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[Kaelis Asur]

Ive recently started playing adventure mode.

I have two important questions:

How to get items i could trade with for equipment and food? The few encounters ive had so far proved that creatures do not drop anything of any value, and i dont get a single coin for finishing quests. Are those few random goblins and kobolds my only chance of getting any tradeable items? If so, is there any other way to get food?

Ive also read on wiki there should be some ruins in my world (which, incidentally, may contain some valuable stuff...), but ive seen none on my world map. Are they some kind of a hidden feature? Or are there some requirements to find one?

[Aqizzar]

You're coming into this with a traditional RPG mindset, yeah.  There are no 'drops' or 'lewt' in DF.  There are tradable items in goblin towers though, along with everything they're wearing.  Human towns, and especially abandoned forts, are the other great sources of stuff.  Bear in mind that adventurers can't get the Appraiser skill, so you'll never know what any stuff's worth.

There are no ruins anymore.  That was a 2D feature and it was funky to say the least.  You will occasionally find pregenerated towns and settlements where all the inhabitants died in worldgen, so they'll look perfectly normal, just lifeless.  Something like ruins are coming in the next version though (any day now), so don't worry.

[Skizelo]

Yeah, most of my tradables come from dropping into a goblin fortress (pink or gray pi sign on the world map) and killing drunks or peasants (or sleeping guards). Since they were GCS silk, you can buy anything with value to spare (useful, as you can't tell what things definitely cost).

[Demonic Gophers]

There are no ruins anymore.  That was a 2D feature and it was funky to say the least.

Well, they were around more recently than that.  I think they were just dropped a version or two ago; I've visited ruins in Adventure Mode, and I haven't been playing all that long.

Yeah, goblins are about the best source of trade goods right now.  Also, recruiting drunks and taking their stuff after they get eaten by a Giant Lion.