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[evanvolker]

Okay, been a few years since I played DF, but I come back to these forums often. I'm starting a new world which is a small island so I can read up on everybody and have a good idea of the going-ons and important figures in the world. Theres a dragon in the world who I want to base my fort around. Got some questions for you guys.

1. Should I try to embark right on top of the dragon's lair? (is this possible?) or should I just try to attract it to my fortress through wealth? (whats the best way to do this?)

2. I want to breed something like chickens or something that I can feed to it in its own little habitat. Will it hunt wild food like that?

3. If I keep feeding it creatures to attack and kill can it get stronger like a dwarf does when his skills increase? I know dragons can be kind of squishy, but its still a neat idea.

Any help/suggestions to make this idea work would be super appreciated

[Sarmatian123]

I never seen animals eat anything. Animals either attack, steal or run away. Sort of animals changes also every season. You could check the name of the terrain the dragon nest is in. To make sure you get dragon spawns in your embark's biome, make sure it is the same terrain.

Maybe you shouldn't embark directly on their nest, ass all-eggs-grabby dwarves could kill entire dragon population off too fast.

Still, dragons are not 100% tame-able megabeasts. Even if you get a breeding couple. They are born grown-up. Even half-wild dragons will attack your military on sight. So, there is no good value for them except maybe for cages on display, I think.

[Bumber]

So, there is no good value for them except maybe for cages on display, I think.

Flamethrower turrets.

[evanvolker]

Thanks for the help/advice guys!

[Dunamisdeos]

Some facts about dragons:

They won't eat, but they will murderate anything that comes near them.

They are not intelligent, and therefore will not gain skills.

They are extremely difficult to keep and tame, and if you use them in tandem with your dwarves, your dwarves are not immune to it's dragonfire AoE. It's very indiscriminate.

IIRC the main difficulty with capturing and taming dragons is that if they have ever killed a dwarf from your civ they will always be hostile. It's very unlikely that you'll find one that has not. It's therefore a megaproject in and of itself to not only get a breeding pair, but to extract the relatively safe dragonlings from the parents.