Dwarf fortress cavern prebreached install#
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This canīe somewhat complicated as the walls may need to be multiple z-levels high toīe truly safe. Near immediate military danger requires early defenses and walls. This time may beĮspecially substantial if it takes you an entire season to find the caverns Permanent workshop space compared to a surface fort. There is a large lag-time between when you start mining and have your first Plots can also cause this strange behavior in a regular fort.Ĭaverns have a reasonable amount of variety, meaning it is a bit difficult toĬompared to the challenges of doing this: This might be an extremely tiny benefit as deconstructing farm Will be converted to biome-appropriate soil tiles. When underground trees are cut or shrubs are harvested, cavern soil tiles You can still usually get this benefit with a minimum of walling off. Underground farming takes less time to set up (no irrigation required).Įven if your cavern is mostly flooded, as long as there is some exposed soil Use a naturally occurring pit for the trap!) You could even have bothĮntrances share a single drowning chamber or pit (if you are lucky, you could Your fort is closer to other important underground things (like the 2ndīecause you'll likely get a chance to place your entrance to untamed cavernsīefore you build your indoor trade depot, you can plan a single bastion ofĭefense for both above ground and underground use. Will be further away from your fort, making them less common to find early, but moreĪccessible late, because mining out all of the shallow tiles in search of ore restricts your If you bring along lots of wood, or at least a little coal. This may greatly improve trade in the first caravan 'deep' tiles and thus are very unlikely to contain iron, and likely to contain silver/gold Lots of metal/gem tiles revealed very early and accessible to your fort. Live combat training in the 1st cavern level greatly speeds up military Your fort is much less dependent on the surface due to the large amount of Make things dangerous since dwarves wounded by cavern creatures will die Note that while theĪbility to create a tree farm is guaranteed, early water isn't a guarantee (myģrd cavern fort had no natural water outside the 3rd cavern level), which can Higher FPS and more embark locations to choose from. Treeless means I can seek out metals in the mountains. When the caverns are not merely immediately available, but convenient. It is much easier to embark in a treeless (or few-trees), waterless embark

Dwarf fortress cavern prebreached full#

On having access to a cavern level that is not largely full of water): Partially this just feels like theĭwarfy thing to do (I'm not a hill dwarf building a fort near the surface, I'mīut there are tangible advantages to doing this (most of these are contingent

So I like to place my main fortress staircase in the 1st cavern level andīuild my fortress around the caverns. Kitfox Discord #modding-discussion channelīronzemurder and Oilfurnace (illustrated)

Dwarf fortress cavern prebreached install#

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