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0009700Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Combatpublic2016-04-20 15:252016-12-08 20:16
ReporterApertureAlex 
Assigned ToLoci 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusresolvedResolutionduplicate 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0009700: Invincible zombie heads
DescriptionHeads come back as zombies, and are impossible to kill.

Heads become more and more destroyed, but never fully 'die', leading dwarves to attack them for all eternity.
Steps To Reproduce
Additional Informationhttp://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=11966 [^]

In this save there should be an ongoing fight on the surface, along the northern border between merchants and a head. Both the head's and merchant's attacks "pass right through." Eventually the merchants died of fatigue.

This same occurence has ended this fort before, hence why it is reclaimed. The dwarves continue hitting the head to no avail(Independent of wether they had a weapon or not). The dwarves die of fatigue in the end.

I've tried skilled hammerdwarves with silver warhammers, skilled swordsmen with copper shortswords, to no avail, the heads are invincible.
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Relationships
duplicate of 0009496resolved Toady One Tiny undead creatures immune to pulping, ridiculously difficult to kill 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2016-04-20 15:25ApertureAlexNew Issue
2016-04-20 15:41InfantIguanaNote Added: 0035025
2016-04-21 07:50viperstingNote Added: 0035027
2016-04-21 11:45CatsupNote Added: 0035028
2016-04-22 08:30AspirinNote Added: 0035034
2016-12-08 20:16LociRelationship addedduplicate of 0009496
2016-12-08 20:16LociStatusnew => resolved
2016-12-08 20:16LociResolutionopen => duplicate
2016-12-08 20:16LociAssigned To => Loci

Notes
(0035025)
InfantIguana   
2016-04-20 15:41   
Can confirm. This is an issue in adventure mode, as well.
(0035027)
vipersting   
2016-04-21 07:50   
Related to 0000787
(0035028)
Catsup   
2016-04-21 11:45   
might not be entirely related to 0000787. I've observed HFS fighting zombie goblin heads for years now. They don't die even if the skull is "mangled". They're invincible right now regardless of if they get hit or not.

Also, this seems to happen only to skeletal heads. Heads with rotten or fresh flesh seem to die if mangled.
(0035034)
Aspirin   
2016-04-22 08:30   
Extra confirming. A Titan has gotten in an eternal battle with a collection of heads after a necromancer visited- as a result it spams webs constantly causing massive fps issues. Everything else has died of fatigue when caught with one.

No weapons can damage them.