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[Ives]

I was only able to find vague estimates, like "a couple of months", however my last moody dwarf has lost her mind after just a month and a half.

This time I have a weaponsmith with a preference for maces. Unfortunately I don't have gold or platinum, but it's almost late summer and the dwarven caravan is in sight. I'm willing to risk the dwarf and the possibility of a steel or silver artifact, to get a shot at a gold one, but I'm not sure if there's enough time. The caravan arrives around the 15th, which is just shy of two months away.

Also, would making the dwarf run around the map and forbidding the bars she's after just before she grabs them, help? I've read somewhere that they don't go insane if they're in the process of collecting stuff.

[LMeire]

It varies based on their personality, specifically how well they cope with stress. A dwarf who's "a nervous wreck", "in a constant state of internal rage", and/or "is frequently depressed" will loose their mind practically at the drop of a sock while traits like "an incredibly calm demeanor", "never becomes angry" and/or "never feels discouraged" mean a dwarf can and will weather the worst Fortress Mode has to offer.

[Ives]

Goblin siege arrived earlier than I hoped, so my dwarf never had a chance to go insane, - no gold for the year again. I also remembered that if there's unforbidden adamantine on the level, the moody smith will not settle for anything else, even when the end result is a glorified wifflebat. Bah.

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Legendary piece of crap

[PatrikLundell]

Sounds like a perfect Hammerer badge of office to me.

[Kneenibble]

Although the point is moot now that you have your adamantine massage wand: I believe the insanity countdown is reset after every item they bring to the workshop, and it doesn't run while they are out getting something.  Only during time spent idling without either the required workshop or a required item do they spiral towards madness.

[Daris]

Although the point is moot now that you have your adamantine massage wand: I believe the insanity countdown is reset after every item they bring to the workshop, and it doesn't run while they are out getting something.  Only during time spent idling without either the required workshop or a required item do they spiral towards madness.

Interesting.  So I could buy large amounts of time by forbidding every boulder except a small pile of cobaltite on the other side of the map in the lowest cavern.  Will the moody dwarf ever die of thirst, or can I send them on this fetch quest indefinitely by forbidding each boulder after they've spent a month hauling it back to the workshop?

[Kneenibble]

Interesting.  So I could buy large amounts of time by forbidding every boulder except a small pile of cobaltite on the other side of the map in the lowest cavern.  Will the moody dwarf ever die of thirst, or can I send them on this fetch quest indefinitely by forbidding each boulder after they've spent a month hauling it back to the workshop?

Somebody like Quietust, who seems to know everything, may arrive and correct me.  But as far as I know, dwarves in a strange mood do not experience hunger or thirst.  Their inspiration sustains them like a most rarefied and nutrient vapour.  I think it is possible to waste infinite time in this way.

[Quietust]

I was only able to find vague estimates, like "a couple of months", however my last moody dwarf has lost her mind after just a month and a half.

The exact duration is 50000 ticks which, at 1200 ticks per day, works out to 41.66 days, which is almost exactly the month and a half you observed.

I believe the insanity countdown is reset after every item they bring to the workshop, and it doesn't run while they are out getting something.  Only during time spent idling without either the required workshop or a required item do they spiral towards madness.

That is correct.

But as far as I know, dwarves in a strange mood do not experience hunger or thirst.  Their inspiration sustains them like a most rarefied and nutrient vapour.  I think it is possible to waste infinite time in this way.

That is also correct. They also do not experience drowsiness.

[Ives]

Thank you, everyone. Very informative replies.

[Dozebôm Lolumzalìs]

I believe the base item is brought to the workshop _first_.  All that will do is allow you to stall until the caravan arrives with diamonds for decorations.