The second edition of the game included rules for extracting treasure from the creature's carcass. In the Spelljammer series, the accessory Practical Planetology suggests the tarrasques originate from the planet Falx. Several hundred tarrasques live there,Findley, Nigel D. Practical Planetology, p. 8, (TSR, 1991) where they feed upon the native Imbul, a lizard-like creature.Findley, Nigel D. Practical Planetology, p. 56, (TSR, 1991) In the 4th edition of the game, the tarrasque is listed as an "abomination" and classed as a "Gargantuan elemental magical beast"—a living engine of death and destruction created by a primordial race for use as a weapon against the gods.
