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[Manikinator]

So, I had a goblin invasion, and out of the 22 goblins alive, i got 20 on cage traps.

2 goblins were in mounts, so I assume the animals are tame (at least for the goblins).

Can I train/claim these war beasts so they defend my fortress?

One is a lion, the other is a jabberer, idk what that is.

THNX

[Maolagin]

So, I had a goblin invasion, and out of the 22 goblins alive, i got 20 on cage traps.

2 goblins were in mounts, so I assume the animals are tame (at least for the goblins).

Can I train/claim these war beasts so they defend my fortress?

One is a lion, the other is a jabberer, idk what that is.

THNX

Nope, as the wiki says, you can tame hostile creatures, but they stay hostile to your dwarves. You can tame their offspring as part of your fort, though, which could happen if either of them is female and a male happens to wander onto the map.

The jabberer is an excellent creature as a war animal, but you may have trouble getting it to reproduce in your fort, though. Supposedly hostile egg layers refuse to use your filthy dwarven nest boxes, although I haven't had the opportunity to test that myself.

[Manikinator]

Thanks 4 the info Maolagin.

[Snaake]

So, I had a goblin invasion, and out of the 22 goblins alive, i got 20 on cage traps.

2 goblins were in mounts, so I assume the animals are tame (at least for the goblins).

Can I train/claim these war beasts so they defend my fortress?

One is a lion, the other is a jabberer, idk what that is.

THNX

Nope, as the wiki says, you can tame hostile creatures, but they stay hostile to your dwarves. You can tame their offspring as part of your fort, though, which could happen if either of them is female and a male happens to wander onto the map.

The jabberer is an excellent creature as a war animal, but you may have trouble getting it to reproduce in your fort, though. Supposedly hostile egg layers refuse to use your filthy dwarven nest boxes, although I haven't had the opportunity to test that myself.

On the other hand, if the jabberer is male the hostility isn't a problem, just keep it caged/chained somewhere until you can catch a female one, preferably from the caverns than from the gobbos.

[PDF urist master]

If you tame them they'll hostile to your dwarves, but will they be hostile to future sieges?

[MDFification]

If the creatures are egg layers, you can seperate the parents from the eggs before they hatch. The young will be tamed/tameable, but their parents will be hostile to them. So if you catch goblin jabberers, keep them around and try to get your own population, don't just kill them.

[Di]

Actually, if you remove bird before eggs hatch they simply won't hatch.
There's not much problem with chained hostiles, they won't attack anyone.

[MrsStick]

There's not much problem with chained hostiles, they won't attack anyone.

Which is why I've started a room with roped goblins. There are gem windows so the dwarves can look in. After my next goblin murdering spree I will engrave the floor, so the goblins will be surrounded by engraving of their friends/relatives being killed.

[Di]

Be careful not to let diplomats or traders in that room, they seem to lack understanding of restraint concept.

[MrsStick]

Yeah, I'll keep my nobles out of it. Is there a way to remove an area from a burrow? I know how to add, but haven't seen how to take away from one.

[Snaake]

Yeah, I'll keep my nobles out of it. Is there a way to remove an area from a burrow? I know how to add, but haven't seen how to take away from one.

You go to the burrow tool, select the burrow you want to edit, then the 'r' key toggles between "currently painting" and "currently erasing".

[MrsStick]

THANK YOU! I've tried to figure that out for the last year...