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thebigJ_A

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horse+donkey=mule?
« on: October 08, 2010, 09:45:25 pm »
I happen to have a male horse and a female donkey, but not the opposite genders of either. Will they, like in real life, create mules? Or should I pony up and buy a horse and donkey from the next caravan?
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Re: horse+donkey=mule?
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2010, 09:52:48 pm »
No.  In Dwarf Fortress, mules are not the offspring of donkeys and horses.  Mules are single-gender creatures, with no parents, magically spawned out of nothing offscreen.  You cannot create them in your fortress.
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Re: horse+donkey=mule?
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2010, 09:58:37 pm »
That would be a hinny, anyway, not a mule.  /nitpick
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Re: horse+donkey=mule?
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2010, 10:03:26 pm »
Yeah, yeah, but there's no hinnies in-game  :P.

It would be cool though, because by the same principle you could make Ligers!
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Re: horse+donkey=mule?
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2010, 10:16:52 pm »
Or Tigon-men!
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Re: horse+donkey=mule?
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2010, 10:34:47 pm »
Or breed half-elves, and trade them in cages to the elves.
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Re: horse+donkey=mule?
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2010, 10:45:04 pm »
Wood cages!
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Re: horse+donkey=mule?
« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2010, 11:37:04 pm »
Quote from: Skorpion on October 08, 2010, 10:34:47 pm
Or breed half-elves [...]

I'm going to regret asking:  With what?
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Re: horse+donkey=mule?
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2010, 11:57:50 pm »
Mules.
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Re: horse+donkey=mule?
« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2010, 11:57:54 pm »
Quote from: melomel on October 08, 2010, 11:37:04 pm
Quote from: Skorpion on October 08, 2010, 10:34:47 pm
Or breed half-elves [...]

I'm going to regret asking:  With what?

Mules obviously.

EDIT:  Frakkin' ninja....
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Quote from: shibdib on September 22, 2010, 01:07:37 am
This is a useful feature..and this is DF.. so im gonna assume its bugged
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Re: horse+donkey=mule?
« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2010, 12:01:07 am »
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Mules are single-gender creatures, with no parents, magically spawned out of nothing offscreen.  You cannot create them in your fortress.
You can. Try and see.
It was only impossible back in 40d days.
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Re: horse+donkey=mule?
« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2010, 12:28:15 am »
Quote from: Xenos on October 08, 2010, 11:57:54 pm
Quote from: melomel on October 08, 2010, 11:37:04 pm
Quote from: Skorpion on October 08, 2010, 10:34:47 pm
Or breed half-elves [...]

I'm going to regret asking:  With what?

Mules obviously.

EDIT:  Frakkin' ninja....


Lol. By four seconds.
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Re: horse+donkey=mule?
« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2010, 12:29:33 am »
Quote from: thebigJ_A on October 09, 2010, 12:28:15 am
Quote from: Xenos on October 08, 2010, 11:57:54 pm
Quote from: melomel on October 08, 2010, 11:37:04 pm
Quote from: Skorpion on October 08, 2010, 10:34:47 pm
Or breed half-elves [...]

I'm going to regret asking:  With what?

Mules obviously.

EDIT:  Frakkin' ninja....


Lol. By four seconds.
Yeah...>_>

Wait, horse+donkey=Mule?  :D  this would be wonderful to set up a breeding stock that will produce a predictable amount of offspring w/o increasing...
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Quote from: shibdib on September 22, 2010, 01:07:37 am
This is a useful feature..and this is DF.. so im gonna assume its bugged
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That's what cages and minecart shotguns are for!  We don't need to control them.  We just need to aim them.
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Re: horse+donkey=mule?
« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2010, 05:50:55 am »
I just gave mules male and female tags. They can actually breed on ocassion.
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Re: horse+donkey=mule?
« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2010, 06:13:57 am »
Quote from: Murphy on October 09, 2010, 12:01:07 am
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Mules are single-gender creatures, with no parents, magically spawned out of nothing offscreen.  You cannot create them in your fortress.
You can. Try and see.
It was only impossible back in 40d days.
I tried. Nothing happened, except that the donkey mare got impregnated by the donkeys of the human caravan.
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