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This is a beginner's guide to [[fortress mode|Fortress Mode]] interface [[controls]]. This page assumes the default [[key bindings]]. 

As a beginner it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the '''(View Unit - Preferences - Labor)''' submenu, the '''Query buildings''' menu, the '''Designate''' menu, and the '''Build''' menu.

==Viewing menus==
[[File:Df-menu-keys.png|thumb|Shortcut keys for the top-level menus]]

The buttons on the bottom-left of the screen all have shortcut keys that allow you to access them.


===Creatures, u===
The Creat{{key|u}}res command gives detailed information on creatures: a [[dwarf]], an [[creature|animal]], a [[goblin]], etc.
This command has several different tabs:
* Citizens
* Pets/Livestock
* Others
* Dead/Missing

===Tasks, t===

===Places, P===
The {{k|P}}laces command allows you to view various places, with tabs for:
* [[Zone]]s, such as refuse, pastures, clay gathering, [[room]]s, and meeting halls.
**You can also assign a [[room]] to belong to a specific dwarf here.
* Named [[location]]s such as hospitals, taverns, temples, and guild halls
* [[Stockpile]]s where you can change what types of objects are stored there, how many [[barrel|barrels]] are used, etc.
* [[Workshop]]s where you can change what tasks are being worked on, set a particular task to repeat or be suspended, or change who is allowed to use the workshop. 
* [[Farm plot]] you can change what crops are being planted.

===Labor, y===
Here you can assign what dwarves do what type of labor.

===Options & Orders, o===
{{key|o}} Access the [[Standing orders]]

===Nobles & Administrators, n===
{{key|n}} Access the [[Nobles screen]]

===Objects, O===

===Justice, j===

===Burrows, U===
{{k|U}} Opens the [[burrow]]s menu

===Hauling, H===
The {{k|H}}auling command allows you to designate and configure [[minecart]] routes and stops.

===Traffic, T===
The {{h|T}}raffic command allows you to assign high and low traffic areas so your dwarves can try to avoid certain tiles.

==Order your Dwarves==
These commands affect what your dwarves do. 
===Build, b===
Use this command to {{key|b}}uild rooms, place [[furniture]], start [[Farm plot|farm]] plots, and such. In addition to a long list of items which can be scrolled through with the {{k|+}}/{{k|-}} keys, there are also a few sub-menus:
*{{key|w}} '''[[Workshop|Workshops]]'''
*{{k|e}} '''[[Furnace|Furnaces]]'''
*{{key|C}} '''[[Construction]]'''
*{{key|T}} '''[[Trap|Traps]]'''
*{{key|M}} '''[[Machine component|Machine components]]'''
===Designate, d===
{{key|d}}  [[Designations]] menu
*{{k|d}} Mine - Mark solid walls to [[mining|mine]]
*{{k|h}} Channel - Mark to solid walls or floors to [[channel]] downwards. This will create a ramp on the Z-level below the miner.
*{{k|z}} Remove Upstairs/Ramps - Mark stairs and ramps to remove them.
*{{k|u}} Upward Stairway - Mark to dig up [[stairs]] into solid wall.
*{{k|j}} Downward Stairway - Mark to dig down stairs into either a solid wall or a floor.
*{{k|i}} Up/Down Stairway - Mark to dig up/down stairs into a solid wall.
*{{k|r}} Upward Ramp - Mark to dig a [[ramp]] into a solid wall
*{{k|t}} Chop Down Trees - Mark trees to be [[wood cutter|cut]] 
*{{k|p}} Gather Plants - Mark [[plant|plants]] to be [[herbalist|gathered]]
*{{k|s}} Smooth Stone - Mark walls or floor for an [[engraver]] to smooth. This must be done before you can engrave or carve fortifications.
*{{k|e}} Engrave Stone -  Mark smoothed walls or floors to [[engraving|engrave]] art into.
*{{k|a}} Carve Fortifications - Mark smoothed walls to carve [[fortification]]s into.
*{{k|V}} Toggle Engravings - Mark engraved tiles to toggles their display.
*{{k|x}} Remove Designation - Removes any designation that was made with the {{k|d}} menu
*{{k|n}} Remove Constructions - Marks constructions for removal.


*{{k|b}} Set Building/Item Properties - Used to mass designate entire areas for the following:
**{{k|c}} Claim Items/Buildings
**{{k|f}} Forbid Items/Buildings
**{{k|m}} Melt
**{{k|M}} Remove Melt
**{{k|d}} Dump
**{{k|D}} Remove Dump 
**{{k|h}} Hide Items/Buildings
**{{k|H}} Unhide Items/Buildings


*{{k|o}} Set Traffic Areas - Set [[traffic]] areas.

===Stockpile, p===
{{key|p}} Used to create [[stockpile|stockpiles]].
*{{k|a}} Animal 
*{{k|u}} Furniture Storage
*{{k|y}} Corpses
*{{k|s}} Stone
*{{k|e}} Gem
*{{k|h}} Cloth
*{{k|z}} Ammo 
*{{k|g}} Finished Goods 
*{{k|p}} Weapons 
*{{k|f}} Food 
*{{k|w}} Wood 
*{{k|b}} Bar/Block 
*{{k|l}} Leather
*{{k|n}} Coins 
*{{k|d}} Armor      
===Zones, i===
{{key|i}} Mark an [[activity zone]] for drinking [[water]], [[fishing]], [[dump]], [[pasture|pen/pasture]], [[Activity zone#Pit/Pond|pit/pond]], [[sand]] collection, [[clay]] collection, [[meeting hall]], [[hospital]], [[animal training]]. This interface is the reverse of designate and stockpile commands: you mark out the rectangular area first, and define what it does afterward.
===Squads, s===
{{k|s}} This command is used to control your military squads. The options are:
*{{k|k}} Attack - Selected squad will attack the selected enemies.
*{{k|m}} Move - Selected squad will station to a specific location you choose.
*{{k|o}} Cancel orders - Cancels a station or kill order.
*{{k|z}} Center on Squad - Zooms to the commander of the squad.
*{{k|s}} View Schedule - Brings up the military scheduling screen.
*{{k|t}} Sched - Toggles between all available schedules.
*{{k|p}} Select Individuals - Lets you issue orders to individual soldiers instead of the entire squad.


==Fortress Information==

These commands take you away from the map, to an informational screen. Some of them also let you give orders. 
===Announcements, a===
{{key|a}} This screen logs the announcements that appear at the bottom of the screen. Use it to see any you missed, or scroll up the early history of your fortress. 

===Civilizations, c===
{{key|c}} A list of other civilizations that you have personally encountered (and thus within distance for [[trade]] or [[siege|war]]). Civilizations are marked with a ''P'' if you are at peace with them, or with a ''W'' if you are at war. Pressing {{key|Tab}} lets you check total exports and imports, and standing trade agreements.

===Unit List, u===
{{key|u}} A list of every creature on the map. Dwarves are listed first, then [[tame]] animals, then hostile creatures, then wild animals. Even dead creatures are listed here, so you can track your fallen dwarves. 
* {{key|z}} '''Zoom to Creature''' This takes you to [[#View_Units.2C_v|View Creature]] mode, with the cursor centered on the selected creature. 
* {{key|v}} '''View Profile''' 
* {{key|b}} '''Zoom to Building''' Takes you to the [[building]] associated with the dwarf's current task. For hauling tasks, this is the destination [[stockpile]].
* {{key|m}} '''Manager''' Takes you to the [[Manager#Setting_up_work_orders|job manager]] screen.

===Military, m===
{{key|m}} Access the [[military]] screen
* {{key|p}} '''Positions''' Create and remove squads and assign dwarves to them.
* {{key|a}} '''Alerts''' Create configure alerts. Used in conjunction with burrows to define a '''CIV Alert''', a safe place that dwarves will be forced to go when turned on. Can also be used to change the active alert schedule for your squads.
* {{key|e}} '''Equip''' Assign armor and weapons to military squads.
* {{key|n}} '''Uniforms''' Create or modify uniform templates which can be assigned using the Equip screen.
* {{key|u}} '''Supplies''' Controls if a squad carries food and drink.
* {{key|f}} '''Ammunition''' Assigns ammunition to squads.
* {{key|s}} '''Schedule''' Used to modify the [[schedule|orders]] for an alert.

===Room List, R===
{{key|R}} Lists all [[Room|Rooms]], [[Building|Buildings]], [[Stockpile|Stockpiles]], and even [[Activity zone|Activity zones]] in the fortress. For rooms, it includes the room's quality and the owner's name. It includes quick access to each room's {{k|q}} and {{k|t}} menus.

===Locations and Occupations, l===
{{key|l}} A list of the [[location|locations]] designated in your fortress (libraries, temples, & taverns).  In this screen you can control the supplies desired for your locations, as well as designate a worker/workers for the location as appropriate.



===Fortress Overview, z===
{{key|z}} This screen is filled with useful information, like your fortress's net worth, and how much food and drink you have left. 
* '''Animals''' A list of all tame [[creature|animals]] in your fort.
* '''Kitchen''' From here you can specify what [[food|foods]] can be [[cook|cooked]] or [[brew|brewed]]. 
* '''Stone''' Controls the use of [[ore|ores]] and [[economic stone|economic stones]] 
* '''Stocks''' This is an in-depth listing of every item, down to every rotting rat corpse. The accuracy of the your item count depends on your [[bookkeeper]]. 
* '''Justice''' Shows the details of the dwarven [[justice]] system, once you have a [[Sheriff]].
* '''Health''' Shows an overview of the health status of the fortress, once you have a [[Chief medical dwarf]].
See [[Status]] for more details.

==Miscellaneous==


===Hot keys, h===
{{key|h}} Define or redefine [[Hotkeys]]

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