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[Dr. Von Uristein]

So, in one of my forts I've managed to capture several unicorns in cage traps, and I decided that I'd like to breed them as a source of meat, leather, and bones.  Looking at various animals in the Wiki, it looks like I'll need to add the following tags: [CHILD:1][CHILDNAME:unicorn calf:unicorn calves] and [PET_EXOTIC] I could add [PET], but I'd like for my Dungeon Master to have some work to do.  I'm planning to keep the [BUTCHERABLE_NONSTANDARD] tag for the same reason.  Can anyone think of anything I'm missing before I start mucking around with the RAW's?

[Neoskel]

Maybe you could add trainable too, war unicorns would be pretty badass. 

[Eita]

If you want to use them as a source of meat, bone, and leather, change them to standard in the butcherable tag.

[Dr. Von Uristein]

Thanks for the quick reply.

If I leave the [BUTCHERABLE_NONSTANDARD] tag as is, I should be able to butcher them after they've been tamed right?  I'll make them butcherable standard if I have to, but It will feel a little too easy to me if there isn't some work involved in breeding and taming them.

Maybe I will add trainable.  The gobs on this map are extra annoying.

By the way, is it the ModValue tag that influences the value of items made from animals?

[Neoskel]

By the way, is it the ModValue tag that influences the value of items made from animals?

Affirmative. I once got it mixed up with petvalue so i ended up being able to embark with 1000+ war velociraptors. 

[Footkerchief]

Uh, are you using 38c or something?  [BUTCHERABLE_NONSTANDARD] doesn't exist anymore.  I believe all that stuff is controlled by civ ethics now.

[Dr. Von Uristein]

I'm using 39e, but this is my first modding attempt with DF.  I've been combing through the Wiki and the forums so I can at least attempt to ask semi-intelligent questions before I start breaking things    Well, I guess I'll do some more digging and then start breaking things.

Thanks again to everyone for the help.  I'll report back when I get some time to muck around with the relevant items.

-edited for completion

[mizipzor]

Dont forget to report back! Im quite curious as to how this turns out. 

[Dr. Von Uristein]

I'm hoping to get all the testing done in the next few days.  I've only had time so far to test vanilla unicorns to get the base line.  Vanilla unicorns are huntable, and unicorns brought in by a hunter get butchered.  They are not trainable by animal trainers at the kennels.  This fort doesn't have a DM yet, so I'll start by adding the [Pet] tag.  I also still need to test if a colony of captured vanilla unicorns will breed.

[Deon]

I'm hoping to get all the testing done in the next few days.  I've only had time so far to test vanilla unicorns to get the base line.  Vanilla unicorns are huntable, and unicorns brought in by a hunter get butchered.  They are not trainable by animal trainers at the kennels.  This fort doesn't have a DM yet, so I'll start by adding the [Pet] tag.  I also still need to test if a colony of captured vanilla unicorns will breed.

Not while in cages.

[Dr. Von Uristein]

Yeah, I'm aware of the cage issue.  I'm going to set up a breeding pit soon.

Progress has been slow due to incesant golin ambushes.  6 ambushes in less than a year in a 25 dwarf fort is a bit much.  Apparently I embarked on a goblin ambusher convention.

Addition of [PET] tag is sufficient to make unicorns tameable, and they become butcherable in the stock menu once tamed.

[Dr. Von Uristein]

Still working.

Massive goblin ambushes led to me finally having to give them the [AQUATIC] token.  I don't think they'll be much of a problem anymore.  I can finally experiment in peace 

I have some tame unicorns hanging out in a room in my fort.  I'll give them a year to breed before I start playing with more tokens

[Moogie]

Hiya folks,

I began experimenting with this in my current fort and have successfully begun breeding tame unicorns.

To do this, I added the following tags:
[PET_EXOTIC]
[NATURAL]
[CHILD:1][CHILDNAME:unicorn foal:unicorn foals]

I caught some wild unicorns, tamed them and then pitted them. After roughly a year (after adding those tags) I got my first foal.