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DF2010:Murky pool
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Murky pools are small pools of water on the surface of the map. They can be filled with freshwater, saltwater or brackish water.
Murky pools act as a finite water source and a biome.
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[edit] As a water source
A pool can be used as a water source and dwarves with the fishing labour enabled will attempt to fish in them.
Murky pools can evaporate completely in summer in sufficiently hot climates, or can be drained manually, but in either case can be refilled by rainwater or melting snow or ice.
Drinking from a murky pool will give dwarves an unhappy thought. Dwarves will not normally drink from murky pools if they can at all help it; preferring alcohol, well water, or running water from a brook/stream/river over water from a murky pool.
Sometimes the only water visible on the map is in murky pools. In hot and scorching climates, its typically a good idea to quickly create a cistern to collect the water from murky pools before it all evaporates.
[edit] As a biome
The biome pool means the area in the pool (under water) and close by the pool. This kind of biome won't be shown on the embark screen , but most biomes have some.
There are six types of pools, divided in climate and the kind of water. They are listed in the following table:
| Brackish water | Freshwater | Saltwater | |
| Temperate | Temperate brackish pool | Temperate freshwater pool | Temperate saltwater pool |
| Tropical | Tropical brackish pool | Tropical freshwater pool | Tropical saltwater pool |
[edit] Fauna
Only very few creatures are found in murky pools. There are:
- Moghoppers
- Toads
- Turtles
- additionally Lungfish can be found in tropical pools
- Dragonflies and Acorn flies can be found near in pools in savage areas
- and Blood gnats can be observed in evil biomes
[edit] Adventure Mode
Conducting combat around murky pools is dangerous, as you may dodge or be thrown into them and drown. Dried Murky Pools are even more dangerous, as no amount of Swimming skill can save you.
