Large pot

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* Storage
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'''Pots''', also known as '''large pots''', are containers that function much like [[barrel]]s, but can be made from materials other than wood or metal, such as stone, ceramic, and glass. Pots are also only 1/4 as heavy<sup>[http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=127471.msg4342164#msg4342164]</sup> as barrels made from the same material, with the same capacity.

This means '''pots are generally a better storage option than barrels''', saving the industry precious dwarf-hours by hauling faster due to lighter containers. Additionally, a metal barrel costs '''3''' bars, but a metal pot only '''1''', making metal barrels a vastly less attractive option.

Note, however, that large pots cannot replace barrels in certain situations. Specifically, only barrels can contain milk, and certain extracts. Some workshops also '''explicitly require''' a barrel for their construction.

They can be made from stone by a [[stone crafter]] at a [[craftsdwarf's workshop]], [[ceramic]] at a [[kiln]], [[glass]] at a [[glass furnace]], [[wood]] at a [[craftsdwarf's workshop]], or [[metal]] at a [[metalsmith's forge]]. Pots made from stone, [[stoneware]], [[glass]], [[wood]], [[porcelain]], [[metal]], or [[glaze]]d [[earthenware]] are water-tight and can be used to store liquids, and even for [[brewing]]. Unglazed earthenware can only be used for storing dry items. Metal pots are made using the [[metalcrafting]] skill, as opposed to metal barrels, which use the [[blacksmithing]] skill. The game refers to these containers sometimes as "pot" and sometimes as "large pot" but there is no actual distinction. Pots are stored in the Large Pots/Food Storage section of the Furniture stockpile. Empty pots are listed under Tools when viewing the fortress's [[stocks]] or when moving them to a [[trade depot]].

== Material Selection ==
As with other containers, several factors are relevant in choosing the proper material for making large pots. Namely, availability, value, fire/magma safety, vermin resistance, <s>hippie</s> elf kosherness, and most importantly '''weight'''.

But in the case of large pots, stones are typically used chiefly due to their abundance, especially for young outposts. Doing so will conserve wood (likely the only other economic choice) for tasks for which stones cannot be used, such as making beds, bins, bolts, crossbows, charcoal, wheelbarrows, cages, and many other items of various usefulness and importance.

Unless, of course, the embark location has trees aplenty, making it viable to use wood for most everything, including pots, though this obviously requires a sufficient amount of woodcutters, wood crafters, axes, and contempt towards the <s>tree-huggers</s> elves.

== Forging and Melting ==

* Metal pots cost '''one''' [[metal]] bar to forge, or '''one''' [[adamantine]] wafer.

* When a pot is [[Melt item|melted]] down, it will return '''0.3''' metal bars/adamantine wafers for an efficiency of '''30%'''.

== Bugs ==
* Pots will not be used for processing [[sweet pod]]s into [[dwarven syrup]]. {{Bug|4356}}
* Dwarves will sometimes leave pots in furniture stockpile even when using them to store food. {{Bug|1833}}

== See also ==
* [[Container]]

{{Translation| dwarven = or tezad | elvish = lacifa momo | goblin = sted ag | human = lod utag}}

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