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[UristMcDwarf]

Don't tell me I have flux and iron on this embark and unable to get anvils...

[Quietust]

Your civilization does not have access to either iron or steel, so it's got nothing from which to make anvils.
Something strange is going on with mineral access - in one test embark, I got a Dwarven civ that had steel and bronze but did not have iron or copper...

[katana]

Your civilization does not have access to either iron or steel, so it's got nothing from which to make anvils.
Something strange is going on with mineral access - in one test embark, I got a Dwarven civ that had steel and bronze but did not have iron or copper...

Same here.
No traders etc. had any iron/steel/silver, they all had bismuth bronze and bronze. Couldn't request any iron related, but they had STEEL anvils.

[Malibu Stacey]

I can understand how not having access to ore could happen to a dwarf civ but not being able to make Steel is bizarre. Unless something's been changed in 0.31.19 civ's just make alloys out of thin air as shown by Humans making Bronze weapons without any access to Copper & Tin pre-0.31.18 when they didn't have STONE_PREF to give them access to ore.

[Jake]

Perhaps they don't have any sites with iron ore, but they do have flux and can import iron from the humans?

[Ultimuh]

You could mod a workshop that spits out anvils and other stuff you need, in exchange for.. stones that you do not need?

[PwndJa]

Perfect time to test the new trade system! Trade them some iron and request anvils.

[Assassinfox]

Something strange is going on with mineral access - in one test embark, I got a Dwarven civ that had steel and bronze but did not have iron or copper...

Civs automatically have access to a metal if they have a reaction to make it.  It seems like the game doesn't actually check to see if the civ has access to the reagents for the reaction, it just looks at the product.  One of my mods created a reaction that created bars of a metal that couldn't be smelted from any ore, and I gave that reaction to only the goblins.  The result:  Goblins running around with equipment made from a special metal nobody else had.

[agatharchides]

Perfect time to test the new trade system! Trade them some iron and request anvils.

That would be pretty awesome but I don't think the trading system has changed. Of course, I keep screwing around with new embark sites so I haven't gotten to autumn yet. 

[Areyar]

(0.31.19) I've only genned the one giant world yet and this was not too smart on my netbook as it took an hour or more...I fell asleap. 
Anyhow, I notice that only one civ of the embark entities actually has a Fortress and some territory. Maybe having your civ extinct, like the dorfs in LotR, effects what supplies you can find as well.

At least now there are eggs, honey and flour, so you can have pancakes.

[EveryZig]

My civ in my current embark (one ruins city, no important leaders) has steel and pig-iron but no iron. Which means I had an anvil, but had to pay 300dorfbuks on embark for it.

About the civ being in ruins, what happens if I make it to capital? Will there just be no king?

[thranguy]

About the civ being in ruins, what happens if I make it to capital? Will there just be no king?

If it's the same as it's been, it means that Dwarves are mostly extinct, that you'll get one, maybe two waves of migrants as the last remnants of the race head to your fortress to make their final stand, and you'll never see a Dwarf caravan or liason.  So no barons or kings as such, and you'll be growing your own population expansion past 20 or so...

[Mantonio]

About the civ being in ruins, what happens if I make it to capital? Will there just be no king?

If it's the same as it's been, it means that Dwarves are mostly extinct, that you'll get one, maybe two waves of migrants as the last remnants of the race head to your fortress to make their final stand, and you'll never see a Dwarf caravan or liason.  So no barons or kings as such, and you'll be growing your own population expansion past 20 or so...

Sounds like a challenge. The best way would be to completely seal yourself in. Your trap laden entrance covered with a drawbridge, and the caverns likewise. Pump water up to a safe zone. Only open for caravans. Can you, the last of the children of the mountains, survive long enough to make sure your race sees tomorrow?

[EveryZig]

I got a dwarf caravan this year, so it had to come from SOMEWHERE... On the other hand, this is just the first year...