Creatures

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A selection of creatures and heroes as they appear in Dungeon Keeper 2

Creatures are the basis of the Dungeon Keeper's military might. Every monster that enters the dungeon from the nether world has its own agenda, and the challenge for the Dungeon Keeper is to manage creatures towards the most worthy cause of all: the destruction of his enemies.

Creatures are sometimes treated as distinct from heroes, the antagonists in the Dungeon Keeper series. The term "creature" may refer to all units in the game, or may only refer to 'evil units', i.e. non-heroes (heores are subject to pretty much all the same rules), and may or may not include Imps, which function more like a dungeon's infrastructure and lack many of the capabilities and needs of bona fide creatures, and do not count towards a Keeper's Creature Limit on a map.

Creatures in Dungeon Keeper

The creatures as they appear in Dungeon Keeper

This section contains technical details and tables for creatures in the original Dungeon Keeper.

The data itself can be viewed directly in the game files CREATURE.TXT and DD1CREAT.TXT (Deeper Dungeons). Their implementation is more opaque, and this article aims to clarify a few things. In Dungeon Keeper FX, you can see further information about a creature's stats in the Query tab or while possessing them.

Main Combat and Query Stats

• Level 1
• Level 10

Comparison Table: Level 1 Creatures & Heroes

Creature	Stance	Salary	Health	Strength	Dexterity	Skill	Defence	Luck
Wizard	Ranged	125	350	20	100	30	15	5
Barbarian	Melee	95	700	60	70	60	50	10
Archer	Ranged	60	300	20	100	60	20	15
Monk	Melee	75	325	40	80	80	20	30
Mountain Dwarf	Melee	35	500	50	55	30	40	2
Knight	Melee	540	950	80	150	30	100	15
Avatar	Melee	1200	3000	150	180	110	120	20
Tunneller	Melee	50	350	40	40	40	30	0
Priestess	Ranged	75	300	20	80	30	20	6
Giant	Melee	43	650	100	60	30	60	20
Fairy	Ranged	59	150	10	70	30	10	40
Thief	Melee	57	250	30	120	80	20	14
Samurai	Melee	195	700	80	90	70	60	20
Horned Reaper	Melee	950	2000	150	160	70	70	30
Skeleton	Melee	70	500	55	70	50	20	2
Troll	Melee	50	450	40	50	50	35	10
Dragon	Melee	350	900	90	60	50	90	18
Demon Spawn	Melee	70	325	50	70	75	40	8
Fly	Melee	5	150	10	50	30	10	15
Dark Mistress	Ranged	175	700	60	70	70	50	20
Warlock	Ranged	120	350	20	100	30	15	6
Bile Demon	Melee	98	1200	80	40	30	60	5
Imp	Melee	0	75	5	60	5	5	0
Beetle	Melee	18	250	25	55	40	25	3
Vampire	Ranged	750	800	70	80	120	30	25
Spider	Melee	25	400	40	60	50	30	3
Hound	Melee	67	600	55	70	50	35	8
Ghost	Melee	20	200	20	90	60	20	10
Tentacle	Melee	45	700	50	65	50	50	3
Orc	Melee	95	700	65	60	65	60	12

Comparison Table: Level 10 Creatures & Heroes

Creature	Stance	Salary	Health	Strength	Dexterity	Skill	Defence	Luck
Wizard	Ranged	518	1452	83	415	124	15	5
Barbarian	Melee	394	2905	249	290	249	50	10
Archer	Ranged	249	1245	83	415	249	20	15
Monk	Melee	311	1348	166	332	332	20	30
Mountain Dwarf	Melee	145	2075	207	228	124	40	2
Knight	Melee	2241	3942	332	622	124	100	15
Avatar	Melee	4980	12450	622	747	456	120	20
Tunneller	Melee	207	1452	166	166	166	30	0
Priestess	Ranged	311	1245	83	332	124	20	6
Giant	Melee	178	2697	415	249	124	60	20
Fairy	Ranged	244	622	41	290	124	10	40
Thief	Melee	236	1037	124	498	332	20	14
Samurai	Melee	809	2905	332	373	290	60	20
Horned Reaper	Melee	3942	8300	622	664	290	70	30
Skeleton	Melee	290	2075	228	290	207	20	2
Troll	Melee	207	1867	166	207	207	35	10
Dragon	Melee	1452	3735	373	249	207	90	18
Demon Spawn	Melee	290	1348	207	290	207	40	8
Fly	Melee	20	622	41	207	124	10	15
Dark Mistress	Ranged	726	2905	249	290	290	50	20
Warlock	Ranged	498	1452	83	415	124	15	6
Bile Demon	Melee	406	4980	332	166	124	60	5
Imp	Melee	0	311	20	249	20	5	0
Beetle	Melee	74	1037	103	228	166	25	3
Vampire	Ranged	3112	3320	290	332	332	30	25
Spider	Melee	103	1660	166	249	207	30	3
Hound	Melee	278	2490	228	290	207	35	8
Ghost	Melee	83	830	83	373	249	20	10
Tentacle	Melee	186	2905	207	269	207	50	3
Orc	Melee	394	2905	269	249	269	60	12

Definitions

Salary

Quantity per payday at level 10, which occurs every 10,000 turns, about 9 minutes real-time.

Health

Maximum trauma rating at level 10.

Strength

Hitpoint damage dealt per successful melee strike.

Dexterity

Increases the chance of a successful melee strike.

Skill

Decreases the chance of being successfully struck in melee.

Defence

Reduces both spell and weapon damage taken. Doesn't improve with level.

Luck

Probability, as a fraction of 255, that a creature will do a double attack/cast in a single swing or make two Skill rolls against an enemy swing. Doesn't improve with level.

• Most of the above information can be retrieved with the Query tool.
• Base attribute values are stored in CREATURE.TXT, the master rule set, and DD1CREAT.TXT for Deeper Dungeons.
• Stat progression when creatures level up is linear. Each new level takes 35% of the base value and adds it to the cumulative total; which is to say, the values above are 415% of level 1 values.

"DEFENCE"

Confusion can arise over what exactly is "Defence."

First, for those of us who speak American English, it is worth noting that this is the UK spelling of "Defence." Second, the Defence stat shown in-game (and inaccurately documented) with the Query tool is different from the DEFENCE column seen when peeking into the creature database file.

	Defence, as given in-game and on this wiki, is ARMOUR in CREATURE.TXT. This is like a thickness rating for the creature's protective garb or carapace, and reduces incoming damage.
	Skill, as given in-game and on this wiki, is DEFENCE in CREATURE.TXT. This stat represents the creature's ability to dodge or parry blows.

Defence and Skill are displayed onscreen, and therefore better-known than the more accurate ARMOUR and DEFENCE (respectively), so the onscreen labels are the ones used on this wiki.

Job and Behavior Stats

Unlike most RTS games, the units in the Dungeon Keeper series do not await orders and do not move to specific locations on command. They do what they want, when they think it's time to want it. The name of the game is management: herding the dungeon's inhabitants into endeavors that serve one's evil purposes.

Of course there are routines and numbers determining how, exactly, creatures behave: what kind of jobs they are willing to do, how good they are at doing it, what they would rather be doing, and what particular things in life please them or vex them. Creatures will famish, and require varying quantities of food and break to consume it when they do, but never flag; however, they may break for sleep from time to time anyway.

This sort of information is cited constantly in creatures and heroes' individual articles. The table below compares some of the more important ones.

Comparison Table: Selected Job Skills

Creature	Speed	Library  Skill	Workshop  Skill	Training		Scavenge		Sleep  Healing	Sleep  Anger	Slap  Anger	Hunger
				Skill	Cost	Skill	Cost
Wizard	32	5	1	2	30	4	25	4	-1	300	2 ∕ 5000t
Barbarian	48	0	2	3	40	1	18	5	-3	200	3 ∕ 8000t
Archer	48	2	2	1	8	2	8	2	-1	200	1 ∕ 5000t
Monk	32	3	2	1	12	3	15	8	-4	250	2 ∕ 5000t
Mountain Dwarf	80	1	3	1	5	1	6	4	-3	200	2 ∕ 5000t
Knight	40	1	1	3	40	0	30	6	-1	350	3 ∕ 9000t
Avatar	48	3	1	4	100	0	50	9	-1	2250	4 ∕ 10,000t
Tunneller	48	0	1	1	10	1	10	4	-3	100	2 ∕ 5000t
Priestess	48	3	1	2	16	3	20	3	-1	350	2 ∕ 5000t
Giant	32	0	2	2	35	2	25	5	-6	200	3 ∕ 5000t
Fairy	64	4	1	1	4	1	4	2	-1	500	1 ∕ 5000t
Thief	48	1	1	1	12	2	8	4	-1	200	2 ∕ 5000t
Samurai	64	2	2	4	50	3	30	9	-1	750	3 ∕ 8000t
Horned Reaper	96	1	0	1	150	4	30	8	2	3750	4 ∕ 3505t
Skeleton	64	1	1	4	20	1	15	5	-1	100	0
Troll	48	1	4	1	12	2	18	6	-3	200	3 ∕ 6000t
Dragon	32	4	1	3	40	5	35	3	-10	600	4 ∕ 8000t
Demon Spawn	48	2	2	2	15	2	16	5	-1	200	2 ∕ 6000t
Fly	128	1	1	1	5	1	4	5	-1	0	1 ∕ 9000t
Dark Mistress	64	2	2	2	24	3	25	9	-1	-400	3 ∕ 8000t
Warlock	32	4	1	2	30	5	25	6	-4	750	3 ∕ 8000t
Bile Demon	48	1	3	2	38	1	30	4	-6	400	6 ∕ 4500t
Imp	96	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beetle	48	1	1	1	8	1	8	5	-1	100	1 ∕ 5000t
Vampire	56	3	1	4	50	8	25	9	-7	1000	2 ∕ 6000t
Spider	48	1	2	1	18	2	12	2	-1	200	2 ∕ 7000t
Hound	96	1	1	2	14	3	16	8	-2	250	3 ∕ 6000t
Ghost	64	2	1	1	20	3	10	4	-1	500	0
Tentacle	32	1	1	1	14	2	8	1	-1	200	1 ∕ 8000t
Orc	48	0	3	2	15	2	20	7	-4	200	2 ∕ 7000t

Definitions

Speed

The creature's speed on a scale of 0 (Immobile) to 255, about a quarter of the map's width per second

Library Skill

Research Points contributed per turn to the current project - scales with Level.

Workshop Skill

MFG Points contributed per turn to the current project - scales with Level.

Training Skill

Experience points gained per turn while Training.

Training Cost

Gold deducted per 64 turns in Training.

Scavenging Skill

Points contributed per turn towards Scavenging a target - scales with Level.

Scavenging Cost

Gold deducted per 64 turns while Scavenging.

Sleep Healing

Hitpoints regained per turn in Lair.

Sleep "Anger"

Annoyance, on a scale of 0 or negative (Happy) to 5000 (Angry), per turn Sleeping. Positive for Horned Reapers.

SLAP Anger

Annoyance when the creature is slapped. Varies greatly. Negative for Mistresses.

Hunger

Chickens demanded ∕ Meal Time turn interval

Other Skills

Praying Skill

Annoyance per turn using Temple. Positive for Vampires. Not listed because it's extremely fast for all creatures, generally ten to fifty times faster than Sleep, so as to make no difference comparing.

Job Stress

Creatures laboring in a Room will attack other creatures, in that Room, for whom that type of work is not a Primary/Secondary Job. Is only checked in Libraries, and only Warlocks and Wizards exhibit the "Job Stress" behavior.

Loyalty

Creature will guard other creatures as they go about their tasks. Unique to Hellhounds, this cool watchdog behavior is rarely observed because their Primary Job is "Seek Enemies," and there is seldom any trouble succeeding at that.

Anger Jobs

A creature with less than a 20% contentment rating may decide it needs to perform a troublesome "Anger Job" rather than its accustomed duties.

Creature	Anger Jobs
Barbarian	Destroy Rooms
Demon Spawn	Damage Walls
Dragon	Steal Gold
Giant	Damage Walls
Horned Reaper	Go Psycho
Dark Mistress	Kill Creatures
Mountain Dwarf	Destroy Rooms
Orc	Destroy Rooms
Samurai	Kill Creatures Join Enemy
Tentacle	Join Enemy
Thief	Steal Gold
Troll	Destroy Rooms
Tunneller	Damage Walls
Vampire	Foment Unrest Kill Creatures
Warlock	Foment Unrest

Other Anger Jobs:

Sulk

All angry creatures can start moping around the dungeon. This task increases their anger rapidly.

Leave Dungeon

All angry creatures except Demon Spawn and Horned Reapers can select the "Leave Dungeon" job in addition to the ones listed above.

Imps never get angry.

If the spell Must Obey is active, angry creatures will not perform their Anger Jobs and will not even leave the dungeon.

Job Hierarchy

Highest Priority	Fight, Prisoner, Torture, Kinky Torture
Enchantment	Audience, Call to Arms, Armageddon, Group
High Priority	Eat, Get Wage, Recover, Go Berserk
Anger Job	Sulk, Job Stress, Leave Dungeon, Kill Creatures, Destroy Rooms, Steal Gold, Damage Walls, Foment Unrest, Join Enemy
Assigned Job	Eat, Get Wage, Sleep, Train, Research, Guard Post, Workshop, Barracks, Pray, Scavenge
Default Job	Train, Research, Workshop, Pray, Scavenge, Explore, Fight, Seek Enemies, Explore, Freeze Prisoners
Secondary Job	Train, Research, Guard Post, Barracks, Group
Idle Job	Sleep, Patrol, Loyalty, Pray

Kinky Torture

The Dark Mistress's idle job. Can break high-priority tasks.

Group

Minion is enlisted in a party that has exited the Barracks.

Patrol

Under Must Obey, creatures are not allowed to sleep, and idle ones will patrol the dungeon in some unknown fashion.

Leveling Overview

As they progress to higher levels of experience, creatures gain new creature spells. Many of their attribute scores and skills rise. Some innate traits and most of their behavior patterns remain constant.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Modifier	100%	135%	170%	205%	240%	275%	310%	345%	380%	415%
	The Modifier applies to: Salary Research Skill Manufacturing Skill Scavenging Skill Health Strength Spell Strength Dexterity Skill (DEFENCE) Experience for hitting					The following are not affected: Hunger Hitpoint Recovery Training Skill Annoyance Rules Defence (ARMOUR) Movement Speed Luck Fear Hearing Slaps to kill
	Levelled Spells for Creatures 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Beetle Bile Demon Dark Mistress Demon Spawn Dragon Fly Ghost Hound Horned Reaper Imp Orc Skeleton Spider Tentacle Troll Vampire Warlock   Levelled Spells for Heroes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Archer Avatar Barbarian Fairy Giant Knight Monk Mountain Dwarf Priestess Samurai Thief Tunneller Wizard

Trivia

Before the major revamp in mid-1996, creatures were split into two types: corporeal, and magical.

Corporeal creatures included:

• Beetles
• Trolls
• Warlocks (then known as Sorcerers)
• Flies,
• Dragons
• Dark Mistresses

Corporeal creatures were purchased and paid with gold.

Magical creatures included:

• Imps
• Demon Spawns
• Skeletons
• Horned Reapers
• Bile Demons
• Vampires
• Ghosts
• Hounds

Magical creatures were summoned and paid with mana.

Gallery

Early (1996) control icons

Move (?)

Train (?), or perhaps fight (?)

Guard (?)

Hide (?)

Sack creature (?)

Patrol (?)

Train (?)

Eat (?)

Possess Creature

Sleep (?)

Transliterations

The Japanese and Korean names of the creatures are actually the English names transliterated into Katakana and Hangul respectively:

Comparison Table

English	Japanese	Korean
Imp	インプ	임프
Fly	フライ	플라이
Beetle	ビートル	비틀
Spider	スパイダー	스파이더
Demon Spawn	デーモンスポーン	데몬 스폰
Dragon	ドラゴン	드래곤
Bile Demon	バイルデーモン	바일 데몬
Warlock	ウォーロック	워록
Dark Mistress	ダークミストレス	미스트리스
Horned Reaper	ホーンドリーパー	혼드 리퍼
Tentacle	テンタクル	텐타클
Ghost	ゴースト	고스트
Orc	オーク	오크
Troll	トロル	트롤
Hellhound	ヘルハウンド	하운드
Skeleton	スケルトン	스켈레톤
Vampire	バンパイア	뱀파이어

Creatures in Dungeon Keeper 2

• Imp

• Goblin

• Warlock

• Firefly

• Troll

• Dark Elf

• Skeleton

• Mistress

• Salamander

• Rogue

• Bile Demon

• Vampire

• Black Knight

• Dark Angel

• Horny

• Maiden

Spells

	Creature Spells
	1	2	4	8	10
Bile Demon
Black Knight
Dark Angel
Dark Elf
Firefly
Goblin
Imp
Mistress
Rogue
Salamander
Skeleton
Troll
Vampire
Warlock
Horny

	Hero Spells
	1	2	4	8	10
Dwarf
Elven Archer
Fairy
Giant
Guard
Knight
Monk
Royal Guard
Stone Knight
Thief
Wizard
Lord of the Land
Prince
King Reginald

Basic Stats Comparison

Comparison Table: Level 1 Creatures & Heroes

Creature	Fight Style	Pay	Health	Mêlée Damage	Speed (tiles per second)
Bile Demon	Blocker	600 900 (Elite)	600	53	0.4
Black Knight	Blocker	750 1075 (Elite)	400	40 60 (Elite)	0.5 0.6 (Elite)
Dark Angel	Blitzer	750 1075 (Elite)	300 800 (Elite)	84 100 (Elite)	0.7
Dark Elf	Support	600 900 (Elite)	100	14 21 (Elite)	0.7
Firefly	Flanker	300 450 (Elite)	100 200 (Elite)	13	1.12
Goblin	Flanker	500 750 (Elite)	150 200 (Elite)	17 22 (Elite)	0.7
Imp	--	0	50	03	1.84
Maiden	Blocker	750	450	45	0.8
Mistress	Blitzer	600 900 (Elite)	200 225 (Elite)	48 70 (Elite)	0.7 1 (Elite)
Rogue	Flanker	650 975 (Elite)	165 200 (Elite)	40 60 (Elite)	0.7
Salamander	Flanker	500 750 (Elite)	150 275 (Elite)	20	0.6
Skeleton	Flanker	0	150	28 34 (Elite)	0.7
Troll	Blocker	500 750 (Elite)	100 150 (Elite)	13 16 (Elite)	0.6
Vampire	Blitzer	750 1075 (Elite)	250 500 (Elite)	67	0.7
Warlock	Support	600 900 (Elite)	100	13 15 (Elite)	0.6
Horny	Blitzer	0	600	70	0.8
Dwarf	Flanker	0	100	13	0.9
Elven Archer	Support	600	100	14	0.7
Fairy	Flanker	600	150	22	0.8
Giant	Blocker	500	400	45	0.5
Guard	Blocker	600	300	40	0.5
Knight	Blocker	750	400	40	0.5
Monk	Flanker	300	250	15	0.6
Royal Guard	Blocker	750	500	50	0.5
Stone Knight	Blocker	0	400	40	0.4
Thief	Flanker	750	150	23	0.6
Wizard	Support	750	150	17	0.6
Lord of the Land	Blocker	0	600	40	0.7
Prince Balder	Blocker	900	600	40	0.7
Prince Felix	Blocker	975	600	40	0.7
Prince Tristran	Blocker	975	600	40	0.7
King Reginald	Blitzer	0	600	93	0.6

Dungeon Keeper Online

Dungeon Keeper Online had the following evil creatures:

• Bile Demon
• Horned Reaper
• Sorcerer
• Dark Mistress
• Salamander
• Dragon
• Goblin
• Engineer
• Imp
• Magic Eye
• Magic Colossus
• Dark Angel
• Black Knight
• Skeleton (Black)
• Dark Elf
• Rogue
• Vampire

Dungeon Keeper Mobile

Overview

Known as minions, they were the basic units used to conduct raids in Dungeon Keeper. There were nine types of units, which would fill a variety of niches that you may find necessary in various setups.

List of Minions

Skeleton

Troll

Bile Demon

Necromancer

Warlock

Vampire

Ghost

Mistress

Dragon Whelp

Guild Minion

Raiding

During raids, minions could be deployed at any mine that the Keeper had unlocked. By destroying buildings, a raider could open up new potential spawn zones for minions to deploy. Strategically using this feature could improve the success of the raid drastically. Minions built by a player were not present when another player was raiding your dungeon. However, some rooms had a single unit defending it at no additional cost.

The raiding population was based on the Hatchery level. To increase your raiding party size, you had to increase your Hatchery's level.

Training

Minions were enhanced at the Training Hall for lump sums of gold. Training improved their health and attack power, and could drastically improve their effectiveness in large groups. Upgrading levels of the buildings required to build the minions would allow for higher levels to be upgraded at the Training Hall. Enhancements would increase the cost of recruiting minions by a small amount of gold.  

Guild Use

Minions were circulated by the Guild system.  Keepers could donate Minions to their Guilds, which in turn levelled up and provided perks for all Keepers in the Guild. Players could also retrieve minions from the Guild that had been donated for defence against an enemy raid. You had to wait five minutes after you donated minions before you could donate again, and you had to wait 15 minutes between each withdrawal, whether or not you took out all you could, though these delays were slightly shortened as the Guild's level improved.