# Adding New Creatures

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/adding-new-creatures/28388>\
**Category:** The Lab\
**Tags:** json\
**Created:** [December 1, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/adding-new-creatures/28388 "2022-12-01T17:01:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![potato\_guy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/potato_guy/32/11749_2.png) [@potato\_guy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/potato_guy)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/adding-new-creatures/28388/1 "2022-12-01T17:01:31Z")

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So, I’m mildly interested in adding creatures into the game for my own personal game.  
I remember I tried to add some creatures a while ago. But I’m very beginner at coding in general. Anyway, from what I remember I had difficulty trying to add tags, Monster attacks, and balancing with weight and size.

I use Notepad++ for all coding related stuff. And as of right now, I’m unsure how to use use file map/reference. So I have to manually go through all the code looking for everything that I need to add a new creature.

Anyway the point of this post is asking if I someone could add a monster template, I can use the file readme for info, but if someone could explain all the stuff thats needed that would be really helpful