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HrumpfOfDoom

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Make pond turtle pond
« on: April 15, 2020, 04:14:41 pm »
The wiki discusses making a surface pond to source shells, but that you will only get pond turtles. I don't have an issue with that, but what details should I keep in mind for making this pond. Like, how big should it be, does it take time before I should start fishing it, etc.
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PatrikLundell

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Re: Make pond turtle pond
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2020, 04:21:13 pm »
I very much doubt it would work reliably. Many embarks have no "fish" in any of its surface bodies of water. There are past thoughts about "fish" availability being tied to 16 * 16 map blocks, but no data structures related to "fish" in bodies of water other than rivers, oceans and lakes are identified (which still doesn't rule out the possibility of it existing anyway).
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HrumpfOfDoom

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Re: Make pond turtle pond
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2020, 04:25:32 pm »
So if I want a reliable source, I need to embark with some form of river, or brook.
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Re: Make pond turtle pond
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2020, 11:11:54 pm »
Yep.  In my experience that gaurantees mussels (hence shells).
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