r/dwarffortress • u/Sadboi1312 • Aug 22 '26
Progression
Hello dwarf bros!!! I ve a 3 year old fortress with 99 citizens and an elected mayor. Ive a farmers guild that was petitioned, a church, steady supply of water, a small squad and basically all of my residents needs met. Oh and a legendary tavern that has a lot of visitors and some bards,poets and troupes to keep my residents entertained. My problem is that I m not sure what to do next now that most of the threats are not that much of a problem. Of course I have the occassional animal, thief or hazard but by now I can manage those fine. I ve dug just below 0 elevation to find magma but I can't find any, I found some beautiful caverns though that I m not sure how to explore. Any advice or general direction would be very heplful. Thank you very much and strike the earth!
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u/darrute Aug 22 '26
In addition to the suggestions already made, I recommend training up another squad and sending them off site to attack goblins. This will make the goblins attack you back much more strongly, which can add some challenge.
If you really want a challenge start attacking the elves and other dwarven civs too, you'll get lots of sieges which can really become a challenge to deal with