![]() Tamed vermin and animals may be adopted as pets by the dwarves, and animals may also be slaughtered for food. If the cage contains a creature, this will be indicated in the trade screen by labeling the cage for the creature contained, like "cat cage (zinc)" instead of "(-zinc cage-)". Traders will bring and sell caged animals, the elven caravan will often carry "exotic" species not offered by human and dwarven traders. Despite appearing tame, such a creature will go dwarf-killing as soon as it is released. Training of animals will fade over time, and the displayed "quality" of their training will slowly decay to semi-wild and finally fully wild if the training is not refreshed in a pasture, preferably one designated as animal training zone.īeware - creatures that have killed dwarves (or other friendly creatures ) before being tamed, even off the map, are "un-tamable". A trained creature is marked as "Semi-Wild" or "Trained", the latter possibly with the symbols commonly used to display quality levels. They will not attack your dwarves, and do not set off your traps. A tame animal has the tag (Tame) after its name and is safe to be released into the fortress. A caged creature is fed during its taming.īelow is a collection of some things you can do with creatures in cages or other holding devices.Ī dwarf with the animal training labor can tame caged wild animals, provide training to trained (but not tame) uncaged creatures and tame small creatures ( vermin) at a kennel. Caged dwarves (including those in jail) will quickly starve, for they will only irregularly be fed and watered, if at all. Caged animals have lifetimes, though, so these will also die eventually. Other caged animals (such as dogs) do not require food or nourishment. Several animals (cows, etc.) are classified as grazers and need to have access to moss or grass, and will starve if kept in a cage for long - providing food to grazers is best achieved through definition of a pasture. ![]() ![]() You can capture creatures in a variety of ways, including animal traps for vermin, cage traps for wild animals and hostiles like goblins, forcibly caging tame animals (see below), and you can also buy caged animals from traders.
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