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[Carric]

I captured a goblin snatcher who's visited my fort several times and escaped every time before this in one of my cage traps. So my question is, can I give him a particularly torturous death and melt him?

[Kablob]

The obvious solution is lava.

[Urist McKoga]

I captured a goblin snatcher who's visited my fort several times and escaped every time before this in one of my cage traps. So my question is, can I give him a particularly torturous death and melt him?

In DF Wiki, cage protect only for water, not for magma, so is a good way to kill this goblin. But you need magma safe material to save you cage =P. http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Cage

[Urist Da Vinci]

I personally researched this a while ago, and cages do transmit temperature to their occupants (and vice versa for certain hot occupants). You can make a nice reusable room with a steel cage to burn goblins.

[Bates]

Does a cage made out of Nether-cap also transmit heat into or out of the cage?

[Seraphim342]

Interesting thought... never made a cage out of nether-cap.  Captures prisoners, then freezes them to death?  I like it! 

[Urist Da Vinci]

Interesting thought... never made a cage out of nether-cap.  Captures prisoners, then freezes them to death?  I like it!

It isn't cold enough to freeze creatures to death. It needs to be below 9900 U (-68 F or -55 C) for that.

I went for a swim in arena mode in magma using a fire man with a nether-cap jug filled with water. The water did turn into steam. This doesn't bode well for critters in nethercap cages.

[Loud Whispers]

At least the jug stayed refreshingly cool though.