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DF2014:Elk bird

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Elk bird
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Urist likes elk birds for their elegant horns.
Biome

  • Underground Depth: 1-3
Attributes

· Exotic mount

Tamed Attributes
Pet value 400

· Grazer · Egglaying · Exotic pet · Breeding

Not hunting/war trainable 

Size
Birth: 50 cm3
Mid: 50,000 cm3
Max: 100,000 cm3
Food products
Eggs 2-10
Age
Adult at: 1
Max age: 10-20
Butchering returns

(Value multiplier ×3)

Food items

Meat 16
Fat 10
Brain 1
Heart 1
Lungs 2
Intestines 1
Liver 1
Kidneys 2
Tripe 1
Sweetbread 1
Spleen 1

Raw materials

Bones 23
Skull 1
Horns 2
Skin Raw hide
Gizzard stone 1
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This article is about an older version of DF.
A large creature found grazing on mushrooms deep underground. It walks on two legs and has the head of a bird with the antlers of a great elk.

Elk birds are large flightless birds who are among the most common creatures found in caverns, rivaled only by crundles. Though they are generally non-hostile, they will interrupt tasks throughout the fortress and, if engaged, will usually kill an untrained dwarf (or even a war dog) in one-on-one combat. They can also be used as mounts by goblin siegers.

In addition to their meat, bones, organs, etc., elk birds will also produce a single feather and a gizzard stone when butchered. They are one of the more common creatures that leave gizzard stones. Unlike elk, both genders of elk bird have horns. This is nice, because elk bird parts are worth even more than elk parts, with a value multiplier of three.

Trained elk birds require a pasture to survive. They are notoriously difficult to breed, as an elk bird hen will starve herself to death rather than abandon her nest box. A well-fed hen can hatch one clutch of eggs before being returned to a nest-box-less pasture to graze; however, infertile eggs or multiple clutches in a row are still problematic.Bug:4637 As an alternative to pasture, they can be chained and then fed by idle dwarves with the animal caretaker labor enabled. They can't be spawned in the object testing arena.

Some dwarves like elk birds for their elegant horns.

  • An elk bird hatchling, drawn in crayon by Bay 12 Games

  • Art by Quinmael

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