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'''Statues''' are buildings which can be built from the {{k|b}}uild menu under {{k|s}}tatue. They can be made using one stone at the mason's workshop.

Statues, like {{l|engravings{{, depict people, places, things and times. They will depict events from the game's generated history. They do not display random geometric shapes, such as diamonds, unlike engravings. They will sometimes depict creatures and objects from the game, such as a simple statue of a {{l|fire snake}}, with no other details or historical connection.

Statues can have very high {{l|value}}s if crafted from valuable {{l|material}}s, such as precious metals, or if they are crafted by a highly {{l|skill}}ed dwarf.  This makes them a good choice for raising the value of a room to create a legendary dining room, for instance, or to meet nobles' requirements for rooms of a certain value.

You can create a sculpture garden from a statue's {{k|q}}uery menu. Dwarves will spend time at a statue garden appreciating the statues (which generates a happy thought) and may even organize parties there.

Be careful when placing statues, because dwarves cannot move through the same square they occupy. (This will also prevent dwarves from smoothing or engraving the floor underneath a statue.) A poorly placed statue can potentially seal off parts of your fortress.

==Statues versus mechanisms==
As an alternative to building statues to increase a room's value, you can use [[40d:mechanism|mechanism]]-based structures such as gear assemblies and levers.  An advantage is that these structures, unlike statues, do not block the passage of dwarves.  And levers are useful for, you know, controlling stuff. To build high-quality levers and gear assemblies, you will need to make high-quality mechanisms, which requires a skilled mechanic instead of a mason.

Due to statues now depicting events as well, while gear assemblies and mechanisms do not, statues are a superior method of recording the history of your fortress.
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+'''Statues''' are buildings which can be built from the {{k|b}}uild menu under {{k|s}}tatue. They can be made using one stone at the mason's workshop.
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-'''Statues''' are buildings which can be built from the {{k|b}}uild menu under {{k|s}}tatue. They can be made using one [[stone]] at the [[mason's workshop]].
+Statues, like {{l|engravings{{, depict people, places, things and times. They will depict events from the game's generated history. They do not display random geometric shapes, such as diamonds, unlike engravings. They will sometimes depict creatures and objects from the game, such as a simple statue of a {{l|fire snake}}, with no other details or historical connection.
-Statues, like [[engraving]]s, depict people, places, things and times. They will depict events from the game's generated history. They do not display random geometric shapes, such as diamonds, unlike engravings. Statues often will depict creatures that the mason [[preferences|likes or loathes]], or even other dwarves surrounded by the creatures they like or loathe.
+Statues can have very high {{l|value}}s if crafted from valuable {{l|material}}s, such as precious metals, or if they are crafted by a highly {{l|skill}}ed dwarf.  This makes them a good choice for raising the value of a room to create a legendary dining room, for instance, or to meet nobles' requirements for rooms of a certain value.
-Statues can have very high [[value]]s if crafted from valuable [[material]]s, such as precious [[metal]]s, or if they are crafted by a highly [[skill]]ed dwarf.  This makes them a good choice for raising the value of a [[room]] to create a legendary dining room, for instance, or to meet [[noble]]s' requirements for rooms of a certain value.
+You can create a sculpture garden from a statue's {{k|q}}uery menu. Dwarves will spend time at a statue garden appreciating the statues (which generates a happy thought) and may even organize parties there.
-You can create a [[sculpture garden]] from a statue's {{k|q}}uery menu. Dwarves [[on break]] or with no job will spend time at a communal (non-assigned) statue garden appreciating the statues (which generates a happy [[thought]]) and may even organize parties there. If the sculpture garden is private (assigned) then the owner will hang out there when on break or when there's no job to do.
+Be careful when placing statues, because dwarves cannot move through the same square they occupy. (This will also prevent dwarves from smoothing or engraving the floor underneath a statue.) A poorly placed statue can potentially seal off parts of your fortress.
-Be careful when placing statues, because dwarves cannot move through the same square they occupy. (This will also prevent dwarves from smoothing or engraving the floor underneath a statue.) A poorly placed statue can potentially seal off parts of your fortress. One can place a statue instead of a wall on a built floor, which leads to another possible use of statues: you may build a statue on a tile you don't want your dwarves to stand at. That makes intentional [[cave-in]] much more safer to carry out.
+==Statues versus mechanisms==
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+As an alternative to building statues to increase a room's value, you can use [[40d:mechanism|mechanism]]-based structures such as gear assemblies and levers.  An advantage is that these structures, unlike statues, do not block the passage of dwarves.  And levers are useful for, you know, controlling stuff. To build high-quality levers and gear assemblies, you will need to make high-quality mechanisms, which requires a skilled mechanic instead of a mason.
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+Due to statues now depicting events as well, while gear assemblies and mechanisms do not, statues are a superior method of recording the history of your fortress.