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[hinric]

Hi everyone,

Recently, I was surprised to discover a forgotten beast sitting in the middle of my wood burning plant, right in the middle of what I thought to be a hermetically sealed fortress. A quick inspection revealed that the thing had gotten in there through a hole in the roof, from the cavern directly above. There was also a hole nearby through which the forgotten beast had managed to enter my "secure" water supply a little earlier. I do not recall making these holes. Obviously it could be a misdesignated channel, but for the five years that the fortress has existed (and endured several FB attacks from the same cavern), not a single other thing has come down through that hole, which makes me think it must be recent.

Very recent.

Now, for as long as that thing has been camping out in the cave, no dwarf has been in there. Could the beast have made these itself?

[StagnantSoul]

No, that is impossible that it did it itself. One thing I can think of is it burnt a tree down, that might have done something. Otherwise, I can't tell you, but it can't burrow through soil or rock.

[MonkeyHead]

Cut down a tree directly above an excavated section, and a hole will be left. This I discovered the hard way via goblins dropping into my farm.

[hinric]

Ho boy. That means I probably have multiple breaches. Excuse me while I pave the cavern with rock floors.

[Iamblichos]

It's fun when you don't know this, and suddenly in the 'sealed' cavern you see dwarfs scurrying around... then you realize you are looking through the roof of the room below you 

[Dwachs]

I had this holes in the ceiling, too. Sealed them with floors. But every now and then I got the message "something has collapsed on the surface" and the hole is there again

[nimbus25]

I had this happen once, but thankfully the only thing that happened from it was letting me make an above ground farm without having to channel a skylight myself 

[MobRules]

Yeah, I discovered this the hard way as well. Now, I never build anything in the first layer underground, to give myself a full z-level between my fort and the treacherous trees.