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Not to be confused with the even bigger [[giant rat]].
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'''Large rats''' are [[creature]]s commonly found in the first layer of the [[caverns]], larger than a common [[rat]] but smaller than a [[giant rat]]. About the size of a [[kobold]], these creatures will [[Steals food|steal your food]] and [[Steals drink|drink your booze]] at every chance, meaning they should be kept away from your [[food]] [[stockpile]]s by all means necessary. All large rats are born with Legendary [[skill]] in [[Climber|climbing]], and their infants are called ''large rat pups''
  
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'''Large rats''' are cavern-dwelling rodents that are not very dangerous but surprisingly quick. If one manages to sneak into your fortress, it will attempt to steal your [[food]] and [[alcohol|booze]]. Fresh recruits may have a hard time catching these pests if they have room to run.
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Large rats are benign and will flee from conflict, but [[Dwarf|dwarves]] will generally act violently to their presence, leading to them often getting beaten to a pulp by your [[peasant]]s before they have the chance to cause any trouble. These creatures can be captured with [[cage]] [[trap]]s very easily, as a food stockpile with a couple pieces of food can be used as lure. Once captured, they can be turned into fairly valuable [[pet]]s, though due to their very short lifespan (no more than 3 years), they make poor companions to dwarves and are better off being [[butcher]]ed.
  
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While they aren't hard to capture with some bait food surrounded by traps, they have a very short lifespan that forces micromanagement to keep breeding pairs going, and their meager butchery products are not worth the effort when there are much better animals lurking in the caverns.
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Some dwarves [[Preferences|like]] large rats for their ''strength''.
  
 
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Revision as of 02:35, 14 March 2017

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Large rat
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Urist likes large rats for their strength.
Portrait

No portrait

Biome

  • Underground Depth: 1
Variations

Rat - Rat man - Large rat - Giant rat

Attributes

· Steals food · Steals drink

Tamed Attributes
Pet value 250

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Not hunting/war trainable 

Size
Birth: 2,500 cm3
Mid: 12,500 cm3
Max: 25,000 cm3

Age
Adult at: 1
Max age: 2-3
Butchering returns

Food items

Meat 6-13
Fat 6-13
Brain 0-1
Heart 0-1
Lungs 0-2
Intestines 0-1
Liver 0-1
Kidneys 0-2
Tripe 0-1
Sweetbread 0-1
Spleen 0-1

Raw materials

Bones 4-12
Skull 1
Skin Raw hide
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A huge rodent found underground.

Large rats are creatures commonly found in the first layer of the caverns, larger than a common rat but smaller than a giant rat. About the size of a kobold, these creatures will steal your food and drink your booze at every chance, meaning they should be kept away from your food stockpiles by all means necessary. All large rats are born with Legendary skill in climbing, and their infants are called large rat pups

Large rats are benign and will flee from conflict, but dwarves will generally act violently to their presence, leading to them often getting beaten to a pulp by your peasants before they have the chance to cause any trouble. These creatures can be captured with cage traps very easily, as a food stockpile with a couple pieces of food can be used as lure. Once captured, they can be turned into fairly valuable pets, though due to their very short lifespan (no more than 3 years), they make poor companions to dwarves and are better off being butchered.

Some dwarves like large rats for their strength.

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