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Apollo Densin

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Z level question in regards to the caverns
« on: May 27, 2013, 11:48:01 pm »
Well at my current embark site i am on top of a mountain where the top z level is 112 and the bottem of it is 99. Do i have to go down 99 z levels to hit the caverns?
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Re: Z level question in regards to the caverns
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2013, 12:20:20 am »
Very unlikely.  The topmost cavern is sometimes quite close to the surface.  Dig down and explore, you can always wall off any breach.
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Re: Z level question in regards to the caverns
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2013, 01:45:30 am »
My current embark is a tall mountain where the highest tip of the mountain is at Z151.  First caverns are at -4 or so.  So I would say yes.
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Re: Z level question in regards to the caverns
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2013, 02:35:24 am »
That's pretty not-typical.
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Re: Z level question in regards to the caverns
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2013, 04:07:19 am »
it's random, i have seen the caverns 100z levels below the surface, but it's nearly always 30z levels or less
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Re: Z level question in regards to the caverns
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2013, 06:02:04 am »
Quote from: smakemupagus on May 28, 2013, 02:35:24 am
That's pretty not-typical.

<shrug>

I searched (and embarked) on a highly mountainous terrain (indicators were for 30+ Zlevels), so whether that makes a difference...
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ORCACommander

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Re: Z level question in regards to the caverns
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2013, 11:58:44 am »
my latest embark had a tunnel leading to the caverns exposed to the surface.
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Re: Z level question in regards to the caverns
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2013, 01:23:58 pm »
Quote from: ORCACommander on May 28, 2013, 11:58:44 am
my latest embark had a tunnel leading to the caverns exposed to the surface.

That's pretty cool.  Did that turn out to be a good or bad thing for your fortress?
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Re: Z level question in regards to the caverns
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2013, 04:00:29 pm »
Quote from: VerdantSF on May 28, 2013, 01:23:58 pm
Quote from: ORCACommander on May 28, 2013, 11:58:44 am
my latest embark had a tunnel leading to the caverns exposed to the surface.

That's pretty cool.  Did that turn out to be a good or bad thing for your fortress?

mostly just harassment problems from cave dwellers and lost a dwarf to a troglodyte. fortunately my dwarves did not follow it all the way down to trigger the cavern discovery but somehow manage to trigger discovery of the magma sea....
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