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Giant sperm whale
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| Alignment: | Savage |
| Tamed Attributes | |
| Pet value | 500 |
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Not hunting/war trainable | |
| Size | |
| Birth: | 4,000,000 cm3 |
| Mid: | 100,000,000 cm3 |
| Max: | 200,000,000 cm3
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| Age | |
| Adult at: | 1 |
| Max age: | 70-80 |
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| Meat | 5800-7100 |
| Fat | 1260-1525 |
| Brain | 500-610 |
| Heart | 250-300 |
| Intestines | 1500-1850 |
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Raw materials | |
| Bones | 1450-1770 |
| Skin | Raw hide |
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 gigantic monster in the shape of a sperm whale.
Giant sperm whales are really, REALLY giant--they are even bigger than a real-world blue whale. They produce truly enormous stacks of animal products, which can reach 11000 total units worth of food; butchering one will feed a 100-dwarf fortress for a bit more than ten years. If the corpse doesn't rot halfway to the butcher's shop, of course. Giant sperm whales are the largest creatures in the game by a wide margin; they are eight times the size of a dragon, ten times that of a bronze colossus, about 380 times the size of a fully-grown bull moose, and about 3,330 times the size of a measly dwarf.
Hunting giant sperm whales is not easy due to their aquatic nature (and their sheer size). They can be captured with a fish-catching chamber and then air-drowned; out of the water a giant sperm whale will turn into a corpse relatively quickly. They will also occasionally beach themselves, leaving a corpse ready for butchering by lucky dwarves.
If you happen to embark on a Terrifying ocean, you may run into undead versions of these. If you do... well, may Armok have mercy on your soul and those of your dwarves.
Some dwarves admire giant sperm whales for their vengeful nature and their teeth.
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It is rumored that giant sperm whales can only be slain via throwing iron spears into their heads. Giant sperm whales also tend to rip off limbs for no reason, and therefore the surviving dwarf may start a grudge with the whale that may spell doom for dozens of dwarves.
Bonus points if the killing dwarf has a bone crutch and a lost leg.
You can also kill them by flinging enough lightning and/or grass at them. The blue ones are the weakest.
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