v50 Steam/Premium information for editors
  • v50 information can now be added to pages in the main namespace. v0.47 information can still be found in the DF2014 namespace. See here for more details on the new versioning policy.
  • Use this page to report any issues related to the migration.
This notice may be cached—the current version can be found here.

Magma crab

From Dwarf Fortress Wiki
Revision as of 07:49, 16 September 2014 by 207.98.191.37 (talk) (Version relevant data)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
xTATTEREDx  · +FINE+  · *SUPERIOR*  · ≡EXCEPTIONAL≡  · ☼MASTERWORK☼
Magma crab
C
Urist likes magma crabs for their chittering.
Portrait

No portrait

Biome

  • Underground Depth: 3-5
Attributes

· Fire immune

Cannot be tamed 
Size
Birth: 1,000 cm3
Mid: 2,000 cm3
Max: 30,000 cm3

Age
Adult at: Birth
Max age: 50-70
Cannot be butchered

(Value multiplier ×2)

v50.14 · v0.47.05
This article is about the current version of DF.
Note that some content may still need to be updated.
A small rock-eating creature that lives in molten rock. It scurries on little feet and swims through liquid rock with sharp wings. It uses magma to digest rock and spits out burning globs.

A magma crab is a small creature molten mineral-eating creature that has the unique ability to spit magma in small quantities. It does so at a very fast rate when at range, but resorts to wrestling in close quarters, primarily by pushing and possibly biting. The magma is a very small glob of the stuff and as such only burns areas it hits, generally melting off the fat of that body part. It should be noted however that this can be exceptionally deadly, especially to smaller dwarves/if they're struck multiple times as they rapidly bleed until all the fat on the hit parts is melted away.

Due to living only in magma and having few organs, magma crabs are quite resilient, but they can be killed relatively easily by just about any conventional means, from cave-in traps and marksdwarves to having a mace or hammerdwarf bash it enough times to crush its body; using militia dwarves can potentially result in fatalities as they are inevitably hit by magma spit, though soldiers with enough skill in shield use may come out unscathed. Overall, magma crabs are quite annoying (and potentially dangerous,) if your dwarves are exposed to magma they can crawl from, but they can be rendered harmless if you wall off any magma access - either sealing them or your dwarves out, or dispatching them quickly.

Retrieved from "https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php?title=Magma_crab&oldid=211094"