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Welcome to the Dwarf Fortress Wiki. This is a collection of user-submitted guides, information and advice for Dwarf Fortress. Dwarf Fortress is a game for Windows, Linux and Mac, developed by Bay 12 Games featuring two modes of play, as well as distinct, randomly-generated worlds (complete with terrain, wildlife and legends), gruesome combat mechanics and ubiquitous alcohol dependency by dwarves.

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v50.12
March 6, 2024
Changelog
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New to Dwarf Fortress?

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Fortress mode tutorial

Adventure mode tutorial

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Reference Pages

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Bloodline games	Cheating	Known bugs	Framerate	Modding guide
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Forums:	Official Forums, Official Wiki Forum, xkcd Thread, GamingSteve Thread, Cracked Thread, Dwarves with a Passion, Facepunch Studios Thread, Reddit, Ars Technica, GamersWithJobs Thread, SpringRTS Thread, French forum, Canard PC Thread (Fr), Česke a slovenské forum (cz/sk), German Dwarf Fortress Forum
Blogs:	Bravemule
IRC Channels:	DF-related: #bay12games on irc.esper.net, #dwarffortress on freenode.net, #df on synirc.net, #DwarfFortress on quakenet.org, #DF on tellaerad.net and #brofortress on rizon.net.
IRC Channels:	Other: #dfwiki on freenode.net, #lazynewbpack on freenode.net
Other Wikis:	Le Wiki Français , The Japanese (日本語) Wiki , The Russian Wiki, The Polish Wiki , The Spanish Wiki
Useful Links:	Dwarf Fortress Map Archive, Dwarf Fortress File Depot (DFFD), Dwarf Fortress Stories, Mantis Bug Tracker
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-{{!}} [http://www.bravemule.com/ Bravemule], [http://dfc.smackjeeves.com/ Strike the Earth!]
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-{{!}} [irc://irc.newnet.net/bay12games #bay12games] on newnet.net, [irc://irc.synirc.net/df #df] on synirc.net, [irc://irc.quakenet.org/DwarfFortress #DwarfFortress] on quakenet.org, [irc://irc.tellaerad.net/DF #DF] on tellaerad.net and [irc://irc.rizon.net/brofortress #brofortress] on rizon.net.
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-{{!}} [http://www.dwarffortress.fr/wiki Le Wiki Français ], [http://dwarffortress.if.land.to/ The Japanese (日本語) Wiki ], [http://www.dfwk.ru The Russian Wiki ]
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-{{!}} [http://mkv25.net/dfma/ Dwarf Fortress Map Archive], [http://dffd.wimbli.com/ Dwarf Fortress File Depot (DFFD)], [http://dfstories.com/ Dwarf Fortress Stories], [http://www.reddit.com/r/dwarffortress/ Dwarf Fortress Reddit]
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