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− | + | '''Plant fiber''' is a resource material that is the precursor to several useful things for running a healthy fortress. Certain plant fibers can be used by [[brewer]]s in [[still]]s to make [[alcohol]], ground up into a paste or slurry at a [[quern]] or [[mill]] for other products, or by [[cooks]] preparing them in a [[kitchen]] to make prepared meals, but what sets plant fibers apart from other edible plants is their ability to be made into [[thread]] and ultimately [[cloth]]. Ergo, a consistent source of plant fibers is essential to a healthy [[textile industry]]. | |
The following plants qualify as plant fiber: | The following plants qualify as plant fiber: | ||
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{| class="wikitable sortable" | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
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− | ! Type | + | ! Type !! '''Value''' !! '''Weight''' !! '''Grows''' !! '''Growable''' !! '''Brewable''' !! '''Millable''' !! '''Cookable''' |
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− | | [[rope reed|rope reeds]] || | + | | [[rope reed|rope reeds]] || 4☼ || 1Γ || Any Season(Wet) || Surface || Yes || Slurry || Yes (Seeds) |
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− | | [[pig tail|pig tails]] || | + | | [[pig tail|pig tails]] || 4☼ || 1Γ || Summer/Autumn ||Below Ground || Yes || Slurry || Yes (Seeds) |
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[hemp | + | | [[hemp]] || 2☼ || 1Γ || Any Season(Wet) || Surface || No || Slurry/Flour || Yes |
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[cotton | + | | [[cotton]] || 2☼ || 1Γ || Any Season(Dry) || Surface || No || Slurry || Yes (Seeds) |
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[ramie | + | | [[ramie]] || 2☼ || 1Γ || Any Season(Dry) || Surface || No || Slurry || No |
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[flax | + | | [[flax]]|| 2☼ || 1Γ || Any Season(Dry) || Surface || No || Slurry/Flour || Yes (Seeds) |
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− | | [[jute | + | | [[jute]] || 2☼ || 1Γ || Any Season(Dry) || Surface || No || Slurry || No |
|- | |- | ||
− | | [[kenaf | + | | [[kenaf]] || 2☼ || 1Γ || Any Season(Dry) || Surface || No || Slurry || Yes (Seeds) |
|} | |} | ||
− | + | By default, fortresses embark with [[pig tail]] seeds, which can be grown underground in soft, loamy or muddy ground. The other kinds of plant fibers can be obtained by having a dwarf perform the [[thresher]] labor, done by using the {{k|d}}esignations menu and selecting the "gather {{k|p}}lants" option, before designating a rectangular area to harvest by a dwarf with the Plant Gathering labor. Alternatively, you can set a zone with {{k|i}} by highlighting the desired area to be gathered from and enabling the "{{k|g}}ather/pick fruit" option, which will have dwarves with the Plant Gathering labor automatically tend to the zone as soon as new naturally-occurring vegetation can be harvested. '''Warning!''' naturally occurring plant fibers are uncommon; you can try to scope out one of the above eight with the loo{{k|k}} command and highlight over potential vegetation, but it might be more worthwhile to wait until you can [[trading|trade]] for seeds of a growable type. | |
− | + | To convert plant fiber into thread, you must construct a [[farmer's workshop]] and add a "{{k|p}}rocess plants" task. If there is an available plant fiber material, a dwarf will take the plant fiber to the [[farmer's workshop]] and convert the plant fiber into [[thread]]. When this is done, seeds of the processed type of plant fiber are also produced, which allows you to install plant fiber- producing crops in [[farming]] plots. | |
− | + | Dwarves who perform this task level up their Plant Processing labor, and gain the title of [[Thresher]] if it is their highest-leveled labor. | |
[[File:plant_fiber.jpg|thumb|300px|center|Pre-rope material.]] | [[File:plant_fiber.jpg|thumb|300px|center|Pre-rope material.]] |