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A bioweapon placed underground will quickly be cleaned by any dwarf with the cleaning labor enabled.  Surface bioweapons are more stable.
 
A bioweapon placed underground will quickly be cleaned by any dwarf with the cleaning labor enabled.  Surface bioweapons are more stable.
  
Any affected creature is likely to carry the contamination with it past the location of the bioweapon.  This can be useful, if you've discovered a particularly interesting extract that you no longer have a way to generate, but it can also be dangerous to the well-being of your fortress.  A pile of extract sitting in 2/7 water will not block pathing, and will simultaneously infect and wash creatures passing through it.  Placement of extract in a damp trench can be difficult, as the water will tend to carry the extract on to the walls, but with persistence, it can be done.  Extract/water combos like this are best placed underground to prevent freezing or evaporation; the presence of mud on the damp tiles will prevent your dwarves from cleaning.
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Any affected creature is likely to carry the contamination with it past the location of the bioweapon.  This can be useful, if you've discovered a particularly interesting extract that you no longer have a way to generate, but it can also be dangerous to the well-being of your fortress.  A pile of extract sitting in 2/7 water will not block pathing, and will simultaneously infect and wash creatures passing through it.  Placement of extract in a damp trench can be difficult, as the water will tend to carry the extract on to the walls, but with persistence, it can be done.  Extract/water combos like this are best placed underground to prevent freezing or evaporation; the presence of mud on the damp tiles will prevent your dwarves from cleaning/
  
 
The deadliness of a bioweapon depends entirely on the extract used to create it, and can range from debilitating nausea (perfect to incapacitate invaders while your military mops them up, yet unlikely to lead to serious damage to your own fort), to death by bleeding within 600 ticks (a half day).  Given the proper extract, you could even create a beneficial bioweapon trap that prevents those affected from suffering pain.  Footwear appears to protect, leaving any bioweapon trap much more deadly to your own dwarves than to any invader.
 
The deadliness of a bioweapon depends entirely on the extract used to create it, and can range from debilitating nausea (perfect to incapacitate invaders while your military mops them up, yet unlikely to lead to serious damage to your own fort), to death by bleeding within 600 ticks (a half day).  Given the proper extract, you could even create a beneficial bioweapon trap that prevents those affected from suffering pain.  Footwear appears to protect, leaving any bioweapon trap much more deadly to your own dwarves than to any invader.

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