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[BrokenGolem]

For some reason, the first Dwarven caravan doesn't seem to turn up for me. I'm new to the game, so I haven't really managed to get very far, but I've played for an in-game year, Spring to Spring, several times and still no caravan, which kinda means that I can't survive too long afterwards.

I always construct my depot inside my Fortress, underground, with proper access to it; three-wide passageway, ramps instead of stairs, etc. I've appointed an appropriate broker, I've churned out some mugs and craft items, but still no caravan. Am I just not waiting long enough, or do I not have the proper prerequisites?

I've checked the wiki several times, Googled the problem and tried to look through the forums for a similar story with no luck, so I apologise if I'm duplicating an older post with an inane question.

Thanks in advance,

BG

[Zsword]

Can the Dwarven Civ reach you? You might of stuck yourself to solitude on accident.

[Quietust]

It's possible that all of the Dwarven civilizations were killed off during worldgen - for whatever reason, this does not prevent you from embarking, nor does it prevent you from getting several migrant waves during the first year, but that's all you'll get.

[Aramco]

I usually don't get a caravan during the first year, but not that badly...

[BrokenGolem]

I'm using a world that I generated with parameters- I cut the 1080 years down to 500 and decreased the map size- my computer tended to get a runtime error when I'd generate a world with default parameters, but that's unrelated- I don't know if that would influence it. I've tried at least ten different sites on the world map, so I don't think it's that the spots I choose are cut off.

I've had several migrant waves, so it could be that all of the Dwarven civilisations were destroyed, I'll try generating another world, perhaps one not quite so small this time.

Thanks for the speedy advice,

BG

[Pakhawaj]

Hi, I'm pretty new myself and I asked the same question. Apparently traders frequently don't appear in the first year, I didn't get my first trader until my second September almost, then I got another one a few months later.
If you're going through TinyPirate's tutorial, remember that it is a slightly older version. I believe there's a tutorial for the current version on YouTube.

[BrokenGolem]

I made a new world (with similar parameters to the first, my computer doesn't seem to like the default parameters) and I've been getting caravans in late Autumn of the first year every time, so it must have been that there were no Dwarven civilisations left.

Thanks again for the help,

BG