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Gender, along with orientation, determines if two creatures can breed. Gender may also influence the size, attacks, or other characteristics of creatures (e.g. Elephant seal, Moose).

According to ToadyOne on Twitter, a more realistic sex and gender system is planned, which will add transgender and intersex dwarves. It is not known if non-binary or genderfluid dwarves will be included in this patch.

Determining gender [ edit ]

When viewing a unit, a symbol appears below its name:

Gender Symbol Common names Other uses Male ♂ Boar Bags Female ♀ Sow Amulets

Additionally, when viewing a unit from the u menu or with v-z, the creature will be referred to as "he" or "she".

A gelded male's gender will appear as x♂x.





Raws [ edit ]

In the raws, genders are defined using generalized caste tokens (not to be confused with casts). Castes are often just defined as "male" or "female", but there are a few notable exceptions.