There is quite a variety of nests, each one having a specific creature related to it.
Giant ants nest[]
| Giant ants nest | |
|---|---|
 
| |
| Statistics | |
| Type | Block |
| Durability | Until there is at least one living beetle. |
| Drops | |
 Slime x5+ 1 to 5 additional slimes | |
Giant ants nests[1] are found underground and spawn giant ants. They are generated at the begining of the game when the whole world's map is randomly generated. They cannot be attacked directly, but they will be destroyed after all nearby beetles have been killed.
Rats nest[]
| Rats nest | |
|---|---|
 
| |
| Statistics | |
| Type | Block |
| Durability | 40 (attackable) |
| Drops | |
 Wheat x5–10 Roots x3–5
| |
Rats nests[2] will spawn inside the shelter as soon as a table is placed and breed rats. This kind of nest appear at the darkests corners of the dwarf's house. And if there is no dark corner, but the shelter comfort is still lower than 50%[3], it will keep spawning in any corner.
Giant spiders nest[]
| Giant spiders nest | |
|---|---|
 
| |
| Statistics | |
| Type | Block |
| Durability | 3 per web (diggable) |
| Drops | |
 Web
| |
Giant spiders nests are composed basically by webs and are made by spiders in all worlds, except the Underground World. Theses nests will appear in the underground after the player has reached 20% of the level's total depth.
Dragons nest[]
| Dragons nest | |
|---|---|
 
| |
| Statistics | |
| Type | Block |
| Durability | ?[4] (removable) |
| Drops | |
 Dragon Egg
| |
Dragons nests are formed basically by one dragon egg over one block of earth floating at the lava level. They're kept by dragons.
Black dragons nest[]
| Black dragons nest | |
|---|---|
 
| |
| Statistics | |
| Type | Block |
| Durability | 100 (diggable) |
| Drops | |
 Coin x4 or x8 Blue Crystal (20% chance) Red Crystal (20% chance) Dark Crystal (20% chance) Green Crystal (20% chance) Purple Crystal (20% chance)
| |
Black dragons nest[5] are only found in the Underground World, in deep caves guarded by black dragons and, sometimes, guardians.
They're like a golden pile with some dragon eggs over it. When dug by dwarfs, the pile is indeed worth a good amount of coins, and maybe a couple of crystals, but it will never drop a dragon egg, which can only be found on the lava nests.
Flying octopuses nest[]
| Flying octopuses nest | |
|---|---|
 
| |
| Statistics | |
| Type | Block |
| Durability | 40 (attackable) |
| Drops | |
| Newly laid: nothing Well developed:  Egg x3
| |
Flying octopuses create nests, usually on top of any ledges, specially on the floating islands.
Newly laid nests have no visible eggs, and drop nothing if destroyed. If left alone, it will develop to have eggs.
Well developed nests (with visible eggs) have a chance of spawning one flying octopus. If and when this happens the eggs disappear, and the nest goes back to its original form. Additionally, octopuses will spawn randomly on the surface periodically to maintain a constant world population.
After placing a new nest, the flying octopus will protect it with its life. If a dwarf aproach such a nest, the octopus owning the nest will fly down and engage the dwarf, allowing dwarfs to trap or kill the now-in-reach octopus.
Well developed octopus nests are tough and take a while to break, and will drop three eggs when destroyed.
References[]
- ↑ In the game's files it's called
beetle_nest. - ↑ In the game's files it's called
rat_chest_resourcesor simplyrat_nest. - ↑ Mentioned at the 1.3.000 update.
- ↑ In the game's files, it's used the parameter
extract="0", the same used with scaffoldings and beware signs, meaning no effort would be necessary to remove this item. This info however doesn't fit to the in-game experience, where dragon eggs take sometime to remove. - ↑ In the game's files it's called
dragon_cave_nest.