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[Sting_Auer]

It would be great if you could crack some way to tell if an embark is going to have zombies before you get boots on the ground.

I'm thinking that it might have to do with the biome and level of savagery. Could somebody do some tests on that? I'm busy testing stuff with zombies and whatnot.

[Wastedlabor]

(Xpost from the vampires thread) My vampire masons kept working on the entrance shack's roof while zombie wren men flew around. Active vampire marksdwarves didn't attack zombies either, unless explicitly ordered.

Zombie horses and zombie giant stuff are death machines.

Dead siegers keep adding themselves to the problem. I can't see a limiting factor. Culling the zombie population is made more difficult by their lack of interest in rushing the fortress.

My embark is a 5x5 terrifying with 1 corner square normal. The fort is mostly below the normal square. I broke through the initial dangers, with a population of 130 (half children) and 80 owned coffins. I have 70 undeads outside and a goblin siege killing them.

[Sting_Auer]

GOD DANG IT MY DWARVES ARE IDIOTIC.


This fort died too now.

[Broseph Stalin]

(Xpost from the vampires thread) My vampire masons kept working on the entrance shack's roof while zombie wren men flew around. Active vampire marksdwarves didn't attack zombies either, unless explicitly ordered.

Zombie horses and zombie giant stuff are death machines.

Dead siegers keep adding themselves to the problem. I can't see a limiting factor. Culling the zombie population is made more difficult by their lack of interest in rushing the fortress.

My embark is a 5x5 terrifying with 1 corner square normal. The fort is mostly below the normal square. I broke through the initial dangers, with a population of 130 (half children) and 80 owned coffins. I have 70 undeads outside and a goblin siege killing them.

Zombies and the undead are friendly

Because of the massive strength buff anything that was dangerous in life becomes the personification of death and terror when raised

Someone should think up a way to break a zombie "siege", it's essentially inevitable that their numbers will grow until they completely outnumber your dwarves and your fortress has to enter total lockdown.

[Lalandrathon]

There is one solution to all a dwarf's problems.

[Sting_Auer]

There is one solution to all a dwarf's problems.

It has been reported that zombies are immune to it.

[Wastedlabor]

I can only think of making a vampire factory (to replace casualties by invaders), then send them to clean up.

[Broseph Stalin]

I can only think of making a vampire factory (to replace casualties by invaders), then send them to clean up.

This is good, it puts the Well of Unlife into a new perspective. The only way to defeat the forces of darkness is to allow darkness into your soul.

[Sting_Auer]

I can only think of making a vampire factory (to replace casualties by invaders), then send them to clean up.

This is good, it puts the Well of Unlife into a new perspective. The only way to defeat the forces of darkness is to allow darkness into your soul.

That well of unlife thing is pretty ingenious Broseph. Mind if I include it in the OP?

[Broseph Stalin]

That well of unlife thing is pretty ingenious Broseph. Mind if I include it in the OP?

Go for it.

[Sting_Auer]

That well of unlife thing is pretty ingenious Broseph. Mind if I include it in the OP?

Go for it.

I added a "tips on killing the undead hordes" section and included your well of unlife

[Qwernt]

There is one solution to all a dwarf's problems.

It has been reported that zombies are immune to it.

I don't beleive anyone has reported what happens to obsidianized zombies...  Might only contain the problem.

[Sting_Auer]

There is one solution to all a dwarf's problems.

It has been reported that zombies are immune to it.

I don't beleive anyone has reported what happens to obsidianized zombies...  Might only contain the problem.

We're talking about !!MAGMA!! not obsidianizing.


Obsidianizing kills everything. It's just hard to do it.

[khearn]

I haven't played in a zombie-infested zone, so this is just speculation, but wouldn't dodge-pit traps work pretty well on a zombie invasion? Just make sure the bottom of the pit is well sealed, e.g. with a raised drawbridge. Just having a locked door apparently won't work with zombie kobold lockpicking. But if you drop all the zombies into an escape-proof pit, you've pretty much broken the siege, even if they do come back to life.

Hmmm, dig a tunnel from the bottom of the pit to the map edge and carve fortifications there and you might be able to wash them off the map and out of your hair.

I'm gonna wash that zombie offa my map,
I'm gonna wash that zombie offa my map,
I'm gonna wash that zombie offa my map,
And send him on his way!

[Nan]

One thing well worth doing on evil biomes is give EVERYONE on embark both a civilian and military skill, only novice level is needed. This will allow you to draft and dismiss them from the military at will without bad thoughts. Dwarves who are in the military can be ordered around and will attack threats, and on the other hand, dwarves who are not in the military will run away from threats.
You might even want to try and equip everyone (except the miners) with a weapon and shield so they have an increased ability to survive. Certain copper weapons are extremely cheap and wood or leather shields are cheap to make.