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[SimRobert2001]

Is there anyway ot make sure that they keep bringing stuff that like this?

Nope.  And if you try, it'll only ensure that they go back to bringing nothing but cloth.

so, what if i just buy them out? what happens then?

[BurnedToast]

It seems to me if you buy something over and over, they bring more of it. I've never actually tested this or kept any records so it's hardly solid information, but if you just buy the useful stuff year after year maybe they will stop bringing so much cloth and bring more booze/animals.

Then again more likely it's just the RNG and confirmation bias.

Edit: if you really want, you can mod them to send a trade rep like the other races do. I *think* you add the [MERCHANT_NOBILITY] tag to them in the raws but I don't remember for sure - search the modding forum if you want more info. I tested it and it worked and didn't seem to break anything so it's something to consider but I'm pretty sure it requires a world regen.

[Jack_Bread]

I remember trading with elves and I had to bring out the bin. Instead of trying to give them the bin, I did  "down, enter, down, enter, down, enter, down, enter, etc." and tried trading. Fucking elves noticed the ONE pine earring in the bin full of stop crap. I needed the stuff they brought (beer and cloth) so... screw it... "s."

[Cypress]

Am I the only one who just uses the elves to dump off crap I don't need?

[LegacyCWAL]

Is there anyway ot make sure that they keep bringing stuff that like this?

Nope.  And if you try, it'll only ensure that they go back to bringing nothing but cloth.

so, what if i just buy them out? what happens then?

They bring nothing but cloth.

Seriously, I tried it, and that's what happened.

It seems to me if you buy something over and over, they bring more of it. I've never actually tested this or kept any records so it's hardly solid information, but if you just buy the useful stuff year after year maybe they will stop bringing so much cloth and bring more booze/animals.

Then again more likely it's just the RNG and confirmation bias.

It does work that way for Humans and Dwarves, and in theory works with Elves as well.  However, it can sometimes fail to work with Elves, and even if it does, you need something useful to buy from them in the first place.  It can take decades trying to get them to bring useful stuff when you can only buy a single (wild strawberries [5]) each year.

[SimRobert2001]

thats just it. there's DOZENS of things i can get from them right now.

[Glacies]

Yeah. I've never encountered the whole "OMG nothing but cloth" thing. They always bring booze and berries, at least. Most of the time, they also bring a fuckton on wood, too, which is always great.

[Orange Drink]

i remember the elves sometimes had a caravan loaded with only cloth and wood,   but i haven't encountered one recently.

[TigerPlushie]

Agreed on the "bring wood" part. even with tons of trees outside, when the elves are here buying wood ist just way more comfy.

As for the bringing of useful stuff. maybe you have discovered a dwarven-elf hybrid race... dwelves...

ask them for wood anvils

[Tormy]

Am I the only one who just uses the elves to dump off crap I don't need?

Nop, but again, trading is all about selling crap usually. 

[gerkinzola]

i got so pissed off with the elves for only bring cloth 5 years in a row on one fort so i locked them in a room til they went insane... coincidentally all the females ran around ripping off their clothes and all the males+animals went berserk or killed themselves when i let them out... lol got some killing and a adult show.

[Pilsu]

Speaking of naked elven women, can prisoners be sold?


You'll never see elven wrestlers the same way again. Or that tallow stockpile for that matter

[SimRobert2001]

Speaking of naked elven women, can prisoners be sold?

no, they cant'.

[AlienChickenPie]

I bet that beer is light.

[SimRobert2001]

I bet that beer is light.

thats no way for a dwarf to talk! Beer is beer, man! Be it light, dark, or filled wiht cloth, beer is beer!