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'''Dogs''' are trainable into War/hunting dogs. See {{L|Kennel}} for how this is done, and for a list of other trainable creatures.
 
'''Dogs''' are trainable into War/hunting dogs. See {{L|Kennel}} for how this is done, and for a list of other trainable creatures.
  
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A {{L|Dwarf|dwarf's}} best friend, '''dogs''' are one of many {{L|animal}}s that can be {{L|kennel|trained}} to assist your {{L|dwarves}} in {{L|combat}} or hunting as either war dogs or hunting dogs. Like all tame {{L|animal}}s they can serve as an {{L|butchering|emergency food supply}} and provide you with {{L|bones}}, {{L|leather}}, and {{L|skulls}}.
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== Using dogs ==
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* Dogs left to their own devices will wander around, spending most of their time in {{L|Meeting hall|meeting areas}}, and will attack any {{L|invader|hostiles}} they see.
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* As with any friendly creature, dogs can spot ambushers and thieves. You can assign dogs to {{L|cage}}s or {{L|restraint}}s to act as guard dogs.
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** Guard dogs work particularly well when placed behind a hall of traps or other siege-breaking devices.  The traps will prevent aggressive invaders from harming the dogs, while the dogs prevent thieves from sneaking past the traps into the base.  (Ideally, the dogs should be out of view of the trap corridor to prevent injury from ranged weapons.)
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* You can {{L|Assign animal|assign}} a war dog or hunting dog to a dwarf via his dogs menu ({{K|v}}, select dwarf, {{K|p}}, {{K|e}}) to help him in combat. It will follow the dwarf like a {{L|pet}}.
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** Note: Once a dog is assigned to a dwarf it can not be unassigned nor placed in a {{L|cage}}.
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**A work-around for this is, when you train the dog, to use the dwarf you want the dog to be assigned to. Unassigned war dogs and hunting dogs follow the dwarf who trained them, while still allowing them to be caged.
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War and hunting dogs are trained at the {{L|kennel}}.
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== Hunting Dogs ==
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[[Toady One]]: ''"A hunting animal will target the creature its owner is targeting if the owner is hunting, and it will be sneaking without a movement penalty if it is reasonably close to its hunting owner. A hunting animal notices creatures from farther away, although this isn't exactly effective if it decides to target what its owner is targeting. It all needs a bit of work, but that is true of hunting in general."''
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== War Dogs ==
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War dogs do more damage than dogs.
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Against heavily armored and armed opponents, dogs (war or hunting) can die quite easily, but that doesn't mean they are "useless".  An opponent had to stop and attack the dog, probably more than once, rather than doing the same to one of your dwarfs, giving them time to fight or flee. Also, although a wardog is not nearly as dangerous against an armored opponent as an Axe Lord, they occasionally get lucky, and probably contribute to more damage than they are given credit for.
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Some players attach them to any permanent close-combat military, and/or to any dwarf that regularly steps outside. They're not the sole solution, but a great help.
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{{Category|Animals}}

Revision as of 21:15, 7 June 2010


Dog

d

Biome

Common domestic

Cannot be tamed
Butchering returns

Food items

Meat 13
Fat 13
Brain 1
Heart 1
Lungs 2
Liver 1
Kidneys 2
Tripe 1
Sweetbread 1
Spleen 1

Raw materials

Skin Unknown

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Wikipedia article

v50.14 · v0.47 · v0.34 · v0.31.25 · v0.28 · v0.23
This article is about an older version of DF.
xTATTEREDx  · +FINE+  · *SUPERIOR*  · ≡EXCEPTIONAL≡  · ☼MASTERWORK☼
A medium-sized highly social mammalian carnivore. It has a keen sense of smell. It can be trained to obey commands.

Dogs are trainable into War/hunting dogs. See Template:L for how this is done, and for a list of other trainable creatures.

A Template:L best friend, dogs are one of many Template:Ls that can be Template:L to assist your Template:L in Template:L or hunting as either war dogs or hunting dogs. Like all tame Template:Ls they can serve as an Template:L and provide you with Template:L, Template:L, and Template:L.

Using dogs

  • Dogs left to their own devices will wander around, spending most of their time in Template:L, and will attack any Template:L they see.
  • As with any friendly creature, dogs can spot ambushers and thieves. You can assign dogs to Template:Ls or Template:Ls to act as guard dogs.
    • Guard dogs work particularly well when placed behind a hall of traps or other siege-breaking devices. The traps will prevent aggressive invaders from harming the dogs, while the dogs prevent thieves from sneaking past the traps into the base. (Ideally, the dogs should be out of view of the trap corridor to prevent injury from ranged weapons.)
  • You can Template:L a war dog or hunting dog to a dwarf via his dogs menu (v, select dwarf, p, e) to help him in combat. It will follow the dwarf like a Template:L.
    • Note: Once a dog is assigned to a dwarf it can not be unassigned nor placed in a Template:L.
    • A work-around for this is, when you train the dog, to use the dwarf you want the dog to be assigned to. Unassigned war dogs and hunting dogs follow the dwarf who trained them, while still allowing them to be caged.

War and hunting dogs are trained at the Template:L.

Hunting Dogs

Toady One: "A hunting animal will target the creature its owner is targeting if the owner is hunting, and it will be sneaking without a movement penalty if it is reasonably close to its hunting owner. A hunting animal notices creatures from farther away, although this isn't exactly effective if it decides to target what its owner is targeting. It all needs a bit of work, but that is true of hunting in general."

War Dogs

War dogs do more damage than dogs.

Against heavily armored and armed opponents, dogs (war or hunting) can die quite easily, but that doesn't mean they are "useless". An opponent had to stop and attack the dog, probably more than once, rather than doing the same to one of your dwarfs, giving them time to fight or flee. Also, although a wardog is not nearly as dangerous against an armored opponent as an Axe Lord, they occasionally get lucky, and probably contribute to more damage than they are given credit for.

Some players attach them to any permanent close-combat military, and/or to any dwarf that regularly steps outside. They're not the sole solution, but a great help.


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