# Dwarf Fortress Scary Ogres, Siege Fixes + Fangamer Update 🗡 Dwarf Fortress Patch 53.04

- Product: Dwarf Fortress (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dwarf-fortress)
- Vendor: Bay 12 Games
- Date: 2025-11-17
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/618809615192162966
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dwarf-fortress/releases/2025-11-17-scary-ogres-siege-fixes-fangamer-update-dwarf-for

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- **changed** — Randomized attack times throughout a given season in siege mode
- **added** — Siege engines can now be viewed and set from a centralized tab
- **added** — Added siege engines to Places
- **fixed** — Fixed some issues with invader building targeting
- **fixed** — Fixed issue causing humans and elves to sometimes be unable to send serious attacks
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue causing more brazen thieves to not have their support groups
- **fixed** — Fixed issue stopping beasts from exploring the map
- **changed** — Stopped immediate fleeing of non-ranged support groups
- **changed** — Made support groups want to leave soon after the group being supported is done or aborts
- **changed** — Ogres and blind cave ogres have new graphics, including respect of blocks and great picks
- **fixed** — Fixed error making certain creatures like ogres appear with incorrect ages
- **fixed** — Fixed issue causing catapult and ballista firing job not to cancel when requested
- **fixed** — Fixed catapult and ballista hover instructions
- **changed** — Updated various item graphics
- **fixed** — Fixed occasional crash in the justice screen
- **fixed** — Fixed justice menu in Classic Mode
- **fixed** — Fixed potential crash from constructed walls without materials
- **fixed** — Fixed potential load crash from corrupt strings
- **fixed** — Fixed issue causing necromancers to always have summons
- **fixed** — Fixed lua type issue with world gen seeds

Hey Urists,

Here's a bigger patch for siege mode and a handful of general fixes. We've also had two hotfixes go live for immediate siege mode fixes, which you can read about here for patch [53.02](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/751664371579487577) and [53.03.](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/604172030929012295)

We've also got some news about a Fangamer sale and the highly requested restock of the pint glasses.

##### Release notes for 53.04:

Continuing to improve the Siege Update.  You can now view and set the status of your siege engines from a centralized tab.  Lots of improvement for invader AI, and ogres look properly scary now.  There are also some general improvements to item pictures, as well as various stability fixes.

**Siege updates**

-      Randomized attack times throughout a given season.

-      Added siege engines to Places.

-      Fixed some issues with invader building targeting.

-      Fixed issue causing humans and elves to sometimes be unable to send serious attacks.

-      Fixed an issue causing more brazen thieves to not have their support groups.

-      Fixed issue stopping beasts from exploring the map.

-      Stopped immediate fleeing of non-ranged support groups.

-      Made support groups want to leave soon after the group being supported is done or aborts.

-      Ogres and blind cave ogres have new graphics, including respect of blocks and great picks.

-      Fixed error making certain creatures like ogres appear with incorrect ages.

-      Fixed issue causing catapult/ballista firing job not to cancel when requested.

-      Fixed catapult and ballista hover instructions.

**General updates**

-      Updated various item graphics.

-      Fixed occasional crash in the justice screen.

-      Fixed justice menu in Classic Mode.

-      Fixed potential crash from constructed walls without materials.

-      Fixed potential load crash from corrupt strings.

-      Fixed issue causing necromancers to always have summons.

-      Fixed lua type issue with world gen seeds.

-      Fixed issue with kitchen ingredient hash.

-      Made multithreading option save after choice during popup.

-      Fixed issue with identity selection of infiltrators versus buildings available for visitors.

-      Some additional stability changes.

_Scarier Ogre portrait_

##### Fangamer Sale and Pint Glass Update

A few items from the [Fangamer Dwarf Fortress collection are up to 50%](https://www.fangamer.com/collections/dwarf-fortress) and available now in the Fangamer Year-End Sale.

We've also had requests make the pint glass available again and we're working with Fangamer to bring them back to the store soon. [You can request to get notified when it's back in stock on the store page.](https://www.fangamer.com/collections/dwarf-fortress/products/dwarf-fortress-pint-glass)

-Alexandra