40d Talk:Hammerer

I saw it mentioned somewhere - on either the bay12 forums or elsewhere on this wiki - that if you strip a Hammerer of his hammer (mark it for dumping), he'll not pick up another one, and will 'hammer' people unarmed instead. Certainly this seems to be working for me so far; out of two prescribed 'hammerings' I've had one Carpenter come out with a bruised lower spine, and a Swordsdwarf come out unscathed (likely thanks to his chainmail). Not yet any skill in wrestling for the Hammerer either (not even dabbling). -- Raumkraut 13:56, 7 April 2008 (EDT)

Nice find, why not add that to the article?--Richards 03:00, 21 April 2008 (EDT)

You can prevent hammerer-related deaths entirely by trapping the hammerer in a cage trap. You will need to arrange some way, such as sleep or giant cave spider, for the hammerer to become unconscious and fall down on a cage trap tile. -- Rkyeun 17:18, 23 October 2008 (EDT)

I also remember seeing horror stories from the 2D version where, if the Hammerer lost both his arms, he would BITE people as punishment. And tear their heads off with his jaws, walking around with dwarf chunks in his mouth. A hammerer with no arms is way more dangerous than you might think; if he loses his arms, make sure he loses his head too! --Sowelu 02:19, 27 November 2008 (EST)

It seems unlikely. A hammerer who lost both his arms would also be losing consciousness constantly.--Maximus 03:46, 27 November 2008 (EST)

is this still true? i have the hammerer's hammer designated as A) forbidden, and B) for melting (even though it's a work of art). it's been almost a year, and he's still not dropped it, and it's the only thing available for melting, but an alert pops up saying "smelter cancels melt a metal object: needs melt-designated item".

Dwarves won't melt something that somebody is carrying, and they won't do squat with something that's forbidden. They will, however, dump an object that's being carried/worn. So try unforbidding the hammer and marking it for dumping. When it gets dumped, go to the dump zone, reclaim it, and mark it for melting. --LegacyCWAL 12:01, 6 March 2009 (EST)

yep, done that. taken it off both 'melt' and 'forbid', set it to be 'dumped', and he's still carrying it around. looks like it's not possible anymore :/ thank goodness i built that prison block! xD

Have you remembered to set a garbage dump zone? I'm on 40d and had no problem dumping my hammerer's hammer. It might just take a while for someone to come and take it off him. --Paradigmlost 13:45, 8 March 2009 (EDT)

yeah, that must have been it. i assumed he'd just drop it, if not dump it himself. he didnt have it equiped when i locked him in his room, so it must have been dumped at some point x] bit too late, but.. better late than never :] --DJ Devil

i found the reason it wasnt dumped (or, may have a possible reason). i think i designated it from the 'stocks' menu, and on the Stone management wiki, it stated that it requires 'some bookkeeper labour' to designate stones for dumping from the stocks menu. since i was moving my bookkeeper to a more appropriate housing block with the other nobles, he didnt have a desk to work off. hence, it was never confirmed, and didnt happen. --DJ Devil

Arrives with Baron

Can anyone verify this?--Richards 03:00, 21 April 2008 (EDT)

I've had this happen recently; that is, the hammerer and baron arriving together. I've only had a baron arrive once, however, so this is hardly conclusive. Also this baron promptly ruined the fort with his 'economy' and 'coin' and other seditious ideas, but that's beside the point.--Dadamh 14:59, 30 May 2008 (EDT)

This isn't true. I've just received the hammerer along with the count and the tax collector. No baron ! --Rep 22:04, 13 April 2009 (UCT)

The Baron may be promoted (or displaced by order of noble rank) into/by the Count (From the baron article) (And don't forget to sign your message :P) --Karl 22:28, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Finished off a goblin invader

Just fended off my second invasion of goblins first with trolls.(I love cage traps) He killed off a goblin with heavy injuries from the stone traps bare-handed as I dumped his hammer. I'd like to give him a hammer (a weak one) for effort :) My point is that he'll help fighting.--Seaneat 18:18, 2 July 2008 (EDT)

Avoiding a Hammering

This page would seem like a good place to put advice on how to avoid getting your dwarves hammered (and not in the good way.) Does putting the full amount of guards and cages prevent dwarves violating work orders being sentenced to hammerings?--Pyrite 07:45, 18 December 2008 (EST)

Mostly. The default sentence for any offense is jail time. To be able to sentence your dwarf to jail time, you need to have a free guard to escort the offender to jail and you need a chain or cage to put them in. It's only if they try to put your dwarf into jail and fail that they get hammered. It's still possible to get more people arrested than you have restraints, unless you have a restraint for every dwarf. There was a case in one of my forts where my Mayor decided post facto that crowns could not be exported... right after I'd just put out a big shipment of them. I had 34 dwarves sentenced and only 15 (the recommended amount) restraints. The hammerer had a very bloody time of it... Kind of a shame that the mayor wasn't one of the offending haulers.

Also, as I think is noted somewhere above, if you have no guards and no restraints designated as a jail, the noble gets an unhappy thought for not being able to punish anyone (on top of unhappines over not having the mandate filled if that's the offense) but there's no jail time and no hammering because there was no failure to get the offender to jail. One side effect of this is that tantruming dwarves are not stopped as effectively. -Fuzzy 09:04, 18 December 2008 (EST)

Trap/kill the Hammerer

is it possible? both to trap him, and/or kill him? and if you do either, is he replaced?
he's already killed one of my champion wrestlers for failing a mandate (no idea why it was him; i assume it's linked to his former job, although i'm really not sure), and now he's whacked (literally) a peasant, with no skills (he was just hauling wood!) - instantly killing him. i want him dead! :| --DJ Devil 13:17, 7 March 2009 (EST)

The "standard" method for dealing with misbehaving nobles is to turn their room into a drowning chamber, or to throw them into a 20z pit. If you're in a hurry, you can always just lock him in his room until he dies of starvation or thirst. There's plenty of other, more imaginative ways though. --LegacyCWAL 15:29, 7 March 2009 (EST)

will he be replaced, though? i dont want another one showing up with the next wave x] nor do i want my mayor to take up the position :/ --DJ Devil

I think he will. Of course, you don't have to let him live either. And your mayor won't do any noble's job except his own. --LegacyCWAL 12:13, 8 March 2009 (EDT)

he's been safely disposed of, and his weapon is being used by one of the n00bs sparring in the barracks :] he's not been replaced so far, but if one comes during the next wave of immigrants, he'll get the same treatment. let's hope he brings with him another steel axe; it's in short supply on my map :x --DJ Devil