Takmak

Takmak is a little dangerous semi-hostile creature/deity of the Underground World.

He is not present in the Underground Biome, nor in the Underground World of multiplayer games.

The Altar
The Underground World have a special altar with a round light and a Keeper of the Altar nearby. Special symbols appear above the altar. Over time, these symbols form a seal. When the seal is complete, Takmak appears. The player may place items on the altar, which will change the color of the round light and the symbols over the altar, denoting a possible Takmak's reaction.

The player can place items on the altar, as he/she was serving food on a table. Items placed cannot be taken back. The maximum number of items placed is nine.

The altar cannot be destroyed and the terrain under it can't be dug.

Behavior
 File:Altar_red.png|Takmak will get very angry File:Altar_red_light.png|Takmak will be upset File:Altar_grey.png|Takmak won't be pleased File:Altar_grey_light.png|Takmak's reaction is uncertain File:Altar_blue.png|Takmak will be pleased File:Altar_blue_light.png|Takmak will be well pleased File:Altar_disable.png|Takmak won't come anymore When Takmak arrives, there are not 9 items placed on the altar, he'll wait some time for the player to complete the offering. When he finds 9 items placed, he smell the offerings, taking them away, and becomes pleased or enraged.

Pleased
When he is pleased he: Each times this happens, resources and animals are dropped, with no cap number. As for the plants, they get destroyed if they're still there when Takmak arrives, dropping wood, mushroom and resin on the ground.
 * drops ores (coal, iron ore, silver ore, gold ore or mithril ore),
 * drops animals(caterpillars and/or not tamed cave beasts), and
 * makes plants grow.

Enraged
When he is enraged he: Each time this happens the area of changed blocks increases. Durable blocks like stone will not turn to sand.
 * pounds the ground below, turning blocks to sand.

Gone
Takmak cannot be killed. And killing the Keeper of the Altar has no relation with the advent of Takmak. Killing him will not prevent Takmak from coming.

It is possible though to stop Takmak's visits to the world, by not placing any item on the altar twice consecutively. He will be angry, transforming blocks into sand, and won't return until the player places one more item on the altar.

Items' value
Takmak's reaction is based on the sum of the prices (in coins on the shop) of all disposed items. Initially the total required to please him is 10 worth of items. If there are 8 or less items, regardless of their value, he will become Enraged at the end of the offering period, as if the offering was never completed.


 * For example, you can give him 8 planks (1 each) + 1 pink crystal (3) = 11. Summary, he will be pleased.

And as the time passes, Takmak's requirements raises up to 20 worth of items.


 * For example, you can feed him with 3 leather chairs (7 each) and 6 sand.

Trivia

 * Takmak's name is a reference to the Takmak Rock, in the Stolby Nature Sanctuary near the city of Krasnoyarsk, in Russia.