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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
Release Information

New to Dwarf Fortress?

Download & install

Fortress mode tutorial

Adventure mode tutorial

How do I get more help?

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.bay12games.com/forum/index.php Official Forums], [http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=19469&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a xkcd Thread], [http://www.gamingsteve.com/blab/index.php?topic=6350.0 GamingSteve Thread], [http://www.cracked.com/forums/topic/28476/dwarf-fortress Cracked Thread], [http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=106896 Penny-Arcade Thread], [http://dwarvenpassion.smfforfree3.com/index.php Dwarves with a Passion], [http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=763906 Facepunch Studios Thread], [http://forum.team17.com/showthread.php?t=30824 Team17 Forum Thread], [http://www.reddit.com/r/dwarffortress/ Reddit], [http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2917631 Something Awful], [http://www.xspore.com/community/dwarf-fortress/ xSpore], [http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/39309975/m/943000156931/p/1 Ars Technica], [http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/42890 GamersWithJobs Thread]
+| [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/ Official Forums], [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?board=22.0 Official Wiki Forum], [http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=19469&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a xkcd Thread], [http://www.gamingsteve.com/blab/index.php?topic=6350.0 GamingSteve Thread], [http://www.cracked.com/forums/topic/28476/dwarf-fortress Cracked Thread], [http://dwarvenpassion.smfforfree3.com/index.php Dwarves with a Passion], [https://forum.facepunch.com/f/games/btaak/Dwarf-Fortress-We-in-Vietnam-now/1/ Facepunch Studios Thread], [http://www.reddit.com/r/dwarffortress/ Reddit], [http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=52391 Ars Technica], [http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/42890 GamersWithJobs Thread], [http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=10908 SpringRTS Thread], [http://forum.dwarffortress.fr/ French forum], [http://forum.canardpc.com/showthread.php?t=3652 Canard PC Thread (Fr)], [http://dwarf.forumczech.com/forum.htm Česke a slovenské forum (cz/sk)], [http://www.dwarffortressforum.de German Dwarf Fortress Forum]
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-| [http://jreengusoccurring.blogspot.com/ Jreengus Occuring: A Dwarf Fortress blog], [http://dfc.smackjeeves.com/ Strike the Earth!]
+| [http://www.bravemule.com/ Bravemule]
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+| '''DF-related:''' [irc://irc.esper.net/bay12games #bay12games] on irc.esper.net, [irc://irc.freenode.net/dwarffortress #dwarffortress] on freenode.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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+|'''Other:''' [irc://irc.freenode.net/dfwiki #dfwiki] on freenode.net, [irc://irc.freenode.net/lazynewbpack #lazynewbpack] on freenode.net
-| [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 ], [[Dwarf_Fortress_Italia| Wiki Italiano]]
+| [http://www.dwarffortress.fr/wiki Le Wiki Français ], [http://wikiwiki.jp/dwarffort/ The Japanese (日本語) Wiki ], [http://www.dfwk.ru The Russian Wiki], [http://pl.dwarffortress.wikia.com/ The Polish Wiki ], [http://español.dwarf-fortress.info/wiki The Spanish Wiki]
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-| [http://mkv25.net/dfma/ Dwarf Fortress Map Archive], [http://dffd.wimbli.com/ Dwarf Fortress File Depot (DFFD)]
+| [http://mkv25.net/dfma/ Dwarf Fortress Map Archive], [http://dffd.bay12games.com/ Dwarf Fortress File Depot (DFFD)], [http://dfstories.com/ Dwarf Fortress Stories], [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/mantisbt/my_view_page.php Mantis Bug Tracker]
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