Hey Urists!

The dino update is live now adding 100 extinct creatures to the game. All sprites and portraits are created by Dwarf Fortress artist Guido/Neoriceisgood. We hope you enjoy this update as we continue with development on the Magic update. Here's Tarn with the details:

This patch adds a hundred animals that went extinct in the real world. Each of these animals also gets an animal person. You'll need to create a new world to see them. There are five options for the frequency of the extinct animals. You can have them in untamed wilds, small isolated areas, every wilderness, or even domesticated by most civilizations. You can also keep them extinct.

This release also brings a graphical update to existing animal people. You can now see their held equipment and some of their bodywear. This should work in your old saves without a new world.

Patch Notes for 53.15

- 100 new extinct animals (requires new world.)

- 100 new animal people based on the extinct animals.

- Many of the new animals can be trained for war or hunting.

- Keep the new creatures as pets or use them in industry.

- Be terrorized by the extinct creatures as elves and others ride them into battle against your fortress.

- You can set the frequency of extinct animals, from often domesticated to untamed wilds only to isolated areas to still extinct.

- All animal people are shown wearing their equipment and some of their bodywear (works in old world.)

Anniversary Celebration Stream

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original Dwarf Fortress, we are hosting a celebratory stream on August 5th. You'll see Tarn and Zach play the original build from 2006, and we'll also be giving out awards to gamedevs and creators who have inspired us over the decades. You won't want to miss it! More details to come, but feel free to follow the Kitfox Twitch channel ahead of time.

Celebrating Dinos!

We received a sample of the gorlak plushie that will be included in the Serenity Forge 20th Anniversary box set. It looks like he's also encountered some dinos of his own kind! You can still pre-order the set which includes the gorlak plush here.

Tarn's cats Gus and Coco are also dressed up for the update!

Enjoy the update, we look forward to seeing how your forts hold up.

-Alexandra