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v0.34:Stockpile

2013-02-11T19:35:39Z

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:''For information on "quantum stockpiles", see [[DF2012:Exploit#Quantum_stockpiles|Exploit]].''

'''Stockpiles''' are where [[dwarf|dwarves]] store items of various types, usually in a safer, closer or more convenient place for the consumers. Dwarves with the corresponding "[[hauling]]" job on will seek out items that aren't already on a stockpile that accepts them and carry them to an appropriate stockpile, if available. It's important to place your stockpiles carefully to minimize the amount of time spent carrying items to and fro. Items in a stockpile may be stored in [[container]]s such as [[bag|bags]], [[barrel|barrels]] or [[bin|bins]] (see [[Using bins and barrels]]). Seed bags, flour bags, and dye bags can go inside barrels. Empty bags, however, cannot be stacked.

== Allocating stockpiles ==

To allocate an area as a stockpile, use the {{key|p}} menu. The right-hand menu pane will list all the stockpile categories, and the appropriate key to press to begin allocating that type. Allocating an area works exactly the same as designating an area. Press {{k|Enter}} to specify the first corner of the stockpile, use the primary movement keys to move the cursor to the opposite corner, and press {{k|Enter}} again. (Alternatively, it is possible to use the mouse at this stage to select individual tiles) This will create a stockpile of the chosen type that occupies the area between the two corners specified. If the chosen area has parts that cannot be made into a stockpile, like a [[wall]], a [[workshop]], or an already existing stockpile, a stockpile will be created but they will not be part of it. Movable items occupying the designated area (e.g. stone, unbuilt furniture, etc.) still allow a tile to become designated as a stockpile, but this tile will not be used to store anything else until the item occupying it is moved.

Removing a stockpile works exactly the same, but choose {{key|x}}: Remove Designation. This will un-designate the specified area. It is possible to create a single stockpile with a shape other than a rectangle by using the Remove Designation tool to remove only part of the stockpile.

Stockpiles cannot be expanded once created; you must delete the pile and create a new one.

== Using stockpiles ==

Once a stockpile has been allocated, by default dwarves will automatically move items to the stockpile when they are available, and as long as the stockpile has available space. Note that the dwarves will place the item into the empty spot that is nearest to the item, ''not counting any obstructions''{{verify}}. Additional behavior also includes the fact that dwarves will stockpile the ''newest'' item first, which may not necessarily be the nearest item to the stockpile. You can disable automatic stockpiling by setting the stockpile to "take from links only" using {{k|q}} {{k|a}}.

One method to ensure a workshop has raw material on hand is to place a small stockpile next to the workshop. This will speed up production as the crafter in question only has to take a few steps to obtain the material (this also prevents the crafter from dragging material across the entire map when a new job order is issued). Whenever a crafter picks up material from the stockpile, your hauling dwarves will automatically fetch more material to refill the stockpile. This speeds up a queue of jobs, as other dwarves perform the time-consuming distant haul whilst the crafter concentrates on actually making items.

It's not necessary to place stockpiles for all types of objects. If no storage is available for a certain item type, dwarves will seek out items wherever they might lie as mentioned earlier. This can be advantageous — if you don't have a stockpile for [[gem|gems]], your [[jeweler]] will go pick up fresh gems without waiting for them to be carried to a pile first. However, this also means your jeweler has to spend a lot of time fetching the gems. If you have enough haulers available, it's generally more advantageous to designate stockpiles than not. Also remember that your workshops will get [[clutter]]ed and suffer production slowdowns if you let ridiculous numbers of items pile up in them, so it's important to occasionally clear out workshops if they get cluttered. This can be done either by having a stockpile available so that haulers will remove the items, by [[DF2012:Exploit#Quantum_stockpiles|quantum stockpiling]] the accumulation, or by removing and rebuilding the workshop, which will empty its contents onto the ground.

== Take from a stockpile ==

Another feature of stockpiles allows you to tell dwarves to fill one stockpile not only with unstockpiled items, but also those located on another stockpile that accepts those items. To specify such a flow, use the {{k|q}} menu, and highlight the ''destination'' stockpile. Press {{k|t}}, and, using the cursor, highlight another stockpile and press {{k|Enter}}. Your chosen stockpile will now list the stockpile it will take from. This will cause items in the second stockpile to be hauled to the first stockpile. To stop the first stockpile from taking items from the second, use the {{K|q}} menu on the first one, highlight the unneeded stockpile in the list using {{K|+}} and {{K|-}} and press {{K|d}}'''elete Selected'''.

Each stockpile can take from any number of other stockpiles. You can't make two stockpiles feed into each other, although larger loops (e.g. 3 stockpiles that feed into each other in a circle) are allowed.

However, despite these limitations, enough micromanagement will allow for effective and (relatively) streamlined supply chains. For example, you can speed up [[wood cutting|lumber harvesting]], [[carpentry]], ''and'' [[ash]] and [[charcoal]] production by putting several wood stockpiles near the various [[Chop_down_trees|tree-felling areas]], then one large "primary" stockpile near the [[carpenter's workshop]] that takes from those small ones, and then finally, a small stockpile near the [[wood furnace]] that takes from the primary one.

== Give to a stockpile/workshop ==
Conversely, the {{k|g}} key allows a pile to give [[item]]s to another pile.

This can also be used to specify that a workshop or forge will only get its materials from a certain stockpile. This provides a way to make sure everything that workshop produces is of a specific material. For example, setting a granite stockpile to give to a mason's workshop ensures that the workshop will only use granite as its material.

This option is quite powerful, but should be used '''very''' carefully as the linked workshop will now ''only'' take from the stockpiles set to give to that workshop. Make sure that the workshop gets ''all'' of the materials needed for its jobs there if you use this feature. For example, if you link your ore stockpile to a non-magma [[smelter]], but don't also link a stockpile that includes a [[fuel]] source, then your dwarves will be unable to smelt your ores at that smelter due to a lack of fuel. If you set a fuel stockpile to give that smelter, it will still be unable to [[melt]] down items marked for melting, because it only takes from the ore and fuel stockpiles. Another common mistake is setting a plant stockpile to give to a [[still]], but forgetting to also link a [[furniture]] stockpile to the still so that it has access to [[barrel]]s.

One good use for linked stockpiles is [[clothing]] management. A "new" clothing stockpile set to "take from links only" and linked to take from your [[clothier's workshop]]s will accumulate [[wear|unworn]] clothing; a second clothing stockpile near your [[trade depot]] will collect [[wear|worn]] clothing (and [[goblinite]]) for easy [[trade|disposal]].

== Max wheelbarrow ==
Another feature of the stockpile system, ''max wheelbarrow'' allows the player to control the number of [[wheelbarrow]]s assigned to the stockpile. It can be set to 0, 1, 2, or 3.

If set to 0 (which is the default for all stockpiles other than stone stockpiles), the stockpile will generate a separate hauling job for each item that needs to be placed in it -- potentially one job per tile in the stockpile, simultaneously.

If set to non-0, then that number of wheelbarrows will be brought to the stockpile. Once a stockpile has wheelbarrows assigned and moved to it, the number of wheelbarrows will act as a limit on the number of simultaneous hauling jobs for moving items to that stockpile. Each hauling job will be performed using a wheelbarrow, rather than by hand.

Unfortunately, wheelbarrows are currently rather buggy, and may actually reduce the efficiency of your stockpiles; see [[Wheelbarrow]] for more information.

[[Minecart]]s can also be used for efficient hauling, although they require a much greater infrastructure investment.

== Will take from anywhere ==
A stockpile that will take from anywhere does not restrict the source of its goods. Stockpiles with "take from links only" enabled will only accept goods from its assigned [[workshop]]s and linked stockpiles. You can use {{k|q}} {{k|a}} to toggle this setting on a stockpile.

Setting your [[seed]] stockpiles to "take from links only" will prevent your haulers from carrying your vital seeds back and forth across the map to pick up each new seed in the [[dining room]]. When your stockpiled seeds run low you can temporarily toggle to "anywhere" to collect the loose seeds in bulk.

== Stockpile categories ==

===[[Ammo]]===
This stockpile contains ammo for all forms of ammunition-requiring weaponry (except [[siege engine]]s). It can use [[bin]]s to consolidate stacks.

===[[Animal]]===
[[Creature|Animals]] stored in [[cage|cages]] that are not affixed to a location will be stored in these stockpiles. [[Animal trap|Traps]] used for capturing wild animals and empty [[cage|cages]] are also stored here.

This type of stockpile cannot use bins or barrels.

===[[Armor]]===
Armor of all types is stored here. There is no preference for specific body parts, but usable/unusable armor may be specified. All types of armor can be stored in [[bin]]s.

===[[Bar]]/[[Block]]===
Bars of smelted [[metal]] and blocks of cut stone and [[glass]] are kept here after being processed by the [[smelter]], [[mason's workshop|mason's workshops]], and [[glass furnace|glass furnaces]], before being used for other purposes. Weirdly, [[ash|ashes]], [[potash]], [[soap]], [[charcoal]], and [[coke]] from the [[wood furnace]], [[ashery]], [[soap maker's workshop]] and smelter will also be stored here. As with all stockpiles, this can be changed to allow for specific blocks and bars to be stored with custom settings. [[Bin]]s can be used to consolidate up to 5 bars/blocks.

===[[Cloth]]===
Woven cloth and [[thread]] are stored here (plant fiber, animal hair, and silk). [[Bin]]s can be used to consolidate items.

===[[Currency|Coins]]===
Minted coins are kept here. Bins can be used to consolidate up to 3000 coins{{verify}}, which is equivalent to six new coins stacks.

===[[Corpse | Corpses]]===
Dead dwarves and [[pet|pets]] that have no burial location will be placed here. If placed indoors, decaying bodies will generate [[miasma]], but [[bone]]s will not be removed at the end of the season. Rotting [[pet]]s or [[friend]]s gives dwarves unhappy [[thought]]s unless they are given a proper burial in a [[Coffin|burial receptacle]].

===[[Finished goods|Finished Goods]]===
Finished goods created by the [[craftsdwarf's workshop]], as well as the [[clothier's shop]] and the [[leather works]], are placed here before being used in trade or other uses. This type of stockpile can use [[bin|bins]] to consolidate up to 25 items{{verify}}.

Since this stockpile can also contain supplies that player might not want to trade away ([[splint]]s, [[crutch]]es, [[rope]]s, [[waterskin]]s...), it is wise to make separate custom stockpiles for these goods.

=== [[Food]] ===
As one would assume based on the name, food is stored here. In addition, a wide variety of inedible plant and animal products are stored here -- [[seed]]s, [[lye]], [[giant desert scorpion]] venom, bags of [[dye]], and [[liquid fire]], to name a few. Raw [[fish]] is brought here before being processed by a [[fishery]] and turned into edible [[meat]]. Drinks are always stored in [[barrel]]s or [[large pot]]s. Seeds are stored in [[bag|bags]] (which may in turn be stored in barrels/pots); other food items can be stored in barrels or pots.

Note that [[prepared meal]]s in stacks larger than about 30{{verify}} (☼Dwarven Beer Roast [200]☼ is possible) will not fit in a barrel, but will still only take up one space. To free up barrels, you may decide to have separate prepared food stockpiles that do not accept barrels. If you cook larger meals, this shouldn't be a problem.

Food will never [[wear|spoil]] while in a stockpile, although it may attract and be eaten by [[vermin]].

Food stockpiles should in most cases be restricted to desired types (e.g. [[seed]] stockpiles or meat stockpiles or unprepared fish stockpiles); there are simply too many things that go in them.

Fat and tallow go in the same list and are listed by animal, meaning that manual separation of fat and tallow takes a ''long'' time. Because fat will only ever enter your fortress at a butcher's shop, it is possible to link a general fat/tallow stockpile to the butchers' and have it take only from links. It may be necessary to link the butchers' to the stockpile you want the other butchery products to end up in.

===[[Furniture]] Storage===
Completed items from the [[carpenter's workshop]], mason's workshop, and [[mechanic's workshop]] will be stored here, along with furniture created from other shops, until placed or used in another building. Bags filled with [[sand]] can also be stored in furniture stockpiles.

Since this is a very broad category, it may be useful to create stockpiles for a specific type of item (like barrels, bags, bins, mechanisms) via the stockpile settings.

Furniture cannot be stored in barrels or bins.

===[[Gem]]===
This stockpile stores gems and raw [[glass]], both cut and uncut, before being used in a construction. It can use [[bin]]s to consolidate gems.

===[[Leather]]===
Leather, which is produced at a [[Tanner's shop]], will be kept here. Like most stockpiles, it can use [[bin]]s to consolidate items.

===[[Refuse]]===
Since dwarves hate rot because of the [[miasma]] it spreads when in an enclosed place like a [[cave]], any garbage item that can rot will be stored in a refuse stockpile. Also, any [[wear|XXdamaged itemsXX]] will be moved to the refuse stockpile. Many players prefer to place this stockpile outside their cavern, usually a small distance from the entrance, as rottable items on tiles that are {{DFtext|Outside |3:1}}{{DFtext|Light |6:1}}{{DFtext|Above Ground|2:1}} do not generate miasma.

If placed on a {{DFtext|Subterranean|0:1}} tile, decaying items will generate miasma, which will spread through your fortress and generate a small unhappy thought in any dwarf passing through it. For this reason it is sensible to build [[door|doors]] (preferably several, separated by a few tiles to create an airlock) to all of your indoor refuse stockpiles. Miasma won't spread through a closed door, so only dwarves with business in the room will be bothered by the rot.

An alternative to this is to dig [[channel|channels]] down from the surface, creating an area of tiles considered to be {{DFtext|Light |6:1}}{{DFtext|Above Ground|2:1}}, yet still located within your fortress. You can place your refuse stockpile here, and although it will be in your fort, rotten items on those tiles will not generate miasma. If you choose to cover them with walls or floors for security and/or aesthetic reasons, it will convert them to {{DFtext|Inside|6:0}}, but they will remain {{DFtext|Light |6:1}}{{DFtext|Above Ground|2:1}} tiles, which again do not generate miasma in rotten items. (For even more creative methods to restrict the spread of foul rotting stench, see the [[miasma]] page.)

[[Bone]]s, [[skull]]s, and [[shell]]s are also stored here, whether they be from defeated enemies or raw food processing. If left in an area with high [[vermin]] levels, these will randomly disappear. Refuse stockpiles can be restricted to store only [[bone]]s, [[skull]]s, [[shell]]s, teeth, and horns/hooves.

Note that a refuse stockpile is not the same as a [[Activity_zone#Garbage_Dump|garbage dump]]. A garbage dump is only for things manually marked to be dumped. Additionally, refuse types specifically marked as '''Dwarves Dump '''''refuse type'' in {{k|o}}-{{k|r}} will be hauled to the garbage dump instead of the refuse stockpile.

Also note that if you allow bins to be used on your refuse pile, damaged clothing will be stored in it, allowing for more efficient use of your pile.

===[[Stone]]===
Rough stone will be stored here, as well as [[ore]]. These stockpiles cannot use bins or barrels, but the use of [[wheelbarrow]]s is strongly advised.

[[Stone management]] is a complex topic; in simplest terms, stones are extremely heavy, so you want to minimize the distance they are [[hauling|hauled]] by hand (e.g. from the stone [[stockpile]] to the [[mason's workshop]] or [[smelter]]) by putting such stockpiles very close to the workshops that they feed.

===[[Weapon|Weapons]]===
Weapons of all types are stored here by default, including picks, trap components, and weapons too large for dwarves to use. [[Bin]]s can be used to consolidate weapons of any type.

===[[Wood]]===
Chopped trees are brought to the wood stockpile before being used by the carpenter's, woodburner's or siege workshop. Because wood takes a long time to haul and tends to travel a long way, the stockpile should be rather close to a fortress entrance (which does not necessarily mean on the upper z-levels - moving down one z-level is only one tile), unless you have an [[Tower-cap|underground tree farm]]. It is a good idea to position this stockpile close to your carpenter's workshop (or the other way round) since he is likely to be the main "customer".

Note that traders consider amount of wood in stockpile to judge whether to bring logs for trade or not and in case of [[elves]], amount of wood you logged.

This type of stockpile cannot use bins or barrels.

=== Custom stockpiles ===

With custom stockpiles you can change which types of materials, goods, etc, can be stored in that pile. Any types of things can be mixed, so you could have a stockpile that will hold raw [[turtle]], [[mechanism|mechanisms]] and all stone types apart from [[onyx]] if you wanted, or only high-quality steel crossbow bolts (Ammo), all quivers (a Finished Good), and metal Crossbows (a Weapon) - the combinations are endless, and can be finely tuned. Highlighting a stockpile with {{key|q}}, then pressing {{key|s}} will allow you to adjust the stockpile settings or in the {{key|p}} menu you can press {{key|t}} to adjust a custom stockpiles settings before placing it with {{key|c}}. Note that many sub-menus consist of several pages ( the 'other' menu of stone e.g. consists of several pages while 'metal [[ore|ores]]' and 'economic' consist of only one ).

Note that any custom stockpile that accepts any type of [[refuse]] will cause automatic [[wear|degradation]] to all [[clothing]] and [[armor]] stored in that stockpile. It is highly advisable to store your [[shell]]s and [[bone]]s in a separate stockpile.

== Stockpile Settings ==
The '''Stockpile Settings''' screen is weird to use. In the first column are the major categories. In the second column there may or may not be subcategories. In the third you will see the individual items. The second and third columns are only visible when a category is enabled and selected.

You navigate this screen with {{key|+}} and {{key|-}}, and left and right on the arrow keys. {{key|e}} and {{key|d}} are used to enable and disable the categories. {{key|a}} and {{key|b}} are used to allow or disallow all the subcategories. {{key|p}} and {{key|f}} will permit or forbid individual subcategories. These six keys work no matter which column you have selected, though the last 4 will not always be available.<br>{{key|Enter}} will toggle individual item types.

Be careful when selecting 'block all' on the subcategories as it can make your stockpiles useless. For example, if you block all the furniture subcategories and then re-enable beds under types, the stockpile won't actually accept anything because it still registers all materials and all quality levels as forbidden. The correct way would be to 'forbid types' and then re-enable beds.

== Notes ==
Some categories will have a special extra type of item(s) that can be toggled with {{key|u}} and sometimes {{key|j}}.

{| border="1" cellpadding="4"
|+
! Categories
! Item type
|-
| Animals
| Empty cages and Empty animal traps
|-
| Food
| Prepared food
|-
| Weapons
| usable and unusable
|-
| Armor
| usable and unusable
|}

If you disable an item or items that are already sitting in a stockpile then they become loose items and your dwarves will move them to a more suitable stockpile should one exist.

== Uses for Custom Stockpiles ==

A custom stockpile is most useful for food, furniture, and bar/block stockpiles, to prevent your lye and venom sitting next to the [[kitchen|kitchens]], your [[floodgate|floodgates]] and mechanisms near the [[room|rooms]] that need [[statue|statues]] and doors, your stone blocks next to the forges, and your metal bars by the farms.

When setting up a custom stockpile to hold more than one type of raw material, it is often best to set up multiple custom stockpiles, one for each type. Otherwise your stockpile will invariably fill up with the lesser-used items, rendering your custom stockpile nearly useless.

One use for this is to have an outdoor stockpile next to your gate that will accept all refuse except bones, shells, skins and skulls, and then one or more indoor pile(s) near your craftsdwarf's workshop that will '''only''' accept these things. If you have set the option for dwarves to gather refuse from outside, the bones will be brought in once all the meat has rotted off of any carcasses outside. This means added risk to your dwarves if they try to gather refuse that is far from your gate, and additional hauling.

Another effective use of custom stockpiles is Elven trading. Make a stockpile just for elf-safe trade goods: most categories where it's relevant have a 'materials' option. Note, however, that items with [[wood]]en [[decoration]]s will '''not''' be excluded. Similarly, [[noble]]s who frequently [[mandate]] restricted trading can have their preferred goods stored separately, far away from the [[trade depot]].

A highly efficient method is to have wood burning furnaces feeding into a '[[charcoal]] only' bar/blocks stockpile, which in turn is near the smelting furnaces and forges. Bonus points if you also place a small wood stockpile near the wood furnaces.

Other good uses:
* Planter's stock: [[seed|seeds]] and [[potash]]. If your [[ashery]] is nearby, include ashes and lye.
* Smelter stock: [[ore|ores]], [[flux]] and, unless you're using [[Magma smelter]], [[coal]].
* Sandpile: [[sand]] bags.
* Dyer's stock: a food stockpile that only includes [[dye|dyes]].
* Food Plus: a food stockpile that includes barrels. This spares your dwarves from carrying empty barrels to and from the furniture stores.
* Skins: a refuse stockpile limited to [[skin|skins]], a bit like the bone & shell stockpile above. Place near the tannery.
* Brewer's stock: [[List of crops|brewable plants]].
* Miller's stock: [[List of crops|millable plants]]. (An empty [[bag]] stockpile will also speed up milling.)
* Refreshment stand: Since dwarves drink twice as often as they eat, having several small food stockpiles that only accept [[Alcohol|drinks]] scattered strategically through your fort can minimize [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoko smoko breaks]. The usefulness of this kind of stockpile is often disputed as dwarves go to the fullest barrel first, so if you can't keep your stockpile constantly filled with new full barrels of alcohol your masons might decide to run all the way over to the alcohol stockpile you have setup for your brewers or your metalsmiths. If you can keep each stockpile constantly being filled with fresh supplies of full barrels of alcohol then this can increase productivity greatly. A simple way of doing this is by keeping a brewery near each separate alcohol stockpile, or [[burrow]]ing dwarves so that local stockpile is the only one they can [[path]] to.
* Artifact materials: The massive value and effectiveness of [[artifact|artifacts]] means the materials used in them can have drastic effects, sometimes even into the ''[[Value|millions]]''. Having special stockpiles for high-value metals, stones, gems, and other such materials will make it that much easier to ensure that you will get the most out of each [[strange mood]]. (However, even with materials-specific stockpiles, it can take a fair amount of micromanagement to get a moody dwarf to use a specific material.)
* Artifact storage: Artifacts add a great deal to the created wealth of the fortress. Keep valuable artifacts safe in a special "treasure" stockpile.
* Ingredients: Store things that are cookable but not edible, like milk and quarry bush leaves, near [[kitchen]]s. Also, more [[rot|volatile]] foods (such as [[meat]]) can be stored closer to your kitchen to encourage your cooks to use them quickly.
* Mason's Stone: Linking a single- or limited-type stone stockpile to a mason's workshop allows you to specify exactly which [[stone]] your masons will use, providing consistent output (and increased [[value]] if using [[economic stone]]). Additionally, if your mason has a [[preference]] for a particular stone, you can increase output [[quality]] by having him work with that stone.

==Bugs==
* Currently there is no stockpile category for finished goods made of gems {{Bug|4430}}
* Stockpile options don't work for cloth {{Bug|4380}}.
**Workaround/fix: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=122782.0
*Any 'metal' in second column have stones, oozes, jewels in third column. Very unexpectedly.
* [[Hauling]] [[container]]s back and forth is currently quite inefficient; consider creating container-less "feeder" stockpiles linked to your storage stockpiles.

{{Category|Stockpiles|*}}
{{Category|Items}}

v0.34:Thread

2013-02-11T19:34:29Z

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Plant fibres, wool and [[web]]s can be turned into '''thread'''. Thread can then be woven into '''cloth''', which then can be used to create a variety of textile products such as [[bag]]s, [[clothing]], [[Restraint|rope]] or [[craft]]s. ''(For a full discussion of the process and possibilities, see [[textile industry]].)''

A [[dwarf]] with the [[thresher]] [[labor]] enabled can process plants (either [[rope reed]]s or [[pig tail]]s) into '''thread''' at a [[farmer's workshop]] with the "Process Plants" job order. Wool is collected from sheep, alpacas and llamas by the "Shear creature" job; the resulting "stacks" of wool must then be processed to yarn with the "Spin thread" job. These jobs also take place at the farmer's workshop and require the [[shearer]] and [[spinner]] labors. With a [[loom]], any dwarf with the [[weaver]] [[labor]] enabled will ''automatically'' collect any spider [[silk]] [[web]]s that are on the ground, turning them into thread.

Animal hair that is produced from a butchered animal can also be spun into '''hair thread''' at a [[farmer's workshop]] using the "Spin Thread" order, but cannot be used for the production of '''cloth''' or related items.

Any '''thread''' can be used at a Hospital to suture any wounds shut. This is the only use of threads made from the hair of non-shearable creatures, as they cannot be spun into [[yarn]].

[[Adamantine]] strands are treated as thread, too: they can be dyed, used to suture wounds and woven into cloth. However, most adamantine strands are quickly turned into wafers, among others to avoid such usage. Especially the use of adamantine for a [[suturer]]'s job is widely seen as a frivolous waste of a rare and precious resource.

{{Category|Materials}}

== Bugs ==

Adamantine strands can't be stockpiled alone {{bug|6290}}
* Workaround/fix: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=122782.0

v0.34:Stockpile

2013-02-11T19:33:15Z

Synth: /* Bugs */

{{quality|Exceptional|21:03, 7 January 2011 (UTC)}}{{av}}

:''For information on "quantum stockpiles", see [[DF2012:Exploit#Quantum_stockpiles|Exploit]].''

'''Stockpiles''' are where [[dwarf|dwarves]] store items of various types, usually in a safer, closer or more convenient place for the consumers. Dwarves with the corresponding "[[hauling]]" job on will seek out items that aren't already on a stockpile that accepts them and carry them to an appropriate stockpile, if available. It's important to place your stockpiles carefully to minimize the amount of time spent carrying items to and fro. Items in a stockpile may be stored in [[container]]s such as [[bag|bags]], [[barrel|barrels]] or [[bin|bins]] (see [[Using bins and barrels]]). Seed bags, flour bags, and dye bags can go inside barrels. Empty bags, however, cannot be stacked.

== Allocating stockpiles ==

To allocate an area as a stockpile, use the {{key|p}} menu. The right-hand menu pane will list all the stockpile categories, and the appropriate key to press to begin allocating that type. Allocating an area works exactly the same as designating an area. Press {{k|Enter}} to specify the first corner of the stockpile, use the primary movement keys to move the cursor to the opposite corner, and press {{k|Enter}} again. (Alternatively, it is possible to use the mouse at this stage to select individual tiles) This will create a stockpile of the chosen type that occupies the area between the two corners specified. If the chosen area has parts that cannot be made into a stockpile, like a [[wall]], a [[workshop]], or an already existing stockpile, a stockpile will be created but they will not be part of it. Movable items occupying the designated area (e.g. stone, unbuilt furniture, etc.) still allow a tile to become designated as a stockpile, but this tile will not be used to store anything else until the item occupying it is moved.

Removing a stockpile works exactly the same, but choose {{key|x}}: Remove Designation. This will un-designate the specified area. It is possible to create a single stockpile with a shape other than a rectangle by using the Remove Designation tool to remove only part of the stockpile.

Stockpiles cannot be expanded once created; you must delete the pile and create a new one.

== Using stockpiles ==

Once a stockpile has been allocated, by default dwarves will automatically move items to the stockpile when they are available, and as long as the stockpile has available space. Note that the dwarves will place the item into the empty spot that is nearest to the item, ''not counting any obstructions''{{verify}}. Additional behavior also includes the fact that dwarves will stockpile the ''newest'' item first, which may not necessarily be the nearest item to the stockpile. You can disable automatic stockpiling by setting the stockpile to "take from links only" using {{k|q}} {{k|a}}.

One method to ensure a workshop has raw material on hand is to place a small stockpile next to the workshop. This will speed up production as the crafter in question only has to take a few steps to obtain the material (this also prevents the crafter from dragging material across the entire map when a new job order is issued). Whenever a crafter picks up material from the stockpile, your hauling dwarves will automatically fetch more material to refill the stockpile. This speeds up a queue of jobs, as other dwarves perform the time-consuming distant haul whilst the crafter concentrates on actually making items.

It's not necessary to place stockpiles for all types of objects. If no storage is available for a certain item type, dwarves will seek out items wherever they might lie as mentioned earlier. This can be advantageous — if you don't have a stockpile for [[gem|gems]], your [[jeweler]] will go pick up fresh gems without waiting for them to be carried to a pile first. However, this also means your jeweler has to spend a lot of time fetching the gems. If you have enough haulers available, it's generally more advantageous to designate stockpiles than not. Also remember that your workshops will get [[clutter]]ed and suffer production slowdowns if you let ridiculous numbers of items pile up in them, so it's important to occasionally clear out workshops if they get cluttered. This can be done either by having a stockpile available so that haulers will remove the items, by [[DF2012:Exploit#Quantum_stockpiles|quantum stockpiling]] the accumulation, or by removing and rebuilding the workshop, which will empty its contents onto the ground.

== Take from a stockpile ==

Another feature of stockpiles allows you to tell dwarves to fill one stockpile not only with unstockpiled items, but also those located on another stockpile that accepts those items. To specify such a flow, use the {{k|q}} menu, and highlight the ''destination'' stockpile. Press {{k|t}}, and, using the cursor, highlight another stockpile and press {{k|Enter}}. Your chosen stockpile will now list the stockpile it will take from. This will cause items in the second stockpile to be hauled to the first stockpile. To stop the first stockpile from taking items from the second, use the {{K|q}} menu on the first one, highlight the unneeded stockpile in the list using {{K|+}} and {{K|-}} and press {{K|d}}'''elete Selected'''.

Each stockpile can take from any number of other stockpiles. You can't make two stockpiles feed into each other, although larger loops (e.g. 3 stockpiles that feed into each other in a circle) are allowed.

However, despite these limitations, enough micromanagement will allow for effective and (relatively) streamlined supply chains. For example, you can speed up [[wood cutting|lumber harvesting]], [[carpentry]], ''and'' [[ash]] and [[charcoal]] production by putting several wood stockpiles near the various [[Chop_down_trees|tree-felling areas]], then one large "primary" stockpile near the [[carpenter's workshop]] that takes from those small ones, and then finally, a small stockpile near the [[wood furnace]] that takes from the primary one.

== Give to a stockpile/workshop ==
Conversely, the {{k|g}} key allows a pile to give [[item]]s to another pile.

This can also be used to specify that a workshop or forge will only get its materials from a certain stockpile. This provides a way to make sure everything that workshop produces is of a specific material. For example, setting a granite stockpile to give to a mason's workshop ensures that the workshop will only use granite as its material.

This option is quite powerful, but should be used '''very''' carefully as the linked workshop will now ''only'' take from the stockpiles set to give to that workshop. Make sure that the workshop gets ''all'' of the materials needed for its jobs there if you use this feature. For example, if you link your ore stockpile to a non-magma [[smelter]], but don't also link a stockpile that includes a [[fuel]] source, then your dwarves will be unable to smelt your ores at that smelter due to a lack of fuel. If you set a fuel stockpile to give that smelter, it will still be unable to [[melt]] down items marked for melting, because it only takes from the ore and fuel stockpiles. Another common mistake is setting a plant stockpile to give to a [[still]], but forgetting to also link a [[furniture]] stockpile to the still so that it has access to [[barrel]]s.

One good use for linked stockpiles is [[clothing]] management. A "new" clothing stockpile set to "take from links only" and linked to take from your [[clothier's workshop]]s will accumulate [[wear|unworn]] clothing; a second clothing stockpile near your [[trade depot]] will collect [[wear|worn]] clothing (and [[goblinite]]) for easy [[trade|disposal]].

== Max wheelbarrow ==
Another feature of the stockpile system, ''max wheelbarrow'' allows the player to control the number of [[wheelbarrow]]s assigned to the stockpile. It can be set to 0, 1, 2, or 3.

If set to 0 (which is the default for all stockpiles other than stone stockpiles), the stockpile will generate a separate hauling job for each item that needs to be placed in it -- potentially one job per tile in the stockpile, simultaneously.

If set to non-0, then that number of wheelbarrows will be brought to the stockpile. Once a stockpile has wheelbarrows assigned and moved to it, the number of wheelbarrows will act as a limit on the number of simultaneous hauling jobs for moving items to that stockpile. Each hauling job will be performed using a wheelbarrow, rather than by hand.

Unfortunately, wheelbarrows are currently rather buggy, and may actually reduce the efficiency of your stockpiles; see [[Wheelbarrow]] for more information.

[[Minecart]]s can also be used for efficient hauling, although they require a much greater infrastructure investment.

== Will take from anywhere ==
A stockpile that will take from anywhere does not restrict the source of its goods. Stockpiles with "take from links only" enabled will only accept goods from its assigned [[workshop]]s and linked stockpiles. You can use {{k|q}} {{k|a}} to toggle this setting on a stockpile.

Setting your [[seed]] stockpiles to "take from links only" will prevent your haulers from carrying your vital seeds back and forth across the map to pick up each new seed in the [[dining room]]. When your stockpiled seeds run low you can temporarily toggle to "anywhere" to collect the loose seeds in bulk.

== Stockpile categories ==

===[[Ammo]]===
This stockpile contains ammo for all forms of ammunition-requiring weaponry (except [[siege engine]]s). It can use [[bin]]s to consolidate stacks.

===[[Animal]]===
[[Creature|Animals]] stored in [[cage|cages]] that are not affixed to a location will be stored in these stockpiles. [[Animal trap|Traps]] used for capturing wild animals and empty [[cage|cages]] are also stored here.

This type of stockpile cannot use bins or barrels.

===[[Armor]]===
Armor of all types is stored here. There is no preference for specific body parts, but usable/unusable armor may be specified. All types of armor can be stored in [[bin]]s.

===[[Bar]]/[[Block]]===
Bars of smelted [[metal]] and blocks of cut stone and [[glass]] are kept here after being processed by the [[smelter]], [[mason's workshop|mason's workshops]], and [[glass furnace|glass furnaces]], before being used for other purposes. Weirdly, [[ash|ashes]], [[potash]], [[soap]], [[charcoal]], and [[coke]] from the [[wood furnace]], [[ashery]], [[soap maker's workshop]] and smelter will also be stored here. As with all stockpiles, this can be changed to allow for specific blocks and bars to be stored with custom settings. [[Bin]]s can be used to consolidate up to 5 bars/blocks.

===[[Cloth]]===
Woven cloth and [[thread]] are stored here (plant fiber, animal hair, and silk). [[Bin]]s can be used to consolidate items.

===[[Currency|Coins]]===
Minted coins are kept here. Bins can be used to consolidate up to 3000 coins{{verify}}, which is equivalent to six new coins stacks.

===[[Corpse | Corpses]]===
Dead dwarves and [[pet|pets]] that have no burial location will be placed here. If placed indoors, decaying bodies will generate [[miasma]], but [[bone]]s will not be removed at the end of the season. Rotting [[pet]]s or [[friend]]s gives dwarves unhappy [[thought]]s unless they are given a proper burial in a [[Coffin|burial receptacle]].

===[[Finished goods|Finished Goods]]===
Finished goods created by the [[craftsdwarf's workshop]], as well as the [[clothier's shop]] and the [[leather works]], are placed here before being used in trade or other uses. This type of stockpile can use [[bin|bins]] to consolidate up to 25 items{{verify}}.

Since this stockpile can also contain supplies that player might not want to trade away ([[splint]]s, [[crutch]]es, [[rope]]s, [[waterskin]]s...), it is wise to make separate custom stockpiles for these goods.

=== [[Food]] ===
As one would assume based on the name, food is stored here. In addition, a wide variety of inedible plant and animal products are stored here -- [[seed]]s, [[lye]], [[giant desert scorpion]] venom, bags of [[dye]], and [[liquid fire]], to name a few. Raw [[fish]] is brought here before being processed by a [[fishery]] and turned into edible [[meat]]. Drinks are always stored in [[barrel]]s or [[large pot]]s. Seeds are stored in [[bag|bags]] (which may in turn be stored in barrels/pots); other food items can be stored in barrels or pots.

Note that [[prepared meal]]s in stacks larger than about 30{{verify}} (☼Dwarven Beer Roast [200]☼ is possible) will not fit in a barrel, but will still only take up one space. To free up barrels, you may decide to have separate prepared food stockpiles that do not accept barrels. If you cook larger meals, this shouldn't be a problem.

Food will never [[wear|spoil]] while in a stockpile, although it may attract and be eaten by [[vermin]].

Food stockpiles should in most cases be restricted to desired types (e.g. [[seed]] stockpiles or meat stockpiles or unprepared fish stockpiles); there are simply too many things that go in them.

Fat and tallow go in the same list and are listed by animal, meaning that manual separation of fat and tallow takes a ''long'' time. Because fat will only ever enter your fortress at a butcher's shop, it is possible to link a general fat/tallow stockpile to the butchers' and have it take only from links. It may be necessary to link the butchers' to the stockpile you want the other butchery products to end up in.

===[[Furniture]] Storage===
Completed items from the [[carpenter's workshop]], mason's workshop, and [[mechanic's workshop]] will be stored here, along with furniture created from other shops, until placed or used in another building. Bags filled with [[sand]] can also be stored in furniture stockpiles.

Since this is a very broad category, it may be useful to create stockpiles for a specific type of item (like barrels, bags, bins, mechanisms) via the stockpile settings.

Furniture cannot be stored in barrels or bins.

===[[Gem]]===
This stockpile stores gems and raw [[glass]], both cut and uncut, before being used in a construction. It can use [[bin]]s to consolidate gems.

===[[Leather]]===
Leather, which is produced at a [[Tanner's shop]], will be kept here. Like most stockpiles, it can use [[bin]]s to consolidate items.

===[[Refuse]]===
Since dwarves hate rot because of the [[miasma]] it spreads when in an enclosed place like a [[cave]], any garbage item that can rot will be stored in a refuse stockpile. Also, any [[wear|XXdamaged itemsXX]] will be moved to the refuse stockpile. Many players prefer to place this stockpile outside their cavern, usually a small distance from the entrance, as rottable items on tiles that are {{DFtext|Outside |3:1}}{{DFtext|Light |6:1}}{{DFtext|Above Ground|2:1}} do not generate miasma.

If placed on a {{DFtext|Subterranean|0:1}} tile, decaying items will generate miasma, which will spread through your fortress and generate a small unhappy thought in any dwarf passing through it. For this reason it is sensible to build [[door|doors]] (preferably several, separated by a few tiles to create an airlock) to all of your indoor refuse stockpiles. Miasma won't spread through a closed door, so only dwarves with business in the room will be bothered by the rot.

An alternative to this is to dig [[channel|channels]] down from the surface, creating an area of tiles considered to be {{DFtext|Light |6:1}}{{DFtext|Above Ground|2:1}}, yet still located within your fortress. You can place your refuse stockpile here, and although it will be in your fort, rotten items on those tiles will not generate miasma. If you choose to cover them with walls or floors for security and/or aesthetic reasons, it will convert them to {{DFtext|Inside|6:0}}, but they will remain {{DFtext|Light |6:1}}{{DFtext|Above Ground|2:1}} tiles, which again do not generate miasma in rotten items. (For even more creative methods to restrict the spread of foul rotting stench, see the [[miasma]] page.)

[[Bone]]s, [[skull]]s, and [[shell]]s are also stored here, whether they be from defeated enemies or raw food processing. If left in an area with high [[vermin]] levels, these will randomly disappear. Refuse stockpiles can be restricted to store only [[bone]]s, [[skull]]s, [[shell]]s, teeth, and horns/hooves.

Note that a refuse stockpile is not the same as a [[Activity_zone#Garbage_Dump|garbage dump]]. A garbage dump is only for things manually marked to be dumped. Additionally, refuse types specifically marked as '''Dwarves Dump '''''refuse type'' in {{k|o}}-{{k|r}} will be hauled to the garbage dump instead of the refuse stockpile.

Also note that if you allow bins to be used on your refuse pile, damaged clothing will be stored in it, allowing for more efficient use of your pile.

===[[Stone]]===
Rough stone will be stored here, as well as [[ore]]. These stockpiles cannot use bins or barrels, but the use of [[wheelbarrow]]s is strongly advised.

[[Stone management]] is a complex topic; in simplest terms, stones are extremely heavy, so you want to minimize the distance they are [[hauling|hauled]] by hand (e.g. from the stone [[stockpile]] to the [[mason's workshop]] or [[smelter]]) by putting such stockpiles very close to the workshops that they feed.

===[[Weapon|Weapons]]===
Weapons of all types are stored here by default, including picks, trap components, and weapons too large for dwarves to use. [[Bin]]s can be used to consolidate weapons of any type.

===[[Wood]]===
Chopped trees are brought to the wood stockpile before being used by the carpenter's, woodburner's or siege workshop. Because wood takes a long time to haul and tends to travel a long way, the stockpile should be rather close to a fortress entrance (which does not necessarily mean on the upper z-levels - moving down one z-level is only one tile), unless you have an [[Tower-cap|underground tree farm]]. It is a good idea to position this stockpile close to your carpenter's workshop (or the other way round) since he is likely to be the main "customer".

Note that traders consider amount of wood in stockpile to judge whether to bring logs for trade or not and in case of [[elves]], amount of wood you logged.

This type of stockpile cannot use bins or barrels.

=== Custom stockpiles ===

With custom stockpiles you can change which types of materials, goods, etc, can be stored in that pile. Any types of things can be mixed, so you could have a stockpile that will hold raw [[turtle]], [[mechanism|mechanisms]] and all stone types apart from [[onyx]] if you wanted, or only high-quality steel crossbow bolts (Ammo), all quivers (a Finished Good), and metal Crossbows (a Weapon) - the combinations are endless, and can be finely tuned. Highlighting a stockpile with {{key|q}}, then pressing {{key|s}} will allow you to adjust the stockpile settings or in the {{key|p}} menu you can press {{key|t}} to adjust a custom stockpiles settings before placing it with {{key|c}}. Note that many sub-menus consist of several pages ( the 'other' menu of stone e.g. consists of several pages while 'metal [[ore|ores]]' and 'economic' consist of only one ).

Note that any custom stockpile that accepts any type of [[refuse]] will cause automatic [[wear|degradation]] to all [[clothing]] and [[armor]] stored in that stockpile. It is highly advisable to store your [[shell]]s and [[bone]]s in a separate stockpile.

== Stockpile Settings ==
The '''Stockpile Settings''' screen is weird to use. In the first column are the major categories. In the second column there may or may not be subcategories. In the third you will see the individual items. The second and third columns are only visible when a category is enabled and selected.

You navigate this screen with {{key|+}} and {{key|-}}, and left and right on the arrow keys. {{key|e}} and {{key|d}} are used to enable and disable the categories. {{key|a}} and {{key|b}} are used to allow or disallow all the subcategories. {{key|p}} and {{key|f}} will permit or forbid individual subcategories. These six keys work no matter which column you have selected, though the last 4 will not always be available.<br>{{key|Enter}} will toggle individual item types.

Be careful when selecting 'block all' on the subcategories as it can make your stockpiles useless. For example, if you block all the furniture subcategories and then re-enable beds under types, the stockpile won't actually accept anything because it still registers all materials and all quality levels as forbidden. The correct way would be to 'forbid types' and then re-enable beds.

== Notes ==
Some categories will have a special extra type of item(s) that can be toggled with {{key|u}} and sometimes {{key|j}}.

{| border="1" cellpadding="4"
|+
! Categories
! Item type
|-
| Animals
| Empty cages and Empty animal traps
|-
| Food
| Prepared food
|-
| Weapons
| usable and unusable
|-
| Armor
| usable and unusable
|}

If you disable an item or items that are already sitting in a stockpile then they become loose items and your dwarves will move them to a more suitable stockpile should one exist.

== Uses for Custom Stockpiles ==

A custom stockpile is most useful for food, furniture, and bar/block stockpiles, to prevent your lye and venom sitting next to the [[kitchen|kitchens]], your [[floodgate|floodgates]] and mechanisms near the [[room|rooms]] that need [[statue|statues]] and doors, your stone blocks next to the forges, and your metal bars by the farms.

When setting up a custom stockpile to hold more than one type of raw material, it is often best to set up multiple custom stockpiles, one for each type. Otherwise your stockpile will invariably fill up with the lesser-used items, rendering your custom stockpile nearly useless.

One use for this is to have an outdoor stockpile next to your gate that will accept all refuse except bones, shells, skins and skulls, and then one or more indoor pile(s) near your craftsdwarf's workshop that will '''only''' accept these things. If you have set the option for dwarves to gather refuse from outside, the bones will be brought in once all the meat has rotted off of any carcasses outside. This means added risk to your dwarves if they try to gather refuse that is far from your gate, and additional hauling.

Another effective use of custom stockpiles is Elven trading. Make a stockpile just for elf-safe trade goods: most categories where it's relevant have a 'materials' option. Note, however, that items with [[wood]]en [[decoration]]s will '''not''' be excluded. Similarly, [[noble]]s who frequently [[mandate]] restricted trading can have their preferred goods stored separately, far away from the [[trade depot]].

A highly efficient method is to have wood burning furnaces feeding into a '[[charcoal]] only' bar/blocks stockpile, which in turn is near the smelting furnaces and forges. Bonus points if you also place a small wood stockpile near the wood furnaces.

Other good uses:
* Planter's stock: [[seed|seeds]] and [[potash]]. If your [[ashery]] is nearby, include ashes and lye.
* Smelter stock: [[ore|ores]], [[flux]] and, unless you're using [[Magma smelter]], [[coal]].
* Sandpile: [[sand]] bags.
* Dyer's stock: a food stockpile that only includes [[dye|dyes]].
* Food Plus: a food stockpile that includes barrels. This spares your dwarves from carrying empty barrels to and from the furniture stores.
* Skins: a refuse stockpile limited to [[skin|skins]], a bit like the bone & shell stockpile above. Place near the tannery.
* Brewer's stock: [[List of crops|brewable plants]].
* Miller's stock: [[List of crops|millable plants]]. (An empty [[bag]] stockpile will also speed up milling.)
* Refreshment stand: Since dwarves drink twice as often as they eat, having several small food stockpiles that only accept [[Alcohol|drinks]] scattered strategically through your fort can minimize [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoko smoko breaks]. The usefulness of this kind of stockpile is often disputed as dwarves go to the fullest barrel first, so if you can't keep your stockpile constantly filled with new full barrels of alcohol your masons might decide to run all the way over to the alcohol stockpile you have setup for your brewers or your metalsmiths. If you can keep each stockpile constantly being filled with fresh supplies of full barrels of alcohol then this can increase productivity greatly. A simple way of doing this is by keeping a brewery near each separate alcohol stockpile, or [[burrow]]ing dwarves so that local stockpile is the only one they can [[path]] to.
* Artifact materials: The massive value and effectiveness of [[artifact|artifacts]] means the materials used in them can have drastic effects, sometimes even into the ''[[Value|millions]]''. Having special stockpiles for high-value metals, stones, gems, and other such materials will make it that much easier to ensure that you will get the most out of each [[strange mood]]. (However, even with materials-specific stockpiles, it can take a fair amount of micromanagement to get a moody dwarf to use a specific material.)
* Artifact storage: Artifacts add a great deal to the created wealth of the fortress. Keep valuable artifacts safe in a special "treasure" stockpile.
* Ingredients: Store things that are cookable but not edible, like milk and quarry bush leaves, near [[kitchen]]s. Also, more [[rot|volatile]] foods (such as [[meat]]) can be stored closer to your kitchen to encourage your cooks to use them quickly.
* Mason's Stone: Linking a single- or limited-type stone stockpile to a mason's workshop allows you to specify exactly which [[stone]] your masons will use, providing consistent output (and increased [[value]] if using [[economic stone]]). Additionally, if your mason has a [[preference]] for a particular stone, you can increase output [[quality]] by having him work with that stone.

==Bugs==
* Currently there is no stockpile category for finished goods made of gems {{Bug|4430}}
* Stockpile options don't work for cloth {{Bug|4380}}. Workaround/fix: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=122782.0
*Any 'metal' in second column have stones, oozes, jewels in third column. Very unexpectedly.
* [[Hauling]] [[container]]s back and forth is currently quite inefficient; consider creating container-less "feeder" stockpiles linked to your storage stockpiles.

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'''Wood''' is produced by [[designation|{{Key|d}}esignating]] [[tree|{{Key|t}}rees]] to be chopped down. Any [[dwarf]] with the [[wood cutting]] [[labor]] enabled and access to a [[battle axe]] will cut down the trees, which will turn one tree into one '''log''', the raw form of wood.

Only [[nether-cap]] wood is [[magma-safe]].

"'''Timber'''" is the name of the ninth month of the dwarven [[calendar]], covering late Fall.

==Growing==

[[Tree]]s start their lives as saplings. Saplings cannot be cut down until they mature into full-grown trees, which can take several years. Saplings will randomly appear in appropriate [[soil]] (above and below ground) and [[mud]]dy underground rock (underground areas will only start to sprout saplings once you have hit the [[caverns]]) to provide a slow (but steady) supply of wood. Fully-grown trees will impede units' movement, so be sure to clear them out of active corridors.

==Sources==

Besides cutting down trees, wood (and some wooden goods, such as [[barrel]]s) is often available from the [[elf|elven]], [[dwarf|dwarven]] and [[human]] [[caravan]]s. Wood can also be purchased before embarking. Wood is quite inexpensive, costing only 3☼ per log, and you may wish to bring a large number of logs when embarking in order to jump-start your [[wood industry]]. The [[wagon (embark)|wagon]] you start the game with can also be dismantled for three logs.

==Considerations==

===Reasons you need wood===
*To build [[bed]]s
**Without beds your dwarves will get unhappy thoughts from sleeping on the ground
*To build [[water wheel]]s and [[windmill]]s, as well as [[axle]]s
**Without wood, you cannot generate ''or'' transfer [[power]].
*To build [[siege engine]]s and ballista bolts
**These can be very effective defenses when traps fail.
*If you want [[obsidian]] [[short sword]]s, they require one obsidian stone and one wood each (these swords likely consist of a wooden hilt with an obsidian blade or, as a more exotic alternative, a thin wooden "paddle" with sharp flakes of obsidian forming sharp edges, like the Aztec [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macuahuitl macuahuitl]).
**If you have access to obsidian, these can be a great source of quick weaponry early in the game, before any steel works are up to speed. Even on a tree-lite map, each weapon takes less wood to produce than a steel weapon (unless you are using [[magma]] to fuel your [[smelter]]s and [[forge]]s and have access to [[bituminous coal]] and [[lignite]]).
*To be burnt for [[ash]], which is used in [[Glass_industry|glass making]], [[Soap|soap making]], [[Glazing|glazing]], and for fertilizing crops.

===Reasons you want wood===
*It is simpler to make items from wood.
**For instance, it only takes one log to produce a [[bin]], [[barrel]], [[bucket]], or [[cage]]; but if you forge them instead then they'll take three metal [[bar]]s.
*All metalworks ([[smelter]]s, [[forge]]s), [[glass]]works and [[ceramic]] [[kiln]]s are either coal-[[fuel]]ed or magma-fueled. If you are planning on having any sort of serious metal or glass production, then you're going to need either a lot of wood, or [[magma]] (and [[charcoal]] or [[bituminous coal|coal]] for [[steel]]).
*Wooden training [[weapon]]s are useful for military training started shortly after embark should you feel the need.
*[[Crossbow]]s can be made from wood (or [[bone]]) and may be preferred if you have a skilled [[bowyer]] but not a skilled [[weaponsmith]].

===Reasons you don't need much wood===
*Everything other than beds, axles, windmills, water wheels, ''obsidian'' shortswords, siege engine parts, and ballista bolts can be made without the use of wood.
** In particular, [[barrel]]s can be replaced by stone [[pot]]s without having to use either fuel or magma.
*Once you have [[magma]] then you don't need wood for fuel. If you have coal, you don't need (as much) wood to produce [[charcoal]] for [[steel]]. If you have both, you don't need wood to produce metal or steel products.
**([[Bituminous coal]] ''without'' magma triples the effective output of wood, [[lignite]] doubles it.)

==Weight==
The weight of a 'unit' of each type of wood is half their density; the densities for each individual type of wood is listed under the appropriate [[tree]]. Wood has a default [SOLID_DENSITY] of 500, making it about three times lighter than most stone and fifteen times lighter than iron. Feather tree wood is the lightest, with a density of 100, and blood thorn wood is the heaviest, with a density of 1250. Candlenut (140), and glumprong (1200) are also notable. However, since average wood is relatively light to begin with, with the possible exception of wood [[hauling]], this makes (almost?) no practical difference in the daily routine of a fortress or your dwarves.

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|-
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|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Maple]]
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|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Chestnut]]
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|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Candlenut]]
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|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Palm]]
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|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Rubber tree|Rubber]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 490
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Flax|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Alder]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 410
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Tan|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Birch]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 650
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Burnt Umber|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Black-cap|Black-Cap]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 650
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Black|0:1}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Acacia]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 600
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Peach|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Cacao tree|Cacao]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 430
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Chocolate|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Cedar]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 570
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Olive|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Feather tree|Feather Tree]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 100
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Cream|7:1}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Fungiwood]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 600
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Lemon|6:1}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Glumprong]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 1200
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Purple|5:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Goblin-cap]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 600
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Red|4:1}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Highwood]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 500
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Brown|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Kapok]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 260
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Tan|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Larch]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 590
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Light Brown|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Mahogany]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 600
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Mahogany|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Mango_tree|Mango]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 520
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Burnt Sienna|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Mangrove]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 830
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Dark Taupe|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Nether-cap]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 550
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Dark Indigo|1:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Pine]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 510
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Beige|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Spore tree|Spore]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 600
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Teal|3:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Tower-cap]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 600
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|White|7:1}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Tunnel tube|Tunnel Tube]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 500
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Violet|5:1}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Willow]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 390
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Tan|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Blood thorn]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 1250
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Crimson|4:0}}
|}

== Biomes ==
*[[Temperate]] forest
*[[Tropical]] forest
*[[Taiga]]
*[[Flatland]]
*[[Swamp]]
*[[Desert]]

'''See also:'''
:* [[Wood industry]].

{{Wood FAQ}}

{{Category|Materials}}

v0.34:Birch

2012-09-29T17:02:16Z

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The '''Birch''' is a [[tree]] found in temperate broadleaf forests. Its wood is brown ("burnt umber" as descripted in the raws) and produces brown red products.
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v0.34:Wood

2012-09-29T16:57:07Z

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'''Wood''' is produced by [[designation|{{Key|d}}esignating]] [[tree|{{Key|t}}rees]] to be chopped down. Any [[dwarf]] with the [[wood cutting]] [[labor]] enabled and access to a [[battle axe]] will cut down the trees, which will turn one tree into one '''log''', the raw form of wood.

Only [[nether-cap]] wood is [[magma-safe]].

"'''Timber'''" is the name of the ninth month of the dwarven [[calendar]], covering late Fall.

==Growing==

[[Tree]]s start their lives as saplings. Saplings cannot be cut down until they mature into full-grown trees, which can take several years. Saplings will randomly appear in appropriate [[soil]] (above and below ground) and [[mud]]dy underground rock (underground areas will only start to sprout saplings once you have hit the [[caverns]]) to provide a slow (but steady) supply of wood. Fully-grown trees will impede units' movement, so be sure to clear them out of active corridors.

==Sources==

Besides cutting down trees, wood (and some wooden goods, such as [[barrel]]s) is often available from the [[elf|elven]], [[dwarf|dwarven]] and [[human]] [[caravan]]s. Wood can also be purchased before embarking. Wood is quite inexpensive, costing only 3☼ per log, and you may wish to bring a large number of logs when embarking in order to jump-start your [[wood industry]]. The [[wagon (embark)|wagon]] you start the game with can also be dismantled for three logs.

==Considerations==

===Reasons you need wood===
*To build [[bed]]s
**Without beds your dwarves will get unhappy thoughts from sleeping on the ground
*To build [[water wheel]]s and [[windmill]]s, as well as [[axle]]s
**Without wood, you cannot generate ''or'' transfer [[power]].
*To build [[siege engine]]s and ballista bolts
**These can be very effective defenses when traps fail.
*If you want [[obsidian]] [[short sword]]s, they require one obsidian stone and one wood each (these swords likely consist of a wooden hilt with an obsidian blade or, as a more exotic alternative, a thin wooden "paddle" with sharp flakes of obsidian forming sharp edges, like the Aztec [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macuahuitl macuahuitl]).
**If you have access to obsidian, these can be a great source of quick weaponry early in the game, before any steel works are up to speed. Even on a tree-lite map, each weapon takes less wood to produce than a steel weapon (unless you are using [[magma]] to fuel your [[smelter]]s and [[forge]]s and have access to [[bituminous coal]] and [[lignite]]).
*To be burnt for [[ash]], which is used in [[Glass_industry|glass making]], [[Soap|soap making]], [[Glazing|glazing]], and for fertilizing crops.

===Reasons you want wood===
*It is simpler to make items from wood.
**For instance, it only takes one log to produce a [[bin]], [[barrel]], [[bucket]], or [[cage]]; but if you forge them instead then they'll take three metal [[bar]]s.
*All metalworks ([[smelter]]s, [[forge]]s), [[glass]]works and [[ceramic]] [[kiln]]s are either coal-[[fuel]]ed or magma-fueled. If you are planning on having any sort of serious metal or glass production, then you're going to need either a lot of wood, or [[magma]] (and [[charcoal]] or [[bituminous coal|coal]] for [[steel]]).
*Wooden training [[weapon]]s are useful for military training started shortly after embark should you feel the need.
*[[Crossbow]]s can be made from wood (or [[bone]]) and may be preferred if you have a skilled [[bowyer]] but not a skilled [[weaponsmith]].

===Reasons you don't need much wood===
*Everything other than beds, axles, windmills, water wheels, ''obsidian'' shortswords, siege engine parts, and ballista bolts can be made without the use of wood.
** In particular, [[barrel]]s can be replaced by stone [[pot]]s without having to use either fuel or magma.
*Once you have [[magma]] then you don't need wood for fuel. If you have coal, you don't need (as much) wood to produce [[charcoal]] for [[steel]]. If you have both, you don't need wood to produce metal or steel products.
**([[Bituminous coal]] ''without'' magma triples the effective output of wood, [[lignite]] doubles it.)

==Weight==
The weight of a 'unit' of each type of wood is half their density; the densities for each individual type of wood is listed under the appropriate [[tree]]. Wood has a default [SOLID_DENSITY] of 500, making it about three times lighter than most stone and fifteen times lighter than iron. Feather tree wood is the lightest, with a density of 100, and blood thorn wood is the heaviest, with a density of 1250. Candlenut (140), and glumprong (1200) are also notable. However, since average wood is relatively light to begin with, with the possible exception of wood [[hauling]], this makes (almost?) no practical difference in the daily routine of a fortress or your dwarves.

{| style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0;background:#F9F9F9;border:1px #AAA solid;border-collapse:collapse;" class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;"
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Wood Type
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Density
!style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| Color
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Ash (tree)]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 600
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Pale Brown|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Saguaro]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 430
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Ecru|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Oak]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 700
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Auburn|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Maple]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 540
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Rust|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Chestnut]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 430
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Dark Chestnut|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Candlenut]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 140
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Ochre|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Palm]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 680
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Dark Taupe|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Rubber tree|Rubber]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 490
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Flax|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Alder]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 410
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Tan|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Birch]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 650
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Burnt Umber|4:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Black-cap|Black-Cap]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 650
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Black|0:1}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Acacia]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 600
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Peach|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Cacao tree|Cacao]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 430
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Chocolate|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Cedar]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 570
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Olive|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Feather tree|Feather Tree]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 100
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Cream|7:1}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Fungiwood]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 600
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Lemon|6:1}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Glumprong]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 1200
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Purple|5:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Goblin-cap]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 600
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Red|4:1}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Highwood]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 500
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Brown|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Kapok]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 260
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Tan|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Larch]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 590
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Light Brown|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Mahogany]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 600
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Mahogany|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Mango_tree|Mango]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 520
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Burnt Sienna|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Mangrove]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 830
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Dark Taupe|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Nether-cap]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 550
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Dark Indigo|1:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Pine]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 510
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Beige|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Spore tree|Spore]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 600
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Teal|3:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Tower-cap]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 600
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|White|7:1}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Tunnel tube|Tunnel Tube]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 500
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Violet|5:1}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Willow]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 390
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Tan|6:0}}
|-
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| [[Blood thorn]]
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| 1250
|style="border:1px #AAA solid;padding:0.2em;"| {{Tile|Crimson|4:0}}
|}

== Biomes ==
*[[Temperate]] forest
*[[Tropical]] forest
*[[Taiga]]
*[[Flatland]]
*[[Swamp]]
*[[Desert]]

'''See also:'''
:* [[Wood industry]].

{{Wood FAQ}}

{{Category|Materials}}

v0.34:Acacia

2012-09-29T16:56:13Z

Synth:

{{quality|Exceptional|22:47, 3 July 2011 (UTC)}}
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One of the many genera of [[tree]]s found on the surface, the acacia can be found in most dry [[tropical]] [[biome|biomes]] with the exception of deserts. Acacia [[carpenter|wood]] is of the peach color, displayed in-game as brown, and thus produces brown products.

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v0.34:Rubber tree

2012-09-29T16:55:39Z

Synth:

{{Quality|Exceptional|11:19, 8 August 2010 (UTC)}}
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'''Rubber trees''' are a type of [[above ground]] [[tree]]. They can be found in [[tropical]] moist broadleaf [[forest|forests]]. Rubber [[carpenter|wood]] is brown (referred in raws as "flax") and produces brown products.

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