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[vooood]

Hello!

I'm quite new to this great game but seems that I mastered most of the game beginning aspects. I have the following question:

I embarked with some cows and horses and would like them to stay within an enclosed area (wall). I built the wall but the animals walked away in the mean time. Is there a way to somehow call or move them behind the wall (I have doors) so they don't run around freely?

Thank you in advance!

[Gertack]

They tend to aggregate in a meeting hall, so you could designate it as one. Problem is that it will attract dwarves too.

[kcwong]

You can also build/buy a cage, and stuff all your animals inside. If you want to breed them for food, leave a pair or two outside, as they don't mate in cages. Shove whatever is born into the cage when you get an announcement.

Rope/chain is another option. Build one, then you can assign as many animals to it as you want. The animals will be confined to a 2-tile range.

You can also use a pit. Dig a hole, and designate it as a pit. Then you can assign animals to it.

The tricky part about pit is to get the animals back out - your dwarfs need a way to get down there, they cannot "fish" the animals out from the top of the pit. But when you have an exit to the pit, animals will just walk back out. If you put a door/hatch which is closed tightly, the animals will cling close to it, and when a dwarf opens the door/hatch, they will try to sneak outside. You will need multiple tightly-closed door/hatch and micromanaging to avoid that problem.

[Captain Xenon]

or make your 'pit' on a retracting bridge over another pit... add spikes to save time with butchering

[vooood]

I have found out that if I build a restraint (rope), create a rope, and assign ONE (that's a limit!) animal to it, the other animals will stick around and won't leave the area..

[kcwong]

I have found out that if I build a restraint (rope), create a rope, and assign ONE (that's a limit!) animal to it, the other animals will stick around and won't leave the area..

Are those the chained animal's offspring?

[vooood]

I have found out that if I build a restraint (rope), create a rope, and assign ONE (that's a limit!) animal to it, the other animals will stick around and won't leave the area..

Are those the chained animal's offspring?

No. It's the animals I start with. Also the cats and dogs (maybe some other animal) will rarely go away but will come back in a short time and hang around this..