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Superdorf

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Stress & unhappy dwarves in DF v. 51.x
« on: March 12, 2025, 02:44:58 pm »

Has anyone seen a tantruming or insane dwarf in the current version of the game, outside failed moods and whatnot? My forts consistently get one or two dwarves that register as being in the lowest mood tier, but I haven't seen any misbehave or go crazy as of yet.

I'm tempted to run the worst fort I possibly can at some point, just to see if I can get anyone to snap
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Re: Stress & unhappy dwarves in DF v. 51.x
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2025, 04:24:01 pm »

I have yes. There's a tiny percentage of the population that will just degrade until they tantrum after a few years no matter what, and if you just generally run your fort shittily, like I do when I'm testing mods instead of taking care of them, then you can get even more of them to tantrum.
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Re: Stress & unhappy dwarves in DF v. 51.x
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2025, 05:25:42 pm »

Aye, had a few tantrumers who managed to crawl back to being fairly contented dorfs after intervention. But keeping stress low isn't particularly hard, it's just those few outliers that sometimes just can't be saved whatever you do.

If your fortress runs long enough, you'll even get visitor nobles who've accumulated so much stress over the years with very few opportunities to relieve it. They'll crack up eventually. Had one stumble obliviously into a magma channel for my magma forges.
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