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'''Ammonites''' are [[extinct]] [[aquatic]] cephalopods from the [[wikipedia:Devonion|Devonion]] era. They can be found in any type of [[savage]] ocean. Unlike standard fish, they cannot be butchered (but are live cookable), cannot feel pain when attacked, cannot be stunned, feel no fear or dizziness and never sleep.
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'''Ammonites''' are [[extinct]] [[aquatic]] cephalopods from the [[wikipedia:CRETACEOUS|Cretaceous]] era. They can be found in any type of [[savage]] ocean. Like standard fish, they can be butchered (and will give a shell, but no bones) and are immobile on land, but unlike standard fish, they will never feel dizzy and never sleep.
  
 
Some dwarves [[Preferences|like]] like ammonites for their ''shells'' and ''many tentacles''.
 
Some dwarves [[Preferences|like]] like ammonites for their ''shells'' and ''many tentacles''.

Revision as of 07:36, 30 June 2026

Ammonite
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Urist likes ammonite for their shells.
Portrait
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Biome

Variations

Ammonite - Ammonite man

Attributes
Alignment: Savage

· Aquatic · Shell · Horn

Tamed Attributes
Pet value 200

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Not hunting/war trainable 

Size
Birth: 13,000 cm3
Mid: 200,000 cm3
Max: 400,000 cm3

Age
Adult at: 1
Max age: 15-20
Butchering returns

(Value multiplier ×2)

Food items

Raw materials

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A very large cephalopod with a coiled shell.

Ammonites are extinct aquatic cephalopods from the Cretaceous era. They can be found in any type of savage ocean. Like standard fish, they can be butchered (and will give a shell, but no bones) and are immobile on land, but unlike standard fish, they will never feel dizzy and never sleep.

Some dwarves like like ammonites for their shells and many tentacles.

Artist rendition of an ammonite.