23a:Purring maggot

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Purring maggot

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Biome
Chasm
Attributes
· Exotic pet · Extract · Hateable · Milkable
Pet value	0
Active Seasons
Spring Summer Autumn Winter

v50.12 · v0.47 · v0.34 · v0.31 · v0.28 · v0.23.130.23a This article is about an older version of DF. More Info · V

The purring maggot is currently the only creature that can be milked. You cannot embark with purring maggots. Dwarven cheese (made from dwarven milk, which is milked from purring maggots) is currently the most valuable food (100 per cheese) with the exception of butchered megabeasts.

Purring maggots can be caught in animal traps placed over the chasm with meat or fish for bait. They aren't visible before they are caught.

If you wish to milk purring maggots, be sure to keep them in a fairly remote area of your fortress - while some dwarves detest purring maggots, any nearby dwarf will claim one as a meal if he happens to get hungry.

Each maggot can be milked about once per month, and tamed maggots cannot be milked at all.

The following patch for version 0.23.130.23a makes it possible to milk both tame and wild purring maggots:

Binary Patch Enclosed
0x0F16A1 : 18 -> 58 0x22E93C : FF 10 83 F8 34 75 -> E9 24 02 00 00 74 0x22EB65 : 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 -> FF 90 B0 00 00 00 E9 D1 FD FF FF 0x35FA44 : 40 54 4B -> 50 28 5E

Raws

[CREATURE:MAGGOT_PURRING] [NAME:purring maggot:purring maggots:purring maggot] [TILE:'{'][COLOR:7:0:1][ALTTILE:'}'] [MODVALUE:5][NOSKIN][NOBONES][NOSKULL] [VERMIN_CHASM][VERMIN_NOROAM][VERMIN_HATEABLE] [SMALL_REMAINS][NATURAL][PET_EXOTIC] [EXTRACT:dwarven milk:7:0:1][MILKABLE:33333] [EXTRACT_VALUE:50][EXTRACT_COOKABLE] [EXTRACT_SIZE:10] [EXTRACT_CHEESE:dwarven cheese:7:0:0] [CHEESE_VALUE:100] [SPEED:2900] [GENPOWER:2] [BLOODTYPE:0] [PREFSTRING:comforting whirs] [ALL_ACTIVE] [BIOME_SUBTERRANEAN_CHASM] [STANDARD_FLESH] [HOMEOTHERM:10067]

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