
The pathways contain hidden weapon traps and 3×3 guard posts with armed kobolds. Ramps and stairs go up and down several z-levels. It is easy to get lost in the network of tunnels, which are one tile wide and wind in every direction. Kobolds, poisonous critters, and stolen treasure can be found here.

The underground network is located close to the surface and above the caverns sometimes it is located just one z-level below the ground. The distribution of items (including artifacts) are scattered within the site borders, from the surface to any subterranean levels reachable by foot, i.e., no loot will be found beyond a rampless drop or a submerged passage, even if the hoard's owner is a flying or amphibious creature.Ī cave inhabited by skulking thieves has an additional complex network of subterranean passages that link from a single entryway to the natural passage of the cave mound. The pathway is not always a straight line on some z-levels, the passage can spread out into a small gallery. The ramps make a path that goes from the surface to the underground. Inside the cave, there are two ramps on each z-level, one going up and one going down. In advanced world gen, setting the option Make Caves Visible to Yes will make caves visible from the start. By default, however, they are hidden until discovered by an adventurer. On the world map, caves are displayed as Both parameters can be configured in advanced world generation. The number of caves per world is determined by the parameters Number of Mountain Caves and Number of Non-Mountain Caves. There are two ways caves can generate: mountain caves occur adjacent to a mountain region tile, while non-mountain caves occur in any land biome other than mountains. The mound can be located in any of the embark tiles, so it is not always found at the center of the site. The site encompasses 3×3 embark tiles, although the cave mound itself only takes up one embark tile, or 48×48 tiles. They are one of the few known sites that players can embark on without third-party tools. Like other sites, caves can be attacked by invaders or monsters.

Kobold caves have an extended underground network of tunnels and chambers that are connected to the natural passageway. Dragons are known to hoard jewelry ettins and giants hoard jewelry, food, and alcohol.Ĭivilized races can also settle in an unoccupied cave. If a cave is inhabited by creatures fond of stealing items from nearby sites, their hoard will be littered all over the site. Certain megabeasts, semi-megabeasts and night creatures will settle in caves. Most caves have a natural population of subterranean animals, such as cave swallows and bats. Rarely, a cave may lack any passage or even an entrance into the mound. The passage most often leads deep down into a cavern. A cave is a small, natural site featuring a large rock mound, several z-levels high, with a downward passage beginning anywhere along the side of the mound.
