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v0.34:Arms industry
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The arms industry deals with the production and processing of weapons. As with other industries, it deals with the use of raw materials to create usable items.
As can be expected, most weapons are made of metal, more precisely weapon-grade metals such as copper, iron, steel, bronze, silver (excepted for crossbows) and bismuth bronze. Crossbows can be made of bone or wood, and training weapons are exclusively made of wood.
All metal weapons must be made at a forge or magma forge, nonmetallic crossbows can be made at a bowyer's workshop and training weapons can be made at a carpenter's workshop.
Overall, to have a decent arms industry, you need a forge, metal and fuel (or a magma forge and magma). You can choose to arm your dwarves with bone/wood crossbows and bolts, but your dwarves will be very vulnerable to melee.