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[donoya]

Hello, I have a suggestion regarding balance: could you make it so that the gems you make from regular stones using the jeweler aren't used in the gem furniture (especially the anvils) and gem equipment? As it is, it makes the rockforge and stone crafter seem unnecessary for progression.

[c0mplex]

Okay, I figured out what happened with my dwarf suddenly becoming a Hunter. He's an arcane dwarf and my fort is constantly attacked by flying zombies so he has been constantly hiding at the first sign of rotting bird so his hunting skill was getting beefed up.

Still haven't figured out what and where acids are used for/at.

[smakemupagus]

Still haven't figured out what and where acids are used for/at.

In Dwarf mode, I have no idea.  In orc and warlock mode they're used for acid weapons of various types, and cleaning rusty iron.

It looks like Dwarf mode has reactions for acid landmines and acid turret, but don't actually require an acid reagent.

[c0mplex]

Still haven't figured out what and where acids are used for/at.

In Dwarf mode, I have no idea.  In orc and warlock mode they're used for acid weapons of various types, and cleaning rusty iron.

It looks like Dwarf mode has reactions for acid landmines and acid turret, but don't actually require an acid reagent.

Yeah I noticed that. Weird that the only things dwarves have that utilize acid, don't actually require acid.

[slay_mithos]

Yeah, the two recipes for dwarves that seem to require acid actually don't.

If you look into the raws, you will notice a comment about that too.

My guess is that they were made before the actual acid, and then everyone forgot about adding the acid in the ingredients.

[Meph]

There was a larger chemistry system, based on RL, in the works, but I deemed it too complicated for most players...it got scrapped. :/

[Emperor]

Not exactly dwarf-mode related, but during browsing the raws I noticed that plants like kobold bulbs, strawberries, fisher berries etc. we used to plant are missing [GROWDUR:]. Is it intentional?

[Thelo]

I've checked the raws as well as I know and...

Magmalings don't exist anymore? I can't find the way of creating them in the Alchemy Lab. I have Blood of Armok, I've discovered magma and I have changelings.

[slay_mithos]

Magmalings got extinct a few versions ago, sadly.
There is always the "magma well", but it is hazardous, and not really fit for magma spawning.

Your best bet would be to use dfhack to spawn the magma directly, and then dump the "cost" of the magmaling under a bridge to destroy it (I think the gem is magma proof, so only the hellfire turret/landmine or a bridge can destroy it).

[c0mplex]

Yeah the Magma Well is not very useful for dwarves since fire-immune is not very common among them so the well tends to kill the operator. However, I tend to find it necessary for the Magma Discovery without having to dig into the caverns since I don't think spawning magma through dhack alone is capable of triggering magma workshop availability.

The "easiest" and most practical way to make good use of Magma Wells is to make it from all magma-safe materials (slightly tricky for the bucket but not too difficult) and make a Emberblaze Alter to make a dwarf into a fire-immune Ashkin and make it do the operations. It is a little annoying to go through all of that since it requires several difficult to get items (to the point where I have yet to actually put it into practice despite thinking of it weeks ago) but it seems to be the only way to spawn magma without using dhack and needs all the preparation necessary for catching and holding the magma that is spawned.

You can also just send dwarves you don't like to do the operations until you have spawned all the magma you want, still without using dhack.

[Thelo]

Ok, I see now. Very useful information, guys. Thanks.


What was the reason for dropping magmalings (and, I presume, waterlings)? What is the Blood of Armok used for now?

[lordofgilneas]

Blood for the blood god XD?

[Thelo]

Another question: how do I do to get my military dwarves constantly working on the weight bench? I have plenty of lead bars around my benches and my dorfs just use them a couple of cycles (or just one) and then they suspend the reaction.

[lordofgilneas]

Dwarves are fickle beings. Although consider assigning a burrow round it. If there's nothing else to do they will sleep and pull weights. Probably.

[c0mplex]

Another question: how do I do to get my military dwarves constantly working on the weight bench? I have plenty of lead bars around my benches and my dorfs just use them a couple of cycles (or just one) and then they suspend the reaction.

That is strange. Do you have a bar stockpile? It may be that dwarves keep tagging the lead bars with hauling jobs to bring them to the stockpile.

If that is the case, just turn off Lead in your bar stockpile. If not, then try checking your alerts page for job suspensions, that may shed some light on the matter.