Editing v0.31:Attribute

Attributes are now associated with skills, so that shield use will raise endurance as an attribute, but not attributes like memory.  Attribute gain and rust rates, along with skill gain and rust rates, are moddable in the raws as a [[Creature token]].

Attributes can be viewed for individual dwarves by selecting {{k|v}}iew dwarves, {{k|z}}, {{k|enter}} or by going to the {{k|u}}nits menu, {{k|v}}iew, then {{k|enter}}.

The attribute values given in the tables correspond to default racial averages for dwarves only. Modded dwarves or any other creature will report the same phrases, but the underlying numbers may be very different. In almost every case, a higher attribute value is better, as opposed to [[personality trait]]s where one may prefer higher or lower depending on the situation.

 

 

Alters the damage done in melee (increases velocity of weapon swings), increases muscle mass (thicker muscle layer also resists damage more), and increases how much a creature can carry. Higher strength also increases the speed with which a creature, even a naked creature, may move.

This attribute increases the [[speed]] at which a creature works in the same way as strength -- a creature with maximum agility and strength can move around three times faster than a creature with minimum agility and strength.

===Recuperation===

Increases the rate of wound healing.

| 2000 - 5000 || possessed of amazing recuperative powers

| 1750 - 1999 || incredibly quick to heal

| 1500 - 1749 || quite quick to heal

| 1250 - 1499 || quick to heal

| 501 - 750 || slow to heal

| 251 - 500 || very slow to heal

| 1 - 250 || really slow to heal

| 0 || shockingly slow to heal

===Disease Resistance===

Reduces the risk of disease.  

| 2000 - 5000 || virtually never sick

| 1750 - 1999 || almost never sick

| 1500 - 1749 || very rarely sick

| 1250 - 1499 || rarely sick

| 501 - 750 || susceptible to disease

| 251 - 500 || quite susceptible to disease

| 1 - 250 || really susceptible to disease

| 0 || stunningly susceptible to disease

The attribute values given in the tables correspond to default racial averages for dwarves only. Modded dwarves or any other creature will report the same phrases, but the underlying numbers may be very different. In almost every case, a higher attribute value is better, as opposed to [[personality trait]]s where one may prefer higher or lower depending on the situation.

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===Focus===

! style="width:8em" | Value (++)

| 2542 - 5000 || unbreakable focus

| 2292 - 2541 || a great ability to focus

| 2042 - 2291 || very good focus

| 1792 - 2041 || the ability to focus

| 1043 - 1292 || poor focus

| 793 - 1042 || quite poor focus

| 543 - 792 || really poor focus

| 0 - 542 || the absolute inability to focus

 

 

 

| 251 - 500 || a large deficit of willpower

===Patience===

! style="width:8em" | Value (+)

| 2250 - 5000 || absolutely boundless patience

| 2000 - 2249 || a deep well of patience

| 1750 - 1999 || a great deal of patience

| 1500 - 1749 || a sum of patience

| 751 - 1000 || a shortage of patience

| 501 - 750 || little patience

| 251 - 500 || very little patience

| 0 - 250 || no patience at all

===Memory===

! style="width:8em" | Value (+)

| 2250 - 5000 || an astonishing memory

| 2000 - 2249 || an amazing memory

| 1750 - 1999 || a great memory

| 1500 - 1749 || a good memory

| 751 - 1000 || an iffy memory

| 501 - 750 || a poor memory

| 251 - 500 || a really bad memory

| 0 - 250 || little memory to speak of

 

===Linguistic Ability===

! style="width:8em" | Value (AVG)

| 2000 - 5000 || an astonishing ability with languages and words

| 1750 - 1999 || a great affinity for language

| 1500 - 1749 || a natural inclination toward language

| 1250 - 1499 || a way with words

| 501 - 750 || a little difficulty with words

| 251 - 500 || little linguistic ability

| 1 - 250 || very little linguistic ability

| 0 || difficulty with words and language

===Musicality===

This attribute doesn't affect any skills as of version .31.25.

| 2000 - 5000 || an astonishing knack for music

| 1750 - 1999 || a great musical sense

| 1500 - 1749 || a natural ability with music

| 1250 - 1499 || a feel for music

| 501 - 750 || an iffy sense for music

| 251 - 500 || little natural inclination toward music

| 1 - 250 || next to no natural musical ability

| 0 || absolutely no feel for music at all

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Most skills involving any movement at all (lots of them), and many non-skilled tasks as well are affected by Kinesthetic Sense.

| 2000 - 5000 || an astounding feel for the position of own body

| 1750 - 1999 || a great kinesthetic sense

| 1500 - 1749 || a very good sense of the position of own body

| 1250 - 1499 || a good kinesthetic sense

| 501 - 750 || a meager kinesthetic sense

| 251 - 500 || a poor kinesthetic sense

| 1 - 250 || a very clumsy kinesthetic sense

| 0 || an unbelievably atrocious sense of the position of own body

== Skills by Associated Attributes ==

Strength, Toughness, Endurance, Willpower, Spatial Sense, Kinesthetic Sense:<br />

[[Miner]], [[Biter]]

Agility, Creativity, Spatial Sense, Kinesthetic Sense:<br />

[[Bowyer]], [[Engraver]], [[Gem setter]], [[Bone carver]], [[Clothier]], [[Stone crafter]], [[Weaver]], [[Wood crafter]]

Strength, Agility, Creativity, Spatial Sense, Kinesthetic Sense:<br />

Strength, Agility, Endurance, Willpower, Spatial Sense, Kinesthetic Sense:<br />

Creativity, Linguistic Ability, Social Awareness:<br />

Intuition, Focus, Spatial Sense:<br />

Analytical Ability, Creativity, Intuition:<br />

This data assumes, without evidence, that the same skills use <i>some</i> of the attributes that they train (i.e. that high agility improves chance of dodging). Game version 31.18.

Bowyer, Carpenter, Wood cutter, Engraver, Mason, Animal caretaker, Animal trainer, Trapper, Bone doctor, Crutch-walker, Surgeon, Suturer, Wound dresser, Brewer, Butcher, Cheese maker, Cook, Dyer, Grower, Herbalist, Milker, Miller, Tanner, Thresher, Fish cleaner, Fish dissector, Fisherdwarf, Armorsmith, Metal crafter, Metalsmith, Weaponsmith, Gem cutter, Gem setter, Bone carver, Clothier, Glassmaker, Leatherworker, Stone crafter, Weaver, Wood crafter, Strand extractor, Mechanic, Siege engineer, Alchemist, Swimmer, Comedian, Intimidator, Student, Druid, Coordination, all general combat, close combat, and ranged combat/hunting skills (but not Biter or Armor user)

Miner, Animal trainer, Lye maker, Potash maker, Soaper, Wood burner, Furnace operator, Pump operator, Siege operator, Druid, all general combat and close combat skills

Miner, Wood cutter, Mason, Animal trainer, Crutch-walker, Butcher, Cheese maker, Dyer, Grower, Lye maker, Milker, Miller, Potash maker, Soaper, Thresher, Wood burner, Fish cleaner, Armorsmith, Furnace operator, Metal crafter, Metalsmith, Weaponsmith, Glassmaker, Leatherworker, Strand extractor, Mechanic, Pump operator, Siege engineer, Siege operator, Swimmer, Armor user, Biter, Dodger, Druid

Animal caretaker, Trapper, Diagnostician, Cheese maker, Cook, Furnace operator, Gem cutter, Strand extractor, Mechanic, Siege engineer, Siege operator, Alchemist, Knapper, Appraiser, Building designer, Organizer, Record keeper, Student, Military tactics, Tracker

Animal caretaker, Diagnostician, Herbalist, Appraiser, Record keeper, Student, Reader

Bowyer, Carpenter, Engraver, Mason, Trapper, Cheese maker, Cook, Armorsmith, Metal crafter, Metalsmith, Weaponsmith, Gem setter, Bone carver, Clothier, Glassmaker, Leatherworker, Stone crafter, Weaver, Wood crafter, Mechanic, Siege engineer, Alchemist, Building designer, Organizer, Comedian, Liar, Military tactics, Poet, Wordsmith, Writer

Animal trainer, Diagnostician, Alchemist, Appraiser, Observer, Military tactics, Poet, Wordsmith, Writer

Bone doctor, Surgeon, Suturer, Fisherdwarf, Siege operator, Record keeper, Concentration, Observer, Student, Tracker, Discipline, Reader, ranged combat/hunting skills

Miner, Wood cutter, Crutch-walker, Pump operator, Swimmer, Concentration, Discipline, all general combat and close combat skills

Miner, Bowyer, Carpenter, Wood cutter, Engraver, Mason, Trapper, Bone doctor, Crutch-walker, Surgeon, Suturer, Wound dresser, Armorsmith, Metal crafter, Metalsmith, Weaponsmith, Gem cutter, Gem setter, Bone carver, Clothier, Glassmaker, Leatherworker, Stone crafter, Weaver, Wood crafter, Mechanic, Siege engineer, Siege operator, Swimmer, Knapper, Building designer, Observer, Tracker, Coordination, all general combat, close combat, and ranged combat/hunting skills (but not Armor user)

Miner, Bowyer, Carpenter, Wood cutter, Engraver, Mason, Bone doctor, Crutch-walker, Surgeon, Suturer, Wound dresser, Brewer, Butcher, Cheese maker, Cook, Dyer, Grower, Herbalist, Lye maker, Milker, Miller, Potash Maker, Soaper, Tanner, Thresher, Wood burner, Fish cleaner, Fish dissector, Fisherdwarf, Armorsmith, Furnace operator, Metal crafter, Metalsmith, Weaponsmith, Gem cutter, Gem setter, Bone carver, Clothier, Glassmaker, Leatherworker, Stone crafter, Weaver, Wood crafter, Strand extractor, Pump operator, Swimmer, Knapper, Comedian, Intimidator, Coordination, all general combat, close combat, and ranged combat/hunting skills

Comedian, Conversationalist, Flatterer, Intimidator, Liar, Negotiator, Persuader, Consoler, Leader, Pacifier, Teacher, Poet, Wordsmith, Writer, Reader, Speaker (personality traits may preclude access to some of these skills)

Animal caretaker, Animal trainer, Conversationalist, Flatterer, Judge of intent, Negotiator, Persuader, Consoler, Leader, Pacifier, Teacher (personality traits may preclude access to some of these skills)

Organizer, Conversationalist, Flatterer, Judge of intent, Liar, Negotiator, Persuader, Consoler, Leader, Pacifier, Teacher (personality traits may preclude access to some of these skills)

Focus and Spatial Sense are referred to as "++", or two steps above default. Their range is defined as [700:1200:1400:1500:1600:1800:2500], which sets out six ranges: 700-1200, 1200-1400, etc. Dwarves have an equal chance of dropping into any of these ranges, and an equal probability again of getting any number in that range. So the bottom one-sixth of your dwarves will be really low, the top one-sixth really high, and the two-thirds in the middle huddled around average. This also means that the median and the mean are slightly different: the mean for ++ is 1516.66... while median is 1500.

Endurance, Disease Resistance, Recuperation, Intuition, Willpower, Kinesthetic Sense, Linguistic Ability, Musicality, Empathy, and Social Awareness are AVG, or the default. Their ranges are not specified in the raws, but they are [200:700:900:1000:1100:1300:2000] for Physical and [200:800:900:1000:1100:1300:2000] for Mental.

| rowspan=3 | This trait increases as dwarves witness death and suffer tragedy.  The higher it gets, the harder it is for the dwarf to be affected by negative thoughts, so in several ways, this is a useful, if tragic, side effect of running a bloody fort.  This trait often finds its way into experienced [[military|soldiers]], who might watch [[friend|friends]] and comrades die as often as they kill [[goblin|goblins]].