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Giant sloth
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| Urist likes giant sloths for their slow movement. | |
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No portrait | |
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| Attributes | |
| Alignment: | Savage |
| Tamed Attributes | |
| Pet value | 500 |
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Not hunting/war trainable | |
| Size | |
| Birth: | 24,216 cm3 |
| Mid: | 121,080 cm3 |
| Max: | 242,160 cm3
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| Age | |
| Adult at: | 2 |
| Max age: | 10-20 |
| Butchering returns | |
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Food items | |
| Meat | 13 |
| Fat | 12 |
| Brain | 1 |
| Heart | 1 |
| Lungs | 2 |
| Intestines | 1 |
| Liver | 1 |
| Kidneys | 2 |
| Tripe | 1 |
| Sweetbread | 1 |
| Spleen | 1 |
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Raw materials | |
| Bones | 18 |
| Skull | 1 |
| Teeth | 2 |
| 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 huge monster in the shape of a sloth.
- Not to be confused with giant sloth bears
Giant sloths are oversized variants of the common sloth. Like the other sloth creatures, giant sloths do not have a reduction in speed, making them just as fast as many other animals. Despite their unexpected speed, giant sloths are not particularly dangerous, even when serving as mounts during a siege.
Giant sloths can be captured, tamed, and bred for meat or pets; though there is nothing to recommend sloths over other non-grazing giant creatures. Some dwarves prefer giant sloths for their "slow movement".
In real life
Unlike many giant variations in-game, giant sloths are notable for actually having existed in the real world (though currently extinct). The closest species to a giant sloth was Megatherium (although other similar species included Eremotherium, Promegatherium, and Prepotherium [1]). It was roughly the size of a modern-day elephant, making it one of the largest land mammals of its time period. It lived in South American woodlands and grasslands. [2]
Interestingly, giant sloths in-game aren't as large as some other giant animals (in addition, they are only a measly 40.36 times larger than sloths). They do not produce nearly as much food as an elephant, despite their ancestors being nearly the same size.
[CREATURE:GIANT_SLOTH]
[COPY_TAGS_FROM:SLOTH]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:GIANT]
[CV_REMOVE_TAG:CHANGE_BODY_SIZE_PERC]
[APPLY_CURRENT_CREATURE_VARIATION]
[GO_TO_END]
[SELECT_CASTE:ALL]
[CHANGE_BODY_SIZE_PERC:4036]
[GO_TO_START]
[NAME:giant sloth:giant sloths:giant sloth]
[CASTE_NAME:giant sloth:giant sloths:giant sloth]
[DESCRIPTION:A huge monster in the shape of a sloth.]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:10:30]
[CLUSTER_NUMBER:1:1]
[CREATURE_TILE:'S']
[COLOR:7:0:0]
[PET_EXOTIC]
[PETVALUE:500]
[MOUNT_EXOTIC]
[GO_TO_END]
[PREFSTRING:slow movement]
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_QUADRUPED_GAITS:7780:7508:7254:2925:8478:9233] 3 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_SWIMMING_GAITS:9000:8900:8825:8775:9500:9900] 1 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CRAWLING_GAITS:9000:8900:8825:8775:9500:9900] 1 kph
[APPLY_CREATURE_VARIATION:STANDARD_CLIMBING_GAITS:7780:7508:7254:2925:8478:9233] |