Editing v0.34:Thought

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'''Thoughts''' are the reported observations and sentiments of [[dwarves]] in [[Dwarf fortress mode|Fortress mode]], visible on the [[thoughts and preferences]] subscreen of their [[profile]]. Over the course of play, a dwarf will experience things that make them more or less happy, with each experience recorded and displayed as a Thought. The rate at which a dwarf gains certain thoughts is controlled by [[personality]].

Dwarven psychology is relatively simple. There are Good Thoughts and Bad Thoughts. Lots of Good Thoughts will make your dwarves ecstatic. Too many Bad Thoughts and your dwarves will throw [[tantrum]]s. Too many tantrums and the Bad Thoughts will [[fun|spread]].

A dwarf's Thoughts are scored according to their severity and recentness (the exact formula is not known), and added together. The resulting total happiness score indicates the dwarf's emotional state:

{| class="wikitable"
! Number
! Happiness
|-
| 150 or more || ecstatic
|-
| 125 to 149 || happy
|-
| 75 to 124 || quite content
|-
| 51 to 74 || fine
|-
| 26 to 50 || unhappy
|-
| 1 to 25 || very unhappy
|-
| 0 || miserable 
|}

The change in [[Status icon|status]] that triggers bad thoughts about thirst, hunger, and fatigue can slow the speed at which a dwarf works and moves. A dwarf's level of happiness will also affect the type of [[strange mood]] he can undergo. If you wish to avoid Bad Thoughts, try to [[keeping your dwarves happy|keep your dwarves happy]].

To view a dwarf's recent thoughts and current happiness level, press {{k|k}}, move the cursor to the dwarf, and press {{k|enter}} twice. (Or {{k|v}}, move to the dwarf, then {{k|z}} and {{k|enter}}.) Now you will see a page describing the dwarf's feelings and thoughts, physical description, and a set of phrases describing personality traits.

Below are thoughts your dwarves may experience over the course of a game. For a full list of the game's programmed thoughts (whether or not they appear in gameplay), please see the [[List of Dwarven Thoughts]].

==Happy Thoughts==
{| class="wikitable"
!Thought
!Triggered by
|-
|Slept in a (good quality) [[bedroom]] recently
|Self-explanatory - note that it does not need to be the dwarf's assigned quarters
|-
|Dined in a (good quality) [[dining room]] lately
|Self-explanatory
|-
|Admired a (good quality) (object) lately
|Passed right next to or over a constructed piece of [[furniture]] or a building that requires [[architecture]] and noticed it (the dwarf tile will briefly blink to a light blue question mark when this happens). Influenced by value, not quality as implied by the thought <sub>(what are the chances of noticing an object?)</sub>
|-
|Talked with a spouse lately
|Married dwarves idling in the same room
|-
|Talked with a friend lately
|Idling in the same room with a friend
|-
|Talked with (mother/father/a child/a sibling) lately
|Idling in the same room as the dwarf's own kin
|-
|Made a friend recently
|Self-explanatory
|-
|Had a [[soap|nice bath]] recently
|Usually from [[healthcare|Clean Patient]]
|-
|Had a wonderful soapy [[soap|bath]] recently
|Dwarf cleaned contaminants from self using soap
|-
|Was comforted by a lovely [[waterfall]] lately
|Sprayed by mist from a waterfall.
|-
|Was comforted by a wonderful [[creature]] in a [[cage]] recently
|Passed near a caged favorite creature.
|-
|Was glad to have [[justice|punishment]] delayed recently
|No one around to carry out the dwarf's punishment.
|-
|Was glad to have [[justice|punishment]] reduced recently
|No jails were available, so the punishment was "reduced" to a beating.
|-
|Satisfied at work lately
|When the dwarf works with materials, items or animals he/she likes.
|-
|Took someone to [[hospital|bed]] recently
|Moved an unconscious (usually injured) dwarf to a bed.
|-
|Enjoyed throwing something recently
|Threw an item during a [[tantrum]]
|-
|Enjoyed smashing a building recently
|Destroyed a building or piece of furniture during a [[tantrum]]
|-
|Enjoyed starting a fist fight recently
|Attacked another dwarf during a [[tantrum]]
|-
|Is quite pleased with making an [[artifact]]
|Crafted an artifact
|-
|Took joy in slaughter lately
|Have killed another creature (activated military only)
|-
|Adopted a new pet recently
|Self-explanatory
|-
|Formed a bond with an animal training partner recently
|Performed [[animal trainer|animal training]]
|-
|Was pleased to have been able to give somebody (food/water) lately
|When a dwarf with a kind personality feeds or gives water to another.
|-
|Gave somebody (food/water) lately
|When a dwarf feeds or gives water to another.
|-
|Was able to rest and recuperate lately
|A wounded dwarf made it to a bed and entered 'rest' state{{verify}}
|-
|Had a (fine/pretty decent/wonderful/truly decadent/legendary) [[booze|drink]] lately
|Dwarf drank alcohol they have a [[preference]] for (with invisible quality level?{{verify}})
|-
|Had a (fine/truly decadent/legendary) [[food|meal]] lately
|Dwarf ate food they have a [[preference]] for.
|-
|Beat somebody recently
|Administering [[Justice]]
|-
|Is happy to be free
|Was [[Justice|jailed]] or [[thief|snatched]], and was released recently.
|-
|Was rescued recently
|Was [[thief|snatched]] and rescued or was recovered from the battlefield after being wounded (details unclear)
|-
|Had a satisfying sparring session recently
|military dwarf [[sparring]] for training
|}

==Unhappy Thoughts==
{| class="wikitable"
!Thought
!Triggered by
|-
|Dummy|Complained of (hunger/thirst) lately
|Got hungry/thirsty and didn't eat or drink soon enough (actual time unmeasured).
|-
|Has been (starving/dehydrated) recently
|Has not had food or drink for a long time and will soon [[death|die]].
|-
|Forced to eat vermin to survive lately
|Dwarf hunted vermin for food due to starvation.  Will still die soon without real food.
|-
|Complained about the nasty water lately
|Got thirsty and had to drink from open water because no alcohol or at least a [[well]] was available.
|-
|Was forced to drink vomit lately
|A tainted water source causes this little gem.
|-
|Tired of drinking the same old booze lately
|Drinking the same type of [[alcohol]] repeatedly
|-
|Disgusted by a miasma recently
|Dwarf was exposed to [[miasma]].
|-
|Accidentally killed somebody in a fit of rage lately
|Killed a dwarf or someone's pet during a [[tantrum]].
|-
|Has been (tired/exhausted) lately
|Became sleepy but wasn't able to [[sleep]] because a task had to be completed.  Extreme tiredness will lead to [[insane|insanity]].
|-
|Was (put off/flustered/upset/very upset/greatly upset/angered/enraged/shattered/traumatized/utterly traumatized) by a lesser's pretentious (office/sleeping/dining/burial) arrangements recently
|[[Noble]] dwarf is unhappy that his room isn't ''better'' than a lower-ranked dwarf's room.
|-
|Slept in a (poor/very poor/awful/horrible/horribly substandard) bedroom recently 
|Noble dwarf has slept in an unsatisfactory [[bedroom]].  Increasing levels of badness.
|-
|Conducted a meeting in a (poor/very poor/awful/horrible/horribly substandard) setting recently
|Noble dwarf hates the [[office]] provided them for meetings.
|-
|Dined in a (poor/very poor/awful/horrible/horribly substandard) dining room recently
|Stupid noble wants a better [[dining room]].
|-
|Was (very/greatly) angered at the state of demands recently 
|Noble dwarf [[demand]]ed something that wasn't provided.
|-
|Upset by having a mandate ignored lately
|Noble issued a [[mandate]] that went unfulfilled.
|-
|Upset that a criminal could not be properly punished
|A dwarf sentenced to jail time or hammerstrikes was downgraded to a beating due to lack of justice facilities.
|-
|Upset by not having enough (chests/cabinets/weapon racks/armor stands) lately
|Noble doesn't have enough of their position's furniture requirements.
|-
|Attacked/Haunted by the dead lately
|Dwarf was frightened or injured by an unacquainted ghost.  Hauntings aren't as bad as attacks for the dwarven psyche.  Also occurs when a dwarf is assaulted by [[undead]].
|-
|Attacked/Haunted by a dead (spouse/lover/sibling/and still annoying acquaintance) lately
|Dwarf was frightened or injured by an acquainted ghost, twice as bad as the above thought.
|-
|Attacked/Haunted by own dead (mother/father/child) lately
|Dwarf was frightened or injured by a closely-related ghost.  This is a very bad thought.
|-
|Yelled at somebody in charge lately (but only got angrier)
|Dwarf yelled at a Leader/Mayor and felt worse afterward.
|-
|Cried on somebody in charge lately (but only felt more depressed) 
|Like above, but for dwarves less prone to anger/more prone to depression.
|-
|Complained of the lack of chairs lately
|Was eating and couldn't find an unoccupied [[chair]].
|-
|Complained of the crowded tables lately
|Tried to eat at a table someone else was already eating at.
|-
|Complained of the lack of dining tables lately
|Was eating and couldn't find a [[table]] next to the chair it sat on while eating.
|-
|Depressed about being confined
|Dwarf is in a [[cage]] ([[jail]]ed or [[cage trap|trapped]]), or has been abducted by a goblin [[snatcher]].
|-
|Slept uneasily due to noise lately
|Was sleeping in the zone of influence of a [[noise]] source.
|-
|Woken by noise while sleeping recently
|As above, but a worse thought from being closer to noise.
|-
|Slept without a proper room recently
|Was sleeping and couldn't find a bed designated as a [[bedroom]] not assigned to someone else.
|-
|Slept in the (mud/dirt/grass/rocks/ice/a ('rough stone') floor) recently
|Could not find any [[bed]] for sleeping, or Dwarf is a [[ambusher|Hunter]].  The thought may be worse with certain terrain.
|-
|Slept on rocks/pebbles/ice/a floor/a pile of driftwood) recently
|Like above.  May or may not be a slightly better thought.
|-
|Caught in the rain recently
|Went outside while it was [[weather|raining]]. [[Ambusher|Hunters]] are used to bad weather and don't get this thought, and dwarves who like working outdoors won't get unhappy from this.
|-
|Has been caught in freakish weather
|Dwarf was outside during a rain of blood or slime, usually on an Evil surrounding.
|-
|(Irritated/Nauseated) by the sun lately
|Is suffering from [[cave adaptation]] and went outside.  Nausea indicates a more serious case.
|-
|Annoyed by flies
|Shared a tile with [[fly|flies]].
|-
|Accosted by terrible vermin
|Exposed to [[vermin]] that the dwarf particularly hates.
|-
|Saw something unpleasant in a cage recently
|Dwarf examined a cage containing hated vermin.
|-
|Had a miscarriage recently
|Pregnant dwarves that lose their baby before birth due to extreme stress (being Starving or Dehydrated) or injury.
|-
|Attacked recently
|Dwarf was assaulted by a hostile creature.
|-
|Witnessed death
|Present while another dwarf died. 
|-
|Lost a (friend/pet) to tragedy recently
|A dwarf with relationship status "Friend" or a pet died.
|-
|Lost a (family member) to tragedy recently
|Someone related to the dwarf has died.  Worse thought than above. 
|-
|Forced to endure the decay of a (friend/pet/family member/annoying acquaintance)
|The corpse of the dwarf's companion, loved one, or rival is rotting on the ground rather than being properly entombed within a coffin.
|-
|Unable to find somebody in charge to (cry on/yell at) lately
|Dwarf couldn't complain to the Expedition Leader/Mayor, either because they are inaccessible or busy. This may also include other nobles.
|-
|Was (very) embarrassed to have to conduct an official meeting in a (dining room/bedroom)
|Noble dwarf had to meet a diplomat without an office (or any dining room, if the bedroom was used).
|-
|Incredibly embarrassed not to have any rooms lately 
|Noble dwarf went without any kind of room to conduct a meeting in.
|-
|Beaten recently
|[[Justice]] served.
|-
|(Irritated at/Unhappy at/Suffered the pain of) having to haul somebody to bed lately
|Selfish dwarves will be annoyed at needing to help others.
|-
|(Irritated at/Unhappy at/Suffered the pain of) having to give somebody (food/water) lately
|As above, with bringing food or drink to others.
|-
|Sustained (minor/major) injuries recently
|Self-explanatory
|-
|Knocked out during a cave-in lately
|Being caught in a [[cave-in]].  May or may not be coupled with the above thought.
|-
|Choked on smoke/dust underground lately 
|Dwarf was exposed to either smoke from a [[fire]] or dust from a [[cave-in]].
|-
|Suffered the travesty of art defacement
|Loss of a [[item quality|masterpiece]] (usually destroyed or stolen). Severity of the thought depends on the number of masterworks the dwarf has produced. Can include mining through an engraved wall, allowing a masterful meal to rot away, or firing at an enemy with a masterwork bolt that sticks in the wound followed by the creature leaving the map.
|-
|Complained about the draft lately
|Civilian dwarf with no combat skills enters [[military]] duty and becomes a Recruit during times of peace. Does ''not'' happen if the fortress is currently under [[siege]].
|-
|Upset about being relieved from duty
|Military dwarf with no civilian skills is removed from active duty and becomes a Peasant.
|-
|(Complained about/Enraged by/Depressed by) long patrol duty
|Military dwarf has active order for more than one month (one for complaining, two for depressed, three for enraged). Soldiers stop getting this thought upon becoming [[Soldier#Heroes|Heroes]]. Due to a bug, training currently counts as patrol duty.{{bug|3190}}
|-
|Was upset to be wearing (old/tattered) clothing lately
|[[wear|Old/tattered]] clothing (presumably tattered is stronger?)
|-
|Was very upset to have worn clothes rot away lately
|See [[wear]].
|-
|Was very embarrassed to be uncovered lately
|Dwarf needs [[clothing|pants]], badly!
|-
|Was embarrassed to have no (shirt/shoes) lately
|Missing specific [[clothing]]
|-
|Was worried by the scarcity of cages and chains lately
|The justice system isn't set up properly (for example, not enough cages and chains in use).
|-
|Was outraged at the bizarre conviction against all reason of the victim of a crime recently.
|This one will happen only when you accidentally or purposefully convict a crime's victim as the same crime's perpetrator. For example, convicting the dwarf who has had his blood drained of draining his own blood.
|}

{{Category|Thoughts}}