Tunneller

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The Tunneller is a hero encountered in Dungeon Keeper. They are the goodly counterparts to Imps; they excavate tunnels to your dungeon so that heroes can invade. If converted to your side, they work alongside Imps.
==General Information==
Tunnellers are visually distinguished from the combat-oriented Mountain Dwarf by their blond hair and dual-wielding axes; Mountain Dwarves are red-haired and carry one weapon.
Tunnellers are weak fighters, but are the only creatures besides Imps able to dig, so their purpose is in fact to breach an unwary Keeper's dungeon. They are always designated as party leaders by the game when added to a party. This causes the heroes to follow them around as they blaze a trail through the unclaimed earth. And once they excavate a direct path leading to your dungeon, other heroes will follow that path.
To prevent incursion by Tunnellers, order the Imps to go about fortifying your dungeon by dropping them along claimed-but-not-fortified dirt wall sections.
Tunnellers are stronger in combat than Beetles and inferior to Demon Spawn. However, in the earliest levels of the campaign, their stats are reduced to the point that even Flies are a match for them.
Converted Tunnellers join in the tasks assigned to the Imps, helping out with quotidian dungeon work such as digging, reinforcing, carrying unconscious enemies etc., but their comparative indolence is a problem. When they do work, they do so slower than an Imp would, and rather apathetically. Tunnellers cannot perform digging while possessed (this is changed in KeeperFX, making them more useful). Unlike Imps, they need Lair space, food, and pay, count towards its owner's creature limit, and spend long periods just idling around, making them way more of a hassle than Imps. If captured, it makes more sense to let them rot away in the Prison or Graveyard.
===Tables===
 Combat Statistics
	Speed: 	48
	Base Health: 	350
	Base Strength: 	40
	Defence: 	30
	Base Skill: 	40
	Base Dexterity:	40
	Luck: 	0
 Tasks & Management
	Primary Job 	Do Nothing
	Base Research Skill 	none
	Base Manufacturing Skill	1
	Training Skill 	1
	Training Cost /64t 	10
	Base Scavenging Skill 	1
	Scavenging Cost /64t 	10
	Praying Anger 	-50
	Sleeping Anger 	-3
	Sleep Recovery 	4
	Hunger 	2 / 5000t
	Base Wage 	50
=== Trivia ===
*Tunnellers do not appear in Dungeon Keeper 2; they are replaced with the Dwarf.
*Confusingly, in the Japanese version, this dwarf is called the Mountain Dwarf, and what in English is the Mountain Dwarf is simply a Dwarf.
*On some versions, Tunneller dots on the fullscreen map seem to flash the colour of the player whom he's heading for.
==Gallery==
Dungeon Keeper Tunneller portrait early.png|Alternate Portrait of a Tunneller, shown here with a mallet.
==References==