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[G1Radiobot]

I just wanted to know how deep I'm going to need to dig to get access to Flux stone. The Embark screen said that I do have a flux layer, but I've dug something like ten layers down and haven't seen any. How deep do you generally need to go to find flux?

[locustgate]

I just wanted to know how deep I'm going to need to dig to get access to Flux stone. The Embark screen said that I do have a flux layer, but I've dug something like ten layers down and haven't seen any. How deep do you generally need to go to find flux?

Depends some it's on the first lvl, though that is rare, usually near the 1st cavern lvl.....so basically z-100000-+10000

[pisskop]

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Flux

The nature of biomes means that you may have embarked on a border of to or more.  So, you may not be digging in the right biome.  It may also be a bit further down.  The depth of layers isn't necessarily a constant.  Its really a situational thing and each embark is different.

[m-logik]

If the flux is marble it could appear at just about any depth on the map. Calcite is usually (always?) seen as small inclusions in other flux layers. The others are sedimentary, so will generally be pretty close to the surface. Marble is, in my experience, the most frequently encountered flux stone, so may have to dig very deep to find it.

[martinuzz]

Indeed. If you do find marble however, you usually will find more than you'll ever need. I lost count in my previous fortress, just how many marble layers I found deeper down.

[PDF urist master]

I once found a marble layer that was only 1 z lvl deep on the second cavern level. The only marble there were stalactites as the layer above was gabbro and the layer beneath was orthoclase.

Usually I get 3-4 z lvls worth of flux though.

[G1Radiobot]

Actually I embarked in a one-biome area (Had to dig past an aquifer too). So I should just keep digging down until I hit a flux layer?

[pisskop]

If you want.  I would suggest sealing the tunnel/staircase off first, to prevent . . . interlopers.  Cage traps, bridges, weapon traps, or even a good old fashioned hatch.  If you pop the cavern you should be ready.

Most of the time you will pop it without a path for ground units to invade, but bats ans swallows are a thing.  And FBs.
You can continue down or make a new staircase if you do hit a cavern, but either way be ready for it.  Also consider mining for ore.

[greycat]

Actually I embarked in a one-biome area (Had to dig past an aquifer too). So I should just keep digging down until I hit a flux layer?

Digging straight down is one of the things I do in the first year.  I go down about a dozen levels with my main stairwell, then horizontally for 10-20 tiles, then drop an up/down stairwell straight down until I hit a cavern.  When I hit a cavern, I go up to the last "safe" up/down stairway, and construct an up-only stairway on it (this also requires digging one tile adjacent to it).  That seals the cavern, so nothing can fly up from it.  Then I find the nearest solid column of stone that'll let me continue down through the cavern layer.  I repeat this until I've found magma, and hopefully all 3 cavern layers, all sealed off.

[CaptainArchmage]

Well the site finder should tell you whether you have flux, at least as of one of the more recent versions. If you go to the menu to set economic stones and uneconomic stone, if this has not been touched, the flux stone should be in green if it is a layer stone. Else, the stone will not show up. Limestone, dolomite, and chalk appear as surface sedimentary layers, while marble appears deep down. Marble may also not appear at the same level or indeed in all parts of the map, if the layer arrangements differ (this does happen).

[G1Radiobot]

Thanks, I've already found a layer of marble. Quick secondary question, a human caravan showed up at my fort, and one of there wagons randomly died, and is showing up in my deceased list. They of course quickly left, and I helped myself to the loot. However, I'd prefer to avoid pissing off the Humans, so what can I do to prevent random wagon deaths?

[Chevaleresse]

Thanks, I've already found a layer of marble. Quick secondary question, a human caravan showed up at my fort, and one of there wagons randomly died, and is showing up in my deceased list. They of course quickly left, and I helped myself to the loot. However, I'd prefer to avoid pissing off the Humans, so what can I do to prevent random wagon deaths?

I believe this is an issue with wagon pullers getting spooked and having the wagon scuttle after they run off.

[Nyxalinth]

I have buttloads of dolomite, and not a single scrap of iron ore to be found.