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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0013397Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Animal Handlingpublic2025-12-21 19:37
ReporterBumber Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
PlatformSteamOSWindowsOS Version8.1
Product Version53.06 
Summary0013397: Animal trainers refuse to train semi-wild creatures in cages
DescriptionAnimal trainers seem to completely ignore creatures in cages until they completely revert to wild. My giant cave spiders in a pasture seem to be maintained at a skillfully trained level without incident.

(Also, upon retiring, one of the giant cave spiders ended up wandering near the fort as an army, and attacked my adventurer despite being called "tame" and my adventurer being from the same civilization.)
Steps To ReproduceCatch wild cave animals in traps.
Have training zones over stockpile, built cage, and pasture.
Animals can be trained initially while in the stockpile.
Move a few to pasture and a few to built cage.
Animals in any cage will eventually revert to wild despite an abundance of trainers and free time.
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Bumber

2025-12-21 19:36

reporter   ~0043051

Last edited: 2025-12-21 19:37

(Might have been "trained" rather than "tame" for the wandering spider. Clearly it's been trained to attack innocent travelers.)

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2025-12-21 19:34 Bumber New Issue
2025-12-21 19:36 Bumber Note Added: 0043051
2025-12-21 19:37 Bumber Note Edited: 0043051