injects something.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_EATER}}
| Creature
|
| The vermin creature will attempt to eat exposed food. See PENETRATEPOWER. Distinct from VERMIN_ROTTER.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_FISH}}
| Creature
|  
| The vermin appears in water and will attempt to swim around.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_GROUNDER}}
| Creature
|  
| The creature appears in "general" surface ground locations. Note that this doesn't stop the creature from flying if it can (most vermin birds have this tag).

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_HATEABLE}}
| Caste
|
| Some dwarves will hate the creature and get unhappy thoughts when around it. See the [[Hateable|list of hateable vermin]] for details.

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_MICRO}}
| Caste
|  
| This makes the creature move in a swarm of creatures of the same race as it (e.g. swarm of flies, swarm of ants).

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOFISH}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature cannot be caught by fishing. 

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_NOROAM}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature will not be observed randomly roaming about the map. 

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

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_ROTTER}}
| Creature
|  
| The vermin are attracted to rotting stuff and loose food left in the open and cause unhappy thoughts to dwarves who encounter them. Present on flies, knuckle worms, acorn flies, and blood gnats. Speeds up decay?{{verify}}

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMIN_SOIL}}
| Creature
|  
| The creature randomly appears near dirt or mud.

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

|-
| {{text anchor|VERMINHUNTER}}
| Caste
|  
| Old shorthand for "does cat stuff". Contains [AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE] + [RETURNS_VERMIN_KILLS_TO_OWNER] + [HUNTS_VERMIN] + [ADOPTS_OWNER].

|-
| {{text anchor|VESPERTINE}}
| Caste
|  
| Sets if the creature is active in evening.

|-
| {{text anchor|VIEWRANGE}}
| Caste
| value
| Value should determine how close you have to get to a critter before it attacks (or prevents adv mode travel etc.) Default is 20.

|-
| {{text anchor|VISION_ARC}}
| Caste {{Verify}}
| 
*binocular vision arc
*non-binocular vision arc
| The width of the creature's vision arcs, in degrees (i.e. 0 to 360). The first number is binocular vision, the second is non-binocular vision.

Binocular vision has a minimum of about 10 degrees. Monocular vision has a maximum of about 350 degrees. Values past these limits will be accepted, but will default to ~10 degrees and ~350 degrees respectively.
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==W==
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| {{text anchor|WAGON_PULLER}}
| Caste
|  
| Allows the creature to pull caravan wagons. If a civilization doesn't have access to any, it is restricted to trading with pack animals.

|-
| {{text anchor|WEBBER}}
| Caste
| 
* [[material token]]
| Allows the creature to create webs, and defines what the webs are made of.

|-
| {{text anchor|WEBIMMUNE}}
| Caste
|  
| The creature will not get caught in thick webs.
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==Attack Tokens==
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|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_SKILL}}
| Caste
| 
*[[Skill token]]
| Defines the skill used by the attack.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_VERB}}
| Caste
| 2nd person:3rd person 
| Descriptive text for the attack.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_CONTACT_PERC}}
| Caste
| 
*% value 
| The contact area of the attack, measured in % of the body part's volume. Note that all attack percentages can be more than 100%.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PENETRATION_PERC}}
| Caste
| 
*% value 
| The penetration value of the attack, measured in % of the body part's volume. Requires ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE. Maximum value: 15000.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PRIORITY}}
| Caste
| 
*MAIN or SECOND 
| Usage frequency. MAIN attacks are 100 times more frequently chosen than SECOND. Opportunity attacks ignore this preference.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_VELOCITY_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
| number
| The velocity multiplier of the attack, multiplied by 1000.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_CANLATCH}}
| Caste
|  
| Attacks that damage tissue have the chance to latch on in a wrestling hold. The grabbing bodypart can then use the "shake around" wrestling move, causing severe, armor-bypassing tensile damage according to the attacker's body volume.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_WITH}}
| Caste
|  
| Displays the name of the body part used to perform an attack while announcing it, e.g. "The weaver punches the bugbat with his right hand".

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_EDGE}}
| Caste
|  
| The attack is edged, with all the effects on physical resistance and contact area that it entails.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_PREPARE_AND_RECOVER}}
| Caste
| 
* Preparation time
* Recovery time
| Determines the length of time to prepare this attack and until one can perform this attack again. Values appear to be calculated in adventure mode ticks.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_BAD_MULTIATTACK}}
| Caste
| 
| Multiple strikes with this attack cannot be performed effectively.

|-
| {{text anchor|ATTACK_FLAG_INDEPENDENT_MULTIATTACK}}
| Caste
| 
| Multiple strikes with this attack can be performed with no penalty. The creature will use all attacks with this token at once.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT}}
| Caste
| 
* [[material token]]
*state (SOLID, LIQUID, GAS)
*min:max
| Attack type addition that injects a material into the victim's blood. If the attack is blunt or the injected material lacks [[Material definition token#ENTERS_BLOOD|[ENTERS_BLOOD]]] token, the material will splatter over attacked body part instead.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_INTERACTION}}
| Caste
| interaction
| When this attack lands successfully, a specified interaction will take effect on the target creature. The attack must break the target creature's skin in order to work. This will take effect in worldgen as well.

|-
| {{text anchor|SPECIALATTACK_SUCK_BLOOD}}
| Caste
| min:max
| Successful attack draws out an amount of blood randomized between the min and max value. Beware that this '''will''' trigger any ingestion syndromes attached to the target creature's blood - for example, using this attack on a vampire will turn you into one too.
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==Important Related Tokens==
These next groups of tokens include several tokens that are not technically classified as creature tokens in string dump, but bear mentioning in this as they are used frequently in creature raws. (Some regular creature tokens may also be reprinted for the sake of ease of navigation)

===Tissue Modification===
This next group of tokens deals setting and modifying properties of previously defined tissues. (See also [[Tissue definition token]])


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

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

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_TISSUE}}
| Creature
|
*tissue token
| Selects a tissue for editing.

|-
| {{text anchor|SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
| 
*TISSUE
*BY_CATEGORY, BY_TYPE, BY_TOKEN
*Location - category, type, or token | Selects a tissue at a location
* (optional) FRONT, BACK, LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, BOTTOM, AROUND.
| Selects a tissue layer for descriptor and cosmetic purposes.
[SELECT_TISSUE_LAYER:SKIN:BY_TYPE:UPPERBODY]

|-
| {{text anchor|SET_LAYER_TISSUE}}
| Caste
|
| Sets a tissue layer to be made of a different tissue.

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER}}
| Caste
| 
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
*LOCATION 
| Adds the tissue layer to wherever it is required.
Non-argument Locations can be FRONT, RIGHT, LEFT, TOP, BOTTOM. Argument locations are AROUND and CLEANS, requiring a further body part and a % of coverage/cleansing

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

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER}}
| Caste
| 
*BY_TYPE, BY_CATEGORY, BY_TOKEN
*TYPE,CATEGORY, or TOKEN
*TISSUE
| Adds the tissue layer under a given part.
For example an Iron Man has a gaseous poison within and this tissue (GAS is its name) has the token [TISSUE_LEAKS] and its state is GAS so when you puncture the iron outside and damage this tissue it leaks gas (can have a syndrome by using a previous one in the creature sample.) [TISSUE_LAYER_UNDER:BY_CATEGORY:ALL:{tissue}] {tissue} is what will be under the TISSUE_LAYER here is an example Tissue from Iron Man:<br> 
[TISSUE:GAS] [TISSUE_NAME:gas:NP] [TISSUE_MATERIAL:LOCAL_CREATURE_MAT:GAS] [TISSUE_MAT_STATE:GAS] [RELATIVE_THICKNESS:50] [TISSUE_LEAKS] [TISSUE_SHAPE:LAYER] 
|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_LAYER_APPEARANCE_MODIFIER}}
| Caste
| 
*QUALITY
*lowest:lower:low:median:high:higher:highest 
| sets the range of qualities, including LENGTH, DENSE, HIGH_POSITION, CURLY, GREASY, WRINKLY

|-
| {{text anchor|TISSUE_STYLE_UNIT}}
| Caste
| 
*tissue style unit ID
*shaping
| sets tissue layer to be the target of TISSUE_STYLE token specified for an entity, works only on entity members. Mostly used with tissues HAIR, BEARD, MOUSTACHE, SIDEBURNS.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_CONNECTS}}
| Caste
|
| Presumably gives the CONNECTS attribute to selected layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_HEALING_RATE}}
| Caste
| 
*value
| Presumably changes the HEALING_RATE of the selected tissue layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_MAJOR_ARTERIES}}
| Caste
|
| Gives the "major arteries" attribute to selected layers. Used to add massive bleeding properties to the throat, made from skin.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_PAIN_RECEPTORS}}
| Caste
| 
*value
| Seems to set new number of pain receptors for selected tissue layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_RELATIVE_THICKNESS}}
| Caste
| 
*value
| Seems to set new relative thickness for selected tissue layers.

|-
| {{text anchor|TL_VASCULAR}}
| Caste
| 
*value
| Seems to set new a VASCULAR value (which modulates bleeding) for selected tissue layers.

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==See Also==
*[[Body detail plan token]]
*[[Body token]]
*[[Material definition token]]
*[[Syndrome]]
*[[Tissue definition token]]

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