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[Pan]

I have no water on my map (no murky pools) and no water in the 100% explored cavern. I'm doomed once the injured dwarves start to pile up, aren't I?

[Girlinhat]

Yes you are, unless you can somehow heal them without washing them, very quickly.  Or DFHack some water in.

[Ghills]

No water? Urgh. I'd use DFLiquids.

[thegoatgod_pan]

Only one cavern?  Usually one of the three gets a pond.

[Gamerlord]

If I ever edit the water layer cavern thingy in Advanced World Gen I get no water in the caverns. That means no plants or trees or grass down there too.

[nanomage]

I think that's not a problem of environment, but one of ideology.
Throw in a bit of fascism and zero-tolerance to your fort, and you'll find it natural that anyone who gets hurt and can't heal in a month or two does not deserve to live.
Also, don't make a hospital. If there's no hospital, lightly wounded dwarves will not rest and will continue drinking booze.

dtw, has anyone tried building a well over magma? maybe it would make it drinkable in a manner similar to saltwater.
 

[gomwon]

I think that's not a problem of environment, but one of ideology.
Throw in a bit of fascism and zero-tolerance to your fort, and you'll find it natural that anyone who gets hurt and can't heal in a month or two does not deserve to live.
Also, don't make a hospital. If there's no hospital, lightly wounded dwarves will not rest and will continue drinking booze.

dtw, has anyone tried building a well over magma? maybe it would make it drinkable in a manner similar to saltwater.

Because, in dorf minds, molten rock is the same as salty water.

Drinking magma: Dwarfy!

[Farmerbob]

It might be worth the time to run a bunch of exploratory shafts around the map, especially if you can remember if there was a river near you embark, check that side first - you might get lucky and find an aquifier.

Other than that, if there are any dried out ponds, cut a single tile tunnel underneath and then up into the middle of the pond to collect water from rain, and set up a few floodgates so you can slowly gather water for emergencies.

[Khym Chanur]

Only one cavern?  Usually one of the three gets a pond.

I've heard that if you change the worldgen settings to get less than 3 caverns that sometimes they'll have no water.

[SmileyMan]

Only one cavern?  Usually one of the three gets a pond.

I've heard that if you change the worldgen settings to get less than 3 caverns that sometimes they'll have no water.

I've had it happen once in a vanilla small world.  It's just sheer bad luck, and it's awful.  You don't get the underground moss and trees either.

[Demilich]

Armok created Arrakis to train the faithful. Let the weak perish - it is the law.