Entity token

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Entity tokens define entities, or civilizations, in entity_*.txt files.

Gameplay

Token	Arguments	Description
ADVENTURE_TIER	order	Allows adventure mode for entities with sites. Dwarves, Elves, and Humans take up tier 3, 2, and 1 respectively. Order doesn't need to be maintained; a custom creature can have a tier of 3000 and still work even if it's the only custom creature. [ADVENTURE_TIER:4]
INDIV_CONTROLLABLE		Allows the race to be played as an "outsider" in adventure mode. Not having this specified in one of the entities will cause the Adventure mode option to disappear. Note that ADVENTURE_TIER is not required if this token is included, and that this cannot be applied to civilizations that were not in an entity_*.txt file during world gen.
CIV_CONTROLLABLE		Allows fortress mode. If multiple entities have the CIV_CONTROLLABLE token, than in embark mode the specific civs can be chosen by + or - on the civ list screen (by pressing tab), though it will not state what entity the civs belong to. To check which one, tab to the neighbors screen: the entity's race will be at the top. At least one civilization must have this token.
CREATURE	creature	The type of creature that will inhabit the civilization. If multiple creature types are specified, each civilization will randomly choose one of the creatures. [CREATURE:DWARF]
CREATURE_HFID	integer (or generic token?)	Found on generated angel entities. Appears to draw from creatures with this HFID, which associates the entity with a historical figure of the same ID corresponding to a deity.

Placement

Token	Arguments	Description
BIOME_SUPPORT	biome frequency	Frequency goes from 0 to 10. Higher numbers make the entity more likely to settle there. [BIOME_SUPPORT:ANY_GRASSLAND:4]
START_BIOME	biome	Birth of the civilization can be performed on this biome. [START_BIOME:ANY_FOREST]
EXCLUSIVE_START_BIOME	biome	Birth of the civilization only occurs in this biome. [EXCLUSIVE_START_BIOME:MOUNTAIN]
SETTLEMENT_BIOME	biome	This civ will create small settlements on this biome, not too far from the EXCLUSIVE_START_BIOME. Used for dwarven hillocks. [SETTLEMENT_BIOME:ANY_GRASSLAND]
DEFAULT_SITE_TYPE	site type	Valid site types are DARK_FORTRESS (π), CAVE (•), CAVE_DETAILED (Ω), TREE_CITY (î), and CITY (#). Also recognizes PLAYER_FORTRESS, and MONUMENT, though these likely will not work. FORTRESS is no longer a valid entry, instead castles are controlled by BUILDS_OUTDOOR_FORTIFICATIONS. Defaults to CITY. Selecting CAVE causes the classic kobold behavior of not showing of on the "neighbors" section of the site selection screen. [DEFAULT_SITE_TYPE:CAVE_DETAILED]
LIKES_SITE	site type	Most residents will try to move to this site type, unless already at one. [LIKES_SITE:CAVE_DETAILED]
TOLERATES_SITE	site type	Some residents will try to move to this site type, unless already at one. [TOLERATES_SITE:CITY]
WORLD_CONSTRUCTION	construction	Controls which constructions the civ will build on the world map. Valid constructions are ROAD, TUNNEL, BRIDGE, and WALL. [WORLD_CONSTRUCTION:BRIDGE] [WORLD_CONSTRUCTION:ROAD] [WORLD_CONSTRUCTION:TUNNEL] [WORLD_CONSTRUCTION:WALL]

Population

Token	Arguments	Description
MAX_POP_NUMBER	number	Max population per entity. Multiply this by max starting civ to get the total population of the species. Defaults to 500. [MAX_POP_NUMBER:500]
MAX_SITE_POP_NUMBER	number	Max population per individual site. Generic site types will not hold any more than this number of entities. Must be at least 80 for towns to be generated. In general, lower pop numbers mean more sprawl, and higher numbers mean more needing to crawl when entering town stores, which are not affected by this cap. Defaults to 50. [MAX_SITE_POP_NUMBER:200]
MAX_STARTING_CIV_NUMBER	number	Max number of entities to spawn at world generation. Worldgen picks civs in some sequential order from the raws. Once it reaches the end of the list, it will begin again at the top. Setting this number lower than 100, like say, 7, will cause worldgen to skip over this civ for placement if there are already 7 civs of this type. Note that if all civs are set to lower numbers, and the number of starting civs is set higher than the maximum possible amount of civs in total, it will gracefully stop placing civs and get down to the history aspect of worldgen. Defaults to 3. [MAX_STARTING_CIV_NUMBER:3]

Flavor

Token	Arguments	Description
PERMITTED_BUILDING	building name	The named, custom building can be built by a civilization in Fortress Mode. [PERMITTED_BUILDING:SOAP_MAKER]
PERMITTED_JOB	profession	Allows this job type to be selected. This applies to worldgen creatures, in the embark screen, and in play. Certain professions also influence the availability of materials for trade. [PERMITTED_JOB:MINER]
PERMITTED_REACTION	reaction name	Allows this reaction to be used by a civilization. It is used primarily in Fortress Mode, but also allow certain resources, such as steel, to be available to a race. When creating custom reactions, this token MUST be present or the player will not be able to use the reaction in Fortress Mode. [PERMITTED_REACTION:TAN_A_HIDE]
CURRENCY_BY_YEAR		Causes the civ's currency to be numbered with the year it was minted.
CURRENCY	inorganic material value	What kind of metals the civ uses for coin minting as well as the value of the coin. [CURRENCY:SILVER:5]
ART_FACET_MODIFIER	type number	OWN_RACE, FANCIFUL, EVIL, GOOD Number goes from 0 to 25600 where 256 is the default. [ART_FACET_MODIFIER:OWN_RACE:512]
ART_IMAGE_ELEMENT_MODIFIER	item number	CREATURE, PLANT, TREE, SHAPE, ITEM 0-25600 Determines the chance of each image occurring in that entity's artwork, such as engravings and on artifacts, for default (non-historical) artwork. [ART_IMAGE_ELEMENT_MODIFIER:TREE:512]
ITEM_IMPROVEMENT_MODIFIER	item number	ART_IMAGE, COVERED or GLAZED, RINGS_HANGING, BANDS, SPIKES, ITEMSPECIFIC, THREAD, CLOTH, SEWN_IMAGE 0-25600 Determines the chance of the entity using that particular artwork method, such as "encircled with bands" or "menaces with spikes". [ITEM_IMPROVEMENT_MODIFIER:SPIKES:0] This also seems to change the amount that the entity will pay for items that are improved in the ways in their tokens.
TRANSLATION	language	What language raw the entity uses. If an entity lacks this tag, translations appear to be drawn randomly from all translation files[Verify]. [TRANSLATION:DWARF]
SELECT_SYMBOL	noun symbol	ALL, REMAINING, CIV, SITE, VESSEL, RELIGION, MILITARY_UNIT, TEMPLE, WAR, BATTLE, SIEGE, ROAD, BRIDGE, TUNNEL, WALL Causes the entity to more often use these symbols in the particular SYM set. [SELECT_SYMBOL:ALL:PEACE]
SUBSELECT_SYMBOL	noun symbol	Causes the symbol set to be prefered as adjectives by the civilization. Used in vanilla to put violent names in sieges and batttles. [SELECT_SYMBOL:SIEGE:NAME_SIEGE] [SUBSELECT_SYMBOL:SIEGE:VIOLENT]
CULL_SYMBOL	noun symbol	Causes the entity to not use the words in these SYM sets. [CULL_SYMBOL:ALL:UGLY]
FRIENDLY_COLOR	see color	The color of this entity's civilization settlements in the world gen and embark screens. Defaults to 7:0:1. [FRIENDLY_COLOR:1:0:1]

Religion

Token	Arguments	Description
RELIGION	type	REGIONAL_FORCE: The creatures will worship a single force associated with their spheres. Currently hardcoded to only be associated with rivers and nature. PANTHEON: The creatures will worship a group of gods, each aligned with their spheres and other appropriate ones as well. [RELIGION:PANTHEON]
RELIGION_SPHERE	sphere	Can by any available Sphere. Multiple entries are possible. Choosing a religious sphere will automatically make its opposing sphere not possible for the species to have: adding WATER, for example, means the species will never get FIRE as a religious sphere. [RELIGION_SPHERE:FORTRESSES]
SPHERE_ALIGNMENT	type number	This token forces an entity to favor or disfavor particular religious spheres, causing them to acquire those spheres more often when generating a pantheon. [SPHERE_ALIGNMENT:TREES:512]

Leadership

Token	Arguments	Description
POSITION	string	Defines a leader/noble position for a civilization. These replace previous tags such as [MAYOR] and [CAN_HAVE_SITE_LEADER] and so on. To define a position further, see Position token.
LAND_HOLDER_TRIGGER	land holder number population wealth exported created wealth	Defines when a particular land-holding noble (baron, count, duke in vanilla) will arrive at a fortress.
SITE_VARIABLE_POSITIONS	Position responsibility or ALL	Allows a site responsibility to be taken up by a dynamically generated position (usually lord). Also appears to cause site disputes.[Verify]
VARIABLE_POSITIONS	Position responsibility or ALL	Allows a responsibility to be taken up by a dynamically generated position (such as Law-maker).

Behavior

Token	Arguments	Description
ETHIC	behavior reaction	Sets the civ's view of ethics (certain behaviors), from capital punishment to completely acceptable. This also causes the civ to look upon opposing ethics with disfavor, if their reaction to it is opposing, and when at extremes (one ACCEPTABLE, another civ UNTHINKABLE for example) they will often go to war over it. [ETHIC:EAT_SAPIENT_KILL:ACCEPTABLE]
VALUE	value number	Sets the civ's cultural values. Numbers range from -50 (completely anathema) to 0 (neutral) to 50 (highly valued). [VALUE:CRAFTSMANSHIP:50]
WILL_ACCEPT_TRIBUTE		Makes the civ's traders accept offered goods.
WANDERER, BEAST_HUNTER, SCOUT		The civ will send out these sorts of adventurers in worldgen. This seems to increase Tracker skill.
ABUSE_BODIES		The civilization will mutilate bodies when they are the victors in history-gen warfare, such as hanging bodies from trees, putting them on spikes, and so forth. Adventurers killed in Adventurer mode will sometimes be impaled on spikes wherever they died, with or without this token, and regardless of whether they actually antagonized the townspeople.
ACTIVE_SEASON	season	the season when the civ is most active: when they will trade, interact with you via diplomats, and/or invade you. Civs can have multiple season entries. Note: If multiple caravans arrive at the same time, you are able to select which civ to trade with at the depot menu. ACTIVE_SEASON tags may be changed for a currently active fort. [ACTIVE_SEASON:AUTUMN]
AMBUSHER		When invading sneaks around and shoots at straggling members of your society. They will spawn on the edge of the map and will only be visible when one of their party are spotted; this can be quite dangerous to undefended trade depots.
AT_PEACE_WITH_WILDLIFE		Will not attack wildlife, and will not be attacked by them, even if you have them in your party. This can be somewhat disconcerting when attacked by bears in the forest and your elven ally sits back and does nothing.
BABYSNATCHER		Sends thieves to steal babies. Also sends ambush parties to harass your civilization. Without this tag, enemy civs will only siege, and will siege as early as they would otherwise babysnatch. This can happen as early as the first year of the fort! In addition, babysnatcher civs will snatch children during worldgen, allowing them to become part of the civ if they do not escape. Note: If the playable civ in Fortress Mode has this tag (i.e. you add BABYSNATCHER to the Dwarf entity) then the roles will be reversed and elves and humans will siege and ambush and goblins will trade with you.
BUILDS_OUTDOOR_FORTIFICATIONS		Makes the civilization build castles.
BUILDS_OUTDOOR_TOMBS		Makes the civilization build tombs.
BANDITRY	percentage	Sets a percentage of the entity population to be used as bandits.
DIPLOMAT_BODYGUARDS		Visiting diplomats are accompanied by a pair of soldiers. Does not work due to a bug.Bug:5854
GENERATED		Found on generated divine "HF Guardian Entities". Cannot be used in user-defined raws.
INVADERS_IGNORE_NEUTRALS		Causes invaders to ignore visiting caravans and other neutral creatures.[Verify]
ITEM_THIEF		Sends thieves to steal items. This will also occur in history generation, and thieves will have the "thief" profession. Items stolen in history gen will be scattered around that creature's home.
LOCAL_BANDITRY		Causes the entity to send out patrols that can ambush adventurers. Will cause cities to be hostile to adventurers whenever they enter, regardless of race or nationality. Adding this tag to playable entities will also make adventurers with this token willing to move-attack non-hostile villagers, rather than having to make an aimed attack.
MERCHANT_BODYGUARDS		Caravan merchants are accompanied by soldiers.
MERCHANT_NOBILITY		Effect unknown - in previous versions, this resulted in the civ having a Guild Representative / Merchant Baron / Merchant Prince, but now this is controlled solely by positions.
PROGRESS_TRIGGER_POPULATION	level	0 to 5, civ will come to site once population at site has reached that level. If multiple progress triggers exist for a civ, it will come when any one of them is fulfilled instead of waiting for all of them to be reached. A value of 0 disables the trigger. 1 corresponds to 20 dwarves, 2 to 50 dwarves, 3 to 80, 4 to 110, and 5 to 140. Progress triggers may be changed, added, or deleted for a currently active fort. Note: hostile civs require that the population trigger be fulfilled as well as at least one other trigger before attacking.
PROGRESS_TRIGGER_PRODUCTION	level	0 to 5, civ will come to site once created wealth has reached that level. If multiple progress triggers exist for a civ, it will come when any one of them is fulfilled instead of waiting for all of them to be reached. A value of 0 disables the trigger. 1 corresponds to 5000☼ created wealth, 2 to 25000☼, 3 to 100000☼, 4 to 200000☼, and 5 to 300000☼. Progress triggers may be changed, added, or deleted for a currently active fort.
PROGRESS_TRIGGER_TRADE	level	0 to 5, civ will come to site once exported goods has reached that level. If multiple progress triggers exist for a civ, it will come when any one of them is fulfilled instead of waiting for all of them to be reached. A value of 0 disables the trigger. 1 corresponds to 500☼ exported wealth, 2 to 2500☼, 3 to 10000☼, 4 to 20000☼, and 5 to 30000☼. Progress triggers may be changed, added, or deleted for a currently active fort.
PROGRESS_TRIGGER_POP_SIEGE	level	0 to 5, civ will begin to send sieges against the player civ when this level is reached if it is hostile. If multiple progress triggers exist for a civ, it will come when any one of them is fulfilled instead of waiting for all of them to be reached. A value of 0 disables the trigger.
PROGRESS_TRIGGER_PROD_SIEGE	level	0 to 5, civ will begin to send sieges against the player civ when this level is reached if it is hostile.
PROGRESS_TRIGGER_TRADE_SIEGE	level	0 to 5, civ will begin to send sieges against the player civ when this level is reached if it is hostile.
SIEGER		Will start campfires and wait around at the edge of your map for a month or two before rushing in to attack.
SITE_GUARDIAN		Guards certain special sites, such as a vault belonging to a demon allied with a deity. Used in generated divine entities.
SKULKING		This makes the severity of attacks depend on the extent of item/baby thievery rather than the passage of time. Makes trade impossible with the related civilization.
TREE_CAP_DIPLOMACY		Visiting diplomats impose tree cutting quotas; without this, they will simply compliment your fortress and leave. Also causes the diplomat to make unannounced first contact at the very beginning of the first Spring after your fortress becomes a Barony.
LAYER_LINKED		Defines if a civilization is a hidden subterranean entity, such as batman civilizations.
UNDEAD_CANDIDATE		Unknown. Possibly makes this creature available as a "Corpse" (e.g. Human Corpse) for necromancers in adventure mode.

Available Resources

Token	Arguments	Description
AMMO	item token	[AMMO:ITEM_AMMO_BOLTS]
ARMOR	item token rarity	Rarity is optional. Permitted rarity values are RARE, UNCOMMON, FORCED (anything else is treated as COMMON). [ARMOR:ITEM_ARMOR_PLATEMAIL:COMMON]
DIGGER	item token	[DIGGER:ITEM_WEAPON_PICK]
GLOVES	item token rarity	Rarity is optional. Permitted rarity values are RARE, UNCOMMON, FORCED (anything else is treated as COMMON). [GLOVES:ITEM_GLOVES_GLOVES:COMMON]
HELM	item token rarity	Rarity is optional. Permitted rarity values are RARE, UNCOMMON, FORCED (anything else is treated as COMMON). [HELM:ITEM_HELM_HELM:COMMON]
INSTRUMENT	item token	[INSTRUMENT:ITEM_INSTRUMENT_FLUTE]
PANTS	item token rarity	Rarity is optional. Permitted rarity values are RARE, UNCOMMON, FORCED (anything else is treated as COMMON). [PANTS:ITEM_PANTS_PANTS:COMMON]
SHIELD	item token	[SHIELD:ITEM_SHIELD_SHIELD]
SHOES	item token rarity	Rarity is optional. Permitted rarity values are RARE, UNCOMMON, FORCED (anything else is treated as COMMON). [SHOES:ITEM_SHOES_SHOES:COMMON]
SIEGEAMMO	item token	[SIEGEAMMO:ITEM_SIEGEAMMO_BALLISTA]
TOOL	item token	[TOOL:ITEM_TOOL_NEST_BOX]
TOY	item token	[TOY:ITEM_TOY_PUZZLEBOX]
TRAPCOMP	item token	[TRAPCOMP:ITEM_TRAPCOMP_GIANTAXEBLADE]
WEAPON	item token	[WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_AXE_BATTLE]
USE_ANIMAL_PRODUCTS		Allows civilization to use products made from animals. All relevant creatures will be able to provide wool, silk, and extracts (including milk and venom) for trade, and non-sentient creatures (unless ethics state otherwise) will be able to provide eggs, caught fish, meat, leather, bone, shell, pearl, horn, and ivory.
USE_ANY_PET_RACE		Any creature in the civilization's list of usables (from the surrounding 7x7 or so of squares and map features in those squares) which has PET or PET_EXOTIC will be available as a pet, pack animal (with PACK_ANIMAL), wagon puller (with WAGON_PULLER), mount (with MOUNT or MOUNT_EXOTIC), or siege minion (with TRAINABLE_WAR and without CAN_LEARN). This notion of the initial usable creature list, which then gets pared down or otherwise considered, applies below as well. All common domestic and equipment creatures are also added to the initial list.
USE_CAVE_ANIMALS		If they don't have it, creatures with exclusively subterranean biomes are skipped. If they have it, cave creatures with PET will also be available as pets, pack animals (with PACK_ANIMAL), wagon pullers (with WAGON_PULLER), mounts (with MOUNT or MOUNT_EXOTIC), and siege minions (with TRAINABLE_WAR and without CAN_LEARN).
USE_EVIL_ANIMALS		Don't have it -> EVIL creatures skipped. If they have it, evil creatures with SLOW_LEARNER or without CAN_LEARN will be also available as pets (with PET), pack animals (with PACK_ANIMAL), wagon pullers (with WAGON_PULLER), mounts (with MOUNT or MOUNT_EXOTIC), and siege minions (with TRAINABLE_WAR or SLOW_LEARNER).
USE_EVIL_PLANTS		As EVIL creatures for all uses of plants.
USE_EVIL_WOOD		As EVIL creatures for all uses of wood.
USE_GOOD_ANIMALS		Don't have it -> GOOD creatures skipped. If they have it, good creatures without CAN_LEARN will also be available as pets (with PET), pack animals (with PACK_ANIMAL), wagon pullers (with WAGON_PULLER), mounts (with MOUNT or MOUNT_EXOTIC), and siege minions (with TRAINABLE_WAR).
USE_GOOD_PLANTS		As GOOD creatures for all uses of plants.
USE_GOOD_WOOD		As GOOD creatures for all uses of wood.
USE_MISC_PROCESSED_WOOD_PRODUCTS		If the relevant professions are permitted, controls availability of lye (LYE_MAKING), charcoal (BURN_WOOD), and potash (POTASH_MAKING).
COMMON_DOMESTIC_MOUNT		Gives the civilization access to creatures with COMMON_DOMESTIC and MOUNT. Additionally, all available (based on USE_ANY_PET_RACE, USE_CAVE_ANIMALS, USE_GOOD_ANIMALS, and USE_EVIL_ANIMALS) creature with MOUNT and PET will be allowed for use as mounts during combat.
COMMON_DOMESTIC_PACK		Gives the civilization access to creatures with COMMON_DOMESTIC and PACK_ANIMAL. Additionally, all available (see above) creatures with PACK_ANIMAL and PET will be allowed for use during trade as pack animals.
COMMON_DOMESTIC_PET		Gives the civilization access to creatures with COMMON_DOMESTIC and PET. Additionally, all available (see above) creatures with PET will be allowed for use as pets.
COMMON_DOMESTIC_PULL		Gives the civilization access to creatures with COMMON_DOMESTIC and WAGON_PULLER. Additionally, all available (see above) creatures with WAGON_PULLER and PET will be allowed for use during trade to pull wagons.
RIVER_PRODUCTS		Allow civ to use river products in the goods it has available for trade.
OCEAN_PRODUCTS		Allow civ to use ocean products (including amber and coral) in the goods it has available for trade. Without OCEAN_PRODUCTS, civilizations will not be able to trade ocean fish even if they are also available from other sources (e.g. sturgeons and stingrays).
INDOOR_FARMING		Allow civ to use underground plant products in the goods it has available for trade.
OUTDOOR_FARMING		Allow civ to use outdoor plant products in the goods it has available for trade.
INDOOR_GARDENS		Allow civ to use underground plant growths (quarry bush leaves in unmodded games) in the goods it has available for trade.
OUTDOOR_GARDENS		Allow civ to use outdoor plant growths in the goods it has available for trade.
OUTDOOR_ORCHARDS		Allows civ to use outdoor tree growths in the goods it has available for trade.
CLOTHING		Civ members will attempt to wear clothing.
SUBTERRANEAN_CLOTHING		Will wear things made of spider silk and other subterranean materials.
EQUIPMENT_IMPROVEMENTS		Adds decorations to equipment based on the level of the generated unit. Also improves item quality.
IMPROVED_BOWS		Adds decorations to weapons generated for bowman and master bowman. An elf hack.
METAL_PREF		Allows metal materials to be used to make cages (inexpensive metals only) and crafts.
STONE_PREF		Allows the civilization to make use of nearby stone types. If the FURNACE_OPERATOR job is permitted, also allows ore-bearing stones to be smelted into metals.
WOOD_WEAPONS		The civilization can make traditionally metallic weapons such as swords and spears from wood. An elf hack.
WOOD_ARMOR		The civilization can make traditionally metallic armor such as mail shirts and helmets from wood. An elf hack.
GEM_PREF		Enables creatures of this entity to bring gems in trade.
INDOOR_WOOD		Allow civ to use subterranean wood types, such as tower-cap and fungiwood logs.
OUTDOOR_WOOD		Allow civ to use outdoor wood types, such as mangrove and oak.
GEM_SHAPE	shape	Precious gems cut by this civilization's jewelers can be of this shape.
STONE_SHAPE	shape	Ordinary non-gem stones cut by this civilization's jewelers can be of this shape.
DIVINE_MAT_CLOTH		Allows civ to use materials with [DIVINE] for clothing. Used for generated divine entities.
DIVINE_MAT_WEAPONS		Allows civ to use metals with [DIVINE] for weapons. Used for generated divine entities.
DIVINE_MAT_ARMOR		Allows civ to use metals with [DIVINE] for armour. Used for generated divine entities.

Tissue Styling Related Tokens

Token	Arguments	Description
TISSUE_STYLE	tissue style unit ID	Select tissue layer which have the ID attached using TISSUE_STYLE_UNIT token in unit raws. This allows setting further cultural style parameters for selected tissue layer.
TS_MAINTAIN_LENGTH	minimum length? maximum length?	Presumably sets culturally preferred tissue length for selected tissue. Needs testing. Dwarves have their beards set to 100:NONE by default.
TS_PREFERRED_SHAPING	styling token	Valid tokens are NEATLY_COMBED, BRAIDED, DOUBLE_BRAIDS, PONY_TAILS, CLEAN_SHAVEN and STANDARD_HAIR/BEARD/MOUSTACHE/SIDEBURNS_SHAPINGS. Presumably sets culturally preferred tissue shapings for selected tissue. Needs testing.