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[UnexpectedSalad]

I feel like I've accidently screwed up a file or something. I'm 3 years into my new fortress and not a single goblin in sight.

For most of you who have been playing this game far longer than me, how many months/seasons/years into a new fortress on average does it take for you to start getting ambushes?

Am I just getting unlucky or something? 3 years

[Brewster]

Check the world out! Are there still goblin civilizations around? I generally get a thief w/n year two and snatchers the next year I get any children in my fort.

[UnexpectedSalad]

Um, so if there isn't any goblin fortresses on my current world I won't get ambushed/sieged by them?

I've been starting at year 100 most of the time.

[Brewster]

Well ya, just like how there isn't a dinosaur race to kill us today, if there are no goblins in-game (or out-game), they won't kill your dwarfs there (or here).

[Brewster]

Year 100 - most stuff isn't dead yet. Unless you had a small pocket world and they just never showed up to begin w/.

[UnexpectedSalad]

Thanks, I'm playing on a large world, I guess I'll wait a few more years and see what happens.

I will make sure to check for dark fortresses next time though, cheers.

[Triaxx2]

Try embarking nearby and flip through the options to see if there's a goblin civ around and if it's friendly.

Also, they'll never show on an island.

[proxn_punkd]

How wealthy is your fort? Rich forts attract greedy neighbors.

[Babylon]

Most likely the goblins just don't have access to your fort.  You can check with tab on the embark screen.

[Telgin]

For what it's worth, in my first fort I got two thieves in I believe year 2 followed by a small siege in year 4.  Never saw an ambush in that fort.

If you haven't seen any thieves though, odds are pretty good that there are no goblin civilizations that can reach your fort.

[Loud Whispers]

Try putting some bait animals/Dwarves outside? I've had no ambushes until the third year once, and the moment I sent Dwarves outside to gather some wood I got 4 ambushes at the same time ;P

[UnexpectedSalad]

I've been ambushed 3 times since I posted this thread so I think things are all good. No thieves or snatchers yet.

Thieves and snatchers are lightly armored right? I've got a ridiculous amount of wardogs and puppies, I've chained about 10 into 2x1 nooks along the entrance to my fortress past the traps. Are the wardogs strong enough to take down, or atleast cripple the thieves and snatchers?

[Loud Whispers]

snatchers and thieves should run away the moment they're spotted, so the dogs should serve that purpose.