Creatures
Twenty-nine kinds of creature
People live in the villages and castles, animals roam the land and the seas, and when the light goes the dead come out. Some can be tamed and ridden, some are best avoided.
The kingdom's people
People
Every village has its households, trades and guards. The kingdom's lords rule from their castles, and a few old souls live alone in the wild.
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Villager
FriendlyMen, women, children and elders with a home, a bed and a trade. They trade for emeralds and, with food and a free bed, raise families.
- Health
10 hearts- Drops
- Nothing
- Likes
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Guard
NeutralThe kingdom's soldiers keep its villages and castles and fight every monster and bandit they see. Strike a villager and they come for you.
- Health
- 50 hearts
- Drops
- Likes
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Lord
FriendlyEach castle's lord sits on his throne by day, greets visitors to his hall and sleeps in his chamber at night.
- Health
- 20 hearts
- Drops
- Nothing
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Hermit
FriendlyAn old knight of the realm who lives alone in a log hut in the woods and tends his garden. Talk to him and he tells you of the old days.
- Health
- 15 hearts
- Drops
- Nothing
On the farm
Farm animals
Lead them with their food, breed them and keep them in pens: they give meat, leather, wool, milk and eggs.
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Cow
FriendlyGives leather and beef, and milk for a bucket. Wheat brings it to you and breeds it.
- Health
- 5 hearts
- Drops
- Likes
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Pig
FriendlyGives pork and loves carrots. Saddle it and steer it with a carrot rod.
- Health
- 5 hearts
- Drops
- Likes
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Sheep
FriendlyShear its fleece and dye it any of sixteen colours; the wool grows back as it grazes.
- Health
- 4 hearts
- Drops
- Likes
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Chicken
FriendlyLays an egg every few minutes, glides down when it falls and drops feathers for arrows.
- Health
- 2 hearts
- Drops
- Likes
In the wild
Animals of the wild
Tame a horse by riding it, a dog with a bone and a cat with fish. Others are better watched from afar.
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Horse
TameableSeven coats and four markings, and each horse has its own speed and jump. Tame it by riding, then saddle it and give it barding.
- Health
- 11 hearts
- Drops
- Likes
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Donkey
TameableSmaller than a horse. Tame it, strap a chest on it and it carries fifteen stacks of your things.
- Health
- 11 hearts
- Drops
- Likes
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Dog
TameablePacks roam the forests and taigas. Tame one with a bone and it follows you and fights for you.
- Health
- 4 hearts
- Drops
- Nothing
- Likes
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Cat
TameableStrays come to the villages in eight coats. Win one over with raw fish and it sleeps on your bed and leaves you gifts.
- Health
- 5 hearts
- Drops
- Likes
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Fox
FriendlyA shy hunter of chickens and rabbits that naps by day and carries things in its mouth. White foxes live in the snow.
- Health
- 5 hearts
- Drops
- Nothing
- Likes
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Rabbit
FriendlyHops through meadows, deserts and snowfields in six coats and raids carrot fields. Its foot brews a Potion of High Jump.
- Health
- 1.5 hearts
- Drops
- Likes
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Polar Bear
NeutralCalm until you come near its cub: then it rears up on its hind legs and strikes.
- Health
- 15 hearts
- Drops
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Bat
FriendlyHangs upside down from cave roofs and flutters off when you come near.
- Health
- 3 hearts
- Drops
- Nothing
In the water
Sea life
Schools of fish fill the seas and rivers. Catch one in a water bucket to carry it home.
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Cod
FriendlySwims in schools in the open sea.
- Health
- 1.5 hearts
- Drops
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Salmon
FriendlySmall, middling or large, in the cold seas and in rivers.
- Health
- 1.5 hearts
- Drops
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Pufferfish
NeutralPuffs itself up when you come close and stings what touches it with poison.
- Health
- 1.5 hearts
- Drops
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Tropical Fish
FriendlyTwo shapes, twelve patterns and fifteen colours: thousands of looks in the warm seas.
- Health
- 1.5 hearts
- Drops
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Squid
FriendlyJets through the open sea and squirts ink when it is hurt. Its ink sacs make black dye.
- Health
- 5 hearts
- Drops
When the light goes
Monsters of the night
They appear only in the dark: in caves, and under the open sky at night. Light keeps them away.
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Zombie
HostileThe dead walk at night and burn in the sun. On hard difficulty they break down wooden doors.
- Health
- 10 hearts
- Drops
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Risen Villager
HostileA villager the dead took. Weaken it with a potion, give it a golden apple and it becomes a villager again.
- Health
- 10 hearts
- Drops
- Likes
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Skeleton
HostileShoots arrows from afar and keeps to the shade by day. It runs from dogs.
- Health
- 10 hearts
- Drops
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Spider
HostileClimbs any wall and leaps at its prey, but in bright light it leaves you be.
- Health
- 8 hearts
- Drops
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Sulphur Toad
HostileA squat toad of the dark whose breath makes you reel. It drops gunpowder.
- Health
- 7 hearts
- Drops
Outlaws
Bandits
Masked gangs camp in the woods and raid the villages. Strike down their captain and his men flee, but the gang swears revenge.
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Bandit
HostileA masked outlaw with a club or a torch. In a raid, torch-bearers set roofs and fences alight.
- Health
- 12 hearts
- Drops
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Bandit Archer
HostileShoots from behind the gang in raids, and from treetop nests and the crow's nests of ships.
- Health
- 12 hearts
- Drops
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Bandit Captain
HostileLeads every gang in a long coat and a plumed hat. Strike him down and his men run.
- Health
- 16 hearts
- Drops
