Mule - Revision history

Quietust at 20:01, 28 January 2026

2026-01-28T20:01:01Z

2025-12-23T21:27:48Z

Added animated portrait

2025-03-10T15:14:46Z

hopefully someone else can improve this bit

2025-03-10T12:19:43Z

2025-03-09T23:36:29Z

added info about adventure mode

2024-02-22T21:30:17Z

2024-02-22T21:13:38Z

Corrected sprites.

2023-02-18T06:12:04Z

2023-01-15T03:23:12Z

Added baby sprite(s).

2023-01-08T08:53:04Z

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 <!-- Reference: "The Story of Tragedy Mule", gameplay footage from the initial implementation of constructions and pond zones -->
-Mules have a history of [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/imgs/mule.cmv tragedy] in Dwarf Fortress.
+Mules have a very long history of [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/imgs/mule.cmv tragedy] in Dwarf Fortress.
 [[File:Juancito.jpg|thumb|400px|center|Admired for its ''stubbornness''.]]

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 ==In real life==
 In real life, mules are the offspring of a male [[donkey]] (jack) and a female [[horse]] (mare). They are sterile, which the game simulates by making all mules male, though female mules do exist. Interspecies breeding is not yet a feature in ''DF'', so you can't breed mules by crossing a donkey with a horse in-game, which consequently means the only way of acquiring these animals is to bring them on [[embark]], via [[trading]], or from being brought with [[migrants]].
 [[File:Juancito.jpg|thumb|400px|center|Admired for its ''stubbornness''.]]

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-'''Mules''' are [[domestic animal]]s who are often used as pack animals by [[merchant]]s. All mules are male in ''Dwarf Fortress'', and as such they are unable to breed. For the common dwarven fortress, they are nothing but living [[meat]], and their inability to breed, coupled with the fact that they cannot produce [[milk]] or [[yarn]], like other large herbivores, makes them a poor choice for a [[meat industry]]. They are [[grazer]]s and as such require a [[pasture]] to survive.
+'''Mules''' are [[domestic animal]]s who are often used as pack animals by [[merchant]]s. All mules are male in ''Dwarf Fortress'', and as such they are unable to breed. For the common dwarven fortress, they are nothing but living [[meat]], and their inability to breed, coupled with the fact that they cannot produce [[milk]] or [[yarn]], like other large herbivores, makes them a poor choice for a [[meat industry]]. They are [[grazer]]s, and as such require a [[pasture]] to survive.
 Despite their similarities to horses, mules are not ridable [[mount]]s in [[adventure mode]]. (Donkeys are also not ridable mounts.)

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	'''Mules''' are [[domestic animal]]s who are often used as pack animals by [[merchant]]s. All mules are male in ''Dwarf Fortress'', and as such they are unable to breed. For the common dwarven fortress, they are nothing but living [[meat]], and their inability to breed, coupled with the fact that they cannot produce [[milk]] or [[yarn]], like other large herbivores, makes them a poor choice for a [[meat industry]]. They are [[grazer]]s and as such require a [[pasture]] to survive.		'''Mules''' are [[domestic animal]]s who are often used as pack animals by [[merchant]]s. All mules are male in ''Dwarf Fortress'', and as such they are unable to breed. For the common dwarven fortress, they are nothing but living [[meat]], and their inability to breed, coupled with the fact that they cannot produce [[milk]] or [[yarn]], like other large herbivores, makes them a poor choice for a [[meat industry]]. They are [[grazer]]s and as such require a [[pasture]] to survive.
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		+	Despite their similarities to horses, mules are not ridable [[mount]]s in [[adventure mode]]. (Donkeys are also not ridable mounts.)

	Some dwarves [[Preferences\|like]] mules for their ''stubbornness''.		Some dwarves [[Preferences\|like]] mules for their ''stubbornness''.

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