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[HermitDwarf]

If there's magma safe items sitting at the bottom of a magma channel and obsidian cast the entire channel, what happens to the items?

[FuzzyZergling]

I believe they are destroyed.
When dwarves are encased in ice, it is possible to retrieve some of their belongings by digging out the square, or melting it. I don't know if it's the same with obsidian, though.

[Skorpion]

They're encased in obsidian, and can be mined out again.
Lost an artifact into the magma moat once, and had to cast obsidian over and around to extract it.

[Samuel]

How do I get a wild animal from the cage to the butcher shop?

[FuzzyZergling]

You have to tame it or kill it first, and most wild animals cannot be tamed without a Dungeon Master.
I suggest a few weapon traps in a hallway leading between the cage and your fortress.

[Samuel]

I never realized caging an animal for a while would tame it. That's the first time I ever slaughtered a tame fox.

[FuzzyZergling]

I never realized caging an animal for a while would tame it. That's the first time I ever slaughtered a tame fox.

What? Caging an animal doesn't tame it, you need an animal trainer/dungeon master for that.
Are you sure the fox didn't come from a merchant? Those are pre-tamed.

[Yoink]

How can I build a second storey on an above-ground building?

[Flaede]

How can I build a second storey on an above-ground building?

All you have to do is give your dwarves access to that z level to build.
Build "up" stairs (b - C - u). Then on the z level above those stairs, build down or "up/down" stairs. (b - C - d or x).
I'll let someone else explain ramps.

[FuzzyZergling]

How can I build a second storey on an above-ground building?

Build some up stairsnext to the wall, than down stairs on the level you wish to build. Make sure you do corners first, though.
Use up/down stairs instaid of down stairs for milti-levels.

Darn, ninja'd.

[rephikul]

first release the animal

[Flaede]

Darn, ninja'd.

Ah! But I forgot the corner-advice. Though maybe that one's best-learned through experience?

[Samuel]

I never realized caging an animal for a while would tame it. That's the first time I ever slaughtered a tame fox.

What? Caging an animal doesn't tame it, you need an animal trainer/dungeon master for that.
Are you sure the fox didn't come from a merchant? Those are pre-tamed.

Can an animal trainer train an animal inside a cage? because I never bought the animals. Did those elves bring animals? I don't recall. There's also a couple deer, a rat, a cougar, and a buzzard, all tamed.

[FuzzyZergling]

This is very strange, as most of those creatures are exotic, and cannot be tamed without a dungeon master, who does not appear in current versions.

[Samuel]