0013449: Miners walk into newly dug channels even when they are walking into the path of magma

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0013449	Dwarf Fortress	Dwarf Mode -- Jobs, General	public	2026-01-13 11:11	2026-01-13 11:11

Reporter	Ciderglove	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	new	Resolution	open
Platform	Steam	OS	Windows	OS Version	10
Product Version	53.10

Summary	0013449: Miners walk into newly dug channels even when they are walking into the path of magma
Description	There is a behaviour with miners which doesn't seem right. Often, when mining adamantine seams/pillars, one will end up channeling into rock from above, in order to release a pocket of magma which has been located. The problem is, it takes a few ticks for the magma in the pocket to begin to flow into the newly-channeled tile, which means that, if that tile is between the miner and his next job, he will path through it, oblivious to the fact that, in reality, he has just made that tile dangerous. I know that there is a lot of FUN involved in mining generally, and especially liquids, but this is surely not intended behaviour. I'm having to sit here with gui/teleport, babysitting my miners.
Steps To Reproduce	Locate a magma pocket in a volcanic wall/adamantine seam. Channel from the z-layer above it, into one of the tiles of obsidian at its circumference, thereby releasing the magma. If the miner's next job would cause him to path through that channeled tile, the miner will step right onto it, to be engulfed in magma a moment later.
Tags	magma, mining, pathfinding

Note

Date Modified	Username	Field
2026-01-13 11:11	Ciderglove	New Issue
2026-01-13 11:11	Ciderglove	Tag Attached: magma
2026-01-13 11:11	Ciderglove	Tag Attached: mining
2026-01-13 11:11	Ciderglove	Tag Attached: pathfinding