What to do with a Gremlin?

[Skywalker]

How to eliminate or use this cavern creature in the fortress?

[Nakaris]

use it there adorable

[Skywalker]

Thanks, but its difficult to find him...lol
Get a side popup message to DRIVE IT AWAY

[Leiflen]

No use for them but I believe they will unlock doors and hatches.. so careful. Unless im thinking of a different creature

[Bralbaard]

They are certainly one of the more interesting creatures. If fully tame they will apply for citizenship after two years. But that will be hard or impossible in the current version. In the old pre-steam version that has adventure mode it is easy. outsider adventurers can start with hundreds of gremlin pets because they only cost one Urist. If retired in a fort you can, using this method, have a fort with hundreds of gremlin citizens (after two years). They can become a thousand years old.

That sounds more fun than it is. Gremlins are absolutely tiny, smaller than any other intelligent creature. They can't even wield pickaxes or axes, and they are slow when hauling stuff. They are strict carnivores, so food is an issue. They become unhappy when not wearing clothing, but you can only make them clothes after two years, when they are citizens. What is worse is that even when friendly they will randomly claim doors and levers, which means you might find you can't close doors or bridges at key moments. I've played fortresses like that. Hilarious, but very frustrating at times.

[TTV.Scrumpetsheep]

dig a very deep pit, set the pit as a pit/pond, throw the little bugger down the pit and watch them fall. (optional, put spikes all the way down and watch him get pulped)

[Southstream]

just hug them <3 gremlins need love too