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[Claidheamh Mor]

If lose is fun then what is win?

[Kidiri]

Impossible. But then again, so's a perpetuum mobile...

[Kraftwerk]

If lose is fun then what is win?

The equivalent of dividing by zero...

As in, you can't. (Or if you did, the whole universe would implode on itself.)

[Quantum Toast]

Pretty sure it involves mining out the entire world and making a slade spaceship to move on to the next one.

[Foxbyte]

Pretty sure it involves mining out the entire world and making a slade spaceship to move on to the next one.

Powered by a booze/coal-bin rocket, yeah.

[Tarran]

If losing is fun, then winning is boring. It's really that simple guys!

[LordSlowpoke]

Pretty sure it involves mining out the entire world and making a slade spaceship to move on to the next one.

In 40d, you won when the fortress blasts off to the moon.

But then there was one problem. One guy, who managed to propel a whole mountain to outer space on a booze/magma/adamantine engine, noticed that the multiverse has no moons. Then he took a headon course at the nearest elf retreat and effectively fucked over the world to the point where it needed a regen.

[darkrider2]

I think Retro and Jong managed to win the game...

[Kidiri]

In 40d, you won when the fortress blasts off to the moon.

But then there was one problem. One guy, who managed to propel a whole mountain to outer space on a booze/magma/adamantine engine, noticed that the multiverse has no moons. Then he took a headon course at the nearest elf retreat and effectively fucked over the world to the point where it needed a regen.

Well that's no fun. He should've turned off cave-ins and built a moon.

[LordSlowpoke]

In 40d, you won when the fortress blasts off to the moon.

But then there was one problem. One guy, who managed to propel a whole mountain to outer space on a booze/magma/adamantine engine, noticed that the multiverse has no moons. Then he took a headon course at the nearest elf retreat and effectively fucked over the world to the point where it needed a regen.

Well that's no fun. He should've turned off cave-ins and built a moon.

From what? The mountain had to be hollowed out so they could fly off. You have no idea how much power it takes to force a mountain into orbit - if it was counted in magma Urists, you'd need a region wide embark's worth of it. And that's a lot of magma.

[UberNube]

Contrary to popular belief, there are in fact several win conditions to dwarf fortress:

Warning: Spoilers here are used to hide end-game related stuff.

1.

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Dig a great shaft into hell, and in the centre of that shaft build a great tower. Start a war with every major civilisation in the world, and seal yourself in. Watch as the seasonal sieges arrive, only to get destroyed by demons. Run this for HUNDREDS of years until all civilisations are dead and your map is populated by vast hordes of demons. You must then open the gates to the great tower and go forth and anihilate the demon hordes using your now insanely awesome military (you have had them practicing for the last 200 years right?). If you survive all this and manage to rebuild the dwarven civilisation in the depths of hell itself, then you have won.

2.

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Note: this requires adventure mode skills, which are not implemented yet

In adventure mode, single handedly dig a shaft into hell, and kill all the resident demons. You must then floor over the glowing pits (while fighting off demons), and build a one-man fortress in hell. If possible, retire that adventurer underground.

3. Remove all organisms from the world. This includes all plants, animals, races, and even

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Forgotten Beasts and Demons

. At the very end you must build a great shrine to armok which must be AT LEAST 500 z-levels high, and it must rain magma and blood from the peak. You must then sacrafice your dwarves, the last organisms in the world, to Armok.

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 Also, if you're wondering how all demons can be killed, I beleive it requires flooring over the glowing pits.

[Tarran]

2 Is impossible. Adventurers can't build anything.

[zourath]

In the new version, win involves building three support structure mega projects connected to levers. One built under your dwarves, one under the ocean/aquifers, and one under the magma sea. Then you must mine every single piece of mineable material not contained within the HFS (including channeling any slade and semi-molten rock between the magma ocean and the HFS). Now that the only thing between the HFS, the magma ocean, an aquifer, and your dwarves are three massive support structures, trigger the levers that destroy the structure that holds the magma ocean, followed by the one that holds the normal ocean and aquifer, followed by the one that holds your dwarves. Repeat until you have remade the planet into an unstable cave-in FUN world made entirely out of obsidian, water, magma, and slade.

[LordSlowpoke]

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 Also, if you're wondering how all demons can be killed, I beleive it requires flooring over the glowing pits.

Delete their entries from the game altogether. Or force them extinct using sheer dwarfpower.

[Christes]

2 Is impossible. Adventurers can't build anything.

Not yet.