Title: When do sieges start?
Tags: dwarf-fortress
Question: I have been playing for about two in-game years now and still no sieges. I am kind of relieved, but also worried one might happen soon.
I read on the forums that sieges start happening when there's a mayor, but I can't find any information on the wiki. Can anyone shed some light on this?

Here is the accepted answer: Goblin sieges happen when you have goblins on your map and you have met certain conditions.
These conditions include
Number of dwarves
Amount of things traded
How you've dealt with other goblin invaders earlier also effects the timing of the siege.  If goblin ambushes were allowed to get a lot of kills the siege may come earlier.
If you haven't seen goblin snatchers or goblin ambushes yet, you probably don't have goblins around to siege.  If you want one you should anger the elves or humans.
Comment for this answer: Could you expand on "How you've dealt with other goblin invaders"?
Comment for this answer: Does that mean that if there are no goblins on my map (not in my civ list) that there will not be any sieges unless I anger elves or humans? Neat.
Comment for this answer: @Arda Yes it does mean that.

Here is another answer: In the old version at least, you needed 80 dwarfs for sieges to start showing up. Having a hostile civilization around also helps :-)

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