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[Jelle]

Hi again!

Got another question I hope  you guys don't mind. Here's the current state of my fort. I'm working on something of a secret dwarf megaproject or something. It's quite large and it's taking up 50 dwarves of man dwarfpower nonstop. All my mining and any dwarves I don't necesarely need for survival of my fort are working on it, as a result I haven't had time for much else.

Recently though I've had an immigrant come to my fort with the profession of strand extraction. He's quite good at it. I know from reading the wiki (to much perhaps  ) that this skill relates to metal x. Won't ruin the spoiler for those who don't know metal x. Anyway through....erh....creative use of the magmashaft and pit designation for useless kittens I've discovered metal x without ever digging down. Haven't even breached the first caverns yet.

Now though with the appearance of this dwarf and my knowledge of the whereabouts of metal x....I ask you should I start mining metal x and begin processing immediatly?

[askovdk]

I would say yes!
Do mine some layers to have the X for experiments with weapons and armor.
  - Just don't dig too deep or too greedy.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I have mined into lots of the stuff without finding anything inside.

[antymattar]

Wait. What is metal x. you mean adamantine? I think that strand extraction has something to do with clothing.

[Aklyon]

Wait. What is metal x. you mean adamantine? I think that strand extraction has something to do with clothing.

no, strand extraction is how you get Adamantine out of Raw Adamantine.

[clc02]

Wait. What is metal x. you mean adamantine? I think that strand extraction has something to do with clothing.

*Facepalm*
Ah, the art of being discreet, not for some.

It makes rock x in x strands, which you then smelt in to x wafers which make x armor/weapons.
x strands can be used to make clothing.

[ProZocK]

Wait. What is metal x. you mean adamantine? I think that strand extraction has something to do with clothing.

Smooth dude, they will never crack your code!

[Phreak]

Does it show that (when your choosing an embark place) that admantine is there as it does with example sand, limestone and other materials? Also the materials that it shows on the embark screen is that just the most common ones? I've been playing dwarf fortress for X years yet I have never found admantine. I found admantine monsters heh... Not the easiest to defeat, even more so when they have bonuses such as poisonous sting or vapours expelling from it's mouths...yes mouths 

[elfhater]

Does it show that (when your choosing an embark place) that admantine is there as it does with example sand, limestone and other materials?

Ordinarily no. If there's some on the surface, I suppose it might. I've never found a spot with adamantine on the surface, but I know others have.

[dragnar]

Adamantine is EVERYWHERE in 31.xx. It's impossible to find a place that does not have any. Now the [redacted] on the other hand is quite a bit harder to find...

[Rose]

actually, it is possible, if you embark on a 2x2 fort, there's a change you won't find any.

[dragnar]

Really? Is there any other way through the magma sea?

[Noble Digger]

Really? Is there any other way through the magma sea?

_{Spoilers follow! If you're worried about spoilers and still reading this thread, you are being a silly.}

TECHNICALLY, no, but sometimes when there is a large continental elevation change at the border between two region chunks or maybe just two local region map tiles, sometimes the underground isn't joined up perfectly and there will be a huge gaping wound in the magma, which enables it to drain into the demon realm and may even result in your cavern 3 being exposed to the magma sea and demon realm by default. If you embark and get unnaturally low FPS for the region, this is the likely cause.

[GaxkangtheUnbound]

Adamantine is EVERYWHERE in 31.xx. It's impossible to find a place that does not have any. Now the [redacted] on the other hand is quite a bit harder to find...

Stone s?

[Mini]

actually, it is possible, if you embark on a 2x2 fort, there's a change you won't find any.

Afaik the largest size not garaunteed to have adamantine is 3x3.

[Double A]

I bet you wouldn't get any with a 1x1.