0013519: Undead become alive and die of old age

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0013519	Dwarf Fortress	Undeath	public	2026-06-25 15:17	2026-06-25 15:17

Reporter	Dedek	Assigned To
Priority	low	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	new	Resolution	open
Platform	Steam on Linux
Product Version	53.15

Summary	0013519: Undead become alive and die of old age
Description	My Mayor Necromancer becomes alive in new update (it changes her skin color) and instantly dies after unpausing the game. DF hack deathcause -> old age . I tried to do this in 2 saves, in both the mayor just dies instantly. Other undead visitors are not influenced. After downgrade she has her correct skin color (purple) and she lives happily ever after. ____ Another report from steam forum: ____ My fort has 5 necromancers, all of them died instantly on loading the game with the new update. Edit: DFhack deathcause confirms they all died of old age, including one who was only 39 years old. Definitely a bug with the new update. Edit 2: It happened to my vampire dwarf as well. Might be all cursed units. The bug tracker is not letting me make an account so maybe someone else can report it.
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2026-06-25 15:17	Dedek	New Issue