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[nick56x]

Uh... Did I use !!FUN!! right...?

Anyway. This is my first time back to DF after half a year or so. I guess it's true. You can't go without getting your Dorfs killed for too long.

But anyway, I'm curious! What embarks do you use for your Dorfs?

[Henry47]

I make sure there is iron ore, flux and either coal or wood. I like to have deep carven(the first carven about 50 z levels below ground), and i also hate aquifers, so i modded aquifers out and used advanced world generation for deeper carvens. So far when doing this i have ended up with deep down marble as my only flux, and i solve this problem by building a railway, which i a nice challenge. I also prefer to embark in cold regions, partiality because i like the aesthetics of snow and partiality for the additional challenge of having to make an internal water system(Using water pumped from the deep down caverns). I also make sure to have goblins as neighbours, and having a tower nearby is nice as well.

[nick56x]

I've always thought about embarking in the glaciers, entirely for shits and giggles. And, to well, for !!SCIENCE!!.. As in, see how long it'll take for McDorf and his merry companions to freeze to death with a pint in their hand.

[deknegt]

I've always thought about embarking in the glaciers, entirely for shits and giggles. And, to well, for !!SCIENCE!!.. As in, see how long it'll take for McDorf and his merry companions to freeze to death with a pint in their hand.

First rule of glacier club... Bring a lot of substenance, and dig that first layer asap before closing off the top. Freezing biomes can make Urist Popsicles quicker than you realize.

[Orange Wizard]

Glaciers are pretty fun places to build if you bring enough food. Water can sometimes be sourced in the caverns, and, if not, collapsing glacial ice deeper underground will make it melt.
Bonus points if it's a haunted glacier. On a volcano.

[Player111444]

For some reason. I Can't help that i want to embark somewhere that says in world map. [SAVAGE] [Freakin' TERRIFYING] or [JOYOUS WILDS].

I Want to see the Giant Lions! No wait Unicorns! Or Even Better Zombie Giant Elephants!

Well in SAVAGE embarks i would go for Mountains or Hills that have Shallow or Deep Metals in them. Also find if their is a River or a Brook or even a Stream.

If i don't have any Iron in my embark or in the world gen... i fell i bit heart broken. 

Also ignore what i said about TERRIFYING Zombie Elephants. Dorfs got ripped to pieces by Giant Zombie Birds when i tried one...

[nick56x]

For some reason. I Can't help that i want to embark somewhere that says in world map. [SAVAGE] [Freakin' TERRIFYING] or [JOYOUS WILDS].

I Want to see the Giant Lions! No wait Unicorns! Or Even Better Zombie Giant Elephants!

Well in SAVAGE embarks i would go for Mountains or Hills that have Shallow or Deep Metals in them. Also find if their is a River or a Brook or even a Stream.

If i don't have any Iron in my embark or in the world gen... i fell i bit heart broken. 

Also ignore what i said about TERRIFYING Zombie Elephants. Dorfs got ripped to pieces by Giant Zombie Birds when i tried one...

I... Uh.. Long story short, I unintentionally embarked right next to a Necromancer Tower in one of my previous playthroughs. All was going well, until, uhh... My dumbself Urist McMayor of Some Exotic Place forgot to build actual walls, and instead, fortifications. They were quite amazed when 30+ animated zombies came wondering through and simply... walked right under the fortifications that were floating in midair.... Fun times.