#DWARF FORTRESS DUMP FROM CAGE HOW TO#
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#DWARF FORTRESS DUMP FROM CAGE FREE#

One report of a Dungeon Master being unafraid to recage a pair of free goblins indicates that there may be more exceptions to the behavior of once-caged creatures, and tasks related to them. Tamable creatures lost in this way will still appear on your Animals screen and all relevant menus, and any creatures lost in this way will still be capable of being assigned to a cage, but until you recapture them the task cannot be completed. Tame creatures will cooperate untamed will not, resulting in a spam of job cancellations, and possibly worse things: The released animals will behave normally, for example a goblin Macelord will begin killing dwarves, a Cave Swallowman will flee helplessly and interrupt your dwarves' work, and a knuckle worm will begin wandering aimlessly again. This seems to follow the list of creatures in order, so that the first creature assigned to your new cage will be transferred directly, while the others will be released, at which point your dwarves will still attempt to cage them. If two or more creatures from other cages are assigned to a cage, all will be marked for release simultaneously (they are no longer assigned to the cage they were in) and then marked to be placed in their new cage one by one. It is very important to note that you must only assign one new untamed occupant to a cage at a time, mainly when transferring untamable creatures from one cage to another. It is unconfirmed whether this is the case with untamed, tamable creatures. Moving untamable and/or untamed occupants utilizes the Animal Training labor, which allows you to assign stronger, more capable dwarves to the task, which (may) reduce the chance of escape. A dwarf will fetch the animals from the stockpile after which you can release them by again examining the cage. If you already have a cage placed somewhere, a faster way to release bought animals is to examine this cage and assign the animals to it. If all you want to do is tie it up, you can assign the creature using the restraint's menu. A dwarf will come along and let the animal out of the cage, after which it can be butchered, moved, et cetera. Once it's placed, use q to examine it, a to assign, and then use Enter to toggle the animal(s) currently inside (animals assigned to the cage will have a green ' + ' next to them). You have 5 Copper Cages, but only one holds a Goblin), pressing x will Expand the Cage Selection menu and allow you to select a specific cage. If you have multiple types of the same cage but need one that's holding a specific thing (ex.

To remove an animal from a cage, it first needs to be placed via the Build menu ( b- j).

#DWARF FORTRESS DUMP FROM CAGE HOW TO#

If you buy your first animals via the traders, you may be unsure how to extract them. Pets kept in cages will age, which makes cages a great tool for keeping young animals restrained en masse.If the cage is made of metal, as a jail, where you designate its location to be used for justice, and a sheriff will detain any unruly (or unjustly accused) dwarves.A glass cage (Terrarium) can be designated an aquarium for holding captured fish.This is also how you go about making a ' zoo'.

Females that are caged will not get pregnant, but animals can bear children when caged.

As an animal restraining device, where you simply plant it and allocate any animals (except pets) you want in it.

A cage trap needs a cage as one of its components.

A cage takes 1 wood log if made by a carpenter at a carpenter's workshop, 3 bars to build and uses the metalsmith profession if made of metal by a metalsmith at a forge, or 1 sand bag (or rough rock crystal) if made of glass. Placing animals in a cage can reduce lag and traffic in your hallways. Cages can hold an unlimited number of animals and captured vermin at once. A cage containing more than one animal will be called a shared cage.īoth empty and occupied cages are stockpiled in an Animal stockpile - use the u key to toggle them on/off (lower right corner of that screen).Ĭages can be made of wood, metal or glass (called a terrarium), but not stone (without a mood). A cage is a holding device that can hold one or more creatures.

Dwarf fortress dump from cage