unicorn ranching ain't easy (Dwarf Fortress)

No unicorns were harmed in the making of this video. Can’t say the same for woodcutters or elves though.
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[@BlindiRL]

Hoodie making big content.

[@chaotickreg7024]

Heelies are cool and adults can use them if they want to.

[@AzraelFPV]

@@chaotickreg7024 .....do it

[@chaotickreg7024]

@@AzraelFPV I own roller skates. And I've heard from other adults that you can live your life in skates, they never needed to take their wheels off for anything.

[@darkfangulas]

Get back to making quick tutorials for me, stop messing around watching other peoples clips

[@darkfangulas]

@@dntbther9298 huh

[@sighup7663]

There's no way you're evil, you raided the elves afterall.

[@wesleyfilms]

The elves clearly assaulted the dwarves by breathing in their direct tbh

[@koghs]

thats the worst joke I ever heard

[@WiseOwl_1408]

@@koghs nah. Much worse exists than this

[@ponponpatapon9670]

@@koghs have you not played this game at all? LMAO hating elves is the number one meme

[@elisedangerous5965]

i swear this game knows exactly what type of animal you want to try to capture and then deliberately never sends any to your fort, let alone anywhere near your cage traps. i had one save in a temperate forest where i just wanted some possums and over 7 years passed with only ravens and coyotes ending up in my traps

[@zanthe_]

I'll never capture a Giant Saltwater Crocodile, let alone a breeding pair.

[@h3lblad3]

@@zanthe_, how about a blind cave croc instead?

[@zanthe_]

@@h3lblad3 Yeah those are the go to replacement. Pretty easy to find and almost as many eggs for my Plump Helmet Soufflés. That said, Giant Salt Crocs are MASSIVE and make for some pretty unstoppable defenders.

[@entropic-decay]

Breeding is a good source of food and trade goods for most forts. Personally, my latest fort uses a modded raw to allow giant cave spiders to be fully tamed if bred in captivity, as well as trained as war animals and used as exotic mounts. It's quite entertaining watching elves flee in terror as my horrific giant spider pets rush them

[@mathdarven5634]

Rather than modifying the raw files by yourself, some mad dude made a mod making any vanilla animal tameable and trainable. Which is useful, knowing that you can't train unicorns for war while elves can, and I want my Unicorn Rider Death Squad (or if you want to try and train any small cute animal for war but don't know what spawns in your biome)

[@ThortheGodly]

I hope they implement a beasts of burden system of some kind so that horses, yaks, unicorns, and other creatures can be used to haul things instead of minecarts and such. I'd also love to be able to send out my own caravans at some point.

[@GreenScrapBot]

This exact thing is on the development roadmap under "Hauling Improvements". So they'll definitely implement it someday.

[@DemShion]

@@GreenScrapBot *someday*

[@willowism]

@Quantum Passport i am really excited for that

[@Fallout3131]

@@GreenScrapBot someday means 10 years in dwarf time

[@TrabberShir]

@@quantumpassport3573 Next update is villains part 2, then the map update, then the big wait (myths and magic). Listening to a few of the interviews I am half convinced that the armies update is going to get moved up to before Myths and Magic as well. They were not working on Myths and Magic yet before the steam release, unless you count brainstorming, in which case they were working on a lot more than Myths and Magic. On the plus side for @ThortheGodly, Hauling Improvements Part 1 may get included in the armies update, officially right after Myths and Magic, but possibly before.

[@Pilvenuga]

Hooved kicks are nothing to underestimate: One of the first Forgotten Beasts that entered my fortress's caverns was of an antelope body, with mandibles for extra bite. Most of its kills, including some 5-6 other Forgotten Beasts were with rear leg kicks absolutely demolishing ribcages, skulls, shattering bones. It has grown Tough, Strong and Agile from its hundreds of minor kills such as blind cave bears and cave crocodiles. I am not looking forward to claiming the first cavern layer anytime soon.

[@PlaySavi]

Love the storytelling aspect of DF! Your videos are great!

[@tefnutofhoney2832]

3 years and no unicorns... your dwarves must have not been virgins

[@RobertBlair]

Explains the elves obviously too.

[@RoseArkana]

I'm seriously loving these little short escapades, keep up the good work! The lining of the walls with their dead body is genius...

[@Jennafir]

I’m new to Dwarf Fortress and after watching so many tutorial videos, these short story videos are so awesome. I love them! Thank you.

[@argenerarion]

Unicorn ranching ain't easy sounds like a good name for a fantasy metal song.

[@Delhorde]

Her voice is so cute!

[@Bronimin]

you can catch fairies in good areas with the trapper skill, and stick them in cages in the meeting hall.

[@guillemmonso9586]

They'll surely think it twice those elves with the corpse wall

[@grinningtaverngaming395]

Placing Elf bones and carcasses around the unicorn pen - priceless! Also, the mighty Krugg mentioned you in a recent upload. I’m glad I’m here. Your content is so fresh and entertaining. You’ve got yourself a new sub.

[@goreobsessed2308]

I love your videos nice job pushing those knife ears around had no idea you had to assign animals my steam forts at like 210 people and I still have my 2 yaks no wonder they were never trained.

[@rowantobias]

girl your voice is so pleasant i could listen to you explain unicorn ranching for an hour!

[@Adrian_au]

Thank you for the cackle you extracted from me, all it took was a macabre display of Elven corpses lining your Unicorn pasture!

[@LanthusV]

Incredible how you've condensed the universal DF experience into a 4 minute video.

[@shimp_]

Seeing the view counts go up with the steam release is so exciting! The game has always been accessible with the LNP but people are really giving it (and the content creators who showcase it) the attention it deserves now.

[@dreamerofthorns]

"Settling anywhere the elves cam't get you is good" Sounds like someone who doesn't like setting up ruthless elf-killing traps. ... sounds like an *elf lover.*

[@olenickel6013]

The unicorn farm being surrounded by Elves who can watch you treat magical forest creatures like themselves as mere livestock is an absolute win in my book.

[@jools3788]

Just wanted to say I love your videos so much! The format is so nice to watch and every video is exciting, please keep doing what you're doing, you're amazing!

[@hoodiehair]

thank you!

[@Shire_Commander]

ok this is the 1st dwarf fortress video that has captivated me. Great job

[@chazdomingo475]

To catch unicorns, you need to be in the Joyous Wilds (high savagery), not just any good biome (mirthful, serene). Pretty sure that's true.

[@HadoukenHero]

I've gone an watched all your old videos cause I realised you've been doing this for ages! Tyvm!

[@lol22332]

It’s great for you to teach us these concepts in these vids while also making it short and not bogged down with the details

[@incurae8967]

i hope these delightful videos bring you success on youtube!!! really glad i found these lowkey, short form dorf fort highlights from a beautiful soul

[@wellingtonskellington]

Breeding in general is a pretty fun main or side gimmick for a fort; some of my favorite things to try for have been raising exotic giant animals for pets or defense. Neat to see you picking it up!

[@hypieyo]

On the base game I was always trying to find a joyous wild biome you can find pretty good war animal to capture and train. Plus breeding unicorn give you pretty good ressources ! You should now try the cave dragon breeding program it’s a lot of fun too :)

[@dadoogie]

Great editing and story telling. Will weep and laugh at the lumberjack throat kicked by a martial taper again.

[@evanwilliams1839]

I fucking love Tapirs, they're like tiny little elephants.

[@timfactorial]

these videos are so comfy i love them

[@Ky_Ky_Ky]

Babe wake up Hoodie uploaded a curated dwarf fortress story

[@InnerAtmos]

The stacking of Elven bodies outside, is fkn brutal. I love it.

[@nigelleifsantosalipio2360]

BRO I CANT GET ENOUUUGH I NEED MORE OF YOUR CONTENY

[@wesleyfilms]

Gotta love the Kentucky blue grass growing in the biome.

[@coleciervo5454]

Now crack open the circus and let the clowns turn that Good biome Evil!

[@thebuda01]

Nothing brightens the skin and cleans the pores like unicorn soap

[@MrHatsforcats]

i embarked in a good zone and a bunch of mountain gnomes stole all my alcohol

[@andrzejklein7846]

I set myself in a mirthfull place. Got 18 dwarfs but unicorns came and killed 5 of them in a huge battle...

[@rizzorepulsive7704]

don't forget to modify their raws so you can make them war trainable! I settled in a joyous wilds for unicorn and giant beast ranching. I've got more giant hamsters than I know what to do with. hoping to get another giant skunk to start breeding those too. really hoping I can get a giant wolf/bear/or some big cat to war train.

[@michaelpanariello6044]

I did this once, worked great as we converted the deep soil into an underground cavern with mushroom to graze on. Few walls and cages got me nearly 12 unicorns to start with. 5+ years of lots of training and several foals grown adult and have gave birth new new unicorns, this 3rd generation of baby unicorns were fully domestic and would be just as loyal as any of the horses we had. I then tried to release the 1st gen unicorns back into the wild, worked great as most went back to being wild without the handlers feeding them. Except one unicorn that went as a dwarf was leading it to the surface. We lost a good dwarf, impaled in the heart by a unicorn horn and bled out fast. The unicorn was scratched and bitten by the now deceased dwarf and was quick caged up. It earned a name among my dwarf's and had it cage moved under a tree in the surface, as they planned on releasing it still after the death. They only to realize it was dead in it's cage later. Upon the doctors further examination cause of death was determined to be infection caused by the bite wound it suffered. Damn

[@loriw780]

Those Unicorns at the Unicorn Ranch sure are Tenacious.

[@alefor72]

Next, mermaid farming

[@TheFirstmammles]

I found a pink forest biome called "the forest of love." It was joyous wilds, and had a lot of natural unicorns living on the land. A very mystical land. Too bad i deleted that world, cause i haven't seen that biome since.

[@bobling98]

Awesome video. Really cool concept, I've also never heard of good biomes. May have to try my hand as well :)

[@Ancusohm]

This is cool! I've always wanted to play around with the animal taming system. Thanks for showing it off!

[@dragonheart9400]

I lack to understand what's evil about selling unicorn foals to good dwarves. Think about the artifacts dwarves can make from their horns!

[@Bunjiman]

hoodie. dude. your videos are just so good. please keep up the good work, and if you were considering longer form df content i.e. kruggsmash - know that you would absolutely nail it and it would extremely appreciated

[@CuteCalango]

You make me wanna play this game so much

[@itsumikoroko]

Yeah, I can get behind this creator! 10/10, subbed, liked, and watching playlist!

[@angeluslul2118]

i LOOOOOVE your little videos

[@Robert-vk7je]

Grand theft unicorn. :D

[@obamareal2281]

please make more videos i watch every single one

[@notednoone]

Great content. Short, entertaining, funny, and educational. Also helps illustrate the stories that happen in this game if you look for them a little bit. I've had some people tell me they just don't see the "depth" in the game (either barely playing it, or not at all). I'm pointing to these videos now. Keep it up ;)

[@deviberks5537]

I never settled in a good biome, definitely will have to give that a shot. Thank you for the video!

[@MrBluman999]

If you find sunberries you can brew sunshine which is the best alcohol in the game.

[@kalaksed]

I have a habit of cranking up probability of good, evil and savage biomes just because i like finding an embark that has all three on the map. So much to potentially find, esp if the evil biome is not reanimating (...i just really like phantom spiders and beakdogs, okay)

[@joetheman9778]

This is awesome. Make a drowning chamber for sea monsters next please 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@awildwightappeared3685]

Surely do a ocean video next

[@mikelezhnin8601]

By the way I heard that good regions can also have fairies in them, if you feel evil enough, I'd love to see those captured (and bred?) as well

[@kalashydra9016]

3:07 what a waste of war/hunting leopards lol

[@clray123]

Can you train the young as war unicorns and send them back to wreak havoc on the elvish settlement?

[@hoodiehair]

the wiki says that unicorns are not war trainable

[@clray123]

@@hoodiehair bummer

[@zlosov5817]

Unicorn ranch this, troll zoo that. I feed my elfs to pet dragons that KEEP FUCKING BREEDING LIKE CATS. It would've been *nice* if i had an appropriate volcano fortress to go with it, but my dragon breeding programm started on accident in dumbass sauna fortress.

[@willphoenix5464]

how can you say this and to elaborate

[@zlosov5817]

@@willphoenix5464 I would, but youtube keeps restricting all my videos to 18+ and ensuring i get a whole 18 views tops. So i don't feel the incentive to keep making them.

[@zlosov5817]

@Abraham Johnathan Cave dragons don't settle in frozen tundras.

[@leuchgaming3080]

what if you sell the unicorns in bulk with atleast one male and female from your civ(or civs you want to have unicorns) and then they mass produce those unicorns themselves?

[@chaotickreg7024]

I want to see someone train reindeer for combat for the holiday. Get a whole team named after Santa's sleigh team.

[@TheDarkeningShadow]

Slay team

[@chaotickreg7024]

@@TheDarkeningShadow Yeeeeeees.

[@WiseOwl_1408]

This is important content. 👍

[@phearedphantom]

Cats are important!

[@oboll6064]

So I've been getting into Dwarf Fortress recently, and I *really* can't wait to try out adventure mode as I've seen on this channel and elsewhere, but even after I tracked down the non-steam version of Dwarf Fortress on Bay 12 it still says it's coming soon even though there's still your content as well as many things about it on the wiki and forums. How can I find and play it?

[@hoodiehair]

you would have to go back to an old version like 0.47.05 which is still available at www.bay12games.com/dwarves/older_versions.html

[@oboll6064]

@@hoodiehair I was so close yet so far, I probably wouldn't've wanted to trial-and-error through all the versions to find out that the previous version had it. And to be honest the content you make on DF is the best of what I've seen

[@trapper1211]

yeah show em leaf lovers where their place is

[@Jonas_Fox]

Awesome possum. How cool would it be to train to be a necromancer and somehow train were-unicorns as deadly mounts of your own ring-wraith-like entourage? 🔥

[@anatolymeller6261]

Going to try your hand in mermen bone farming next?

[@cmd5789]

Does anyone know how to commission specific statues? I never realised that was a thing

[@jamesgaiser8509]

this was great!!!

[@jurasikd]

Your videos are amazing

[@jesselindsey9760]

Very dwarfy.

[@luisantonio8518]

I mean a tapir is close related tô whooly rinos, sooo is kinda of a unicórn

[@DeeVeeGeeGee]

Good vid!

[@franz83]

Mmh, leopard burger

[@MrBonebus]

wait I thought when you went to sell an animal it was taken from the cage. or I would of sold a few of the giants I threw in my arena

[@inybisinsulate]

The only downside is population control, they do grow exponentially and you have a herd in no time and a concern not soon after.

[@brentonsgames]

When you cage the animal, how do I send the caged animal to the trade depot?

[@hoodiehair]

you have to remove the cage and then you are free to move it somewhere else or send it to the trade depot

[@brentonsgames]

🤔 When you say remove.. do you mean the deconstruct building button for the object? It has a symbol of a house and a red crossed circle ?

[@brentonsgames]

@hoodie hair also, do small animals change things? My dwarves caught and tamed a parakeet.. it is not in the list of assignable creatures for pasture? And placing cages or traps don't seem to give clues 😃

[@hoodiehair]

hmm yeah I don't know anything about smaller animals, but for larger animals you deconstruct the cage and then you can move it around

[@MootRed]

🎉🎉🎉

[@noahs97]

Like your vids a lot Hoodie, you should stream on Twitch!

[@hoodiehair]

I wish I could but I have terrible internet!

[@noahs97]

@@hoodiehair noooooo

[@Stone_Orchids]

Is that a dirt fort?

[@hoodiehair]

yeah, felt fitting for a ranch fort to be made out of dirt

[@Stone_Orchids]

@@hoodiehair I would build a stone fort out of the ground instead or build one partially covered in dirt but with stone walls, dwarves don't like to be surrounded by dirt

[@aliakeel]

@@Stone_Orchids really?

[@21_315]

Nice

[@UncoveredTruths]

you are my favorite :)

[@justinokraski3796]

I think you can keep the animals in cages through all the training

[@tiagopesce]

I want bears and dragons as mounts... Any mod..? I want my dwarven army come from the bare northern frozen lands riding bears.. an and the Nobles will make charcoal using dragons, not wood burners

[@arrogantbastard1438]

If elves = pissed then actions = correct by dwarven morals

[@AzraelFPV]

guys it's been 7 years and i'm at 220 some population send help

[@itworkss]

You’re a funny dude

[@EvelynnEleonore]

you should do a lil "you might think you're subscribed" thing, i know people can find them annoying but i literally JUST realized im not subscribed and have been watching ALL your vids

[@silviogames]

I disagree, do not spoil your content with meta stuff like begging for subs. Your content is good by itself and will find its audience

[@UnitSe7en]

A taper is a reducing thickness in one end. A tapir is a marvelous beast with a funny nose. Please learn how to pronounce _tapir._ (sounds like: tap-ear)

[@hoodiehair]

I googled the pronunciation and just copied what I found

[@tiagogarcia4900]

How to farm unicorns: Step 1: Settle somewhere Good. Step 2: Be Evil. Go figure.

[@Puddingskin01]

Killing elves = evil. I'm sorry, I do not understand, he was clearly being good the whole time.

[@the-letter_s]

@@Puddingskin01 elves eat their fallen kin, goblins don't. the only logical conclusion is that goblins belong in the good biome yet are usually found in evil biomes (due to elvish aggression most likely), and elves belong in evil biomes, yet are usually found in good biomes due to their warmongering and aggressive nature.

[@the-letter_s]

@@shayneoneill1506 also, goblins wear metal armour like civilized folk. elves wear WOOD like they're playing early-game Terraria, absolute neanderthals

[@wu1ming9shi]

@@the-letter_s AND they get angry at us for using wood the proper way which isn't wooden armor lol! 🤣

[@the-letter_s]

@@wu1ming9shi entirely their fault for not teaching non-elves how to grow wooden items like they do. "wow you're so evil for killing innocent trees to make beds!" "teach us how to grow beds then" "lol no"

[@VaiSwitch]

I've been thinking of doing a Unicorn ranch as well, and worried what if they never turned up. Nice to see what genocidal mania that results in (The elven bone hedges were a decidely heavy metal touch though!) Love your videos!

[@toxicpossum]

Wooooo! New hoodie hair video!

[@hyperboria]

these kinds of videos are so awesome, I didn't even know unicorns were in dwarf fortress, so much in the wiki that I've never even known about the game just gives it new life

[@arturosilva506]

I was so excited to watch this video, I watched all your others in one go

[@Oddbolt]

I'm too brain-dead to play this game myself but I've been really enjoying watching your videos on it. 🖤

[@dahunlee_acousticguitar_covers]

loved the video man. also thank you for reminding me that raiding is a thing; now I have to go play some DF lol.