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[ltprifti]

i have explored pretty much all of the caverns (except a few spots here and there and the semi molten rock)  where the hell is my candy!

[tolkafox]

In the magma, send your dwarf with the highest observation skill down.

[shlorf]

If your embark is smaller than 4x4 there is a chance of having no candy on it. Just run dfhack's dfprospector so you know if you're wasting your time.

[BuGGaTon]

Every 2x2 square has at least 1 vein on it so any embark equal to or larger than 3x3 is garunteed at least 1 vein.

[Dutchling]

It's usually ends in your 3d cavern or between the 3d cavern and the magma sea, so you'll have to dig deeper (at least, in my forts they tend to be that deep)

[myrkul]

I had one map where there were 2, just 2, layers of candy before the circus. And this was 94 layers down. *sigh*

[ltprifti]

im on a decent sized map 4X4  i think and im close to the magma sea and have explored all three caverns

[RiderofDark]

Have you explored the magma sea?

[BuGGaTon]

They're in the magma sea, not the caverns.  The caverns are the first 3 levels of underground area.  The 4th level is possible magma vents and the 5th and final level is the magma sea.  Only when you get that far down does one normally find adamantine.

[Oliolli]

I have actually found adamantium in my 3rd level caverns. Is this normal, since I have found it in both of my fortresses that have dug that deep?

[BuGGaTon]

No.  Adamantine higher than the magma sea is quite uncommon.  Adamantine any higher up is so rare that it's considered to probably be a bug when it does happen.  Surface deposits have been reported.

[rephikul]

It's actually not uncommon to find adamantine poking up 1-2 levels in the 3rd cavern. I guess it has something to do with regional magma average.

[obeliab]

As a follow-up question, is it in any way possible (or, more importantly, feasible) to get those blue veins that line the walls of the magma sea?  As in, the ones holding back the countless 7/7's of fiery death?

[FuzzyZergling]

You could cast obsidian around them.

[RiderofDark]

No.  Adamantine higher than the magma sea is quite uncommon.  Adamantine any higher up is so rare that it's considered to probably be a bug when it does happen.  Surface deposits have been reported.

Actually, in my cavern openness vs cavern passage density experiment, I noticed that candy veins breaching the third cavern to be about as common as magma tubes and giant pits. While it's not common, it's definitely not rare for a breach into the third cavern. Anything higher than that, though, is.