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[toupz]

On df wiki i read that we can go to hell and that there are demons and such but is it only for fortress mode? I was wondering if all creatures in fortress mode exist in adventurer can anyone enlighten me please?

[de5me7]

They definitly exist but reaching them is another matter.

Ive come across demons, but only on the surface. Bizzarly i once found about 5 glass demons hunting down dwarf refugies from an abandonment of a fortress that had not penetrated hell.

If you want to go to hell, my suggestion is penetrate in fortress mode, with a good easily accessible stair, then abandon (if your not all slaughtered) and then return to the fortress in adventure mode.

There maybe a way through the underground but ive never found it, some one else might have. You can get into the underground through certain caves, but they are harder to find now night creature lairs are in.

[NinjaE8825]

Used to be that all caves connected to the underground - this isn't the case anymore, but some still do.
Once you're down in the caves, you have to find a way down to the third layer, then find a curious structure. It will have a path down to the Home For Infinite Losers. These aren't easy to find, though.

Your other option is breaching it with a fortress, then abandoning. Watch out that you don't leave behind too many ghosts, since they can and will murder any adventurers that disturb their rest.

[penguify]

Watch out that you don't leave behind too many ghosts, since they can and will murder any adventurers that disturb their rest.

Really? That's neat. Is there any defense against that, or do they just say "Boo" and then the death message appears?

[NinjaE8825]

Well, I ran into one of my "violent ghosts" who battered me to death, no save.
I imagine murderous ghosts will do the insta-kill thing.
Not sure about the rest. Killer ghostie was right at the entrance.

[Emily]

The natural ways into hell are one per 16x16 block, and since you can't see the fast travel map that can take some searching.  Also they're only on the bottom cave layer, and ramps down layers are rarer. 

So yeah, fortress with miners and dig a shaft down to the third layer and either find the structure later in adventure mode or break into hell the conventional way.

[thegoatgod_pan]

Well there *is* the spoiler castle, whatever people call it these days-- 1 in 16 embark tiles have one underneath--big ol' castle full of horrors and one really nice sword that you really, really shouldn't pull out unless you are ready to meet your doom in large numbers.  You can always dig down just to the castle and give your adventurer a fun journey out.

[Knigel]

There was also the region someone generated which somehow had a hole open to hell from the start, whose save is downloaded somewhere.

[Di]

The natural ways into hell are one per 16x16 block, and since you can't see the fast travel map that can take some searching.  Also they're only on the bottom cave layer, and ramps down layers are rarer. 

Caverns are connected quite often but there's no way using these connections includes 50-70 levels falling.
Consider modding your adventurer to fly and seek those, or to be magmasafe and diving into volcano as they sometimes have connections with caverns too. 

Hm... I guess I'll try out volcano way myself when I get some freetime.

Edit: Nay that's not gona work 

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You can't move in magma are you swimming or drowning doesn't mater. I've tried it and even without modification I had to give in to starvation after being stuck at first level when calmly descending, and 72 levels down when jumping with another adventurer.
By the way, second one fell 72 levels and was only stunned. I also got message about magma sea but considering that volcano itself must be 50 levels hight that's unlikely to be bottom, I was surrounded by magma flow however. What exactly happens down there is next:
1) Your vision is limited to adjacent tiles.
2) Each time you try to dive deeper or stand\lay you get a shitload of "you are caught in a pool of lava" messages.
3) Each time you try to move aside\upwards\skip turn nothing happens (usually you get swimming points for every tile) as if you were trying to step into obstacle.
After something like 30 steps (roughly) adventurer finally has drowned. On the legends screen there's nothing about volcanoes, just drowned\starved.

[Flaede]

The trick to knowing which  caves connect to the underground is using the [Q]uest buttn and moving the cursor over them on the map. If they say "cave" they should connect. If they say "Lair", they won't. The trick, however, is that the underground is not hell. Supposedly there are rather cool access points down there, but I've never actually been able to find one, despite numerous adventures down in the 3rd level caverns.

Also, sleeping down there is... difficult. I reccomend finding the most out of the way hidden corridors possible.

[Knigel]

The natural ways into hell are one per 16x16 block, and since you can't see the fast travel map that can take some searching.  Also they're only on the bottom cave layer, and ramps down layers are rarer. 

Caverns are connected quite often but there's no way using these connections includes 50-70 levels falling.
Consider modding your adventurer to fly and seek those, or to be magmasafe and diving into volcano as they sometimes have connections with caverns too. 

Hm... I guess I'll try out volcano way myself when I get some freetime.

Edit: Nay that's not gona work 

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You can't move in magma are you swimming or drowning doesn't mater. I've tried it and even without modification I had to give in to starvation after being stuck at first level when calmly descending, and 72 levels down when jumping with another adventurer.
By the way, second one fell 72 levels and was only stunned. I also got message about magma sea but considering that volcano itself must be 50 levels hight that's unlikely to be bottom, I was surrounded by magma flow however. What exactly happens down there is next:
1) Your vision is limited to adjacent tiles.
2) Each time you try to dive deeper or stand\lay you get a shitload of "you are caught in a pool of lava" messages.
3) Each time you try to move aside\upwards\skip turn nothing happens (usually you get swimming points for every tile) as if you were trying to step into obstacle.
After something like 30 steps (roughly) adventurer finally has drowned. On the legends screen there's nothing about volcanoes, just drowned\starved.

If you're modding, you may as well add these two tags:

Code: [Select]

[SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:2500]
[MAGMA_VISION]

[Flaede]

Aw, and here I thought MAGMA VISION was like Superman's laser vision.

[Kobold Troubadour]

Aw, and here I thought MAGMA VISION was like Superman's laser vision.

Enabling you to shoot out magma out of your eyes? Hah, every dorf's wet dream....actually, maybe number 2 or 3 in their list.

[Urist is dead tome]

I once made it into a Demonic Fortress in adventure mode. I was ambushed by zombie ant men, when I dodged off a cliff I landed in the top level. I went to the bottom and got an adamantine scimitar. I couldn't make it to the top lever though cause of the demons.

[Aramco]

It will have a path down to the Home For Infinite Losers.

And the nostalgia comes pouring in.

But yes, HFS is in adventure mode, and can be accessed through certain caves. (But you'll probably be killed by demons.)