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[Cynsye]

Well I am in a terrifying biome. I was just expecting undead or giant spiders of some sort and not normal everyday turkeys.

Deadly super turkeys sound about right in a terrifying biome as far as I'm concerned .

[myrkul]

Were they undead? Zombie turkeys sound pretty terrifying.

[Sarudak]

Why are spellwood and sun gold so expensive when they're both weaker than even standard steel?

[Tarran]

Why are spellwood and sun gold so expensive when they're both weaker than even standard steel?

Well, they're lighter if that counts. But personally I'd guess the reason why they're more expensive is the same reason why platinum is much more valuable than steel; they're rarer metals.

[Sarudak]

They don't seem that rare to me. I mean us dwarves can't make them but the elves have lots and lots.

[Tarran]

They don't seem that rare to me. I mean us dwarves can't make them but the elves have lots and lots.

Think about it this way:

Steel: Needs Iron (common), Flux (somewhat rare), and wood (not rare at all).
Spellwood: Needs Ironwood (rare; [DRY][SAVAGE][BIOME:NOT_FREEZING] biome), and a enchanter (potentially rare).

So while they may have a lot of Spellwood in their caravans, they're still quite costly to make. No idea about Sun Gold, though.

[Deon]

Gold and platinum are not rare either .

Spellwood and sun gold are expensive because they are magical resources not avaliable in the world otherwise, so yeah, blame elves for overpricing them.

[arghy]

Damn i highly suggest you stay at only 3x3 for your embark areas because my 4x4 fortress is stuck at 24 FPS with 103 dwarves. I also suggest killing off all useless animals before they get to high.

I'm still trying to figure out how the hell i'm going to try and keep my FPS up when my fort gets old.

[Deon]

It all depends on your pc and CPU usage. I can stay on 4x4 with 80-100 fps for a few years.

[Sirdrake]

6 ores/bars at a time (with 6 fuel ofc)

Why Fuel when I embarked on a Volcanoe

[Cynsye]

6 ores/bars at a time (with 6 fuel ofc)

Why Fuel when I embarked on a Volcanoe

The coke is a part of the reaction to simulate the carbon being added to the iron to make steel, the full reaction is 6 ore/bar + 6 coke with an additional coke to fuel the reaction itself. The magma blast furnace only saves that final coke.

EDIT: Though, really blast furnaces would only produce pig iron, just in large quantities needing further processing to produce steel. I guess they have invented a whole new way to improve it, praise Armok.

[Sirdrake]

Oww so thats why it was sayin no tasks available

[arghy]

It all depends on your pc and CPU usage. I can stay on 4x4 with 80-100 fps for a few years.

Intel quad core 2.66ghz 3.50 gigs of ram with a video card that has 512mb of ram--i thought i would be able to get high FPS to buy apparently not. I buried everyone so i shouldent have any ghosts and theres no hostiles but there is a few building destroyers but their caged. I turned off weather/temp/caveins so i have no idea why i'm getting 24 fps.

[Sirdrake]

kill any animals you dont need such as cats kittens and dogs

[Ultimuh]

kill any animals you dont need such as cats kittens and dogs

But then the vermin will eat all your food and bite your sleeping dorfs.