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[slothen]

I'm embarking on a nice site with a beautiful waterfall, but this will be my first embark on a river or stream and not a brook since playing 40d.  My question is, are there still dangerous killer river fish to watch out for in my streams?  a quick unit list check has confirmed sturgeon, longnose gar, and pike.  I'm concerned because my wagon is directly next to the stream.

[Osmosis Jones]

The blood... oh god the blood... run, run while you still can!

[kaijyuu]

You should be fine.


Unless they're undead fish. In which case you're screwed.

[Josephus]

Oh shit, there are sturgeons in the river?

Get out of there as fast as you can and never again go near the river. It's for your own good.

[Double A]

Oh shit, there are sturgeons in the river?

Get out of there as fast as you can and never again go near the river. It's for your own good.

I thought Bluefin Tuna were the only dangerous fish now.

In arena, I saw one kill 6 carp and 2 sharks. AT THE SAME TIME.

[Osmosis Jones]

The problem isn't that their stats are any good, it's that your dwarves try and fight them, dodge into the water, and then get slowly nibbled to death while drowning.

[Josephus]

Oh shit, there are sturgeons in the river?

Get out of there as fast as you can and never again go near the river. It's for your own good.

I thought Bluefin Tuna were the only dangerous fish now.

In arena, I saw one kill 6 carp and 2 sharks. AT THE SAME TIME.

Bluefin Tuna are dangerous because of their sheer size - they're bigger than your dwarves. And Sturgeions are even bigger. They've been axe murderers ever since 40d, I don't think that's changed in 31.x.

[Il Palazzo]

The problem isn't that their stats are any good, it's that your dwarves try and fight them, dodge into the water, and then get slowly nibbled to death while drowning.

All he needs to do, is channel a few tiles next to the river, so that the dodgy dwarves can easily escape drowning via ramps. Maybe restrict fishing and drinking to where the ramps are.

[Josephus]

Good idea, as long as his channelers survive proximity to the deathfish.



That is a sturgeon. They are the vengeance of Poseidon.

[Alverick]

WTH... is that for real? 

Btw yesterday my fisherdwarf catched a sturgeon 

[alamoes]

They probably will eventually pull your dwarves in if they fish long enough.  Also a few things sea lampray is huge leach, carp is the jumping killer fish, and turtles are the only thing you should go near rivers for as they are amazingly not dangerous.

[slothen]

I've gotten my dwarves to fish successfully from a room I've built around a waterfall, 2 z levels from the water's surface.  With zone-only fishing and drinking it should be safe.  I'd had a few interruptions by longnose gar on the banks of the river, but no injuries.

[thijser]

If the river is not to large try making it passble to close it off that way you can airdrown all the fish and eat them. This is both good because it kills off dangerous creatures and it gives you food.