Ammoniac dwarves' aetherial power allows them to survive the salt flats and navigate the barren wastes. Their arnic and resonant powers allow them to live with very little food, sense prey, and eat anything. They often go long periods without sustenance, and they end up living off their resonance or arnum.

All dwarves are known for their steady feet, their inborn toughness, and their shrewdness.

Ammoniac dwarves live in tribes that are brutal and small, led by the strongest warrior or best hunter. They have a thane, but the thane is merely the head of the most powerful tribe in the nation, and the thane's tribe is always in contention with others. The tribes are always in competition, always struggling to survive. They do anything to survive and practice any art that makes the salt flats livable. As such, they delve into esoterica and sciences. They make gunpowder, special chemicals, and concoctions.

An ammoniac dwarf grows up on their own, surviving barely on scraps and through violence. As babies, they are kept safe only if they seem healthy enough that they might be useful. Weak or sickly babies are left to die in the salt. Those that survive learn on their own or follow and trick an older dwarf into training them. They learn very quickly in instances of frustration and denial.

They have a reputation of cannibalism, which is not unfair.