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- [[File:Frames_Per_Second_Meter.png|300px|thumb|bottom|A picture of ''Dwarf Fortress'' with frames per second displayed.]] [[Frames per second|Framerate]] is used in ''Dwarf Fortress'' to measure the speed at which the game is running. It is measure23 KB (3,796 words) - 20:37, 9 May 2024
- ...than the aquifer is flooding it. While a dwarf operates the pump, another dwarf can access the source slit via the ramp and seal off the surrounding walls ...or via stairs. Only now when you have built the ramp which will serve your dwarf for accessing the slit, you can prepare the next tile of the slit like this19 KB (3,136 words) - 03:19, 20 December 2022
- ...are useful for many things beyond [[garbage disposal]]; they can create [[quantum stockpile]]s, transport materials to a job site, send items to the [[trade * '''Held''' by a dwarf: View the dwarf's sheet, select the Items tab, find the item in the list, click the button7 KB (1,291 words) - 16:00, 27 January 2024
- ...than the aquifer is flooding it. While a dwarf operates the pump, another dwarf can access the source slit via the ramp and seal off the surrounding walls ...or via stairs. Only now when you have built the ramp which will serve your dwarf for accessing the slit, you can prepare the next tile of the slit like this19 KB (3,136 words) - 00:26, 21 December 2022
- ...than the aquifer is flooding it. While a dwarf operates the pump, another dwarf can access the source slit via the ramp and seal off the surrounding walls ...or via stairs. Only now when you have built the ramp which will serve your dwarf for accessing the slit, you can prepare the next tile of the slit like this17 KB (2,870 words) - 02:04, 5 September 2016
- ...stone to stockpiles and/or workshops. (Refuse hauling, if using [[exploit|quantum stockpiles]].) ..., high value stone (obsidian - 3), and [[magma safe]] stone. See [[The Non-Dwarf's Guide to Rock]] for further details. Note that this method is not useful13 KB (2,087 words) - 02:06, 22 August 2023
- ...are useful for many things beyond [[garbage disposal]]; they can create [[quantum stockpile]]s, transport materials to a job site, send items to the [[trade ...f a garbage zone is designated beside a [[cliff]] or hole (both natural or dwarf made) garbage will be thrown off/in the z-space. Each ground tile within th7 KB (1,233 words) - 03:25, 20 December 2022
- ...stone to stockpiles and/or workshops. (Refuse hauling if using [[exploit|quantum stockpiles]].) ..., high value stone (obsidian - 3), and [[magma safe]] stone. See [[The Non-Dwarf's Guide to Rock]] for further details. Note that this method is not useful13 KB (2,102 words) - 04:00, 20 December 2022
- {{D for Dwarf}} ...striking down Mistem Puretown. The artwork relates to the killing of the dwarf Mistem Puretown by the grimeling Crazethin in Ravenlabors in the late autum54 KB (9,410 words) - 23:00, 1 June 2024
- '''Fortress mode''' is the most popular mode of gameplay in Dwarf Fortress and what most people are thinking of when they talk about the game Of course, every dwarf loves precious [[metal]]s, but the only way to find them is [[dig]] down, d64 KB (10,735 words) - 21:26, 12 August 2014
- ...of idlers. It makes idle dwarves a little less idle. Because almost every dwarf visits a meeting area at least occasionally, it's an ideal place to site va ...o update the [[stock]]records and increase the precision of the records. A dwarf with an office assigned will sometimes [[eat]] in their own office if there29 KB (4,893 words) - 09:33, 21 September 2024
- ...orm the job, so beware of pitting untamed or hostile creatures with a weak dwarf. ...a pasture, i.e. animals, tame or otherwise. Once assigned to a pasture, a dwarf will automatically remove them from their cage and lead them to their assig19 KB (3,394 words) - 13:39, 7 July 2024
- '''Activity zones''' are areas to which [[dwarf|dwarves]] are constrained when performing specific tasks, such as [[fishing ...o draw water, to satisfy booze-less [[thirst]], to tend to another thirsty dwarf (with the Give Water job), or to fill a [[#Pit/Pond|Pond zone]]. Only tiles15 KB (2,617 words) - 02:51, 20 December 2022
- [[Digging]] may be the most basic action in Dwarf Fortress. All you need is a dwarf with the [[mining]] [[labor]] activated, and access to a [[pick]]. ...s another designation, use {{k|d}} {{k|n}}, and mark the construction. Any dwarf will respond and (eventually) tear it down - which takes longer than it too8 KB (1,443 words) - 13:34, 16 June 2024
- [[Digging]] may be the most basic action in Dwarf Fortress. All you need is a dwarf with the [[mining]] [[labor]] activated, and access to a [[pick]]. ...s another designation, use {{k|d}} {{k|n}}, and mark the construction. Any dwarf will respond and (eventually) tear it down - which takes longer than it too8 KB (1,405 words) - 23:01, 8 April 2014
- ...require a dwarf with the [[architecture]] labor enabled, and then another dwarf with a labor appropriate for the material it's made from ([[masonry]] for s ===Getting a dwarf to the depot===22 KB (3,995 words) - 18:43, 8 December 2011
- [[Digging]] may be the most basic action in Dwarf Fortress. All you need is a dwarf with the [[mining]] [[labor]] activated, and access to a [[pick]]. ...s another designation, use {{k|d}} {{k|n}}, and mark the construction. Any dwarf will respond and (eventually) tear it down - which takes longer than it too8 KB (1,404 words) - 17:21, 8 December 2011
- ...ng]] may be the most basic action in ''Dwarf Fortress''. All you need is a dwarf with the [[mining]] [[labor]] activated, and access to a [[pick]]. ...s another designation, use {{k|d}} {{k|n}}, and mark the construction. Any dwarf will respond and (eventually) tear it down - which takes longer than it too8 KB (1,409 words) - 03:53, 20 December 2022
- ...ng]] may be the most basic action in ''Dwarf Fortress''. All you need is a dwarf with the [[mining]] [[labor]] activated, and access to a [[pick]]. ...(or {{k|m}} {{k|x}} in the Steam version), and mark the construction. Any dwarf will respond and (eventually) tear it down - which takes longer than it too8 KB (1,419 words) - 23:31, 2 January 2023
- ...alcohol]] barrels will be empty, however, any [[prepared meal]]s are still dwarf-edible and will be scattered everywhere (and initially forbidden as above). *Item positions, assigned dwarf labors, and farm plot and stockpile settings are conserved13 KB (2,137 words) - 15:39, 3 June 2024