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[SpeardwarfErith]

For those who don't know, a candy spire is something along these lines, though usually far more tame.

I know that though they were extremely rare, they were not a one-off thing. However, I haven't been able to find any mention of them from recent versions. Do they still occur or have they been patched?

[PatrikLundell]

Adamantine, a.k.a. "candy" spires are very much a thing. There's a fair bit of info on the wiki about them, but any embark of a size of at least 3*3 will have 1-4 spires (there's a bug that can cause spires not to show up where defined in worlds with less than 3 cavern layers), and properly aligned 2*2 embarks will have exactly one (subject to the same bug).

[Draignean]

Adamantine, a.k.a. "candy" spires are very much a thing. There's a fair bit of info on the wiki about them, but any embark of a size of at least 3*3 will have 1-4 spires (there's a bug that can cause spires not to show up where defined in worlds with less than 3 cavern layers), and properly aligned 2*2 embarks will have exactly one (subject to the same bug).

That's absolutely the wrong kind of spire, he's talking about the beard hairs of Armok- which are an extraordinarily rare phenomenon.

I haven't heard of one in years, honestly- but I'm not as acting in the upper boards and in DF as I used to be. I don't think they occur anymore.

[Bumber]

I'm pretty sure it's a bug. Not sure if it got squashed, or if it's just so rare nobody happened to encounter it recently.

[SpeardwarfErith]

It's 100% a bug, but by Armok it was the most glorious one in existence. The thing is that they are so rare it's entirely plausible that they still exist but nobody has reported it since last time- I think there are only 3 or so spires ever found and reported.

Also, despoilered title

[PatrikLundell]

I've been able to hack spires to extend to the first cavern, but trying to extend them to the surface results in no spire at all. I haven't tried lowering the surface to below the first cavern, though...

[TheEqualsE]

How massive is massive?

In 43.05 my fort on a 4 by 5 embark, something like that, had three spikes of adamantine.  One flush with the lava, one slightly taller, and one almost as tall as the lowest level cave, which was about 40 z levels tall.  So it had about 30 levels of gettable adamantine and the top was entirely solid.

Sure, it doesn't touch the surface, but how much do you need?

I don't think terrain generation has changed since then, so I would say fairly massive pillars are still in the game.

[Draignean]

How massive is massive?

In 43.05 my fort on a 4 by 5 embark, something like that, had three spikes of adamantine.  One flush with the lava, one slightly taller, and one almost as tall as the lowest level cave, which was about 40 z levels tall.  So it had about 30 levels of gettable adamantine and the top was entirely solid.

Sure, it doesn't touch the surface, but how much do you need?

I don't think terrain generation has changed since then, so I would say fairly massive pillars are still in the game.

You really need to read the link in the OP, it's a part of our cultural heritage as much as mermaid bones and murder elephants. Said spires extend thousands of Z levels above ground- to the point that they basically broke dwarven pathfinding and caused all migrants to stop and stare in awe and wonder until thirst and hunger claimed them.

[SpeardwarfErith]

I've been able to hack spires to extend to the first cavern, but trying to extend them to the surface results in no spire at all. I haven't tried lowering the surface to below the first cavern, though...

How have you managed that?

[Telgin]

If I remember correctly it was a worldgen bug caused by running advanced worldgen multiple times without closing the game, or something like that.  Or maybe I'm thinking of some other cavern / underworld related worldgen bug.

In any case, I'm pretty sure it was fixed at least a major version ago.

[PatrikLundell]

I've been able to hack spires to extend to the first cavern, but trying to extend them to the surface results in no spire at all. I haven't tried lowering the surface to below the first cavern, though...

How have you managed that?

That functionality is available in the Region Manipulator (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=164136.msg7454345#msg7454345), so the easiest thing is probably to look at how it's done there.

[lethosor]

If you're asking specifically about the massive above-ground spires, that was probably http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=5077, which was fixed in 0.34.03. In theory, you could corrupt feature files yourself and get similarly strange results (or more likely crashes).

[SpeardwarfErith]

If you're asking specifically about the massive above-ground spires, that was probably http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/view.php?id=5077, which was fixed in 0.34.03. In theory, you could corrupt feature files yourself and get similarly strange results (or more likely crashes).

Damn, I guess no more spire of Armok for me.