{{Alloy3|name=Steel|color=#888|color1=#FFF|tile1=●|color2=#888|color3=#888|bgcolor=#CCC
|recipe=
* 1 [[Iron]] [[bar]]
* 1 [[Pig iron]] [[bar]]
* 1 [[Coke]]
* 1 [[Flux]]
|uses=
* [[weapon|Melee Weapons]]
* [[Crossbow]]s
* [[Bolt]]s
* [[Pick]]s
* [[Armor]]
* [[Anvil]]s
* [[Metalsmith's forge|Metal crafting]]
|properties=
* [[Magma]] proof
* [[Armor|Block]]% 133
* [[Damage]]% 133
* [[Material value]] 30}}

'''Steel''' can be smelted at a [[smelter]] by a dwarf with the [[furnace operator]] labor activated. It is an extremely durable metal and is highly [[item value|valuable]].

The method for making steel is unbearably accurate. Steel is one of few [[Magma-safe_materials|materials]] that can resist melting when immersed in magma. Weapons and armor made from steel are 33% stronger than equivalent iron objects.

==Recipe==

The recipe for steel is:
* One [[pig iron]] bar
* One [[iron]] bar
* One [[flux]] material
* One carbonaceous material ([[coke]] or [[charcoal]])

When the above items are combined at a smelter, the product is two bars of steel; the carbon and flux are lost in the reaction, but the pig iron and iron are combined into steel.

==Production chain==

In terms of raw materials, the total required to produce the two steel bars is:
* Two units of iron ore, smelted into two iron bars
** One iron bar is smelted into pig iron
** One iron bar is used to produce the steel
* Two flux materials
** One flux material is used to smelt pig iron
** One flux material is used to produce the steel
* Two carbon materials
** One carbon material is used to smelt pig iron
** One carbon material is used to produce the steel.

It will require a total of 4 smelting operations to produce the steel, but the carbon source is also used as the fuel when smelting in a normal [[smelter]]. Thus you require 4 units of [[fuel]] for the entire resource chain. Steel is different from most metals as it will still require fuel even if you are smelting with a [[magma smelter]].

* Two units of fuel to smelt two units of iron ore into iron bars
* One unit of fuel to smelt one iron bar into pig iron
* One unit of fuel to produce the steel bars

{| style="border: dotted 1px #66f"
|-
| Iron Ore ×1<br/>
+ Fuel ×1
| style="padding-right: 48px; padding-left: 12px" | →
| Iron Bars ×1<br/>
+ Fuel ×1<br/>
+ Carbon ×1<br/>
+ Flux ×1
| style="padding-right: 36px; padding-left: 12px" | →
| style="vertical-align: bottom" | Pig Iron ×1
|  
|  
|- style="vertical-align: top"|
|  
|  
|  
|  
|  
| style="padding-right: 48px; padding-left: 12px" | →
| Steel Bars ×2
|-
| Iron Ore ×1<br/>
+ Fuel ×1
|  
| align="center"| →
|  
| Iron Bars ×1<br/>
+ Fuel ×1<br/>
+ Carbon ×1<br/>
+ Flux ×1
|  
|  
|-
|}

[[Category:Metals]]

40d:Steel

2008-06-09T01:53:18Z

MaxVance: changed wording slightly

Main Page/Quote

2008-04-16T22:09:20Z

MaxVance:

{{Choose|c={{#if: {{{1|}}}|{{rand|34}}|{{#expr: ({{rand2|10}}+24)}} }}
|I think I'll stick to drowning dwarves and cooking puppies.
|I mean, how dangerous can an elephant be, anyway?
|Toady has created a masterpiece!
|I can't put my finger on it. Something about this [[Fire|‼]]Cat tallow roast[[Fire|‼]] tastes funny.
|Toady withdraws from society. Toady has begun a [[Strange_mood|mysterious]] construction!
|Beware of the Elephant's greatest evolutionary trait: [http://archive.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Talk:Elephant#Stealth_Elephants Stealth].
|Let us never forget the last words of Inod the Stoker, [http://archive.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Fortress_Paintrag#1056 "Aaah! Gorillas!"]
|[[Children|Newborn]] Zuglar Baldnessgranite prefers to consume Gorilla. A sure sign of his unparalleled strength!
|[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/video-game-article/duke-nukem-image.php In an unrelated article] - I had no idea elephants could bounce that high!
|[[Toady]] looses a roaring laughter, [[Fey|fell]] and terrible! Toady has butchered a spammer!
|[[Elephant]]s are like huge, wrinkly [[ambusher|ninjas]].
|The critical question is this''':''' do dead elf bones yield more crossbow bolts than the average number of bolts necessary to kill an elf?
|“Dwarf Fortress" ... "Like chess, only with short people that can catch on [[fire]] like [[clothing|rags]] soaked in tar, and lots of [[booze]]." ... "Like chess.”
|Dwarf Fortress has taught me that all the world's problems would be substantially reduced had our parent civilizations never minted more than four stacks of [[coins]].
|"Tosid Idenarzes likes tentacle demons for their corrupt intentions." There! Now we've covered all of the seven deadly sins.
|Booze does all the work in forts. Dwarves are just booze exoskeletons.
|My unconscious and bleeding [[mayor]] just mandated the construction of some goods.
|I can just imagine a wagon throwing a tantrum and tossing all its contents at people.
|Döbesh Udosdeb has been ecstatic lately. He was forced to eat a friend to survive. He enjoyed a truly decadent meal.
|Iron [[screw pump]] exercise equipment. Pump iron and get superdwarvenly strong!
|Only you can prevent fortress fires.
|The violence, aggression, pain, madness, sadness of the ASCII characters never ceases to amaze me...
|Mill their bones to make some bread.
|Wait, you're MAKING animals?<br>—''Torak''<br>At this moment, yes, I am smelting cows.<br>—''Spiders Everywhere''
|"Didn't you read the manual? He he he he... the manual... ..."<br>--[[Toady One]]
|(Compared to real-world years) Dwarven years are shorter.<br>--Sowelu<br><br>Very fitting to dwarves, I must add.<br>--Sean Mirrsen
|[[Magma]] is not a [[water]] source. Dwarves can't drink it or supply it to their wounded.<br>--[[User:AlienChickenPie|AlienChickenPie]]
|"<nowiki>[B]</nowiki>oats are the enemy of tiles. And tiles are the enemy of boats."<br>--[[Toady One]]
|"I went through and fixed a few places where forbidden/on fire weren't being respected for next time. Burning milkable creatures were still a problem for example."<br>--[[Toady One]]
|"You have been processed! Go forth, now, and edit!"<br>--[[User:Savok|Savok]]
|Wolf cancels Breathe: Interrupted by ≡Ash Bolt≡.
|I want to build a fortress that produces silk clothes from a (tamed) [[Giant cave spider|GCS]]. [...] Is there any advice for easier finding one?<br>—''barak177''<br>My advice would be to give up now and check yourself into a padded room.<br>—''McDoomhammer''
|Dwarf Fortress Tip #72: Miners and magma don't mix, at least not until the miners are liquid.<br>Dwarf Fortress Tip #73: Dwarves and carp don't mix, either. However, dwarf blood and carp chunks do. --[[User:GreyMario|GreyMario]]
|There's no wrong way to eat a [[Rhesus macaque|Rhesus]].}}

Main Page/Quote

2008-04-16T22:09:06Z

MaxVance:

Main Page/Quote

2008-04-16T22:08:38Z

MaxVance:

{{Choose|c={{#if: {{{1|}}}|{{rand|34}}|{{#expr: ({{rand2|10}}+24)}} }}
|I think I'll stick to drowning dwarves and cooking puppies.
|I mean, how dangerous can an elephant be, anyway?
|Toady has created a masterpiece!
|I can't put my finger on it. Something about this [[Fire|‼]]Cat tallow roast[[Fire|‼]] tastes funny.
|Toady withdraws from society. Toady has begun a [[Strange_mood|mysterious]] construction!
|Beware of the Elephant's greatest evolutionary trait: [http://archive.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Talk:Elephant#Stealth_Elephants Stealth].
|Let us never forget the last words of Inod the Stoker, [http://archive.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Fortress_Paintrag#1056 "Aaah! Gorillas!"]
|[[Children|Newborn]] Zuglar Baldnessgranite prefers to consume Gorilla. A sure sign of his unparalleled strength!
|[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/video-game-article/duke-nukem-image.php In an unrelated article] - I had no idea elephants could bounce that high!
|[[Toady]] looses a roaring laughter, [[Fey|fell]] and terrible! Toady has butchered a spammer!
|[[Elephant]]s are like huge, wrinkly [[ambusher|ninjas]].
|The critical question is this''':''' do dead elf bones yield more crossbow bolts than the average number of bolts necessary to kill an elf?
|“Dwarf Fortress" ... "Like chess, only with short people that can catch on [[fire]] like [[clothing|rags]] soaked in tar, and lots of [[booze]]." ... "Like chess.”
|Dwarf Fortress has taught me that all the world's problems would be substantially reduced had our parent civilizations never minted more than four stacks of [[coins]].
|"Tosid Idenarzes likes tentacle demons for their corrupt intentions." There! Now we've covered all of the seven deadly sins.
|Booze does all the work in forts. Dwarves are just booze exoskeletons.
|My unconscious and bleeding [[mayor]] just mandated the construction of some goods.
|I can just imagine a wagon throwing a tantrum and tossing all its contents at people.
|Döbesh Udosdeb has been ecstatic lately. He was forced to eat a friend to survive. He enjoyed a truly decadent meal.
|Iron [[screw pump]] exercise equipment. Pump iron and get superdwarvenly strong!
|Only you can prevent fortress fires.
|The violence, aggression, pain, madness, sadness of the ASCII characters never ceases to amaze me...
|Mill their bones to make some bread.
|Wait, you're MAKING animals?<br>—''Torak''<br>At this moment, yes, I am smelting cows.<br>—''Spiders Everywhere''
|"Didn't you read the manual? He he he he... the manual... ..."<br>--[[Toady One]]
|(Compared to real-world years) Dwarven years are shorter.<br>--Sowelu<br><br>Very fitting to dwarves, I must add.<br>--Sean Mirrsen
|[[Magma]] is not a [[water]] source. Dwarves can't drink it or supply it to their wounded.<br>--[[User:AlienChickenPie|AlienChickenPie]]
|"<nowiki>[B]</nowiki>oats are the enemy of tiles. And tiles are the enemy of boats."<br>--[[Toady One]]
|"I went through and fixed a few places where forbidden/on fire weren't being respected for next time. Burning milkable creatures were still a problem for example."<br>--[[Toady One]]
|"You have been processed! Go forth, now, and edit!"<br>--[[User:Savok|Savok]]
|Wolf cancels Breathe: Interrupted by ≡Ash Bolt≡.
|I want to build a fortress that produces silk clothes from a (tamed) [[Giant cave spider|GCS]]. [...] Is there any advice for easier finding one?<br>—''barak177''<br>My advice would be to give up now and check yourself into a padded room.<br>—''McDoomhammer''
|Dwarf Fortress Tip #72: Miners and magma don't mix, at least not until the miners are liquid.<br>Dwarf Fortress Tip #73: Dwarves and carp don't mix, either. However, dwarf blood and carp chunks do. --[[User:GreyMario|GreyMario]]}}
|There's no wrong way to eat a [[Rhesus macaque|Rhesus]].

Main Page/Quote

2008-04-13T18:38:48Z

MaxVance: Added new quote from the forums.

{{Choose|c={{#if: {{{1|}}}|{{rand|32}}|{{#expr: ({{rand2|10}}+22)}} }}
|I think I'll stick to drowning dwarves and cooking puppies.
|I mean, how dangerous can an elephant be, anyway?
|Toady has created a masterpiece!
|I can't put my finger on it. Something about this [[Fire|‼]]Cat tallow roast[[Fire|‼]] tastes funny.
|Toady withdraws from society. Toady has begun a [[Strange_mood|mysterious]] construction!
|Beware of the Elephant's greatest evolutionary trait: [http://archive.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Talk:Elephant#Stealth_Elephants Stealth].
|Let us never forget the last words of Inod the Stoker, [http://archive.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Fortress_Paintrag#1056 "Aaah! Gorillas!"]
|[[Children|Newborn]] Zuglar Baldnessgranite prefers to consume Gorilla. A sure sign of his unparalleled strength!
|[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/video-game-article/duke-nukem-image.php In an unrelated article] - I had no idea elephants could bounce that high!
|[[Toady]] looses a roaring laughter, [[Fey|fell]] and terrible! Toady has butchered a spammer!
|[[Elephant]]s are like huge, wrinkly [[ambusher|ninjas]].
|The critical question is this''':''' do dead elf bones yield more crossbow bolts than the average number of bolts necessary to kill an elf?
|“Dwarf Fortress" ... "Like chess, only with short people that can catch on [[fire]] like [[clothing|rags]] soaked in tar, and lots of [[booze]]." ... "Like chess.”
|Dwarf Fortress has taught me that all the world's problems would be substantially reduced had our parent civilizations never minted more than four stacks of [[coins]].
|"Tosid Idenarzes likes tentacle demons for their corrupt intentions." There! Now we've covered all of the seven deadly sins.
|Booze does all the work in forts. Dwarves are just booze exoskeletons.
|My unconscious and bleeding [[mayor]] just mandated the construction of some goods.
|I can just imagine a wagon throwing a tantrum and tossing all its contents at people.
|Döbesh Udosdeb has been ecstatic lately. He was forced to eat a friend to survive. He enjoyed a truly decadent meal.
|Iron [[screw pump]] exercise equipment. Pump iron and get superdwarvenly strong!
|Only you can prevent fortress fires.
|The violence, aggression, pain, madness, sadness of the ASCII characters never ceases to amaze me...
|Mill their bones to make some bread.
|Wait, you're MAKING animals?<br>—''Torak''<br>At this moment, yes, I am smelting cows.<br>—''Spiders Everywhere''
|"Didn't you read the manual? He he he he... the manual... ..."<br>--[[Toady One]]
|(Compared to real-world years) Dwarven years are shorter.<br>--Sowelu<br><br>Very fitting to dwarves, I must add.<br>--Sean Mirrsen
|[[Magma]] is not a [[water]] source. Dwarves can't drink it or supply it to their wounded.<br>--[[User:AlienChickenPie|AlienChickenPie]]
|"<nowiki>[B]</nowiki>oats are the enemy of tiles. And tiles are the enemy of boats."<br>--[[Toady One]]
|"I went through and fixed a few places where forbidden/on fire weren't being respected for next time. Burning milkable creatures were still a problem for example."<br>--[[Toady One]]
|"You have been processed! Go forth, now, and edit!"<br>--[[User:Savok|Savok]]
|Wolf cancels Breathe: Interrupted by ≡Ash Bolt≡.
|I want to build a fortress that produces silk clothes from a (tamed) [[Giant cave spider|GCS]]. [...] Is there any advice for easier finding one?<br>—''barak177''<br>My advice would be to give up now and check yourself into a padded room.<br>—''McDoomhammer''
}}

40d:Unicorn

2008-04-13T18:03:14Z

MaxVance:

A preliminary report suggests that, at least in Adventure Mode, these [[creatures]] may have taken the initiative to become the new King of Beasts (at least as far as DF is concerned). While the mighty [[elephant]]s appear to have had their aggressive tendencies curbed somehow, the unicorn, once as equally peaceful when undisturbed, now appears to have become a predator, attacking peasant and [[child]]ren [[elf|elves]] without any warning and, apparently, without any provocation. Wildlife preservationist groups warn players to not be hasty and that not all elves are trustworthy sources of information, but this reporter isn't going to be visiting any more joyful forests anytime soon (at least, not without some good old fashioned [[metal]] around).

Unicorns are considered [BUTCHERABLE_NONSTANDARD], meaning you can only butcher them if they are captured and tamed. However, since unicorns don't have [PET] or [PET_EXOTIC], there is currently no way to butcher them.

{{Game_Data|[CREATURE:UNICORN]
[NAME:unicorn:unicorns:unicorn]
[TILE:'U'][COLOR:7:0:1]
[MODVALUE:10]
[PETVALUE:1000]
[PREFSTRING:horns]
[LARGE_ROAMING]
[GENPOWER:4]
[BUTCHERABLE_NONSTANDARD]
[BENIGN][MEANDERER]
[BODY:QUADRUPED:TAIL:2EYES:2EARS:NOSE:2LUNGS:HEART:GUTS:ORGANS:THROAT:NECK:SPINE:BRAIN:HEAD_HORN:MOUTH]
[BODYGLOSS:HOOF][MOUNT]
[POPULATION_NUMBER:15:30]
[CLUSTER_NUMBER:3:7]
[SIZE:9]
[ATTACK:MAIN:BYTOKEN:HEAD_HORN:stab:stabs:1:6:PIERCE][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
[ATTACK:SECOND:BYTYPE:STANCE:kick:kicks:1:2:BLUDGEON][ATTACKFLAG_WITH]
[FAT:5]
[DIURNAL][GOOD]
[BIOME:FOREST_TAIGA]
[BIOME:ANY_TEMPERATE_FOREST]
[BIOME:ANY_TROPICAL_FOREST]
[BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TEMPERATE]
[BIOME:SHRUBLAND_TROPICAL]
[STANDARD_FLESH]
[HOMEOTHERM:10067]
[LAYERING:100]
[SWIMS_INNATE][SWIM_SPEED:2500]
}}{{Creatures}}
[[Category:Animals]]

40d:Unicorn

2008-04-13T17:57:24Z

MaxVance: I tried so hard to tame these...

40d:Miner

2008-04-13T15:02:12Z

MaxVance: Those sober, long-legged, clean-shaven creatures never fail to confuse me.

{{Skill
| color = rgb(192,192,192)
| skill = Miner
| speciality = Miner
| profession = Miner
| job name = [[Mining]]
| tasks =
* [[Dig]]
}}
'''Miners''' are necessary to build any kind of fortress, unless you're planning on building everything out of [[wood]] and on the surface (like one of those [[Human|humans]]).

Skill level increases the speed of mining and also increases the chance of leaving behind [[stone]], [[ore]] or [[gem]]s depending on the material mined. At Legendary skill, a miner will always leave stone/ore/gems behind. High skill can be actually undesirable, since excess stone can be a nuisance; however, miners gain skill extremely quickly so some amount of stone is unavoidable. Miners are required to dig, build [[channel]]s, dig out [[stair]]s and [[ramp]]s, and remove said stairs and ramps. Miners require a [[pick]] to do any work.

In order to start digging you need to designate an area to be dug. This is done with the [[Designations]] menu.

If you want a specific miner to dig in an area, then you need to [[Military|draft]] the other miners or deactivate their mining labor. Deactivating the mining labor has the undesirable side effect that they will immediately drop their picks. For example you may want your best miner to work on gems and ore but use novices to dig out ordinary stone.

The mining skill is unique in that it is the only civilian skill that can be used in combat. Because miners quickly improve their mining skill during the normal course of mining, and because they always carry their picks with them, miners are extremely useful for defense in the early stages of the game. [[Woodcutter]]s also carry their [[axe]]s with them at all times, but axes use a special combat skill that is not practiced while doing civilian work. Miners will use their picks as weapons if they are drafted while they are carrying picks, and they are not designated to use any other weapon (i.e., they are instructed to fight [[unarmed]]).

Picks actually make rather poor [[weapon]]s compared to axes, [[sword]]s, [[spear]]s and the like. However, skill matters much more than weapon quality in actual combat.

The material ([[copper]], [[bronze]], [[iron]], etc) of a pick does not affect mining speed or quality, but it does affect combat strength (as it does for any weapon).

Confusingly, Miner is also the name of the Profession that contains only one skill, Mining.

{{Skills}}
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:Professions]]
[[Category:Jobs]]

40d:Lead

2008-04-10T21:24:39Z

MaxVance: +c

{{Metal|name=Lead|color=#888|bgcolor=#CCC
|uses=
* Make [[lay pewter]] at [[smelter]]
* [[Metalsmith's forge|Metal crafting]]
|ore=
* [[Galena]]
|properties=
* [[Material value]] 2
}}

Lead is smelted from [[galena]] and can be used to make all furniture and craft goods, or made into lay pewter.

*[[Lay Pewter]] = Lead + 2x [[Tin]] + [[Copper]]

Due to its low material value, lead is hardly useful for making furniture or crafts, with the exception of [[bin]]s, especially on maps where [[wood]] is scarce. You could also make [[barrel]]s out of lead.

[[Category:Metals]]

40d:Sun berry

2008-04-05T23:16:32Z

MaxVance: I spent forever looking for those things.

'''Sun Berries'''

Sun berries are unimpressive little things, not very tasty, and they only grow in good areas, where [[unicorn|the one-horned menace]] flourishes. Sun berries must also be found in wet areas, such as next to a river or pool of water. For all this trouble, however, sun berries produce sunshine when brewed, which is the best booze in the game.

Sun berries can also occasionally be obtained from elven caravans.

<br />Value: 2
<br />Drink value: 5
<br />Seasons: All

[[Category:Crops]]

User:MaxVance/Main Glade

2008-03-23T02:44:45Z

MaxVance: Copied from the archive.

<h1 style="text-align: center; color: #060">The Elf Forest Wiki</h1>

<p style="max-width: 48em; margin: 0 auto">
Welcome to the [[Dwarf Fortress Wiki:About|Elf Forest Wiki]]! This is a collection of user-submitted guides, information and advice for the Roguelike game [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ "Elf Forest"]. Elf Forest is a Windows game, developed by [http://www.bay12games.com/ Bay 12 Games] featuring two modes of play, a distinct, randomly-generated world (complete with terrain, wildlife and legends), gruesome combat mechanics and vicious hordes of [[elephants|hippos]].
</p>

<div style="max-width: 48em; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center">
<div style="float: left; margin-right: 1em">{{Quote Box|Beware of the hippo's greatest evolutionary trait: [[Talk:Elephant#Stealth_Elephants|Stealth]].}}</div>
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|+ style="color: #fff; background: #696; padding: 0.2em 0.5em" | '''New to Elf Forest?'''
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| style="width: 33%" | [[:Dwarf Fortress:About|About Elf Forest]]
| style="width: 33%" | [[Quickstart Guide]]
| style="width: 33%" | [[Starting Builds]]
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| style="witdh: 50%" | [[Adventure Mode|Tree Hugging Mode]]
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40d:Losing

2008-03-22T22:00:54Z

MaxVance: Added adventure mode link.

<span style="background-color: #000; color: #0f0; font-family: FixedSys, monospace">Losing is fun!</span>

Either way, it keeps you busy.

Most new players will lose their first few forts; <s>if</s> when you lose a fortress, don't feel like you don't understand the game. Dwarf Fortress has a steep learning curve, and part of the appeal is discovering things for yourself. However, this Wiki serves as an excellent place to speed up the learning process.

If you lose, you can always [[reclaim fortress mode|reclaim fortress]] or go visit it in [[adventurer mode]].

== Autopsy ==

Various things can cause you to lose a fortress.

=== Losing your miners ===

If your [[miner]]s are killed in a collapse and their equipment destroyed, chances are good that you will no longer be able to continue your efforts. Consider abandoning your fortress. Alternatively, you can try to keep your fortress running long enough to request additional [[pick]]s from your Outpost [[Liaison]], who will arrive with the next dwarven trade [[caravan]]. It will take another year before they will return.<br/>
Also consider the tedious but fun option of making buildings outside! If your [[woodcutter]]s with [[axe]]s are still available, then you can build structures of [[wood]]. This is not recommended for very new players though, as it is intensely resource-demanding and takes a lot of managing to get right. (Also not recommended if you don't understand the z-axis system yet.)

=== Starvation ===

A serious danger, generally in the more inhospitable climates, is the loss of your dwarves due to starvation; if you are in the heart of a mountain with no [[soil]] to build on, it is possible you will not be able to establish [[farm]]s. As dwarves begin to starve, they will become Hungry, then Starving. This will cause them to become very angry. When they die, their friends will become upset and will become even angrier, potentially causing the remainder of your fortress to break out in a terminal brawl.

Don't forget your alternative sources of [[food]]. Try [[butchering]] your [[animals]], [[plant gathering|gathering plants]], or resorting to [[hunting]] of local wildlife.

===Dehydration===

One of the biggest problems with a fortress that has no [[brook]], [[stream]], [[river]], or other source of fresh [[water]]. Water must be rapidly gathered from stagnant pools and stored into an indoor basin or water tower, with sufficient depth before it [[evaporate]]s. If this fails, all of the water on the map will evaporate and your dwarves will be left without any water.

[[Brewing]] can alleviate these problems, but in the future brewing will also require water.

===Flooding accidents===

The opposite side of the dehydration spectrum is having too ''much'' water. Remember that water can [[flow]] in 10 directions (the 8 horizontal ones as well as up and down). It is also worth remembering that, unlike water, magma does not flow up like water in the current version although this is expected to change later.

If your fortress is beginning to flood from [[sourced water]], abandon all of the levels the water can reach immediately—drafting dwarves into the [[military]] and stationing them onto the surface if need be. You will never be able to recover those areas unless you can manage to pump out the water faster than it floods in, which can take over a year or two of game time to establish a functioning automated pump system. Generally, a flooding accident spells doom for your fortress.

===Invasion===

The [[goblin]]s first come with about a dozen soldiers to [[siege]] your fort. Then they come again with about two dozen. Then three. Soon enough your [[trap]]s are all sprung, your [[door]]s beaten down, and your dwarves are dead. Without some simple [[Fortress defense|defense]]s, such as a [[moat]], a horde of goblins on your doorstep can be deadly. Sieges by goblins and presumably other civilizations have now been fixed{{version|0.27.169.33f}}, so early defensive fortress planning is required.

===Volcanic Death===

Toady has stated that in the future volcanoes will be much less stable and much more deadly.

40d:Cage

2008-03-22T01:23:13Z

MaxVance: Too many more of these minor grammatical errors and I'll throw a tantrum.

A '''cage''' is a holding device. Cages cannot be made of [[stone]], but can be made of [[wood]], [[metal]] and [[glass]] (terrarium). Cages can hold an unlimited number of [[animals]] and captured [[vermin]] at once. Placing animals in a cage can reduce lag and [[traffic]] in your hallways. Both empty and occupied cages can - and will - be stored only in an animal [[stockpile]].

The cage can be used in a few ways:

* If made of metal, as a [[jail]], where you designate its location to be used for [[justice]], and a [[sheriff]] will detain any unruly dwarves.
* As animal restraining device, where you simply plant it and allocate any animals (except [[pet]]s) you want in it. Particularly handy for keeping track of mating animals. It is unsure if animals in a cage will mate, but animals can bear children when caged.
** This is also how you go about making a makeshift [[zoo]] for [[trapped]] animals.
** A glass cage (Terrarium) can be designated an [[aquarium]] for holding captured [[fish]].
* A [[Traps#Cage_Trap|cage trap]] needs a cage as one of its components.

If you buy your first animals via the traders, you may be unsure how to extract them. To remove an animal from a cage, it first needs to be placed via the Build menu ({{K|b}}-{{K|j}}). Once it's placed, use {{K|q}} to examine it, {{K|a}} to assign, and then use {{K|Enter}} to toggle the animal(s) currently inside. A dwarf will come along and let the animal out of the cage, after which it can be butchered, moved, et cetera.

You can find a list of imaginative ideas to do with captured creatures [[captured creatures|here]].

== How to disarm hostiles in cages ==
You can find the items carried by caged goblins, kobolds, etc. in the stocks menu and designate them for dumping, then dwarves will come to the cage and take them off. You can verify that you are targeting the right items by using the zoom function; it should point you to the cage.

== Arena ==
If you link a [[lever]] to a (built) cage with trapped hostiles, you can release them by pulling the lever and let animals or your soldiers have fun with them. Make sure you have disarmed them first. The design of this "arena" is really up to you but a somewhat contained area or room is advisable. This is also a creative way to get rid of unwanted pets, if you can manage to trap them in the arena. Make sure your dwarves won't [[tantrum]] from unhappy thoughts!

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40d:Kitchen

2008-03-18T05:28:39Z

MaxVance: ect --> etc

{{workshop|name=Kitchen|key=z|job=Cooking
|construction=
1 of
* [[Block]]
* [[Stone]]
* [[Wood]]
|construction_job=
* [[Cooking]]
|use=
* [[Alcohol]]
* [[Meat]]
* [[Fish]]
* [[Flour]]
* [[Food]]
* [[Seeds]]
* [[Dwarven sugar]]
* [[Dwarven syrup]]
* [[Tallow]]
* [[Fat]]
|production=
* Prepared meal
* [[Tallow]]
}}

A '''Kitchen''' is a [[workshop]] used by a [[cook]]. The cook uses this [[workshop]] primarily to combine base ingredients (meat, plump helmets, etc.) into prepared [[food]]. It is also used to render [[fat]] into [[tallow]].

== Prepared Meals ==

On the '''Kitchen''' submenu of the Overall Status screen ({{key|z}}), you can specify which foods the kitchen is allowed to cook (and also which plants the [[still]] is allowed to brew). Blue means "cook this food"; red means "do not cook".

There are three grades of meals you can prepare at a kitchen:

* '''Easy''' (biscuit) requires two cookable items.
* '''Fine''' (stew) requires three cookable items.
* '''Lavish''' (roast) requires four cookable items.

The items to be cooked do not have to be different: for instance, a cook might combine two plump helmet spawn into a stack of two "plump helmet spawn biscuits", or four spawn into four "plump helmet spawn roasts". The amount of food produced always equals the total number of food items used.

If large stacks of food are used as the ingredients, a large stack of meals will be produced. For instance, 22 "Minced cave fish roasts" would be created from "minced cave fish [5], minced turtle, minced dwarven wine [14], and minced turtle [2]".

Prepared meals do not produce any byproducts such as [[seed]]s, [[shell]]s, or [[bone]]s when cooked or eaten. This makes them ideal for placement in dining rooms located far away from your main population because food and refuse haulers will not have to trek long distances to retrieve the seeds or bones left after a meal, and a single enormous meal stack can feed several dwarves for a year or more.

Regardless of the type of meal you produce, a stack of prepared meals has a base value of 10 for each meal in the stack, multiplied by quality ratings as other objects are. There may be a bug in calculating the quality of a stack of meals, however.{{verify}}

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40d:Status icons

2008-03-09T23:14:07Z

MaxVance: Let's put the emphasis on that "dead" icon.

'''Status Icons''' are symbols that flash when a creature is under a certain effect. When a creature has multiple status icons, they will flash in succession.

{{Tile|☺|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}}
flashes to...
* {{Tile|☺|rgb(128,0,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Legendary]]:''' The dwarf has a skill that has reached Legendary level. Take care of these fellows.

* {{Tile|X|rgb(128,128,128)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Immigration|Migrant]]:''' The dwarf has just arrived at your fortress and is still getting used to the place. They won't do any jobs while in this state, which doesn't last long.

* {{Tile|?|rgb(0,256,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''No Job:''' The creature has no job and no destination.

* {{Tile|?|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''No Destination:''' The creature has a job, but no destination. They get this when you shut a door on their faces.

* {{Tile|-|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}}{{Tile|\|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}}{{Tile|<nowiki>|</nowiki>|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}}{{Tile|/|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}}{{Tile|-|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Multiple Creatures:''' More than one creature is on the same tile, the game will switch between them using this animated line.

* {{Tile|↓|rgb(128,128,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Hungry:''' Dwarf needs [[food]] badly.

* {{Tile|↓|rgb(0,0,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Thirsty:''' The creature needs [[water]] or [[alcohol]].

* {{Tile|↓|rgb(128,128,128)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Tired:''' The dwarf wants [[Sleep]]. Depending on how tired they are, their speed will be drastically lowered.

* {{Tile|↓|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Unhappy:''' The dwarf's unhappy thoughts are piling up. Not a good sign for a fortress, as this can lead to tantrums.

* {{Tile|Z|rgb(128,128,128)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Sleep|Sleeping]]:''' This dwarf is not going to be productive, and the object it is sleeping on will have an effect on its mood.

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(128,128,0)}} '''Prone:''' When the dwarf is lying on the ground. Several prone creatures can be in the same tile; therefore, in tight corridors, dwarves will be constantly lying down and standing so they can go through. Also happens in combat. Make sure to remember to stand up if this happens in Adventure Mode.

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(0,256,256)}} '''Thrown:''' Either the dwarf has been thrown by a wrestling move, or it has gotten smashed by a blunt weapon and is flying backwards from the force.

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(0,0,256)|rgb(0,0,128)}} '''[[Swimmer#Drowning|Drowning]]:''' The creature is underwater and cannot breathe.

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(192,192,192)}} '''Webbed:''' The icon that shows when a dwarf walks into a [[cave spider]]'s web.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(192,192,192)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[fey mood|Fey Mood]]:''' The dwarf will find a workshop, get materials, and make an artifact. After this, it will have a skill increase to [[Legendary]], along with attributes. If it cannot find the required workshop or items, it will wait until it goes insane, berserk, or melancholy.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(256,0,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Possessed:''' The same thing as [[fey mood]], but without the skill increase.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(256,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Tantrum]]:''' The dwarf has finally had enough, and has lost his temper. The dwarf stops all work, and proceeds to throw things, destroy buildings and hurt other dwarves. This is not a permanent state, but extremely annoyed dwarves will tantrum repeatedly.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(0,256,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Insane]]:''' When they cannot find materials for an artifact, they will eventually go crazy and babble, leading to this icon. Dwarf moves erratically around until he/she dies of hunger or thirst. A form of madness.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(0,0,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Melancholy]]:''' When a dwarf has sad thoughts for a very long time, it may lead to this. Dwarf sulks around the place until he/she dies of hunger or thirst, or tries to kill himself by drowning or chasm. A form of madness, it's pretty much permanent.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(192,0,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Enraged:''' After a dwarf is injured or had a pet killed by an enemy, the dwarf may get angrier and attack the enemy with rushes and powerful hits. Dwarves in this state will seek fights with enemy or neutral creatures. May also occur to non dwarves.

* {{Tile|!|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Martial Trance:''' When a single dwarf is being attacked by more than one enemy, it will fall into this state and supposedly focus better. Toady one has [http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=12&t=000037 said], "You have to be a dwarf [to be able to get the martial trance]. It improves all kinds of combat rolls and modifiers (but no direct damage bonus -- 'enraged' does that)." Dwarves in this state will seek fights with enemy or neutral creatures.

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(128,0,128)}} '''[[Wrestling]]:''' It is grabbing, or attempting to grab, another creature in a fight. Could also be holding on to a part of the opponent as well.

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(0,0,0)|rgb(256,0,256)}} '''Last seen:''' Indicates the last known location of the creature. Adventure mode only.

* {{Tile|+|rgb(256,256,0)|rgb(192,192,192)}} '''Minor [[Injury]]:''' Any wound that leaves only one hand in working condition, including severings.

* {{Tile|+|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(192,192,192)}} '''Major [[Injury]]:''' Loss of the use of a leg, both arms, or a fatal injury to a vital organ that hasn't killed the dwarf yet. Yellow or worse damage to any of the brain, throat, heart, guts, or both lungs are all mortal wounds. Yellow or worse damage to one lung is typically not fatal, but this status flag will remain on the dwarf permenantly as he goes about his day.

* {{Tile|X|rgb(0,256,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Stunned:''' Dwarves can be stunned because of pain, and may lead to unconsciousness. Cave spider bites also cause periodic stunning.

* {{Tile|X|rgb(0,256,0)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Nausea:''' Can be caused by [[cave adaptation]], and will cause [[vomit]], or during combat, when one spears another through the vital organs in the abdomen.

* {{Tile|X|rgb(192,192,192)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Winded:''' When a dwarf is out of breath, they are winded. This can be caused by being underwater, having a lung pierced or throat torn out.

* {{Tile|☼|rgb(0,256,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''[[Combat#Paralysis|Paralyzed]]:''' The creature cannot move. Caused by poison or severe brain damage.

* {{Tile|X|rgb(256,256,256)|rgb(0,0,0)}} '''Unconscious:''' A bad sign for a dwarf, since they usually become unconscious in a fight and will die shortly afterwards. Sometimes, permanent spinal injuries will make a dwarf periodically fall unconscious.

* {{Tile|☺|rgb(256,0,0)|rgb(128,0,0)}} '''Dead:''' This dwarf is gone, far away from the horrors of the puppy-cooking, noble-drowning fortress.

In addition to the above symbols, creatures carrying an object will alternate between their usual icon and the icon of the object they are carrying.

{{Game Interface FAQ}}

[[Category:Interface]]
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[[Category:Thoughts]]

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