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Cave dragon

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Cave dragon
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Urist likes cave dragons for their impressive teeth.
Portrait

No portrait

Biome

  • Underground Depth: 3
Attributes
Alignment: Evil

Building destroyer: Level 2

· Fire immune · War animals · Hunting animals · Egglaying

Tamed Attributes
Pet value 10,000

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Trainable:  Hunting   War 

Size
Birth: 6,000 cm3
Max: 15,000,000 cm3
Food products
Eggs 1-3
Age
Adult at: Birth
Max age: Immortal
Butchering returns

(Value multiplier ×4)

Food items

Meat 247-622
Fat 35-195
Brain 12-15
Heart 6-8
Lungs 24-32
Intestines 37-48
Liver 12-16
Kidneys 12-14
Tripe 12-16
Sweetbread 6-8
Eyes 2
Spleen 6-8

Raw materials

Bones 174-225
Skull 1
Ivory 3
Skin Scales
v50.14 · v0.47.05
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A gigantic monster, once a dragon, now adapted to and polluted by the underground. Its wings fall limp at its side. Its face is full of incredibly long teeth. Its eyes are large to penetrate the darkness.

Cave dragons are gigantic beasts which were once dragons who have adapted to life underground. Unlike their above-ground brethren, they do not breathe fire, but they do appear to be immune to the effects of fire. Happily, they are not immune to the effects of a dwarf's best friend. They have wings (which lack the ability to fly) and white scales, but besides this are not nearly as dangerous as their above ground cousins (due to being smaller and not breathing fire). Oddly, despite their description, regular dragons do not have wings, much less functional ones, though cave dragons do.

Cave dragons are less dangerous than one may think a dragon to be. They will make quick work of weak militia or civilians, and most war animals, but a good militia ganging up on them will defeat them easily. Hint: Use numbers.

Cave dragons are very rare in the underground, but a goblin siege can bring several to your fort, which may be a lot more fun than you can handle. Cave dragons lay eggs, and are marginally easier to start a breeding program with than standard dragons.

Cave dragons are among the largest creatures in the game, and grow into their adult size of 15,000,000 after 1000 years. The butchery values in the right-hand column assume that an adult is being butchered: worlds younger than 1000 years will only have juvenile cave dragons, which drop far less meat.

Cave dragons are building destroyers which means, among other things, that doors are useless as defense. You may also encounter them in rather large numbers as mounts or war animals during a goblin siege.

Cave dragons provide the insanely wonderful pet value of 10,000 and are very good war animals, due to high natural fighting skills and sheer size.

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