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Belathus

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Tame Giant Cave Spider marked 'Hostile'
« on: April 12, 2009, 08:14:52 am »
I've managed to tame a giant cave spider.  I was very happy about this.  So, I released it and let it wander around a bit.  Some time later, I saw a message saying that the creature bled to death (in the meeting hall with no hostiles around).  So, I reloaded an old save and tried again.  It bled to death again.  The third time, I noticed a trade caravan killed it.  Anyway... the next reload, I caged it.  Then pitted it in a room with tightly closed (not locked) doors.  Then eventually, I locked the doors.  Later, I unlocked them with the intention of caging it again, but I couldn't cage it.  Didn't show up on the list, and it didn't go hang out in the meeting areas again, just milling about in the room I had locked it in (with the doors unlocked).  So, I checked the unit list: It was marked as a stray giant cave spider (tame) but instead of having "Tame" as its job, it was marked hostile.  It didn't attack any of my dwarves, but I assume that the trade caravan earlier was reacting to it being marked hostile and killing it off.

The spider is (was) marked as being available as a pet.
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Re: Tame Giant Cave Spider marked 'Hostile'
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2009, 08:22:17 am »
Sounds like a known issue. If any animal has attacked your dwarves and then you capture it and make it tame it will still be hostile. Not sure which bug report it is.
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Re: Tame Giant Cave Spider marked 'Hostile'
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2009, 08:28:45 am »
Nah, the spider isn't actually hostile, and it plays quite friendly for a while before being marked as such.  Nor is it named.  I think it killed a cat and a couple cows, though.  I used the cows to bait it into the cage trap.
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Re: Tame Giant Cave Spider marked 'Hostile'
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2009, 03:48:57 pm »
« Last Edit: September 08, 2009, 06:46:09 am by Footkerchief »
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Belathus

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Re: Tame Giant Cave Spider marked 'Hostile'
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2009, 04:09:19 pm »
Yup, that's consistent with what I'm seeing.  Oh, well.  I stuck him on a 3x3 platform, chained in place, with a pit above him and just drop goblins on him to collect that precious silk.

I guess that also eliminates the option of catching and breeding giant toads.
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Re: Tame Giant Cave Spider marked 'Hostile'
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2009, 04:52:49 pm »
Once they have a taste for blood, they're vicious killing machines.

Actually, even before they've had a taste for blood they're vicious killing machines.  That thing would make an unstoppable addition to an army.
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Re: Tame Giant Cave Spider marked 'Hostile'
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2009, 05:51:59 am »
Hah.  Yeah, it would be pretty unstoppable.  I was hoping that someone would choose it as a pet... I would've instantly drafted that person into my army.
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