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[SenorOcho]

So I saw my first DF ghost in my fortress, some random macedwarf who appeared and claimed a tomb.  The problem is that my only military casualties have been a few odd recruits, and this guy doesn't even appear on the list of possible memorial engravings.  So how do I get rid of the ghost of a dwarf that never existed?

[Girlinhat]

He's a caravan guard.  You may only bury them.  Never seen an aggressive caravan ghost though, so if you're running a post-ghost-lag version, I wouldn't care.  Adds flavor!

[SenorOcho]

Huh... I don't remember any of them dying either, but at least that would explain the (+«bronze mace»+) my captain of the guard recently switched to, despite being a hammerdwarf.   

I don't see a body anywhere, though.

[Girlinhat]

Z stock should reveal it, take note of the ghost's name to make it easier to find.  If he managed to get magmatized or atom smashed, you're out of luck.

[SenorOcho]

Hm, points to an empty spot in a pond, which makes even less sense.  If he somehow fell in and his body rotted completely, shouldn't his stuff still be there?

[Andal]

Are you in a biome where freezing occurs? If the pond froze and unfroze, that may destroy the body.

[Girlinhat]

It disappeared due to flowing water.  At random times, things will become invisible is pushed by a fluid.  Dwarves -should- still grab it, I believe.  Never had this happen to myself.

[SenorOcho]

Are you in a biome where freezing occurs? If the pond froze and unfroze, that may destroy the body.

Yeah, I am, but it also doesn't make sense that the skeleton would still be appearing on my corpse list if it was destroyed.

[_DivideByZero_]

Just empty the pool and grab the body. The body is there, it's just invisible due to a bug.

[SenorOcho]

I did empty the pool, but my dwarves aren't doing anything there.

[crossmr]

slightly related. How do you assign a coffin to a non-citizen? citizens seem to be automatic..but if I want to bury other people who died on my map, how do I do that?

[Girlinhat]

Wait.  Dwarves who've died will take a coffin, non-entity members (elves, humans, goblins, Cacame) will not be buried ever.

[EveryZig]

slightly related. How do you assign a coffin to a non-citizen? citizens seem to be automatic..but if I want to bury other people who died on my map, how do I do that?

I think it works for non-citizen dwarfs the same way it works for dwarfs. With non-dwarfs, I don't think you can bury them.

About the captain, you might want to assign him a specific weapon so he will go back to using a hammer.

[krenshala]

About the captain, you might want to assign him a specific weapon so he will go back to using a hammer.

Make a better hammer than the mace he has now and he will switch to it.  I can't remember for sure, but "better" may be in terms of monetary value and not necessarily usefulness as a weapon ...

[Lectorog]

About the captain, you might want to assign him a specific weapon so he will go back to using a hammer.

Make a better hammer than the mace he has now and he will switch to it.  I can't remember for sure, but "better" may be in terms of monetary value and not necessarily usefulness as a weapon ...

Or just assign him a different weapon, like he originally suggested. There is a system in place for that.