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GPeter

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Fish with no river?
« on: October 10, 2018, 03:42:08 pm »

So, I Read somewhere that you can't fish in cave pools. And my fortress does not have a river above, and even If It had, the raining elf blood wouldn't allow my fisherdwarves to fish (not to mention the corpses moving around). My theory is: Can I dig my cave pool till the end of the map and turn it into an actual river so my dwarves can fish? Or am I doomed to have no sushi in the fortress? Also, Is it really true that one cannot fish from cave pools?
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Re: Fish with no river?
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2018, 05:25:07 pm »

I don't know where you've read it, but I've certainly managed to fish in caverns - heck, you can fish pond turtles in 1-tile artificial ponds. Assuming you have preexisting populations of fishable vermin, mind. Of course, they'll probably run out.

I don't know if connection to map edge has any effects on cavern lake populations.

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Re: Fish with no river?
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2018, 08:22:32 pm »

Cave Fish and Cave Lobster come from Water That Is In Caves.
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Re: Fish with no river?
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2018, 08:51:38 pm »

Thank you all for the answers, but anyway, I just created another fort!
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