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This article is about an older version of DF.

Everything here can be applied to all creature files, e.g. creature_domestic, creature_standard, even creature_equipment. This includes sentient creatures, but creature tokens should not be confused with entity tokens.

Tokens[edit]

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Token	Arguments	Description
ALCOHOL_DEPENDENT		Creature needs alcohol to get through the working day.
ALL_ACTIVE		When set, the creature will appear at any time of day. Overrides `[DIURNAL]`, `[NOCTURNAL]`, `[CREPUSCULAR]`, `[MATUTINAL]`, and `[VESPERTINE]`.
ALTTILE	CP437 ordinal or 'character'	If set, the creature will blink between its [TILE] and its [ALTTILE]. [ALTTILE:157] or [ALTTILE:'&']
AMBUSHPREDATOR		Makes the creature start out hidden. Used by giant cave spiders. May make webs hidden too?^[Verify]
AMPHIBIOUS		Allows a creature to breathe with or without water.
AQUATIC		Allows a creature to breathe underwater, but causes it to "drown" out of water.
ATTACK		See the Attacks section.

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Token	Arguments	Description
BABY	age	Age at which a baby becomes a child. Without this tag, all creatures born will skip the baby stage and be children upon birth. [BABY:1]
BABYNAME	singular plural	Gives the baby a special name.
BEACH_FREQUENCY	value	Whales and jellyfish have this. Controls the beaching frequency of the creature. [BEACH_FREQUENCY:10]
BENIGN		Determines whether creature can show up on "tame" maps (includes elephants), which will generally avoid dwarves, although they may chase and/or attack them if they get too close).
BIOME:*		See Biome tokens.
BLOODTYPE	type	Sets the creatures' blood type (default red): R - Red blood G - Green blood B - Blue blood M - Magenta blood C - Cyan blood Y - Yellow pus W - White ichor 0 - Black goo VOMIT SLIME [BLOODTYPE:0]
BODY	parts[:...]	Sets the body parts a creature has. Can supply as many as you want. [BODY:HUMANOID:2EYES:2EARS]
BODYGLOSS	gloss	A body_default.txt function. It replaces a part's description with another. e.g. feet with hooves. [BODYGLOSS:HOOF]
BOILING_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which the creature boils into goo. DF temperature scale
BONE_BOILING_POINT	temperature	The boiling point of the creature's bones.
BONE_COLDDAM_POINT	temperature	The low temperature at which the creature's bones start getting damaged.
BONE_FIXED_TEMP	temperature	The temperature that the creature's bones give off.
BONE_HEATDAM_POINT	temperature	The high temperature where the bones start taking damage.
BONE_IGNITE_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which point the creature's bones burst into flame.
BONE_LIQUID_DENSITY	density	Specifies the density of the creature's bones when molten.
BONE_MELTING_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which the creature's bones melt.
BONE_SOLID_DENSITY	density	Specifies the density of the creature's bones.
BONE_SPEC_HEAT	specific heat capacity	Amount of energy required for the creature's bones to heat up or cool down.
BONECARN		Creature eats bones. This tag implies CARNIVORE.
BUILDINGDESTROYER	value	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 b + C commands. See Building destroyer for full discussion.

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Token	Arguments	Description
CAN_CIV		Can create civilizations. This tag may activate hunger and thirst. ^[Verify]
CAN_LEARN		A creature with this tag can gain skill experience.
CAN_SPEAK		Can talk. Note that it is not necessary for a creature to gain social skills.
CANNOT_UNDEAD		Cannot become undead.
CANOPENDOORS		Allows the creature to open doors.
CARNIVORE		Creature only eats meat.
CAVE_ADAPT		Gives the creature a bonus in caves. Also causes Cave adaptation.
CHEESE_BOILING_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which the creature's cheese (if any) boils away.
CHEESE_COLDDAM_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which the creature's cheese (if any) starts taking cold damage.
CHEESE_FIXED_TEMP	temperature	The temperature emitted by one unit of the creature's cheese (if any).
CHEESE_HEATDAM_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which the cheese made from the creature's milk starts taking heat damage.
CHEESE_IGNITE_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which the creature's cheese bursts into flame.
CHEESE_LIQUID_DENSITY	density	Specifies the density of the creature's cheese when molten.
CHEESE_MELTING_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which the creature's cheese melts into goo.
CHEESE_SOLID_DENSITY	density	Specifies the density of the creature's cheese.
CHEESE_SPEC_HEAT	specific heat capacity	Amount of energy required for the creature's cheese to heat up or cool down.
CHEESE_VALUE	value	The value per unit of cheese made from the creature's milk (if applicable). Note that only vermin as of current can be milked.
CHILD	age	Age at which a child becomes an adult. [CHILD:12]
CHILDNAME	singular plural	Gives the child a special name, e.g. "hippo calf" instead of "hippo child". [CHILDNAME:hippo calf:hippo calves]
CHITIN		When the creature's skin is tanned, it becomes chitin instead of leather.
CLUSTER_NUMBER	minimum maximum	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. [CLUSTER_NUMBER:1:3]
COLDDAM_POINT	temperature	The minimum temperature limit before the creature starts taking damage from freezing.
COLOR	fg (foreground) bg (background) br (brightness)	Color of the creature's tile. [COLOR:3:0:0]
COMMON_DOMESTIC		Allows the creature to be brought with immigrants and when creating a new fortress, as long as the creature also includes at least one of the following tokens: PET, PACK_ANIMAL, WAGON_PULLER, MOUNT
COOKABLE_LIVE		Set this to allow the creature to be cooked in meals without first being cleaned.
CREPUSCULAR		When set, the creature will appear at dawn (between 4:30 AM and 6:00 AM) and in the evening (between 8:00 PM and 10:05 PM) in Adventurer mode.
CURIOUSBEAST_EATER		Allows a creature to steal and eat edible items from you.
CURIOUSBEAST_GUZZLER		Allows a creature to (very quickly) drink your alcohol. Also affects undead versions of the creature.
CURIOUSBEAST_ITEM		Allows a creature to steal things (apparently the highest value it can find).

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Token	Arguments	Description
DAMBLOCK	value	How much natural armor a creature has. Can be set to negative numbers, so the creature takes more damage than usual. [DAMBLOCK:1]
DEFENDER		Appears from the glowing pits in a group.
DENSITY	density	Specifies the density of the creature.
DIFFICULTY	number	Toady: "Difficulty determines how deep it places them in adventure mode/reclaim caves, and the chance that they are wounded the first few river attacks." Also increases experience gain during adventure mode. [DIFFICULTY:2]
DIURNAL		When set, the creature will only appear during the day (between 6:00 AM and 8:00 PM) in Adventurer mode.
DRAGONFIREBREATH		Creature breathes fire in a cone.
DRINK_BOILING_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which an alcoholic drink made from the creature will boil. Creature drinks are not implemented in this version of Dwarf Fortress.
DRINK_COLDDAM_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which said drink will take cold damage.
DRINK_FIXED_TEMP	temperature	The temperature emitted by one unit of the creature's drink.
DRINK_HEATDAM_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which aforementioned drink will take heat damage.
DRINK_IGNITE_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which the drink will set your fort ablaze.
DRINK_LIQUID_DENSITY	density	Specifies the density of the creature's drink.
DRINK_MELTING_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which the creature's drink melts or freezes.
DRINK_SOLID_DENSITY	density	Specifies the density of the creature's drink when frozen.
DRINK_SPEC_HEAT	specific heat capacity	Amount of energy required for the drink to heat up or cool down.

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Token	Arguments	Description
ENDING		Will show up as a leader (only one of them) in a group from the glowing pits.
EQUIPMENT_WAGON		Implies 2 unknown flags, NOT_BUTCHERABLE, NOEXERT, NOPAIN, NOSTUN, NONAUSEA, NOBLEED, NOEMOTION, NOSTUCKINS, SEVERONBREAKS, NOSKULL, NOSKIN, NOBONES, NOMEAT, PARALYZEIMMUNE, NOFEAR, NOSMELLYROT, NOTHOUGHT, NOBREATHE, NO_GENDER, NO_EAT, NO_DRINK, NO_SLEEP
EQUIPS		Allows the creature to wear or wield items.
EVIL		Determines whether creature can show up on "evil" maps (see Region#Surroundings).
EXTRACT	name fg (foreground color) bg (background color) br (color brightness)	Determines that something can be extracted from the creature, what it's called, and what color it is. Note, it appears that the extraction process is hard-coded into the game, and can't be altered from objects/raw. [EXTRACT:cow's milk:7:0:1]
EXTRACT_ANTIDOTE	name fg (foreground color) bg (background color) br (color brightness) ? (always 50 or 100)	[EXTRACT_ANTIDOTE:cave spider antivenin:7:0:0:50] In the future, the last number may be used to determine effectiveness or time to cure, however, as of 40d antidotes have no function.
EXTRACT_BOILING_POINT	temperature	The temperature value at which a unit of the creature's extract boils away.
EXTRACT_CHEESE	name fg (foreground color) bg (background color) br (color brightness)	The extract gotten from the creature can be made into cheese. [EXTRACT_CHEESE:cow cheese:6:0:1]
EXTRACT_COLDDAM_POINT	temperature	The low temperature value at which the creature's extract starts to take damage.
EXTRACT_COOKABLE		Extract is cookable.
EXTRACT_FIXED_TEMP	temperature	The temperature that the creature's extract generates on its own.
EXTRACT_HEATDAM_POINT	temperature	The high temperature value at which the creature's extract starts to take damage.
EXTRACT_IGNITE_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which the creature's extract bursts into flame (NOT the container it's in).
EXTRACT_LIQUID_DENSITY	density	Specifies the density of the creature's extract.
EXTRACT_MELTING_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which the creature's extract melts into goo.
EXTRACT_PARALYZE		(conjectural) Extract is poisonous, causing paralysis that lasts until the extract wears off. Can be delivered by SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT.
EXTRACT_PARALYZE_INTERMITTENT		(conjectural) Extract is poisonous, causing paralysis on occasional intervals until the extract wears off. Can be delivered by SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT.
EXTRACT_PERMANENT		(conjectural) The effects of the creature's extract are permanent once applied and do not wear off naturally.
EXTRACT_SIZE	size	[EXTRACT_SIZE:10]
EXTRACT_SOLID_DENSITY	density	Specifies the density of the creature's extract when solidified.
EXTRACT_SPEC_HEAT	specific heat capacity	Amount of energy required for the creature's extract to heat up or cool down.
EXTRACT_STUN		(conjectural) Extract is poisonous, causing a permanent stun effect until the extract wears off. Can be delivered by SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT.
EXTRACT_STUN_INTERMITTENT		(verified) Extract is poisonous, causing temporary stuns on semi-occasional intervals. Can be delivered by SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT.
EXTRACT_VALUE	value	The value per unit of the creature's extract. [EXTRACT_VALUE:20]
EXTRAVISION		Creature can see regardless of whether it has working eyes.

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Token	Arguments	Description
FANCIFUL		Makes every civilization know about the creature. The creature won't occur in regular material preference lists. The tag also adds some art value modifiers. Used for things like dragons and other legendary creatures.
FAT	value	How much fat a creature produces when it is butchered. [FAT:3]
FEATURE_ATTACK_GROUP		If a feature attack selects a creature with this flag, all creatures in its group will join in the attack, otherwise the creature will break off from its group and attack you on its own. In practice, this has little effect because map features have finite populations and tend to get depleted as soon as you discover them.
FEMALE		The creature is always female. Note that a civilization created using an all-female creature will quickly die out, as they don't have breeding couples, unless you give them a very high [MAXAGE] and [CHILD] age as well.
FIREBREATH		The creature shoots fireballs and narrow bursts of fire.
FIREIMMUNE		The creature is immune to FIREBREATH, steam, and being set on fire by magma.
FIREIMMUNE_SUPER		The creature is immune to DRAGONFIREBREATH. Implies FIREIMMUNE.
FISHITEM		Needs to be cleaned at a fishery.
FIXED_TEMP	temperature	The natural heat generated by the creature. [FIXED_TEMP:1-?]
FLEEQUICK		Determines how soon a creature flees in a losing battle.
FLIER		Allows a creature to fly. Currently, an AI bug prevents this from being useful on PC races in fortress mode.
FREQUENCY	number, max 100	Determines the chances of a creature appearing within its environment, with higher values resulting in more frequent appearance. 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.

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Token	Arguments	Description
GENPOWER	rate?	Not used anymore and can be removed safely. Was related to magic. [GENPOWER:3]
GLOWCOLOR	fg bg br	The colour of the GLOWTILE of the creature (see below). [GLOWCOLOR:4:0:1]
GLOWTILE	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. [GLOWTILE:'"']
GNAWER		The creature can and will gnaw its way out of wooden animal traps and cages using the specified verb. Due to a bug, however, they will only escape from artifacts.
GOOD		Determines whether creature can show up on "good" maps (see Threat Matrix).
GRASSTRAMPLE	amount	Determines the percentage chance of trampling and killing grass when a creature steps on it. Set [GRASSTRAMPLE:0] to make grass never trampled by the creature. [GRASSTRAMPLE:42]

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Token	Arguments	Description
HAS_RACEGLOSS	gloss	Links a material glossary to the creature. It is hardcoded, and there is only 4 types of tag. [HAS_RACEGLOSS:WOOD] [HAS_RACEGLOSS:STONE] [HAS_RACEGLOSS:METAL] [HAS_RACEGLOSS:PLANT]
HASSHELL		Creature will leave behind a shell when eaten.
HEATDAM_POINT	temperature	The maximum temperature limit before the creature will start receiving damage from heat. DF temperature scale
HOMEOTHERM	value	Default 'NONE'. The creature's normal body temperature. Combined with LAYERING, sets the temperature range under which it can live. DF temperature scale
HORN		Creature drops a horn or horns when butchered, which presumably acts like bone. This tag is broken.

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Token	Arguments	Description
IGNITE_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which the creature will burst into flames. DF temperature scale
IMMOBILE_LAND		The creature is immobile while on land
IMMOLATE		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 traps and cages made of wood or glass. Due to a bug, however, they will only escape from artifacts.
INTELLIGENT		Implies CAN_CIV, CAN_SPEAK, CAN_LEARN.
ITEMCORPSE	Item token subtype NO_SUBTYPE Matgloss token NO_RACEGLOSS USE_RACEGLOSS USE_SHARPSTONE	Determines if the creature leaves behind a non-standard corpse (i.e. wood, statue, bars, etc.). The first parameter determines the item type; the second parameter is the subtype indicated in the raw file (such as WEAPON_WHIP); the third indicates the material type if the item type takes a specific material (e.g. "IRON" if the corpse type is "STATUE"). USE_RACEGLOSS applies if the creature has a material glossary assigned by the "HAS_RACEGLOSS:" flag and will select necessary adjectives and material from that glossary. [ITEMCORPSE:WOOD:NO_SUBTYPE:WOOD:USE_RACEGLOSS]
ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY	quality	The quality of an item-type corpse left behind; 5 is masterpiece-level. [ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY:5]
IVORY		Creature will produce ivory when butchered. Currently doesn't work. May turn up with merchants as a trade good.

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Token	Arguments	Description
LARGE_PREDATOR		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). Also, they can be mentioned in the intro paragraph when starting a fortress e.g. "ere the wolves get hungry."
LARGE_ROAMING		In Fortress Mode, spawns outdoors and is not a vermin creature.
LAYERING	value	How well-protected the creature is from low temperatures. If this number is too high, it will confine a creature to only arctic areas. If it is even higher it will prevent the creature from spawning at all. Tropical animals have this at 100. Tundra creatures, 200 or 300; humans 10, dwarves 50.
LEATHER_BOILING_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which leather made from the creature's skins will boil away. Also affects severed body parts.
LEATHER_COLDDAM_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which leather made from the creature's skins will take damage. Also affects severed body parts.
LEATHER_FIXED_TEMP	temperature	The temperature that leather made from the creature's skins generates. Also affects severed body parts.
LEATHER_HEATDAM_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which leather made from the creature's skins will take damage. Also affects severed body parts.
LEATHER_IGNITE_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which leather made from the creature's skins will burst into flames. Also affects severed body parts.
LEATHER_LIQUID_DENSITY	density	Specifies the density of leather made from the creature's skin when molten.
LEATHER_MELTING_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which leather made from the creature's skins will melt away. Also affects severed body parts.
LEATHER_SOLID_DENSITY	density	Specifies the density of leather made from the creature's skin.
LEATHER_SPEC_HEAT	specific heat capacity	Amount of energy required for the creature's leather to heat up or cool down. Also affects severed body parts.
LIGHT_GEN		A vermin featuring this tag will remain visible to an adventurer, even at night (without being dimmed in color along with the surrounding terrain), and from a distance (even outside your sight radius).
LIKES_FIGHTING		The creature will attack enemies rather than flee from them. This tag has the same effect on player-controlled creatures - included modded dwarves.
LISP		Creature multiplies 'S' when talking. Ex: "My name isss Recisssiz."
LITTERSIZE	minimum maximum	Determines the random chance of how many creatures are generated when giving birth. [LITTERSIZE:1:2]
LOCKPICKER		Lets a creature open doors that are set to forbidden in Fortress Mode. Implies [TRAPAVOID]
LOOSE_CLUSTERS		The creatures will scatter if they have this tag, or form tight packs if they don't.

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Token	Arguments	Description
MAGICAL		Makes the creature attract local wildlife in large numbers. May have more effects when magic is implemented.
MAGMA_VISION		Creature's able to see while covered in magma.
MALE		The creature is always male. Note that a civilization created using an all-male creature will quickly die out, as they don't have breeding couples, unless you give them a very high [MAXAGE] and [CHILD] age as well.
MATERIAL	Matgloss token USE_RACEGLOSS
MATUTINAL		When set, the creature will only appear at dawn (between 4:30 AM and 6:00 AM) in Adventurer mode.
MAXAGE	minimum maximum	Sets the Minimum and Maximum age at which a creature will die from old age. Used in world generating and Fortress Mode. [MAXAGE:150:170]
MEANDERER		Gives a creature random movement.
MEGABEAST		Appears on fortress territory in Fortress Mode occasionally.
MELTING_POINT	temperature	The temperature at which the creature will melt into goo.
MILKABLE	frequency?	Allows the creature to be milked. Currently only works with vermin creatures.
MISCHIEVIOUS		Will pull any levers it comes across (requires confirmation). "They go on little missions to mess with various fortress buildings, not just levers."
MODVALUE	number	Multiplies the value of items made from the creature by the number in the tag. [MODVALUE:2]
MOUNT		Allows the creature to be mounted. Currently only works with siegers. The same AI bug that causes issues with [FLIER] PC races in fortress mode causes worse issues with flying mounts, though when unmounted the creature will fly just fine. [SWIMS_INNATE] may or may not have similar issues on mounts.
MOUNT_EXOTIC		You need the Dungeon master noble to mount the creature.
MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE		Makes litters with more than one offspring extremely rare, only happening with a 1/500 chance.
MUNDANE		Marks if the creature is an actual real-life creature. Only used for age-names at present.

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Token	Arguments	Description
NAME	singular noun plural noun adjective	What the creature is actually called in game. Make sure there is no space around the ":". [NAME:dwarf:dwarves:dwarven]
NARROW		Clothing made for these creatures will appear as "narrow" to other non-narrow creatures of the same size (whose own clothing will appear as "stout"). Example: elves versus humans.
NATURAL		Animal
NO_AUTUMN		Will not show up during the Autumn season.
NO_DRINK		Creature does not need to drink.
NO_EAT		Creature does not need to eat.
NO_GENDER		No gender will be selected for the creature. Note that a civilization created using a genderless creature will have no population, as they don't have breeding couples.
NO_SLEEP		Creature does not need to sleep.
NO_SPRING		Will not show up during the Spring season.
NO_SUMMER		Will not show up during the Summer season.
NO_WINTER		Will not show up during the Winter season.
NOBLEED		Creature doesn't bleed.
NOBONES		Creature will not drop bones on butcher, rot, or decay of severed body parts.
NOBREATHE		Creature doesn't need to breathe or have [BREATHE] parts in body. Cannot drown or be strangled.
NOCTURNAL		When set, the creature will only appear at night (after 10:05 PM and before 4:30 AM) in Adventurer mode.
NOEMOTION		The creature has no emotions, and does not rage.
NOEXERT		Creature can't become tired or over-exerted.
NOFEAR		Creature doesn't feel fear and will never run away from battle.
NOMEAT		Creature will not drop meat on butcher.
NONAUSEA		Creature can't vomit.
NOPAIN		Creature doesn't feel pain.
NOSKIN		Creature will not drop skin on butcher.
NOSKULL		Creature will not drop skull on butcher, rot, or decay of severed head.
NOSMELLYROT		Creatures' corpse does not create miasma.
NOSTUCKINS		Weapons can't be stuck in creature.
NOSTUN		Creature can't be stunned.
NOT_BUTCHERABLE		Creature can't be butchered.
NOTHOUGHT		Creature doesn't think, or doesn't require a [BRAIN] body part.

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Token	Arguments	Description
PACK_ANIMAL		Allows the creature to be used as a pack animal. Currently only used by merchants.
PARALYZEIMMUNE		The creature is immune to all paralyzing special attacks.
PATTERNFLIER		Flies in a semi-predictable pattern? ^[Verify]
PEARL		Creature will generate pearls.
PENETRATEPOWER	value	Controls the ability of vermin to find a way into containers when they are eating food from your stockpiles. Wood and cloth objects roll a 0-9 and if it greater than the penetrate power, their contents escape for the time being. Other objects roll a 0-99.
PERSONALITY	token lowest % chance median highest % chance	Determines chance of personality traits. Standard is 0:50:100. See Personality traits for more info. [PERSONALITY:IMAGINATION:0:55:100]
PET		Allows the creature to be tamed.
PET_EXOTIC		You need a Dungeon master noble in your fortress for the creature to be tamable (but any Animal trainer can do the taming).
PETVALUE	value	How valuable a tamed animal/pet is. Actual cost in points in the embarking screen is (PETVALUE/2)+1 for an untrained animal, PETVALUE+1 for a trained(War or Hunting) one. Note that for an animal to be selectable in this screen, it must have the COMMON_DOMESTIC token. [PETVALUE:42]
POPULATION_NUMBER	minimum maximum	The minimum/maximum numbers of how many of these creatures are present in each world map tile of the appropriate region. [POPULATION_NUMBER:10:30]
POWER		Allows the creature to be worshiped by entities with the RELIGION:ANY_APPROPRIATE_POWER tag.
PREFSTRING	object	Sets what other creatures like about this creature. "Blarghh likes dwarves for their beards." [PREFSTRING:beards] Multiple entries will be chosen from at random.

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Token	Arguments	Description
REMAINS	<singular>:<plural>	??? Used by treants along with [REMAINS_UNDETERMINED], appears to change the name of a creatures remains.
REMAINS_COLOR	fg bg br	The color of the creature's remains. Used by treants. [REMAINS_COLOR:6:0:0]
REMAINS_UNDETERMINED

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Token

Arguments

Description

SAVAGE

Allows creature to show up on (and limits it to) "savage" maps.

SEMIMEGABEAST

Appears as boss creature in quests.

SEVERONBREAKS

Limbs and body parts sever on breakage.

SILK_BOILING_POINT

temperature

Temperature at which silk made from this creature's webs boils away.

SILK_COLDDAM_POINT

temperature

Temperature at which silk made from this creature's webs takes damage.

SILK_FIXED_TEMP

temperature

Temperature generated by the creature's web silk.

SILK_HEATDAM_POINT

temperature

Temperature at which silk made from this creature's webs takes damage.

SILK_IGNITE_POINT

temperature

Temperature at which silk made from this creature's webs bursts into flame.

SILK_LIQUID_DENSITY

density

Specifies the density of the creature's webs when molten.

SILK_MELTING_POINT

temperature

Temperature at which silk made from this creature's webs melts away.

SILK_SOLID_DENSITY

density

Specifies the density of the creature's webs.

SILK_SPEC_HEAT

specific heat capacity

Amount of energy required for the creature's silk to heat up or cool down.

SIZE

value

How big a creature is. 6 is for dwarf like creatures, 7 is for human like creatures. 16 is for giants. Larger creatures are far more dangerous in combat. Also equals the amount of Meat/Chunks/Bones you get from the beast. Creatures with a size larger than 10 will prevent bridges from raising or retracting and will cause a Dwarven Atom Smasher to deconstruct.

[SIZE:6]

SLOW_LEARNER

Presumably causes the creature to learn skills more slowly. Implies CAN_LEARN.

SMALL_REMAINS

If a creature has this token, it'll leave a small corpse that only rots once, such as vermin.

SPEC_HEAT

specific heat capacity

Amount of energy required for the creature to heat up or cool down.

[SPEC_HEAT:409]

SPECNAME

token
singular noun
plural noun
adjective

Sets a special name for certain instances.

[SPECNAME:MALE:bull:bulls:bull]

SPEECH

filename

Sets what speech.txt to use when insulting the creature.

[SPEECH:dwarf.txt]

SPEECH_FEMALE

filename

Sets speech text file used only by females to insult creatures. Not used natively.

SPEECH_MALE

filename

Sets speech text file used only by males to insult creatures.

[SPEECH_MALE:human_male.txt]

SPEED

value

Sets the creatures' movement and work speed, 1000/[100 + SPEED X] is the resulting effect on creatures movement and work rates from default. See Speed for more information.

[SPEED:400]

SPHERE

sphere

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.

STANDARD_FLESH

Sets the following properties:

	(creature)	LEATHER	BONE
SPEC_HEAT	4181	1000	1000
HEATDAM_POINT	10120	10300	11468
COLDDAM_POINT	10020	9800	9800
IGNITE_POINT	10180	10180	NONE
MELTING_POINT	NONE	NONE	NONE
BOILING_POINT	NONE	NONE	NONE
FIXED_TEMP	NONE	NONE	NONE
SOLID_DENSITY	1100	1900	1100
LIQUID_DENSITY	N/A	NONE	NONE

STOUT

Clothing made for these creatures will appear as "stout" to other non-stout creatures of the same size (whose own clothing will appear as "narrow"). Example: dwarves versus goblins.

Unconfirmed: creature has a resistance to being knocked over.^[Verify]

SWIM_SPEED

value

How fast the creature swims. Typically 2500 (0.38 times the default speed).

SWIMS_INNATE

The creature naturally knows how to swim, as opposed to [SWIMS_LEARNED] below. Currently, an AI bug prevents this from being useful on PC races in fortress mode.

SWIMS_LEARNED

The creature must learn to swim. Requires [CAN_LEARN], obviously.

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Token	Arguments	Description
THICKWEB		The creature's webs can catch larger creatures. May imply [AMBUSHPREDATOR]?
TILE	CP437 ordinal or 'character'	The graphical representation of the creature. [TILE:157] or [TILE:'&']
TRADE_CAPACITY	weight	How much the creature can carry when used by merchants. [TRADE_CAPACITY:2000]
TRAINABLE		Allows a tame creature to be trained into a "War" or "Hunting" variation by way of Kennels.
TRANCES		Allows the creature to go into martial trances.
TRAPAVOID		The creature is immune to traps.
TRIGGERABLE_GROUP	minimum? maximum?	[TRIGGERABLE_GROUP:5:50]

U[edit]

Token	Arguments	Description
UNDERSWIM		Creature swims under the water and can't be seen.
UTTERANCES		Changes the language of the creature into an unintelligible mess.

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V[edit]

Token	Arguments	Description
VEGETATION
VERMIN_BITE	amount injected or chance of injection? name effect (USE_EXTRACT)	[VERMIN_BITE:10:bitten:USE_EXTRACT] On very rare occasions, someone who remains in the same tile as this creature will be bitten by that creature, and the effect will be applied to the offender. Used by (tiny) cave spiders to inject their venom into the occasional dwarf.
VERMIN_EATER		The creature can eat your food.
VERMIN_FISH		The creature can be fished out of bodies of water.
VERMIN_GROUNDER		The creature lives on the ground (or in the air).
VERMIN_HATEABLE		Some dwarves will hate the creature and get unhappy thoughts when around it.
VERMIN_MICRO		This makes the creature move in a swarm of creatures of the same race as it.
VERMIN_NOFISH		The creature cannot be caught by fishing.
VERMIN_NOROAM		The creature will not be observed randomly roaming about the map.
VERMIN_NOTRAP		The creature cannot be caught by trappers or animal traps. However, this may not work in all cases, as both dragonflies and fairies can be caught by trappers. This is possibly overridden by the VERMIN_GROUNDER token, allowing trappers set to Catch a Live Land Animal to pick up and thus trap the animal. (speculation by Flippantelf 04:45, 15 June 2009 (UTC))
VERMIN_ROTTER		Present on flies, knuckle worms, acorn flies, and blood gnats. Probably means either the creature is attracted to rot, the creature speeds rotting, or both.
VERMIN_SOIL		The creature randomly appears near dirt or mud.
VERMIN_SOIL_COLONY		The vermin will appear in a single tile cluster of many vermin, such as a colony of ants.
VERMINHUNTER		A creature with this tag will hunt down vermin and kill them. Sometimes they will eat the vermin, but most of the time they will bring it to their owner. This tag also makes impossible to assign an owner to the animal. The animal chooses its own owner instead (like a cat). If assigned to a playable race, members of that race will ONLY be able to eat vermin.
VESPERTINE		When set, the creature will only appear in the evening (between 8:00 PM and 10:05 PM) in Adventurer mode.
VIEWRANGE	value	How far the creature can see?

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Token	Arguments	Description
WAGON_PULLER		Allows the creature to pull caravan wagons.
WEBBER		The creature will create webs. It also seems to make creatures flying. More testing is needed.
WEBIMMUNE		The creature will not get caught in webs.

X[edit]

Token

Arguments

Description

X_NAME

singular
plural

Sets the name of profession X.

ex: [CRAFTSMAN_NAME:craftsdwarf:craftsdwarves]

From the string dump(v40d), permissible tags seem to be:

CRAFTSMAN_NAME, FISHERMAN_NAME

HAMMERMAN_NAME, SPEARMAN_NAME, CROSSBOWMAN_NAME, AXEMAN_NAME,

SWORDSMAN_NAME, MACEMAN_NAME, PIKEMAN_NAME, BOWMAN_NAME

Attacks[edit]

Tag	What It Does
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTYPE:GRASP:punch:punches:1:2:BLUDGEON][ATTACKFLAG_WITH] Format: [ATTACK:priority:(BYTYPE:type \|\| BYTOKEN:bodypart):"verb":"conjugate verb":min dmg:max dmg:dmg type]([(ATTACKFLAG_WITH \|\| ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH)])([SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT:min:max])	Sets what natural attacks a creature has.
MAIN SECOND	MAIN: Sets the attack to act as the creatures' main attack. SECOND: The creature will only use this attack if it can't use the MAIN attack(s).
BYTYPE:GRASP BYTOKEN:TAIL_STINGER	BYTYPE: Sets what body part type to use for the attack. Possible values for "type" are GRASP, MOUTH, STANCE, THOUGHT, BREATHE, and the like. See Body token. BYTOKEN: Sets the explicit body part ID to use for the attack. The token must exist as part of the creature's BODY token.
punch:punches	Sets the verb for the attack.
1:2	Sets the Min Max for the damage.
BLUDGEON, PIERCE, SLASH, GORE, BURN, HEAT, COLD	Sets the damage type for the attack.
[ATTACKFLAG_WITH]	Attacks in combat inform which body part was used in the attack. Not mutually exclusive with _CANLATCH or SPECIALATTACK_ "Ratman punches Blargg with his right hand."
[ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH]	Allows the creature to latch on with the attack. Not mutually exclusive with _WITH or SPECIALATTACK_ "Crocodile latches on Blargg's head firmly."
[SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT:50:100]	The creature injects an amount of its extract into a victim upon successfully using this attack. 50:100 is potency. This is an average extract if it's a poison it will take time to affect the target, then wears off some time after full effect, a slow poison would be 1:100, 100:100 is instant or very fast working poison (haven't tried 0 yet, going to further experiment with the max value)
[SPECIALATTACK_SUCK_BLOOD:50:100]	When blood is drained from a creature, it causes heavy bleeding (depending on the attacking creatures ability to suck blood). It's unknown if blood suckers feed or regain health while doing this. (Numbers affect amount of blood drawn? / Effectiveness?) ! It seems to only make the target creature bleed/heavy bleed. further testing]

If not specified, the following default values will be used for the various temperature/density properties. Values initialized by STANDARD_FLESH (for creature, LEATHER, and BONE) are all initialized to NONE.

	SILK	EXTRACT	CHEESE	DRINK
SPEC_HEAT	1000	4181	2000	2440
HEATDAM_POINT	10400	NONE	10800	NONE
COLDDAM_POINT	9800	NONE	9950	NONE
IGNITE_POINT	10400	NONE	NONE	10800
MELTING_POINT	NONE	9950	10150	9850
BOILING_POINT	NONE	10200	NONE	10150
FIXED_TEMP	NONE	NONE	NONE	NONE
SOLID_DENSITY	1353	1200	1200	1200
LIQUID_DENSITY	NONE	1200	1200	1200

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-{{Old|0.23.130.23a}}
+{{quality|Exceptional|21:17, 30 March 2011 (UTC)}}{{av}}
+Everything here can be applied to all creature files, e.g. creature_domestic, creature_standard, even creature_equipment.  This includes sentient creatures, but creature [[tokens]] should not be confused with [[entity token]]s.
-Everything here can be applied to all creature files, e.g. creature_domestic, creature_standard, even creature_equipment.
+__NOTOC__
+=Tokens=
-Since the game is in the Alpha stage, consider everything '''tentative'''.
+<div align="center">
+{{alphabetical TOC}}
+</div>
-See [[Adding New Civilization]] for related modding information and examples.
-__TOC__
-=Tokens=
 ==A==
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 ! width="20%" | Token
 ! width="20%" | Arguments
 ! width="60%" | Description
-|-
-| ADD_VERSION
-| version
-| In which version of the game said creature was introduced.
-[ADD_VERSION:1069]
 |-
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 | ALL_ACTIVE
 |
-| 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.
+| When set, the creature will appear at any time of day. Overrides {{token|DIURNAL|c}}, {{token|NOCTURNAL|c}}, {{token|CREPUSCULAR|c}}, {{token|MATUTINAL|c}}, and {{token|VESPERTINE|c}}.
 |-
 | ALTTILE
-| [[Character Table|CP437 ordinal]] or 'character'
+| [[Main:Character Table|CP437 ordinal]] or 'character'
 | If set, the creature will blink between its [TILE] and its [ALTTILE].
 [ALTTILE:157] or [ALTTILE:'&']
@@ Line 40: / Line 35: @@
 | AMBUSHPREDATOR
 |
-|
+| Makes the creature start out hidden. Used by giant cave spiders. May make webs hidden too?{{Verify}}
 |-
 | AMPHIBIOUS
 |
-| Allows a creature to swim.
+| Allows a creature to breathe with or without water.
 |-
 | AQUATIC
 |
-| Implies AMPHIBIOUS.
+| Allows a creature to breathe underwater, but causes it to "drown" out of water.
 |-
@@ Line 58: / Line 53: @@
 |}
+<div align="center">
+{{alphabetical TOC}}
+</div>
 ==B==
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 ! width="20%" | Token
 ! width="20%" | Arguments
@@ Line 68: / Line 68: @@
 | BABY
 | age
-| Age at which a baby becomes a child.
+| Age at which a baby becomes a child. Without this tag, all creatures born will skip the baby stage and be children upon birth.
 [BABY:1]
+|-
+| BABYNAME
+|
+* singular
+* plural
+| Gives the baby a special name.
+|-
+| BEACH_FREQUENCY
+| value
+| Whales and jellyfish have this. Controls the beaching frequency of the creature.
+[BEACH_FREQUENCY:10]
 |-
 | BENIGN
 |
-| Determines whether creature can show up on "tame" maps (includes [[Elephants|elephants]]), which will generally avoid dwarves, although they may chase and/or attack them if they get too close).
+| Determines whether creature can show up on "tame" maps (includes [[elephant]]s), which will generally avoid dwarves, although they may chase and/or attack them if they get too close).
 |-
-| BIOME_*
+| BIOME:*
 |
-| See [[Biome Tokens|biome tokens]].
+| See [[Biome token]]s.
 |-
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 |-
-| BODY
+| [[Body token|BODY]]
 | parts[:...]
 | Sets the body parts a creature has. Can supply as many as you want.
@@ Line 104: / Line 117: @@
 |-
-| BODYGLOSS
+| [[Bodygloss|BODYGLOSS]]
 | gloss
 | A body_default.txt function. It replaces a part's description with another. e.g. feet with hooves.
@@ Line 112: / Line 125: @@
 | BOILING_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which the creature boils into goo. [[Temperature scale|DF temperature scale]]
 |-
 | BONE_BOILING_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The boiling point of the creature's bones.
 |-
 | BONE_COLDDAM_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The low temperature at which the creature's bones start getting damaged.
 |-
 | BONE_FIXED_TEMP
 | temperature
+| The temperature that the creature's bones give off.
 |-
 | BONE_HEATDAM_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The high temperature where the bones start taking damage.
 |-
 | BONE_IGNITE_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which point the creature's bones burst into flame.
+|-
+| BONE_LIQUID_DENSITY
+| density
+| Specifies the density of the creature's bones when molten.
 |-
 | BONE_MELTING_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which the creature's bones melt.
+|-
+| BONE_SOLID_DENSITY
+| density
+| Specifies the density of the creature's bones.
 |-
 | BONE_SPEC_HEAT
-| temperature
+| [[SPEC_HEAT|specific heat capacity]]
-|
+| Amount of energy required for the creature's bones to heat up or cool down.
 |-
 | BONECARN
 |
-| Creature 'eats' bones. Eating bones makes their happiness go up, but can cause death (suffocation).
+| Creature eats bones. This tag implies CARNIVORE.
 |-
 | BUILDINGDESTROYER
 | value
-| Allows a creature to destroy furniture and buildings. (Giant Cave Spiders have this at 1, but most other creatures have it at 2. The difference between these values is unknown.)
+| 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.
-[BUILDINGDESTROYER:2]
+See [[Building destroyer]] for full discussion.
-|-
+|}
-| BUTCHERABLE_NONSTANDARD
-|
-| If a creature has this tag, it may only be slaughtered (that is, the live creature is taken to the [[Butcher's Shop]] and slain). If it dies of any other cause, the corpse cannot be butchered.
-|}
+<div align="center">
+{{alphabetical TOC}}
+</div>
 ==C==
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 ! width="20%" | Token
 ! width="20%" | Arguments
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 | CAN_CIV
 |
-| Can create civilizations.  This tag may activate hunger and thirst.  Needs confirmation.
+| Can create civilizations.  This tag may activate hunger and thirst. {{verify}}
 |-
@@ Line 185: / Line 209: @@
 | CAN_SPEAK
 |
-| Can talk.
+| Can talk. Note that it is not necessary for a creature to gain social skills.
 |-
-| CARNIVORE
+| CANNOT_UNDEAD
 |
-| Creature only eats meat.
+| Cannot become undead.
 |-
@@ Line 196: / Line 220: @@
 |
 | Allows the creature to open doors.
+|-
+| CARNIVORE
+|
+| Creature only eats meat.
 |-
@@ Line 205: / Line 234: @@
 | CHEESE_BOILING_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which the creature's cheese (if any) boils away.
 |-
 | CHEESE_COLDDAM_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which the creature's cheese (if any) starts taking cold damage.
 |-
 | CHEESE_FIXED_TEMP
 | temperature
+| The temperature emitted by one unit of the creature's cheese (if any).
 |-
 | CHEESE_HEATDAM_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which the cheese made from the creature's milk starts taking heat damage.
 |-
 | CHEESE_IGNITE_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which the creature's cheese bursts into flame.
+|-
+| CHEESE_LIQUID_DENSITY
+| density
+| Specifies the density of the creature's cheese when molten.
 |-
 | CHEESE_MELTING_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which the creature's cheese melts into goo.
+|-
+| CHEESE_SOLID_DENSITY
+| density
+| Specifies the density of the creature's cheese.
 |-
 | CHEESE_SPEC_HEAT
-| temperature
+| [[SPEC_HEAT|specific heat capacity]]
-|
+| Amount of energy required for the creature's cheese to heat up or cool down.
 |-
 | CHEESE_VALUE
 | value
-|
+| The value per unit of cheese made from the creature's milk (if applicable). Note that only vermin as of current can be milked.
 |-
@@ Line 252: / Line 292: @@
 * singular
 * plural
-| Gives the child a special name, eg "hippo calf" instead of "hippo child".
+| Gives the child a special name, e.g. "hippo calf" instead of "hippo child".
 [CHILDNAME:hippo calf:hippo calves]
@@ Line 258: / Line 298: @@
 | CHITIN
 |
-|
+| When the creature's skin is tanned, it becomes [[chitin]] instead of leather.
-|-
-| CRAFTSMAN_NAME
-|
-* singular
-* plural
-| Sets the name of the craftsman profession.
-[CRAFTSMAN_NAME:craftsdwarf:craftsdwarves]
-|-
-| CREPUSCULAR
-|
-| Sets if the creature is active in twilight.
 |-
@@ Line 278: / Line 305: @@
 * minimum
 * maximum
-| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many creatures per cluster.
+| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many creatures per spawned cluster. Certain [[fish|vermin fish]] use this token in combination with temperate ocean and river [[biome token]]s to perform seasonal migrations.
 [CLUSTER_NUMBER:1:3]
+|-
+| COLDDAM_POINT
+| temperature
+| The minimum temperature limit before the creature starts taking damage from freezing.
 |-
 | COLOR
 |
-* fg
+* fg (foreground)
-* bg
+* bg (background)
-* br
+* br (brightness)
-| [[Modding Creature Color|Color]] of the creature's tile.
+| [[Color]] of the creature's tile.
 [COLOR:3:0:0]
 |-
-| COOKABLE_LIVE
+| COMMON_DOMESTIC
-|
 |
+| Allows the creature to be brought with immigrants and when creating a new fortress, as long as the creature also includes at least one of the following tokens: PET, PACK_ANIMAL, WAGON_PULLER, MOUNT
 |-
-| CREATURE
+| COOKABLE_LIVE
-| name
+|
-| What the game looks for when generating creatures.
+| Set this to allow the creature to be cooked in meals without first being [[fishery|cleaned]].
-[CREATURE:DWARF]
 |-
-| COLDDAM_POINT
+| CREPUSCULAR
-| temperature
+|
-| The minimum temperature limit before the creature starts taking damage from freezing.
+| When set, the creature will appear at dawn (between 4:30 AM and 6:00 AM) and in the evening (between 8:00 PM and 10:05 PM) in Adventurer mode.
 |-
-| COMMON_DOMESTIC
+| CURIOUSBEAST_EATER
 |
-| Allows the creature to be brought with immigrants.
+| Allows a creature to steal and eat edible items from you.
 |-
-| CURIOUSBEAST
+| CURIOUSBEAST_GUZZLER
-|
 |
+| Allows a creature to (very quickly) drink your alcohol. Also affects undead versions of the creature.
 |-
 | CURIOUSBEAST_ITEM
 |
-| Allows a creature to steal things (usually [[food]]?). Implies CURIOUSBEAST.
+| Allows a creature to steal things (apparently the highest [[value]] it can find).
+|}
-|-
+<div align="center">
-| CURIOUSBEAST_GUZZLER
+{{alphabetical TOC}}
-|
+</div>
-| Will steal [[alcohol]]? Implies CURIOUSBEAST.
-|}
 ==D==
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 ! width="20%" | Token
 ! width="20%" | Arguments
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 | DAMBLOCK
 | value
-| How much natural armor a creature has.
+| How much natural armor a creature has. Can be set to negative numbers, so the creature takes more damage than usual.
 [DAMBLOCK:1]
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 | DEFENDER
 |
-| Appears from the glowing pits after the magma river.
+| Appears from the glowing pits in a group.
+|-
+| DENSITY
+| density
+| Specifies the density of the creature.
 |-
 | DIFFICULTY
 | number
-| [[Toady]]: ''"Difficulty determines how deep it places them in adventure mode/reclaim caves, and the chance that they are wounded the first few river attacks."''
+| [[Main:Toady|Toady]]: ''"Difficulty determines how deep it places them in adventure mode/reclaim caves, and the chance that they are wounded the first few river attacks."'' Also increases experience gain during adventure mode.
 [DIFFICULTY:2]
@@ Line 354: / Line 389: @@
 | DIURNAL
 |
-| Sets if the creature is active in day.
+| When set, the creature will only appear during the day (between 6:00 AM and 8:00 PM) in Adventurer mode.
 |-
 | DRAGONFIREBREATH
 |
-| Creature breathes dragon level fire.
+| Creature breathes fire in a cone.
 |-
 | DRINK_BOILING_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which an alcoholic drink made from the creature will boil. Creature drinks are not implemented in this version of Dwarf Fortress.
 |-
 | DRINK_COLDDAM_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which said drink will take cold damage.
 |-
 | DRINK_FIXED_TEMP
 | temperature
+| The temperature emitted by one unit of the creature's drink.
 |-
 | DRINK_HEATDAM_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which aforementioned drink will take heat damage.
 |-
 | DRINK_IGNITE_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which the drink will set your fort ablaze.
+|-
+| DRINK_LIQUID_DENSITY
+| density
+| Specifies the density of the creature's drink.
 |-
 | DRINK_MELTING_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which the creature's drink melts or freezes.
+|-
+| DRINK_SOLID_DENSITY
+| density
+| Specifies the density of the creature's drink when frozen.
 |-
 | DRINK_SPEC_HEAT
-| temperature
+| [[SPEC_HEAT|specific heat capacity]]
-|
+| Amount of energy required for the drink to heat up or cool down.
 |}
+<div align="center">
+{{alphabetical TOC}}
+</div>
 ==E==
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 ! width="20%" | Token
 ! width="20%" | Arguments
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 | ENDING
 |
-| Will show up after your fortress went 'Too Deep'. (confirm)
+| Will show up as a leader (only one of them) in a group from the glowing pits.
 |-
 | EQUIPMENT_WAGON
 |
-| Implies two unknown flags, NOSTUN, NONAUSEA, NOBLEED, NOEMOTION, RECKLESS, NOSTUCKINS, SEVERONBREAKS, NOSKULL, NOSKIN, NOBONES, NOMEAT, PARALYZEIMMUNE, NOFEAR, NOSMELLYROT, NOTHOUGHT, NO_GENDER.
+| Implies 2 unknown flags<!-- 00, 01 -->, NOT_BUTCHERABLE, NOEXERT, NOPAIN, NOSTUN, NONAUSEA, NOBLEED, NOEMOTION, NOSTUCKINS, SEVERONBREAKS, NOSKULL, NOSKIN, NOBONES, NOMEAT, PARALYZEIMMUNE, NOFEAR, NOSMELLYROT, NOTHOUGHT, NOBREATHE, NO_GENDER, NO_EAT, NO_DRINK, NO_SLEEP
 |-
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 | EVIL
 |
-| Determines whether creature can show up on "evil" maps (see [[Creatures#Threat Matrix|Threat Matrix]]).
+| Determines whether creature can show up on "evil" maps (see [[Region#Surroundings]]).
 |-
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 |
 * name
-* value
+* fg (foreground color)
-* ?
+* bg (background color)
-* ?
+* br (color brightness)
-| Determines what can be extracted from the creature, what it's called, how valuable it is, and what you can make from it. Note, it appears that the extraction process is hardcoded into the game, and can't be altered from objects/raw.
+| Determines that something can be extracted from the creature, what it's called, and what [[color]] it is. Note, it appears that the extraction process is hard-coded into the game, and can't be altered from objects/raw.
 [EXTRACT:cow's milk:7:0:1]
@@ Line 437: / Line 488: @@
 |
 * name
-* value
+* fg (foreground color)
-* ?
+* bg (background color)
-* ?
+* br (color brightness)
-* ?
+* ? (always 50 or 100)
 | [EXTRACT_ANTIDOTE:cave spider antivenin:7:0:0:50]
+In the future, the last number may be used to determine effectiveness or time to cure, however, as of 40d antidotes have no function.
 |-
 | EXTRACT_BOILING_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature value at which a unit of the creature's extract boils away.
 |-
@@ Line 452: / Line 505: @@
 |
 * name
-* value
+* fg (foreground color)
-* ?
+* bg (background color)
-* ?
+* br (color brightness)
-|
+| The extract gotten from the creature can be made into cheese.
 [EXTRACT_CHEESE:cow cheese:6:0:1]
+|-
+| EXTRACT_COLDDAM_POINT
+| temperature
+| The low temperature value at which the creature's extract starts to take damage.
 |-
@@ Line 462: / Line 520: @@
 |
 | Extract is cookable.
-|-
-| EXTRACT_COLDDAM_POINT
-| temperature
-|
 |-
 | EXTRACT_FIXED_TEMP
 | temperature
+| The temperature that the creature's extract generates on its own.
 |-
 | EXTRACT_HEATDAM_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The high temperature value at which the creature's extract starts to take damage.
 |-
 | EXTRACT_IGNITE_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which the creature's extract bursts into flame (NOT the container it's in).
+|-
+| EXTRACT_LIQUID_DENSITY
+| density
+| Specifies the density of the creature's extract.
 |-
 | EXTRACT_MELTING_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which the creature's extract melts into goo.
 |-
@@ Line 507: / Line 566: @@
 |
 [EXTRACT_SIZE:10]
+|-
+| EXTRACT_SOLID_DENSITY
+| density
+| Specifies the density of the creature's extract when solidified.
 |-
 | EXTRACT_SPEC_HEAT
-| temperature
+| [[SPEC_HEAT|specific heat capacity]]
-|
+| Amount of energy required for the creature's extract to heat up or cool down.
 |-
@@ Line 527: / Line 590: @@
 | EXTRACT_VALUE
 | value
-|
+| The value per unit of the creature's extract.
 [EXTRACT_VALUE:20]
@@ Line 533: / Line 596: @@
 | EXTRAVISION
 |
-| Creature has enhanced vision.
+| Creature can see regardless of whether it has working eyes.
 |}
+<div align="center">
+{{alphabetical TOC}}
+</div>
 ==F==
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 ! width="20%" | Token
 ! width="20%" | Arguments
@@ Line 546: / Line 614: @@
 | FANCIFUL
 |
-| Unknown.
+| Makes every civilization know about the creature. The creature won't occur in regular material preference lists. The tag also adds some art value modifiers. Used for things like dragons and other legendary creatures.
 |-
 | FAT
 | value
-| How much fat a creature has when it is butchered. And maybe affects warmth? (Requires confirmation)
+| How much fat a creature produces when it is butchered.
 [FAT:3]
+|-
+| FEATURE_ATTACK_GROUP
+|
+| If a feature attack selects a creature with this flag, ''all'' creatures in its group will join in the attack, otherwise the creature will break off from its group and attack you on its own. In practice, this has little effect because map features have finite populations and tend to get depleted as soon as you discover them.
 |-
 | FEMALE
 |
-| The creature is always female.
+| The creature is always female. Note that a civilization created using an all-female creature will quickly die out, as they don't have breeding couples, unless you give them a very high [MAXAGE] and [CHILD] age as well.
 |-
 | FIREBREATH
 |
-| The creature breathes fire.
+| The creature shoots fireballs and narrow bursts of fire.
 |-
 | FIREIMMUNE
 |
-| The creature is immune to all forms of fire, except DRAGONFIREBREATH.
+| The creature is immune to FIREBREATH, steam, and being set on fire by magma.
 |-
@@ Line 582: / Line 655: @@
 | FIXED_TEMP
 | temperature
-|
+| The natural heat generated by the creature. [FIXED_TEMP:1-?]
 |-
@@ Line 592: / Line 665: @@
 | FLIER
 |
-| Allows a creature to fly.
+| Allows a creature to fly. Currently, an AI bug prevents this from being useful on PC races in fortress mode.
 |-
 | FREQUENCY
-| time
+|
-| Determines the time between creature spawns in Fortress Mode. Higher is more occurences per time unit (needs confirmation). Creatures without a frequency statement appear to be on the map at all times. Almost all others have [FREQUENCY:5].
+* number, max 100
-[FREQUENCY:42]
+| Determines the chances of a creature appearing within its environment, with higher values resulting in more frequent appearance. 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.
 |}
+<div align="center">
+{{alphabetical TOC}}
+</div>
 ==G==
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 ! width="20%" | Token
 ! width="20%" | Arguments
@@ Line 611: / Line 689: @@
 | GENPOWER
 | rate?
-| Not used anymore. Was related to magic.
+| Not used anymore and can be removed safely. Was related to magic.
 [GENPOWER:3]
@@ Line 635: / Line 713: @@
 | GNAWER
 |
-|
+| The creature can and will gnaw its way out of wooden [[animal trap]]s and [[cage]]s using the specified verb. Due to a bug, however, they will only escape from [[artifact]]s.
 |-
@@ Line 645: / Line 723: @@
 | GRASSTRAMPLE
 | amount
-| Determines how much grass is trampled when they walk on it.
+| Determines the percentage chance of trampling and killing grass when a creature steps on it. Set [GRASSTRAMPLE:0] to make grass never trampled by the creature.
 [GRASSTRAMPLE:42]
 |}
+<div align="center">
+{{alphabetical TOC}}
+</div>
 ==H==
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 ! width="20%" | Token
 ! width="20%" | Arguments
@@ Line 659: / Line 742: @@
 | HAS_RACEGLOSS
 | gloss
-| Links a material glossary to the entity, located in the file "matgloss_[name].txt"; in this example, matgloss_wood.txt
+| Links a material glossary to the creature. It is hardcoded, and there is only 4 types of tag.
 [HAS_RACEGLOSS:WOOD]
+[HAS_RACEGLOSS:STONE]
+[HAS_RACEGLOSS:METAL]
+[HAS_RACEGLOSS:PLANT]
 |-
@@ Line 670: / Line 756: @@
 | HEATDAM_POINT
 | temperature
-| The maximum temperature limit before the creature will start recieving damage from heat.
+| The maximum temperature limit before the creature will start receiving damage from heat. [[Temperature scale|DF temperature scale]]
 |-
 | HOMEOTHERM
 | value
-| Default 'NONE'. The creature's normal body temperature. Combined with LAYERING, sets the temperature range under which it can live.
+| Default 'NONE'. The creature's normal body temperature. Combined with LAYERING, sets the temperature range under which it can live. [[Temperature scale|DF temperature scale]]
 |-
 | HORN
 |
-|
+| Creature drops a horn or horns when butchered, which presumably acts like bone. This tag is broken.
 |}
+<div align="center">
+{{alphabetical TOC}}
+</div>
 ==I==
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 ! width="20%" | Token
 ! width="20%" | Arguments
@@ Line 693: / Line 784: @@
 | IGNITE_POINT
 | temperature
+| The temperature at which the creature will burst into flames. [[Temperature scale|DF temperature scale]]
+|-
+| IMMOBILE_LAND
+|
+| The creature is immobile while on land
+|-
+| IMMOLATE
 |
+| 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 [[wood]] or [[glass]]. Due to a bug, however, they will only escape from [[artifact]]s.
 |-
 | INTELLIGENT
 |
-| Implies CAN_CIV, CAN_SPEAK, CAN_TALK.
+| Implies CAN_CIV, CAN_SPEAK, CAN_LEARN.
 |-
 | ITEMCORPSE
 |
-* [[Item Tokens|item token]]
+* [[Item token]]
 * subtype
 NO_SUBTYPE
-* [[Material_Tokens|material token]]
+* [[Matgloss token]]
 * NO_RACEGLOSS
 USE_RACEGLOSS
 USE_SHARPSTONE
-| Determines if the creature leaves behind a non-standard corpse (i.e. wood, statue, bars, etc).  The first parameter determines the item type; the second parameter is the subtype indicated in the raw file (such as WEAPON_WHIP); the third indicates the material type if the item type takes a specific material (e.g. "IRON" if the corpse type is "STATUE").  USE_RACEGLOSS applies if the creature has a material glossary assigned by the "HAS_RACEGLOSS:" flag and will select neccesary adjectives and material from that glossary.
+| Determines if the creature leaves behind a non-standard corpse (i.e. wood, statue, bars, etc.).  The first parameter determines the item type; the second parameter is the subtype indicated in the raw file (such as WEAPON_WHIP); the third indicates the material type if the item type takes a specific material (e.g. "IRON" if the corpse type is "STATUE").  USE_RACEGLOSS applies if the creature has a material glossary assigned by the "HAS_RACEGLOSS:" flag and will select necessary adjectives and material from that glossary.
-[ITEMCORPSE:[[Tokens#Item_Tokens|WOOD]]:NO_SUBTYPE:[[Tokens#Material_Tokens|WOOD]]:USE_RACEGLOSS]
+[ITEMCORPSE:[[Item token|WOOD]]:NO_SUBTYPE:[[Material token|WOOD]]:USE_RACEGLOSS]
 |-
@@ Line 718: / Line 819: @@
 | The quality of an item-type corpse left behind; 5 is masterpiece-level.
 [ITEMCORPSE_QUALITY:5]
-|-
-| IMMOLATE
-|
-|
 |-
 | IVORY
 |
-|
+| Creature will produce ivory when butchered. Currently doesn't work. May turn up with merchants as a trade good.
 |}
+<div align="center">
+{{alphabetical TOC}}
+</div>
 ==L==
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 ! width="20%" | Token
 ! width="20%" | Arguments
 ! width="60%" | Description
-|-
-| LARGE_CAVERIVER
-|
-| In Fortress Mode, spawns from/near the cave river.
-|-
-| LARGE_CHASM
-|
-| In Fortress Mode, spawns from/near the chasm.
-|-
-| LARGE_LAVA
-|
-| In Fortress Mode, spawns from/near the magma.
 |-
 | LARGE_PREDATOR
 |
-| 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).
+| 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). Also, they can be mentioned in the intro paragraph when starting a fortress e.g. "ere the wolves get hungry."
 |-
 | LARGE_ROAMING
 |
-| In Fortress Mode, spawns outdoors.
+| In Fortress Mode, spawns outdoors and is not a vermin creature.
 |-
 | LAYERING
 | value
-| How well-protected the creature is from low temperatures.
+| How well-protected the creature is from low temperatures. If this number is too high, it will confine a creature to only arctic areas. If it is even higher it will prevent the creature from spawning at all. Tropical animals have this at 100. Tundra creatures, 200 or 300; humans 10, dwarves 50.
 |-
 | LEATHER_BOILING_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which leather made from the creature's skins will boil away. Also affects severed body parts.
 |-
 | LEATHER_COLDDAM_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which leather made from the creature's skins will take damage. Also affects severed body parts.
 |-
 | LEATHER_FIXED_TEMP
 | temperature
+| The temperature that leather made from the creature's skins generates. Also affects severed body parts.
 |-
 | LEATHER_HEATDAM_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which leather made from the creature's skins will take damage. Also affects severed body parts.
 |-
 | LEATHER_IGNITE_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which leather made from the creature's skins will burst into flames. Also affects severed body parts.
+|-
+| LEATHER_LIQUID_DENSITY
+| density
+| Specifies the density of leather made from the creature's skin when molten.
 |-
 | LEATHER_MELTING_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which leather made from the creature's skins will melt away. Also affects severed body parts.
+|-
+| LEATHER_SOLID_DENSITY
+| density
+| Specifies the density of leather made from the creature's skin.
 |-
 | LEATHER_SPEC_HEAT
-| temperature
+| [[SPEC_HEAT|specific heat capacity]]
-|
+| Amount of energy required for the creature's leather to heat up or cool down. Also affects severed body parts.
 |-
 | LIGHT_GEN
 |
-|
+| A vermin featuring this tag will remain visible to an adventurer, even at night (without being dimmed in color along with the surrounding terrain), and from a distance (even outside your sight radius).
 |-
 | LIKES_FIGHTING
 |
-| Determines whether creature "takes pleasure in slaughter" (after killing something in battle).
+| The creature will attack enemies rather than flee from them. This tag has the same effect on player-controlled creatures - included modded dwarves.
 |-
@@ Line 819: / Line 916: @@
 | LITTERSIZE
 |
-* minumum?
+* minimum
-* maximum?
+* maximum
-|
+| Determines the random chance of how many creatures are generated when giving birth. [LITTERSIZE:1:2]
 |-
 | LOCKPICKER
 |
-| Lets a creature open doors that are set to forbidden in Fortress Mode.
+| Lets a creature open doors that are set to forbidden in Fortress Mode.  Implies [TRAPAVOID]
 |-
@@ Line 834: / Line 931: @@
 |}
+<div align="center">
+{{alphabetical TOC}}
+</div>
 ==M==
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 ! width="20%" | Token
 ! width="20%" | Arguments
@@ Line 844: / Line 946: @@
 | MAGICAL
 |
-| Allows a creature to use magic? (Requires confirmation)
+| Makes the creature attract local wildlife in large numbers.  May have more effects when magic is implemented.
+|-
+| MAGMA_VISION
+|
+|Creature's able to see while covered in magma.
 |-
 | MALE
 |
-| The creature is always male.
+| The creature is always male. Note that a civilization created using an all-male creature will quickly die out, as they don't have breeding couples, unless you give them a very high [MAXAGE] and [CHILD] age as well.
 |-
 | MATERIAL
 |
-* [[Material Tokens|Material token]]
+* [[Matgloss token]]
 * USE_RACEGLOSS
 |
@@ Line 861: / Line 968: @@
 | MATUTINAL
 |
-| Sets if the creature is active in dawn.
+| When set, the creature will only appear at dawn (between 4:30 AM and 6:00 AM) in Adventurer mode.
 |-
@@ Line 868: / Line 975: @@
 * minimum
 * maximum
-| Sets the Min Max age for a creature. Used in world generating and Fortress Mode.
+| Sets the Minimum and Maximum age at which a creature will die from old age. Used in world generating and Fortress Mode.
 [MAXAGE:150:170]
@@ Line 879: / Line 986: @@
 | MEGABEAST
 |
-| Appears on fortress territory in Fortress Mode occasionally. Implies SEMIMEGABEAST.
+| Appears on fortress territory in Fortress Mode occasionally.
 |-
 | MELTING_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| The temperature at which the creature will melt into goo.
 |-
 | MILKABLE
 | frequency?
-| Allows the creature to be milked.
+| Allows the creature to be milked. Currently only works with vermin creatures.
 |-
 | MISCHIEVIOUS
 |
-| Will pull any levers it comes across. (requires confirmation)
+| Will pull any levers it comes across (requires confirmation). "They go on little missions to mess with various fortress buildings, not just levers."
 |-
@@ Line 905: / Line 1,012: @@
 | MOUNT
 |
-| Allows the creature to be mounted.
+| Allows the creature to be mounted. Currently only works with siegers. The same AI bug that causes issues with [FLIER] PC races in fortress mode causes worse issues with flying mounts, though when unmounted the creature will fly just fine. [SWIMS_INNATE] may or may not have similar issues on mounts.
 |-
 | MOUNT_EXOTIC
 |
-| You need the [[Dungeon Master]] noble to mount the creature.
+| You need the [[Dungeon master]] noble to mount the creature.
 |-
 | MULTIPLE_LITTER_RARE
 |
-| Makes litters with more than one offspring rare.
+| Makes litters with more than one offspring extremely rare, only happening with a 1/500 chance.
+|-
+| MUNDANE
+|
+| Marks if the creature is an actual real-life creature.  Only used for age-names at present.
 |}
+<div align="center">
+{{alphabetical TOC}}
+</div>
 ==N==
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 ! width="20%" | Token
 ! width="20%" | Arguments
@@ Line 937: / Line 1,054: @@
 | NARROW
 |
-| The creature can only wear things that have the narrow tag on it.
+| Clothing made for these creatures will appear as "narrow" to other non-narrow creatures of the same size (whose own clothing will appear as "stout"). Example: elves versus humans.
 |-
@@ Line 948: / Line 1,065: @@
 |
 | Will not show up during the Autumn season.
+|-
+| NO_DRINK
+|
+| Creature does not need to drink.
+|-
+| NO_EAT
+|
+| Creature does not need to eat.
 |-
 | NO_GENDER
 |
-| No gender will be selected for the creature.
+| No gender will be selected for the creature. Note that a civilization created using a genderless creature will have no population, as they don't have breeding couples.
+|-
+| NO_SLEEP
+|
+| Creature does not need to sleep.
 |-
@@ Line 970: / Line 1,102: @@
 |-
-| NOBREATHE
+| NOBLEED
 |
-| Creature doesn't need to breathe or have [BREATHE] parts in body.  Cannot drown.
+| Creature doesn't bleed.
 |-
-| NOBLEED
+| NOBONES
 |
-| Creature doesn't bleed.
+| Creature will not drop bones on butcher, rot, or decay of severed body parts.
 |-
-| NOBONES
+| NOBREATHE
 |
-| Creature will not drop bones on death.
+| Creature doesn't need to breathe or have [BREATHE] parts in body.  Cannot drown or be strangled.
 |-
 | NOCTURNAL
 |
-| Sets if the creature is active in night.
+| When set, the creature will only appear at night (after 10:05 PM and before 4:30 AM) in Adventurer mode.
 |-
@@ Line 1,002: / Line 1,134: @@
 | NOFEAR
 |
-| Creature doesn't feel fear.
+| Creature doesn't feel fear and will never run away from battle.
 |-
 | NOMEAT
 |
-| Creature will not drop meat on death.
+| Creature will not drop meat on butcher.
 |-
@@ Line 1,022: / Line 1,154: @@
 | NOSKIN
 |
-| Creature will not drop skin on death.
+| Creature will not drop skin on butcher.
 |-
 | NOSKULL
 |
-| Creature will not drop skull on death.
+| Creature will not drop skull on butcher, rot, or decay of severed head.
 |-
@@ Line 1,045: / Line 1,177: @@
 |-
-| NOTHOUGHT
+| NOT_BUTCHERABLE
 |
-| Creature doesn't think, or doesn't require a [BRAIN] body part.
+| Creature can't be butchered.
 |-
-| NOT_BUTCHERABLE
+| NOTHOUGHT
 |
-| Creature can't be butchered.
+| Creature doesn't think, or doesn't require a [BRAIN] body part.
+|}
-|}
+<div align="center">
+{{alphabetical TOC}}
+</div>
 ==P==
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 ! width="20%" | Token
 ! width="20%" | Arguments
 ! width="60%" | Description
+|-
+| PACK_ANIMAL
+|
+| Allows the creature to be used as a pack animal. Currently only used by merchants.
 |-
 | PARALYZEIMMUNE
 |
-|
+| The creature is immune to all paralyzing special attacks.
 |-
 | PATTERNFLIER
 |
-|
+| Flies in a semi-predictable pattern? {{verify}}
 |-
@@ Line 1,080: / Line 1,221: @@
 | PENETRATEPOWER
 | value
-|
+|Controls the ability of vermin to find a way into containers when they are eating food from your stockpiles. Wood and cloth objects roll a 0-9 and if it greater than the penetrate power, their contents escape for the time being. Other objects roll a 0-99.
+|-
+| PERSONALITY
+|
+* token
+* lowest % chance
+* median
+* highest % chance
+| Determines chance of personality traits. Standard is 0:50:100. See [[Personality trait]]s for more info.
+[PERSONALITY:IMAGINATION:0:55:100]
 |-
@@ Line 1,090: / Line 1,241: @@
 | PET_EXOTIC
 |
-| You need the [[Dungeon Master]] noble to tame the creature.
+| You need a [[Dungeon master]] noble in your fortress for the creature to be tamable (but any [[Animal trainer]] can do the taming).
 |-
 | PETVALUE
 | value
-| How valuable a tamed animal/pet is.
+| How valuable a tamed animal/pet is. Actual cost in points in the embarking screen is (PETVALUE/2)+1 for an untrained animal, PETVALUE+1 for a trained(War or Hunting) one. Note that for an animal to be selectable in this screen, it must have the COMMON_DOMESTIC token.
 [PETVALUE:42]
@@ Line 1,103: / Line 1,254: @@
 * minimum
 * maximum
-| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many of these creatures can show up on a map per year.
+| The minimum/maximum numbers of how many of these creatures are present in each world map tile of the appropriate region.
-[POPULATION_NUMBER:42:42]
+[POPULATION_NUMBER:10:30]
+|-
+| POWER
+|
+| Allows the creature to be worshiped by entities with the RELIGION:ANY_APPROPRIATE_POWER tag.
 |-
@@ Line 1,116: / Line 1,272: @@
 ==R==
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 ! width="20%" | Token
 ! width="20%" | Arguments
@@ Line 1,122: / Line 1,279: @@
 |-
-| RECKLESS
+| REMAINS
-|
+| <''singular''>:<''plural''>
-| Will not flee battles (?).
+| ??? Used by treants along with [REMAINS_UNDETERMINED], appears to change the name of a creatures remains.
 |-
@@ Line 1,132: / Line 1,289: @@
 * bg
 * br
-| [REMAINS_COLOR:6:0:0]
+| The color of the creature's remains. Used by treants.
+[REMAINS_COLOR:6:0:0]
 |-
 | REMAINS_UNDETERMINED
@@ Line 1,139: / Line 1,297: @@
 |
-|-
+|}
-| RIVERATTACK
-|
-* 1st minimum
-* 1st maximum
-* 2nd minimum
-* 2nd maximum
-* 3rd minimum
-* 3rd maximum
-| Number of groups (of RIVERATTACK_GROUP size) that appear during attacks. Each pair of min/max numbers is used at a different time, starting with the first pair and moving to the 2nd and 3rd pair later in the game.
-[RIVERATTACK:1:1:1:2:1:3]
-|-
-| RIVERATTACK_CANUSEWELL
-|
-| Allows the creature to ambush through wells.
-|-
-| RIVERATTACK_GROUP
-|
-* minimum
-* maximum
-| Number (min/max) of creatures that appear in each group when attacking from river, chasm, or lava.
-[RIVERATTACK_GROUP:1:2]
-|-
-| RIVERATTACK_RESIDENT
-|
-| Unknown.
-|}
+<div align="center">
+{{alphabetical TOC}}
+</div>
 ==S==
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 ! width="20%" | Token
 ! width="20%" | Arguments
@@ Line 1,180: / Line 1,313: @@
 | SAVAGE
 |
-| Determines whether creature can show up on "savage" maps.
+| Allows creature to show up on (and limits it to) "savage" maps.
 |-
@@ Line 1,186: / Line 1,319: @@
 |
 | Appears as boss creature in quests.
-|-
-| SESSILE_LAND
-|
-| Cannot move on land?
 |-
@@ Line 1,200: / Line 1,328: @@
 | SILK_BOILING_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| Temperature at which silk made from this creature's webs boils away.
 |-
 | SILK_COLDDAM_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| Temperature at which silk made from this creature's webs takes damage.
 |-
 | SILK_FIXED_TEMP
 | temperature
+| Temperature generated by the creature's web silk.
 |-
 | SILK_HEATDAM_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| Temperature at which silk made from this creature's webs takes damage.
 |-
 | SILK_IGNITE_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| Temperature at which silk made from this creature's webs bursts into flame.
+|-
+| SILK_LIQUID_DENSITY
+| density
+| Specifies the density of the creature's webs when molten.
 |-
 | SILK_MELTING_POINT
 | temperature
-|
+| Temperature at which silk made from this creature's webs melts away.
+|-
+| SILK_SOLID_DENSITY
+| density
+| Specifies the density of the creature's webs.
 |-
 | SILK_SPEC_HEAT
-| temperature
+| [[SPEC_HEAT|specific heat capacity]]
-|
+| Amount of energy required for the creature's silk to heat up or cool down.
 |-
 | SIZE
 | value
-| How big a creature is. 6 is for dwarf like creatures, 7 is for human like creatures. 16 is for giants.  Larger creatures are far more dangerous in combat. Also equals the amount of Meat/Chunks/Bones you get from the beast.
+| How big a creature is. 6 is for dwarf like creatures, 7 is for human like creatures. 16 is for giants.  Larger creatures are far more dangerous in combat. Also equals the amount of Meat/Chunks/Bones you get from the beast. Creatures with a size larger than 10 will prevent [[bridge]]s from raising or retracting and will cause a [[Dwarven Atom Smasher]] to deconstruct.
 [SIZE:6]
 |-
-| SMALLAQUATIC_CAVERIVER
+| SLOW_LEARNER
-|
 |
+| Presumably causes the creature to learn skills more slowly. Implies CAN_LEARN.
 |-
-| SMALLAQUATIC_OCEAN
+| SMALL_REMAINS
-|
 |
+| If a creature has this token, it'll leave a small corpse that only rots once, such as vermin.
 |-
-| SMALLAQUATIC_RIVER
+| SPEC_HEAT
-|
+| [[SPEC_HEAT|specific heat capacity]]
-|
+| Amount of energy required for the creature to heat up or cool down.
+[SPEC_HEAT:409]
-|-
-| SMALLAQUATIC_SWAMP
-|
-|
-|-
-| SMALL_REMAINS
-|
-| If a creature has this tag, it'll leave a small corpse that only rots once.
 |-
@@ Line 1,274: / Line 1,403: @@
 |-
-| SPEC_HEAT
+| SPEECH
-| temperature
+| filename
-| [SPEC_HEAT:409]
+| Sets what speech.txt to use when insulting the creature.
+[SPEECH:dwarf.txt]
+|-
+| SPEECH_FEMALE
+| filename
+| Sets speech text file used only by females to insult creatures. Not used natively.
 |-
-| SPEECH
+| SPEECH_MALE
 | filename
-| Sets what speech.txt do use for the creature.
+| Sets speech text file used only by males to insult creatures.
-[SPEECH:dwarf.txt]
+[SPEECH_MALE:human_male.txt]
 |-
 | SPEED
 | value
-| Sets the creatures' movement and work speed, 1000/[SPEED X] is the resulting effect on creatures movement and workrates from default. See [[Speed]] for more information.
+| Sets the creatures' movement and work speed, 1000/[100 + SPEED X] is the resulting effect on creatures movement and work rates from default. See [[Speed]] for more information.
 [SPEED:400]
+|-
+| SPHERE
+| [[sphere]]
+| Sets what religious spheres the creature is aligned to, for purposes of being worshipped via the [POWER] token. Also affects the layout of [[glowing pit|hidden fun stuff]].
+|-
+| STANDARD_FLESH
+|
+| Sets the following properties:
+{|
+!  !! (creature) !! LEATHER !! BONE
+|-
+! SPEC_HEAT || 4181 || 1000 || 1000
+|-
+! HEATDAM_POINT || 10120 || 10300 || 11468
+|-
+! COLDDAM_POINT || 10020 || 9800 || 9800
+|-
+! IGNITE_POINT || 10180 || 10180 || NONE
+|-
+! MELTING_POINT || NONE || NONE || NONE
+|-
+! BOILING_POINT || NONE || NONE || NONE
+|-
+! FIXED_TEMP || NONE || NONE || NONE
+|-
+! SOLID_DENSITY || 1100 || 1900 || 1100
+|-
+! LIQUID_DENSITY || N/A || NONE || NONE
+|}
 |-
 | STOUT
 |
-| Creature has a resistance to being knocked over.
+| Clothing made for these creatures will appear as "stout" to other non-stout creatures of the same size (whose own clothing will appear as "narrow"). Example: dwarves versus goblins.
+Unconfirmed: creature has a resistance to being knocked over.{{verify}}
+|-
+| SWIM_SPEED
+| value
+| How fast the creature swims. Typically 2500 (0.38 times the default speed).
 |-
-| STANDARD_FLESH
+| SWIMS_INNATE
 |
+| The creature naturally knows how to swim, as opposed to [SWIMS_LEARNED] below. Currently, an AI bug prevents this from being useful on PC races in fortress mode.
+|-
+| SWIMS_LEARNED
 |
+| The creature must learn to swim. Requires [CAN_LEARN], obviously.
 |}
+<div align="center">
+{{alphabetical TOC}}
+</div>
 ==T==
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 ! width="20%" | Token
 ! width="20%" | Arguments
@@ Line 1,311: / Line 1,495: @@
 | THICKWEB
 |
-| The creature's webs can catch larger creatures.
+| The creature's webs can catch larger creatures. May imply [AMBUSHPREDATOR]?
 |-
@@ Line 1,318: / Line 1,502: @@
 | The graphical representation of the creature.
 [TILE:157] or [TILE:'&']
+|-
+| TRADE_CAPACITY
+| weight
+| How much the creature can carry when used by merchants.
+[TRADE_CAPACITY:2000]
 |-
@@ Line 1,327: / Line 1,517: @@
 | TRANCES
 |
-| Allows the creature to go into martial trances, and to create artifacts via moods.
+| Allows the creature to go into martial trances.
 |-
@@ Line 1,344: / Line 1,534: @@
 ==U==
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 ! width="20%" | Token
 ! width="20%" | Arguments
@@ Line 1,354: / Line 1,545: @@
 | Creature swims under the water and can't be seen.
 |-
-|UTTERANCES
+| UTTERANCES
+|
+| Changes the language of the creature into an unintelligible mess.
 |}
+<div align="center">
+{{alphabetical TOC}}
+</div>
 ==V==
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 ! width="20%" | Token
 ! width="20%" | Arguments
@@ Line 1,368: / Line 1,566: @@
 |
 |
-|-
-| VERMINHUNTER
-|
-| A creature with this tag will hunt down vermin and kill them. Sometimes they will eat the vermin, but most of the time they will bring it to their owner. This tag also makes impossible to assign an owner to the animal. The animal chooses it's own owner instead (like a cat).
 |-
 | VERMIN_BITE
 |
-* amount injected?
+* amount injected or chance of injection?
 * name
 * effect (USE_EXTRACT)
 | [VERMIN_BITE:10:bitten:USE_EXTRACT]
 On very rare occasions, someone who remains in the same tile as this creature will be bitten by that creature, and the effect will be applied to the offender.  Used by (tiny) cave spiders to inject their venom into the occasional dwarf.
-|-
-| VERMIN_CAVERIVER
-|
-| The creature randomly appears near the cave river.
-|-
-| VERMIN_CHASM
-|
-| The creature randomly appears near the chasm.
 |-
 | VERMIN_EATER
 |
-| The creature can be eaten.
+| The creature can eat your food.
 |-
-| VERMIN_FLIES
+| VERMIN_FISH
 |
-|
+| The creature can be [[fishing|fished]] out of bodies of water.
 |-
 | VERMIN_GROUNDER
 |
-| The creature can be picked up if you stand over it. (Requires confirmation)
+| The creature lives on the ground (or in the air).
-:I think this is a habitat flag like VERMIN_SOIL, VERMIN_CHASM, etc. It seems to appear on creatures that don't otherwise have one. &ndash; [[User:Peristarkawan|Peristarkawan]] 17:27, 24 May 2007 (EDT)
 |-
@@ Line 1,415: / Line 1,597: @@
 |-
-| VERMIN_LAVA
+| VERMIN_MICRO
 |
-| The creature randomly appears near the magma river.
+| This makes the creature move in a swarm of creatures of the same race as it.
 |-
@@ Line 1,432: / Line 1,614: @@
 | VERMIN_NOTRAP
 |
-| The creature cannot be caught by trappers or animal traps.
+| The creature cannot be caught by trappers or animal traps.  ''However, this may not work in all cases, as both dragonflies and fairies can be caught by trappers.  This is possibly overridden by the VERMIN_GROUNDER token, allowing trappers set to Catch a Live Land Animal to pick up and thus trap the animal.'' (speculation by [[User:Flippantelf|Flippantelf]] 04:45, 15 June 2009 (UTC))
+|-
+| VERMIN_ROTTER
+|
+| Present on flies, knuckle worms, acorn flies, and blood gnats. Probably means either the creature is attracted to rot, the creature speeds rotting, or both.
 |-
@@ Line 1,442: / Line 1,629: @@
 | VERMIN_SOIL_COLONY
 |
-| Like VERMIN_SOIL, but appears in groups?
+| The vermin will appear in a single tile cluster of many vermin, such as a colony of ants.
 |-
-| VERMIN_SWAMPER
+| VERMINHUNTER
 |
-| The creature randomly appears near the swamps.
+| A creature with this tag will hunt down vermin and kill them. Sometimes they will eat the vermin, but most of the time they will bring it to their owner. This tag also makes impossible to assign an owner to the animal. The animal chooses its own owner instead (like a cat). If assigned to a playable race, members of that race will ONLY be able to eat vermin.
 |-
 | VESPERTINE
 |
-| Sets if the creature is active in evening.
+| When set, the creature will only appear in the evening (between 8:00 PM and 10:05 PM) in Adventurer mode.
 |-
@@ Line 1,460: / Line 1,647: @@
 |}
+<div align="center">
+{{alphabetical TOC}}
+</div>
 ==W==
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 ! width="20%" | Token
 ! width="20%" | Arguments
@@ Line 1,481: / Line 1,673: @@
 |
 | The creature will not get caught in webs.
+|}
+==X==
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
+! width="20%" | Token
+! width="20%" | Arguments
+! width="60%" | Description
+|-
+| X_NAME
+|
+* singular
+* plural
+| Sets the name of profession X.
+ex:  [CRAFTSMAN_NAME:craftsdwarf:craftsdwarves]
+From the [[Main:string dump|string dump]](v40d), permissible tags seem to be:
+CRAFTSMAN_NAME, FISHERMAN_NAME
+HAMMERMAN_NAME, SPEARMAN_NAME, CROSSBOWMAN_NAME, AXEMAN_NAME,
+SWORDSMAN_NAME, MACEMAN_NAME, PIKEMAN_NAME, BOWMAN_NAME
 |}
 =Attacks=
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- bgcolor="#ddd"
 !width="50"|Tag
 !width="225"|What It Does
@@ Line 1,505: / Line 1,723: @@
 |BYTYPE:GRASP
 BYTOKEN:TAIL_STINGER
-|''BYTYPE'': Sets what body part type to use for the attack.  Possible values for "type" are GRASP, MOUTH, STANCE, THOUGHT, BREATHE, and the like.  See [[Body Tokens]].
+|''BYTYPE'': Sets what body part type to use for the attack.  Possible values for "type" are GRASP, MOUTH, STANCE, THOUGHT, BREATHE, and the like.  See [[Body token]].
-''BYTOKEN'': Sets the explicit body part ID to use for the attack.  The token must exist as part of the creature's [[Creature Tokens#B|BODY]] token.
+''BYTOKEN'': Sets the explicit body part ID to use for the attack.  The token must exist as part of the creature's [[#B|BODY]] token.
 |-
@@ Line 1,517: / Line 1,735: @@
 |-
-|BLUDGEON, PIERCE, GORE, BURN
+|BLUDGEON, PIERCE, SLASH, GORE, BURN, HEAT, COLD
 |Sets the damage type for the attack.
 |-
 |[ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
-|Allows the creature to use weapons with the attack if they have one in a limb that can hold items.
+|Attacks in combat inform which body part was used in the attack. Not mutually exclusive with _CANLATCH
+or SPECIALATTACK_ "Ratman punches Blargg with his right hand."
 |-
 |[ATTACKFLAG_CANLATCH]
-|Allows the creature to latch on with the attack. "Crocodile latches on Blargg's head firmly."
+|Allows the creature to latch on with the attack.  Not mutually exclusive with _WITH
+or SPECIALATTACK_ "Crocodile latches on Blargg's head firmly."
 |-
 |[SPECIALATTACK_INJECT_EXTRACT:50:100]
-|The creature injects an amount of its extract into a victim upon successfully using this attack.  The significance of the amount is unknown (but probably determines duration before the extract wears off).
+|The creature injects an amount of its extract into a victim upon successfully using this attack. 50:100 is potency. This is an average extract if it's a poison it will take time to affect the target, then wears off some time after full effect, a slow poison would be 1:100, 100:100 is instant or very fast working poison (haven't tried 0 yet, going to further experiment with the max value)
+|-
+|[SPECIALATTACK_SUCK_BLOOD:50:100]
+|When blood is drained from a creature, it causes heavy bleeding (depending on the attacking creatures ability to suck blood). It's unknown if blood suckers feed or regain health while doing this. (Numbers affect amount of blood drawn? / Effectiveness?)
+<small>! It seems to only make the target creature bleed/heavy bleed. further testing</small>]
+|}
+If not specified, the following default values will be used for the various temperature/density properties. Values initialized by STANDARD_FLESH (for creature, LEATHER, and BONE) are all initialized to NONE.
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|- style='background-color:#ddd'
+! !! SILK !! EXTRACT !! CHEESE !! DRINK
+|-
+| SPEC_HEAT || 1000 || 4181 || 2000 || 2440
+|-
+| HEATDAM_POINT || 10400 || NONE || 10800 || NONE
 |-
+| COLDDAM_POINT || 9800 || NONE || 9950 || NONE
+|-
+| IGNITE_POINT || 10400 || NONE || NONE || 10800
+|-
+| MELTING_POINT || NONE || 9950 || 10150 || 9850
+|-
+| BOILING_POINT || NONE || 10200 || NONE || 10150
+|-
+| FIXED_TEMP || NONE || NONE || NONE || NONE
+|-
+| SOLID_DENSITY || 1353 || 1200 || 1200 || 1200
+|-
+| LIQUID_DENSITY || NONE || 1200 || 1200 || 1200
 |}
-[[Category:Modding]]
+{{Category|Modding}}
+{{Category|Tokens}}