Pearl

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Pearls are gemstones that don't actually exist in the game as of yet, though they are likely to feature in a future release. The creature definitions for the mussel and oyster indicate that they leave pearls with a [PEARL] tag, but the tag is unimplemented, they do not actually appear in the game, there is no accessible job for harvesting them, and pearls don't have a (probably necessary) material definition. However, orders to "decorate items with pearl" can still be issued from a craftsdwarf's workshop, and these jobs can be performed if you create a material with the [PEARL] tag, and add it to a creature's definitions so that it is yielded as a butchering return.

In the realm of organic materials that have yet to be implemented, pearls sit adjacent to amber and coral; all three have been present since initial release, but none have yet been established into the game.

Pearl from Pinctada maxima.

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If a material is modded into the game with the [PEARL] tag, artifact gates made out of the material will sometimes generate in vaults.

"Pearl" in other Languages Dwarven: kovest Elven: amayi Goblin: obasp Human: kima

Raws

[MATERIAL_TEMPLATE:PEARL_TEMPLATE] [STATE_COLOR:ALL_SOLID:WHITE] [STATE_NAME:ALL_SOLID:pearl] [STATE_ADJ:ALL_SOLID:pearl] [STATE_COLOR:LIQUID:WHITE] [STATE_NAME:LIQUID:n/a] [STATE_ADJ:LIQUID:n/a] [STATE_COLOR:GAS:WHITE] [STATE_NAME:GAS:n/a] [STATE_ADJ:GAS:n/a] [DISPLAY_COLOR:7:0:1] [MATERIAL_VALUE:1] [SPEC_HEAT:1000] [IGNITE_POINT:10508] [MELTING_POINT:NONE] [BOILING_POINT:NONE] [HEATDAM_POINT:10250] [COLDDAM_POINT:9900] [MAT_FIXED_TEMP:NONE] [SOLID_DENSITY:500] [LIQUID_DENSITY:NONE] [MOLAR_MASS:NONE] [IMPACT_YIELD:120000] used stone, no data [IMPACT_FRACTURE:120000] [IMPACT_STRAIN_AT_YIELD:100] [COMPRESSIVE_YIELD:120000] [COMPRESSIVE_FRACTURE:120000] [COMPRESSIVE_STRAIN_AT_YIELD:100] [TENSILE_YIELD:15000] [TENSILE_FRACTURE:15000] [TENSILE_STRAIN_AT_YIELD:100] [TORSION_YIELD:15000] [TORSION_FRACTURE:15000] [TORSION_STRAIN_AT_YIELD:100] [SHEAR_YIELD:15000] [SHEAR_FRACTURE:15000] [SHEAR_STRAIN_AT_YIELD:100] [BENDING_YIELD:15000] [BENDING_FRACTURE:15000] [BENDING_STRAIN_AT_YIELD:100] [MAX_EDGE:1000] [ABSORPTION:100] [PEARL] [ITEMS_HARD]

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