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[MenacesWithSpikes]

Pretty standard world settings... didn't use advanced parameters or anything.  My embark is in a warm temperate forest where rivers meet.

Apparently it must be at one of the lowest elevations in the entire world, because...

The caverns start at Z-level negative FIVE!!!!!!!

FIVE!!!!

That's right.  I only get a few quiet layers before I'm at the caverns.  My military isn't, in my opinion, ready to play with the caverns yet.  Heck, I don't even have an aboveground wall done yet!

I'm going to have to fiddle signficantly with my fortress layout design just because the caverns are so close by.

[luppolo]

i tried cave embarks and unless something funny comes up (like demons) a dorf with +5 in *any weapon* and shield user from embark is more than enough to keep first layer creatures at bay

[GreatWyrmGold]

Or a couple cage traps. Five mechanisms, five cages (with spares; 10-15 is good), and a 5-tile-long corridor will stop most Layer 1 baddies in their tracks. Forgotten beasts don't show up until later.

[Tirion]

Or a couple cage traps. Five mechanisms, five cages (with spares; 10-15 is good), and a 5-tile-long corridor will stop most Layer 1 baddies in their tracks. Forgotten beasts don't show up until later.

Add a raisable bridge to that and they are dealed with.

[Speakafreak22]

You could always just build a door, I haven't seen many building destroyers in any of my first cavern layers. They're mostly in the 2nd and 3rd.

[GreatWyrmGold]

There are a couple door openers IIRC, so you'd need to watch for those.
Also: Don't trolls live in the 1st cavern layer?

[Friendstrange]

Misfortune?
What are ye crazy? Its a dream embark. You have a huge underground open area already dug out for you and ripe for farming. Not to mention all the great creatures you could capture and tame to replace your dogs as military animals or your cattle for your meat industry.

Forget the first 5 layers, use the carvens for your central fortress locations. Finish your above-ground wall (+ roof because flyers) and start fortifying below.

[CaptainArchmage]

Usually the earliest caverns can start is 5 levels below the surface or so, because of default worldgen settings. However, if you changed the setting, you might get them even closer to the surface. Generally, I'd recommend using a minimum of 15 z-levels or so between the surface and the caverns (its an Advanced Worldgen option) if you want to avoid caverns showing up next to the surface.

[luppolo]

i never find caverns before digging for dozens of levels :<

[Morpha]

4 or 5 was my best.