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Introduced in v0.31.17, '''Night creatures''' are supernatural monsters which kidnap non-{{L|goblin}} {{L|civilization|civilized}} beings, transform them into night creature spouses, and then mate with them to produce young.  The children are all the same sex as the night creature, never that of the spouse.  In {{L|adventure mode}} night creatures and night creatures spouses can be given as quests.
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:''Now you will know why you fear the night.''
  
Like {{L|bogeymen}}, {{L|forgotten beasts}}, and {{L|titans}}, each night creature is randomly generated and different from all the rest. Their lairs are mounds or holes in the ground with doors or hatch covers, and contain various primitive tools, small amounts of stolen coins, corpses, and the organs of sentient creatures prepared as food.
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Introduced in version 0.31.17, '''night creatures''' are members of a class of procedurally-generated hostile creatures. [[Night troll]]s, which are themselves only a type of night creature, are sometimes also referred to as night creatures.
  
The Lairs of the Night creatures, according to Toady [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=60554.msg1729406#msg1729406], have the unique property that items placed there will not get scattered around. Neither do things rot inside a Night creature lair.  
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Each type of night creature is depicted in the game as either a '''ñ''' or '''Ñ''' of a different color. Some night creatures flash between the Ñ and a basic creature tile. The following types of night creatures exist in this version:
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* {{Tile|Ñ|2:0}} [[Night troll]]s, which abduct certain civilized creatures of the opposite gender, transform them into a spouse, and mate with them.
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* {{Tile|ñ|0:1}} [[Bogeyman|Bogeymen]], which ambush lone travelers at night, chasing them relentlessly until the victim can retreat indoors or manages to survive until daylight. Unlike other night creatures, bogeymen do not have individual histories — rather, they are generated when needed in adventure mode.
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* {{Tile|Ñ|7:1}} [[Ghost]]s, the restless spirits of the dead that weren't properly memorialized. Depending on circumstances, they can interact with the living in various ways.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 03:20, 17 November 2025

This article is about an older version of DF.
Now you will know why you fear the night.

Introduced in version 0.31.17, night creatures are members of a class of procedurally-generated hostile creatures. Night trolls, which are themselves only a type of night creature, are sometimes also referred to as night creatures.

Each type of night creature is depicted in the game as either a ñ or Ñ of a different color. Some night creatures flash between the Ñ and a basic creature tile. The following types of night creatures exist in this version:

  • Ñ Night trolls, which abduct certain civilized creatures of the opposite gender, transform them into a spouse, and mate with them.
  • ñ Bogeymen, which ambush lone travelers at night, chasing them relentlessly until the victim can retreat indoors or manages to survive until daylight. Unlike other night creatures, bogeymen do not have individual histories — rather, they are generated when needed in adventure mode.
  • Ñ Ghosts, the restless spirits of the dead that weren't properly memorialized. Depending on circumstances, they can interact with the living in various ways.
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