v0.31:Alcohol

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Alcohol is the favored drink of Template:L; a dwarf will drink booze an average of four times per Template:L, and without it they will soon become Template:L. Thoughts imply that dwarves like to have some variety in what they drink. Many dwarves have a Template:L, selected at first randomly from all possible alcoholic beverages, but this might change once dwarves have been exposed to other beverages. ^[Verify]

Note that setting booze on Template:L will not cause it to explode (nor has it ever done so) - however, exposing it to high Template:Ls will cause it to boil away (and the wooden Template:Ls themselves can also be set on fire).

Acquiring Alcohol for your Dwarves

There are three methods of acquiring alcohol, only two of which are available after embark.

• At Template:L, alcohol may be purchased with embark points.
• Template:L that visit the fortress will often have alcohol of some sort to sell.
• The third and most reliable method requires a Template:L, a Template:L, and a working Template:L. Most Template:L can be brewed into valuable alcohol.
  • In a pinch you can also Template:L and brew them at a Template:L in the same way you would with Template:L.
  • Mead does not require any plants to be made, though it does require honey which is made through Template:L.

Variety

He has been tired of drinking the same old booze lately.

Variety in booze keeps away unhappy thoughts.

If a dwarf drinks the same old booze over and over, he will eventually get a bad thought from 'drinking the same old booze lately.', unless that dwarf has a preference for that type of booze. A dwarf who likes a type of booze will never get tired of drinking it.

Lack of variety causes bad thoughts, but will never cause a dwarf to stop drinking. Even after years of drinking a booze they don't like, a dwarf will never prefer water or dying of thirst to drinking the same old booze. You can therefore keep a fortress alive on only one type of booze so long as you have enough good thoughts to offset the bad thought from lack of booze variety.

Consequences of a Sober Fortress

Any creature with the [ALCOHOL_DEPENDENT] Template:L, dwarves included, will suffer performance penalties as a result of being deprived of alcohol. This manifests as a loss of Template:L in almost every activity, including basic movement. For this reason, a steady supply of alcohol is highly recommended for any attempts at a productive fort (unless you're a cruel overlord).

Dwarves will also wait longer before drinking from a non-alcoholic water source, resulting in negative Template:Ls from thirst.

Alcohol withdrawal appears in the dwarf's thoughts and preferences as "starting to work slowly due to its scarcity" after 3 months, "really wants a drink" after 6 months, "has gone without a drink for far, far too long" after 9 months, and finally "can't even remember the last time he/she had some" after an entire year.

Types of Alcohol

Plant-based

Grown inside

Ingredient	Beverage Produced	Beverage Value
Template:L	Dwarven Wine	2
Template:L	Dwarven Ale	2
Template:L	Dwarven Beer	2
Template:L	Dwarven Rum	2

Grown Outside

Ingredient	Beverage Produced	Beverage Value
Template:L	Swamp Whiskey	1
Template:L	Tuber Beer	2
Template:L	Prickle Berry Wine	1
Template:L	Strawberry Wine	2
Template:L	Longland Beer	2
Template:L	Sewer Brew	1
Template:L	Fisher Berry Wine	2
Template:L	River Spirits	2
Template:L	Gutter Cruor	1
Template:L	Sunshine	5
Template:L	Whip Wine	3

Animal-based

Ingredient	Beverage Produced	Beverage Value
Template:L	Mead	1