Using ruthless efficiency to speedrun becoming a tyrant



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Waging war against tens of thousands when you’re just hundreds is near impossible, but after failing miserably last time I tried this challenge, I’m back trying to conquer every non-Dwarven site in just ten years in Dwarf Fortress.

0:00 – Intro
0:59 – Founding the Nightmare (Year 1)
12:52 – The secret ingredient is people (Year 2-4.5)
29:32 – The first Empires fall (Year 4.5-7)
40:37 – Circling the drain (Year 7-9)
48:44 – The Age of Legends (Final Year)

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50 thoughts on “Using ruthless efficiency to speedrun becoming a tyrant”

  1. An amazing race against the clock, both the one set by yourself and the inevitable tantrum spiral brewing through the entire second half of the run that was one legendary axedwarf rampage away from a bloodsplattered tomb.

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  2. I have a decent pc, but when i reach 200+ dwarves it slows considerably. What can i do? I think its the animals in may pen, i have so much cats and dogs… il try to make them backpacks and quivers

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  3. Wonder how much it would take to restore the fort into a nice place to live, or if migrants are just not gonna come again and it would be a slow grind of births to bring the fort back to glory now that the world is defeated.

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  4. I love your videos, if you see this do you have a discord or twitter or something? I'd love to shoot an idea I had by you if you have some time, keep up the great work brother!

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  5. How long do you put into these colonies in real time? I just got back into df recently and a 10 hour base for me is like 500 dwarves with a completely smoothed over safe haven, full of food and usually bronze (sometimes steel) gear. I assume you probably build for function to get towards your predetermined goal faster?

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  6. I tried this multiple times, sadly my dwarfs kinda refused to destroy sites and sometime squats never returned or returned years later which lead to my fort being open for raids… still i wont give up on conquering the world!

    Also just destroying Goblins with squats of Master Macedwarfs, seeing Teetg flying everywhere is just awesome. Especially when outnumbered 10/1

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  7. This is the best DF content I've ever seen.
    The mantra "happiness is a resource" fits you perfectly 😂

    "10 years to fix this fort's happiness" next? sounds harder than one would think, and you may need a well deserved break 😂

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