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I went into the (z)stocks menu, and went to weapons and toggled M on for a bunch of stuff I couldn't use and wanted to melt down. Then I (q)querried a smelter and queued up a Melt Object order on repeat.

But within seconds, Urist cancels melt item, needs melt-designated item !?

What am I doing wrong/how do I do it right/is it bugged?

Many forts have tragically ended before even their first year is complete. I believe that the urge to seek adventure in harsh and troublesome biomes is to blame. The players discover much to their dismay that the game kills them off before their turn is over. And so ends yet another succession game.

This game begins nestled between two dwarven civilizations, expanding the dwarven empire to encompass more of the region. It's not overly hostile or evil, so that the game may progress into adulthood.


The Imperial Picks send forth an expansion team to take hold of new land. On the mountains edge, there is a tropical swamp and a tropical jungle, both growing over an abundance of dolomite, known for it's rich iron deposits. Further, the surface of the swamp is sand, holding the possibility of a future glass industry.

It's hot, but not scorching, so the brook may provide water to plant crops and for fishing.

So with a song in their heart, the Oaken Lancers set forth to create the Outpost of Letterhide.




It seems the reports of a brook were false; all that remains is a series of freshwater ponds in the Certain Mire swamp to the north. We'll have to make due, and plan accordingly.

So our band of merry dwarves set to work. The mission is to dig in and start a plantation, and to that effect, we've taken four miners, two farmers and a woodworker:


Turn List
250 - AngleWyrm save file
251 - MrNuke       save file
252 - filiusenox    save file
253 - Dr. Ninja     skipped
254 - MrNuke       skipped
255 - AngleWyrm save file
256 - filiusenox
257 -

I have plenty of stuff and plenty of wealth; so how do I "offer" it? I've tried the trade window, selecting a bunch of brown items and then (o)ffering it to the dwarven caravan. It just makes them ecstatic, but in the (n)(c) window it doesn't show up -- it still shows 0 for offerings.

I got a mandate to make three bismuth items, and I have six bismuth bars, but it seems there's nothing I can make with them except bismuth bronze. How do you satisfy a request for bismuth items?

I've played a few forts over the last month or two, and haven't seen Sun Berries in a long time. Has anyone with a recent version seen the elves bring sun berries?

After seven years of steady migrant waves, I had a tantrum spiral. It took me down from 140 population to 40. All during the year-long spiral, no immigrants arrived. That was last year.

This year, I've exported fat wads of goblinite, and the elves and humans have both left ecstatic. But still the message "No migrants," for two years solid.

What can I do to increase the number of migrants?

I went to trade with the elves -- yeah it happens; but if they bitch about wood items after I go to all the trouble of carefully selecting the trade goods, I get mad and just seize the stuff. Hey, I offered a reasonable trade for the things I wanted, they don't want it, that's just too bad for them.

Anyway, the prices of stuff disappeared. I still had the same broker, but going to the 'z' screen showed "You need a broker with appraisal skill" WTF? His appraisal skill rusted completely off? Does appraisal skill even go up?

So I installed an immigrant from the fourth immigration wave, who has Negotiator-4, Appraiser-1, but it looks like the job of broker may be a contract position with a limited duration -- until appraiser skill wears down.