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[taf_esra]

How many z-levels does a cave-in punch and can it punch through solid stone?

[Jim Groovester]

A cave-in will punch through all floors but will be stopped by solid rock.

I'm unsure of whether constructed walls will block a cave-in.

[Skorpion]

Far as I remember, they deconstruct.

[Firnagzen]

Yea, caveins cause doomy doomy dooms. They well smash through everything save natural walls. And they'll atom smash some stone on the way down, too.

[Sevrun]

yeah, but they're so much FUN when dropped on nondwarves!  ok, they're fun even when dropped on dwarves too, but don't tell anyone I said so

[Overdose]

i heard it's as far as you've tunneled down on the map....so if you tunneled down 20 z levels, you'd have up to that far when something caves in....i'm no expert though, things never cave-in on my or my dwarfs, too busy killing nobles

[Eater of Vermin]

It's basically a case of: how many you got?   

[Rose]

I had a cavein that didn't make it through one.

it was ice

it ended up becoming a dome shaped structure supported in the corners, with emptyness in side of it.

yes, actual emptyness, not floor. (though the tiles undreneath were rock)

[Grimlocke]

I think caveins can go through as many floors as there are, constructed walls seem to stop them, as do natural walls. Caving in walls seems to punch in rock or soil below, floors dont do tha. Though I havnt tested that with constructions. Never seen anything punch in more then 1 solid z-level though.

Stairs seem to stop caveins the same as walls, as I recentelly unitentionally found out... oops. Turns out even tallow soap floors can make a mess. It would have smashed straight through my channel, under which a large portion of my fort lies. Was quite glad about those stairs