DF2012:Lye maker

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Lye Maker

Association
Profession	Farmer
Job Title	Lye Maker
Labor	Lye making
Tasks
Make Lye
Workshop
Ashery
Attributes
Strength Toughness Endurance Kinesthetic Sense

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Lye maker is the skill associated with the lye making labor. Lye makers turn ash into lye at an ashery. Lye can then used by a soaper to make soap at a soap maker's workshop. It could also be used by a potash maker at an ashery to make potash, though potash can be made directly from ash. Highly skilled lye-makers will produce lye faster than dwarves without the skill, but lye does not have quality levels. As a result, lye makers tend to be used as haulers, military dwarves, or worse...

See also:

Soap

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