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[slothen]

I have a hydra in a 4x6 clear glass cage.  I pitted a goblin thief with him.  The goblin died from blood loss from the fall, but at no point did the hydra attack him.  Now, the hydra is not tame.  Also, there's a path for the hydra to leave, but its an upward ramp blocked by a locked hatch cover.  Do I need to tame the hydra to get him to fight goblins?  is the hydra ignoring the goblin and trying to path out of the cage?   I'd prefer to do this without giving the [PET] tag to the hydra, so I'd like to know if this is the only way, or if replacing the hatch cover with a constructed floor would be sufficient.

[Urist Da Vinci]

Can you post a screenshot? I assume the hydra is in a room with glass walls, not a glass cage.

Try pitting a puppy, kitten, or other harmless pet into there and tell us what happens. I want to see if the hydra will fight, but I don't want to risk injuring the hydra.

[slothen]

yeah, its a cage made of glass constructions, with a ramp leading out.  I threw a groundhog (not tame, not part of my civ) and the hydra ignored it.  I threw down a naked goblin, goblin hurt himself from the fall, hydra didn't try to kill him either.  I'm fairly sure the hydra will attack members of my civ, animals and the like, but I'd rather use him to execute enemies.  I'm hoping its just because he's too busy trying to path out through the hatch he can't get out of.

[thegoatgod_pan]

Your hydra will certainly attack goblins you leave it alone with them, but it might not if it is trying to reach one of your dwarves, i'd recommend using a 1x2 bridge (almost door sized) to seal it off and lever release goblins with it, then recapture with cage traps set outside bridge, and repeat.  Also arenas make for a fun project.

[slothen]

I didn't mention this before, but the clear glass and steel enclosure is suspended from the vaulted ceiling of my great hall by a clear glass chute for dropping goblins in.  Each level has hatches that allow for the safe or unsafe delivery of visitors to the hydra pit.

I've placed a floor over the ramp exit instead of a hatch cover, and lowered in an untame mountain goat.  It seems the hydra only wants to attack members of my civ.  I'll try again with a goblin, but I don't expect anything better.

[slothen]

flooring over the ramp seems to have fixed the problem.