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0013355Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Visitorspublic2025-11-28 21:07
ReporterMarauder__ Assigned To 
PriorityurgentSeveritycrashReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
PlatformWindowsOSWindows 10/11 (64-bit)OS VersionLatest updates i
Product Version53.05 
Summary0013355: Deterministic crash when human caravan from Mong Ithbi arrives (save included)
DescriptionDwarf Fortress 53.05 consistently crashes on the exact tick when a human caravan from Mong Ithbi arrives.

Crash happens in:
- clean vanilla DF 53.05 (DFHack disabled)
- DFHack 53.05-r1
- regardless of fortress activity
- regardless of suppressing caravans (hermit mode)

The last message before the crash is always:

"A human caravan from Mong Ithbi has arrived."

No caravan units appear in the ‘u’ list before the crash. Crash happens instantly on caravan spawn tick.

errorlog.txt contains no errors.

This suggests a corrupted caravan mission, entity, historical figure or nemesis related to the Mong Ithbi civilization.

The crash is 100% reproducible.
Steps To Reproduce1. Download and unzip the attached save (region7.zip).
2. Launch vanilla Dwarf Fortress 53.05 (Steam).
3. Load the fortress.
4. Unpause.
5. Within several seconds, the message appears:

   "A human caravan from Mong Ithbi has arrived."

6. The game immediately crashes to desktop.

Crash is 100% reproducible.
Additional Information- No caravan units exist before the crash.
- Crash occurs before caravan population is generated.
- errorlog.txt only contains "Steam API init failed".
- No mods used; clean Steam installation.
- DFHack tests (fix/*, hermit, retrieve-units, etc.) produce no changes.
- The save appears structurally intact (no zero-size files).
- Likely cause: corrupted caravan entity, nemesis, or histfig.

Save included below.
Tags53.05, caravan, crash, dwarf mode, reproducible, seasonal_crash, visitors

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Marauder__

2025-11-22 04:36

reporter   ~0043001

https://drive.google.com/file/d/147b4n2Dh97XoFvqdb5lnkDk2_RAfH17H/view?usp=drive_link

Marauder__

2025-11-28 21:07

reporter   ~0043011

New world, new crash.... :(

DF 53.06, DFH 53.06-r1
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A3eLkkXCOd9hjOg6PV1Pogxe8ixGnQLe/view?usp=drive_link

-------------- crash_2025-11-29-07-45-51.txt --------------
Fortress mode Version 53.06
0> Dwarf_Fortress+0xAAEC46
1> Dwarf_Fortress+0xAAEDE9
2> KERNELBASE!UnhandledExceptionFilter+0x1E7
3> ntdll!memset+0x1218
4> ntdll!_C_specific_handler+0x96
5> ntdll!_chkstk+0x11F
6> ntdll!RtlRaiseException+0x484
7> ntdll!KiUserExceptionDispatcher+0x2E
8> Dwarf_Fortress+0xDAFAE9
9> Dwarf_Fortress+0x1426D92
10> Dwarf_Fortress+0x140CF5E
11> Dwarf_Fortress+0x89BDAE
12> Dwarf_Fortress+0x893EF8
13> overlay_plug+0x1C11C
14> Dwarf_Fortress+0xC0E465
15> Dwarf_Fortress+0x8C2433
16> Dwarf_Fortress+0x8C3939
17> SDL2!SDL_DYNAPI_entry+0x799D7
18> SDL2!SDL_DYNAPI_entry+0x12EEDE
19> ucrtbase!configthreadlocale+0x92
20> KERNEL32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0x14
21> ntdll!RtlUserThreadStart+0x21
Advancing seasons

-------------- errorlog.txt --------------
Steam API Init failed.

-------------- gamelog.txt --------------
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Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2025-11-22 04:31 Marauder__ New Issue
2025-11-22 04:31 Marauder__ Tag Attached: 53.05
2025-11-22 04:31 Marauder__ Tag Attached: caravan
2025-11-22 04:31 Marauder__ Tag Attached: crash
2025-11-22 04:31 Marauder__ Tag Attached: dwarf mode
2025-11-22 04:31 Marauder__ Tag Attached: reproducible
2025-11-22 04:31 Marauder__ Tag Attached: seasonal_crash
2025-11-22 04:31 Marauder__ Tag Attached: visitors
2025-11-22 04:36 Marauder__ Note Added: 0043001
2025-11-28 21:07 Marauder__ Note Added: 0043011