23a:Weight

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Weight is an item property, and is measured in units Γ, also known as urists.

Weight is used by the game to determine how fast someone or something should move, due to encumbrance effects and carry weight restrictions. Note that, for DF, weight and mass are currently indistinguishable because as it stands DF gravity is uniform both across the whole universe and from world to world and buoyancy isn't implemented.

Weight is displayed as a quantity associated with an item. Weight calculation is mostly straightforward - for most items it is constant, and for those that vary, the formula is fairly straightforward.

Weight Calculation

All items have a "default" weight which can be observed when the item is made of stone or metal. Items made of wood, bone, ivory, horn, coral, shell, leather, or plant fiber cloth weigh 1/2 as much, and items made of silk or adamantine weigh 1/8 as much.

Items also have a "bulk" which does not depend on the material and is used to determine clutter as well as how many items can fit into a container.

Item Type	Volume	Bulk	Capacity
Bars	200	10
Cut gems	20	10
Blocks	250	10
Mined ore	300	10
Rough gems	250	10
Mined stone	300	10
Wood logs	500	10
Door	250	10
Floodgate	400	10
Bed	250	10
Chair	250	10
Chain	50	10
Flask	3	5	100
Goblet	5	5	100
Instrument	10	5
Toy	5	5
Window	100	10
Cage	100	10	100
Barrel	100	10	100
Bucket	20	10	100
Animal trap	20	10	100
Table	250	10
Coffin	350	10	100
Statue	300	10
Corpse	SIZE*50	SIZE*2
Weapon	WEIGHT	10
Body armor	WEIGHT	15
Shoes	WEIGHT	3
Shields	WEIGHT	10
Helms	WEIGHT	5
Gloves	WEIGHT	2
Box	100	10	100
Bin	100	10	100
Sand	250	20
Armor stand	250	10	100
Weapon rack	250	10	100
Cabinet	250	10	100
Idol	5	5
Amulet	2	2
Scepter	10	5
Ammo	3	1
Crown	10	5
Ring	1	1
Earring	1	1
Bracelet	3	2
Large gem	5	3
Anvil	400	10
Body part	50	2
Remains	5	2
Meat	5	10
Fish	5	10
Unprepared fish	5	10
Live vermin	5	10
Tame vermin	5	10
Seeds	5	1
Plant	5	10
Raw skin	10	10
Leather	10	10
Bones	5	10
Shells	5	10
Leaves	5	5
Thread	10	10
Cloth	10	10
Totem	10	5
Skulls	10	5
Pants	WEIGHT	6
Backpack	10	10	100
Quiver	10	10	100
Catapult parts	400	20
Ballista parts	400	20
Siege ammo	100	50
Ballista arrow head	100	10
Mechanisms	100	10
Trap component	WEIGHT	10
Extract	1	1
Potion	1	1
Drink	10	10
Organic powder	10	10
Cheese	10	10
Prepared meal	5	10
Misc. liquid	10	10
Coin1	1/16	1/32
Glob	10	10
Small rock	1	1

¹ - a stack of 500 coins weighs 31Γ and has a volume of 15.