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[Dariush]

So the listed tactics still apply for 31.x? I mean, is it still possible to get mermens' bones through butchering?

[Sphalerite]

So the listed tactics still apply for 31.x? I mean, is it still possible to get mermens' bones through butchering?

It does not seem to be possible in 31.03.  When animals rot in 31.03, they leave skeletons behind, which then need to be butchered to be made into useable bones.  Mermaid skeletons can't be butchered.  This is probably a bug, possibly related to how remains never rot away completely, so it may be fixed in the future.

[Goron]

Jeeze, I read the subject line and expected this thread to be about heroin...

...hmm... *gets an idea about modding certain 'poisons' into game*

[ManaUser]

So the listed tactics still apply for 31.x? I mean, is it still possible to get mermens' bones through butchering?

It does not seem to be possible in 31.03.  When animals rot in 31.03, they leave skeletons behind, which then need to be butchered to be made into useable bones.  Mermaid skeletons can't be butchered.  This is probably a bug, possibly related to how remains never rot away completely, so it may be fixed in the future.

But worse than that, based on the raws, it appears their bones are no longer unusually valuable.

[kopout]

Unicorn bones on the other hand are still absurdly valuable. The butchering thing is because you cant butcher sapeants, even dead ones

[TheMirth]

"sapeant"? Is that a child treeant?   

[Sphalerite]

On the plus side, in DF2010 unicorns can breed, at least in theory.  It may require you to have a Dungeon Master show up first, and that may be bugged.  Once you have him, a unicorn breeding industry is a lot easier to set up than mermaids, and you can butcher unicorns for the full range of animal products.

[dudemauler]

Which makes me want to edit the raws to make them butcherable.

[Lord Dakoth]

Ehh, I think I'll keep making Mermaid-Death-Traps, even if just for nostalgia's sake.

[Altaree]

Has anyone actually gotten this to work or are we still doing theory crafting?

[Sphalerite]

Has anyone actually gotten this to work or are we still doing theory crafting?

I have a 40d fortress with half a dozen or so mermaids/mermen in a water-filled enclosure.  I haven't run it long enough since then for them to reproduce, or worked out a way to selectively air-drown the children (Cancels farm mermaids:  interrupted by DF2010).  My current DF2010 fortress has a small herd of unicorns in captivity, but they aren't reproducing as I don't have a dungeon master yet.

[Grumman]

Good thing I wasn't planning on butchering them. Once I manage to catch a few, I'm going to make a half-submerged merfolk village where the dorfs can come and watch.

[Macalano]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3_MhrAVQTA

Sorry, lol.

[Lord Dakoth]

Le what?

[Bronimin]

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