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40d Talk:Giant bat
They also tend to run away, and only attack when threatened.
I don't think this is true at all, at least in 0.27.176.38c. The giant bats my dwarves encounter are terrifying dwarf-seeking killing machines that drop from the sky and tear a dwarf to pieces before they have a chance to do anything. I've lost at least 20-30 dwarves to giant bats alone. --Katt 02:53, 9 August 2008 (EDT)
- Draft a woodchopper and a peasant, the peasant is attacked and the now axedwarf should easily tear the bat apart. (Admittedly, I have only used a woodcutter, but an additional living shield might be safer) Qwertyu 06:07, 9 August 2008 (EDT)
- They can be killed, it just requires a fully equipped dwarf with metal armor to withstand the initial "Hi, I'm a giant bat, let me chew up a limb or two to stun you." All I'm saying though, at least in .38c, Giant Bats seem incredibly aggressive and regularly come down from the mountains to eat dwarves without any provocation.
- They did solve my Gorilla problem for me though, so I suppose that's good. --Katt 06:24, 9 August 2008 (EDT)
Bats wear clothes?[edit]
Once a giant bat managed to get inside my fortress, and whilst it was massacring dwarves I checked it's inventory and found that it was wearing a *cave-spider silk sock* Any idea how this happened?
- I think, that it tore the sock from one of your dwarves and was holding it in it's mouth--Dorten 23:38, 3 December 2008 (EST)
- That would possible be it. I should have checked more thoroughly. --Cobster 12:35, 4 December 2008 (EST)
Problems Fighting Giant Bats?[edit]
In the Giant Bat's raws, they are set as Benign for whatever reason; this means your military will not engage a Giant Bat unless in self defense, even if they're set to harass wild animals. If one gets inside your fortress and starts rampaging it can be quite irritating. [BENIGN] is a default setting, so if you have a chasm and a Giant Bat problem you may want to look into that. -- Foxbyte 14:21, 4 July 2009 (EST)
- Just one bat ruined my fortress because of the benign tag! 67.174.53.81 07:03, 19 January 2010 (UTC)