40d Talk:Iron man

What happens to severed limbs of iron men? Echo Hotel 12:36, 4 March 2008 (EST)

I'm pretty sure that they behave in the same way as the remains of vermin, just disintegrating without giving you anything. Bouchart 19:00, 4 March 2008 (EST)

Not so formidable

had 2 woodcutters, complete rookies, chop 1 and a couple batmen to death in seconds --Digger 19:05, 4 March 2008 (EST)

A single lucky shot can take down almost anything. That doesn't mean it's easy to beat normally. --FunnyMan 19:26, 19 March 2008 (EDT)

I'm going to back up digger on this issue: I had a masterwork iron statue turn up when I forgot that I had left my woodcutter drafted to scare off a kobold thief. 1 of 2 iron men down I thought (correctly). Then I activated my assorted hunters (somehow - maybe because of my tropical biome - I had managed to have quite a few hunters turn up as migrants) and they got SLAUGHTERED even though they were supposed to be shooting from the other side of a chasm (iron man went running around the chasm to attack them... and they charged to the battle even though they are crossbow dwarves???).

When I equipped half a dozen draftees with obsidian swords and leather armour they fared much better and turned the iron man into a statue with no dwarven casualties. Nobody had any military skill prior to the assault.

So based on the observations of 2 I am removing the advice regarding using crossbows to kill them.GarrieIrons 23:21, 23 September 2008 (EDT)

I'll disagree with you there - you just need a semi-decent crossbowdwarf squad and a safe place to shoot from. --GreyMaria 01:08, 24 September 2008 (EDT)

Halloween stuff

There was a frightening storm outside, and every dwarfkin had gathered around the cosy fire in the main dining hall while their parents were tending to necessary tasks. Light from the fireplace danced and twinkled on the masterpiece iron statue that decorated the hall. All of a sudden ... --Aykavil 10:11, 8 July 2008 (EDT)

Umm, what? Was there any particular purpose to this? ~ Midna 03:29, 5 December 2008 (EST)

Iron men are sneaky? --Jackrabbit 06:40, 11 December 2008 (EST)

Masterwork iron statue -> iron bar

they don't produce bones... but if you melt one how many iron bars do you get?GarrieIrons 23:23, 23 September 2008 (EDT)

Why would you want to? It's worth a lot of moneys, leave it in your mayor's room. --GreyMaria 01:07, 24 September 2008 (EDT)

They'll produce one iron bar. – unsigned comment by Axe27

Urist Mcsmelter has been struck down. Reason:Smelted masterpiece for bars. --Axe27 13:11, 27 September 2008 (EDT)

Value Disparity

Killing a lowly iron man gives you a statue worth 3000 dwarfbucks. Killing a mighty bronze colossus gives you a statue worth only 1500, half the value. Something doesn't seem quite right. --Quietust 16:46, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Ill thought out, perhaps, yes. But bronze is, unsurprisingly, worth less than iron. ~ Midna 07:44, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

My point exactly - I would've expected an iron man to give a much lower quality iron statue than masterwork, or for a bronze colossus to drop an artifact (if the game code were to allow it, anyways). --Quietust 13:49, 18 December 2009 (UTC)