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[Mikehpoo]

How does it work? Is it a specific number or do they just grow up at random intervals? I've got grizzly bear cubs who've been with me since the fortress started but refuse to grow into much more butcher-friendly adults.

[Chandrak]

I cant give you specifics for grizzlies, but I know its set for each animal as a number of years. I saw someone talk about it on a thread about whale hunting/cooking, of all things.

I'm wondering what the time for Lions is :/

[WrathNail]

This is relevant to my interests.

I'm curious as to how long it will take for my elephant calves to reach adult age so I can get the most out of butchering them. I kinda hope Toady didn't make this too realistic, cause then I'd have to wait a while.

[BigJake]

I'm curious as to how long it will take for my elephant calves to reach adult age..

For-bleeding-ever

[BurnedToast]

Every animal takes a different amount of time to grow up, you can look in the raws to check what it is (it should say something like [CHILD:3] which means it takes 3 years to grow up).

Grizzly bears supposedly mature after a year, so those shouldn't take too long. Elephants on the other hand take 10 years to grow up - it's more efficient to just butcher the children since even small elephants will give you plenty of food and bones and the adults live to be 50 - 70 years old so there's no real worry about replacing adults who die of old age.

[Urist McMick]

Or you could force them to age faster in the raws.

[Psieye]

Or you could force them to age faster in the raws.

Which is best done for dwarves more than any livestock animal.

[WrathNail]

Every animal takes a different amount of time to grow up, you can look in the raws to check what it is (it should say something like [CHILD:3] which means it takes 3 years to grow up).

Grizzly bears supposedly mature after a year, so those shouldn't take too long. Elephants on the other hand take 10 years to grow up - it's more efficient to just butcher the children since even small elephants will give you plenty of food and bones and the adults live to be 50 - 70 years old so there's no real worry about replacing adults who die of old age.

But I AM worried about the adults dying. They're my meatshields giant pincushins goblin steamrollers war elephants, y'know.

[Nameless Archon]

But I AM worried about the adults dying. They're my meatshields giant pincushins goblin steamrollers war elephants, y'know.

Rope two of them (one male, one female) in the deepest, safest reaches of your fortress. Use the rest as you always have, cage the young as they are produced.