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Melzer

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Serious Fishing
« on: July 08, 2012, 01:07:41 am »
So how do you process one of those damn Giant sperm whales from a fish(mammal actually) to giant piles of meat?
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Re: Serious Fishing
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2012, 01:12:14 am »
Butcher shop, same as you would with real fish that are not vermin sized.
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Re: Serious Fishing
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2012, 02:57:01 am »
though how to kill them can be harder. Sphalerite had a fort dedicated to catching swimming animals, search for 'oceanshoots' in the dwarf mode discussion forum
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Re: Serious Fishing
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2012, 03:09:19 am »
Do make sure you have a butcher workshop near the shore, otherwise you might find your hard-won whale rotting halfway there...

Quote from: Garath on July 08, 2012, 02:57:01 am
though how to kill them can be harder. Sphalerite had a fort dedicated to catching swimming animals, search for 'oceanshoots' in the dwarf mode discussion forum
Drainable artificial bay with conventional/Moses dam and patience would work right? And if it's gradually deeper towards the land (and part underground; really a diagonal tunnel) it would guide the catch towards, even into your fortress and into a slaughter pool filled with cage traps and right next to your fishery/butcher's shop/whatever is needed to make whale go chop-chop...
« Last Edit: July 08, 2012, 09:29:30 am by peccan »
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Re: Serious Fishing
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2012, 09:13:43 am »
Quote from: Garath on July 08, 2012, 02:57:01 am
though how to kill them can be harder. Sphalerite had a fort dedicated to catching swimming animals, search for 'oceanshoots' in the dwarf mode discussion forum

I'm surprised the title for that fortress wasn't 'Mosesville' or something.
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Re: Serious Fishing
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2012, 11:33:45 am »
I'm pretty sure it was called 'Brightwater', actually... or that's the current incarnation of said sea-based fort...
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Re: Serious Fishing
« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2012, 11:51:10 am »
oceanshoots was the one where he was trying to kill whales moby-dick style with harpoons (balista) and involved walkways all over the ocean to scare them to some traps and an 'aquarium' that I'm not going to try to copy
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Jam a door with its corpse and let all the goblins in. Hey, nobody said it had to be a weapon against your enemies.
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And then everyone melted.