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Alternate creature sorting

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In Dwarf Fortress, a creature is defined as any animate, normally-mobile being that can interact with the world. Although most creatures are animals, dwarves, giant cave spiders, and even megabeasts are all also considered creatures. Various creatures can and will interact with a fortress or adventurer in many different ways. When learning about what creatures there are and the purposes they serve, sometimes it helps to be able to sort them in different ways, such as by where they are found, what features they may have, and similar things. This page was created to allow people to sort creatures by different means to suit other purposes.

Common table labeling

Tile: The tile assigned to the creature, how you will see it without a graphic set.

Name: The name of the creature as it shows up in-game.

Type: This divides the creatures up into a number of groups. "Person" refers to the main races, "Animal Person" refers to the intelligent, bipedal animal people, "Animal" refers to the majority of creatures, "Megabeast" will include both megabeast and semi-megabeasts, and "Vermin" which refers to any creature below 2 kg that is frequently unnoticeable.

Playable: If "No", the creature is not playable in any modes. "Fort" indicates that the creature is playable in fortress mode ([SITE_CONTROLLABLE]). "Adv" indicates that the creature is playable in adventure mode. All creatures except humans must have a population in an [ALL_MAIN_POPS_CONTROLLABLE] civilization in order to be playable in adventure mode; goblins (and other creatures) cannot be played from a goblin civ. Humans can be played whether or not a population exists due to [OUTSIDER_CONTROLLABLE], but an [ALL_MAIN_POPS_CONTROLLABLE] civ still needed to have existed at some point. Creatures with [LOCAL_POPS_CONTROLLABLE] are also playable in adventure mode.

Area: This refers to general areas that creatures are found in. "Above Ground" creatures are found on the surface, "Subterranean" creatures are found below ground, "Domestic" are creatures that are exclusively domestic, "Aquatic" creatures will refer only to creatures exclusively found in non-subterranean water, "Semi-Aquatic" are creatures found exclusively near water, but can go on land.

Hostile: If "Yes" then the creature will attack on sight, if "No" then the creature is either neutral or friendly, and if "Variable" it can vary randomly if the creature will be hostile. This is most seen in animal people. Undead creatures are always hostile to living things.

Food Source: If "Yes" then the creature can be butchered into an edible substance that your dwarves will feed on.

Adult Body Size: The average size of the creature when an adult. This can be anywhere from 1 for a fly to 25,000,000 for a dragon. The creature's volume in cm3, which for creatures made of flesh more or less equals the creature's weight in grams.[1] These sizes do not correspond to the sizes which trigger pressure plates. Size is modified by height and broadness (i.e. incredibly skinny and short is below the average weight, while a fat and tall one is above it).

Pet Value: This is the value the creature can be bought and sold for as a pet during trading.

However, these are just the universally used labels, each table will have additional labels to allow more variety in sorting.

Complete Creature List

A complete list of every creature in the game, including vermin.

Tile Name Type Playable Area Hostile Food Source Adult Body Size Pet Value (×) Biome Other
a Aardvark man Animal person Adv Above ground No Yes 60,000 50 Tropical shrubland, tropical savanna, tropical grassland Benign
a Aardvark Animal No Above ground Above ground No Yes 50,000 50 Tropical shrubland, tropical savanna, tropical grassland Benign
• Acorn fly Vermin No Semi-aquatic No No 20 N/A Any pool Savage
a Adder man Animal person Adv Above ground No Yes 35,075 50 Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, any temperate forest, any temperate wetland Lays eggs
a Adder Animal No Above ground No Yes 150 50 Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, any temperate forest, any temperate wetland Lays eggs
a Albatross man Animal person Adv Aquatic No Yes 39,000 10 Any ocean Lays eggs, Benign
a Albatross Animal No Aquatic No Yes 8,000 10 Any ocean Lays eggs, Benign
A Alligator man Animal person Adv Aquatic Yes No 235,000 n/a Temperate freshwater swamp, temperate freshwater marsh, swamp tropical freshwater swamp, tropical freshwater marsh, temperate freshwater river, tropical freshwater river, temperate brackishwater river, tropical brackishwater river
T Alligator snapping turtle Animal No Aquatic No Yes 80,000 25 Temperate freshwater river, temperate brackishwater river, temperate freshwater lake, temperate brackishwater lake, temperate freshwater pool, temperate brackishwater pool Lays eggs
A Alligator Animal No Semi-aquatic Yes Yes 400,000 650 Freshwater swamps, marshes, rivers Amphibious
a Alpaca Animal No Domestic No Yes 70,000 200 N/A Domestic, milkable and can be sheared
M Amethyst man Animal No Subterranean Yes No 70,000 Not tameable Caverns (3) Leaves behind an amethyst
a Amphibian man Animal people No Subterranean Variable1 No 20,000 Not tameable Underground Amphibious
A Anaconda man Animal person Adv Above ground Yes Yes 85,000 200 Any tropical swamp
A Anaconda Animal No Above ground Yes Yes 100,000 200 Any tropical swamp
α Anchovy Vermin No Aquatic No Yes 200 N/A Temperate oceans
s Angelshark Animal No Aquatic No Yes 15,000 200 Any ocean
a Anole man Animal person Adv Above ground Yes No 35,045 n/a Any tropical forest
∙ Anole Vermin No Above ground No No 90 10 Any tropical forest
∙ Ant Vermin No No No 1 N/A Not freezing
a Antman Animal people No Subterranean Variable1 No Variable2 Not tameable Underground Four castes
a Armadillo man Animal person Adv Above ground No Yes 38,750 20 Tropical savanna, tropical grassland, tropical shrubland, any tropical forest Benign
a Armadillo Animal No Above ground No Yes 7,500 20 Tropical savanna, tropical grassland, tropical shrubland, any tropical forest Benign
a Axolotl man Animal Adv Aquatic No No 35,100 10 Tropical saltwater lake, tropical brackishwater lake, tropical freshwater lake
∙ Axolotl Vermin No Aquatic No No 200 10 Tropical saltwater, brackish and freshwater lakes
a Aye-aye man Animal person Adv Above ground No Yes 36,250 50 Tropical dry broadleaf forest, tropical moist broadleaf forest Benign
a Aye-aye Animal No Above ground No Yes 2,500 50 Tropical dry broadleaf forest, tropical moist broadleaf forest Benign
b Badger man Animal person Adv Above ground No Yes 42,500 25 Taiga, any temperate forest, temperate shrubland, temperate savanna, temperate grassland Benign
b Badger Animal No Above ground Yes Yes 15,000 25 Taiga, any temperate savanna, grassland, shrubland, forest
α Banded knifefish Vermin No Aquatic No Yes 200 N/A Tropical freshwater lakes and rivers
s Bark scorpion man Animal person Adv Above ground No No 35,001 Not tameable Any desert, tropical grassland, tropical savanna, tropical shrubland, tropical conifer forest
∙ Bark scorpion Vermin No Above ground No No 3 N/A Tropical grasslands, savannas, shrublands, coniferous forests and any desert Hateable
b Barn owl man Animal person Adv Above ground No Yes 35,250 25 Any wetland, any temperate forest, tropical conifer forest, tropical dry broadleaf forest, any shrubland, any savanna, any grassland, any desert Lays eggs, Benign
b Barn owl Animal No Above ground No Yes 500 25 Any wetland, any temperate forest, tropical conifer forest, tropical dry broadleaf forest, any shrubland, any savanna, any grassland, any desert Lays eggs, Benign
S Basking shark Animal No Aquatic No Yes 15,000,000 1000 Any ocean
b Bat man Animal people Adv Subterranean Variable1 No 70,000 Not tameable Underground Can fly
ò Bat ray Vermin No Aquatic No Yes 200 N/A Temperate and tropical oceans
∙ Bat Vermin No No No 100 10 Not freezing, subterranean chasms Hateable
B Beak dog Animal No Semi-aquatic Yes Yes 150,000 50 Evil marshes Can be mounted by goblins
b Beaver man Animal person Adv Semi-aquatic No Yes 45,000 25 Any temperate lake, any temperate river Benign
b Beaver Animal No Semi-aquatic No Yes 20,000 25 Any temperate lake, any temperate river Benign
b Beetle man Animal person Adv Above ground Yes No 35,000 n/a Any non- freezing biome
• Beetle Vermin No No No 1 N/A Not freezing
g Bilou Animal No Above ground No Yes 6,000 500 Tropical broadleaf forest
B Black bear man Animal person Adv Above ground Yes No 95,000 n/a Forest taiga, any temperate forest
B Black bear Animal No Above ground Yes Yes 120,000 300 Taiga, temperate forest Steals booze
α Black bullhead Vermin No Aquatic No Yes 200 N/A Tropical brackish and freshwater lakes
s Black mamba man Animal person Adv Above ground No Yes 37,500 50 Tropical savanna, tropical shrubland, any tropical forest, any tropical swamp Lays eggs
s Black mamba Animal No Above ground No Yes 5,000 50 Tropical savanna, tropical shrubland, any tropical forest, any tropical swamp Lays eggs
g Black-crested gibbon Animal No Above ground No Yes 6,000 500 Tropical moist broadleaf forest Benign
g Black-handed gibbon Animal No Above ground No Yes 6,000 500 Tropical moist broadleaf forest Benign
s Blacktip reef shark Animal No Aquatic Yes Yes 15,000 200 Any ocean
B Blind cave bear Animal No Subterranean Yes Yes 200,000 500 Caverns (1,2)
O Blind cave ogre Animal No Subterranean Yes Yes 7,000,000 500 Caverns (2,3)
M Blizzard man Animal No Above ground Yes No 300,000 Not tameable Tundra, glacier
• Blood gnat Vermin No Semi-aquatic No No 1 N/A Any pool Hateable, evil, rots food
M Blood man Animal No Subterranean Yes No 70,000 Not tameable Evil Caverns (3)
∙ Blue jay Vermin No Above ground No No 100 30 Temperate grasslands, savannas, shrublands, broadleaf and coniferous forests
p Blue peafowl Animal No Above ground No Yes 4,000 10 Tropical broadleaf forest
S Blue shark Animal No Aquatic Yes Yes 300,000 400 Any ocean
α Bluefin tuna Animal No Aquatic No Yes 600,000 200 Any ocean
α Bluefish Animal No Aquatic No Yes 15,000 200 Any ocean
b Bluejay man Animal person Adv Above ground Yes No 35,050 n/a Grassland temperate, savanna temperate, shrubland temperate, forest temperate broadleaf, forest temperate conifer
b Bobcat man Animal person Adv Above ground No Yes 39,000 75 Any forest, any desert, tropical freshwater swamp, tropical saltwater swamp, temperate freshwater swamp, temperate saltwater swamp, mangrove swamp, mountain
b Bobcat Animal No Above ground No Yes 8,000 75 Any forest, any desert, tropical freshwater swamp, tropical saltwater swamp, temperate freshwater swamp, temperate saltwater swamp, mangrove swamp, mountain
b Bonobo Animal No Above ground No Yes 50,000 500 Tropical broadleaf forest, shrubland
C Bronze colossus Megabeast No Above ground Yes No 20,000,000 Not tameable All land Made of bronze, fairly hard to kill, drops masterwork bronze statue on death
~ Brook lamprey Vermin No Aquatic No Yes 200 N/A Tropical saltwater, brackish and freshwater lakes, tropical oceans
α Brown bullhead Vermin No Aquatic No Yes 200 N/A Temperate brackish and freshwater lakes
s Brown recluse spider man Animal person Adv Above ground No No 35,000 Not tameable Temperate broadleaf forest
∙ Brown recluse spider Vermin No Above ground No No 1 N/A Temperate broadleaf forests Hateable, produces web
b Bugbat Animal No Subterranean No Yes 10,000 20 Caverns (2,3)
S Bull shark Animal No Aquatic Yes Yes 150,000 500 Any ocean
• Bumblebee Vermin No Above ground No No 1 N/A Not freezing
s Bushmaster man Animal person Adv Above ground No Yes 39,250 50 Tropical moist broadleaf forest Lays eggs
s Bushmaster Animal No Above ground No Yes 8,500 50 Tropical moist broadleaf forest Lays eggs
b Bushtit man Animal person Adv Above ground No No 35,002 30 Any temperate forest Lays eggs, Benign
∙ Bushtit Vermin No Above ground No No 5 30 Any temperate forest
b Buzzard man Animal person Adv Above ground Yes No 35,700 n/a Marsh temperate freshwater, marsh temperate saltwater, grassland temperate, savanna temperate, any desert lays eggs
b Buzzard Animal No Above ground Yes Yes 1,400 30 Any desert, temperate grassland, savanna, marsh Steals food, lays eggs
∙ Cap hopper Vermin No Subterranean Aquatic No No 200 10 Subterranean water
c Capuchin man Animal person Adv Above ground No Yes 36,750 50 Any tropical forest, mangrove swamp
c Capuchin Animal No Above ground No Yes 3,500 50 Any tropical forest, mangrove swamp
c Capybara man Animal person Adv Above ground No Yes 57,499 100 Any wetland
c Capybara Animal No Above ground No Yes 45,000 100 Any wetland Makes sounds in Adventure mode
c Cardinal man Animal person Adv Above ground Yes No 35,025 n/a Grassland temperate, savanna temperate, shrubland temperate, forest temperate broadleaf, forest temperate conifer
∙ Cardinal Vermin No Above ground No No 50 30 Temperate grasslands, savannas, shrublands, broadleaf and coniferous forests
α Carp Animal No Aquatic No Yes 40,000 50 Freshwater river, freshwater lake
c Cassowary man Animal person Adv Above ground No Yes 60,000 100 Tropical moist broadleaf forest Lays eggs, Benign
c Cassowary Animal No Above ground No Yes 50,000 100 Tropical moist broadleaf forest Lays eggs, Benign
c Cat Animal No Domestic No Yes 5,000 20 N/A
o Cave blob Animal No Subterranean No No 20,000 50 Caverns (3) Causes syndrome
C Cave crocodile Animal No Subterranean Yes Yes 600,000 750 Caverns (1,2)
D Cave dragon Animal No Subterranean Yes Yes 15,000,000 10000 Caverns (3) Trainable
f Cave fish man Animal people Adv Subterranean Variable1 No 70,000 Not tameable Underground Amphibious
α Cave fish Vermin No Subterranean Aquatic No Yes 1000 N/A Subterranean water
f Cave floater Animal No Subterranean No No 40,000 50 Caverns (2,3) Causes syndrome
¥ Cave lobster Vermin No Subterranean Aquatic No Yes 600 N/A Subterranean water
∙ Cave spider Vermin No Subterranean No No 50 N/A Subterranean water and chasm Hateable, produces web
s Cave swallow man Animal people Adv Subterranean Variable1 No 70,000 Not tameable Underground Can fly
∙ Cave swallow Vermin No Subterranean No No 100 30 Subterranean chasm
c Cavy Animal No Above ground No No 800 3 Tropical savanna, grassland, and shrubland
c Chameleon man Animal person Adv Above ground Yes No 35,075 n/a Any tropical forest, shrubland tropical, savanna tropical, any desert
∙ Chameleon Vermin No Above ground No No 150 10 Any tropical forest, tropical shrublands and savannas, any desert
α Char Vermin No Aquatic No Yes 200 N/A Temperate brackish and freshwater lakes
c Cheetah man Animal person Adv Above ground Yes No 60,000 n/a Savanna tropical, grassland tropical, shrubland tropical
c Cheetah Animal No Above ground Yes Yes 50,000 200 Tropical savanna, grassland, shrubland
c Chicken Animal No Domestic No Yes 3,000 10 N/A
c Chimpanzee Animal No Above ground No Yes 50,000 500 Tropical broadleaf forest, shrubland
c Chinchilla man Animal person Adv Above ground No Yes 35,250 3 Mountain Benign
c Chinchilla Animal No Above ground No Yes 500 3 Mountain Benign
c Chipmunk man Animal person Adv Above ground Yes No 35,150 n/a Any temperate forest
∙ Chipmunk Vermin No Above ground No No 300 10 Any temperate forest
α Clown loach Vermin No Aquatic No Yes 200 N/A Tropical brackish and freshwater lakes
α Clownfish Vermin No Aquatic No Yes 200 N/A Tropical oceans
c Coati man Animal person Adv Above ground No Yes 38,000 50 Any temperate forest, any tropical forest
c Coati Animal No Above ground No Yes 6,000 50 Any temperate forest, any tropical forest
c Cockatiel man Animal person Adv Above ground No No 35,045 30 Any desert, temperate grassland Lays eggs, Benign
∙ Cockatiel Vermin No Above ground No No 90 30 Any desert, temperate grasslands
α Cod Animal No Aquatic No Yes 50,000 200 Any ocean
C Coelacanth Animal No Aquatic No Yes 80,000 200 Any ocean
ò Common skate Animal No Aquatic No Yes 100,000 200 Any ocean
t Common snapping turtle Animal No Aquatic No Yes 30,000 25 Temperate freshwater river, temperate brackishwater river, temperate freshwater lake, temperate brackishwater lake, temperate freshwater pool, temperate brackishwater pool Lays eggs
~ Conger eel Animal No Aquatic No Yes 50,000 400 Any ocean
s Copperhead snake man Animal person Adv Above ground No Yes 35,250 50 Temperate broadleaf forest, any temperate swamp
s Copperhead snake Animal No Above ground No Yes 500 50 Temperate broadleaf forest, any temperate swamp
c Cougar man Animal person Adv Above ground Yes No 65,000 n/a Any temperate forest, any tropical forest, shrubland temperate, shrubland tropical
c Cougar Animal No Above ground Yes Yes 60,000 100 Any forest, any shrubland
C Cow Animal No Above ground No Yes 600,000 300 Grassland temperate, savanna temperate
c Coyote man Animal person Adv Above ground No Yes 42,500 50 Mountain, tundra, taiga, any temperate forest, temperate savanna, temperate grassland, temperate shrubland, any temperate wetland, any desert
c Coyote Animal No Above ground No Yes 15,000 50 Mountain, tundra, taiga, any temperate forest, temperate savanna, temperate grassland, temperate shrubland, any temperate wetland, any desert
c Crab man Animal person Adv Aquatic No Yes 39,000 Not tameable Any ocean
c Crab Animal No Aquatic No Yes 8,000 Not tameable Any ocean
e Creeping eye Animal No Subterranean No Yes 20,000 50 Caverns (3)
* Creepy crawler Vermin No Subterranean No Yes 1000 20 Underground chasm Evil, rots food
c Crow man Animal person Adv Above ground No No 35,250 10 Temperate grassland, temperate savanna, temperate shrubland, taiga, any temperate forest, any temperate wetland Lays eggs, Benign
∙ Crow Vermin No Above ground No No 500 10 Temperate forests, grasslands, savannas, shrublands and wetlands, taiga
c Crundle Animal No Subterranean Yes Yes 10,000 50 Caverns (2,3)
c Cuttlefish man Animal person Adv Aquatic No No 35,500 10 Any ocean
♂ Cuttlefish Vermin No Aquatic No Yes 1000 10 Any ocean
C Cyclops Megabeast No Above ground Yes Yes 8,000,000 Not tameable All land One eyed
d Damselfly man Animal person Adv Aquatic No No 35,000 Not tameable Any pool
∙ Damselfly Vermin No Semi-aquatic No No 1 N/A Any pool
g Dark gnome Animal No Above ground Yes No 15,000 Not tameable Evil mountain Steals booze
d Deer man Animal person Adv Above ground Yes No 105,000 n/a Forest taiga, any temperate forest
D Deer Animal No Above ground No Yes 140,000 50 Taiga, temperate forest Benign
∙ Demon rat Vermin No Above ground No No 300 20 Not freezing Evil
t Desert tortoise man Animal person Adv Above ground No Yes 37,750 50 Any desert Lays eggs, Benign
t Desert tortoise Animal No Above ground No Yes 5,500 50 Any desert Lays eggs, Benign
d Dingo man Animal person Adv Above ground Yes Yes 45,000 50 Any non-freezing biome
d Dingo Animal No Above ground Yes Yes 20,000 50 Any non-freezing biome
d Dog Animal No Domestic No Yes 30,000 30 N/A
D Donkey Animal No Domestic No Yes 300,000 200 N/A
D Dragon Megabeast No Above ground Yes Yes 25,000,000 10000 All land Breathes fire, trainable
d Dragonfly man Animal person Adv Aquatic Yes No 35,000 n/a Any pool
∙ Dragonfly Vermin No Semi-aquatic No No 1 N/A Any pool
D Draltha Animal No