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[dwarfhoplite]

how high wells can be? my only water supply is in the cavern. can i make a well that is about 40z high?

[Lamphare]

yes you can.
but beware occasionally your dwarfs can slip n' fall into the well.

[Haruspex_Pariah]

Sorry to threadjack, but can flying creatures fly up such a well?

[Haedrian]

Sorry to threadjack, but can flying creatures fly up such a well?

Never had it happen myself, but since there's a hole in the well (which dwarfs can fall through, liquids can shoot through) - I would assume that yes.

So toss in some cage traps or something.

[Cassicotca]

Flying creatures can come up a well, had a giant bat and a couple other creatures come up from a well

[Haruspex_Pariah]

I'm looking forward to bats and such; what worries me is the flying FB lurking around my caverns.

[Cassicotca]

Flying FBs are so rare you dont really need to worry about them

[Lamphare]

and you can always seal the well room with clever design, giving your time to prepare a webbed cage.

[shlorf]

If you're gonna have a 40z well anyway you can also add a lever operated floor grate below the well (one z-level below). If it's open the well works, if you close it nothing should make it through, as building destroyers have to be on the same z-level to destroy a construction. Or just dig another reservoir besides the cavern lake and connect it with a fortification, as long as the water isn't moving stuff can't make it through fortifications.

[Illanair]

Flying creatures can come up a well, had a giant bat and a couple other creatures come up from a well

Should be countered easily by putting a vertical bar in the well somewhere along to the source of water. Nothing buy liquids pass through then.