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[Excedion]

So in my early stages of trapdom i seem to have developed a unicorn bait maze which draws them in but refuses to let them path out. They're everywhere in my fortress and more are coming in. The ones that got in have gone down my stairs to harass my masons. My hunter recently went insane and if i draft everyone into militia to attack them theyre going to get speared by magical horns :|. Arg!

Maybe this design could be used to capture other herds ....

[Nameless Archon]

It's the fenced in water, I suspect. Animals seem to gravitate to bodies of water.

Recommended Curative Measure: 10x Serrated Iron Disc Trap, repeat as needed.
Alternative: CAGE TRAPS. Lots of CAGE TRAPS. (And then apply pit and trainee marksdwarves as needed.)

[Excedion]

Yeah thats the problem i havent got the resources for traps yet. I ended up drafting 10 axe dwarves to attack the unicorns. it ended badly... 7 dead many otherd critically injured. Those god damn horns. I need war Unicorns

[Mantonio]

Reminds me of when Mountain Goats somehow got into my fort and into my farming chamber. They just kept being scared deeper in whenever they tried to leave, and in the end they just got stuck in the plumbing.

[thijser]

All you need for a cage trap is 1 stone and 1 wood which you can change into a mechanism and a cage. It's really basic material and you might want to invest in it.

[Excedion]

All you need for a cage trap is 1 stone and 1 wood which you can change into a mechanism and a cage. It's really basic material and you might want to invest in it.

Yeah until i breach the aquifer alls i have is the blocks of marble and bars of coke i brought with me.

[IT 000]

Build a door, make it tightly closed.

[Excedion]

Yeah thing is they were already in so putting a door there wasnt going to do much good. I hadnt suspected theyd be stupid enough with all my hunters going in and out

[Girlinhat]

I keep getting wolves in my forts... why those furry bastards want to hang out in my stockpiles and cancel jobs is anyone's guess.  I started either leaving a good axedwarf on patrol around the fort, and/or a few cages at the front to catch them, THEN have the axedwarf finish them.  Wolf Leather Socks for everyone!

[Lagslayer]

Are you crazy? Don't get rid of them! Mod them to lay eggs and make nest boxes for them. Breed them for their bones and sweet, sweet unicorn flesh.

[Excedion]

Are you crazy? Don't get rid of them! Mod them to lay eggs and make nest boxes for them. Breed them for their bones and sweet, sweet unicorn flesh.

Although I've tried to capture a few of them in cages there seems to be more than enough wild herds of them to feed my meat grinders while training my archers.

I have modded them to be trainable and pets though so hopefully if i can catch a breeding pair i can train loads of war unicorns

[Girlinhat]

If they're giving that much trouble to soldiers, just think about goblins.  Too bad we don't have mounts yet...

[leftycook]

That is a cool fort.

[BigD145]

You could just use dfliquids and encase them all in obsidian. Just a thought.

[Excedion]

If they're giving that much trouble to soldiers, just think about goblins.  Too bad we don't have mounts yet...

No mounts yet. But if i can get these unicorns to breed at any reasonable rate my militia commander will have quiet a few new war animals with him for the next siege/megabeast

You could just use dfliquids and encase them all in obsidian. Just a thought.

Yeah I ended up using this method to catch the ones inside my fort as they were stopping everyone from eating