0013486: Mission dwarves materialize next to enemy siege camps one by one on return

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0013486	Dwarf Fortress	Dwarf Mode -- Missions	public	2026-03-13 22:35	2026-03-13 22:35

Reporter	MrGrendel	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	tweak	Reproducibility	always
Status	new	Resolution	open
Product Version	53.11

Summary	0013486: Mission dwarves materialize next to enemy siege camps one by one on return
Description	When missions return, they will sometimes spawn right next to enemy siege clusters at the edge of the map. Not only this, but (I haven't confirmed this in a version or two) but they sometimes seem to not even fight back - they just beeline straight to the next meeting zone. Of course, that's not relevant so much, because when they spawn in one dwarf at a time facing 100 goblins, they just die almost immediately anyway. This effectively makes all missions a gamble to lose your dwarves to unrealistic game mechanics. It would be really nice if missions: - All returned in one group together - Spawned far from hostile units - Best of all, if there were a toggle in labor settings or something, like, "delay return until sieges lift" and it just generated a notice telling you they are ready to return.
Steps To Reproduce	Be a player who uses missions a lot.
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2026-03-13 22:35	MrGrendel	New Issue