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[EveryZig]

I have two questions. First, how do you get bones from the goblins you killed? They just turn to skeletons, and I cannot seem to butcher them like the wikis suggests. I want to make bolts from dead goblins like I could in the previous version.

Also, what do you do about 'grumbling/angry/depressed' about long patrol duty? Do you have to de-activate the squad, or just not have them train or anything? (and if you have to deactivate, it it a lose-lose between that and 'upset at relieved of duty'?)

[shmelse]

First, how do you get bones from the goblins you killed? They just turn to skeletons, and I cannot seem to butcher them like the wikis suggests. I want to make bolts from dead goblins like I could in the previous version.

you can't, anymore. the only way to get goblin bones is to get parts to come off of the goblins (arms, legs, etc) and then have those rot away to bones on the stockpile. skeletons will *never* rot away to bones and they aren't currently butcherable.

I've read that a good way to get lots of parts is by a really long fall, basically resulting in a goblin explosion at the bottom. haven't had any to try it on yet, though.

I believe you can mod the raws to make this possible in future fortresses, though someone smarter than I will have to tell you how.

[Inari]

This bug report describes the mods necessary for goblin bone bolts.

There appears to be another bug where "long duty" angst will never reset.  Giving your troops time off might allow them to enjoy your legendary dining hall sufficiently to offset it, but the only way to get rid of it completely is for your troops to make Elite status.*   I forgo down-time and just try to get my recruits up to level 11 as quickly as possible.

* And then there's another bug which strips that Elite status whenever the hero goes off-duty, for instance when they randomly toggle off-on duty at month end, but that's another story.

[EveryZig]

Another question? is it a bug that soldiers not assigned to anything will wander to places vaguely near their last post? (sometimes going outside if they have been posted outside recently?)