Exploit - Revision history

Ziusudra: /* Infinite metal */ replaced removed DFHack tool with new tool

2025-05-12T20:46:43Z

Infinite metal: replaced removed DFHack tool with new tool

Quietust: /* Pack adventurer */ rewrite section - the jumping bit was added with horrible grammar, and the improvements didn't help all that much

2025-03-12T15:17:28Z

Pack adventurer: rewrite section - the jumping bit was added with horrible grammar, and the improvements didn't help all that much

Silverwing235: /* Pack adventurer */

2025-03-11T22:24:53Z

Pack adventurer

87.78.215.169: /* Adventure mode exploits */

2025-03-11T20:57:06Z

Adventure mode exploits

Quietust at 14:16, 29 November 2024

2024-11-29T14:16:05Z

Quietust at 14:15, 29 November 2024

2024-11-29T14:15:30Z

Moradin: Spoiler warning added on top, in accordance with any page hinting to or containing HFS-related content.

2024-07-06T07:51:00Z

Spoiler warning added on top, in accordance with any page hinting to or containing HFS-related content.

109.62.164.162: /* Pack adventurer */

2024-05-27T16:30:29Z

Pack adventurer

109.62.164.162: /* Pack adventurer */

2024-05-23T19:31:59Z

Pack adventurer

109.62.164.162: /* Pack adventurer */

2024-05-23T19:31:11Z

Pack adventurer

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 Because one bar of metal produces 25 bolts, and a single bolt can be melted to 0.1 bars of metal, you can create unlimited [[adamantine]] wafers in your fortress using a [[Stupid_dwarf_trick#Bolt splitting operation|clever setup]] with marksdwarves to separate the stacks of [[adamantine]] bolts into single bolts. See this [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=51423.0 forum thread] for more details.
-Weapon traps filled with crossbows will be loaded with individual bolts (10 per crossbow). Bolts cannot be designated to melt while loaded in the trap. It requires deconstruction of the trap. The components will scatter on deconstruction so surrounding the trap with an ammo stockpile set to links only and using dfhack automelt can semi-automate the process. Any metal components of the trap may also be melted.
+Weapon traps filled with crossbows will be loaded with individual bolts (10 per crossbow). Bolts cannot be designated to melt while loaded in the trap. It requires deconstruction of the trap. The components will scatter on deconstruction so surrounding the trap with an ammo stockpile set to links only and using <code>logistics add melt</code> in DFHack can semi-automate the process. Any metal components of the trap may also be melted.
 Coins may also be split at a [[trade depot]] and melted down individually for up to a 50x return. Mint a stack of coins, then trade it to a caravan. You can then buy the stack back in pieces, and each individual smaller stack will melt and produce .1 bars. One bar produces 500 coins, but splitting it into stacks of 1 coin each would create 500 melt jobs, producing 50 bars in return. The process is discussed in greater detail, both with and without use of macros on this [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=111680.0 forum thread]. While potentially time-consuming, this new method both results in far more bars produced per stack (potentially a net profit of 49 bars instead of 1.5), and can duplicate any metal, not just military ones while simultaneously training your broker. Combined with a magma smelter and properly written macros, this method turns a smelter into a free metal generator. Those who are less patient may instead opt to simply melt the coin stacks immediately after they are minted - while this yields only a 10% gain, it is far less time-consuming. As of v50, this no longer works as coin stacks have to be bought back from the trader in full, as there is no option to buy back individual coins. However, melting a full stack of 500 coins will still produce 1.1 bars and can still be used to duplicate metal (including [[adamantine]]) as of v50.

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 == Pack adventurer ==
-You could hold items of any weight, but they affect your speed - except when you're riding a mount.
+You can theoretically carry an infinite number of items, but eventually they will encumber you to the point that you move at a snail's pace. If you're riding a [[mount]], this limitation disappears, though you might still have trouble in combat.
-* [[Jumping]] distance can't become lower than 2-square [[jump]]. Therefore, even an overburdened adventurer can quickly move by [[jumping]]. On top of that, it can be used to jump over various hazards, and to jump on enemies - which damages them, sends them flying and stuns them.
 == Divine Retribution Farm ==

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 == Pack adventurer ==
 You could hold items of any weight, but they affect your speed - except when you're riding a mount.
-* [[Jumping]] distance can't become lower than 2-square [[jump]]. Therefore, even overburdened adventurer can quickly move by [[jumping]]. On top of that, [[Jumping]] can be used to jump over various hazards, and to jump on enemies - what damages them, sends them flying and stuns them.
+* [[Jumping]] distance can't become lower than 2-square [[jump]]. Therefore, even an overburdened adventurer can quickly move by [[jumping]]. On top of that, it can be used to jump over various hazards, and to jump on enemies - which damages them, sends them flying and stuns them.
 == Divine Retribution Farm ==

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 You could hold items of any weight, but they affect your speed - except when you're riding a mount.
 * [[Jumping]] distance can't become lower than 2-square [[jump]]. Therefore, even overburdened adventurer can quickly move by [[jumping]]. On top of that, [[Jumping]] can be used to jump over various hazards, and to jump on enemies - what damages them, sends them flying and stuns them.
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 * [[Trading#Seizing_items|Seizing goods via the trade dialog]] is most straightforward way to select specific items to steal; but there are more entertaining methods detailed below.
 * Tearing down the [[trade depot]] while the merchants are there is the easiest way to seize all merchant goods at once.
 * Marking items for [[dump]]ing by cliсking on [[File:Dump option icon.png|30px]] on item or in stocks menu ({{key|k}}), or mass dump mode ({{key|i}}-{{key|p}}) then marking the entire depot, lets you relieve merchants of their goods. Just reclaim the items from your garbage dump [[zone]] later. You can even take clothing and equipment off merchant and guards this way.
 * You can make a wall around the merchants (and even the poor animals) and let them starve to death, letting you take whatever you want. Wait quite a while for them to starve. They will become [[Insanity|very angry]] if you do, so never open the door once they are on the brink of death.

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 There are a variety of ways to steal cargo from [[merchant]]s. All amount to naked theft, and the civilization responsible for the caravan will recognize this. Merchants will consider any lost goods to be stolen goods regardless of the method used to take possession of or destroy them (Verification: See [[40d:Trading#Note_that_the_civ|the 40d page]] and [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=43771.msg829692#msg829692 This forum post]). So unless you specifically want to take the clothing off the backs of the merchants or steal from your own civ, you might as well just seize the goods anyway.
-* [[DF2014:Trading#Seizing_items|Seizing goods via the trade dialog]] is most straightforward way to select specific items to steal; but there are more entertaining methods detailed below.
+* [[Trading#Seizing_items|Seizing goods via the trade dialog]] is most straightforward way to select specific items to steal; but there are more entertaining methods detailed below.
 * Tearing down the [[trade depot]] while the merchants are there is the easiest way to seize all merchant goods at once.

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 An '''exploit''' is a quirk of a game that allows players to gain what other players may consider an unfair advantage, usually by making use of a feature that is not working properly or which defies logic. 'Exploiting the game' is distinct from '[[cheating]]' because exploits occur within the game as written and do not need any external [[utilities]] or [[modding]]. Whether a player chooses to make use of an exploit or not depends on their personal taste; given that ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' is a single-player game, the user alone can decide what liberties to take and what options to shun. Among DF players, there is much discussion about what actually should be considered an exploit, ranging from making [[dwarven syrup]] instead of [[dwarven sugar]], growing crops in winter, or even underground, at the one extreme, to justifying 'water wheel batteries' at the other. This page takes a rather relaxed approach in that you considering it an exploit is basically enough to add it, if you don't get too much opposition.