Editing 40d:Economics

Each process on the economic flowchart has the following components:

[[Walls]] -> <I>[[Pick]]</I>/[[Mining]] -> [[Stone]], some of which is also [[Ore]] or [[Flux]] or [[Gems]] or [[Coal]] or [[Lignite]]

:{{K|D}} -> Mine

[[Chop down trees|Trees]] -> <I>[[Battle axe]]</I>/[[Wood Cutter]] -> [[Wood]]

:{{K|D}} -> Chop Trees)

[[Walls]] -> none/[[Engraving|Stone Detailing]] -> [[Rooms#Room_grades|Room Quality]]

:{{K|D}} -> Smooth Stone and {{K|D}} -> Engrave Stone

:The reason you do this is to give your dwarves happy [[thought]]s, which has a beneficial effect. Also with economy the rent rises with room quality

[[Water]] -> none/[[Fishing]] -> Raw [[Fish]]

:{{K|I}} -> Fish, do this at the level above the water

[[Animals]] -> <I>[[Weapon]]</I>/[[Ambusher|Hunting]] -> [[Corpse|Corpses]]

:Assign any dwarf the hunt job

[[Bush|Bushes]] -> none/[[Herbalist|Gather Plants]] -> [[Crops]]

:{{K|D}} -> Gather Plants

[[Crops]] -> [[Food#Eating|Eating]] -> [[Seed]] x 2

[[Seed]] -> [[Farm plot]]/[[Farming|Farming(fields)]] -> [[Crops]]

:Only raw materials needed as input.

[[Corpse]] -> [[Butcher's Shop]]/[[Butchery]] -> [[Meat]] (which is [[Food]]), [[Fat]], [[Skin]], [[Bones]], [[Skulls]]

 

[[Stone]] -> [[Mason's workshop]]/[[construction|Masonry]] -> [[Furniture]], [[Blocks]]

[[Wood]] -> [[Carpenter's workshop]]/[[construction|Carpentry]] -> [[Furniture]], [[Blocks]], [[Container|Barrels]], [[Container|Bins]], [[Bed]]s

[[Wood]] -> [[Craftsdwarf's workshop]]/[[Craft#Crafts|Woodcrafting]] -> [[Craft]], [[Bolts]]

[[Wood]] -> [[Carpenter's workshop]]/[[Skills|Trapping]] -> [[Animal Trap]]

[[Wood]] -> [[Wood furnace]]/[[Wood burner|Wood burning]] -> [[Charcoal]], which is [[Fuel]]

[[Wood]] -> [[Siege Workshop]]/[[Siege engineer]] -> Balista parts, Catapault parts, ballista arrow

== Higher Tier Materials ==

=== Animal Based ===

some [[Fish]] -> [[Food#Eating|Eating]] -> [[Shell]] and/or [[Bone]]

Wild [[Animals]], <I>[[Animal Trap]]</I> -> none/[[Trapping]] -> Captured [[Animals]]

Captured [[Animals]] -> [[Kennels]]/[[Animal Training]] -> Tame [[Animals]]

Tame [[Animals]] -> [[Kennels]]/[[Animal Training]] -> Trained [[Animals]]

:Note that the Kennels while it is a building is not a workshop

:Also, animal training only works for [[dog]]s right now, unless you care to edit the raws

Tame [[Animal]] -> [[Butcher's Shop]]/[[Butchery]] -> [[Corpse]]

:{{K|Z}}-Animals-Ready for Slaughter

:{{K|U}}->Select the Animal Unit->Set "Ready for Slaughter" to (Y) if there's a specific animal you want to set for slaughter.

[[Fat]] -> [[Cooking]]?/[[Kitchen]] -> [[Tallow]]

:The documentation on other wiki pages is inconsistent on this one but Soap doesn't do anything yet, so it's not critical.

[[Skin]] -> [[Tannery|Tanning]]/[[Tannery]] -> [[Leather]]

[[Leather]] -> [[Craftsdwarf's workshop]]/[[Leatherworking]] -> [[Armor]], [[Bags]], [[Craft]], [[Clothing]]

[[Bone]] -> [[Craftsdwarf's workshop]]/[[Craft#Crafts|Bonecarving]] -> [[Craft]], [[Bolts]], [[Armor]], [[Decoration]]

[[Shell]] -> [[Craftsdwarf's workshop]]/[[Craft#Crafts|Bonecarving]] -> [[Craft]], [[Decoration]], [[Armor]]

[[Skull]] -> [[Craftsdwarf's workshop]]/[[Craft#Crafts|Bonecarving]] -> [[Totem]]

 

=== Metal ===

:The reaction table for which Ores make which [[metal]]s and/or alloys is complex and beyond the scope of this article. see [[Ore]] for details.

:Metals can be used to make different sorts of things, see the article for a given product to see which metals are suitable.

[[Ore]] + [[Fuel]] -> [[Smelter]]/[[Smelting]] -> [[Metal|Metal Bars]]

[[Ore]] x 2 + [[Fuel]] -> [[Smelter]]/[[Smelting]] -> Various [[Alloy]]

[[Ore]] -> [[Magma Smelter]]/[[Smelting]] -> [[Metal|Metal bars]]

[[Ore]] x 2 -> [[Magma Smelter]]/[[Smelting]] -> Various [[Alloy]]

[[Lignite]] + [[Fuel]] -> [[Smelter]]/[[Smelting]] -> [[Coke]] x2, which is [[Fuel]]

[[Lignite]] -> [[Magma Smelter]]/[[Smelting]] -> [[Coke]] x2, which is [[Fuel]]

[[Bituminous Coal]] + [[Fuel]] -> [[Smelter]]/[[Smelting]] -> [[Coke]] x 3, which is [[Fuel]] 

[[Bituminous Coal]] -> [[Magma Smelter]]/[[Smelting]] -> [[Coke]] x 3, which is [[Fuel]]

[[Iron Bars]] + [[Flux]] + [[Fuel]] -> [[Smelter]] or [[Magma Smelter]]/[[Smelting]] -> [[Pig Iron]]

[[Pig Iron]] + [[Iron Bars]] + [[Flux]] + [[Fuel]] -> [[Smelter]] or [[Magma Smelter]]/[[Smelting]] -> [[Steel Bars]] x 2

:This means, to stay in steady operation, smelt [[iron]] ore twice, then [[pig iron]] once, then steel bars once. The four operations together produce 2 steel. Magma halves the fuel cost but does not eliminate it.

:It's generally a better idea to make the alloy directly from ore, I believe{{verify}}.

[[Metal|Metal Bars]] + [[Fuel]] -> [[Metalsmith's Forge]]/[[Metal crafter|Metal crafting]] or [[Blacksmith|Blacksmithing]] -> [[Furniture]], [[Craft]]s, [[Coins]]  

[[Metal]], [[Fuel]] -> [[Metalsmith's Forge]]/[[Armorsmith]] -> [[Armor]]

[[Metal]], [[Fuel]] -> [[Metalsmith's Forge]]/[[Weaponsmith]] -> [[Weapon]]

[[Metal]], [[Fuel]] -> [[Metalsmith's Forge]]/[[Trapping]] -> [[Animal trap]]

[[Metal]] + [[Wood]] -> [[Siege Workshop]]/[[Siege engineer]] -> Ballista arrow

Empty [[Bags]] -> [[Glass Furnace]] / [[Item Hauling]]?!?! -> [[Sand]]  

:You need to assign the collect sand job to a glass furnace, AND

:{{K|I}} -> Collect Sand

[[Sand]] -> [[Glass Furnace]] / [[Glassmaker|Glassworking]] -> [[Furniture]]

:It is presently impossible to make glass weapons because those require glass bars, which you cannot make.{{verify}}

[[Vermin]], [[Traps]] -> [[Kennels]] or [[Butcher's shop]]/[[Trapper]] -> Wild [[animal]]

Wild [[animal]] -> [[Kennels]]/[[Animal training]] -> ???

[[Animal]] [[stockpile]]/[[preference]] or [[Farmer's workshop]]/milking -> Tame [[animal]] or one meal or [[cow]]s [[milk]]/purring maggot [[milk]]/liquid fire

: As far as I know [[camel]]s cannot yet be milked...

[[Barrel]], [[Crops]] -> [[Still]]/[[Brewing]] -> [[Alcohol]], [[Seed|Seeds]]

[[Seeds]] and/or [[Crops]] and/or [[Meat]] and/or [[Alcohol]] and/or [[Fish]] and/or [[Tallow]] -> [[Kitchen]]/[[Cooking]] -> [[Food#Prepared_food|Prepared Meals]]

: Cooked Crops do *not* produce seeds, so it is generally a bad idea to cook crops unless you have plenty ({{K|Z}}->Kitchen to disable cooking of crops).  Instead, brew or otherwise process your crops and cook the product.

[[Crops]] -> [[Farmer's workshop]]/[[Thresher|Threshing]] -> [[Thread]] + [[Seeds]]

[[Cloth]] -> [[Clothier's shop]]/[[Clothier|Clothesmaking]] -> [[Clothing]], [[Bag]]s, [[Decoration]]

: Due to the way the interface works, the key to maintaining flow in your [[workshop]]s is to have properly positioned and well-maintained [[stockpiles]].

: [[Clutter]] has a *huge* impact on your productivity, so minimizing the dwarf-labor required to clear finished goods out of your workshops is key to maintaining their productivity.  

: It is also important, especially in a mature fortress with a division of labor, to have goods close at hand so that your [[legendary]] dwarves don't have to walk all over the fortress to get what they need.

: The best way to achieve this is to locate small stockpiles (about 3x3 works best) near the workshop to hold the raw materials needed. By keeping the stockpiles small, you don't have to worry about every hauler in the fortress dropping what they're doing and spending an entire month filling a large stockpile with [[marble]]; but if you make them too small, you risk not having enough when the legendary [[furnace operator]] gets to work!

: In general, I recommend placing your lumber stockpile near the surface, and placing the lumber using workshops or furnaces as nearby as possible.

: This means it may take a long time to haul your ashes or charcoal to your forges for use, but that hauling job can be handled by an Peasant, while the Wood Burner has to haul the logs into the furnace himself.

: Once you have bins, it becomes much easier to haul finished goods to your trade [[depot]], since the dwarves haul the bin with them. However, goods have to be hauled one at a time from the workshop and then placed in bins. I'm hoping that this is a high priority for change, since it's a major pain in the arse, but there you are. So, your finished goods stockpile should be as close to your workshops as possible, and you should only haul items to the trade depot once they've been placed in bins.

=== Material Classifications ===

: [[Refined coal]] of every kind, as well as [[Ash]], [[Potash]] and [[Soap]], are classified as Bars, probably for the reason that they can be compressed/baked into somewhat bar-like items (and don't fit better in any other pile).

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